This game is pretty okay to me. While It does a good job of recreating the iconic Halo FPS gameplay from a top-down perspective, its story and multiplayer (or lack thereof), are this game and its predecessor's biggest downfall. I am being hard on it because they had a whole game before this to show them what to do better next time, and they failed to improve upon Spartan Assault, in fact,This game is pretty okay to me. While It does a good job of recreating the iconic Halo FPS gameplay from a top-down perspective, its story and multiplayer (or lack thereof), are this game and its predecessor's biggest downfall. I am being hard on it because they had a whole game before this to show them what to do better next time, and they failed to improve upon Spartan Assault, in fact, I don't think they even attempted. First, the story. While it is cool to have the UNSC simulation running you through previous events in the Halo universe, they wasted the even better possibility for an original storyline simply because they were lazy. What is the point of a sequel if it doesn't build on the prequel's flaws? A prefect example of this is from Halo 1 to Halo 2. Halo 2 added new guns, new locations, new characters, and new enemies to the table, and generally improved upon the already fantastic prequel, so it was not just the same old gameplay and story from before. It gives people a reason to keep coming back or even buy it in the first place. The story does however take place in a simulation of the Battle of New Mombasa, which is from my favorite Halo game. Having multiplayer is one thing that could keep people coming back. When I heard Spartan Assault was getting a sequel, me and others were hoping for multiplayer. I don't hate this game. I really don't. I enjoy it for what it is, but I am being hard on it because I know they can do better. If people call them out on this and give their opinions, they will listen, like all developers should. I hope 343 will listen to my and others' opinions and Spartan 3, if it even comes out, could be better. This game was really just made to promote and benefit from Halo 5's hype. It is only $2.99, so I recommend people try it out. Different people have different opinions, and you might love it. There are a lot of redeeming qualities, such as the vehicles and weapon variety, but I know they could do better, as they have demonstrated with Halo 4 and Halo Wars 2. It is not great, and I could not recommend it if it had a higher price, but for $2.99, you cant beat it, and I guarantee you will have fun and be entertained for a couple days. All in all, I am not bashing this game, I am just criticizing it. Please buy this game. I don't hate it, I just know they could have done a lot of things better, and maybe they will be fixed it future games. Maybe even a full-length fully-featured game based on this concept. I know I would buy it.… Expand
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