Spartan Ops Season 1

-blam!-

God damn necromancers. Where's the holy water?

Spartan Ops needed to be better. Does anyone know when Season 2 will release? IF it releases on Halo 4 that is.

the second part of season 1 was so much better especially the lich battle

I don't understand how Jul was able to send Requiem on a collision course with it's sun, unless I am missing something.

Hopefully 343 will fulfill my dream of flying a broadsword in spartan ops next season.

Wow, the Covenant must have the -blam!-iest healthcare plans if that's all they could do for Halsey.

Still haven't downloaded the second half.

Not sure about halsey getting her arm chopped off, but the idea of her as a villain is very interesting. It's clear Jul was fighting a loosing battle on requiem, implying the UNSC has surpassed the covenant in military power. Having halsey on Juls side may just tip the balance back in his favour, as she developed quite a few of the key assets used by humanity to fight the covenant. I'm interested to see where the story will go from here. Halsey is such a complex character that you're never quite sure if she's the hero or the villain. Gameplay-wise episodes 6-10 were certainly a step up from episodes 1-5 but it was still pretty mediocre at most parts. Lots of button pressing and covie shooting ect.

It's all about running about and pressing buttons so you can run "Sort this shit out.exe"

Here's my summary of the entire season: Button pressing. I liked the Liche battle and the cutscenes though.

I for one liked it. It was pretty tedious in the first half, but the second half had far superior maps and a lot more story development in the actually game.

From a gameplay perspective episode 10 was pretty tedious, outside of the Harvester levels. I never want to see Apex again. -blam!- that map with a rusty fork. Warrens was okay the first time through but I hated the backtrack. I hate all mantis segments. [spoiler]But I enjoyed the story portion of it. The final chapter was exciting, it almost felt like watching a season finale on TV, where you know [i]something[/i] is going to happen, but you don't know what. I was expecting Palmer and Majestic to get lit up. I like idea of Halsey as a villain, especially a pissed off one-armed Halsey. I'll give some points to whoever thought that one up.[/spoiler] If I'm gonna cough up for season 2, two things need to happen. First, it has to be playable offline. Second, stop repeating environments, and ripping environments from other parts of the game. As if Vortex wasn't awful enough as a multiplayer map, I couldn't even tolerate it in spartan ops. Oh and episodes 6 and 7 were by far the best.

Probably two episodes out of the ten were actually enjoyable. The ending and all of episode ten, well, I didn't like it at all.

Well, honestly it was their first Season. The first half was enh, the missions were great, it's just a LOT of enemies to kill! But it's fun, just funner with more people. Don't do it on Legendary if you're trying to enjoy it, unless that's the kind of thing you enjoy. The levels do get monotonous, playing on the same level more than once, but I understand why, since it sounds like Spartan Ops was a last minute edition. The second half of the season was better than the first...But I do recommend playing all of the chapters, even from the first half. The cinematic's were great, it's just kind of frustrating since it's progressed some story wise...But I'm still wanting a lot more. It seemed to take a while to build up, and at the end, [spoiler] The UNSC just has another enemy they wouldn't have had if certain events that shouldn't have happened, happened. But I suppose that's how all enemies are made. (Jul M'dama shouldn't have been allowed to explore forerunner ruins, Halsey shouldn't have had a hit put out) I hope that Halsey doesn't go crazy and start enacting revenge, but 343 already chopped off her arm, sent Cortana into oblivion, I'm not sure what to expect. I'm sitting here thinking "I trusted you 343! What have you done?" while I still do, I just hope that it doesn't get ridiculous/crazy. Such as Cortana really being gone. [/spoiler] All in all, I look forward to a second season, since I suspect it will be MUCH better than the first since they'll have had more time to plan it with the feedback they've been given. I'm just hoping for better cutscenes where if your pelican crashes, there is actually that cutscene and you having to get out, instead of "Bam! Your pelican crashed! But you're Ok, and standing outside it." (We know you can put our actual Spartans in the cutscenes 343!) So yes, Spartan ops overall was good. Play through on Easy if that's what it takes, but I suggest playing through them at least once, that way you'll appreciate it when they're better if nothing else =D

Loved the combat in Episode 10. So many enemies everywhere was awesome and crazy (type of combat I adore in Halo) to see especially in tight quarters. The new opened up areas were awesome although a Scorpion or two would have been better than a bunch of Warthogs on Apex. The last mission saw the return of the barricade of Elites with Fuel Rods but it was not unbearable. Keep your distance and expose yourself as little as possible. It forced you to change your play style constantly or pay the price in deaths. A lot of deaths. I very much enjoyed it. Although I like the addition of the Harvester it feels redundant as it basically has the same purpose as a Scarab. But it wasnt something that really bothered me. Story wise I had crossed fingers Palmer would die but oh well. Halsey is to her tricks as usual, being severly underestimated yet again. Im sure it is just a ruse but I really hope she has a new hatrid for ONI. A deserved one that comes with almost being killed. I wouldnt be surprised if she gave out info on ONI to Jul. I very much enjoyed the season and might consider getting a second depending on price and locales among other things.