Get To Know HALO: Spartan Assault

What is HALO: Spartan Assault

INTRODUCTION:

Preceded by Halo 4 and followed by Halo: Spartan Strike

Halo: Spartan Assault is a 2013 isometric shooter (twin stick shooter) video game developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone and iOS. It is a spin-off of the successful Halo video game series, and chronologically it is placed in the time space that elapses between the events of Halo 3 and Halo 4.
Part of the Halo media franchise, the game was released on July 18, 2013, for Microsoft's Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms. The game subsequently released on Xbox 360, Xbox One, Steam, and iOS. Halo: Spartan Assault is set between the events of Halo 3 and Halo 4. Players control the human soldiers Sarah Palmer and Edward Davis as they fight a new splinter faction of the alien Covenant. The game launched with 25 single-player missions; an additional campaign released as downloadable content. The console versions also feature an exclusive cooperative horde mode.

After years of rumored or cancelled handheld Halo projects, Spartan Assault was the franchise's first mobile game. The developers spent time adapting Halo's distinctive elements to a touchscreen game meant to be played in short bursts. The game received mixed reviews on release. Reviewers praised the game for its success at replicating Halo's aesthetic; the mobile versions of the game received lower average scores. Spartan Assault was followed by a sequel, Spartan Strike, in 2015.

Halo: Spartan Assault is the first Halo series to launch on Steam, as well as not exclusively on only Xbox platforms. Other Halo series were later released such as Halo: Spartan Strike, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and the latest Halo Infinite.


(the Halo: Spartan Assault cover with Spartan "Commander Sarah Palmer" as gameplay protagonist)

STORY:

Hereby Commander Sarah Palmer, the Spartan, as the protagonist of the game, rather than the Master Chief.
The story is placed between the Halo 3 epilogue and the Halo 4 prologue and revolves around the figure of Sarah Palmer. The player will have to help the brave soldier pass the 25 tests of the UNSC Infinity virtual training program.

PLOT:

Halo: Spartan Assault takes place in the 26th century between the events of Halo 3 and Halo 4. Following the events of Halo 3, the human UNSC and alien Elites (Sangheili) signed a ceasefire to end a decades-long war. Gameplay follows through the perspective of the Spartan supersoldiers Sarah Palmer or Spartan Davis. Canonically, the events are played from the perspective of human military cadets, reliving the events inside a battle simulation.

Spartans Palmer and Davis are stationed on the planet Draetheus V when it comes under attack from a splinter group of the Covenant who have ignored the ceasefire. Palmer and Davis work to repel the invaders. This new Covenant faction led by Merg Vol discovers that Draetheus' moon is actually a weapon built by an ancient race known as the Forerunners. Merg Vol's Covenant activates the weapon, tearing apart Draetheus and triggering an evacuation. Spartan Davis gives his life to allow the remaining human forces enough time to escape. Spartan Palmer tracks down Merg Vol, kills him, sabotages the Forerunner weapon, and escapes the moon.

In the Operation Hydra campaign, Spartan Palmer returns to X50 in search of a mysterious signal. She discovers that the signal is actually a distress signal from Spartan Davis. Palmer reaches the core of X50, but finds Davis dead; the moon is using his remains to create an unknown device, which Palmer extracts for study.

GAMEPLAY:

The game is inspired by Geometry Wars (2003), the game has a fire control system operated by a double analog stick.

Halo: Spartan Assault is a shooter game where players experience gameplay from an overhead top-down perspective. Players assume the role of human supersoldiers fighting against a splinter faction of the alien alliance known as the Covenant. The control method for the game depends on the host device. On touchscreen mobile devices, players control the character through virtual joysticks—the left stick controls movement and the right stick controls the direction of the character's fire—along with buttons along the edge of the screen. Xbox 360 and Xbox One players use a physical gamepad, while Windows players can use either a gamepad, or keyboard and mouse. To assist players, many weapons auto-target enemies in the direction the player is firing.

The game's campaign mode is divided into chapters, then further subdivided into individual missions. The game features classic weapons and vehicles from the franchise. Playing Halo: Spartan Assault earns the player experience points and content for use in Halo 4. Completing missions or rotating weekly challenges award credits that can be used to buy boosts or different weapons for each mission. In lieu of spending credits for upgrades, players can use real currency.

The Xbox 360 and the Xbox One versions of the game feature an additional cooperative game mode, designed to be different from that of the main campaign. Two players team up to survive against waves of enemy Flood on five different stages. The game mode features new Spartan abilities and weapons. The Windows Phone and Windows PC version support cross-play, allowing players to start missions on one device and resume on another.


(a gameplay scene, in this scene the player character (center) firing on enemies. Spartan Assault's replication of the Halo franchise look-and-feel was praised by reviewers)

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