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Halo: Spartan Strike

December 15, 2023

Halo: Spartan Strike is a twin-stick shooter video game set in the military science fiction Halo universe. The successor to Halo: Spartan Assault, the game was developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games. It was released for iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone on April 16, 2015. During gameplay, players assume the role of human supersoldiers known as Spartans in a series of war games simulating historical events. Players use new weapons, armor abilities, and vehicles in a campaign mode of 30 missions.

Halo: Spartan Strike
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Microsoft Studios
Composer(s)Tom Salta
SeriesHalo
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone, iOS
ReleaseApril 16, 2015
Genre(s)Twin-stick shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

The developers incorporated feedback from Spartan Assault to improve Spartan Strike, improving the controls and mission variety. Originally slated for a late 2014 release, the technical problems with Halo: The Master Chief Collection pushed the release into 2015. Spartan Strike received mixed reviews on release. The game was generally considered an improvement over its predecessor, although its lack of multiplayer features was criticized.

Gameplay edit

 
The player driving a Warthog while fighting enemies.

Halo: Spartan Strike is a twin-stick shooter game that utilizes a top-down perspective. Players control a human soldier and fight against enemy aliens with a variety of weapons, abilities, and vehicles. Gameplay is similar to Spartan Assault, Spartan Strike's antecedent.[1] The controls received slight updates.[1][2] New to the game are the Promethean enemies and their weapons, which join human and Covenant arsenals, as well as new pivotable vehicles.[3][2] Players can customize their starting weapon loadouts before starting a mission, as well as choosing to add "skulls", difficulty modifiers that increase player scores.[4] Weapons and powerups are purchased with XP; players gain more XP by completing mission challenges and increasing the difficulty. The campaign is made up of twenty short stages, with additional stages unlocked by obtaining high enough scores.[1][2] Objectives revolve around clearing areas, surviving enemy waves, protecting objectives, or reaching end points of a level.[4] Unlike Spartan Assault, the game features no microtransactions.[5]

Plot edit

Halo: Spartan Strike takes place during two eras: the first part during the events of Halo 2, and the second part after the events of Halo 4.[3] The player character is a Spartan IV supersoldier that leads UNSC forces against the Covenant within a combat simulation. During the Covenant invasion of the Earth city of New Mombasa, they sought an artifact known as the Conduit. While a group of human soldiers were able to secure the Conduit, they were presumed lost after the city was devastated by a slipspace rupture. Five years later, the UNSC receives a signal from the Conduit on the Forerunner ringworld Gamma Halo, where they fight against a new Covenant faction also seeking the artifact. They learn that the Conduit can open Forerunner portals across the galaxy, and transported itself away from New Mombasa to avoid destruction. This new Covenant faction intends to use the Conduit to bring Promethean reinforcements to Gamma Halo and wrest control of the ring. Though the Conduit is recovered, the faction open portals to the human city of New Phoenix. The UNSC brings the Conduit to the base to shut down the portals, stemming the invasion, but the Conduit slips away again. The player is tasked with joining a team to hunt down the Conduit.

Development edit

To produce the Halo franchise's first mobile game, 343 Industries partnered with Vanguard Games to develop Halo: Spartan Assault.[6] Vanguard was chosen due to prior experience developing twin-stick shooters.[7] Spartan Assault released in 2013 to mixed reviews. Vanguard Games and 343 Industries announced a sequel, Spartan Strike, in October 2014.[3] In crafting the sequel, the developers focused on areas that had received negative feedback in Spartan Assault, such as improving the controls, especially on touchscreen devices.[8] 343 Industries producer Fred LaPorte described their aim as making Spartan Strike "the premium mobile device experience".[3] Tom Salta returned to score the music for Spartan Strike. He started by capturing the sound effects from Spartan Assault to write music against, making sure the orchestral sounds would mesh with the rest of the soundscape.[9]

Technical problems with Halo: The Master Chief Collection resulted in Spartan Strike's release date being pushed back from December 12. The game was released as a digital download for Windows devices and Steam on April 16, 2015.[10][11][8] Spartan Strike and Spartan Assault also arrived on iOS, available a la carte or in a bundle.[12]

Reception edit

Halo: Spartan Strike received mixed reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 66/100 for the PC version on Metacritic.[14] The game's iOS version received more positive reviews, garnering an aggregate score of 86/100.[13] Critics praised the game's translation of the Halo experience into the top-down view.[15][5] Critics such as PCMag's Jordan Minor and Pocket Gamer's Harry Slater wrote that the game improved on Spartan Assault in most ways,[5][15][16] with IGN's Dave Rudden writing that at times Spartan Strike felt like a more optimized, patched version of Spartan Assault.[2] Miguel Concepcion, writing for GameSpot, called Spartan Strike "the closest we have to a Halo game, had it existed in the late 1980s arcades."[4]

Reviews cited improvements made to Spartan Assault's formula, such as improved mission variety.[2] The controls were also considered tweaked and improved over the game's predecessor.[1][17] The game's graphics and music were well-received.[5][16] Minor singled out Tom Salta's score, writing that the music "adds an almost-unearned amount of poignancy to something as simple and silly as blasting hordes of monsters from the back of a space truck".[5] The removal of Spartan Assault's microtransactions was positively noted,[2][5] although GamesTM felt that the XP requirements in lieu of the micro transactions created an "equally depressing" grind.[17]

The lack of multiplayer was criticized, with Slater calling the omission the game's biggest weakness.[15][17] Rudden deemed Spartan Strike as lacking Spartan Assault's replay value due to the missing mode.[2] Other complaints included bugs, with Vandal's Juan Rubio reporting getting stuck in vehicles with regularity,[16] and inconsistent frame rate during heavy periods of on-screen action.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Ford, Eric (April 17, 215). "'Halo: Spartan Strike' Review – An Evolutionary Success". TouchArcade. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Rudden, Dave (April 21, 2015). "Halo: Spartan Strike Review". IGN. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d McCaffrey, Ryan (October 15, 2014). "Halo: Spartan Strike Announced for Windows Devices and Steam – IGN First". IGN. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Concepcion, Miguel (April 22, 2015). "Halo: Spartan Strike Review; Interstellar Pursuit". GameSpot. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Minor, Jordan (May 11, 2015). "Halo: Spartan Strike (for Windows 8) Review". PCMag. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  6. ^ Shea, Jessica (June 5, 2013). . Halo Waypoint. 343 Industries. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013.
  7. ^ De Kwaadsteniet, Maarten (June 17, 2014). "Halo: Spartan Assault Interview". IGN Benelux (in Dutch). from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Makuch, Eddie (April 16, 2015). "After Delay, Microtransaction-Free Halo: Spartan Strike Arrives Today". GameSpot. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  9. ^ Hughes, Sam (June 6, 2015). "Interview with Composer, Tom Salta". The Sound Architect. from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Halo: Spartan Strike Comes to Windows 8 Devices and Steam this December". Xbox.com. Microsoft. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  11. ^ Tipps, Seth (May 1, 2017). "343 Industries Delays Halo: Spartan Strike to Early 2015". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  12. ^ Gilbert, Ben (April 20, 2015). "'Halo' is finally on your iPhone". Business Insider. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Halo: Spartan Strike for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Halo: Spartan Strike for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  15. ^ a b c Slater, Harry (April 20, 2015). "Halo: Spartan Strike review". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  16. ^ a b c Rubio, Juan (May 16, 2015). "Análisis de Halo: Spartan Strike (PC, iPhone)". Vandal (in Spanish). Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  17. ^ a b c Staff. . GamesTM. No. 162. p. 102. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.

External links edit

  • Halo: Spartan Strike at Halo Waypoint

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Halo Spartan Strike is a twin stick shooter video game set in the military science fiction Halo universe The successor to Halo Spartan Assault the game was developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games It was released for iOS Windows and Windows Phone on April 16 2015 During gameplay players assume the role of human supersoldiers known as Spartans in a series of war games simulating historical events Players use new weapons armor abilities and vehicles in a campaign mode of 30 missions Halo Spartan StrikeDeveloper s 343 IndustriesVanguard GamesPublisher s Microsoft StudiosComposer s Tom SaltaSeriesHaloPlatform s Microsoft Windows Windows Phone iOSReleaseApril 16 2015Genre s Twin stick shooterMode s Single playerThe developers incorporated feedback from Spartan Assault to improve Spartan Strike improving the controls and mission variety Originally slated for a late 2014 release the technical problems with Halo The Master Chief Collection pushed the release into 2015 Spartan Strike received mixed reviews on release The game was generally considered an improvement over its predecessor although its lack of multiplayer features was criticized Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksGameplay edit nbsp The player driving a Warthog while fighting enemies Halo Spartan Strike is a twin stick shooter game that utilizes a top down perspective Players control a human soldier and fight against enemy aliens with a variety of weapons abilities and vehicles Gameplay is similar to Spartan Assault Spartan Strike s antecedent 1 The controls received slight updates 1 2 New to the game are the Promethean enemies and their weapons which join human and Covenant arsenals as well as new pivotable vehicles 3 2 Players can customize their starting weapon loadouts before starting a mission as well as choosing to add skulls difficulty modifiers that increase player scores 4 Weapons and powerups are purchased with XP players gain more XP by completing mission challenges and increasing the difficulty The campaign is made up of twenty short stages with additional stages unlocked by obtaining high enough scores 1 2 Objectives revolve around clearing areas surviving enemy waves protecting objectives or reaching end points of a level 4 Unlike Spartan Assault the game features no microtransactions 5 Plot editHalo Spartan Strike takes place during two eras the first part during the events of Halo 2 and the second part after the events of Halo 4 3 The player character is a Spartan IV supersoldier that leads UNSC forces against the Covenant within a combat simulation During the Covenant invasion of the Earth city of New Mombasa they sought an artifact known as the Conduit While a group of human soldiers were able to secure the Conduit they were presumed lost after the city was devastated by a slipspace rupture Five years later the UNSC receives a signal from the Conduit on the Forerunner ringworld Gamma Halo where they fight against a new Covenant faction also seeking the artifact They learn that the Conduit can open Forerunner portals across the galaxy and transported itself away from New Mombasa to avoid destruction This new Covenant faction intends to use the Conduit to bring Promethean reinforcements to Gamma Halo and wrest control of the ring Though the Conduit is recovered the faction open portals to the human city of New Phoenix The UNSC brings the Conduit to the base to shut down the portals stemming the invasion but the Conduit slips away again The player is tasked with joining a team to hunt down the Conduit Development editTo produce the Halo franchise s first mobile game 343 Industries partnered with Vanguard Games to develop Halo Spartan Assault 6 Vanguard was chosen due to prior experience developing twin stick shooters 7 Spartan Assault released in 2013 to mixed reviews Vanguard Games and 343 Industries announced a sequel Spartan Strike in October 2014 3 In crafting the sequel the developers focused on areas that had received negative feedback in Spartan Assault such as improving the controls especially on touchscreen devices 8 343 Industries producer Fred LaPorte described their aim as making Spartan Strike the premium mobile device experience 3 Tom Salta returned to score the music for Spartan Strike He started by capturing the sound effects from Spartan Assault to write music against making sure the orchestral sounds would mesh with the rest of the soundscape 9 Technical problems with Halo The Master Chief Collection resulted in Spartan Strike s release date being pushed back from December 12 The game was released as a digital download for Windows devices and Steam on April 16 2015 10 11 8 Spartan Strike and Spartan Assault also arrived on iOS available a la carte or in a bundle 12 Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacriticiOS 86 100 13 PC 66 100 14 Review scoresPublicationScoreGameSpot70 100 4 IGN72 100 2 TouchArcade nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Halo Spartan Strike received mixed reviews from critics with an aggregate score of 66 100 for the PC version on Metacritic 14 The game s iOS version received more positive reviews garnering an aggregate score of 86 100 13 Critics praised the game s translation of the Halo experience into the top down view 15 5 Critics such as PCMag s Jordan Minor and Pocket Gamer s Harry Slater wrote that the game improved on Spartan Assault in most ways 5 15 16 with IGN s Dave Rudden writing that at times Spartan Strike felt like a more optimized patched version of Spartan Assault 2 Miguel Concepcion writing for GameSpot called Spartan Strike the closest we have to a Halo game had it existed in the late 1980s arcades 4 Reviews cited improvements made to Spartan Assault s formula such as improved mission variety 2 The controls were also considered tweaked and improved over the game s predecessor 1 17 The game s graphics and music were well received 5 16 Minor singled out Tom Salta s score writing that the music adds an almost unearned amount of poignancy to something as simple and silly as blasting hordes of monsters from the back of a space truck 5 The removal of Spartan Assault s microtransactions was positively noted 2 5 although GamesTM felt that the XP requirements in lieu of the micro transactions created an equally depressing grind 17 The lack of multiplayer was criticized with Slater calling the omission the game s biggest weakness 15 17 Rudden deemed Spartan Strike as lacking Spartan Assault s replay value due to the missing mode 2 Other complaints included bugs with Vandal s Juan Rubio reporting getting stuck in vehicles with regularity 16 and inconsistent frame rate during heavy periods of on screen action 5 References edit a b c d e Ford Eric April 17 215 Halo Spartan Strike Review An Evolutionary Success TouchArcade Retrieved April 4 2020 a b c d e f g h Rudden Dave April 21 2015 Halo Spartan Strike Review IGN Retrieved July 15 2021 a b c d McCaffrey Ryan October 15 2014 Halo Spartan Strike Announced for Windows Devices and Steam IGN First IGN Retrieved July 19 2021 a b c d Concepcion Miguel April 22 2015 Halo Spartan Strike Review Interstellar Pursuit GameSpot Retrieved July 13 2021 a b c d e f g Minor Jordan May 11 2015 Halo Spartan Strike for Windows 8 Review PCMag Retrieved July 15 2021 Shea Jessica June 5 2013 The Halo Bulletin 6 5 2013 Halo Waypoint 343 Industries Archived from the original on August 2 2013 De Kwaadsteniet Maarten June 17 2014 Halo Spartan Assault Interview IGN Benelux in Dutch Archived from the original on March 23 2020 Retrieved January 9 2019 a b Makuch Eddie April 16 2015 After Delay Microtransaction Free Halo Spartan Strike Arrives Today GameSpot Retrieved July 19 2021 Hughes Sam June 6 2015 Interview with Composer Tom Salta The Sound Architect Archived from the original on August 26 2019 Retrieved May 23 2020 Halo Spartan Strike Comes to Windows 8 Devices and Steam this December Xbox com Microsoft October 16 2014 Retrieved October 26 2014 Tipps Seth May 1 2017 343 Industries Delays Halo Spartan Strike to Early 2015 IGN Ziff Davis Retrieved August 7 2020 Gilbert Ben April 20 2015 Halo is finally on your iPhone Business Insider Retrieved July 19 2021 a b Halo Spartan Strike for iPhone iPad Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved September 5 2015 a b Halo Spartan Strike for PC Reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved August 9 2015 a b c Slater Harry April 20 2015 Halo Spartan Strike review Pocket Gamer Retrieved July 19 2021 a b c Rubio Juan May 16 2015 Analisis de Halo Spartan Strike PC iPhone Vandal in Spanish Retrieved July 19 2021 a b c Staff Halo Spartan Strike review GamesTM No 162 p 102 Archived from the original on July 7 2015 External links editHalo Spartan Strike at Halo Waypoint Portal nbsp Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Halo Spartan Strike amp oldid 1182899401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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