Face off against Promethean enemies deadly mechanical warriors who seek mankind’s annihilation.Crush your enemies using the iconic Warthog or sweep them from the battlefield using the all-new Kestrel VTOL.Be the Spartan and deny your foes the conquest of Earth.Įarn Steam achievements, complete missions and compete against your friends for the top scores in the leaderboards.Ĭhallenge your enemies. As such, 'true' Halo game or not, it is easily one of the best games to come out on the iPad this year.Halo: Spartan Strike makes you a Spartan supersoldier battling evil forces.ĭelve into 30 challenging missions through cities and jungles using a devastating arsenal of weapons, abilities and vehicles including the iconic Warthog against the Covenant and Promethean enemies. Spartan Strike is an stylish little package, and is being sold for an amazing price. Can it compare to the upcoming Halo 5? Of course not. It’s not surprising that Spartan Strike is an incredibly fun game to play, and 343 Industries certainly has the experience under its belt to produce high-quality action games. I can't see Halo fans not also enjoying this, which does a really good job of broadening the franchise beyond the standard shooter experience to offer something a little more experimental. There are so many intricate details that create the same atmosphere of previous entries, and I’m sure there are even more references that have completely flown over my head. The Master Chief collection is currently collecting dust for a multitude of reasons, but you don’t have to know the Halo inside out to see what the team behind Spartan Strike have done. Now, I haven't spent a great deal of time with the Halo games. Do you take the risk of having shields and armour deplete while shooting to gain more credits at the end of a mission or do you choose to pick up weapons with less ammo in them? It’s an interesting dynamic that keeps the game interesting. 'Skulls' can be equipped to modify the gameplay, essentially acting as a difficulty system, with substantial payoff. Like with other mobile games, there is a ranking system that scores you after every mission. Something is always happening, with this action being what ultimately draws you through the level, until you've reached the end of each operation without knowing it. Missions are enjoyable, as each one is injected with fast-paced action that doesn't let you slow down to smell the roses. Some missions require the player to move through the level in the classic run-and-gun format, while others make players defend certain objectives or extract certain objects. Each operation is introduced by a cutscene to give those who want it additional backstory behind each event, but the beauty of Spartan Strike is each mission is completely accessible without knowledge of the previous history of Halo. The five operations that make up the campaign are spread over 30 missions, all with varying objectives. It seems strange that a computer generated simulation takes more time to invent than flying spaceships, but whatever. Spartan Strike occurs after the events of Halo 4, in which inventors have successfully created a device that can replay past war skirmishes. This is disappointing, because Spartan Strike requires players to have strong, accurate reflexes and it really needed mechanics that would be able to keep up better than they are. And there's also a degree of unresponsiveness at play too you can see that Halo: Spartan Assault is waiting to see if you meant to fire a gun or if you meant to conduct a melee attack when you first lay your finger on the screen. That being said, the nature of virtual joysticks is that by assigning multiple actions to the joystick it is inevitable that there are moments of inaccuracy. It’s a system that minimises the amount of buttons that takes up necessary screen space, without making the controls too confusing and unapproachable from a pick-up-and-play aspect. Other attacks require the player to tap the screen (for melee) and double tap and hold on it (for a grenade).
The left and right corners of the screen are used to move and aim respectively. The controls themselves are actually quite responsive and it surprised me as to how well it played on the iPad. From the way troops behave, to the weapons and locations, it feels like an authentic Halo experience, even though it's a top-down dual stick shooter, rather than a FPS, and that’s the best thing Spartan Strike has going for it. What’s quite incredible about Spartan Assault is that it has managed to encapsulate the atmosphere and design of the Halo games, previously exclusive to Microsoft systems, into the confines of an iPad.
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