July 4, 2015

Halo: Spartan Assault

Date played: July 3rd
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 7/10

Spartan Assault is another game I've bought for very cheap during the Steam sale. It's a dual stick shooter set in the Halo universe starring two unknown spartans. It's a very simple, small game with short missions. It's pretty cool to play a game like this with Halo weapons, enemies and vehicles.

Turrets are very powerful in this game
Just like in the "big boy" Halo games, the spartans can hold two weapons, various grenades and can use armor abilities. There's no reloading, so it makes it easy to just keep fighting under heavy pressure. My favorite weapon is easily the assault rifle, but the Covenant rifle, the SMG's, the needler and the shotgun are all fun to use too. Missions are pretty varied including some defensive scenarios, some assault scenarios, escort missions and even a few vehicle missions with tanks or wraiths. I played about half the game in less than 2 hours, so this will be over rather quickly, but the price was right.