

If I have to beat Spartan Strike with a stick it will be because the mission variety is poor. Missions are structured into a series of five-slice levels, each of which takes place in a different environment. You’ll be using their weapons, too, alongside the usual UNSC fare. Spartan Strike takes place in a variety of Human, Covenant, and (new to the mobile series) Promethean environments, and it’s Promethean and Covenant enemies you will be taking on. How this translates into ‘lesser’ phone models, I don’t know, but on my device, all was well. I’m not really a phone-gamer, so it may just be a case of me underusing my hardware (Lumia 930), but the level of control I had over the game was a delight. My on-screen spartan handled surprisingly well, with subtle thumb movements picked up and translated into the game without much issue. Weapons feel weightier and more deadly, and I found myself enjoying destroying the enemy wave after wave while waiting in the dentist waiting room. The game needed the aiming assist, badly, and now that it is here, this is a Halo title that is far more playable and enjoyable, just for this one change. Shooting feels more precise here, thanks mostly to the aiming auto assist which is provided. Improvements have been made in weapon aiming, and this is where I found the most noticeable enhancement in terms of gameplay. Now that you are all caught up, what’s changed? Spartan Strike is a twin-stick shooter, just like its predecessor, and action takes place from a 45-degree angle, giving the same top-down vantage point as before. Taking place around the time the Master Chief was kicking major covenant ass in Halo 2, it focuses its attention on what happened outside of the gunsights of The Chief, with the first handful of missions taking place in Johannesburg where the covenant are hunting for The Arc, a sacred monument they need to activate the rings and purge the galaxy of the non-believers.
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Spartan Strike is the follow up to Spartan Assault, and has a story that is cannon fodder when put in the terms of the full saga.
