I’ve been playing a lot of Spartan Ops to reach max rank and here are a few thoughts that came up.
NEGATIVES
-COMMUNISM. Everyone gets the same xp at the end of the match no matter how much you out perform your teammates. (same goes for multiplayer). XP should be skill based.
-STALE. In game dialogue is a bit stale. It would be nice to give Crimson a voice.
-BAD USE OF MAPS. Episodes that have you zig zagging back and forth all over the map makes gameplay feel like a drag. Repeated use of the maps contribute to that as well. Unfortunately the only way to remedy this is by constantly making new maps which is essentially just making a new game.
-“FIREFIGHT WITH A STORY” Firefight hasn’t been as good since it first debuted in ODST. Getting that Vidmaster Endure achievement was one of the funnest thing I’ve done in a Halo game. Since there is no defense gameplay at all there is no way to simulate something like that. Also, no achievement to motivate such acts.
-NO PARTY UP. There is no way to party up with a group of good players.
POSITIVES
-EXPANDING THE UNIVERSE. Adding in characters from the books such as Jul M’dama & Serin Osman.
-CGI CINEMATICS. Straight eye candy.
I WISH THEY ADDED
-“FIREFIGHT FORGE” I thought it would be cool to have some type of “Firefight Forge” Where we can edit maps and enemy types and players compete for kills. (I’m thinking grunts with a 10x overshield and a bottomless clip fuel rod that can only be killed by assasination)