Spartan Ops Invasion Episode

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So since Spartan Ops is very conflicting, what’s your favorite episode? I liked Invasion, the reason is I just wish there was a mission where we explored more of the ship, I mean it’s as big as a city, has a hanger bay that can hold Frigates. Like think about it Frigates. Yet we only get to see a small portion of it. I also liked how the mission started off, your doing casual Spartan things like fighting off Covenant and Promethean than you get called back. You can even fail the mission. I even like the fact the Covenant were using our Nukes.

What’s your favorite Spartan Op?. I predict a lot of Episode 3 and Episode 10

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I enjoyed Episode 10 the most.

Seize the Power on Apex was a lot of fun. Running out of the cave in the very last chapter of the Season was a lot of fun, too.

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The came went derp sending me into the wall but I also enjoyed fighting a Lich that fought back.

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Invasion had a lot of potential, but I hate how we only saw like, three areas. And those areas were recycled. Especially that mother -Yoinking!- server room.

343i, know what would’ve been cool? Playing in a malfunctioning War Games room, the environments phasing in and out, maybe the multiplayer AI’s dialogue scrambling, etc. That would’ve been nice.

Yet I’d have to say Episode 6 was my favorite. It started out cool with the first mission making you scavenge for weapons. Wish we had more of that.

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I liked Invasion because of the potential it really could have had, I remember someone mentioning the Malfunctioning War Room. I have a few also.

  1. The Frigate Hanger Bays very spacious and you could have assisted a Spartan team from disabling a nuke in there.
  2. Vehicle Bay come on this was in Truth and Reconciliation.
  3. The Bridge I was shocked there was no Bridge gameplay.
  4. The Armory wasn’t used which shocked me because this was in the Pillar of Autumn.
  5. EVA combat outside the ship, was surprised to not see t.

I did like how in mission 6 you were basically on a Survival mission and the breaking the Elites neck was cool.

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All these things just prove that a second season would be worth it. Think about it. After all our feedback since Season 1 concluded, they know what to do and what to improve.

I still have hope for a second season.

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Any mission featuring Apex. If there was an episode featuring just that map, I’d pay for that.

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> Any mission featuring Apex. If there was an episode featuring just that map, I’d pay for that.

Ditto. Apex is just fantastic. I’ve even named my latest Minecraft world Apex, and APEX (all caps) is a nice seed. =)

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I like Apex.

I hate control. It’s so bloody boring.

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Season 2 with limited life pool, medals, scoring, and skulls - I’d pay money for. Quite a bit of money actually.

A season 2 with just more of the same “no fail” missions I might not even play if it was free. I might do a single run through for the story if it was free, but that would be it.

I really miss the tension and challenge of ODST (and Reach “classic”) Firefight that forced you to work as a team and think strategically, and the replay value from attempting to best personal or friends scores, or trying to reaching higher waves.

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> Any mission featuring Apex. If there was an episode featuring just that map, I’d pay for that.

You might say it was the apex of map design in Spartan Ops.

:wink:

Episode 10: Exodus, 1,3 & 5 were reasonably good. Moreso 3 & 5. 2 & 3 were mind-numbing repetitive filler.

Episode 7 was good but a bit over-long. Episode 6 was good because it felt so fresh at the time. But you quickly went back to them places in later Episodes…

Chapter wise my picks were:
3-4 - Shootout in Valhalla - memorable setpiece. Scale.
6-1 - Escape Plan - unique introduction and concept, honest punishment for death
7-1 - Backup - Actually have the freedom to get around enemies, multiple possible paths.
10-3 - Seize the Power - open space with room to breathe, pretty. Invincible allies. Memorable set-piece moment (if gimped).
10-5 - One Last Time - no infinite respawns. Logical progression with only 1, logical backtrack to escape. Memorable setpieces.

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My Favorites are E10C3 “Seize the Power”, E4C2 “Rally Point”, Episode 7 Chapters “Invasion” and E3C1"The VIP" (just cause of tanks).

It’s been mentioned before, but 343 should be re-using some of these Spartan Ops levels (like E10-C3 “Seize the Power” or the E7 Invasion) for War Games.

“Sieze the Power” would be superb for BT Infinity Slayer. Any of the E 7 Invasion maps (i.e. hangars, Engine Room, Server Room etc.) would be great for 4x4 Slayer or Objective Maps.

Those maps shouldn’t need too much adjustment to make them War Games ready either.

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I can’t choose, I equally love them all. With all their faults.
Spartan Ops Arcade style game play is something that I really enjoy. You can take it as mindless shooting, or as a good challenge. The choice is yours.

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Anyone felt like the final Spartan Ops mission was more like a Campaign Mission than anything else.

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I love Exodus, seize the power and one last time are really fun, ramping a warthog into the Lich was pretty great, and Thruster Packing in the zero gravity part of one last time is fun, I only wish we had more zero gravity sections

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> Anyone felt like the final Spartan Ops mission was more like a Campaign Mission than anything else.

That’s probably why I enjoyed it the most

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> Invasion had a lot of potential, but I hate how we only saw like, three areas. And those areas were recycled. Especially that mother -Yoinking!- server room.
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> 343i, know what would’ve been cool? Playing in a malfunctioning War Games room, the environments phasing in and out, maybe the multiplayer AI’s dialogue scrambling, etc. That would’ve been nice.
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> Yet I’d have to say Episode 6 was my favorite. It started out cool with the first mission making you scavenge for weapons. Wish we had more of that.

That would be pretty unique and makes you need to change your tactic on the spot

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I think this isn’t the last time the Infinity will get boarded in all honesty. I’m pretty sure it will probably be boarded again I mean third time is the charm right?

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> > Any mission featuring Apex. If there was an episode featuring just that map, I’d pay for that.
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> You might say it was the apex of map design in Spartan Ops.
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> :wink:

It’s certainly the apex of Spartan Ops tricking.

-E9C3 Getting the Scorpion past the blockade
-E9C3 Scorpion flip launching onto height barrier
-E9C3 Driving a Pelican
-E10C3 Herbie the Grunt
-E10C3 Eternal teabagging Spartan
-E10C3 Out of map
-E10C3 Visiting Licha area early
-E10C3 Inside blue shield area early
-E10C3 Falling through the floor
-E10C3 Getting inside Lich early
-E10C3 Sinking the Lich with vehicles

If you’re interested, I can link ya to some of these.

> Episode 10: Exodus, 1,3 & 5 were reasonably good. Moreso 3 & 5. 2 & <mark>4</mark> were mind-numbing repetitive filler.

Fixed and I agree.

> Episode 7 was good but a bit over-long.

It’d have been better if it had been 1 big map. Shame there’s no loadzones in Spartan Ops.

> Episode 6 was good because it felt so fresh at the time. But you quickly went back to them places in later Episodes…

Good point.

> Chapter wise my picks were:
> 3-4 - Shootout in Valhalla - memorable setpiece. Scale.
> 6-1 - Escape Plan - unique introduction and concept, honest punishment for death
> 7-1 - Backup - Actually have the freedom to get around enemies, multiple possible paths.
> 10-3 - Seize the Power - open space with room to breathe, pretty. Invincible allies. Memorable set-piece moment (if gimped).
> 10-5 - One Last Time - no infinite respawns. Logical progression with only 1, logical backtrack to escape. Memorable setpieces.

E3C4 started off like any other mission than bam, a middle cutscene, a bunch of Mantises, a horde of Banshees and Phantoms, and a cruiser in the distance. What you said, a memorable setpiece and scale. There’s also an opportunity to exit the map with a Banshee.

You just summed up E6C1 and E7C1.

E10C3 would have been a lot better if we could board the Lich early (damn the reinforced height barrier). This could lead to an alternate objective: defend the Lich then steal it’s core.

E10C5’s combat didn’t feel like an improvement. Yet the middle cutscene, the new areas, our Spartan appearing in the end cutscene, and the weird gravity were nice touches.

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> I think this isn’t the last time the Infinity will get boarded in all honesty. I’m pretty sure it will probably be boarded again I mean third time is the charm right?

I hope that if Infinity gets boarded in the future, we see a lot more damage & destruction or even losing the Infinity completely for a short time and you have to work to regain control.

Episode 8 had so much potential.