Spartan Ops online only

Now I finished the campaign and loved it and was excited to give spartan ops a go, unfortunetly I cant play it offline,
To me this is a bad design choice, not everyone can use the internet (or all the time,) now sure we get 2 weeks of gold but thats going to run out Id hate to have a few spartan ops missions and then not being able to finish the rest off,

Now I dont see why you cant just have it that you can download and play spartan ops offline but if you want to 4 player it with friends or randoms you need online gold,

Also were I live xbox live 1 year isnt $60 more lke 90-100 (depends on the shop) and I obtained the special edition i was saving the 2 weeks gold for when they were all released so i could go through the multy more

I just want to know what others think of this that spartan ops is online only, no offline, Do you think 343 should change it and let those with offline (no gold) to play it?
343 next halo if you continue to do the spartan ops can you give us a mode we can play offline? such as bots or bring back firefight

You know you don’t have to get Xbox Live off of a store, you can get a subscription/membership by buying one on your console or calling Xbox Live support? Or just ordering a membership card online or something?

Apparently you’ll need Xbox LIVE GOLD and be connected to the internet to even have access to play the Spartan Ops missions. Although this sucks for offline players and players who don’t have GOLD, it encourages players to join Xbox LIVE so they can get in on the fun and get a better Halo experience.

I would imagine that they would release a Season 1 game cd about the time Season 2 starts making it’s debut on XBOX live.

> I would imagine that they would release a Season 1 game cd about the time Season 2 starts making it’s debut on XBOX live.

I would hope so, story DLC (in a way) and most wont be able to access it,

This seems unfortanate for people w/o Live. This won’t effect everyone, but still.

Worst thing is after the first series if there was a 2nd I was going to pay for that series

Can you play it in split-screen?

> Can you play it in split-screen?

Not that I know off, but doubtful that it does,