Feature: Halo: Spartan Assault Hands-On - New Halo, Old Tricks?

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Feature: Halo: Spartan Assault Hands-On - New Halo, Old Tricks?

Added: 04.06.2013 14:00 | 6 views | 0 comments

Spartan Assault is 343's next instalment in the Halo series, but its influences are surprisingly old.

Feature: Halo: Spartan Assault Hands-On - New Halo, Old Tricks? article

They call, you go. Because people love Halo.

The question is, however, whether they'll love this one.

Full-fat, first-person, four-player split-screen Halo this isn't. Instead, it's a Windows 8 platform-only deal – a title that can be played across your PC, tablet and phone – which has got its roots in old-school, top-down shooters like Smash TV, Total Carnage, and crusty old Robotron 2084.

Not that Spartan Assault is going to look anything like those games – 343 is promising that this will resemble Halo in every way bar the viewpoint. Massive vistas,...