Slightly Live
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From Little English Halo Blog
Microsoft's Expert Zone has released an info pack for retail employees that contains some new Halo 4 information, you can find the rest at Expert Zone or in the blog linked.
Halo 4's Spartan Ops - 50 Missions over 10 Weeks Free DLC
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From Little English Halo Blog
Microsoft's Expert Zone has released an info pack for retail employees that contains some new Halo 4 information, you can find the rest at Expert Zone or in the blog linked.
Trunchisholm
Member
That season pass thing might make sense for once.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Actually, I think I'm more interested in the Lego Halo set than the DLC. Ha ha.
This is cool too. I wonder whT this means for the Halo Mega Bloks?
Pretty sure the Lego pic isn't real, what with it saying "Bionicle" on the side of he box..
TheCongressman1
Member
So, the spartan in the lego set is pretty much just an old Bionicle design. How uninspired... Oh well, Halo lego is surely better than megablocks halo.
Edit:
Haha, I thought that set looked a little to close to Bionicle.
Also, any word on how much spartan ops is going to cost per season?
Edit:
Haha, I thought that set looked a little to close to Bionicle.
Also, any word on how much spartan ops is going to cost per season?
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Removed it just in case. Too tired to check and verify.
Edit: ^^
First season is free. No word on the next.
. First season's free, as the images say, but there hasn't been any word on pricing or timing of future seasons.
Ah, that makes sense. My dreams of a chopper or chopper replacement are once again crushed!Lego pic is fake
TheCongressman1
Member
Yeah, I didn't think they had any info on the next one, but just checking.
I wonder how all of this will turn out. I'm kind of skeptical of how they can keep this kind of thing fresh. I hope they can though.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Id gladly pay for Spartan Ops anyway so if they want money for season 2 they are goning to get it from me
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
That seems like a ridiculous amount of content. Like, more than the average player could reasonably consume (at least in the timespan while it's still releasing.)
I'm curious as to what the price will be (or lack thereof) for Season 2 onward though.
Now I don't know exactly how I'll feel about the content until we get it to play ourselves, but just based off of the sheer amount you get, $20 wouldn't be completely unreasonable, but probably a tad high. $15 I might bite at, and $10 I almost certainly would. Having to pay for this in addition to $10/$15 map packs might be overkill though unless they bundle them somehow.
I'm curious as to what the price will be (or lack thereof) for Season 2 onward though.
Now I don't know exactly how I'll feel about the content until we get it to play ourselves, but just based off of the sheer amount you get, $20 wouldn't be completely unreasonable, but probably a tad high. $15 I might bite at, and $10 I almost certainly would. Having to pay for this in addition to $10/$15 map packs might be overkill though unless they bundle them somehow.
You get the upcoming MP mappacks for "free" if you get the special edition of Halo 4.
This is the steelbook $79 one, right?
It depends what a 'mission' entails. I'm imagining something of Timesplitters Arcade style; by no means a bad thing, of course!
It strikes me as a very smart way to discourage people from selling off the game immediately. If they can get a majority to hang onto it for the full ten weeks, that's going to substantially reduce the number of copies on the second-hand market - in a way I would imagine few people would find objectionable!
Yup.
$100 but you get the first 3 map packs with it.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I think they said about 15 mins of gameplay from each mission, obviously varies with difficulty and team size
Thanks, I just didn't remember there's no cat helmet edition this time round.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
I kinda wish there was an Elite program like COD so that all dlc, MP and spartan ops was included in the price. I prefer paying once and getting everything. Right now all we know is the 100$ version will get us some of the "planned" maps, but if they release more after that, you'll have to pay again.
j0hnny_385
Member
Brilliant! I'm soooo psyched for this game.
snoopeasystreet
Member
It'd be awesome if they made competitive DLC free and used additional seasons for revenue.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Go away. I'd take co-op maps over multiplayer maps any day.
Up to 12 hours of content over 10 weeks doesn't seem like it would be that hard to manage.
You've got campaign for co-op too.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Yeahhhh, I still prefer co-op maps though. I'm not much of a multiplayer gamer, and whenever a game launches new multiplayer maps I just have no interest.
Co-op maps on the other hand...yes please!
RebornYeti
Member
Only 2 new vehicles? 
I was hoping we'd get a bunch of new Promethean vehicles.
The only way they can make this up is by including the Chopper
I was hoping we'd get a bunch of new Promethean vehicles.The only way they can make this up is by including the Chopper
you can select them all and replay them. you cant miss out on the "episodes".
Navidson REC
Member
Only 2 new vehicles?
The only way they can make this up is by including the Chopper
That really surprised me (negatively), too. What a weird thing to state.
I mean, isn't it basically that new flying thingy we saw in the montage at the end of the E3 showing (which, granted, looked kinda cool) and one other thing?
Also, how many weapons are now left to be revealed?
As for Spartan Ops: That sounds really good!
Monocle
Member
50 missions sounds great, provided they aren't repetitive. Can 343 really deliver that much content and keep it fresh? I'll be really impressed if they manage to avoid making Spartan Ops feel like a poor imitation of Firefight. I want this to be good, but I'm concerned.
10 new weapons is a nice figure—pretty close to what I expected. 2 new vehicles is just plain disappointing.
10 new weapons is a nice figure—pretty close to what I expected. 2 new vehicles is just plain disappointing.
Halo does have a good suite of existing vehicles though, there's vehicles from earlier games that weren't in Reach they could bring back and have them feel fresh.