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Halo: Spartan Strike

Utilize your Spartan skills in this classified ONI simulation set during the events of Halo 2 in New Mombasa. Lead UNSC troops through numerous missions as you battle against enemy troops and fight to save…

80 16 April 2015

Halo: Spartan Strike is a shooter developed by 343 Industries, released 16 April 2015 on iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone.

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What Halo: Spartan Strike is

Halo: Spartan Strike is a shooter game developed by 343 Industries and released in 2015. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Halo: Spartan Strike is a twin-stick shooter video game set in the military science fiction Halo universe. The successor to Halo: Spartan Assault, the game was developed by 343 Industries and Vanguard Games. It was released for iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone on April 16, 2015. During gameplay, players assume the role of human supersoldiers known as Spartans in a series of war games simulating historical events. Players use new weapons, armor abilities, and vehicles in a campaign mode of 30 missions.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Halo series

Halo: Spartan Strike is the 35th of 55 entries we hold in the Halo series. The next entry was Halo 5: Guardians - Digital Deluxe Edition in 2015. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 81. The highest-rated entry is Halo 3 at 91.

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How it was received

Halo: Spartan Strike holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual core processor, 1 GB RAM and DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3670, NVIDIA 8600 GT or Intel HD 3000). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Halo: Spartan Strike launched on 16 April 2015, within three weeks of Mortal Kombat X, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Kerbal Space Program and Pillars of Eternity. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mortal Kombat X, Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, Kerbal Space Program, Pillars of Eternity.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Halo: Spartan Strike yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Halo: Spartan Strike — frequently asked questions

When did Halo: Spartan Strike come out?
Halo: Spartan Strike was released on 16 April 2015 for iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Halo: Spartan Strike?
At minimum, Halo: Spartan Strike needs Dual core processor, 1 GB RAM, DirectX10 compatible graphics card w/ dedicated 512MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3670, NVIDIA 8600 GT or Intel HD 3000) graphics, 2550 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Halo: Spartan Strike?
The PC version needs about 2.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2550 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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