Spartan Branch
The UNSC's most elite warriors, forged to stand alone against impossible odds.
The Spartan Branch is the premier special operations force of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC), representing the pinnacle of human military capability and biological augmentation. In Halo 4's multiplayer component, titled "Infinity", players assume the role of a customizable Spartan-IV super-soldier. Players can progress through ranks by earning experience points from completing matches and challenges. Gameplay items such as visual customizations, weapons, armor abilities, and various upgrades are unlocked and can be acquired by players when they gain ranks. Once players attain rank SR-50, they can enlist into a "Specialization", enabling them to unlock further cosmetic and gameplay-enhancing customizations for their Spartan.
Quick Facts
- Affiliation
- United Nations Space Command (UNSC)
Lore & Background
The Spartan Branch is featured in Halo 4's multiplayer component, titled "Infinity". In this mode, players assume the role of a customizable Spartan-IV super-soldier. War Games is a competitive multiplayer matchmaking mode. There are various playlists with different game types ranging from standard deathmatch to objective oriented modes such as capture the flag.
War Games can be played with up to sixteen players on Xbox Live and has up to four-player split screen support. In Halo 4, players are able to join certain multiplayer matchmaking sessions while they are in progress. Spartan Ops is a story-driven episodic game mode, that can be played solo or cooperatively like the campaign mode. It serves as a replacement for the Firefight game mode that featured in Halo: Reach and Halo 3: ODST.
Ten episodes of content were released for Spartan Ops, each featured a cinematic and five objective-based missions. The first five episodes were delivered on a weekly basis following Halo 4's launch, the final five episodes were released in early 2013.
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