A fan has created concept art for the upcomingHalo Infinite, showcasing what a potential Spartan Ops mode would look like. The fan-art uses new and old armor and art elements, and showcases how the mode would useHalo Infinite’s new art-style.

Spartan Ops was a single-player and cooperative, episodic game mode featured inHalo 4. The mode followed the events of the single player campaign, and allowed players to progress the story through frequent updates and patches. Spartan Ops is similar to that ofCall of Duty’s “Spec Ops,” but focused more on events that followed the Master Chief’s journey in the main campaign. Instead of playing as the Master Chief, players used their multiplayer spartan for these missions. This mode has not been confirmed as of yet forHalo Infinite

Whilenews forHalo Infinitehas been coming outfairly regularly through developer updates, any rumors or news of Spartan Ops has been sparse. The mode was removed inHalo 5, likely due to mixed reception, and the implementation of the popular Warzone and Warzone firefight. These two modes offered varied multiplayer gameplay, pitting players against both each-other and AI. However, these modes did not offer the same amount of narrative value that Spartan Ops did.

Despite the lack of news, someHalofans, like u/TitanSupremacy, have speculated and discussed the game-mode and how it would look in the nextHalotitle. The art focuses on a likely cutscene featuring two Spartans and three marines hauling cargo. The lighting in the art is impeccable, and extreme care and attention to detail has been givento the armor on the Spartans, Marines and Scorpion tank.

The concept art showcases theHalo Infiniteart style as we have seen it so far. The Spartans are clad in armorreminiscent of theHalo Reachart style, using various armor pieces from that game. The Spartan on the left is also wearing a jetpack fromReach. The marines, however, share the design of the marines seen in promotional material forHalo Infinitethus far. In this way, the fan has captured the artistic direction that 343 Industries is going with for Infinite by using elements of both old and newHalogames.

343 Industries has already confirmed that there will be a hefty amount of post-launchcontent forHalo Infinite. While this may not be Spartan Ops as we know it, there is still a chance that we may get something similar to the mode. Concept art like this shows that fans would still be interested in a cinematic story-based mode.

Halo Infinitewill be available in 2021 on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC.

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