You can play the Spartan Ops co-op levels, or dip into a plethora of competitive modes.

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Spartan Ops is an episodic mode that is getting new content on a weekly basis and the DLC is free of charge.

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In the end, most of my critiques end up focused on the campaign and Spartan Ops modes, which I acknowledge are not the primary reasons people usually play Halo.

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There are many ways it can be done right, including the Spartan Ops DLC in the recently released Halo 4, the new content in Dark Souls, or the Captain Scarlett DLC for Borderlands 2.

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