War Games refer to a collection of game types in Halo 4 in which you play competitively against other human players. These battles are training simulations Spartan IVs perform onboard the Infinity, which they use to improve their abilities for Spartan Ops. War Games has no computer-controlled enemies; every ally and enemy is a real human player.
War Games offers an interesting dynamic to Halo 4, quite different from either the Campaign or Spartan Ops. Because you are playing against real players, you can fight enemies more intelligently than those in the Campaign or Spartan Ops. Therefore, some of the strategies I provide for the Campaign do not work nearly as well in War Games. There is no single “best” strategy, so experiment with many tactics and choose one that best fits your strengths and play style.
Leveling System
In War Games and Spartan Ops, you receive experience after completing each game. This experience is used to level up your Spartan-IV character. As you level up, you unlock new equipment (weapons, armor abilities, and perks) and new armor. Each level requires more experience to unlock so that you will level up quickly at first and slowly later. After you reach level 20, you will have unlocked all equipment, and any levels past that will have little effect on your gameplay.
There are three ways to gain experience. The primary way is to complete games in either War Games or Spartan Ops. After each game, you will be rewarded a fixed completion bonus and a much smaller bonus based on your success during that game. Generally, you will receive around 2500 experience from shorter games (slayer, oddball, etc.) and 3000 experience from longer games (Spartan Ops, Big Team Battle, CTF).
The second way to gain experience is by completing challenges. There is an assortment of War Games, Campaign, and Spartan Ops challenges that you can complete to gain extra knowledge, with rewards ranging from 1000 to 20,000 experience, depending on the difficulty of the challenge. Challenges come in many variations, such as killing a certain number of enemies in a certain way, winning a certain number of games, or completing a certain campaign mission on a certain difficulty. New Challenges are added periodically.
Finally, you can gain experience by completing commendations. Commendations are similar to challenges but have no time limit, and new ones are never added. There is a large assortment of over 100 commendations, each with between 5 to 7 stages of completion. Every time you complete a new commendation stage, you receive a certain amount of experience. You can also gain new armor and weapon skins by completing the highest stage of certain commendations.
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After you reach level 50, you can choose from 8 different Spartan specializations. Each specialization requires ten levels, and you unlock new armor with each level. After completing the final level of specialization, you unlock a new perk. While these new perks have a minor effect on gameplay, they offer useful bonuses such as more experience per game, faster assassinations, or longer overheat times on vehicles. Once you complete all eight specializations and reach level 130, you have completed the leveling progression and will no longer level up.
Throughout the leveling process, you will unlock numerous pieces of armor, all of which can be accessed from the “back” menu. This allows you to customize how your Spartan-IV looks in both Spartan Ops and War Games but has no effect on gameplay. You unlock new armor by reaching new levels, completing commendations, and completing armor-specific challenges.
