"One would think that a Halo game that doesn’t feature the iconic Master Chief would not have the same appeal as the previous trilogy. What if that game wasn’t even a first person shooter or made by Bungie Studios? Ensemble Studios which is known for their Age of Empire series has been given the chance to put the Halo universe into a Real Time Strategy game."
Overall: If someone asks you have you ever heard of Halo Wars? Of cource your going to say yes its been hyped up extremely for the last 3 years with trailers and rumors and halos. Halo Wars is a new halo game, but wait its an RTS. Halo Wars is trying to do what other RTS games on a console haven't been having much success with trying to micromanage and stratigically win battles with a controller rather than a keyboard and a mouse. Although this game is not great so far it is the closest, and most fun.
To buy or not to buy:
If you are a hardcore RTS like a korean and starcraft you might be a little disipointed in the RTS factor because those who are used to the mouse and keyboard and extremely fast manuvers will feel this game lacking a lot. For those who just want to have a good time and don't take RTS to seriously I would suggest getting it. Gameplay: Halo Wars is a Halo based RTS or Real Time Stradagy game where you or "God" or whatever you want to call yourself creates a army of your choosing and your goal is to destroy all of the enemy's buildings and units. If you look at computer RTS like starcraft or warcraft those games are really fast paced and complicated sometimes. Halo Wars is kind of sluggish in comparison the main cause is the use of the controller. A keyboard and mouse is very different from a controller first off your action won't be as fast. And second there are small things that frustrate and bother you. One thing is the unit selecting with a mouse its fairly simple with a controller not so much you have to singly pick out units if you want a certain type like the flyers your options are 1 unit, a bunch of that 1 unit, or all the units on the map. Another thing since the action isn't as fast paced the game feels rather predictable. In computer RTS people would make armies in seconds from their coordination and speed in Halo Wars you have limited buildings and along with the controller it feels really slow. Graphics: Visually the game looks really nice. So far in my opinion the best RTS graphics so far. You can see some great detail on the units the portraits and the terrain. The plasma and the bullets look really nice even though it is a future prespective when you play this game it almost seems like your in a blimp watching a war. Sound: Audio wise this game is great just like all the other halo games. One thing I especially liked was how well the music worked with the cues. Like when your doing nothing there is a song, but when you have things like combat the music changes very nicely and smoothly and it fits in very well.
Overall: A Command and Conquer styled game made by Ensemble Studios along with Microsoft game studios based on the legendary and epic halo series by Bungie studios.
take command of the unsc and find out what happened 20 years before the halo combat evolved event.
you are a marine, sergent forge from the m@!%#*!ive UNSC frigit Spirt of fire.
you are the number one man for the job as you command your troops around the vast mission maps to try and force back this new threat, the covenant.
Amazing game well worth the money, story could have been a bit longer but hopefully new DLC content should sort out that issue. 100% recomendation Gameplay: Gameplay on this game is great, im not a m@!%#*!ive fan of these type of games but this game has changed my mind completely.
You take control sergent forge a UNSC marine commanded by the UNSC ship 'Spirit of Fire'. Embark on the journey to find out what sparked the m@!%#*!ive war in the halo series.
this game is a great one of a kind and is a must buy.
the only down side to this game is that you cant be in the action like halo 1,2,3 but you control it. If you think about it though after you have played it, first person gameplay style in the halo 1,2,3 would seem a bit silly on this battlefeild. Graphics: the graphics on this game are great, not as good as halo 3 but still great and gives you a amazing visual experience its self. the m@!%#*!ive open free flowing maps are just spectacular. only problem is that you can only see properly when your army is on screen, abit of a let down but they probably have there reasons
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