Halo Wars

Its a long way a ways but damn it looks awesome.

http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/games/h/halowars/



Trailer

Gameplay

I liked the part when the Spartans hijacked the covenant tank

Got to admit it is looking pretty good as a RTS series and sticking true to the halo franchise as well. I think I'm really going to enjoy this game.

Anyone know if this is going to come to PC too? If it is, I'll be getting it.

No I ehard it was only for the 360 only. There may be a pc release a few months after teh 360 release.

i just reserved it the other day.
who else is gonna be on this?

Thought I'm not going to reserve it I'm definitly going to buy it

That it's Ensemble Studios ''last'' game makes it well worth to buy ( that it's about halo is just a + on the side )

Here http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/848/848646p1.html

Also I havent played the demo yet but knowing about RTS on the consle it will probably suck but who knows?

I reserved this a while ago. Got me the LE editions since the additions are very nice. As for the controls, it actually works pretty well. I have never tried any other console RTS but from what I hear, they tend to cram everything you can do on a keyboard into a 14 button controller. While this game is a bit simple, the controls work well.

MY wireless crapped out on me recently so I don't have xbox live anymore. T.T Did anyone get the demo for it?

yeah i also got the limited edition.
i guess ill see you on the battle field hehe :twisted:

i've got the demo and its pretty simple to control,i couldnt say anythin negative at this point since i only have the demo and not full game but i reckon dat the gameplay is pretty balanced. UNSC are pretty larege numbers and cheap to make. but covies are smaller and more xpensive, but totally dominate in late game. (scrabs, locust and REgret FTW!!!)

oh man isaw a commercial for this otherday. im so psyched to get it. :D

It comes out today, and I am so bummed... (I wish I had the money to spare...)

its a 85/100 game i mean if you don't like AoE or games like it this one is not for you

So I played this the rest of the day after class, for about 6 or 7 hours. The campaign has been good so far.

The multiplayer has had it's ups and downs. The first game I played with my friends, 3 of us versus 3 randoms, was a blast. Everyone was UNSC, and the players on each team had a different commander. The battle lasted over 2 hours, we had some huge, epic brawls in the middle. We ended up losing, but I had fun. The next 3 games ended within 30 minutes each. One of those we were attacked in mass so suddenly that we broke and lost. Another we got pummeled by continuous scarab and prophet attacks. And the last, we were over-ran by players who built nothing but fully upgraded warthogs, and when you have 120 guass cannons coming at you, it's easy to get overrun.

In the end, I'd like to whine and complain about these and say I hated the game, but at least we were killed a different way each time, and I did manage to have a lot of fun in one of them.

Question. In free play or Campaign, Is it possible to build out of base or are you constricted to the main base of operations? I've played the demo, so I think I have a general Idea of what it's like. I just hope I'm wrong.

Well technically, you can build turrents kinda randomly on one stage of campaign but no, everything is limited to specific spots.

Like naga said, it's just like the second level of the demo. There are preset zones ready to build bases, and construction slots around the bases for buildings and turrets. I don't think it's that much of a problem since there are usually enough positions for multiple bases scattered around, but I can understand that some people won't care for it.

does anyone think that the spartans are a bit overrated in the game? cos when i play it they usually die off fast(maybe cos i suck at the game n i got the demo only. Also anyone got the skulls yet or the blackboxes?