Halo Wars (Xbox 360)

Halo Wars is a made by Ensemble Studios, and is the latest game in the award winning Halo series. It is a prequel and set before the events in the original Halo. The reason why this game stands out, other than the name, is the decision to swap genres. Halo wars is a Real Time Strategy game (RTS), and not a First Person Shooter (FPS) like the previous Halo games. For that reason alone it has received plenty of attention, both good and bad, from fans ...
...to the traditional style that Halo is famous for, and is therefore something of a risk. Has the risk been worth it? Yes and no. Read on and I'll elaborate GRAPHICS Graphically Halo Wars cannot be faulted. PC gamers will be used to exceptional levels of detail in each soldier with nice touches and affects to make even the smallest battles aesthetically pleasing. In the past RTS games on consoles have suffered in comparison to PC equivalents, but Halo ...

CrazyJamie 17.03.2009 · Read full review
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Halo Wars came out at the end of February and is the forth game under the Halo name. The first three games were excellent first person shooters, but here Microsoft have played on the brand name to produce a game that otherwise would have disappeared into obscurity before it was even produced. And is trading on the status Spartan117 had achieved. Halo Wars is a strategy game, set before the time of the Halo event (so not exactly Halo wars then!). ...
...know, none of the serious Halo players have expressed any interest in it, I have only purchased it because my son and his school friends love anything Halo, and it came out just in time for his birthday. You can't get the camera in close enough to see any of the action properly, all you can see are the troops waving their arms around and then suddenly disappearing. So there you are looking down on the action, selecting different troops to go in different ...

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...time I was playing). If you're a fan of the C&C games, give it a go; because it's so different (due to it's platform) it'll be like Marmite. But let's be honest, it's a Halo game, and it followed Halo 3, so it must have SOMETHING going for it...? ...

nathanwhite 30.06.2009 · Read full review
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...or getting the demo of halo wars. This game really pushes you to the limits of whether you are a good leader, or if you can work independantly striking the defense when they are at there lowest. If you have played halo 3, which most people have, you are going to LOVE this. It gives you a wide selection of leaders from both good and bad sides to battle against each other. And if you want an even match why dont you set your oppenent as the same character ...
...game which gives you achievement points. Not everyone can be bothered to collect these skulls, and i think there is no point. But there are special abilities which come with the skulls. When your friends around, you can play with up to 4 people on the same screne! Or even better play them online when they get home, giving you the full screen to watch there every move. This game has 20 blastful levels to keep you playing on and on. You will never ...

darkwind160 07.06.2009 · Read full review
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...this game to come out. Halo Wars is a real time strategy game, much like the infamous Command & Conquer games made by Electronic Arts. Many of my friends are avid fans of C&C and are simply wetting themselves, waiting for this game to come out. Personally, I think real-time strategy games are fairly boring and I pity them for playing C&C. However, I feel that this game will be an exception to this rule. It features the vehicles and characters from ...
...who know and love the halo series and have been waiting for a RTSG to come out based on the series. Like the proposed Halo film, this is another expansion to the series. The primary button used on the Xbox 360 is the A button for selecting and dropping units. With each unit a selection of various commands is available, for example "Attack..." Unlike the Halo series, the game is more about managing a war rather than fighting it. I do think that this ...

BadboyHedgehog 18.06.2008 (11.07.2008) · Read full review
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...they are familiar with the Halo series. Halo 1 till just got bigger and better. The game developers have decided to take the franchise in a completely new direction with halo wars. This is an xbox exclusive RTS game based on the halo series Now consoles have never been able to really boost RTS games and halo wars does suffer from similar limitations without the easy point and click action of the mouse. The game controls are better off than mst console ...
...Although a big console and RTS game I feel that if any game comes close to mastering it Halo Wars is on that list. However unless you are a strong RTS or Halo Wars fan I wouldnt suggest you pick this up but dont give the cinematics a miss ...

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