Official Halo Wars Thread - Keep It Here!

6.5

Discuss.

Yeeeouch :?

This be you should you choose to post outside the sticky! :evil:

looks like GS gave it its lowest rating so far...

no way.......

this deserved better then that. Im off to read it now.

EDIT: he reviewed it to PC rts standards...........its a console.....offcourse the scale will be smaller or else the framerate will suffer!

There are only 2 factions for balancing purposes. Since when is there a rule that says u need 3????? And he was harsh saying there was no covenant campaign.

I dont know what to say, it deserved a 7 at the least.........im thinking he was a little harsh and comparing it to PC standards

A bit harsh in my opinion. Didn't anticpate such a large flop.

Oh well, still a definite buy for me.

no way.......

this deserved better then that. Im off to read it now.

Keep-the-Faith

I guess this:

remains the king of console RTS, rightfully so.

Well it sounds like they reviewed it by PC RTS standards, which is unfair to say the least. So called gaming journalism is a joke.comeonthehoops

They gave AAA to Civilization Revolution though.

So will there be a different review from non UK GS or this is it?Joust_

They are the same as far as I know

Damn well those goes the SC2 rival and lems must feel salty right now especially after all the lists that proclaimed HW to be a heavy hitter in 09. Hasn't been this big of a flop here since too human.

Enter fanboymode: ZOMG OWNED!

End fanboy mode.

Cue the horns!!

Halo Wars, meet Socom. Socom, Halo Wars.

waiting.for.damage.control.bdum_pshhh

Small unit counts and map limit the scale of battles

Seriously? Would a console rts with 200 unit count be better? Heck no! It would be impossible to control that many.

10$ they shipped this review to a PC guy and not a xbox360 reviewer.

[QUOTE="comeonthehoops"]Well it sounds like they reviewed it by PC RTS standards, which is unfair to say the least. So called gaming journalism is a joke.Joust_

They gave AAA to Civilization Revolution though.

It's sad that this is Ensemble studios last game.

Based on the demo, I was expecting something like that, around 7-7.5. 6.5 is an accurante score if you review the game based on pc standard for rts and if you forget the Halo in the name. I would have been insulted to see that game scoring highter than say Empire:Tw or any pc rts that came in the last 3 years, like company of heroes.Franko_3

Haha, flop!

Yeah, I'll still buy it at some point...

My first expression was :lol: because I thought it was a joke. I was seriously expecting AA for this game but A at the worst. This is why I don't depending on reviews. I enjoyed the demo and Halo Wars is still pre-ordered for me.Flamestos

Holy moly. Didn't see that coming.

[QUOTE="bdum_pshhh"]waiting.for.damage.control.Animal-Mother

Haha, flop!

Yeah, I'll still buy it at some point...

BioShockOwnz

Props to GS for reviewing the game based on the standards of the genre, rather than the standards of the genre on consoles.

+10 critical integrity.

This game isn't going to Guam.

Total floppage. People were hyping this as a possible Starcraft 2 killer. Hah!

I did not think this would flop. Especially after IGN's score. Ah well, cue the damage control.Floppy_Jim

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"][QUOTE="bdum_pshhh"]waiting.for.damage.control.bdum_pshhh

Probably.. they all wanted to hype AAA but they played it safe and hyped AA, I guess that wasn't safe enough :lol:

He held it to PC standards..........he says scale isnt big.......well what do u expect its the 360, the framerate will suffer otherwise.

For the first time since I bought my Elite............I am questioning my faith.