Official Halo Wars Thread - Keep It Here!

[QUOTE="spike6566"]lmao a 6.5? wow such a very sad day for the halo fans.-DrRobotnik-

I find these "They reviewed it like a PC game" complaints amusing given that C&C 3 and Battle for Middle Earth were held to HIGHER standards given that they actually DID release on the PC and both those games received higher scores. This game releases, which when compared to a game like Command and Conquer lacks the depth, longevity and replayability and in my opinion deserves a score less than those two games (Something even starcraft, a game that released nearly 12 years ago has far more of). The only people crying about this are people who have never touched a game like Company of Heroes which is truly a staple of what the RTS genre is capable of PC or Console. All RTS games should be held to the stand of CoH which is in my opinion the best RTS to date.

Halo fans should accept the fact that Ensemble achieved what they set out to do. Create an RTS for people who never played RTS games before. The idea was to create a game that could be accessible by those who don't know games outside of a Console. Likely got there start with a PS2 or Xbox playing games like GTA or Halo and never even heard of games like Starcraft, Homeworld, Command and Conquer or Warcraft before. Seriously, to those of you who have never played an RTS before and claim that Halo Wars deserves a better rating, play any of the afformentioned RTS games (specifically Company of Heroes) and then go back to Halo Wars and try to give me a valid excuse as to why Halo Wars is better and no "PC RTS A is too complicated for me! Halo Wars is what RTS games should be like!" Is not a valid excuse, especially if you expect Halo Wars to be taken seriously as an RTS game.

I find these "They reviewed it like a PC game" complaints amusing given that C&C 3 and Battle for Middle Earth were held to HIGHER standards given that they actually DID release on the PC and both those games received higher scores. This game releases, which when compared to a game like Command and Conquer lacks the depth, longevity and replayability and in my opinion deserves a score less than those two games (Something even starcraft, a game that released nearly 12 years ago has far more of). The only people crying about this are people who have never touched a game like Company of Heroes which is truly a staple of what the RTS genre is capable of PC or Console. All RTS games should be held to the stand of CoH which is in my opinion the best RTS to date.

Halo fans should accept the fact that Ensemble achieved what they set out to do. Create an RTS for people who never played RTS games before. The idea was to create a game that could be accessible by those who don't know games outside of a Console. Likely got there start with a PS2 or Xbox playing games like GTA or Halo and never even heard of games like Starcraft, Homeworld, Command and Conquer or Warcraft before. Seriously, to those of you who have never played an RTS before and claim that Halo Wars deserves a better rating, play any of the afformentioned RTS games (specifically Company of Heroes) and then go back to Halo Wars and try to give me a valid excuse as to why Halo Wars is better and no "PC RTS A is too complicated for me! Halo Wars is what RTS games should be like!" Is not a valid excuse, especially if you expect Halo Wars to be taken seriously as an RTS game.

gamer620

before you play halo wars, remember to put aside all the pc rts in your head. than play the game, and you will realize that halo wars is setting a new bar for console rts. the controls are nearly

perfect, the graphics are insanly good for an rts on a console, the gameplay is fast fun and easy to pick up. the units play awesome,have superb animations and all have secondairy powers. than

you have the awesome story line, as pointed out, and the very cool cg cutscenes. multiplayer rts on consoles, with a whole halo theme thrown over it. this game plays

so differently than a rts on pc would. they are allmost like a different categories. its just downstraight stupid to give this game a 6.5, a game that opens up the console rts on a new level

Hahaha a .5 diff away from haze.

HAZE vs HALO

which is better

before you play halo wars, remember to put aside all the pc rts in your head. than play the game, and you will realize that halo wars is setting a new bar for console rts. the controls are nearly

perfect, the graphics are insanly good for an rts on a console, the gameplay is fast fun and easy to pick up. the units play awesome,have superb animations and all have secondairy powers. than

you have the awesome story line, as pointed out, and the very cool cg cutscenes. multiplayer rts on consoles, with a whole halo theme thrown over it. this game plays

so differently than a rts on pc would. they are allmost like a different categories. its just downstraight stupid to give this game a 6.5, a game that opens up the console rts on a new level

papi_lekker

the gs gamespot reviews who have played many games say otherwise:P

Looks like the first major flop of the year. Way to go 360 continue to make me regret your purchase :x

Actually I had no interest in Halo Wars at all.

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

Halo Wars is fantastic fun :D

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Giving a 6.5 to a game they had a blast playing is simply another brick in GS' path to being completely out of touch with reality. Want the honest scoop? Play the demo in skirmish mode. If it makes you long to play the game with your buddies, then go for it. If not, hey, it's not for you, you're out all of $0.

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As for the score-mongers, seriously? I mean, really guys? Do I need to write a seven page long essay on this, or can we move on and accept that the review industry, the ENTIRE review scoring malarky, hasn't made a lick of sense in years? Don't make me come down there with a thesis!

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it? meronge

Hopefully this will teach Microsoft that attaching a well known franchise label to a mediocre to fair game doesn't mean big sales. Nintendo learned that with Super Mario Bros. 2jimkabrhel

I fail to see how you deduced the game won't sale based on one review.

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

Halo Wars is fantastic fun :D

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Giving a 6.5 to a game they had a blast playing is simply another brick in GS' path to being completely out of touch with reality. Want the honest scoop? Play the demo in skirmish mode. If it makes you long to play the game with your buddies, then go for it. If not, hey, it's not for you, you're out all of $0.

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As for the score-mongers, seriously? I mean, really guys? Do I need to write a seven page long essay on this, or can we move on and accept that the review industry, the ENTIRE review scoring malarky, hasn't made a lick of sense in years? Don't make me come down there with a thesis!

[QUOTE="killerfist"][QUOTE="meronge"]

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

hopesfall2own

Do you review games for a website? It is most likely a second account. Don't Damage control. Halo Wars looks to be a great game, But it a flop here.

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

Halo Wars is fantastic fun :D

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Giving a 6.5 to a game they had a blast playing is simply another brick in GS' path to being completely out of touch with reality. Want the honest scoop? Play the demo in skirmish mode. If it makes you long to play the game with your buddies, then go for it. If not, hey, it's not for you, you're out all of $0.

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As for the score-mongers, seriously? I mean, really guys? Do I need to write a seven page long essay on this, or can we move on and accept that the review industry, the ENTIRE review scoring malarky, hasn't made a lick of sense in years? Don't make me come down there with a thesis!

subrosian

You know SW is where logic comes to die......no thesis needed.

[QUOTE="-DrRobotnik-"][QUOTE="spike6566"]lmao a 6.5? wow such a very sad day for the halo fans.xsubtownerx

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

[QUOTE="hopesfall2own"][QUOTE="killerfist"] Or maybe he played it on another account?:| Stevo_the_gamer

I have a question. Halo war was reviewed by Luke anderson. His gamertag is ramb0and0. ON his achievements, it shows that he only played 1/3 of the game. He didn't play any online and didn't even finish the campaign. His achievment score is 10/50. How can someone review a game when playing just 1/3 of it?

p.s. it seems like he spent less than a day playing halo war, or else, he would've gotten the achievement

Halo Wars is fantastic fun :D

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Giving a 6.5 to a game they had a blast playing is simply another brick in GS' path to being completely out of touch with reality. Want the honest scoop? Play the demo in skirmish mode. If it makes you long to play the game with your buddies, then go for it. If not, hey, it's not for you, you're out all of $0.

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As for the score-mongers, seriously? I mean, really guys? Do I need to write a seven page long essay on this, or can we move on and accept that the review industry, the ENTIRE review scoring malarky, hasn't made a lick of sense in years? Don't make me come down there with a thesis!

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="hopesfall2own"] do you play games on two accounts regularly?hopesfall2own

I'll admit that it flopped here, but it would be ignorant to pretend that GameSpot's score isn't on the low end of the spectrum. For the most part, Halo Wars has received positive scores.KiddSushi

[QUOTE="hopesfall2own"][QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]There's probably accounts provided for the Gamespot staff -- that's the only explanation I can think of.inertk

[QUOTE="inertk"][QUOTE="hopesfall2own"] I'm just sayin, its alot of trouble to play the same game on two different accounts..its more probable he didnt finish it like the other guy said. hopesfall2own

Jeff Gerstmann used only 1 gamertag for his personal use and to review games when he was in gamespot. And he still uses the same gamertag as now.

so what you're saying is, he uses is own gamertag, to play the first half of the game once again? and yet, didn't play any skirmish, online or anything above?

yah, that makes sense :)

it was hyped a B and got a B no flop here!!!!!!!! Tekkenloving

The game is a flop. There's no reason to spin it, because the Sony fanboys will just spin it the other way the next time a PS3 game flops.

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="-DrRobotnik-"] Obviously he used one of Gamespots accounts.-DrRobotnik-

if he played online with his personal gamertag, it would show but it seems like he didn't play any online with his so called, "personal" account

[QUOTE="carlisledavid79"]

Its tyme for an epic gif post

Halo Wars 6.5

I think it sums up the Lemmings reaction.

AgentA-Mi6

[QUOTE="AgentA-Mi6"][QUOTE="carlisledavid79"]

Its tyme for an epic gif post

Halo Wars 6.5

I think it sums up the Lemmings reaction.

JIT93

The review is garbage, just like most GS reviews now in days.

Hey look, 8.0/10! Because those are actual reviews!

[QUOTE="xsubtownerx"][QUOTE="-DrRobotnik-"] Indeed. And id like to think a very sad day for Gamespot tooedo-tensei

Oh dear...

Biggest flop in Gamespot history? People expected Haze, Too Human and Lair would do badly, but this is Halo :?

Oh dear...

Biggest flop in Gamespot history? People expected Haze, Too Human and Lair would do badly, but this is Halo :?

EliteKitteh

definitely harsh, KZ2 getting 8.5 seems alot more likely nowjohnnyblazed88

will this dispel lemmingspot accusations? probably not. CaseyWegner

I haven't heard that term used in a loooong time.

I thought the Demo was alright, but with other SUPERIOR CONSOLE RTS's out, I didn't like the simple Halo Wars scheme.

This is a FLOP, just like it deserved to be.

No more, HALO WARS to console RTS, as HALO was to CONSOLE FPS!!!! HALO WARS WILL SAVE US! HALO WARS has the bestest scheme evah!

IT's an alright game, but not the superduper console RTS that it was hype for.

In any event, it was AA to AAA with some gamers hype, and this is a FLOP! It's no Too Human or Lair of course, but it's still a FLOP.

will this dispel lemmingspot accusations? probably not. CaseyWegner

I hate the fact he reviewed it as a PC RTS game. For console owners (and it's exclusive, you idiot reviewer), it's a great game.Avian005

Uh, no. Try actually playing Command and Conquer for 360, a CONSOLE RTS, and then explain why the heck HALO WARS was so dumbed down. Not good. Great Reviewer!