Official Halo Wars Thread - Keep It Here!

I just wanted to point this out with the length of the single player campaign.

1. Gamespot's review said "though it's certainly not long and should take most players around five hoursto play through." also "but there's not much else to keep you coming back once you've finished the short campaign"

Only 5 hours to play through the campaign. With not much reason to play it again.

2. IGN AU's review said "The game's 15 core missions won't take you more than ten hours to get through"

That's double the length to get through the game, that's a fair bit longer.

3. G4tv's review said "There are four difficulty settings to choose from, and the length of the 15-level campaign will vary accordingly. On normal, it can around 8-10 hours to complete, but that can also vary depending on how thoroughly you play each level, since there are skulls to find, black boxes to uncover and optional mission-specific challenges (destroy all enemy bases, kill all hunters, etc.) to complete, all in addition to your main objectives."

8-10 hours on normal, a bit more if played on legendary/hard and also a bit longer to get collectables etc. Again a fair bit more than just 5 hours and nothing more.

4. Videogamers.com's review said "The 15 mission campaign, which will take you at least 10 hours to work through depending on difficulty level,"

Atleast 10 hours, maybe this guy is just bad at RTS's, i don't know.

I know i'm just picking out a small thing i saw in the review that's probably not very important. But it seems that this review was maybe just a little bit rushed.
Faber_Fighter

Its so blatantley clear GS phones it in most of the time. They are not what they used to be.Not by a long shot.

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

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Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

musicalmac

[QUOTE="HPPL3"]

GS was just fishing for some hits in this bleak economic time.

Teufelhuhn

Hey just because those people on the other side of the pond hate on 360 and MS doesn't mean this reviewer didn't have some bias. Plus the game is fun and is vey well made. Just because this "person" had an opinion obviously warped by his utter hatredfor anything that is perceived not to belong on a console, does not mean we should take his word over any else.

So if you look at the big picture and many reviews, it is very clear all GS was doing was looking for its. Plain and simple.

And I could careless about this game too.

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars" title="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars">83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

musicalmac

seriously, gs review is just one more opinion

I find it interesting that in the review they established things I pointed out ages ago in the demo.

The cutscenes are amazing, and the game has the right looks and feels.

The main problem is the scale, there is a feeling of the whole thing being unnecessary... why build a base so you can have 30 units, you can just drop 30 units off from a forward operating base that doesn't cost 30 billion dollars to build because it already exists, just call pelicans in. It just doesn't make sense to have to build and maintain a structure of that size and capability for such a flimsy amount of unit points. The game would have done well for the canon of the Halo universe if it had taken the World in Conflict approach where you order units from somewhere else (like what you actually see happening in Halo games); "I know guys, we are investigating enemy presense in this location here. Let's build a huge mother****ing base there to house a recon size operation".

Other problems like the framerate are pretty noticable, if you think it shouldn't matter by console standards you are wrong. A frame rate should never jitter up and down, it should be consistant. If it is inconsistant the developers need to compensate, otherwise it is a flaw.

Not being able to play campaign as the Covenant is not a bad thing, but the game does lack content without it, and it is short according to the review anyway. A distinct lack of content is nothing short of disapointing. It means that this is basically a multiplayer game for Halo lovers the way I see it.

If my mates get it, so will I, but I expected more than that.

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars" title="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars">83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

carljohnson3456

man, don't be soo harsh, lol

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

carljohnson3456

Everyone should use multiple sites for their reviews. And lately it seems GS is totally shaming themselves with outlandish and unprofessional critiques of games. Its sad really

Whoa 6.5? Definitelylower than I expected. I'm still getting it because I loved the demo though. One thing I found weird is under bad it said the flood aren't playable. I might be mistaken but wasn't there no flood on harvest?Ross_the_B0SS

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

HPPL3

Everyone should use multiple sites for their reviews. And lately it seems GS is totally shaming themselves with outlandish and unprofessional critiques of games. Its sad really

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

carljohnson3456

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars" title="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars">83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

Giancar

seriously, gs review is just one more opinion

An opinion that should matter less and less really.

They are not the same GS, not since Jeff G. was fired.

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

lantus

You have to understand that TP was a far more hyped game than Halo Wars.

Although I do wish there was another incident similar to TP, just to shake things up a little.

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at 83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

lantus

[QUOTE="Giancar"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]

Coming to you LIVE from Metacritic Watch '09, an update on Halo Wars' progress! With now 33 reviews, Halo Wars is sitting pretty at http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars" title="http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars">83, which is one point higher than it was before. Could it be that the game is getting favorable reviews?

Numbers don't lie, my friends. Who will post the "Really?... REALLY?" video this time? Will it be you??? :o

HPPL3

seriously, gs review is just one more opinion

An opinion that should matter less and less really.

They are not the same GS, not since Jeff G. was fired.

Hey just because those people on the other side of the pond hate on 360 and MS doesn't mean this reviewer didn't have some bias. Plus the game is fun and is vey well made. Just because this "person" had an opinion obviously warped by his utter hatredfor anything that is perceived not to belong on a console, does not mean we should take his word over any else.

So if you look at the big picture and many reviews, it is very clear all GS was doing was looking for its. Plain and simple.

And I could careless about this game too.

HPPL3

[QUOTE="lantus"] I'm actually kind of surprised by the reactions, it's pretty tame, I was expecting something on the scale of another Twilight Princess. That might have been the best day on System Wars, ever.carljohnson3456

I was. :x

There's never going to be another TP-like freakout, 'cause by now we're all used to this happening every once in a while.

Sounds like Gamespot pulled a Gamespot. So lemmings, we doing Metacritic/GR, or sales now? :P

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"][QUOTE="HPPL3"]

GS was just fishing for some hits in this bleak economic time.

HPPL3

Hey just because those people on the other side of the pond hate on 360 and MS doesn't mean this reviewer didn't have some bias. Plus the game is fun and is vey well made. Just because this "person" had an opinion obviously warped by his utter hatredfor anything that is perceived not to belong on a console, does not mean we should take his word over any else.

So if you look at the big picture and many reviews, it is very clear all GS was doing was looking for its. Plain and simple.

And I could careless about this game too.

Obviously...

Sounds a bit far fetched to me, and that's because it is. The game was percieved as "fair" by the reviewer, and he/she stated what was good and what was bad, but then he/she also criticised legitimately bad points, at least from what I can tell from the demo.

I just wanted to point this out with the length of the single player campaign.

1. Gamespot's review said "though it's certainly not long and should take most players around five hours to play through." also "but there's not much else to keep you coming back once you've finished the short campaign"

Only 5 hours to play through the campaign. With not much reason to play it again.

2. IGN AU's review said "The game's 15 core missions won't take you more than ten hours to get through"

That's double the length to get through the game, that's a fair bit longer.

3. G4tv's review said "There are four difficulty settings to choose from, and the length of the 15-level campaign will vary accordingly. On normal, it can around 8-10 hours to complete, but that can also vary depending on how thoroughly you play each level, since there are skulls to find, black boxes to uncover and optional mission-specific challenges (destroy all enemy bases, kill all hunters, etc.) to complete, all in addition to your main objectives."

8-10 hours on normal, a bit more if played on legendary/hard and also a bit longer to get collectables etc. Again a fair bit more than just 5 hours and nothing more.

4. Videogamers.com's review said "The 15 mission campaign, which will take you at least 10 hours to work through depending on difficulty level,"

Atleast 10 hours, maybe this guy is just bad at RTS's, i don't know.

I know i'm just picking out a small thing i saw in the review that's probably not very important. But it seems that this review was maybe just a little bit rushed.
Faber_Fighter

I wasnt around then... :(carljohnson3456

Sounds like Gamespot pulled a Gamespot. So lemmings, we doing Metacritic/GR, or sales now? :P

Lemmings really seem to love Metacritic these days.EVOLV3

Everybody loves metacritic when a game they like flops. I think it's all pretty silly. If you like the game then there is nothing to be ashamed of. Hey, I love Too Human and I'm proud...despite crappy reviews. I'm still getting Halo Wars and trying it out for myself.

Bu Bu Bu it is very fun game :( told you guys, this is the same exact sitution like the wii dumbed down gameplayGiancar

[QUOTE="Tsug_Ze_Wind"]

Sounds like Gamespot pulled a Gamespot. So lemmings, we doing Metacritic/GR, or sales now? :P

subrosian

Honestly, I think reviews, GS or GR/Meta, are starting to mean less and less on SW. This would have been epic a year ago, but now few people seem to care.

As for sales, well, Halo Wars is guaranteed to succeed in that department, so I was wondering if any lemmings were going to resort to pulling out the sales card. That's our territory, man. :P

This would have been epic a year agoTsug_Ze_Wind

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]Lemmings really seem to love Metacritic these days.Ross_the_B0SS

Everybody loves metacritic when a game they like flops. I think it's all pretty silly. If you like the game then there is nothing to be ashamed of. Hey, I love Too Human and I'm proud...despite crappy reviews. I'm still getting Halo Wars and trying it out for myself.

Same here. Already have the LE pre-ordered. Can't wait to pick it up next week :D

[QUOTE="Ross_the_B0SS"]

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]Lemmings really seem to love Metacritic these days.SpinoRaptor24

Everybody loves metacritic when a game they like flops. I think it's all pretty silly. If you like the game then there is nothing to be ashamed of. Hey, I love Too Human and I'm proud...despite crappy reviews. I'm still getting Halo Wars and trying it out for myself.

Same here. Already have the LE pre-ordered. Can't wait to pick it up next week :D

[QUOTE="Tsug_Ze_Wind"] This would have been epic a year ago3picuri3

It's Halo. Just last week there were tons of lemmings drooling over the demo and building up hype.

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"][QUOTE="Ross_the_B0SS"]

Everybody loves metacritic when a game they like flops. I think it's all pretty silly. If you like the game then there is nothing to be ashamed of. Hey, I love Too Human and I'm proud...despite crappy reviews. I'm still getting Halo Wars and trying it out for myself.

lantus

Same here. Already have the LE pre-ordered. Can't wait to pick it up next week :D

It comes out on the 26th here in Australia.

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"][QUOTE="Ross_the_B0SS"]

Everybody loves metacritic when a game they like flops. I think it's all pretty silly. If you like the game then there is nothing to be ashamed of. Hey, I love Too Human and I'm proud...despite crappy reviews. I'm still getting Halo Wars and trying it out for myself.

lantus

Same here. Already have the LE pre-ordered. Can't wait to pick it up next week :D

>It comes out on the 26th here in Australia.

SpinoRaptor24

[QUOTE="Giancar"]Bu Bu Bu it is very fun game :( told you guys, this is the same exact sitution like the wii dumbed down gameplay3picuri3

[QUOTE="SpinoRaptor24"]>It comes out on the 26th here in Australia.

lantus

Indeed I will :D

[QUOTE="3picuri3"][QUOTE="Giancar"]Bu Bu Bu it is very fun game :( told you guys, this is the same exact sitution like the wii dumbed down gameplayGiancar

[QUOTE="Giancar"][QUOTE="3picuri3"] in all honesty - if you want to use that analogy it applies to all console games imho. some just dumbed down more than others.vashkey

[QUOTE="3picuri3"][QUOTE="Tsug_Ze_Wind"] This would have been epic a year agoTsug_Ze_Wind

It's Halo. Just last week there were tons of lemmings drooling over the demo and building up hype.

[QUOTE="3picuri3"][QUOTE="Tsug_Ze_Wind"] This would have been epic a year agoTsug_Ze_Wind

It's Halo. Just last week there were tons of lemmings drooling over the demo and building up hype.

[QUOTE="3picuri3"][QUOTE="Giancar"]Bu Bu Bu it is very fun game :( told you guys, this is the same exact sitution like the wii dumbed down gameplayGiancar

Does not change the fact that it is a massive FLOP on this site. SW uses Gamespot scores and Gamespot scores only.howell1972

link, because it means more than you just saying so :P i dont recall any official hype threads. or any hype threads.3picuri3

There wasn't any official hype threads. I don't think we even do "official hype" anymore.

I don't have a link, but the fact that this thread is a sticky and is at 900 posts should prove my point well enough. ;)