Unofficial Halo Wars Hype Thread.

Since the other thread seems bogged down with talk of XBL pricing. ;) I've decided to do one of these to gage demo impressions or just guesses from those not able to try the demo.

Me, I'm not afraid of No Flop Ghost !!!

8.5 - 9.5 but must choose so ..........AAA :D

:lol:

Let me do the heavy lifting here so all other go with the AA ! :twisted:

Low AA to High A..

Ensemble are pretty much worthy devs...

I would predict AA if I were forced to do so. But I hope it reaches AAA status. Delicious Halo.musicalmac

Ya know. i can see Pc gamers getting hell over the next few weeks. I mean we have DoW2 coming and 360 has Halo Wars. I just know GS will score HW higher than DoW2. PC gamers will never here the last of it. Although it could possibly be a better game than DoW2 i highly doubt it and the score's will ,as usual, not reflect the quality of the games but rather the quality of the games in relation to the platforms.

Saying that, it really is nice to see RTS getting some love from console gamers. Best genre imo.

To quote myself: Sure you can play RTS on console but it just doesn't feel right. Like man loveangryfodder

below 7/10

Okay, so, to justify my prediction, here are points inwhich the demo excelled:

1. Intelligent AI: The enemy actually swarmed weaker units and avoided stronger units, that is brilliant, I've never seen it in a console RTS before, it's a real step in the right direction.

2. Storyline: The storyline presented in the demo was good, it showed a lot of promise, the opening sequence is one that doesn't dumb things down, and yet interests you in the game.

3. Cut scenes: The cut scene graphics are breathtaking, humans look real and the lips are actually synced for once.

4. Easy to play, hard to master: Can tell this all ready, the demo presented a lot of depth, no doubt the full game will present even more.

5. Interesting universe: Trying to make console RTS' mainstream will be difficult, luckily they chose the right universe for it.

6. Fun: The demo left me wanting more and more, and was extremely fun, I hope this game carrys a heavy length, because I could play it for hours.

7. Unique advanced moves: Self explainitory.

These reasons and more are why I feel it will get at least an AA score, and will surprise it's own critics.

below 7/10

dthach614

[QUOTE="dthach614"]

below 7/10

Salt_The_Fries

3. Cut scenes: The cut scene graphics are breathtaking, humans look real and the lips are actually synced for once.Andrew_Xavier

They blew me away - I'd pay good money to see a Halo CGI movie in theatres.

AA - just doesn't feel right without a mouse...

I was impressed with the demo. I shall Unoffically hype it AAA.Floppy_Jim

For these who played it - what about graphics, frame rate, path-finding, managing of groups of units, scrolling, switching between units, etc.?Salt_The_Fries

Also, the CGI is breathtaking. It's beyond explaination, the lips are perfectly synced, the voice acting is actually really good, the people feel fleshed out...

[QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]I was impressed with the demo. I shall Unoffically hype it AAA.rybe1025

[QUOTE="rybe1025"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]I was impressed with the demo. I shall Unoffically hype it AAA.Floppy_Jim

I was impressed with the demo. I shall Unoffically hype it AAA.Floppy_Jim

It'll get a AA, thus surpassing all the unjustfied hatred it gets (I guess that comes along with the Halo name).BioShockOwnz

Quick question to decide if I want to download the demo. do you use the analog sticks to emulate the use of a mouse? If so I'll download it right now, but if its like C&C3 on the 360 I'll just skip it.senses_fail_06

Imo the graphics and gameplay are great for a console RTS. Considering it will only has 2 factions i hope there will be faaar more diferent units than in the demo.

Ill get it for sure and im hyping AA for now

Are there alot of enemies on screen? And how are the special powers? hopesfall2own

Quite a few in the demo.

[spoiler] There are 50+ when re-taking the alpha base, for example, of a variety of types, no slowdown. [/spoiler]

Special powers are cool so far, the warthog rams enemies for one, you can drive over grunts, it's great.

Here's for the guys asking about controls:

A: selects units

X: moves selected units

B: cancels orders

Y: executes leader powers or alternate abilities for normal units

RB: calls all onscreen units to the fight

LB: calls all units available

Up on the d-pad select special abilities such as the MAC gun

Right on the D-pad will instantly send you to any part of the map that you are being attacked at, and if there are multiple spots then you can cycle through them

Left on the D-pad will send you instantly to your base, or if you have multiple bases (deployed Elephants count as a base) then you can use left to cycle through them.

Down on the D-pad will allow you to cycle through all unit groups.

After pressing either RB or LB to call all units or just local untis you will notice that every unit will be neatly catagorized on the bottom of the screen. Then you can press the right trigger to cycle thorugh them, stop on the untit type you want and you now have control that unit type. They stay catagorized on the bottom of the screen until you hit the B button.

This make seperating unit and planning an effective attack very easy.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]It'll get a AA, thus surpassing all the unjustfied hatred it gets (I guess that comes along with the Halo name).mtradr43

Ya know. i can see Pc gamers getting hell over the next few weeks. I mean we have DoW2 coming and 360 has Halo Wars. I just know GS will score HW higher than DoW2. PC gamers will never here the last of it. Although it could possibly be a better game than DoW2 i highly doubt it and the score's will ,as usual, not reflect the quality of the games but rather the quality of the games in relation to the platforms.

Saying that, it really is nice to see RTS getting some love from console gamers. Best genre imo.

Looking like AA Unofficially, unless mods would like to sticky this and make it the official hype thread ?

Thus far, Andrew_Xavier says it best IMHO. No doubt, there will be more to say; at this time - winner. :D

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Okay, so, to justify my prediction, here are points inwhich the demo excelled:

1. Intelligent AI: The enemy actually swarmed weaker units and avoided stronger units, that is brilliant, I've never seen it in a console RTS before, it's a real step in the right direction.

2. Storyline: The storyline presented in the demo was good, it showed a lot of promise, the opening sequence is one that doesn't dumb things down, and yet interests you in the game.

3. Cut scenes: The cut scene graphics are breathtaking, humans look real and the lips are actually synced for once.

4. Easy to play, hard to master: Can tell this all ready, the demo presented a lot of depth, no doubt the full game will present even more.

5. Interesting universe: Trying to make console RTS' mainstream will be difficult, luckily they chose the right universe for it.

6. Fun: The demo left me wanting more and more, and was extremely fun, I hope this game carrys a heavy length, because I could play it for hours.

7. Unique advanced moves: Self explainitory.

These reasons and more are why I feel it will get at least an AA score, and will surprise it's own critics.

AA

[QUOTE="mtradr43"][QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]It'll get a AA, thus surpassing all the unjustfied hatred it gets (I guess that comes along with the Halo name).Hockey_Slayer

I just played in a friends house. My guess is it will be an 8.5, but just because its Halo. If this were anything else it would be a 8.0 maybe 7.5.glez13