I have seen so many different articles on this game so I thought I would jot down my thoughts on it. I am a PC and 360 gamer, and love strategy, and indeed quite like the halo universe.

I played the demo on live, and my initial reactions are;

- graphics not as good as contemporary PC games by a long way (or even several year old PC games). this was not a huge suprise but..

- poor frame rate. i would have expected this not to be an issue considering my above point.

-no resource management. RTS games have tackled this mechanic in different ways over the years, from the warcraft 2 style collect X, Y and Z to DoW's requisition points and CoH's resources sans base (sometimes). however, i feel HW completely removes this from the equation - by allowing players, nay forcing players, to build 1 structure which will automatically gather resources infinitely. this just removes any idea of strategy from the mix. at least in C&C (often criticised for lack of strategy) you have to place your base and tib plant in a strategic location where you can defend your harvesters. the fact that the bases in HW are in pre-determined places takes all of that decision making away.

-idiot proof units - they have taken little risk here. basic unit types, and idiot proof descriptions which tell players exactly what each unit is for

overall, i do not think i will be buying this game. from a strategy point of view it just doesnt do enough, and the subject matter doesnt hold enough interest for me to warrant it alone. i dont oppose console RTS, but i just hope games like this will convince devs that the PC is the home of more in depth strategy games.

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