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Testseek.com have collected 79 expert reviews of the Halo Wars and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Halo Wars.
Award: Most Awarded March 2009
March 2009
 
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The editors liked

  • Beautiful cutscenes
  • Fun overall gameplay
  • And great addition to the Halo storyline
  • Halo for RTS Fans. A new take on the popular Halo universe. Multiple interesting missions.
  • Excellent controls
  • Spartan units
  • Fun multiplayer
  • Solid strategic model
  • Enjoyable campaign missions.
  • Superb selection of UNSC and Covenant forces
  • Easy to play once you grasp the controls
  • Engaging storyline and cutscenes
  • Good mission variety through campaign mode.
  • Great controls
  • Sweet multiplayer
  • Good story
  • A streamlined RTS experience that works wonderfully with a console gamepad.

The editors didn't like

  • A few tedious missions slow the games groove up in places.
  • Controls are hard to get used to. Units are not as autonomous as youd like.
  • Most unit "special powers" are underwhelming
  • Single-unit selection still a bit iffy
  • Small unit variety.
  • Covenant not playable in campaign mode
  • Flood not playable at all
  • Small unit counts and map limit the scale of battles
  • Very few multiplayer options.
  • Lack of depth
  • Short campaign
  • Slightly short story mode.

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  Published: 2009-03-06, review by: atomicgamer.com

  • Abstract:  You cant blame them for trying. With the release of Halo Wars this week, that makes at least nine full-priced attempts by major publishers so far to bring modern-day strategy games to this generation of consoles. Before it, weve seen these attempts ...

 
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  Published: 2009-03-04, review by: hookedgamers.com

  • A streamlined RTS experience that works wonderfully with a console gamepad.
  • Slightly short story mode.

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  Published: 2009-03-03, review by: ztgd.com

  • Great controls, Beautiful cutscenes, Sweet multiplayer, Good story,
  • Lack of depth, Short campaign

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  Published: 2009-02-27, review by: strategyinformer.com

  • Abstract:  There are relatively few commands to memorise when playing Halo Wars, as the interface has clearly been built with accessibility in mind. Selecting all units is mapped to the left bumper while commanding all of your local units is on the right. The A b...

 
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  Published: 2009-02-25, review by: destructoid.com

  • Abstract:  Editor's note: The original Halo Wars review was written before I had completed the campaign. This is common in our industry, where reviewers have to make a judgment call as to whether or not they have played enough for review. A number of our reader...

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  Published: 2009-02-23, review by: Geek.com

  • Abstract:  At last, the release has come for Halo Wars, Ensemble’s translation of the Halo universe into a real-time strategy game. Between the richness of the Halo canon and the ambitious plan to carry a primarily PC genre of game onto the Xbox 360, there was ...

 
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  Published: 2009-02-20, review by: techcrunch.com

  • Abstract:  Finishing Halo Wars must have been bittersweet for Ensemble Studios. On one hand, they’ve created a fine addition to the Halo franchise, but on the other hand, it was their final project and they had the pressure of turning a shooter into an RTS for a...

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  Published: 2009-02-20, review by: gamingshogun.com

  • Beautiful cutscenes, fun overall gameplay, and great addition to the Halo storyline,
  • A few tedious missions slow the games groove up in places.
  • Halo Wars represents Ensemble Studios final work of real-time strategic glory and what a high note to go out on it is. With addictive combat, user-friendly controls, and great storyline the only thing more that this Halo-enthusiast could have asked ...

 
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  Published: 2009-02-20, review by: pcmag.com

  • Halo for RTS Fans. A new take on the popular Halo universe. Multiple interesting missions.
  • Controls are hard to get used to. Units are not as autonomous as youd like.
  • This is a solid first attempt at an RTS game within the familiar Halo universe....

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  Published: 2009-02-20, review by: about.com

  • Abstract:  Despite what some people have been trying to pound into our heads, real-time-strategy games can and do work just fine on consoles. We have three great Command & Conquer games on the Xbox 360 as proof. So the question isn’t whether or not Halo Wars is t...

 
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