Abstract: Its twenty years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved, and human forces have just won a fierce battle with the Covenant on the surface of the planet Harvest, an out-of-the-way world in the Epsilon Indi system. The Covenant have their beady little...
Abstract: This offshoot from Microsofts enormously popular shoot-em-up trilogy often feels conservative and familiar, but its a reflection of the skill of its developers in making a strategy game that seems perfectly at home on a console. This is an elegantl...
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
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
Halo Wars is a fun strategy outing for fans of the universe, but it feels simplistic and short alongside other games in the genre. ...
Abstract: James Wright8.1Microsoft’s Halo series is easily one of the world’s most popular first person shooters that originally began on the XBox and finally concluded on the XBox 360 with not only a spectacular gaming experience but a storyline to match. Stra...
Published: 2009-03-30, Author: Jan , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: NameBefore I jot down my impressions from Halo Wars, let me get this caveat out of the way; I'm a huge fan of PC gaming, and I strongly believe that both shooters and real time strategy games belong on the PC platform. At least that's what I thought until...
Abstract: Ensemble Studios, the legendary studio behind the Age of Empires series, is no more. Halo Wars, their first title for the Xbox 360, is also their last title - ever. Sad (and inexplicable) as that is, let it not predispose you to assume this game is no...
Abstract: Ensemble Studios, the legendary studio behind the Age of Empires series, is no more. Halo Wars, their first title for the Xbox 360, is also their last title - ever. Sad (and inexplicable) as that is, let it not predispose you to assume this game is no ...
Halo Wars isn't Halo. With Halo, Bungie looked at other console FPS games and came up with something completely fresh and, in hindsight, utterly brilliant. Halo Wars is fundamentally no different to any other console RTS, but unlike its peers it works in ...