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A Child of Two Worlds
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When considering Ensemble Studios' Real-Time Strategy game Halo Wars, there are two different ways to look at it. You can approach Halo Wars as a Halo fan, or you can approach it as a real-time strategy fan. The angle from which you approach the product is incredibly important, as Halo ...
Reviewed by Lies on June 18, 2009
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9 out of 9 found this review helpful. |
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Designed for Halo fans, who haven’t played lots of PC’s RTS games
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Halo Wars is a benchmark in gaming: it finally brings a real time strategy game genre to consoles in a successful way. Trade-off is that everything is simplified and streamlined. But remember this: it’s Halo and it works just as good as other Halo games before it. STORY AND SETTING ...
Reviewed by FelisLeo1980 on March 1, 2009
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6 out of 6 found this review helpful. |
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An RTS on a console done right that would make Halo fans proud.
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When Halo: Combat Evolved was in development it was originally a real-time strategy game for the Mac before Microsoft acquired Bungie Studios. The game (and eventually the series) became a first-person shooter but the original idea had remained dormant, until now. A more than competent developer has taken the Halo ...
Reviewed by elektrixxx on March 3, 2009
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4 out of 5 found this review helpful. |
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Halo Wars Review
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Note: This was also written for a school newspaper, a.k.a. for the wrong audience. I'll get right on top of the proper rhetorical strategies when I start writing reviews specifically to put on GiantBomb, but this all I have for now... didn't want to see all the work go to ...
Reviewed by munnyman5 on May 1, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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My Halo Wars Review
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I decided to pick up Halo Wars, especially since it is an RTS and I like a new RTS from time to time. I am not a huge Halo fan but here it can easily be ignored. If you do not know if it has a story to it or ...
Reviewed by mistical on March 6, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Halo as an RTS. Does it work?
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As a huge fan of Halo and the Real-Time Strategy genre I was thrilled to hear about Halo Wars, so after playing and beating the game I decided to give my lowdown of it.Story - 4/5Unless you're a huge fan of Halo and are fully aware of the backstory and ...
Reviewed by Zephyrwaker on May 17, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Yeah Halo is in the title.
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My impressions so far on Halo Wars is mixed. On the one hand I love Halo and they could sucker me in on just about anything with that name on it and I will give it a try. I have played thru about 6 of the missions so far and ...
Reviewed by mrnivek on March 8, 2009
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2 out of 3 found this review helpful. |
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Halo and RTS fans Rejoice
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X360
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Halo Wars takes us back to the days when the Mac actually had a worthwhile exclusive but fast forward more than ten years and we end up with a controller in our hands which happens to be made by Microsoft. Because of the long…wait?... Halo Wars has a lot to ...
Reviewed by TheHBK on March 10, 2009
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More "Halo" than "RTS"
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It's always nice to see an IP as popular as Halo branch out and try something different- in this case via Halo Wars. It only helps matters that a team as qualified as Ensemble Studios was willing to take up the task, and they bring their usual level of quality ...
Reviewed by MajorMitch on March 16, 2009
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
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A fact that most people don't know that the highly praised Halo series was once perceived as a RTS game, building of the success of Myth, Bungie's previous RTS. That slowly changed to a Third person and then into the FPS we all know and love. So, it is surprising ...
Reviewed by Zereta on March 15, 2009
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Strategy Lite, but still not bad on its own merits
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Halo Wars is a great game, and a fantastic addition to the Halo Universe, but if you do not have Xbox Live, its appeal is limited. The campaign is very good. It provides a variety of missions, and a very good storyline supported by great cutscenes. It does not do ...
Reviewed by wh1terav3n on March 16, 2009
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Look at me mom! Its Halo topdown!
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So this game is smooth. From the crazy good looking cut-scenes, to the exciting score and yes, even the controls are smooth.Ive never been a big fan of the Halo franchise. Though i have played the games and experienced big humiliations online, the game just never appealed that much to ...
Reviewed by Lassegp on March 11, 2009
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Halo Wars Review
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Halo wars, after details of the game was released people wondered if the “halo title” would revolutionize the console real time strategy. After playing the game I can say it doesn’t revolutionize a lot but it does prove that RTS can be done on the console.When you buy halo wars ...
Reviewed by gungrave45 on May 11, 2009
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Halo Wars unbias review
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5/5 stars while those looking for some hardcore PC like console RTS should look elsewhere, for those like me who are Halo fans but dont get to play a lot of RTS games because of console's limited control scheme, look no further because Ensemble may have just mastered it.the good-*stays well ...
Reviewed by Godlyawesomeguy on April 15, 2009
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Lackluster has never been more amazing
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If Halo Wars came out for the PC the laughing still wouldn't have stopped quite yet. You could still hear the chuckles in households and apartments from gamers everywhere. But of course it was built up and produced just mainly for the 360 and that is something you must keep ...
Reviewed by FinalDasa on March 24, 2009
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Halo returns in RTS form
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X360
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From the developers of the Age of Empires series comes a console exclusive RTS (real-time strategy) set in the Halo universe. Instead of running around as the Master Chief you will control squads of different unit types from your airborne view fending off the Covenant during the campaign. You’ll also ...
Reviewed by CatalystX on April 15, 2009
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Halo War-ing
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X360
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I’ve never been one to hunker down and play a RTS (Real Time Strategy) game. Mostly because I enjoy actually playing video games and I’m also not allergic to natural sunlight. But I’m a huge tool who enjoys the Halo series, and I may or may not become giddy when ...
Reviewed by Khuntley on June 23, 2009
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Now we know why there aren't more RTS' for the 360
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This game could have been good for the pc, but moving from structure to structure with the anolog stick leaves something to be desired. Halo might not have been the best series to make an RTS for anyways, with the limited units to pick from. The campaign has a okay ...
Reviewed by inkdude26 on Aug. 25, 2009
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Halo wars only average nothing better
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X360
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This is the only strategic game I have played and it's not so much a disappointment then it is frustrating. The gameplay still needs work on the limitation of population and vehicles also to include how annoying it is to get use to the controls. The visuals are a big ...
Reviewed by ChunkyBubb on Sept. 13, 2009
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Halo to you Halo Wars!
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Halo Wars is not Halo! Just kidding, it's Halo expanded universe with a touch of simplicity. What is Halo Wars? as you have probably read elsewhere, Halo Wars is a Real-Time-Strategy game or RTS as it is known in the business and plays on the lore and expanded universe of ...
Reviewed by darthincredible25 on March 19, 2009
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The Definitive Console RTS
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Ensemble Studios is a name known throughout the entire video game industry for their expertise at crafting fantastic RTS experiences such as the Age of Empires series and Age of Mythology. Unfortunately, however, the studio has been closed, but it went down fighting. Halo Wars is a huge success and ...
Reviewed by Ross on March 8, 2009
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Simplicity the Game!
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Halo Wars is a great idea, get the rich universe of the Halo francise and give it a classic RTS remix. For the most part it works out great, the battles are quick, intense, and the controls hold up the entire way through. Unfortunately the more time you spend with ...
Reviewed by Marshall109 on April 11, 2009
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Halo Wars Review
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Halo Wars is Microsoft's attempt into the RTS (Real Time Strategy) realm, using the abundance of the Halo Universe to help get gamers motivated to give this game a try. This game takes place before the FPS (First Person Shooter) Halo starts. You will be commanding units, building bases, destroying Covenant, ...
Reviewed by Altered_Confusion on Oct. 27, 2009
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Halo Wars is a good starter into the RTS genre.
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X360
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Pretty short game cuz it ended just when the game was getting good. I had played through all the Act 1 missions in Heroic mode without any major problems. But the Act II missions in Heroic were pretty hard. I decided to give up and dial it back down to ...
Reviewed by LiK on March 21, 2009
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Halo Wars - Review
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Let me start by saying that Halo Wars is not your typical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game. When I say typical I mean slow paced, complex and massive battles that you have come to expect from such a game.Halo Wars is all about small but highly entertaining levels jam packed ...
Reviewed by berva on March 10, 2009
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It Was Good
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Halo Wars, the title says it all, it takes place in the Halo Universe, and your in the UNSC V. Covenant Wars. I really liked this game. the missions were perfect the skulls were hard to get, and the gameplay was really esay. One thing i didn't like is the ...
Reviewed by Leut_Caboose on Aug. 8, 2009
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0 out of 2 found this review helpful. |
| Game Name | Halo Wars |
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| Original US Release |
March 3, 2009
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February
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| Aliases | HW |
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CERO: B
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| ESRB |
ESRB: T
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PEGI: 16+
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Black Box and Skull Guide
A guide to finding all of the black boxes and skulls in the campaign of Halo Wars.
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