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Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008    | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1595 Joined: 18 Sep 2007    | I'm almost sold... it's very likely I'll pick this up on launch, or soon afterward. All I need to know is how well the control scheme actually works... if it's decent or better, they have my money. -- Steve |
Paperboy  Posts: 12 Joined: 5 Sep 2008   | I've been looking forward to this game for a while now, but there is always a tingling worry in the back of my mind, RTS games and console controllers just dont compliment each other. But I will definately give it a try when it is released |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3627 Joined: 25 Jan 2008    | Ain't gonna say Halo is crap, I rather liked Halo1, but right now, in my books, Bungie is crap. If Halo Wars doesn't release for the PC (XP Compatible), I will never get to play it. They already screwed us over with Halo2Vista, I hold no hopes on Halo3 and wouldn't get it anyways until Halo2 can run in XP (Why get parts 1 and 3 w/o 2?), so if they continue to ignore the PC gamer demographic, f**k Bungie. Looks pretty though. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Yeah i know what you mean, i still think it would run better on a PC, but hey it is damn fucking pretty as you said. The control system looks far better than C&C3 so i geuss it at least can't be that bad :) |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Thats sort of my mindset too, i want to give it try before i buy it, i'd be surprised if there wasn't a demo released on XBL. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1169 Joined: 21 May 2008    | I will only get it if the Covenant are playable. |
PROBATION  Posts: 889 Joined: 16 Aug 2008    | I don't know whether to get it or not. For me it's a toss-up between C&C3 and Halo Wars. User was put on probation for: Letters to the Editor: The Terabyte Tenderloin. (7 days) |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
I'm pretty sure they are, they have different colour sint he screenshots (like all gold blue red etc) which would mean that they were most liekly screenshots from multiplayer meaning yesyou can play the covenant. I'd be really surprised if you couldn't. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Huh? What do you mean? C&C3 was a crap console RTS so your not going to buy Halo Wars? |
Muckraker  Posts: 344 Joined: 2 Jul 2008   | I'll probably get it, but I fear it will do what all console RTSes do and make the (A) button do the job of 'select'. This is awkward because you end up constantly shifting your thumb off and back on to the Right Thumbstick. Please, please, make it be the Right Bumper - or at least make it so that the controls can be remapped... |
Muckraker  Posts: 277 Joined: 17 Jun 2008  |
Last I looked, Age of Empires and subsequently Halo Wars are made by Ensemble Studios, not Bethesda.... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1050 Joined: 7 Nov 2007   | I am getting mercinaries 2... When my 360 comes back, it just looks reckless and fun, unlike this bore fest. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1595 Joined: 18 Sep 2007 |
I strongly suspect you will never get to play it. The point of making Halo Wars was to design an RTS that will work on consoles, specifically with the controllers; porting it "back" to a mouse&keyboard defeats that, and then you'd get a bunch of whining that it's "inferior" or "dumd-down" [sic] game from the console-tards to boot as PC players thrash about with an interface designed for dual-analog and d-pad inputs. Ensemble has nothing to gain (aside from a few bucks) by porting Halo Wars to the PC... and given how MGS is working these days, even if they did it'd never get ported to XP instead of Vista in any case. -- Steve |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Eh... you are talking about an RTS, its a bit different, believe it or not i get tired on mercilessly gunning down waves enemies in FPS or third person shooters every once and a while a resolve to command legions of troops to do it for me instead. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 842 Joined: 28 May 2008    | Yea I think I'll be buying this one. I like the whole Halo universe and it has been ages since I've bought a good RTS. Plus the cinematic trailers look cool as hell (which although I know the actual game will be nothing like them) and have peaked my interest in it somewhat. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Ha ha you aren't alone, 5 longs year (in the words of yahtzee) sucked me in like a thousand dollar whore and really braced me for what to expect from this game. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 | [/quote]Last I looked, Age of Empires and subsequently Halo Wars are made by Ensemble Studios, not Bethesda....[/quote] Fuck your right, sorry i know that... i do feel stupid now lol, Bethesda made oblivion and fallout, silly me... and i have no idea why this hasn't quoted properly.. oh well |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 |
Ah thats a really good point actually, i'd like to be able to remap my controls, left trigger to paint units would be nice. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 557 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 | You know you can buy USB keyboards and plug them into your 360 right? Dunno if they will be compatible with Halo Wars though. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 | Really? You mean any USB keyboard? I gotta say i didnt actually know that, though you still have to have a desk in front of you to use the mouse properly etc lol. |
Muckraker  Posts: 240 Joined: 9 Jul 2008 |
Off topic: It didn't quote correctly because of the '/' in your first tag. the slash means 'end' On topic: I think it'll be very interesting what Ensemble does with the controls... I don't see how they'll overcome the shortcomings with the controller, but I do have faith in Ensemble... THey're the company that got me into gaming in a big way in the first place. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1595 Joined: 18 Sep 2007 |
Yes, but not to actually control games. A USB keyboard will work just the same way as that plug-in message pad thumbboard thingy you can get; it'll let you type file names and text messages only. I don't know of a single game that uses either to control the action on-screen. -- Steve |
Beat Writer  Posts: 193 Joined: 1 Jul 2008 | What no link? I demand links damnit! For i am too lazy to use the googlewebs! |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 51 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 | I think it looks good enough for me to at least rent it. I think if anyone can make a console RTS work, it's Ensemble. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 166 Joined: 20 Aug 2008 | I have not been paying attention to it..apart from age of empire..I am not a big RTS kinda guy.. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 83 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 | Im not a massive RTS fan myself, but Age of Empires got me interested at least and being a massive halo fag i geuss im going to at least sample this new morsel of haloy goodness |
Muckraker  Posts: 257 Joined: 5 Sep 2008 | Halo Wars is a game worth buying i'm getting it to complete the Halo set |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 77 Joined: 5 Sep 2008 | no your not blazing angel |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3755 Joined: 14 Jan 2008 |
I am not the only one then, link or die fools! |
Paperboy  Posts: 42 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 | I don't ask this to be snarky, or sarcastic or mean but just to ask a serious question. What is the appeal of Halo, when to me, all I see is a story you can find in a dozen over video games and sub par gameplay. ...I guess that does sound a bit snarky and mean but I actually had to revise it once to make it sound that nice. |
King of the Yetis  Posts: 1956 Joined: 15 Jul 2008 | I am, unfortunately, not an RTS kind of gentleman but if those little touches of life (dues popping around the sheds for a smoke, units doing pushups etc) are actually generated randomly and in every base rather than just scripted ones it's going to be a very vibrant looking game. I want to play as the flood though. FLOOD RUSH! KEKEKEKE |
Beat Writer Posts: 193 Joined: 1 Jul 2008 | Bleh i got off my arse after a few hours and just looked them up. Don't know if these are the NEW ones but they are some screenshots and i have to say it looks pretty darn sweet. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2656 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
I agree. Console RTS's just don't work. They never have, and never will. If they release it on PC, I may consider getting it, even though I suck at the RTS in general. And, there must be the ability to play as the Covenant. Killing Spartans would make my day! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1126 Joined: 17 Jun 2008  | I think a console RTS could work, but it would still be lacking compared to the PC. Really the only console I'd consider playing an RTS on is the Wii. |
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So is anyone else planning to get Halo wars?
I've just seen the new screenshots and to be honest its everything i've come to expect of Ensemble, the Age of Empires series was excellent and im glad Ensemble have been tasked with executing a new RTS for Halo. The attention to detail is stunning, i've never seen such good graphics in an RTS, mythical splendour of Forerunner worlds littered with ruins combined with natural beauty, graceful convenant spires and rugged human machinery.
If this game turns out to be half-balanced i think it will be excellent, they've got the graphics, now we need the gameplay.
Lets leave out all the Halo is crap BS thats flys around here, because this is an RTS and its made by Ensemble, and i damn you to hell to try and criticise AoE.