Gaming Halo Wars

[Guest Soul Dragon7]

[COLOR=Green]I heard something about this new game by a friend of mine. He told me they were really making a Halo strategy game. I didn't believe him. He showed me the video for it. I freaked :wigout: . This new video is at 1up.com and it is awesome. Just so you can see it now, here is the link:[/COLOR] [url]http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154046&did=1[/url].

[COLOR=Green]I have a few questions for those who have seen it: Do you think this game will do as well as the other Halo games, seeing that, unlike its precursors, is strategy based rather than being an FPS? Do you think it will release in time with the movie? And last, does the fact that is is only for Xbox 360 and will not be released for PC any time soon bother you?

My answers for the questions: 1) I think personally that this new Halo game will sell well, but seeing that it is a strategy game for the Xbox 360 bothers me a little. I never really liked RTS's for a video-game console because of the control scheme most have to use, but I could never pass up the chance to control an army of Elites. 2) I have a strange feeling that it will release around the time of the movie. And 3) It doesn't bother me one bit, because I think Halo belongs on the Xbox 360. I also have a hope the graphics are incredible.[/COLOR]

[corpseman]

The [COLOR=Red][url=http://www.halowars.com/trailer.html][COLOR=Red] trailer[/COLOR] [/url] [/COLOR] looks awesome :animesmil but some game play footage or even screenshots wouldn?t be much to ask.

I think the game will obviously sell well because its halo, it maybe wont sell as well as halo 2 did on the first day as some fans may be wary as not everyone was exactly satisfied with halo 2. I think going strategy based was an obvious next move as it will allow more scope for story telling on a larger scale and could let us see halo through the eyes of the marines rather than just the actions of Spartan 117 and corona.

I don?t think it will be released in time with the movie, or at least I don?t think it would be a wise move. The movie more than likely will disappoint a lot of people and if the game is released in time with the move it could damage its sales. I think it would be a better move to either released it before the movie comes out so that its sales are not affected by the movie or after the move as a way of redeeming the halo franchise before halo 3.

I?m actually rather upset that its being released exclusively on the 360 because the makers, ensemble where made what they are by age of empires and the pc community and having it released exclusively for a console is like a knife in the back to me. Also console based RTS games have a habit of sucking horribly because of the limited controls and difficulty of navigating the environment with joysticks rather than with the ease of a mouse. This might be resolved by making the game compatible with the keyboard and mouse that the 360 supports. I also have concerns as to weather the 360 will be powerful enough to do this game justice as is struggled to run oblivion and this game, if done well will have much larger environments on screen at one and many many more AI controlled units than oblivion