Sammanfattning: Name: Halo WarsGenre: Real-Time StrategyPlatform: Xbox 360Back in 2001, Microsoft released Halo, the seminal first-person shooter that proved that the genre, previously dominated by the PC set, could play just as well on consoles. Obviously the plan w...
Sammanfattning: The UNSC and Covenant forces are fairly different from each other, with the leaders only amplifying this fact; the UNSC leaders, for example, differ through economy perks (Cutter adds a level to your bases, while Anders halves research times and c...
Sammanfattning: 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 ...
Sammanfattning: 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...
Sammanfattning: 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...
Sammanfattning: 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 ...
Sammanfattning: A solid RTS on the Xbox 360, Halo Wars may not break the mold, but it does provide an impressive entry to the series and one that finally makes the genre feel at home on a console.
Most unit "special powers" are underwhelming; single-unit selection still a bit iffy; small unit variety.
Nostalgias a funny thing. Its difficult to remember now that in the pre-Halo era, the idea of a first-person shooter on a console was a contradiction in terms. Halo itself, while very good, wasnt an especially deep or complex shooter even by the sta...
