Yes, another Halo game. Keeping the series alive is the latest game in the Halo series, Halo Wars. Halo Wars will be a RTS game, allowing you to control fleets of tanks and other vehicles and entire regiments of marines against Covenant forces. It takes place before the first Halo game, back near the first contact on Harvest. It is still unknown whether you can play as the Covenant at all, but it hasn;t been denied either.

 

 

 

There is currently no set release date, and it will be only for the Xbox 360.

 

 

 

Official site: http://www.halowars.com/

 

 

 

View trailer at: http://www.halowars.com/trailer.html

 

 

 

Halopedia Article, with E3 demo vid: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo_Wars

 

 

 

I'm excited :D I especially hope you can play as the Covenant, I always did prefer them over the humans.

 

 

 

But is the Halo series overstretched with this? Is it just too much? Or could be it be just a great add-on to a great series?

 

Latest update: Interview with the guy who handles some of the stuff on Bungie.net.

I think they're overstretching themselves a bit.

 

 

 

Right now Halo is a very successful franchise for the Xbox console and they should focus on keeping it that way.

 

 

 

However, the RTS market is even more competitive. You already have strategy game franchises such as Age of Empires, Starcraft, Warcraft, Warhammer, Command and Conquer and Total War Series, all are big contenders in this market share already.

 

 

 

Halo Wars I will probably check out, but I am not expecting much really.

prediction - a generic RTS to fit nicely with a generic FPS series

Halo was originally going to be an RTS, but this will be made by ES now instead of just Bungie.

 

 

 

It's annoying they only made this for the Xbox360 and not the PC. I've never played an RTS on a console, but I'm betting the game will be over simplified and not that hard to beat.

 

 

 

It was a great idea, but it's not going to be made to what it could have been - the Halo version of an AoE for the PC.

 

 

 

Not being allowed to play as the covenant would really prove how simple this game will be.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

Command and conquer Playstation 1.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

Command and conquer Playstation 1.

 

 

 

That it...? if so point proven.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

Command and conquer Playstation 1.

 

 

 

That it...? if so point proven.

 

 

 

BFME II Xbox 360, Command and conquer 3 Xbox 360, Age of empires 2 Ps2.

 

There was loads.

 

 

 

Anyways this is about halo wars, I really hope this gets released on pc but if it does its gonna be hard to compete against the likes of Dawn of War Soulstorm, Command and Conquer 3: Kanes wrath ect, that already have a big PC based community. If the audience don't get to play from the covenants point of view, then I think the game will fail, only attracting the fanboys and not the RTS fans. Also, with the multiplayer (If there is one) Humans vs Humans would make pretty much no sense =/

Unfortunatly at this point, it's only for the 360. But they said since it is only for Xbox, they wouldn't have to make it an over-simplified version of a pc RTS, and can make it conform to a console. I don't know if that makes any difference, though.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

Command and conquer Playstation 1.

 

 

 

That it...? if so point proven.

 

 

 

BFME II Xbox 360, Command and conquer 3 Xbox 360, Age of empires 2 Ps2.

 

There was loads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I believe all were on pc. And all on pc got higher ratings and sold more..

It's gonna be a great addition I'll bet. :)

 

 

 

I don't really understand how RTS games work, but I think it'll be pretty fun. The Halo series is fun to play.

Part of it just sounds like they're trying to milk the name for all it's worth.

 

 

 

I'll hold off and see what it is like though.

Part of it just sounds like they're trying to milk the name for all it's worth.

 

 

 

I'll hold off and see what it is like though.

 

 

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

 

 

Since the main game is finished now, and the franchise is so successful, that's what companies do when a product brings them money. :x

Part of it just sounds like they're trying to milk the name for all it's worth.

 

 

 

I'll hold off and see what it is like though.

 

 

 

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

 

 

Since the main game is finished now, and the franchise is so successful, that's what companies do when a product brings them money. :x

 

 

 

And it'll probably suck...Come on...Its once every blue moon you get a descent console rts...And no way in hell would it be able to compare to world in conflict...Now thats a descent rts.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

 

 

 

 

BFME 2 on 360.

 

 

 

 

 

But this could potentially be a sweet game. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

Ugg...RTS's for consoles

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

Command and conquer Playstation 1.

 

 

 

That it...? if so point proven.

 

 

 

BFME II Xbox 360, Command and conquer 3 Xbox 360, Age of empires 2 Ps2.

 

There was loads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I believe all were on pc. And all on pc got higher ratings and sold more..

 

 

 

 

 

But they are still RTS's on console. Oh man Tiberium Wars.... :thumbsup:

I've never played an RTS on console, what's so bad about it?

I've never played an RTS on console, what's so bad about it?

 

Yeah, really? 360 has awesome graphics...

Probably something about controlling it, menus and stuff. i don't know, though, I've never played a console RTS.

Probably something about controlling it, menus and stuff. i don't know, though, I've never played a console RTS.

 

 

 

Well look at controls needed for rts...

 

 

 

Mouse + Keyboard make it a heck of a lot easier to play...

Yes, another Halo game. Keeping the series alive is the latest game in the Halo series, Halo Wars. Halo Wars will be a RTS game, allowing you to control fleets of tanks and other vehicles and entire regiments of marines against Covenant forces. It takes place before the first Halo game, back near the first contact on Harvest. It is still unknown whether you can play as the Covenant at all, but it hasn;t been denied either.

 

 

 

There is currently no set release date, and it will be only for the Xbox 360.

 

 

 

Official site: http://www.halowars.com/

 

 

 

View trailer at: http://www.halowars.com/trailer.html

 

 

 

I'm excited :D I especially hope you can play as the Covenant, I always did prefer them over the humans.

 

 

 

But is the Halo series overstretched with this? Is it just too much? Or could be it be just a great add-on to a great series?

 

Latest update: Interview with game designer Graeme Devine. Includes new screenshots, one of which shows blue human forces fighting red Covies. Multiplayer, perhaps?

 

It said April 1st on this site http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo_Wars but it was removed and maby the sight will help.

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

 

 

Starcraft for ps1

Name ONE descent RTS on console.

 

 

 

Starcraft for ps1

 

 

 

Well the ps1 is how old...

Limp, assuming your point is "RTS's don't work on consoles", there have been plenty of console RTS ports. Granted, they're better played on the PC, but really, what isn't? The 360 has seen two good RTS's already, C&C:Tiberium Wars (pretty successful) and LOTR:Battle for Middle-Earth II (somewhat successful). I think the company that made AoE is innovative enough for a console exclusive RTS to be a blockbuster, or at the very least marginally decent.

 

 

 

That being said, I don't have many hopes for Halo Wars, because it's pretty dumbed down. Three factions are the minimum nowadays, one is unacceptable (no Covenant???). The battle system seems extremely simplified, not even the rock-paper-scissors mechanics of most games, but just "build-bigger-units-and-hurl-at-enemy" principles. I didn't even see any base-building in the trailer or resource gathering, just making the units and some flashy combat. At least it looks pretty.

 

 

 

It's a radical idea though, take a shoot-em-up game and make a strategy title out of it. But being a Halo fan, I prefer them as FPS's, what the hell. Probably explains why I think the coolest part of Halo Wars is how the Warthogs can run over troops. That's insane.

 

 

 

PS: Speaking of FPS into RTS, the C&C series will see another FPS title. From the RTS Tiberium Wars, there'll be a shooter called Tiberium. Pretty cool.