X-Play:Halo Wars Review

It will be very interesting to see what kind of reception Halo Wars receives, especially among hardcore Halo fans. It's a decidedly different take on a massively popular franchise, but it's one that ends up achieving what so many console RTSes have failed to by stripping away cumbersome control schemes and giving console players (and in this case Halo players) something that feels like it was made with them in mind. And while a lot of people will approach it with understandably dubious eyes, the game offers a lot of bang for your buck, and it's an enjoyable ride. Now it's just a matter of how many people are willing to take it.

[NaiNaiNai]

look at that, another good review.
-nai-

[DelbertGrady]

Look at that, another 6 disagrees. ;)

[Hiruma Youchi]

7disagrees???????? WTF!

them cats WILDIN OUT!

[ChampIDC]

Looks like the PS3 fanboys really wanted this one to flop. That's console wars for ya.

Good to see some good scores for this game. I'm always a tad dubious of RTS on a console.

[thats_just_prime]

Doesnt look to bad for being a halo game

[king dong]

you should really be able to see who disagrees/agrees.

and again, compare the comment total of this and every other solid review, to this http://n4g.com/xbox360/News... to see just how pathetic much of the community on here really is!

again, a solid review and http://n4g.com/xbox360/News... that has hardly any comments

look here for more proof http://n4g.com/xbox360/News...

overall, a quick look at the links just highlights what sort of people proliferate n4g. and just how much they are anti-everything 360.

now watch my post get deleted by the fanboy admins that want to censor dissenters. and the disagrees and bubble loss from the losers who dont like people that think like they do.

[BattleAxe]

These are the types of scores that HALO 3 should have gotten.

[Revvin]

Looking forward to this game after trying the demo

[Jinxstar]

Warhammer 40K is cheaper, Better and looks a lot more fun... every race playable, Mouse/Key suppport, I could go on for about an hour explaining but I wont... I know which I would be getting if I cared for RTS games at all...

[Vecta]

Ones for the PC ones for Consoles...

[Bnet343]

Halo Wars is suppose to be simple. That's the point. A simple basic RTS for console players. If you put Dawn of War 2 on consoles it would bomb like Supreme Commander. Complicated RTS's on consoles will never succeed. Sometimes, people on N4G lack common sense is dares to bring my own IQ down by just reading, good grief.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I played this demo back-to-back with the HAWX demo.

I really want HAWX.

This one...not so much. It's a good console RTS though...but I prefer LOTR:BFME II.

[Hiruma Youchi]

You liked LOTR better okay thats your preference but you're not credible what so ever.

[Captain Tuttle]

You can tell by the tone of Morgan's voice that it really bothered her to give the game a 4/5.

[boodybandit]

but what is your interpretation as to why that is?
Disappointment, aggravation, exploitation, etc?

[pumpkinpunker]

morgan always sounds disappointed. it's her deal.

[kewlkat007]

I did find myself getting into the DEMO...as this was my fav genre, when I used to be a die-hard PC gamer back in college.

I wasn't expecting the game to get good reviews hence we have not had a breakthrough RTS game on consoles...like the game that makes people say well RTS is possible and quite fun on Consoles, though I know Xbox 36o have had plenty, starting with LOTR.

This looks more like a Halo game wrapped in an RTS. You cannot get the full experience of an RTS without a mouse and keyboard. You just can't but looks like there is a balance.

That main guy looks like "Shepard" from Mass Effect.

[candystop]

I guess they didn't play the demo much because you can play covenant in it. Still this is a nice review score and a game I'm picking up day one.

[sugard0]

Another 8/10. *yawn* And to think, I thought this game was going to be something special.

[commando34]

pff yeah because your so special 2

[name]

When uncharted got a 4/5 from xplay that wasn't a good score. If I remember that meant the game was "average". It IS a good score though. I like out 5 reviews, they create less flaming.

[ngg12345]

Which were 90+ or better. The games seem to not be as exceptional as promised when they receive a score less than 90. If the score even receives a score less than 90, the game quality should be questioned to why they scored it so low. Only a few games reach that blockbuster status, and microsoft and sony want to publish only triple A titles if possible. Gears of war 2, halo wars, too human, halo 3, ninja gaiden 2, they all were meant to be blockbusters in their respective genre. Same with heavenly sword, lair, killzone 2, littlebigplanet, resistance 2, uncharted.

[name]

I think review inflation is a serious problem. I miss the time where 7/10 actually meant above average and not a flop.

[eagle21]

Uncharted is waaaay better than halo 3 and wars.