Halo Wars What’s Wrong with Singleplayer?
OXCGN doesn’t think Halo Wars’ singleplayer is anywhere near as good as it could’ve been writing:
"It’s not perfect. In fact far from it…
The problem for Halo Wars is that Bungie set such a high bar, not just for the industry at large, but most particularly for every Halo game to follow. And that’s predictably where Halo Wars falls short."
The writer then takes issue with the lack of a Covenant campaign and a lacklustre story noting:
"The FPS trilogy always existed in fear of alienating the core audience and their love for MC… Halo Wars on the other hand is an exercise in video game storytelling existing merely to service the action. I don’t care about the cardboard cut out stereotypes…
Telling a separate Covenant story [instead] provides a relatively fertile green field for storytelling…"
