Halo Wars - Spartancraft
 

I looked but didn't see another topic for this, so I figured I would create it. It is NOT Halo 3, nor any actual HALO game by Bungie.

This is an RTS based on the Halo universe.

http://www.halowars.com/

I don't want to talk about it too much yet until you guys see the trailer for it. I wish not to spoil the surprise.

Yay Halo's back to save the xbox!
Couldn't they just finish the fight and let it be?

It's pretty naive to think that the Halo franchise would end with Halo 3.

Damn. I'd better play some Starcraft and try to get myself liking RPS games, because that looks pretty cool.

Well, yes and no. Halo Wars takes place earlier in the Halo universe, in a time where Spartans were more numerous.

Pre Halo, no?

Still, just a 360 exclusive? I honestly didn't expect that one.

I heard that halo was suppose to be originaly an RTS game before it became a FPS...

yeha it was for MAC.

I believe it's coming out for PC to compete with the Battlefield series.

Why would they release an RTS game to compete with an FPS series?

They'll release it on the PC for the extra sales and because the conversion won't take them five minutes. Should be a good game too, I'm looking forward to it.

Regardless of what genre they/you call it, I've watched 20 minutes of Quake Wars in action. It's foundation is exactly like Battlefield (which I've also played, before you ask).

Er, but we're talking about Halo Wars, not Quake Wars. If you're not going to bother reading through a thread before you reply to it, at least read the bloody title.

... Shit. Feel free to delete these posts then.

Now, it cant be that bad, Halo was planned to be a RTS game on the mac at first. So the potential is there.

But wait.. even if it was pre-halo.. There weren't that many Spartans to begin w/...

I think it still a good idea for a game and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Don't get me wrong I love halo but people will just buy because it says halo. Not a great idea idea I think.

Yes, they might buy it just because it is called Halo, but how is this bad? The name doesn't keep the game from being solid or anything, does it?
I'm pretty sure that developers know what they're doing. After all, they've created some fairly solid RTS on PC...

If its coming to PC then I will get it on that,

if anyone is interested I made a Halo Wars Wallpaper

http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/2...ars2js3.th.jpg

http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/2...lowars2js3.jpg

Sadly, you have a point. Because it has "Halo" in its name, the fans will buy it without a doubt, but the others won't, for the same reason.

I mean there could be plenty RTSs to come out that time could be better and ppl would only pick up Halo Wars.

I do not believe that this will sell just because it had Halo in the name.

When i was searching about this game i found out it was based on before the halo FPS series started so i believe that will be the main seller for the fans of Halo.

Either way i will be picking this game up on release.

Personally, I think it will sell great, based purely on the Halo name alone.

In fact, it's that reason that kind of puts me in a dilemma, I hate RTS's, but I love the Halo storyline.

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Gotta say sir, I like the style of it very much, I'll try it out. Been about 3 months since I've changed my wallpaper anyways.

There were approximately 30 Spartans in total.

i'll wait until it gets released for the PC. It will, eventually, when Microsoft has completely dried out the console market for it, and try to pump as much money it has left in it by doing a PC release, because RTSes on consoles always sucked, and so will this time as well.

You know, I was tempted to delete this post but you're fairly new to MW so I'll leave it.

Please do appreciate though that posts like this are of no use to anyone and further posts like this will be deleted and will possibly result in you getting banned from the the MW forum. Fine, you might not like the Xbox consoles but we do and we like talking about the games on them. If you're not here for constructive discussion, you can fuck off, frankly and luckily, I'm in a position where I can make your fucking off a pretty permanent event. This is your first and final warning.

Wrong. I have an Xbox myself (and am planning to get a 360 later), and Halo 2 is one of my favourite games. Don't jump to ignorant conclusions, it's a bad habit in life. Where did you get that assumption from anyway? Did you roll a dice? Nothing in my post could even remotely mean somethign along the lines of "I don't like Xboxes".

It's just that every single true RTS for the console has suffered from bad controls, mainly due to the fact that RTSes are suited to mouse/keyboard play, because of the accuracy of the mouse, and the fact that the keyboard has a large amount of buttons. The Xbox 360 controller, though it is one of the best console controllers in existence, unlike the unergonomic Dual Shock or Gamecube controller, does not have enough buttons, and it's thumbsticks are not as accurate as the mouse, because they control speed of movement, rather than actual movement itself, like the mouse does. Also, Ensemble Studios has never made a console game before, but has plenty of experience in PC RTSes.

Now, if Microsoft released even just a mouse by itself for the 360 (and no keyboard), I'd instantly go out and buy it.