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I thought it was great. I wasn't planning to pick this up until around the summer, but darn it, I may just have to.



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I've only played starcraft and warcraft; I really enjoyed this demo. So much that I added it to my pre order of SO4...



 

 

 

sega4life said:

I'm a FPS person all the way.. with RTS on the bottom of my list of game types. (Last RTS I bought was Command and Conquer on Saturn)

but...

I found the Halo Demo more enjoyable then the KZ2 demo.

Go figure..

This. This. This.

I played the Kill Zone 2 demo 3 times and wasn't impressed. The visuals really seemed too shadowy and even blurry to me.

I did think they spent a lot of time on KZ2 and LOLed when I could tilt the Sixaxis and watch the screen tilt.

 



Very very impressed with the demo. It most definitely is a distillation of the genre in the same way civilisation revolution is. Which. is. a. great. thing (for a console rts).

Everything from the controls, to the squads, the fixed placement of buildings and the smaller total army size contribute to an RTS that is specifically designed for a console and it works perfectly. Not to mention the production quality is extremely high.

This game should be the first widely successful console rts.



This is the first RTS I've ever played and I'm loving it



                                           

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Love it. Love it. Love it.

I am a huge RTS fun. Spent so many hours on AOE, Rise of Nations and StarCraft. I was really worried about the controls. Can it beat a mouse?

It took me a couple of games to have the controls grow on me. But now it is really smooth and fast. I am actually enjoying it more than StarCraft!

Spent 2-3 hours on the demo. The campign was too easy. In skirmish it took me a couple of tries to figure out how to beat the AI constantly.

But we all know where the real fun is going to be: Multiplayer!

Halo Wars is going to be a hugely popular xbox live hours burner. I see it third after H3 and GoW2. Yes, ahead of COD4 in terms of on-line popularity.

For the first time, RTS is is going to be big on a console!



Prediction made on 11/1/2008:

Q4 2008: 27M xbox LTD, 20M PS3 LTD . 2009 sales: 11M xbox,  9M PS3

I liked the movie scenes. The game is just a typical RTS.



downloading it now, i hope its as good as people say



I liked it. Simple controls and pretty good cutscenes.



Agreed with everyone who loved it!

The controls are very easy. The powers are a nice touch so you don't have to make a specialized grenade unit or other things like that.

The cut scenes are top notch! Basically, this game will introduce many Halo fans to the RTS genre. It has a great story, the feel of a Halo game (with you being a hero and all), great graphics, and fun game play.

I have a feeling this game is going to be a winner all around! I was originally planning on waiting and hoping for a PC port, but it played well enough on 360 that I will gladly buy this first day!