The controls have always brought down console RTS scores. The fact the review praises the controls alone does it for me. And the game itself I have no doubts will be awesome. I mean it's Ensemble, they know the genre like the back of there hand.
Looking forward to seeing the war before the first Halo unfold. I wonder if it ends with the Pillar Of Autumn coming out of Hyperspace where they first see Halo in Halo Combat Evolved. That would be so cool.