I tried out the demo and afterwards felt like this was way better then I thought it would be. It wasn't a traditional RTS, just different....
I think that it will appeal to people who are open minded about the design for an RTS. If you are looking for everything to be like Ages of Empires, then you are looking at the wrong game.
This review like all others is about opinion. Obviously the different gameplay didn't connect with the reviewer just like Killzone 2 didn't connect with Edge. Reviews seem to be better then for the other decent console RTS C&C.
So, between the demo and the reviews that makes this game worth the purchase. There are many good games on Metacritic that are in the same score territory or lower then Halo Wars is right now.... Devil May Cry 4, Call of Duty: World at War, Viva Pinata, DiRT, Crackdown, Battlefield: Bad Company, Rainbow Six Vegas, Castle Crashers, C&C, Saints Row 2, Prince of Persia, etc. Not bad company for a console RTS.







