| S.T.A.G.E. said: Very true. I agree that Halo Wars (as a franchise) could've been better. I have friend who were into Warcraft and Starcraft and could not stand the game because they felt it was gimped so that console gamers could enjoy it with a normal controller. When they told me this they were primarily PC elitists, so I could understand and take in their expertise where that is concerned as I haven't been a PC gamer in years. I think they might have a point. If the game didn't sell, then its onto newer things for Microsoft and perhaps that's a good thing. Honestly, I believe in Phil Spencers long term plan. I Hope it works out next gen with Mr. Booty. |
I have been playing StarCraft casually for 20 years. RTS and TBS are my preferred genre's of games.
I am a big fan of Age of Empires, Dark Reign, Battlezone 2, Sacrifice, Total Annihilation, Company of Heroes, Heroes of Might and Magic, Alpha Centauri, The Settlers, Anno, Command and Conquer, Civilization, Homeworld, Dune, WarCraft, Supreme Commander, Rise of Nations, Age of Mythology, Sins of a Solar Empire, Total War, Warhammer... List goes on.
Halo Wars certainly is "Gimped". - But that was also one of it's strengths, because of that it is probably the best console RTS of all time.
On the PC however... It's a double edged sword, not being able to freely build bases removes a massive strategic component which means it would never be taken seriously.
Still, the story and visuals make up for it... Especially the CGI Cutscenes and the Multiplayer is fun on console. (Well. What I could play of it until population levels dropped into nothing.)
And I agree. If it doesn't sell, Microsoft should move onto other things and that is indeed a good thing, they did try with Halo Wars though, so I will give them credit for that.
| Farsala said: I wasn't really doing exclusives, just 1st party content on 360 vs XB1. Viva Pinata, The Maw, Halo Wars, Shadowrun etc. were all on PC.
I also made a mistake Wilson's Heart is for VR, so MS has 0 new ips for XB1... |
Oh wow. Didn't know Viva Pinata was multiplat. Must have been exclusive to Games for Windows Live! for me to miss it. (I do own it on 360 though.)
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