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rocketpig on 14 January 2008
tokilamockingbrd said:
Ok.. maybe the 750k was low.... but it will be a flop, if defined by it won't do as well as MS thinks it will. Some 14 year da is gonna buy it thinking it is actually a Halo game, and be PO'ed... bad word of mouth. HOWEVER, if it turns out to be a really fun/good game, it will do well. I guess I am expecting a cashin off the Halo name with a decent game behind it.

I can agree with that. I doubt it will be anything spectacular but it should be a good game and it should be fun.




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rocketpig on 14 January 2008
TyePhoid_PAL said:
Jees... Halo wars looks very bad for a strategy game. Graphics look nice but its slow, very slow. Consoles just dont do these games.
Hopefully the game will be great, but anyone worth their salt will buy this for the pc if its coming out or give it a wide berth. i expect it to reach 1- 1.5 mill lifetime slowly. Halo name will be what sells it. Is there a PC version scheduled anyone?

I have only found one quality demo (about 10 minutes long on GT) and the game isn't that slow. It's definitely slower than a PC RTS game but you could tell that the guy was intentionally playing slow to show off the different features in the game.

With some of the hot button abilities to move across the map quickly and the "paintbrush" system to grab and drag units quickly, I think this will probably be the fasted console RTS game around, which bodes well for people like me who don't PC game anymore but usually can't stand console RTS games.

Still, this genre is made for the PC and it will be interesting to see how well the game is received. 




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ctk495 on 14 January 2008

1-2 million.



TyePhoid_PAL on 14 January 2008

@rocketpig
hopefully, but then again would you rather play company of heroes dawn of war etc on a pc or a console. These games involve uber micro.



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rocketpig on 14 January 2008
TyePhoid_PAL said:
@rocketpig
hopefully, but then again would you rather play company of heroes dawn of war etc on a pc or a console. These games involve uber micro.

Without a doubt. My favorite RTS series of all time was Homeworld... Which would be nearly impossible to do on a console.


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TyePhoid_PAL on 14 January 2008

Never played that, mighht have a look. I'm busing saving money for pimping my pc for starcraft and crysis.



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Goddbless on 14 January 2008

I think it should at least sell double of Command & Conquer! I don't understand why some people are comparing it to the main Halo games? I wouldn't call the PSP MGS games flops because they weren't selling like the main Metal Gears. This is a different type of game.



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