It can't be as slow as Sins of a Solar Empire.

Its noyt like Halo Wars is licenced to some llousy studio like Chrome Stdios or Rare. Its made by RTS renowned Ensemble studios. The people that brought Age of Empires and Age of Mythology. They know what there doing and Halo Wars looks great.

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adding nothing, congrats.

nope not really halo is like mario even if this game blows like a lot of mario games and spin offs have it wont ruin halo's rep just like mario is still a gamimng king ddespite many bad games

This.

its not a fps so no, it wont hurt the franchise.

but the game is expected to at least score above 80%

not gonna happen ever

As a reference point, Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars is the 'best' RTS game on the Xbox. It has a metacritic of 82%. It has sold at least 500K but I suspect a bit more as the numbers have not been updated. I think that most people will agree that Halo Wars will be 'significantly' better than CC. It will be better because MS is overseeing it (instead of EA making a port), it has the 'Halo' stamp on it (and there is no way MS will allow that name to get tarnished). It is a game made for a console, not a game made for PC and then adapted to the console.

MS is likely buttering up other companies by showcasing what CAN be done RTS wise on the consoles. If Halo Wars become a run away success, just imagine MS going to Blizzard and asking them to make a game for the Xbox (it does not have to be Starcraft/Warcraft, it can be a new IP). The controls for Kanes Wrath are already good, and apparently the controls for this game are even better. Everything is pointing towards a successful game.

The Halo name will not get tarnished, in actual fact, it will expand the appeal to the Halo univerese and make people want even more. It shows great confidence in MS allowing their flagship franchise to be showcased in this manner.

This thread only exists for wishful thinking of PS3 fanboys. They wish that Halo Wars would just kill the entire billion dollar Halo franchise. Lol