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selnor on 04 March 2009
MontanaHatchet said:
selnor said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Well, as long as this thread is related to Halo Wars, I'll pose a question. Is the game better or more fulfilling than the demo? I liked parts of the demo, but I felt myself constantly wishing that I had mouse controls (don't get mad at me!). Would I like the game more? I'm a big fan of RTS games.

 

 Ive owned it 5 days now. Genuinely I am faster with Halo Wars controls than any RTS Ive evr played on PC. Seamlessly jumping between 3 or 4 bases with 1 touch. Same with armies. Why oh why has this not been done before.

Rent it and play online first if you need confirmation of what I'm saying. But it is very good online. Single player is good to. Play on Legendary from the start and you will have a very good challenge.

If the Legendary campaign for Halo Wars is anything like the one for the main Halo games, I'll pass. I guess I'm a bit of a wimp when it comes to the Halo series . I think I'll end up buying it somewhere down the line, probably during the summer dry period.

 

Cool. Whenever you pick it up. It wont dissapoint. Yeah Legendary is very hard. I'm only on Mission 10. Ive not finished it yet. Thats unusual for me and RTS's. Online is awesome though. It ranks you via Truskill. Not how many games you have actually won. Truskill is based on time, units lost. Effectiveness etc. winning does help, but winning well is alot better.

 



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Sharky54 on 04 March 2009
selnor said:
Sharky54 said:
selnor said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Well, as long as this thread is related to Halo Wars, I'll pose a question. Is the game better or more fulfilling than the demo? I liked parts of the demo, but I felt myself constantly wishing that I had mouse controls (don't get mad at me!). Would I like the game more? I'm a big fan of RTS games.

 

 Ive owned it 5 days now. Genuinely I am faster with Halo Wars controls than any RTS Ive evr played on PC. Seamlessly jumping between 3 or 4 bases with 1 touch. Same with armies. Why oh why has this not been done before.

Rent it and play online first if you need confirmation of what I'm saying. But it is very good online. Single player is good to. Play on Legendary from the start and you will have a very good challenge.

 

It has, you can map what armies go to what F keys in many RTS games :P

 

Hmm I may rent this to play on my friends 360, last RTS I greatly enjoed was Starcraft. . .

LOL. I meant on console controls. Even so. I remember having to look at the keyboard to make sure I was on the right keys. With a controller it becomes natural feel. It's strange. Definately play it, at length if you can to understand what I mean. :)

 

 

That is probably because you play 360 far more then games on the computer. When I first started playing 360 I was so confused whenever the game said X and A and stuff. For me I know what key I am hitting.(I used my laptop for games for like 2 years so I got used to it lol) But on this desktop I can barly type correctly >:[