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 Send to email | Halo Wars Is In Control [E308] in e308 Ensemble Studios Halo halo wars Impressions Original Xbox 360 |  By Michael McWhertor
el 22-Jul-2008 |  Halo plus real-time strategy plus gamepad controls may sound like a recipe for a franchise misfire, but Ensemble Studios has polished Halo Wars to the point of an immediately playable console title. While some may argue that, like first person shooters, RTS games should only be played on a mouse and keyboard, Ensemble has done an admirable job of nailing the controls. We got a chance to go hands-on with the game at E3 and came away surprisingly pleased.
You'll move around the map with the left analog stick, zooming in and out with the right stick. Unit selection is done with the A button — hold A to select groups via a circle — but you can select all units on screen or every unit in your army with the right or left bumpers, respectively. Your units will fire on enemy units with X, with an alternate firing mode tied to the Y button. Unit special abilities and building options can be chosen from a pop up radial menu, giving you quick access to things like air strikes or expansion building choices. The control experience is relatively easy to wrap one's head around, thanks to a clean, quickly loading interface. Building management is similarly straightforward stuff. We started out with a pre-built base, one with a series of "slots" that additions like barracks and vehicle factories can be built upon. You'll also have access to defense towers, but Halo Wars won't devolve into a turret defense mishmash. Base support feels like less of a focus than team-to-team field combat. On combat, you'll have more than just Warthogs, Scorpions and Vultures to inflict damage on the UNSC side, a Spirit of Fire colony ship orbited overhead, allowing for called-in airstrikes via MAC cannons. Things get hairy? Call in some giant laser fire. Halo Wars has some impressive visual pop to it, more colorful than when we last saw it. The game's visual effects, in motion, look spectacular. It may not have the immediate visual sex appeal of something like Halo 3, with it's micro-sized units and overhead perspective, but it looks good. Keep your eye on Halo Wars, even if you're not a fan of the franchise or traditionally an RTS fan. It looks and feels like a console strategy game should. When we get our hands on the Covenant next time, we'll have a better understanding of how well it stacks up.
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| Halo Wars Is In Control [E308] | | Halo plus real-time strategy plus gamepad controls may sound like a recipe for a franchise misfire, but Ensemble Studios has polished Halo Wars to the point of an immediately playable console title. While some may a [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Jul-2008 by Michael McWhertor in e308 Ensemble Studios Halo halo wars Impressions Original Xbox 360
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| Halo Wars Playable, But Not Here [Halo Wars] | | The only sign of real-time strategy title Halo Wars at PAX comes during Graeme Devine's presentation of the game during the show. But that doesn't mean the game's not moving along.nicely. In fact Devine, lead writer and a designer on Halo Wars [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Aug-2008 by Brian Crecente in halo wars Original Penny arcade expo 2008 Top Xbox 360
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| Sexy New Halo War Box Art, Screens [Halo Wars] | | Bungie may be unveiling a new map for Halo 3 at Penny Arcade Expo later this week, but don't forget that's not the only Halo goodness coming our way. Microsoft Games Studios recently unveiled this fancy new Halo Wars box art and three pretty ent [..] Read complete article | | Published 25-Aug-2008 by Brian Crecente in halo wars Halo microsoft game studios Xbox 360
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| Oh, New Halo Wars Info! [Halo Wars] | | Courtesy of this month's GamePro, which is as you read this working its way to subscriber's mailboxes. While the cover feature promises news on all future Halo titles, it only dishes out hard information (and gorgeous new screens) on Halo Wars. But that's OK. We'll take it. Because a console [..] Read complete article | | Published 06-Jun-2008 by Luke Plunkett in EnsembleGameproHaloNewsXbox 360
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| But I'm Talking Bout Halo Wars [Halo Wars] | | Halo Wars lead writer Graeme Devine walked us through the upcoming real-time strategy game's plot and game play a bit today. Seems like a very capable RTS with quite a bit of attention to detail when it comes to Halo mythology. [..] Read complete article | | Published 09-Oct-2008 by Brian Crecente in halo wars Tgs08 Tokyo game show 2008 Xbox 360
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| McFarlane Toys Joins The Halo Wars [Halo Wars] | | Microsoft Game Studios and McFarlane Toys plan on continuing their very lucrative partnership this spring with the announcement of action figures based off of the upcoming Halo Wars RTS take on the Halo universe. Closer to traditional ar [..] Read complete article | | Published 09-Sep-2008 by Mike Fahey in halo wars Action Figures mcfarlane toys microsoft game studios News
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| Halo Wars Addict Meets Supplier [Halo Wars] | | Halo Wars Addict got an interview with Graham Somers, Ensemble Studios' community manager. Naturally, this outreach is in his job description, and a blog titled "Halo Wars Addict" will probably deliver a positive piece. But it's still worth a look if you're intereste [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Jun-2008 by Owen Good in Halo wars Bungie Ensemble Halo Rts Xbox 360
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| Halo Wars CE to include Halo 3 Mythic map pack |  Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Strategyclick to enlarge
It seems Halo Wars is set to become the new Crackdown, with Microsoft enticing franchise fence sitters with goodi [..] Read complete article | | Published 06-Nov-2008 by Ludwig Kietzmann in BreakingNewsCEEnsembleEnsemble-StudiosHalo-3Halo-WarsHalo3JS-TwitterLimited-EditionRTS
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| Halo Wars Gets Two-Player Co-op [Gamepro] | | The latest issue of GamePro magazine features cover story treatment on Ensemble Studios real-time strategy take on the Halo universe, Halo Wars. According to the mag, by way of TeamXbox, the Xbox 360 game will feature multiplayer for up to six via LIVE, with a two-player co-o [..] Read complete article | | Published 09-Jun-2008 by Michael McWhertor in Ensemble Studioshalo warsXbox 360
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| New Halo Wars Screens, Unit Info [Halo Wars] | | The Halo Wars team over at Ensemble have updated their site yesterday, adding some shots and info on two of the units set to feature in the game. One, the Warthog, I'll imagine you're somewhat familiar with. It's fast, it's iconic, it's cheap, you can upgrade it. T [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Jun-2008 by Luke Plunkett in halo wars Ensemble Gallery Media Xbox 360
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