Convenient! While it’s as rote as you’d expect (and you can expect lots of heroic speeches), it’s peppered with some amazing cinematics, which are Blizzard quality at this point, and are almost bonuses after completing each campaign mission. Despite the peace with the Covenant, the co-development team needed to find a way for everyone to fight each other again, and they did it with a rogue faction called “The Banished,” and by giving you control of more sort of Master Chief but not actually Master Chief Spartans. The beautiful, almost haunting piano tunes of the soundtrack (which are on par with the rest of the series) fit too.Īppropriately, the story punched a reset button of sorts. There’s something special about seeing an Elite gut an enemy with an energy sword, and base building has its own charm, as each individual piece gets airlifted and snaps into place like a LEGO set. With great animations that set itself apart from other RTS games, it’s amazing to watch swarms of enemies go at each other with tons of little combat nuances. Halo Wars 2 makes an immediate impression after zoning into a skirmish. Halo Wars 2 (PC, Xbox One )ĭeveloper: 343 Industries, Creative Assembly Halo Wars 2 isn’t going to really put them on the map either, but that’s perfectly fine with me. Anyone remember Dune II on the Sega Genesis? Yeah, there’s several examples, but you’d be hard-pressed to think of them on the spot. StarCraft 64? I mean, Tom Clancy’s Endwar sort of worked because of the low unit count. When Microsoft called Halo Wars the “best-selling console RTS of all time,” I really had to stop and think of what other console RTS games even exist.
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