REVIEWS Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Review
Gamers have gone bananas for Nintendo's 3DS, but can this port of Retro Studios' 2010 Wii game make the jump to your portable?

Pandora's Tower Review
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but swords and chains excite me. Should you climb the towers in Xseed's JRPG/adventure hybrid to save your cursed (and tragically whiny) girlfriend?

PREVIEWS The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot Preview
Ah, the joys of destroying your friend's castle and the pains of your friend destroying yours. Alas, such is friendship.

Watch Dogs (PS4) Preview

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Preview

Release Dates

NEW RELEASES Metro: Last Light
Release date: Out Now

GRiD 2
Release date: 05/28/13

Fuse
Release date: 05/28/13

The Last of Us
Release date: 06/14/13

Halo Wars Member Review for the Xbox360

GAME
REVIEWS
PREVIEWS
SCREENS
VIDEOS
CHEATS
FAQS
DOWNLOADS

By:
letusprey
02/24/09

PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION

EMAIL TO A FRIEND

GENRE	RTS
PLAYERS	1- 2
PUBLISHER	Microsoft Game Studios
DEVELOPER	Ensemble Studios
RELEASE DATE

Contains Mild Blood, Mild Language, Violence

What do these ratings mean?

I guess that I was expecting a little more out of this game, what with all the hype surrounding it. But a strategy game with all the strategy game stripped out of it so it is console friendly just isn't doing it for me. I love the concept, but I need a little bit more depth before I can consider this a good game. Is it fun? Sure. Is it a great game? not yet.

UPDATE: Played the full game at a friends today, and my opinion has not really changed. The game is pretty short, and the simplistic controls still make it really hard for me to get into. I am also feeling like this game is not going to have a lot of "come back and play" power to it.

More information about Halo Wars

Revolution report card

Views: 1355 Review rating:

Reviews by other members

Halo Wars review
by: letusprey
02/24/09
Halo Wars review
by: Insectavamour
03/08/09
Halo Wars review
by: jokerx81
03/10/09

Comments

LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Feb 24th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Um.it's not out yet.?

0 0

DKR1138
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Feb 27th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Don't review a game on a demo, its a key rule in my book sir. theres a few factors here that must be pointed out, mircomanagement is almost impossible on a console, so the method of deloyment in this game suits a console awesomely. Im up to the 10th chapters right now and so far its really enjoyable and challenging in some respects depending how good your unit management is. rnrnIn my book its the best console RTS to date, and will probably be the blueprint for other RTS's to follow on a console basis. while the chains on choice and tactics could have been loosened a bit, I think that'll be a relatively easy fix for future developers.

0 0

DKR1138
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Feb 27th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Don't review a game on a demo, its a key rule in my book sir. theres a few factors here that must be pointed out, mircomanagement is almost impossible on a console, so the method of deloyment in this game suits a console awesomely. Im up to the 10th chapters right now and so far its really enjoyable and challenging in some respects depending how good your unit management is. rnrnIn my book its the best console RTS to date, and will probably be the blueprint for other RTS's to follow on a console basis. while the chains on choice and tactics could have been loosened a bit, I think that'll be a relatively easy fix for future developers.

0 0

LinksOcarina
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: Feb 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I don't mind it being a preview, but next time post that it is a preview. Other than that, not too bad but I think next time add a paragraph or two to flesh it out more, you know? Good start though.

0 0

letusprey
Joined: Jan 2009

Posted: Feb 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Thanks for the advice Links! I will try to make the full review a little more detailed.

0 0