Halo Wars surprised a lot of skeptics when it was met with generally positive reviews and then flew off of store shelves en route to selling over 1 million copies. Since its launch, Halo Wars has garnered a stable and sizable online community that meets up on Xbox Live daily to test the latest tactics on this real-time strategy game. Though the group that made Halo Wars, Ensemble Studios, was shut down by Microsoft, members of that team have since formed Robot Entertainment.
This new studio will support Halo Wars with balancing patches and game add-ons. The first, titled Strategic Options, will add several new multiplayer modes and will release on Xbox Live soon. Robot Entertainment's Dave Pottinger, a producer on Halo Wars, recently opened up to IGN with details on that add-on, possible upcoming expansions, and the future of Robot.
Halo Wars is still widely considered one of the best and most accessible RTS games around, and that formula could work with other Microsoft IPs.
I think Crackdown would fit in a more turn-based tactics system via Xcom then a RTS type game play. Being able to customize multiple agents, deploying that group in an crime infested urban zone, going against other super powered enemy and fodder type thugs. The potential for that is huge if they won't do another successful, ground breaking, GOTY open world outing like Crackdown 3....
NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - There are many games in the famous Halo Franchise that are stellar titles and need to be revered. And some that do not. These games stand out from the crowd and deluge of colossal Halo titles. Games that made Halo great. We do need to iron out what qualifies the game for this list. They have to be in the Halo franchise… Obviously.
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Halo 3 at the top is correct the only thing id change is swap infinite and halo ce around.
Halo 4 has the hottest Cortana too which explains why the MC is the hardest in that campaign and why H4's multiplayer is the illest. Chief ain't afraid to take on teleporting enemies that can one hit melee kill.
Since debuting on the original Xbox, the amount of games released means it's no easy task to rank the best and worst Halo games.
I feel like I see these articles often. Either way, just going by main titles as a whole package not just on MP I’d say;
Best 2,3,1,4,5 worst.
Story only;
Best 1,2,3,4,5 worst.
MP only
Best 2,3,5,1,4 worst.
Great list Deathdeliverer! The only place we differ is that I would put Halo 3 MP over Halo 2 MP, but gaming preferences are subjective and there are really no right or wrong answers. We match exactly on everything else. And yes, these list are made all the time, but they still get me to click on them. Lol!
I was really torn between the two so I’ll call it a toss up. They are head and shoulders above the other Halo Mps. It’s Halo 2/3 (in any order) then a pause, then the rest.
"Right now, our focus is on the community. Bungie has done such a great job building excellent community relations in as part of the Halo "experience." We're trying to live up to that and make sure that our labor of love gets the TLC it deserves. As far as single player content goes, we simply get more requests right now for multiplayer/skirmish things. While the new modes are fully playable in solo skirmish mode, most folks who want additional solo content are talking about a Covenant campaign. That's a huge undertaking. It's not on our radar right now, but who knows? If the game continues to sell the way it has been, I'm sure it will get discussed again." -Dave Pottinger
-HW's was a huge surprise, the demo really sold me. I'm glad Robot Entertainment will continue to support it... hopefully this means Halo Wars2 will expand on more of the great stories within the Halo Universe and give us that much anticipated Covenant campaign too.
"Games-wise, we've got a lot in our hoppers. Obviously, we're supporting Halo Wars and the Age of Empires franchise. Beyond that, we're working on one main project. Can't disclose that yet. We are starting to incubate some other ideas, too. Definitely can't disclose those ideas yet. Keep an eye on our Web site (robotentertainment.com). We'll be putting something out there soon." -Dave Pottinger
-I can't wait to see what their next project will be.
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