Halo Wars demo now on Live

MisterNiwa - 295 days 7 hours ago

I want the same as the mister above me. Cant download it cuz of lack of HDD Space... :/

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Dark_Vendetta - 295 days 5 hours ago

My impressions: (played the demo 1 week ago, but should be the same one)

+ controls work really good
+ amazing rendering work before every mission
+ easy to get into the game
+ (my opinion) good graphics

neutral:
I don't know if you'll need tactics to win, or just build all units and attack (what is really important in an RTS). The demo is too short, so I'll have to judge depending on reviews (the developers said the demo is only about getting into the controls, and at the end of the game you'll have a few hundred units at once on the screen, so you'll need tactics. Hope it's true)

negative:
only 30 unit max in the first 2 missions. But as stated above this should change during the missions

All in all I really enjoyed the demo and preordered the game already (got it for 55€, it's a fair price). I really hope the multiplayer (up to 3vs3 player) will be intense

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hippo24 - 295 days 5 hours ago

(the friends that played it at 6 or so in the morning told me this)
Good enough to warrant a purchase
They even got the controls to work somehow.

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vega75 - 295 days 4 hours ago

i agree with everything to wrote. the demo is to short. the controls works well (just like LoTR BFME). i just hope the missions are much longer than the demo.

all in all. day one purchase for me. i love RTS.

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morganfell - 295 days 3 hours ago

Impressions:

+It's HALO. It may be a strategy game but it feels like HALO.

+Controls are very straight forward - Ensemble didn't try anything ridiculous but made everything intuitive.

+Basic and advanced tutorials very quick and to the point - teaches what is needed without dallying. I jumped in to the demo after the basic tutorial and had a great time

+No uniformity of action - this is a good thing. I still see strategy games doing this and I despise it. It happens when a group of AI move in lockstep like clones. HW appears to thankfully be free of this.

+Good framerate even with a lot of action on screen

+Feels like the desperate battles from the books when things were going badly for the UNSC

+Rendered cutscenes are some of the best ever

+Actual game graphics suffer from some jaggies but they they still look good and get the job done. You won't see any ground breaking real world destruction of structures and such but it still plays great

+Voice work varies from just serviceable in some areas to outright great in others.

+If a demo is a litmus test of a game for you then you will find this a game to buy. I am concerned about the longevity. I think we will see MP maps, but a new campaign is highly questionable.

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king dong - 295 days 1 hour ago

but i really enjoyed the demo. and will purchase it on day one.

and i agree (for once) with alot of what morganfell says.

the controls work well, the graphics are nice and most importantly, it's fun. plus, i love the fact that you dont have to forage for resources/supplies. which imo was a very smart move from ensemble!

there was one problem though, it took ages to download...probably due to the high amount of people doing the same. but that was it.

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Arnon - 294 days 16 hours ago

The very opening is what got my excited. The sad and depressing music that Halo gives off but at the same time etches itself into your memories plays.

Pros:

Controls - Very intuitive. Great tutorials that get you going and are to the point. Very engaging and can be picked up by anyone. It's pretty much the RTS version of Halo is all. Halo was very easy to pick up and learn.

Sound - Great voice acting and intense battle music. Really good sound effects.

Framerate - Keeps going strong even through battles of 8 scorpions versus an entire army of Covenant.

Graphics - Very pretty. Darker than Master Chief's quest. In the sense that everything isn't so happy-go-lucky.

Cons:

-Too short(demo)

-No Covenant story

I am not even a RTS fan and I was able to be fully engaged within this game. It is going to be reserved, fully paid off, and a day 1 purchase in my eyes.

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RememberThe357 - 294 days 13 hours ago

I'm going to go add this to my GameFly right now.

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Blaze929 - 294 days 13 hours ago

I was skepticle of this game at first even warning people to avoid it just becuase it spouts the Halo name becuase I'm not really a fan of RTS games nor is this a FPS which many halo fans will think it is. But when i played the demo today all that changed! it was solid and as expected and my wish came true, not at all hard to learn. I see solid 9s coming for this game. Way to go out Ensemble!

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cayal - 294 days 12 hours ago

How exactly do the controls work? I know the knock of RTS games on consoles are lack of mouse, I am curious how they did it.

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read disc error - 295 days 4 hours ago

FYI

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Jenzo - 294 days 23 hours ago

I think it's restricted to gold members the first couple of days.

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pswi60 - 294 days 13 hours ago

really? i mean, really?

even tho i harp on Xbox Live (under another account) its like pennies a day dude...

i always thought you were kind of a douche lightning, but now i know for sure. you flip flop like a pancake, and you seriously cannot afford a live subscription? must have canceled it when the KZ2 reviews came out.

you aren't a gamer dude.

sickening.

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Mindboggle - 294 days 9 hours ago

"Your not a gamer if you dont have a Gold Membership"

That is one of the most retarted comments ive ever seen on N4G.

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Captain Tuttle - 295 days 5 hours ago

It seems to be up now...working for me at least.

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Frood - 295 days 7 hours ago

just started downloading so i guess it's up 1.4GB. This should keep me happy til KZ2 demo later

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Kushan - 295 days 6 hours ago

I'm getting the same error as Sangria, no idea what's up with that.

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Rekyyli - 295 days 6 hours ago

Had the same error when i tried to download it through the marketplace with 360. But got it working by this way:

Go to xbox.com and sign in. Then check out the game demos, select halo wars and add it to your gamertag´s download queue. After that fire up ur 360 on and press the guide button
---> Active downloads --> Halo Wars pending -> Start downloading > Good to go!

Xbox.com says it´s 1GB, but really it´s 1,4GB.

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Sangria - 295 days 5 hours ago

As i thought, it was temporary, the demo is now fully available to download. I'll try it tonight.

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Sleipnir - 295 days 7 hours ago

I know what you mean.

All yous got is another one of them generic FPS for the year but we get a wicked RTS.

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0verdrive - 295 days 6 hours ago

was that sarcasm? seriously... just wondering

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hippo24 - 294 days 20 hours ago

We do need another SOCOM
a good one not this flashpoint thingy they threw at us.

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Rock Bottom - 295 days 3 hours ago

That's the power of Xbox live for you.

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ftwps3 - 294 days 17 hours ago

No thats the power of a fanbase.

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Goon 187 - 295 days 6 hours ago

This will hold me over untill the Killzone 2 demo comes out.

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christian hour - 295 days 3 hours ago

Here's my dillema. I had NO idea there was a Killzone 2 demo coming out. None at all. So I figured, hey I'll give my ps3 to a mate of mine who's living away from home while attending college, and i'll just nab it back at the end of the month in time for KZ2.

So I went around to his and gave him the big black beast and now 2-3 days later I find out a KZ2 demo is coming out in a couple of hours. I kicked myself in the balls for that coch-up. So I only have one good(possibly?) demo to play today, which is halo wars. If it would ever hurry up and download! :(

Someone let me know what the KZ2 demo is like :)
Until then I'll just watch halo wars downlaod and roll a few nice big ones to smoke when it finally finishes and i can play it :D

Still at 6% :( Hardly has anything to do with the 5 feet of snow outside does it? (Anyone else snowed in in Ireland?)

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vega75 - 295 days 5 hours ago

nvm

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Frood - 295 days 5 hours ago

try a harder setting?

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ftwps3 - 294 days 17 hours ago

try playing verses, or a harder setting or both

Unless your just being a negative nancy.

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Arnon - 294 days 16 hours ago

It would have to be fully remade, due to the fact it was built from the ground up on the 360 and the controls are built for the 360 controller. Also Ensemble Studios is not around anymore.. they only have a in-house studio from them for Halo Wars DLC.

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christian hour - 295 days 3 hours ago

Yes, halo is known for its CG Cutscenes :P Haha.

Damn you! I wanna play it now after reading everyones positive comments, but i'm only at 6% and i've been downloading now for a little over an hour :(

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pumpkinpunker - 295 days 1 hour ago

It's probably not the snow. We get lots of snow here in New England and it doesn't effect cable internet speed. Unless maybe you have satellite internet.

Halo is a huge title and millions of people are all downloading this at once. MS doesn't usually release public downloadable demos for blockbuster franchises so this is sort of uncharted territory.

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Sleipnir - 295 days 7 hours ago

IF Ps5 comes out.

I'm expecting death to Sony after gen.

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Graphics Whore - 295 days 7 hours ago

Sleip, you gotta update your troll skills.

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Sleipnir - 295 days 7 hours ago

Who said I was trolling?

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Graphics Whore - 295 days 7 hours ago

There's tera-bad.

There's bad

pretty bad

retard bad

and then there's tera-bad

You're about a step away from being called a dumbass.

Trolling is an art form that you're slaughtering.

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Sleipnir - 295 days 6 hours ago

And again, moron, who the hell said I was trolling?

Most of my comments are replies to peoples crappy attempts at being witty and insulting my preferred console. People like YOU.

Not trolling.

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Llort - 295 days 6 hours ago

He's not trolling, he's just dumb. His dad had sex with his sister and then he came out all half mutant.

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Capt CHAOS - 295 days 4 hours ago

Damn.. Missed.

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sniper4534 - 295 days 3 hours ago

lol u dont know how lame u sound dude get a life

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sltPoison - 295 days 3 hours ago

Why do you waste your time writing garbage like that. When you saw that this was a thread for Halo Wars did you feel compelled to spread your fud in it? No one gives a damn what you have to say about Killzone 2 here. We want Halo Wars so GTFO!

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pumpkinpunker - 295 days 1 hour ago

I bet he dresses up in all black with facepaint and shoots pedestrians with his water pistol then runs off into the night, returns to his lair, and inserts his genitals into the blu-ray drive of his Failstation 3.

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Arnon - 295 days ago

Halo Wars is going to curb stomp this fool. Every person who has played it, every preview, every website, every magazine, etc. has said it is set to redefine Console RTS games. Not to mention it already has it's first score of a 9/10 from the very strict reviewing magazine OXM, which even gave Gears of War 2 a 9/10.

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ftwps3 - 294 days 17 hours ago

Im a big ps3 fan and Im laughing at your comment.

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Deadman64 - 294 days 16 hours ago

Welcome change? no changes in the near future....360 games continue to sell millions more than ps3 games. Wouldnt be suprised to see halo wars terribly outsell killzone 2 (aka sony's wish for something 10% as successful as halo)

:)

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sltPoison - 295 days 3 hours ago

Did you have to post that here. Couldn't that thought have remained in your head?

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ftwps3 - 294 days 17 hours ago

Why don't you at least try it before you throw it down the drain?

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ftwps3 - 294 days 17 hours ago

No Im pretty sure both sony and m$ had each other in their sights.

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Deadman64 - 294 days 16 hours ago

wait did killzone 2 come out today?

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ftwps3 - 294 days 17 hours ago

It was short but so was halo wars and you dont hear me complaining

They are both great and can be enjoyed by all

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Arnon - 294 days 12 hours ago

In all honesty.. the Halo Wars demo has a lot of replay value.. it comes packed with a skirmish mode and a online mode. The Killzone 2 demo was there to purely make you look at graphics. And yes, it was sexy as all hell.

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