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Halo Wars Fights On While Civilization Revolution Fades Away

The Goozex Report breaks down two of the top real time simulation games for the Xbox 360 and provides excellent arguments for both Civ Rev and Halo Wars. Quotes from the article include, "But then I kind of mastered the game and it became repetitive. And a little boring. And the cool moments of creating certain wonders or blasting into space lost its shine after building them for the umpteenth time. I moved on fairly quickly..." And this one about Halo Wars, "I like to take my time, strategize, and then unleash unholy hell upon my enemies. The campaign really doesn't reward you for planning, instead, it rewards you for fast action."

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Published: 126 days ago | Article | Xbox 360

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bgrundman - 126 days ago

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I was a huge fan of Civ Rev. It was a shame it took so long to complete a match.

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JimmyJames70 - 125 days 19 hours ago

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That's true. Civ Rev can take 3 to 4 hours to play while Halo Wars could be 45 min to a couple hours.

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daleculp - 126 days ago

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Well, it's pretty obvious to people who know me that I'm no fan of Civ, but I wonder if I'd even enjoy Halo Wars. Unfortunately, I don't have the points to pick this game up on Goozex.com, but I bet I could find it used for pretty cheap. If it annoys as much as other RTS games, I could just trade it on Goozex and get something else. I mean, it's worth 1000 points.

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JimmyJames70 - 126 days ago

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Halo Wars really doesn't have a learning curve or a Tech tree that you have to follow. It does have some specialty units depending on your leader, but that's easy to pick up on. The only thing you really have to master is issuing quick commands to get your troops moving. After that, it's all about pummeling, or getting pummeled.

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peeps - 125 days 19 hours ago

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i'm a pretty big rts fan and thats what put me off really, it's a good game for ppl who wanna get into rts (and chances are if they are getting an rts for a console then most will be new to the genre) but for me i want more depth to rts

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green - 125 days 23 hours ago

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playing Halo Wars at the moment and it's so much fun to play.

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Sleebs - 125 days 22 hours ago

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I'll be honest and say that I grew up never enjoying RTS games, strictly for their length and to end up losing the battle was aggravating after so much time. But that was when I played Age of Empires and before I actually grew up . . I think perhaps that I could give it a try, because I thoroughly enjoy RPG and strategic action games now (I actually like the Brothers in Arms strategy style over one-many-army Call of Duty shmups). Halo Wars could be something to look into.

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Xi - 125 days 19 hours ago

5 - I like halo wars.

but I don't really like the fast-pace side of the game. Personally I like lengthy rts games focused on strategy. Halo wars seemed to be mainly about building the largest army as fast as possible and pushing in quickly to the enemy base.

However that being said, halo wars had the most mission variety out of any rts campaign I've ever played.

I hope they make a sequel that finds itself on both console and PC.

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Jijoro - 125 days 19 hours ago

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Halo Wars was fun its just that it needed more features like Halo 3.

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Rowsdower - 125 days 19 hours ago

7 - there was plenty of dlc for civ rev

i love that game

here is the link for dlc

http://marketplace.xbox.com...

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JimmyJames70 - 125 days 17 hours ago

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Thanks for the link and the info on the Civ Rev DLC. I guess I just never cared enough to look. By the time the DLC came out, I had already moved on.

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cheapness1 - 125 days 18 hours ago

8 - RTS comparison?!?

I was under the impression that Civ Rev was turn-based???

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JimmyJames70 - 125 days 17 hours ago

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Civ Rev is turned based. But they are similar games. Build an army and crush the opposition. Nuts to bolts.

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wondroushippo - 125 days 16 hours ago

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Still, I've always found that TBS and RTS games have vastly different mindsets unless Civ Rev gives you time limits for your moves - I generally think TBS acts more like chess in that you have to plan out and think your moves, whereas RTS games' more frenetic pace makes it more of a reactionary thing. I may be way offbase with this, though.

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BadKarmaSutra96 - 125 days 8 hours ago

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I found Civ Rev to be pretty limited after playing it a ton. I still play it occasionally but would have preferred options for larger maps and more opponents. Also, it got old when all of the opponents would simultaneously declare war on you instead of fighting each other once in awhile.

As for RTS style games, the Total War series dominates, but I guess we're only talking 360 games right now.

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bgrundman - 126 days ago

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Oddly enough, the Xbox 360 is become the home of strategy games on the console. I never would have seen that coming...

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Man_of_the_year - 125 days 18 hours ago

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I agree. I play halo wars, Endwar and Civ Rev. But not so much C&C. I think that has just too much micro-managing to actually play on the console without a mouse.

Won't be long till the Droids feel enraged with hate and remourse that the 360 has so much more RTS games than the PS3 and have to come into here kicking and screaming.

expect to see ignorant comments from the Droids like:

"ask a 360fanturd what Civilization even is and there'd be a huge question mark on there faces"

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"they bought Halo Wars because it had Halo in it"

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"if they enjoy strategy games, why don't they have command and conquer red alert, Civilization Revolution, Tom Clancy's End War"

also lets not forget the ever so classic

"what ever Halo, 360 fanboys reach out and buy it, I think they should release a Halo dildo because they already have Gay Tony coming to the 360"

If you find any one of these comments located here, you have found yourself a PS3 Droid...If you find one that has used ALL of these comments, be aware, these are the most delusional, ignorant, and upset about their purchase that they have to lash out at everything not pro PS3 related kind of Droid. These are the ones that are secretly in denial about their sexuality and tend to stay locked up in the closet and feel that acting out and hiding it in a fanboyish way, they won't be discoved as being completely gay.

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pure pwnage24 - 125 days 23 hours ago

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ask a 360fanturd what Civilization even is and there'd be a huge question mark on there faces, they bought Halo Wars because it had Halo in it, if they enjoy strategy games, why don't they have command and conquer red alert, Civilization Revolution, Tom Clancy's End War

what ever Halo, 360 fanboys reach out and buy it, I think they should release a Halo dildo because they already have Gay Tony coming to the 360

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Static-X - 125 days 23 hours ago

3 - That sucks

Seeing as Civilization Revolution was a great game
<<<<< But don't forget JUST SAY NO!

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JimmyJames70 - 125 days 19 hours ago

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Still have to play EndWar. But still enjoyin HaloWars. Not because it's Halo, but because it's good.

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green - 125 days 19 hours ago

4.1 - Same here

Currently playing Fallout 3 but once i am done, i will be getting End Wars.

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mezzo - 125 days 18 hours ago

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Halo Wars was a big let down, but still had some great fun with it.

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Saaking - 125 days 18 hours ago

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I can picture all the little kids all exited about buying Halo Wars after watching all those CGI commercials MS threw at them. They get home and find out it's not an FPS. I can see them crying poor little bots. Face it, if it didn't have Halo Wars this game would have gotten 6's across the board and sold less than Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts.

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