Video Xbox 360

GC: Halo Wars - First gameplay footage

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Published 28 August, 2007 Duration 10:02

A mighty ten minute gameplay video of this 360 exclusive strategy title based on Bungie's Halo universe. Despite how much work has clearly gone into this impressive looking title, it seems the budget fell short of some decent voice-over talent.

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BadBoyBonner #1 5 years ago

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Not bad
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #2 5 years ago

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That looks pretty good.
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Xerx3s #3 5 years ago

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The guy playing it should learn some tactics though. :/
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JoeBananas #4 5 years ago

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impressive graphics - looks pretty good fun too
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Cannibal #5 5 years ago

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Pretty pedestrian looking. Like a lesser version of Command and Conquer, only with what looks like bosses to deal with on the battlefield.
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Dizzy #6 5 years ago

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Tasty...

Kinda of weird to see Halo from this perspective.

Only weird thing was the ghosts just hanging back. In the game they zoom around like crazy

Next step for Halo is combination of Halo Wars and Halo FPS How cool would that be?
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Pike #7 5 years ago

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Looks ok, but very conservative.

I suspect WiC will turn out to be a much better example of an RTS/RTT that's suitable for consoles.

Edited by Pike at 28/08/07 @ 12:50
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robg #8 5 years ago

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Woah, the walker shot through its own leg without severing it!
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TonyCocaCola #9 5 years ago

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The graphics look really nice, love the lighting and the detail in the bases, but the gameplay looks mind bendingly flat. Everyone just stands there shooting at each other. I thought the units would move around a bit more like in halo. That big fight at the end was so dull it was just about how many units you can cram into their base.
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Dan_Dare #10 5 years ago

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that looks decent. demo tours of games like this aren't really good for showing tactics or anything as everything is preset. with any luck the real Demo on live will be a little more interesting.
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generica #11 5 years ago

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Looks quite basic.
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BobsYourUncle #12 5 years ago

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Looks awesome, but why why why no PC version?

Edited by BobsYourUncle at 28/08/07 @ 13:45
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kangarootoo #13 5 years ago

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What accent is that?*

*not a real question.
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TonyCocaCola #14 5 years ago

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30% American, 30% English, 20% South African and 40% Dolomite

Not a real answer

Edited by TonyCocaCola at 28/08/07 @ 14:11
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TripSkyway #15 5 years ago

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Looks good.
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The-Bodybuilder #16 5 years ago

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Gameplay looked dull. No tactics, everyone just stands there and shoots. Nothing dynamic about it. All so......plain. :/
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Amazing Bryan #17 5 years ago

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Meh. RTS games should be left to the PC. Looks pretty dull to me.
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kangarootoo #18 5 years ago

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On a tangent.

[link url=http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/15-09/ff_halo
]http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworld...[/link]

Interesting article.
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zuljin #19 5 years ago

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40% Dolomite?

Someones been watchin too much Futurama again!
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leonidas #20 5 years ago

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looks polished, looks complete. Its a bit c&c3 like if i think about it, but thats ok
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MasterGrief #21 5 years ago

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No Keyboard + Mouse = failure

I'll stick to Starcraft 2
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The-Bodybuilder #22 5 years ago

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>"Someones been watchin too much Futurama again!"

THAT'S DOLOMITE BABY.
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wonton #23 5 years ago

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reminds me of C&C where units just stand there and shoot. No taking cover like in Company of heroes. Dull, dull, dull.
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TonyCocaCola #24 5 years ago

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This will be on the PC, probably about a year after xbox
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light&shadow #25 5 years ago

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EG caption: would you prefer to have an actor talking marketing bullshit about a game he doesn't even know? I'd rather have a developper explaining what can actually be done with the game.
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smirny #26 5 years ago

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"Next step for Halo is combination of Halo Wars and Halo FPS How cool would that be?"

...command and conquer renegade anyone? *shudders*
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TonyCocaCola #27 5 years ago

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I think the combat in this game should look like the combat in halo fps (but as seen from above obviously) Have all the troops run around, take cover, melee ect,

I think the way it looks now is pointless to the point of it being non strategic. Its like shall i send 2 tanks or 3...
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bushwod #28 5 years ago

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If the WartHogs were really like the ones in Halo then they'd drive around and around the conventant, then crash into a rock and explode.
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marilena #29 5 years ago

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Looks fucking awful. Snail pace, no strategy, paper scissors blah blah units. The PC-style interface looks very clumsy on a console and obviously leads to a very simplified game.

End War looks more interesting in that they managed to shake the PC heritage and make an actual console game (but I can't say I actually got how that works, so maybe it's shit too).

Edited by marilena at 29/08/07 @ 23:40
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Triggerhappytel #30 5 years ago

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As people have said, the way the Ghosts/Warthogs etc stay almost static is a bit jarring, but this is looking okay, I guess [don't have a lot of interest in the genre, myself].

The thing that bothers me is how this will fit into the integrity of the Halo universe. The Covies had been beating the shit out of the humans pre-Halo for 32 years, so playing as the marines should put you at a massive disadvantage.

Also, the Spartan-IIs had never been extensively combat-tested against the Covenant before Master Chief, so does this game intend to re-write the Halo backstory?!
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Triggerhappytel #31 5 years ago

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EDIT - duplicate post deleted.

Edited by Triggerhappytel at 30/08/07 @ 00:12
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gingerlink #32 5 years ago

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@smirny

I'd be thinking more along the lines of Battalion wars, that would work...maybe
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Aurifex. #33 5 years ago

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Wasn't the original Halo going to be like this?
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TheUnionFrag #34 5 years ago

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Looks a lot better than I'd imagined. One to watch
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Aphexman #35 5 years ago

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looks average
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S.J.Rogers #36 5 years ago

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Wow,

Sold...!!!
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Lutz #37 5 years ago

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The thing that bothers me is how this will fit into the integrity of the Halo universe. The Covies had been beating the shit out of the humans pre-Halo for 32 years, so playing as the marines should put you at a massive disadvantage.

Also, the Spartan-IIs had never been extensively combat-tested against the Covenant before Master Chief, so does this game intend to re-write the Halo backstory?!

What?
They were beating the shit out of them in space.

You can easily get this game into the Halo universe without any changes.

Looks OK, but the combat needs working on. Each unit is taking far too many hits, the vehicles shouldn't be stationary, and why has every grunt got a needler? FFS the Needler is almost a super weapon FFS. (In game that is)

Edited by Lutz at 03/09/07 @ 17:15
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S.J.Rogers #38 5 years ago

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Wow,

Sold...!!!
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Gremo #39 4 years ago

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This looks sweet, i want it. which they wpould make a release date for it soon
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