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Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBL
Posted By: scarabDate: 4/19/08 2:29 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBL (bluerunner)


: I read somewhere that resource management wouldn't be as promenant in
: single-player, but would still be an important part of multiplayer. I know
: there's a lot of people who enjoy that style, but I'm looking for games
: that totally do away with it. Have you every played Ground Control? I
: loved that game, and I guess I originally got my hopes up that Halo Wars
: could be something like it. Oh well, I'll still enjoy it for what it is.

I doubt that there will be too much resource gathering, or unit research considering that games will be around 10 - 20 minutes long.

I really don't know how the usual RTS staples can fit into what I understand of the Halo Wars scenario.

In the books, the Covenant kick ass in space so its hard to understand how the Spirit of Fire can hang around in orbit for any length of time.

The Covenant don't land unless there is something they want. They just 'nuke' the planet from orbit.

But anyway, I doubt that any battles on a colony would take very long. What research can an outlying colony hope to achieve in a couple of weeks tops? How many civies could be trained up to elite unit status?

How do the Humans win? In the Bungie Haloverse they never did until the end.

Do Humans 'win' if they kill the first wave?

Are there objectives? Defend a space port whilst civies escape?

Board and capture a downed Covie Cruiser (like the Truth & Reconciliation)?

Blow up a Forerunner structure/treasure/artifact?

Should there be much unit replenishment? Does it make any sense to have buildings that make vehicles in your UNSC bases? Does it make sense to have bases when you could be 'nuked' from orbit?

Unit replacement could work on a scattered army model. I'm thinking of the initial PoA landing on Halo. If you landed on a ring then fog of war makes a degree of sense and you discover new units as you explore.

Will there be fog of war for Humans on a Human colony? You may not know the disposition of enemy units but you would know the terrain.

I wonder if Halo Wars will make sense when it comes out. Will they have thought things through and produce a game that makes sense and makes sense in the Bungie Haloverse?

Will they throw away cannon and make a new universe that uses Halo names and Warthog physics but doesn't have much else in common with the Bungieverse?

Will Halo Wars even make sense on its own terms?

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Halo Wars spotted on XBLSpenser 4/18/08 1:46 p.m.
     Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLmendicantbias00 4/18/08 2:03 p.m.
     Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLPsychoRaven 4/18/08 3:07 p.m.
           Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLbluerunner 4/18/08 3:34 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLDHalo 4/18/08 3:43 p.m.
                       Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLbluerunner 4/18/08 3:59 p.m.
                             Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLMorpheus 4/18/08 4:01 p.m.
                             Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLscarab 4/19/08 2:29 a.m.
                                   Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLDHalo 4/19/08 8:50 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLscarab 4/19/08 10:00 a.m.
                                               Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLDHalo 4/19/08 11:04 a.m.
                                                     Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLelpolloguapo 4/19/08 12:20 p.m.
                                         Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLelpolloguapo 4/19/08 12:18 p.m.
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                                                                       IT BURNS!!!! *NM*elpolloguapo 4/20/08 8:19 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLPsychophan7 4/19/08 9:12 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLscarab 4/19/08 9:27 a.m.
                             Re: Halo Wars spotted on XBLSgtSatin 4/19/08 11:47 a.m.
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           Re: Alpha huh...?Psychophan7 4/19/08 3:11 p.m.
                 Re: Alpha huh...?DHalo 4/19/08 3:21 p.m.



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