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Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*
Posted By: BryDate: 11/19/09 10:47 p.m.

In Response To: Halo Wars analysis *sp* (Leisandir)


: First of all, I'm somewhat upset by Ensemble's inclusion of the RTS tradition
: of team colors. It bothers me when a battle tank magically turns from
: green to orange in the middle of a level.

Saying as this does happen, especially the part about colours changing in battle, the easiest way to justify that if it really bothers one is to consider that you're a commander looking at a virtual depiction of the battle field, rather than the actual battle itself in real time.
When colours change, such as you've found a lost unit and brought it under your command, its the computers automatically changing their appearance for identification.
That kind of things been done in battlefield management for at least a century.
The interesting thing is that in at least one of the real-time cutscenes, the 'special' colours are not applied at all.

: One final question regarding the ending. If I recall correctly, Spirit of
: Fire was part of a fleet when it departed Harvest. It seems silly to me
: that no one in that fleet would be aware of its destination; they have to
: have told someone where they were going. At the end of the game, the
: ship has been drifting for several weeks and the crew is buckling down in
: cryo. What, then, is the likelihood that nobody from Cole's fleet would
: come looking for them? The ship had Spartans on it; ONI, at the very
: least, should have sent a Prowler, if no one in the fleet thought to come
: looking for them.

It was part of a fleet before it departed to Harvest. Cole sent it on its own there to investigate.
After their disappearance leaving Arcadia, maybe the UNSC did go looking for it, but outerspace is a hell of a big place. Finding a needle in a haystack would be easy by comparison, even with transponders and beacons.

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Halo Wars analysis *sp*Leisandir 11/19/09 7:32 p.m.
     Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*rolandk73 11/19/09 8:28 p.m.
           Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Leisandir 11/19/09 10:05 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Metalingus627 11/20/09 3:27 a.m.
     Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Bry 11/19/09 10:47 p.m.
           Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Leisandir 11/19/09 11:12 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Bry 11/19/09 11:27 p.m.
                       Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Leisandir 11/20/09 9:07 a.m.
     Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*ArteenEsben 11/20/09 9:46 a.m.
           Re: Halo Wars analysis *sp*Leisandir 11/20/09 11:04 p.m.



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