the very few people ** @

supafrench

I am really looking foward to Halo Wars. The new screens look great and its nice to see how far the game has come. The Box art looks really nice as well.

Should help to sell copys.

sargemat

@FrigidAir44: Do people realize that it's largely the goal and purpose of this game to prove to the industry, developers, and players that an RTS can work well on a console with a controller. (Although, that RTS will surely have less total depth than it could on PC.) But get off complaining about the controller; they very few people who have had a chance to experience the control scheme have had nothing but praise for it. Wait until you can do the same to judge.

supafrench

@LittleBigPlaneteer: and it could very well make a new RTS fan out of that guy. God knows the genre needs more than South Korea to hold it up...

Gunhaver

Boxart looks nice.

SolidEyeSystem

Hyyynnnnhhhh.....

Gunhaver

@Thwick: Haha... nice comeback sir.

FrigidAir44

I like the box art. However... a RTS on a console using a controller? Seriously?

I'll wait till this is released on PC if the game is any good.

Also, trolls both ways (for it or against it): stop bickering. Its just a game.

FrigidAir44

One night only!

This Sunday at the Covenant Fair Grounds, it's "The Halo Three"!

Performing such classics as; "Flood is Thicker Than Water","I Ain't No Prophet","Graveminds Think Alike", and many more!

KenogaBrave

@TOWER_JUNKIE: Yeah and they will say no plans for a PC port till the day before they drop the " Halo Wars RTS coming to PC with more features " press release.

spacecoffin2

@theTOMSTA666: *raises hand*

dae_giovanni

@Thwick:

If one were to read about the story, it is timed before the first Halo game, when the spartan army and covenant army first start going at it. So, obviously there is more than just "Master Chief", there is an army of spartans still... I personally cant wait for this game, I like RTS games and love Halo, so this is a sure bet for people like me.

OrionnoirO

Meh... Who's with me?

theTOMSTA666

@Ad-hominem: i would say. think chess. but without turns

kilikafinal

Still on the fence about this, but it looks excellent. And I've needed a good RTS.

GwennBlackfeather

@Anaralia: Ensemble has confirmed that they have no plans to make a PC port.

TOWER_JUNKIE

@supafrench: Except I own all the halo games and frequent this site. It was joke you nub.

Thwick

@Ad-hominem: You explain it as a game where you build massive armies full of various tanks and hi-tech weaponry that you control on the battlefield. You iterate that YOU control the entire army on the battlefeld in attemtps to totally annihalate your opponent. You also explain how all of this unfolds in front of your eyes in real-time.

Using RISK as an example would just bring a mental image of a blank map with some plastic figurines you push around that never truly fight each other. I think people would be more interested in RTS if they realized everything that you can do. Yes, the games are mainly strategy games, but there are extremely fun moments in the destruction part of these strategy games compared to something like RISK, imo.

I_Hate_This_Place

@Thwick: You're the uninformed Halo fan so many people are talking about.

supafrench

How can they make a Halo RTS? It would be one master chief on the side of the marines and the entire convenant/flood on the other side. not much of an rts.

Thwick

Wake me up when they announce the inevitable PC port. Trying to play RTS games on a console is like trying to wash your clothes using a turd.

Unless that turd happens to be called Command and Conquer 3.

Anaralia

@Ad-hominem: Google.

spacecoffin2

Be nice to see the "zerg rush" done with the flood... if and when they're announced.

Wonder if those same stereotyped halo players with their pre-pubescent verbal diarhea will migrate over to this, or if HW would be a game I actually turn my headset volume up for.

Darascon

@Mit: Well they are trying to emphasize that it is a Halo game. Yeah I know it's already named Halo...Or maybe they're just lazy? I dunno.

@Ad-hominem: Kotaku should hold a poll or post something concerning this when the game gets released no?! I imagine a lot of Halo Wars will be at second hand stores by people's "blind-buying".

The graphics are nice from the previews I've seen. Not sure about the controls. Though they've been emphasizing that all units are easily controlled by one button,etc.

excaliburps

@david78: @Fluffy22:

Trolls are very apparent. Please, if you feel the need to criticize, at least give your rationale for why you don't like it. Oh wait! Trolls aren't rational.

CarbonFalcon

@I_Hate_This_Place: How do you propose describing an RTS to somebody who has no experience with PC's, and only minimal connection with consoles?

Ad-hominem

nice box art

ZetaCrossfire

" Halo Wars invented teh RTS for console!!! Its bester then clunky uncool game like Warcrafting or Mooncrafts Te Heeee PC not a real game machine like the xbox360 Commands and conqures on 360 was suck cause tank rush and to many units...Halo Wars the only RTS worth playing!!! Its the first next-generation RTS!!! The 7.5 reviews just dont get the game, it a RTS not a FPS that the only reason not get 10 out of 10!!! For RTS it 10 out of 10 game!!! Bugs and glitchs just means the game will keep getting better with updates!!!!!! "

I...can't.....wait for the game to come out :/

spacecoffin2

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Only mom's who know nothing about video games wouldn't be able to tell this isn't an FPS. But I guess that was just an under-handed joke about Halo fans.

@sqoon: Don't you love gamer stereotypes. I like the Halo series, but don't think it's the greatest game on earth. I bet we play a lot of the same games, but because of your moronic pre-judging of someone who likes Halo we would never find out.

I_Hate_This_Place

RTS is a genre that is for the dedicated or hardcore. will be interesting to see if the game will fly off shelves.

zanzibarlegend

Good box art and more gorgeous screens.. it's too bad this game is so far off. We'll see at least 10 huge games this fall, and surely several next spring, maybe even God of War III, before Halo Wars. ._.

supafrench

It looks like a nice simplified RTS for consoles, the halo moniker might help the genre take off.

TradePro

@Ad-hominem: That's a horrible way to describe an RTS. No wonder you got that response.

I personally cannot wait for this game. I love RTS's, and I like Halo lore. I can't wait to spam scorpion tanks onto some grunts.

I_Hate_This_Place

@Aye Mak Sicur:
you wont believe how many times i had that conversation

salthegeek

I LOVE HALO

I HATE HALO

I HATE YOU

SHUT UP

^^^
That's every single discussion of Halo ever.

Aye Mak Sicur

@LittleBigPlaneteer:
i can already see all the angry threads on halo forums now ....

salthegeek

I like the box art, and I'm looking forward to Halo wars in general. So far, it appears to be faithful to the series and the graphics are pretty impressive for a RTS game.

DugDawg

All halo box art is rubbish, this one included.

Fluffy22

The box art looks nice. Also, the game looks really cool too.

fenderfuel08

@LittleBigPlaneteer: same. speaks volumes about the fans.

sqoon

awful box art. Mind you, so do all Halo games.

david78

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Yeah, there will be plenty of "shocked" blind purchases. I expect to see tons of these ready to be sold used at Gamestop within the first week.

Then again, I wonder how many people will blindly buy this and end up liking it.

jonathan.

I hope they release a demo for this. i have liked there work in the past. really would like to try this before i make a buying decision

elsteveo

damn i need to get my xbox fixed or buy the rumored one with the motion controller

rob61920

@Ad-hominem:

Exactly!

LittleBigPlaneteer

Not crazy about the box art, but the screens look gorgeous.

TOWER_JUNKIE

I wonder how many people are going to buy this thinking it's a new Halo FPS. Many people don't follow news like we do, and even with the screenshots on the back, I'm sure some will "blindly" buy it thinking it is a new FPS.

LittleBigPlaneteer

It really looks interesting, but I remember the discussions I've had with some non-hardcore gamers about it after I brought a GameInformer to school.

Them: "Wow. Is that Halo? It looks cool."
Me: "Yeah, it is. But, it's not going to be like normal Halo's. It's a Strategy game. I guess the easiest way to describe it to people who haven't played it is "Playing Risk without taking turns."
Them: "Oh. That doesn't sound that fun. Where's the shooting?"

And that happened every time.

Ad-hominem

@Mit:
And if they did change the font / logo then you would have even more people complaining about that. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. I believe they took the high ground on this one.

Aprotosis

@TRT-X:
This is what happens when your main character has literally no distinguishing characteristics whatsoever from any others in his profession.

Archaotic

Sweet, I've been waiting for this. Nice cover that should at least give the fps Halo fans a look.

DigitalHero

Ensemble: "Hey guys. Look! It's TOTALLY Master Chief on the cover. THREE Master Chiefs even!"

TRT-X

Amazing screens. It's like if Bungie had done all the graphics for this game. Every artistic detail is as good as in Halo, good job Ensemble. Knowing your past record I know the gameplay will also be great. Looking forward to this one.

bakalhau

That's all they could do for the logo? Use the same font and add Wars to it? Come on now.

Mit

love halo, not a fan of RTS's, so...meh...

tok1879

Hm. That box art is really, really nice. I love it.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to pick this game up, though. The graphics are beautiful, too.

jonathan.

Looks cool, love the huge battles

givetozim!

I'm so waiting for this. One more nail in the stupid "RTS's can only be properly done on the PC." debate and there's no way this is shipping half done, or their will be public floggings at MGS's.

@FrigidAir44:RTS's have been playable with a controller for some time. It's not unheard of, you just can't get up to "Korean Starcraft Player" speed without a mouse and controller. But they work just fine with hotkeys and waypoints.

Foxstar Sixtail

@david78:

except number 2

emeraldgsl

That´s the real box art? O_O
they need to hire a new graphic designer, the logo is a joke ...
i hate halo but i love rts so i will give this game a chance when it comes to pc ( with a new cover please )

symphony_of_the_night

@Aprotosis: Well, I guess the font isn't as big a deal, but they did nothing to try and unite the two words to make a new logo. Like a metal background behind them, or, something. It looks like something a fan would mock up right now.

Mit

what's sexy about the art box?... nothing particularly stunning about it.

neoyaku

I'm going to try to force myself to like this. I generally don't like RTS games, but I do like the Halo storyline. Hopefully there is a demo.

KaneRobot

@jonathan.: Though I know many who play Halo and can enjoy more "strategery" in their games...the majority of Halo players I know absolutely HATE these types of games. Or will pretend to enjoy them but get incredibly frustrated because they "don't get it".

TRT-X

Very nice. I'm more excited for this than I was for Halo 3.

HaydenTenno

I'm going to play Halo Wars,but I really don't like the boxart.Maybe just the logo with a planet behind it.I don't think Spartans on the covers gives the best idea(even though you use Spartans in the game)

enewtabie(wants a job at Insomniac Games in NC)

@spacecoffin2:

i have seen disemvoweling..... but damn homie, what you wrote in that post was just straight up disorienting. mission accomplished i guess.

:)

zanzibarlegend

@Foxstar Sixtail: I can't keep up with "Korean Starcraft Player" with 6 keyboards, 8 mice (mouses?) and a roomful of clones of myself. Those guys are amazing.

Sandvich

@tok1879:

LOVE HALO, not a fan of RTS style games, so... yeah .... I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME! LOL!

will this be the game that turns me into an RTS fan, doubtfully. will i put up with the fact that it is an RTS so I get another entry onto the Halo-verse? Yes! Just really hope its not completely unplayable to me and I dont get frustrated or feel like its a chore.

icarusprime

Halo for some reason has always reminded me of a less cartoony version of "Army Men" mixed in with some sci-fi. Does anyone else feel like the units they show here look a little too much like plastic toys?

NewSpecies

I can't wait for tons of frat-boy type halo fans to migrate over to this. So I can own them online.

dowingba

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Alot of my friends at work are talking about this game. They dont even understand what a RTS is. All they see is Halo in the title. Boy are they in for a shock.

Way to waterdown the franchise and at the same time confuse and alienate your fanbase Microsoft.

cap-n-crunch

Looking forward to this game.

Tr4iLbLaz3r

all i can say is DAMN THIS GAME LOOKS GOOD< if they make the explosives look good and the framerate rock solid im sold hands down.

phantam

Screens look really impressive, wasn't a demo suppost to come out like a few months ago -.-

Oh well I like the box art except the font on the wars.. it looks I don't know out of place.

Should play as fantastic as CnC3.. maybe even better. Console RTS controls finally work.

flukielukie

@Archaotic: But that is part of the charm of the Master Chief. Bungie decided not to ever reveal his face because in an artsy way we are all Master Chief while playing the game. I know that sounded pretty bad, but its true. In Gears of War you play as Marcus but in Halo you ARE the Master Chief. And to the concern of why he looks like the other Spartans, it well, because he is an average Spartan. We just follow his story.

Quicksilver4648

I can't imagine that the UNSC will be as fun to play as the covenant.

anNIALLator

@XbhaskarX: I was hoping for a "when you walk in tiberium you turn into a flood" type of thing, personally.

dowingba

Looks great. All they have to do now is unveil The Flood as the third playable race.

XbhaskarX

ima HUGEhalo fan but not an RTS fan, looks cool tho.
ill hav to check out the demo when it comes out

sokhead

I really like the box art and Halo Wars is looking better every time I see it.

NYKnicker

Does anyone else see a resemblence here? I saw the screens, and thought: OMG! The protoss are battling with master chief!

tek_nic

Sold.

Shockadin

oh snap the original spartans! i hope this game follows the storyline of the novels and not the games, cuz the games dont allude to the other spartans as surviving.

yeah this game does look sorta like starcraft (covenant - protoss, humans - terrain, flood - zerglings) but if this game is good, thats all that will matter.

maraxusofk

@TRT-X: It reminds me of the Terminator, how they're all like Arnie. Master Chief is a soldier/spartan, that is the suit they wear. The entire army would then wear one like that. Not much of a stretch.

kylo4

For some reason this cover reminds me of the Mass Effect cover. HOpe this game is good.

aulzon

Please microsoft bring this to the PC.

zaagis

Isn't Master Chief like the last surviving Spartan or something like that?

rbpnmn

@TRT-X:

I'm not too knowledgeable on the Halo story, but those are Spartans. There is only one Master Chief.

JenovasWitness

@LittleBigPlaneteer: I'm certainly glad I don't work at a games store, will be plenty of grief with angry returns. Should be a good game though, very graphically impressive.

el_rezzo

@rbpnmn: supposedly, yes.

Halo Wars is a prequel to Halo.

belo

game looks ALOT better than the stuff they showed at e3

belo

@Fluffy22: I'm sorry, you just insulted the Halo 3 box art. Pistols at dawn, sir.

Jonn

man I can't wait, I already have the game paid for at my local gamestop since earlier this year.

Zrorro

uhh a RTS for FPS twitchy console tards?

I dont think so

Will sell for being Halo branded

some ppl are going to be pissed

Ice-9

Makes me thing alot of the Gears of war box art... Dunno.. Just kinda-- *tilts head and squints" --Does..

Grandreaper999

This game has Metal Gear AC!D written all over it -- unsuspecting buyers who don't look past the franchise branding returning the game in droves when they realise it's teh slow.

Mind you, I loved MGA and MGA2, and was pleased that both games were so abundant in the pre-owned section that they were available relatively cheaply, so maybe more informed gamers could benefit from waiting a few weeks to buy Halo Wars.

CTU_Kyoto

will the real master chief please stand up, please stand up.

newave

@Aye Mak Sicur:

I DO IN FACT ADORE HALO, SO SHUT UP!!11

NESSter

The grahpics are simply awesome, probably the best RTS graphics IMO. I really liked how they streamlined the game to make it run quickly on a console, without sacrificing any of the realy strategy in the game. From wat I've seen, the game plays and looks Halo, and I'll probably end up buying this game. It looks too fun to resist.

Moar_pr0nz