Halo Wars Continued

[teh lag]

Seriously, I didn't know tanks could instantly accelerate to 100kph...

Indeed. When this was announced and they talked about how it would literally be "Halo but as an RTS"; I was hoping for that. Instead, we're getting "an RTS but with Halo." I WANT to have vehicle acceleration be a factor. I WANT individual units to have some self-determination, not warthogs just driving up and then standing still to fire, or 'shees just hovering there while bombarding the enemy. I WANT there to be crucial, stark differences between the playstyle of UNSC and the playstyle of Covenant, even down to base-building. We're just getting some C&C style minor unit differences, not the contrast akin to Zerg and Protoss you would expect given the established story. Halo plays very dynamically, and I think if they really *wanted* to they could have incorporated that into an RTS.

This post is about to turn into a major rant, so I'll stop here.

[Heathen]

Yes Lag. Thats what we all wanted. Now we have a game with the halo asthetics.

[343guiltymc]

Indeed. When this was announced and they talked about how it would literally be "Halo but as an RTS"; I was hoping for that. Instead, we're getting "an RTS but with Halo." I WANT to have vehicle acceleration be a factor. I WANT individual units to have some self-determination, not warthogs just driving up and then standing still to fire, or 'shees just hovering there while bombarding the enemy. I WANT there to be crucial, stark differences between the playstyle of UNSC and the playstyle of Covenant, even down to base-building. We're just getting some C&C style minor unit differences, not the contrast akin to Zerg and Protoss you would expect given the established story. Halo plays very dynamically, and I think if they really *wanted* to they could have incorporated that into an RTS.

This post is about to turn into a major rant, so I'll stop here.

The only RTS even close to having the individual determination thing is as far as I can tell DOW2. Also is the girl in the trailer Dr.Halsey?

[Heathen]

Doubt it.

She would look like Cortana.

[Hotrod]

And probably sound like her too.

[MithosK]

[quote=teh lag;308812]Also, why would the writers build up with "key to the whole war" on the part of the Captain? Obviously it won't be (or it will conveniently be sealed off with an everybody-dies ending) or humanity wouldn't be fighting for 20 more years.
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[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']I don't think he meant it as a key to [FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']winning[/FONT] the war, since the UNSC seems to be diverting a lot of ships to Harvest, it’s safe to assume that the Covenant haven't begun systematically destroying every human world yet. I think when he said the key, he meant the reason for the war, because as far as they know at this point in time, the Covenant just want Harvest.[/FONT]

[Edward Elrich]

I knew Marty should have done the music for this... (and tried to suggest it on bungie.net, but being a lowly not-even-18-year-old member it didn't carry far. Plus he's probably doing the music for the new Halo 3 thing)

edit: Oh well, hopefully it doesn't really suck. I'll be looking at the reviews before I buy it though...

[Botolf]

I knew Marty should have done the music for this... (and tried to suggest it on bungie.net, but being a lowly not-even-18-year-old member it didn't carry far. Plus he's probably doing the music for the new Halo 3 thing)

edit: Oh well, hopefully it doesn't really suck. I'll be looking at the reviews before I buy it though...

Judging by past performances, the ES music department knows what it's doing. Do you honestly want a Marty rehash anyways?

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FVNo3zX_XHY
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5DizSDUz8jw
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zyY1M2UY69o
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IXcenhhd6bI
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AKeAl3RTNiQ
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=SjKctPewO7Y
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fD6EUdo8PGI
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhJWlURRVM
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pA7pADbR-yU
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ezaRJNo5N1Y

[teh lag]

Judging by past performances, the ES music department knows what it's doing. Do you honestly want a Marty rehash anyways?

Yes. Halo should sound like Halo. That trailer didn't sound like Halo.

[Botolf]

Yes. Halo should sound like Halo. That trailer didn't sound like Halo.

And what is the "sound of Halo?" The concept was brand new once, and each new game has changed it and shown that it's open to interpretation. Why are you so eager to say "It is what is and should never change!"