@@@holapete2682 They only hated it because it was a console RTS, which in all honesty, coming from a PC RTS Background, was heavily watered down as far as RTS Gameplay. The story, character development, characters, music, and sound direction though was 100% Solid, and that has never been under debat with Halo Fans.
It is rather... awkward to control. They did the best they could, but all strategies eventually devolved to rushing the other guy with your choice of a single unit.
Spudtron98 couldn't have said it better myself. Other than those points, everything else was great. For a 6 month development time, they did a good job
They made this game in only 6 months? If that's really true then damn, they did a pretty good job considering how short that is compared to most games out there which are developed in at least 1 year tops!
MixedScales How? By going into deep space? That is a dumb move. MAC cannons also have pretty far range, radar can also see pretty far, they would have to go into semi-deep space to avoid the MAC cannons and the UNSC fleet. Also slipspace engines cannot work forever they have to charge(I know charge isn't the right word but I cannot remember it off the top of my head as I am about to sleep).
Captain's Report: February 4th, 2531 Five years... Five long years... That is how long it took us to get Harvest back... At first it was going well... Then set back after set back... Loss after Loss... Made what was going to be a quick and Decisive win... Into Five years of Hell...
+super charizard This is probably 2nd on my list. Halo Reach were sad times. Those were really sad. But this one, was pretty sad because of the music, and we humanity couldn't do anything to stop the covenant. ...but Dr Halsey has a plan... :D
+Andrew . D Lol. And yea your right about halo reach. Something I would like to see is a montage of the fall of reach sad moments. (Can be live event kind of thing or cutscenes from halo reach) and play this music in the background. I'd so watch that.
I love how this games soundtrack has small snippets of the sort of music that makes halo so good but also has a more epic, bombastic orchestra parts thrown in to add to the Giant battles, halo is one of those rare franchise that if you played any of the soundtracks for any game I’d know exactly what game, level and at what point it plays in the level and that’s something most games are missing out on now.
7 years...7 long years, that's how long it took us to get Halo Wars back... Set back after Set back...What was mean't to be a quick and decessive sequel...Turned into 7 long years of hell. But that's all Halo wars is now it's hell down there...But now it's ours again.
For a non-Halo developer, they actually nailed the game pretty well with lore and visuals. 6-months for this is pretty cool. Soundtrack, story, artstyle was the Bungie artstyle, pretty neat. 343's stuff is alright, but doesn't really feel like Halo. I think it transitioned artstyles too suddenly (update) Until Infinite!
@@mattmorales4320 How do you get that from the comment, they are just saying that they did a good job as well and are not comparing them what so ever. Music is Music and everybody has their own taste.
It’s because they said, “made a half decent soundtrack *at least.*” The statement seems to evoke a comparison. And as its an offshoot from a comment calling out 343 (343i Developed Halo 4 and 5, and were thus responsible for their OSTs. The other Halo games come from different developers) - this person seems to be suggesting an oppositional stance to the OP.
Brotherhood Leader Of Gaming Or the idea of being able to take control of one of the soldiers as the commander of that squadron. And as all of you charged forth on your warthogs, you can give orders on what to do for certain vehicles/units.
@@justarandomdiamond2993halo wars is difficult, but has an awesome story, artstyle, music, it was a cool campaign to play. Halo 5 is a generic titanfall clone and has an awful artstyle with a campaign that makes halo 4 look almost passable
+sasuke47001 They did well with Halo 4 (with some flaws here and there) but they ruined the franchise with Halo 5. Lets just hope for someting better at Halo 6. Still way better than Destiny and its expantion packs.
I also liked that we FINALLY get Halo back the game development and multiplayer was great, it was just that this story and that cheese ending didn't fit in Halo's storyline and seemed kinda off to me.
@@sasuke47001 Halo's story is nowhere NEAR generic. Like seriously, how many other Sci-Fi stories have planets being glassed whole? How many other Sci-Fi stories have enemies as efficient as the Covenant? And how many other Sci-Fi stories have people as badass as Chief?
0:43 here i felt the tears starting to run, when i imagined the Soldiers fighting Side by Side, Watching their Friends being Blasted away. 1:20 - Here i needed a towel - 1:40 - My Parents noticed me crying and took my PC. Halo has this amazing Storyline, and if you look through Pictures while listening to the music, they come to life. you can see their world. Their Lifes. Their War. Halo - The Story that is so much more, that is its own Living Universe. just Believe. you'll see.
@@thecatfather857 My parents were very strict around internet usage when i was growing up. They've adapted to the times these days, but back then they were terrified of how the internet could affect our young minds. I didn't even remember writing this at all. I was such a kid... Cringe!
That's the most epic song I've ever heard. (right after heart of courage). If I were the chancellor of germany I would maybe play this song at my last day of serving.
And this was created by by ensemble studios who had to some what create their own halo, these guys knew what halo was about and blew it out of the park with Halo wars.
Halo wars was amazing I was hoping it was going to be a first person game but damn I’m glad with what I got. I freaked out when they announced 2 and was mad to hear they canceled 3
halo infinite is basically part 2 of halo wars 2 so it makes sense if they cancel halo wars 3 because it’s highly likely that we might see the spirit of fire in the next halo
I love halo reach, halo 3 ODST and halo 2 simply because it feels like humanities back is against the wall fighting an unwinable fight but fights back out of spite lol
@@flooferfox2407 Damn, bro This Thread is 5 years old. But A Halo Wars 3 Would be nice, but it's most likely not gonna happen since Halo Infinite is Continuing Halo Wars' story
For most of those marines they thought it was a training exercise. Its even mentioned in idle dialogue but cant find any mention of it like its unknown
Captain's Report, February 21 2017. Halo Wars. 5 long years. That's how long it took us to take it back. With Halo Wars 2, new threat arises. Outmanned, outdated, no reinforcement in sight. The official story is we're lost with all hands. Half a crew, versus an army, newer equipment, and not any supply cache. However, I, we don't care about any of that. Even with half a crew, we will fight. Even with half a crew, we will win. No matter how hard they try. We have a single advantage. We aren't them. *Ship turns to combat alert* *Several ships deploy*
i just hope halo wars 2 is set in the human-covenant war, we've only seen the beginning and end, there is SO MUCH material they could use, so many battles, and hopefully we'll get space battles, as its obvious it can work with the various halo mods for empire at war and sins of a solar empire. i just can't get into the new forerunner stuff.
5 years 5 long years that's how long it took to get harvest back at first it was going well then set back after setback loss after loss made what was going to be a quick and decisive win into 5 years of hell but that's all harvest was its hell down there
@Gorilder I agree with you. But there is a reason this happens. Not even because you like the music, but because your mind associates the music with the game. And since you like playing the game (which most people do) when you hear the music it reminds your mind about it and instantly likes the music.... =o
Say what you will about halo wars... It had an absolute killer soundtrack
Halo Wars beats out Halo 5 even in story, which for a RTS is high praise considering the perspective of the game usually.
@@Zeoinx69 Such a shame that in 2009, "Halo Fans" hated this diamond.
@@@holapete2682 They only hated it because it was a console RTS, which in all honesty, coming from a PC RTS Background, was heavily watered down as far as RTS Gameplay. The story, character development, characters, music, and sound direction though was 100% Solid, and that has never been under debat with Halo Fans.
This song is especially good
Better than worrying about a health bar.
This game nailed the halo universe PERFECTLY! The soundtrack, the story, it was a near perfect game.
How was it not perfect? because other than the graphics, its perfect.
It is rather... awkward to control. They did the best they could, but all strategies eventually devolved to rushing the other guy with your choice of a single unit.
Spudtron98 couldn't have said it better myself. Other than those points, everything else was great. For a 6 month development time, they did a good job
They made this game in only 6 months? If that's really true then damn, they did a pretty good job considering how short that is compared to most games out there which are developed in at least 1 year tops!
The only game that wasn't made by Bungie to honor everything Halo stood for. Now in 2017, it does it again.
Five years, five long years, that's how long it took us to take harvest back.
why they spent so long trying to take it back, I don't know.
+Cinema Grinch It was a key planet to hold like a bottle neck it was crucial that they held that point
+Rock Gaming I know this has been used in science fiction a lot. But how can you make a bottle neck in space. You could easily go around the blockade.
MixedScales How? By going into deep space? That is a dumb move. MAC cannons also have pretty far range, radar can also see pretty far, they would have to go into semi-deep space to avoid the MAC cannons and the UNSC fleet. Also slipspace engines cannot work forever they have to charge(I know charge isn't the right word but I cannot remember it off the top of my head as I am about to sleep).
+Rock Gaming Cooldown, and recharge.
Captain's Report: February 4th, 2531
Five years... Five long years... That is how long it took us to get Harvest back...
At first it was going well...
Then set back after set back...
Loss after Loss...
Made what was going to be a quick and Decisive win...
Into Five years of Hell...
Of course that's all Harvest is now... Hell. But it's ours again.
Hylian Dragon *is hell down there.
Saddest halo intro I can remember.
+super charizard This is probably 2nd on my list. Halo Reach were sad times. Those were really sad.
But this one, was pretty sad because of the music, and we humanity couldn't do anything to stop the covenant.
...but Dr Halsey has a plan... :D
+Andrew . D
Lol. And yea your right about halo reach.
Something I would like to see is a montage of the fall of reach sad moments. (Can be live event kind of thing or cutscenes from halo reach) and play this music in the background.
I'd so watch that.
This would be perfect to use for a halo wars finale trailer
Sad but hopeful.
It was but it is an accurate depiction of how the war was for humanity
I love how this games soundtrack has small snippets of the sort of music that makes halo so good but also has a more epic, bombastic orchestra parts thrown in to add to the Giant battles, halo is one of those rare franchise that if you played any of the soundtracks for any game I’d know exactly what game, level and at what point it plays in the level and that’s something most games are missing out on now.
"The Hierarchs grow impatient! We can delay no longer."
"What if the infection defiles the relic?"
"I care not for your little life! Open. The relic."
7 years...7 long years, that's how long it took us to get Halo Wars back...
Set back after Set back...What was mean't to be a quick and decessive sequel...Turned into 7 long years of hell.
But that's all Halo wars is now it's hell down there...But now it's ours again.
you and ATLASxGHOST... Great reference.
hahahahaha great way to reference it as a joke, dude start writing comedies and video games
Watch 343 butcher Halo Wars 2 like they butchered Halo 5.
Actually, 343 isn't making HW 2, creative Assembly is, and it's not that bad for a beta.
Mega Guy43 It's (currently) not even close to halo wars yet... but it is more balanced.
1:20 - Best part...
Agreed
I got goose bumps !!
That would be the perfect intro for a Halo movie
@@nodrize77 To Any Space Movie
Yes, I really like that in most songs a fragment of the spirit of fire is played
0:42 gets me every time.
Me too it always gives me the chills
@@shrekzebee4435 it nails for me the hopelessness of humanities struggle, its a David and Goliath scenario only, david was a child next to a mountain
@@bayonetenthusiast5703 imagine the feeling the marines had when they see covenant forces blasting and hunting them down like ducks.
@@shrekzebee4435 yeah
Same here, it always makes feel like I'm there fighting the good fight.
This bit never gets old... 1:20
agreed
The most underrated halo game
And has the 3rd best soundtrack in the series
Halo legends the best
The arguments of an 8 man party for a 6 man game, wars were fought just to play together.
Only the Spirit of Fire can save Halo Infinite now
This comment reminded me of that awful game, how they massacred my boy.
@@Heinzicecreamidk what game your playing
Yo it is happening
@@Grenad1er_Ultima? Haven't heard anything of the sort
Edit: oh shit, i just saw what you meant, less goooo!!! Hopefully 343 doesn't screw it up.
This comment aged well
For a non-Halo developer, they actually nailed the game pretty well with lore and visuals. 6-months for this is pretty cool. Soundtrack, story, artstyle was the Bungie artstyle, pretty neat.
343's stuff is alright, but doesn't really feel like Halo. I think it transitioned artstyles too suddenly
(update)
Until Infinite!
Fuck 343i!!!
@@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly Say what you want,343 made a half decent SoundTrack at least
@@orangequill2tt187 You're saying Halo 4 and 5 have better OSTs than Wars?
@@mattmorales4320 How do you get that from the comment, they are just saying that they did a good job as well and are not comparing them what so ever. Music is Music and everybody has their own taste.
It’s because they said, “made a half decent soundtrack *at least.*” The statement seems to evoke a comparison. And as its an offshoot from a comment calling out 343 (343i Developed Halo 4 and 5, and were thus responsible for their OSTs. The other Halo games come from different developers) - this person seems to be suggesting an oppositional stance to the OP.
if they made a first person shooter of this you know how even better it could have been
Brotherhood Leader Of Gaming Or the idea of being able to take control of one of the soldiers as the commander of that squadron. And as all of you charged forth on your warthogs, you can give orders on what to do for certain vehicles/units.
ThatOne Dankboi Sorta like Dragon Age: Inquisition?
Strategy games are more fun than fps to me so no thanks
When Ensemble Studios made a better Halo game than 343, R.I.P.
Say it without crying
You know halo 4, maybe not 5 was just as good as this don't lie
@@justarandomdiamond2993halo wars is difficult, but has an awesome story, artstyle, music, it was a cool campaign to play. Halo 5 is a generic titanfall clone and has an awful artstyle with a campaign that makes halo 4 look almost passable
"Revival" was pretty awesome.
After 5 long years this comment has another like
6
"Captain's report, February 4th, 2531. Five years. Five long years. That's how long it took us to get Harvest back."
For non halo developers they did an amazing job with the sound track and game play
00:42 best part, 1:39 second best.
Five long years...YOU'VE BEEN GONR FOR FIVE YEARS!!!!
0:42 "Setback after setback. Loss after loss."
Funny seeing you here.
One year. One long year.
That's how long it took for Halo Infinite to redeem itself.
“Made what was going to be a quick and decisive update. Turned into 5 years of drought.”
This comment didn't age very well
@@arambojubr how u like em apples now? xD
Arbiter Ripa Moram'ee disliked this.
Chris Lee and the prophet of regret
2nd at least.
5 long years and now we are getting Halo Infinite
6 long years, why not!
@@jamisonlynch6437 close enough
@@Spartan_Ghost98 And it fuckin slaps, progression aside
Turned into what we're going to be a quick and decisive win into one of the most mediocre games I've ever played
Five years, five long years, that's how long it took Bungie to leave Microsoft and make Destiny. R.I.P. Halo.
+Ecchigami Why did Bungie have to leave??? why. 343 Has ruined everything good about Halo!!
+sasuke47001 They did well with Halo 4 (with some flaws here and there) but they ruined the franchise with Halo 5. Lets just hope for someting better at Halo 6. Still way better than Destiny and its expantion packs.
Ecchigami I hated Halo's dirty generic Sci Fy story & COD multiplayer, Halo 5 was just - boring.
I also liked that we FINALLY get Halo back the game development and multiplayer was great, it was just that this story and that cheese ending didn't fit in Halo's storyline and seemed kinda off to me.
@@sasuke47001 Halo's story is nowhere NEAR generic.
Like seriously, how many other Sci-Fi stories have planets being glassed whole?
How many other Sci-Fi stories have enemies as efficient as the Covenant?
And how many other Sci-Fi stories have people as badass as Chief?
1:20
1:40
That part makes my hair stand up, such a dramatic sounding song
I beat this game a few days ago for the first time since 2014, and its still as golden as i remember it to be.
CURSE YOU SUPER SCARAB! well i beat it but it nearly drilled hrough the friggen rock wall!
0:43 here i felt the tears starting to run, when i imagined the Soldiers fighting Side by Side, Watching their Friends being Blasted away. 1:20 - Here i needed a towel - 1:40 - My Parents noticed me crying and took my PC. Halo has this amazing Storyline, and if you look through Pictures while listening to the music, they come to life. you can see their world. Their Lifes. Their War. Halo - The Story that is so much more, that is its own Living Universe. just Believe. you'll see.
@Richard Badrow that's what makes games like Halo so great
According to the Deep Lore, the Halo Universe is literally a living, sentient entity.
Why the hell would they take your PC for that?
@@thecatfather857 My parents were very strict around internet usage when i was growing up. They've adapted to the times these days, but back then they were terrified of how the internet could affect our young minds.
I didn't even remember writing this at all. I was such a kid... Cringe!
@@medicyukisuna lol
That's the most epic song I've ever heard. (right after heart of courage). If I were the chancellor of germany I would maybe play this song at my last day of serving.
0:41 my favourite part
The perfect music during quarantine
And 2020 as a whole
When the music kicks in on the title screen with the do do do do do dodo ohhh ohhh ohh ohhh ohhhhh ohhhh that was so sad and good
Lol none of us are gonna live to when this takes place.. :,(
thank god for that lol
: (?
Why would you be sad thank god it isn't or else we'd prolly dead.
Insurrection, Covenant, Flood, Forerunner, lots of ways to die in Halo.
If iam still alive I'll just attempt to make the covenant my friends because I love the covenant a lot more than the unsc
Speak for yourself...
40 seconds in the vid is my favorite part .
"What was supposed to be a quick & decisive win... became five years of Hell."
00:42
You get my like just for the dialogue between the elites, it had me laughing.
Five years, five long years, thats how long it to for us to take malevelon creek back
At first, it was going well...
we did it
I subscribed because the elite told me to.
old school elites
0:42 it sounds like the Fable 3 loading music
Oh yeah ! Awesome memories there !
The spirit of fire theme..... ahh
HW> H4 + H5 + HW2.
Still waiting for the sequel..
You will watch this again.
this game had an amazing sound track but all halo soundtracks are epic in my opinion
When all hope is lost this song is pretty much suited for it
Memories so much memories...
And this was created by by ensemble studios who had to some what create their own halo, these guys knew what halo was about and blew it out of the park with Halo wars.
Fun fact, Bungie absolutely hated this game
:(
Amazing
MArtin O' Donnell is such a music composing God!
Did he do the halo wars soundtrack? Because I know this is a different developer.
Silencer Six I don’t think he did.
Halo wars is my most FAVORITE halo game but could you imagine if it was FINISHED
Halo wars was amazing I was hoping it was going to be a first person game but damn I’m glad with what I got. I freaked out when they announced 2 and was mad to hear they canceled 3
They canceled 3???
halo infinite is basically part 2 of halo wars 2 so it makes sense if they cancel halo wars 3 because it’s highly likely that we might see the spirit of fire in the next halo
Halo 2 mission Uprising:
Stealth Elite: By the Phophets what did these brutes done, they have shared our brothers blood for that they must die!
*Shed
0:43 always got me
I love halo reach, halo 3 ODST and halo 2 simply because it feels like humanities back is against the wall fighting an unwinable fight but fights back out of spite lol
Totally if 2552 the human covenant war happens halo would be so god damn real but that's only if the covenant truly exists.
In Short : This Is Amazing, Thanks for uploading the Soundtrack :)
This should be the music when they bring back the spirit of fire in halo 5
The sad reality is that this didn't happen.
@@connorross4571 might happen in Infinite now
@@joehultan91nope 😢
Touching bro...
The music that will play when I finish secondary school.
Homie hasn’t uploaded in 11 years, please do the infinite sound track don’t leave us.
Hearing this just gave me flashbacks
Halo wars 2 coming 2016 fall
January 201st 2017
+Matthew Hagerty February 2017
it's really been that long?
I remember thinking I hope they make a sequel to this game when I was playing the first one
I wonder if there's going to be a Halo Wars 3
probably not anytime soon
@@flooferfox2407 Damn, bro This Thread is 5 years old. But A Halo Wars 3 Would be nice, but it's most likely not gonna happen since Halo Infinite is Continuing Halo Wars' story
This game turns 10 years old in 2 days!
For most of those marines they thought it was a training exercise. Its even mentioned in idle dialogue but cant find any mention of it like its unknown
1:50 sounds like the initial soundtrack to the clone Wars Episode rising Malevolance.
Play this in an Operation Trebuchet Arma mission to immediately trigger feelings of dread
gonna be covid's theme song in 2025 when we've got the thaumiel variant that specifically hunts other variants
china virus
Of course they are!
“At first it was going well.. then setback after setback. Loss after loss.”
go make your own version of halo if you have any complaints. What's done is done.
stop arguing here -.-
love the ost
Captain's Report, February 21 2017.
Halo Wars.
5 long years. That's how long it took us to take it back.
With Halo Wars 2, new threat arises.
Outmanned, outdated, no reinforcement in sight.
The official story is we're lost with all hands.
Half a crew, versus an army, newer equipment, and not any supply cache.
However, I, we don't care about any of that.
Even with half a crew, we will fight.
Even with half a crew, we will win.
No matter how hard they try. We have a single advantage.
We aren't them.
*Ship turns to combat alert*
*Several ships deploy*
i just hope halo wars 2 is set in the human-covenant war, we've only seen the beginning and end, there is SO MUCH material they could use, so many battles, and hopefully we'll get space battles, as its obvious it can work with the various halo mods for empire at war and sins of a solar empire. i just can't get into the new forerunner stuff.
No, it's set after 5, but you get to fight the Brutes!
Halo wars was one of the few games that showed just how bad humanity had it during the war
Well what do you expect for an awesome game!!!!
5 years....5 long years,thats how long it took to get harvest back
With halo wars 2 coming out soon I think you could re post :D
I started this game, now I’m fuckin sad
The first piano note reminded me of the matrix.
Perfecto song
De halo universe
I want to back and play this game again. Just cba to setup my Xbox 360 again.
MetaDeadDrop I assume you have the two-disc set... could you please upload the video documentary if you haven't already? Thanks, would appreciate it!
5 years 5 long years that's how long it took to get harvest back at first it was going well then set back after setback loss after loss made what was going to be a quick and decisive win into 5 years of hell but that's all harvest was its hell down there
@Dany94metalforever Thought for the Day: A Man subjugated by an Alien is no Man at all. The Emperor shall judge ALL who falter with unflinching eyes.
So far all I've heard of Stephen Rippy is scores for RTS games!!! Strange...
anyone else play halo wars more than halo 3 back in the day because i sure did
Its been five long years scince the deafet of the banished and we are still rebuilding
Sadly, we never scratched the Banished.
This game got too much shit I personally loved it back in the day.
1:11
my favorite part 1:40-2:05
@Gorilder
I agree with you. But there is a reason this happens. Not even because you like the music, but because your mind associates the music with the game. And since you like playing the game (which most people do) when you hear the music it reminds your mind about it and instantly likes the music.... =o
I still can’t believe all the crap the crew had to go through to get this game out.
Still can’t believe that Age of Empire and Halo Wars were made by the same company
@dennisjiewenliu lolol I know but He's still awesome!
who else got goosebumps