Halo Wars 2 (PC, Xbox One) marks a return to an underrated console RTS. In fact, it's one of the only console RTS games. Is it worth it? Let's take a look. Subscribe for more: / gameranxtv
This was practically HALF a game. Half a game worth of gameplay content, and half a game worth of cinematic cutscene story. You say it's 'faster paced'? That's because there's no strategy, it's just 1-A with no micro and no base building beyond 'here's a plot, you can put a few buildings here, now here's a few units. Make a bunch of marines and 1-A the enemy base with these heroes can never die so there is no way you can lose. DO THIS 12 TIMES and here's a few pretty cutscenes in between and no climax at the end, just a cliffhanger with no buildup or tension beforehand. There's "LOTS" of cutscene story? No, there's even less plot than the first game, and no closure for the arcs it struggles to open up. There's virtually no story aside from 'oh hey, the old AI is dead so here's this red-tinged one with an indie-chick haircut and big cute eyes to distract you. Here's a couple of slightly better spartan fights than the original Halo Wars and a few cheeky quotes referencing the previous game! And look at all these fancy gestures we can now do on the holodeck! Only a few named characters though because welp writers and voice actors are expensive! Oh and hope you didn't want any real development on this new rivalry between Red team and Atriox or even an explanation as to where the hell a superbrute that can CRUSH MJOLNIR ARMOUR IN ONE HAND came from and how he's just magically the big bad Covenant's Most Wanted despite his existence never being mentioned before in the ENTIRE halo universe! LOL just be sure to play the multiplayer which we clearly want you to spend more time on! And don't forget our microtransactions! Our $100 one is BEST VALUE ;D ;D; D How is this getting 7/10's, and 4/5's? Are journalists really so accepting? There was more content in the TRAILERS.
Lol, while all those "spartans" in Halo 4 and 5 struggle with their fancy technology and new armor, Jerome, Douglas and Alice are kicking ass in their original Mjolnir mark IV armor.
They aren't. The Spartan 2's and 4's are the same when both fully equipped.. The Spartan 4 armor is more high tech and allows them to compete with the Spartan 2's. outside the armor they are normal humans though and the Spartan 2's are still bad ass without their armor.
I think that Halo Wars was so good because of how simple it was. you didn't have to be a micro management freak or have slight of hand pro to control all your units around. I wouldn't call simplicity a flaw but instead a a bit of a blessing. there aren't many simple "play to kick ass and have fun" strategy games out there, they're all complicated and sometimes I struggle to have fun because of that.
Yeah, the simplest games can sometimes be the most fun, and I agree overcomplication isn't a good thing. Have you seen profesional starcraft players? It's inhuman.
I will admit I'm new to RTs games and halo wars, but I have always been into MOBAs so I thought I might enjoy this, my hardest problem so far is trying to control everything at once. When I hear this is a basic RTS my brain explodes
Aarontor 3000 friend, don't call yourself that. as a guy who has a gaming PC,i can assure you, a 'more expensive' or 'higher tech' system does not do much for the entertainment factor. i prefer not to refer to you guys as peasants. you just decoded to own a console. perfectly fine. i love xbox as well as PC. so much fun, plenty of banter within the community. and we are not so different. our communities may mock eachother, but we both share one thing in common. a hatred for ps4 elitists. besides, the most fun games are on xbone (which sounds like a cool name for a device, much better than PLAYSTATION, sounds like a 5 year old's toy train set) and PC. anyway, as i was saying, don't call yourself a peasant, you have to actually pay for online, it is a private service for you, all the PC elitists don't realise they are given it for free, as if they are homeless and being given what everyone else pays for lol.
BrandonDog5K if you paid attention, you woulda realised i said that having higher tech doesnt matter for entertainment factor. I literally explained on the first two lines that having a high end system doesnt make gaming better, hell, the old mario games are fucking better than most of the shit that comes out on steam these days. Pay attention and analyse before you make statements.
If you say that a console is shit because of a single game you don't like the look of, chances are you're a fanboy for the alternative console. I was referring to this part "but to act like this one game ruins the console, like what the fuck?"
I've seen quite a few pro RTS and Starcraft players pick this up and love this game. Battles can get really intense and it isn't as simple as most make it out to be.
There is a lot more stuff you have to micromanage, you've got supplies, power resources, upgrading your base for better tech rather than just a reactor, there's making sure you get the power generators before the enemy team does, etc etc. Honestly I'm having to give as much attention as I did with RoN tbh
did you just really mention RON!? ok im deff getting this game then. After RON anyother "rts games" are just shit. AOE and RON are the true definition of rts
erakus they are honestly a lot more fun than game like starcraft. do you get me wrong, starcraft is fun as hell, I just prefer the overall aesthetic and simplicity of halo wars and halo wars 2
+erakus I wouldn't call Warcraft a simplistic RTS compared to Halo Wars 2 when Warcraft 1 has ATTACK MOVE and Halo Wars 2 doesn't!!! WHAT THE FUCK! Plus Warcraft was created when? And Halo Wars released in 2016.... The tools you have today is vastly high tech compared to before. Not only that, Warcraft 1 was the first RTS Blizzard had ever created and CA (Creative Assembly) has been making RTS games for fucking 20 years or longer! And CA can't even manage to put in one simple fucking standard feature which is Attack Move.
It may be a different format, but it was done so well. Simple advertising, (some comedy between Cutter and Atriox and then the regular trailers) and then the cutscenes, HOLY SHIT THE CUTSCENES! They're so good the contrast between gameplay and cutscene is a bit too much. But I love the game. It's more than the first, on many different things, plus, there's a lot more to do. And it's getting me into the more advanced PC RTS games, like Command and Conquer and Starcraft II. And can I give a MAJOR FUCKING THUMBS UP FOR THE ART STYLE?!
I guess i'm a casual RTS fan. Cuz I keep wondering why I can't find any like the first Red Alert. I like the 2nd one also and Tiberian Sun. Shit don't forget Generals. That one was good.
ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones). Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
I'm so excited for this game I played the first one when I was 8 and I love it. but at my house we don't have Internet is there a sandbox mode where I can play against bots?
Justin Kunz yes I pre ordered ultimate edition there is lots of offline content were u can play against bots if u liked first game u will love this one
halo reach was good with the campaign but the multi-player went down hill a bit, but fun halo 4 had a good campaign but bad multi-player halo 5 had a balance multi-player but not a good campaign or split screen but forge is amazing you can make it into your own gmod or make it play like regular halo
Joshua Mendoza Halo Reach's forge mode multiplayer was fucking insane, and I loved it so much! Playing Indiana jones with like 8 friends...Griffball was pretty Lit too
Can't believe I am saying this, but god DAMMIT! You pulled through 343! You gave me the best campaign in halo in fucking YEARS! I might just even have to replay it to get all the side objectives, skulls, and phoenix logs cause I enjoyed it that much
MercilessHobo Hahahahahaha!!! Halo 4 had a much better story than Halo 1-3! Let me tell you something that you won't probably like: Bungie DIDNT make perfect stories!!!!!
Cristóbal Duchén Halo 4 was mediocre at best. Halo 1-3 ateast bad strong connections to each other and were memorable. I never claimed they made perfect stories. Look at Destiny. It's meh at best. That doesn't mean 343 is any better.
MercilessHobo My point is, that both companies (343 and Bungie) have never made great stories. The only games that in my opinion have had what I would call a "great" story are Halo 3 ODST and 4.
Esteban Castelblanco that's kinda what I was thinking plus I'm still hyped on for honor plus we have mass effect andromeda and that's probably going to take over my life so it looks like halo wars might just get squeezed out if it's not like really really good
+YOU DON'T GOT THE ANSWERS SWAY!! why are you answering than, like seriously what is the purpose of these comments at least the op's comment was something a positive compared to your response
Reality Blitz is a different game type that involves managing and getting cards, the regular deathmatch and base building rts halo wars 2 is a totally other game type. You don't have to worry about the cards
whats with all the hate in the comments for? if you like the story in halo get it, if not dont. people saying glad i got a ps4... relevance? i have one yet play more xbox. its no pc rts but its still fun.
There are some awesome moments to be had in both campaign and multiplayer. One of the 'hold the line' missions was an intense battle where me and my friend were frantically trying to defend and build more defences at the same time. We also had a game in multiplayer that lasted 90 minuites! We finally managed to pull through in the end, despite one of our teammates quitting.
I've always wanted to start playing RTS games but they seem very complex and intricate so it can be daunting. hearing that this game is not overly complex but at the same time not simple sounds very appealing. how has people's experiences been on PC?
Most Unique Salty over an obscure cult title the most other Xbox players don't mention because they either don't play RTS or don't play Halo games? Before you say anything PC gamer not PS4 gamer, and my Microsoft cousin you Xbox users should really stop reaching so hard, especially Halo fans, it's pathetic.
Okay then, I was saying that you calling ps4 gamers salty over an obscure cult title that the majority of Xbox players don't even care about is silly, especially when you take into account that the targeted group for the spin off was Halo fans. Halo fans want another decent installment in their franchises main series, not an RTS, something that the majority of people who play Halo care nothing for. I mentioned I was a PC gamer to stop the inevitable Xbox fanboy whining of taking sides. I said Microsoft cousin to point out that as a PC user I understand that the company behind the rise and fall of the Xbox has breed you all like cattle to take less effort rather prefer more effort from them, they're the same way with PC users. I couldn't careless about both sides little console war, but reaching for the stars with every other small title, which for the Xbox has been under marketed spin offs from a franchise rather than a new entry, is counter productive to bettering the franchise. My point was not to argue, but to discuss how starting xbone and pony slur fan wars throughout every other TH-cam comment section is only making Xbox lose this generation more, and the strength of the upcoming Scorpio is totally irrelevant if the titles available aren't impressive enough to current Xbox users as in indicator of good things to come from the Scorpio with its own possible exclusive titles. I want to see the Xbox succeed, but if Microsoft is banking own things like Halo Wars, Forza, and Gears of War then it simply wont. Losing another console to the pages of gaming history because of the incompetence of the company behind it, and the pure audacity of some of the players of the console to tout a title that did nothing for the console is ounce again counter productive to it's survival. Lastly, don't use lol, and prove that everything older people say about our generation being weak at forming compelling arguments is true. It devalues the power of a potential debate to better the current situation at hand rather than worsen it. I'm done now. I just dislike childish responses when I'm giving a serious comment about something I deem important. In this case, people forgetting that Microsoft has plenty of spare money lying around, but Xbox as a subsidiary doesn't and is therefore expendable.
ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones). Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
+idkwmgtis How you said. ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones). Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
Before you buy, wait for the price to go down. It's inevitable especially for an RTS. Wouldn't be surprised to see this for at least $40 within the next two months.
I played the crap out of Halo wars play the beta for Halo wars 2 and I can say this for certain since I’ve been playing both since release. Halo wars 2 sucks compared to 1 just get halo wars definitive edition that version comes with the pre-order contents the flaming warthog and wraith paint jobs and the maps for halo wars 2 are tiny compared to 1 and they add in a separate resource and the game is glitchy like crazy on the Home Screen. Adding in the additional resource made the game crazy longer for any skirmisher match. A match that would take one hour in Halo wars one would take hours in Halo wars two. The power node system in Halo wars 1 is what they replaced with the power resource. Halo wars is one of my favorite games halo wars 2 no 343 ruined what 2 could’ve been and the worst part of Halo wars two is the story. It’s so short the amount of cut scenes is about 30 minutes long when put together which is the shortest of any halo game.
But Horizon Zero Dawn comes in and.....Halo Wars 2 is down! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Horizon Zero Dawn wins. lol. This game does look cool though. I`m honestly a bit salty that I can`t play the Halo games. And I might like this games since I`m a huge fan of Empire At War.
I absolutely love this game, I still own an play the first halo wars. I am honestly not for the "blitz" mode. This pay to play aspect reminds me of hearthstone. Over all though Id give this a game a 8.5/10.
I'm not a huge RTS fan but I do love the Halo franchise. I'll give this game a try and by the way the comment sections looks like I'm guessing it is an enjoyable game.
tristanovic2 - no, the base building is very limited and only allows building in preset areas. far off from C&C. the focus lies more in the actual fighting
ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones). Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
It has but not as in commderconquer ... Here u have sites of building spaces so u can't put building were ever u want but yes u can build bases and there is many bases and locations on the map for u to build on
The maps are crap compared to halo 1 the areas for infantry to take cover in out of the way useless spots. Activable Barrers are almost gone, no special buildings like the cannon and remember the halo 1 map where you can release the flood gone. 3 out of 10
How you said. ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones). Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
Jesus Christ calm down pc master race. We get that it's better on pc but that didn't make it shit on console. It's actually very well crafted to work with a controller just like halo wars one.
I cant wrap my head around this game personally, to me it doesn't feel anything like halo wars 1. I loved that game, I find this game to be so disappointing.
How do you even know how to comment someone saying something that stupid surely can't do basic things like typing and then pressing a button as you must have something seriously wrong with your brain if you think RTS is a Board game.
Henry Samson when i first played halo wars 1, i homestly thought, wtf is this.... though after playing for a few hrs i instantly fell in love and feel this in my opinion is one of my favorite halos.... same with halo wars 2
the game is great for what it is, but man those cut scenes and main story. I wished a halo movie existed, if it was made cg just like this game that would be awesome.
I am absolutely blown away by how damn good this campaign was. Absolutely a fantastic story. Don't really care about the "simple gameplay", I don't play any other RTS games and it's fun enough to keep me playing. Probably my favorite Halo story to date.
Honestly, I hate this game. I’ve played it for dozens of hours and there are only a few viable strategies for winning competitive multiplayer. Games are frustrating, even when you win and very unsatisfying. Units feel fragile and ineffective most of the time and the controller has some serious lag issues. The game gets old very fast and the fact that they got ris of the prophet and didn’t have the flood as a playable race is just fucking bullshit.
As someone who played Warcraft 2 and 3, and StarCraft 1 and 2 religiously among many other RTS', Halo Wars 2 is one of the best. It expands and makes better everything from the first game and it manages to be deep enough and have enough customization through the different commanders without tripping over itself like many RTS' on PC tend to do. This game is a solid 8.5/10.
i have been playing command & conquer / RA since 1996, age of empires / ii / iii since 1998, and starcraft / sc2 since 2004, and i LOVE this game. halo wars 2 is awesome. (i play on PC)
0:14 "I know tons of people...(who) held on to their 360's for as long as they could just to keep playing" Then I look below my computer and see I still have my 360 from 2007 and remember that I just played Titanfall on it after playing Titanfall 2 on the PS4 for a bit...wait who had a 360 and was supid enough to throw it out? Even with an Xbox One that is a pitiful upgrade. I'd say I'm a Sony Pony riding that bandwagon but I backed Microsoft only last generation.
Loved Halo Wars 2. So underrated. I'm actually a veteran RTS fan (Age of Empires II, Rise of Nations, and Age of Mythology are some of my most favorite games ever) but I actually enjoyed the simplistic nature of this title. It is to the RTS genre as what Super Smash Bros. was to the fighting genre: easy to pick up, difficult to master. The claim that there isn't much strategic thinking isn't quite right: leader powers and Blitz mode certainly have you strategizing in ways not found before in this scene.
Consoles are honestly taking over the PC playerbase in essentially every game. Games these days are made for consoles, then ported to PC. Even games like battlefield, widely considered a "PC experience", have maybe a third of the active players that consoles do.
Halo wars 2 is a great game. I actually prefer it to the definitive edition of the first one. The only thing I can say is there is a lack of unit upgrades which can make the games go fast but unlike the first one. Most of the many many games I have experienced have been close and nail biting until about the last 2-3 minutes. Which is a really awesome experience plus seeing 3 scarabs completely destroy a base is just beautiful.
Ive had the game for a week now, i love it. Its a casual and fun RTS, works great with the controller. Yes i have had the game crash on me..twice. But after a patch it should be perfect
RTS games are all played as followws.... Duh whats the most popular/powerful build, Theres no real RTS game out there, Because Everyone's following eachother, no real strateging but blindly copying anothers strategy.. chess is a true rts
But there's a meta in every rts right? Is there a chess strategy that's superior to a great number of other ones? The whole point is to figure out the new meta that counters the old one.
Probably best for more casual RTS/Halo fans.
gameranx dont know anything about halo but im on pc and like rts like AOE and EE and do u think i should get it???
nice vid
gameranx PLEASE can you guys do Ghost Recon Wildlands Pls
my windows tablet can run this game at the lowest settings LEL
This looks like an awesome game and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
Not a fan of Halo, but I get a kick out of the new commercials.
This is still one of my favorite games, I hope they make a halo wars 3
Man i loved the first game on my old 360. Now unfortunately i have a Ps4 but i am going to try and get an Xbox One soon
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This was practically HALF a game. Half a game worth of gameplay content, and half a game worth of cinematic cutscene story. You say it's 'faster paced'? That's because there's no strategy, it's just 1-A with no micro and no base building beyond 'here's a plot, you can put a few buildings here, now here's a few units. Make a bunch of marines and 1-A the enemy base with these heroes can never die so there is no way you can lose. DO THIS 12 TIMES and here's a few pretty cutscenes in between and no climax at the end, just a cliffhanger with no buildup or tension beforehand.
There's "LOTS" of cutscene story? No, there's even less plot than the first game, and no closure for the arcs it struggles to open up. There's virtually no story aside from 'oh hey, the old AI is dead so here's this red-tinged one with an indie-chick haircut and big cute eyes to distract you. Here's a couple of slightly better spartan fights than the original Halo Wars and a few cheeky quotes referencing the previous game! And look at all these fancy gestures we can now do on the holodeck! Only a few named characters though because welp writers and voice actors are expensive! Oh and hope you didn't want any real development on this new rivalry between Red team and Atriox or even an explanation as to where the hell a superbrute that can CRUSH MJOLNIR ARMOUR IN ONE HAND came from and how he's just magically the big bad Covenant's Most Wanted despite his existence never being mentioned before in the ENTIRE halo universe! LOL just be sure to play the multiplayer which we clearly want you to spend more time on! And don't forget our microtransactions!
Our $100 one is BEST VALUE ;D ;D; D
How is this getting 7/10's, and 4/5's? Are journalists really so accepting? There was more content in the TRAILERS.
Did you know that the original Halo games were supposed to be like Halo Wars.. however Bungie decided to make it FPS.
Always look forward to these Before You Buy videos, keep it up :)
Thanks! It helps hearing that.
Are you guys doing one for Horizon: Zero Dawn?
gameranx yeeee, ty for trustworthy videos
Marky 360 Two exclusives from rival game companies Sony Microsoft
Lol, while all those "spartans" in Halo 4 and 5 struggle with their fancy technology and new armor, Jerome, Douglas and Alice are kicking ass in their original Mjolnir mark IV armor.
Well Spartan IIs are on the same level as Spartan IVs. The only difference is that out of the armor Spartan IIs are still bad ass.
Jose Delgado Spartan 2s are more supior to the 4s
all that being trained from 6 year old in militairy tactics and combat. probably makes them suprior
They aren't. The Spartan 2's and 4's are the same when both fully equipped.. The Spartan 4 armor is more high tech and allows them to compete with the Spartan 2's. outside the armor they are normal humans though and the Spartan 2's are still bad ass without their armor.
Jose Delgado HAHAHAHAHAHAHA are you dumb any SII could easily kick the shit out of every SIV in lore.
I think that Halo Wars was so good because of how simple it was. you didn't have to be a micro management freak or have slight of hand pro to control all your units around. I wouldn't call simplicity a flaw but instead a a bit of a blessing. there aren't many simple "play to kick ass and have fun" strategy games out there, they're all complicated and sometimes I struggle to have fun because of that.
Yeah, the simplest games can sometimes be the most fun, and I agree overcomplication isn't a good thing. Have you seen profesional starcraft players? It's inhuman.
True. One of the reasons why 1 to 3 is so loved. They're so simple.
I will admit I'm new to RTs games and halo wars, but I have always been into MOBAs so I thought I might enjoy this, my hardest problem so far is trying to control everything at once. When I hear this is a basic RTS my brain explodes
DaYoLoMaster801 lol I used to micro so hard in Halo wars...fighting over those crates at the start against the other's ghost/warthog was intense
Slight of hand pro 😭😭😭😭 omg you killed me
Good thing I'm a console peasant, and not spoiled by PC RTS, so I can enjoy Halo Wars 2's simple mechanics!
Aarontor 3000 friend, don't call yourself that. as a guy who has a gaming PC,i can assure you, a 'more expensive' or 'higher tech' system does not do much for the entertainment factor. i prefer not to refer to you guys as peasants. you just decoded to own a console. perfectly fine. i love xbox as well as PC. so much fun, plenty of banter within the community. and we are not so different. our communities may mock eachother, but we both share one thing in common. a hatred for ps4 elitists. besides, the most fun games are on xbone (which sounds like a cool name for a device, much better than PLAYSTATION, sounds like a 5 year old's toy train set) and PC.
anyway, as i was saying, don't call yourself a peasant, you have to actually pay for online, it is a private service for you, all the PC elitists don't realise they are given it for free, as if they are homeless and being given what everyone else pays for lol.
That's the stupidest shit I've ever heard.
I was on board until about the 6th line down.
It's funny that you say you own a pc like it means anything.
BrandonDog5K if you paid attention, you woulda realised i said that having higher tech doesnt matter for entertainment factor. I literally explained on the first two lines that having a high end system doesnt make gaming better, hell, the old mario games are fucking better than most of the shit that comes out on steam these days. Pay attention and analyse before you make statements.
Gameranx is an extremely reliable source for me :)))
Damn, thanks so much!
Excillion sometimes I wish they'd be more direct, but I feel like it isn't there fault. I made the mistake of getting mafia 3
Excillion this game is pay to win
Austin Hemmerly only blitz not deathwatch or domination
Halo Wars is getting a lot of hate, like it's ok to dislike the game but to act like this one game ruins the console, like what the fuck?
Yeah, that's just the Playstation fanboys.
The Beast I agree
or maybe people that have an opinion, dont talk out of your ass beast
If you say that a console is shit because of a single game you don't like the look of, chances are you're a fanboy for the alternative console.
I was referring to this part "but to act like this one game ruins the console, like what the fuck?"
Jacob Helmick the lack of exclusives does.
I've seen quite a few pro RTS and Starcraft players pick this up and love this game. Battles can get really intense and it isn't as simple as most make it out to be.
Who?
Mr
Me
There is a lot more stuff you have to micromanage, you've got supplies, power resources, upgrading your base for better tech rather than just a reactor, there's making sure you get the power generators before the enemy team does, etc etc.
Honestly I'm having to give as much attention as I did with RoN tbh
did you just really mention RON!? ok im deff getting this game then. After RON anyother "rts games" are just shit. AOE and RON are the true definition of rts
What made warcraft so fun was its simplicity. Simple RTS games do have a place in this world.
erakus they are honestly a lot more fun than game like starcraft. do you get me wrong, starcraft is fun as hell, I just prefer the overall aesthetic and simplicity of halo wars and halo wars 2
erakus and Halo wars 2 is not one of them
+erakus I wouldn't call Warcraft a simplistic RTS compared to Halo Wars 2 when Warcraft 1 has ATTACK MOVE and Halo Wars 2 doesn't!!! WHAT THE FUCK! Plus Warcraft was created when? And Halo Wars released in 2016.... The tools you have today is vastly high tech compared to before. Not only that, Warcraft 1 was the first RTS Blizzard had ever created and CA (Creative Assembly) has been making RTS games for fucking 20 years or longer!
And CA can't even manage to put in one simple fucking standard feature which is Attack Move.
ReachStudioPro u know u can patent features and ideas right?
erakus what?
The Witcher 3 - Best Game Ever
Random. But still true.
TheKing na.
TheKing Definitely not.
Bad taste in opinion. this game is a movie with shitty gameplay.
I mean, the story is trying to have sex with every ugly girls you encounter
TheKing true
It may be a different format, but it was done so well. Simple advertising, (some comedy between Cutter and Atriox and then the regular trailers) and then the cutscenes, HOLY SHIT THE CUTSCENES! They're so good the contrast between gameplay and cutscene is a bit too much. But I love the game. It's more than the first, on many different things, plus, there's a lot more to do. And it's getting me into the more advanced PC RTS games, like Command and Conquer and Starcraft II. And can I give a MAJOR FUCKING THUMBS UP FOR THE ART STYLE?!
I really don't like HW2 tbh
yea those first few cutscenes are legendary
I guess i'm a casual RTS fan. Cuz I keep wondering why I can't find any like the first Red Alert. I like the 2nd one also and Tiberian Sun. Shit don't forget Generals. That one was good.
Moon Lander Same, good memories playing those. :D
Moon Lander eyy red alert was the best. love halo wars too!
ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones).
Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
Can't find anything that beats C&C in my experience.
+FlamyMind play both.
I'm so excited for this game I played the first one when I was 8 and I love it. but at my house we don't have Internet is there a sandbox mode where I can play against bots?
Justin Kunz skirmish i believe.
yes there is
Justin Kunz yes I pre ordered ultimate edition there is lots of offline content were u can play against bots if u liked first game u will love this one
Justin Kunz yea and theres a firefight mode thats offline but there is no blits vs bots yet
Same here, I used to play the original all the time. Little Caesars and Halo is love
Halo wars 2 is legit!!! I am absolutely loving it, so glad i got the ultimate edition to play early. Only 10 achievements left to complete!
Not4me but looks cool for halo fans
JustAJacBoB lol
JustAJacBoB can you Please grow yourself? Did he ask for subs? No? Then please stfu.
Waddle Gaming only reason I'm getting it is because it's halo
Any halo without prometeans is a good halo to me, I really felt that halo was going down because those enemies
Dunno why people pay for shitty microtransactions in a AAA release, that like saying cancer is good.
I respect Xbox players coming from a lifetime PlayStation user and was a fan of halo myself but what happened after halo 3?
halo reach was good with the campaign but the multi-player went down hill a bit, but fun
halo 4 had a good campaign but bad multi-player
halo 5 had a balance multi-player but not a good campaign or split screen but forge is amazing you can make it into your own gmod or make it play like regular halo
it went to shit
Joshua Mendoza Halo Reach's forge mode multiplayer was fucking insane, and I loved it so much! Playing Indiana jones with like 8 friends...Griffball was pretty Lit too
George Kush why didn't you think I said it was fun
Joshua Mendoza I never said you didn't think it was fun?
Horizon before you buy coming soon?
It's too late. Everyone has already bought it.
They typically try to get the game through normal means (i.e. buying on release day) unless they get sent a copy. I'm sure they'll do one on release.
Can't believe I am saying this, but god DAMMIT! You pulled through 343! You gave me the best campaign in halo in fucking YEARS! I might just even have to replay it to get all the side objectives, skulls, and phoenix logs cause I enjoyed it that much
There will never be an RTS better than BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH
TheMeme God thank you
I've been holding out for BFME 3 for years...
Starcraft
Hopefully Halo 6 has a much better story than 4 and 5. So far 343 has ruined Halo.
MercilessHobo Halo 4 had a good story.
Better than Halo 5? Yes. As good as Halo 1-3? Not even close.
MercilessHobo Hahahahahaha!!! Halo 4 had a much better story than Halo 1-3! Let me tell you something that you won't probably like:
Bungie DIDNT make perfect stories!!!!!
Cristóbal Duchén Halo 4 was mediocre at best. Halo 1-3 ateast bad strong connections to each other and were memorable. I never claimed they made perfect stories. Look at Destiny. It's meh at best. That doesn't mean 343 is any better.
MercilessHobo My point is, that both companies (343 and Bungie) have never made great stories. The only games that in my opinion have had what I would call a "great" story are Halo 3 ODST and 4.
I'm glad they didn't let such a great villain just die.
Not the biggest halo fan and didn't play halo wars 1 but I use to absolutely love age of empires. Do you think it's worth 60 bucks for me to buy?
Yes I think it is .... I have it and thee is much content to enjoy
No, It won't, If you are coming from AoE.
30$ or at least 40$ But it doesn't worth 60$.
age of empires was my childhood
Esteban Castelblanco that's kinda what I was thinking plus I'm still hyped on for honor plus we have mass effect andromeda and that's probably going to take over my life so it looks like halo wars might just get squeezed out if it's not like really really good
Gameranx what do you think?
Already bought it
No one gives a shit
+YOU DON'T GOT THE ANSWERS SWAY!! why are you answering than, like seriously what is the purpose of these comments at least the op's comment was something a positive compared to your response
Can you play without online?
- Falc0n - yes
Before You Buy is a top tier series. Big Daddy Baldino really makes these vids shine
The graphics quality is higher than my uncle terry
That card stuff is a massive turn off
Reality Blitz is a different game type that involves managing and getting cards, the regular deathmatch and base building rts halo wars 2 is a totally other game type. You don't have to worry about the cards
Cancer Cupcake cheers for info, bought game cuz of it and have been lovin it
whats with all the hate in the comments for? if you like the story in halo get it, if not dont. people saying glad i got a ps4... relevance? i have one yet play more xbox. its no pc rts but its still fun.
***** every community has a small number of ppl that are, doesnt give anyone the right to berate someone because of what they like.
You dont honestly believe they make up the majority do you? Out of millions of fans? Im a huge halo fan but im not like them.
Even if I don't plan on buying a game I still like watching these bybs
There are some awesome moments to be had in both campaign and multiplayer. One of the 'hold the line' missions was an intense battle where me and my friend were frantically trying to defend and build more defences at the same time. We also had a game in multiplayer that lasted 90 minuites! We finally managed to pull through in the end, despite one of our teammates quitting.
id like halo wars 2 to run at 30 frps and have 2X more things on-screen
I wouldn't mind 30fps, doesn't bother me in Hw1
I've always wanted to start playing RTS games but they seem very complex and intricate so it can be daunting. hearing that this game is not overly complex but at the same time not simple sounds very appealing. how has people's experiences been on PC?
It only took them 7 years to finally make a new and actually good Halo game.
Ps4 players, stop being so fukin salty lol!
Most Unique salty for what?
Most Unique Salty over this? Horizon zero dawn is coming in 3 days. No salt whatsoever.
Most Unique Salty over an obscure cult title the most other Xbox players don't mention because they either don't play RTS or don't play Halo games?
Before you say anything PC gamer not PS4 gamer, and my Microsoft cousin you Xbox users should really stop reaching so hard, especially Halo fans, it's pathetic.
Kyle Shade I can't even understand your comment lol
Okay then, I was saying that you calling ps4 gamers salty over an obscure cult title that the majority of Xbox players don't even care about is silly, especially when you take into account that the targeted group for the spin off was Halo fans.
Halo fans want another decent installment in their franchises main series, not an RTS, something that the majority of people who play Halo care nothing for.
I mentioned I was a PC gamer to stop the inevitable Xbox fanboy whining of taking sides. I said Microsoft cousin to point out that as a PC user I understand that the company behind the rise and fall of the Xbox has breed you all like cattle to take less effort rather prefer more effort from them, they're the same way with PC users.
I couldn't careless about both sides little console war, but reaching for the stars with every other small title, which for the Xbox has been under marketed spin offs from a franchise rather than a new entry, is counter productive to bettering the franchise.
My point was not to argue, but to discuss how starting xbone and pony slur fan wars throughout every other TH-cam comment section is only making Xbox lose this generation more, and the strength of the upcoming Scorpio is totally irrelevant if the titles available aren't impressive enough to current Xbox users as in indicator of good things to come from the Scorpio with its own possible exclusive titles.
I want to see the Xbox succeed, but if Microsoft is banking own things like Halo Wars, Forza, and Gears of War then it simply wont.
Losing another console to the pages of gaming history because of the incompetence of the company behind it, and the pure audacity of some of the players of the console to tout a title that did nothing for the console is ounce again counter productive to it's survival.
Lastly, don't use lol, and prove that everything older people say about our generation being weak at forming compelling arguments is true. It devalues the power of a potential debate to better the current situation at hand rather than worsen it.
I'm done now.
I just dislike childish responses when I'm giving a serious comment about something I deem important.
In this case, people forgetting that Microsoft has plenty of spare money lying around, but Xbox as a subsidiary doesn't and is therefore expendable.
i had halo wars amazing to bad i cant get halo wars 2
That Gamer same
Why? If it's too much money that's cool but its on PC and Xbox so it should be fairly accessible
ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones).
Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
Matt Haas Wise words Matt, Very Wise words
very wise
Really? Playing with a controller? In an RTS? This has got to the be the dumbest thing you guys have done.
TessellatedGuy
They could just use Windows 10.
+Regnier575 Agreed
EDIT: Added target
+idkwmgtis
How you said. ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones).
Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
try playing starcraft on a N64
Have you even tried it yet
Before you buy, wait for the price to go down. It's inevitable especially for an RTS. Wouldn't be surprised to see this for at least $40 within the next two months.
this comment didn't age well lmao, three later and the price is still about 50 bucks :(
rts is an acquired taste genre
Looks stupid happy I have PS4 for Horizon, Nioh, VR, Persona and Detroit
Malcom Scott Sony pony spotted!!
Malcom Scott I like how he names off the games he has like anyone gives a shit lol
"Sony fans don't care about other platforms, we just focus on ours and PC and Xbox guys just attack us"
if Sony fans don't care what you guys doing on a halo video lol
Just glad I have better games than Halo Wars 2 calm down little bitches
I have enough money to get the game but I wanna know everything before I buy it!
"Held on to their 360's" Well they are pretty stupid because the game is backwards compatible
I played the crap out of Halo wars play the beta for Halo wars 2 and I can say this for certain since I’ve been playing both since release. Halo wars 2 sucks compared to 1 just get halo wars definitive edition that version comes with the pre-order contents the flaming warthog and wraith paint jobs and the maps for halo wars 2 are tiny compared to 1 and they add in a separate resource and the game is glitchy like crazy on the Home Screen. Adding in the additional resource made the game crazy longer for any skirmisher match. A match that would take one hour in Halo wars one would take hours in Halo wars two. The power node system in Halo wars 1 is what they replaced with the power resource. Halo wars is one of my favorite games halo wars 2 no 343 ruined what 2 could’ve been and the worst part of Halo wars two is the story. It’s so short the amount of cut scenes is about 30 minutes long when put together which is the shortest of any halo game.
who else likes command and conquer
But Horizon Zero Dawn comes in and.....Halo Wars 2 is down! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Horizon Zero Dawn wins. lol. This game does look cool though. I`m honestly a bit salty that I can`t play the Halo games. And I might like this games since I`m a huge fan of Empire At War.
Damn I wish this was on PS4.
Oh well!
Duarte it’s halo what did you expect
@Duarte
It’s halo you Weeb. NEVER been on a PlayStation console.
@@youreokayboah2128 I said "I wish" not why isn't on PS4.
Go eat glass or something headass
Looks amazing but dont really wanna buy it for 60$ im a HUGE halo fan keep it up 343
Andres Di I do.
KILLimanjaro Unfriggenbelievable good 4 U, Im just saying my opinion
Andres Di yeah...even i (big halo fan) would not buy it at full price...but if it is similar to hw1 its sure is fun...
Andres Di | IT'S $60?!
"It's not that difficult" have you tried to beat the game on legendary? Have you fought against 3 shipmasters or Serinas?
rate the games
I absolutely love this game, I still own an play the first halo wars. I am honestly not for the "blitz" mode. This pay to play aspect reminds me of hearthstone. Over all though Id give this a game a 8.5/10.
I would be interested if it wernt for all of the 343 garbage
Peachwad It's pretty good, regardless.
You're the exact level of ignorance Halo doesn't need
I'm not a huge RTS fan but I do love the Halo franchise. I'll give this game a try and by the way the comment sections looks like I'm guessing it is an enjoyable game.
Does HW2 have base building like Command&Conquer?
tristanovic2 - no, the base building is very limited and only allows building in preset areas. far off from C&C. the focus lies more in the actual fighting
Ok thanks.
ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones).
Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
It has but not as in commderconquer ... Here u have sites of building spaces so u can't put building were ever u want but yes u can build bases and there is many bases and locations on the map for u to build on
FlamyMind nice copypaste. you make me ashamed to be a part of the PC gaming community
The maps are crap compared to halo 1 the areas for infantry to take cover in out of the way useless spots. Activable Barrers are almost gone, no special buildings like the cannon and remember the halo 1 map where you can release the flood gone. 3 out of 10
before you buy : don't buy, it's shit
You haven't played it have you?
scj 95 it's actually amazing lmfao. Especially for console.
scj 95 PlayStation fan?
How you said. ITS RESTRICTIVE, why the fuck you waste RTS experience for a fucking console? All RTS games for consoles are bs vs pc rts games(the good ones).
Hail PC MASTER RACE PEASANTS. Have fun with your "awesome" controllers why i enjoy the REAL games on my chair c;
FlamyMind could you not keep copying and pasting this bullshit comment, why do you care about the opinions of others?
Jesus Christ calm down pc master race. We get that it's better on pc but that didn't make it shit on console. It's actually very well crafted to work with a controller just like halo wars one.
343 ruined halo.
Come at me haters.
Johann no they did ruin halo
I cant wrap my head around this game personally, to me it doesn't feel anything like halo wars 1. I loved that game, I find this game to be so disappointing.
I'll never understand the appeal of RTS games. If I wanna play a board game, I'd pull out monopoly or Mario Party :')
Frankie Dingleberry lol how is "real time strategy" the same as a game that takes turns? and Mario party is all minigames you clown.
Frankie Dingleberry and if I want to shoot someone I will just pick my gun
How do you even know how to comment someone saying something that stupid surely can't do basic things like typing and then pressing a button as you must have something seriously wrong with your brain if you think RTS is a Board game.
Damn, you guys get offended so easily .-. RTS is just an awful genre.
RTS are awful if you have ADHD and no dexterity
I'm not a Sony or xbox fan boy, but I gotta say, Sony has been kicking microsofts ass recently with the exclusives
I've never rly played an rts but I love halo. Do you think I would enjoy it?
Yes I think u will ... And if u like strategy ... It's a +
halo wars is great for non rts players.
Henry Samson he is a simple rts, very easy to learn...i guess u should try it...but not now at full price...
Henry Samson when i first played halo wars 1, i homestly thought, wtf is this.... though after playing for a few hrs i instantly fell in love and feel this in my opinion is one of my favorite halos.... same with halo wars 2
Thx for the advice I think it's looks rly good but I'll wait a little bit until the price drops some just so it's not too much of a gamble
the game is great for what it is, but man those cut scenes and main story. I wished a halo movie existed, if it was made cg just like this game that would be awesome.
its an RTS game.... thats why u dont buy it lol
FearKV so you hate a game where you have to learn a certain skill set, ok 👌
FearKV Ah I see, you are lacking in skill and patience.
You have to have a certain level of entelligince to enjoy these games.
"entelligince"
HK47 Grizzlybeer intelligence* dumbass
Wait did they just show master chiefs face or am I missing something? I haven't played halo since reach
wtf is halo?
idk
troll comment gee thanks
Sophia Watkins A legend.
Do you live under a FUCKING ROCK
Flame Party 7.0 never owned a xbox in my life thats why
Gameranx is the realist channel around the reviewers are down to earth can't go anywhere better to get a review for a game
pls bring back flood 343, that's all I need. I miss the suspense of the old days when halo levels were spiced up with different enemies and scenarios.
Great RTS game and as a huge halo fan I love the story and Atrotix is awesome hope we can fight him in 1st person in Halo 6!
This preview is so cringe,why you do it every time?
You’re so cringe
This channel is amazing ,quality content I hope it doesn't go down like machima and IGN love the channel so far.
Me being a halo fan and played hole wars 2 demo and I really like it
I am absolutely blown away by how damn good this campaign was. Absolutely a fantastic story. Don't really care about the "simple gameplay", I don't play any other RTS games and it's fun enough to keep me playing. Probably my favorite Halo story to date.
Honestly, I hate this game. I’ve played it for dozens of hours and there are only a few viable strategies for winning competitive multiplayer. Games are frustrating, even when you win and very unsatisfying. Units feel fragile and ineffective most of the time and the controller has some serious lag issues.
The game gets old very fast and the fact that they got ris of the prophet and didn’t have the flood as a playable race is just fucking bullshit.
You're just garbage at the game
Love this game!!! Xbox keeps on hitting homeruns. Halo wars 2 is another homerun!
Got halo wars on the Xbox and not dissapointed at al it's what I wanted
just to defend halo 4/5, 343 was working on 5 different things at once, so no wonder the compaign is crap
That's not a defence, that just shows that their project management is absolute dogshit.
As someone who played Warcraft 2 and 3, and StarCraft 1 and 2 religiously among many other RTS', Halo Wars 2 is one of the best. It expands and makes better everything from the first game and it manages to be deep enough and have enough customization through the different commanders without tripping over itself like many RTS' on PC tend to do. This game is a solid 8.5/10.
i have been playing command & conquer / RA since 1996, age of empires / ii / iii since 1998, and starcraft / sc2 since 2004, and i LOVE this game. halo wars 2 is awesome. (i play on PC)
0:14 "I know tons of people...(who) held on to their 360's for as long as they could just to keep playing"
Then I look below my computer and see I still have my 360 from 2007 and remember that I just played Titanfall on it after playing Titanfall 2 on the PS4 for a bit...wait who had a 360 and was supid enough to throw it out? Even with an Xbox One that is a pitiful upgrade. I'd say I'm a Sony Pony riding that bandwagon but I backed Microsoft only last generation.
I just finished the campaign of Titanfall 2 today. Probably the best shooter campaign i've ever played.
Loved Halo Wars 2. So underrated. I'm actually a veteran RTS fan (Age of Empires II, Rise of Nations, and Age of Mythology are some of my most favorite games ever) but I actually enjoyed the simplistic nature of this title. It is to the RTS genre as what Super Smash Bros. was to the fighting genre: easy to pick up, difficult to master. The claim that there isn't much strategic thinking isn't quite right: leader powers and Blitz mode certainly have you strategizing in ways not found before in this scene.
Consoles are honestly taking over the PC playerbase in essentially every game. Games these days are made for consoles, then ported to PC. Even games like battlefield, widely considered a "PC experience", have maybe a third of the active players that consoles do.
Simple is better IMO. I can't get into a game if it's too complicated :)
But is there a plasma sword? ha ha ha any one?
But do the assault rifles hold 60 bullets?
Halo wars 2 is a great game. I actually prefer it to the definitive edition of the first one. The only thing I can say is there is a lack of unit upgrades which can make the games go fast but unlike the first one. Most of the many many games I have experienced have been close and nail biting until about the last 2-3 minutes. Which is a really awesome experience plus seeing 3 scarabs completely destroy a base is just beautiful.
well done Xbox, you got yourselves a nice little exclusive. Good job you. boy I sure can't wait to play this in 4k when the "get over here" comes out
"A lot of cutscenes" 27 minutes. "Older Spartan design" updated to Mark VI, where it should be IV. "Local units" All units.
Ive had the game for a week now, i love it. Its a casual and fun RTS, works great with the controller. Yes i have had the game crash on me..twice. But after a patch it should be perfect
Surprisingly the story was pretty damn good
Love the new (old) art style
I hope the next thing 343 Can do is make a classic halo game
RTS games are all played as followws.... Duh whats the most popular/powerful build, Theres no real RTS game out there, Because Everyone's following eachother, no real strateging but blindly copying anothers strategy.. chess is a true rts
But there's a meta in every rts right? Is there a chess strategy that's superior to a great number of other ones? The whole point is to figure out the new meta that counters the old one.
Calling chess an rts LOL. Does chess look real time to you? Because im pretty sure its turn based. Also, your perception on meta is just wrong.
Did you guys get the horizon zero dawn review copy? Waiting for your before you buy video for that game!
I love this game!
if halo wars 3 is made it should have forge just sayin no I'm super saiyan