New Halo Wars Trailer Examines Spartans

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Microsoft has released the second entry in its Halo Wars video documentary series, which examines the various units of the forthcoming Xbox 360 real-time strategy game.

Though the final game from the now-closed Ensemble Studios won't arrive until March 3, players will be able to get an early glimpse via a downloadable demo this Thursday.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    February 3, 2009 12:24 PM

    Despite all the hype surrounding this game, I won't have any interest at all unless it gets a PC port, or unless I can get Keyboard and Mouse use. RTS games just don't feel right at all on the console.

    Maybe the demo will change my mind. PC-RTS guys, your thoughts?

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      February 3, 2009 12:42 PM

      Being primarily a PC gamer I would be interested in this if it were on PC. If Microsoft continues to shaft the PC crowd then I have Empires Total War and Dawn of War 2 to keep me in RTS goodness.

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      February 3, 2009 12:45 PM

      Well that's the point. This "is" supposed to be a console RTS. This won't see the light of day on the PC. Because it would have to get re-worked entirely. I feel every genre isn't locked to a specific platform regardless how some may feel about what plays better in their hands.

      There are plenty of other games that can fill that void if one doesn't make it to the other side.

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      February 3, 2009 1:12 PM

      I'm reserving judgement on that for the demo, although I don't have high hopes as I just can't see it working as well.

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      February 3, 2009 1:24 PM

      I've played the demo a fair bit now and can say that overall this game works well on the console. I'm a PC gamer first and foremost, and until now scoffed at the idea of doing a strategy game on a gamepad, but the implementation here is pretty good.

      Yes, you are a little bit more limited on what you can do because of the controller. But instead of trying to cram a PC game onto a gamepad they designed the game around it. It works well.

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        February 3, 2009 2:12 PM

        Well this gives me more hope, I will have to give it a try come Thursday.

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      February 3, 2009 2:32 PM

      Do the Warthogs still tear up to their target then just hold position engaging their target rather than at least pretending to use their mobility to an advantage?

      NOT INTERESTED!

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