Microsoft has just released the Definitive Edition of Halo Wars in Early Access. Halo Wars is coming for the first time to the PC, is exclusive to Microsoft’s Windows 10, and is currently available to all those who have pre-ordered the digital version of Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition features improved graphics, new achievements, and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game. In addition, Halo Wars: Definitive Edition comes with a new multiplayer session browser in place of the legacy matchmaking system. This allows players to create and join their favorite multiplayer, skirmish, or co-op campaign games quickly and easily on their preferred platform.
Dan Ayoub, Studio Head of Strategy Games Development at Xbox, said:
“As a die-hard PC RTS player, I was impressed with how well the genre’s traditional keyboard and mouse controls translated to a controller. When we started to work on Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, we wanted to make sure that the experience still shines and that the game looks better than it did seven years ago. However, what’s most exciting to me is finally bringing that experience to PC. Having Halo Wars on PC has been something the community has asked for since the game launched so many years ago, and it’s surreal that it has finally happened with Halo Wars: Definitive Edition.”
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is set to launch in February alongside Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition.
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” Having Halo Wars on PC has been something the community has asked for since the game launched so many years ago”
Yeah it was asked for years, just like Halo series was as well and only now of all times are they bringing the bread crumbs to the table.
It’s not really “omg surreal, it’s finally here”, it’s more like “hey we touched this game up a bit, full price, Windows store, take it or leave it”.
I’ve been playing different RTS games the past few years on Steam and a lot don’t make a ton of money or sell millions of copies (outside of Starcraft II). I don’t see it being exclusive to the Windows store as helping them sell millions, let alone the very, very tiny community on there that won’t be able to find matches for long either.
They’ve released mobile Halo games on Steam, there is little reason to say that the RTS can be sold there as well, outside of “we own it”.
I would have liked to play it, but I played the original years ago and it played out like Baby’s first RTS, with it having gamepad controls first and only, until now where they have had to reverse it for the input that works extremely well with RTS, so I’ve got zero hopes.
When i think of a real RTS i think SCII and C&C Tiberium Wars Kanes Wrath not halo wars, played it on 360 years ago but it was way to simplistic to enjoy so yea i agree with you 100%
I had some fun with it, but man were those controls finicky as hell to play with. Didn’t help that I also played C&C 3, Kane’s Wrath and RA3 on 360 years ago, then bought them all on PC and things played and looked all the better for it. The COmmand Wheel for console RTS games is the only rough way of controlling your units and it can only take you so far.
controls are a definite hurdle, i never played C&C on console thankfully, was that any good? or at least better than halo wars?
Full price? Seriously?
LOL.
You know the drill =P
This Ultimate Edition thingy is the newest Microsoft s**t practice that no one is talking about, you pay more and you get the game sooner than others, they did this with GoW4 and FH3.
Microsoft must presumably think that PC gamers are like their console customers who seemingly get hysterically excited to be playing a game a couple of days before more discerning customers do.
After going to a CSGO trade server and seeing someone buy a $420 knife skin, yeah M$ has ever right to thing PC gamers are just as deep fried as their potatoes.
Buying skins so to trade them in the CSGO trading economy is hardly the same thing.
Oh yeah, I forgot. There’s that slot-machine that pops up for your skins.
I know a site that you can gamble for those expensive skins and be rich in a day. full disclosure: i don’t know the owner but it might be me, who knows ?
As a Mathematics Major, I know the odds of winning. I also know 2 secrets moves to always win, but my memory is a little fuzzy… but a blank check from someone could jog my memory.
Electronic Arts has been doing this too, recently, unfortunately.
I guess their new Microsoft partnership is teaching them some even nastier tricks…..
What i find a slap in the face about this (well more like a punch in the balls) is that there is no crossplay for this game. M$ had only one advantage over Steam and they ain’t got it here. (Want to fight over that one advantage? I’ll see you in the comment section)
“there is no crossplay for this game.”
…..
What?
What. The. F*ck.
It’s the only reason why I support Microcock’s Store, but godd*mn it’s difficult to remain loyal to a company that has no idea how exploit its crossplay.
It wasnt a very good RTS even on XBOX so I definitely will not be buying it for PC. RTS fans thinking of buying this, dont expect anything great, or even good for that matter.
Halo wars is actually really good. I’m halo fan, but the game has wowed me in a lot of ways. Maybe it’s not as good as Red Alert 3, but graphics is simply amazing for x360 game, and game is still very enjoyable to play. I like halo wars way more than Homeworld deserts of kharak. Now I will be able to see this game in high resolution on PC, and with mouse support.
“Maybe it’s not as good as Red Alert 3”
lol, Red Alert 3 ? Good ?
Well at least you compared it with another terrible RTS.
I have enjoyed Red Alert 3 like most Command&Conquer games. Below are all RTS games that I like
CC Red Alert 2 – 10/10
CC Red Alert 3 – 9/10
CC Tiberian Sun – 9/10
CC Tiberium Wars – 9/10
Company Of Heroes – 9/10
Warcraft 3 – 10/10
Starcraft 2 – 10/10
Homeworld 1 – 10/10
World In Conflict – 8+/10
Earth 2150 – 9+/10
Halo Wars is not as good as C&C games, but still it’s well above average. For exmaple I would rate Homeworld deserts of kharak – 6/10, while Halo Wars – 8/10
Tiberian Sun was absolutely awesome, especially with the expansion. I would pay for a touch up of that game in a heartbeat.
Halo Wars was the most basic and one of the worst RTS games that i played, it was terrible, the controls, design, core mechanics like putting any building in one place, might look simple but terrible.
My Favorite RTS was Warcraft 2 also the first game that i ever played with my friends via a dial up modem, still remember the sound option “Your sound card works perfectly” or when a builer orc says “Jobs Done” after finishing a building which blizz is using it for hearthstone too.
Then it was Dune, for years i thought it was an adventure game then the original C&C which i didn’t liked it first because i played it on PS till i got it for PC.
It’s a good list but i go like this:
Warcraft 2 – 10/10
Red Alert 2 (played it so much even unfair modded maps with all brutal AI was easy) – 10/10
Age of Empires 2 – 8/10
Homeworld – 8/10
Tiberian Sun – 8/10
Dawn of War (both) – 8/10
Company of Heroes (both) – 8/10
Spellforce – 7/10
Total Annihilation – 7/10
Warcraft 3 – 7/10
Empire Earth – 6/10
Starcraft II – 6/10
Generals – 5/10
Starcraft – 2/10
Tiberium Wars – 2/10
Red Alert 3 – 1/10
Halo Wars – -1/10
Cossacks – Hardest of them all/10
Age of Mythology – Full 3D/10
Stronghold – Never got it/10
You prefer WC2 to WC3? Damn….. O.o
Yeah personal reasons which i said in the post 😀
also didn’t liked character models in WC3, they had many sharp edges and many pyramidal? trees whith sharp edges. man that game was made by too many sharp edges.
Sharpies, you say?
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Was that close ? 😀
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#include
using namespace std;
int Halo;
int main () {
if(Halo=MastercheifCollection ) {
cout << "Glory" << endl;
}
else {
cout << "Fck off" << endl;
}
cout << "Microsoft" << Halo << endl;
return 0;
}
Output: Microsoft Fck off
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#include
using namespace std;
int Halo;
int main () {
if(Halo=MastercheifCollection ) {
cout << "Glory" << endl;
}
else {
cout << "Fck off" << endl;
}
cout << "Microsoft" << Halo << endl;
return 0;
}
exclusive to microsoft windows 10 store, skip
“what’s most exciting to me is finally bringing that experience to PC”
Dan Ayoub, Studio Head of Strategy Games Development at Xbox
When said Microsoft employee says “PC” what he actually means is,
– solely for Microsoft’s current-latest OS
– distributed solely on Microsoft’s digital store
– Early Access version restricted to those who pre-order another Microsoft Windows 10 exclusive game from Microsoft that’s also exclusive to Microsoft’s digital store
Even for the sequel, being tied to the Halo IP really hurts the game solely because they have to put it on the Xbox, and thus design it around a controller. It’ll always be a very casual and watered down experience when they do that.
“As a die-hard PC RTS player, I was impressed with how well the genre’s traditional keyboard and mouse controls translated to a controller. ”
NIce job of him to embarass himself that badly in the first sentence.His personal controller seems to have dozens of buttons and mouse precision
Seems like even AmigaBot can’t defend this particular joke of Microsoft’s……
….. Or can he? O.o
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