I've spent about an hour on it and it is with out a doubt the worst thing i've played in recent memory.
>only random matchmade 2v2 online >not even a tutorial just a video >game runs like fucking trash on xbone (surprise surprise) >when a shit ton of units are on screen at once the effects stop appearing such as flame thrower jets and muzzle flashes >game also stutters when more than 20 units are on screen at a time >the controls are slow and clunky as all hell >the UI has the same stupid wheel shit >the game's input delay is fucking insane >one person on the enemy team quitting pretty much ends the match immediately (my first 3 matches lasted a whole 4 minutes before one guy on the enemy team quit and his ally followed resulting in an instant win) >most people playing right now either dont play the objective or just sit there and turtle despite it being a capture the points gamemode >matches dont even last long enough to play with high tier units and upgrades >Commander Point system is really wonky and half the abilities don't work when you need them too >your units will fucking start auto gathering resource boxes in the middle of combat >the whole "rock paper scissors" balancing is broke to hell when you can just rush with infantry and like 3 tanks >the UNSC artillery says its 'super long range' but actually fires only a little further than a scorpion does and it has to be in a locked position of firing >the game has the fucking art design of some Indie RTS mobile tablet game >the frame rate is a stable 15 if you get lucky
I know Beta is Beta and they're testing for a reason but honestly it feels like an early alpha release. I haven't bothered playing Covenant yet because the base mechanics of the game are so bad. I will be willing to give it a second shot if a Windows 10 beta happens but holy shit they have a lot of work to do.
I love it. But i wanted to play Search and Destroy not dominion... i was focused on building my army and notice i was losing control points lol. They're trying to go for the old Halo wars field but I'm certain they will attend to these problems.
You should submit your complaints to them, not here. They seem passionate about Halo wars and will do anything to take fans advice
Robert Hall
Gotta love that absolutely retarded color pallet and model design.
Brandon Price
Tutorial should've been a match instead of a video, i'm sure most people just fucking skipped it
Should've had the option of Deathmatch or Domination, as people have trouble going for objectives
Color pallet needs some work
UI is alright and controls I just need to get used to, haven't had any problems with framerate or glitches outside of the game being a bitch to start up
Wish people weren't utter shit at RTS games because all 10 of my matches have just been me steamrolling the other team while my teammate just built his forward base
Logan Howard
Maybe I just got the super bundle of game bugs and fuck ups because my experience was at a constant 24-15 fps struggle with freezes and stutters and controls which were a pain in the ass to navigate.
Christopher Turner
I like it
Tyler Evans
Something is really wrong when I think Halo Wars 2 was one of the better looking games they showed at this boring E3. Yeah that covenant colors really irked me to.
Carson Sullivan
>the UI has the same stupid wheel shit What did you expect you fucking nigger
Ayden Hill
I fear it will weasel its way into the PC release.
Thinking on it it's more of a personal pet peeve of mine.
John Ortiz
Understandable then. It's a consolized RTS after all I like how it works but it's gonna be silly for the PC version
Isaac Lee
Now that I've come down from an incredible session of autism sperg rage. I've noticed i'm not getting frustrated at the UI perse but more the input delay im getting.
>press build marine 3 times >one marine is queued for training
>try to use commander ability >game doesn't register im selecting the ability >get destroyed because i wasnt able to heal my dudes
It's all fixable stuff only thing that looks pretty irreversible would be the visual design. The cinematic trailer was grim dirty and dark and i was all hype and shit then opened the game to bright as fuck team colors and environments.
Also >still no system where you can use destroyed vehicles as cover for infantry Just a small annoyance imo
Wyatt Smith
You guys if Halo Wars 2 fails is 343 finally finished?
William Rogers
>beta Literally fuck off still have 8 more months till release
Sebastian Young
It's a literal beta you retard. You may not understand what that word means because it's been used for fully complete game demos in the last many years.
They're not Covenant. The Covenant died in 3.
They're doing well despite Sup Forums memes. Halo 4 sold well. Halo 5 sold well. This game will be fine.
Eli Perez
>343 Creative assembly made it
Juan Collins
And i hope they fix everything i've stated above.
Wyatt Wilson
Halo 5 sold the worst out of any main Halo title, how's that well?
Connor Wright
>They're doing well despite Sup Forums memes. Halo 4 sold well. Halo 5 sold well. This game will be fine.
No you are just delusional. Halo 4's mp population dropped off fast and 5 isn't even in the top 10 xbl games. It made money but only because of the req packs. 343 is in charge of the franchise now. Microsoft has put 343 in charge of the series.
Julian Ward
>in charge of series Yeah but they didn't make halo wars you fucking cunt
Brody Rivera
I'm not really in to the Halo Wars series, and I only play the main numbered games, no offense to anyone here but when has Halo Wars ever been good?
Chase Foster
Halo titles always sold well, and shittier value gold is still gold.
MP population doesn't matter because that's not the point, the point is that it sold well enough. I didn't like H4's multiplayer myself.
It was a passable RTS but stood out because its design and control scheme were workable on consoles, which it was designed for. Halo Wars isn't too exceptional compared to other RTS games but it sort of has a cult following.
Gavin Baker
I knew they were going to fuck up the designs. Ensemble nailed it with designs for buildings and vehicles. They fucked up on some stuff, like making the Elites having a bulky upperbody and droopy mouths, but I think they nailed the designs despite some small things. Even the vehicles they made up like Locust and Vultures seem to stay true to Bungie's design.
But what the fuck is this shit. What's wrong with the wraiths. In their official trailer the Chieftain's armor looks like Generic Mass effect armor. Also, why are they steering away from using original compositions and are using licensed songs instead?
Is the gameplay any good?
Xavier Sullivan
I enjoyed Halo Wars 1 quite a lot honestly for a console RTS. The story and cinematics are what really made it shine in my mind.
>That final charge of 3 spartans vs an entire Elite Honor guard >Forge 1v1ing an Arbiter and winning >Forge valiantly sacrificing himself so that the Spirit of Fire and Spartan Payload may escape
I cry tears of manliness everytime.
David Hughes
>Yeah but they didn't make halo wars you fucking cunt Yeah but they okay'd Halo Wars is the point. Microsoft has put 343 in charge of Halo. What aren't you understanding? >MP population doesn't matter because that's not the point, the point is that it sold well enough. I didn't like H4's multiplayer myself. It still far undersold the other Halo games. In fact even CE outsold it. Maybe even ODST although I'd have to check on that.
Adam Sanders
Are you RETARDED
These aren't Covenant
Easton Richardson
Oh God this looks fucking awful. This e3 just made me depressed.
Evan Green
>literally everything except elites and the prophets
mate its the covenant
William Foster
I think I seen Elites fighting on the Brutes side in the trailer with Energy Swords.
Juan Morris
Oh right, so that excuses the designers to make the game look fucking ugly? Fuck off.
Also the elites were in the trailer
Cooper Kelly
Brutes > Elites
Gabriel Hall
shit really?
oh fuck you right im blind
Bentley Butler
> Covenant has been nonexistant since 2552 > Halo Wars 2 takes place after 2557 > vehicles do not comply with strict Covenant design doctrine > doesn't appear to follow Covenant religious beliefs > Sangheili serving under Jiralhanae
Largely irrelevant, while the two have a racial rivalry (which boils to hatred often) they can and have had working relationships.
Designs look fucking great m8. Rustic, as one would expect from Jiralhanae engineering. See above point about Sangheili. Hell, if anything, that's a point against the faction being Covenant because Truth kicked the Sangheili out before it all returned to nothing.
Samuel Martinez
>who cares they are the exact same in game
Samuel Bell
>beta runs like shit shocking >the UI has the same stupid wheel shit did you skip the first halo wars?
Hudson Howard
see:
David Garcia
Wish I could try it but I don't have an Xbox One
Mason Kelly
legit question though, did you play the first game? Because the controls are the same.
Gabriel James
I did but havent played in a few years. So I suppose relearning it was a bit of a pain in the ass and i haven't played my console in ages so theres that.
Wasn't a fair criticism i admit.
Blake Martin
Apparently a remastered version of the first game comes with the collectors edition of Halo Wars 2.
Thomas Long
that's fine bro. I'm in the same boat I haven't played HW1 in ages PROOFS, RIGHT NOW
>The Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition includes early access to the full game four days before the game's standard release date, Halo Wars 2 Season Pass download code and Halo Wars: Definitive Edition download code*
Lucas Long
holy fuck
Charles Clark
...
David Kelly
Too much hard-counter shit going on
Jordan Turner
I guess this counts for the PC version as well with the crossplay stuff they couldnt stop talking about
Grayson Gutierrez
why is this 100$ on amazon but 80$ on the store?
Cameron Peterson
I'm still mad they didn't announce Age of Empires 4.
Ian Price
I hope they make it 1080p 60fps and has all the dlc, i didn't get to play the map packs
Anthony Torres
god damn it im half tempted to upgrade to win 10 for this
Asher Price
Ensemble Studios died years ago, why on earth would you ever expect AoE4 to come out
Jackson Gonzalez
>loved the first Halo Wars >heard about the beta a few days before E3 >get excited >beta gets announced >Xbox One exclusive beta >don't have an Xbox One
it's not fair
Aaron Brown
I literally spent 30 minutes trying to get to the fucking main menu, it kept crashing and freezing. Also, you have to be subscribed to gold to play it? How the fuck is it okay to not have an online beta be free to play online? Thankfully I got a refund on my subscription.
Anthony Jones
>Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the original Halo Wars that runs natively on Xbox One and Windows 10. >Windows 10 Halo Wars 1 on PC confirmed.
Zachary Scott
it says it comes with the DLC fuck yes, the question is. Do I get this physical or digital? do you have W10?
Connor Brown
Yes but the beta isn't on Windows 10
Connor Sanders
But it had hope before. Fuck bill gates.
Jayden Sanchez
goddammit now im gonna have to buy it
fuck
Elijah Kelly
Playable Flood when?
Blake Russell
that sucks man, but look at it this way. You can still play with us when it releases.
Noah Mitchell
good question
Levi Nelson
It's a BETA GODDAMNIT!! SHUT THE F**K UP RIGHT NOW
Elijah Reed
bad falseflag
Matthew Cook
Caps is cruise control for cool
Jayden Bailey
Holy shit OP, almost like the game isn't done yet. The real problem is that a lot of stuff in the trailer didn't look like Halo, it just looked like a generic sci fi
Gabriel Morales
There's going to be a second beta on both PC and Xbone. So at least we'll get to try it before it launches.
Name a game this decade where there was major change between beta and release. In my experience the beta tends to be better than the full game
Asher Gomez
Most of these aren't major changes, an it has enough time to fix them. Halo 5 was the same way
Jonathan Bell
No shit, this is an actual beta, not the "pre alpha" marketing bullshit companies like EA and Blizzard push out 2 months before a game's release
Hudson Edwards
Halo 5
Christian Fisher
This is fucking awful
Brody Gomez
Halo 5
Cameron Ross
What the fuck, are you serious?
Brody Smith
As a lorefag, the whole argument over if they count as the covenant or not is fucking stupid.
In any case, considering the faction is brute led, and they seem to be stranded on the ark, it's no surpise that they have their own visual design and color schemes and such.
Also, in halo wars 1, your color scheme in MP was arbitrary,. You could be green, blue, red, or yellow as both the covenant and UNSC.
Pretty much any beta that was actually a beta and happened a full year or two before the final game came out, vs a "demo" that came out like 1-2 months before it came out.
Jonathan Wilson
Yes? Halo 5 had a lot of things added, tweaked and enhanced performance in the full game
Brandon Garcia
yup shocking isn't it?
Hudson Cook
Yes. The story was shit, but that doesn't mean the MP was bad. They improved a lot of things from the beta
