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glad you caught the Halo 3 reference

*waits for Halo MMO speculation*

Interesting that halo is going back to an rts though.

NAG wrote:

*waits for Halo MMO speculation*

Interesting that halo is going back to an rts though.

More like Age of Empires is getting plasma swords instead of real swords.

akb825 wrote:

They should make it for the computer instead. Seriously, RTSs need a keyboard and mouse to play effectively.

*points to Full Spectrum Warrior*

I had a hunch the IP would continue, tho the current story arc (and Bungie's major participation) will end with H3. No big excitement from me initially, but Jackson is a gamer, and some discerning gamers liked the KK game.

Since the LOTR games used music and artwork from the movies, my assumption is that EA wanted to make games that sold well, whereas Peter Jackson wanted to make a game that stood out and could tell an emotional story. So for King Kong, Peter Jackson went to EA's arch-rival Ubisoft and sought out the help of Michel Ancel, of Ubisoft's Montpellier studios. Ancel heads the team behind Rayman and Beyond Good and Evil. The result is stunning and King Kong ends up being of my favorite games of the year.

http://www.firingsquad.com/games/king_k … 60_review/

I know someone who'll be frosted by this news, right after Halogen was handed a C&D by MS.

Last edited by Bat (2006-09-28 3:45 am)

That trailer was amazing!

I'd love to play a Halo FPS that looked like that (wouldn't we all). Although they say it was based on game models, I guess like all RTSs, we'll be in "god" view, far from the action itself (tho I'm reminded how close you could actually zoom in on Myth).

You know, if the Halo movie looked like that, I'd certainly want to watch! Sure beats "The Rock" as a Spartan.....

user wrote:

That trailer was amazing!

Wow. QFT

If only the trailer was real time in game.

Little confused tho...

Is it going to be like Huxley (MMOFPS) or like other RTS (Myth, AoE)?

The H3 Announce trailer looked amazing, yet it was real-time on 360 hardware, albeit a debug kit. The 7 minute 'Making of' docu-trailer was at least as good. Halo Wars could look awfully good, and Ensemble has a good track record with RTSs.

Setting it early in the war should allow for much more even battles:

As if the Peter Jackson partnership wasn't cool enough for Halo fans, there's more to be excited about in the form of the just announced Halo RTS game being developed by Ensemble Studios. "Halo Wars" is a brand new saga in the Halo Universe that explores the time of first contact between the UNSC and Covenant Forces. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to control dozens of Warthogs and Scorpion tanks instead of just a single vehicle, your time has finally come.

Ensemble Studios has a rich heritage and expertise in the real-time-strategy genre through their extremely successful Age of Empires franchises on the PC. This latest endeavor has been designed from the ground up as an Xbox 360 title, with controls and interface specifically tuned for the needs of a console. The folks at Ensemble are the only team we trusted to make a Halo RTS and from what we've already seen (and played), it's going to be awesome. And yes, the controls do work great on a 360 pad.

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.asp … ungieatx06

Nice pic.

I said that first.

NAG wrote:

I said that first.

Yeah, but I said it for reals.

But now I have to be negative.

IT'LL NEVER BE LIKE THE ORIGINAL HALO UNLESS I CAN PLAY IT ON MY MAC SIX YEARS AGO.

Last edited by MB38 (2006-09-28 8:13 pm)

As excited as I was at first, I began having questions/doubts this morning.  Ensemble's RTSes are always too resource-focused; you have to collect wood/stone/ore/gold/weed/berries/meat and commence in commerce trade with as many distant allies as you can.  I'd rather there just be one (maybe 2) resources to deal with, and focus more on the construction of bases/forces.

Also, Ensemble is known for making their RTSes on multiple platforms.  The AoE franchise has seen its titles on both Mac and PC, so I can easily see this game (eventually) making it to PC/Mac.  The problem, though, is that when they do make this multi-platform titles, they don't make them cross-platform compatable.  The PC versions can't do multiplayer games with the Mac versions.  So if/when Halo Wars gets out of 360 exclusivity and goes to WIndows (and eventually Mac), the two versions most likely won't play nice together.  Based on that, I also wouldn't hold my breath for Live Anywhere compatability.

Kinda like busting your ass to get the best ending in Castlevania 2, where Simon dies. I was pretty ticked after the effort it took to finish in under two hours. If I was tough enough to blow through the game, why is the character such a pansy that he immediately keels over upon winning? Same thing with Halo Wars.