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"Because of the release of the Halo: Reach Beta, we’ve decided to make a little review of the huge Halo series. It is time, as Halo: Reach marks the conclusion of a grand series, to consider what the franchise created and developed in order to understand its future."
All Age Gaming's newest team member and reviewer Luke Slater shares with us his thoughts on Halo Wars for the Xbox 360. Halo Wars is the first Halo game that is not a FPS.
"In the interest of full disclosure (and to prove that I'm not trying to be a total d-bag), I will point out at this time that I am not a fan of RTS games. I know they have their place, and I respect people who put lots of time in, mining for gold and building their armies to take over the virtual world. Hey, you're still playing a video game, so it can't be all bad, right? Well, they're just not for me. When someone hands me Halo, I want to pick up a gun with the Master Chief's hands (or Arbi..."
"For almost a decade, Halo developer Bungie Studios has been perfecting the First Person Shooting genre. Ensemble Studios was then charged with the daunting task of creating a Halo Real Time Strategy that worked on consoles and create a story without the Master Chief. Well known for the Age of Empires series on PC, Ensemble is one of the best RTS developers around. Halo games are all about bursts of action and the game is always moving forward. Ensemblehas taken this formula nearly perfected b..."
"Halo Wars takes place 20 years before the events that unfolded in Halo: Combat Evolved. Things were very different then; it was a time when units of Spartan soldiers marched out on to the battle field. Halo Wars broadens the story of Halo far beyond the FPS games and books. No doubt we will see a new spin-off franchise in the way of Halo Wars."
"Halo Wars has to be one of the most hyped games of 2009, and many gamers already made up their minds that this was a must-buy following the demo on Xbox LIVE. We take a look now at the Halo RTS in its entirety to reevaluate and nitpick at all its strengths and shortcomings. As Ensemble Studios' final hurrah, what sort of impression will Halo Wars leave behind? Ensemble set out to "make an RTS game that a Halo fan would enjoy," so have they succeeded?"
"Bungie has owned the console sci-fi shooter market with the Halo franchise over the years. It was only a matter of time before Microsoft would spin the series off with new games. For the first time the series has been given over to another developer with Ensemble Studios Halo Wars, a real time strategy game that finally delivers solid RTS controls on the console. Despite some problems that are inherent with using a gamepad for an RTS, Ensemble has delivered a distinctly Halo-esque feel to th..."
GamingShogun reviews Ensemble Studios' last gaming effort, Halo Wars. The give the game high marks on overall fun, cutscenes, and story but also warn that the game features a couple missions sure to make you want to rip your hair out in frustration. For those of you who do not know, Halo Wars is a real-time strategy game set in the Halo universe, specifically, twenty years before the events of Halo the video game.
"So here we are. Halo Wars marks the series first real expansion outside of first person shooter, whilst films and other projects have been penned for this generations biggest franchise, Halo Wars is the first move into new territories and it is a move we might have anticipated but also been sceptic about at a first glance. Thankfully the franchise has been left in the good hands of Ensemble Studios who have more than proved themselves with the Age of Empire series but can Halo successfully m..."
"Fundamentally Real Time Strategy Games (RTSs) dont work best on a console mainly due to the constraints of the controller. While on the PC it would take a mere few seconds to do most things, on a console it could take double or sometimes triple the time. In the world of an RTS, this delay means defeat.
Why? Because your opponent has most likely already created an army, techd up his units and has a sturdy base defence that would take a while to get through. In Halo Wars this is absolute..."
![Box shot of Halo Wars [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvU3RyYXRlZ3kvUlRT/halo_wars_frontcover_small_GOEWC51Sw9yJPM3.jpg)