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[Nzyme32]

As long as the scope of the game isn't compromised too heavily to accommodate controllers, I'm interested in seeing what Creative Assembly do.

 

[Stevey]

Cool, liked the first one, will no doubt get this on PC.

 

[Kinthalis]

As long as the scope of the game isn't compromised too heavily to accommodate controllers, I'm interested in seeing what Creative Assembly do.

Careful, the fanboys are biting.

 

[sixteen-bit]

is this what sega meant when they said "stay tuned" ?

 

[EYEL1NER]

Welp, I'm in. Hopefully Halo Wars ends up as BC soon so I can finish it before this drops.

 

[SparkTR]

is this what sega meant when they said "stay tuned" ?

I believe that was in reply to PC ports of older Sega games.

 

[Bust Nak]

Hey guys, remember the last time Creative Assembly tried to make a cross platform RTS?

That was Sega Studios Australia AKA Creative Assembly Australia, which got shut down in 2013.

 

[Parsnip]

ALL UNITS

 

[TechOne]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!

ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS

 

[Obliterator]

Careful, the fanboys are biting.

What are you trying to accomplish in this thread? Honest question.

First you come in saying the game sucks compared to PC RTS, and now you are targeting and calling fans of the franchise fanboys, when no one was a dick to you.

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[Akai__]

What are you trying to accomplish in this thread? Honest question.

First you come in saying the game sucks compared to PC RTS, and now you are targeting and calling fans of the franchise fanboys, when no one was a dick to you.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Seems like classic PC Master Race trolling. Don't bother.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This is great news to hear.

 

[Lingitiz]

Careful, the fanboys are biting.

Not sure what the issue is here. It's fine to show trepidation for controller based RTS games, but there's people in here telling you that they enjoyed Halo Wars for what it was even with the simplified approach.

No need to call people who liked that fanboys.

 

[Timeless]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!

ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS ALL UNITS

Spoken like a true scrub.

LOCAL UNITS
LOCAL UNITS
ALL UNITS
LOCAL UNITS
ALL UNITS
ALL UNITS

 

[dancrane212]

Careful, the fanboys are biting.

Yes because comments like this being disputed is only due to fanboys.

Nto saying it's not possible, but everytime an RTS has made it to consoles, it's been a lackluster affair, and a game that proves to be boring on PC - simply because it's all been dumbed down for gamepads.

Battle for Middle Earth 2 and C&C3 were both games that played very well on PC (hell, BFME1 was more console suited than the sequel - 2 was more complex) and worked fine on console too. I don't remember either of those games being dumbed down for controllers.

 

[Omega]

What are you trying to accomplish in this thread? Honest question.

First you come in saying the game sucks compared to PC RTS, and now you are targeting and calling fans of the franchise fanboys, when no one was a dick to you.

What are you trying to accomplish?

Not sure what the issue is here. It's fine to show trepidation for controller based RTS games, but there's people in here telling you that they enjoyed Halo Wars for what it was even with the simplified approach.

No need to call people who liked that fanboys.

Kinthalis is the SpeedyBlueDude of PC.

just ignore it. we're not all like him

 

[Oriel]

is this what sega meant when they said "stay tuned" ?

Sega is keeping something big for TGS. Anyway, I would assume this is exclusively an MS game with zero Sega input. They just gave CA permission to work on this with 343.

 

[krang]

As long as the scope of the game isn't bloated too heavily to accommodate mouse and keyboard, I'm interested in seeing what Creative Assembly do.

FTFY

 

[GavinGT]

FTFY

Exactly. Design it around the gamepad.

 

[TimmiT]

Hey guys, remember the last time Creative Assembly tried to make a cross platform RTS?

That was made by Creative Assembly's Australian branche, which closed down after making the (underrated) Castle of Illusion remake.

 

[lord_lad]

Halo wars...the game that killed Esemble studios... :-(

 

[Glass]

PC version? Holy shit I'm down.

 

[gamerguy2002]

Creative Assembly is making Halo Wars 2.

Creative Assembly is owned by SEGA.

SEGA owns Sonic.

So is this canon now?

 

[Stop It]

Who asks for this???

Me.

Very nice announcement indeed.

The first Halo Wars was ignored as it aimed a rather clever use of the IP at a demographic that frankly don't buy RTS games. Getting the game on PC as well as Xbox for the sequel makes lots of sense, as does the studio.

Looking forward to this.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

The most i liked of the conference was this announced.Halo wars 2 baby!!!!

 

[Akai__]

Halo wars...the game that killed Esemble studios... :-(

No...

 

[leeh]

Never really put that much time into the first but I love RTS' and I can't wait to play this one. Love playing RTS online.

 

[krang]

BC now, please MS.

 

[Dad]

Halo wars...the game that killed Esemble studios... :-(

Ensemble got shuttered mid development. They had to finish the game on what was more or less a skeleton crew.

 

[TheXbox]

Yo can you map hotkeyes onto the Xbox One chatpad? Can you say "All Units" to your Kinect?

 

[neogaffer1]

Creative Assembly is making Halo Wars 2.

Creative Assembly is owned by SEGA.

SEGA owns Sonic.

So is this canon now?

get that sonic fanbase shite out of here

 

[Sinatar]

Halo wars...the game that killed Esemble studios... :-(

No that was their failed Halo MMO.

 

[Harlock]

They should do PC/MAC only. With all the moba stuff, the world needs a good new RTS, but will not reach that if is build to work with console joystick.

 

[Atraveller]

rts's are best played with a controller, just like fps's.

lmao

 

[LegalEagleMike]

So excited for this. Good to see a console RTS again as well. There were some that showed promise last gen. Will be playing this on console and PC.

 

[The Flash]

So excited for this. Good to see a console RTS again as well. There were some that showed promise last gen. Will be playing this on console and PC.

AT THE SAME TIME!

 

[GavinGT]

They should do PC/MAC only. With all the moba stuff, the world needs a good new RTS, but will not reach that if is build to work with console joystick.

The whole allure of Halo Wars is that's it's a slimmed-down RTS. Small armies, fewer unit types, simplified base building, and less focus on micro is what made the first game so enjoyable. They don't need to turn it into every other PC RTS. There's still plenty of strategy, but my friends and I can jump into Halo Wars once every 6 months and not feel like we've been left in the dust.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

just re watched it


definitely not Sgt Forge, please don't kill off Douglas

 

[SparkTR]

They should do PC/MAC only. With all the moba stuff, the world needs a good new RTS, but will not reach that if is build to work with console joystick.

If rumors are to be believed, Dawn of War 3 is coming. That'll be likely what you're after.

 

[Sinatar]

rts's are best played with a controller, just like fps's.

 

[Plasma]

Who was even asking for this?

No idea I thought the first one was pretty average.

 

[Parsnip]

Little known fact, Halo Wars is actually the best Halo game.

 

[Danny 117]

Little known fact, Halo Wars is actually the best Halo game.

I'd actually agree with you there. Haven't really seen much hate for the game over the years.

 

[SlipperyMoose]

No idea I thought the first one was pretty average.

I was. The first game was pretty fun and sokid for a console rts. I'm not saying it was the best in comparison to the big guns on PC but it was a good time. Now it is on a more powerful system and on pc and xbox one so even better.

 

[RedSparrows]

I'd actually agree with you there. Haven't really seen much hate for the game over the years.

That's no indicator of quality, tbf

As for 'who asks for this???', pfft.

 

[Woorloog]

Huh. Guess there will be one more Halo i will buy... On PC, provided it is actually good.

 

[Ogimachi]

Creative assembly and a PC version, eh? I'm interested, as long as it's not a console-based UI.

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

They have to keep the game simple like the first one. That was mostly why I liked it so much. I hope having kbm support doesn't mean overly complicated controls.

It has to work with a controller

 

[Maintenance]

Excited. From what I hear it's episodic in nature.

Episodic as in Starcraft expansions or smaller?

rts's are best played with a controller, just like fps's.

 

[gamerguy2002]

get that sonic fanbase shite out of here

Welp we are connected with them now, might as well get used to it.