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Halo Wars 2 Has Gone Gold

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As of today, Halo Wars 2 has just turned gold. This means
development for the game has finished so the release date is final. There won’t be any last minute delays. Halo Wars 2 will be out for both the PC and Xbox One platforms on February 21st, 2017. It is a sequel to the RTS original that came out way back in 2009. 343 Industries had help with development of the sequel with Creative Assembly whom are known for the Total War series and Alien: Isolation.

http://www.justpushstart.com/2017/01/halo-wars-2-has-gone-gold/

Let the hype train begin!

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Just so cooler heads prevail before you guys run off and do something comical dumb like pre-order this, this is what happened last time creative assembly made a console RTS:



It's quite likely that this won't be a disaster like that, but never *ever* buy Creative Assembly games on Day 1, even their "sure bet" series Total War is wildly inconsistent at launch.
 
Sinatar said:
Just so cooler heads prevail before you guys run off and do something comical dumb like pre-order this, this is what happened last time creative assembly made a console RTS:



It's quite likely that this won't be a disaster like that, but never *ever* buy Creative Assembly games on Day 1, even their "sure bet" series Total War is wildly inconsistent at launch.
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Difference being the follow up is based on the best console RTS and there are beta set for the 20th in which you can try out how the mechanics work.

It's not bad, it's works. The only wildcard here is Blitz.

Already got this set Day 0 with Ultimate.
 
Sinatar said:
Just so cooler heads prevail before you guys run off and do something comical dumb like pre-order this, this is what happened last time creative assembly made a console RTS:



It's quite likely that this won't be a disaster like that, but never *ever* buy Creative Assembly games on Day 1, even their "sure bet" series Total War is wildly inconsistent at launch.
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Guess you haven't played the Halo Wars 2 Beta last summer because for the most part it played great. It needed balancing and some visual tweaks though.
 
Unfortunately I'm saving a lot of my money for the Switch and other things, i'll have to get this later in the year.

Really enjoyed the first one, used to play 3v3 online with my friends all the time.
 
I wonder what Creative Asssembly will do afterwards...

Alien Isolation 2 perhaps? I know that SEGA canned it and relegated the team to Halo Wars 2, but it's okay to wish.
 
I like halo and I like rts and I've been looking forward to this on pc. Just hoping this doesn't reek of dumbed downess by it being also available on console.
 
Rizific said:
I like halo and I like rts and I've been looking forward to this on pc. Just hoping this doesn't reek of dumbed downess by it being also available on console.
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It's not going to be SC levels of macro but it's going to be very competitive still in placements and use of unit powers and counters 🙂
 
Rizific said:
I like halo and I like rts and I've been looking forward to this on pc. Just hoping this doesn't reek of dumbed downess by it being also available on console.
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...Did you not play the first one?
 
Is this coming out on PC release for xbone day one as well? Halo Wars is honestly one of my favorite rts games of all time.
 
Tecnniqe said:
It's not going to be SC levels of macro but it's going to be very competitive still in placements and use of unit powers and counters 🙂
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This is good to hear
TheSeks said:
...Did you not play the first one?
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No, I didn't. Actually, I think i remember playing the demo a few times on 360. I would have bought the win10 release, but I believe it's only available if you pre order some special edition of hw2? I'm not down with that.
 
I wonder Xbox one gamers know that it's an RTS.

Note: I used to work for GameStop during my college days and we had many copies of Halo Wars trade-in within a week after released.
 
Sinatar said:
Just so cooler heads prevail before you guys run off and do something comical dumb like pre-order this, this is what happened last time creative assembly made a console RTS:



It's quite likely that this won't be a disaster like that, but never *ever* buy Creative Assembly games on Day 1, even their "sure bet" series Total War is wildly inconsistent at launch.
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LMAO
 
Excited to try out the beta this weekend. MS could use a surprise hit right about now. (not just in terms of sales mind you)
 
Rizific said:
This is good to hear

No, I didn't. Actually, I think i remember playing the demo a few times on 360. I would have bought the win10 release, but I believe it's only available if you pre order some special edition of hw2? I'm not down with that.
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The Halo Wars Definitive Edition is only available, as of now, if you purchase the $79.99 (?) Ultimate Edition of the game.

You should defiantly try the beta this coming week if you have even the slightest interest.

It'll be Blitz mode but it should give you an idea of how units control etc
 
Tecnniqe said:
The Halo Wars Definitive Edition is only available, as of now, if you purchase the $79.99 (?) Ultimate Edition of the game.

You should defiantly try the beta this coming week if you have even the slightest interest.

It'll be Blitz mode but it should give you an idea of how units control etc
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I Googled the blitz mode thing and got happy when I saw that pc is also in the beta. Then I read it incorporates something I absolutey loathe, cards and deck building :/ it sounds interesting though and will definitely check it out, I just suck when it comes to building decks lol
 
patapuf said:
They can always do more Total War :P
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Definitely and they will - CA have at least two teams - their Total War team and then their Alien Isolation -> Halo Wars 2 team. The question is what they do with the latter (if the employees still are there).
 
Rizific said:
I Googled the blitz mode thing and got happy when I saw that pc is also in the beta. Then I read it incorporates something I absolutey loathe, cards and deck building :/ it sounds interesting though and will definitely check it out, I just suck when it comes to building decks lol
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My point being that even if you hate the mode they're showing it'll give you a nice idea of how units work and it's performance :)

I'm not a huge fan of deck building too but honestly, there's not going to be something super weird and senseless :P
 
I feel like I've seen absolutely nothing out of this game through previews or what have you.... can't be a great sign. Hope its good though!
 
Can not wait to get this and play the Blitz beta. I needed to scratch that console RTS itch ever since games like Halo Wars and C&C stopped coming to consoles.
 
Having played the beta and not being a Halo fan, can safely skip this. Definitely feels and plays like a console RTS so not my cup of tea.
 
Nice. Just finished up campaign co-op and looking forward to the PC beta distracting me in Friday. Hopefully all the little bugs have been ironed out too.
 
Sinatar said:
Just so cooler heads prevail before you guys run off and do something comical dumb like pre-order this, this is what happened last time creative assembly made a console RTS:



It's quite likely that this won't be a disaster like that, but never *ever* buy Creative Assembly games on Day 1, even their "sure bet" series Total War is wildly inconsistent at launch.
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Wasn't that made by a secondary team created (and them dismantled), specific to make console games?
 
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