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Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article)
By:ArteenEsben
Date: 8/23/15 3:08 am
In Response To: Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article) (Masterz1337)

: I cringed through this entire read. They are just so so so so so wrong about
: nearly everything they said. The units are so well thought out playing as
: human or Covenant requires totally different shifts in thinking. The fact
: the Covie's anti air unit is the only anti air unit is brilliant. It's
: also the best anti air unit you can have!. The simplicity of the game and
: the rock, paper, scissors gameplay is what makes it work so well. The
: biggest problem I have with the MP is that Covenant rushes can end a game
: to early. The solution? Just make bases all start with turrets on them.

: SP is where the game has most of it's issues. None of the missions are
: particularly challenging, and are often repetitive. It becomes mostly
: protect fend off weak attacks and spam with units. The campaign could use
: a radical overhaul in terms of thinking and design. I don't think a
: covenant campaign is necessarily needed either. Lets assume that the new
: game will have Human, Forerunner, Promethian, and Flood in it? Make the
: campaign be from multiple commanders perspectives. Give players the
: ability to chose their character like in MP on missions, and bounce around
: each faction so you can see the story unfold from multiple perspectives.
: This would be awesome as you'd be "trained" to fight as all
: factions, and would tie the MP and SP more together. The campaign in the
: original game is pretty different than the rest of the game, and not
: necessarily for the better.

: I'm actually going to play some more now to jog my memory, and follow up with
: more ideas.

Yeah, everything the article writer said about tactics and balance is way off.

"never gave you much incentive to use other types of units in creative ways other than to produce them en masse, moving them like a swarm of killer bees, attacking single targets."
That's a great way to get wrecked by any half-decent team.

"It never really feels like there's much incentive to use other units, as they're just so effective against most units, excluding aircraft."
...then use aircraft.


Messages In This Thread

How to fix Halo Wars (article)General Vagueness8/22/15 1:05 pm
     Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article)Masterz13378/22/15 3:48 pm
           Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article)ArteenEsben8/23/15 3:08 am
     Not yet. Still busy.Quirel8/22/15 5:02 pm
     Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article)ArteenEsben8/23/15 2:59 am
           Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article)Masterz13378/23/15 12:26 pm
                 Re: How to fix Halo Wars (article)ArteenEsben8/23/15 4:10 pm
     Re: How to fix Halo WarsAzo 'Galvat8/23/15 2:47 pm
     Poor article, laudable sentimentsdavidfuchs8/24/15 11:09 am

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