: As opposed to "I'm with stupid ->". Because Halo Wars 2 is not
: stupid. It's smart. There's already too many FPS releases. The franchise
: needs some variety in its games. Going with Halo Wars wouldn't really
: compete with another Halo product, like H5. It's a different experience.
: Releasing yet another FPS game, however, would.

: On the topic of competing, you know what Halo games (or Waypoint I guess, if
: it runs as a companion app on the box) need starting with MCC? A unified
: population stats display of how many players are online in a given Halo
: release (for that platform at least) and preferably with a precentage
: breakdown of that release's game modes that support matchmaking (campaign,
: PvP, etc).

: So I can decide whether or not I want to quit Halo Wars 2, eject my disc,
: then insert MCC or H5 because I see there's a sizeable population of
: players already in a given matchmaking mode that I'm in the mood for.
: Instead of doing all that, only to have "the princess is in another
: castle" moment where there are only a handful of people in the game
: doing SPOPs or whatever.
I'd be really worried if the game was done entirely by non-Ensemble folks. Halo Wars has a certain charm and balance that would be hard to replicate.