Joystiq plays first three missions of Halo Wars

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Joystiq plays first three missions of Halo Wars

by Richard Mitchell { Nov 17th 2008 at 12:30PM }

Joystiq recently got the chance to play through the first three levels of Halo Wars. The game is still good, which isn't too surprising given our impressions of the game from E3. It's worth noting though, that the player in question managed to figure out the majority of the "advanced" controls before actually starting the "advanced" tutorial, which is good news for anyone doubting that an RTS can work on a console. Head over to Joystiq for full impressions and a heap of new screens to boot. Now where's that demo, hmmm?

Gallery: Halo Wars (11-17-2008)

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, ensemble, ensemble-studios, halo, halo-wars, mgs, microsoft-game-studios

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SourNotHardcore @ Nov 17th 2008 12:49PM

Man this game looks too pro! Too bad I don't like RTSes. =)

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Alien Lord @ Nov 17th 2008 4:20PM

You will this one :)

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Alien Lord @ Nov 17th 2008 4:20PM

Pre-ordered... ...check, mic in jack... ...check, Xbox Live gold subscription... ...check, defeat the UNSC online as Covenant... ...in progress.

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xenocidic @ Nov 17th 2008 4:37PM

Try EndWar peeps...

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Alien Lord @ Nov 17th 2008 5:24PM

Got it, good game by the way.

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Jimiisama @ Nov 17th 2008 5:53PM

I guess I can play this and almost pretend it's Starcraft 2? Nah, that's like fucking your mattress and pretending it's .

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cocobunny @ Nov 17th 2008 10:14PM

Pretending it's what?! For the love of God man, don't leave us all hanging!

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Boff @ Nov 18th 2008 5:44AM

...your pet dog

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Jimiisama @ Nov 18th 2008 6:27AM

I put in brackets and joystiq cut it out; probably thought it was HTML.

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