Late last week, the crew at Ensemble left us a present and we didn't even notice it. The company unlocked every unit and structure in both the
UNSC and
Covenant field manuals for
Halo Wars. If you're hankerin' for some
Halo Wars, you might want to browse through each field manual. After all, the game is only a few months away, so you might as well start planning your strategies now.
One strange note, we're not seeing any Brute units for the Covenant. We know
they're in there somewhere though. Upgrades from Elites perhaps?
Source - UNSC Field Manual
Source - Covenant Field Manual
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bigmac8855601 @ Dec 23rd 2008 2:54PM
STFU already...stop spamming shit.
Tentacles @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:00PM
No.
Maxx the Slash @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:06PM
The reason Brutes probably aren't shown in Halo wars is because Halo Wars mostly covers the pre-Halo 1 period when the Covenant first showed up. The Brutes and Drones weren't assimilated into the Covenant until a week or so before H1 (they weren't deployed on the ringworld because they either weren't deemed effective for combat on Alpha Halo/Installation 04's environment, or they just weren't ready to be deployed). Anyway, that's why they probably aren't in Halo Wars. It takes place when Brutes and Drones weren't in the Covenant yet.
If they do appear, it will likely be in any mission set after Halo 1 occured, if there even are any.
Richard Mitchell @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:48PM
Nerd warning!
Actually, the Brutes were part of the Covenant long before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. Brutes played a major role in the first conflict between humans and Covenant on the planet Harvest, which took place 27 years before the events of Halo: CE.
jbuers @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:08PM
Here's a thought: don't move the console while the disk is spinning, and don't eject the disk when it's spinning.
Scratched disks are a clear indicator of natural selection.
chris @ Dec 23rd 2008 5:11PM
Not one person got the Meaning of Life joke, did they?
ThaFFDeuce @ Dec 23rd 2008 8:19PM
Hmm....as I look at it right now...it reminds me of StarCraft....alot.