Halo Wars

Halo Wars

Halo Wars is a sci-fi real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It was officially released on February 26, 2009 in Japan and Australia, February 27, 2009 in PAL region and March 3, 2009 in North America. It allows single-player, multiplayer and cooperative gameplay modes. It was rated as T by ESRB, PG by OFLC and 16+ by PEGI.

Features

Halo Wars takes place 20 years before the previous video game series, Halo: Combat Evolved, which was released in 2001. In term of gameplay, player enables to manage and build buildings and armies. The game features two playable sides which are the human UNSC and alien Covenant, each has its own abilities and capabilities. By using Supplies (resources) which can be found on the battlefield and claimed, player can upgrade buildings, train units and utilize their abilities. The UNSC build reactors, each bumping a player’s tech level by one up to a maximum of four. The Covenant builds a single temple, where up to three tech levels can be attained by researching Ages. As for the combat, each unit has its own strength and ability. Ground vehicles are powerful against infantry, infantry is stronger against aircraft, and aircraft are exceptional at destroying vehicles. Also, each side can bring one leader to the field, a hero unit with special abilities. Leaders determine what special skills and units that player can use, and each faction’s leaders operate in different ways.