Gamers who have enjoyed fighting the Covenant and Flood soldiers in the first three Halo games now get the opportunity to go back in time with Halo Wars Xbox 360. The previous installment Halo 3 is a first person shooter game that ends a few decades after the new Halo Wars begins.
The Halo trilogy and the tremendous success of Halo 3 has led developers to produce the Halo 3 Legendary Edition Xbox 360 and of course continue the battle and provide more back-story with the new Halo Wars for Xbox 360.
In Halo Wars players get to command both the humans and the Covenant soldiers. With an easy to learn control scheme even gamers who haven't played Halo 3 will be able to get the storyline and complete the campaign. Whether players are first person shooter fans, real time strategy fans or simply Halo fans, they will find what they are looking for with Halo Wars Xbox 360.
The realistic story of Halo Wars is shown to players using cut scenes that have great cinematics and believable voiceovers. Along with believable units and environments Halo Wars fits right into the series, and will please fans of the genre. Gamers can download Halo3 and Halo Wars for Xbox 360 to play and compare the final game in the trilogy with the "prequel".
There are 2 simple tutorials in Halo Wars which introduce the gamer to the game play storyline and the control scheme. The combat controls have been streamlined to just two buttons, which means that players can easily select and send soldiers to battle enemies.
Halo Wars gives players the challenge and fun of controlling the units from the series. The USNC Marines, Spartans, Warthogs and tanks plus all new flamethrowers, Cyclopes, and Cobra vehicles combing to present a united front against structures, infantry attacks, vehicles and aircraft. While a player may not have a large number of units under his command, each unit has a series of upgrades to create a better defense system.
Halo Wars players will find a realistic and challenging battle as their USNC team takes on Covenant forces. The USNC team will have to defend against the Covenant's powerful infantry, Elites, Brutes and Hunters wielding energy swords, Wraith tanks, Locusts and Scarabs.
During game play Halo Wars requires players to produce resources at the beginning of each level in order to build posts and muster your army. Once a player has their buildings done and army created resources don't require much attention which is a good thing because you will need to concentrate on the battlefield.
Some of the objectives in the campaign mode for Halo Wars are quite similar to the campaigns in Halo 3 Xbox 360. However campaign mode in Halo Wars puts more emphasis on these objectives than it does on building bases giving players more action and less drudgery. The objectives include escort missions, recapturing lost bases, defending bases, and all out assault.
The Halo Wars Xbox 360 option of using cooperative campaign missions is a new feature that is fun and beneficial. Players can choose to play the campaign cooperatively with another player, or co-command a difficult mission. Co-op play allows players to share resources, share command, and access each other's buildings and units.
Halo Wars provides new challenges and a great back-story for Halo 3 fans, as well as being easy to learn and follow for players who are new to Halo. Few first person shooter games have found the success and the faithful following of games as the Halo trilogy, this prequel Halo Wars is not as massive as Halo3, but provides more actual battle time with less building and developing time.
