Halo Wars (Xbox 360)

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Description

Halo Wars is a prequel to the the Halo trilogy, set 21 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. In this real-time strategy take on Halo, the player leads the UNSC troops from the ship "Spirit of Fire", as they fight war against the Covenant on the partially destroyed human colony planet Harvest.

Most of the familiar units from the Halo games are featured - on UNSC side, one can find anything from marines to the near-legendary SPARTAN-II super-soldiers, from Warthogs to Scorpion tanks. The ranks of the Covenant are well-represented from lowly Grunts all the way to the most feared Elites, Brutes and even the Prophets, with all the vehicles from Banshees to Wraiths and Scarabs.

The game offers both a single-player campaign and an ability to play through the campaign in co-operative mode. The player-versus-player Skirmish mode, which supports up to 6 players, also lets the players to take the Covenant's side.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Halo series
• Middleware: FaceFX
• Middleware: Wwise
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Video games turned into board / card games

User Reviews

It is a good game. But it could be better

Kyle Wolfe (4)

The Press Says

AceGamez	Mar, 2009	10 out of 10	100
GameSpy	Feb 20, 2009		90
Gamer 2.0	Feb 20, 2009	8.7 out of 10	87
GameLemon	Apr 27, 2009	8.5 out of 10	85
Da Gameboyz	Mar, 2009	8.5 out of 10	85
ZTGameDomain	Mar, 2009	8.5 out of 10	85
AusGamers	Mar 10, 2009	8 out of 10	80
videogamer.com	Feb 20, 2009	8 out of 10	80
Giant Bomb	Mar 02, 2009		80
Gameplanet	Feb 26, 2009	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Halo Wars appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

• Cheat Code Central
  • 2009 - Best Strategy/Simulation Game
• Game Informer
  • 2009 - Best Strategy Game
• IGN
  • 2009 - Overall Best Strategy Game
  • 2009 - Overall Best Strategy Game (Readers' Choice)
  • 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Strategy Game
  • 2009 - Best Xbox 360 Strategy Game (Readers' Choice)

Related Web Sites

• Halo Wars - Wikipedia (article about the game in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A Achievement Guide (X360A's achievement guide for Halo Wars.)