brn gst5 wrote:

They aren't going to make it ensemble studios went out of business

 brn gst5 wrote:

They aren't going to make it ensemble studios went out of business

 Nameloi wrote:

 SilverPhoenix32 wrote:

Map Editor


It was in Age of Empires, why not put it in Halo Wars?

Easy, they make more money by charging you $10 every map pack they release. If we had the ability to make maps and share them with others they wouldn't sink their greasy hands down our pockets, so they lose that extra money.

Its pretty easy to figure out.

Ensemble Studios closed DOWN!!!

 IForgotMyRifle wrote:

People need to learn

Ensemble Studios closed DOWN!!!

 GadianZERO wrote:

 brn gst5 wrote:

They aren't going to make it ensemble studios went out of business

Way to stay informed. Ensemble didn't go out of business. Microsoft shut the studio down and fired half the staff. The rest were moved to another studio. Those who got fired formed Robot Entertainment.

 novelist12 wrote:

they should release a version for pc because it would be far more popular

 CND AAA Beef wrote:

 novelist12 wrote:

they should release a version for pc because it would be far more popular

If anything, it would be less popular. A low depth RTS won't survive on the PC just because it has Halo in its name. Compare Halo Wars to poular PC RTSs like Star Craft, Command and Conquer, Age of Empires and so on. A PC player would be bored of it in a week at the most.

 novelist12 wrote:

I know but if they did make a version of the game for pc with the same graphics

according to game pro magazine it would be far more popular

 CND AAA Beef wrote:

 GadianZERO wrote:

 brn gst5 wrote:

They aren't going to make it ensemble studios went out of business

Way to stay informed. Ensemble didn't go out of business. Microsoft shut the studio down and fired half the staff. The rest were moved to another studio. Those who got fired formed Robot Entertainment.

Just like what happened to Westwood Studios "sigh". I really hate it when these small but really good companies get bought up and chopped apart.

 Unreal Warfare wrote:

 CND AAA Beef wrote:

 GadianZERO wrote:

 brn gst5 wrote:

They aren't going to make it ensemble studios went out of business

Way to stay informed. Ensemble didn't go out of business. Microsoft shut the studio down and fired half the staff. The rest were moved to another studio. Those who got fired formed Robot Entertainment.

Just like what happened to Westwood Studios "sigh". I really hate it when these small but really good companies get bought up and chopped apart.

Yeah, look what happened to Rare.

I won't hold my breath for Halo Wars 2 any time soon that's for sure.

 PROxTOTYPE wrote:

I think that every unit should be able to level up to get a re-texture at its highest  level. Like marines when they upgrade to medic they get a medic, flamethrowers should get a new tank or something when they get oxide tank (i know their flame goes blue but w/e).

Back to the idea of a re-texture, some units have it and some dont, Hornets upgrade for chaff pod and you can see the chaff, which is cool. Scorpions get a new Y power yes...but they don't look any different. And personally i'd like to see those minute details.

Also say you build a unit- you should be able to build them with modifiers. Like lets say you have your selector over a marine- you should be able to hold down RB and then a secondary menu would popup, and you could choose to make them with BR's or Snipers. So lets say you don't choose a modifier- they get assault rifles and they are mid range. Br modifier makes them shoot less often but get more accurate and do higher dmg overall- but it costs more. Sniper modifier lets them shoot from farrrr away, and higher dmg per shot, but more delay between shots.

This doesn't have to apply to every unit, but brainstorming ideas-

Hornets: you could modify the marines riding shotgun. So no modifier and they get rockets, lets say you give em snipers- they get better anti-infantry support, or maybe an engineer to repair outside of combat, or maybe just a marine with a laser for more effiecent single unit takedowns.

Warthog- The marine riding shotgun, no mod hes just got gernades. A modifier could mean you give him instead a rocket launcher. Or a laser.

Now it could get difficult to remember which units are which. When you select the unit they could just use color to designate which modifier you are using. Like the regular blue is no modifier, whereas red or green would designate which mod it is.

Now some might argue that this is a little complicated, but its something they could do with a controller pretty easily, and it would add depth to the game. Like a hornet with a engineer modifier would be able to heal outside combat- which is a verrry nice abillity. So an army of marines with snipers would be slightly more effective against infantry, but not as much as flamethrowers.

 ERIKDOTCOM wrote:

Halo Wars always felt like a slow game to me. I'd enjoy some kind of mode that would speed up the game.

 On Instinct wrote:

I thought the pace of the game was pretty decent. It just seemed to be slow and dull in longer games when super-units are constantly being rolled out.