Halo Wars Preview @ CVG

Vikingod · Aug 21, 2007, 04:05 PM

Source: CVG
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Cannon Fodder on the MegaDrive started it all, Starcraft on the N64 elevated the conflict and Command & Conquer deployed the first atomic weapons in the ongoing war between real-time strategy games and joypads. Console history is resplendent with examples of RTS atrocities, but Halo Wars is bringing peace with a decent set of buttons to push and a galaxy full of blammo.

The E3 demo begins with a Pelican dropship zipping along a valley, flanked by two new Hawk helicopters, headed towards a distant UNSC base. Upon arrival, a squad of marines disembark and join up with the marines already stationed at the facility. Team Awesome, as we christened them, head out to take on a gang of Grunts and Elites - the latter confrontation is a disaster that left little of our heroes bar a smudge on the landscape. See, these are marines - regular, fleshy, trouser-wearing folk, not seven-foot tall Spartan killing machines in shielded armour like Master Chief.

Aug 21, 2007, 04:05 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Halo Wars Preview @ CVG Source: CVG ______________ Cannon Fodder on the MegaDrive started it all, Starcraft on the N64 elevated the conflict and Command & Conquer deployed the first atomic weapons in the ongoing war between real-time strategy games and joypads. Console history is resplendent with examples of RTS atrocities, but Halo Wars is bringing peace with a decent set of buttons to push and a galaxy full of blammo. The E3 demo begins with a Pelican dropship zipping along a valley, flanked by two new Hawk helicopters, headed towards a distant UNSC base. Upon arrival, a squad of marines disembark and join up with the marines already stationed at the facility. Team Awesome, as we christened them, head out to take on a gang of Grunts and Elites - the latter confrontation is a disaster that left little of our heroes bar a smudge on the landscape. See, these are marines - regular, fleshy, trouser-wearing folk, not seven-foot tall Spartan killing machines in shielded armour like Master Chief. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*