Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
82
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
1.9
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

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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The Press Says

Game Shark Feb 24, 2009 A 100
Xbox World Australia (XWA) Apr, 2009 92 out of 100 92
Gaming Age Mar 12, 2009 A- 91
TeamXbox Feb 20, 2009 9 out of 10 90
GameSpy Feb 20, 2009 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Gameplanet Feb 26, 2009 8 out of 10 80
Gamestyle Mar, 2009 8 out of 10 80
Worth Playing Mar 02, 2009 7.7 out of 10 77
Gameplayer Feb 23, 2009 7.5 out of 10 75
Lawrence Mar 27, 2009 6.8 out of 10 68

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by WWWWolf (414) on Aug 13, 2009.
 

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