Halo Wars

After playing through both of the demo missions, plus numerous rounds of Skirmishes, I can honestly say that I walked away from the newly released Halo Wars demo a believer. I believe this will be a good, no... great game that, to my surprise, actually controls better then the past several attempts made by EA to bring the Command & Conquer series to the consoles.

From what I've seen from playing both the Covenant and the Earth people (their official name absolutely escapes my brain right now), I'd have to give the edge to the humans. Well, maybe it's more the fact that I enjoyed playing the humans over the Covenant.

One difference that stands out to me is the sizes of the multi-player maps. Only 1v1, 2v2 & 3v3 are available, though I suppose it does keep the battles in perspective. One other notable absence is that of the Flood. Didn't those walking bags of pus not show up before the actual Halo series began? Hmm... maybe that could actually be the case?

One notable appearance is made by the ODST units, which is the subject of the upcoming Halo 3 expansion. In Halo Wars, they are the upgraded version of the standard Marine unit. How do they stack up? Hell if I know! My trio of Spartan soldiers were destroying the shit out of everything in sight!

So in closing, it is slowly turning into Christmas Round 2 for me as the games begin to roll back out again. And thanks to this goddamn demo, Halo Wars now joins the list right along side Street Fighter 4 in the "Strongly Considering on Buying" list.

I don't think my brain (or my wallet for that matter) can handle another round. Wasn't Christmas bad enough?!