- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Achronos
1. The name is the name. If you don't like it, post about it in the forums for the game itself at www.halowars.comOr I could post about it here, since I'm already a member of this site, and this is a halowars thread which has been responded to by a Bungie employee...the fact of the matter is, you can't expect to receive 100% "I'm with you all the way" responses...and it just so happens that I'm not the only one disappointed with the title; it is far too general. I'm not complaining about it just for the hell of it; what I'm saying is, there's nothing about the title that separates it from the rest of the game titles, even though the game itself is being developed by a completely different company...there have been "halo wars" in the first two games, so why should this one have that title? Games practically need catchy titles if they switch genres halfway through the series...giving it a general name makes it seem like a stagnant franchise, like there's been a lack of creativity, despite however much creativity is in the actual gameplay...
2. You are guessing. People said the same thing about a FPS on the console. Just because you can't think of a way to make it work, doesn't mean it can't be done. Stop being closed minded.Making educated guesses? Yes. Close-minded? No. Far from it. I fail to see how thinking an RTS (which is a genre that practically LIVES off of the mouse) would do better on a PC than a console is "close-minded"...I'm merely saying that the game would control better on a PC, because, as I said about Myth, it could be a great game but only if the controls fit it...the mouse is great because you can choose 2 totally different units on opposite ends of the computer screen and give them unique commands...the only way to get this done on the 360 would be to give the control stick an insane amount of sensitivity, but even then, the mouse still has more control, because with the mouse, you can control how fast the icon would go across the screen...it's extremely difficult to play an RTS on a console in this manner...perhaps I'm wrong, but I can't help it if my predictions aren't 100% correct, because I'm not in charge of the news flow on the main page...
3. You are not the arbiter of what is and isn't canon - the halo bible exists for reasons such as this.Or you could have seen my comment as a compliment--me saying that Halo Wars is not canon, could be looked at as a compliment saying "only the stuff that Bungie does is canon to the story"...if you are saying that Ensemble Studios is in control of a portion of the Halo Universe, then so be it...
Besides, I have already shown how Halo Wars cannot be completely canon...look at the reasons I have provided...and to add to them, why are the spartans wearing Halo 2-esque armor if the game takes place before Halo 1?
If you ask me, nobody should be asking you for your opinion on something for which you've seen only a pre-rendered trailer for....And if that were the case, which it isn't, then you would have locked every single thread pertaining to Halo Wars. Threads are here to give our opinions...for the record, no one asks us for them, we give them to you anyway...
If you want to make further claims without support evidence, go to the forums for the game itself...I've added plenty of evidence, but none of it appeared in your post...
I'm sure that you'll find people who are already making assumptions. Of course, they'll be thinking about the possibilities, not trying to tear it down because it doesn't fit into their idea of Halo. Don't accuse me of tearing something down...if Bungie operates solely on positive feedback, then you'd be a horribly stagnant company...I'm offering criticism, and despite being called close-minded, my criticisms still remain legitimate...