The game features the same story as before, which takes place about 20 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. Though like many RTS titles, it’s a good primer to the factions of the game, at least on the UNSC side as it gets you familiar with building bases, units, and the main heroes of the game: Captain Cutter, Professor Anders, and Sergeant Forge and their unique abilities. The campaign features 15 levels overall, with stages of varying length and difficulty.
The campaign is split into multiple levels that each have specific objectives, whether that be rescuing a group of soldiers or civilians or all-out war with Covenant enemy forces. The game offers a campaign, as well as both offline and online multiplayer. With Halo Wars 2 scheduled to come out next month from Creative Assembly, the original game has now received a remaster in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, which is currently in early access.Įven though the RTS style gameplay is different from the mainline entries in the series, Halo Wars: Definitive Edition still feels like a real Halo game all around.
Halo has been one of the kings of the FPS genre since its debut in 2001, but Microsoft enlisted Age of Empires developer Ensemble Studios a number of years ago to create a new spin on the franchise with an RTS game that became Halo Wars.
