Be it cycling through troops at your disposal or coordinating an assault on enemy base, you’re never more than a tap or two of a button to do what’s needed.
Peppered through the game are logs that give you more information on the events leading up to Halo Wars 2 and the areas you’re in.Īlthough Halo Wars 2’s story treads the fine line between accessibility with optional depth for fans, the gameplay sticks itself firmly in the court of the former. But this doesn’t mean, there’s nothing for hardcore Halo loyalists. Even if you haven’t played previous Halo games, the mix of gorgeous cinematics and cut-scenes rendered in-game do well to tell a tale that’s well-paced enough to keep you gripped till the end (which hints at a sequel, no surprise there). Is Halo Wars 2 a Desperate Hail Mary for Microsoft?įrom the opening moments that set up what you’ll be up against to the introduction of many a likeable character, Halo Wars 2 feels like a new game rather than a sequel.
And while its the same ship and characters from Halo Wars, you find yourself on the Ark - a sprawling planet like installation from other games - against a new alien faction known as the Banished. You’re in control of the troops of a giant space cruiser known as the Spirit of Fire. It ties in neatly with the events of other Halo games, taking place shortly after what happened in Halo 5 and 28 years the proceedings of the first Halo Wars game. Halo Wars 2 manages to rectify these concerns swimmingly.
Furthermore, the plot was so far removed from the overarching narrative of the other games in the series that it felt disconnected. While its predecessor was lauded for its accessibility, Halo Wars didn’t explain its finer points too well. Much like that game popularised first-person shooters on consoles with a heady mix of intuitive controls and slick story-telling, Halo Wars 2 does just the same for the strategy genre. Halo Wars 2 may be a sequel to 2009’s Halo Wars, but for all practical purposes it feels like a real-time strategy game in the tone of the first-person shooter that started it all - Halo: Combat Evolved.
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