Halo Timeline

vrbtny

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Wow!!

Rvb started almost ten years ago?

That's impressive. The eight series just finished, AWESOME.

Oh, wait. This was a halo timeline.......

Woops.
 

Dogstile

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The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
 

Troublesome Lagomorph

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Hmm... most of the books were missing from the timeline...
Oh well! IT was still a good timeline.
I probably would not have missed that if I didn't own most of 'em.
 

mad825

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wait! activision is now the new publisher for the new IP? great.....(!)

anyways...great timeline, I did enjoy Halo until of course MS started "exclusive-ize" Halo...
 
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dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
 

Dogstile

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The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
Insultingly simple? Pray tell, how does a game being simple insult you?
 
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dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
Insultingly simple? Pray tell, how does a game being simple insult you?
Ensemble has made some good RTS games. Between the lack of any real economy or diplomacy, nor a detailed combat system, it's simply quite dull. If it weren't for the production value, it's about as deep as a movie-based video game. It's like Microsoft expected the game to sell and do well with critics. The trully mindboggling thing is that it did.

In conclusion, I suppose that it isn't really the game that's insulting (although it is VERY sad that Halo Wars was Ensembles last farewall), but rather it's reception.
 

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mad825 said:
wait! activision is now the new publisher for the new IP? great.....(!)

anyways...great timeline, I did enjoy Halo until of course MS started "exclusive-ize" Halo...
They may be the publishers for the new IP, but due to the rare nature of the contract, they will not own the IP, Bungie will.
 
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So as not to get into the fighting over Halo Wars;

It has been so long since that Christmas Eve where three boy played Halo CE happily as the snow trickled down in an amazing way. Too bad no one noticed because it was such a fun game.
 

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The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
Insultingly simple? Pray tell, how does a game being simple insult you?
Ensemble has made some good RTS games. Between the lack of any real economy or diplomacy, nor a detailed combat system, it's simply quite dull. If it weren't for the production value, it's about as deep as a movie-based video game. It's like Microsoft expected the game to sell and do well with critics. The trully mindboggling thing is that it did.

In conclusion, I suppose that it isn't really the game that's insulting (although it is VERY sad that Halo Wars was Ensembles last farewall), but rather it's reception.
An RTS dont need economics nor diplomacy. Just look at the C&C games, Warcraft and Starcraft.
No Economics no diplomacy just pure combat and tactics.
 
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DazBurger said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
Insultingly simple? Pray tell, how does a game being simple insult you?
Ensemble has made some good RTS games. Between the lack of any real economy or diplomacy, nor a detailed combat system, it's simply quite dull. If it weren't for the production value, it's about as deep as a movie-based video game. It's like Microsoft expected the game to sell and do well with critics. The trully mindboggling thing is that it did.

In conclusion, I suppose that it isn't really the game that's insulting (although it is VERY sad that Halo Wars was Ensembles last farewall), but rather it's reception.
An RTS dont need economics nor diplomacy. Just look at the C&C games, Warcraft and Starcraft.
No Economics no diplomacy just pure combat and tactics.
Those games aren't combat and tactics. Men of War is combat and tactics. Those games are rock paper scissors, micro, and build orders. Nothing wrong with that, it's just not interesting or deep enough to hold my interest.
 

DazBurger

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The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
DazBurger said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
Insultingly simple? Pray tell, how does a game being simple insult you?
Ensemble has made some good RTS games. Between the lack of any real economy or diplomacy, nor a detailed combat system, it's simply quite dull. If it weren't for the production value, it's about as deep as a movie-based video game. It's like Microsoft expected the game to sell and do well with critics. The trully mindboggling thing is that it did.

In conclusion, I suppose that it isn't really the game that's insulting (although it is VERY sad that Halo Wars was Ensembles last farewall), but rather it's reception.
An RTS dont need economics nor diplomacy. Just look at the C&C games, Warcraft and Starcraft.
No Economics no diplomacy just pure combat and tactics.
Those games aren't combat and tactics. Men of War is combat and tactics. Those games are rock paper scissors, micro, and build orders. Nothing wrong with that, it's just not interesting or deep enough to hold my interest.
But Halo Wars isn't just doing a bad job holding your interest, its downright insulting?
 
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DazBurger said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
DazBurger said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
dogstile said:
The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
Yeesh Halo Wars, what an abysmally shitty end for Ensemble. RIP guys.
I'll be honest, they did a decent job of it. Halo wars is one of the most fun pick up and play RTS's i've played
If you ask me, it was insultingly simple. Not to mention that the console can't do rts controls for shit. There a trillion better rts's out there, all of Ensemble's previous, better games included.
Insultingly simple? Pray tell, how does a game being simple insult you?
Ensemble has made some good RTS games. Between the lack of any real economy or diplomacy, nor a detailed combat system, it's simply quite dull. If it weren't for the production value, it's about as deep as a movie-based video game. It's like Microsoft expected the game to sell and do well with critics. The trully mindboggling thing is that it did.

In conclusion, I suppose that it isn't really the game that's insulting (although it is VERY sad that Halo Wars was Ensembles last farewall), but rather it's reception.
An RTS dont need economics nor diplomacy. Just look at the C&C games, Warcraft and Starcraft.
No Economics no diplomacy just pure combat and tactics.
Those games aren't combat and tactics. Men of War is combat and tactics. Those games are rock paper scissors, micro, and build orders. Nothing wrong with that, it's just not interesting or deep enough to hold my interest.
But Halo Wars isn't just doing a bad job holding your interest, its downright insulting?
Yes, but as I said above it's more the reception that's insulting. It's insulting that a game like Halo Wars can exist, not only be made by a great Ensemble Studios but be their final farewell, and that there are critics that can give it an 8.4 with a straight face. The world is a wrong, worrying, and downright insulting place.
 

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I like how Red vs. Blue milestones are important to the Halo franchise.

to be fair though, I do love Red vs Blue's story more than Halo's. I wonder when they'll make a game for rvb...
 

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To the haters:

Honestly, I think you guys are looking past the fact that the gaming experience of Halo ODST was primarily pretty epic, and it didn't have anything to do with the Master Chief. Isn't that really all that should matter. The exact same thing goes for Halo Wars. Can we just focus on the game part of the game? Not all this crap surrounding it.

I have not played Halo Reach yet.