Daystar Clarion said:
Because it's just horrible, and broken, and even though I hate RTS games, even I know that you can only really play them properly on PC.
You hate RTS games, so you can't really be expected to make a point here that isn't biased in some way. Even if it is an unbiased point, nevertheless your points are mistaken. It's not 'just horrible', you don't even give any evidence to support that opinion or claim. It's certainly not broken, as the OP mentioned the game is very well balanced, and two half-decent players will certainly both have to keep on changing their tactics and strategy and whatnot when playing against each other. It's much more well balanced than many other popular RTSs for PC, for example, I have Halo Wars myself and also regularly play Dawn of War. In DoW, it's easy to overwhelm the opponent by simply turtling with tons of turrets in a single fortified position, and that keeps the enemy at bay long enough for even the most n00bish player to build massive amounts of whatever their most powerful units are. Victory is almsot guaranteed after that point. That, my friend, is a horribly broken RTS. Halo Wars, on the other hand, has a much better squad cap limit, and has limited base options and turrets and stuff that mean a good player has to defend as well as be able to attack. And to play a game like that takes serious skill.
Also, Halo Wars is certainly a game with a great set of controls. The lesser need for micromanagement means that the control scheme could be made more streamlined, and when I first played the game it took me perhaps ten minutes to get fully acquainted with the controls. That's about the same amount of time as it takes for me to get used to the controls of most newer FPSs I play, and indeed some games I've played have taken me a lot longer to understand the controls of (for example, Alone in the Dark, though admittedly it was mainly me getting used to being able to position my weapons on-screen to attack and having to get used to that idea...).
Overall, Halo Wars is, though by no means a perfect game (because lets face it, every game is bound to have some flaws no matter how much we may fanboy over them), it is definitely a good FPS game. Like many here, I was skeptical when it was first announced, and yet I grew to love it very quickly after buying and playing it. My view, therefore, is that the hordes of people claiming it's crap are mostly disgruntled PC fanboys and fangirls who are annoyed at the fact that their 'God Genre', that they were always most dominant in, has finally produced something that isn't only good on PC.
