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Halo Wars 2

Halo Wars 2

343 Industries·Released Feb 21, 2017·Single player

Platforms
PCXbox One
Genres
Strategy
Critic68/100
Across 6 reviews
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About

After decades adrift and declared “lost with all hands,” the brave crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire are mysteriously awoken above an ancient Forerunner haven known as the Ark. In Halo Wars 2, Captain Cutter and his crew will face one of humanity’s most formidable threats yet: The Banished – a fierce and powerful Brute faction led by a cunning and lethal warrior known as Atriox. Halo Wars 2 delivers real-time strategy at the speed of Halo combat. Get ready to lead armies of Spartans and other Halo fighting forces like Warthogs, Scorpions and exciting new units in a brutal war against a terrifying new enemy on the biggest Halo battlefield yet.

Reviews

9 reviews
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IGN
Dan Stapleton·Feb 22, 2017
Critic70/100
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A real-time strategy game where you must fight for control as you battle your enemies.

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PC Gamer
Leif Johnson·Feb 21, 2017
Critic65/100
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Halo Wars 2's console focus is a little too strong on the PC, but there's some fun if lightweight strategy nonetheless.

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Game Informer
Ben Reeves·Feb 21, 2017
Critic78/100
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Stranded a galaxy from home, the crew of the UNSC warship Spirit of Fire responds to an emergency beacon only to encounter a new bloodthirsty faction of the Covenant.

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Rock Paper Shotgun
Fraser Brown·Feb 20, 2017
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Halo Wars 2 is simultaneously conservative and inventive. It's definitely trying to evoke traditional RTS games – which is not entirely a bad thing given the recent dearth of them – especially when it comes to the campaign, but elements like base construction and Blitz mode make it stand out enough that it doesn't feel like you're just going through the motions for the hundredth time.

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Kotaku
Luke Plunkett·Feb 20, 2017
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The nice thing about Halo Wars 2 is that it works. Which is nicer than it sounds, because the biggest fear about real-time strategy games on a console,

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