Hello everyone, I’ve been so much hyped when I saw the HW2 Announcement trailer, what do you think about it?
I’m starting this thread to hold every information about the game here, speculate and suggest stuff that they could do to improve the gameplay from HW1
-I think Halo Wars 2 is set right after Halo Wars (2531 circa) so before Halo Reach/CE/2/odst/3 (2552) and 4 (2556) because:
Red team still wears Mark IV armor - Red team still has old style weapons (see BR from the trailer) - Possible spoilers ahead! (about the brute shown in trailer)I think the brute shown in the trailer is a younger Lydus from Halo Escalation comics series (same beard)- I think the crew abandoned the Spirit of Fire because of the flood (Halo Escalation) and the ship could possibly crash somewhere at the end of Halo 5!
-If I’m wrong about this game being right after the first we can say that surely the Spirit of Fire couldn’t contact UNSC (because of the old equipement) but we have no idea of when these events will be set
Interesting facts/theories brought up by Naqser
> I made this thread going through it pretty much frame by frame, on youtube.My thoughts regarding the HW2 trailer:
> -The timeline could be from directly after the LE of HW, to any point in the near “present” Halo timeline, 2558 that is. Why? Some people bring up Serina, but she’s not in the trailer so she could be “dead”. The Brute calls the spartans “Little demons” and the first known instance of a covenant, to us, calling a Spartan “demon” is Thel in 2538 I believe it was, correct me on that though, and it was one of many random insults. Another thing is the Red Plasma. I don’t know if Brutes used Red Plasma before Halo 2, but according to the information here on Waypoint, the Red Plasma rifles were manufactured in secret for the time when the Brutes would replace the Elites as the guards of the Prophets.
> -The location of the trailer doesn’t have to be on the SoF. We see dark interiors and UNSC painted on the wall quickly in the trailer, but that can be any UNSC facility or ship. Could be a base a potentially evacuated crew set up, or an old UNSC outpost they found which has been abandoned or cut off from the rest of humanity.
> -The Brute might have a mechanical hand, it’s strangely “highlighted”, or focused on. It might also be armor.I imagine this is the second cut scene of HW2, and the 3 first missions would go something like this.
> -Mission 1: You control the three spartans and you run around wherever you are investigating whatever disturbance has been reported (Tutorial for learning controls)
> -Cut scene in trailer happens
> -Mission 2: We defend a medical facility while also getting more units to control and need to gather resources (Larger army tutorial and some resource management)
> -Mission 3: Some base building tutorial
Gameplay:
Halo Wars is the best rts game on console, and I love it, but I always felt it lacked of something, share with me what would you want them to add to the game!
I think they should devide vehicles population and infantry population
I think they could improve bases construction by making separate structures, and add more defensive structures. Aso: construction should have the option to turn buildings in the directin we prefer
related to the previous suggestion: I think they should add buildings population
I think they should add a custom groups option
In HW1 sometimes it happened that a big vehicle couldn’t move because of smaller units, and those smaller units do not move to let the big guy pass, that’s a needed improvement I think
I think they should add units behaviour options: defensive, aggressive, guarding etc…
I think units should have ranks (eg: Blue, Red, Gold elites)
it would be awesome and perfect to have the possibility to play it with mouse/keyboard also on Xbox One!
they should differenciate between map markers (attack here, defend here etc…)
Others:
I think they should add a Covenant Campaign
if the Flood will be in, they should at least be playable in Multiplayer (check this guy’s thread)
assuming that my speculations are right there should be not Prometheans in HW2, but if I’m wrong I hope they will be at least playable in Multiplayer
Personally, I am still waiting for 360 backwards compatibility to come online so I can playthrough the first game at long last (long story short, I was busy when Halo Wars first came out). Did a watchtrhough of HW1’s campaign on youtube and loved it. If every goes as planned I’ll finish it myself next year just before HW 2 comes out. Win, win!
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> Great job with the summary man!
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> Personally, I am still waiting for 360 backwards compatibility to come online so I can playthrough the first game at long last (long story short, I was busy when Halo Wars first came out). Did a watchtrhough of HW1’s campaign on youtube and loved it. If every goes as planned I’ll finish it myself next year just before HW 2 comes out. Win, win!
Alright dude, good planning, if there is more you want to add about it maybe while/after you’re playing/you’ve played it on this thread you’re welcome
I want to add the most possible content on this thread before HW2 releases so that maybe 343 sees it (since they’re also involved in making the game) and HW2 can possibly be the best as it can be
> Speculation:
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> -I think Halo Wars 2 is set right after Halo Wars (2531 circa) so before Halo Reach/CE/2/odst/3 (2552) and 4 (2556) because:
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> - Red team still wears Mark IV armor
> Red team still has old style weapons. (see BR from the trailer)
More likely that proofs Spirit of Fire hasn’t contacted with UNSC yet and we have no way knowing when this exactly is happening.
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> > Speculation:
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> > -I think Halo Wars 2 is set right after Halo Wars (2531 circa) so before Halo Reach/CE/2/odst/3 (2552) and 4 (2556) because:
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> > - Red team still wears Mark IV armor
> > Red team still has old style weapons. (see BR from the trailer)
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> More likely that proofs Spirit of Fire hasn’t contacted with UNSC yet and we have no way knowing when this exactly is happening.
Yes, this is also true, but the most important thing that makes me think it is right after HW1 is in the SPOILER section ^_^"
How would be an Map Editor? Or the posibility to make Trusts and trade with other players? (basically more Diplomacy options). I also would like teh ability to add certain commands to the markers like attack these position or get this base. It really annoys me in HW1 when someone makes an marker and no one really knows what it means.
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> How would be an Map Editor? Or the posibility to make Trusts and trade with other players? (basically more Diplomacy options). I also would like teh ability to add certain commands to the markers like attack these position or get this base. It really annoys me in HW1 when someone makes an marker and no one really knows what it means.
great idea, I’ll update immediately the main thread!
I enjoyed the first Halo Wars game and been waiting for a follow up for the game looking forward to it. I also wonder where they plan to set the story either after the end of Halo Wars or sometime later I guess we’ll find out near its release date in 2016. I also waiting for the backwards compatiablity so I can by the disc version of the game and play it again.
Very good information friend , really looking forward to this game since the end of the first half.
The thing that I hope is to have more freedom in terms of units .
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> I enjoyed the first Halo Wars game and been waiting for a follow up for the game looking forward to it. I also wonder where they plan to set the story either after the end of Halo Wars or sometime later I guess we’ll find out near its release date in 2016. I also waiting for the backwards compatiablity so I can by the disc version of the game and play it again.
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> Very good information friend , really looking forward to this game since the end of the first half.
> The thing that I hope is to have more freedom in terms of units .
I don’t really understand what you mean ^_^" maybe custom groups? or just more units?
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> > - adding cross-device multiplayer since it will be released for both Xbox One and Windows 10
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> I want this to happen since other games such as Fable Legends, Killer Instinct & Gigantic will have Xbox One/Windows 10 PC crossplay.
that is exactly why I’m asking for it (although I can’t use that feature since my PC is 8 years old XD)
I made this thread going through it pretty much frame by frame, on youtube.
My thoughts regarding the HW2 trailer:
-The timeline could be from directly after the LE of HW, to any point in the near “present” Halo timeline, 2558 that is. Why? Some people bring up Serina, but she’s not in the trailer so she could be “dead”. The Brute calls the spartans “Little demons” and the first known instance of a covenant, to us, calling a Spartan “demon” is Thel in 2538 I believe it was, correct me on that though, and it was one of many random insults. Another thing is the Red Plasma. I don’t know if Brutes used Red Plasma before Halo 2, but according to the information here on Waypoint, the Red Plasma rifles were manufactured in secret for the time when the Brutes would replace the Elites as the guards of the Prophets.
-The location of the trailer doesn’t have to be on the SoF. We see dark interiors and UNSC painted on the wall quickly in the trailer, but that can be any UNSC facility or ship. Could be a base a potentially evacuated crew set up, or an old UNSC outpost they found which has been abandoned or cut off from the rest of humanity.
-The Brute might have a mechanical hand, it’s strangely “highlighted”, or focused on. It might also be armor.
I imagine this is the second cut scene of HW2, and the 3 first missions would go something like this.
-Mission 1: You control the three spartans and you run around wherever you are investigating whatever disturbance has been reported (Tutorial for learning controls)
-Cut scene in trailer happens
-Mission 2: We defend a medical facility while also getting more units to control and need to gather resources (Larger army tutorial and some resource management)
-Mission 3: Some base building tutorial
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> I made this thread going through it pretty much frame by frame, on youtube.
>
> My thoughts regarding the HW2 trailer:
> -The timeline could be from directly after the LE of HW, to any point in the near “present” Halo timeline, 2558 that is. Why? Some people bring up Serina, but she’s not in the trailer so she could be “dead”. The Brute calls the spartans “Little demons” and the first known instance of a covenant, to us, calling a Spartan “demon” is Thel in 2538 I believe it was, correct me on that though, and it was one of many random insults. Another thing is the Red Plasma. I don’t know if Brutes used Red Plasma before Halo 2, but according to the information here on Waypoint, the Red Plasma rifles were manufactured in secret for the time when the Brutes would replace the Elites as the guards of the Prophets.
> -The location of the trailer doesn’t have to be on the SoF. We see dark interiors and UNSC painted on the wall quickly in the trailer, but that can be any UNSC facility or ship. Could be a base a potentially evacuated crew set up, or an old UNSC outpost they found which has been abandoned or cut off from the rest of humanity.
> -The Brute might have a mechanical hand, it’s strangely “highlighted”, or focused on. It might also be armor.
>
> I imagine this is the second cut scene of HW2, and the 3 first missions would go something like this.
> -Mission 1: You control the three spartans and you run around wherever you are investigating whatever disturbance has been reported (Tutorial for learning controls)
> -Cut scene in trailer happens
> -Mission 2: We defend a medical facility while also getting more units to control and need to gather resources (Larger army tutorial and some resource management)
> -Mission 3: Some base building tutorial
