As the title says.
Please, Halo Wars is a great RTS and I can only imagine what a sequel would be like.
Maybe Prometheans as a third faction.
It would be perfectly logical for a company to continue on a game with 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD. But yet, it doesn’t even seem feasible. I can assure you if Ensemble Studios actually existed anymore, then Halo Wars 2 would’ve already been released by now along with development on Age of Empires.
Sadly, Microsoft cut funds for Ensemble Studios in 2009 and the likelihood of a sequel for Halo Wars is highly unlikely anytime soon.
If there was to be future development for Halo Wars, Microsoft will need to give the Halo IP to some RTS developer.
But you specifically said 343 Studios, that’s a big N0! There is no way 343 Studios will make a good and well-balanced RTS game like Halo Wars. I can assure they can ruin it to some extent.
Obviously, if you want to make a good RTS game, you assign an experienced game developer such as Ensemble Studios who worked on extremely successful RTS games like Age of Empires.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t wish to be so negative and skeptical about the future of Halo Wars, but we haven’t gotten any attention from 343 Studios… think about it
- when was the last update?
- when was the last DLC release?
- When did 343 studios last even talk about Halo Wars?
- Does Microsoft even have an RTS developer anymore?
- How popular is Halo Wars currently?
Well negative-nancy, Halo Wars is still pretty popular. The other night it had a population of 5000. Considering it never had a population of more than 8000 at a time, it still has a great population. It doesn’t need anymore patches so I don’t see what there is to update. I personally wouldn’t want any new DLC, it would just split the population on individual playlists. That’s not to say 343 has noticed this though…
I would say halo Spartan assault is pretty much all we need
> I would say halo Spartan assault is pretty much all we need
Third Person Shooter does not equal RTS.
> <mark>Considering it never had a population of more than 8000 at a time</mark>
I have to beg to differ. As a veteran of HW who played since the first week, I remember the population being much higher throughout most of '09. Most of the people on my FL were playing it all throughout that summer. Just saiyan.
> > <mark>Considering it never had a population of more than 8000 at a time</mark>
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> I have to beg to differ. As a veteran of HW who played since the first week, I remember the population being much higher throughout most of '09. Most of the people on my FL were playing it all throughout that summer. Just saiyan.
Very true good sir.
It is very unfortunate that Halo Wars won’t get a sequel. Games like Halo Wars are difficult to produce and would only have been viable if Ensemble Studios were still around as they would know the engine and could make a sequel more effectively.
Dave Pottinger, lead designer on Halo Wars recently had an IAMA on Reddit and he was asked the question about a Halo Wars sequel and this is what he said:
My gut says that will never happen. Halo Wars, for a lot of reasons, never left a great taste in the corporate mouth.
Don’t know if there are any fans here but I am working on fan based game which will mix a web component to manage armies which are persistent and an RTS Component which will be similar*(ish)* to Halo Wars in the future… I am a big fan of Halo Wars and hope that I can provide an experience that all the fans want… 
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No, just NO. I am having a TERRIBLE time playing this garbage. Almost EVERY SINGLE MM GAME I play has one sided teams. The true skill in this sucks. Even if the population is low I am CONSTANTLY with Recruits and Majors fighting full General teams. Even if it is not that severe, there is ALWAYS something one sided about this stupid game. They either get the Colonel or the Brigadier while I get the Captains. That is not to mention the… the… people… “shudders” … on this game. The absolute most rude, mean and elitist group of people I have met on Xbox Live EVER(I am sure not everyone is terrible, I have met a few nice folks). Worse than CoD, and I have played my fair share of those games as well.
This game is so frustrating, I can not get better no matter how hard or long I play and try. This is the main game I have been playing for about two months straight now, I am starting to lose it. I am becoming a more hateful and irritable person playing this. The only reason I am still on is for that ABOMINATION of an achievement for getting to General. Just like all of the other MM achievements in the franchise, it SUCKS. Words can not describe all of the hatred and anger I have for this thing. WHO on Earth thought that would be a good idea, really?
This is hands down, my WORST Xbox Live experience I have had EVER. So no, do not EVER, and I mean EVER make ANY sort of RTS Halo game again!
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Lol you mad bro? Sounds like you need to just get better.
I hope they make a sequel only thing that would make me buy an xbox one otherwise its ps4 and im playing planetside 2
I hope they make a sequel only thing that would make me buy an xbox one otherwise its ps4 and im playing planetside 2
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I’m going to start by putting aside for just a moment how much effort and money and profitability a sequel needs to have in order for a company to make it. This aside, people who beg for sequels like this are ADD little children who are the kind of kid who want a pony or puppy for christmas, get bored of it, and never have anything to do with it again cause something new and shiny came along to hold their extremely small attention span. This game isn’t even FINISHED yet. There are serious balancing and technical issues that were completely forgotten. Considering this game was made by Ensemble, this is truly disappointing considering their track record.
You want a sequel? Do you know how much money it takes to make a game? Do you know how much interest there has to be from players to want to buy it to justify a sequel? You probably never stopped even for a second to consider that. This game may have beaten the odds and performed well despite the stigma of a “console RTS” but many Halo fans love Halo for being an FPS, and this was a major spin-off which not everyone enjoyed. Let’s not forget we’re dealing with 343, not Bungie. IMO 343 took the first step in ruining the Halo franchise with H4. You think they’re going to care about a side game that did marginally well in the corporate eye?
If anything, ask for a new patch with balance changes, maybe make it a mini-expansion, (Here’s a chance to put in perhaps Spectres, Mantises, or Prowlers) to renew interest and maybe AFTER all this brings a large number of people back to Halo Wars, they might make a sequel.
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No need to insult me, if you disagree with me just say so.
I am not the best, but certainly not the worst. I would like to improve for the remaining 236K I need in order to rank up but it will not happen.
I am “mad” because the whole team system sucks, hard. It does not matter what TS I am because the population is so low I am playing people double my TS no matter what. To add insult to injury my team is vastly inferior to theirs the majority of the time. It is COMMON, not rare, for my team to be Captains and Majors while fighting Generals. I have seen enough low ranks on just my team to make entire lobbies over a few games. How is that justifiable? Better yet, how is that fun(I am sure the other team is having loads of it)? The game chooses to slap uneven teams together, it is garbage.
Why in the Blue Hell would I want a sequel to a game that is not fun?
dude go play SC2 team games its the same -Yoink- I’ve had plenty of fun with this game and so have others, you’ve came late onto the scene and still don’t understand it so you blame the game and not yourself. Show some self responsebility
dude go play SC2 team games its the same -Yoink- I’ve had plenty of fun with this game and so have others, you’ve came late onto the scene and still don’t understand it so you blame the game and not yourself. Show some self responsebility
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I agree with you, partially. The community, especially today, is utterly godawful. Everyone either uses a really cheap rush tactic, or quits as soon as the game starts. If they beat you, they usually send one or more hate messages calling you a noob or saying you suck or some other generic insult (because, you know, rushes take so much skill).
I also agree that the achievements, particularly the General one, are pretty BS, just like most Halo MP achievements. Seriously, I was working on maxing out Halo 3, then when the mythic maps came out and I saw achievements like “Perfection”, I pretty much ragequit. Not everyone is that good.
However, I think your post is a bit misguided. I’m not going to call you stupid or a noob or say you suck or whatever. The fact of the matter is, you’re playing a nearly-dead game. HW came out in early 2009. The only people who still play are the “veterans” who no-life the game to death, bargain bin hunters that found the game for $10 somewhere, or people like me who had the game since the first week and still come back to it every now and then to lie to myself that I might get the same enjoyment out of it that I did back in '09.
Sure, there were rushes back then too, but a lot more people played legit and there was a sizable, active, friendly community. There was a time when HW was a fun experience. I can understand your frustration, but I don’t think your dislike for the game completely justifies never having a sequel, considering there are people like me that liked the game.
Hopefully 343 or an other company will make a Halo Wars 2 on Xbox One. Apparently Ensemble Studios went bankrupt so that’s a let down. They already released Halo Spartan Assault which is the closest thing to Halo Wars so far, but it’s not the same. Halo Wars was really entertaining and if we’re lucky, a sequel will be made. Hopefully it will have a bigger population and last longer than the original Halo Wars.
I just want to say that I don’t think that Halo Wars is dead, it just hasn’t got a high population. People still play it and was playing it just a couple of month ago.