I’m my last 24 hours of playing Halo wars 2 it doesn’t feel like it should. First of all Blitz. Mainly there is only one map and really should be more considering it is the main turning point for Halo wars 2. Furthermore, many units such as hero’s (Warlord etc…) will become uncooperative with the player and start circling in a position not doing anything. As well as, loading times for the game are horrendous and many times I would have to restart the game as it took so long. In addition, regular match made games such as death match don’t seem to feel like it should as most of the time you are forced to rush the opponent and there is no late game strategies such as 3 unit upgrades in the original halo wars. Furthermore, the A.I in the games rush your base within the first 10 minutes of the game and it doesn’t remind me of good times when you can spend a good 40 minutes on a game with friends and can no longer do that as it gets boring past 15 minutes. Yes, many people dislike long games such as 30 mins + but it’s an RTS and if they don’t want to do that then Blitz or strongholds should be the shorter timed matches.
Moving onwards , many units in the game seem completely useless at points. Many old units have been removed such as jackels and since Atriox army was mostly mercenaries and jackels were mercenaries it would fit in lore wise and fill a hole. Furthermore, Elites whilst they have returned to their original physical state instead of looking luke brutes. They still have voices and tones of brutes which to many veteran players have consistently labeled.
These can all be fixed of course within that if developers want to and listen to fans instead of brought out pressure groups. For Blitz all we need is more varied cards as the packs seem useless comparing to the little amounts of troops in - game and some new maps that really should have been put in for launch especially since the beta was the same old map. Furthermore, loading screen times, unit bugs and network issues can easily be worked with. Meanwhile, many of the upgrades and varied units (such as jackels) can all be added in within later updates and upgrades can easily be put in such as blood fuel or reactive etc can all be upgrades within death match and domination.
Many thanks