Just from a few minutes of playing Halo Wars DE I noticed a lot of issues that need to be fixed. Graphics options are limited. You can’t choose a resolution. You can’t zoom in and out with the mouse wheel like every other RTS ever made. You can’t bind buildings to a number key. Camera scrolling has some kind of acceleration on it which is really annoying and jerky.
Camera acceleration makes sense for a controller, but is terrible for mouse and keyboard. The special abilities targeting feels terrible. The UI doesn’t appear to have been changed at all for PC which is really disappointing and lazy.
I also just noticed that you can’t save the game when playing a skirmish! Sigh.
These are feature suggestions.
- Implement an “attack move” command. Another basic PC RTS game function. - There should be a visual representation on screen of your numbered command groups. - You should be able to use a unit’s abilities with your mouse instead of having to press “R” on the keyboard. For example, I click a unit then click its special ability, then click an enemy unit or location on the map. - You should be able to have multiple campaign save games. You shouldn’t have to overwrite your save. - You should be able to deselect a unit by clicking somewhere else on the screen. Another basic PC RTS function.