In Halo Wars we had three UNSC and three Covenant leaders. In Halo Wars 2 they will introduce a new faction, near guaranteed, but at the same time I feel I don’t want Creative Assembly to waste time trying to find an equal representation across the factions. If they can only come up with two solid leaders for, say a Forerunner faction, but they were able to create four solid leaders for UNSC and Elite/Brute factions then so be it. I have seen a few RTS games that try too hard to create “equal” representation across all races and such, and just fail.
Does anyone hear agree with me on this?
TL:DR: 2 good Forerunner/Promethean leaders > 3/4 mediocre Forerunner/Promethean leaders.
One last thing, if they prioritize quality leaders over equal representation, then it could be easier for them to create off-shoot one leader factions like Flood or something. I have seen a thread that really gave a good example of how a flood faction would work.
I want a balanced game with different units/leaders like HW1
HW1 was not perfect but really good so HW2 can have 5 or 50 different leaders… idc as long as they are balanced and play different each.
I would be cool with 1 of each faction. Since this games story is about the Brute and UNSC. I think 1 Brute Covenant, 1 UNSC, and then add new factions like Forerunner and Flood. 4 good factions would be good enough for my needs, and anything more would be a bonus.
It would be awesome if you still can decide what special ability you got…MAC etc
The problem with with only 1 leader per factionis that there is less diversified than in HW1
Not necessarily. In Halo Wars 1 it was technically 2 factions. Then copy pasted with small differences. If this game had 4 completely different factions, it would be a huge difference in gameplay and combos.
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> Not necessarily. In Halo Wars 1 it was technically 2 factions. Then copy pasted with small differences. If this game had 4 completely different factions, it would be a huge difference in gameplay and combos.
For me I think 4 factions would be perfect, but if we can get smaller sub-factions of UNSC and Elite/Brutes then even better. No reason we can’t have three sub-factions of UNSC like in the first Halo Wars. The entirely new factions would be amazing by simply being there, provided they are thoughtfully made. One good flood and forerunner leader would do wonders in increasing diversity in this game.
That’s if they do add plenty of factions.
I’d like to see 3 Races, and I’d be open for possible minor variations within each (factions). Kind of like Age of Mythology.