Major problems

Games Halo Wars Series
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I loved Halo Wars and want to point out some serious problems I’ve noticed after playing some halo wars 2 matches as UNSC. I know it’s a beta and yes, they have a lot of time to improve the game, but they must understand what absolutely has to be changed. I’ve read other concerns and I agree with most, although some are very minor and personal.

Major:

  1. Population: units cost too much. For example flamethrowers cost 4 on a 60-80 cap. This means that we can’t make big armies, which in turn means the game is less epic and complex. This alone can make the game worth or nor worth buying.
  2. All the effects are cartoon-like.
  3. Troops’ animations and movements are strange and unrealistic.
  4. Some areas of the map are cartoon-like, for example those very coloured plants. This and the two points above make the graphics look half-way cartoon-like.
  5. During (medium-big) battles I can’t understand who is hitting who, how much damage I’m taking, who will win, etc. It just seems random and automatic. They must make shots visible, less confusing, faster, realistic and not cartoon-like.
  6. It seems like it’s all about numbers. Paper-scissor system doesn’t seem to work in a proper way and the counter units don’t look as effective as in halo wars.
  7. Hard and confusing to micro-manage troops during battles.
  8. Y button special ability doesn’t show up and doesn’t work very well (won’t expand on it).
  9. I want to be able to deploy ODST squads just like in halo wars. It made using Cutter very engaging and added tactical complexity
  10. Units need more upgrades. Take marines as an example.

Minor:

  1. Can’t effectively signal to ally
  2. Can’t see what ally is looking at
  3. Can’t zoom in near enough my units to appreciate their details, can’t zoom out enough
  4. The circle under units is too large

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There are many aspects I’m still uncertain about that could turn out being problematic. Like the new tech level system and the commander abilities tree. And the fact that you start with 5 marine squads. Plus, there are other things that certainly will be improved, like the lag, the fact commands feel clunky, etc. There is also something that feels wrong with the units and the battles, to be added to what I wrote on this topic. By the way, there have been little improvements from Halo Wars.

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Good post, I agree with most of it, but you can actually drop ODST’s with cutter, its super hidden away, you have to press select to access the leaders powers menu, then buy that ability, from there you press RT (I think) to access the abilities you’ve purchased

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> Good post, I agree with most of it, but you can actually drop ODST’s with cutter, its super hidden away, you have to press select to access the leaders powers menu, then buy that ability, from there you press RT (I think) to access the abilities you’ve purchased

Thanks.
LT i think… Anyway, what I meant was that you can’t deploy multiple squads in multiple positions. In Halo Wars I could deploy an ODST army, here instead only a single unit. But maybe I’m doing something wrong? Because it seems really strange to have this ability that spawns only a ODST squad, which obviously is quickly killed.

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I like the fast past game play and the texh resource change but they should keep the original population settings for halo wars come on 2 pop just for a stupid marine?

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> I like the fast past game play and the texh resource change but they should keep the original population settings for halo wars come on 2 pop just for a stupid marine?

Yeah maybe tech isn’t bad. Domination is actually fun, although I’d like to give skirmish a try too. Population is the single biggest problem of this game. Maybe the deathmatch/skirmish game mode won’d have a pop cap. But still, they should make the “population price” of units like Halo Wars, 4 pop for a flamethrower and 2 for a marine is absurd

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Ya big fan of the orginal halo wars probably 200 hours of gameplay online loved it just the unita were to slow i like that change and the special abilty bug needs to be fix, also i like the anti espcially the brute hammers:D and add me guys for team ups! BluffGibbon079