When I pre-ordered it I knew it was an RTS. I know a lot of people who returned it to Gamestop because it wasn’t an FPS. Those guys are idiots.
Anyway, I think Microsoft made a bad decision. I would’ve let Bungie make Halo Wars considering their first Halo project was an RTS (look up Bungie’s last Vidoc for images). Halo was their idea to begin with and they knew the direction they wanted to go. I think they would’ve made an excellent RTS.