Halo Wars 2 Review 'Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?'

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Karak reviews Halo Wars 2 for Xbox One and PC.
Xbox One versus was supplied by MS, and additional copy purchased by me to be given to patrons as per the Integrity Statement for the channel.

Will revisit with PC data and after some MORE patches beyond the day 1.

I am not one of those bigger gaming website no 2 minute reviews here only details.

Coverage includes ps4, xbox one, pc, xbox 360, Wii, Wiiu, Switch, and digital storefronts like Steam, as well as companies like Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo

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Buy, wait for a sale, rent, or never touch it. The Patented Karak review system to see if a game is worth a buy.

[ACGreviews]

My thoughts

Ok game. But held back by bugs galore and other little issues that bring it down farther than I expected.
Its at 1080p which is nice though

[nosehairmcsmarty]

It baffles me how people defend microtransactions in full priced game like this. It's so blatantly a money grab. I wish you would have spoke more on the subject, when the game already costs $100 including the season pass.

[ProbyWaN]

microtransactions in a full price game. ffffuuu

[heroscapeguy]

Wait for sale it is. Halo Wars was good, but there's more games I'd rather buy first.

[cordia]

Price: 70-99 bucks as Play Anywhere, plus Microtransactions.
Yeah, I'll wait...

[WhyAreYouGhe]

So they did it as well huh?Every fucking triple A is doing it. Just got into For honor, great fucking game, I click on the "store" first thing I see is a "unlock all skills for 30$" button....fucking hell, am I on mobile or something, did I take a wrong turn?. That could kill a game if enough people get pissed, and it has every right to.

[nathanrwin]

I still miss the days when Halo was made by Bungie. I doubt that the Halo franchise will ever return to its former glory. Damn, now im sad...

[TrizollinTehWorld]

I don't care for this game at all but I just like your reviews so I watch them all lol keep up the good work!

[warzbra]

nice, will add it to my list of scorpio titles later this year once its on sale.

[markvigaming]

Aside from the bugs and micros, the game is really fun imo. The graphics and new art style really hit the spot for me and the final mission in the campaign was just glorious. Definitely the game I'd been waiting for, of course if you aren't a massive halo fan already I'd say wait for sale or for bugs to be fixed because there are quite a few. I feel like the story itself was below what I'd hoped but the ending was interesting. The sound was excellent BUT there are quite a few sound bugs in cut scenes and the like. I'd personally give it a 7/10, 8 once the bugs are sorted but of course I'm slightly biased. Finally, the Microtransactions are once again, not welcome. I can't stand micros, even though for some reason I got 25 free at the start, it's still bullshit that they are in a AAA title.

[RpStu]

Give this a thumbs up if you think 343i should hire "ACG" as an adviser for the development of Halo 6 campaign and multiplayer.

[Calinks]

Damn sounds like yet another Microsoft backed game that is lacking key elements which holds it back. Quantum Break, Recore, now this. There are great games to found there but they are mired in some way which brings them down. Unfortunate trend.

[talonpop]

The one exclusive so far this year is a deep sale? As Sony is about to release a 5th exclusive so far... Man. If I got all the multiplatform games for my Xbox One and just bought PS4 exclusives I might end up with more PS4 games. That's crazy. Not a massive RTS fan but I was still hoping this was better, and that pay to win is disgusting. I was gonna wait until it was like 15-20 bucks even if you said it was the greatest RTS ever made but now that's definitely the case.

[Kenji-GBO]

When are we to finally get married, Karak?!

[jaymony]

with the budgets of modern games this many bugs is inexcusable tbh. Not to mention this studio is backed entirely by Microsoft. I think you want soft on em deserves a rent only at best and this is coming from a long time halo fan!

[hawkgtx]

Not even interested in this game. But still like to watch your reviews. Great review I expected a buy until the end 👍

[Jorendo]

Well, Microsoft is getting very desperate to sell atleast something on their shitty consumer unfriendly mess of a store. Halo Wars 2 isn't on steam (yet, guess like some other Windows store excluses it will end up on steam in a few months to a year).
Why are these companies so insisting on making their own stores yet provide shity ass service? I mean really, the Windows Store appears to be made by the janitors appreantice at MS headquarters. It doesn't work at all, it's a mess, you can't find shit there. The one who made that needs to go back to school for a basic "making a digital store for dummies".

Not on steam? No buy. Sorry but i refuse to use a inferior shitty ass store just becuase they are greedy and stuborn. To bad the game will die on the pc market before it even came to life. I have Halo Wars on the 360, actually enjoyed it and wished they had brought it to pc, but i can't support MS who keeps insisting we use their broken service that is proven to be shitty, not just a oppinion, it's a fact.

[pimparoo]

The combat had me furious on the beta it was so fast paced I couldn't even think. Facing the covenant was basically just a race to see if you could beat them before they get a scarab if they did GG and it turns around and ask for money after every game. I love halo wars but this was one of the least enjoyable rts games ive ever played

[KageMarug]

Disappointed at the lack of polish.  May wait for a sale before jumping on this.  Thanks for the review man!

[mizzougrad]

I systemically boycott games with pay to win transactions. too bad too, i was interested in this one. maybe n the future they'll tweak their transaction scheme so it doesn't affect MP.