Microsoft closing Halo Wars website, folding into Waypoint community

@TotallyEpic

I really liked the game when I first played it. However, the achievement that requires you to rank up to FRIGGIN' GENERAL kinda killed it for me. There's no way I'll ever get that.

:/

@TotallyEpic
I too own the game but haven't gotten around to booting it up yet

I always feel sorry for people when forums close or game services stop

@TotallyEpic
Off topic: what are you doing with a picture of my CAT!? X-(...no just kidding..

@TheDarkWayne

Haha... the carnage starts from the very first reply.

@Vidikron the QQ in that thread makes for a good read, those people think very highly of themselves

@SirPwn4g3 That's what i was thinking, considering Bungie didn't have a lot to do with it.

@andrewstuk1234

I like Halo Wars, I really do, but the lack of RTS depth kinda killed it for me. I guess I was just expecting more unit/vehicle types and more Starcraft or C&C like base building.

It was still fun though.

@sonicspike41

Side note:

I posted this comment because I'd love to see a Halo Wars 2 if they gave it more depth and deeper RTS elements. I thought the menu worked perfectly for consoles though.

@sonicspike41 Yeah definitely the best RTS I have played on console. I think mainly because the controls flowed right. I know what you mean by the depth though it was very simplified(mainly the economy system where you hardly even had to pay attention and the units didn't have very much variety to make for a surprising battle). But I believed there was very good balance in units in the game and the maps were extremely good. I started playing age of empires 2 back almost 10 years ago and thought it was a great game and just got the .10 cent age of empires 3.
I think considering they did the best job on porting an RTS to the console. Because I don't have to worry about this and that or sit in a certain position as on the computer and drop a couple thousand like I hear to run some of these games. Although I may not be able to use an xbox for work, internet, and have to pay money for service and buy the console. It is worth the ease and convenience that I get with console gaming and hope there will be more RTS games on the console beside C&C. Because those have gone down the tube *in my opinion* since they put it on the console.

@Mazrael
wow where you on my team then? i remember that....

yeah that's gonna take a long time I don't really play halo wars for stats never played a rts game for stats I'm so glad me and my Bro got aoe3 for 10 cents it's freaking amazing!!

And I am very much aware the game itself isn't shutting down, but with this, it can't be far behind.

@Drakkenfyre

Xbox 360 games were setup to be scalable. So every 360 game will be able to run till microsoft disables all 360 games. (That's a while)

@Tiptup300

aside from EA games which have already gone offline.

@Drakkenfyre

You whining again?

Hey, look, it's the kid who couldn't stand being proven wrong once, so he's going to reply to every comment I make, and say "whining?"

Seriously, shut up. No one cares that you got proved wrong once. I wouldn't have even said anything more to you about it, but you seem to follow my comments, making the same comment.

You are acting like a damn kid. "Waah, I got told I was wrong on something, and when I challenged him, he still beat me." Obviously you care more about it than I do seeing as you are following me. Shut up.

@Drakkenfyre

LOL, right. I'm following you. I can't just be reading joystiq and the comments and since you reply to 100% of the posts you're in ever post I see? It's not my fault you're whining a lot. Just calls it like I sees it.

I'm 26 by the way. Hardly a kid. And not really sure what you're talking about being right with.

@Styli

The story was very well done in this game. With that said I think LOTR:Battle for Middle Earth II was much better than this game. I absolutely love Halo but after a few online games I grew tired of it. Mostly because there weren't enough variables. Only two races combined with the fact that you can't free build wherever you want made it feel watered down.

@Enigma7ic

I'd like to add that I really like that game. It's an RTS for an idiot like me and it's fan-frickin-tastic! I really hope they make a sequel, because the game could use some more units and deeper tech trees.

Either way, it's a sad, sad day...

I remember something about Ensemble wanting to do more with the game. I think they said they had planned on doing a campaign for the covenant but had to drop it for some reason (time? Anyone remember?)

Apart from The Flood, I can't think of a third faction they could have added. I think the fact that each leader has their own skills adds variety enough for what it is but adding The Flood as a controllable force may have sweetened it even more.

I know I already said it but this really is crying out for a sequel. I hope there's enough former Ensemble guys at 343 to do that and do a good job of it.