Fri, Jan 09, 2009 | 23:02 GMT

Three new off-screen Halo Wars CES 09 videos posted

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After the break. Although many people think an RTS can’t be adequately done on a console, we must say, this does look rather special.

Ensemble Studios’ swansong goes on sale Feb 27 in Europe with a demo due February 5.

By Mike Bowden

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#1

that_happy_cat
09/01/09, 11:00 am

I have to say… I can’t see what’s so appealing about this. Looks pretty standard RTS fare. Perhaps the story and environments might help along the way.

But as always… early judgments (and uninformed ones like mine) are worthless, so I’ll hang on :)

#2

Shatner
09/01/09, 11:38 am

Swangsong?

#3

Blerk
09/01/09, 12:07 pm

This is their final project before Microsoft shuts them down.

#4

Shatner
09/01/09, 1:52 pm

Swan-G-song?

#5

Blerk
09/01/09, 2:01 pm

Oh, I see!

#6

hitnrun
09/01/09, 10:43 pm

If anyone’s looking to see if RTS can be done on the console, I’d have to highly recommend the recent EndWar from the Tom Clancy franchise. I’m not sure if the demo does it justice.

In fact, I’ll be astonished if Halo Wars is a better game than EndWar, just because the voice-command thingy is so perfect for making up for the lack of Mouse-and-Keyboard.

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