Halo Wars 2(Xbox One)

It's a scrappy kind of strategy, then, but Halo Wars 2 compensates in visual drama - the explosions when a base finally falls make it worth the effort and units you expended [...] Yes, at times it feels like you're just smashing toys together and wathcing the carnage unfold. But what wonderful toys they are.

• ✓Solide Story
• ✓Abwechslungsreiches Missions-Design
• ✓Kurzweiliger Blitz-Modus

• ✓Toll animierte Einheiten
• ✓Viele Einheiten und Upgrades
• ✓Zugängliche Spielmechanik
• ✓Perfektes Halo-Flair
• ✓...

Das Strategiespielen auf der Couch, und das nicht wenigstens mit Steam Controller, sondern Xbox-One-Gamepad. Kann das gutgehen? Es kann, und zwar an sich hervorragend. Abseits der Steuerung ist Halo Wars 2 aber nicht die Grande Cuisine, sondern ausgewiesenes Fast Food, kein großes Epos, sondern Hollywood-Action; der Spieler darin eher Major denn ein richtiger Feldmarschall. ...

... Halo Wars 2 is just a perfectly average release in a genre suffused with perfectly average releases nowadays. I think every RTS fan is waiting for “That Game,” the one that’ll turn it all around and make us RTS believers again. I know I’m waiting for that moment. Halo Wars 2 isn’t it. ...

• ✓Gorgeous cutscenes faithfully capture the Halo universe
• ✓Blitz Mode is a creative twist on RTS multiplayer

Halo Wars 2 will scratch a real-time strategy itch and give you a dose of Halo-Universe flavor with a decent story, but it won’t go much deeper than that. A run-of-the-mill campaign, controls that hamper micromanagement, conspicuous bugs, and multiplayer that relies on luck limit its long-term appeal, but its fast and flashy action makes it fun for a while.

Blitz mode makes this an Xbox RTS worth the return visit.

• ✓Feels part of the Halo universe
• ✓Strong campaign and mission design
• ✓Frantic console-friendly multiplayer modes

For the first few minutes of Halo Wars 2, I felt uncomfortably overwhelmed - even as a veteran of the original game. After the first hour, however, I was hooked. 24 hours later, I find myself facing withdrawal symptoms, desperate to pick up the controller again. ...

First Impressions: Halo Wars 2 is very much a console-first product. From base building, to unit selection, to game modes, this title is set up to make Xbox One users as comfortable as possible. PC tacticians may find the on-rails experience frustrating. ...