The story of Halo Wars 2 has the same feel of
a traditional Halo game.
Even though ODST wasn't as good as the main trilogy, it brought a sence of atmosphere and isolation that fitted with the Halo franchise but didn't alienate away from
the traditional Halo games that I were used to.
Not exact matches
Multiplayer: All the
traditional features of
Halo 3 multiplayer will be included in the new
game, including full - featured integration with the Forge map editor.
* RTS
Games - Real Time Strategy
games have never really worked on consoles with very few exceptions (see
Halo Wars) and that is simply because the
traditional controller set up is not accurate / fluid enough to handle the kind of unit management demanded by RTS».
The
traditional Halo menu system with all previous left - sided options has been replaced for a series of drop down selections and slides to make navigation as seamless as possible between
games.
The inclusion of Call of Duty - like rewards called ordinances in Infinity Slayer, the
game's
traditional team death match mode, feels natural and doesn't really shake the
Halo multiplayer formula up that much.
As is expected from Microsoft, the software on show featured plenty of sequels across
traditional genres, including two flavours of zombie
game in Dead Rising 4 and State of Decay 2, shooting aliens in Gears of War 4, real - time strategy in
Halo Wars 2, punching and kicking in Tekken 7, and racing through Australia in Forza Horizon 3.
Every PC
gamer knows that real - time strategy
games control best with the
traditional mouse - and - keyboard setup, presumably making the PC version of
Halo Wars 2 better than its Xbox One counterpart.
Halo Spartan Strike and Spartan Assault are two
games that may not be
traditional Halo shooters, but they are worthy of the
Halo name nonetheless.