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Halo Wars - Final Thoughts

Finally finished the campaign for Halo Wars tonight. My opinion still stands on the soundtrack. The last few missions are very well structured and are enjoyable for what they are; though if you've played a lot of RTSes you already know what to expect. There is one thing which blew me away towards the end of the game: That last bit of the game contains the very best Halo-universe-inspired-CG-rendered-cutscene I've ever, EVER seen. I don't remember a cutscene in Halo 3 which quite matches this one: *SPOILER WARNING* The absolute BEST cutscene ever conceived for a Halo game! Note that this is not the ending of the game. When the game ends and the credits roll, you get a sense that Ensemble Studios already knew well in advance that Halo Wars would be their last game. It's just something about the quotes at the very end, and the way the ending itself is structured. It just feels metaphorical, as if hinting at something, and essentially saying goodbye, for good... It's r...

Halo Wars: Some Things Right, Some Things Wrong

Alright, I think I'm a bit more through Halo Wars, enough to give a solid opinion about it. The game gets a lot of things right, and a lot of things wrong. It isn't a bad game, but it could be a better one. Case in point: the game's soundtrack needs some serious help. I know that Ensemble Studios must have went through so many lengths to capture that 'Bungie' magic and put it in their game. And they've done a lot of other aspects right, which I'll get to in a moment. But I just have to bring this up.... They just overuse the whole 'slow, epic' orchestral soundtrack commonly associated with Halo. I've got nothing against the slower musical scores in the Halo universe. It's just that it seems they listened to that one track in the opening menu for Halo 1, and based the entire soundtrack of the game on that one track. That, coupled with the droning 'ALL UNITS' voiceover from Cutter (the Commander of the Spirit of Fire, one of the ships i...

Let's try this again. PINOY GAMERS Season 3, Episode 4

We've been busy lately so it was difficult to find time to get this uploaded. (Couple that with the fact that our bandwidth was being eaten up by Street Fighter IV online gaming....) KILLZONE 2 Preview Halo Wars Preview XBX Interactive http://www.xbx.ph/ Watch Pinoy Gamers tonight at 10PM, Channel 76 Skycable Makisig Network. They're featuring my review for Street Fighter IV ;)

PINOY GAMERS: Clips from Season 3, Episode 4

Youtube Videos for the TV Show 'Pinoy Gamers' will be posted here soon. Pinoy Gamers, sponsored by Gamehopper , airs on Thursdays, 10:00 PM on Makisig Network Channel 76 on Sky Cable . Check with your cable operator on what channel Makisig Network is on, if your cable network is not Sky Cable. Re-runs of the latest episode of Pinoy Gamers are usually shown throughout the week at different times. Check at 4PM or at 10PM to possibly catch the replay of this show on TV. EDIT: It's 8:00 in the morning today and I saw the re-run of this episode on Makisig Network now. So I guess it's safe to assume that the show also airs a re-run of the most current episode at 8:00AM everyday. Episode 4 Features: Halo Wars Preview Gaming News This Week Final Fantasy XIII English Subtitled Trailer for the Xbox 360 Take a Tour of XBX Interactive, an Xbox-themed Network Gaming Place in Katipunan Super Street Fighter II HD Remix Review Killzone 2 Preview You can e-mail Pinoy Gamers via pinoyga...