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Halo Wars 2 |OT| Warranty For Suckers
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Poodlestrike
Banned
I redeemed mine but the win10 store is flipping out, lol. Gonna try and reboot.
Mine was stuck at 22mb for a few minutes before it finally started going, no other issues outside of that.
Pretty sure all I had to see was Firefight to be sold on the game lol.
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
Just got my CDkeys code
Let's fucking go!!!!
Let's fucking go!!!!
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yup, restart fixed it. Downloading now!
For the record, issues I had:
1. Store insisted on not signing me in. I *had* set up Windows Hello since my last reboot, so this one might be on me.
2. After restart, store insisted that the game wouldn't work on my device.
3. Opened game hub, because that was the only button available
4. Opened store through game hub
5. Download button showed up
2-5 *might* just be startup shakedown stuff, fwiw. But the game is downloading!
And the store actually asked me which drive I wanted to use when it started! It's improving! :O
Well the first thing I went to check unfortunately wasn't there. Can't figure out any way to build units without bringing the camera back to base on PC, the building slot hotkeys only work on the base you are looking at and you can't control group a building. It's what I expected but was hoping otherwise. Going to have to heavily use camera location hotkeys I think, which I did in SC2 anyway.
The mini-map bug from the beta isn't as bad but it was still a little messed up, occasionally taking a second click and sticking when dragging around.
I'm liking the hotkeys for the radial menus though, got used to those pretty quick to queue up units/upgrades faster. And you can change the Blitz card ones that were stuck in the beta.
The mini-map bug from the beta isn't as bad but it was still a little messed up, occasionally taking a second click and sticking when dragging around.
I'm liking the hotkeys for the radial menus though, got used to those pretty quick to queue up units/upgrades faster. And you can change the Blitz card ones that were stuck in the beta.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Man the wait for this has been long. Looking forward to getting hands on with it sometime next week.
Insane OT great job!
Insane OT great job!
I wasn't expecting there to be normal Halo-esque playlists, thought it would be like Blitz and Halo Wars 1 (I think? been a while) where you just choose a player count and gametype. Here is what's available.
Versus AI: 3 players vs AI. That's cool, nice to add matchmaking for AI matches.
Rumble: 3 vs 3 Strongholds. Unlimited resources/tech, 15 minute time limit, whoever has the most strongholds at the end wins.
Team Objective: 2v2 or 3v3 Domination (just says 4-6 players).
Solo War: 1v1 Deathmatch, the standard RTS mode.
Team War: 2v2 or 3v3 Deathmatch.
+ the full player count choices in Blitz from the beta. Firefight seems to be party only.
Works for me, probably would have been too many playlists for the player base separated out. Alright, messed around with the options/menus enough, now to get some campaign in.
Versus AI: 3 players vs AI. That's cool, nice to add matchmaking for AI matches.
Rumble: 3 vs 3 Strongholds. Unlimited resources/tech, 15 minute time limit, whoever has the most strongholds at the end wins.
Team Objective: 2v2 or 3v3 Domination (just says 4-6 players).
Solo War: 1v1 Deathmatch, the standard RTS mode.
Team War: 2v2 or 3v3 Deathmatch.
+ the full player count choices in Blitz from the beta. Firefight seems to be party only.
Works for me, probably would have been too many playlists for the player base separated out. Alright, messed around with the options/menus enough, now to get some campaign in.
Black Mantis
Member
Word of warning, the last cutscene was already unlocked (I've only completed 5/6 missions)when I went to check out the various menus. Couldn't resist, and now I know how HW2 ties into Halo 6 a bit before time.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Gonna get home, eat some din din in a hurry, then off to the Halo Wars! Do campaign at first but Ill probably switch to MP later.
GT is Nightmare22m
GT is Nightmare22m
Captain Zyrain
Member
Man I can't wait for this to unlock and not be working!
Halo Live is on nowwwwwww!
Halo Live is on nowwwwwww!
Launches on PC for me. I am also EST.
And can I just say how much I hate launching Halo games, just to have it launch the Halo app, where I have to launch the game again.
splattered
Member
Watching the stream on Twitch.tv/xbox, they just randomly gave away a new HW2 console to a twitter user..???
I haven't seen any mention that you needed to do that to win a console or copy of the game?
Arghhh
I haven't seen any mention that you needed to do that to win a console or copy of the game?
Arghhh
Looks like they're fixing it. It had a message about it unlocking later but now says play. I still can't launch it, however.
edit: nope. store still indicates midnight launch
Yes, there is only one map in the Blitz mode right now.
Vincent Alexander
Member
I don't know why I keep checking the download progress feverishly, since the damn thing won't be playable once finished anywho.
I was caught by this too. Sweet Christ...
Captain Zyrain
Member
This Megabloks video is hilarious!
I want a whole show of this!
I want a whole show of this!
LordBaztion
Member
Someon has the link to that megablocks trailer for the game?
MythicReclaimer
Member
It's live for me (EST), time for some Campaign goodness.
LordBaztion
Member
I hope they add a prometen faction later
Double Donut
Member
Well that was easy, lol. Just got a free digital Ultimate Edition from the Verizon promotion on the dashboard.
Woo!
Woo!
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
That is how I got my copy now just waiting for it to unlock.
Doug Heffernan
Member
This Halo Wars Live stuff is pretty impressive. Nice to see Microsoft supporting this game so heavily.
LordBaztion
Member
Phil may have cancelled my most awaited Xbox game but I can't get mad at him, he's like a cat.
Hawk269
Member
In addition, on the Live Stream, Dan Ayoub just stated that New Content will be released monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of every month for the next six months. He also mentioned that additional MAPS will not be part of Season Pass and there won't be a fee because they do not want to splinter the online community.
BTW...Great OP Tech. You should add the prices for Blitz Packs to the OP
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Got an e-mail today from CDKeys. Played the first 2 missions of the original game. Staring with that first game. Couldn't find any online matches yet, not that I am ready, just curious. Smooth so far and the graphics are very well done.
That's great news.
Prophecy650
Member
I bought it off cdkeys for $38. Did I have to buy ultimate edition to unlock early?...