Halo Wars 2 (2017)
343 Industries, The Creative Assembly
PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One
3.42 from 190 ratings
592 members have it in their collection · 22 playing now · 216 backlogged · 196 wish listed
How long? Main story 8h · with extras 20h (from 9 logged playthroughs)
After decades adrift and declared “lost with all hands,” the brave crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire are mysteriously awoken above an ancient Forerunner haven known as the Ark. In Halo Wars 2, Captain Cutter and his crew will face one of humanity’s most formidable threats yet: The Banished – a fierce and powerful Brute faction led by a …
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After decades adrift and declared “lost with all hands,” the brave crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire are mysteriously awoken above an ancient Forerunner haven known as the Ark. In Halo Wars 2, Captain Cutter and his crew will face one of humanity’s most formidable threats yet: The Banished – a fierce and powerful Brute faction led by a cunning and lethal warrior known as Atriox.
Halo Wars 2 delivers real-time strategy at the speed of Halo combat. Get ready to lead armies of Spartans and other Halo fighting forces like Warthogs, Scorpions and exciting new units in a brutal war against a terrifying new enemy on the biggest Halo battlefield yet.
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Details
- Developers
- 343 Industries, The Creative Assembly
- Publishers
- Microsoft Studios
- Genres
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Franchises
- Halo
- Series
- Halo Wars
- Events
- Xbox E3 2017 Briefing, The Game Awards 2016, PC Gaming Show 2016, Xbox E3 2016 Media Briefing
Release dates
- Feb 21, 2017 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
- Feb 21, 2017 (North_America) Xbox One
Also available on
- Halo Wars 2: Ultimate Edition (2017) · PC, XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Complete Edition (2017) · XONE
Related
DLC
- Halo Wars 2: Forge Leader Pack (Feb 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Kinsano Leader Pack (Mar 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Colony Leader Pack (Apr 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Sergeant Johnson Leader Pack (May 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: The Arbiter Leader Pack (Jun 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Commander Jerome Leader Pack (Jun 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Forge Leader Pack (Feb 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Kinsano Leader Pack (Mar 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Colony Leader Pack (Apr 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Sergeant Johnson Leader Pack (May 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: The Arbiter Leader Pack (Jun 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Commander Jerome Leader Pack (Jun 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Serina Leader Pack (Jul 2017) · XONE
- Halo Wars 2: YapYap the Destroyer Leader Pack (Aug 2017) · XONE
Expansions
- Halo Wars 2: Operation Spearbreaker (Jul 2017) · PC, XONE
- Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare (Sep 2017) · PC, XONE
Rating distribution
5 stars
19
4 stars
69
3 stars
78
2 stars
21
1 star
3
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Sadaharu_TR Nov 27, 2021
It's an okay-ish RTS game with great cinematics.
Loved it.
Status Shadowhawk0930 Aug 19, 2019
After not playing much Halo Wars, lets see what this game has in store!
Status Chovus May 22, 2019
Beat on Heroic during free trial of xbox game pass. I do not remember much about this game. I do remember that it was good and well designed for a console RTS with a good story. However I cannot remember anything about the actual story and almost nothing about the levels. The lack of ability to pause + issue orders …
Read moreBeat on Heroic during free trial of xbox game pass. I do not remember much about this game. I do remember that it was good and well designed for a console RTS with a good story. However I cannot remember anything about the actual story and almost nothing about the levels. The lack of ability to pause + issue orders or at least slow motion mode made this game annoying because you really can't do proper tactics otherwise. This combined with console controls made some of the missions quite difficult. I tried my best to keep up defenses at my bases, keep reinforcements coming and maintain a balanced offense force, but this kind of game usually devolves into using hero units (like the Spartans) or a group of the most powerful unit (the big flying ships), and only that. I did try a few rounds of blitz but that is not very engaging.
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