Given that the Covenant units are just as much fun to play with as the UNSC's it's a real shame that the faction didn't get its own playable campaign. Wraith battle tanks, powerful Locusts, and the gargantuan Scarabs pack a serious punch against the UNSC forces, and the rock-paper-scissors dynamic between aircraft, vehicles, and infantry ensures a relatively equal footing between the teams. The Covenant forces also have powerful infantry at their disposal, including energy-sword-equipped Elites, Brutes, and Hunters, which are particularly useful against vehicles. Although there may not be a great variety of units at your command, each has a number of upgrades that offer significantly better firepower or defences.
The Spartans are not only a lot tougher than regular UNSC infantry, but they can also hijack enemy vehicles, or pilot a friendly vehicle to boost its effectiveness. You can also control up to three of the series' iconic Spartan soldiers at a time. Flamethrowers, mechlike Cyclopes, and the Cobras and Wolverine vehicles work well against infantry, structures, vehicles, and aircraft respectively. Leading a barrage of marines, Spartans, Warthogs, and Scorpion tanks is great, and all-new units are a welcome addition to the UNSC forces. One of the best things about Halo Wars is controlling the iconic units from the series. The camera can also be frustrating though you can zoom right in, you can't pull the camera out far enough to get anything resembling a bird's-eye view of the action. It would've worked better if you could access the build menu at any point, but for the most part the controls work well in a variety of situations. Setting them too close to your bases also creates a gridlock that some units have trouble manoeuvering through. Although you can set up global and base-specific rally points, you can't create them for different unit types. You can return to your base with a tap of the D pad, but even that can be frustrating in the heat of battle. In terms of churning out an army, you need to actually click on a building to access its build menu. Combat is streamlined to just two buttons, so you can easily point out the enemy you want vanquished, send your soldiers after them, and use special attacks where applicable. This makes it difficult to manage units when you're trying to fight a battle on two fronts. For example, you can select all units, all units onscreen, all units of a specific type, or all units within a small radius, but you can't assign units to custom groups. The controls function adequately, but you're quite limited as to what you can actually do with them. Halo Wars' gameplay and control scheme are introduced through two simple tutorials, and though a few more lessons would've helped to flesh out all of the unit types, it's not difficult to figure out the roles of the different UNSC and Covenant forces. Along with scientist Professor Anders and the Fire's holographic AI construct Serina, they uncover a plot in which an Arbiter, in charge of the Covenant forces on the planet, gets his hands on a mysterious superweapon left by the long-extinct Forerunners. John Forge is investigating Covenant activity. Your adventure gets underway on a colonised world called Harvest, where the UNSC battleship Spirit of Fire's away-team leader Sgt. The storyline is slightly confusing at first but eventually pieces together to make a satisfying ending, though it's certainly not long and should take most players around five hours to play through.
Combined with authentic-looking units and environments, it goes a long way toward making Halo Wars look and feel like part of the series. Halo Wars' believeable story is presented through some great cutscenes, with high-quality cinematics and decent voice acting. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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