Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

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Pretty simple RTS, great for beginners! Lacks some modern features and has questionable balance, but I like it.

Simply a great game. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is proof that you can make a fantastic real-time strategy (RTS) game set in a beloved sci-fi universe. There’s no need to overcomplicate it—it is just an incredibly fun, polished, and solid game from start to finish. Whether you are a hardcore Halo fan or just someone who loves strategy games, this spin-off nails the atmosphere perfectly. The campaign is engaging, the cinematic cutscenes are gorgeous, and the base-building and combat mechanics are smooth and easy to get into. It might not have the extreme, overwhelming complexity of some other PC strategy games, but that's actually part of its charm. It gets straight to the fun part: building your army, controlling Spartans, and blasting the Covenant. 9/10 — No complaints here. It is just a genuinely great game that holds up amazingly well.

Un exelente juego de estrategia y lo mejor un que es de Halo.

i have crazy nostalgia for this. i think it still holds up and is a lot of fun

A fairly simple RTS even for its day, but it's charming in its simplicity and pretty addictive to boot, it doesn't feel shallow or unfinished at all. Artistically it's extremely faithful to the feel of the original Halo games (back then they were the only Halo games lol) in visuals, sounds, and overall tone/mood. The PC port is also a little better than the original version I remember playing so many years ago, they added some new hotkeys (including control groups) and slightly improved the graphics. I especially love the skulls and alternative gamemodes, not a lot of RTS games go beyond the basic KOTH/annihilation gamemodes and not a lot of games in general have quirky difficulty modifiers. My favourite game type is Reinforcement where your resources are consumed automatically every minute (on average, there's some random variation) in exchange for a random assortment of units. Even as an RTS veteran, I find Halo Wars to be a nice break from other games because its simplicity makes it so easy to pick up. It makes a good depression game in that respect, doesn't take much energy to get started here. Also, being able to see where your allies are looking on the minimap is a nice quality of life feature that I wish was in other strategy games.

To this day, still a sweet ass game