Halo Wars once again delivered with a solid narrative brought together with characters that you care about. This happened a couple times and while not a huge deal, they were noticeable enough that I thought they should be mentioned. I did however encounter some glitches while playing including times where things would get stuck or an enemy would be dead yet still somehow alive. I quite enjoyed the general story finding it to be a nice self-contained experience aimed to universe building and it does tie in heavily to the future of the Halo story. This creates a chain where you get a glorious cinematic followed by some levels with narrative in-between and that structure is followed through the story.
The goal of this campaign is to rally your small group of troops and deliver blows to Atriox's core resource supplies along with his army in order to loosen their grip on the holy Ark. The story is also followed up by narrative being delivered during mission briefings and during gameplay segments. The story is largely told through absolutely stunning Blur cinematics that will surely hold up for many years to follow just like those done in the original Halo Wars. Apparently there was this deadly Brute that broke off from the Covenant carrying various factions from that group and leading a separate crusade against their leaders. This is where things open up and we meet a lonely AI named Isabel that warns the Spartans of the dangerous Atriox, a leader of this new threat called the Banished.
The crew headed by Captain Cutter once more sends down some scouting squads and Spartans to take a look at a UNSC distress signal. This mysterious and well known Halo Forerunner structure is most certainly drawing with its scale and majesty. Halo Wars 2 picks up about thirty years after the events of the first game with the Spirit of Fire awakening from a long slumber to the sight of The Ark. After all this time we're brought back to the action in a new era where the Halo RTS delivers not only on Xbox One, but also on PC where the genre is truly at its best. Halo Wars is one of my favorite real time strategy series having found its odd place on Xbox 360 nearly a decade ago and bringing with it the best take of the genre on consoles to date. Halo Wars 2 Review "Return of the RTS" Campaign
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