I will probably go to the grave thinking about cutscenes like this because they are so memorable

@Roshambo

Bungie was literally trash talking about Ensemble and demoralizing them the entire development cycle... Microsoft was the ones who forced Ensemble to make their current RTS game a Halo game when they wanted to make something completely new/different, then shut them down shortly after.... because?

Ensemble was a revered RTS studio and extremely talented. Forcing them to make a game for a platform they've never developed for before was a really terrible idea.

It's not even like Bungie fared well after Hwars anyway. Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 are lackluster shells of what their creative prowess was before.
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Halo Wars was awesome for what it was; a console RTS with abusive publishers/IP holders. Glad it got a sequel and hopefully we'll see a third?

Also remember that Hwars 2 has a Pay2Win mode and macrotransactions! Hwars 1 did not.

yeah their scenes looked real good despite the game play graphics that were kinda ehhh but they were still pretty nice

NO WONDER HALO WARS 2 IS HOT GARBAGE... fuckin 343.

No they didn't or the game would be good and people would play it. Bungle knew they could not trust them with their franchise.

Halo wars one was made by Ensemble Studios. Halo Wars 2 is playgrounds + 343i OwO FYI.

talking about the studio

saddly the creators of halo wars 1 is gone after when they made halo wars 1

I think Blur Studios did the cinematics. They're insane. They did Halo 4's cinematics and I think Halo 2: Anniversary too.

You're Right! They really nailed both of the cinematics in Halo Wars 1 and 2.