Atriox and the human forces battle for control of the Ark, and the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance, as it always does in a Halo game. The Covenant and humanity are more or less at peace after the events of Halo 3, so this rebellion retcon gives Halo Wars 2 a good narrative excuse to throw familiar Halo enemies like grunts, brutes and elites at players instead of the newer, far less interesting foes seen in Halo 4 and Halo 5.
They learn that Atriox is the leader of a powerful rebel army - the only such ever to stand up to the alien Covenant from within and succeed. They send some Spartans - not the Master Chief, but some of the series’ other, more rarely seen super-soldiers - down to the surface, where they encounter a powerful Brute leader, Atriox, and a terrified AI construct, Isabel. The Spirit of Fire’s occupants wake up after 28 years of cryo-sleep to find their colony ship floating above the Ark, a key location from Halo 3. During that time, a lot went down in the Halo-verse, including the events of the original trilogy, up through Halo 3. This sequel picks up the story of the Spirit at Dawn, a UNSC (United Nations Space Command) colony ship whose occupants have been frozen for 28 years. Halo Wars 2 feels like a Halo game – arguably more than some games from the main series.
The Halo series’ signature faux-epic sci-fi, with its rampant Biblical metaphors and cheesy hoo-rah attitude, is in full force in Halo Wars 2. And as a console-first game, it operates within some limitations (like the Xbox One controller) that can make it frustrating for newcomers or strategy veterans alike. However, it is not a Halo game in the way that matters most: It isn’t an accessible shooter, but a much more complex real-time-strategy game. A variety of multiplayer options, including campaign co-op and the new Blitz mode, round things out and add replay value.Īll in all, Halo Wars 2 feels like a Halo game in many ways - arguably more than some games from the main series, such as Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians. Captain Cutter, the Spirit of Fire’s commander, and other characters (including a female AI construct) keep the chatter up throughout missions. The game itself is structured similarly to a main series Halo game, with about ten hours of story content spread throughout 12 missions and explosive cinematic cutscenes to tell the story in between. And in Halo Wars 2, Halo is done right - if far from perfectly. When the Halo universe is done right, it can be a really fun place in which to play, whether it’s in the form of a first-person shooter, a novel, a cartoon, or a real-time-strategy (RTS) game like Halo Wars 2.
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