I think Starcraft would be the better game, because the graphics are better, it's on the PC, it has cooler units, and just like starcraft 1 - Brood War(expansion), you can choose which campaign, Zerg, Terran, or Protoss. In Halowars, it's just human.
Well, seeing as out of the box you'll only be able to play the Terran singleplayer campaign & will have to wait for 2 additional expansions (which no doubt you'll have to pay for) to play the SP campaigns for Zerg & protoss - that's a little on the lame side.
Blizzard has been out of the RTS market for years, on top of that, with the huge loyal fanbase for the original starcraft, they're probably going to change it as little as possible to get as much product movement with their existing fanbase - which means that it's not going to be all that new and innovative.
Some of the things I've read about it & subsequently going back and playing the original game - are just ridiculous. Why can a marine with a machine gun destroy a tank? Or a space-worthy battlecruiser? I wouldn't mind if they included special AA or AT weapons for the infantry, but I don't know what they're thinking. It's probably going to focus on base building & building units rather then strategic combat management, so I doubt it will be terribly interesting. There have just been too many titles on the RTS market released since they left, and I don't know how they're going to try and niche back into the market with the same old stuff.
I don't know much about Halo wars, but I'm not a fan of the FPS so I probably won't pick that up either.
Starcraft 2, ?? o didn't know they were going to make another. O well, the story line in Starcraft was crap, but online play was ok. Then we come to Halo Wars, Storyline amazing, game play is great, and online is awesome. I think we have a clear winner in my opinion.
Divinedarkness, you can't JUST be humans (UNSC), you could also be the covenant and the flood. Also, the campaign of the game is way longer, the controls are more simple, you could make your own place if you have live and my favorite thing about the game is that you could get a limited edition game like this for 10$ more!
And starcraft 2 is out already in canada. My friend told me or maybe he just hacked something to do it like what he usually does.
Starcraft 2 is gonna own house. Halo is great and all but Starcraft 1 was a bestseller for like 9 years or some crazy crap. If Blizzard did their job right, then the storyline will be epic and paired with the game play, Starcraft 2 will ROCK!
Why can a marine with a machine gun destroy a tank? Or a space-worthy battlecruiser?
They have types of armor that are damage reductoin/resistance to types of fire, and recieve more damage from different types of fire. So I don't know what type of damage marines deal, but its reduced by a ton.
Divinedarkness, you can't JUST be humans (UNSC), you could also be the covenant and the flood.
I bought the mythic map pack, limited edition version, and in it, the only campaign you can play is huamns. On online, you can be covenant or humans, but not flood. You kill flood for more xp points.
They can be compared in a way, but they can't. Halo Wars was made exactly for the Xbox 360 where Starcraft 2 was made for the pc. So obviously Starcraft will be easier to control and strategise with all the hotkeys available. But Halo Wars is for a console. They can't really be compared.
