Halo Wars is aptly named. It contains both the ‘Halo’ universe, about 20 years prior to the original Halo title, and ‘Wars’ in form of real-time strategy combat. The game on a whole seems to be pretty good meld of both of these things, although though neither is perfect. If you’ve never played a Halo game, that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy Halo Wars, but you probably should skip to the 3rd paragraph. Starting 20 years before the original Halo means that Master Chief won’t be saving the day, the first halo ring hasn’t been discovered yet, and humanity still feels as if it has a fighting chance of beating the Covenant. You command troops from the UNSC Spirit of Fire, a earth ship who is taking the fight to the Covenant on the planet Harvest, when a discovery is made that could shift the tide of the war, which starts a race to see who can unlock some ancient Forerunner secret. If this makes sense to you, you’ve probably played 2 or 3 of the Halo games and are pretty invested in the storyline; Halo Wars will not answer any questions or give you any information that will really help you understand the universe any better...(more after the jump)