Unlike the Xbox 360 version, this doesn’t seem to stack with Legendary. While there are a few tough missions, most aren’t too bad and with the added save function, your Legendary playthrough shouldn’t prove too difficult overall.īy this stage the only Campaign achievements will be to beat each mission on Heroic under Par Time. The main focus of each mission is to build up your defenses, field a suitable army, and drive them back. On Legendary the AI will have more health and play more aggressively. Ideally, you will have collected all the skulls so using the five positive skulls can be a huge help here. The sole purpose of this playthrough is to beat each mission on Legendary. Unlike other Halo games, Halo Wars doesn’t penalize you for playing on easier difficulties, so all gold medals can be obtained on Easy. Although it’s not necessary, you should also try to aim for gold medals on this playthrough to minimize replaying missions at the end. The focus of this playthrough will be to work on beating each mission’s optional objective achievement, locating the mission’s blackbox and meeting the requirements and collecting the skull. While it is possible to do all the side and optional achievements on Legendary, doing so can be incredibly frustrating, hence why it is recommended to do a run through on Easy or Normal first. Overall it’s not a difficult game for veterans of the series or newcomers alike. The most difficult part will be beating the game on legendary but the game does give you a little flexibility in how you approach each mission and there are plenty of useful guides floating around the internet. The game will require at least two playthroughs although three are recommended to avoid major frustration. Even if you are new to strategy games in general, you shouldn’t have too much trouble with Halo Wars as it’s quite accessible and sits on the easier side of strategy games. If you are new to the series, then welcome to the wonderful mashup that is strategy game meets the Halo universe. If you’ve played the Xbox 360 version, then you should have no trouble jumping in and knocking everything out, especially considering the time-consuming MP achievements have been replaced with achievements that can be done solo in skirmish matches. Welcome to the definitive edition of Halo Wars, with an upgrade in visuals, performance, and all of the original DLC included along with a few new achievements from the Xbox 360 version. Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None Does difficulty affect achievements: Yes, several must be done on Heroic or Legendary Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 2 + 100 Skirmish/Multiplayer matches Approximate amount of time to 1500 : 30 – 40 hours Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10

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