Halo Wars 2
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Developers | |
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Creative Assembly | |
343 Industries | |
Publishers | |
Digital | Microsoft Studios |
Retail | THQ Nordic[1] |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 21, 2017 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
OpenCritic | 78 |
IGDB | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service |
Microtransactions | Loot box, Infinite spend, Free-to-grind[2] |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select, Multiple select |
Genres | RTS |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Halo Wars, Halo |
Halo Wars | |
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Subseries of Halo | |
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition | 2016 |
Halo Wars 2 | 2017 |
Halo Wars 2 is an RTS developed by Creative Assembly and 343 Industries that is a part of the Halo series and a serves sequel to Halo Wars: Definitive Edition.
The game released simultaneously on Windows 10 and Xbox One on February 21, 2017.
Cross-play with Xbox One was added in a patch November 2, 2017.[3]
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Published by "THQ Nordic" and "Microsoft" (4 DVD) | |||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Play Anywhere. Complete Edition also available. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
- All versions require Microsoft Store DRM.
Demo
- A free Demo is available on the Microsoft Store.
Version differences
- The Complete Edition contains Halo Wars 2 its season pass and all DLC.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | The DLC includes missions, customization options and leaders. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription gaming service | Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Note: The season pass only includes additional leaders and does NOT include the below DLC. | |
Operation: SPEARBREAKER | ||
Awakening the Nightmare |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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Infinite spend | Card packs can be purchased infinitely with no limit. |
Loot box | The game uses card packs with varying rarity types for its "Blitz" mode, which can be earned via gameplay as well as a real-money purchase. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Microsoft Store |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
Microsoft Store |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Support for 21:9 and 32:9 | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Always enabled. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | SMAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Can change functions of a few buttons only | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Voice, Cinematics. | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 output. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 6 | Versus, Co-op Co-op campaign supports two players. Supports crossplay with Xbox One |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Dedicated |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 3074 |
UDP | 88,500,3074,3544,4500 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues unresolved
Foliage flickers
Disable foliage in settings. |
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Black screen during campaign mission briefing, unable to proceed
Disable HDR on this monitor in Windows. Or, hit Alt-Enter to exit fullscreen and drag the game window to a non-HDR monitor. Once past the briefing, drag the game window back to the first monitor and hit Alt-Enter to resume fullscreen. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2500 AMD FX-4350 |
Intel Core i5-4690K AMD FX-8350 |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7750 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ THQ Nordic Partners with 343 Industries and Microsoft Studios for Physical Retail Release of Halo Wars 2 on Windows 10 | THQ Nordic GmbH
- ↑ HALO WARS 2 :: Microtransactions.zone - last accessed on 2020-08-06
- ↑ Halo Wars Patch Notes - Xbox One X Update & More! :: Halo Waypoint - last accessed on 2020-08-06