Just as Mr. Geoff Keighley promised, a new Halo Wars trailer titled Field Trip to Harvest recently aired over on Gametrailers (it's their exclusive, don'tcha know) and it gives us our first taste of what the Halo Wars storyline is all about. And in typical Halo fashion, the trailer is hella' entertaining, visually impressive and quite the informative piece of video. Check out the trailer embedded after the break.
We also wanted to say that if the presented images are the actual in-game cut scenes, then man oh man will we be impressed. It's freakin' beautiful! Oh, and for the geeky Halo folks in the crowd, our own Richard wanted to point out that the the main Elite towards the end of the video is wearing the Arbiter's armor. That means he'd be the Arbiter Elite that was bestowed the "honor" prior to the Arbiter we came to know in the Halo games. Geektacular!
[Thanks, Robert]
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10-05-2008 @ 2:22AM
Dustin Burg said...
... odd
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10-05-2008 @ 2:27AM
Scotsman said...
Odd way to start the comments..
Is it true that the footage is In-Engine? I will be very surprised if it is, considering what we have seen thus far.
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10-05-2008 @ 2:44AM
Steven M said...
i dont think this cutscene is in engine, here is an actual gameplay clip http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36232.html
10-05-2008 @ 2:50AM
0ldb0y said...
Looks too good to be in-engine. It reminded me very much of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. And I mean that as a compliment. Definitely some amazing stuff.
10-05-2008 @ 2:39AM
Steven M said...
WTF????
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10-05-2008 @ 2:42AM
Steven M said...
These cinematics are beautiful and the gameplay's graphics are very good looking to....stupid micro$oft has to close ensemble after halo wars...i was hoping for an age of empires 4 from ensemble...
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10-05-2008 @ 12:10PM
DemonGSides said...
Part of me thinks that Ensemble knew, and instead of just putting out a shit game, they're showing Microsoft that they've got some serious fucking talent, and are sticking it to them with this game.
Make them think twice about killing off a major studio.
10-05-2008 @ 12:31PM
Urza said...
I thought halo fanboys said Halo didn't need to be photo realistic like gears? That's freakin beautiful! I wish Halo 3 looks half that good.
10-05-2008 @ 2:54AM
birdshake said...
"it's their exclusive, don'tcha know"
Don'tcha know? Are you Sarah Palin?
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10-05-2008 @ 5:38AM
Feedback said...
Gametrailers are MAVRIX.
10-05-2008 @ 4:01AM
Cody said...
I believe that on GameTrailers TV, one of those guys actually said that this is the first cutscene in the game.
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10-05-2008 @ 4:12AM
Headgear782 said...
that was friggin sweet
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10-05-2008 @ 4:35AM
Shade ONE said...
wow, one of the best cutscenes i have seen in a looong time, halo wars is going to be amazing
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10-05-2008 @ 11:06PM
Dartmerc said...
This does look impressive.
I'm a PS3 fan(boy), but this game has really caught my eye so far, I saw the brute concept artwork a couple of weeks back and if the game is filled with units that look that sweet it should be a blast to play, and Ensemble has the knowhow to make it strategic and deep as well.
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10-05-2008 @ 6:26AM
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 said...
is it me or is the AI 'Serina' really hot?
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10-05-2008 @ 8:10AM
Crackrjakk said...
Wow! Color me impressed! Question: Not to start a geek war or anything, but does it really matter if the cutscenes are in-engine. I mean, we know what the game looks like, and it looks good - so if the cut scenes look like this, that's not a bad thing, right?
The killer part to me is the clear focus on story, or at least the trailer would indicate. If Halo Wars is filled with scenes like that, it'll make Bungie's "storytelling" abilities look to be on par with Teletubby material.
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10-05-2008 @ 8:17AM
Demolition Elmo said...
EH OOOOOOOOOWWWW!!!!
10-05-2008 @ 9:34AM
Conor said...
If they made a halo movie,I'd like it to be done like that!
Good trailer,does anyone think the halo universe is becoming real "serious" with itself now?
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10-05-2008 @ 9:34AM
shenlong77 said...
the entrance to that forerunner structure looks identical to the one the Covenant are defending from the human attack on the original E3 Halo Wars trailer... hmmm...
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10-05-2008 @ 10:31AM
ScottishPrik said...
You'd have to be pretty stupid if you thought they were in-game.
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