This mod is basically Halo Wars 3...

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
  • Today we take a proper look at the Halo Wars Leader Overhaul mod which adds so much content it might as well be Halo Wars 3...I love it but it is a work in progress and as such it isn't perfect...
    Leave a like if you enjoy! Subscribe!
    Join the channel Discord: / discord
    My Patreon if you want to support the channel: patreon.com/user?u=61682337
    Check out this fantastic mod: www.moddb.com/...
    #halo #haloinfinite #halowars

Комментарии • 116

  • @emperorfridgethedude
    @emperorfridgethedude 2 месяца назад +37

    Modders are genuinely incredible. Blows anything official out of the water nowadays. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +3

      You are welcome, thanks for watching.

  • @Tomahawk1
    @Tomahawk1 2 месяца назад +59

    There’s no better feeling than playing Halo Wars vanilla for years then finally getting to play modded

    • @mistersmiley9425
      @mistersmiley9425 2 месяца назад +4

      I remember being younger and being so sad because I always saw youtubers playing Halo Wars modded and now with Definitive Edition I get to play those mods too :D

    • @andregonzalez2086
      @andregonzalez2086 14 дней назад

      @mistersmiley9425 i also have halo DE but i can't play the leader overhaul for some reason idk :(

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 2 месяца назад +32

    7:23 Said Engine is the Phoenix Engine of which an evolved version of is most likely also used in Halo Wars 2 because of Halo Wars 2 having similar file structure and naming.

  • @SunnyMitten
    @SunnyMitten 2 месяца назад +140

    343 on Halo is like Disney for Star Wars, they're GIVEN a gift and MISTREAT it, when the original makers MADE it and LOVED it. ❤️‍🔥

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +31

      At least with Star Wars stormtroopers still look like stormtroopers. In my opinion while I certainly don't approve of alot of what's been done with Star Wars I think Halo is 1000x worse.

    • @SunnyMitten
      @SunnyMitten 2 месяца назад +7

      @@BrokenCircle1 Ngl I now agree with that, W content and even tho mcc is bad, I recommend mythic overhauls for 3, 4, Reach and ODST, Havoc or Revolved for CE, and Vanny's Recut for 2, the best versions of every game are modded by the fans. ❤️‍🔥🥳

    • @TheKproductionsful
      @TheKproductionsful 2 месяца назад +9

      Unfortunately, a lot of franchises have been mishandled because of shitty management. COD, everything EA and Ubisoft touches, Star Trek, the MCU after Endgame, and many others.

    • @Hlieyto
      @Hlieyto 2 месяца назад +8

      @@BrokenCircle1 And master chief still looks like master chief, that's not a good argument. SW been dumpstered a lot worse than Halo, but Halo has suffered badly too.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +2

      He does? @@Hlieyto

  • @MasouShizuka
    @MasouShizuka 2 месяца назад +5

    Oh man it would be so SWEET if they had a UNSC faction based on Halo3. Both Marines and Elite squads vs the flood, etc. It would be very cool to have mixed squads too. Enemies shall burn with the roar of assault rifles and plasma rifles together.

  • @prestongarvey4259
    @prestongarvey4259 2 месяца назад +3

    Didn't think Halo Wars 1 would get love and recognition like this, I do suggest an old game Universe at War however, another RTS that has been abandoned by its parent company Sega and left to rot, with a community that still is active to this day and made it playable once more on PC

  • @PackHunter117
    @PackHunter117 2 месяца назад +24

    Personally I do really like the regular Brute Chieftain - Thrallslayer - Avitus

    • @Colonel-Sigma
      @Colonel-Sigma 2 месяца назад +2

      So do I, after reading Contact Harvest Tartarus just seems like a whiney kid.

  • @jonathontransom7836
    @jonathontransom7836 2 месяца назад +8

    The Rebel AI seems to work for me about 50% of the time, but I do always scout them early to see if they're making any buildings whenever I put them on. If there's nothing, a restart or two is in order.

    • @DarkEcho119
      @DarkEcho119 2 месяца назад +2

      I've gotten this with all of the new leaders. There is AI for them, but it's hit or miss whether or not it actually does anything.

  • @shreksnow1918
    @shreksnow1918 2 месяца назад +37

    This and other similar mods give us a glimpse into what Halo Wars could’ve been if it didn’t suffer through development hell (Bungie being absolute cancer towards Ensemble and REPEATEDLY trying to get it shut down. Half of Ensemble was working on other stuff for a good chunk of development because they were burned out on working exclusively on rts game. And them being told to scrap their original pitch and changing it to a Halo console rts), and being MASSIVELY held back by an Xbox controller (the retail game is VERY bare bones due to these limitations. If it was designed for keyboard and mouse we could’ve had something that’s actually complex. The sequel improved on what Ensemble gave us, but is still shackled by the gamepad). Even though the balancing for different mods is a mixed bag, I still like checking out the various mods. It’s really interesting seeing different people’s ideal versions of the same game. You should definitely cover the other mods when you get the chance.

    • @tinyzinc7344
      @tinyzinc7344 2 месяца назад

      I feel most of the time the controller limitation is overstated. I use one.

    • @shreksnow1918
      @shreksnow1918 2 месяца назад +5

      The reason keyboard and mouse is superior is because you have far more precision when you control/select your troops. Numerous Keyes allow you to easily assign different groups, abilities, and building types to different hotkeys. It also allows you to angle/turn around buildings when making new ones (something that happens in free building rts games). If you try to have all that on a controller it will be super clunky and won’t work half the time. The. On the other hand you’ll get what happened with Halo Wars where it has the depth of a puddle.
      I had a lot of fun with the series, but after delving into more advanced games in the genre I now realize the games are VERY bare bones. They’re the kind of thing I can ONLY recommend to someone that’s both new to the genre, and a big Halo fan. If you’re not either of those there isn’t much there for you, other than maybe playing with the controller just to see how well that works.
      The second game is a definite improvement that adds more depth into the buildings (mini bases are more useful with them having 2 slots for specialized units, instead of 1. There’s more turret types. Along with certain campaign missions and Firefight having turret/wall sockets at key choke points around the map), more u it’s, abilities, and making certain changes to production to add more depth. Sadly, it’s still limited by the controller. Otherwise the devs could’ve gone all out (the pc version allows you to put units in groups, but that sadly doesn’t go far enough).
      For anyone reading this I’m not saying you can’t like the games. I’ve had a lot of fun with both, and am still able to get a kick out of them through mods (love how a lot of HW1 mods backport the best features and balancing/production changes from HW2 to HW1). I’m just saying in the retail form they aren’t very good rts games, and the mods are held back by the game’s core design.

    • @tinyzinc7344
      @tinyzinc7344 2 месяца назад +1

      @@shreksnow1918 I think you missed my point. Great points though.

    • @cursedhawkins1305
      @cursedhawkins1305 2 месяца назад +2

      Part of the reason why Bungie was so against Ensemble using the IP was because Microsoft gave Ensemble permission to use it WITHOUT consulting Bungie, remember that Bungie still had the rights to the Halo IP during this time not Microsoft so for Microsoft to pull this crap on them and just expect Bungie to play ball must have been insulting to them.
      Edit: also, let's not forget that Bungie first thought of doing an RTS with the Halo IP before settling on Combat Evolve.

    • @3mpt7
      @3mpt7 2 месяца назад +1

      From what I can tell, there's a problem that becomes apparent in Arcadia City. Someone thought it would be a cool idea to have an Elite with an Energy Sword slicing through civilians, rather than a Brute Chieftain. Ever since, the attitude against the Elites has been 'Nope, cannot ally with them'. I mean, they're literally called Brutes, to distinguish them from the Honor Guard and Elite pilots, because they're the ones to do the butchering, when you can't get the Jackals and Grunts to pass as a credible threat.
      I mean, let's face it. Ripa the Arbiter in Halo Wars was smart enough to question the Prophet in the second mission. Imagine how much better the game and lore would have been if he'd outright refused to destroy the Holy Forerunner site, and the Prophet had to go to the Brute Chieftain instead.
      As far as Halo Wars goes as an RTS--it was my first RTS. I later played Civilization and Starcraft, and as far as I'm concerned, it still holds up. No idea what people are talking about. You reckon that's nostalgia bias?

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 2 месяца назад +9

    1:33 *Jungle Work intensifies*

  • @harrald_hairy-breeks
    @harrald_hairy-breeks 2 месяца назад +4

    Great video man, this is the Halo content we deserve and need. Keep the mod coverage coming.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for watching. I do other Halo stuff too but I do want to cover more stuff like this.

  • @sonicusr
    @sonicusr Месяц назад

    Looks amazing, Halo Wars is one of my favorite RTS. The Halo setting has so much diversity and lore put into it, it's a shame Bungie giving it away lead to only one or two good games at best. Halo Wars 1 is definitely a good game though.

  • @sebastianvillanueva9478
    @sebastianvillanueva9478 2 месяца назад +2

    Keep up the good content

  • @giygas9305
    @giygas9305 2 месяца назад +2

    I just want a Halo RTS that is similar to Command & Conquer

  • @yousef501st6
    @yousef501st6 Месяц назад

    I've seen Halo Wars 2 it looked fun so i got Halo Wars and the game was a blast

  • @PetrusEksteen
    @PetrusEksteen 2 месяца назад +2

    You may enjoy taking a look at all the Halo mods which have been coming out for Fallout 4, there might be a collection available on Nexus but you have stuff from Elites replacing Bandits, Brutes replacing Super Mutants, a ton of Halo weapons (fully moddable at workbench), various mods to add fully customisable Spartan armor, a mod to replace the Ghouls with the Flood, etc etc

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +3

      I generally don't like mods like that my reason being if I wanted to play Halo I'd just boot up Halo and vice versa. I tend to like mods that fit the feel of the existing game and add to it rather than turning it into a whole new game.

    • @PetrusEksteen
      @PetrusEksteen 2 месяца назад

      Ah, I'm yhe opposite lol, total conversions are totally my thing. Although Fallout 4 is one of the weakest platforms for that tbh

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +2

      @@PetrusEksteen Eh
      I've tried them before. I remember at one point I modded Starbound to basically be a soup mod of loads of popular franchises mixed in and I found it took away from the base game and just felt bloated.

    • @PetrusEksteen
      @PetrusEksteen 2 месяца назад +1

      @@BrokenCircle1 Yeah fair, that is pretty much what happened to my last Fallout 4 playthrough lol although the biggest issue with that game is the base quests anyway. Luckily in the Skyrim modding scene most authors tend to make stuff lore-friendly anyway (avoiding most of the armor and character mods, that is... lol).

  • @user-xf1gn1uq4l
    @user-xf1gn1uq4l 2 месяца назад +4

    Hot take, Halo should have died after Reach. Any further halos should have been spinoffs based on marines, their own unique stories, or some aliens teir survival horror.

    • @Wuunderboy
      @Wuunderboy 15 дней назад

      100% agreed!!! But noooooo 343 wanted to rewrite everything in their image!
      But also? The original 3 games should have had updates over the years too like giving CE, 2 and 3 Mod support on xbox and Blur cutscenes to all the original games.

  • @bloodhat3097
    @bloodhat3097 2 месяца назад +3

    Sins of solar empire has halo mod, maybe take a look at that

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +1

      Sins of the Prophets.
      I've thought about it but I'm not sure. It's definitely a cool mod/game but SOSE to me has always been kind of boring. Only having space ships with very limited empire building elements has always kind of just left me wanting more but not in a good way.

  • @Stop_Motion_Hub
    @Stop_Motion_Hub 2 месяца назад

    my only question is why the marines were reskinned to the UNSC army? I feel like keeping them the way they were before would save time, and if not that then change it to be the CE marine design. If he wanted to add in that design it would of been cooler to add in a new leader as a whole.

  • @nugget6820
    @nugget6820 2 месяца назад +1

    The Heretic isn't hard to pronounce: Sesa - roofa - me
    Fun fact, the "mee" at the end of every elites name is a covenant thing, which is why the Arbiter(from 2, 3 and 5) goes from "Thel 'Vadamee" to "Thel 'Vadam"

  • @00yiggdrasill00
    @00yiggdrasill00 2 месяца назад +1

    Haven't played LO in a while but we weren't having crashes in multiplayer. Wonder if it's part of an update? If you liked the mod maybe try and older version, because I used to play multiplayer almost every night with a friend with very few crashes.

  • @redmcbread2022
    @redmcbread2022 2 месяца назад

    Nice vid bro 👌😎
    Also, did you run a shader for your HW Gameplay? Look’s amazing! I’ve got me a 3050 and me and my brother just got back into modded halo, would love to install this for him!

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      No I did not run any shaders. It might be part of the mod.

  • @ryanbrewis6990
    @ryanbrewis6990 2 месяца назад

    Just depressing seeing beloved franchises so abused. Halo, Star Wars, Gears. Maybe one day we will see them reborn.

  • @FatMonkeyUK
    @FatMonkeyUK 16 дней назад

    Such a shame about the crashing. This looks a lot more polished than the MoreLeaders mod.

  • @lightinthenight3835
    @lightinthenight3835 2 месяца назад +1

    You sound like soundsmith if he was serious

  • @SuperDecimator
    @SuperDecimator 2 месяца назад

    Potentially the population value decision would be for mod performance. Maybe it just can't handle that much more

  • @reilly_sharky_reese
    @reilly_sharky_reese 2 месяца назад

    Pretty sure there's an Empire At War Halo mod. No idea if its any good though.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      There is. It's a bit rough and only space I think

    • @heylookitsbilly8407
      @heylookitsbilly8407 2 месяца назад

      @BrokenCircle1 It's currently space only or at least the last time I checked on it. There's actually an older one that was never finished and I think that one's currently in a better place

  • @feldmarshalarby5150
    @feldmarshalarby5150 2 месяца назад

    Great video! Now how do you actually make this thing work? I've Tried Respawns video on how to install this type of mod to halo wars and it wont work, any ideas or a link to a tutorial for us idiots trying to make this work?

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      Follow the instructions on the mod page. Worked fine for me.

    • @feldmarshalarby5150
      @feldmarshalarby5150 2 месяца назад

      @BrokenCircle1 OK, awesome and there weren't any mod managers that go along with it? If there aren't any, my monkey brain will be pleased lol

  • @jaydolan8278
    @jaydolan8278 2 месяца назад

    Can only play on Xbox so a flood faction would be nice even if it’s paid I guess, gets boring playing as same old factions with a twist

  • @ants7279
    @ants7279 2 месяца назад +1

    There really is nothing positive to say about 343 they haven't given emy satisfying content since Halo wars 2 the Halo infinite Campain was fun but besides that the only good thing about the Multi player is the new A.I Forge that was amazing but the lack of players for the community make the customs pointless at times.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      HW2 was meh in my opinion and the bad thing is it wasn't even really worked on by 343 all that much it was another company.
      Forge by modern standards is kind of pathetic. Games have had level editors far more in depth than Forge since the 90s. Sure it's a nice feature to have but at the end of the day its incredibly limited.

    • @ants7279
      @ants7279 2 месяца назад

      @BrokenCircle1 The first Halo wars was definitely more fun but Halo wars wall not worked on by 343 was still pretty okay in my book as for Forge I get what you mean but Halo Reach Forge was totally fun best time ever,Halo infinite Forge well its impressive with what you can do it still sucks I just like the A.I mechanism never done that on console before.

  • @first001
    @first001 2 месяца назад +1

    This is what HW2 should been. HW2 doesn't even look like its from the halo universe to the casual viewer.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      100% agree. HW2s art style looks like a mobile game. All these people saying it was a return to classic...I don't get.
      Also HW2 felt gimmicky and in some ways is more simplistic than HW1 (Think no variations of cover, no neutral bases, etc)

  • @xIcyStarzz-yz7my
    @xIcyStarzz-yz7my 2 месяца назад

    Please tell me that this works without having to buy Halo Wars on steam. Im nowhere near able to afford even 20$ , the last mod I tried to install to Halo Wars, you could only play it with the purchased... It was cool, too. Added rebels and Flood. I want to mod Halo Wars so bad.

    • @marobrother1751
      @marobrother1751 2 месяца назад

      Iirc having played the mod before it does work with the Microsoft store version

    • @heylookitsbilly8407
      @heylookitsbilly8407 2 месяца назад

      As far as I'm aware all mods work with the Microsoft store version of the game. I suggest using The firebase/halo wars de mod manager because it makes things much easier

  • @pandorasactor9910
    @pandorasactor9910 2 месяца назад

    didnt the creator of this mod stop updating?

  • @SunnyMitten
    @SunnyMitten 2 месяца назад +10

    I know this video don't relate but 343 CAN GO #### A CACTUS, I GOT BANNED FROM BOTH MCC AND INFINITE FORUMS ON STEAM AND DON'T REGRET IT. ❤️‍🔥

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +4

      Oh god what did you say?

    • @SunnyMitten
      @SunnyMitten 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@BrokenCircle1 Said they needed to be fired for doing a horrid job.

    • @giygas9305
      @giygas9305 2 месяца назад +2

      I got banned from MCC discussions for saying something along the lines of “Nobody gives a fuck, 343” because they keep posting all this “Disability” or “Pride” month half assed bullshit instead of actual updates

    • @SunnyMitten
      @SunnyMitten 2 месяца назад +1

      @@giygas9305 Exactly, other than a coating for infinite [which is just a garbage pattern that ironically mocks them by making it a "special" coating], and the nameplates, there's no actual representation, if they wanted to make genuine pandering, they'd have just made an obtainable free helmet that'd refer to the adaptive controller as a gungir variant.
      I got banned from there for saying their games don't work and they play like a pre-alpha. "DID I JUST OPEN A DEV KIT INSTEAD OF THE FINAL PRODUCT?"
      Moment I hashtag Fire343 or complain about them at all, boom goes the dynamite in their tiny brains.

    • @Chris4563caqrikndd
      @Chris4563caqrikndd 23 дня назад

      Nobody cares

  • @thefluffles6384
    @thefluffles6384 2 месяца назад

    Smaller armies are a hard sell for me If i wanted a boring game with small armies i'd play dawn of war 2 or something.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      Fair enough. There are other mods that allow for bigger ones I willl try out and showcase in the future.

    • @thefluffles6384
      @thefluffles6384 2 месяца назад

      @@BrokenCircle1 sweeet. c:

    • @heylookitsbilly8407
      @heylookitsbilly8407 2 месяца назад

      ​@thefluffles6384 Hey out of curiosity have you tried out any of the mods for Dawn of War 2?

    • @thefluffles6384
      @thefluffles6384 2 месяца назад

      @@heylookitsbilly8407 DOW 2 Elite Mod is a pretty big multiplayer mod but after a while I just don't find it fun. I'm not that great at it but sometimes the units just melt away too quickly when you look away If you're really fast yeah sure it's not that bad you have to play it for a while It sucks you in and once you play a couple dozen games you get tired of it real quick well for me, the only thing that keeps me playing the mod from time to time is the sheer amount of salt it produces within my blood stream. There are some mods out there that added base building to it just recently but that is mostly for ai battles unless you've got frens, bunch of more funner mods like lore accurate space marines, orks and guard etc... I think the better 40k rts would be for the men at war assault squad 2 mod in all honesty. I think Dawn of war 2 is like a proto Company of Heroes and in all honesty It's just so slow at the same time if that makes any sense just meh. If you like that's cool I appreciate it, it's a great game and maybe if I gave it a fair try back in the day I would have liked it but the small armies no base building, meh.

    • @thefluffles6384
      @thefluffles6384 2 месяца назад

      @@heylookitsbilly8407 not sure if my 1st message is got through but yes it was a bit long winded but yeah some mods good some mods no.

  • @Enlightened_SpursFan
    @Enlightened_SpursFan 2 месяца назад

    How do you install the mod if you play from Steam? I need help, I never can do it

  • @thesmilyguyguy9799
    @thesmilyguyguy9799 2 месяца назад

    :

  • @PaxKishania
    @PaxKishania 4 дня назад +1

    The comment that base game covenant are overpowered is insane. The game is heavily biased in its original balance towards the UNSC, even when you take covenant leaders into account.

  • @ClassicIX
    @ClassicIX 2 месяца назад

    Halo and Star Wars needs to be saved man. Take it away from these undeserving devs. Dei infected garbage make halo wars 3 and bring back the OG halo wars. Halo wars 2 was dogshit in my opinion it felt so beyond clunky. I remember I could pull of 1v3’s in halo wars then in halo wars 2 I couldn’t even micro properly and would feel slowed down in game progress & fluidity of the game. Sad times. Bring back halo reach too. Every game made past 2016 has been dog shit. While we are at it make a battlefront 3 for Star Wars and rip the licenses say from the scumbags at Disney.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      I do agree Wars 2 wasn't as good as people said

  • @antiwave5294
    @antiwave5294 2 месяца назад +2

    Really enjoy watching your content. Ironically I’m working on my own review of the Leader Overhaul Mod and you sir have inspired me.
    Would you be interested in playing this mod together if you have time? I’ll add you on discord sometime

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад +1

      Sure. The channel Discord link is in the description.

    • @xIcyStarzz-yz7my
      @xIcyStarzz-yz7my 2 месяца назад

      Leader overhaul is the one I tried getting working, but apparently can only use it with a working Steam version. It seemed like alot of fun.

    • @shreksnow1918
      @shreksnow1918 2 месяца назад +2

      @antiwave5294 What are some of the things you plan on doing with your mod? It’s always interesting seeing people’s different idealized versions for various games.

    • @heylookitsbilly8407
      @heylookitsbilly8407 2 месяца назад

      ​@@xIcyStarzz-yz7myAbsolutely does work with MS version of the game. Suggest using the Firebase/Halo wars de mod manager which can be found on moddb

  • @KingDragonBlood
    @KingDragonBlood 2 месяца назад

    Is it still being worked on?? Its been a thing for so long and i haven’t noticed any changes sense i got it which was a year or 2 ago

  • @chromesucks5299
    @chromesucks5299 2 месяца назад

    There is a Halo mod for Sins of the solar empire, you should check it out too.
    And yeah been following this mod and trying out new versions now then, have had crash problems too when i guess too many units? Hopefully there is some fix of that eventually.

    • @BrokenCircle1
      @BrokenCircle1  2 месяца назад

      Yes it does seem to be linked to the amount of units, maybe why the pop count is lowered.
      I've played Sins of the Prophets. Pretty cool though I always find SOSE gets boring pretty quick.