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Halo Wars - Quiz
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  • 1. When was the Halo Wars playable demo first mentioned?
A) October 2007
B) January 2009
C) February 2009
D) June 2016
  • 2. On what date did the Halo Wars playable demo become available for download?
A) March 12, 2009
B) January 29, 2009
C) February 5, 2009
D) October 2007
  • 3. How many Xbox Live Gold members downloaded the demo in the first five days?
A) More than 2 million
B) More than 5 million
C) 1 million
D) 639,000
  • 4. What title was given to the 48-page graphic novel included in the Limited Collector's Edition?
A) Halo 3: Mythic
B) The Spirit of Fire
C) The Arbiter's Story
D) Halo Wars: Genesis
  • 5. Which of these individuals helped create the graphic novel included in the collector's edition?
A) Phil Noto
B) The Arbiter
C) Anders
D) Michael Pachter
  • 6. What bonus item was included for players who pre-ordered the game from certain retailers?
A) A Spirit of Fire patch
B) A limited edition soundtrack
C) The Mythic Map Pack
D) A Warthog with flame decals
  • 7. Which game did Halo Wars trail behind in the UK weekly sales charts upon release?
A) Killzone 2
B) Halo 3
C) Command & Conquer 3
D) Call of Duty: World at War
  • 8. Halo Wars was considered the fastest-selling game of what genre?
A) Console strategy game
B) Action-adventure game
C) Role-playing game
D) First-person shooter
  • 9. How many units did Microsoft announce Halo Wars had sold by March 19, 2009?
A) 2 million
B) 639,000
C) 1 million
D) 3 million
  • 10. Who handled the development for the Halo Wars: Definitive Edition Windows port?
A) Phil Noto
B) Microsoft
C) 343 Industries
D) Behaviour Interactive
  • 11. What collection was bundled with the Limited Collector's Edition to attract Halo 3 players?
A) Best of Halo bundle
B) Spirit of Fire pack
C) Mythic Map Pack
D) Halo Wars: Genesis
  • 12. In which country did Halo Wars' weekly sales rank higher than Killzone 2?
A) Australia
B) United Kingdom
C) Germany
D) United States
  • 13. When was the Halo Wars: Definitive Edition made available?
A) December 20, 2016
B) June 2016
C) March 2009
D) February 2009
  • 14. How much total time did players spend in online skirmish matches by March 19, 2009?
A) 639,000 days
B) 50 years
C) 2 million hours
D) 118 years
  • 15. Which company handled the general development of the Definitive Edition?
A) Behaviour Interactive
B) GameStop
C) Microsoft
D) 343 Industries
  • 16. Which company developed Halo Wars?
A) Ensemble Studios
B) Creative Assembly
C) Robot Entertainment
D) 343 Industries
  • 17. In what year is the Halo Wars story set?
A) 2552
B) 2531
C) 2490
D) 2510
  • 18. On which console was Halo Wars originally released?
A) Windows PC
B) Xbox 360
C) PlayStation 3
D) Xbox One
  • 19. What is the name of the human warship in the game?
A) Pillar of Autumn
B) Forward Unto Dawn
C) Spirit of Fire
D) In Amber Clad
  • 20. At which event was Halo Wars first unveiled?
A) Gamescom 2007
B) X06
C) Tokyo Game Show 2008
D) E3 2005
  • 21. What company was founded by former Ensemble employees to support Halo Wars?
A) 343 Industries
B) Creative Assembly
C) Bungie
D) Robot Entertainment
  • 22. Which button is used to select units in Halo Wars?
A) Y button
B) B button
C) A button
D) X button
  • 23. What does a double tap of the A button do?
A) Selects all units on screen
B) Cancels selection
C) Selects all units of the same type
D) Orders units to attack
  • 24. What is used for base construction in Halo Wars?
A) A hotkey bar
B) A radial menu
C) A command console
D) A dropdown list
  • 25. What is the name of the plotless multiplayer mode?
A) Warzone
B) Campaign
C) Firefight
D) Skirmish mode
  • 26. Which of the following is a selectable human leader?
A) Brute Chieftain
B) Prophet of Regret
C) Captain Cutter
D) The Arbiter
  • 27. What does the M.A.C. stand for in the game?
A) Massive Aerial Combat
B) Mobile Artillery Command
C) Military Attack Cruiser
D) Magnetic Accelerator Cannon
  • 28. In the game's rock-paper-scissors balance, what are ground vehicles effective against?
A) Buildings
B) Infantry
C) Aircraft
D) Artillery
  • 29. In the game's rock-paper-scissors balance, what are aircraft effective against?
A) Infantry
B) Buildings
C) Turrets
D) Vehicles
  • 30. In the game's rock-paper-scissors balance, what is infantry effective against?
A) Leaders
B) Vehicles
C) Buildings
D) Aircraft
  • 31. How long must pass without a player building a new base for them to be defeated?
A) 5 minutes
B) 30 seconds
C) 60 seconds
D) 2 minutes
  • 32. What are the primary resources used for training units called?
A) Materials
B) Credits
C) Supplies
D) Energy
  • 33. How do the UNSC achieve higher tech levels?
A) Building temples
B) Gathering supplies
C) Constructing reactors
D) Winning battles
  • 34. What happens if a Covenant temple is destroyed?
A) Loss of hero units
B) Loss of all supplies
C) Loss of all units
D) Loss of all tech
  • 35. Do Covenant leaders appear as units on the battlefield?
A) Only the Brute
B) Only the Prophet
C) No
D) Yes
  • 36. In what century does the game Halo Wars take place?
A) 25th century
B) 28th century
C) 26th century
D) 27th century
  • 37. Which character serves as the ship's AI on the Spirit of Fire?
A) Cortana
B) Ellen Anders
C) The Oracle
D) Serina
  • 38. What is the profession of Professor Ellen Anders?
A) Pilot
B) Scientist
C) Marine
D) Spartan
  • 39. What does the Covenant believe humans are to their gods, the Forerunners?
A) A sacred ally
B) The chosen protectors
C) An affront
D) A lost species
  • 40. Why has Sergeant John Forge been jailed twice?
A) Disobeying orders and disorderly conduct
B) Treason against the UNSC
C) Stealing Forerunner artifacts
D) Abandoning his post
  • 41. Where do the UNSC forces encounter the Arbiter for the first time in the game?
A) Harvest
B) Earth
C) The Forerunner shield world
D) Arcadia
  • 42. Which planet do the coordinates from the Forerunner map point to?
A) Installation 04
B) Arcadia
C) Reach
D) Harvest
  • 43. What giant super-weapon does the Covenant construct on Arcadia?
A) Plasma cannon
B) Energy shield generator
C) Halo ring
D) Scarab
  • 44. What parasitic entity infests the uncharted planet discovered later in the game?
A) The Flood
B) The Prometheans
C) The Covenant
D) The Sentinels
  • 45. What is located at the core of the Forerunner installation?
A) A miniature sun
B) A massive data archive
C) A fleet of ships
D) The Prophet Hierarchs
  • 46. How does the Spirit of Fire crew plan to destroy the Forerunner fleet?
A) Using a nuclear warhead
B) Colliding the ship into the fleet
C) Hacking the ship controls
D) Detonating the ship's faster-than-light drive
  • 47. Who kills the Arbiter at the end of the game?
A) A Spartan
B) Ellen Anders
C) John Forge
D) James Cutter
  • 48. Why does Sergeant Forge volunteer to stay behind and detonate the reactor?
A) He was ordered to stay by Captain Cutter
B) He wanted to sacrifice himself for the glory of the UNSC
C) The reactor was damaged and required manual detonation
D) He was injured and could not board the ship
  • 49. What happens to the Spirit of Fire after the reactor explosion?
A) It immediately returns to Earth
B) It is left drifting in space without a faster-than-light drive
C) It is destroyed by the blast
D) It is captured by the Flood
  • 50. What is the final state of the crew of the Spirit of Fire at the end of the game?
A) They are stranded on the Forerunner planet
B) They return to their home colonies
C) They enter cryonic sleep
D) They are killed in the final explosion
  • 51. Who provided the voice for Captain James Cutter?
A) David Sobolov
B) Kim Mai Guest
C) Gregg Berger
D) Nolan North
  • 52. Who provided the voice for Sergeant John Forge?
A) Nolan North
B) Courtenay Taylor
C) Gregg Berger
D) David Sobolov
  • 53. Who provided the voice for Professor Ellen Anders?
A) Nolan North
B) Courtenay Taylor
C) Gregg Berger
D) Kim Mai Guest
  • 54. What was the Covenant's goal for the Forerunner fleet within the installation?
A) To establish a new religion
B) To return to their home planet
C) To defeat the Flood
D) To obliterate humanity
  • 55. What special forces group did Forge contact on Arcadia?
A) ODSTs
B) Elites
C) Marines
D) Spartans
  • 56. Which company originally conceived Halo: Combat Evolved as an RTS game?
A) Bungie
B) Microsoft
C) Ensemble Studios
D) 343 Industries
  • 57. What kind of game did Halo: Combat Evolved become after Microsoft acquired Bungie?
A) First-person shooter
B) Real-time strategy
C) Role-playing game
D) Racing game
  • 58. In what year did Ensemble Studios begin working on the game that became Halo Wars?
A) 2006
B) 2000
C) 2007
D) 2004
  • 59. How did Ensemble Studios simplify resource management in Halo Wars?
A) By allowing resources to be mined automatically
B) By sharing resources across all players
C) By using a single resource produced at each base site
D) By removing resource gathering entirely
  • 60. Which color pattern was used to texture the Covenant units in Halo Wars?
A) A glowing circuit pattern
B) A metallic grid pattern
C) A camouflage pattern
D) A repeating honeycomb pattern
  • 61. What was the name of the biped mech that was replaced by the Vampire aircraft?
A) Titan
B) Gorgon
C) Wraith
D) Cyclops
  • 62. What unit did Ensemble create as a nod to Age of Mythology?
A) Cyclops
B) Minotaur
C) Hydra
D) Gorgon
  • 63. Who created the pre-rendered trailer for the announcement of Halo Wars?
A) Ensemble Studios
B) Microsoft Game Studios
C) Blur Studio
D) Robot Entertainment
  • 64. Who narrated the soundtrack video shown at E3 2007?
A) Tony Goodman
B) Devine
C) Kevin McMullan
D) Stephen Rippy
  • 65. Who was the primary composer for the Halo Wars soundtrack?
A) Martin O'Donnell
B) Stephen Rippy
C) Michael Salvatori
D) Kevin McMullan
  • 66. How did Stephen Rippy build his melodies for Halo Wars?
A) By writing the music on a piano first
B) Around synthesizer patches or drum loops
C) By using existing Halo trilogy tracks only
D) By collaborating with a choir in Seattle
  • 67. In the game's skirmish mode, what does the music reflect?
A) The warring factions
B) The environment
C) The specific characters
D) The ship Spirit of Fire
  • 68. What software pipeline did Rippy use to create dynamic music?
A) Audiokinetic Wwise
B) Microsoft Sound Studio
C) Ensemble Audio Engine
D) Dolby Surround Mixer
  • 69. When were all tracks for the Halo Wars score ready to be recorded?
A) May 2008
B) January 2008
C) December 2008
D) February 2008
  • 70. What was the name of the first piece in which Rippy tried to incorporate the "Halo sound"?
A) Spirit of Fire
B) Flollo
C) Bad Here Day
D) Five Long Years
  • 71. Which media outlet secured the exclusive rights to premiere the soundtrack early?
A) Next Generation
B) AOL Radio
C) IGN
D) GameSpy
  • 72. What was the name of the first DLC package released for Halo Wars?
A) Tug-of-war
B) Strategic Options
C) Historic Battles
D) Reinforcement
  • 73. How are units deployed in the 'Reinforcement' multiplayer mode?
A) Spawned randomly on maps
B) Purchased from shops
C) Received as reinforcements
D) Trained at bases
  • 74. What is the average Metacritic score for Halo Wars?
A) 82/100
B) 75/100
C) 68/100
D) 90/100
  • 75. Which critic argued that Halo Wars proved RTS games could work on consoles?
A) Allen Rausch
B) Thierry Nguyen
C) Scott Steinberg
D) Peter Hartlaub
  • 76. Which critic described Halo Wars as 'real-time strategy for dummies'?
A) Darren Zenko
B) Tom Price
C) Luke Anderson
D) Peter Hartlaub
  • 77. Which faction did Kieron Gillen note was harder to master?
A) The UNSC
B) The Forerunners
C) The Flood
D) The Covenant
  • 78. How many missions are in the Halo Wars campaign?
A) 12
B) 10
C) 20
D) 15
  • 79. Which developer announced Halo Wars 2 in 2015?
A) Robot Entertainment
B) Bungie
C) Ensemble
D) Microsoft
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