Also available on Windows Awakening the Nightmare is a DLC campaign for Halo Wars 2. It's actually the second story DLC the game got, but this is the first full campaign as Operation: Spearbreaker was just two (admittedly really good) missions. This, on the other hand, was a full five mission campaign. It's $20, so heads up, it ain't cheap, but it's an extremely well-done campaign. Awakening the Nightmare has you play as the Banished in a desperate fight against the Flood. When a couple of idiot Jiralhanae commanders that Atriox sent to pillage the wreckage of High Charity, he does so with strict orders to scavenge outside the wrecked city and not to enter the city itself. One of these two Brute commanders, being an idiot, ignores this order and leads his troops into the city. Oops, you just unleashed the Flood upon the Ark. Now it's a desperate struggle to contain the infestation. This is an extremely well-made campaign with an entirely new faction and missions with a variety of objectives to keep it from ever feeling stale. A couple of those missions are pretty damn challenging, too. The Flood don't against you like the Banished do in the main campaign; the Flood will often slam into your defenses relentlessly and seemingly ceaselessly. You know, as the Flood tend to do. Fortunately, the Banished have a defensive advantage over the UNSC in one key aspect. Unlike the UNSC turrets, Banished turrets don't have to choose a specialization; they can acquire anti-infantry, anti-vehicle, AND anti-air enhancements. This alone won't keep your bases safe, but it definitely helps as the Flood enemies begin to diversify. Aside from a relatively short length - five missions - and somewhat high price tag - $20 - Awakening the Banished is everything you could want from a campaign DLC. You play as a different faction, you fight an entirely new faction, the story is great, the mission objectives have a lot of variety to keep things interesting, and the battles you'll fight are super epic. You do get access to some new leaders and a new Firefight game mode, but honestly, the campaign is so good that I think it alone is worth it. Remember, too, that if you've got Game Pass, you get 10% off the DLC. My Rating - A |
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