How can we be sure it’s over?
With the impending release of Halo 3, I feel it necessary as a gamer who does not own an XBOX360 (I never owned an original either) to rant a little bit about the over hype of this game.
I work for Best Buy. We are getting over 400 copies of the regular edition in. That doesn’t account for the more expensive Special Edition, or god-forbid, the “mortgage your house” aka Legendary Edition. $60 is already more than I’d ever want to really spend on a game, but $130 for a small helmet bust is ridiculous.
Aside from the cost, I really never saw the fun in the game. Obviously even though I never owned a system that related to Halo at all, I was still exposed to it through friends. I found it like golf, it was difficult, and eventually I would just get pissed off instead of having fun. I play difficult games, but not the kind that make me want to choke some 12-year old across the country (Thanks XBOX Live).
To make the point of my title, everyone is calling this the closing to the series. Well, no one was expecting Halo 2 to end in a cliffhanger, but…well you finish that sentence. How can any consumer go in there with their 60 greenbacks gripped firmly in hand and walk out of the store confident that it will be the last Halo game they buy? After all, we live in a world that found it acceptable and logical to make sequels to a movie called “Final Destination.” And that’s not a world I’d trust with my $60.
