Well it is finally here. Halo 3.
Maybe my tastes have changed but I find that I have little desire to play the game yet. In fact, I like the PS3 hardware so much more, I have little desire to even turn on my Xbox hairdryer.
Articles keep mentioning Halo 2 and its "abrupt" ending, but I was actually glad to have finally reached the ending. I had to force myself to go through that game, which I did mostly because I wanted to hear the story. And the story got a little weird with that silly plant creature.
MSFT has spent a small fortune on creating Halo 3. they hired a team of 115 full-time employees plus an army of temps as well as some extraordinary resources like psychologists to make sure the game is not "too hard or too easy". Hearing about all the money and resources Bungie used to make this game, I am curious if it will be great. If it takes that much money, how do other game companies manage to make good games? MSFT's history of lavishing cash on a problem and then following it up with over the top, arrogant marketing has shown mixed results. I hope that wont be the case here but "BELIEVE"? At a time of real war, their current campaign is pretty weak.
I am sure I will eventually get Halo3 if for no other reason to try multiplayer. But there are plenty of space marine FPS games out there and PC, not console, games rule the FPS-online world. For now I find myself much more interested in Bioshock and waiting for good games on my PS3.
