I promised myself (and others) I was not going to write a post about Halo 3. But it’s like an elephant in the room or something. And the room is a closet. A closet in a small shack. And the Elephant is actually one of those freakin’ gigantic elephants from Lord of the Rings. So I’m writing about Halo 3.
The third game in the Halo mega-series (for the xBox and xBox 360), simply entitled Halo 3 is coming out tonight at midnight, local time. Those kind of release times are usually reserved for movies and iPhones, but this game is one of the most anticipated games of all time, so it gets a fancy release time. Midnight local. I (not owning a 360) sure as hell won’t be there, but if you own an xBox 360 you do not have an excuse not to buy Halo 3.
It already has some of the best ratings ever attained by a game on some review sites, with scores like a 9.5 on Gamespot and IGN, a 10 on GamePro, and a 98 on GameInformer. The marketing budget was gigantic, rivaled pretty much only by its predecessor, Halo 2. There have actually been some really great ads for the games, making themselves out to be post-Halo-war documentaries. “Museum”, “Enemy Weapon”, and “Hunted”. There are 2 more coming soon, and I’ll be watching.