Someone left a comment today that I felt I should respond to, to avoid future confusion.
My boyfriend is currently a beta tester for Halo3, he was chosen by Bungie (the games creators) since he’s been playing for so long and I guess he’s got so many awards in his database or something from playing the game. I don’t know how it works so don’t ask me. Being selected by Bungie was one of two ways for users to be a beta tester for Halo3, the other way to do this was to purchase the game ‘Crackdown’ and then go from there. When the beta first started, crackdown members were having trouble accessing the game and weren’t really able to play until about 12-13 or so hours into the beta. Up until then Baby had already been playing for a few hours anyway.
The game is actually fairly interesting. He’s running it on my HD LCD so the color quality really is pretty good, he’s got some extra fans on his XBox360 that make things pretty loud in there, this is why I’ve been in the living room while he’s playing. It sounds like there’s a mini motorcycle idling next to the television.
I have no idea what they’re actually doing – I just know they shoot people and whoever kills the most gets more points for that round. Right now the only thing out for the beta is multi player, there’s no story mode.
Those who were unable to get involved in the beta, based on what Baby has told me about the game – the price tag will be more than worth it. I believe he’s already put a down payment on the pre-sales, they don’t come out with the actual game until September, maybe I’ll be nice and get it for him as a birthday gift, who knows.
But yea, to answer your question Mark – it looks really cool, graphics are great and minus a very noticeable lag at certain times of the day – Halo3 is probably going to trump the previous games – dramatically.