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Halo 3 - The Final Word
In anticipation of Halo 3's release later this month, EGM and the folks at 1up have been creating a veritable altar to the Halo deities over at the website. This edifice has tons of information on the two previous Halo games, commentary from numerous Halo-literate folks on the subject, as well as weightier articles like a preview of the co-op mode (four players, mind), a primer on the story if you've missed something, and a breakdown of the good and bad in Halo 3 . Yes, there are even some things they don't like about the game. From the co-op breakdown: "The Achievements offered tantalizing hints of the game's structure, features and techniques, a welcome morsel of information for the faithful to contemplate and speculate about. The co-op news was greeted with even more warmth, because it put to rest ill-founded rumors that Bungie was planning to deliver a half-completed game. On the contrary; up to four players will be able to take control of the Master Chief, the Arbiter and two Elite warriors, N'tho 'Sraom and Usze 'Taham. (Don't bother trying to pronounce their names; just appreciate the promise of joining up with three friends to conquer the game.) And somewhere in the middle, these two topics are connected by something even more intriguing. Halo's co-op game and its Gamerscore-grinding intersect at a point enigmatically referred to in the game's Achievements as the 'Meta-game.'"
Yeah, but I play Halo with my friends. They're more important to me than a mouse. I can either buy 4 gaming rigs, 4 copies of Windows, 4 copies of Unreal Tournament, and 4 monitors, OR... 1 console, 3 extra controllers, 1 game, and one big-ass TV. Guess which leaves me with enough money to cover the devastation my friends wreak upon my beer stash?
You do realize that there are actual Mac users out there? And that Marathon originally ran on the Mac and people played it?
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.