Tuesday Microsoft officially announced the release of Halo 3-- the third and final installment of it's largest gaming franchise's triology. Trailer clip available for download.
Tuesday Microsoft officially announced the release of Halo 3-- the third and final installment of it's largest gaming franchise's triology.
The trailer can be downloaded on the XBox Live Marketplace, or
here. Beware: The clip does contain what could be considered a spoiler to some, near the end. Actually, the whole thing is a spoiler, really. It's an actual cutscene, from about halfway through the game. I don't recommend watching it if you don't want your plot development tainted. Unless you only play Halo for the multiplayer, have a bad memory, or just don't care if you know possible key plot elements months in advance.
By now, you have probably already lost interest in this article, and are now watching the trailer. That's understandable, as Bungie's series is one of the most anticipated in videogaming history.
For those of you who decided not to see the clip, I'll tell you what I consider to be the most awe-inspiring aspect of the video: There is, sprawled-out beyond Master Chief, a staggeringly vast landscape at least 3 miles across. It's all rendered in real-time. If Shakespeare were alive today to witness this marvel, he would have eloquently stated:
"h0ly 5hit!!1"I fully expect another so-called "
Alternate Reality Gaming" (ARG) campaign from Microsoft in the same vein as the
ilovebees.com ordeal that led up to the release of Halo 2. The plot for the ilovebees ARG was very compelling, and many times more interesting than the plot of Halo 2 itself. It began more than four months before the release of the game. If that's any indication, then we probably won't be seeing a return of the ARG until very late in this year at the earliest.
Aside from the glamorous show of processing muscle and the vague "2007" release window, the video doesn't offer much else. We are left to wait. This great news is sure to rile up some Sony fanboys, who will undoubtedly offer a number of trite and futile anti-
everything-not-playstation remarks. Tough luck, sirs and madams! Master Chief will be arriving soon, and he has the PS3 in his cross-hairs. Both of them.
GameSpot