If you haven’t already pre ordered the most talked about game in history, then what are you waiting for? No doubt this game will be sold out by the time you make it off your couch and to your local EB store.

Of course if you haven’t already guessed, I am talking about Halo 2, November 9th, 04 (or for us poor European folks 11th November 04) will forever be tattooed on our minds; it will be the date all gamers will be proud to be associated with, a day that will go down in history, a day all Xbox owners will be able to turn to those green faced PS2 owners and finally go – HA PWNED.

Why? Why on earth do we care so much about Halo 2? For one, Halo was the first game our brand new Xboxes were christened with, at the time, the story and the game play were second to none, the operative words being;”at the time”. Obviously! We had nothing else to compare it to! For the duration of the game, you were ”the MC”. Halo still remains the best selling game on the Xbox to date and for some gamers, a reason to buy the Xbox, which sounds slightly crazy but its true.

Personally for me, I was never into the whole Halo phenomenon, I was more of a Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six 3 gamer, unlike some people I know. Take Gronar for example, he has read every Halo book released and knows the entire back story as if it were real life, if you don’t believe me, ask him on AIM and you too will learn what Master Chief was doing at the age of 12 years old! Gronar will spend some time watching and waiting for something exciting to happen on the Bungie Webcam, what is surprising is that he isn’t the only one, Gronar is just one in a million fans who will follow and post the latest news, pictures, trailers on the development of Halo 2. Why you ask? Because Halo has found a special place in their hearts, their passion for the game and the story behind the game, aside from that Halo 2 will be the definitive game to end all First Person Shooters, it will set the standards for future games in development in it’s genre.

For me saying all this for Halo 2 is a real shock, like I said I was never into the whole Halo phenomenon, if you asked me what I thought about Halo; ”oi Zrion what do you think about Halo?”, I would tell you: ”I thought it was a good game” – but that’s as far as it went, ‘it was a good game’, so why Halo 2?, That’s easy; watch the trailers, the graphics, the gameplay from the E3 demos, the passion and the commitment Bungie have put into the making of Halo 2 and above all the fun factor and you’ll also be waiting on the edge of your seats.

In the end, all I can say is ”damn that game looks superb”, the LIVE play alone will be enough for gamers to buy Halo 2, for others it will be the chance to continue the story they so loved to play.

To this day 1.5 million and counting gamers have pre ordered Halo 2 in the USA alone, which has surpassed anyone’s expectations, Halo 2 is breaking records even before it is released, it is already guaranteed to reach a first day revenue higher then any box office movie.

Pre order or buy the game, either way, if you have an Xbox, it would be a crime not to buy Halo 2.

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