Hey,does anyone else see the same pattern from 3 years ago,when doom 3 came out early autumn,half life 2 in november and halo 2 at about the same time?i'm saying bioshock is the modern equivalent of doom 3(dark indoors enviroments,horror themed story),crysis,coming out in november is like HL2(eventhough it's a successor to Far Cry,i'mtalking about release dates,but also in graphics,physics,outdoors enviroments,alien invaders and the likes),and halo 3 is...halo 3.

Anyways,i have no xbox to play halo 3,so all i have to guide my opinion are numbers:halo 3 alreadyhas 1.5 milion preorders,just in the USA.The story,thefamiliar but satisfying gameplay,and the sheer mass of customization options makes Halo 3 the winner.

i've read an interview of one of the creators of unreal engine 3 a couple of years back,in which he stated that for computer graphics too fool the human eye into thinking they're real,they'd have to be 10,000 times better---that came from the mouth of someone who made u-engine 3,so maybe he was just making a wild guess,but we must consider that "reality" has unlimited information,something that no PC ever will be able to render.i've kept my eye on the cryengine and unreal engine 3 for some time,and i can say that there is a lot more they could offer,but what bothers me the most is the lack of decent animations,enviroment interactivity and that sort of stuff...game makers are kina going the wrong way when trying to get the best graphics they can,and working less on other elements of immersion

Brought a tear to me eye to see Beyond Good and Evil mentioned.Propaganda is a great song,but the game has a lot more great songs,the "Home theme" for example....

Also i'm surprised nobody mentioned "Ozar Midrashim",Kurt Hartland's intro to SoulReaver 1.Also most of hl1 and hls 2's songs are brilliant