Halo Vs Move

So this week is a big one for both Microsoft and Sony with Halo Reach (the last/first in the series) being released on the Xbox, and Sony releasing their motion capture device Move later in the week.  I've been weighing up between the Move and Kinect (due out November) and I've decided to wait until some more solid games are released before I'll shell out the $$ for it.  A quick calculation on the cost works it out to be about $350 for the Move adapters, plus a second set of controls, plus a game.  At this stage I'm still more keen on Kinect.

Halo.  What is there to say about Halo.  For those of you who don't know much about Halo (for shame) its effectively the title that sold the original Xbox.  Originally developed as a RTS, then a 3rd person shooter for the Mac until Microsoft swooped in (possibly in a hang glider made of pure gold) and brought the exclusive rights to the tile and earning the vocal anger of Mac users everywhere. 

With it's fast paced combat, truly epic story telling and amazing multiplayer content Halo and its 3 sequels have truly cemented their place in video gaming history.  I'm sure there are plenty of haters out there who will reel of a stack of reasons why its a flawed game, but the sales figures alone set the franchise apart in the gaming world selling over 20 million copies internationally. 


So with its release tomorrow (I plan a few sleepless nights) I've decided to celebrate by inviting a group of mates to bring their Xbox's around for a good old fashion LAN party this weekend, cos I still believe that as much fun as it is to own your mates online, its much better when you can see the look on their face when their on the receiving end of the butt of your gun for the 100th time.  Sweeet.

As you may be able to tell, I'm slightly more excited about the Halo release than Move, but that could be because I'm still relatively new to the PS3 experience.  Time can only tell.