Halo 3 made me love Blu-ray more

[FF750]

Why?

Because stupid MS apparently couldn't come up with a decent DVD case for 70 bucks (the cost of the limited edition)! When I got my copy I got it home to find the disc rattling around loosely in the case and scratched up quite a bit. Then when I played it I got until the very end of the third mission and then I got a "Disc is unreadable" message.

I had to go to the store and get a new copy and guess what? The first replacement they gave me - which I could hear was also rattling around inside so the manager offered to have me open it in the store - was scratched up almost as bad. I got a third copy which was still scratched but nowhere near as bad and it finally let me "finish the fight".

And I wasn't the only one with the problem since the clerk at the returns desk called for the manager by saying "We got ANOTHER Halo 3 disc for replacement!" Apparently the problem's so widespread MS already offered replacement discs the same day the game launched. Doh.

A Blu-ray wouldn't have scratched up like that - and if it did I bet it would still play on a PS3.

And maybe the extra space would have meant better graphics for Halo 3. Really, except for the outdoor spaces - which were stunning - Resistance looked better. Especially the character models - Lord Hood looked like a Mr. Potato Head with a bad case of blight and Miranda Keyes looked like her face had been BEATEN by the Master Chief. Ugh.

And after I beat Halo 3 the first thing that popped into my mind? Hmm, I wanna fire up Resistance right now

In case you ask, I'm actually a fan of Halo - but Bungie's been letting me down since the Halo 2 "ending".