So who all bought it and who all has beat it? I know stryker was up late last night playing from XBL. I started at 1AM played until 4:30AM and then slept for 4.5 hours. Started again at 9, played to 11, broke for food, and then picked it up again at 11:30 and finished at 2.

For those who haven't beaten it yet, make sure you keep the console running through the credits because you need to see the video clip at the end.

Woo. It was a short game compared to the 1st 2 but still tons of fun. Multiplayer is pretty nice too. Played that for most of the afternoon.

And yes I took off from work today just to play. Ahhh, love halo.

We have a guy in our IS dept that went to the local retailer and picked up his copy ~ midnight and played it. To ME, this kind of marketing went out of style back in the 80's (Or possibly early 90's) There really is nothing that mind blowing about a game that I would want to wait around till the wee hours of the morn to get it. I wouldn't even do that for a hot date...................lol or maybe I would......

lol its just a long awaited finale to the story line. 3 years since the last was release and 6 years after the original. everyone wanted to know how it ended.

Looks like it ended with some people buying the game...............lol

lol. As much as I want to play the game, I am waiting until the Christmas season hoping that they drop the price of the 360 again. Anyway, it seems like the storyline was pretty cool but it never is the same until you play it.