OMG EVERYONE LOVES MY THREAD --> glee
As Ronin said, its a toy, the important bit is its the closest thing to never ending entertainment we have, its all randomly generated, so that starting a new game would have you fighting completely different monsters, surving completely different environments.
Unfortunately like the sims it will be put down when we lose the infatutation, unlike battlefield 2 which lures you back with the internet competitiveness of it.
The point is, i have played some serious duffers this half of the millenium, everythings a first person shooter with ragdoll physics, OMG --> ALIUMS!
im just bored of those now... halo didnt touch me anywhere special to start with.
Anyone who has played gary's mod will know that it IS better than Halflife 2, the problem with having player driven story, for example, with spore you creat your race from the cell upwards, creating your story, much like roleplaying in mmorpgs, PEOPLE CAN'T WRITE GOOD STORIES!
my swg memories of having people say "WTF? LOL RP N00B, how i mine for fish?" still burn me...
-shudder-