What was I thinking? Of course I still need Halo 2!

In hasn’t suddenly become less fun. In fact, it’s become more fun. Why? Because it looks absolutely beautiful now. Somehow, it’s more vibrant. And it’s obviously clearer, now it’s running in a higher resolution. Clearer, means easier. I was definitely better today than I used to be. That could be because of the controller, it could be because I’ve been playing so many games over the last few days, but it’s probably because of the graphical upgrade.

It’s odd. It’s both an argument for and against the 360 being a new generation. “Look how good the 360 can even make old games look! It’s the next generation!” “But look how good Xbox games can be with just a few more pixels and some anti-aliasing! It looks almost as good as Perfect Dark Zero!” But, anyway, I don’t care which argument is correct, I’ll leave other people to argue about that.

When the 360 came out, I seem to remember saying something along the lines of “Halo 2 in a higher resolution and in widescreen is all I need to make it worth buying” and even with everything else that’s turned out to be great about the 360, I’m not sure I was so wrong.

The stats I thought had been wiped when I changed my Gamertag reappeared again as soon as I got online. I’ve now played 75 ranked games of Halo 2. And… drumroll please… I’ve just won my first game ever! Yes! I won a game! Of Halo 2! Online.

Played: 75 Won: 1

That’s what it says now on the Bungie site. I’m so proud.