I don't think M$ and Bungie had any expectation of delivering a major jump like Gears to Gears 2, and in interviews, they said it. Halo Reach is going to be the major jump in graphics and varied gameplay. I'm looking forward to playing it, when I get back home myself, but I find the story of Halo to be really interesting, so I play the game for the story interaction, no pixels and palettes. BTW, with so many deals out there, nobody in their right mind should pay $59 for the game...Toys R Us has a $20 giftcard deal, Amazon has a deal, Best Buy has a deal...dunno about Walmart though.
"...You can't kill ideas with a sword, and you can't sink belief structures with a broadside. You defeat them by making them change..."
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