Crap-Detector: New Halo cash-in is a board game
Talk about cashing in. We’ve heard of Halo toys, a spin-off game, novels, a motion picture, and even inhalers. Now, Genius Products and B1 Games are introducing a Halo board game. They call it the Halo Interactive Strategy Game. Do you hear that? It’s the collective groan of gamers everywhere.
Hitting retail stores this September, the board game is said to have the same premise and characters as the video game. It also comes with a “modular” board that can be “re-configured,” though the press release doesn’t say how. I think this modular bit refers to the possibility of future add-ons of new adventures, vehicles, characters and weapons.
In the game, players will control character pieces for two different levels of play: Heroic for faster, more casual playing, and Legendary for a more strategic style. The board game is targeted at kids aged 10+. There’s more! The package also provides the original Halo soundtrack and “exclusive” DVD content.
I got a better idea. Why don’t we just play the Halo games in the Xbox, Xbox 360, or PC? There’s no need to dole out additional cash just to play a board game while listening to the soundtrack in the background (which sounds losery, by the way). And those kids aged 10+? They get to play Halo anyways.
Oh right, your 360 is in the repair shop.
I would say it could be a back-up plan for the Halo addicts in case the power went out or they threw a controller at their TV, but……..those people could play Halo hero-clix
Gotta milk the cash cow . . . at least until Halo IV comes out . . .
Halo 4 looks like it’s really coming, considering that while part 3 did “finish the fight” with the Covenant, the Chief is still out there drifting towards some planet.
Maybe Master Chief should help Gordon Freeman fight against those headcrabs. The Half-Life series is dragging a bit too long.
Good thing I haven’t heard of a Half-Life board game. If there’s any, please don’t. Ignorance is bliss.