Well, Louis Wu and the concept of time zones have conspired again to beat us to the punch, this time with regard to the impressions of Halo at Xperience posted by fAt1 at MPZ.The content is largely the usual: the game sounds great, the AI is very good, the controls are OK if not a keyboard and mouse, and, of course, the graphics are phenomenal:

It's one thing to look at a high resolution screenshot or grainy digitised video, it's a completely different thing to see Halo rendered in realtime for yourself. Cumulatively the effects are so effective and powerful. It also highlights the brute force of the Xbox. If only I could describe to you the way Ice is rendered and bump mapped, and how it deforms as your jeep slides across it tearing fragments out of it; it's awe inspiring.

When it comes down to brass tacks, though, fAt1 says he won't buy an Xbox for Halo. He'll wait for the PC version.