If you're into dark themes, but can't stand Gears of War, try the **** Zombie premium theme from CoD: WaW. The backround is a full moon with black flooring and the backdrops for the friends section of the dashboard is decorated with art-deco machinery, old fashioned ads and zombies in uniform. Another premium theme to check out would be the Mass Effect Citadel premium theme. It is entirely based around the citadel (no ****!) level in the game. The theme's flooring is black too, and the backdrops for the friends section are different clubs/shops/etc found in the citadel. A very colorful theme.
I have been using the GOW2 one with Marcus sitting by the tree. It's not exactly because i love the picture, or because i love GOW2, but i like how to bottom is black, instead of white. It makes it a lot easier to read the white text on the menus.
I'm sure pictures would be better. I currently use the 1 vs 100 theme because it was free and i like the colors. Although I have 2 GOW2 premium themes that I got by re-downloading some old free standard ones from a while ago. Dunno how that worked out.
Halo 3 mythic map theme. I like it because it haz recon armer :3, and it's what keeps me going. Actually, it's pretty cool because of the action scenes. I don't actually have the theme though, I only have 1 vs 100 premium theme because it's free.
Halo CE theme. It's a classic. It shows Master Chief facing front and it's free. The background is pretty light, so those who like lighter themes will like this one.
You might not be aware of this, but there are a few sites that have posted pictures of premium themes in action. If you have a few themes you want, and no idea what they look like, google them and you'll see. Right now I'm rocking "Halo Wars: You're in Command", but i'd prefer the ODST or the Mythic theme.
Perfect Dark theme rawx. Also it's a dark theme, excuse the pun. YouTube - Perfect Dark E3 Premium Theme.
I don't like the prices of the premium themes. And as you said, I don't want to buy them because I can't see what they would look like first. I was thinking about the Halo:ODST theme, it seems like it would look okay. Does anyone have a video of what it looks like?
if you go to themexbox.com then go to A-Z the have videos for all the themes. I think I'm still using the free winter theme lol, should probably change that.
The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack theme IMO is the best so far. It's colors are just so well balanced and the background is beautiful.