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More of the same but still fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Halo 3 never disappoints on the graphics side. While not the leap that I had expected, Halo 3 still is a nice improvement over the first two installments of the series. The music is very well orchestrated, although at some points, seems out of place. I mean I am in a white knuckled air battle, and a quiet piece on a grand piano is playing. The voice acting is some of the best I have heard. I have no modem for playing the multiplayer so I feel as though I am missing out on about 90 percent of the game. The Single Player Halo 3 is fun but short. On the standard difficulty, it took me less than 8 hours to beat. I am not a hard core gamer by any stretch. Overall the game is fun, and pretty. Just very short. My verdict is still out on the Multiplayer.

Same gamplay as first 2 games, but better graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game...
Don't get me wrong, but it is the same as the first two Halo games.
The graphics have improved a lot, but it isn't the best out there.
The campaign mode isn't that good, and there is still a lot of backtracking in the 9 levels of campaign mode, but you can play over Xbox Live with your friends in 4 player co-op.
Where this game really shines(Like the previous games) is the multiplayer.
It has the same modes as the previous games, with some new levels,weapons,and characters.
You can watch videos of the games you play, and send them to your friends. The videos take up a small amount of space, which is nice.
You might not want to get this game, because with so many people already playing, the game lags, and it isn't as fun.

Overall, this is a worthy game to add to a 360 collection, but you might want to wait a while to buy it.

Its not as good as it looks

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a gaming vet the best way i can describe myself..30 years old started with atari all the way through every system....Maybe that will help some people that haven't played halo it coming from a guy thats played every game you can imagine...I Bought a 360 when it came out not because of halo!!! But for other games at the time..I did play halo beta it was cool...I just bought the game a week ago..It starts out with a bang and it has small spurts of explosions through out ...I think my biggest thing about halo is the weapons!! Im not a fan of them they are to alien like.. which this game is that. I wasn't a fan of halo when it dropped on xbox which i purchased when i came out....Thought this game would live up to hype it doesn't to me. If as much focus would have been put on the in game play instead of online then maybe it could have blown my mind like gears of war....if you havent played that go grab it...but all in all its ok in my book!!

Halo 3 is not for the single folk.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've played all the Halo's and have been a strong supporter of Bungie since day one. But let's not get ourselves fooled here: This game is not for those that want a breathe taking single player campaign that will last them a life time. The first Halo had a pretty solid single player campaign, and most people expected them to create some amazing campaigns in the following Halos. This is the problem with peoples expectations. If you have not noticed the amount of people on XBox Live, especially playing Halo 3, you will notice that about 80% (roughly) of those who purchased Halo 3 are playing it online one day or another. Bungie did not want to pour their entire resources into the single player campaign simply because the target audience is those who wish to play online. However, the Campaign becomes tenfold more enjoyable once you invite three of your friends into a co-op legendary game on live. Tell me what FPS allow you to play co-op single player campaign online with friends? Tell me how many allow you to play with THREE friends?

With that said Bungie has put out probably the best online FPS on any console. Yes Resistances and PD0 have more players, but when it comes to variety, stability and overall fun Halo 3 does not disappoint. The new weapons are a blast to play with, and overall the game is a lot more balanced then Halo 2 was. Halo 3 reigns supreme in multi player once again, and the statistics will show that for a long time to come.

A lot of people are also complaining about graphical polish. I think a lot of people tend to forget that Halo 2 is backwards compatible and they need to compare the graphics between that and this. The graphics are greatly improved and are only topped on the 360 by Gears of War.

The sound is perfect. The Halo series always had a tight soundtrack and this is no exception. You will be seeking out the Halo soundtrack to purchase once you hear the new tunes while chugging through the campaign. The Marines also breath a lot of life into the game with the wonderfully sarcastic and humorous dialogue . Hell even the grunts have a lot of new lines that will make you want to double take what you just heard.

There are also some new features in Halo 3 that were not in the previous games. I will briefly detail those bellow.

In addition there is also the ability to "forge" maps, adding in new elements and making old maps fresh again with weapons, vehicles and even road blocks and the like. The Forge is a unique tool that allows you to edit and re-create any map you wish. You can even dictate where players spawn!

Another addition in Halo 3 is the theater. You can record, take screenshots, or just watch your entire matchs over again. Remember that night you killed twenty people in a row without dying? Well, now you can relive that experience, record it, and share it with all your friends over Xbox live. By having the ability to watch your matches you can seriously have your own version of "Halo TV" and watch all the best matches, as well as find out your weakness and what you need to work on.

With all the great things in Halo 3, there is need for a improvement. If theres one thing Bungie should have addressed before releasing this game it would be the maps. While the multi player FPS experience is the best out there, the maps do get a bit old. Halo 2 combined with the multi player map pack has twice the maps Halo 3 currently has. I'm sure Bungie will address this down the road, but for now you will be mastering the maps in no time.

Overall this is the best Halo game to date. It's two key weak points are Single Player and lack of maps. One will be addressed with new maps, and the other will never be addressed. But who bought this game just to play the single player campaign? Not many, and those who are looking forward to the single player campaign are better off renting it. For those who enjoy multi player, whether It's system link or over XBox live, the replay value is infinite and undoubtedly will suck up most of your time on the 360.

It's not perfect, but I like it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was a late comer to the Halo franchise. But once I played the first one I was fairly impressed. The huge maps, the funky vehicles, and the crazy covenent critters all were great.

I enjoyed Halo 2 as well although it did seem a bit short compared to the first one.

And now for Halo 3!
Right away I noticed how beautifully detailed the jungle was. The graphics and lighting are quite good. There were a few times when I couldn't help marveling at the shininess of the vehicles and weapons.
I played the normal difficulty first and finished it within roughly 6 hours. It was fairly easy but I thought it was well done. I also finished on the harder difficulty levels. Legendary is the one to play! It was quite a bit more challenging as you mostly faced the brutes. I think the AI is pretty damn good. There were a few spots where my weapons were limited and their positions were well protected. I think those were the most fun.

The multiplayer was really disappointing. I've been playing Battlefield 2MC and the multiplayer on that is one of the best I've ever played! Halo 3 doesn't allow you to choose the map. All of the maps are tiny compared to BF2MC. Some of the maps are clever and different but I'm still disappointed by how small they are. Not to mention you don't get to use the bigger vehicles.

I found the theater mode to be very intriguing and fun to play with although the inability to rewind is extremely annoying.

I still haven't played with the Forge section. It would be nice to customize the maps but again I think they're too small to begin with.

Overall, I say Halo 3 is pretty good. I've beaten the solo game 3 times in just a couple of weeks but find it challenging enough and fun enough that replayability factor is high for me. It's not a huge change from the previous games but then that's fine. I wasn't expecting it to change too drastically. There's still room for improvement but we'll have to wait and see if they make another one. I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
And to all the complainers of the $60 price tag: Suck it up. At least we don't have to play in arcades anymore at a quarter a pop! I feel like I got my money's worth already.

Halo 3: best of the Halo series so far.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

All I can say is WOW. So many improvements that make this even more realistic than before. Very creative with all of the extras. Need fast internet speed to play campaign online. Lag was an issue until I increased to a higher speed.

GAME OF THE YEAR OFFERS MORE THEN ANYTHING ELSE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well first I want to start out by saying I never played a Halo campaign before till september
when I got my first Xbox and played through my first Halo campaign quickly
followed by finishing the trilogy. Quick to 360 (I am not a wii ps3 nor 360 fanboy)
as I said I never owned a microsoft console mainly
because I thought all games for it are shooters (which is kind of true)
but till now it is in my opinion the best console ever because of
achievements which motivate to go back and play things on a harder
difficulty or make that sweet overkill in Halo just so much sweeter next Xbox live
how should I say it just nailed everything and marketplace no movies/tv shows = (
in europe but still downloading demos is something which you never had.
So people who say Xbox just has shooters so it will never be the winner of the next gen consoles.
So people who say wii waggle makes games worse so it will never be the winner of the next gen consoles.
So people who ps3 sales are pathetic so it will never be the winner of the next gen consoles.
Xbox has many unique shooters and by far the best games now
wii motion sensor can make games worse doesnt have to games worse
ps3 doesnt have anything really good now but theres the future
Enjoy whatever you have and people who are just interested in Halo skip
this dont complain about me getting of subject.
Plus if you look at how many of my games are collectors edition on 360
Gears of War CE, Forza motor sport CE, Bioshock CE, Call of Duty 4 CE,
Assassins Creed CE, Mass Effect, Halo 3 LE and the Orange box
which is the closest to a collectors edition without being one.

So back to Halo first of campaign it isnt for everybody the best Halo campaign
many people find Halo 1 better but
(**SPOILERS**) Halo3 has a tropical forest,
military base,unique desert, industrial place taken over by brutes, city taken over by flood,
desert with cool inside areas, really long and fun forest area with flying missions,
flood ship,and snowy montain with driving mission similar to Halo 1 Thats it.
Just in case If any thing sounds the same nothing is the same.
Comparisons to Halo 1 "the really long and fun forest area with flying missions"
also known as The Covenant is similar the second level in Halo 1
just it has much better level design and you get the "Spartan laser" Sweet.
The flood ship level also known as Cortana the most hated Halo level ever
is yes worse then The Library From Halo 1 but not too bad in co-op.
The drivng mission at the end is fun but since it has many check points
it isnt as hard as The Maw from Halo 1 also the level design is rather shallow
but still most peoples favorite mission. So to end spoilers let me tell you
about the story it does not have any twists nor curves I think is because
since all the levels are so unique it also seems like theres on level another
level and antother level not one ongoing experience like in Halo 1
it isnt a bad thing on is just more arcady then the other plus the missing
wow moment like playing as the Arbeiter in halo 2 or the
Gravemind or Flood in Halo 1 nothing like that to be found here so
(**SPOILERS END HERE**)
To go on about the campaign you can find secret skulls in hidden
places which make the game harder like the FOG skull which takes your
radar (motion sensor) away there is also a meta game were killing enemys
gives you points dying obviously makes you lose points what skulls also do
is they give you bonus multipliers (like playing on a harder difficulty)
which multiplies your score if you get 15000 (in some big levels 50000)
you get a achievement which motivates you to go back and go for the points
or legendary difficulty which youll find isnt to hard in four player
co-op the fun thing is you can do team scoring or free for all
and try to get the most points giving everything a competitive edge.
To multiplayer FAN favorite Snowbound is missing but there some other
good maps by far the best online game ever much more I cant say.
To weapons turrets now play a bigger roll since you can rip them of there
stand with a press of the B button and walk around
(but you then dont have unlimited ammo) with them going to a slow (but powerful)
3rd person perspective there is also a short range flame thrower
which some people find useful or hate it these are so called "support"
weapons the cool thing about them you can have your two weapons
plus one of these. To vehicles there is a new Brute Chopper which
is a big hard to control (since you can move your camera 360 degrees) motorcycle kind
of thing which is balanced greatly since you can drive into and destroy smaller
vehicles easily and splatter other people have killer hard to aim shots from in front
but absolutely no defense from behind making it easy to hijack. There is the hornet
the UNSC version of a banshee which can float in the air has kind of lock on
missiles and a machine gun. To forge wait whats that well forge is the
new level editor which you can fly around delete and place objects, vehicles,
weapons and spawn points. The problem is Halo 3 didnt come
with Foundry which a big open room which has a (fun) default setup
but you can delete everything and youll have one big open room
free to place whatever you want. It is hard to line things up
and place things straight with a controller but hopefully Halo 3
will come out for pc soon so you can use keyboard and mouse
and then download it to 360. You can also have real time multiplayer
battles in forge where you can drop you team mates weapons
or cover or even drop tanks on to your enemys. The map Foundry
which I was writing about before comes as downloadable
content for ten dollars and later this year for free
the other two maps which come with Foundry sadly arent
worth it at all but if you like forge or want to create
your own map it is yes indeed worth it.
Halo 3 has a replay editor were you can relive your best
moments you can then save them and send them
to other people. So what that means is in any multiplayer game
you can fly as a camera around look what everybody else did and
look how much health they had and so forth and so on. In campaign
you cant fly through the whole entire level at once
(since enemys have to spawn) but you can fly really quite far
(you can also take screenshots) so even if Halo 3 isnt
the best looking game out there it certainly quite a technical
achievement. Now even if you dont have a bungie.net account
it doesnt matter since every single player does get there own profile
with all of there Hi res screenshots which they can download
to there computer if they want and use it as a background
it also saves all of your stats how many kills in ranked
matches in social matches with what weapon you
have how many kills all of that data you can look
at also on a specific map you can put your maps
screen shots videos on your file share where people
can the download and rate it in Halo 3 you will find bungies
favorites which are basically just the best maps and so on
but now the cool thing is you can go on to your computer go
on a map press downloas and as soon as you sign into
Halo 3 it will start downloading what else you can download
are gametypes like "infection" where on guy starts
out as a zombie with a energy sword he can not go into
a vehicle can pick up any weapons but everybody which he kills
also becomes into a zombie which is then really fun when there two
three people left. you can also customize gravity, speed and more which
can really turn out fun. So Halo 3 doesnt have
the best story nor graphics but it is the best game
since Super Mario 64 and if you ask me
has more value then The Orange Box.

So sorry for all the spelling mistakes but writing it like this alone
took years to do I know it very long but hopefully its
helpful to at least one person. Thanks for reading.

29/01/08

A great way to finish the series!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

People say this game sucks.They're probably not gamers.They're NOOBS!!! This is a perfectly fine game with a great Campaign and awesome Multiplayer.Fantastic new gadgets and weopons.Fun new vehicles too!I think this is way better than COD 4.I don't hate COD 4 but I thought it kinda sucked.This is a fine 1st person shooter.A great way to finish the HALO series.

cool game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Halo 3 was by far the best game I purchased in a long time. It plays extremely fast and the choices of the new and different weapons, vehicles and characters is great. The multiplayer function is also a big plus. My son and I play this game constantly. Lots of new twists in the Halo trilogy are given. Overall, this is a fun interactive shooter.

A Stellar Multiplayer Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had no intention of getting Halo 3 when I bought my 360. I don't have the best reflexes or hand-eye coordination, and shooters are generally not my bag. But I had a few opportunities to play with some friends, and I was immediately hooked. I give it five stars, but I do not consider it a perfect game by any means. I also realize that this sort of thing is not everyone's bag. But there are a few things that Halo 3 does very well.

- variety and balance. There are tons of weapons and each has an appropriate situation for use. Bungie could've botched this and made a few weapons inherently superior, but I felt they really nailed it.
- multiplayer. Tons of game types and a variety of maps. Just perfect in my opinion.
- control. Playing an FPS is difficult on a console, but Bungie makes it work.

You should be aware that the meat of this game is in the multiplayer. The campaign is fun, but incredibly short. Replayable for higher difficulty levels, but that's about it. You are going to want an XBox Live subscription if you get this one.

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