Halo 3
by Microsoft
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Video Game Reviews of Halo 3
Customer Review: Awesome Game! Muliplayer still not Prefect!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an AWESOME game!!! it doesn't take long to learn and some of the add-ons (bubble shied, energy draining) make the game a lot more interesting. The Multiplayer XboxLive feature is frustrating and difficult to compete in as the current players know every map and all the hiding spots, weapon locations and respawning sites. It's VERY easy to get smoked by these players, not to mention all the jumping they do to prevent getting shot. This is one option I wish they would have left out to in XLive, not to mention to play a lot of the games you need to purchase extra maps. Overall GREAT game for single player, but the mulitplayer side I will not be visiting anytime soon.Customer Review: Online players BEWARE
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great game. The single player and multiplayer are both great. The only thing that kept this from being a 5 star overall is the fact that you are required to buy the additional map packs in order to play most of the online multiplayer. The cost for this is minimal, but I refuse to do it on principle alone. If the map packs weren't required, I would have likely bought them months ago. I don't see how they can make parts of a game you purchased unplayable simply because you do not download their map packs. So, while $36 is a bargain for this game, expect to have about $50 in it if you want to play all the online multiplayer options (ie team slayer).Customer Review: Multiplayer wishes it was Unreal Tournament. Single-player...Bungie didn't even bother trying
Summary: 2 Stars
Halo 3...I have trouble knowing where it is I'm supposed to begin with this game other than to say it is the greatest let-down of my gaming "career." Now, to start off I am in no way a Halo hater. In fact I have been a fan ever since the original game was released on the PC (I have since acquired a Xbox 360 and the original Xbox version of that game and its sequel). In fact I was so excited by the hype of the third game that I went ahead and pre-ordered the $150 Legendary Edition of the game. The result of when I finally got the game was that never again do I ever plan to pre-order a game or pay top-dollar for a "Collector's" edition of a game- unless it's in a bargain bin a year or two later (In fact that did happen to the Halo 3 Legendary Edition- saw it for $60 somewhere and shall never forgive myself for my wasted $150).
Let me break this game down a bit.
Graphics: They're good I suppose, but didn't Microsoft promise us that this game was practically the reason the 360 was created? This game's graphics are nothing special in this day and age. While the first one was good for its time and the second was great for its time of release this game's graphics wouldn't rank in the `Top 10' list of Best 360 Game Graphics- not by a long shot. Often it feels rushed, as if Microsoft pushed Bungie into finishing this sequel as fast as humanly possible.
Character designs: The new character designs also are pretty bad. For starters, all characters seem to have taken steroid injections because whether it's the Elites or humans, they have all seriously bulked up. They've also become shorter and just seem very awkward in comparison to the designs of the first two games. I just was not convinced that many of the Covenant species were even capable of walking in this game.
Look: The entire game seems to have been put through a shiny filter that makes everything reflect colors at the same rate as a mirror- even plant life. Wasn't this game supposed to be the most realistic Halo yet? I remember Bungie officials and various magazine articles telling me that, but when was the last time YOU walked into a forest and it shined at you? You could say this is water, but unless there is a thin layer of water coating each and every leaf (which is unbelievable in of itself) than everything seems to be polished. Now, this isn't just the forest, but EVERY character and EVERY LOCATION of this entire game. Weapons, characters, plants, shields, ships, and buildings- everything shines like well-polished silver.
Story: This plot of Halo 3 is so simple I'm sure the officials at Bungie must have spent 5 minutes on it. Looking back on it I know that Halo 2 suffered in this department as well, but Halo 3 you instantly take note of how poor the story is. The cut scenes were probably the best parts of both the previous games, but here they become exercises in repetition and clich?. Everything is overblown and none of it is ever believable. They try often to make these scenes dramatic, but apparently whoever had a sense of drama in the previous games cut scenes left the project because this game's cut scenes are about as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Levels: Many of the levels are nothing new other than the fact you now have more weapons in which to deal with your pesky foes. No new forms of enemies to face, nothing really of interest.
AI: Every entry in the Halo game series suffers from heavily script-based AI, but this game's AI is so simpleminded that once you've played through the game once on any of the difficulties you'll know exactly how to get through it on any other difficulty setting. I swear, if you play this game on Easy and then play on Legendary, aside from the fact that enemies have higher hit points, they will respond to you the exact same way as they do on the other settings and they will never surprise you. Come on, Bungie- over ten years ago with Half-Life Valve proved that you could write AI that was capable of creating its own strategy. This is another example in my observation that this game was solely made for the multiplayer aspect and they didn't care about the single-player campaign.
Weapons: Much of this is the same, but we add in the most annoying aspect of this game, and that would be the power-ups. What were they thinking when they put these in campaign mode? I could understand silly power-ups being in, say, the multiplayer, but how do they fit into the actual game? They are worthless addition and it shows that Bungie rushed this game because they obviously belong in the multiplayer and not the actual game mode.
Multiplayer: I suppose this is the only good part about this game, but it feels like a simple-minded retread of other multiplayer games such as Unreal Tournament.
Legendary Edition: Aside from the collectible bust of the Master Chief's head this is probably the most overprice item I've ever purchased. There is nothing really special about it, and the special features contained within the DVDs don't really give you much insight into the creation of the games. You get things like the cut scenes from the first two games, which is kind of cool, but honestly those scenes feel very hollow unless you're actually playing the game.
So all and all Halo 3 is an alright multi-player game, but the story is awful, the graphics are sub-par considering we've seen such games as Half-Life2, `Gears of War', and `Call of Duty 4' display far superior improvements in the field. All and all the game is a rushed product that doesn't have any of the quality control that was displayed in the previous games.
Customer Review: Good but short
Summary: 4 Stars
Halo 3 is a great game but the single player campaign is way too short. I felt like just when the story was getting good the game ended. There are of course tons of multiplayer modes BUT some do require extra map pack downloads. All in all, worth the money especially if you like multiplayer.Customer Review: Time to finish the fight! (or not?)
Summary: 5 Stars
Halo 3, the third awesome game in the Halo series. Halo 3 is THE best of the Halo games.
The detail of the Xbox 360 and Halo 3 match perfectly!
It's amazing how the visual effects can be almost lifelike!
In Halo 3 you are the Master Chief, Spartan-117. Bred for war, trained to use any weapon in the battlefield. He is a menace to his enemies but a friend to his allies.
There are nine levels in Halo 3. In level 7, you destroy the Covenant, in 9, the Flood.
There are a lot of new weapons, such as the Brute Spiker, Mauler, Gravity Hammer, Missile pod, Flamethrower, Plasma cannon and Spartan Laser.
New vehicles consist of the Shade Turret, Chopper, Prowler, Hornet, Scarab and Mongoose. The Scarab is a Covenant huge spider-like super tank with its highly powerful Fuel Rod cannon.
There are 2 new grenades in Halo 3, the Spike and Firebomb, The Spike grenade will stick to anything--walls, ceilings (But not Brute Chieftains), and the Firebomb grenade is a, well, firebomb, when thrown, will catch ANYTHING on fire.
There is also Equipment in Halo 3! You can pick up Power drain--brings shield down to nothing and also shuts down vehicles, Bubble shield--makes a shield around player, Gravity lift--when stepped on, will shoot player in air, Regenerator--regenerates players health quickly when inside, Blinder--bright light is released, Trip Mine--when stepped on or close by, mine will explode, Radar Jammer--fills players' radar with lots of moving red dots, Invincibility--when used you will be immune to all incoming fire, but is short lived, Cloaking--If used, player will be invisible, and Auto-Turret--an independent hovering object that shoots a beam at enemies, but can be destroyed easily.)
The missions are fun and challenging, and another huge plus for Halo 3--Achievements!! There are 13 skulls hidden in the campaign. Plus there are achievements you can unlock by doing special things (I have 33 out of 36 campaign achievements so far).
Now, you can only be the Master Chief this time, unlike Halo 2 where you could be the Arbiter and Chief.
The Floods' appearance has changed since Halo 1 and 2. I like Halo 3s' Flood the best.
The Brutes in Halo 3 are no longer so hairy, but have lots of armor this time, if you `nock off' their armor; they growl and will run towards you, trying to kill you with their powerful melee's. There are Brute Chieftains, wearing non-sticky armor and spiked helmets and hold the Gravity Hammer or Plasma turret, (NOTE! The Gravity Hammer can kill you with one or two whacks, and the guys holding it can have Invincibility!)
The Grunts on Halo 3 say some very funny things [...]Here are a few: "I can`t run when I`m scared!!", when throwing a grenade, "Open up and say ahh!" and "I`m gonna cut you down to size!".
Some famous characters at the end of Halo 3 die. I won't say who they are, I'll let you see.
I have been watching the Halo 4 trailer on Youtube. It might come out in the fall of 2010 (hopefully no later!)