Halo 3 Reviews

Dark Drakan · 09-23-2007

The highly awaited Bungie masterpiece and flagship title for the Xbox 360 is finished, and in stock in shops (and in some peoples hands thanks to errors in some stores) and now its been reviewed. Ive been waiting for reviews to surface for a while and they have all been contracted to stay silent until now. So expect more to flood in soon... for now here are Gamespots and CVG's reviews.

Halo 3 Review - Gamespot.com

Review: Halo 3 - CVG.com

Tsuyu · 09-23-2007

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The Bad

Rewinding saved films doesn't work quite like you'd expect it to
AI-controlled Marines can't drive to save their lives (or yours)
Inevitable flood of prepubescent online players sure to hamper your enjoyment of the online modes.

I think a 'lol' is in order. Heh.

Dark Drakan · 09-23-2007

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Originally Posted by Tsuyu

I think a 'lol' is in order. Heh.

Yeah problem is Halo has always been one of the worst games for those sort.

HodgePodge · 09-24-2007

"1'm g0nn4 ub3r p4wn u n00b 101zzzzzzzzz"

RuneMaster · 09-24-2007

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Originally Posted by Tsuyu

I think a 'lol' is in order. Heh.

I second this motion. Anyway, I cant wait to play this and, as they say in the Halo world "Pwn some n00bs". The reviews seem favorable so Im not worried. Im getting my copy tonight at midnight, to bad I have class tomorrow

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projectego · 09-24-2007

Nice one, Andy. Looks like Halo 3 is just getting great reviews everywhere. Halo 3 scored a 9.5 over at IGN and GameSpot which can't be a bad thing. GameTrailers scored it an almost perfect 9.8 as well.

The Sony Defence Force website doesn't seem to be quite so keen on Halo 3 for some reason though...

Sony Defense Force - Halo 2.5 Reviews…7/10

Kekekek

Albion Knight · 09-24-2007

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Originally Posted by projectego

Nice one, Andy. Looks like Halo 3 is just getting great reviews everywhere. Halo 3 scored a 9.5 over at IGN and GameSpot which can't be a bad thing. GameTrailers scored it an almost perfect 9.8 as well.

The Sony Defence Force website doesn't seem to be quite so keen on Halo 3 for some reason though...

Sony Defense Force - Halo 2.5 Reviews…7/10

Kekekek

That's at least a 14 coming from them. WOW this game is going to be AWESOME!

Dark Drakan · 09-24-2007

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Originally Posted by projectego

Nice one, Andy. Looks like Halo 3 is just getting great reviews everywhere. Halo 3 scored a 9.5 over at IGN and GameSpot which can't be a bad thing. GameTrailers scored it an almost perfect 9.8 as well.

The Sony Defence Force website doesn't seem to be quite so keen on Halo 3 for some reason though...

Sony Defense Force - Halo 2.5 Reviews…7/10

Kekekek

Im heading over to IGN and Gametrailers to read theirs now, and i might as well read Sony Defence Force one for a good laugh.

Great scores so far:

Gamespot - 9.5
Ign - 9.5
CVG - 9.7
Gametrailers - 9.8

Tsuyu · 09-25-2007

Here is a not-so-happy review about the Single-Player, but I think we can honestly say nobody was expecting another Bioshock here. Multi-player is where Halo 3 is at.

Halo 3: The Juggernaut, or Nothing You Read Here Will Make a Whit of Difference

Orpheus Lupus · 09-25-2007

As I suspected, that last one seems to be WAAAAY too harsh. It's a video game. Halo could overall stand to be better, especially considering the huge backstory Bungie has for it and their excellent storyline in Marathon, but it's not exactly bad as far as video game storytelling goes.

§ephiroxa§ · 09-26-2007

My review is

I liked the first 2 better. I just beat the whole game. Took a lot of hours (On Normal) It was insane..but I still like the other ones better.

Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful and tons of fun, but I didn't like it as much as I thought I was

Dark Drakan · 09-26-2007

I think the first will always be the best as it was just an instant classic but i think Halo 3 is much better than Halo 2. Also the multiplayer and replayability over that and all different modes is crazy. Plus as Markie said its pretty tough.

§ephiroxa§ · 09-26-2007

Super crazy.

Especially the flood.

Tsuyu · 09-26-2007

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Originally Posted by Orpheus Lupus

As I suspected, that last one seems to be WAAAAY too harsh. It's a video game. Halo could overall stand to be better, especially considering the huge backstory Bungie has for it and their excellent storyline in Marathon, but it's not exactly bad as far as video game storytelling goes.

Compare it to a Bioware story it is rather bad actually...

I mean, the two other games had such shallow stories that they had to release books explaining what was going on.

Hexadecimal · 09-26-2007

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Compare it to a Bioware story it is rather bad actually...

I mean, the two other games had such shallow stories that they had to release books explaining what was going on.

well I would agree that the story doesn't compare to any of Bioware's but Halo also isn't an RPG

I thought the story was rather good if you pay attention... the books aren't required to get what's going on

Tsuyu · 09-26-2007

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well I would agree that the story doesn't compare to any of Bioware's but Halo also isn't an RPG

I thought the story was rather good if you pay attention... the books aren't required to get what's going on

Nope. But rather than expand the universe, they are helping you understand what happens in the games... which I would say is bad.

A game's storyline shouldn't need that, it should speak for itself, RPG or not...

Look at Mass Effect; Revelation will probably be a bonus, you should have no problem understanding Saren and Andersson without it.

Orpheus Lupus · 09-26-2007

Bungie's problem is that the wanted the game to be accessible to people who wouldn't give a damn about the story and didn't want to think. Do the math. There's a reason I prefer the Arbiter to Master Chief >_<" While he's not super-inventive, you can see that he does have a bit of depth to him. So does MC, of course........But mostly in the books. It does bother me that they apparently didn't explore Cortana and Arbiter's sides of the story, but eh.

Like I said, I KNOW Bungie can do much better, but as far as video game plots go I'll forgive them because it's not all that bad overall and besides, it hasn't been that long since Bioshock was released (and unfortunately a lot of people didn't "get it" plot-wise...Thinking hurts ;-)). Give the industry some time and hope they learn.

Gikoku Harakami · 09-27-2007

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

The highly awaited Bungie masterpiece and flagship title for the Xbox 360 is finished, and in stock in shops (and in some peoples hands thanks to errors in some stores) and now its been reviewed. Ive been waiting for reviews to surface for a while and they have all been contracted to stay silent until now. So expect more to flood in soon... for now here are Gamespots and CVG's reviews.

Halo 3 Review - Gamespot.com

Review: Halo 3 - CVG.com

I was reading the CVG review of Halo 3 a few days ago, till my net got cut.

Nice to see it receiving lots of good rep all round. But unsure if it's my kind of game though.

Dark Drakan · 09-27-2007

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But unsure if it's my kind of game though.

A couple of people i know didnt think the Halo series would be for them as they preferred more realistic shooters like Call Of Duty and Rainbow Six Vegas etc. However they played Halo and just loved how it felt like a top range PC game with its options and multiplayer aspect and that impressed them a lot.

Albion Knight · 09-27-2007

I'm not into shooters much but I find it fun.