Customer Reviews
You need Xbox Live to really get your money's worth. - By: S. Harding, 26 Aug 2008 
When you buy Halo 3 I seriously recommend having a subscription to Xbox Live set up orin the process of being set up. I promise you that you will become bored of story mode very quickly after fanatically completing it on Normal, Heroic, Legendary & Metagame for the gamerscore (if you are a gamerscore whore such as myself). Halo 3 story mode is no different from any other Halo. It is just as mediocre as Halo 2's campaignin my opinion.
The addition of cool new features like Forge & Theatre mode offer players huge oppertunities to play the game they want & that's no just me kissing up to Bungie. You could spend hours altering maps, adding your own touch to the pre-programmed maps as well as the downloadable content or taking cool screenshots & video clips from both story & online gameplay, allowing you to look back at past games & (if you are very enthusiastic about your style) analyse your games & where you keep making mistakes. Halo 3 is also provided with excellent online backup from Bungie.net allowing players to view their character on the site as well as their online stats such as percentages of weapon usage, medal chests displaying the number of medals earned online & Heatmaps showing players where their kills are made & where they die the mostin games online.
Online gaming is what really makes Halo 3 one of the best games ever though. Although there are plenty of other games with online capablities Halo has a certain feel about it that just sets it apart from other gamesin the genre. Maybe it is the huge variety of playlists (new ones added for weekend events), the chance to play Social matchesin which players are allowed to have upto 3 guests all playing through one Xbox online or the huge appeal to many to earn the rank of Generalin Ranked playlists I do not know but one thing I do know is that without Xbox Live I would have gotten rid of Halo 3 months ago.
failo 3! - By: Tom 360, 14 Aug 2008 
in my opinion this game is missing something & i just cant get engrossed. although i havent played halo 2 & halo 1 i imagined i would be writing a 5 star review right now.before i got an xbox 360 my mates were creating so much hype around this game & i personaly just cant see why. i have completed 6 levels but since i have purchased some other games halo has taken a back seat. but dont get me wrong this game is definatly worth purchasing & still has some major appeal and, after all it is the game you associate with the mighty xbox 360... Tom
Halo 2.5 - By: Mr. J. Taylor, 08 Aug 2008 
When I first got my Xbox backin 2002 it came with a game called Halo. To this day Halo: Combat Evolved is one of the best FPS games I have ever played & comesin my top ten of best games ever. Halo had it all! Great story, amazing graphics, hard core AI, fantastic level design etc etc you get the idea of where I am going with this.
Then Halo 2 came alongin 2004 & to say I was hyped for this game would be a gross understatement but unfortunately when I got my hands on the game it turned out to be utter crap! Maybe utter crap is a little harsh because it did have it's moments but it just seemed like a huge step down. The level design was poor, the AI seemed basic, the story was a mess & overall it just felt like I was playing any run-of-the-mill FPS game.
Now we get onto Halo 3 & where do I start? First I would like to say I can not believe how many people are giving this game glowing reviews! When I picked up my copy I had doubts that it would be any good after the mess that was Halo 2 but I thought Bungie may have learned from past mistakes & maybe this would even surpass Halo 1. I thought wrong! The game has the same flaws as Halo 2 but this time with better graphics. The story is laughable with plot holes my 5 month old son can see through, The AI is basic, The level design is so bland & boring it makes me feel sick, the graphics are very very poor & reallyin a nut shell this game just sucks. IT has the same faults as Halo 2 so really the Halo 3 is just Halo 2 with a lick of HD paint. Halo 3 also has a online multiplayer mode but the less said about this the better as every match is full of young cocky kids shouting there mouths off & letting you know how much you suck. Buy Halo 3 at your own risk
More of the same, but still lacking something - By: Happy_Shopper, 03 Aug 2008 Okay, so I've played Halo:CE & Halo 2 to death since launch, & waitedin anticipation for Halo 3 after the disappointing cliffhanger at the end of Halo 2. Unfortunately, the game doesn't feel like it was worth the wait.
The graphicsin Halo 3 are actually very good, they still look great next to graphical powerhouses such as Gears of War but it's important to remember that fancy graphics can only take you so far. Halo 3 really doesn't feel like anything massively new; sure, there's nice new pieces of kit such as the Bubble Shield & Power Drainer, but these just feel pointless & irrelevant when you view the rest of the gamein context. It's like Bungie just slapped more icing on top of the same, bland cake with the dull recipe that you've eaten thousands of times before. The single player campaign is good (albeit linear and, as some have argued, a tad too short although I didn't find it so) but be warned; without giving any spoilers away you'll have a nasty feeling of deja-vu when you reach the final mission & play through that & you may end up joining mein gaining the impression that Bungie have got lazy.
However, Halo 2's excellent little addition, the online multiplayer... well, that's still therein Halo 3 but I can't say it's really improved. Granted there are less people modding, cheating & hacking as well as using glitches, but the whole experience just feels stale, dated & the default maps are just plain awful. It's no wonder that, out of the seven brand new downloadable maps that are now available, about five or six of them are remakes from the older Halo games because those maps were just plain better. Another glaring problem is that there were balance issues from Halo 2... well, Bungie have listened; the weapons are now so balanced that it's nearly impossible to kill anyone with anything at all, no joke. The whole game revolves around fire assault rifle, run in, beat down, rinse & repeat, the fast paced, frantic action from Halo 2 has been replaced with a simple matter of running around until you see an enemy & then cross your fingers. Bungie even released a patch for the melee system so that there is now no way of predicting whatsoever who will actually die first (if at all) & what will happen afterwards, it's a complete cop-out & ruins everything. The overbalanced weapons are mitigated by the ludicrously overpowered UNSC rocket launcher which will kill anythingin a ten-billion mile radiusin one indirect hit, or the just-plain-annoying Energy Sword - as the other weapons aren't powerful enough, it's near impossible to kill anyone who's carrying said sword because the sword attack allows for an epic, unavoidable lunge forward; the sword killsin one hit, so I think you can see where this is leading. This was a problemin Halo 2 as well but at least the exciting varietyin weapons & maps somehow made it less irritating.
Also, the matchmaking & ranking system isn't as solid as Halo 2. Halo 3 will happily churn out the same gametypes over & over & over again, people will use the newly added veto option & the game & map combination will be rejected. However, it'll immediately be replaced with something ten times worse; it would be nice to be given both options at the same time & pick one of them, the option with most votes wins. Failing this, at least a simple preview of what the next selection post-veto will be would be nice. The gametypes on Halo 3 are none too impressive either seeing as half of them involve sniper rifles, it gets very boring & very old very quickly indeed, added to this the Lone Wolves ranked free-for-all playlist is the worst FFA playlist I have ever seenin all my long years of gaming. The ranking system is also not as solid, it is easier to level up but at the same time the new skill system is brutal; it takes you about six or seven won matchesin a row to level up, but it can take you back down the same level after losing just one. It's horrible, unfair & uncompetitive & I don't quite know what Bungie were trying to do here besides creating an n-tier system.
In conclusion, this game is a step forwardin single player, but the multiplayer may leave you a good bit disappointed, I'm afraid to say.
Halo 3 the NOT so good. - By: Mr. M. Pejic, 03 Aug 2008 Now i have been playig halo since the first one came out so before i continue dont say " your an idiot & dont understand how to play or you dont know anythink". Halo 3 Storymode for instance yes the graphics arnt bad but if you actually go up to the AI & see there face its about as detailed as a ps2 game, not to mention every 15 minutes into a level you get a silly computer woman "cortana"in your face on screen shouting at you. After this happens for the fith time you feel like snapping the disc. The guns well first off the assault riflein halo 3 sounds like a pea shooter firing pellets, compared to the assault riflein halo 1 the onin halo 3 is aload of rubbish.The weapons ARE Dull.
Now for the Mulitplayer.
Yes this game has a good multiplayer to last err 1 month or 2 but after that you realise how boring it is. Its not fun. The guns feel more effective when used as clubs whacking senslessly at one another. Running at each other firing the pea shooter then its a matter of who presses B first. And then you will get sick of the BR because if you arnt good with the "BR" then you will pretty much get killed on every one on one you have. Also most people online halo 3 are very aggressive and, ULTIMATLEY its alod of KAK online & to sum it up its a matter of who gets the big gun first & little kids ARGUING & TEAM KILLING over the Energy Sword or Shotgun, Rocket Launcher etc.
I could go on but its just alod of babies wearing tight space suits whacking each other with guns.
