Halo 3 User Reviews

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to me halo 3 was excellent. I thought the purpose of the game was to finish the fight and you do exactly that which was awesome. No i dont think there should be a 4th 1 because they provided an amazing story line from start to finish and theyre done. If they were to add on to it at all it would ruin the story. But i would like to see some sort of game come out that deals with the alternate ending of halo 3. But i would want them to completely build a new story from scratch with the bad-ass spartan 117 Master Chief

The campain is cool, but nothing compares to multiplayer. With different armors and forge it will be played for years to come

Halo 3 is the best game I've played. That much is true. But every game has its problems. Some weapons just flat out suck. Sure, the Gravity Hammer and Sniper are always the favorites. But what about the Carbine? It's ONLY GOOD AGAINST GRUNTS! The Spiker is great dual-wielded. It makes life harder when you only have one. The rocket laucher is good for anti-personnel. It sucks now for moving vehicles, due to the fact they took out the "Lock-On" ability on it. And finally, the plasma pistol is only good when you charge it. But seriously, that bullet travels at a whopping 3mph, and you never hit the enemy. I could go on, but a grunt just killed me with a plasma pistol when I had one SPIKER!!!

I love Halo 3- I've played through the campaign several times. It is, undeniably, a well-made game. Enthralling storyline; drop-dead gorgeous, and the most beautiful soundtrack I've heard in a game. (Including Halo 1 & 2.) However, it still has the major flaw of most FPSes... you point, shoot, throw a grenade or two, and that's all.

Now don't think I'm flaming- I'm not.

Something I feel is missing is some sort of puzzling challenge in the game. As it is, the storyline is fairly straightforward. The closest thing to a puzzle I've found is the scarab- otherwise it's go here, kill this, activate that, yadda yadda yadda... Can you think of a time when you'd rack your brain to solve a puzzle, other than the location of enemies?

The trick to Halo (All three, actually) is strategy. And when a game is trying to appeal to a mass market that may or may not know anything about the game- well, it ends up falling on its face. Sure, the AI is astonishing. No doubt; I was surrounded by a pair of Grunts and gunned down, and I didn't even know they were there. So when I reverted to the last checkpoint, and attempted to take them down... they weren't there: they had come at me from the OTHER side of the building. Talk about screwing me. However, sometimes in such situations, I personally cannot find a strategy to take them out; especially the enemies who respawn in different places each time. In inducing replay value, Bungie made strategy harder. (Which, I don't know for sure, if it's a good thing, or a bad thing. I can't quite decide.) So do I throw my last grenade around that ledge and hope to take out a grunt that may or may not be there, and then turn and try and get a headshot on another grunt that may or may not be there? Oh, no, the Grunt was further down the path, and when I aimed at the other, oh darn I'm dead. While yes, it is nice that the gameplay is always different, it's also a hindrance.

So it's not even a puzzle, really. I won't say where I get my need for puzzles from. I can't help it; I'm an intellectual who likes to play video games. What more do you expect?

Aside from that one small (yet irritating) piece, I think this game is the best I've played to date. Which is saying something, considering the multitude I have played; I've played games from the Genesis, the NES, the SNES, N64, etc, etc... And lemme say, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was a good game. Still, BUNGIE, I WANT MORE THINKING IN MY GAMES! D:

Overall, 9.7/10. I can't put that in the actual rating category, so I just rounded up.