Halo 3 A Worthy Conclusion

FiringSquad says that Halo 3 mostly delivers on the expectations built up by the previous two installments, providing a fitting conclusion to the trilogy:

So has Halo 3 lived up to the massive attention and hopes for fans of this franchise? Based on playing the single player campaign and checking out its community and editing features we would have to give it a qualified "yes" but again we will have a separate review for its online multiplayer features.

Halo 3's Story Too Complex To Care About

Most everybody likes Halo, but not everybody loves it. They don't have to. Some find things they enjoy, and ignore the rest, like Kotaku's Brian Crecente:

While Halo 3 doesn't reinvent the genre, it doesn't need to. What it does instead is provide fans of the trilogy a sort of satisfying ending and a much more satisfying experience.

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