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not a review

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 34
Date: July 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

how can you write a review for a game that dosent exist yet

Not worth the hype.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 42
Date: February 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

HALO is one of the most over-hyped games out there. Its an alright game, but all the people who think its the greatest game in the world... its not. If you want a great game play Resistance Fall Of Man for PS3, that game blows halo away.

I don't get all the halo hysteria... it's a very average game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 27 / 97
Date: September 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure if diehard Halo fans were created near the time of the first release, when the genre was young, and when Halo was really something of an innovation. But be that as it may, I am not one of those folks.

I first played Halo 2 (never played the first) after playing a lot of contemporary first- and third- person shooters (Gears of War, Rainbow Six, etc), and I never really could understand the appeal of the game. It seemed cartoonish, with lackluster graphics, so-so weapons, and a floaty, sluggish feel to game play. Somehow this combination of elements fostered an unimaginable allegiance and love for this game that I just don't understand and probably never will.

I picked up this version because the hype has been otherworldly, and I didn't want to be left out of what I thought was going to be a groundbreaking, genre-redefining release. But I was wrong. Halo 3 feels very much like its predecessors, offering little if anything in the realm of advancement in any of the aforementioned areas. I deeply regret buying before renting it.

And to those of you who popped in Halo 1 and 2 and didn't "get it," I assure you, you won't feel any different about Halo 3, however, you will be $65 lighter than you were before. Save your time and your money. Halo 3 profits from the momentum of previous releases and preposterous amounts of fanboy loyalty -- nothing else.

TIME TO SELL

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 20 / 63
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you are a victim of too much hype ... just like me who mistakenly bought this game cause Microsoft spend millions on too mush fake hype then sell it before it's worth pennies.

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Previously I wrote:
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First to let you know about myself so you don't think I am biased .... I am XBOX and Microsoft fan. I've been playing games for last 22 years so you can imagine I have gone through many generations of video gaming. I myself is IT Systems Architect.

I played this game for hours yesterday before coming to conclusion. Honestly I bought this game because of too much Hype ... but all my expectations were broken yesterday.

The Halo3 gameplay is average nothing special. No special fighting moves or movements just simple FPS. The Graphics are below average when you compare them with the graphics of Gears of War, BioShock, MassEffect, or Timeshift. There was a hype about no frame drop ... that is completely false ... there are frame drops and any body can notice it.

It is completely unbelievable that all the editorial critics said that they have never played such a fantastic game. Either Microsoft filled their mouth with a lot of money or they are also nothing more than hyped critics.

Lets see how much of $10 million fake hype can take this game to.

Not delivering on promises and hype

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 18 / 67
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

1) Hype: Banshee - I saw video of Halo 3 maps where Banshee's could fly out of the atmosphere - no fish bowl/glass ceilings. Reality: The Banshee runs into the old low glass ceiling AND you can't even fire at things directly below you, you can't fly straight down anymore.

2) Hype: Multiplayer maps would be greatly expanded - more than 30 people playing online at the same time. Reality: Big team battle? 12 players max. Halo 2 allowed 16 players...how is this better?

3) Hype: Grenades! A few new types of grenades, and a few new things called something or other, but they're just grenades too. Reality: Difficult to use "new things," hard to cycle through all the grenade types, difficult to seperate them in your mind for deployment during game play using different buttons.

4) Hype: Unhinged turrets! Reality: They suck and slow you down.

5) Hype: New vehicles! Reality: I drove a human motorcycle with no guns and a covenant motorcyle thing with one big wheel that was impossible to control well.

I hope they release a bunch of fixes to un-suck this game they gave us.

Nice to see microsoft cutting loose the people who bought the first console

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 98
Date: September 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought the first Halo and the second Halo. Now if I want the third Halo, I have to throw away the entire console and buy the 360 for $400+tax, then new controllers, etc. Thanks Microsoft for making the game exclusive for the 360 and cutting loose all the people who bought your products in the past.

Not surprised!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 48
Date: September 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will never understand why there is so much hype for Halo.. the first one was a sub-average game, the second one was garbage, and surprise surprise the third one sucks as well... The game is boring and slow paced, the graphics are nothing to write home about, and there seems to be very little change in the gameplay from the first two in the series. If people are so desperate for a decent FPS, either get Bioshock, or wait for Unreal Tournament 3.. Buyers beware, this game is trash!

Where do I begin???

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 20 / 76
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

All I can say is.....microsoft failed me for the last time. With all the hype surounding this game I felt like I was going to be part of history, playing halo 3. I was part of history the history of a crappy halo 2.5. The graphics are the same as halo 2 even worse at some times because the humans look like drugged out mutants. The gameplay is no different from halo 2 except for the equipment, and de-powering of nearly every human weopon. The pistol shoots as slow as the shotgun. Way to go bungie make the good weopons crappy and the crappy weopons better. What in the world is a mongoose???? The vehicles are just plain ridiculous and unpractical. I guess I'll drive my mangoose around hoping no one shoots me because I can't retaliate at all. True hardcore gamers will complete the campaign mode in less than 5 hours even on legendary mode. What a joke@!!! Lets make halo 3 shorter than halo and halo 2 smart huh???? The multiplayer is a joke. The maps are worse than the previous halos. Maps are uninspired and a chore to be in. So let's evaluate here shall we: the halo 3 graphics are even worse than halo 2 graphics, the gameplay is the same, the new weopons stink, pointless vehicles, and terrible multiplayer. Whom.....that gives halo 2.5 a 1 out of 5. I guess charging 60 dollars for a rehashed worse halo2 is a good proposition for some. But, I'm not a microsoft tool like them. I am a real gamer(one of the last few) who buy quality games. All in all I will throw my 360 at a bus so I can finally get entertainment watching it fall apart. Better than playing halo 3 atleast.

WTF???

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 68
Date: September 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is perhaps the most over hyped game ever. Same old stuff as Halo and Halo 2. I don't know why people fall into the traps laid by microsoft to increase their hardware sales. I played this game the same day I got it and I must say that it is very short. 8 hours the most. The graphics are decent, but not as good as other games on the 360. Multiplayer sucks.........So if you want to save 60 bucks, stick to your old Halos......

--ALL YOU HALO FANBOYS OUT THERE PLEASE DO NOT HATE ON THE PS3 FANS COZ YOU GUYS ARE THE SAME--

this game is terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 107
Date: September 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I didn't like anything about this game. Looks exactly like halo on old xbox. Nothing compared to the new games on 360.

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