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Halo's a bit tilted, but it still shines bright

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I came into Halomania with Halo 2 on the original Xbox. During the time we waited for Halo 3, I played Gears of War online with an expanding circle of friends, including the Geezer Gamers (look 'em up). We chafed at the eight-man team maximum and were itching to play in the larger sandbox that was Halo 3.

My wife bought the Halo 3 Limited Edition the day it came out. Did I mention I love my wife?

There's been so many reviews about Halo 3 that there's little new I can contribute here. The campaign is serviceable, but takes itself a little too seriously. Viewing the web site for Halo 3 is unintentionally hilarious, treating the game like a World War II memorial, as if it has that much emotional gravitas. It doesn't; the hinted-at relationship between Master Chief (Steven Downes) and Cortana (Jen Taylor) gets a little silly at times, the stalwart allies die heroically, bad guys become allies and then betray you later, and aliens natter on about setting off the Halo rings and destroying the universe. The talking plant known as the Gravemind (Dee Bradley Baker) doesn't make an appearance, but his voice is ever present. In fact, the game uses the awful method of flashbacks, both from Cortana and Gravemind, to interrupt game play and force the plot down your throat. It gets old fast. The game reaches a rollicking conclusion with a crazy Warthog chase across collapsing platforms that recaptures some of the fun of Halo 2. The ending is predictable but well earned.

But forget the campaign. The real beauty of Halo is the multiplayer game. I play the game every Wednesday night (look for Talien) and we play Team Slayer with sixteen people at once. It's great fun, and the boards provide an endless array of challenges that make Halo 3 the excellent multiplayer experience we've come to expect.

There are some changes. The graphics are better, but not much better. I miss the value of a perfect reload from Gears of War. Speaking of Gears of War, Halo's environments aren't as destructible. And my favorite tactic, two-fisted Needler-ing, has been rendered obsolete. In fact, Needlers don't track nearly as well as they used to.

There are new guns and vehicles, but the biggest change is the ability to remove heavy machineguns from their mounts and walk around the board, mowing people down. I've had more kills using this new tactic than using all the other weapons combined. As for vehicles, there's a new bike and an enormous beast known as the Elephant that I'm fond of driving (I flipped an Elephant once, ask me about it some time). Speaking of war stories, there's also a neat function that allows you to view replays and share it with friends.

The packaging of LE of Halo 3 isn't very practical. Made of metal, the package I received was warped. Since the piece that holds the disc in the box is also made of metal, the disc was banging around inside the case. Even the booklet, which is in the center of the container, was warped. No wonder the discs in some copies were scratched!

Despite the changes from Halo 2, Halo 3's multiplayer can't be beat. It's a testament to the game's staying power that we come back to it every Wednesday.

ANGRY TROOPER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: October 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

IM A 82ND AIRBORNE PARATROOPER SERVING OVER SEA'S AND THE ONE THING WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON ARE FREE TIME IS WATCHING A DVD OR PLAYING A VIDEO GAME, I PRE ORDERED THIS GAME LONG BEFORE IT CAME OUT, NOT ONLY DID IT TAKE MUCH LONGER TO GET TO ME*I UNDERSTAND IM IN THE DESERT BUT HOW DID EVERYONE ELSE OVER HERE GET THIERS SO EARLY?* BUT WHEN IT DID GET HERE I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE DISC*THE BONUS DISK* WAS SCRATCHED REALLY BAD AND THAT THE OTHER ONE WAS A BONUS DISK ASWELL, THE EXACT SAME DISK AS THE FIRST ONE, I THOUGHT MABE THEY JUST LOOK ALIKE SO I PUT BOTH IN AND SAW THAT THEY WERE THE EXACT SAME DISK NO GAME IN THE BOX JUST 1 SCRATCHED BONUS DISK AND ANOTHER BONUS DISK, WTF?!!!

Beware limited edition

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 21
Date: September 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Like most, the limited edition is scratched up. I received two copies and all 4 disks were VERY scratched up. I'm not a happy camper.

I think buyers should have been made aware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my son, the first one was so scratch. Of course Amazon was amazing and I returned it and he had the new one before they even received the old one. However, the second was scratched worse, and my son asked me just to take him to have it buffed. Come to find out, there were thousands of games with this problem and now we have to deal with microsoft themselves. A head up would have been nice.

Good game, bad edition

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When this arrived in the mail, I could hear something rattling inside the package when I moved it. It turns out that both discs came loose and have been bouncing around in the mail during it's journey to my front door. It looks like someone scrubbed the game disc and bonus disc with sandpaper. The tin package itself has several dents and pings on it as if it had been in a hail storm. Even if I sent the discs in to be replaced, the package is still a piece of crap. I will be returning this and getting the basic edition in the good old plastic case.

Lots to do, but to short for the $$

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed the game and right when you are really getting a feel for the game its all over. I have finished the normal difficulty in less then 5 hours and the Heroic in less then 8 hours. For the money this is just too short of a campaign for such a fine franchise. The online is really fun and the new rankings for battling online is awesome. Another nice feature is the saving video and using the forge map editor is a lot of fun. Overall I would suggest this game if you have xbox live. If you do not then you payed for a half a game that is way to short,(9 levels worth).Yes the rumors are true for this edition because my game disk was scratched as well as everyone else's. : (

Great game: horrible package

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Do not, under any circumstances, buy the Special Edition. The first package I received had both discs scratched so badly they were unreadable. Amazon customer service was great: they sent a replacement overnight: I had it 2 days later.

The game itself is great: a fine finish to the series. This episode had the best plot line of any: the last 30 minutes were worth of Joss Wheadon. Too bad the game was spoiled by the horrible packaging.

GOOD BUT DSICS SCRATCHED

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love Halo 3. The one complaint I have is that my disc are scratched and were out of the holders when i received Halo 3.

BeWare Avoid the Limited Eddition Scratched Discs!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: September 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Please avoid the Tin Box Halo3 Limited Edition the discs are scratched badly I haven't tried the game yet. but from the looks of it it won't work. I just wrote my review to save much ppl as possible.

Very fun and not a bad way to end it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mind you Halo 3 is one of the most hyped games of all games. Did I have fun playing it? Yes and no. Chapter 7 was very very very annoying. It really annoyed me and made me hate the game but I guess it really needed a hard part because the rest was very simple. I liked the story line but it's short compared to other games. I think it still explained a lot even though many did not like the length. To me it's like a movie and most movies last about 2-3 hours. It takes about 6-7 hours single player first play. 2nd play 5-6 hours because you know what's going on and where to go.

The graphics are not that amazing. Bigger enviroments and a little more detail but nothing heart stopping. I think BioShock had a lot better graphics but still a big step up from Halo 2. The sounds are great with some fun effects but a lot of repeats from the enemies.

Multiplayer is a lot more fun and a lot of added details which make it a full online experience. I love the ability to capture videos of your best kills. I love games that add new ideas and Halo does just that. Online feels just that much cooler with the different elements.

People have said many different things about scratched disks. I work at Wal-Mart in the Electronics Dept and it's true, there are a lot of scratched disks. We received a claim form for scratched disks and there are a lot. Being the faithful Halo fan and dedicated worker I went through all the Halo 3 Limited's and made sure the disks are not scratched. I shook them and found about 40% were loose. That's not very good for Bungie because that means they poorly packaged their title. I took them out of the case and made sure they got sent back so no one went home with a damaged copy. Bungie shame on you! Put out a disk that actually works!

Overall I would say it's a good release but not quite what I was hoping for. The ending felt kind of lackluster and not as epic as was hyped. I still love the game and play it often but I hope Bungie learns from its way's when making Halo Wars and the next story arc of the Halo series.

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