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Limited Edition Rocks!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game, the online multiplayer is awesome. The Limited Edition looks veeeery nice and the bonus DVD and race booklet are very nice.

HAlO 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I still play this from time to time online.
This game has no flaws it's perfect 10.

over 6 months later and the problem remains!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

So I just bought the Limited Edition in the tin box and guess what? BOTH discs were heavily scratched!! The game plays but when I load my Xbox with the game inside, it sticks at the welcome screen! I dunno if the replacement program still works but it is unfair that we have to pay to post them to Microsoft and be without the game for weeks!

The game itself follows from where Halo2 left off and while it offers nothing "special" or unique from the previous games in the trilogy, it is still fun to play. Now if only the game would actually come in a playable condition!

Sets THE STANDARD For Multiplayer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Haters be damned, Halo 3 still sets THE STANDARD for multiplayer enjoyment. Yes, the entire Halo story (single player) is a bit disjointed and each game since the first has been too short, but who really buys Halo for the SINGLE PLAYER? Halo 3 is all about ONLINE MULTIPLAYER killin'! It really is that simple. Bungie has expanded character customization (FINALLY). Overall, this game has the most re-playability of ANY game currently on the market. For an entire Halo experience, and to actually understand the story line, I encourage people to pick up the Halo novels. They will flesh out the video game experience and give some of you a little more credibility when you are attempting to talk about this series. Halo 3 is HIGHLY recommended!

Over hyped? Yes, but still amazing in every way.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The recipe for success in Halo 3 is simple. In Halo: Combat Evolved, it brought revolutionary game play and fantastic single player. The multi player was fun, but not anywhere near as groundbreaking as the campaign. In Halo 2, they improved the graphics and sound, and added more weapons, all things a sequel should do. However, the single player was a little on the short side, disappointing many fans, but they more than made up for it with the revolutionary multi player. So what did they do for Halo 3? Sure they improved the graphics and sound, and added new vehicles and guns, but they did much more too. They implemented a fantastic campaign, with plot twists toward the end and great game play. Not only that, but I think they made it just long enough for you not to get sick of it and start playing some multi player which we already know is awesome. Now they could have stopped there and still earned a 9.5 from me, but they added more which is why I gave ti a 10. They added two new modes, Forge and Theater. They added new armor for multi player. Oh, and they brought back old weapons that weren't in Halo 2 as well. There's only one more thing I could ask for but I won't let ti affect the score. I want to be able to pilot the pelicans and phantoms for multi player! Obviously they would have longer respawn timers than other vehicles, somewhere along the lines of a scorpion I would think. So, if you're a fan of the series, or just an unbiased person who loves good games, go out and at least give Halo 3 a try.

This Is The Biggest Game Ever,A cultural Phenomenon,This Is Halo 3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After the succes that Halo and Halo 2 have receved on the original XBOX,the epic Halo saga finally came to the XBOX 360 on September 25th 2007.The launch date has been marked on the calendar of every gamers even those who didn't plan to buy it or don't even have an XBOX 360,whatever would happen it would still be Halo 3 and sell millions of copies.The launch did happen as planned by Bungie and Microsoft,unlike many games who have been delayed,it is no surprise that Halo 3 sold millions of copies and the game ultimatly receved mixed but mostly positive review and attracted many gamers to XBOX Live.Those are all facts but continue reading for my personnal review.

As someone who has actually PLAYED THE GAME,Halo 3 in my opinion is true to the Halo serie and brings much of the same insane fun that millions had playing the first two Halo games.It is similiar to Halo 2 but with a few improvements in the game itself,new weapons,vehicles and a better online play with some new things added such as grades for your character(ranked as General for exemple) and the ability to now record,take screenshots,or just watch your entire matchs as much as you want by saving them on you XBOX 360 hard drive and put them on XBOX Live.If you have XBOX Live then you should stronlgy consider buying this game.

The ending of Halo 2 was pretty bad as many gamers will agree,I am one of them.Now with Halo 3 at least its wrapping the Halo story properly and you feel like you really did something,only for that Halo 3 is great.The storyline is alright.The story stays true to Halo and concludes what is said to be the final chapter of Halo greatly as you will see after you completed the game really good and you discover why there won't be Halo 4,on that point its great.

The controls are easy if you played Halo before,Halo 3 is much of the same on that point.Don't worry it is still a FPS.The controls can be resumed as easy,quick to learn,fun,well designed and they feel great great unlike some games where the controls feel all bad.They made some changes but for the better as it takes advantage of the XBOX 360 controller's triggers(you use them to shoot)it feels great.Those are some of the best controls I have experienced on my XBOX 360 so far.

The single play is pretty solid on the story mode,its pretty fun and the game did a good job of getting you into it early on.Having played the first two Halos I had the experience necessary to get trought the game,if you haven't played it before you will get into it rather quickly.I liked the missions so I can say story mode is definatly worth playing and fun.Some missions are longer than others while others are shorter,some are better,some are bad.Its mixed in many areas but its worth playing.I had lots of fun discovering the new weapons and try to make the best dual-up combination(i came up with some pretty good ones).I had even more fun discovering the new vehicles I don't want to give too much details and ruin the experience for you so i will stay quiet about the new weapons and vehicles.

Multiplayer is neat if you have some of your friends to play it,if you don't you can't play multiplayer as the game simply doesn't have bots for multiplayer.That's right DOES NOT HAVE BOTS,Halo after all those years still doesn't have any bots.For those who have XBOX Live,no need to care but for those won't don't and can't get it,its bad as you can't play alone multiplayer or online,wich is where the true fun of the game was in the first two Halos and remains in Halo 3.That point right there will make potential buyers not buy it,because at this point of age in the video game industry if you can't even have bots in the game...

And also those who play online but don't like the experience for various reasons(hackers,bad connection...) might have prefered playing with bots instead.Yes bots might be things of the past for many and online is the future but still its nice to have them in the game.That is deceving for some but that's how it is.I think Microsoft did that on purpose to get more people on XBOX Live,that's a smart strategy but had they put put bots ainvailable in multiplayer they would have got bigger sales....

Alright enough bot talk.Now lets talk Online,there might be some problems and it can be frustrating but if you are looking for a great game online and online experience Halo 3 is your buy.Online is wicked fun,I can't really say a lot for it except online for Halo 3 is great(depending who you're playing with).This is where the real fun of the game is.

Im conclusion to this long review,Halo 3 is a must for the XBOX 360 gamer especially if you have online,if you don't have it you should.I am satisfied with what Bungie offered with Halo 3,a great XBOX 360 experience for all gamers.I think it lives up to the hype.I recommend this edition for those who wants to save cash and don't care for extras.For those who like Halo a lot then consider the special edition and if you are a Halo freak then by all means buy the Legendary edition that has the master chief helmet.This game is essential to your XBOX 360 games collection.Your friends will tell you to get it until you actually do,that's how it was for me.

Disappointing...really disappointing!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pros:
Weapons are nice

Cons:
Graphics should be better
Single player is too short and the storyline is incoherent
Multiplayer has vertical bars when playing split-screen on widescreen HDTV
Mindless run and gun

Conclusion:
Don't buy into the marketing hype. Halo is up there with IPOD's in my humble opinion. If you want to play a good FPS get the Orange Box or Bioshock - both make Halo look ridiculously bad in comparison.

GAME OF THE YEAR OFFERS MORE THEN ANYTHING ELSE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well first I want to start out by saying I never played a Halo campaign before till september
when I got my first Xbox and played through my first Halo campaign quickly
followed by finishing the trilogy. Quick to 360 (I am not a wii ps3 nor 360 fanboy)
as I said I never owned a microsoft console mainly
because I thought all games for it are shooters (which is kind of true)
but till now it is in my opinion the best console ever because of
achievements which motivate to go back and play things on a harder
difficulty or make that sweet overkill in Halo just so much sweeter next Xbox live
how should I say it just nailed everything and marketplace no movies/tv shows = (
in europe but still downloading demos is something which you never had.
So people who say Xbox just has shooters so it will never be the winner of the next gen consoles.
So people who say wii waggle makes games worse so it will never be the winner of the next gen consoles.
So people who ps3 sales are pathetic so it will never be the winner of the next gen consoles.
Xbox has many unique shooters and by far the best games now
wii motion sensor can make games worse doesnt have to games worse
ps3 doesnt have anything really good now but theres the future
Enjoy whatever you have and people who are just interested in Halo skip
this dont complain about me getting of subject.
Plus if you look at how many of my games are collectors edition on 360
Gears of War CE, Forza motor sport CE, Bioshock CE, Call of Duty 4 CE,
Assassins Creed CE, Mass Effect, Halo 3 LE and the Orange box
which is the closest to a collectors edition without being one.

So back to Halo first of campaign it isnt for everybody the best Halo campaign
many people find Halo 1 better but
(**SPOILERS**) Halo3 has a tropical forest,
military base,unique desert, industrial place taken over by brutes, city taken over by flood,
desert with cool inside areas, really long and fun forest area with flying missions,
flood ship,and snowy montain with driving mission similar to Halo 1 Thats it.
Just in case If any thing sounds the same nothing is the same.
Comparisons to Halo 1 "the really long and fun forest area with flying missions"
also known as The Covenant is similar the second level in Halo 1
just it has much better level design and you get the "Spartan laser" Sweet.
The flood ship level also known as Cortana the most hated Halo level ever
is yes worse then The Library From Halo 1 but not too bad in co-op.
The drivng mission at the end is fun but since it has many check points
it isnt as hard as The Maw from Halo 1 also the level design is rather shallow
but still most peoples favorite mission. So to end spoilers let me tell you
about the story it does not have any twists nor curves I think is because
since all the levels are so unique it also seems like theres on level another
level and antother level not one ongoing experience like in Halo 1
it isnt a bad thing on is just more arcady then the other plus the missing
wow moment like playing as the Arbeiter in halo 2 or the
Gravemind or Flood in Halo 1 nothing like that to be found here so
(**SPOILERS END HERE**)
To go on about the campaign you can find secret skulls in hidden
places which make the game harder like the FOG skull which takes your
radar (motion sensor) away there is also a meta game were killing enemys
gives you points dying obviously makes you lose points what skulls also do
is they give you bonus multipliers (like playing on a harder difficulty)
which multiplies your score if you get 15000 (in some big levels 50000)
you get a achievement which motivates you to go back and go for the points
or legendary difficulty which youll find isnt to hard in four player
co-op the fun thing is you can do team scoring or free for all
and try to get the most points giving everything a competitive edge.
To multiplayer FAN favorite Snowbound is missing but there some other
good maps by far the best online game ever much more I cant say.
To weapons turrets now play a bigger roll since you can rip them of there
stand with a press of the B button and walk around
(but you then dont have unlimited ammo) with them going to a slow (but powerful)
3rd person perspective there is also a short range flame thrower
which some people find useful or hate it these are so called "support"
weapons the cool thing about them you can have your two weapons
plus one of these. To vehicles there is a new Brute Chopper which
is a big hard to control (since you can move your camera 360 degrees) motorcycle kind
of thing which is balanced greatly since you can drive into and destroy smaller
vehicles easily and splatter other people have killer hard to aim shots from in front
but absolutely no defense from behind making it easy to hijack. There is the hornet
the UNSC version of a banshee which can float in the air has kind of lock on
missiles and a machine gun. To forge wait whats that well forge is the
new level editor which you can fly around delete and place objects, vehicles,
weapons and spawn points. The problem is Halo 3 didnt come
with Foundry which a big open room which has a (fun) default setup
but you can delete everything and youll have one big open room
free to place whatever you want. It is hard to line things up
and place things straight with a controller but hopefully Halo 3
will come out for pc soon so you can use keyboard and mouse
and then download it to 360. You can also have real time multiplayer
battles in forge where you can drop you team mates weapons
or cover or even drop tanks on to your enemys. The map Foundry
which I was writing about before comes as downloadable
content for ten dollars and later this year for free
the other two maps which come with Foundry sadly arent
worth it at all but if you like forge or want to create
your own map it is yes indeed worth it.
Halo 3 has a replay editor were you can relive your best
moments you can then save them and send them
to other people. So what that means is in any multiplayer game
you can fly as a camera around look what everybody else did and
look how much health they had and so forth and so on. In campaign
you cant fly through the whole entire level at once
(since enemys have to spawn) but you can fly really quite far
(you can also take screenshots) so even if Halo 3 isnt
the best looking game out there it certainly quite a technical
achievement. Now even if you dont have a bungie.net account
it doesnt matter since every single player does get there own profile
with all of there Hi res screenshots which they can download
to there computer if they want and use it as a background
it also saves all of your stats how many kills in ranked
matches in social matches with what weapon you
have how many kills all of that data you can look
at also on a specific map you can put your maps
screen shots videos on your file share where people
can the download and rate it in Halo 3 you will find bungies
favorites which are basically just the best maps and so on
but now the cool thing is you can go on to your computer go
on a map press downloas and as soon as you sign into
Halo 3 it will start downloading what else you can download
are gametypes like "infection" where on guy starts
out as a zombie with a energy sword he can not go into
a vehicle can pick up any weapons but everybody which he kills
also becomes into a zombie which is then really fun when there two
three people left. you can also customize gravity, speed and more which
can really turn out fun. So Halo 3 doesnt have
the best story nor graphics but it is the best game
since Super Mario 64 and if you ask me
has more value then The Orange Box.

So sorry for all the spelling mistakes but writing it like this alone
took years to do I know it very long but hopefully its
helpful to at least one person. Thanks for reading.

29/01/08

Halo3

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Recieved in timely matter.
Discs were loose and bouncing around in box which scuffed them up.
They appear to work ok tho.
They should have been packaged with some foam or at least in a paper sleeve to prevent rattling around in the box.

Great Game, Crappy Box

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After it was reported on the news and around the web that the Limited Edition was shipping with damaged discs i decided to wait awhile, which was over 2 months and ordered the game when they had it on sale. The first one arrived, and the door to the metal tin was damaged and just pops off when you open it. Secondly both discs do not stay on the pegs and come loose and get scratched to hell and back. I contacted amazon about this and they sent me a replacement. Same problem, although the box was fine. Im not happy with MS or Bungie over this, while most of the blame goes to MS for paying for cheap metal tins, i find it hard to believe they did not fix the problem or recall the discs. When it looks like someone held it to a cheese grater why should i pay full price for the item. All they would have had to do to solve this was add more books or a piece of foam inbetween the box to sit snug against both pegs, this way the disc's could not come loose. Now i have to send them in for a replacement before i can play my own discs.

Playing the game at a friends, the game was pretty fun, and parts of the game looked great graphically and smooth. The reworking on some of the guns took some getting used to. Being able to pick up mounted weapons and carry them was a killer addition though. If you like either Halo game or are new to the series, It's hard not to like the game. It is not a flawless shooter, but not to much wrong with it either.

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