Halo 3 story campaign is ridiculus and sucks. A lot of moments and circumstances are too stupid. Also graphics is so bad, I vomited when I saw the Sgt. Johnson's cube head! First time I played Halo 3 asked myself : "What the hell? Am I playing on xbox original??". And what about the Brute armors? WHY DO THEY BREAK AND GO AWAY WHEN I PUNCH OR SHOOT THEM??? ARE THEY ARMORS OR WHAT???? Just see the legendary collection with the UNWEARABLE HELMET and you can make an idea that Halo 3 is ONLY FULL COMMERCIAL. I can accept only the multiplayer from this game, It is decent. I loved too much Halo: CE and Halo 2 campaign and I'm still waiting a storyline continue that makes honor to the first 2 chapters. I DON'T BELIEVE halo 3 is the real third chapter of this wonderful series.

no one bring multiplayer into this we all know it got better as the newer halos came out talk about thee storyline and campaign gameplay only

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Falcon0046 The AR is perfect in H3, at least for multiplayer. Not too useful in campaign. The H3 campaign was short, but it was also intense. I wasn't carried along with the story like I was in CE, though. [/quote] i agree with the story. yeah it kinda was more intense but thats only because halo 1 was early last gen and couldnt produce the number of enemies that halo 3 can. i strongly disagree about the AR. it is terrible. when laggy and bullets dont register is useless at anything except meleeing. when really good connection its too strong and kills anything near it. which is good to put pressure on a shotgun but bad when it bulldozes over everything else. the design of most of these weapons is pretty bad i think. they probably should had longer range and accuracy. w/e bungie was probably trying to miniaturize the game to cope with lag. still the shotgun cant shoot farther than i can throw a ball and the smg and AR arent much more effective... so.... what the hell lol.

yeah halo 1 was really good. a reason people may prefer halo 3 to halo 1 if they played halo 3 first is that halo 3 is alot more grand in scale and has a variety of action. they probably dont appreciate the more subtle things that made halo 1 better. plus halo 1 did not have the physics, graphics, options, capability, and weapon set halo 3 has. this could leave some people bored with the original, and more dated, product. mechanically halo 3 is basically an improved version of halo 1 EXCEPT in terms of weapon balance and weapon design- oh yeah and the melee. of course this is debateable. the halo 3 campaign is a bad hybrid of something kinda new and a couple mimicking attempts at the original. plus the whole "epic" thing came across, to me at least, as a lame attempt at a good single player. to people who were new to the series. yeah its good. it is a good game. but it doesnt fit too well with the previous 2. then again halo 2 didnt fit with halo 1 either. at least it had rock solid online play i guess. all i know is i enjoyed playing many levels from halo 1, several in halo 2, and only a couple in halo 3 i find are so-so (ark, covenant) anyway i found the halo 3 single player experience too bland. its like your given a ton of different snacks but none of them really tastes good and none of them is very filling. lots of weapon options but nothing really interesting in the game (oh boy the spiker is totally an smg plasma rifle hybrid.. thats amazing...). its like someone just crammed as many enemies and vehicles as they could into a level but nothing really interesting. brute stalkers could have been awesome but your given a tiny room to fight them in and they dont even pursue you... . come on you cant justify that. thats just another good but wasted idea for halo 3. i can see they had good ideas but never really explored any of them. like the scarab. ooh cool its a walking talk.... except it *doesnt go anywhere*. it just walks in circles and makes me feel like im playing some easy multiplayer minigame-not a story mission. once youve seen something in this game... its over. there isnt much depth to the single player other than "hey ill use this equipment this time around instead" but pretty much the same thing is going to happen. partially because brutes in general are too slow to be threatening and are just target practice so... basically lots of stuff, not much exploration of their own ideas, bland weapons that are copies of themselves with a slight twist. halo 1 had the needler.. it made the needler.. what did halo 3 make that was so unique? the hammer? its a sword with a weird physics thing that is almost never useful-plus its from halo2 lets be honest... think about what they did to their own weapon design. maybe they got too caught up in "balance" and the nitty gritty that they forgot to make anything cool-as far as weapons. the multiplayer is a good reflection of the games blandness. hey theres a symmetrical map where almost all the action takes places in 1 to 2 areas and it will play out pretty much the same every time. coupled with the weapons being boring and only a handful actually being consistently useful (BR AR and the power weapons) and you have a very repetitive experience. they tried equipment to mix it up and it is a cool idea. but i think they lost sight of the fundamentals--unique weapons and good gameplay that is both diverse but doesnt mean an automatic outcome like the AR melee or the shotgun regen or hammer shield door. they were on the right track but could have done alot more with the fundamental designs. or not.. lol. w/e its more of a rant that may not make sense than an opinion. still i think this describes my impression of the game. plus the story was terrible. yeah, yeah everyone's a critic. but having a game lose an intangible and hard to describe aspect that made the first so enjoyable is so sad. maybe because it didnt get caught up in making a million one-liners (halo 2) and didnt make the game "epic" at the expense of also making it stupid (halo 3).--megarant.

I agree with the first post. It wasn't a rip-off, it was a reminder of what the first game was. I don't think H2 had Master Chief running away from an explosion, though. He was just chasing Truth and getting off of High Charity before every last viable option of escape was gone. The AR is perfect in H3, at least for multiplayer. Not too useful in campaign. The H3 campaign was short, but it was also intense. I wasn't carried along with the story like I was in CE, though.

Halo: CE was definitely my favorite campaign except for the library level, and I like Halo 2's campaign just as much. I like Halo: CE's multiplayer, but Halo 2's is better. I like Halo 2's multiplayer over Halo 3's, but the Halo 2 community is gone because of Halo 3. Halo 2 has too many cheaters now. Basically, Halo 3 is just prettier than the previous 2... in my opinion.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Waffles66 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Legendairy314 Hype man. Hype.[/quote] And the fact that it made everyone believe "Halo 3 was the greatest game ever and is better then sex every day for the rest of your life" [/quote] Lol....wait......huh!?!?!?

[quote]Story Halo 2 < Halo 3 < Halo[/quote] Yep [quote]Multiplayer Halo < Halo 2 < Halo 3. [/quote] Nope [quote]I know alot of people this Halo 2 is better, but Halo 3 is basicaly the same thing with more features.[/quote] Too bad all the features in the world can't cover up the poor player movement, untight controls, and that "skating" player movement. Then they're just gimmicks, and serve to distract from the flaws rather than expand upon/improve the gameplay.

-blam!- YOU halo one maybe but halo2 was the worst thing to ever happen to the halo series

More like an opinion then an actual reason to why it's inferior. I dunno. Bungie made a run because people liked the final run type thing better then fighting a monkey with a giant hammer. The Assault Rifle has been balanced for better gameplay(Hey, if they kept the AR the way it was, imagine how many MORE people would complain about it's power, even though no one complained about it back then).

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Legendairy314 Hype man. Hype.[/quote] And the fact that it made everyone believe "Halo 3 was the greatest game ever and is better then sex every day for the rest of your life" Thats a pretty big title to hold up, and sadly, Halo 3 just wasn't THAT good. And Games are NEVER as good as the original (Storyline) This is how I'd order the Halos: Story Halo 2 < Halo 3 < Halo Multiplayer Halo < Halo 2 < Halo 3. I know alot of people this Halo 2 is better, but Halo 3 is basicaly the same thing with more features.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jet What Gemini If you honestly think halo 2 was better than three than you shouldn't have bought it. Halo 3 is vastly better that 2. Halo 2 was fun until everyone started cheating and the story ridiculously similar to halo 1. 3 levels on earth than another ring? Come on. Halo 3 has the best graphics and the tightest game play (and i mean tight in a well put together way). Halo 1 or CE or whatever was a helluvah good time to play and you can't beat those memories but with the upgrades and the constant updates and the great ending in the campaign halo 3 is on par with Halo 1. I think Bungie went out on a good note(for the halo trilogy).[/quote] That is the dumbest thing I've heard all day. I shouldn't have bought Halo 3 because I like Halo 2 better. What kind of statement is that I was supposed to look into the future to see if 3 ways better than 2.The story in 2 was much more detailed giving us the back story of the covenant.How can you say 3 levels on earth and then another Halo.3 has five levels on earth and one is a retread of the previous level.Plus 2 had more levels that took place in more places. Just because I like 2 better doesnt mean I hate 3 and when you say its better balanced I have to disagree. Halo 2 online to me was more competitive and the only reason it sucked was the rediculous amount of cheaters. So many things in 3 have been (balanced):vehicle jacking is stupid in 3 because your pretty much dead when you get boarded. Your stuck in a crouch position and cant move so you have no chance to escape. The sword clashing sucks, your reaction time is no longer usefull since u could lunge at someone and they can lunge right before you hit them and bounce off each other. The overshield is under powered it only gives you one bar(which is fine) but it is draining from the minute you pick it up. The ranking and achievments in 3 have caused just as many boosters and cheaters and there is still a huge amount of quiters. When people say Halo 3 is the best game in the series thats their opinion and Im entitled to mine. I liked Halo 2 better than 3.

Campagn in Halo3 cannot beat halo2 and halo1 i got halo3 for free any way but it wasnt a bad game but you people are hatin on me cause i point out the flaws in a game and compareit with past games

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Jet What Gemini If you honestly think halo 2 was better than three than you shouldn't have bought it. Halo 3 is vastly better that 2. Halo 2 was fun until everyone started cheating and the story ridiculously similar to halo 1. 3 levels on earth than another ring? Come on. Halo 3 has the best graphics and the tightest game play (and i mean tight in a well put together way). Halo 1 or CE or whatever was a helluvah good time to play and you can't beat those memories but with the upgrades and the constant updates and the great ending in the campaign halo 3 is on par with Halo 1. I think Bungie went out on a good note(for the halo trilogy).[/quote] Well put, the whole halo 2 hype that i bought into was me thinking that i would fight and defend earth from the attacking covenant...that really didnt go the way as i hoped it would. Halo 2 multiplayer was fun, until modders came around

I liked them in this order : Halo 3 , then Halo 2, then Halo CE. But they were still all equal in greatness.

If you honestly think halo 2 was better than three than you shouldn't have bought it. Halo 3 is vastly better that 2. Halo 2 was fun until everyone started cheating and the story ridiculously similar to halo 1. 3 levels on earth than another ring? Come on. Halo 3 has the best graphics and the tightest game play (and i mean tight in a well put together way). Halo 1 or CE or whatever was a helluvah good time to play and you can't beat those memories but with the upgrades and the constant updates and the great ending in the campaign halo 3 is on par with Halo 1. I think Bungie went out on a good note(for the halo trilogy). [Edited on 09.29.2008 9:36 PM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SENCHIEF10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Starchy_Pants [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SENCHIEF10 no freakin way halo3 is not ground breaking Halo CE is the greatest you may not notice but it paved the way for all shooters to come and made original xbox sucsessful[/quote] Made the original xbox successful...yes, paved the way for all other shooters???...what the hell are you talking about? So COD4, GOW, 007 games, were based off of halo, according to your statement.[/quote] i didnt mean about the creation of the games i mean it made them very popular CoD series 007 ot as many fans in other words it paved the way for new games to become popular[/quote] and no they were not based on halo they got their fan base from halo otherwise RPGs and adventure games and platformers would have all the fans

I don't think the game sucked at all, but I do feel something was missing. The announcement trailer and Believe ad made the game look so epic, but what was in those ads was missing in the game. The killer graphics, huge scale and massive battles in the ads weren't present in the game. Still the best game of 2007 though.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Starchy_Pants [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SENCHIEF10 no freakin way halo3 is not ground breaking Halo CE is the greatest you may not notice but it paved the way for all shooters to come and made original xbox sucsessful[/quote] Made the original xbox successful...yes, paved the way for all other shooters???...what the hell are you talking about? So COD4, GOW, 007 games, were based off of halo, according to your statement.[/quote] i didnt mean about the creation of the games i mean it made them very popular CoD series 007 ot as many fans in other words it paved the way for new games to become popular

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SENCHIEF10 no freakin way halo3 is not ground breaking Halo CE is the greatest you may not notice but it paved the way for all shooters to come and made original xbox sucsessful[/quote] Made the original xbox successful...yes, paved the way for all other shooters???...what the hell are you talking about? So COD4, GOW, 007 games, were based off of halo, according to your statement.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Animalxer042 I liked (finally) getting to use a human flying vehicle in campaign, and I liked the goose (it's fun to mess around with), but I missed the old Halo CE pistol and fighting elites. I also didn't like them cutting the AR clip, but I liked how the last level was; for those who played each game in sequence, it was kind of a throwback to old times...a return home. I agree that Halo 3 wasn't as satisfying as one might expect, but you have to think about how great the first two games were...it's hard to live up to that kind of a legacy, and I think halo 3 turned out quite well for the most part.[/quote] if u guys are so obsessed about this homage crap then wouldnt it be bungies duty to make it better then the 1st two? [Edited on 09.29.2008 9:24 PM PDT]

When Halo 2 first came out I felt like the Covenant parts where taking up the chiefs space in the story but after playing the whole series I can honestly say I liked halo 2s story slightly better than 3. When I first played through 3 I kept thinking ok where is the covenants side of the story. Also the game felt empty without Cortana talking to you throughout each mission. Instead you get those corrupt messages which just werent the same. After 2 games with her by your side it just didnt feel the same. The reason the Halo series stands out to me as one of if not the best FPS series is because of two things the gameplay and the story. For me 2 gave alot more indepth storywise.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SENCHIEF10 no no no i meant id rather have a new game experiance maybe something that hasnt been used after all it was suposed to be a finale[/quote] OoooH ok, I really though I was gonna blow a gasket ;)

I liked (finally) getting to use a human flying vehicle in campaign, and I liked the goose (it's fun to mess around with), but I missed the old Halo CE pistol and fighting elites. I also didn't like them cutting the AR clip, but I liked how the last level was; for those who played each game in sequence, it was kind of a throwback to old times...a return home. I agree that Halo 3 wasn't as satisfying as one might expect, but you have to think about how great the first two games were...it's hard to live up to that kind of a legacy, and I think halo 3 turned out quite well for the most part.

no no no i meant id rather have a new game experiance maybe something that hasnt been used after all it was suposed to be a finale [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Its BACKF1R3 1) Ok so now your COMPLAINING about Bungie ripping themselves off? The fact that everyone practically begged for the warthog run for Halo3 is likely why they have it. But I seriously can't believe you are saying it's a rip off of the SAME GAME SERIES. Now if you were talking about Rock Rev. ripping of Rock Band, that would be different. But this is just stupid. 2) How else would you end it. Master Chief just flying away safely? 3) Balance my friend, balance. [/quote]