4 months later, what's the final verdict on halo 3?

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]My verdict on Halo 3 ? FLOP ! The game failed to ignite 360's sales as lemmings hoped plus the ending was lacklustre. The game was not as Epic as Halo from the Xbox days. Blackbond

And cows wonder why they are the most disliked by all other factions on this board. Comments like this are just sad.

• Halo 3 was hyped AAA and scored 9.5
• The game pushed 360 sales ahead of the Wii's sales for a month in America and has sold 8 million copies.
• The ending was fine. What more did you want?
• The game as not as epic as Halo from the xbox days? I doubt you even could bring yourself to play those games with your mindset

Post like a genteman. Dudley is not amused :|

Actually, Blackbond, he doesn't even have a PS3. ;)

[QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]My verdict on Halo 3 ? FLOP ! The game failed to ignite 360's sales as lemmings hoped plus the ending was lacklustre. The game was not as Epic as Halo from the Xbox days. DragonfireXZ95

And cows wonder why they are the most disliked by all other factions on this board. Comments like this are just sad.

• Halo 3 was hyped AAA and scored 9.5
• The game pushed 360 sales ahead of the Wii's sales for a month in America and has sold 8 million copies.
• The ending was fine. What more did you want?
• The game as not as epic as Halo from the xbox days? I doubt you even could bring yourself to play those games with your mindset

Post like a genteman. Dudley is not amused :|

Actually, Blackbond, he doesn't even have a PS3. ;)

We pretty much all know that now.

Strongly doubt what? I said that a lot of 360 owners probably only played Halo 3 and CoD4 and not Crysis. What is wrong with that statement?DragonfireXZ95

What I meant was a lot of people played both CoD4 and Halo 3. I was referring to the 360 GOTY when I said that.

Its way better then that COD4 trash anyway.. omgimba

See, exactly, biased stuff like this. ;)

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"]Strongly doubt what? I said that a lot of 360 owners probably only played Halo 3 and CoD4 and not Crysis. What is wrong with that statement?Bansheesdie

What I meant was a lot of people played both CoD4 and Halo 3. I was referring to the 360 GOTY when I said that.

Ah, I was referring to the GOTY all-around.

to me, it just felt like a halo 2.5, really the same game, that just had better graphics, nothing special. it really deserves an 8-8.5, but oh wait...this is gamespottmacscores91

You know something is up when the one thing people pull out as to why Halo 3 is better than Halo 2 is the graphics. Come on dude, the obvious striking point is the single player.

i still think its a great game :)

i still play it to this day

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]My verdict on Halo 3 ? FLOP ! The game failed to ignite 360's sales as lemmings hoped plus the ending was lacklustre. The game was not as Epic as Halo from the Xbox days. Blackbond

And cows wonder why they are the most disliked by all other factions on this board. Comments like this are just sad.

• Halo 3 was hyped AAA and scored 9.5
• The game pushed 360 sales ahead of the Wii's sales for a month in America and has sold 8 million copies.
• The ending was fine. What more did you want?
• The game as not as epic as Halo from the xbox days? I doubt you even could bring yourself to play those games with your mindset

Post like a genteman. Dudley is not amused :|

Actually, Blackbond, he doesn't even have a PS3. ;)

We pretty much all know that now.

Besides, we all know how people like it here on gamespot. User rating: 9.0 in all. AAA to the users.

[QUOTE="leviathan91"]

Overhyped and overrated. Still fun on co-op but the multiplayer maps were no where close to the quality of Halo 2's map and the singleplayer wasn't good at all.

Deserved an 8.0.

JPOBS

Everything backtracked and the presentation was terrible. I mean instead of giving us an insight on how the Master Chief escapes the Ark, it just gives us a pod heading to earth with Cortana saying a bunch of lines that I could care less about. Everything else was dull, especially the Cortana level.

However, the gameplay was alright. Nothing really revolutionary but the scarab battles were pretty intense at some points. A.I. was laughable at times, especially the friendly A.I.

I don't play it anymore but I enjoyed it whilst I played it.

Multiplayer was fun, Co-op was a nice screw around and the game was overall very fun to play without a moment where you felt bored. The only thing I had against the game was I found legendary to be to easy :(

Still think it earned it's 9.5.

Haters can hate, but at the end of the day it's still a great game.

so this is generic....i guess to some ppl mabe, but me yeah, this is a very unique shooter that plays like nothing else, unless u say shooting is all there is too shooters...and if u say that, well then u have no skill and don't know shooters. anyways this is generic?

yeah i thought not....

I miss Halo 2's Tower of Power... :(Funkyhamster

Same. :(

[QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="leviathan91"]

Overhyped and overrated. Still fun on co-op but the multiplayer maps were no where close to the quality of Halo 2's map and the singleplayer wasn't good at all.

Deserved an 8.0.

leviathan91

Everything backtracked and the presentation was terrible. I mean instead of giving us an insight on how the Master Chief escapes the Ark, it just gives us a pod heading to earth with Cortana saying a bunch of lines that I could care less about. Everything else was dull, especially the Cortana level.

However, the gameplay was alright. Nothing really revolutionary but the scarab battles were pretty intense at some points. A.I. was laughable at times, especially the friendly A.I.

[QUOTE="leviathan91"][QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="leviathan91"]

Overhyped and overrated. Still fun on co-op but the multiplayer maps were no where close to the quality of Halo 2's map and the singleplayer wasn't good at all.

Deserved an 8.0.

LibertySaint

Everything backtracked and the presentation was terrible. I mean instead of giving us an insight on how the Master Chief escapes the Ark, it just gives us a pod heading to earth with Cortana saying a bunch of lines that I could care less about. Everything else was dull, especially the Cortana level.

However, the gameplay was alright. Nothing really revolutionary but the scarab battles were pretty intense at some points. A.I. was laughable at times, especially the friendly A.I.

Back-tracking is when you go back to the same parts of the level over and over.

I didn't say the enemy A.I. was completely stupid but at times they were, (this one time, when I was shooting the Brute chieftan with the Brute Hammer, he just stood there. And yes, it was on Heroic) but the friendly A.I. was dumb, even on legendary.

And yes, I've played the game and for proof, my gamertag is in my profile.

Its a great game let down my the single player. Mutiplayer is great if you like fragfests,better then UT3.

Id say its the best exclusive FPS on console and will be for some time (killzone will suck,RFoM could be A-mazing)

I like this game but I stopped playing it online because it got me too ticked off. Then I started playing TF2 and that's a lot of fun.

I thought the single player was well designed because each level introduced a different kind of thing. It fluctuated between moderately sized outdoor to corridor to wide open to vehicle oriented to flying and stuff. It was a good length. Playing it on Legendary was interesting because you see how the AI reacts differently each time. The co-op mode where you try to score the highest is an interesting concept but I haven't gotten around to trying it.

That's the problem with 360. Too many awesome games competing for your attention. I feel sorry for everybody else. :cry:

[QUOTE="LibertySaint"][QUOTE="leviathan91"][QUOTE="JPOBS"][QUOTE="leviathan91"]

Overhyped and overrated. Still fun on co-op but the multiplayer maps were no where close to the quality of Halo 2's map and the singleplayer wasn't good at all.

Deserved an 8.0.

leviathan91

Everything backtracked and the presentation was terrible. I mean instead of giving us an insight on how the Master Chief escapes the Ark, it just gives us a pod heading to earth with Cortana saying a bunch of lines that I could care less about. Everything else was dull, especially the Cortana level.

However, the gameplay was alright. Nothing really revolutionary but the scarab battles were pretty intense at some points. A.I. was laughable at times, especially the friendly A.I.

Back-tracking is when you go back to the same parts of the level over and over.

I didn't say the enemy A.I. was completely stupid but at times they were, (this one time, when I was shooting the Brute chieftan with the Brute Hammer, he just stood there. And yes, it was on Heroic) but the friendly A.I. was dumb, even on legendary.

And yes, I've played the game and for proof, my gamertag is in my profile.

The only places that even resemble back tracking is when the earth base was attacked by the covenet and u had to travel thro the tunnels....that was the only time unless u count 2 minutes destroying the covent AA weapon by the fore runner structure. In that level u just go up and down the hill and the the level completely switches thanks to the floods arrival.

ps...i can't see your gametag, alls i can see is "I was owned on SW bets" and your quote...thats it.

My verdict on Halo 3 ? FLOP ! The game failed to ignite 360's sales as lemmings hoped plus the ending was lacklustre. The game was not as Epic as Halo from the Xbox days. Swift_Boss_A

I like this game but I stopped playing it online because it got me too ticked off. Then I started playing TF2 and that's a lot of fun.

I thought the single player was well designed because each level introduced a different kind of thing. It fluctuated between moderately sized outdoor to corridor to wide open to vehicle oriented to flying and stuff. It was a good length. Playing it on Legendary was interesting because you see how the AI reacts differently each time. The co-op mode where you try to score the highest is an interesting concept but I haven't gotten around to trying it.

That's the problem with 360. Too many awesome games competing for your attention. I feel sorry for everybody else. :cry:

JiveT

exactly, yet ppl say there is like no reaction with the AI, the levels are boring and its just repeats it self, yet halo3 introduces a new element each level, either a new weapon, a new enemy or a new vechile, which makes the game play different every time and makes it so enjoyable.

Much better than halo and halo 2

never put it down during the 3 months

It perfected the gameplay from Halo: CE and Halo 2. The story wasn't as sharp as the first game, but the levels were better designed. The multiplayer is great, because it is as deep as you want it to be. The options are incredible.

Obviously, some people will prefer other games. Some people have been playing Counter-Strike for ages, and prefer more "realistic" games. But to call Halo 3's multiplayer boring is reflective of the person and not the game.

swamprat_basic

I'm truly shocked how close this statement comes to how I truly feel about the game.

My verdict on Halo 3 ? FLOP ! The game failed to ignite 360's sales as lemmings hoped plus the ending was lacklustre. The game was not as Epic as Halo from the Xbox days. Swift_Boss_A

Cuz we all know Halo 3 was released to only move systems and not for the enjoyment of gamers. And that it breaking all sorts of entertainment and video game records means it flopped...

I love Halo 3. I stilll play it today, and in my opinion, it's better than CoD4

[QUOTE="whocares4peace"][QUOTE="kansasdude2009"][QUOTE="sts9kid"]

Nitpick.

Starfox = SNES

Starfox != NES

kansasdude2009

sorry, my mistake.

But that is not nitpicky at all. The final parts of a game are meant to build up, but instead it all died after the Covenant level. Its like the developers gave up. They needed a way to kill the flood, and they lazily got there. Did you also notice how all the cinematic after the Covenant level are stilled images? WTF is that!? LAZY! Made me mad.

The 1st time i saw that,I thought my 360 was acting up.

I thought that as well, like it didn't load properly. But, as it went on I came to realize that it was just all stilled images.

I laughed really hard at one of them that had smoke but it wasn't moving yet the ship you were in was. It looks pretty bad imo. Just made me angry that a game that was hyped as much as Halo 3 was, was not even finished properly.

for me hands down it is the worst in the trilogykrunkfu2

If you think it was worse than Halo 2....God help you.

single player - starts off okay, then takes a nosedive. Uninspiring, repetitive, overhyped, under criticized, not epic in any way (outside of the music) and one of the worst endings (including the final level(s) and cinematics) ever.

multiplayer - addictive

Multiplayer=my favourite on consoles. Fantastic

Singleplayer=dull, stale and dated when compared to the like of Crysis, Ep2, COD4 and Stalker.

[QUOTE="krunkfu2"]for me hands down it is the worst in the trilogyDonPerian

If you think it was worse than Halo 2....God help you.