THREE WORDS : BEST GAME EVER !!!!!!
Begin with gameplay it plays pretty much the same but it's effectif , in fact no game till now gives you such a chaotic world from which you fight dozens of Convenant soldiers and the fights with the scarabs are one of the most amazing boss battles in recent memory, driving sections are amazing are the last level is the most exiting moment lf gaming history.
Graphics aren't to be comapred with Gears Of War or Bioshock but it is a amazingly beautiful game, amazing HDR, great texture work, amazing particle effects and exellent art direction but aliasing and obeject pop-in are a bit nasty but don't ruin the experience. Graphics could not have been made better because of the sheer number of things going on, a higher visual quality would have brought the 360 to it's knees. Let's not forget that it runs with a rock solid 60fps !
In the Sound department Bungie have made the most beautiful Soundtrack ever to be created within a video game: Amzing sound effects from explosions to gun fire fire, nice voice acting which succeeds to giving you a realistic shatter and not to forget the amzing Score which really elevates the bar for scores on videogames.(Altough it can be a little repetetive)
Story is decent albeit more depth would have provided a far more engaging storyline, albeit it's far more intersting than a certain HALO 2 !
Multiplayer is the most amzing aspect of the game, the forge, replays, matchmaking, character creation, maps, weapons.... You name it. Halo 3 is the ultimate multiplayer game. Fingers crossed for cross-platforming if a windows version is released.
BUT Halo 3 is not a perfect game:
-Friendly Ai and texturing is kinda cheap
-Mission are linear
-A bit to long loading times
-Only nine missions(10 hours to complete or less)
-Flamethrower is useless and is not used a lot
But these are only minor problems that won't bother most players but will be a little annoying.
If haven't got Halo 3 go get it now! How can you live with this crime ?!!!