Some parts I didnt like at all, some stuff in thereI down right HATE and some stuff in there is mindblowingly AWESOME. I´m no Halo fan and I´ve always had a hard time understanding the story and what you´re actually doing. This dosent change with part 3. I can barely remember what the other 2 games were about and just as before the way the story is told is very easy to get lost in. The story overall is a dissappointment. I dont like some of the choices they make and I REALLY dont like how it ended. It gave me so sense of closure at all. I hate how the flood got half of the game and seeing as the flood is one of the most frustrating things you can put in a video game, half of the game is extremely hampered by it. They also decided to borrow ALOT from Halo 1. They went like "ok, so the fans liked this and this and this lets just copy and paste it all into another game". It all feels way to familiar. The soundtrack is very epic but could have used ALOT more variation. At some point I realized I was listening to the same typical Halo theme over and over again. Maybe its just me but I didnt even notice any "remixing" of the song going on. The campaign was a bit on the short side for what really needed to be done in the closing chapter of Halo. BUT. Despite of all this,Halo 3 is still an awesome shooter experience. The presentation is AAA. Productionvalues are over the top and bring you a visually crazy game. The scope has also been really nicely cranked up and finally you feel the war going on for real. Battles can become really epic. Vehicleportions are superfun, the action is supertight and feels just right & the AI (when its not the flood) is really smart. Weapons are many and awesome and the levels are nicely designed. The Forge and the Theater modes arereally nice additions and the multiplayer will of course keep people busy for years.I probably wont touch it tho. I hate Halo multiplayer. What I WILL do tho, is play through the campaign again in 2 player Co-Op.Theres alot I dont like about Halo 3, more than I really want to dislike. I WANT to hype this game. But despite all this the topnotch productionvalues, presentation and action makes this a very enjoyable shooter. The first 4 hours are probably the best shooterexperience of the year, the remaining 4 are more tedious and frustrating. I´m gonna throw out a score of 8.5 for now. Might change If/when I decide to write a final review. If you´re already a big fan of the Halouniverse, the Halostory and the Online multiplayer, this is of course a must have and easily a 9.0+. But for me, that cant stand the multiplayer, have a hard time understanding the story, hate some elements of the game and that never really got whats so SUPER cool about the Halo universe its "only" a really good single player, Co-op shooter. Halo 3 finished. Super quick impressions before bed.
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Some parts I didnt like at all, some stuff in thereI down right HATE and some stuff in there is mindblowingly AWESOME. I´m no Halo fan and I´ve always had a hard time understanding the story and what you´re actually doing. This dosent change with part 3. I can barely remember what the other 2 games were about and just as before the way the story is told is very easy to get lost in. The story overall is a dissappointment. I dont like some of the choices they make and I REALLY dont like how it ended. It gave me so sense of closure at all. I hate how the flood got half of the game and seeing as the flood is one of the most frustrating things you can put in a video game, half of the game is extremely hampered by it. They also decided to borrow ALOT from Halo 1. They went like "ok, so the fans liked this and this and this lets just copy and paste it all into another game". It all feels way to familiar. The soundtrack is very epic but could have used ALOT more variation. At some point I realized I was listening to the same typical Halo theme over and over again. Maybe its just me but I didnt even notice any "remixing" of the song going on. The campaign was a bit on the short side for what really needed to be done in the closing chapter of Halo. BUT. Despite of all this,Halo 3 is still an awesome shooter experience. The presentation is AAA. Productionvalues are over the top and bring you a visually crazy game. The scope has also been really nicely cranked up and finally you feel the war going on for real. Battles can become really epic. Vehicleportions are superfun, the action is supertight and feels just right & the AI (when its not the flood) is really smart. Weapons are many and awesome and the levels are nicely designed. The Forge and the Theater modes arereally nice additions and the multiplayer will of course keep people busy for years.I probably wont touch it tho. I hate Halo multiplayer. What I WILL do tho, is play through the campaign again in 2 player Co-Op.Theres alot I dont like about Halo 3, more than I really want to dislike. I WANT to hype this game. But despite all this the topnotch productionvalues, presentation and action makes this a very enjoyable shooter. The first 4 hours are probably the best shooterexperience of the year, the remaining 4 are more tedious and frustrating. I´m gonna throw out a score of 8.5 for now. Might change If/when I decide to write a final review. If you´re already a big fan of the Halouniverse, the Halostory and the Online multiplayer, this is of course a must have and easily a 9.0+. But for me, that cant stand the multiplayer, have a hard time understanding the story, hate some elements of the game and that never really got whats so SUPER cool about the Halo universe its "only" a really good single player, Co-op shooter. 
Colin McRae died this weekend in a helicoptercrash together with his 5 year old son. Extremey tragic :( My thoughts are with him in the better place he is in now and with his family and friends! He was the worlds best racing driver and the games with his name on it will always be the best pure racinggames ever. I still remember the day when I was very young and the first Colin McRae came out. I took my bike to visit the dad of a friend of my little brother to get to play it and I still remember watching the extremely cool intro of that game over and over. 
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