As much as I hate it sometimes Halo 3 is probly one of the greatest shooters made. Although the "game of the century" tagline on the box is a bit over rated.

Story (especially if youve read the books) is awesome.

Mulitplayer is amazing but also very frustrating at times. The amount of trash talking kids is insane, not only that though but a lot of older people are usually really aggresive and I swear some just go on to start arguments over xbl.

Forge and theatre modes are definitly part of the thing that makes Halo 3 such a good game. Some of the more popular gametypes like griftball are a brilliant example of halo being more than just a shooter, and fun games like jenga and floorboards. Infection is epic too.

The graphics are suprisingly good, its hard to tell when actually playing the game, especially since most team games have plain blue and plain red armor. Watching on theatre mode though on a big HD TV with the interface taken off and some of the detail really shines through especially on weapons and lighting.

Weapons are another great thing, halo is probly one of the most balanced competetive games on xbox. Most people would start by using the assualt rifle and melee but then as you learn the variety of stratergy is amazing.

Great machinimas are made with halo, like the matchmaking series.

The unpredictable moments are one of the best things about it though, blowing up a banshee and having a peice of it fly off and splatter another person for a double kill is awesome, or the classic shooting power coils and splattering someone with a traffic cone.

Overall great game. =] This might aswell been my review for it >__