Scott its a shame. You have so bought into the hype and marketing that you think halo 3 is supposed to be something out of this world good. Playing through it with my friends at the shop we run here in NJ, I can tell you that its just a shinier Halo 2. BTW, editing where weapons and items spawn in stages is hardly a level editor. The game is an above average run and gun single player campaign which is rather short lived. If it wasn't for the addictive yet old (its a beefed up Halo 2 MP, the jump in H3 MP and H2 MP is no where near as big as the jump from the original to H2), this game would just be a 7. However, i will give the game and 8.45 out of 10. It is not a bad score by any means.

Mind you, this is MY opinion and view on the game. Me as a gamer. I'm not a reviewer, so my opinion doesn't really count I guess. But I think this is the general concensus that i'm receiving when I talk to and read the impressions that other gamers have had while playing. And yes, you can absolutely review a game based entirely on single player, its the mode that is the most accessible and the first one the MAJORITY of gamers will play through a game before going into the toehr modes. Its the core package of the game. there are examples of games which are built up, advertised, and sold as multiplayer focused games. However, this is not one of them. At least not entirely. If you are going to market Halo 3 as an incredible single player and multiplayer experience, that is how I will base my opinion. And as of right now my opinion is the single player is nothing special and poorly written. The multiplayer is the games only redeeming quality. IMHO Call of Duty 4:Modern Warefare is a much better hands down experience.

Kay, done now. Flame shield ON!

I'm gonna drop a bomb on you guys. Metal Gear Solid 4 has a very STRONG chance of coming out in december. Wanna know how? the TGS site has it listed by Konami as its release date being Winter 2007. 2nd piece of evidence is that Metal Gear Online isn't gonna be a standard game and is gonna be packaged with MGS4, as revealed by Konami early this morning (last night in japan) Seeing as how MGO is set to release this winter in japan, and that MGS4 is getting a global worldwide release, its very possible.

Also, the big shocker at the end of the demo. Konami said yesterday that there was a huge surprise in store for the media when they got to the end of the playable demo that the press would play tomm. Now this huge surprise is probably going to be either an announcement of that same demo they played to be released on the PSN either tomm. or within the next few weeks/months. However, the only piece of the puzzle regarding MGS4 and its release is still a timeframe for release, something that may very well be at the end of the trailer. Mybet isthat this December, Snake will be paying us a Christmas visit :)