my friend joe encouraged me to post something to if he doesnt comment on this im going to be pissed. halo 3 is the most overrated game available to buy on consoles to date. the series as a whole is wonderful. halo and halo 2 offered finely-tuned fast-paced shooting in an online mutiplayer environment. the story mode of the first two are decent, but nothing to shake a stick at. the fun factor of the game is playing against your buddies or others via split screen, system link, or xbox live. neither of the first games offered much in the way of innovation of the genre as a whole but fine tuned the experience for consoles. that being said, halo 3 is all of those things and it seems that the series strengths are also its weaknesses. if halo 3 had launched with the 360 then it would be totally deserving of its accumulative critic score of over 9.0 (average on a scale to 10). but, it didnt lauch with the 360. with the introduction of stellar shooters like Gears of War and Call of Duty 4, Halo 3 just seems dated. the graphics are decent. the game play is good, but no innovation over the others in the series. and the story of the campaign is the most confusing story i have ever experienced. at the end, all i knew was that i was supposed to kill the little silver ball that had been helping me during the whole series (also i would like to mention that i was pissed you dont get to see his face). i cannot count how many times i uddered the phrases "WTF?" and "what just happened?" during my time with the campaign. this crappy end to an otherwise intriging story as well as the lack of innovation in the gameplay are halo 3s biggest problems. i cannot help but feel that bungie missed the basket on their buzzer shot to keep the hearts of halo fans and to make halo go down as one of the most beloved series of all time in the minds of many gamers.