Halo 3

 Xbox 360
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8.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5503 Ratings

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  1. AnonymousMC
    Nov 21, 2008
    10
    It's an amazing game and guaranteed fun for days. The multiplayer is probably the best part and everyone who thinks the multiplayer sucks is retarded. As for the numerous comments about little kids you have the option to silence players or one player in particular. If you don't have it I suggest you buy it. Don't rent it finish the story line and give it back cause once youIt's an amazing game and guaranteed fun for days. The multiplayer is probably the best part and everyone who thinks the multiplayer sucks is retarded. As for the numerous comments about little kids you have the option to silence players or one player in particular. If you don't have it I suggest you buy it. Don't rent it finish the story line and give it back cause once you play multiplayer you won't want to stop. The game is an absolute must-buy.… Expand
  2. MarkP.
    Nov 16, 2008
    10
    I would say that this is a great game. the story is ok but the fun you can have with 4 friends is amazing. the mactchmaking i'snt amazing but stuff like grifball will keep people coming back but the true great part of halo 3 is forge and custom games. The maps that are made are the best i have ever seen in a game. games like infection are just outstanding. Bungie want to make the I would say that this is a great game. the story is ok but the fun you can have with 4 friends is amazing. the mactchmaking i'snt amazing but stuff like grifball will keep people coming back but the true great part of halo 3 is forge and custom games. The maps that are made are the best i have ever seen in a game. games like infection are just outstanding. Bungie want to make the game as fun as they can so they even more stuff.Last but not least theatre mode is great all the scrrenshots people make are funny as hell.THIS GAME WILL BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.… Expand
  3. TalonA.
    Nov 14, 2008
    9
    I like how people give the score a 7 or lower and expect to think their opinion is sooo more valid than mine or anyone else's. We're all entitled to our own opinion, but these excuses are just...stupid. Halo 3 is a true blockbuster, and you're an idiot if you haven't bought it by now. The multiplayer is epic, they're already coming out with a new campaign and map I like how people give the score a 7 or lower and expect to think their opinion is sooo more valid than mine or anyone else's. We're all entitled to our own opinion, but these excuses are just...stupid. Halo 3 is a true blockbuster, and you're an idiot if you haven't bought it by now. The multiplayer is epic, they're already coming out with a new campaign and map packs are not rare. At least Halo 3 uses REAL Multiplayer maps, unlike COD4, which recycles single-player maps. And for those who like to say "oh, it has so many little kids on it"...well...so does COD4. So does every game.… Expand
  4. winstonavil
    Nov 11, 2008
    10
    This is one of the greatest games for the 360. The campaign is ok, but at least it has 4 PLAYER COOP cough cough (COD4). And the multiplayer is better than COD4 because it actually takes skill to level up. And to all those idiots who say COD4 is more realistic than Halo, NO SHIT Halo is a shooter that takes place in the future with a fucking super soldier no wonder it isn't realistic.
  5. JakeTheSnake
    Nov 2, 2008
    10
    it was one of my favorite games of all time and i mean it from the heart whoever made this game is pure genius and i think its awesome. whoever does not like it is really weird i swear next time another one like this comes out ill pay all the money i got.
  6. AnonymousMC
    Oct 28, 2008
    0
    Horrible story and simplistic gameplay, yet flawless graphics. The multiplayer sucks due to ill mannered fan boys and little kids. The story is pointless and makes no sense when put in with other games. It is so easy that I beat it on legendary within 2 weeks and I hadn't beaten any other halo before. The game starts to feel like a chore to beat it. This is a bad casual gameHorrible story and simplistic gameplay, yet flawless graphics. The multiplayer sucks due to ill mannered fan boys and little kids. The story is pointless and makes no sense when put in with other games. It is so easy that I beat it on legendary within 2 weeks and I hadn't beaten any other halo before. The game starts to feel like a chore to beat it. This is a bad casual game though many act as it is for hardcore gamers strictly, hence fanboys. Renting this game is a waste of money and time.… Expand
  7. Charle
    Oct 26, 2008
    10
    Actually I would give it a 9.8(doesnt give me the choice, but anyway). Halo 3 is endless hours of entertainment. With may modes such as forge, x-box live and custom game ssuch as forge. This game in my opinion be Game of the Year. My only negative is the story, just like Halo 2. A slight cliffhanger. Otherwise it is well one of my favorite games of all time.
  8. AnonymousMC
    Oct 26, 2008
    1
    being a huge fan of the first halo i am really disappointed at how halo 2 and 3 have turned out. Instead of building something beautiful out of the success of the first halo, we instead receive pretty much an exact replica of the first game just in different maps and even then it isn't that much different. The story is poor at best, and you have no real connection with the masterbeing a huge fan of the first halo i am really disappointed at how halo 2 and 3 have turned out. Instead of building something beautiful out of the success of the first halo, we instead receive pretty much an exact replica of the first game just in different maps and even then it isn't that much different. The story is poor at best, and you have no real connection with the master chief as he is just a faceless robot that happens to be a super soldier, it's annoying that there is more connectivity to the other characters than yours. The shooting in the game needs no skill as it rewards the spray and pray style compared to a more tactical and accurate approach, and although this is fun I find it too easy to kill the Covenant during the game. Multiplayer is fun.... when with the right people unfortunately if not you're in for one hell of a time as kids do nothing but hurl obscenities at you on a map that you have played over and over and over again. unfortunately that experience has led me to have a very negative view on multiplayer as well.… Expand
  9. PaulShelley
    Oct 17, 2008
    9
    Halo 3 is a good and very popular game, in fact I think it actually suffers from the fact that its popular. Internet trolls who must masturbate to the opening credits to CoD4 or wipe their pimply fuggly faces of tears while playing Bioshock hate Halo because its an every-mans game for adults. The replay value is great, the story is interesting and the gameplay is simple. By no means isHalo 3 is a good and very popular game, in fact I think it actually suffers from the fact that its popular. Internet trolls who must masturbate to the opening credits to CoD4 or wipe their pimply fuggly faces of tears while playing Bioshock hate Halo because its an every-mans game for adults. The replay value is great, the story is interesting and the gameplay is simple. By no means is it gods gift to man, but neither is CoD4. The only reason I can imagine why Halo gets so much crap is because Gamers are frightened that people who enjoy the company of women, drink occasionally and don't live in their parents basement can pick up and enjoy this game. Its a socially acceptable game where even 'frat dudes' can play it with out being considered nerdy. It is this social acceptance, which it seems many gamers never attain in their lives, that I can only attribute to its unpopularity with an internet community obsessed with anything non-halo as being SO much better then Halo, even though it still ranks up there with games like CoD4 in online play and popularity.
    Halo isn't a perfect game and the whole game plays like the first Halo game, but that's the point. In a world where it seems there needs to be something jaw dropping and eye catching like 'perks', 'plasmids' or 'frame rate' Halo remembers what old fashioned video game fun is. Its not realistic, but when you win a duel with a well placed grenade on Live or beat a 10 foot ape alien to death with a pistol you feel good. that's a feeling that is hard to get with CoD4's easy camp levels, broken tru skill system and defective 'perks' (which are complained about by even the most hardened Call of Duty 4 fan. Note that I said Call of Duty 4, not Call of Duty, there is a significant difference between the two.) Now Halo does have issues but where as logically I would give CoD4 an 8 or 8.5 as a result of those issues Halo gets a 9 because its problems aren't nearly as game breaking. Halo's issues, with nearly worthless equipment and at times nerfed weapons and maps, are problems but you can still play the game without those things affecting your experience at all. You can get around those problems and still have a fun time unlike Call of Duty 4 where you can only tolerate its problems just so long before you want to throw the controller across the room.
    In short Halo brings the fun, and lets you have all kinds of it, something most other games are hard pressed to do.    … Expand
  10. PeteD
    Oct 15, 2008
    0
    Over-hyped and overrated generic FPS. Almost as bad as HAZE and LAIR. Story mode is short and repetitive, however, this appears to be a trademark of Bungie and the Halo series. Awful shooting mechanic and boring selection of weapons. MP is laggy and unintuitive. Don't buy into the hype. This. game. sucks.
  11. AndrewDeering
    Oct 14, 2008
    10
    The rather brief campaign and hard-to-follow story are the only flaws on this gaming gem. Graphics are beautiful, vehicles and weapons are fun to use, environments are expansive and believable, and so many innovative features (saved films, meta-game, forge) add incredible replayability.

    And as always, Halo is the king of online multiplayer. With so many unique modes and excellent map    The rather brief campaign and hard-to-follow story are the only flaws on this gaming gem. Graphics are beautiful, vehicles and weapons are fun to use, environments are expansive and believable, and so many innovative features (saved films, meta-game, forge) add incredible replayability.

    And as always, Halo is the king of online multiplayer. With so many unique modes and excellent map balance, not to mention continual support from Bungie, it will keep players entertained for years to come.

    I would rate this 9.5 but I can't. Therefore 10 to help balance out the numerous OMG WURST GAME EVARR!!!!!!!!!!!!1111one reviews.    … Expand
  12. AnonymousMC
    Oct 14, 2008
    7
    Don't get me wrong: It's not by any means a bad game. It's just that it's a notch above average. The campaign has an erratic difficulty curve that is about as stable as a guy who has just been put in an asylum. Your teammates are total morons that make druggies look like the child of the smartest couple in the world. Let me give an example: In The Ark, they toldDon't get me wrong: It's not by any means a bad game. It's just that it's a notch above average. The campaign has an erratic difficulty curve that is about as stable as a guy who has just been put in an asylum. Your teammates are total morons that make druggies look like the child of the smartest couple in the world. Let me give an example: In The Ark, they told me that they would let me fire. However, one decided that an enemy breathing more than twice a minute was hostile and opened fire. I was killed brutally by the hyper-intelligent AI. After that, I just turned to killing my allies and treating them like walking bags of ammo. The multiplayer, though is different: fun, engaging, and what saves this game from mediocrity.… Expand
  13. BenC
    Oct 8, 2008
    5
    Generic, completely over-hyped shooter.
  14. HagenM.
    Oct 7, 2008
    10
    Excellent game. The campaign has a riveting plot line and never lets up on the action. The music is absolutely amazing and well-timed. The multiplayer neevr gets old. Anyone who lets up on multiplayer probably isn't good or has a conniption. I'm still playing online after a year.
  15. CraigE.
    Oct 5, 2008
    10
    Solid, well paced, and enganging single player (with up to 4 player co-op), coupled with an excellently supported Multiplayer raises this game to the top. Forge map alteration and a full on Single/Multiplayer movie playback only sweeten the deal. Must buy for 360 owners!
  16. BryceL.
    Oct 1, 2008
    0
    Baby's first fps, with no changes from game to game and incredibly basic. Also the one-player is total garbage, and there is NO replay value.
  17. MaxMongtomery
    Oct 1, 2008
    10
    Ok, look......Halo 3 is THE BEST party game out there. Me and my friends play it all the time with system link and have loads of fun. Now if your only friends are people you find on Xbox Live.....I can see why you would discourage this game. The truth is, Halo 3 is a great game for anybody and for all you people giving it the rediculous 7 and below ratings: not everyone is a nerd like you.Ok, look......Halo 3 is THE BEST party game out there. Me and my friends play it all the time with system link and have loads of fun. Now if your only friends are people you find on Xbox Live.....I can see why you would discourage this game. The truth is, Halo 3 is a great game for anybody and for all you people giving it the rediculous 7 and below ratings: not everyone is a nerd like you. And honestly, Bungie is making a FORTUNE off of this game. Do you really think they care what a bunch of halo-haters have to say about this game?… Expand
  18. Zac
    Sep 29, 2008
    9
    No game is perfect but this one is pretty good.Yeah it was overhipped.So what, overall the game is pretty good.I read most the comments below 6's and noticed it was by people who either were GOW or COD4 fanboys.I don't play halo constantly but I played both GOW and COD4.The only thing really fun in GOW is the multiplayer and the only thing fun in COD4 is the campaign, the online No game is perfect but this one is pretty good.Yeah it was overhipped.So what, overall the game is pretty good.I read most the comments below 6's and noticed it was by people who either were GOW or COD4 fanboys.I don't play halo constantly but I played both GOW and COD4.The only thing really fun in GOW is the multiplayer and the only thing fun in COD4 is the campaign, the online is full of noobs who teabag and smacktalk about how perfect it is.I don't say halo is perfect but it is sure as hell better than COD4.But GOW and halo do measure up...I perfure halo but GOW is just as fun.But I perfure FPS but GOW is a good TPS.… Expand
  19. KhristianR.
    Sep 29, 2008
    8
    Halo 3 is a good game, but it doesn't really do much more than the first and second games did. It feels more like an addon data disk. It really excels in Multiplayer, especially online. Also the addition of being able to alter the pre-designed levels. I'd say for £10-£15. its worth it, especially with more maps being made available. But I wouldn't go as far to Halo 3 is a good game, but it doesn't really do much more than the first and second games did. It feels more like an addon data disk. It really excels in Multiplayer, especially online. Also the addition of being able to alter the pre-designed levels. I'd say for £10-£15. its worth it, especially with more maps being made available. But I wouldn't go as far to give it 5* ratings 90+% and claims that its the best game of the decade. It is good, but not that good. SCORE : 84%… Expand
  20. VianyteX
    Sep 27, 2008
    4
    Halo 3 is one of the most overated games ever. Fanboys are all over it and keep shouting about how its the best game ever. The single player is rather pathetic, poor storyline, poor characters and very basic and unimaginative levels. The enemies are a bit meh except the Brutes and the Hunters (I think they're called) but the Hunters were copied from Perfect Dark on the N64. Once Halo 3 is one of the most overated games ever. Fanboys are all over it and keep shouting about how its the best game ever. The single player is rather pathetic, poor storyline, poor characters and very basic and unimaginative levels. The enemies are a bit meh except the Brutes and the Hunters (I think they're called) but the Hunters were copied from Perfect Dark on the N64. Once you've played through the single player you probably won't ever come back to it. The online multiplayer is good but its not anything to cry about. Some of the stages are quite well made though. Overall Halo 3 is an average FPS. It doesn't do anything new, just tries to copy from other FPSs. The guns are unbalanced and uninteresting except the Spartan Laser. The online is alright. Forge is meh, its just Bungies lazy attempt at a stage builder. I would say Halo 3 is the worst FPS i've ever played. Perfect Dark is better than Halo 3 in every way except graphics and yet that was out 8 years before it. Half-Life, Goldeneye, Bioshock and Timesplitters are more examples of better made FPS's. CoD4 is another overated FPS but its definately better than Halo 3.… Expand
  21. DimeX
    Sep 24, 2008
    6
    While I haven't played Halo 3, I've seen from gameplay videos on YouTube how the game plays out: no matter how fast you're moving or what you're doing to aim, pretty much something gets in your crosshair and you hold down the right trigger, or you just spam grenades. In my opinion, CS:S is much better than this game (though I prefer PC games over 360 games) because it While I haven't played Halo 3, I've seen from gameplay videos on YouTube how the game plays out: no matter how fast you're moving or what you're doing to aim, pretty much something gets in your crosshair and you hold down the right trigger, or you just spam grenades. In my opinion, CS:S is much better than this game (though I prefer PC games over 360 games) because it has ways to balance out the multiplayer, I'm NOT going to include the singleplayer in this because I haven't played it, but what I'm reading here it's not all that good, but it adds a few points in that respect. Also, yes, this game IS over-hyped, again, in my opinion, Halo 1 was the best of the series because the singleplayer had a decent storyline, while the lack of multiplayer was really dissapointing, it was still a very origional singleplayer game. Halo 2 however, its story can only be described as PAINFUL. I played the Halo 2 singleplayer from beginning to end and it just... was horrible. I'm starting to stray here from a review of Halo 3 though, so back to the third installment. Yes Halo 3 contains the forge system and video playback, which is cool for everyone, I agree, and it does make the multiplayer more fun. Granted you can't do this with other multiplayer games such as CS:S or CoD4 don't include an editing system like this (for CS:S you have Source SDK, to my knowledge CoD4 has no editing engine, even on the PC) so it earns it a couple more points. Graphically the game is impressive, though it's pretty much just the Halo 1 graphics just alot more polished. Nothing wrong with that at all, it just means that the developers would rather spend a few days re-modeling an already-concepted weapon rather than recreate new weapons over the course of several weeks. All-in-all, this is a decent game, and fun to play with your friends. The only downside is that because of it's friendly atmosphere to children, you'll usually have to deal with screaming kids on Xbox Live, which knocks it down a few points. (Personally, I played multiplayer games before my voice deepened, and people were annoyed, but hell, all that matters is if you have fun or not, someone's voice should not annoy you if the game is good, my only trouble with it is if the kids start to actually SCREAM in frustration, which has happened to me before in other games.)… Expand
  22. StuartB.
    Sep 22, 2008
    6
    Halo 3 succeeds in offering the same linear, formulaic gameplay which I'm sure the majority of it's unenlightened fanbase craves. Perhaps if you've never played any other decent FPS titles before you'd think Halo 3 is a ground breaking revelation. However to anyone else whose played many other FPS games of higher calibre will find this to be a trite and turgid Halo 3 succeeds in offering the same linear, formulaic gameplay which I'm sure the majority of it's unenlightened fanbase craves. Perhaps if you've never played any other decent FPS titles before you'd think Halo 3 is a ground breaking revelation. However to anyone else whose played many other FPS games of higher calibre will find this to be a trite and turgid experience which offers nothing new whatsoever. 6/10 for a solid, yet completely uninspired, boring FPS.… Expand
  23. MattyF.
    Sep 20, 2008
    9
    Everyone giving it a 10 is blind, but everyone giving it below a 7 is just as ignorant. Online is great fun when it isn't laggy, Americans can play perfect games 9/10 times, while the rest of the world is left out. Gameplay is solid, Graphics are solid, and it is balanced as all hell. Everyone having a go at the MP obviously does not know how to play the game properly. Anybody can Everyone giving it a 10 is blind, but everyone giving it below a 7 is just as ignorant. Online is great fun when it isn't laggy, Americans can play perfect games 9/10 times, while the rest of the world is left out. Gameplay is solid, Graphics are solid, and it is balanced as all hell. Everyone having a go at the MP obviously does not know how to play the game properly. Anybody can play any game shit and not enjoy it, but once you get half decent, you understand everything and enjoy it. BTW Chris, don't steal Yahtzee's lines. This game is made to be played with mates, Coop and Online. Play with mates and don't care if you win or lose, and you will enjoy it. I've played this campaign around 5 times, certain levels up in to the high teens, and i still love it, why? because it's a social experience. So stop bitcihng.… Expand
  24. BobJ.
    Sep 11, 2008
    10
    Master D. i just want you to know that you can blow me. The fact that you suck dick at this incredible game doesn't give you an excuse to bash it. If you look at the extra features, the video recorder, the forge, the extremely diverse and numerous maps you can clearly see this game is a ten. The physics engine and graphics are mind blowing alone and the multiplayer will never get old Master D. i just want you to know that you can blow me. The fact that you suck dick at this incredible game doesn't give you an excuse to bash it. If you look at the extra features, the video recorder, the forge, the extremely diverse and numerous maps you can clearly see this game is a ten. The physics engine and graphics are mind blowing alone and the multiplayer will never get old and this game will be looked back upon as revolutionary. Again you can blow me, before you come on here talking about shit you don't know learn your facts you punk ass pussy bitch.… Expand
  25. TravisB.
    Sep 9, 2008
    10
    The thing that makes Halo 3 the winner for me is multi player and this is also why the franchise is so successful, it started off with mates lugging xbox's and tv's around to connecting with them on Xbox Live Halo will always be Microsofts flagship title
  26. WilliamC.
    Sep 9, 2008
    10
    Apparently, Halo 3 is considered horrible by many voters because of several concerns. Peter Smith Gives it a 1 beacuse one "monster dude thing" keeps killing him. If you're so piss-poor at Halo, mabye its time to choose a different genre, or get out of gaming altogether. Nick gives it a 0, saying that "it didnt take any skill." Most likely a side-effect of you playing on easy Apparently, Halo 3 is considered horrible by many voters because of several concerns. Peter Smith Gives it a 1 beacuse one "monster dude thing" keeps killing him. If you're so piss-poor at Halo, mabye its time to choose a different genre, or get out of gaming altogether. Nick gives it a 0, saying that "it didnt take any skill." Most likely a side-effect of you playing on easy difficulty. Most gamers can beat any Halo game on easy using thier toes to manipulate the controller, so shut up and don't post another comment until you at least try it on Normal. Finally, Fred B. Gives this a 0, claiming that it has poor graphics for an Xbox 360 game, and only appears to "little teenagers." Halo 3 is widely revered because of its realistic graphics. Grunts, brutes elites and marines all look excellent, and its visuals are only rivaled by the epic Gears of War. Secondly, whens the last time you saw a 6' 5" 18 year old and thought h was "little?" Get a life, idiot. I rest my case, and hope that you wont be duped by these worthless sacks of excrement into forgoing Halo 3 altogether. At least rent it, it really is a great game.… Expand
  27. bigfR
    Sep 2, 2008
    4
    The game is fun but unbalanced! and if you dont have live then there is no point in buying this game at all. bungie should have made the weapons (and especialy the beat downs) more balaced. overall fun with friends but not worth what the critics say!
  28. DevinF.
    Aug 30, 2008
    10
    this is an awesome game the campain, co-op, Totally the online multiplayer, also forge and theater, skulls is awesome this is the reason I bought my xbox 360 if you haven't pleyed this game then you must!!!!!!!!
  29. scott
    Aug 25, 2008
    0
    Guns a too quiet when i first played it i didnt even know if ikiled a target not enough blood, hardly any new stuff from old ones stroyline is ok but this game really isn't worth the amount it costs i don't see what the big deal the guns don't fell as if they doing any damage when you win their iisn't a big song and dance about it either.
  30. SpencerD.
    Aug 23, 2008
    10
    People are negative about this game because of hype. People hate anything hyped. If anything is over hyped people want to find things wrong with it just for the sake of ranting they say it does nothing special which might be true, but thats not the point the point is that it did everything right for shooters on consoles for a change. Before halo 1 shooters on consoles didn't matter. People are negative about this game because of hype. People hate anything hyped. If anything is over hyped people want to find things wrong with it just for the sake of ranting they say it does nothing special which might be true, but thats not the point the point is that it did everything right for shooters on consoles for a change. Before halo 1 shooters on consoles didn't matter. But now we have Call of Duty, Battlefield and metal gear solid on consoles. Another thing is that it's fun. You can be picky as you want but that doesn't change the fact that it's fun and that's why we play it. There's no use whining over how it's "just an average shooter" or if it is "boring and tasteless" personally i love the game I even learned to play the soundtrack on my violin since it was so catchy. I spent hours trying to learn to draw masterchief while on a train ride to oregon. I used to say the same thing about how it's "average" but when I finally played it I stopped ranting and learned to have fun, and that's what games were made for after all.… Expand
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#4 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2007
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2007
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#2 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2007

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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 86
  3. Negative: 0 out of 86
  1. GameSpot
    95
    It's the addition of the Forge level editor and the saved films that give the game an even longer set of legs, legs that will probably keep you running at full speed until Bungie figures out where, exactly, to go from here.
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  2. TeamXbox
    97
    Halo 3 is the best Xbox 360 game to date. The single-player campaign and storyline are both very strong, but it's Forge and the Saved Films features that will likely go down in history as Bungie's crowning achievements. They've basically taken everything great about the series and improved upon it in every way, then added some amazing new features that we'll be using for years to come.
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  3. GamePro
    100
    It's solid gameplay, immense replayability, online functionality and incredible production values will ensure its place in video game history, and it is, without a doubt, a satisfying and fulfilling close to the beloved trilogy[?].
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