Halo 3 Review Xbox 360

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Halo 3 Review Xbox 360

Navneet Prakash, Sep 29, 2007 1326 hrs IST

A game that's as good as its hype

Great single player campaign, Awesome multiplayer package, Superb graphics and sound, One of the better online console games

The AI can't drive "intelligently" :P

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Game Modes
There are various game modes like Slayer, Death Match, Team Slayer, Oddball, and so on. You can either play a team game or a solo game of Slayer. Most of the matches are customized by the host, so don't be surprised if you suddenly find unlimited ammo and a rocket launcher in hand!

Vehicles
This is a major part of the Halo Campaign, both in single and multiplayer mode. There's a quad bike called Mongoose; the classic Warthog jeep; the Wraiths; Banshees - they're all here. The vehicles are great fun to drive, but I warn you not to let the AI drive: they drive like mindless zombies!

Graphics & Sound
The game looks as good as it plays - although I still hate the first level. (But then it gets much better later on.) The level design is excellently detailed; the character modeling is good; the lighting and particle effects - superb. The vehicles look awesome, and so do most of the weapons. And the sound effects as well as the background score are great.

Final Verdict
For a change, this is a great game, worth of the hype surrounding it. The single player and multiplayer package is splendid. I'd say not experiencing Halo is - a sin!

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(49) Comments

Andrew

,Victoria BC, on Mar 07, 2009 11:43 PM

um, the campain was way better in the 3rd than freaking halo 2, halo 2 had a terrible ending, as it left us hanging there till halo 3. Overall halo 3 is the best fps imo, and i still cant get over how good the online multiplayer is

halohalo

,new mombasa, on Feb 05, 2008 11:45 PM

oddball isn't new. oh... and this campaign wasn't as good as Halo 2. the game is better, the story isn't.

eviltrio

,Willow Springs, on Oct 01, 2007 08:19 AM

as halo 3 came out like many i was there at 12:00 getting my copy must say that i really enjoyed playing the single player the only thing that after 5hr of game it came down to a very unwanted end .... come on we all hoped to finally see his face at least or a corpse....(point at which i threw my controller and turn the console off) then i heard the rumor of the video after the credits so one more round later i saw the video and it still was no good the over all game was great just the ending was not..

steve

,calgary, on Oct 01, 2007 08:10 PM

Iwas almost in tears becasue of the end before the credits. Game was great, one thing I think they should have brought in was AI life like animals that were nuteral. Fighting the flood, well worry that a dinasaur type creature wasn't going to get you could have picked play up ten fold

arbiter233

,hereford, on Feb 02, 2008 07:13 PM

i don,t get how the arbiter got home but the chief was still floating in space. i thought they were both in the same aircraft

h3lios

,mumbai, on Sep 30, 2007 12:06 PM

Please give us a break. There have been far better single player campaigns. Halo 3 isn't one of them.

corey

,melvindale, on Oct 10, 2007 06:33 PM

ur a loser and a halo 3 hater

Anonymous

,dghgfngf, on Oct 11, 2007 04:41 AM

no 1 likes u

arbiter344

,hereford, on Jan 28, 2008 04:41 PM

you're an idiot

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,mumbai, on Oct 31, 2007 07:36 PM

all halo 3 haters r a buncha sony fanboys who r 2 poor 2 get a next gen console and hate the x360 for having an awesome lineup of games

siva

,kerala, on Oct 27, 2007 08:37 AM

very imperssviwe

arul

,Thiruppanandal, on Oct 26, 2007 05:38 PM

hai

gulfamkhan

,delhi, on Oct 21, 2007 03:33 PM

all inrormation

superman

,delhi, on Oct 13, 2007 06:38 PM

is there a halo2 and 3 pc version....

Alan

,cork, on Oct 16, 2007 07:23 PM

yer all losers

MOHAMED IRSHAD

,Channai-Lalpet, on Oct 07, 2007 06:44 PM

very super man

arjun

,mumbai, on Oct 07, 2007 11:14 AM

Hey mxyzptlk, Live has not "officially" launched in India so get your facts straight before you start preaching.

Kiki

,Boston, on Oct 01, 2007 06:11 AM

Dude your so called review seems to be WIPED OFF THE FLOOR WITH m$ WRITTEN ALL OVER IT...I notice you've failed to mention other games in that same genre (Bioshock) have a better grip on the storyline and gameplay....It's the multiplayer package of HAlo 3 that propels itself into instant stradom not its single player and btw live is yet to hit India...

ccaad

,sasdawdafsf, on Oct 01, 2007 12:29 PM

He gave bioshock an awesome review as well and BTW u can get Live in India if u knw how :)

GuiltySpark

,Halo, on Oct 01, 2007 05:59 PM

even i have gotten a live account

mxyzptlk

,Mumbai, on Oct 06, 2007 12:04 AM

I wonder if talking up Bioshock would have gotten a "dude, it has 2kgames written all over it." MS-bashing is no longer the nerdy-cool thing to do. Get over it. Also, read his review again. He isn't talking much about the single player campaign. If that wasn't clue enough that he's concentrating on the multiplayer aspect because that's what gains Halo its credibility, then maybe he should say so clearly. Oh wait, he did. And Live "officially" launched in India in mid-September. Don't throw back a weak argument about how it didnt make sense to review multiplayer since it's not officially available yet ? other than contradicting yourself, no one wants to read two reviews of Halo 3, because then people would just accuse navneet of wiping off the floor with MS written all over it.

Rajesh Gowhati

,Manipur, on Oct 05, 2007 11:29 PM

"let's talk about the lengthy but brilliantly crafted single player campaign." .. In the game's standard difficulty, the campaign ends in about 10 hours. That's not lenghty in my book. It might seem lenghty to those who're used to... ermm.. shorter things. The rest of the review seems pretty half hearted too. Do you hate your job Navneet? Techtree's quality seems to be plunging deeper in to an abyss of cowdung!

bob

,bobtown, on Oct 01, 2007 02:06 PM

halo is shockin

Ravi

,Raipur, on Oct 01, 2007 01:09 PM

Believe the hype, Halo 3 is certainly one of the best games not only on 360 but in all platforms. The story line is 8 hours longs (not 5 or 6hrs) and if you have not played any halo game till now it may take even 10-12 hours. But start to end its edge of the seat gameplay.

digvijay

,delhi, on Sep 29, 2007 05:59 PM

sounds good man

Nick

,Auckland, on Oct 01, 2007 07:47 AM

One of the reasons that the game is too short is because you don't stop playing it for hours! It has the some awesome singleplayer campaigns, I don't think multiplayer is 'by far' the best feature at all...

Chris

,Brisbane, on Oct 01, 2007 05:35 AM

If you've completed the first two games on heroic and/or legendary and decided to play the single player campaign of Halo 3 on Easy or Normal, you're an idiot, and you deserve everything you get. Stop complaining that the campaign was too short. You just played it on a difficulty reserved for eleven year old girls. Grow some balls and start the campaign again on legendary.

Oscar

,Houston, on Oct 01, 2007 03:54 AM

i played halo 3 and it wasn't what yall hyped it up to be .I have and to me Warhawk is way better and u have more people that can play online in one match.(warhawk can get 32 player when halo only 16)

Anonymous

,halo, on Sep 30, 2007 10:09 PM

this wot i fink halo 1 2 and 3 are amazing but 3 let me down abit becoz ov the length ov campainge i play easy then normal then heroic so on and it took me half a day to complete it it woz so much ov a let down the campainge but it earns itself on online play

Jopa Carco

,Slicenburg, on Sep 30, 2007 09:21 PM

This game was the coolest and best game ever created.

Jopa Carco

,Slicenburg, on Sep 30, 2007 09:24 PM

Right on dude

GOW

,yuck, on Sep 30, 2007 08:44 PM

I had never played halo game before this one. Hearing that everyone loves the first 2 and its xbox's trademark and all, i was pumped. But playing this game i found nothing special about it. it is just like every other shooting game out there. Major dissapointment.

Neo

,Vashi, on Sep 30, 2007 01:40 PM

Er..It took me just 1 sitting to finish half the game(barely 2 hours!!!!)...the action was frenetic,visuals were great as expected and the game play as addictive as halo 2. BTW is live available here in India...I am not so sure and I don't knw and I have no idea hw Navneet Prakash managed to get some multiplayer action....but Indian gamers are certainly gonna be disappointed with the length of the single player campaign....way too short and it feels more like an episode more than anything else.

Karl

,Bombay, on Sep 30, 2007 08:08 PM

I've been using Live in Bombay for over 18 months now, albeit on the U.S. servers, so yes, you can use Live in India, even though there are no local servers atm.

atul patil

,nepanagar, on Sep 30, 2007 06:41 PM

hi

juggernaught

,compton, on Sep 30, 2007 07:15 PM

the games cool i like how theres a lot more vehicles and stuff i think it the best game in xbox

alnso

,lima, on Sep 30, 2007 06:37 PM

q buen juego

aaron

,liverpool, on Sep 30, 2007 03:37 PM

best game ever buy!!!!!

roger

,oakland, on Sep 30, 2007 02:27 PM

best game ever

roger

,oakland, on Sep 30, 2007 02:26 PM

i love to play this game in online is so freakin awsome i think dat's the best game made to play in online is hella kool

arjun

,mumbai, on Sep 30, 2007 02:17 PM

Hey Navneet have you actually played the game? Even though matchmaking is a cool option it's a pain to get connected AND NOT a breeze like you mentioned in the half baked review. Now I know you don't play most of the stuff you review so why not do us and the world a favor by writing on some other stuff besides games

Warhawk

,Parts Unknown, on Sep 30, 2007 01:24 PM

GAYLO FTW

<<<RUZ

,bundaberg, on Sep 30, 2007 12:09 PM

great game but way too short. it took me 1 afternoon to finish it. way way way too short!!!!!

Hyper Hater

,nunyabizznizzz, on Sep 30, 2007 11:14 AM

ive heared that halo 3 is fundamentaly the same game as halo 2 cept with better graphics and more weps and vehicles. if i wanted a game with a crosshair the size of a dinner plate and with pretty graphics id just play battlefield 2.

ORB

,Hyderabad, on Sep 29, 2007 09:57 PM

spoilers for Halo2 above

Riley

,International Falls, on Sep 29, 2007 08:40 PM

just picked up my copie of Halo 3 yesterday with a 360 and you explianed the game perfect from what ive played of it!!!i hope to get my xbox live working tomarrow! maybe ill be playing some of you... watch out for me! P.S. i recommend this game to every1!!!

danny hobbs

,dudley, on Sep 29, 2007 07:50 PM

the best 1 out of the 3 its brilliant

danny hobbs

,dudley, on Sep 29, 2007 07:49 PM

the game was brilliant the best 1 out of the 3 halos.

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