Halo 3 First impressions

[06CivEXJon]

Man i like Halo and all but its way too over hyped and shit,lastnight Spike TV had a thing on Halo 3 i was just laughing my ass off because those people in line waited 24 hours for a damn game what losers. A game that within a year or so will drop down in price. Its all about Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and portal,dont forget about blacksite area 51,darksector and of course bioshock.

[06Si_LoveR]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

I am a hardcore Halo fan, I mean I guess you all could take a hint from my signature, avatar, user titles. I would say I was definitely enjoying Halo, right up until the end...

Here are a few reasons why...






SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!!!!!!




HUMANS ARE FORUNNER, LOL ZOMG!!!
Wow, Humans are forerunner. Big surprise Bungie. No one saw that coming. Is it bad when your fans think "Hmm, Humans might be forerunner" but then think to themselves, "No, that is too obvious." I was actually expecting something more intriguing, myself and the rest of your fanbase...

343 IS LAME
343 Guilty Spark whines like a little bitch that he deserves Halo and humans don't but was more than happy to activate Halo until he realized that would ruin his little party. He already had his Halo blow up once, I think he wouldn't have too big a cow if another one blew up. He just comes out of nowhere and starts blasting fools. Little emo 343 just blows away everyone because he can't take the loss of Halo like a man. Plus activating Halo goes along with his first protocol, CONTAINMENT. Sudden change of heart or lame plot line? Infact his little spaz at the end was so unexpected, illogical, and lame that I got no satisfaction from blasting him.

JOHNSON'S DEATH IS LAME
Johnson goes out like a wuss. One quick zap from guilty and he is done. Nothing badass about it at all. I would have expected him to go down in a hail of covie gunfire all the while getting off headshots like a mad man with the sniper rifle. Nope, one quick blast and he lays down and dies. Well, I guess it was him who fired the first shot...


THE LAST LEVEL MAKES NO SENSE
If I wanted to play a game where you have to avoid falling platforms I would have gone back to my NES. It is completely illogical. Large spaced platforms with ramps perfectly set up for Warthog thrashing. Wow, is it coincidence that this part of the game requires you to use a Warthog? It sure is odd that the ship was parked at the far end of the damn veritable Warthog skate park. I realize they wanted to have one good last Warthog romp, but couldn't they have made it a little less blatant?


CORTANA TURNS OUT TO BE A FIZZ
Everyone was expecting some awesome revelation about Cortana. Nope, just some vague references about her and grave mind being one mind and no payoff, explanation, or evidence to support it later. BTW Gravemind's voice acting was so corny I felt embarassed.

HOLY SHIT CHIEF LAYS DOWN AND DIES
I was suspicious chief was gonna die and all, but jesus come on, couldn't he have died like the unbelievable badass he is? No, he just lays down in the back of a cargo hold and waits to get blown up meanwhile the Arbiter is hauling ass (after nearly getting crushed by a tank) to get in the cockpit where it is safe. Why the hell did chief not do that? (Don't try and tell me it is because the ship was accelerating too fast, Cortana could have slowed it down and plus, Chief really ought to be able to scramble up an incline considering he can flip a 50 ton tank without breaking a swear and his armor can alter it's surface friction. But even with all this, no, he decided it would be better to have a little chat with Cortana while superheated gasses are hurling his way. Run chief, get to tha cockpit!!

VERY ENDING WAS KINDA WEAK
Lord Hood tells the arbiter he can't forgive his kind, reveals Chief died, and then Arbiter shuffles off awkwardly so that he can go home. Then Bungie's little message comes up thanking you for supporting their quest for world domination. BTW, did anyone find it odd that the millions of service members that died during the war with the covenant (along with billions of civvies) get a smaller memorial that the Vietnam one? I guess they figure it is impromptu...



Anyone the game was awesome but I still have a bone to pick with the ending.

Summ'ed up nicely
And yes cortana's "flash-backs" were very *** and annoying lolz
The last act was cool w/ driving through all that stuff w/ the floor falling out below you and all

[Element63]

anyone that wants to play some matchmaking send me a pm with your online name and we can team up.

[07mugencivic]

what do you rate it as....1-10

[Gonzo]

It is hard to say, I mean the game is pretty excellent. My complaints are really creative disagreements and not technical flaws.

I will say that I do wish they had more original music and didn't recycle as much from Halo 2. I guess the biggest problem with that is the fact Halo 1's was almost all synthesized and Halo 2 used a lot of actual orchestrated pieces, which is the same for Halo 3 so the differences will be less obvious. I will have to go back and compare the two games back to back but from what I recall I think the music for Halo 2 was better suited to the action.

Also Bungie apparently still pops a big one for the Flood. I understand their role as far as the plot goes but they are not fun to fight and it seems Bungie never got this through their heads. Aside from the absolutely painstaking task of completing the level "Cortana" on Legendary (just so I can say I beat all levels on Legendary) I will never go back and play it again. That really should light up Bungie's radar that an entire level of their game is not only not fun, but it is a freaking chore. I thought they learned their lesson from "The Library" in Halo 1 but obviously I was mistaken.
Bungie made such a big deal about how the Brutes in Halo 2 weren't very entertaining or fun to fight and how they set out to change that big time in Halo 3. Why the hell does it not occur to them that the Flood is 10x worse to fight and has no payoff.

The best for me is yet to come. 4 player online coop is going to be an absolute blast. I can't wait to finally get one going. I played my first multiplayer matches tonight on Live and had a great time with some guys I used to play with a lot. As long as you have a clique you can play with Halo's multiplayer is fantastic. Otherwise you are going to have the long arduous task of trying to either get a crew of cool people from the vast sea of a-holes, or just run into an already good group of folks and see if you can break your way in. Halo 2 had more jack holes per capita than any other game I have ever played.

[perfect-clone]

Am I the only one exited about Killzone II ?

[yuning83]

halo rules, I don't know why some of you say it's boring and stuff. Nothing is close to the multiplayer action that it offers. I played graw2 and all, but it definately require more skills to stay alive in Halo Multiplayer than graw2. Where is the excitment when some of the mission based shooters out there you don't even get about 10 sec action before your dead or the mission is completed? If you ever call yourself a shooter fan, this is the best game out here in it's category at this time. I think shooter games that gives you a mission or let you get shot 2 times before you die should be called simulation games. Because you are simulating being a soldier or whatever, not really shooting since you don't shoot half of the times. It's all about spotting the enemy and put down your skills to beat him in a one on one action instead of getting ambushed by that same 12 years old who loves just to camp behind a corner whenever you run by. I did that in graw2, sitting in a spot and shoot those who run by, mad kills but boring as hell. Didn't last 5 mins before I started moving and tried to search out my kills instead, 5 sec later, I'm dead didn't know where the shots were coming from, probably ambushed by someone who was camping.... so boring...

[06Si_LoveR]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

I will say that I do wish they had more original music and didn't recycle as much from Halo 2.

Yeah very much so... I remember my brother saying, "wait thats from halo2 right.." then hearing it again like 2 mins later haha

[wing_gundam]

Nooo !

I had a whole long post about how videogames have lost their ability for a new plot but I went back a page and lost it all


Short story - I haven't played Halo since the original but I'm sure noting is phenomenally different or amazing. Sure sometimes graphics might be better, but original gameplay pwns graphics anyday!

[Fargone]

FPS games on consoles are just plain terrible. The closest I've come to playing a FPS on a console and not been painfully aware of how awkward it is, was Metriod on the Wii. Even that couldn't touch a keyboard/mouse combo.

And Yes, I'm a disgruntled PC gamer who is minorly bitter that most game Dev's are only concentrating on consoles and pretty much abondoning the PC market.

[Firestrife]

well the thing is with Halo was that the controls were exceptionally well for a console FPS. which is why Halo became one of the most popular games out there in a FPS format.

[Izzy]

I agree. Of all the attempted FPS games, Halo takes the cake because Bungie made an FPS game for the Xbox -- instead of making a PC FPS game adjusted for Xbox controls.

[jdmEGO]

I buy the game for online play only because the story mode suck on this game . This is the best online shooter game out there

[Anubis]

Finally had some good playing time with the game. All i can say is WOW! what an amazing game IMO. I just kept saying damn when we played slayer in the remake of zanzibar (sorry don't know maps new names yet). The one from halo 2 with the windmill and camp froman. That level looks amazing with the amount of detail they put into it.

^^To the comment above I think the story mode is good.....at least so far. I think its great you can co-op with 4 buddies during the story mode now.

Great game, and well worth the wait IMO.

[Bubble Gum Jr.]

I like games that offer multiple ways to complete missions other than guns blazing. Games like No One Lives Forever or Perfect Dark come into mind. Perfect Dark Zero would have been a good game if it was released on Xbox as intended instead of getting delayed and put onto the Xbox360. Where it became a great game that sucked because it played/looked like an Xbox game, and 90% of the people who played it couldn't get over that fact and instead of enjoying the game they just bitched about how terrible the graphics/audio/ai because expectations were set so high since it was one of the first Xbox360 titles.

[06CivEXJon]

Originally Posted by Fargone

FPS games on consoles are just plain terrible. The closest I've come to playing a FPS on a console and not been painfully aware of how awkward it is, was Metriod on the Wii. Even that couldn't touch a keyboard/mouse combo.

And Yes, I'm a disgruntled PC gamer who is minorly bitter that most game Dev's are only concentrating on consoles and pretty much abondoning the PC market.

I completely agree 100% give me a mouse and keyboard any day over a controller,hell if you need a controller just get a 360 one for PC! PC owns. Halo for PC was awesome,now Halo 2 is on PC but for vista only and wait another 3 years for Halo 3 for PC. I think there already is some online console games that play online with PC right? i just think playing a FPS with a controller is tough compared to a mouse and keyboard,namely Counter-Strike for PC is fun compared to the Xbox port. PC FTMFW! and id like GTA4 so id probably buy a PS3 for that game and GT5. Still PC FTMFW!

[Gonzo]

Just beat the game on Legendary. OMFG, the bonus Legendary cut scene, OMG...

[yuning83]

Originally Posted by 06CivEXJon

I completely agree 100% give me a mouse and keyboard any day over a controller,hell if you need a controller just get a 360 one for PC! PC owns. Halo for PC was awesome,now Halo 2 is on PC but for vista only and wait another 3 years for Halo 3 for PC. I think there already is some online console games that play online with PC right? i just think playing a FPS with a controller is tough compared to a mouse and keyboard,namely Counter-Strike for PC is fun compared to the Xbox port. PC FTMFW! and id like GTA4 so id probably buy a PS3 for that game and GT5. Still PC FTMFW!

The point is everybody can point a mouse and click pretty much. It takes more skill and time to master the controller to the point of percise shots. That's why it's amazing, because halo is the first game that give confortable controls and elements that permit a good one on one fight instead of a "whoever seen the other guy first, gets the kill" type of games. PC has it's own shooter games that gives great graphic and great controls. Games like Battlefield2 and 2142 is way better on PC than on xbox. But Halo, man I tell you I played halo1 on PC single player and multiplayers. And it's no where near as fun as playing it on the console. Plus, Halo party at my house or friend's house is just pure fun, and we can go hours after hours... til g/f and wives starts calling non stop.... then sadness...

[TOMMIELOEKO]

^^^ wow, but ok.. HALO RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rmfa]

Mods, please remove the off topic posts.

To the OP: I have not played Halo 3 but I plan on it this weekend. :)