Halo 3 For The First Time

[firehawk12]

What does GRAW mean?

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfare, a tactical first/third-person shooter belonging to one of Ubisoft's shovelware Tom Clancy franchises.

Given that GRAW won numerous game of the year awards and was one of the Xbox 360's most popular titles for online multiplayer at the time I'd hardly call it shovelware.

Well, squad-based shooter. GRAW just seems to be the easiest example to use. But, playing as a bunch of ODSTs might be cool... sort of like those teaser trailer videos that promoted Halo 3.
Although, if Halo Wars is a prequel... maybe this new game will be a prequel too.

 

[JuanBolio]

Maybe it's because I played it on my 360 and maybe the emulation isn't that great, but I didn't like Halo 2 all that much. There were a bunch of graphical glitches and I found the controls kinda clumsy.

Yeah, the graphical glitches such as "ghost" images remaining on screen are limited to the 360. Playing it as intended on the original Xbox does away with such things. As for the controls, they're prettymuch identical to Halo 1, aside from the system for duel-wielding weapons.

 

[Twilight]

Paradoxically, H3 gets something of a "bad" (using the term very loosely) rap because it's so bloody popular. But I absolutely *adored* H3 and still do. I've never found it "overrated", as some claim, because I think it actually does live up to the hype that preceded it. It's by far my favorite game on the 360, even (slightly) besting CoD4 and GTA4.

H3 is an absolutely gorgeous game to look at, for one, and I never get tired of seeing the balls droppingly beautiful bloom effects - by far the best use of HDR and bloom in a game that I've yet seen. I've always been convinced that you can have something totally shitty looking, but if you light it correctly it can be gorgeous.

And gameplay wise, Halo 3 bests all, IMO.

Story wise my favorite game is Halo, but overall I'd rank my preference of the games as:

1. Halo 3, my third favorite game ever, after Half Life 2 (and its episodes) and Homeworld
2. Halo
3. Halo 2 (which I still totally adore)


I even confess that I've read the Halo novels. Yes, they're a bit of a trash read, but they're fun and I really like the story (even if it is a mash up of Niven's ring world combined with Aliens + other cliches - the halo universe is still really rich and fun, IMO. )


I think the best gaming experience you can possibly get on the 360 is to play the Orange Box, so that you can experience HL2 and E1 and E2. But second to that are the Halo properties.

I look forward to any future projects using the Halo IP. I just really dig the universe.

 

[Mr Light]

I've read all the Halo books as well except for Contact Harvest waiting for it to get cheaper. They're pretty good hard military sci-fi, though sometimes a bit of a chore to get through because they're so bleak and hardcore. They do paint an interesting universe though.

 

[David cgc]

I thought Harvest was a lot more readable, myself. I think a lot of the chore-ness came from Nylund's writing style.

 

[Capt_Piett]

I started playing again this past weekend after a prolonged absence, and I'd forgotten how much fun multi-player over X-Box Live is. Of course, my new found Halo 3 love will probably wabe when GOW2 comes out in November.....but for now....sticky grenade away!

 

[kipron]

To my mind, H3 wins because it has the best story, level design and controls.

The unspoken love between Cortana and the Chief elucidates his role as the immortal yet tragic hero, an idea made all the more moving by that inspired closing shot where he

Spoiler: H3 ending

gets back into the cryotube, mirroring the opening of the first game.

The quietness and subtletey of that ending would have been profound were it a film or novel, let alone a videogame.

 

[PKerr]

Love it or hate it you can't argue there are a ton of people that dig it.

"Halo 3 has reclaimed top spot from Call of Duty 4"

http://darkzero.co.uk/game-news/halo-3-back-as-top-game-on-xbox-live/

 

[Twilight]

^Probably because they released a new free (and fantastic!) map called "Cold Storage" two weeks ago. Probably revitalized a bit of interest.


I'm absolutely devastated to see that so many people are playing the "Too Human" demo. We'll need mass therapy sessions for millions of people. I'll start a charity.

 

[OdoWanKenobi]

Of the three I think that the third is the best, but I'm really not the biggest fan of Halo. While I enjoy the Halo series, I do think that it is highly overrated. There are so many better example of the genre. It's been pushed onto some very high pedestal by all of the frat-boy gamers that know nothing but Halo.

 

[JuanBolio]

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what other examples of the genre do you think are better than Halo?

 

[Mistral]

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but what other examples of the genre do you think are better than Halo?

COD 4. It just owns on Halo-tighter gameplay, less online cheating, more consistent gameplay over time and, while any game can frustrate, COD is mostly what you make of it-not some quirk brought about by connection speeds or glitches. When I dump a clip into someone on Halo its "maybe he dies, maybe not" If I dump a clip into someone on COD its "geez, I wasted a lot of bullets-that sucker dropped on the fourth shot." 'Nuff said!

 

[JuanBolio]

True, I can understand that. I think the sci-fi setting of Halo allows for a more sweeping and epic plot, though.

 

[dark angel_707]

one thing about call of duty I don't like is the respawning enemies, on veteran its really annoying

 

[Mistral]

I only play online-so plot means very little 2 me personally. I can respect a good storyline but I just want to go after other living people in a FPS. I get no thrill out of repeating actions until I can get past the latest computer-generated "challenge". 'Course, that's just me.

 

[Meredith]

Halo is the first shooter I ever played all the way through. I am not "twitchy" enough to play other shooter games. I could steal a tank from earlier in a level and drive it up to where the baddies were and shoot them with the tank and use sort a guerrilla war strategy to fight the combine. The Flood still freak the living hell out of me. The one level really scares me when they are introduced.

I love in one level you can make a suicide run at a parked flyer thingie and skip almost 1/2 that entire mission and fly to the Zigaraut thing where the map room is at. It takes a few tries and luck, but it is a fun thing to do.

I don't play much online because i end up constantly dying. When i do play online I play the racing because I don't die as much and am pretty good controlling the Jeep.

 

[JuanBolio]

I only play online-so plot means very little 2 me personally.

I'm the exact opposite, though I can appreciate the added challenge of playing against other people.

 

[unimatrix7]

I only play online-so plot means very little 2 me personally.

I'm the exact opposite, though I can appreciate the added challenge of playing against other people.

I can too, when I win

You don't wanna be around me when I come 12th in Mario Kart. Just ask Rii.

Anyway, I like interesting characters, worlds, and stories in my games, and I'm a diehard fan of Japanese RPGs. Not generic saccharine rubbish like Final Fantasy, but the real stuff: Valkyrie Profile, Suikoden, Shin Megami Tensei etc. I'm a fish out of water in first person shooters, and it shows

 

[David cgc]

I love in one level you can make a suicide run at a parked flyer thingie and skip almost 1/2 that entire mission and fly to the Zigaraut thing where the map room is at. It takes a few tries and luck, but it is a fun thing to do.

I like using the 'shee so much that sometimes I'll park on the bridge after defeating the enemies, kick it off the edge so it falls to the ground, then go inside and take the elevator down so the next batch of baddies spawns.

I also quite like the three on one dogfight around the tower in "Two Betrayals."