My thoughts on Halo 3

A little late here. I liked the game a lot, but there were some dissapointments (not a fanboy). Got some possible spolier talk, and I have not played the on-line part yet. The on-line part is probably the biggest draw to this game, right? But surely I'm not in the minority in thinking that the single player game should be top notch.

The graphics were not as good as I'd hoped. Looks like other games on the 360 are better, yet Halo 1 and 2 were arguably the best on the Xbox.

The musical score was not as good as or as moving as Halo 2.

I would have liked the final game to be longer, it was a bit short. I would have liked to have seen more Earth based battles. And maybe something more innovative on some of the level design.

I liked some of the new features, like weapons and especially flying the Hornet. But I would have liked more opportunities to fly and fight with that Hornet.

There was still good little humor bits thrown in here and there. I got a kick out of some of those.

Now the story is a bit convoluted if you try to follow the semi-hidden "terminals". I still don't completely understand that. I'm going to try to search for some answers just because I'm curious. I'm sure they meant it to be a bit of a puzzle, but it's one I think most folks would have to read through a few times to get much from.

Now the ending. The gameplay at the end was too similar to the original Halo. It was fun to play, but a bit disappointing again in that there was not much innovation. If you play the last level on legendary, you'll see the full ending. Again, spoiler here, but they left it open for another game. I just wonder if that was a Forerunner planet in the final scene? The forerunner story (and the suggested links to humans) is missing some pieces.

I liked the game a lot, and I'll probably play it through again at some point. But I won't put it up there with Halo 1 and 2. Half Life 2 is better imo. Ratings are popular and good for comparison, so I'll say 8.8 )

 

I'm going to rent either Gears or the Orange Box next. Figured they'd be better suited as renters for me, but ther are tops on the list.

Any thoughts on the Halo 3 ending Puck? And yeah I got to get on the nets and play this game live.

 

Oops, well don't let me ruin it for you ) Just a hint if you care to see it all, beat the last level on Legendary and you'll see a little more to the ending.

I liked the ending, but I could see how some may not.

 

I can't lie, I only played the last level in Legendary. That's all you have to do to see the extra scenes in the ending.

But the next time I try to go through the game completely, I'm going to try Legendary

 

So you can co-op the story mode huh? I thought I saw that option, but wasn't sure that's how it worked.

I haven't got on-line with the 360 yet. I guess I'll need a cord to the computer, and then a Xbox live account? Is that it?