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Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Model number: ABC | SKU: 7294661

Learn more about Halo 3. (Flash demo) SynopsisThe Covenant rules the Earth — the Flood has been unleashed — and the fate of life everywhere hangs in the balance. Master Chief, a genetically engineered super soldier, is the last chance for humanity's survival. Stowed away on a Forerunner ship, he rushes back to Earth to defeat the Covenant once and for all. Hopelessly outnumbered, his outlook is bleak. But when you are bred for battle, you fight past the breaking point and bow to no one. It's all been building to this — a desperate, final war that leads to a soul-shattering climax of epic proportions. Help this incredible hero stop the Covenant, destroy the Flood and save the lives of every person on the planet. The third chapter in the critically acclaimed franchise features insane battles with an arsenal of alien and human weaponry. Discover all-new armaments and characters as you fight to the finish. You can even play online with Xbox Live and battle in pulse-pounding multiplayer action. Next-generation graphics and technological advances, such as enhanced artificial intelligence and a beefed-up real-time lighting engine, make Halo 3 shine with stunning realism.

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4.5 out of 5 (780 Reviews)

714 of 780 (92%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Review 141 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Top Xbox 360 Contender 10/19/2008
By Macheeoo from Minnesota

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

4.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

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What's great about it: 15+ Hours of Singleplayer, Rich Story, Music, Online Ranking System, Graphics, Play-a-bility makes it hard to put down
What's not so great: Multiplayer Maps not as Good as 1 and 2

"Halo 3 sold how many copies?! That's no suprise...
If you've played the first two, you can only imagine how great this one is. Wether you're a hardcore, book-readin' fan or just a weekend warrior, this game has it all. The story has you were you left off, no duh! Crash landing back down to earth to battle the covenant. And of course, good ole' Sargent Johnson is back to kick you into gear if you can't seem to remember which button the R trigger is. The story will keep preoccupied long enough to make your boss wonder if you caught some wierd disease like yellow fever or rhinovirus (Common Cold); leaving you with plenty of time to find all the games hidden skulls and enable the "grunt B-Day party" cheat (Think "Pop Goes The Weasle" and Confetti). The biggest and best new add-on to the game is the 4 player co-op they added. The 2 previous games allowed for only two player split screen co-op. Now, you can play online with your friends and zip through the story getting achievments, lickety split. Any Halo fans who'ce played the first one will recognize that the Assult Rifle is back and yes, it has been modified (Not sure if it's for better or worse). It has a small clip size and is more accurate but, is seemingly less satisfying of a kill. Adding new weapons like a "Spartan Laser" and a "Flamethrower" as well as many new brute weapons and vehicals make the game even more enjoyable. This next upgrade has changed the control scheme dramtically; The X button (Blue Skittle) is no longer used to reload. You push it and an Item is used (Bubble Shield, Radar Jammer, Shield Damage Stuff, etc). To reload you now have to use one of the Xbox 360's handy-dandy bumper triggers. This adds a new element to the multi-player; GOD BERRY KING OF THE JUICE! The Multi-player has one of the best features in next-gen games... Custom Levels Creation (AKA: FORGE). You can delete almost every in game weapons, spawn point and objects by the press of your Y button. Although this adds to being a more diverese set of levels it is also limited by far. Compared to Far Cry's complete terrian and object/spawn/everything else editor, Halo comes up short. But hey, we've lived with it in the first two right? Wrong! At least the first two games had good multi-player maps... HALO 3 HAS NO NEW BLOOD GULCH!!! Well, they do, but It's named differently and is morphed and beaten out of shape. Like me... When you look at "Hang Em' High" in Halo 1 or "Lockout" in Halo 2, as low standerd level design as they were, we loved them. The Halo 3 maps lack a certain something that the first two games had. Nothing shooting stuff can't fix. Many new online party features and a great matchmaking system leave this game smokeing on top of a heaping pile of game goodness."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 142 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

The Best Game for Xbox 360 10/19/2008
By Guckes from Pompano Beach, FL

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

4.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: The story, graphics, musics, a perfect game for Xbox 360.
What's not so great: I don't discovery none, but your knows one, tell me.

"Halo 3 is the end of Halo story. It's my first game of this saga, my interest is play and finish the game for after sell. But is one really good game, and I don't gonna sell never. Graphics is wonderful. Music is fantastic! And the History? Without words. Someone Xbox 360 need this game in your collection, is obligation!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 143 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Awesome 10/18/2008
By Jackthelumberjack from Fort Collins, CO

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Good campaign, very fun to play online

"Halo 3 is the best game i've ever played on xbox live. If you have xbox live this is a MUST! Also the game is upgraded from Halo 2."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 144 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

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Customer Rating

3.0 5

Finished? 10/18/2008
By T8RtheR8R from Jacksonville, FL

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

4.0 5

Fun

3.0 5

What's great about it: Story's done?, Forge & Custom armors
What's not so great: tilted towards multiplayer, Campaign not as good as priors

"Halo 3 finishes the story of Spartan 117 against the insance prophets of the Covenant that seek to destroy all life in the universe to obtain divinity. While it was good to hear out the end (?) of the story I found Campaign to be lackluster and alittle disappointing compared to the previous two chapters. It didn't have that Halo feel until the very end as I was escaping an exploding vessel in a Warthog...again. While the play is great, and the game is very pretty, it was just missing that magic 30 seconds of fun the first two had."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

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Review 145 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

4.0 5

very overrated 10/17/2008
By loakoolaid from Brooklyn Park, MN

Difficulty

2.0 5

Responsiveness

4.0 5

Graphics

4.0 5

Fun

4.0 5

What's great about it: 4 player co-op & forge
What's not so great: nothing changed as far as appearance

"a very overrated halo that isnt all that better for a 360 game, it would be amazing if it was a xbox game, but for 360 standards it feel well short of expectations, they clamed it would be more challenging, and the only thing that could kill me on legendary where snipers, online play for multiplayer is okay. just not as good as other games with a third the hype."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 146 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

4.0 5

it good 10/15/2008
By semipro

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

4.0 5

What's great about it: online, sound,graphics,online matching
What's not so great: online playlists

"The online play is good and the campaign is two but its just too easy. Its a good game I would recommended it."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 147 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Greatest FPS so far 10/14/2008
By ibbloggen from Virginia

Difficulty

3.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Awesome story, Awesome multiplayer, Cool
What's not so great: Wish they hadn't changed some of the weapons

"This is one of the best games ever. Halo 3, the sequal to the award winning Halo 2 is a great game, with a compelling story and non-linear gameplay. The only downside is that they changed some of the weapons, such as you can't dual-wield the Neddler, and the Beam Sword can't pounce. Overrall, this is one of the greatest games ever made."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 148 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

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Customer Rating

5.0 5

Best 360 Game 10/12/2008
By metalmayhem11

Difficulty

5.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: fun, 4-player online, good guns, graphics

"I think that this is the best 360 game so far. My favorite feature would be that you can have 4 people play online against everyone else. Most games can't do this and it is great when you have alot of people over. I also like the guns in this. There are a variety of choices and features and they are great. This took a step up from Halo 2, although it was fun. It is starting to get a little old, but it is still a blast to play online and with your friends."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 149 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

3.0 5

Okay, but boring 10/12/2008
By realgoodbuy from New York, NY

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

4.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

2.0 5

What's great about it: Quality Graphics and Awsome Features
What's not so great: boring after a while

"I played this game and ive played halo's one and two. and let me tell you, there is like NNOOOO difference. So, why waste your money on this stuff taht is not as good as any other game you have? The graphics are AAAWWWSOME. and the veichles are AWWWWWWSSsSOMe, but the actual game is repeating its self, all the missions are the same and there is barely any objectives. as well as having to listne to all those dumb cutscenese which i find annoying cause i just want to play the dame game."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 150 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Top 500 Contributor

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Best Game Ever 10/11/2008
By Hmdog from Batesburg, SC

Difficulty

5.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Great grapichs, story-line, and gameplay
What's not so great: none at all

"Oh my gosh, this is an awesome game. This game is great for all ages and is very addicting. The graphics are awesome and the more people you have playing the better. Love this game and would recommend to anyone. Great game!!!!!!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 151 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

best game ever 10/10/2008
By upchuck6991 from Mechanicville, New York

Difficulty

5.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: great online game play
What's not so great: annoying people on Xbox live

"fun i play it over and over i love the online game play good for friends great chat and in game voice so many different things to do and places to go

great game"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 152 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Epic game - tons of replay ability 10/07/2008
By Beamthisup

Difficulty

5.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: File share, campaign, multiplayer, theater, and pretty much everything
What's not so great: nothing

"Great game. Pretty much blew me away with its multiplayer, campaign (not the best, but still fun) and superior file sharing."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 153 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

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Customer Rating

4.0 5

Great Game 10/07/2008
By 71Percent

Difficulty

3.0 5

Responsiveness

4.0 5

Graphics

4.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Fun Gameplay, Great Multiplayer
What's not so great: Single Player Game Too Short

"This is a great game. Without a doubt one of the best games made for the XBOX 360. I highly recommend you buy this game."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 154 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Awesome Game 10/06/2008
By spiderman00693

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Great for playing on XBox Live
What's not so great: Story Mode is too short!

"This is a great game especially if you love to play with your friends or others on XBox live. The weapons are kool, and the different vehicles are awesome! My sons and I love playing this game."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 155 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Superspectacular 10/06/2008
By Itsahhkay from Atl, Ga

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

4.0 5

Graphics

3.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Live Play
What's not so great: Horrible Story...Period

"Excellent live play, without live I would never buy this game. The story can be beaten in 4-6 hours on any level really. Live is great because you can easily hook up with friends and go against others in almost any game play. I don't really enjoy the ranking system though"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 156 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

1.0 5

not that great 10/02/2008
By jabalobadingdong from MM

Difficulty

2.0 5

Responsiveness

1.0 5

Graphics

2.0 5

Fun

3.0 5

What's great about it: fun
What's not so great: everything

"it has terrible graphics now a days. when it came out maybe but now sucky. if ur amazing online then u hav no life. story line not all that great. get final fantasy XIII has good graphics great story line gameplay amazing and its fun"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: No

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Review 157 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

A simply great game 10/01/2008
By typos from Cherry Hill, NJ

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Great game, good for people who like a challenge
What's not so great: Can't really think of one right now.

"I recently got this game, and I enjoyed it. Nice mix of shooter, racing, and a whole lot of options leave this game a two thumbs up."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 158 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

all around really good game 09/29/2008
By Anonymous from Otsego, MN

Difficulty

5.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

4.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: multiplayer co-op and online
What's not so great: more online pre-game options/ choose maps

"I have never played any of the other halo games so the story didn't make a whole lot of sense. The game is very challenging especially played on legendary difficulty. I really like how you can play the whole story on co-op with a friend. I think this feature is really lacking in alot of the games made today. Games like GRAW say 2 player co-op, but you can only play mini maps and lame modes different from the story. The multiplayer is alot of fun, more than i expected. I just wish Bungie had added some sort of cover system. The mix of games is really great and Rocket Race is very fun with a friend. Overall this game is a great buy. You cant beat the modes and the amount of people that log in every night to play."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 159 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Top 500 Contributor

Customer Rating

5.0 5

One of the Best Games Ever 09/29/2008
By maverick4583 from Saint Petersburg

Difficulty

4.0 5

Responsiveness

5.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Good story line, and great graphics
What's not so great: None

"This is a game you will have a hard time putting it down.
Both in single player and multiplayer. The Online gaming is insane, a lot of laughs and great fun"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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Review 160 for Halo 3 Platinum Hits: Xbox 360

Customer Rating

5.0 5

Very Good Investment 09/28/2008
By Playgame38 from MA

Difficulty

4.0 5

Graphics

5.0 5

Fun

5.0 5

What's great about it: Very Fun Multiplayer with Friends (on and offline), Build off of Pre-desgined Maps, DLC
What's not so great: Changed online multiplayer playlists :(

"This is a very good game, i VERY highly recommend getting it if you haven't already. Very good story line, and insane graphics, plus DLC (downloadable content) such as maps.

In a nutshell, a must have!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes

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