The 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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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.
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