Halo 3

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People often ask me why I don’t like Zelda and I say “Because how many times is that ten year old in a Peter Pan suite gonna save the world?”

Now with Halo it’s something different. While every fourteen year old treats “The Chief” like the new Katie Price, I find him one of the most 2D characters in the world. The story and characters add nothing new to the industry except a bunch of dried up stereotypes. The story line is a classic “One man must kill all the aliens” which I kind of like if it wasn’t for the fact that the weapons look like futuristic grooming products rather than guns.

The fact that Halo has been the same game since day one with little added extras except maybe some tweaks to its MP it really doesn’t deserve its praise unless I say “It launched Xbox Live” and that’s as far as my praise goes.


The AI hasn't improved, the enemies have the same attack patterns, maybe throw up a shield which is instantly countered by a grenade. There is just no challenge until you get to the second last level but even that doesn't get the adrenaline going.


I’d say the only thing saving this game is its downloadable maps and extremely devoted fanbase.

It is a good game and I prefer it to the previous titles but it had the unfortunate thing called timing. By the time I got my hands on Halo 1 (PC) I had seen a few Half Life 2 trailers and Halo just didn't do the job. It was good for a while but I never got round to finishing it. Once again if you like MP then this game is still one of the most played Live games and there is DLC and maybe more soon.
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