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Overall so far 9.7 average

with these reviews

 

100
GamePro
It's solid gameplay, immense replayability, online functionality and incredible production values will ensure its place in video game history, and it is, without a doubt, a satisfying and fulfilling close to the beloved trilogy[?].
100
GameSpy
The Forge is a gargantuan achievement that puts game design in the hands of players, daring you to be creative and invent a Halo 3 multiplayer experience all your own. Of course, the multiplayer is every bit as astonishing as it has been in past iterations and even eclipses its predecessors in many respects.
100
EuroGamer
The best game yet in one of the best FPS franchises of the era. Better than either of its predecessors, Halo 3 still can't quite escape the category of flawed masterpiece - but this time around, the flaws are so minor that even the most churlish of reviewers would be hard pressed to mark the game down.
100
Games Radar
The single player is bigger and brawnier than anything that's been attempted on a console before. The multiplayer, which already shadowed the competition, has improved to the point of ridiculousness. The new features - Forge, Saved Films, Coop - are frighteningly addictive. And if you don't like any of that, you're always welcome to edit it until you do.
97
Team Xbox
Halo 3 is the best Xbox 360 game to date. The single-player campaign and storyline are both very strong, but it’s Forge and the Saved Films features that will likely go down in history as Bungie’s crowning achievements. They’ve basically taken everything great about the series and improved upon it in every way, then added some amazing new features that we’ll be using for years to come.
95
GameSpot
It's the addition of the Forge level editor and the saved films that give the game an even longer set of legs, legs that will probably keep you running at full speed until Bungie figures out where, exactly, to go from here.
95
IGN
The campaign, which is very good, is Halo 3's weakest point. It doesn't capture the cavalier spirit of the original Halo, but you'll still have fun playing through it. There's no first-person shooter on 360 that can equal Halo 3's blend of cinematic action, adrenaline-pumping shootouts, and male- (and female)-bonding gameplay. Look beyond the gameplay and you have a rich feature set unlike anything ever delivered in a videogame.
95
GamerNode
Halo 3 takes every positive aspect from the first two Halo games, perfects them, puts them in a shinier and better looking package, tosses in wonderful community-driven content for a console game, establishes some awesome environments, and does it so damn well it's impossible to not have fun while playing.
88
Gamer 2.0
The story just isn’t put-together well enough, the graphics are disappointing, and the levels have you constantly running back and forth. Yes, if all of these things were rectified, the game would be spectacular. But they’re not.
who the #$%#$ is gamer 2.0?
Looks like they trying to get people to their site?
Gametrailers themselves said that there was little running back and forth, and the story was fantastic, yet this site is saying complete opposite, actually its complete  opposite of everything everyone else has said


                 With regard to Call of Duty 4 having an ultra short single player campaign, I guess it may well have been due to the size limitations of DVD on the XBox 360, one of various limitations multi-platform game designers will have to take into consideration-Mike B   

Proud supporter of all 3 console companys

Proud owner of 360wii and DS/psp              

Game trailers-Halo 3 only dissapointed the people who wanted to be dissapointed.

Bet with Harvey Birdman that Lost Odyssey will sell more then Blue dragon did.
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GameTrailers: 9.8

Kikizo: 9/10

Team Xbox: 9.7

OXM Australia: 10/10

OXM Brazil: 9/10



1 up 10/10

worth playing: 9.6

computer and video games: 9.7

pro g: 10/10



                 With regard to Call of Duty 4 having an ultra short single player campaign, I guess it may well have been due to the size limitations of DVD on the XBox 360, one of various limitations multi-platform game designers will have to take into consideration-Mike B   

Proud supporter of all 3 console companys

Proud owner of 360wii and DS/psp              

Game trailers-Halo 3 only dissapointed the people who wanted to be dissapointed.

Bet with Harvey Birdman that Lost Odyssey will sell more then Blue dragon did.

well Lost tears of Kain from my first thread, you forget :

gamersdaily : 10/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaOt2RhiOpY

do you think this is not an official reviewer ? (just a question)



Time to Work !

Something that jumped out at me from the 1up review was that they were saying that it doesn't do a whole lot of new stuff (not saying that it's not great), but the thing that came out the most in that review was when they talked about online co-op and lag.

"The only drawback is every co-op game we've played over Xbox Live, whether it's two, three, or four players, has been fairly-to-incredibly laggy."

Seeing as the online co-op was a big factor with this game, I find this to be interesting. 



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If Halo 3 can keep this pace with reviews, it will be pretty spectacular if the 360 ends up with two >95 metacritic titles released in just over a month.



libellule said:
well Lost tears of Kain from my first thread, you forget :

gamersdaily : 10/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaOt2RhiOpY

do you think this is not an official reviewer ? (just a question)


lol no sorry i totally forgot

no its a review, if i count that game whatever a review (8.8......) then that counts as well



                 With regard to Call of Duty 4 having an ultra short single player campaign, I guess it may well have been due to the size limitations of DVD on the XBox 360, one of various limitations multi-platform game designers will have to take into consideration-Mike B   

Proud supporter of all 3 console companys

Proud owner of 360wii and DS/psp              

Game trailers-Halo 3 only dissapointed the people who wanted to be dissapointed.

Bet with Harvey Birdman that Lost Odyssey will sell more then Blue dragon did.

Everyone in the world knew that Halo 3 was going to get insanely good scores including a ton of perfect scores years ago. It was basically confirmed in 2004 when the Halo 2 launch went off without a hitch. And if anyone had any doubt, it should have been erased weeks ago when Halo 3 ads started covering every major game publication from top to bottom. Videogame journalism is shady.

That isn't to insult Bungie, the Halo games or most of these reviewers. Just Microsoft, who is signing these publications' checks. They obviously can't directly dictate what scores should be given, but they can and do, according to ceaseless industry rumor, restrict scores below a certain level (I'm guessing 9.5 in this case; it was 9.0 for the recent Madden launch) until after the game launches.

Don't shoot the messenger.



"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.

Erik Aston said:
Everyone in the world knew that Halo 3 was going to get insanely good scores including a ton of perfect scores years ago. It was basically confirmed in 2004 when the Halo 2 launch went off without a hitch. And if anyone had any doubt, it should have been erased weeks ago when Halo 3 ads started covering every major game publication from top to bottom. Videogame journalism is shady.

That isn't to insult Bungie, the Halo games or most of these reviewers. Just Microsoft, who is signing these publications' checks. They obviously can't directly dictate what scores should be given, but they can and do, according to ceaseless industry rumor, restrict scores below a certain level (I'm guessing 9.5 in this case; it was 9.0 for the recent Madden launch) until after the game launches.

Don't shoot the messenger.

It was an embargo on all review scores for Halo 3.  And it's not like Microsoft and EA are the only ones that do it, Nintendo, Sony, and many others do it as well with their videogames.  And it's not just a videogame thing as it's also done with movies, books, and tv shows.



Does someone knows what the surprise is or was?



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