My impressions of Halo 3 (SP only)

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Munkeh111 said:
@ shmupgurus, the developers should not expect you to have played the first games to have any sort of clue what is going on if it is not a hugely story driven game, and any sort of introduction would have helped, even a tutorial of some kind. I dont have a manual, so i just had to guess the controls

I was comparing it to Uncharted and Gears because those are the last shooters that I have played and they are still on my mind

Despite perception, the only Halo that has been really excellent as a single player game was Halo 1. Halo 1 popularized the "Hide behind things until your shield regenerates" evolution that all FPS' use today, including Call of Duty 4. That said, it actually is a largely story driven game. "Finish the fight" doesn't refer to the gameplay, and Master Chief isn't popular because of how he looks.

You have the story mode, and the online aspect. The actual story mode(campaign) isn't that great. I was dissapointed. Never played it online, but I did play Halo 2 extensively online, and I can tell you that it is fantastic. It was passable, however, I'd rate it an 8/10, being generous, simply on single player, but that is a relatively small part of the actual game. Halo 2 moved the series towards an online focused shooter, and away from its single player roots.

The campaign ending was a bit cliched, but I still enjoyed it, having followed the story from the beginning.