Most Overrated Game ever? A pointless rant

[Scruff7]

Posted this on another discussion, but think it belongs better here. 

Spent about 5 hours playing Halo 3 round a mate's house this weekend, and its good and i enjoyed the game (didn't quite finish it though). however, i enjoyed it because i've been sucked into the storyline from owning the Xbox with the previous two games. I loved them and i wanted to know how it all panned out for the Chief...

BUT, i'm not impressed with Halo 3. its fun, yes, but it's slow, it lags in places, and when it's loading the next bit it stalls the game play, causing it to jerk. When you're in a Warthog, you can see the details in the ground appear as you move... this isn't impressive at all. i was sad to say that after reading all the rave reviews, it didn't feel as good as it should be. maybe my expectations were too high, but i own a PS3 and these are not issues i'd thought i'd come across in the 360.

I may even go as far as to say that Halo 3 is riding the waves of enthusiasm left by Halos 1 and 2, and not on its own merits.

I'm also disappointed to hear that its not fully HD... i had been told it was fully 1080... to hear its not, just 'upscaled' from not event 720, is disappointing.

In the war between 360 and PS3, graphics is a major battleground as much as anyone wants to play it down. For THE 360 game of 2007 to not hold that flag and shame Sony is surprising... it feels to me that MS have been touting the 360 as the equal of the PS3, and then mislead customers by not living up to that expectation even on their flagship game.

the game is pretty, and its certainly got more detail than the first 2 installments, but there's something about the environments that don't seem right, a little 2D perhaps? not enough depth? details on obvious bits but lacking in the background. i don't exactly know, but i didn't feel totally impressed.

Sorry Bungie, i like all you're Halo games, but Halo 3 is 1 and 2 with better graphics and that's it. even the graphics aren't as good as i expected them to be. i'm afraid it needed something to stop it getting boring, but it hasn't. Halo 3 has been hyped to the point of hysterics, but i don't think its quite served...

As for the 360... i think this game has demonstrated some of its limitations that the PS3 has easily surpassed even this early on.

good fun game, solid FPS, but done before. over hyped and disappointing as a result.

Plus, the Flood is just damn annoying.