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Love the game so far...Miss the Masterchief, but he folks of Noble Team are pretty awesome...really cool cutscenes too, if you're into the lore side of Halo.  BTW, if you liked the books as well, getting at least the $79.99 bundle is a MUST!



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kowenicki said:

well...

I am at a loss to see how any review would score this less than any previous halo.  But thats their choice I guess.

On a side note... the packaging of the LE is ridiculous!!  incredible presentation.

 

wow you guys are making me feel horrible.

My girlfriend got me the standard edition and I was going to upgrade it to limited but I was so excited when I got the game I didn't bother going to the store and upgrading.

How good is the Halsey notebook that comes with the LE?



                                           

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Mendicate Bias said:
kowenicki said:

well...

I am at a loss to see how any review would score this less than any previous halo.  But thats their choice I guess.

On a side note... the packaging of the LE is ridiculous!!  incredible presentation.

 

wow you guys are making me feel horrible.

My girlfriend got me the standard edition and I was going to upgrade it to limited but I was so excited when I got the game I didn't bother going to the store and upgrading.

How good is the Halsey notebook that comes with the LE?

I only thumbed through it but it's real nice, yeah a piece of art. I imagine to someone like yourself who, is so thoroughly familiar with the fiction, would really appreciate all the details of it's content. The statue is awesome as well although I wish the figures had articulated joints.



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selnor said:

Not to sound like some sore fanboy.

Reach destroys previous Halo games. And is the best MP shooter on consoles right now. It's rediculous how much this game has. And it's gonna Meta as the lowest of the Halos? ( Not including ODST ).

Something is seriously broken.

All my friends are Halo lovers. And everyone of us agree it's by far the best Halo.

I guess the 15 mill LT sales will say the real score though. Consumers who stay with a franchise for 4 games and continue to come back shows a quality like no other.

Eh, it's not the first time it's happened. GT4 is an infinitely better game than GT3, yet it scored 6 points lower on Meta. Times change, standards change.



Aldro said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
CGI-Quality said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:

22 perfect reveiw scores? UC2 25perfect reveiw scores?

Halo Reach v UC2 ?

HALO REACH 2010 game of the yr?

no but realy thats great. looking forward to watching number 63 ranked in GRAW2 BMFD2010 (xbox live gamer id)play this game online. maybe i'll play?

 

Uncharted 2 has 39 perfect review scores.


at a loss for words!

And only 1 is under 89 out of 105 xD. Basically 2/105 are claiming it to be AA and not AAA. Uncharted 2 <333

Reach is at 92 now. Good number, same as GoW3.

sells and fans will be the only vendication Bungie needs to show case that Reach is the best HALO game to ever be released without a doubt!



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MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Aldro said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
CGI-Quality said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:

22 perfect reveiw scores? UC2 25perfect reveiw scores?

Halo Reach v UC2 ?

HALO REACH 2010 game of the yr?

no but realy thats great. looking forward to watching number 63 ranked in GRAW2 BMFD2010 (xbox live gamer id)play this game online. maybe i'll play?

 

Uncharted 2 has 39 perfect review scores.


at a loss for words!

And only 1 is under 89 out of 105 xD. Basically 2/105 are claiming it to be AA and not AAA. Uncharted 2 <333

Reach is at 92 now. Good number, same as GoW3.

sells and fans will be the only vendication Bungie needs to show case that Reach is the best HALO game to ever be released without a doubt!

While I do agree, I just wanna make a joke so please dont hate me for this.

WII SPORTS IS THE BEST GAME EVER MADE, the fans.. the sales... such an amazing game!
:)



Aldro said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Aldro said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
CGI-Quality said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:

22 perfect reveiw scores? UC2 25perfect reveiw scores?

Halo Reach v UC2 ?

HALO REACH 2010 game of the yr?

no but realy thats great. looking forward to watching number 63 ranked in GRAW2 BMFD2010 (xbox live gamer id)play this game online. maybe i'll play?

 

Uncharted 2 has 39 perfect review scores.


at a loss for words!

And only 1 is under 89 out of 105 xD. Basically 2/105 are claiming it to be AA and not AAA. Uncharted 2 <333

Reach is at 92 now. Good number, same as GoW3.

sells and fans will be the only vendication Bungie needs to show case that Reach is the best HALO game to ever be released without a doubt!

While I do agree, I just wanna make a joke so please dont hate me for this.

WII SPORTS IS THE BEST GAME EVER MADE, the fans.. the sales... such an amazing game!
:)


your ok in my book! and just incase somebody esle has something to say about it i'll second that



selnor said:
Jordahn said:
selnor said:

Not to sound like some sore fanboy.

Reach destroys previous Halo games. And is the best MP shooter on consoles right now. It's rediculous how much this game has. And it's gonna Meta as the lowest of the Halos? ( Not including ODST ).

Something is seriously broken.

All my friends are Halo lovers. And everyone of us agree it's by far the best Halo.

I guess the 15 mill LT sales will say the real score though. Consumers who stay with a franchise for 4 games and continue to come back shows a quality like no other.

To use loving something as justification that somethiing is inherently good is broken thinking.

Halo 1 2 and 3 scored well because the reviewers like Halo. Halo Reach is the best of the bunch.

It's plain stupid to have a website state a game is the best FPS experience. And then give it an 8. There are 2 reviews that have done with Reach on Meta. Yet the same site gave MW1 and 2 a 9? But yet they say Reach is better.

Yes reviews are broken.

Any Halo fan cannot understand how much better Reach is than previous games unless they have played it. The set pieces are rediculously good with the sheer amount of enemies and carnage of war going on.

After playing it extensively, it's laughable to see the meta.

Selnor, is it ok if linked me to some of the reviews you've done in your career as a game reviewer?
Unless you aren't one.....but thats not true because you know all this stuff about games and reviewing them.
Nice opinion by the way. IMO the reviews are spot on.



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so the last big french reviewer has release his review :

7/10 for gamekult.com : "what Halo3 should have been at his release, 3 years ago"

(other score I noted :
jeuxvideo.com : 9/10
jeuxvideo.fr : verygood/verygood
gamekyo.fr : 9/10)

Note that gamekult.com can be pretty harsch and has never been an Halo fansite and already put Halo3 a 7/10 ...

Also, they gave Heavy Rain a 6/10 and Sony was quite angry about it (they didnt get invitation for some press conference during some months lol).

It is pop corn time at the website forum (as it was for Heavy Rain ...)



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libellule said:

so the last big french reviewer has release his review :

7/10 for gamekult.com : "what Halo3 should have been at his release, 3 years ago"

(other score I noted :
jeuxvideo.com : 9/10
jeuxvideo.fr : verygood/verygood
gamekyo.fr : 9/10)

Note that gamekult.com can be pretty harsch and has never been an Halo fansite and already put Halo3 a 7/10 ...

Also, they gave Heavy Rain a 6/10 and Sony was quite angry about it (they didnt get invitation for some press conference during some months lol).

It is pop corn time at the website forum (as it was for Heavy Rain ...)

that proves it and i quote (the reveiw system is boken and GTA, HALO REACH, and HEAVY RAIN proves it