I actually liked the first PMD, and I'll be buying the 2nd when it hits America.

Famitsu can't be trusted when it comes to reviewing Western made games, they're very hit or miss (not that I think Halo 3 will be bad, in fact I think it'll be very good).

I think Famitsu gave Lost Planet 36/40 and I hated the game but that was Japanese game. I really hope that Halo 3 gets high reviews It got so big hype that it would get ugly if it didnt. I only trust famitsu when they review RPGs.

For them to rate halo very highly is a good sign really, they throw high ratings at japanese rubbish like dating sims and train driving games every day of the week. for them to embrace a western game is unusual. If anything their scores for Japanese games arn't to be trusted.

There have been very few highly-rated X360 games reviewed from Famitsu.

The top ones have been:

Dead Or Alive 4 - 39/40 100k+ seller
Oblivion - 38/40 100k+ seller
Blue Dragon - 37/40 200k+ seller
Halo 3 - 37/40
Forza 2 - 36/40 30k seller

Hopefully it helps give the game a good boost. H3 should easily pass 80k in Japan.

That's true and it will do good in japan I think. And also it's doing very well on amazon and that's an indication.   I know amazon isn't reliable for sales but it's a good indication for 360 games in japan it proved that in the past. Halo History pack is doing better than people are thinking.

This isn't anything against Halo, I'm sure it's a fantastic game for people who like those type of games, but does it seem like to anyone else that whenever Famitsu reviews any type of big hype game it gets a minimum of 37? It's like that's just their default score if a game is anticipated in any kind of way by the masses.

Here are some games they reviewed that got lower than Halo 3.  Some of them were highly anticipated.  Don't get me wrong they do sometimes seem to give high scores to anticipated games but it doesn't always seem to be the case.

36 New Super Mario Bros.
35 Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no ...
35 Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Yami no ...
35 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
35 Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus
35 Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny: Rengou ...
35 Dragon Quest: Shounen Yangus no Fushigi ...
35 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of ...
35 Endless Ocean
35 Hot Shots Golf (working title)
35 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
35 Subarashiki Kono Sekai: It's a Wonderful ...
35 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
35 Eternal Sonata
35 Super Paper Mario
35 Virtua Fighter 5
35 Shining Force Exa
35 Pokemon Battle Revolution
35 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 13 Ketteiban
35 Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007
35 Pokemon Diamond
35 Pokemon Pearl
34 WarioWare: Smooth Moves
33 Jeanne D'Arc
33 Resistance: Fall of Man
33 Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
33 Folklore
33 Ninja Gaiden Sigma
33 Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn
32 Lunar Knights
30 Dewy's Adventure

source: http://www.gamebrink.com/famitsu (Famitsu Score Database)

Fine, I'll say their default is 35/40. Don't get me wrong, some of those games on that list under 35 I expect big things, but I was more meaning things like your Halos, Marios, Pokemon, RE's, MGS, and other big games like that. Famitsu just seems to give out a lot of high scores. While I'm super excited about Dewey's Adventure, I would put that game and a good number of those others on the highly anticipated list.