if that's what is going on here then yes it is silly.  it is almost as silly as the countless xbots who submitted user reviews for killzone 2 before it came out just to lower the average score.  i'll admit to pettiness existing across both sides of this war, but i give the edge to the xbox fans in overall patheticness.   the way they attack titles with absolutely no merit or intent to sound legitimate and the way their arguments of xbox superiority reek of desperation tip the scales in their favor.

^^^^^^^ that too

On consoles, how many FPS games offer 4 player similtanious ONLINE campaign?

How many FPS's offer as many maps to play multiplayer on as Halo?

Thats what some people will never understand.

It's not the most popular online 360 game week in week out for no reason you know.

This will be worth the asking price............ bottom line__________________________

see, if i followed this train of logic i would have to think resistance 2 is the best fps ever.  it has an entire mode just for 8 player coop, the biggest maps ever in a shooter, and a very long campaign filled with the biggest boss battles ever.

but the truth is resistance 2 sucked it hard.  the bottom line that you like to speak of is this, simply cramming a ton of mediocrity into a box will never amount to more than mediocrity.  halo 3 shares a great deal of things in common with resistance 2.  they both play about the same, and both featured sequels that really did nothing more than just cram a ton more of the same quality stuff into a box.

as an example, i thought mw was a terrific sequel in that it represented an evolutionary step in the genre.  it didn't just add more stuff.  mw2 is looking to do the exact same thing again.  the levels and ideas behind it really forge new paths with what gamers can expect out of a fps.  halo 1 did this.  however, halos 2 & 3 just seemed like half-assed attempts to take what was great about halo and add more features....kind of like a new version of windows.  so the desktop has a slightly different look to it....yay.   microsoft is known for nothing if not for just giving people what they already like.  experimentation and innovation is not their style.

i don't expect what i'm saying to really sink in, but i try nonetheless. 

One o the few exclusives exclusives coming out for the xbox and it is crap. Time to buy a ps3.

yeah yeah halo ODST is crap. Don't buy or rent it. It's not good, move along.

I'm aware of resistance 2's mission as opposed to story related 8 player campaign.

Halo led the way with it's 4 player online story campaign.

Resistance 2 came out a good year later.

Microsoft is not known for it's innovation? try saying that the next time you earn a trophy.

Microsoft made online console gaming as popular as it is today and will continue to be at the forefront of online entertainment.

thats 3 bad reviews now, keep them coming

sad, just sad...

           Seriously, why add to this flame-thread with another fanboy comment.  I'll let the intelligent diehard Sony fans handle you appropriately. 

           OT:  Do you really think that the good reviews are going to make for big news, or over the top bad ones from blog sites hoping to get hits.  Reminds me of the bogus KZ2 reviews that went against the grain simply to get attention.  Maybe the game will review well, maybe it wont.  It is a Halo game made by one of the best in the business.   I am buying it day 1 and enjoying every second of it, I hope many others do the same....

Wow 3 reviews and its still pretty low. Yea this dosent look to good