Not much to say about this game which hasn't already been said. I mean if you own a 360, likely you will have played Halo 3. What's nice about Halo 3 is that even after all these year, with the multiplayer servers now shut down, it is still a great campaign and it really holds up well. The campaign is an excellent 8 hour romp through a variety of interesting environments with all the things you expect from a halo game. Excellent controls, a wide variety of useful weapons, wonderful enemy design and some of the smoothest gameplay you will see on the console. For some, Halo 3 is the last of the mainline Halo games, with Bungie passing on developing duties to 343 studios for Halo 4. I think this speaks as much to the quality of the previous Halo games as it does the issues with 4, and there's two main areas for me where this is really apparent. For a start its the music and sound effects. The new tracks in Halo 3 are great and really fit the mood of the series. Ending the game with another Warthog run, with the original Halo music was also a wonderful choice and has brought the series full circle. Secondly, the game has a great story. Not only does it actually make sense, it's also interesting. You get to know the characters and their intentions better. There's a couple of nice surprise moments towards the end too. Of course there are a few things I would change about the game. There are points where it is a bit difficult to figure out what the game wants you to do next and I did find some of the skulls a bit too difficult to find (I can't grenade jump, sorry). But that feeling when you finally get through the difficult section of a level on the hardest difficulty is still just as good as ever, and is what makes the game great. Of course you need this one!

Reviewed on Feb 22, 2024


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