Bungie's masterpiece. The team behind the marathon series creates the final entry in the original halo trilogy and it does not disappoint. Marty O' donnell's soundtrack for halo 3 is a triumphant and bombastic send off to the trilogy. Art style is vibrant and articulate. And the story while thin works well in conjunction with all of the above to create a strong and emotive space opera that makes everything feel like grand drama. With excellent performances by Steve Downes, Keith David, Ron Pearlman and many more. The campaign is often forgotten for nostalgic memories of the multiplayer but it really was a hell of a production that still holds up to this day. The entire warthog run in this game always hits me right in the feels.
The multiplayer deserves a paragraph in and of itself. From the lan parties of halo 1 and 2 comes a multiplayer experience that was world class for its time. Its theater and forge mode allowed a new generation of Machinima to be created. And features like forge and custom games allowed for an infinite amount of game modes to be created. Not that you really needed it, the amount of modes bungie made and maps they designed kept you busy for days on end. Before Fortnite or Minecraft and their all in one monocultures there was Halo 3. A game that you could play for hours and hours on end and never get bored. Halo 3 was love, Halo 3 was life.
The multiplayer deserves a paragraph in and of itself. From the lan parties of halo 1 and 2 comes a multiplayer experience that was world class for its time. Its theater and forge mode allowed a new generation of Machinima to be created. And features like forge and custom games allowed for an infinite amount of game modes to be created. Not that you really needed it, the amount of modes bungie made and maps they designed kept you busy for days on end. Before Fortnite or Minecraft and their all in one monocultures there was Halo 3. A game that you could play for hours and hours on end and never get bored. Halo 3 was love, Halo 3 was life.