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GOOD:
- Four-player online (or offline) co-op Gameplay allows two; three, or four players play through the game from start to end. A co-op player can come into the game at any time and leave at any time (note only one of you will play as the Master Chief, while another will play as the Arbiter, and the other two players will be Elites that work with humans)
- Great looking graphics and animation, that look even better then Halo 2, F.E.A.R. and just as good as Bioshock, while these graphics might not look as good as Gears of War do to some people these graphics still are some of the best seen to date.
- Intense multiplayer action online through Xbox Live with matches as small as one on one and as big as 16 players (and offline with out using Xbox Live using either spilt screen, or system link). Halo 3 is set up similar to Halo 2 in the sense that you’re given a rank when you play multiplayer (this rank can go up or down at any time) this rank is representative of your skill and your matched with others of your skill type, that way new unskilled players and hardcore veterans will not often play against one another, unless they make a special match themselves that ignores rank.

BAD:
- Confusing plot to new players of this franchise - Playing Previous games and read the Halo Novels will fill you in on the details, if you are incline to learn them.
- No Clan Support (like in Halo 2) - This might get fixed in a future patch
- Game is considered short to some (Campaign Story Mode).

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- A Sci-Fi First Person Shooter with quick pacing and vehicle combat.
- Co-op and online versus/team games is the big draw here.
- NEW MODE: Forge is a mode that lets you edit all the maps in Halo 3, while you cannot rebuild the maps themselves you can in this mode, add and take away any and all of the objects from vehicles and guns to spawning points and flag zones. This is all done in real time and you can invite friends to this mode while your customizing the map(s), they can play a multiplayer game while your doing this (instead of just waiting for you) and if you want you can forgo editing the map and join the game at hand as either a player or the map editor (who looks like 343 Guilty Spark), while playing as the map editor you can still add and take away any and all objects from vehicles and guns to spawning points and flag zones any time you want.
- NEW MODE: Theater Mode is a video editor that lets you record and play back any and all matches from Campaign, Multiplayer, and Forge modes from the point of view of any player either in first person or third person (even in a orbit-cam where the camera circles around the player) all in real time (you can also pause this at any time as well as fast forward and rewind), even use your camera to fly around the match and see the match from any angle you want, Don’t forget you must save your videos before you turn off the game or you will lose said videos. Also you can take a picture at any time and save it to your Xbox 360 then download your picture at Bungie.com.

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Halo 2 (Xbox)
- Halo (Xbox)
- Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
- Bioshock (360)
- Gears of War (360)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- There are bonus items scattered through the Campaign Story Mode called Skulls getting these “Skulls” will make the game harder (by doing things like turning off radar for the rest of the Campaign Mode your playing it) but will also greatly increase your meta game score for the Campaign Mode.
- There are two different limited collectors editions of this game. One is called the limited edition, which comes in a metal tin and has a bonus disc (with behind the scene videos and such) and also comes with an art book. While the other limited edition (called Legendary edition) you will find an art book a mini poster two bonus DVDs (with behind the scene videos and such as well as a collection of all the cut scenes form Halo and Halo 2 and themes you can download to your 360) And the it comes with a plastic Master Chief Helmet to keep your DVDs in (Helmet as big a volley ball).
- At Bungie.net you can sign up and pay a small fee to upgrade your Halo 3 account (default is free) to hold more space on their serves for your videos/pictures/clips that you made.

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I initially planned on my first entry being the only one until the actual release date, but I just had to discuss my excitement with someone…even if that “someone” is my word processor and a non-existent fan base.

To put my excitement in perspective, let’s all try to paint a mental picture of a model employee. Always does his job well sporting his khakis and polo shirt he bought from Target, never calls in sick and never takes a vacation.
Well…I’m totally that guy; feel free to start hating me. The only thing that can cause me to shed my brown-nosing façade should be pretty obvious to anyone who can read the URL listed at the top of your browser.

I didn’t take vacation time for thanksgiving last year, I was in the office for Mother’s Day, and hell…I even worked on Christmas day. Not September 25th though, that’s the day I have marked on my calendar as the day I start neglecting life and all its responsibilities.

Hopefully I don’t wind up like this guy, but the likelihood is hard to ignore. The amount of hours I will hole myself up in my “gamer zone” may just result in a rare yet possible case of carpal tunnel at the age of 24. By the way, I know how dorky the term “gamer zone” may sound to some, but if you saw my “gamer zone” you would be impressed…don’t worry I’ll upload pictures of it soon enough. And I’m currently accepting nickname suggestions for my “gamer zone”; I just couldn’t come up with anything better on the fly.

So not only will I be waiting in line at midnight for the release of the game, but I’ll also be spending the following two days doing nothing but eating, sleeping (a little bit) and blasting heads online (a lot).

I will be bringing you my initial thoughts about the campaign and multiplayer modes within the first few days of the release, but I’m not giving an exact date because I don’t trust myself to make any kind of deadline. Until that time, check this out and see if you still think Bioshock is winning Game of the Year.

~Joey~

Halo 3 comes out in less than two weeks…Halo freaking 3! 12 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes to be exact, but who’s counting? Well, aside from myself, I can think of at least one million others who are counting. I’m beginning to regret my decision of reserving my copy at EB Games. Evidently I didn’t learn anything from my previous Halo-related EB Games fiasco, but the gaming bliss that followed was well worth the frustration.

Flashback with me, won’t you?

November 8^th, 2004

I arrive at the mall at about 11:30 pm for a quick in and out with my brand new copy of Halo 2 only to be brought back to reality by the site of a line that was nice enough to meet me at my car in the parking lot. The mall being two miles from a major college campus probably played a factor in the ginormous line that I encountered (I hate the word ginormous, but since it became a real word I have always wanted to see what it looked like in text. I’m unimpressed.)

So I finally got my own copy of Halo 2 (collector’s addition, of course) after about three hours of listening to nerds talk about…well, whatever it is that nerds talk about.

I spent the next couple of weeks simply playing the campaign mode, oblivious to the multiplayer revolution that was taking place at that very moment. Not that the campaign wasn’t worth the price of admission, it was a dazzling experience in every category imaginable. It was worth the price of admission, but it was not the main attraction.

Flash forward to Christmas break:

I bring my collector’s edition back home and verbally berate my brother for not getting the same. I expected to spend the entire break playing cooperatively through the campaign mode a few times, but my big bro had something else in mind.

He hadn’t even played the campaign yet; he was obsessed with the online multiplayer. He was getting worked by 13-year-olds on a daily basis, but was also loving every second of it. Halo 2 was rare in that way. All you needed was one kill and you were hooked. And good god I was hooked.

Prior to Halo 2, I had played other games for hours and hours but never had the feeling of satisfaction that I was having at that time. Halo 2 junkies were passionate about their trade like no one else. I played this game for more hours a week than most people spent at their jobs. I’m still not sure how I graduated from college, because all I remember from that last year and a half was playing Halo 2.

And back to the present…

Now that I’m out of college I’ll have more time than ever to devote to my passion and you’ll all be in on my experience with the 2007 version. I’ll reflect on my day’s work with the game, both multiplayer and campaign.

I’ll write about what I like and dislike about the game, my experiences with other players (so watch what you say because you may get trashed within the confines of this blog…and I will not protect your anonymity), and my experiences with clans and the Halo community as a whole.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to be working on my Team Slayer skills for the next 12 days. And as for Halo 3, look me up when you get there. Just ask for RefriedTestes…and yeah, that is my actual gamertag.

~Joey~

The epic saga continues with Halo 3, the hugely anticipated sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise. In this third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax.

Halo 3 represents the third chapter in the Halo trilogy—an international award-winning action series that grew into a global entertainment phenomenon, selling more than 14.5 million units worldwide, logging more than 650 million hours of multiplayer action on Xbox Live, and spawning action figures, books, a graphic novel, apparel, an upcoming film adaptation, and more.

Features:

• Next-gen advantage: Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360, Halo 3 expands on everything that has made the Halo franchise great, adding a wealth of technical and gameplay advancements.

• Evolution of design: Next-generation high-definition visuals, enhanced A.I., an advanced real-time lighting engine, and new weapons, characters, and challenges are just a few examples of Halo 3’s evolution of design and technology.

• Unparalleled experience: Ultimately, these improvements provide gamers with an unparalleled experience and, in the end, tell an even more compelling and engrossing story.

• Online multiplayer: Working in concert with Xbox Live on Xbox 360, Halo 3 builds upon the unique social multiplayer experience and innovative, evolving online gameplay of Halo 2.