What's this? No Halo 3 thread?

[Madame Adequate]

Got it Wednesday morning (UK release day), started playing it with Michael at about 11am, played until 4pm in Campaign, a couple hours of Slayer and such, then started Campaign again at 6:30~ and finished at about 11pm.

Truly epic. Love it. Then we played on XBL until about 3am. He came around again today and we started Campaign on Legendary with scoring on, and played about 8 hours of Live. Win.

Finally got my router working properly, therefore;

Gamertag: Mister Adequate

Spiker/Plasma Rifle DW = hideously powerful. Grav Hammer = lolwin.

[PuPu]

Goldenboko and I are planning on getting a few friends over to his house to play Halo 3 on Slayer. And then after that, we'll play on Co-op. GB will probably want to play on Legendary, though I probably only have barely enough skill to beat Heroic. Even though I don't own any Halo games or Xbox(360), I still think the Halo games are very fun.

Of course, that also means I'll suck in comparison my friends, since they know all the tricks such as weapon spawn points, locations on the map, etc. while I won't.

Does anybody have any tips so that I can have a chance of beating them?

[Heath]

While I don't own a 360 myself, I went around to a friend's yesterday and played a lot of Halo 3 multiplayer (about 4 hours worth) and I was impressed with it. Despite being the worst player there it was very fun. Much better than I expected it to be. The levels had some nice interactive elements that made the game more fun. For instance one of the multiplayer level has these little booster things that shoot you over a drop from one end of the level to the next which we all tried going over at once (many laughs when two people collided in mid-air and dropped to their deaths). I doubt I'll buy it or a 360 myself, but the multiplayer, at least, gets a thumbs up.

[Cz]

Really enjoyed the campaign, even though it suffered from the problem the first two had of putting all the best levels in the opening half of the game. Still, the final level, with its (SPOILER)homage to the original game's "Race" was excellent. Couldn't get a consistent connection, so online play wasn't really a possibility, but a couple of local multiplayer games suggest it'll be great fun. Guardian and Isolation are great maps, and the weapon balance seems to be much better than Halo 2's (no more SMG starts, yay!)

[edczxcvbnm]

I am still making my way through single player mode. I am probably near the end and the game is rather under whelming. Halo 1 was so much better. The brutes don't provide much of a challenge compared to the elites in the other games...then again I am playing on easy but the AI should be better than it is :P I played a bit on heroic and did not notice much of a difference. I just wanted a really lazy play through the first time :P

[Heath]

I am still making my way through single player mode. I am probably near the end and the game is rather under whelming. Halo 1 was so much better. The brutes don't provide much of a challenge compared to the elites in the other games...then again I am playing on easy but the AI should be better than it is :P I played a bit on heroic and did not notice much of a difference. I just wanted a really lazy play through the first time :P

Well from what I was told by my Halo fanboy of a friend was that easy was made even easier than usual so that it wouldn't prove too difficult for new players, while the harder modes were made even harder. Dunno if it's true or not, but it might explain the dodgy AI on easy.

[edczxcvbnm]

I am still making my way through single player mode. I am probably near the end and the game is rather under whelming. Halo 1 was so much better. The brutes don't provide much of a challenge compared to the elites in the other games...then again I am playing on easy but the AI should be better than it is :P I played a bit on heroic and did not notice much of a difference. I just wanted a really lazy play through the first time :P

Well from what I was told by my Halo fanboy of a friend was that easy was made even easier than usual so that it wouldn't prove too difficult for new players, while the harder modes were made even harder. Dunno if it's true or not, but it might explain the dodgy AI on easy.

It might but the AI in Halo 1 on easy was never this pathetic. I always just go for easy on the first run through because I don't want to try at all XD The only time I died is the first time I came across someone with that damned hammer. They hit me with it and it sent me off the edge XD

[Madame Adequate]

Got an achievement on Crow's Nest tonight. Fell just a few points short on Sierra 117; haven't tried on any other levels yet.

Had a bad night on XBL though. Just couldn't get into a groove for the life of me. Only place I really kicked ass was Snowbound, and that was only really due to me being really good with the Ghost.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Just played an epic 4v4v4 at a friend's house, it was ridiculous, I haven't had that much fun playing a videogame in a while.

[stalpho slayer]

beat it once i get xbox live i will kick everyones asses

YouTube - HALO 3 and HALO WARS

[Yamaneko]

I heard to get the real experience you need to play the single player (by yourself) campaign on heroic. Normal doesn't do it justice.

I won't be playing Halo 3 for a while. My 360 broke one too many times and I got sick of it. Maybe once Microsoft irons out all their hardware problems I'll think about purchasing one again.

[Ouch!]

Legendary is absolutely ridiculous, and I'm loving it. The brutes are bitches in this game. It's nice to have a decent replacement for Elites as the biggest pains in the asses ever, although the pack-mentality they were bragging about annoys the heck out of me.

[Kenshin IV]

Overrated game is overrated.

Unless you enjoy playing the same thing for the third time, but I suggest holding out for Call of Duty 4. Or BioShock if single player is more your thing.
















Or you could forget about the entire FPS genre and get Persona 3. Since it leaves every other game this year in the dust.

[Necronopticous]

I haven't even made it to the campaign yet, I'm still absorbed in social skirmishes.

[Madame Adequate]

Overrated game is overrated.

Unless you enjoy playing the same thing for the third time, but I suggest holding out for Call of Duty 4. Or BioShock if single player is more your thing.

When the same thing for the third time is one of the best FPSs ever, I think people are gonna enjoy playing it. Bioshock is the overrated game here. I've played more Halo 3 in four days than I've played Bioshock in a month. And for all the plasmids and tonics and crap you've got more ways to deal with an enemy in Halo than you do in Bioshock.

Or you could forget about the entire FPS genre and get Persona 3. Since it leaves every other game this year in the dust.

I think I'll wait for Mass Effect before I pass judgement on "Best RPG" or "Best game" for this year.