Halo 3 Impressions

[ExtremeGamer]

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Good Question EG-I'm not sure-it's a little different interface than Halo 2. Might be ranked matches. Your response will help be navigate the menu a little better.

Well, you can choose at the screen when you choose game type to start matchmaking. The first option is ranked games. It has like Lone Wolves, Team Battle, etc. The 2nd option is the Skirmish I believe, that's where you can have up to 12 people in your party, and the final option is custom games. That's where you can set the game up how you want it. You don't rank up in custom games, but you can use the forge and other things to make the game the way you want it.

[JBH3]

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Halo 3 is the shiznit...I played about 15 ranked games last night and enjoyed every minute of it.

[greenegt]

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Wow, so many people have beaten the game, already. I'm still on the first mission on Heroic. I'm at the spot with the first really large battle, with tons of enemies in the distance, and I'm stuck with an energy sword and an assault rifle at the checkpoint. Working through that spot is going to take some doing. Love it.

[Brandwin]

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I am loving this game!

Anyone else like the maps on Halo 2 better than Halo 3 though? I have only played about 4 or 5 of the maps, but I miss some of the maps from Halo 2

[Skerik]

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I'm probably going to gamers hell for saying this, but Halo 3 is just another game to me. I ran some multiplayer last night with various game types and maps and it was all just very....eh. The maps aren't great, everyone just runs and jumps around seemingly without any coordinated strategy, it really doesn't break any new ground even for a Halo game.....it's all just very eh and even the matches that aren't deathmatch games feel like deathmatch games.

Eh. I'll play it until COD4 hits, but after that I'm likely gone. The backstory of the Halo games is really great, but the core game engine itself is tremendously overhyped, imo. Other games draw flak for being mindless shoot 'em up, but Halo 3 somehow escapes that criticism even though it's 10x worse from that perspective than almost any other game, simply because it's Halo.

Anyway, just my $0.02. The graphics are cool n' all that, but the game itself isn't impressing me at all right now.

[Beantown]

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Well, you can choose at the screen when you choose game type to start matchmaking. The first option is ranked games. It has like Lone Wolves, Team Battle, etc. The 2nd option is the Skirmish I believe, that's where you can have up to 12 people in your party, and the final option is custom games. That's where you can set the game up how you want it. You don't rank up in custom games, but you can use the forge and other things to make the game the way you want it.

It's social, not skirmish.

Ranked matches are just that - ranked.

Social matches are the best choice if you have a group of four or five friends who all want to play on XBL. You can join as a big party and kick some ***.

Basic Training is up to four people and is, really, just to get a handle on the controls of the game, and in my opinion, completely and utterly pointless.

Sandtrap is alright but I hate it for skirmish. Neat idea with moveable bases, but I hate the execution of the concept. I like the new and improved Zanzibar (Last Resort). Valhalla is still my favorite map for skirmish, though. Halo maps have always been more on the small side because the game itself is all about fast paced, twitch-firing. That doesn't mean there is no strategy because in most skirmish matches if you don't have strategy you are going to get beaten. Badly.

[fishepa]

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I'm probably going to gamers hell for saying this, but Halo 3 is just another game to me. I ran some multiplayer last night with various game types and maps and it was all just very....eh. The maps aren't great, everyone just runs and jumps around seemingly without any coordinated strategy, it really doesn't break any new ground even for a Halo game.....it's all just very eh and even the matches that aren't deathmatch games feel like deathmatch games.

Eh. I'll play it until COD4 hits, but after that I'm likely gone. The backstory of the Halo games is really great, but the core game engine itself is tremendously overhyped, imo. Other games draw flak for being mindless shoot 'em up, but Halo 3 somehow escapes that criticism even though it's 10x worse from that perspective than almost any other game, simply because it's Halo.

Anyway, just my $0.02. The graphics are cool n' all that, but the game itself isn't impressing me at all right now.

Agree with you 100%.

[DaveDQ]

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skirmish.

What is skirmish?

[JayBee74]

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Eh. I'll play it until COD4 hits, but after that I'm likely gone.

Two entirely different games obviously. I got burnt out on Halo 2, but find this game to be very refreshing. It's still basically a "twitch shooter", but the strategic element is loss if you are not playing on teams.

[Altimus]

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I am loving this game!

Anyone else like the maps on Halo 2 better than Halo 3 though? I have only played about 4 or 5 of the maps, but I miss some of the maps from Halo 2

Kind of. There are a couple makes I will miss. One of them is Blood Gulch... spelling? It was in the first and second one but I haven't seen it in the 3rd one.

The Zanzibar level was nicely redone though.

[Jistic]

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I'm probably going to gamers hell for saying this, but Halo 3 is just another game to me. I ran some multiplayer last night with various game types and maps and it was all just very....eh. The maps aren't great, everyone just runs and jumps around seemingly without any coordinated strategy, it really doesn't break any new ground even for a Halo game.....it's all just very eh and even the matches that aren't deathmatch games feel like deathmatch games.

Eh. I'll play it until COD4 hits, but after that I'm likely gone. The backstory of the Halo games is really great, but the core game engine itself is tremendously overhyped, imo. Other games draw flak for being mindless shoot 'em up, but Halo 3 somehow escapes that criticism even though it's 10x worse from that perspective than almost any other game, simply because it's Halo.

Anyway, just my $0.02. The graphics are cool n' all that, but the game itself isn't impressing me at all right now.

Nah don't worry about it. Halo is a really good game, but it's played out. Obviously the hype is bigger than the game itself, but what game could live up to this kind of hype.

I've actually got a few people at my work that are saying the same thing you are. They don't go on message boards, they're just average gamers.

I don't really care about the online part, but I rented it to do the campaign. I had fun playing last night, but there's nothing out of this world about it. Graphically it's nice, but I do think Gears topped it in the visuals department. Still in all a good time, and a fun rental, but Mass Effect is more up my alley

[ExtremeGamer]

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Kind of. There are a couple makes I will miss. One of them is Blood Gulch... spelling? It was in the first and second one but I haven't seen it in the 3rd one.

The Zanzibar level was nicely redone though.

Isn't Blood Gulch now named Valihala? Or am I thinking of something else.

[Brandwin]

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Nothing wrong with not liking the game. Not everyone is going to like the same thing. I am sure you're not alone.

I myself, enjoyed the hell out of the game last night. Once again I only played mutliplayer, but I had a blast, even with randoms. It's a game I can hop online at anytime, get a game going no matter if friends are on or not and have a blast. Games that are more startegic like RB6 and COD, I don't feel like I can do that. I have to have guys online that I play with because they are more team based games. I enjoy both kinds though.

Halo 3 doesn't really blow me away and it doesn't feel "new", it feels like past versions, but to me that's not a bad thing. I know what I was getting, new maps, new weapons and a few new things for the online aspect and for me, that was enough. I sold Halo 2 once I got my 360 at launch and had not played since, so for me Halo 3 is very fresh.

Will it get played as much as Halo 2 or last as long with me, who knows, but right now I am having fun.

[fishepa]

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I'm probably going to gamers hell for saying this, but Halo 3 is just another game to me. I ran some multiplayer last night with various game types and maps and it was all just very....eh. The maps aren't great, everyone just runs and jumps around seemingly without any coordinated strategy, it really doesn't break any new ground even for a Halo game.....it's all just very eh and even the matches that aren't deathmatch games feel like deathmatch games.

From what I've played so far (which albeit is not much), it seems most 1 on 1 battles in Halo is just a little bit of shooting while each person runs toward each other to see who can hit the B button first.

[stiffarmleft]

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I got the game mainly to complete the trililogy to see how it ends, for a player like me it's really not worth $60 as I rarely play online. But the multiplayer aspect of the game is well worth it, there are so many options for online. I wish I was better at online shooters, but I pretty much suck, not enough practice I guess. Maybe this game will spur me to play online more as it seems like a waste for me not to. Anybody want a terrible player in their clan?