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First Impressions of Halo 3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hail-to-the-chief dept.

1up and EGM have had some time in the last month with the next iteration of Microsoft's Halo series. Several folks at the site have put up their impressions of the current build of the game, including some multiplayer feelings from EGM editor-in-chief Dan Hsu, a bunch of nice crunchy details from Mark Macdonald, a nostalgia-laiden look at the game from Luke Smith, and a potpourri of details from Crispin Boyer. From Luke's writeup: "Maybe it was the first shooter I played that had some substance? Maybe it was that my best friend bought me a copy of the game for my birthday and I didn't even have the console yet. Maybe it was all of the traveling to play in Halo tournaments on weekends in college, but somewhere between Halo: Combat Evolved's release and now, Halo became my Mario. It is the game that made me care about video games like I did when I was 10."

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  1. Re:WTF? by ePhil_One · · Score: 3, Funny
    FPS games have substance before halo

    Exactly. I think the first one was called "Marathon". Shame those guys aren't making games anymore.

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  2. Nothing to see? How about a hot, hot pussy? by Channard · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least that'll be the case if you buy the super-dooper collector's edition of Halo 3. Granted, the internet isn't a 100% reliable source of information but apparetly the replica helmet you get with this edition will be cat-sized. So presumably we can look forward to Halo 3 hitting the news with reports of cat owners having to take their sweltering animals to the vets after cramming the helmets onto their moggy heads and being unable to get them off again.

  3. I have to agree. Halo does have more substance... by JL-b8 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Than most console FPSs. For starters I was only into computer gaming until I got a playstation, then I had a fall out of gaming altogether. I bought PS2 at launch, bought GTA3 and all that, but it just never stuck with me. Then I got a taste of Halo at a friends and it was over from there. It turned into my new mario or zelda. Halo 3 is the one true game that I'm looking forward to and I think whatever bungie does following halo will be at the same caliber and possibly better.

  4. Re:Microsoft Is In Trouble With Halo As 360 Savior by Broken+scope · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How is halo the 360 "Savior?" The system is doing okay, it has decent line up for when the PS3 hits, It is going to do better than last time.

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