November 11, 2007

Halo 3 is a marvelous multiplayer game and a good single player one too. The story picks up just moments after the ending of Halo 2. Don't read the next two sentences if you don't want the ending of that game spoiled (even though it's been out far too long for it to count as one.) The 2nd Halo ring has sent a signal that will fire off all of the other rings when activated at the arc. Meanwhile, Cortana is trapped on the flood infested covenant ship, High Charity, while Master Chief has hijacked another covenant ship to get back to Earth and "finish the fight." The story ends on a satisfying note, but only if you play on at least the normal difficulty setting and watch the scene after the credits roll. There is even more to the scene if you beat at least the last level on Legendary, the hardest difficulty. Like in the other Halo games, Heroic and Legendary are way to hard for myself going at it alone. However, The slightly easier Normal difficulty was perfect for my skill level. I wouldn't stoop to easy though. Only pick that if you've never played a first person shooter. The gameplay is similar to the other games in the series, but the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach always seems to work for game series that are comprised of fewer than four games. The graphics look like the natural evolution from Halo 2 to 3. It's an even better leap than from Halo to Halo 2 in my opinion because of the sharper visuals even on an SDTV. If you're a gamer, you know enough about this game to buy it based on the opinions of myself and other reviewers. Get this game if you agree with me in the slightest bit because once you beat the pretty damn good single player mode, you'll have a blast in edited multiplayer games.