![]() ![]() ![]() On five occasions, you’ll have to take a round trip – meaning you’ll literally have to retrace your steps. However, it is flawed by an annoying detail. Without being breathtaking, Halo 3’s storyline is interesting and coherent with the rest of the Halo universe. Just like its predecessors, Halo 3 will take you to different corners of the galaxy, where you’ll eventually fight your way through covenants and parasites to finish the fight and put an end to the war. ![]() And our Covenant buddies are right there too. The adventure begins deep in the jungle as Sergeant Johnson, a few UNSC soldiers, and the Arbiter gather around your landing crash zone. The Flood is the invasive parasite whose very existence is the reason why HALOs – mass destruction weapons spread across the galaxy designed to eradicate all living things – were built in the first place.Īt this point, things don’t look great at all as the Blue Planet has become the epicenter of the conflict between humans and the Covenant Alliance. Halo 3 begins as the Master Chief crashes on Earth, leaving Cortana behind on a covenant spaceship infested with the Flood. 4 minutes recap of Halo: Combat Evolved & Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary You are warned.Īlternatively, you can also watch these two short videos from Comicstorian Gaming to catch up. For this reason, you’ll find minor spoilers in the form of references to the previous episodes in the next paragraphs. The game won’t bother explaining any of the previous events (who’s the Arbiter, why is he helping you, what are Prophets and why are they trying to activate the rings, what’s the Flood, who/what is Cortana, etc.). Playing Halo 3 without any prior knowledge of the events of Halo Reach, Halo, and Halo 2 will be a very confusing experience. Gameplay aside, what makes Halo games iconic is their world, atmosphere, and scenario. I strongly recommend that you listen to the game’s soundtrack while reading the review This review mentions both the Xbox 360 and MCC versions.ĭid Halo 3 live through the ages? What is it worth today? Today, Halo is available on the Xbox 360, Xbox One (via the enhanced backward compatibility and the Master Chief collection), and PC. In 2007, Halo 3 turned out to be so good that it totaled a grade of 94% on Metacritic (8.2/10 from the players). Right in the middle of the RROD scandal, failure was not an option, and ads like the following were multiplying on TV and the internet.Īt the time, Bungie declared that Halo 3 was, without a doubt, the best game that they had ever created. Microsoft was well aware of it and spent millions to promote their game. Halo and Halo 2 were absolute masterpieces, and we waited for the new Halo like the messiah on the Xbox 360. September 2007: Millions of Xbox 360 owners – myself included – are queuing in front of their local game store or waiting for the postman’s arrival to get their hands on their copy of Halo 3. ![]()
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