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Halo 3
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Overall Critic Score:3.8159
Halo 3 Critic Reviews
Hail, oh Halo 3, you have come. Yea, the prophecy foretold that there would be another, the most holy third coming, and so we have abided....read the complete Halo 3 review at Game Revolution
The wait is over. The anticipation was justified. Halo 3 is...read the complete Halo 3 review at Games Radar UK
Halo 3 still can't quite escape the category of flawed masterpiece - but this time around, the flaws are so minor that even the most churlish of reviewers would be hard pressed to mark the game down....read the complete Halo 3 review at Eurogamer
Better story with a non-hateful ending; dozens of excellent new weapons (Brute Hammer), vehicles (Hornet) and features (Forge, Theater); four-player online co-op....read the complete Halo 3 review at GameTap
There is absolutely no way any Halo fan will be disappointed by this game. You better believe the Chief has triumphantly returned. Now buy the game, cock the Assault Rifle, and finish the fight....read the complete Halo 3 review at Pro-G
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Although claims of Halo 3 being the ‘biggest entertainment release in history’ aren’t fallacious you can’t deny that Microsoft’s marketing men have perhaps gone a bit overboard with the Halo 3 hype. We remember back in the days of the...read the complete Halo 3 review at Games Asylum
Well, it's here... the fight is finally finished and the fat lady has sung. Quite possibly the biggest, most incredibly hyped "3" in videogame history (besides the legendary Super Mario Bros. 3) has arrived and it was indeed entirely worth the wait. Halo...read the complete Halo 3 review at Gaming Age
OOkay then, just for the sake of consistency... what the hell are you doing wasting time reading this review when you could be playing Halo 3? Surely by now you know that it's the greatest first person shooter series in history? It's the definitive Xbox...read the complete Halo 3 review at Ace Gamez
After six years of enduring long waits for episodes of the greatest console shooter franchise of all time, the storyline comes to a true end with the release of Halo 3. But like the end of the Star Wars trilogy (yes, even the crappy Episode I,) I feel...read the complete Halo 3 review at Game Industry News
I have finished the fight. After three long years of anticipation Bungie has finally released their legendary opus to a nation of salivating Halo fanatics; most of which stood in line for hours to be the first to own their copy of the third and final...read the complete Halo 3 review at ZTGameDomain
During the opening moments of Bungie Studios' Halo 3, an unconscious Master Chief is discovered by a UNSC squad on patrol in the jungles of Africa. Following his unassisted freefall through Earth's...read the complete Halo 3 review at UnderGroundOnline
Halo 1 had us toting toaster-oven-sized Xboxes & TV’s to our friend’s houses, and screaming back and forth between rooms. Halo 2 let us do the same, without all the luggage (and without pants on) thanks to Xbox Live. Now the third installment in...read the complete Halo 3 review at G4 - X-Play
Is there any point in trying to keep our emotions in check for this Halo 3 review? Should we start by trying to remind ourselves of the series genesis with Halo: Combat Evolved on the Xbox console and how it redefined the console shooter? Perhaps then...read the complete Halo 3 review at Gamestyle
Halo 3 has enough content to keep you stuck to your controller for weeks, if not months or even years....read the complete Halo 3 review at 1UP
Halo 3 has arrived on the heels of a massive amount of publicity and hype, but the question is whether the game delivers on its promise is quickly answered once you play the game. It's single player mission is excellent crafted and delivers some solid...read the complete Halo 3 review at The Laser
It’s hard to imagine the fate of Microsoft’s videogames adventure without Master Chief. Consoles tend to struggle without great launch titles and the original Xbox had one of the best. Halo: Combat Evolved gave the platform real momentum and set a new...read the complete Halo 3 review at Thunderbolt
Quite simply, Halo 3 is the reason the Xbox 360 exists....read the complete Halo 3 review at GameSpy
It's solid gameplay, immense replayability, online functionality, and incredible production values will ensure its place in video game history, and it is, without a doubt, a satisfying and fulfilling close to the beloved trilogy[?]....read the complete Halo 3 review at GamePro
Quake 3 Arena raised eyebrows in 1999 when it ditched first-person story altogether in favor of multiplayer deathmatches. To this day, many gamemakers are still reluctant to pick a side. But Halo 3 stubbornly sticks to its narrative guns, even though...read the complete Halo 3 review at The Onion
After six long years of blood, sweat and tears, it's over. Halo 3 has arrived, and although it doesn't mean the end of the massive franchise that has built up around Bungie's masterpiece, it does bring the tale of Master Chief's fight to a satisfying...read the complete Halo 3 review at Xbox Addict
Halo is popular: ridiculously popular. With the exception of iconoclastic naysayers who accuse anyone who likes fun of being a Ritalin-popping simpleton, people like Halo....read the complete Halo 3 review at NZGamer
Incredibly, Bungie Studios has done it again: they’ve managed to live up to the enormous hype and outrageous fan expectations and create a kick-butt conclusion to one of the most successful game trilogies of all...read the complete Halo 3 review at Gaming Target
Sometimes hype is a bad thing, sometimes it is a great thing. In the case of the blockbuster hit Halo 3 it was a very good thing. Screaming past all previous video game records Bungie’s Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 had enormous copies of it preordered and on...read the complete Halo 3 review at Planet Xbox 360
While eagerly awaiting my review copy of HALO 3, I played some more of HALO 2 to get me pumped and ready for the third and presumably final installment of the storyline (I know, HALO Wars comes out next year, but it probably will have nothing to do with...read the complete Halo 3 review at GameZone
Halo 3 is, without a doubt, the most highly-anticipated videogame ever, just look at the one-hundred and seventy million dollars the game made within its first twenty-four hours in the US alone....read the complete Halo 3 review at Talk Xbox
Reviewing a game of this scale and magnitude can be a tricky affair: What do I leave in? What do I take out? How can I say something about a game that hasn’t already been said by all and sundry? Anyway, that’s not your problem, it’s mine and to be h...read the complete Halo 3 review at Strategy Informer
At the age of 25 I thought I had gotten over the whole "I'm really excited this new game is coming out" syndrome that you can easily suffer from when you are younger, and yet that day has once again come hurtling through my letter box a day early. Yes,...read the complete Halo 3 review at Ferrago
Videogame franchises don’t come any bigger than Halo. The original title helped put Microsoft’s Xbox console on the map. Then came the sequel, which set sales records while frustrating gamers worldwide with its cliffhanger ending. Now the third and fi...read the complete Halo 3 review at Game Over Online
Halo 3 picks up where Halo 2 left off. Master Chief returns to Earth to finish the fight. The Truth, the religious leader of the Covenant has set up base in Africa in search of an ancient artefact that could activate all the Halo rings eliminating every...read the complete Halo 3 review at Extreme Gamer
Finish the Fight. That saying is been seen all over the globe as Microsoft has been gearing up to finally give Xbox owners what they have been waiting three years for, the third and final chapter in the exclusive Halo series. Aptly titled Halo 3, gamers...read the complete Halo 3 review at Da GameBoyz
I’ve been somewhat dreading the release of Halo 3. Throughout the years, I’ve been very vocal in my opinion that the Halo series is unbelievably overrated and nothing more than a slightly above-average first person shooter. I still stand by this opini...read the complete Halo 3 review at Lawrence
By now we are all getting pretty used to the Microsoft hype machine, with one game getting singled out each year to be hyped to the high heavens where it really has no chance of living up the stupid bubble of overexcitement it has created for itself....read the complete Halo 3 review at DarkZero
Halo 2 ended with Chief on the back of a covenant ship, and Cortana, well…for those who are new to the series (if any), I won’t say. But the first thing we hear is Cortana’s voice; she chose Chief, not because he’s tough, or brutal, or can lift wh...read the complete Halo 3 review at Gamers Hell
I've been sitting here for two hours now trying to figure out how, exactly, to write this. I've started four different reviews, and scrapped them all after one page. The fact of the matter is, Halo 3 is unlike any other game I've ever played or reviewed....read the complete Halo 3 review at GamerNode
Halo 3 builds upon the concepts of Halo 2 in ways that you'd expect, but there are also new modes and options that send the series in exciting new directions....read the complete Halo 3 review at GameSpot
Halo has come along way for Microsoft and their Xbox platform, what with the original Halo: Combat Evolved being the launch title for the original Xbox, and of course Halo 2 being insanely successful and causing millions of folk many a sleepless night in...read the complete Halo 3 review at MS Xbox World
Ever since the rushed Halo 2 left us hanging with an infuriatingly unsatisfying ending three years ago, gamers have been dying to see the end of this trilogy from Bungie and Microsoft. The game that built the Xbox has come a long way since the first one...read the complete Halo 3 review at AtomicGamer
As I said at the beginning of this review, Halo 3 is the best Xbox 360 game to date....read the complete Halo 3 review at TeamXBOX
Microsoft and Bungie deliver a quality gaming experience that'll outlive its competition. Gamer, prepare to meet your new obsession....read the complete Halo 3 review at GameDaily
Halo 3, in short, deserves the amount of press and exposure it's getting....read the complete Halo 3 review at Worth Playing
Halo knows what it does best and it's done it....read the complete Halo 3 review at Computer & Video Games UK
There will be plenty of aspects for fans to nitpick, but it's hard to argue against Halo 3 as the most complete game available on any console.
IGN Ratings for Halo 3...read the complete Halo 3 review at IGN
It's obvious that Halo 3 is about satisfying the community that has been built since 2001 on as many levels as possible....read the complete Halo 3 review at PALGN AU
Halo 3 is the undoubtedly best in the series and a game experience that shouldn't be missed....read the complete Halo 3 review at Cheat Code Central
Of course, not every mystery of the Halo universe is answered, but it does look like the next game is moving in a very interesting direction. Until next time, Chief!...read the complete Halo 3 review at Game Informer
It goes without saying that Halo 3 deserves to be in your collection of 360 titles. It IS one of those genre-defining games, even though it has some things working against it....read the complete Halo 3 review at ActionTrip
Our reviews are written for you. Our goal is to write honest, to-the-point reviews that don't waste your time. This is why we've split our reviews into four sections: What the Game's About, What's...read the complete Halo 3 review at Xbox 360 Advanced
If you are reading this, chances are that Halo 3 has at very least grabbed your interest. It is more likely, however, that you already have the game and your marathon Master Chief bender is still going strong on Mountain Dew, Hot Pockets and Viverin....read the complete Halo 3 review at Gamers Temple
Before Sept. 25, 2007, there had been only one videogame I actually ever waited in line the stroke of midnight of its release date to buy, and that was Halo 2. I wasn’t disappointed, though, and neither were most of the 2.4 million people that bought it...read the complete Halo 3 review at Armchair Empire
Halo is a cultural phenomenon. Early sales reports indicate that Halo 3 has a higher first day gross than other major media releases such as Spider-Man 3 and Harry Potter’s final book. Halo is the franchise that saved Xbox for Microsoft, and...read the complete Halo 3 review at GamingExcellence
Six years ago, I recall being enamored with the original Halo for weeks on end. The level of detail was nothing I had every seen before on a console. I remember just staring at the grass in the opening level for at least 10 minutes on my first...read the complete Halo 3 review at Video Game Talk
Call it Microsoft's Lord of the Rings.
With Halo 3, Microsoft and Bungie have completed their grand tripart sermon on alien evisceration. Born six years ago on Xbox, the science fiction-themed first-person shooter Halo has morphed and grown to become...read the complete Halo 3 review at Yahoo Games
You have to be more mentally challenged than the average bloke to deny the important role the Halo franchise has played for Microsoft and its Xbox consoles. As one of the most played online games ever on Xbox Live,...read the complete Halo 3 review at Boomtown
Finish the fight. Three years after Halo 2’s cliff-hanger, Halo 3 has arrived to smash all kinds of entertainment records. Microsoft boasted day-one sales of over $170 million with analysts estimating that the game sold somewhere around 2.5 million...read the complete Halo 3 review at PGNx Media
So this is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, and certainly not with a whimper, but with a battered human race picking itself up and burying its dead. Master Chief’s story has been sung. Halo 3 is the...read the complete Halo 3 review at Wham Gaming
Is there any good reason why you’re bothering to read this review? Unless you’ve been living in the rotting husk of a giant enemy crab, proclaiming the PS3 a massive success and flinging your excrement at expectant mothers (we’re looking at you, Ken...read the complete Halo 3 review at Jolt Online Gaming UK
Bungie has insisted for years that the final chapter in the Halo franchise was going to be the game the developer always wanted to make. From refined combat and great graphics to a map-editing tool and robust online features, this was going to be the...read the complete Halo 3 review at DailyGame
Bungie has insisted for years that the final chapter in the Halo franchise was going to be the game the developer always wanted to make. From refined combat and great graphics to a map-editing tool and robust online features, this was going to be the...read the complete Halo 3 review at Daily Game
You'd be forgiven for mistaking Bungie Studios as one-hit wonders. Due to the avalanche of popularity behind the Halo series, it's quite easy to disregard some of their other cult hits; the Myth series, for example, and of course, Marathon. But if...read the complete Halo 3 review at Xbox World Australia
It has conquered most of the known world. It is hailed as a god among games. It has stolen nearly all the souls of gamers, and bought the rest of them. It has millions on their couches, working as expendable labour for it every day. It is Halo. But, like...read the complete Halo 3 review at Gamer Within
Instead, we have a flawed game that doesn’t fully deliver, but still rocks some of the best multiplayer ever invented. We know you’ll probably buy it anyway, so you might as well go find out for yourself....read the complete Halo 3 review at Gamer 2.0
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