Bioshocker
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The peak of Xbox 360 in some ways. Well, one of its high points at least. The movie should've released that fall or the following Spring to have maximum impact.
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HALO 3 is now 10 years old
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DeadlyParasite
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It's the game that gave me an entire group of online friends that I still play with today.
A lot of good memories.
A lot of good memories.
VincentMatts
Member
That was literally the last time i was pumped for a Halo game. Waiting at a mdnight event for it too. I still remember that first e3 trailer of chief walking in the desert. Still gives me goosebumps, that music, those graphics.....so fucking good.
edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Ezd2FqxAU
This was Halo at its best
edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Ezd2FqxAU
This was Halo at its best
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Couldn't stand the SP of it. But MP was good.
Campaign was Terrible though.
Campaign was Terrible though.
I disagree big time. Campaign was fantastic and a ton of fun with a group of friends to go through. But everyone enjoys different things...
LordOfChaos
Member
Halo felt more magical then, I'm not sure how much of it is me having been ten years younger, and how much is the tone and the music and the religious undertones.
VincentMatts
Member
This music today in that universe for the next game would get me just as pumped. 343 need to wake up
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Just couldn't stand cortana interrupting you all the time and those anus door levels.
Probably my favorite Halo game. The game I put the most hours into on the Xbox 360. So many memories. My little brother and I spent so many hours using Forge and downloading custom maps, Griff ball, CTF, Slayer.
Amazing goddamn soundtrack! Some of my favorites:
Never Forget
One Final Effort
This Is The Hour
BEST multiplayer map!
I love this game.
Amazing goddamn soundtrack! Some of my favorites:
Never Forget
One Final Effort
This Is The Hour
BEST multiplayer map!
I love this game.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Probably also the artstyle too.
It made something like a terrifying Elite stabbing another alien seem artistic rather than gorey/brutal
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
I. love. this. game.
CaptainofIndustry
Member
This. I remember one night playing Halo 3 and asking some of my friends if they were preordering Modern Warfare. They all said no. I later got the RROD on my Xbox 360 and had to send off my console for repairs. When I got my 360 back a few weeks later, every single one of them had switched over to Modern Warfare. Not only that, I had more friends buy a 360 to play Modern Warfare. Nobody ever went back to Halo 3.
When people talk about concurrent users for PubB being 1.3 million and you see that 10 years ago Halo 3 had similar numbers on Xbox 360 on Xbox Live. I think launch week Reach had surpassed Halo 3 but no way to verify beyond Bungie saying it.
Launch night, week and month was amazing. Everything about this game. The Starry Night and Beli3ve commercial. The trailer we got at E3 with the music. Then the first gameplay trailer the next year. I went in blind. Waited 6 hours on launch night at a FutureShop and saw college professors, high school friends,etc. First glimpse of the Sierra-117 level on a 70" Sony SXRD someone was playing.
So glad the fight was finished on a good note. Will never have anything like the trilogy and Reach again in my life. But hey, there is a shitty Halo 5 forge playlist to look to.
When people talk about concurrent users for PubB being 1.3 million and you see that 10 years ago Halo 3 had similar numbers on Xbox 360 on Xbox Live. I think launch week Reach had surpassed Halo 3 but no way to verify beyond Bungie saying it.
Launch night, week and month was amazing. Everything about this game. The Starry Night and Beli3ve commercial. The trailer we got at E3 with the music. Then the first gameplay trailer the next year. I went in blind. Waited 6 hours on launch night at a FutureShop and saw college professors, high school friends,etc. First glimpse of the Sierra-117 level on a 70" Sony SXRD someone was playing.
So glad the fight was finished on a good note. Will never have anything like the trilogy and Reach again in my life. But hey, there is a shitty Halo 5 forge playlist to look to.
Those were great games and an amazing era.
Reach had also amazing numbers. 900k a year after release.
Bungie man, everything was memorable. Even lines like were it so easy, bet you can't stick it. I need a weapon. Cortana was also amazing. Everything Halo was fabulous.
YuriLowell
Member
I wish Bungie would make another Halo game but I guess we are destined to be stuck with Destiny.
Mass Effect
Member
You know, I always considered myself to not be a very big Halo fan, but damn if I didn't spend hundreds of hours on Halo 3. Played it for years.
Halo 3 custom games were literally one of the best things about last generation. It was so unique to consoles.
I also distinctly remember there being like 5 different commercials for the game. It was ridiculous. Its launch was truly an event.
Halo 3 custom games were literally one of the best things about last generation. It was so unique to consoles.
I also distinctly remember there being like 5 different commercials for the game. It was ridiculous. Its launch was truly an event.
legacyzero
Banned
Still the best Halo.
Man, I was in high school when this came out. Bought copies for me and my buddies since they weren't old enough to buy M rated games yet. Spent sooooooo much time in multiplayer online and in custom games. Also the last game where I shit-talked people online. Realized I was being an ass. Tanked my Xbox live rep.
sixteen-bit
Member
Happy anniversary. I remmeber my first playthrough being marred by playing co-op with my Gears of War stan co-worker who hated it, lmao.
So many memories of playing in custom zombie and griffball maps in the forge, making the elephant flip, getting all the skulls, etc. This was also my first introduction to non-MMO competitive multiplayer. Up until that point I'd never used Xbox Live so I mainly played Halo against either my friends or against powerful bots, and it showed when I was destroying everyone in lone wolf slayer.
I don't feel old but now I'm sad.
I don't feel old but now I'm sad.
mullet2000
Member
The hype for this game was incredible. I don't know that I've ever seen something quite like it.
I didn't even play Halo 1 and 2 because I didn't have original Xbox, and even I got pretty excited.
I remember being absolutely blown away by the video recording features in the game. I made hundreds of clips. WAY ahead of it's time, there.
I didn't even play Halo 1 and 2 because I didn't have original Xbox, and even I got pretty excited.
I remember being absolutely blown away by the video recording features in the game. I made hundreds of clips. WAY ahead of it's time, there.
It just wouldn't be the same. Different Bungie, different era. Cherish those memories!
Oh my god yes! I remember reading that on gamefaqs when I was at school, coming home and telling all my friends to get in a lobby with me so I can show them something epic. So good.
WilsonX100
Member
This is legit my favorite game of all time. I could write a paper on it.
The_Shepherd
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Got this back when I was only in 8th grade. My brother and I bought Crackdown day 1 just to play the Beta.
Wish I had my 360 today would've like to hope back on and play through the campaign again. I love the campaign, it's probably my favorite of the Halo games (didn't play 5.) The Ark and the Covenant are still two of my favorite levels in any single player campaign.
Wish I had my 360 today would've like to hope back on and play through the campaign again. I love the campaign, it's probably my favorite of the Halo games (didn't play 5.) The Ark and the Covenant are still two of my favorite levels in any single player campaign.
This commercial hyping up a battle that never happens will never cease to piss me off
WilsonX100
Member
If theres one thing i like about destiny, its how much it feels like a halo game in terms of gunplay, enemy behavior and design, and basically just an all around evolution of halo.
VincentMatts
Member
Halo is doing a stream at 1pm Pacific today (4pm eastern) for Halo 3.
Can't wait for the audio issues.
And look out for one of them to make cringey jokes the whole stream. My bet is on Grim.
The ads not being reflective of what's in the game, even up to Halo 5, has been kinda annoying. I still want that gritty ass ODST game from the commercials.
chaosmaster(1)
Member
Fantastic game. This is the Halo game I hold as the standard in terms of Content and said quality of content. It was IMO the most impactful Xbox 360 game. What t did in terms of game creation tools on console and the monstrous single platform numbers it did. This game was an event that at the launch of this game I was too young to appreciate.
I picked this game up a couple years after It released and I sunk hours into it still. I learned to appreciate it even more as subsequent sequels and a prequel released. So many awesome memories of doing LASO campaign with friends and that legendary ending cutscene hits.
I picked this game up a couple years after It released and I sunk hours into it still. I learned to appreciate it even more as subsequent sequels and a prequel released. So many awesome memories of doing LASO campaign with friends and that legendary ending cutscene hits.
Throw your gamertag at the end of this link and all of your stats/screenshots/videos are still there: https://halo.bungie.net/stats/halo3/default.aspx?player=
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Incredible game. It really felt like an event as the ad campaign was excellent and it was more anticipated than even Halo 2. The forge was a blast my friends made so many wacky levels and rule sets that those matches took precedent. I haven't touched a Halo game since though. Playing online by myself just wouldn't be the same.
Monocle
Member
Guess again. The narrative leaves something to be desired but the level design and combat of the 4 - 5 strongest missions are some of the best in the medium. Insane replayability.
You can literally go through a level like The Ark 100 times and never run out of new strategies and interesting tricks to try. That's what you get from a developer of Bungie's pedigree. Halo's sandbox gameplay has always reserved its greatest rewards for players who think outside the box. I.E. not treating the games like vanilla corridor shooters. Halo is the opposite of scripted on-rails one-and-done rental fodder.
Unlimited shenanigans are possible and highly recommended. Drive a vehicle indoors. Drop-carry weapons to make a stockpile before a major battle. Exploit the physics to hop onto Scarabs early or launch yourself across an entire outdoor area with a hammer and a crate. Climb walls with a chopper. Do a speed run with a co-op buddy. Give 4 marines a fuel rod gun each, load them onto a tank, and drive into the fray. Get creative.
Barrel Cannon
Member
It's remarkable that Halo 1-3 are so damn memorable that people can just refer to levels by their name rather than saying "the one with the 2 scarabs" and most people who have played the games would know exactly what level they are referring to.
Gnome Scat
Member
A damn good game, some of the most fun I've had with video games.
Blam
Member
This was and I believe was the most active community I've ever seen for a game. I remember just playing MM then getting a random Custom Games invite, and being in there for hours and hours on end playing with people across the world.
It made everything seem connected in a way it was pretty unreal. I mean Destiny has sorta gotten a sorta similar vibe. But nothing along the lines of Halo 3's Launch and just the entire year it was out and the years after.
It made everything seem connected in a way it was pretty unreal. I mean Destiny has sorta gotten a sorta similar vibe. But nothing along the lines of Halo 3's Launch and just the entire year it was out and the years after.
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