Halo 3: Hands-on Review of the Biggest Game Ever (with Video)

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Let’s get one thing out of the way: Halo 3 is an incredible game. Not that anyone was expecting a dud, of course.

And another bit of business to take care of, before getting into our hands-on review: Halo 2 was not incredible. Halo 3 is not an incremental improvement over that previous, record-breaking installment. Despite making $125 million in its first 24 hours, instantly attracting the attention of non-pasty, mainstream media types, and despite ending with an aggravating cliffhanger (think Matrix Reloaded, not Empire Strikes Back), Halo 2 is the weak link in the trilogy, and probably best considered as a development test bed for Halo 3.

Enough chatter, though—our review copy of Halo 3 is here, and we’ve played through as much of the campaign as the laws of time and space will allow. So just how incredible is the most anticipated game of all time?



PLUS: Our Top 5 Gripes with What May Still Be the Best Game Ever
VIDEO: Talking Halo 3 with the Developers at Bungie Studios
PODCAST: Can the Biggest Game Ever Live Up to the Hype?
EARLIER: Halo 3 Does Not Top Our Top Games from E3 2007
EARLIER: Hands-on First Look (with Video)

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