amazing

its nice to hear a review from someone who doesnt start out with the words 'this game is review proof' or ' everyone is going to buy it anyways'before going on to say exactly why the fans would like it

the FANS

I am a Sony fanboy.

But I thought this review was a little harsh. Yes Halo is overhyped beyond compare, but it definetally isnt average, it oozes with production value and quality. And the multiplayer experience is flawless (although sometimes connecting to friends is a drag...)

And I have to disagree with the statement that many games have done what Halo has and better. I dont think he knows that Halo was really the first GOOD Console FPS and that every other console FPS has followed in its footsteps. Even bioshock.

I think he tried to hard to be controversial. Although I am really against the major hype halo gets. Its a really good game. It isnt the best game ever, or the greatest gameplay experience in the world! But it is a really good value. And thats what matters.

I think most people that aren't halo fanatics would definitely agree with him, at least on some points.

He definitely highlights all the problems with the game, and none of them are made up or unjustifyable.

Oh and his style of journalism is needless to say, unforgiving and sarcastic. Its not like he just has some unbased hatred for halo so...

DOWN FANBOYS!

DOWN!

Good boys.

He thought the single-player campaign was average, he didn't hate the game.

This guy is new to me, but is a monumental genius.

Don't agree with most of his sentiments, but damn he's funny.

Hate is a strong word Joystiq. Did you even watch the review?

Finally a Halo 3 review from someone who didn't receive the $800 bribe/swag bag.

some people just have no respect for the amount of genius that goes into games. from a dev perspective the game is just insane. take the newest most complex engine and now allow someone to go back and watch it from any angle, pause rewind fast forward, and also allow this to happen online with 16 players. ho-ly crap. although all of these components are exceptional, halo is not about the story, or the music, or the graphics, or the voice acting, or the AI, or the animations, or the physics... you get the point. its about the attention to detail, fluidity, finish, and tightness. its got the tightest and most accurate controls of any console game. the controller just morphs into your hand and you forget youre even holding it. halo is just so good because it allows any gamer to play it without even thinking about the buttons. forget about all the great pc games out there for a minute, step back and just realize why its so popular. im an avid pc gamer, hl2, cs, ns, tfc, ut2004, bf2, all the lot. but not everyone wants to worry about the complexity of a full querty keyboard and mouse. fanboyism aside, why cant people enjoy pc and xbox games side by side? to conclude, halo is good cuz the gameplay is awesome and it DOES the "i wish i could do x" in other games. disrespectful review, makes me sick. my 2 cents.

Sounds like MS forgot to send this guy the $800 bribe...uh i mean promotional pack of goodies!

I found it amusing that EGM gave Halo3 the best AI award and killzone 2 the worst. Makes me kind of scared for KZ2 if Halo 3's AI is that fuckin dumb.

I think Yahtzee should be taken with a pinch of salt. He's quite clever and hilarious and as he points out in his review, you shouldn't start widdling in his letter box just because he said bad stuff about Halo.

The halo series was great. I did love ever min of it. As for console FPS its up there with the best. But perfect drak N64 is still king for console FPS

The halo series has never really been any good. Halo 2 and 3 are insanely easy, the games auto aim pretty much does all the work for you. But I'd have to say that the reviewer didn't rip into halo enough.

The guy's right.

I've been spoilt by Half Life 2 myself. Single played with HL2, Ep1 and soon Ep2 and Portal. Multiplayer with CS:S, Deathmatch and TF2 all for the same price as Halo 3 (and with better controls).

2 giant royal fingers I stick up at Bungie.

(though like Yahtzee it's not a bad game. But even the 360 has better FPS.)

I like his take on how the plot was off him because he had never played a Halo, and how he admitted that Halo 3 lowered his standards and made Bioshock better.

Jesus Geoffrey Christ, Joystiq. You sound awg=fully butthurt that someone with a pen and paper finally said something negative about Halo 3. For one, he doesn't hate it. He says it's 'not bad'. And lest we forget he's a PC gamer at heart.

"Have you ever played the first Unreal Tournament, Quake, Half Life, Deus Ex, TFC, CS."

and

"Goldeneye on the N64 preceded Halo by a good margin and is the better title."

Have you guys played those games recently? With the exception of Half Life, which still kicks ass, time hasnt treated those games very well. Especially Golden Eye. Now have you played Halo or Halo 2 recently? They are still just as good as they have always been, they just dont look as good as they use to. Thats because just like Half Life and Half Life 2, they were and are still are truly great games.

I still found the reivew funny, even though he has shit on every game he ever reviewed.

I have to say Im a big Halo Fanboy but I loved this review! It was hilarious!

I only wish all reviewers were this honest about games. The Halo series has NEVER been original or ground-breaking but the media makes it so.

"I know this is the "See!? I *knew* all that hype last week was overblown" thread, so I'll be dugg down before I finish typing, but let's get some things clear:

He admits right up front that he hasn't played either Halo. I'm pretty sure if this doesn't exclude someone from reviewing the game, it should at least be taken into consideration.

He calls out that several things in the game have been done before. He's right! See my above comment. Halo spawned numerous FPS features which are now considered commonplace, such as regenerating health, restrictions on weapons you can hold at one time, etc.

He doesn't play multiplayer. I don't have the figures, but some insane percentage of people who bought Halo last week took the game online, almost bringing the servers to a halt. Very few people who are fanatical about Halo are playing *just* for the campaign.

He says the game cycles in difficulty. Again, see my first comment. Pacing was one of the things that the first Halo brought mainstream, interchanging fierce gunfighting with vehicular sequences. It isn't supposed to be one steady treadmill upwards. And of course, that treadmill varies *greatly* depending on the difficulty you are playing. Normal can seem like a run-and-gun shooter at times, while Legendary or even Heroic can seem like a tactical strategy game. So, I don't think blanket statements on difficulty are really possible with the Halo series.

It's pretty clear from his reference to Bioshock that he probably isn't the target audience for this game. They are very different games even from a single player experience. Halo has always been contrasted against games like Bioshock, and other "thinking" shooters, and it never intends to be anything other than what it is. He's comparing apples to oranges with this reference, and even Half Life doesn't seem properly placed next to the Halo series in my opinion.

I normally love this guy's reviews, and he definitely points out flaws which have been stated before, even in people's glowing reviews he rags on so much.

However, apparently reviewing a Honda Civic as if it were a Porche 911 in a speedy, cockney accent is enough fuel to the fire of the Sony Defense Force to keep them from admitting that Halo 3 might actually be a really, really great game." -Roger H