
Halo 3
Bungie
Taste attributes: actionscience fictionwarmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, wide-ranging shooter, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
IGDB rating
88 / 100
860 ratings
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About This Game
Halo 3 is a shooter game where players primarily experience gameplay from a first-person perspective. Much of the gameplay takes place on foot, but also includes segments focused on vehicular combat. The balance of weapons and objects in the game was adjusted to better adhere to the "Golden Triangle of Halo": these are weapons, grenades, and melee attacks, which are available to a player in most situations. Players may dual-wield some weapons, forgoing the use of grenades and melee attacks in favor of the combined firepower of two weapons. Many weapons available in previous installments of the series return with minor cosmetic and power alterations. Unlike previous installments, the player's secondary weapon is visible on their player model, holstered or slung across the player's back. Halo 3 introduces "support weapons", which are cumbersome two-handed weapons that slow the player, but...
Summary: IGDB
Story
After the events of the comic tie-in Halo: Uprising, the Master Chief crashes in eastern Africa, where he is found by Johnson and the Arbiter. The Chief, Johnson, and company fight Covenant in the jungle and arrive at a UNSC outpost. Here, Keyes and Lord Hood plan a final effort to stop the Covenant leader, the High Prophet of Truth, from activating a Forerunner artifact uncovered outside the ruins of the city of New Mombasa. The Chief clears anti-air Covenant defenses so Hood can lead the last of Earth's ships against the Prophet, but Truth activates the buried artifact, creating a slipspace...
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- Developer
- Bungie
- Publisher
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Released
- 25 September 2007
- Series
- Halo
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Perspective
- First person
- Time to beat
- 8h rushed
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
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- IGDB
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