2007-Oct-13 - Halo 3 Blew!
Halo's storyline finally becomes full circle, and not the good kind of circle I use to draw in math class with a compass, the bad kind of circle I use draw on the asphalt when I was five! If Bungie’s mission statement is to make feel like a pigeon for waiting three months, preordering, and paying $60 for a game that doesn't deliver anything close to decent story, CONGRADULATIONS! If I didn't wait three months, preorder, $60 yada yada, I would throw the Halo 3 game disk into my bathroom sink and set it on fire, then use to line Pirate’s (my cat) cat box.
If you think I'm being harsh, lets take trip down memory lane, there I was sitting at my computer watching the first CGI trailer for Halo 3, you remember, the one where its the two kids staring at the stars asking philosophical questions, then BAM, its Master Chief in some massive battle putting on his helmet. The first thing that crossed my mind "oh my God, are we going finally learn about Master Chiefs past?" NO! I mean, why would you ever think that?
Now the actual storyline is a much worst let down than not seeing under Master Chief's helmet, starting with cutting the entire Arbiter storyline right out the game. It's not like he had any part in Halo 2, he's doesn’t even have a big part in Halo 3, he's just your right hand man for the entire game! Don't forget about Cortana, because you can't, every 15 to 30 minutes she's on your screen slowing your gameplay down talking about nothing that has to do with storyline, or anything! Does anyone remember Garvemind for the Halo 2, well you might as well forget because he's not even in the game, unless you count the one sided dialogue, that slows down your gameplay again!
Few new weapons have been added to Halo 3, none of which are very impressive or useful, I found myself using the Assault Rifle through the majority of the game. Until I ran into a tank where I would use the rocket launcher or run into it with a Ghost firing repeatedly until it explodes.
There were also some new vehicles, like the Chopper (brute version of an ATV) which looks like a 1980s Big Wheel and the Hornet (the human version of the Banshee) which looks a lot like the Turtle Glider from TMNT. One new feature they added, which I though was awesome, the ability to destroy the Scarabs, the giant spider like tanks from the other Halos. Of course that lost its luster after I found out all you had to do was stand underneath its leg joints.
Graphic and sound wise it was to be expected from a next gen game, bright shiny colors and the same Halo theme beat into submission. Although with the new renditions of the theme there were cut scenes where I was expecting to see a Brown Coat, or Reavers to jump out (yea a Firefly references I’m a nerd).
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