Halo 3 Scoops Edge Award for Interactive Innovation

At the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today, Bungie beat competitors such as Nintendo and Rockstar to win the Edge Award For Interactive Innovation for Halo 3.

[PistolPumptMonk]

INNOVATION?......

I mean I'm not saying Halo 3 is a bad game because I know how much people hate those types of statements... but seriously?

Halo: Combat Evolved could POSSIBLY argue to be innovative, Halo 3, not a chance.

Some people just really like their bubble shields I guess... ;)

[TheHater]

The "Bubble" shield was in Resistance Fall of man. And that game came out a year before Halo 3.

Edit:
@ Number 9
Could be. But I can't read the full article, because the Access is Denied :(

[Number 9]

Maybe the theater and forge mode?

[PistolPumptMonk]

Yeah I guess theater and forge were kind of cool... still not anything to win an award over though.

I was not aware of the bubble shield in resistance although I did just pick it up as a greatest hit and am about halfway through. Thanks for the SPOILER!! haha just kiddin'

But honestly I don't feel like Halo 3 did enough different from Halo 2, which I still feel is the superior online game due to better maps. Just my opinion.

Personally I would take COD4 over either though... :p

[TheHater]

yeah, you are going to pick it up on the last level of the game :) It pretty bad ass dude.

[Polluted]

@Hater: You mean the backlash grenade?

[elitewh0re]

you doubt halo3 for innovation but argue "Personally I would take COD4 over either though..." jesus, that's hilarious.. examples if you'd be so kind?

[NO_PUDding]

As much as the game itself is totally uninspiring, don't you all think the community efforts are what did this? The Resiatcen communtiy is great also, but the reason halo is so revered, is because it was released on a consoel, originally, that boasted easy online and great graphics.

That sold it, so in terms of multiplayer, Halo 3 has had time to mature and evolve it's community. And Despite thinkign so many games even online are so much better, they deserve that for the pioneering of it.

LittleBigPlanet does a lot of things, but I think they are evolving upon Halo 3's formulae. Infact I'd love to speak to them about that.

[FreeMonk]

is that Halo won the Interactive Innovation award for the Forge and Theatre options.

Forge, if you know how to use it and have a creative mind, is an excellent tool for a FPS.

Yes, you've been able to this on PC FPS for a while, but this is the first game on a Console to utilise these options (I think).

It won't be long before other titles steal the same ideas from Bungie. Rumors going around is that Killzone 2 will have a theatre mode that mimics the Halo 3 theatre.

[Rofflecopter]

portal was the only one to actually innovate. everything available in halo3 was available in some other game at some point long before.

[Bnet343]

forge, theatre, and matchmaking. and all the community features and stat tracking etc.

[etownone]

have to completely agree....

everytime I see my kid playing it, he is on some newly designed level.... it's always something different thanks to forge.
And then he is always using theater and sending me video clip messages to my xbox 360 of cool and/or funny gameplays that he did.

and just recently, he found out about Bungie.net... now he is always on seeing his stats, and being part of that community.

seriously... what other game offers so much innovation for a console game? and thats besides the point that it has a great/fun 4 player co-op campaign and is the #1 multi-player game on Xbox live.

[Bnet343]

In case anyone (probably all of you) didn't read thr article this is why Halo 3 won:

"Ultimately it is the integration and coherence of Halo 3’s online content that makes the game stand apart. From its Theater mode to Forge, and the way a party playing through Live can seamlessly manoeuvre between them, here is an experience that demonstrates an unparalleled understanding of the potential for console online play. Outside of the game, Bungie.net has been engineered to become a remarkable resource for Halo 3 stats and communities, providing life for the game even when your Xbox 360 is switched off. Halo 3, just as Halo 2 did before it, presents a roadmap for the way online will be integrated in videogames in the coming years."

Seems fair.

[etownone]

pretty much the same reasons that I stated above and have witnessed for myself.

[thor]

Crash Team Racing had a bubble shield.
Yes, resistance 1 had a grenade which threw a bubble out which would repel enemy bullets and let your own pass through. It's slightly different to your usual bubble shield but it's used in the same way.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

WHere was this?

I really don't remember a bubble shield in resistance, is it in the second play through?

[MCHammer]

Resistance 1 did have a bubble shield. It was called the backlash grenade and it would reflect enemy fire and would hurt any enemies inside it. If you don't believe me look at the video.

[etownone]

Well.. you proved your point.

Even i thought Halo 3 was the first with the bubble shield.

oh well.

EDIT: who the hell can disagree with a video as proof??!

[Stubacca]

Is this the same Halo 3 I played???

What about MGS4?
Or even Assassin's Creed?
Hell, Army of Two was more 'innovative' than Bungie's last outing.

I hear fanboys a-calling...

[PistolPumptMonk]

WHOA WHOA there buddy you're putting words in my mouth. I never said COD4 was more INNOVATIVE than anything, I just think its a flat out better game than Halo 3, in all aspects of what a game should be.

COD4 and Halo 3 are not really that innovative, but I don't expect that much innovation with fps games. Which is why I NEVER SAID HALO 3 WAS A BAD GAME. Its just not that innovative. I mean honestly, if you think Halo 3 when you think innovation, you have not played enough good games.

oh yeah and @thehater:
Can you tell which system's fans are running rampant on this thread? You got 3 disagrees for telling me that something in Resistance was cool. LOL get a life people!

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Bwahahahahahahaha

LMAO all the way to the bank

Interactive Innovation? Its Halo 2.5 for the kids

[Eiffel]

Jealous much, Hating with your punk ass yes?

[theKiller]

do they still think its 2007???
halo was not bad game when it came in summer 2007 but now its 2008!!!
wake up people!!

[Zerodin]

So which award did Sony get from Edge?
Oh...that's right, they didn't.
It burns up droids SO bad that the critics love Halo 3!

[KBDuB]

Yep, it's Halo 2.5. Yet, it outsells erything on the PS3! =)

[toughNAME]

But you have to appreciate the innovation this game brings. It will be a long time before Halo 3 didn't "do it first".

[Fishy Fingers]

? Apart from theater mode, what did they do first? Not bashing, just asking.

Perhaps if your referring to consoles only?

[NO_PUDding]

It never innovated, but it had the freedom to introduce the first communtiy dirven game on the Xbox, becuase it was the first console, that had released with online as a primary feature.

In this way, Halo 3 has had the community, and has nurtured it, from earlier executions of the game, and the community is what is innovative.

LittleBigPlanet will expand upon it, liek I said above. Halo 3 was basically Halo 2.5. They didn't do much for the community. I hope LBP takes the community aspect, where Halo 3 couldn't.

[Bnet343]

matchmaking, like the one that COD4 uses

[KingME]

Well if halo3 doesn't win any other award, it should definitely win the "MAKE PS3 FANBOYS B!TCH AND WHINE AWARD" because anytime the world halo is mentioned on this site, it's like feeding time at the zoo.

Edit: and for the guy recalling all the features on the PC and other things and say they were done before halo3. Well, using your theory, there will never be anymore innovation in the industry, because ANY thing that can be done has already been done to a certain extent in the past. Kinda like saying resistance is copying doom3 with aliens and guns. Plus doom had concrete on the ground also so the concrete on the ground in resistance is copying doom. come on now.. give it a rest.

[clintos59]

That is not the point here. Alot of other games brang way more then Halo 3 to the table that is way more innovative. Mario Galaxy Anyone? Also G4TV gave Halo 3 GOTY? Come on man as much as I got love for the Halo series, anyone who isnt a blind fanboy knows that this game is winning awards it shouldnt be winning. If u are truelly going to pick Halo 3 over GTA4 and MGS4 or even Call of Duty 4, or Mario Galaxy in these 2 catagory's it truelly shows how much of a fanboy some of these game sites are.

Also a note for anyone who disagrees with me. If there is anything halo 3 would have a reason winning an award, it would have to be sales, that is it because in every catagory that halo 3 had to offer there is a game out there that has done it better.

1. Halo 3 campaign & story, as mediocre as it was, MGS4, GTA4, and even Call of Duty had a better campaign and story then halo 3.

2. Halo 3 Gameplay was its strongest point in the game but at the same time, MGS4, GTA4, Call of Duty 4, and Mario Galaxy were on the same level if not better.

3. Halo 3 Graphics was a dissappointment and even though it did look pretty good, MGS4, Call of Duty 4 and yes even GTA4 looked better. The reason I give GTA4 better graphics then halo 3, is because even for such an open world sandbox game GTA4 is, the graphics were still gorgeous for a GTA game.

4. Halo 3 Multiplayer Online. This is prolly the only area Halo 3 has over games like GTA4, and MGS4 but it still wasnt the best multiplayer online for a console game and Call of Duty 4 took this crown from Halo 3.

5. Halo 3 Most Innovative game? Just no, ill give them credit for adding that video thing but that has nothing to do with innovative gameplay in a game. It is just a innovative feature. Where as Mario Galaxy has brought something Innovative period which is different then any game ive seen made ever period which adds to the expirience and is why it got such great scores and is prolly the best game of its kind period.

I can go on and on man about how overrated Halo 3 is. Note I said Halo 3, not the series. And to finish off my point, Halo 3 didnt even live up to its hype. This game truelly is a game so many other titles that have came out this next gen are way better in every way. I just cant believe how some of these game site can overlook these games I was comparing to Halo 3 and say Halo 3 was a better game or halo 3 had the most innovation, lol yeah ok. Anyways im done.

[elitewh0re]

If you read the article, its not based on wether the game was good or not, it was how it's innovated the interactive medium... so whilst its subjective to what you believe is a more 'innovative' game you can't deny it's added things that in the future games will/should have as standard.

1. Halo 3 campaign & story, as mediocre as it was, MGS4, GTA4, and even Call of Duty had a better campaign and story then halo 3.

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it had 4 player split screen, offline/online and throughout was being saved for theater automatically.
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2. Halo 3 Gameplay was its strongest point in the game but at the same time, MGS4, GTA4, Call of Duty 4, and Mario Galaxy were on the same level if not better.

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this is too subjective to debate, it depends on how you enjoy games, for me I liked the pacing of Halo, the controls are refined and you're never really stuck as to 'where to go next'
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3. Halo 3 Graphics was a disappointment and even though it did look pretty good, MGS4, Call of Duty 4 and yes even GTA4 looked better. The reason I give GTA4 better graphics then halo 3, is because even for such an open world sandbox game GTA4 is, the graphics were still gorgeous for a GTA game.

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you have to take into account of time frame, sure all 3 games you mentioned were released after halo3 on engine's built for the next gen consoles, correct me if i'm wrong, but halo3's engine is built upon the existing halo2 engine. i'll admit it isn't the best looking game on the 360 but for what it does it does well.
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4. Halo 3 Multiplayer Online. This is prolly the only area Halo 3 has over games like GTA4, and MGS4 but it still wasnt the best multiplayer online for a console game and Call of Duty 4 took this crown from Halo 3.

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call of duty took what crown? the fact it's most played, this proves how you're basing this game not on the award its receiving. what does call of duty 4 do to innovate? The party system in halo is what innovates, seamless intergration with the campaign/multiplayer/forge and theater, yes games have done this before (saved films, level editors) but so seamlessly? being able to play online with 4 player split screen locally. Also not to forget the stat tracker at bungie.net, which is sorely missed from cod4.
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5. Halo 3 Most Innovative game? Just no, ill give them credit for adding that video thing but that has nothing to do with innovative gameplay in a game. It is just a innovative feature. Where as Mario Galaxy has brought something Innovative period which is different then any game ive seen made ever period which adds to the experience and is why it got such great scores and is prolly the best game of its kind period.

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well this is your opinion and i'll respect it, personally i think besides the use of a motion controller mario's still a straight up platformer just set in space.
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- I just think a lot of you are missing the point of what this award is about, I'll admit the game was overhyped and for me wasn't as fun as when playing the first halo, but as a package, you can't beat what it has to offer. And what it does offer, i hope from now on all games include the multitude of features some of us halo3 players have become accustomed too.

[pp]

Makes me proud to be a xbox360 owner I'll think i will go and play Halo 3

[Shane Kim]

Okay dear, just don't forget to put the box in the refrigerator.

[theKiller]

LOL!!
that was a good one!! and it was not far from the truth

[GOTY 2007]

Shane Kim AND The Killer are NASIM.

Add it to the list. XD

Desperate Nasim.

[Mr PS3]

All they got to play is Halo 3
How Depressing !!!!!

[theKiller]

pp = GOTY 2007 = PS3rd the Turd = power of the green = Icewake = theMART = bladstar = Bloodmask and much more that we dont know of!! they keep making multiple accounts with very weird names that shows their brain disorientation!

i know for sure that PS3rd the Turd have at least 2 other accounts!

and for the new bot"GOTY 2007", well he is not new just made the account this month this is the proof
http://n4g.com/up/48611/sco...
i mean who would put a cartoon master chief avatar?? only a kid will do that!!

u bots r desperate!! seeing u all acting like this saddens me of how MS made u slaves, brainless, blinded, means, and retards

[Wasim]

Isn't it great PP!!!

I've come to realize how amazing the Xbox 360 really is also!

Best games. Best features.

Doesn't it feel good getting all the GOTY's awards for innovation and not being in last place!!!

It sure does, my friend pp.

Enjoy Halo 3.

[CViper]

1. Bubble Shields were in resistance 1.

2. Map Editors were already in PC games, and even in Tony Hawk console games.

3. Replay's were already in PC shooters Bf2 Battle Cam anyone? ...

4. Online STATS?!?!?!!? HALO3 CREATED ONLINE STATS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!

I'm sorry, thats just complete 1000% Bull. Halo3 robbing "aaa" awards is one thing, its another to take credit for work developers have already done. halo3 hasn't innovated jack. Gaming journalism is beyond retarded. Hell, Halo3 could get away with "inventing" the FPS with these morons reporting this generation.

[elitewh0re]

i assume you also believe LBP isn't innovative since many PC games have had level editors too...

[InMyOpinion]

Troll much?

[IaMs12]

wasnt it also the first game to utilize the matchmaking? i think i have played a game that had it before but i cant remember if so let me know

[AllroundGamer]

i just wanted to write a comment, that BF2 had the battle cam feature long before Halo3. Bubble for stating the facts and being the fanboy disagree shield before me :D you just can't fight the hype, if MS puts their millions in something, the sheep will jump in and believe in anything, and as you can see, even the facts will be ignored...

[DaKid]

While I agree this has been on PC for awhile, you have to look at it from a console point of view. To be able to record entire matches everytime you play, without telling it to do so is pretty cool. And the map editor has allowed many more game types to come out from the community. IMO those were the coolest things about Halo 3.

@FreeMonk I hope that rumor is true that will be cool to have in KZ2.

[TheMART]

So whats up with LBP? A 2D sidescroller with a level editor?

Really. The Forge and video playback alone is a good achievement on any console.

[kevnb]

it was a good game, but I don't think this award makes any sense at all.

[Shortstop]

Apparently fanboys also hand out awards. If Halo = innovation... I don't even know what to say. This is 2008 right? Hmm maybe my time machine is broken.

[InMyOpinion]

Halo 3 is a great game and deserves all the awards it can get. It didn't sell over 8 million copies for nothing. Anyone who's played it for more than 5 minutes knows why.

[Aclay]

Halo sold over 8 million copies because it was a Halo game, not because it was innovative or did anything new. I'm not hating on Halo, but I've seen much better looking FPS than Halo 3 and they are Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and COD4, just my opinion.

[GOTY 2007]

No one cares PS3 fanboy.

Halo is WAY better than those games and has WAY better sales and way more innovative features like the Forge,Theatre and matching with stats and everything.

You don't have anything even remotely close to Halo to choose from. Hopefully Killzone 2 is actually good so you guys won't feel the need to always state your obivious...."well Halo isn't that good, IMO....It's not on PS3....like all the best games this generation"

lol desperate PS3 fanboys FTL

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Agreed Jenzo and I'm not going to waste my defending it to a bunch of haters on this site.

Congrats Bungie and Halo 3!

[NO_PUDding]

The reason it sold 8 million, you shoud, be congratulating Microsoft.

The paid for marketing. The game itself is really not that special. Teh reaosn you Halo/360 fanboys are such a virile lot, is becuase you can see quite how unspecial the game is.

The problem for anyoen arguing against Halo si that there are so many of you deluded idiots.

Halo 3 has a great community, it's the first console game to get that. Good job, innovation award justified, but the game itself is short of great.

[Sitdown]

"I'm not hating on Halo, but I've seen much better looking FPS than Halo 3 and they are Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and COD4, just my opinion."

I am not saying that your argument is right or wrong, but it would be a better argument if you named games that did not release after Halo 3 and had similar art styles.........and then two of your games are not even out, so the hope and expectation would be that they would look better over a year or more later.

[KingME]

How can you "see" a better game. Sorry son, you need to actually play a game to determine if it is better or not. So, when did you play Killzone 2, When did you play Resistance 2, As for COD4, I can give you that, at least for some people. But, there are actually people out there the feel that halo 3 is a better game than COD4. You can't call them wrong either, It's like telling someone that they like chicken better than they like fish, sorry I think they are more capable of telling you what "they" like than you are at telling them what they like. Stop trying to control other people's opinions.

[Sitdown]

How about we strike a deal...I will "stop trying to control other people's opinions" when you show me exactly how I tried to control somebody's opinion. First off, I can not be your son.....because my father understands the value of quotation marks. You see, the first line of my post was in quotation marks, because I was quoting the person that I was addressing. So therefore I did not say I "see" a better game......but the person I was quoting said that. Therefore the reference to Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 was not mine, but again...the person I was quoting. Now, by this time it is probably to late for you to edit your post.......but hopefully this will serve as a reminder that you should correctly read a post before trying to correct somebody.........that way at least you save face. So for you, how about you do not place me with the wrong opinions and then try to control them.....and oh yeah, this is the part where you KingME.

[CurlUpAndDie]

they difinitly deserve this award. the forge and theatre on halo is pretty cool. gooooo halo!!!!dont feel bad haters. one day you'll have this superb gaming machine.

[Diugu]

That is just ridiculous. Edge.. are you serious?

Pathetic.

[GOTY 2007]

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Hopefully Killzone 2 will actually be good so we don't have to listen to you guys desperately bash one of the most innovation and solid FPS series of all time. Get over it PS3 fanboys.

Forge??? First FPS to let you completely make a level.

Theatre mode???you can record multiplayer and signle player from all angle like a movie.

Ranking and stats system,

Those are HUGE innovations. Especially forge. It's user created content. Sony will end up trying to copy it in some way in the future.

H

[Diugu]

Ill be the first to say Halo 3 is a good game. Not as good as the first one but good nonetheless.

However... you cant give Halo 3 an award for innovating. Besides I think that killzone, no matter how good, also will not deserve this award. There was no innovation here and there will probably have little innovation in killzone.

This is pathetic.. its a good game and it should get some awards, but lets not give it more than it deserves.

[TheDude2dot0]

You can't dictate where he should post seeing as how you were lashing out at him for saying an opinion.

He is absolutely right too. Halo 3 did not innovate at all. It executed the best online features I have seen yet (rivaled only by COD 4), but it does not deserve innovation. What did they invent that was so creative it would sell the game?

[CrizzleC24]

Seriously, your such a hypocrite that I dont think you can be on the gamerzone.

How bout I wait till you use up your bubbles then insult you for your opinions?

I mean how much more petty can you get?

Do me a favor and dont even reply to this unless its something so stupid, its actually funny.

Forge,4 Player co-op,game recorder and it actually came out when they said it would! Unlike Killzone 2,MGS4,Home,LBP,Haze and Lair(first announcement in case your wondering).

[etownone]

Well deserved.

Forge
Theater
Matchmaking
Online stats
AND...
8+ million sold
94 metacritic score
#1 game on Xbox LIVE
#1 game used in competitive multi-player for Major League Gaming

Obviously it did and continues doing something right.

[Lord Vader]

Exactly, & let's not forget the 4 player co-op, user pic's & custom videos you can send your friends on xbl, either.

What other game offers all the features that Halo 3 does ?

Answer = NONE

[GOTY 2007]

lol Poor desperate PS3 fanboys. I'm embarrassed for these desperate kids.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

I wish more games had a forge type thing.

Other than tony hawk pro skater =P

[Rhezin]

I only wish they'd catch on to that AND STOP F!CKING POSTING BULLSH!T. I'm so sick of good games being put down by 10 yr old brats like "Shane Kim." The 10 yr old brat not the real shane kim.

[juuken]

...
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Edge Award for Interactive Innovation?

.............O-o;

...Nice?

[juuken]

Hey Mart, that was uncalled for.

It was just a little surprising to me that Halo 3 would win an award.

I'm a PS3 fan and proud of it. I'm also sure that you're proud of your 360.

I suggest learning a bit of *maturity* because this is the gamerzone, no?

[testerg35]

Oh I'm sorry, but what PS3 game should have taken it?

Edit: hehehehe.. Lair..

[Hockey11]

Lair? lol

[TheDietzofLegends]

You can hand that over to Time splitters.

[Hockey11]

Does no one remember the level creator in Timesplitters 2? I made some wacky levels on my Xbox last gen.
Halo 3 was the first to bring together those great features though, but that still isn't innovation.

edit: dam you beat me to it Legends.

[Xi]

Plus how many FPS games let you make racing and sports games out of them without doing a total mod conversion.

Not to mention they must've done something right.
Just look at steam, they're now releasing "steam cloud" pretty much a theater mode version for steam games. They say that imitation is the best form of flattery. Cod4 copied the matchmaking, and there's a plethora of other things that halo does well.

IMO this award is very deserving even if others don't agree, bungie is a very talented developer, and I give them my up-most respect.

[pp]

Hahahahaha Lair

[Skadoosh]

Jealous sony fanboys. Anyway, Nice award to a well deserving game.

[TheMART]

Lair for sure.

I mean which game has there been where the dragons fly the other way you steer and with a slow motion respond?

[doshey]

okay so lair wasnt that great at first once it got analog control game didnt suck and who cares what made halo so innovated, it has better graphics

[TheMART]

You've never looked at the ground textures closely? Lair sucks in multiple ways.

[KBDuB]

Well, you go on and keep playing the pretty games, I for one will keep playing the FUN(ya know, the most important part of a game) games.

[name]

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[tsunamiheat]

Actually, that picture should say 'overrated' instead.
Halo 3 is way too overrated, lol.

[KBDuB]

Not really. It would be overrated if it didn't sell well. It sold very well. So, it's all good. =)

[tsunamiheat]

It's overrated.

[testerg35]

You gotta love the "All they got to play is Halo 3. How Depressing !!!!!" comments.

Sorry.. I know MGS4 has so much replay value. I mean you can watch the movie over and over. I'm sure they have the script memorized word for word by now. How is that MGSO anyways?

[PoorDroids]

keep crying poor droids

[Cajun Chicken]

Innovation

1 : the introduction of something new 2 : a new idea, method, or device : novelty

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Edge of all people. This is like giving an Innovation award to sequels to franchises such as Ratchet and Clank, Crash Bandicoot, GTA, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Spyro the Dragon etc...as much as those games sequels deserve awards, they are not the above and nor is Halo3. Certainly not innovation; maybe Halo: Combat Evolved, but not Halo3 as its purely more of the same with a few tweaks.
Now it seems like I can't even trust Edge relating to accolades either.

[OOG]

Ah what can ya say cant convince people that Halo 3 is a good game if they dont want to listen or give it a chance.....when you look at everything that was in this game.....it had amazing value and like other Halos has brought new things into the console world that other games were not doing and now will mimic

[doshey]

dude i dont care how good this game is why is a game in 07 still getting awards in 08

[GodGinrai]

Beacuse on gameplay terms it has yet to be beat.Its been nearly a year since it came out and even though i prefer cod4`s looks and enjoy the multiplayer alot, i definatly play halo3 more.when im playin cod4 i often feel the urge to go back onto halo (and im not shabby at cod4 either.K/d spread 2.63).The combat is more satisfying in halo to me personally. But COD4 is exellent too and it definatley has better graphics. But graphics aint the deciding factor in a game for me.

[IQUITN4G]

Edge and the Halo series are both highly respected.

Some people just don't get it