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First Ever Halo 3 reviews, one is perfect but both agree gfx look like Halo 2 in HD
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Here's news of the first ever two Halo 3 reviews. The Official Xbox Magazine of Australia awarded Halo 3 a score of 10/10 despite citing that the graphics of Halo 3 look similar to Halo 2 but just in HD. Elsewhere, the official Xbox Magazine of Brazil awarded it a 9/10 again stating it looked like Halo 2 in HD but all in all it is a fantastic game.
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DreamTension
- 810 days 18 hours ago
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1 - So does that mean
that when I play Halo 3 on my SD TV it will look just like Halo 2?
I would like to read the entire reviews rather than 1 line, possibly taken out of context...
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JsonHenry
- 810 days 17 hours ago
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So, I have played this game because a friend of mine got it early from a local retailer... and I have to say that I just can't agree with the whole "Halo 2 in HD" statement. The game looks head and shoulders above Halo 2 in HD. Especially the weapons and vehicles. Even the player models look ten times better.
The ONLY thing that I thought looked bland was the enviroment. And in this case I can see maybe comparing the two, but even the enviroment looks better than Halo 2 in HD. (although the terrain does not look a LOT better, it does look noticeably better)
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- 810 days 17 hours ago
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Totally agree with you Json Henry,
While it may not be on the top of the graphical heap, I thought that even the MP Halo3 beta looked much better than Halo2 single player campaign.
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Snukadaman
- 810 days 17 hours ago
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1.3 - sorenk
i dont know...the halo beta graphics were nothing too write home about..maybe those were halo 2 in hd...im hearing the graphics were boosted up from the beta anyways so it all seems too be fitting into place.
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ChubbyLover
- 810 days 15 hours ago
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1.4 - i dont see how people can honestly look at halo 3 and say...
it looks only a bit better than halo 2, i mean its not the best looking game, but its up there.
it style definetly adds to its look.
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Shuriken 525
- 810 days 12 hours ago
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1.6 - Wow Sonysoldier!
Your a walking advert. Maybe you should get a life OUTSIDE the box.
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ShiftyLookingCow
- 810 days 12 hours ago
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people like him and nazim, their box is their world, they are so totally afraid that if they ever take a step out of their little box, they would fall forever into an endless void.
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- 810 days 11 hours ago
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I don't get how a mag can give the game 10 and say it looks like Halo 2 in the same review.
If a game like GTA4 were to look like GTA San Andreas HD it would get slaughtered.
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bluebrad1974
- 810 days 9 hours ago
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1.9 - A look at screenshots
The art style is the same, but I think the difference in graphics quality is obvious. Take a look for yourself....
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Dareaver1
- 810 days 6 hours ago
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1.10 - Wow, translation please....
I guess all other countries must really like bashing the 360 and it's games outside of the U.S. I mean really, halo 3 looks like Halo 2 in HD. I'm sorry, but i just don't believe that. Maybe halo 2 for the pc looks like halo 2 in HD, but not Halo 3. The character models alone are insane to look at. Such intricate detail in the models, and then you have the environments. They look insane, i just finished watching the new Vidoc: Films and The Forge, and i was thoroughly impressed.
I guess (now this is if it's true what the mag said, because again TRANSLATION PLEASE!) everyone wants to take a pot shot at Halo3, because that is a way to get guaranteed attention from the gaming community and fanboys. Just like if a mag was to bash KZ2, it would get a lot of attention.
I think it's just a shame, perfect score with lackluster graphics, sounds a lil' fishy to me. Don't you guys think so too?
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Odion
- 810 days 18 hours ago
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All the new photo's and people preview of the game, point to that not being true
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spammy_nooo
- 810 days 18 hours ago
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4 - hmmm
How does a short game with outdated graphics get a perfect score? sounds like pressure on reviewers and/or fanboyism to me.
I still think this game should reasonably earn a 8.5-9.5.
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Snukadaman
- 810 days 16 hours ago
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4.1 - short game but are you adding multiplayer too your score?
since most people will be on that instead of the single player game anyways...also with being able too film matches...forge..i think your slightly biased on the whole thing especially since you never played the halo series right?
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tehcellownu
- 810 days 16 hours ago
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How can halo 3 get a perfect score when the graphics isnt there?? everyone knows halo 3 look like halo 2..the hardcore fans just refuse to admit it..
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spammy_nooo
- 810 days 16 hours ago
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i've played the Halo series. Multiplayer at friends houses and stuff. I've never actually OWNED the series.
I am including the multiplayer in my score. If a game has flaws, how is it 'perfect'? All I'm saying is that there are some pretty big problems like the short single player campaign and the outdated graphics. Those two things allow for at least half of a point deducted from the final score I would think.
The perfect scores aren't because it's a perfect game, it's because its Halo 3, and that's not right.
btw since when is a 9.0 or 9.5(or even an 8.5) a BAD score?
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Raddog
- 810 days 15 hours ago
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4.4 - fanboys
I'm a self admited xbox fanboy when a nerve get's twitched the wrong way, but 8.5 for Halo might as well be a 3 or 4 when the other fanboys get wind....like Sony, or Wii. Sony would eat that for lunch... It's all about perception. Our culture tells us that it's not acceptable for us to try a game for ourselves, that we have to listen to someone elses opinion because they are "experts" and they "get paid to review." Ok, what if you like things that they don't? You're going to listen to them, and possibly miss out on somthing you'd enjoy.
... 9.25 will probably be around the average for 3.
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Snukadaman
- 810 days 14 hours ago
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4.5 - You just seem too have some bias about a game you never owned spammy...
people complained about HS with the time you get out of the game...graphics were never a issue...if hs had some sort of multiplayer options then maybe it deserved more then the 8.0 it gots on metacritic. No one said 8.5 wasnt decent...i just called you out on YOUR scores being someone who never owned the series. I myself didnt score HS considering i dont own it but i can point out that it being short sucks right?
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s8anicslayer
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this is just some reviews from some overseas mag's,this is thier thoughts of the game,we'll be the judge come tuesday at 12:30 am
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shlt i'll still take it
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/flamesuits on, kids!
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xaphanze
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Halo 2 graphics in HD? and they give it a 10? Graphics is an important factor in the game. Even if the game is perfect in terms of gameplay it shouldnt score a 10 if the graphics arent that great.
We all know Halo will get 10s from most reviewers just for being ''Halo''.
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Odion
- 810 days 17 hours ago
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1. Its 8 hours on normal difficulty, the setting that normal gamers should never play it at, on Heroic it clocks in at around 10 to 11 hours.
2. Everything points to the game not looking like Halo 2 in HD
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DJ
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Normal isn't 'normal'? My friends and I all started Halo on either Beginner or Intermediate (i.e. Normal) difficulty, not Legendary (except for Alex, but he just flat out rocks at everything). The game is 8 hours long on Normal Difficulty, and that just pisses Odion off, which is why he's emphasizing that people should only be playing on the higher difficulty settings.
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projectile
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If it gets perfect score with outdated graphics, the gameplay must rock!
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Odion
- 810 days 16 hours ago
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actually if you ever listen to Bungie, they've only ever played the game on Heroic, and they have always said, that Easy is for people who have never played a game, and Normal is for someone who has never played a FPS , Heroic is the difficulty level normal FPS players should be playing at and Legendary is really built for 4 player co-op.
I am not making this up this is whats been said.
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GrumpyOla
- 810 days 13 hours ago
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I think 8-10 hours is rather short for such an epic game espcially if it's the last in the series. Maybe bungie was limited by the DVD9 space. Maybe they should have made the multiplayer on a separate disc if that's possible.
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ElementX
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Halo has it's own style of grapics. They're not supposed to be uber realistic. The game just has that sort of cartoony look and that's fine. Play the game for what it is. If the others sold how many millions, why change what sells? If they completely redid graphics it wouldn't be the same game.
Halo has not been tops in the graphics department. Gameplay is where it shines.
EDIT: I mean HAS NOT been tops in graphics
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True. At the end where they always give the final score it always says "This is not an average" Kinda how lair got a 4.9 and such... Its what they think the game deserves overall... Sometimes its not right how its scored but thats up to them to decide. We make our own choices. I work tuesday so I wont get to play until wednesday... /cry... Damn 24 hour shifts...
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Talkin about how short HS was LOL!
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The Round Peg
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HS does not have multiplayer.
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DJ
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11.2 - Having multiplayer doesn't
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LoydX-mas
- 810 days 17 hours ago
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11.3 - Ummm DJ...
I guess having a "next-gen, super capacity, space is no longer a problem" Blu-ray disc didn't make HS any longer either.
They probably shouldn't have put 10 gigs of sound on it and focused more on game length.
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Munky
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11.4 - DJ
You simple minded turd. It's about replay value when the lenght of a video comes into question. So you may be right that the the campaign might be on the short side when it comes to Halo3, but the multiplayer will add endless replay value to the game. That is the main and glaring difference between Halo 3 and HS, after the 6-8 hours is done with HS, it is done. But after "finishing the fight", however long that takes, people will be (as with Halo 2) playing the multiplayer for years to come. You, as a self admitted Halo 2 junkie should know better then to doubt that this game will live up to all the hype, so stop crying and accept it. BELIEVE.
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GIJeff
- 810 days 15 hours ago
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11.5 - HS
Heavenly Sword has a TRULY EPIC story/acting/sound/experience that is WORTH experiencing. I'm not saying halo doesnt, but until youve experienced HS with a nice sound system and a nice tv, you and your opinion can eat $H!T.
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DJ
- 810 days 11 hours ago
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11.6 - One Word just got angry over Halo
when I was talking about Heavenly Sword. Do people even read the posts they're responding to anymore? I bought Heavenly Sword today, and after about 5 hours I just finished Chapter 3 out of 5. It's definitely been an amazing experience so far; the animation and audio are spot on, and the number of enemies onscreen at times is incredible.
There's also no fat whatsoever progression-wise. The story just keeps pushing and doesn't let the pace slow down too much. It's obvious after playing more than halfway through that the developers could've added gameplay that didn't tie into the story (i.e. filler), but they decided not to, and there's a good reason as to why. Hopefully they add true platforming controls into the sequel, because it needs that kind of freedom.
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TheBeginningOfTheEnd
- 810 days 17 hours ago
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12 - think about this
maybe the reason that halo 3's graphics arent super realistic is that it has split screen co-op.
bunige could have made it look fantastic like in the target vieo of E3 06, but for a console to do that x2 i think would be impossible.
i dont think that killzone will have splitscreen co-op beacuse it uses a helluva lot of ps3 power... but if it does then holy sh!t the ps3 is powerful.
but nice reviews, picking my copy at 12:00
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s8anicslayer
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so will I buddy,so will I!
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If you have comcast. Go to G4 on demand. They have a halo special thing there. Under I think Game invasion look at Halo Valhalla I think... Its the beta like 6 minutes worth... Not gonna give my opinion on it you decide.
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Ri0tSquad
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Im waiting for a review from gamespot nexxxxt
to be honest i have to disagree with these guys halo 3's graphics are way better then 2s
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the third pic, looks like so much fun.
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The person from OXM (US) said this:
"Only thing to say here is that the graphics? Well done. If you were disappointed in the beta, well you got nothing to worry about."
(gamesradar)
Doesn't sound like Halo 2 HD to me. Interesting that two OXM mags would have such different opinions.
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Atleast I think Halo 3 looks like Halo 3.
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15.1 - like Daxx said, Halo 3 looks like Halo 3...one of the most celebrated video games of this decade...
you would think this site were a bunch of supermodels...all this talk of gorgeous graphics overshadowing flawed gameplay...imagine if Halo 3 was flawed in the gameplay department? Well don't imagine for too long...finish the fight...
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is this that surprising? its Halo, 1-3 all base on the same theme, of course they looks alike. non the less, it will be a great online game for those 360 owners.
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give bungie a little creit,the graphic's will look alot better then halo 1 and 2
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This is just phucking great. I submitted this very same story hours before this one was submitted, but Sony fanboys approved this one and completely bypassed my earlier submission (which got here first) because this one has negative spin.
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and there are people who reported that this one is a duplicate and is a negative spin, and gave link to the earlier submission with the same story, but Sony fanboys still approved it. Wow. That's just a new low.
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