I finally finally played Halo 3, on my new HDTV too no less. My wife even said that she's surprised that I actually waited several days before playing the game. My answer to that is because I wanted to be able to dedicate HOURS on my first play, which I was finally able to get. I spent maybe a good 5 hours on my first play and my current impression is that this is probably the best installment of the trilogy so far. This game is pretty epic in it's immersion of making you believe that you are living the life of this super soldier in a global war. The graphics are also a lot better than I expected, with some of the best lighting I've seen in a video game (although I think Gears Of War is still on top in terms of game graphics).
I have yet to play this on 2-4 players co-op mode, nor have I tried my luck battling it out with other people online, or tried the level editing "forge" mode, so my positive impression is entirely based on the single player campaign mode. I did try the "theater" mode though and I am absolutely impressed in the fact that this game actually saves your WHOLE time playing the game (awesome deaths included). I could literally watch the replay of the 5 hours of game time I spent in campaign mode, and even watch the events take place in a different point of view, or zoom and pan around the level, or even take a snapshot of the action.
Halo 3 has a lot of hype going into the release of the game, and while I don't think it completely lives up to the high expectations, it still deserves lots of praise as one of the best games out there. It is afterall one of the few games out there that would make me justify buying a video game console.
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