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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0882224444477
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Label: Microsoft
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Manufacturer: Microsoft
Model: 9UE-00001
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sales Rank: 46
Studio: Microsoft
Features:- Expands on the franchise and adds a wealth of technical and gameplay advancements
- Unparalleled first-person shooter experience and the most compelling story of the trilogy
- Builds upon the social multiplayer experience and innovative, evolving, online gameplay of Halo 2
- Loaded with high-definition visuals, enhanced AI, an advanced lighting engine, new weapons, characters, and challenges
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Product Description:Halo 3 is the third game in the Halo Trilogy and the thrilling conclusion to the events begun in Halo: Combat Evolved. Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax. The Covenant occupation of Earth has uncovered a massive and ancient object beneath the African sands - an object whose secrets have yet to be revealed. Earth's forces are battered and beaten. The Master Chief's AI companion Cortana is still trapped in the clutches of the Gravemind - a horrifying Flood intelligence, and a civil war is raging in the heart of the Covenant. It's all been building to this -- a desperate, final war that leads to a soul-shattering climax of epic proportions. Take control of Master Chief to defeat the Covenant and destroy the Flood to prevent the annihilation of the human race.
Amazon.com Product Description:Adding to
Halo: Combat Evolved and
Halo 2, the epic saga continues with
Halo 3, the amazingly anticipated sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed
Halo franchise. In this third chapter of the
Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax.

Get ready. The Chief is back. |

HDR lighting, self-shadowing, and more make Halo 3 look and feel realistic. View larger. |

Mystery abounds with the return of Cortana. View larger. |

Earth is conquered. The Covenant is everywhere. Halo 3 promises to be an epic journey. View larger. |
Game developer Bungie announced that
Halo 3 will be released for Microsoft's Xbox 360 sometime in 2007. The game was revealed to the world at the Microsoft press conference held at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA in May 2006. To gamer's delight, the announcement was a complete surprise. The rumors have been abound for the past year, as everyone wondered when the next installment would be ready. Bungie and Microsoft did a stellar job keeping their lips sealed, and fans benefited from their first glimpse of the hallowed third and final installment.
The short presentation was delivered in real-time on the Xbox 360 using the current version of the
Halo 3 game engine. That's right, no studio production video, Bungie and Microsoft delivered the real deal: what they showed at the announcement is what gamers will see when they play Halo 3 in 2007. The HDR lighting, self-shadowing, GPU-run particle system and many other effects are rumored to show up in full effect in the final game. Needless to say, the gaming community is salivating.
CJ Cowan, Bungie's director of cinematics discussed one of the most startling moments of the presentation: the return of Cortana. "Given the variety of character and story arcs at the end of
Halo 2, we wanted to boil down our announcement to a few key threads. Cortana and the Chief being a galaxy apart is a situation we haven't seen before, and is something that is a powerful component to
Halo 3. We are using her transmissions in the demo to give the viewer a few subtle clues to her situation and state of mind, without revealing any specifics we want to save for the game itself."
Graphically, the game closely follows in the tradition of
Halo 2, although it has been upgraded to take advantage of the Xbox 360's more prodigious visual abilities. As art direct Marcus Lehto explained, "[The presentation] was intended to be an understated announcement of
Halo 3 -- the tone is that of mystery and suspense -- the calm before the storm. I wanted to make sure that we reintroduced the Chief, showed that Earth was thoroughly conquered, with Covenant everywhere, and that there is a glorious, ancient artifact buried under the Earth's crust which will provide
Halo 3 with the epic journey which we all want."
Taking full advantage of the power of Xbox 360,
Halo 3 expands on everything that has made the franchise great, adding a wealth of technical and gameplay advancements. The game design has evolved with next-generation, high-definition visuals, enhanced A.I., an advanced real-time lighting engine, and, of course, new weapons, characters, and challenges.
Halo 3 promises an unparalleled first-person shooter experience and, in the end, the most compelling and engrossing story in the franchise's history. Last, but certainly not least,
Halo 3 builds upon the unique social multiplayer experience and innovative, evolving online gameplay of
Halo 2. Rest assured, you'll still be able to run with your clan and battle with (or against) your buddies from coast to coast.
Customer Reviews
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The Best Xbox 360 Game to DateThe most awesome game ever created for the Xbox 360 platform. The story mode is phenominal allowing up to 4 players to experience it together and the online gaming in xbox live takes this game to where no other can match it.
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Video Game Review for ParentsVideo game mom provides review specifically for parents. Reviews are based on an evalation of "SLARV" which is an acronym for:
S)exual content
L)anguage
A)dditional Coments
R)acial Insensitivity
V)iolence
Sexual Content: None.
Language: d*mn, h*ll, b*stard
Additional Comments: I'm very suprised this is rated M.
Racial Insensitivity: None.
Violence:
Weapons include various guns, flame throwers, grenades ...
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What Halo 2 should've beenHalo 3 does nothing new, but does it well.Every feature - from the weapon balance, to the multiplayer matchmaking - is solidly built.The visuals, while not truly extraordinary, are still delightful.The sound is great, and the musical score - fantastic.
The problem with Halo 3 though, once you get past the gimmicky bells and whistles, is that it failed to provide much new.By far the most exciting feature in the fame is the Forge map editor.Beyond that, however, the game is just an ...
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A game that has levels of difficulty!!!!!!!!!!!!I am not very good at video games so I was glad to see that this has an easy level of difficulty which made it fun for me. I wish they would have added "Very Easy" as well but I still had fun.
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Halo is always fun....atleast multiplayer :)What can I say Halo is alway's fun and especially it's multiplayer I dont have much too say because everyone that wanted this game has it but if you are on the fence in purchasing it, do not hesitate it is a fun co op game in the story mode and also online is just super fun I actually think it's on par with call of duty 4 and slighty below warhawk on ps3 wich is my favorite online game.
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multiplayer
control
map editor
cons
story
graphics
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