Halo 3 (2007) (VG)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Writers:

Joseph Staten (writer)
Rob Stokes (writer)

Release Date:

25 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Finish the Fight.

Plot:

Master Chief returns to earth, now devastated by the Covenant, to finish the fight.

Plot Keywords:

The Covenant | Sequel | Space War | Fictional War | Third Part

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Tim Dadabo	...	343 Guilty Spark (voice)
Keith David	...	Arbiter (voice)
Steve Downes	...	Master Chief (voice)
Jen Taylor	...	Cortana (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Gravemind (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Lord Hood (voice)
David Scully	...	Sergeant Avery J. Johnson / Elites (voice)
Justis Bolding	...	Commander Miranda Keyes (voice)
Robert Davi	...	Shipmaster (voice)
Terence Stamp	...	Prophet of Truth (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Brutes (voice)
Ken Boynton	...	Brute Chieftain, Crazy Marine (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Brutes (voice)
John Di Maggio	...	Brute Chieftain (voice)
Todd Licea	...	Civilians (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 | USA:M

Company:

Bungie Software

Trivia:

As the trailer begins, you can see a "grunt crossing" sign blowing in the wind.

Quotes:

[First Lines]
Cortana: They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose which ever Spartan I wanted. You know me. I did my research, watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. But you had something they didn't, something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Luck.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Wetten, dass..?: Wetten, dass..? aus Basel (#1.170)" (2007)

Very Good

This was a very worthy sequel to the ground breaking game that defined this generation's breakthrough in consol gaming. I loved the Film capability, where you could play back your missions and take screen shots of your past exploits, the only down side is you could only record multiplayer sessions and not actual game play. The possibility was there to make raw footage of a "Halo" fan film and edit it how you wanted with out doing restart after restart trying to get it right and using another player's view to film it, but was just out of reach. Seeing grainy fan films on youtube(accomplished but locking the camera in front of the screen and trying to keep the reflections to a minimum or seting a VCR to record on a network screen) will have to endure a bit longer until someone finds out how to record or Bungee agrees to let players record actual gameplay. Aside from that, great ending to the trilogy. Master chief fulfils his promise, all characters introduced in the preceding two games were actively used, new weapons, and my favorite, the "Hornet" was introduced. Master chief could finally fly in alliance sanctioned and engineered Ordinance. Heavy machine guns and short range missiles were equipped and the landing skids could carry two extra soldiers for extra firepower. As a plus, if you took the time you discovered a way to bring down the Scarabs(also a great addition) from the air without landing inside. Another plus, you could freely use the heavy artillery: the gattling guns and pulse cannons. They could be used at their set points or torn off(with a cinematic show of strength which only the Master Chief could pull off) and move around with them with a 200 round limit. Great scenery, classic weapons and vehicles(the warthog), new weapons, new vehicles, and a great ending secquence reminiscent of the first Halo which I still play over and over again, then watch on the film.