Halo 3 - fin

Well, I finally managed to complete Halo 3 on legendary. The campaign in H3 is a lot better then Halo 2. Having said that, it isn't as good as the original Halo campaign and the main reason for this is that by now, its very hard for them to surprise us the way they did in the original Halo.

For example, in Halo, the arrival of the Flood was a big event and it completely changed the way you played the game at that point. However, by Halo 3, you now exactly what to expect and what tactics to use to beat the different enemies in the game. So in that sense, I guess its no surprise that the campaign isn't as good.

The other reason that I feel that the campaign in Halo was better is that in the original Halo, I had a much better sense of being in a large battlefield. There were a couple of points in the original Halo campaign where you were in a massive battlefield and it felt pretty awesome. Didn't get that same experience from Halo 3.

Having said that, the gameplay of Halo 3 is much improved. You can tell that Bungie have really taken their lessons from the first 2 Halo games and polished it a bit more so that by now, it really shines. One of the changes they made which I really liked, and which also made the game a bit easier in legendary mode, in how power armour works.

In the original Halo, the Elites had power armour just like yours. Basically, this meant that if you were going to kill an Elite, you had to do it in 1 attack. If you pulled back, then the Elite would just hide and recharge its armour and you had to start from scratch. This made the game extremely frustrating in legendary mode as trying to kill Elites in 1 attack is really hard.

As soon as you stick your head out, the Elite would send a burst of plasma rifle fire at you. 3-4 hits from that would take out your shields and another 1-2 hits would kill you. Basically, by the time that you have taken down the Elites shields, your own shields would have been depleted and at that point, its a question of whether you can kill him before he kills you. As I said, this could be extremely frustrating.

However, the new power armour worn by the Brutes in Halo 3 are much weaker. Basically, although they recharge, some element of damage remains so that over time, you can shoot off all the armor worn by the Brute. This actually makes the game a lot easier as you can stay back (trust me, you don't want to take on a platoon of Brutes in close!) and shoot them rather than having to charge in even though your shields are depleted. All in all, it makes for a more satisfactory game experience even though it isn't as difficult.

Anyway, next week, I'll post some thoughts on the multiplayer aspect of Halo 3.

As a quick preview - yes, the multiplayer is good. However, a couple of flaws stop it from being this good:
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