Crash Bandicoot Blue

You must have been one of the ones that quit Halo 3 too early to see it had much better features, games, and replay value over Halo 2. If a graphics overhaul is all you saw... you obviously weren't into it in the first place.

I stuck around for that stuff....and wasn't to impressed.

Yeah Wise Guy, the single player was to put it nicely, dull.

Bungie has released 3 Halo games.

Infinity Ward has released how many Call of Duty games? Yet, no one will be "OMG do something else!" when the next iteration of that by them is announced.

@ Vcize

Especially that each Halo game was far different compared to how similar CoD series is.

The halo games are obviously toned down for the mainstream audience. Read the books, you'll have a great time!

To me, halo 3 was nothing but a huge graphics haul with an entirely new story to follow...

Which... I think.. if we start crunching numbers and getting into technicalities, makes it an entirely new game? Worthy of 60 bucks?

You think they're working on a couple other projects? Well, maybe they hired a bunch of new people. Bungie does many things very well, but producing games quickly is not one of them. They have a hard enough time hitting deadlines while they're only working on one thing. I can't see that getting any better if they start multitasking.

Probably another exclusive for Windows 7.

Yeah, they seem to wait until each Halo game is totally unexciting before they release them on PC.

That would be awesome.

Worst April Fool's joke ever :(

Lego Halo is real. No Joke!

How does this comment fit in? The guy says they are making another Halo game, and this is where you point out that it was all a bunch of disappointments? Great attitude you have there.

I agree, very disappointing

Well, I just try not to look at it that way and be happy with what we get.
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"Anyone that says otherwise was never really into the series"

That's simply not true. It's very evident that many people who enjoyed the previous titles did not find Halo 3 as amazing as you claim. You wouldn't even be making that rant if there were no people in that category.

I definitely agree. It seems the internet trend lately has been to hate on Halo games, but really they're good, solid games who have a very long playability. They're not as real looking as some games, but Bungie never intended them to be. Five or six years after first picking up a Halo game, I still get those "Oh, shit!" moments when playing matchmaking.

Also, this whole lack of announcement was a huge bummer. Maybe, if they are being stonewalled by Microsoft, Bungie will conveniently "let something slip"?

TC, the vast majority of people that hate on Halo 3 for being too similar to Halo 2 fall into two categories:

1. They were never really into the Halo franchise, but use it as an excuse to hate on the game because it's popular. "Enjoy your Haloz 2.5 LOLZ!!"

2. They were casually into the series, and played Halo 2 for a month or so and didn't were looking for a totally different game out of Halo 3.

Sure there are exceptions, but most real fans of games don't want sequels that completely redefine the way the game plays, otherwise they wouldn't have been fans of the original game in the first place. Halo 3 had PLENTY of changes from Halo 2 for a sequel, it's not like it was R6V2 we're talking here.

Think of it this way. How many hardcore CoD4 fans do you think would rather see some totally new sci-fi based CoD6 shooter over a pure sequel to CoD4 that keeps the same modern warfare setting and engine? The answer: Not very many, just go look in any of the blog posts that allude to the new CoD6 setting.

Errr, that should say "one of two categories"

Wow, half of your recent comments are bashing Halo 3, Billy. Did it... did it molest you? Do you have some sort of mental gag-reflex against games with titles referencing angels? Seriously. I'm going to go ahead and say that Call of Duty goes into the worst series of all time, because you seem to like it. Also, faux-realism annoys me.

I don't even have Xbox Live, and I still enjoy Halo games. Yes, that includes singleplayer (split-screen co-op). Maybe I'm just easier to please than other people? That's not likely, I still can't see what there is to get excited about in Resistance 2 (Having huge bosses got old for me back during Metroid Prime 2).

Well, I'd like a more tactics-oriented Halo game, but I'd not want the fast-paced feel to leave. Hopefully, the game will include better (AKA not terrible) AI and some incentive to play as a team on multiplayer (I have PLAYED it on Xbox Live once before, and, coming from a PC online gamer, the game was fun but not very cooperative).

In conclusion, the minus button is the one on the left. Feel free to use it, I know I do!

Yes it molested me :(

You guys remember my comment about Rock Band and double standards? Forget all I said, because that doesn't come close to the levels of Halo haters vs CoD4 lovers hypocrisy.