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The Halo 3 Thread of Review Scores
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Hitler Stole My Potato
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VultureDude said:
I really don't understand why sites do this. I remember Eurogamer did the same thing last year with Gears of War. Doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense to me.
cartoon_soldier
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Ars Technica review is SP only. Doesn't make sense to review a game that way.
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VultureDude said:
you beat me to it. Guarentee no one reads that part though. Looks like there's going to be a review of the multiplayer as well. I still hear some torches being lit.
Watch out!
Son of Godzilla
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Of course Halo 3's single player got a 7, you'd be bitter too if everyone else was kicking ass in co-op and you were just killing the same old grunts over and over again.
AltogetherAndrews
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Timedog said:
Hey, I like that format. Multi player is much less important than single player, so reviews that focus everything on the component I'm interested in makes more sense. That's assuming of course that the source also offers a multi player review separately.
And it does make sense on another level, as it gives the writer proper time to experience multi player under real life conditions.
VultureDude
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Hitler Stole My Potato said:
it would make more sense to do them seperately, and then give it a packaged score as well. But I think the idea is to not mislead all those people who don't play Halo online into thinking they're getting a 9.5-10 experience, when they're never going to play it online (for thos eppl, Oblvion >>>>>> Halo 3). it is practical, but can't be added to the review agregate.
VultureDude
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Odysseus said:
then i anxiously await your assessment of the single player only portion of the game in the coming weeks
Opus Angelorum
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My god the opening minute of the Gamespot review gave me goosebumps, the musical score is...holy shit.
AltogetherAndrews
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Tristam said:
Unless I was suddenly elected ruler of the universe, obviously I'm speaking for myself.
And again, it makes perfect sense from an impression stand point. You're going to be treated to a very controlled environment prior to release, so a multiplayer review set post release should realistically give you a more fair assessment of it.
CajoleJuice
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Well, I have to say that I agree with Ars Technica's "Ugly" portion of their single-player review.
Crateman said:
Yeah, it means that Halo 3's single player is just above average.... assuming you take the lowest score it has received, a 7, and ignore the dozen other review scores above 90%.
And play on Normal instead of the recommended Heroic (for anyone who has played a shooter before). And ignore co-op.
WickedLaharl
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okay guys is it time to forget about all the good scores and focus on that mediocre one?
BenjaminBirdie
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AltogetherAndrews said:
Absolutely. That's why Halo 3 is probably a pretty terrible choice for someone of that inclination because as much effort clearly went into fleshing out the multiplayer aspect of the game, so you'd want something where 100% of the energy went to a compelling single player experience, like BioShock or Half Life 2. Even the Campaign Mode has an enormous amount of focus on Multiplayer with scoring, skulls, and co-op.
AltogetherAndrews said:
Sure it makes sense for some people but fact of the matter is that Halo wouldn't be as incredibly popular as it is without multiplayer. Hell, everyone agrees that Halo 2 single player is sub-par. So reviewing a multi-player focused game like this is basically just for attention IMO. Games should only be scored as a whole since you can't buy the two components separately.
Regarding the Ars Technica review - it's Frank Caron. Ars' gaming section Opposable Thumbs has two staffers - Frank and Ben (Kuchera). Ben's a fairly big 360 guy whereas Frank, if anything, is a PC guy.
Ars are normally really thorough in reviewing stuff rather than trying to be first out the gate usually lettign things sink in for a week or more before publishing, also for big things they normally have more than one person reviewing. I'm surprised that 1) Frank got this to review, and 2) They rushed this out rather than taking their usual thorough approach.
Hmmm.
Ars are normally really thorough in reviewing stuff rather than trying to be first out the gate usually lettign things sink in for a week or more before publishing, also for big things they normally have more than one person reviewing. I'm surprised that 1) Frank got this to review, and 2) They rushed this out rather than taking their usual thorough approach.
Hmmm.
AltogetherAndrews said:
Oh God I love when people defend their opinions on the basis that it's just that: their honest-to-goodness opinion. It doesn't make it any less asinine.
I'm not even arguing whether single or multiplayer are more important. I'm saying it's silly to review a game's single and multiplayer components separately.
AltogetherAndrews
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Aleman said:
Right, but some of us played and enjoyed Halo primarily for its single player. So obviously I want to know what the worth is of the SP. If the SP is great, it's a certain buy, whereas it's possibly relegated to a wait and see if it's not so great. That's what these buyer's guides are there for.
Shake Appeal
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I don't agree to that at all, I think it's very good and holds up even to this day.Aleman said:
BenjaminBirdie
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:lol
Did GT say "The Chief is no thief?"
Did GT say "The Chief is no thief?"
Son of Godzilla
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Well I think you have your honest assessment then. Assuming you can stomach the console controller the single player is a fairly average experience. I don't think anyone expected much more than that.AltogetherAndrews said:
CurseoftheGods
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With all these good review scores I think I am going to pick this game up.
Nevermind.
Proelite said:
Nevermind.
CajoleJuice
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Did you miss the past few posts where people are proclaiming their love for Halo 2 SP?Son of Godzilla said:
Opus Angelorum
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CajoleJuice said:
He didn't get the memo.
With the exception of Bioshock, name me one first person shooter that has been released since Halo 2 (on consoles) with a better story?
AltogetherAndrews said:
For someone who has decried reviews and reviewers in general, at one point saying Eurogamer is the only score that counts (I think this was during the Lair review thread), you certainly do choose to participate in Review threads. Strange for someone who doesn't care about reviews.