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Halo 3

Bungie · Sep 25, 2007

PC · Xbox 360

Mature

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Halo 3 comes to PC as the next installment in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Now optimized for PC, witness the Master Chief’s return to finish the fight between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire Human race in this dramatic, pulse-pounding conclusion of the original Halo trilogy. With the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance, the Master Chief returns to uncover an ancient secret hidden beneath the sands of Africa, which could hold the key to humanity’s salvation or destruction – an object that could change the tide of the Human-Covenant conflict.

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PC

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 7.6

Xbox 360

Critic 9.3 (11 critics) · Gamer 9.0

8.9

Critic reviews

  • Gaming Bolt

    Will Borger · Jul 18, 2020

    8.0
    Halo 3 still looks and feels great for a game that's thirteen years old. It’s an imperfect game in its current form, yes, but still a great one. Whether it’s your first time or your thousandth, that fight is worth finishing. See you online.
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  • PC Gamer

    Natalie Clayton · Jul 16, 2020

    8.7
    But it is still Halo 3, on my PC. Sure, it's looking a little bruised, and the Master Chief Collection isn't an ideal package. After all this time, there's still nothing quite like Halo 3—and it's about damn time we were given the chance to finish the fight.
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  • Games Radar+

    Charlie Barratt · Jun 24, 2012

    10
    Emphasis on overwhelming. In fact, the game throws so much goodness at you in so many different areas that it's difficult to know where to begin the praise. Instead, let's just get the criticisms out of the way, shall we? Halo 3 is not absolutely perfect. To begin with, the storyline is a confusing and convoluted mess. We never understood exactly why and what we were fighting at any given moment, only that it usually involved blowing something up.The ending, while satisfying, is far from conclusive.
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  • Game Trailers

    Game Trailers · Apr 11, 2008

    9.8
    Halo 3 is one of the most engaging, polished, content-laden pieces of software you'll ever play. The single-player winds down the story nicely while providing one epic confrontation after another, and you'll want to finish the fight several times over. It's relentless, finely crafted, expertly tuned, excellently paced, and incredibly satisfying. And where replay value is concerned, few console games are in the same galaxy. Raid the couch, search the car, and whatever else it takes to pay for Halo 3. The chief is no thief.
  • IGN

    Hilary Goldstein · Sep 25, 2007

    9.5
    The campaign, which is very good, is Halo 3's weakest point. It doesn't capture the cavalier spirit of the original Halo, but you'll still have fun playing through it. There's no first-person shooter on 360 that can equal Halo 3's blend of cinematic action, adrenaline-pumping shootouts, and male- (and female)-bonding gameplay. Look beyond the gameplay and you have a rich feature set unlike anything ever delivered in a videogame.
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  • IGN

    Cam Shea · Sep 24, 2007

    8.9
    There's no denying how awesome the replay and Forge features are but they're not the core of the game. Don't get me wrong, the single player campaign is very strong, the action is tight, and the AI is F.E.A.R.-killing. But for every positive, there was an area of the game that left me wanting more the backtracking, the overly cheesy storyline, the underwhelming visuals. And multiplayer feels too much like a HD-version of Halo 2 with a few gadgets you can toss around. Which to Halo fans is fine but compared to other online shooters, I get the feeling that Halo 3 is staying a little too close to its roots.
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Gamer reviews

  • Kitarachi

    Sep 18, 2023 · Xbox 360

    10

    Halo 3

    Halo 3 was not just a video game, but an event. Further pushing and building on what Halo was visioned as. finishing the fight was a moment in gaming I will forever remember. 11/10.

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  • Rohan Kishibe

    Dec 9, 2021 · Xbox 360

    10

    This game is an amazing ending to a great series.

    Even with the odd story choices, it’s probably the best game in the series.

  • Only Ace

    Apr 21, 2021 · Xbox 360

    9.6

    The best Halo game out of all like did yall see that ending tho????? Oh wait you didnt ... ill give you time to play it

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  • itz truze

    Nov 8, 2020 · PC

    9.5

    One of the greatest games ever

  • capplayz

    Dec 11, 2019 · Xbox 360

    10

    The ending was awesome and the gameplay made me felt in the heart

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