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"Halo 3 is Halo 2 with

Submitted by rapture on Thu, 09/27/2007 - 7:50am.

"Halo 3 is Halo 2 with better graphics" from a NYTimes article today. This resembles my assessment of my review of the Halo 3 beta over at the Newsweek LevelUp blog when I said:

"I would say that the second biggest surprise in the Halo 3 beta was how similar it was to Halo 2. In my opinion, there is very little gameplay change between Halo 2 and Halo 3. The changes in gameplay from Halo 1 to Halo 2 were quite large. I was expecting that drastic change again in Halo 3. I found that 90% of the time Halo 3 is played like Halo 2. That's not a bad thing because I certainly enjoyed Halo 2's gameplay. It is still the most popular console shooter and for good reasons. However, this is not what some were expecting or hoping for. I guess if it's not broke, why fix it?"

Having played a little more H3 MP lately, I would sum up Halo 3's multiplayer by saying it's "a slow and bigger Halo 2". The weapons seem weaker. The maps are bigger - which makes it seem like everything is happening slower.

I'm actually scratching my head right now wondering if I'll play the Halo 3 multiplayer as much as I played the Halo 2 multiplayer. I had free time to play Halo 3 multiplayer last night...but instead I watched Kid Nation and Top Chef.

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