Xbox 360 Fanboy

Agreed.

You'll get the post, "H3 is most-played on XBL..." but there are so many other new games to play... and H3 just feels labored and random after a while vs COD4.

Unless this has changed without my noticing, Halo 3 is still the most played game on Xbox Live. sure there are some problems here and there, but the game is still alive and well. The first Gears of War isn't exactly tearing up the charts right now, and while I'm sure the sequel will be one of the top games when it's released, I'm not sure it has quite the same amount of staying power in the long run as Halo 3 does.

The game's still fun, but I don't play online anymore. Joining a game and immediately hearing things like "oh man you're such a gay faggot" or hearing someone (pretending to be) masturbating, is just too much.

Then there are the people who play music over the mic.

I pick my games carefully now. The only multiplayer game that hasn't been infected by idiots is Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

MS finally rolled out an option to file complaints against a user. What they need to do is capture randomly snippets of a person's voice chat. So when a complaint is filed, someone can listen to ~20 seconds of this guy's average chat and lay down the banhammer. Xbox Live is going down the drain because of idiots, and MS needs to fix this.

I think Halo 3 is still as viable a game as any. And the whole thing about online being full of people calling eachother names is really overblown, I rarely hear someone say offensive things and I play every day.

@ GANNONSMASH

Gears 1 is nearly twice as old as Halo 3, and as of the week of Aug. 4th it's still in the number 4 spot. And although it's not "tearing up the charts", I'd still say that's pretty damn good for a 2 year old game.

And FYI, this time last year Gears of War was at the number 1 spot as well. Just like, you guessed it, Halo 3 is now, which is almost 1 year old. Basically what I'm saying is everything you just said is flawed. And don't bother arguing with me. I did my research.

And I agree with the OP. Halo 3 isn't as awesome as Halo 2 was. I think a big part of that has to do with the whole Heroic/Legendary map pack playlist crap Bungie has been pulling lately. Anyone who actually paid for the Heroic pack, and not the Legendary, knows exactly what I'm talking about it. It was a crappy move, and let a lot of long time Bungie fans down.

I agree with 343 Guilty Fart, I play almost every day and only about 10% of the games have any kind of trash-talking/douchery, and for that there's always the option to mute everyone. I seriously haven't found a game that's as fun to play consistently online. I actually traded my COD4 to a friend after beating the campaign because I hate it's online.

man i hate 9 year olds in halo......
I play rocket race a lot and a lot of times i end up paired with douche 9 year old that doesnt play correctly and ends up betraying me....

I think people stop playing Halo 3 because if you're over 12 years old, you get sick of the lag, the inconsistent BR spread, the sucky teammates... you just have better games to play because all these random elements in Halo 3 get old. It's a game a lot of gamers don't even bother playing, to be honest. (I was the only Halo 3 player out of lots of people I knew who had a 360.)

Plus Halo 3 is kinda slow-paced, you can't sprint... & you have to run for the power weapons like pre-schoolers at recess trying to all hog the tricycle... it's a grind after a while.

If you like it, great. I'm just saying... it's not because people can't play it... they just get tired of Bungie's love-it-or-leave-it play style.

Well I'm sorry you haven't had an enjoyable experience with Halo 3 Doug... but it sounds like a personal experience. I have found the same annoyances in other online games as far as age, randomness, and lag. Apparently there are enough people who don't feel the same as you or haven't had the same experiences to keep them from coming back. I don't see how age, lag, inconsistences over a worldwide network are Bungie's fault. It's not the game. Again, you'll find that in any game and everyone's experience is different. I myself find Halo more accessible than others. There could be a lot of reasons for that (skill, connection speed, etc. etc.) If you don't like kids, mute them. There are tons of options and gametypes to appease everyone and have a more enjoyable experience. BTB and Objective games are easier than slayer.

My problem is Bungie's complete retardedness when it comes to how to handle DLC.

This is to wiseguy's first post. I agree (also your me hero at this moment) and you guys are idiots and dont see a great game when there is one. They dont need these double exp weekends to keep there game alive at all, they just love there fans and community plus, yes if there is a new version why would you not play that instead? Get some common sense.

"Hey ladies,

The comments I made about Halo 3 were mainly factual."

"Judging from your comments, it does seem to attract an adolescent mindset more than COD4 or RSV2."

First of all... since when are your opinions on the game MAINLY FACTUAL (I think the numbers and statistics on the games popularity already prove your bogus theories wrong). Second, you're calling out adolecent mindsets while opening with HEY LADIES?? Look in the mirror pal.