Happy 5th Anniversary to one of the best video games ever.........

ColCyclone · 2012-09-25T10:22:09+00:00

Ah I would love to go back and play multiplayer with all my friends back when it came out..

I don't think I'll ever stop missing this game. "Were it so easy".

GadvMike · 2012-09-25T12:38:38+00:00

Halo 3 was the first game I bought for my 360. I will always love this game. So many great memories staying up late playing custom games with friends.

MitsosGate13 · 2012-09-25T12:38:04+00:00

hey, the years when halo was the king and call of duty was the competitive opponent...

machete404 · 2012-09-25T12:48:57+00:00

Halo 3 is the reason why I own a 360, and it's why I play games. I love this game.

SoloIsTheRightWay · 2012-09-25T13:01:53+00:00

Everyone, let's all play this game today and repopulate the servers!

PoK3R_FaC3D · 2012-09-25T12:29:31+00:00

The only reason I bought a 360. Such a great game. Happy Birthday Halo 3!

drunkenmonkie2 · 2012-09-25T15:42:15+00:00

Five years. Five long years. That's how long ago we thought we had finished the fight.

Talonspyre · 2012-09-25T12:15:48+00:00

So many good memories with this game. My favorite of those memories has to be when Halo 3 came out, I was living with 3 of my friends. We all had our own XBox, and we played the 4 player campaign on Legendary.

NYR513 · 2012-09-25T13:23:22+00:00

I remember getting up at 6:30 AM like it was Christmas morning and waking my mom up to drive us to Gamestop. Having my friends stay over and playing split screen matchmaking and customs until we were too tired to stay awake. At that time it was easy to make lasting friends on Live. The whole recon armor craze, all the Easter eggs and glitches, the funny post game arguments where you can't get a word in because every one is yelling at each other. When Halo 3 came out, it became the cool game to have. Whether you liked it or not, most people had a copy of of it, much like COD today. This game is most likely one of the best games to ever hit the shelves, and I doubt I'll be as excited for another game as I was with Halo 3 again.

aftrunner · 2012-09-25T13:01:27+00:00

God tier!

Even the Cortana level cant drag down what is the best FPS campaign of this gen.

Thank you Bungle. <3

Mansonmansonmanson · 2012-09-25T12:22:39+00:00

First video game I ever played. I owe my entire gaming experience to this one game.

ewic · 2012-09-25T13:14:48+00:00

Looks like there's a lotta love for this game, but I always felt that H3 was the weakest of the Halos. Maybe I'm just an old man, but I had much more fun with H2 and H1. I actually felt pretty good about reach because it felt very H2-like, but nothing beats the original.

ForeverDownvoted · 2012-09-25T14:37:13+00:00

It's been 5 years already. Goddamn where has the time gone. The feels...

playsultimate · 2012-09-25T13:25:47+00:00

These comments show how young the r/halo community really is. It sounds pretty ignorant to say this is the best game when you're also saying its your first.

buddahman · 2012-09-25T14:10:49+00:00

I really didn't think H3 was all that good compared to CE and H2. Let alone one of the best ever made. I'm prepared for the nukes, just wanted to say what I thought.

ace_boogie · 2012-09-25T18:54:10+00:00

Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and the first Gears. That was the peak of Live. It's been downhill since then.

Drink_Clorox_and_Die · 2012-09-25T13:29:48+00:00

How many of you ditched reach to go back to this to get ready for halo 4? I'm starting it up again tonight. Send me an invite and lets play. Thatwhichuhate is my gamertag.

joshmccrillis · 2012-09-25T12:11:13+00:00

THE best. IMHO

messer · 2012-09-25T14:41:06+00:00

I was still of the opinion that Halo was for 'brogamers' when this came out, but when I found out that it comes with an instant replay feature I got off my ass and purchased it. After playing the game for an hour I realized that 95% of Halo hate was superficial and that I have just happened upon a goldmine of gaming.

Can't wait for 4.

MiniPenguino · 2012-09-25T15:08:55+00:00

Funny how at the time, everybody shit on Halo 3. "The BR doesn't work" "WTF why does it have spread?" "Too much lag in this game!" "The sword is overpowered!" "Fucking campers everywhere"

tubabacon · 2012-09-25T14:42:45+00:00

Ah, the most anticipated night of my young life. I was a college freshmen, and the month leading up to this me and my friends while passing each other in the halls would simply nod and say "Halo 3!" in the days leading up to launch.

The night of the midnight launch we wait in line for hours, playing games with the workers from the local gamestop while listening to the Halo 2 soundtrack. We finally get in, I pay for my game and grasp the metal casing of my limited edition. My friends and I each race home, I pound the power button on my 360 and immediately look down to my glorious case. I take the wrapping off, pull off the sleeve, take the unblemished disk out of the casing and go to put it in....

To see my 360 flashing 3 red rings. I was devastated. I had spent a solid year pumping myself up about this game to not be able to play it (on my own console at least) until a month later. Worst case of blue balls ever.

Facade1228 · 2012-09-25T15:19:53+00:00

I go back to me running to my mom's car after school telling her "go go go go" back in 8th grade, I said "Don't worry about the fifth graders, just run em' over, we get new ones every year!" "Billy! Don't say stuff like that" was her reply, I still remember to this day. After the short drive to the gamestop I'm now employed by. I excitingly bring my Mom into the store, and asked for the Halo 3 Legendary edition I saved my allowance for. After taking out the trash, washing the dishes, walking the dog and getting good grades since the middle of seventh grade, when I heard of Halo 3. I walk into the store, and the GA who is now my manager said "We ran out of Legendary editions! Sorry" to which I replied "You don't get away with messing with a man's Halo". He chuckled, did the usual 'do you allow your son to get an m rated game, it has shooting blah blah' that I now do. It got home and excitedly ran up to my Xbox 360 and packed it up. Tonight, I play on the 60 inch tv. I brought it into the guest room above the garage and unpacked the xbox. I plugged everything in, and it was all good to go. As I heard the Gregorian chant I was practically hopping with excitement. When I got to the menu I didn't know what to do. Finish the fight? Hop into multiplayer, and start owning noobs? Check out forge? I was practically over whelmed. I went the campaign route I played the campaign through to the level Tsavo Highway.Then my best friend got his copy in the mail. We played team slayer and BTB until dawn the next day. Literally. I fell asleep in Mrs. Leach's math class the next day, and when she woke me up with a ruler strike on my desk, and asked while I was asleep, I looked over at my sleepy friend EJ, and simply said "Halo...3". Next thing I remember was waking up in the principals office, explaining to my fairly young principal, Mr. Sperazo, that I fell asleep from playing Halo 3 last night. He actually understood, because he called in sick on Sept. 25 to play the game for 24 hours straight! We talked Halo for 20 minutes before he let me go back to class. I can say, that while I didn't go to the midnight launch, I have damn fond memories of the release of Halo 3. Sorry for the wall of text guys, but when I saw this thread I just started typing, and didn't stop.

thunderwolfomega · 2012-09-25T13:30:54+00:00

I thought i was the only one who saw sept 25 as a halo holiday

NocturnalPleasure · 2012-09-25T14:30:12+00:00

Best. Game. Ever.

bokimble · 2012-09-25T14:34:30+00:00

I still play Halo 3 multiplayer a few nights a week online with my buddies. There's a decent amt. of people still playing, and game play is and always will be topnotch. Greatest Halo game ever.

SeriousMoad · 2012-09-25T15:48:16+00:00

I remember the night my uncle died, I brought this over to my cousin's house and we played for like 10 hours until he got sleepy the next morning. I knew the dude wasn't going to sleep. My cousin and I were never too big on expressing emotion to each other and we never had too much in common, but one thing that held us together, and still does today, is video games. Both of us have had some pretty shit deals in life, but when we get on this or Battlefield 3 or whatever game we decide to take on together, we're a force to be reckoned with. We've got each others' backs even hundreds of miles away. Whatever, just sharing. Thanks.

HoLyyyy · 2012-09-25T13:17:15+00:00

This was the best. No question.

BadBrothers2012 · 2012-09-25T13:52:45+00:00

I remember getting off my bus and awaiting my legendary edition when I walked through the door, good times

aledog · 2012-09-25T14:26:23+00:00

amen

wedgewood_perfectos · 2012-09-25T14:26:34+00:00

i remember how hyped i was over this.

Fleudian · 2012-09-25T14:47:30+00:00

IMO, this game had the best storyline of all of them. Before the release of 4, I'm going to go back and play the campaign through on 1, 2, and 3 on Heroic, just to get ready. Looking forward to this one the most.

bichiliad · 2012-09-25T15:02:56+00:00

Wow, Halo 3 is 5 years old already? I still remember playing the original Halo in my friend's basement. There'd be four or five of us and we'd use his projector and have awesome multiplayer games. Naturally, he'd wreck our shit because he owned an xbox and we didn't.

one4jj · 2012-09-25T15:20:35+00:00

I hope a Halo 2 vs Halo 3, nostalgia, karma fight breaks out, this sub just might explode...

ShoTaRA · 2012-09-25T15:24:59+00:00

i got my 360 because of this game and this was the only game I had for it for a while, and my internet was bad at the time but i really wanted to play matchmaking so i'd go online play parts of games then disconnect, leading to around -200 xp... eventually it got fixed but i still had tonnes of negative exp so on teams in voice chat people would always be like "LOL Recruit scrub we're gonna lose" then because i've played so much i always beat their silly assuming asses... good times

ltnite · 2012-09-25T15:44:34+00:00

I still remember that midnight release, one of the best I've ever been to. This game is just so amazing, and I still play it regularly with a friend of mine, it will never get old for me, it's just so damn good.

OneFinalEffort · 2012-09-25T15:57:27+00:00

Stop reminiscing and get your asses on Halo 3! I can't find a damn match!

THEsolid85 · 2012-09-25T16:09:16+00:00

Anyone who wants to celebrate, or gear up for Halo 4...we're still here. /r/halo3players or add me on XBL: THEsolid85

EndDrugAndOtherWars · 2012-09-25T16:23:53+00:00

Social Slayer still has 4-5k at a time playing You can find a match pretty easily. I played yesterday.

chaotiiic · 2012-09-25T16:30:12+00:00

even though that game was a downgrade from halo 2, its still a shit ton better than halo reach.

Apollo7 · 2012-09-25T16:35:43+00:00

Were it so easy.

WhereWaldoWas · 2012-09-25T16:38:22+00:00

For a second, I thought to myself, "Are people here actually agreeing this is one of the best games ever?"

And then I realized I was on the Halo sub.

Dark_Vulture83 · 2012-09-25T16:39:50+00:00

And still not on PC.

Nilo27 · 2012-09-25T16:46:25+00:00

ah, halo 2 will always be the best halo imo

WARSinRIOTS · 2012-09-25T17:26:25+00:00

My favorite game of all time...So many memories. Good, bad, and downright amazing. I still miss the times I had on Halo 3 nearly every day. The game changed my life and my opinion on video games.

Happy birthday you glorious bastard.

James311 · 2012-09-25T17:46:05+00:00

I feel bad for the people who've only ever gotten the chance to play halo3 or later online.

PileOfClothes · 2012-09-25T18:03:29+00:00

Holy shit 5 years... Time really does fly.

It also struck me really bad when halo: reach hit it's 2nd anniversery this year, had thought it was only one then I was like WHAAAAAA-

Not long till halo 5 is out and we're looking back at halo 4 thinking damn how good this was online haha!

iiSaviour · 2012-09-25T18:45:50+00:00

I wouldn't say one of the best video games ever.

ZigZagLagger · 2012-09-25T18:48:12+00:00

WOOP WOOP! HAPPY BIRTHDAY HALO 3!

Grant638 · 2012-09-25T18:57:47+00:00

What's with those ellipses?

Lytoc · 2012-09-25T18:58:06+00:00

7000+ games, Fuck I miss it...

Baykey123 · 2012-09-25T19:12:01+00:00

My fav game of all time

Connor6 · 2012-09-25T19:14:32+00:00

One of my favourite games. :)

ElMayordomo · 2012-09-25T19:25:18+00:00

Hard to believe it's already been five years (almost a third of my 16-year-old life). I remember standing in line for it at the local gamestop. My first midnight launch ever.

Nostalgia everywhere.

theweatheruphere · 2012-09-25T19:33:38+00:00

Wow, I was 16 when I got Halo 3 on launch. That's crazy, time seems to have flown by so fast.

klanus · 2012-09-25T19:35:52+00:00

I bought a pc just for halo 1 and and xbox 360 to play halo 3 and reach. I had to do alot of shit to play halo 2 on windows xp thanks to modders and stuff but i only did enough to do the campaign

shifty_coder · 2012-09-25T19:41:10+00:00

That means that 90% of the people who play this game turned 13 this year.

kirk27 · 2012-09-25T19:49:41+00:00

Agreed!

MyYodaBeHighAsFuck · 2012-09-25T20:06:36+00:00

Conor419 · 2012-09-25T20:18:19+00:00

Game of the generation, FPS of the century.

CHAMPANERIA · 2012-09-25T20:33:07+00:00

stood in line and remember it like yesterday. Got free swag too.

DavidJFarrar · 2012-09-25T20:38:03+00:00

went online and played Halo3 MP. Had more fun than can remember having while playing Reach in current memory

wildtaco · 2012-09-25T20:46:03+00:00

Halo 3 was amazing and definitely stands out to me as far as the series goes, but I'll always remember playing Halo: CE at the launch party, jaw dropped, seeing exactly where video games were going. One of the games that essentially allowed the Xbox to succeed, paving the way for the Xbox 360 and Halo as the juggernaut franchise it is today.

DrLogic · 2012-09-25T20:59:01+00:00

And on that Christmas, my favorite days of gaming were born and 2 years later it slowly began to die off.

Mansonmansonmanson · 2012-09-25T21:30:18+00:00

Mid way through high school.

shazam432 · 2012-09-25T21:45:55+00:00

i have every limited editon for halo apart from halo wars money well spent

radiumxxx · 2012-09-25T21:55:30+00:00

I sold my H3 a little after Reach... Just bought it again last week to get ready for H4 :)

Fuck Reach, piece of shit game

Dekanuva · 2012-09-25T22:25:46+00:00

Best game ever.

EmperorofKings · 2012-09-25T22:59:41+00:00

I love Halo, and will be getting H4 Limited this Nov. I remember playing H3 campaign for hours with my bro when we would put our money together to rent it from blockbuster. I was 11 at the time, and holy hell that was fun!

Lunarios · 2012-09-25T23:16:00+00:00

All hail

radius55 · 2012-09-25T23:38:13+00:00

You know, coincidentally, I started replaying this campaign today in preparation for Halo 4. I didn't even remember it was the anniversary until you reminded me.

deuteros · 2012-09-25T23:46:09+00:00

Vidmaster: Annual (along with Endure and Deja Vu in ODST) was one of the best times I've ever had in online gaming. I'd love to see Halo 4 have something similar.

MrTuddles · 2012-09-26T00:08:28+00:00

I remember my cousin brought it over for us to play. Easy difficulty was really hard for us at the time, but we had a lot of fun. He forgot to take it home and I built things in forge and I tried to get some more missions done. The very next day, my mom got me halo 3 as a gift (since she saw that I really liked it). To this day, halo 3 matchmaking is still the best matchmaking experiences Ive ever had. Made a lot of friends too. Something that most games today don't seem to be encouraging.

Reaper505 · 2012-09-26T00:12:55+00:00

This game was the sole reason I bought an Xbox 360, best game ever!

mahi29 · 2012-09-26T00:59:26+00:00

Just started playing again. Came home tipsy/drunk one night and decided I wanted to play. Created a new gamertag/account and fired up Halo 3 for the first time in years. So much fun. I love not dealing w/ bloom and armor lock and what not. And games are still reasonably fast to find. A few minutes tops. Maybe I can get that brigadier rank that so eluded me when I played this a lot a few years ago.

littleGringo · 2012-09-26T01:06:54+00:00

HALO 2

dannyboy15 · 2012-09-26T01:08:16+00:00

Damn. That long?

salty_john · 2012-09-26T01:22:39+00:00

I midnight released the game and after closing my store i went to Gamestop to pick up my copy and raced home to play. My roommate was there laughing at me because he was a sports gamer and never played online shooter...he thought they were lame. He watched me play two games signed in as a guest played a couple matches and created an xbl account we didn't stop playing for years until we moved away with work...we still play that game often to catch up.

Nimblee · 2012-09-26T01:27:58+00:00

Halo 2 was still the best, with clans and the amount of customs. H3 was amazing too though.

Dasey_Cunbar · 2012-09-26T01:48:43+00:00

Five years from now people won't be saying this about Reach.

kinofpumps · 2012-09-26T01:55:17+00:00

My friends and I still get together about twice a year to just play halo 3, watch movies and eat pizza all night. Been doing it for years, and it's always been Halo 3. Such a good game.

Big_E33 · 2012-09-26T01:55:48+00:00

everyone who says they "miss" h3 realizes there is nothing that can stop you from playing it right?

you have the right to miss h2, not halo 3

chris10023 · 2012-09-26T02:02:18+00:00

Just got done playing the campaign again to celebrate

Freezing_Balls · 2012-09-26T03:41:44+00:00

Still waiting for this to come out on PC.

LET US PC USERS FINISH THE FIGHT

nitzua · 2012-09-25T13:14:09+00:00

h:ce>>h2>>>>>reach>h3

halo 3 is definitely not one of the best games ever. I feel terrible for you if you never got to play h2 online or LAN h:ce.

ductape47 · 2012-09-25T15:38:14+00:00

I miss the 1-50 ranking system so much. Encouraging skill instead of pointless credit gathering that awards everyone all the time for every game for no particular reason.

ninjarxa · 2012-09-25T14:41:35+00:00

That's not Halo 2.

Huffalicious · 2012-09-25T14:58:35+00:00

Halo 3 was meh. Especially after Halo 2 was so godly.

Paradox · 2012-09-25T15:38:47+00:00

Been playing Halo since CE days. 3 is still the best

paxcorpus · 2012-09-25T14:20:47+00:00

lol no.

Piff_Daddy · 2012-09-25T15:10:32+00:00

Oh you waited an hour for a game ? Let me match you up against the kid who will embarrass the shit outta you

conman577 · 2012-09-25T23:41:41+00:00

You must be 12.

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