Halo 3 on top for the third week in a row, how does Master Chief keep coming back?

One of the major questions being asked at the moment by the games industry is "How does Halo 3 keep bouncing back to top the charts once again?" After suffering at the hands of Call of Duty 4 for months on end, Halo 3 has made a comeback to claim the number 1 spot for the 'Xbox 360 Top Live Titles' three weeks in a row. We investigate why Halo 3 has made such a strong comeback and whether Master Chief's spree will continue or will his legs finally give out once and for all.

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[Superfragilistic]

IMO this is a hell of a lot more interesting than a Top 10 list! At least they try to explain why Halo's had a resurgence.

[littletad]

Most people who bought Halo either thought it was more of the same and probably ignored the Forge and it's new feature. They probably thought the multiplayer was fun but that's all there is, which actually isn't true. So I can't really blame them if they weren't interested. But if you create an account at Bungie.net or use your xbox account, and actually look at the commmunity file share, you'll find a pretty surprising amount of user generated content. That's my only guess as to why people are going back to Halo 3.

[edhe]

..that's why.

They change around the maps when they're proven stale, by moving items. They change around playlists, they have weekend events, the gameplay's pretty straightforward and rewarding and there's 'leveling up' not to mention new maps.

It's pretty organic, keeps updating, never stays the same. Other devs should learn from screenshotting, game saving and externalising the items/weapons from the map itself to give them the ability to tweak things constantly.

Halo3 is a very dynamic MP game, there's no end to the variations of game you can have.

Not to mention the slick (if sometimes slow) partying system, turns nights into random events of varied banter.

[Ace Killa 08]

your right bout the updates online. with out them the game would be the same as it was when it came out last year, though it is sad to say that COD4 dint do that and now its in second.

hey anyone notice geometry wars 2 is in there? i dont think that game counts to be on the top 10?

[clintos59]

Great game and all but it can only last so long. Also I think a bunch of those people who are also wanting to play something online are waiting patiently for the arrival of gears of war 2, waiting to get online and use people as meat shields. Should be tons of fun owning u all on there. :P

[etownone]

so if COD4 is getting stale... couldn't the same be said Halo3?
what about Halo2 that was #1 online game for how many years?

people just can't admit halo 3 multiplayer is crazy fun and addicting.

and yeah.. looking forward to gears2 too, best multiplayer game i ever played. that game was like crack... once i start i couldn't stop.

[thor]

Yes but I must have played COD4 for 50 hours, tops (on PC), and I got to the maximum level. In fact, on most servers everyone was at the maximum level aside from maybe 1 or 2 people. So there's no incentive to play more. On warhawk I've player over 100 hours and I'm still not halfway up the ranks. All the people at the top rank have played at least 1000 hours. That's why I've stopped playing COD4 and am playing warhawk again. So I imagine with halo 3 it's a similar thing.

[SixZeroFour]

yea, i agree with thor...i would think that by now about 90% of the ppl have reached lvl 55 10th prestige and theres nothing to do anymore

[ape007]

the best thing about halo 3 IMO is online play

I hope halo4's campaign is as good and excellent campaign as halo 1

halo 1 co-op rulez,never gets old

[poopsack]

"how does Master Chief keep coming back?"

he doesnt, its the same comeback he had three weeks ago, its just the 4th article written since he did. lol I know thats not what they mean.

[solidsnakus]

halos the best i tell ya. well be playing this game till halo 4 comes out.

[crimsonfox]

i was playing this sunday afternoon

good stuff i played it on launch on my friends 360

but not since then and plus we only played the campaign i played it online i played allot of halo2 back in the day so it was good fun when i get my new one in september im sure gonna get this bad boy

[Skadoosh]

Halo 3 is the best multiplayer experience I ever had. It's pretty close to perfection. Gears 2 will be the only real contender for Halo 3.

[RedVsBlue]

I said it before & I will say it again. Guest Sign In plays a big part

[Space_cancer]

Hey wtf? No PS3 fanbois still around to bash this game. Must be a some kind of record.

But seriously, imo this game is the one of the best games ever made and does have a freaking long lifespan. See u guys online, battle rifles blazing!

[Skadoosh]

HAHA, yeah huh? The first 10 comments are usually the same sony fanboys acting all jealous.

[cyclindk]

Easy answer, one of the few okay games on Xbox-to Xbox 360...when it's one of your only big franchises people have no other choice.

[Montrealien]

If you guys are looking for fanboys, I suggest you check out the open zone

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it is that way...

[thor]

nope, no fanboys there yet :O

[SL1M DADDY]

Maybe it's because this is not a post about PS3 versus Xbox but rather a post about Halo taking the number one spot on Live. It has nothing to do with the PSN or Sony so let's not go looking for trouble.

[Space_cancer]

Well mate, when Halo took the lead about 2 weeks ago and we had news about it, the thread was overrun by PS3 fanboys. Go check the thread if u don´t believe. It had clearly also nothing to do with the PSN or Sony, but still there were plenty of haters. So that´s why i was surprised to see that those dorks are gone now. No troubles or flaming here.

[jinn]

enjoy all it can until Gears 2 launch week

[InMyOpinion]

Quality never goes out of style.

[Yemeni Xrats Killer]

well because MS supporting the xrats to multiply with more RROD systems and more brain washing tricks they know of!

AND these trick by not giving the xrats nation any good game since the launch of halo 2.5!! they have no where else to turn to except the Master XRAT!!! 3RedLight is dieing and the xrats buys it because of halo 2.5!!

[Sez]

instead of trolling this thread. shouldn't you be playing MGO.

[Yemeni Xrats Killer]

worry about ur self trying to defend a dieing console with the most over rated game ever and other xrats!!

[poopface1]

HALO 3 IS BETTER THAN ANY PS3 GAME. Its obvious to everybody but fanboys like you.

[Ace Killa 08]

BEAT MGS4!!! i havent heard MGS selling in 7/11 or breaking records. so overrated makes this game a legend in sales and popularity

[kewlkat007]

what a surprise..

It will be handed down to Gears of War 2 in like 3 months...

No surprises there either

[psycho360]

I'm sticking to BF:BC can't leave it. COD4 took over halo3 and i never went back. Too slow for me. Guess everyone has their own tastes.

[u got owned]

"how does Master Chief keep coming back?"

Because he is the man. =)

[Boink]

it's cause all the moronic kiddies who played halo (you know who you are, the singers, racists, etc..) have finally gotten bored and sold halo 3 so they afford to buy COD4. I'm noticing a lot more morons in COD4 now, and i'm pretty much about to swing back to halo 3 as well, at least until the fall lineup starts hitting:)

[JokesOnYou]

"Quality never goes out of style."

-I couldn't have said it better myself....yeah, the game IS that good. I said it before, many will (sony loyalists) hate on it but in the end when all those supposedly better games have come and gone, GAMERS will still be playing Halo3, ha ha and then what do ya know, yep! Halo4 will be upon us.

I think games like Gears will also create their own cult following (again, because of the obvious Quality of the IP) COD4 was awesome but in order to build a legacy like Halo, every release has to deliver top notch gaming excitement, COD franchise is good but I guess due to different dev studio's it affects the quality of the title, imo COD3 was medicore so as a franchise you don't always know what you're going to get. Now from what I've seen Gears2 looks set to deliver BIGTIME so I think its definitely setting up the IP to eventually gain Halo like market appeal.

JOY

[Leathersoup]

More proof that Xbox Live is ruled by 10 yr olds.

[InMyOpinion]

At least it's populated.

[Ace Killa 08]

now i cant play it : ( well i guess i got BF BC to play and some orange box well there still some fun, oh and also to me IMO i believe if you dont have the halo map packs you cant fully enjoy the game. and i havent bought MS points since april and i dont see any reasons to buy some more

[Larry Fine]

All the kids are out of school. When school starts up it will be #2.

[59fifty8]

its just not alot of people understand the greatness of mgs4, even i was hated the gameplay up intill i played mgs3 than i fell in love with it, halo 3 is an easy game, not so hard to get into it, but cod4 is still better.

[swirvin]

ive had my 360 for over 2 years. still havent played halo yet, lol.

am i missing something?

[rbluetank]

halo 3 is a ok/good game.. the problems i have is SLOW motion movementness / no up grades in the M chief movements / Graphics

1) Master Chief is 7 foot tall and moves like a elephant. He would be killed in real life if he is in any army and is that big and moves that slow... period.. not real!!! Where is the booster rockets?

2) the baby diaper suite looks like is has sheits(with peanuts from platters in it). Who is the artist responsible for this ullshiet...

3) the graphic is ucken Bad compared to other fps games... Please look at where you are playing at. Most of the boards are just bad looking...

4) It will take you 5-6 minutes to reach the other side of the board on foot without vehicles. it is very stressful trying to get around without a vehicle or where is the jet pack that the brutes use..??? the turn ratio is almost the same as gears of war.. gears is third person?? why so slow??

5) where are all the people at??? The graphics did not zap the memory/processing power. what gives? 24/32 would be fun.. It takes 3 minute walks to find some one is the middle of the board looking for you too.. there is more i could say but that it for now...

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