Tarmon said:
Just look at Gears of War 2; better graphics, better controls, better story and above all way cooler online.
Apples and oranges my friend. Of course Gears 2 is going to have better graphics, it released over a year after Halo 3. I guess you
could compare controls but it wouldn't make any sense, since the gameplay of each game is completely different. Story? Come on, really? This is Gears of War we're talking about. And your online comment is debatable. Very debatable. Yes, Gears has Horde, and matchmaking is a slight improvement on Halo 3 (I like being able to vote on a map and gametype, instead of having to veto a bad map and gametype, in the hopes that an even worse combination wouldn't show up). But other than that, the matchmaking isn't very different from Halo 3's (except for the obvious changes of gametypes and gameplay). Halo had Forge, which combined with the almost unlimited options of custom games, has spawned some really fun minigames created specifically for certain maps (Grifball, Cat and Mouse chase, hell there are even racetrack maps).
Perfect? No. Overrated? Maybe. Still fun more than a year later? Absolutely.