Famitsu gives Halo 3 high marks
by Dustin Burg 
{ Sep 19th 2007 at 11:00AM }
We also heard that any Halo 3 reviews coming out of the US or Europe are embargoed and cannot be published until this Sunday, so we'll just have to wait a few days and see what our fellow reviewers think of the game. But with Famitsu giving the game such high praise we aren't the least bit worried about Halo 3 being a dud. Wait, what are we saying! Who in their right mind ever would think Halo 3 was going to be a dud or anything less than spectaculicious, Bungie just doesn't roll like that. We apologize for even mentioning the word "dud" and "Halo 3" in the same sentence, let alone the same blog post. Eesh, we feel dirty. Time to go cleanse ourselves of these impure thoughts.
[Thanks, WTangoFoxtrot]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lord hobo @ Sep 19th 2007 11:05AM
The embargo is till mid day pacfic. so say gamespots podcast.
Walkboss @ Sep 19th 2007 11:10AM
How come blog posts always refer to the sole writer as "we"? Is each blogger speaking for all of the X3F staff?
xenocidic @ Sep 19th 2007 11:12AM
Looking forward to picking this up on Tuesday. Will probably take the day off work.
I feel bad for my friend his 360 just red-ringed last night. OUCH!
DemonG @ Sep 19th 2007 11:14AM
Thats exactly it walkboss.
They are a team, and there is no I in team.
Tony @ Sep 19th 2007 11:15AM
@2 - I always wonder that even more on larger sites like Joystiq. Sometimes I find it hard to believe several people all have the exact same opinion on a game, for example lol.
TORO @ Sep 19th 2007 11:20AM
I'll have to cleanse myself for reading the second paragraph! Yuck =p
10 is for gameplay. He gave a 9 for Lifespan, 9 for Sound??? Sound is pretty much the best I've ever heard, and I'm only speaking about the beta. And Lifespan, all you have to do Famitsu is go to Bungie's website and check out how many players are still logged in 6 months from now.
Anyways still pretty good =D that could only mean that the Americans will give rave reviews to H3
thisguyrighthere @ Sep 19th 2007 11:20AM
Hmmm... perhaps this justifies some of the hype. I better run out to Target and grab a few cases of Game Fuel before they're sold out.
mike @ Sep 19th 2007 11:24AM
I find it strange that they say "we" as well on these blogs. Do you actually ask your co bloggers first before publishing such facts?
Maybe for x3f its a bit better cause theres only like 2 or 3 bloggers, but I hate whent theres a joystiq post saying something like "gemoerty wars is our favorite game" "We would pay 1200 MSft points for it" Did that blogger really ask every other blogger if that were true or is that mearly what he thinks and just throws "we" in there?
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 19th 2007 11:32AM
http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/18/halo-3-japanese-spot/
heh
Tony @ Sep 19th 2007 11:33AM
@6 - I'm not sure what you mean by all of that... Unless I'm misunderstanding you, the four scores are from four different people. They're total scores, not just for graphics or sound. So one guy said it's a 10/10 and three said a 9/10.
Ghaleon @ Sep 19th 2007 11:37AM
Famitsu's crack-smoker-high Gundam reviews last year ruined their credibility forever.
Ithilis @ Sep 19th 2007 11:41AM
Not to dash your hopes or anything, but Famitsu gave the same ratings to Blue Dragon..
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 19th 2007 11:39AM
Famitsu: Blue Dragon > Halo 3
lol
TORO @ Sep 19th 2007 11:40AM
@Tony - oooh okay, thanks I thought it was broken down
Who cares if they say "we", it them in general (X3F) and sometimes us as community ;)
Again who cares ...
Anticrawl @ Sep 19th 2007 11:45AM
Yeah I remember asking the same question about the "we" thing here/joystiq and one of the blog posters told me why. Can't for the life of me remember, so apparently it wasn't a good enough answer.
Mauricio @ Sep 19th 2007 11:49AM
but there is an 'I' in Pie, in MEAT PIE. and MEAT is an anagram of team...AH-I dont know where he's going that.
if you know from what movie that is i'll give you 10 dollards.
on Topic:
i pre-ordered my Legendary but it wont get to me until 9/27. A whole 2 days after release. so i was kinda bummed about that. maybe i'll buy 2 copies.
nizzy1115 @ Sep 19th 2007 11:50AM
i didn't preorder and im not camping...im just planing on walking in best buy the next morning and picking it up. hopefully i will not have a problem doing this.
TORO @ Sep 19th 2007 11:52AM
Well put this in perspective:
IGN gave Blue Dragon a 7.9
Famitsu a solid 9
Now if Famitsu is giving H3 and Blue Dragon the same scores, well IGN will probably give H3 umm about an 10?
It's good news nonetheless, cause Halo3 hators should begin to realize that this game is actually very good.
Anticrawl @ Sep 19th 2007 12:01PM
On topic: A score of 37/40 is pretty damn high for Famitsu and even more so because it's a FPS, not to mention one created by western developers.
Anticrawl @ Sep 19th 2007 12:06PM
Famitsu has credibility where gamespot and ign do not with their Def Jam: Icon score of 21/40. I can't believe that game got such a high score in the states.
Anticrawl @ Sep 19th 2007 12:08PM
Keep forgetting to mention that Gears of War got a 37/40 as well, same as Halo 3.
michael @ Sep 19th 2007 12:19PM
shaun of the Dead, his rousing speach to the crack staff at what appears to be simlilar to Radio Shack
Etchasketchist @ Sep 19th 2007 12:31PM
Mike, we bloggers have always used the royal we. It's a subtle parody of editorial-speak.
Dan @ Sep 19th 2007 1:10PM
Yea this is going to be awesome! Can't wait to get my copy!
hiiro @ Sep 19th 2007 1:30PM
@3
I wish my 360 red ringed. I'd get a new one with the now standard HDMI port. :P
WTangoFoxtrot @ Sep 19th 2007 1:36PM
im glad they liked it. thanks 360fanboy for posting this !
mobsquad @ Sep 19th 2007 7:16PM
Im a one of japanese, living in tokyo. I love Halo series and fps gamer too.
I just let you know that 'no one living in Japan belives Famitsu's review at all' Cuz they dont know what the latest games like and how fun western games. Their reviews are always irrelevant and full of domestic liking. I believe they dont play a whole game, just check them for few mins and say duh this game sux, this game has good graphics, this music rocks etc etc. So we just watch and say 'uh Famitsu sux again lol' everytime they write review any kinda games. :P