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FROM VARIETY: Review

By Ben Fritz of Variety -- Video Business, 9/25/2007

SEPT. 25 | FROM VARIETY: Microsoft's marketing slogan for Halo 3 is "finish the fight," but it could more appropriately be "don't mess with success."

With the exception of an amazing new feature that lets players create videos out of their gameplay, this third installment in one the best-selling videogame franchises of all time is remarkably short on innovation.

While out-of-the-gate sales will undoubtedly be huge, fans won't still be buzzing about Halo 3's play a year down the road as they did with its two predecessors. If this game has a legacy, it will be in the tools it gives users to create their own Master Chief shows.

Read the full review on Variety.com.