I personally have no really caring for the compaign mode... It's the multiplayer mode in halo that interests me.

And they did a very nice job with it in halo 1 and 2, and i haven't played much of 3....

I did miss the handgun from halo 1... but i replaced it with the battle rifle in halo 2, so i'm content...

Dual wielding is alright, i like it in some ways don't in others.. I do like the new options for what you can do with vehicles added in halo 2.

As for halo 3, i have no problem with their additions so far, they seem useful and fun.. I did wish they added a few things, that say some of the half-life games had.. like a gun that could shoot through a wall would be sweet (that charge up laser gun they had)... and i think explosives that you can throw and detonate with a trigger wouldn't be bad in the game. Also I did like the little creatures in half-life the ones that someone through and it'd attack the nearest target, potentially even the thrower of the creatures.

Also I think it'd of been sweet if they stole the hologram idea from duke-nukem... that could have some useful applications.

anyway it looked sweet graphically, and those i've asked (namely passed halo fans) have saiid they enjoyed it, so i like it, and I think overall i liked the gameplay in multiplayer of halo 2 over halo 1, and 3 looks like it will be better than halo 2...

Also one thign i wished they did was to keep past levels, i see no reaon to get rid of old levels just gives people more options. Or if you want to milk cash, at least give people the option to purchase the old maps.

I think user-created maps, since everythign seems to be gravitating toward online play, could be a possiblity, if they could make a user friendly map-maker program for the 3d maps in halo. then people who both have the same map on their x-box 360 could play on that map if they wanted.

anyway, I think halo 3 looks fun in mulitplayer how it is, i think they could of added a few more things, but overall i'm excited to start playing it, when more people i know get it, and have spare controllers.