History Videogame / Halo3

-->'''The Prophet of Truth:''' [[spoiler: I AM TRUTH! The voice of the COVENANT!]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Halo 2 was originally to have ended where Halo 3's first half left off, making much of the campaign filler and resulting in a relatively story-cramped installment.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: Truth and Gravemind.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Halo 2 was originally to have ended where Halo 3's first half left off, making much of the campaign filler and resulting in a relatively story-cramped installment.
* VillainousBreakdown: Truth, Gravemind and [[spoiler:Guilty Spark]] ends up with this. [[spoiler:Spark]]'s crackdown is the scariest one.

* ILikeThoseOdds:
-->'''Elite:''' "Shipmaster, Brute Ships. Staggered Line. They outnumber us three to one!"
-->'''Half-Jaw:''' "Then it is an even fight."

-->'''Elite''': "Brute ships, staggered line! Ship Master! They outnumber us three-to-one!"
-->'''R'Tas Vadum''': "Then it is an even fight."

* FanNickname: R'Tas Vadum (the Elite counterpart to Lord Hood) is also known by fans as "Half-Jaw," because, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin you know]]...

* NotSoHarmless: [[spoiler: Guilty Spark.]]

The campaign was no longer split into two parts, instead having a single co-op campaign revolving around the Master Chief and the Arbiter working side by side. The story wrapped up the trilogy and shows the conclusion of the war.

-->''"They let me pick, did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted. You know me. I did my research. Watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others, you were strong and swift and brave. A natural leader. But you had something they didn't. Something no one saw... but me. Can you guess? '''[[BornLucky Luck]]'''. Was I wrong?"''
-->-'''Cortana'''

[[caption-width-right:300:Finish The Fight.]]

The gameplay was kept largely intact and identical to the previous games, only refining the changes made in Halo 2. The only real new features are the weapon types (a complete subset of Brute weapons and two additional grenade types to the standard frag and plasma, spike and incendiary) and equipment you can deploy that changes the battle dynamics (impenetrable "bubble shield," trip mine, radar jammer, etc.)

* TheWarSequence: The battle outside the array in the level "The Covenant". It is arguably the final major land battle in the human-Covenant war, and the Covenant throw everything they have left at you, with the crew of ''Forward Unto Dawn'' doing likewise. Appropriately, it has more total forces and more variety of vehicles than virtually any other battle in the series. The music "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S68GmenFk2g One Final Effort]]" plays, the battle begins, and then the Covenant send '''[[HolyShitQuotient two]]''' [[SpiderTank scarabs]] against you.

* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: Truth is killed, the Flood are destroyed on Halo, and the War is over, but Master Chief and Cortana are lost in space at the end of the ''Forward Unto Dawn'' with no way to get home, and the Chief is forced to go into cryogenic stasis to stay alive.]]

-->''"They let me pick, did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever Spartan I wanted. You know me. I did my research. Watched as you became the soldier we needed you to be. Like the others, you were strong and swift and brave. A natural leader. But you had something they didn't. Something no one saw... but me. Can you guess? '''[[CheckPoint Luck]]'''. Was I wrong?"''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Halo 2 was originally to have ended where Halo 3s first half left off, making much of the campaign filler and resulting in a relatively story-cramped installment.

* BondOneLiner: During [[spoiler: Truth's death]]:
-->'''The Prophet of Truth:''' [[spoiler: I AM TRUTH! The voice of the COVENANT!]]
-->'''Arbiter:''' [[CrowningMomentofAwesome And so, you must be silenced.]]

The final fame in the (first) {{Halo}} trilogy. Picking up directly from ''{{Halo 2}}'', Master Chief returns to fight for Earth and discover the secrets of the Halo builders. This game earned $170 million in its ''first day'', breaking all previous records (including ''Halo 2'''s.)

Picking up directly from ''{{Halo 2}}'', Master Chief returns to fight for Earth and discover the secrets of the Halo builders. This game earned $170 million in its ''first day'', breaking all previous records (including ''Halo 2'''s.)

* {{Nerf}}: Dual-wielding was disabled for the Needler, and its magazine size was decreased. [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] on how much of a nerf this actually turned out to be though, because the needles were also changed to do all of their damage right when they hit a player (rather than doing most of it when they shattered), travel faster, and require one less hit for a [[MadeOfExplodium supercombine]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Truth, Gravemind and [[spoiler:Guilty Spark]] ends up with this. [[spoiler:Spark]]'s crackdown is the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel scariest one]].

** One of the bonus armor types was developed at a place called [[RedDwarf Lister, Aigburth]] on a colony world.

* ShoutOut: To Marathon: Just look at [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marathon_9070.jpg this picture]] now look at the [[http://halowiki.net/images/b/bb/Security_Armor_Infobox.jpg security armor]], see anything familiar?