Halo 3 Still Truckin’ on XBL

halo3xblSeriously? I mean, I get it, the Halo franchise is big and all. I understand that people like it, love it even. I fathom the power with which the game can hold you, transfixed upon its HUD. But what I don’t follow is how, with all these great games out, Halo 3 still tops the charts for XBox Live. Here is the list for the past week:

1. Halo 3
2. CoD: World at War
3. Call of Duty 4
4. Gears of War 2
5. GTA IV
6. Left 4 Dead
7. Madden NFL 09
8. Fallout 3
9. FIFA 09
10. Fable II

If you own numbers 2-4, and are generally playing Halo 3 more than those, you may have a mental deficiency. Just saying, is all. What games have you guys been playing online the most these days?

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16 thoughts on “Halo 3 Still Truckin’ on XBL”

  1. *is offended

    Not really, but I have been playing a lot of Halo 3 recently; Team SWAT to be specific.

    I own CoD4 and Gears 2, but I’m bored of CoD and the horrible matchmaking system has turned me right off Gears 2. (A map pack before you fix the network issues? Sit on it, EPIC.)

    As one of the brainless Chief loving masses, I apologize. 😉

  2. i still play Halo 3. not as much as i used to but still a lot. mostly me and freinds play “shark” together or have some kind of tournament/ownage when we all go on one team to pwn noobz.

  4. Mitch, I’ll forgive you since it’s Team Swat. Hit me up and we’ll play some of that sometime: Pwnocchio.

    Lately I’ve been all about Left 4 Dead and then some more Left 4 Dead. Did do a little bit of Big Team DLC the other night in Halo 3 though.

  5. Wow. I’m impressed. Halo 3 seemed to be a dying game, but apparently not! Then again…I’m not totally blown away. Forge really helps Halo 3 out in terms of longevity.

  6. [quote comment=”3056″]Mitch, I’ll forgive you since it’s Team Swat. Hit me up and we’ll play some of that sometime: Pwnocchio.

    Lately I’ve been all about Left 4 Dead and then some more Left 4 Dead. Did do a little bit of Big Team DLC the other night in Halo 3 though.[/quote]

    Sounds good, I’ll send that FR when I get home from work.

    Halo 3 is a strange game in that it is very easy to come back to. I guess strange is the wrong word, but it definitely seems built to have easy “finger memory”. Considering that most other shooters have built off the Halo controls, I guess that isn’t that surprising.

  7. I’ve never really enjoyed halo all that much, but it is a fun game that has a massive fan base. Most of the true die-hard Halo fans assume that it is superior to every other game, though, so I’m not entirely surprised.
    Now what would happen to that list if WoW came out for the 360?

  9. I don’t have xbox live…yet.
    But if i did I’d be playing several games, trying each one out. But i would play a TON of CoD: 4. That game is so good! funny thing is, i would play more halo 2 than 3.

  10. I sold COD 4 last week because I got bored. My friend borrowed halo 3 for a whole month, so I played Cod alot and, when I got halo back, I got bored of COD. I rented Gears 2 and got bored eventually in two days of playing it. I am hopefully going to get Waw for christmas. Idk halo just keeps me in more.

  11. Been playing CS:S, since I don’t hav the great 360. But I think Halo 3 is acting like a hotel lounge. People seem to play Halo3 when they get bored with different game, or waiting to get another kick ass game.

  13. I use ma PC for online gaming and my onlineness has pretty much been like this:

    L4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4D GMOD L4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4DL4D GMOD L4DL4DL4DL4DL4D GTA4 L4DL4DL4DL4D

    Saying L4D lots of times fast hurts my head.

  14. I had been playing cod WaW alot till i started on nazi zombies and then bought L4D out of impulse of nazi zombies. My xbox broke playing it but last 2 nights ive been at a mates playing halo with a bunch of 4. The game is easy to get good at only issue is the chronic lag it seems to suffer from 40% of the time

  15. I have not even seen my halo 3 game let alone played it in months lol, sadly same can be said about my xbox. L4D for the pc has taken up so much of my time lol

  16. If I get enough money for christmas I may buy Halo 3 since just about everyone I know that has a 360 has Halo 3 and it’s pretty fun to play every now and then. But how is it STILL the #1 game on Live? There are so many games out there that should’ve knocked it off the #1 spot.

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