As energy drink-addled Master Chief wannabes emerge from their caffeine haze having conquered Halo 3, they are sure to begin exploring the game’s interesting user-generated features.
The most interesting of these is Forge, a map editor that lets Halo players roam around the game’s multi-player battlefields dropping weapons, vehicles and other materiel around the map. Players can then save their custom-built maps, invite friends and even upload them to the web site of Bungie, Halo 3’s developer, where they can be shared and commented on by the entire Halo 3 community.
But Forge is not the only interactive, user-generated feature in Halo 3. The game’s multiplayer mode features a ‘flim’ option that allows players to record their most impressive kills and other highlights. Videos of a gamer’s last 25 sessions can be edited down to just the highlights, then tweaked to show the action from different camera angles. Saved films can be uploaded to share with other players.
Overall, it’s an impressive suite of interactive features, one that Halo 3 players are likely to enjoy long after they crack the game’s main single-player campaign. Such interactive features are bound to become more common in video games for the Xbox 360, as Microsoft attempts to drive more users to its Xbox Live online service.
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