What's the big deal?

I must be missing something.

I arrived home yesterday, after picking up my new car (yay!) to find Halo 3 waiting for me. I proceeded to tell everyone else to go away and leave me alone as I sat down to play the much anticipated game.

And I was severely disappointed.

Maybe I just don't get it. But this is a mediocre game at best. Firstly, in traditional Microsoft style, it assumes you know what you're getting into and you know the storyline, which I don't. I played Halo years ago on the Xbox, but I never played Halo 2, so I was completely lost. It throws you into the action, without explaining anything or giving you the basics. The controls are awkward and limited. You can't grab onto anything. You can crouch, but only by pushing the left stick down and then trying to move, which doesn't work. You can't go prone, or at least I couldn't figure it out. You have armour, but it is useless and anything can kill you instantly. The weapons have limited ammunition, which would be fine if it didn't take 40 bullets to kill anything but the weakest enemy. the sidekick they provide you with is bordering on useless. His only saving graces are that he doesn't die and he draws some fire. Other than that, he just gets in the way.

I played for an hour and shut it off, disgusted. I was expecting so much from this game. Maybe it was all the hype. I would rather play Vegas, which is a much better game.