Halo 3 ODST: Your thoughts

[Hybridwolf]

erm, errrr....

Honestly? I'm just getting it to see if you have to even play any differently (bet ya you still just run and gun) and to fill the gap between then and COD. It would have been biohock 2's job but...

 

[MasterSqueak]

I'm wondering what people will call it for short? Bungie could've picked a better bunch of letters there.

ODST.

Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.

IE, the guys you play as.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

It's great! Really, it's a breath of fresh air for the series considering that as the series progressed, Master Chief became progressively more superhuman. He jumps higher, shields regenerate faster, etc. etc. It made the game feel easy, and it's one of the factors to why the campaign in Halo 3 wasn't that impressive.

I'm more excited about this one because it looks and it FEELS like a return to Halo 1 form when Master Chief was more... Human. The fact that it focuses more on stealth, tact, and diplomacy rather than say, running up to enemies guns blazing, jumping around like a bunny and throwing grenades at them is something that I appreciate. That means Bungie realized, "Fuck. This is getting old, let's start from the beginning and use that as a base."

There is no dual wielding. There is no Deploys in this game, so relying on bubble shields is stupid since there won't be any. You don't jump as high, and you take fall damage! Yup! Fall damage. And it uses the old Halo 1 method of health.

Add Firefight, the Reach beta, and the new Halo 3 maps, and I think it's fair to say that it's an ace in the hole for Bungie. It won't earn Game of the Year awards or anything, but I like the direction Bungie is taking with the series. Speaking as a long time fan of the series since the first game's release in 2001, well, it's easy to see why I'm stoked about it.

I wouldn't say that it's milking it, but really, 5 games in the space of 8 years isn't actually that bad compared to say... Call of Duty (the game that is being compared the most) which had ELEVEN games in the course of 6 years including all the spin offs and Mobilized on the DS. (then again it's Activision!)

 

[Valiance]

I liked halo 1 and 2, I didn't see how it was as great as everyone was saying it was but it was still my favorite game/games. Then Halo 3 came out and I thought it was cool. And then.... CoD 4 came out and showed me what a real fps can do, halo requires no skill, only the luck to spawn next to the biggest and most shiny weapons, and even then there is ALWAYS the prick who has been playing it since the day who came out and will kill you with an smg. But on to ODST, this game has potential, it can combine the tactics of CoD 4 with.... whatever it is that makes halo good, i can't figure it out, so we will have to wait and see.

UT2K4, Quake 3, Warsow, etc...

If you want a competitive challenging multiplayer experience, those are the games you should look at, especially Warsow because it is more fast paced with movement and gunplay than any Halo game will be. And CTF/TDM require even more tactics/strategy because your entire team needs to be adaptive to the situation because of how fast the game can be.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

I'm wondering what people will call it for short? Bungie could've picked a better bunch of letters there.

I'll say "Od-st", in just 1 syllable. I rock

OT: Meh, Firefight looks pretty good.

looks like they copied gears of war 2 horde- without the head popping and bloody high rpm alien slices

I didn't know part of copying Horde was having a unique scoring system which was affected by the Halo 3 Gold Skulls, and sharing 7 lives with 4 players.

 

[Sixties Spidey]

I liked halo 1 and 2, I didn't see how it was as great as everyone was saying it was but it was still my favorite game/games. Then Halo 3 came out and I thought it was cool. And then.... CoD 4 came out and showed me what a real fps can do ,

I have to ask, exactly how the fuck long have you been playing FPS games for?

 

[Ph33nix]

first off wow i got totally ninjaed second i already pre ordered it and can;t wait for the 22nd

 

[Ph33nix]

I'm wondering what people will call it for short? Bungie could've picked a better bunch of letters there.

I'll say "Od-st", in just 1 syllable. I rock

OT: Meh, Firefight looks pretty good.

looks like they copied gears of war 2 horde- without the head popping and bloody high rpm alien slices

I didn't know part of copying Horde was having a unique scoring system which was affected by the Halo 3 Gold Skulls, and sharing 7 lives with 4 players.

plus horde mode is copied some game from original xbox can;t remember the name

 

[F3rgioSON]

Well I HAVE played the game.
And I am actually quite surprised with the firefight mode.
It was alot more fun then I initially thought it would be, and I'm really looking forward to it. :]
Btw.
Fanbase all under 15?
I'm 19.
So that statement is FALSE.

 

[Supernaut565]

As long a it gets good reviews I will get I like the halo series they're not perfect but they are fun and ODST is looking pretty good plus that live action trailer was pretty bad ass.

 

[gremily]

I'd buy it.

 

[awsome117]

Well I HAVE played the game.
And I am actually quite surprised with the firefight mode.
It was alot more fun then I initially thought it would be, and I'm really looking forward to it. :]
Btw.
Fanbase all under 15?
I'm 19.
So that statement is FALSE.

You don't understand though. Because you like halo, you must be under the age of thirteen, and continueally shot into the mic.

It's basic logic.

 

[Phoenix Arrow]

I'm wondering what people will call it for short? Bungie could've picked a better bunch of letters there.

oh-de-ssst. Say it quickly.
Couldn't care less, on topic. That trailer looks awesome but the whole girtty war game isn't my scene. Give me one character to save the universe with and I'll enjoy it more. Female preferably. Jo Dark, for example.

 

[Cryo84R]

Didn't care when I first heard about it, REALLY don't care now that I know there is no co-op and multiplayer outside of fucking Live.

Excuse this minor shouting for a sec:



WHY THE FUCK IS IT THAT SIDE-BY-SIDE CO-OP GAMES AREN'T BEING MADE ANYMORE! WHAT, DO GAMERS NOT HAVE PHYSICAL FRIENDS, THEIR ONLY OUTSIDE INTERACTION IS WITH THE INTERNET?!


/end shout

You should try playing one the games you complain about. That way you would see that it does in fact have same screen co op.

But hey, don't let me stand in the way of Igno-rage.

 

[Cryo84R]

All the price of a full game with all the content of DLC? And lest we forget it's Halo.

I say it's shit.

Wow, been away from the internet for a year?

 

[Stalk3rchief]

I liked halo 1 and 2, I didn't see how it was as great as everyone was saying it was but it was still my favorite game/games. Then Halo 3 came out and I thought it was cool. And then.... CoD 4 came out and showed me what a real fps can do, halo requires no skill, only the luck to spawn next to the biggest and most shiny weapons, and even then there is ALWAYS the prick who has been playing it since the day who came out and will kill you with an smg. But on to ODST, this game has potential, it can combine the tactics of CoD 4 with.... whatever it is that makes halo good, i can't figure it out, so we will have to wait and see.

Now, because you derailed the thread with a rant, I shall ponder a question:
In what way does CoD 4 take skill? You don't even have to play the game to level up...

Maybe by the fact that bullets actually kill people?
That you can actual use every tactic Halo doesn't, and Halo's only tactic is "Rush good guns, jump alot, throw over 9000 grenades, cross fingers."
CoD4 has a skill factor to it.
Shields ruin Halo.
Or maybe its the fact that grown ups play CoD4, whereas it's always little boys playing Halo3. Hell, my little brother plays Halo 3 and he's fucking retarded.

Well, depends on what you mean by "kill people". See, when you fire your gun, unless you have the magical(perk name escapes me) better bullet damage I will call it, it won't do much. Also, only one gun is really used, the M16. It can basically do everything.
Your second point describes Cod 4 perfectly, besides the good guns, as everyone already has it. Right in the beggining, you throw random grenades, and how for the best. and the "jump a lot" is replaced by "crotch a lot"
Where is the skill factor? It's basically Halo 3, but worse.
and regenerating health ruins Cod 4. At least it makes sense that sheilds are in. Also, regenerating health isn't very "realistic" in my eyes...
Dude, more kids play Cod 4 than halo 3.

Dude wait...I'm sorry, your advanced vocabulary stopped me there for a second.
Regenerating health is better than regenerating shields IMO.
Some people throw random nades, but they only get 2 [I hope you know how many that is, as I can't hold 2 fingers in front of your face.]In halo you can potentially get 20 grenades, and throw them all, and you can hold up to, what, 9 or so?
You jump god knows how many feet in the air, like a cracked up fucking rabbit or something, and you rely so heavily on vehicles on some maps it's retarded.
I used to play Halo little boy, you can't tell me anything about it I don't know.
I was a halo fan since day one of halo one. And the second I played CoD4, I hated Halo.
My beloved game had deceived me into thinking it was good, and CoD4 showed me what real gaming is.
Btw.

Silenced Mp5.
Bandoleer.
UAV Jammer.
Dead Silence.

Not an M-16 with stopping power. No triple frags.
The fact that you even said 'Every one uses that' shows that you are bad when you do play it, and that you know nothing of the game.
If anything more people use the P90 than anything else.
Fucking idiot.
Don't try and start a flame war with only half the facts.
You argument is broken and your logic is flawed.
DON'T try to flame me, ass hole.

 

[skywalkerlion]

Yawn.
let halo die already.

Halo 1 = good.
Halo 2 = Better.
Halo 3 = Okay, its getting really old.
Halo Wars = Wow, really? What a joke.
ODST = Fuck off Bungi, your fanbase is all under the age of 15 at this point.

and theres already ANOTHER one in the works?

Have we forgotten the repeated series of Final Fantasy?

Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XI
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIV

Not to mention the other hundreds of spin offs and other Final Fantasy titles away from the main series.

Why does no one complain about it? It's like Mortal Combat (with a story line) geared for weaboos.

 

[DoW Lowen]

Yawn.
let halo die already.

Halo 1 = good.
Halo 2 = Better.
Halo 3 = Okay, its getting really old.
Halo Wars = Wow, really? What a joke.
ODST = Fuck off Bungi, your fanbase is all under the age of 15 at this point.

and theres already ANOTHER one in the works?

Well at least they thought it out from very early on when they were developing the series, rather than arbitrarily adding sequels down the track. Plus as the other post said -

Nathan Mother Fucking Fillion

Damn straight!

There is no excuse not to have Nathan Fillion.

People hate Halo too much, I find that it is very undeserving of ALL the hammering it gets. Plus careful what you say, with the amount of money they're pulling in and with the Master Chief now the equivalent of GOD, should they ever (and they will!) attempt a world take over, they'll use this post against you in a tribunal. Let the record show, I for one welcome our new Overlord.

 

[DoW Lowen]

I'm wondering what people will call it for short? Bungie could've picked a better bunch of letters there.

oh-de-ssst. Say it quickly.
Couldn't care less, on topic. That trailer looks awesome but the whole girtty war game isn't my scene. Give me one character to save the universe with and I'll enjoy it more. Female preferably. Jo Dark, for example.

Jo Dark beats the usual "Britney Big Tits"