Hello. I recently played through Bungie's most recent game in the Halo Franchise, also known as Halo 3: ODST. This is my first review and Ima break this up into a few topics, which is pretty unoriginal but it does the job 
BASIC OVERVIEW
ODST takes place in a city known as New Mombassa, which is basically the pinnacle of civilization in 2552, the year the game take's place. The game is ALSO taking place right in between the games Halo 2 and 3. The game is supposed to be centered mostly around stealthy tactical and small co ordinated strikes, unlike the games in which you play the Spartan Master Chief, in games Halo 1-3. The game introduces a new campaign in which most of it consists of finding small objects that initiate flashbacks, which lets you play another fellow ODST after your team is scattered throughout the wasted city. It also features 3 new multiplayer maps, a new mode called 'Firefight', and a disc that contains all of the previous map packs of all the Halo games.
STORY PROGRESSION: 6/10
Personally, I think giving this a six is pushing it a little far, because normally the flashbacks are very unrelated to eachother and sometimes it has me wondering when and where the events are taking place, and how they are all connected. Most of the characters are pretty damn annoying, especially Buck, the douche that
But, it didn't really suck too much to rate it down any farther.
GAMEPLAY: 5/10
A 5 goes for this one. I thought the game was pretty fun at parts but sometimes it got waayyy too tedious. Like trying to find the objects that trigger the flashbacks. It got really stupid walking around and running into brute patrols and stuff, it just feels really repetitive most of the time, and the only level that offers any diversity is when you fly the banshees around the Phantom, which is somehow controlled by the good guys -.-
However, in co-op when you have a guy you can tell how to plan out your attacks so you don't stand there shooting shielded brutes for 10 seconds while being blown to pieces, it get's alot better, and much more rewarding.
FEATURES: 4/10
Firefight is a pretty good addition, I'll give it that, but it was basically a copy paste of the campaign mixed with GoW Horde Mode, however instead of rounds it has nothing but non stop bombardment of troops (I think, I ragequit after dying like 10 times XD). The reason I rate this so low is mostly because, it's the campaign mode..except it's on the same map over and over..and it's longer. I didn't like it too much and find Horde mode much better, but I'd be called a fanboi for that, but believe me, I hated GoW I overall didn't find it that great.
It also comes with the second disk which gives you the entire halo 3 multiplayer experience. It looks good on paper, but let's think about this..
1. Anyone who buys ODST almost positively has Halo 3 anyway
2. You're basically paying 60$ for a campaign worth about 20, and Halo 3 multiplayer, worth about maybe 20 more, mostly because both suck.
And the last feature are the 3 new maps which I haven't tested. They look pretty cluttered, and don't seem very good to play a game on IMO.
FINAL IMPRESSIONS
This game made me lose faith, and love, for the ODSTs whom I used to cherish. Since I played it for 5 hours straight with a buddy of mine, not to say it was long, I think it shoulda ended about 3 levels sooner. Cos hearing 'IT'S A PATROL! :O' over and over again makes my ears bleed ;(
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OVERALL: 3/5 ***
I suggest renting the game, but 60 dollars is overkill, and you should really save it for MW2 which I can almost guarantee will be better
Thanks for reading, tell me how you like it!
BASIC OVERVIEW
ODST takes place in a city known as New Mombassa, which is basically the pinnacle of civilization in 2552, the year the game take's place. The game is ALSO taking place right in between the games Halo 2 and 3. The game is supposed to be centered mostly around stealthy tactical and small co ordinated strikes, unlike the games in which you play the Spartan Master Chief, in games Halo 1-3. The game introduces a new campaign in which most of it consists of finding small objects that initiate flashbacks, which lets you play another fellow ODST after your team is scattered throughout the wasted city. It also features 3 new multiplayer maps, a new mode called 'Firefight', and a disc that contains all of the previous map packs of all the Halo games.
STORY PROGRESSION: 6/10
Personally, I think giving this a six is pushing it a little far, because normally the flashbacks are very unrelated to eachother and sometimes it has me wondering when and where the events are taking place, and how they are all connected. Most of the characters are pretty damn annoying, especially Buck, the douche that
gets the weird 40 year old looking 20 something year old chick.
GAMEPLAY: 5/10
A 5 goes for this one. I thought the game was pretty fun at parts but sometimes it got waayyy too tedious. Like trying to find the objects that trigger the flashbacks. It got really stupid walking around and running into brute patrols and stuff, it just feels really repetitive most of the time, and the only level that offers any diversity is when you fly the banshees around the Phantom, which is somehow controlled by the good guys -.-
However, in co-op when you have a guy you can tell how to plan out your attacks so you don't stand there shooting shielded brutes for 10 seconds while being blown to pieces, it get's alot better, and much more rewarding.
FEATURES: 4/10
Firefight is a pretty good addition, I'll give it that, but it was basically a copy paste of the campaign mixed with GoW Horde Mode, however instead of rounds it has nothing but non stop bombardment of troops (I think, I ragequit after dying like 10 times XD). The reason I rate this so low is mostly because, it's the campaign mode..except it's on the same map over and over..and it's longer. I didn't like it too much and find Horde mode much better, but I'd be called a fanboi for that, but believe me, I hated GoW
I overall didn't find it that great. It also comes with the second disk which gives you the entire halo 3 multiplayer experience. It looks good on paper, but let's think about this..
1. Anyone who buys ODST almost positively has Halo 3 anyway
2. You're basically paying 60$ for a campaign worth about 20, and Halo 3 multiplayer, worth about maybe 20 more, mostly because both suck.
And the last feature are the 3 new maps which I haven't tested. They look pretty cluttered, and don't seem very good to play a game on IMO.
FINAL IMPRESSIONS
This game made me lose faith, and love, for the ODSTs whom I used to cherish. Since I played it for 5 hours straight with a buddy of mine, not to say it was long, I think it shoulda ended about 3 levels sooner. Cos hearing 'IT'S A PATROL! :O' over and over again makes my ears bleed ;(
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OVERALL: 3/5 ***
I suggest renting the game, but 60 dollars is overkill, and you should really save it for MW2 which I can almost guarantee will be better
Thanks for reading, tell me how you like it!
