Comments on: Halo 3: ODST

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:47:13 +0000

I gave the game a pretty good review. Not sure what you’re talking about.

By: advisone

advisone — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:05 +0000

…what?

By: advisone

advisone — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:55 +0000

You’re crazy– the campaign in ODST is 20x better than the campaign in H3. And I especially LOVED the film noir setting– the darkness is what made the game so intriguing. Also, Firefight is amazing. You’re one of those people that can’t see the beauty in a really good game, and you expect every game to live up to every one of your expectations, even though they were never promised in the first place.

Now, if Peter Molyneux was lead designer, I might see your point…

By: Stewox

Stewox — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:52:29 +0000

People said , ODST is really what has been cut off from halo 2 and 1 , thus weaker graphics , and it should be titled Halo 2: ODST , not 3.

Bungie an M$ is the same combination as EA and their bought studios

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:33:58 +0000

That’s a good point. I bought the limited edition of halo wars to get the first set of mythic maps (had to get sandbox, worth every penny), and I still haven’t played it.

I agree that the health thing, and lack of dual wield are fine. I did not even notice the lack of duel wield, because it isn’t useful in Halo 3. However, in may ways I still think the ODST are probably too powerful. They play and feel almost exactly like Master Chief, and in firefight you kick more ass than Master Chief.

By: hoopsomuah

hoopsomuah — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:32:32 +0000

It’s interesting to see reviews from people who were into Halo Wars Vs. those that weren’t. I wasn’t thrilled with the health packs and lack of dual wield but since the characters aren’t Spartans, it wasn’t surprising. ODST made sense to me from Halo Wars but thinking about it, For others it might not be a great title to use.

I’m a huge fan of GOW and FireFight comes clsoe to the same amount of fun.

By: vanlandw

vanlandw — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:13 +0000

The game is too “dark”. I like the visor mode for the art direction and I believe they use the darkness to hide how dated the graphics and tech is in the Halo 3 engine. I believe in solo mode the visor and more “tactics” could come into play but really if your playin with other people you play ODST much as you would halo 1. Brute force will win all.

Clearly the main draw to these games is the multiplayer modes and they again do not disapoint. Firefight is is Halo’s “hoard/nazi zombie” mode. I’m so thankful they gave a crap load of maps (even though I believe they are all stolen from the campaign mode). COD should be ashamed for how much they charge for their maps but clearly people are buying them? Nazi Zombie mode is lost on me so to have three maps to play I would have to pay another $20 and that is not happening on a yearly cycle call of duty game.

Regardless for the most part I agree with you. The 360 halo games get flawless scores from me only because of the online co-op. In my opinion there is not a more fun way to play videogames as I’m a huge fan of co-op so ODST gets a pass because nobody does it better then Bungie. Halo Reach I am reading should have new “tech” so hopefully they can get true HD into Halo with an engine that can do 720p so the visuals pick it up but regardless I’ve gotten my money out of ODST where i thought it was a huge rip. If you can play co-op it’ worth every penny. Halo 3 is a much much better game IMHO.

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:39:29 +0000

I actually really liked campaign.

I have not had a chance to do much else with the game except for the campaign play through with vanlandw on heroic but I did really enjoy it.

I liked the “urban combat” feel – sort of left me feeling a counter strike vibe.

I do agree the story was modest – a simpler and more personal story. The previous Halo games with Master Chief, like the story or not, have a very “epic” feel to them. I think ODST does not have that on purpose – and I was ok with that.

The other big difference for me was the music. It was vastly different and gave the game a totally different feel. Again, I was ok with that change.

I liked the HUD modes initially – but then found myself frustrated at changing back and forth so I tend to agree with you on that.

Overall, I would rate the game similarly to you.