so ODST: thoughts?

I dont know how far I am into the campaign, maybe halfway considering I heard it's a short game. I really like the flashback missions, and I'm not a fan of the hub "missions". Too dark to see anything and you're forced to use the HUD through the entire thing. Then trying to use the HUD on the regular missions is blinding.

Control, sound and graphics, it's Halo. No difference.

Story is pretty decent so far, I like that Adam "Jayne" Baldwin and Nathan "Mal" Fillion are in it as characters rather than just voices like Halo 3. Firefight is pretty cool but I was never a huge player of Horde in Gears 2, but I might spend some time in it with some friends for a while. Haven't tried any of the new (to me) maps for the regular Halo multiplayer though.

Anyone else get this?

It's basically Halo except you have to think a little bit more about how approach situations since you aren't as strong as the Master Chief.

Firefight is Hordes, which is fine by me. Great fun.

I've only just completed the first flashback mission.

I had a helluva time defeating the two Hunters.

me likey.

the music is the best part of this game---by a longshot

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I had a helluva time defeating the two Hunters.

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I dont now if this is just for ODST or if it happened in Halo 3 but I noticed hunters now have destructible armor. If their backs get enough damage their armor and tentacles will fall off, giving you a larger area to hit.

I suck with sniping really, really bad so I never take them down like that. I know it's the quickest way, but for me that's the most difficult so I try to have a couple of spare sticky grenades to take them down.

I really do miss Elites though. :( Never been a fan of the Brutes. Haven't fought against Elites since early in Halo 2.

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I dont now if this is just for ODST or if it happened in Halo 3 but I noticed hunters now have destructible armor. If their backs get enough damage their armor and tentacles will fall off, giving you a larger area to hit.

I suck with sniping really, really bad so I never take them down like that. I know it's the quickest way, but for me that's the most difficult so I try to have a couple of spare sticky grenades to take them down.

I really do miss Elites though. :( Never been a fan of the Brutes. Haven't fought against Elites since early in Halo 2.

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Yeah, Master chief can go toe to toe with the Hunters and melee them in their backs to take them out.

This time I used lots of grenades - Spikers and Flame to take them out.

I'm finding the game to be mostly bad so far. It's the same halo gameplay, except they're making me backtrack across the same boring cityscape every 10 minutes. to some beacon thing. Reminds me of the recent wolfenstein game. I hated it there too.

The story isn't interesting me in the slightest. Don't care about some love story, and the voice acting and dialogue is sub par this time around.

Oh, and I'm not liking the music much either. So far it's ranged from this soft jazz piano melody, to some numetal, to some african tribal drum stuff. All of it was good music, but none of it felt fitting for a halo game (well, the tribal drum stuff actually did, but the rest? meh)

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I dont now if this is just for ODST or if it happened in Halo 3 but I noticed hunters now have destructible armor. If their backs get enough damage their armor and tentacles will fall off, giving you a larger area to hit.

I suck with sniping really, really bad so I never take them down like that. I know it's the quickest way, but for me that's the most difficult so I try to have a couple of spare sticky grenades to take them down.

I really do miss Elites though. :( Never been a fan of the Brutes. Haven't fought against Elites since early in Halo 2.

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i, too, miss elites. brutes are ugly and annoying..and not in the way i imagine the developers wanted (as antagonists)

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Oh, and I'm not liking the music much either. So far it's ranged from this soft jazz piano melody, to some numetal, to some african tribal drum stuff. All of it was good music, but none of it felt fitting for a halo game (well, the tribal drum stuff actually did, but the rest? meh)

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how weird. i think this games sound design [voice and music] is far superior to halo3s reused rock riffage.

hearing the saxophone whine in the hub-city was beautiful

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hearing the saxophone whine in the hub-city was beautiful

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Kinda has a Vangelis/Blade Runner feel to it.

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i, too, miss elites. brutes are ugly and annoying..and not in the way i imagine the developers wanted (as antagonists)

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heh yeah. I always loved their angry yells. "rrrrraaabonna!!" or something similar.

Game is great on co op remind me of the first halo which is good cuz that's the game that got me into fps in the first place I use to hate then prior to halo.my only complaint is how u are forced to use the hud cuz its so dark! It make it look like I'm playing tron.

4 player Co-op and firefight lagged so bad it was completely unplayable. Not very impressed thus far service wise. Story wise it seemed good.

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4 player Co-op and firefight lagged so bad it was completely unplayable. Not very impressed thus far service wise. Story wise it seemed good.

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i dont see bungie fucking up their multiplayer this bad...my game was terribly laggy too. im guessing its xbl and not the game/bungie.

(even with the lag buro and i played for 2 hours-slo-mo)

I had zero lag playing the Halo 3 Mythic Disc online tonight.

I'll have to try the ODST multiplayer.

The 2nd Flashback mission is great.

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i dont see bungie fucking up their multiplayer this bad...my game was terribly laggy too. im guessing its xbl and not the game/bungie.

(even with the lag buro and i played for 2 hours-slo-mo)

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I can't believe I'm still saddled with this FUCKING NAME (this is Buro) but I have to post. Playing in choppy, slo-mo, lagged up Firefight was pretty awesome; I hope that once I log more time with the game as its supposed to be, I won't start missing this time-bending gauntlet of survival.

I actually like how this game is setup.

I've done 3 or so flashbacks so far but I really like wandering through the city, avoiding the Covenant and only striking when necessary.

You can do a decent bit of sneaking, and pick enemies off before they alert the others, even when they're relatively close which is cool.

The 30 hidden audio logs is a nice touch for those who love to explore.

I don't view going through the city as "backtracking" since I genuinely enjoy exploring.

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I can't believe I'm still saddled with this FUCKING NAME (this is Buro) but I have to post. Playing in choppy, slo-mo, lagged up Firefight was pretty awesome; I hope that once I log more time with the game as its supposed to be, I won't start missing this time-bending gauntlet of survival.

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lol---why're you dark andy?

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lol---why're you dark andy?

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Neo Gumby

It's on the second page of the thread if you have post per thread at default.

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Kinda has a Vangelis/Blade Runner feel to it.

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This is what I've been saying. The music is fucking awesome.

I agree the Music is fucking awesome.:buttrock:

Liking the progression of the main story arc in Campaign a lot.

Always been a fan of the alternating character perspective on things.

Music is very well done and I dig the cityscape stages thus far.

The Halo 3 engine is showing its age graphic-wise though.

Not an unattractive game but a graphical upgrade wouldn't have hurt.

Halo fans will eat this up (as I've become only recently) but non-carers will go on non-caring.

I'll comment on Firefight over the weekend when I get around to it.

I saw that Best Buy has marked Halo 3 down to $29.99. I never finished that one so I might have to pick it up. I think Halo Wars was also marked down to that price.

I'll buy Halo Wars when it is marked down to $20.

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I'll buy Halo Wars when it is marked down to $20.

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Same here (maybe). I'm gonna wait for ODST to get cheaper too, even if it takes a while (and it probably will).

ODST and Halo Wars are definitely $20 purchases for me. I enjoyed the trilogy, but I'm not really into spending a lot of extra money on the franchise.

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ODST and Halo Wars are definitely $20 purchases for me. I enjoyed the trilogy, but I'm not really into spending a lot of extra money on the franchise.

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Halo Wars isn't a great game in the first place. I like Halo a lot but i'm not even spending $30 on a game that isn't good.

A smart move for ODST. There isn't a lot of content if you don't play Halo online or don't plan to play Firefight much.

I'm still kinda annoyed that I have essentially repurchased Halo 3 multiplayer including 3 map packs I already paid $30 for.

Oh well.

Three new maps on top of that.

One of which I really enjoy, so...whatever.

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Halo Wars isn't a great game in the first place. I like Halo a lot but i'm not even spending $30 on a game that isn't good.

A smart move for ODST. There isn't a lot of content if you don't play Halo online or don't plan to play Firefight much.

I'm still kinda annoyed that I have essentially repurchased Halo 3 multiplayer including 3 map packs I already paid $30 for.

Oh well.

Three new maps on top of that.

One of which I really enjoy, so...whatever.

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firefight

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firefight

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Would you care to elaborate on your post?

It doesn't make any sense.

My reply was specifically directed at Deuce. I don't believe he plays a lot of FPS online - I could be wrong and I don't know if he'd like Firefight.

If he doesn't, then the value in ODST for him is only the single player campaign.

That is a lot of "extra" stuff he doesn't need/want so waiting for the price to drop makes sense for him.

I think the ODST package is great, which is why I bought it. For me it wasn't as good of a value as it could have been, given that I already own Halo 3 and all the map packs which are for sale (the 3 on the ODST disc are not for sale in the marketplace currently.)

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Would you care to elaborate on your post?

It doesn't make any sense.

My reply was specifically directed at Deuce. I don't believe he plays a lot of FPS online - I could be wrong and I don't know if he'd like Firefight.

If he doesn't, then the value in ODST for him is only the single player campaign.

That is a lot of "extra" stuff he doesn't need/want so waiting for the price to drop makes sense for him.

I think the ODST package is great, which is why I bought it. For me it wasn't as good of a value as it could have been, given that I already own Halo 3 and all the map packs which are for sale (the 3 on the ODST disc are not for sale in the marketplace currently.)

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no, i don't really care to elaborate on my post. i just typed the word firefight. it wasn't necessarily in response to anything you said, despite the fact i quoted you. that's how i roll. i was just professing my love for the firefight mode by reiterating its name and acknowledging the fact it exists.

are you a robot?

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are you a robot?

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I wish i was.

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I wish i was.

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don't wish for such a thing. :)

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don't wish for such a thing. :)

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triple kill

I'm on the Sniper ODST flasback and the other ODST i'm with is shooting at a dead Brute and then he says "You know - they are more fun to fight than elites"

Awesome.

Wort wort wort.

Finished the game earlier today. It's definitely short but pretty cool. I didn't realize the girl that played Dare was Tricia Helfer until today. That's kinda cool. Story is pretty cool, even though it's just telling us what happened during MC's jaunt in Halo 2.

It is pretty short, but it's pretty fun.

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then he says "You know - they are more fun to fight than elites."

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What HORSESHIT. Elites > Brutes allllllll day.

I just played firefight for 3 hours straight on the same map.

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I just played firefight for 3 hours straight on the same map.

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You get that Vidmaster achievement?

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You get that Vidmaster achievement?

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You have to do that shit on HEROIC.

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You get that Vidmaster achievement?

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Which achievement is that?

And no, we only got an achievement for scoring 200,000 on the level which is rather easy since we were just messing around on normal.

One of the skulls is so annoying. Makes some enemies reflect bullets. We just basically splattered them with choppers.

We were playing on the level that is from the 2nd flashback, where you drive the warthog.

You get a stupid amount of points if you kill a wraith with the laser.

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Which achievement is that?

And no, we only got an achievement for scoring 200,000 on the level which is rather easy since we were just messing around on normal.

One of the skulls is so annoying. Makes some enemies reflect bullets. We just basically splattered them with choppers.

We were playing on the level that is from the 2nd flashback, where you drive the warthog.

You get a stupid amount of points if you kill a wraith with the laser.

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Same exact level we unlocked 200k on last night.

The Vidmaster: Endure achievement is completing 4 whole sets on Heroic in Firefight.

AKA- IMPOSSIBLE.

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Same exact level we unlocked 200k on last night.

The Vidmaster: Endure achievement is completing 4 whole sets on Heroic in Firefight.

AKA- IMPOSSIBLE.

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I'm sorry, I just can't take you seriously anymore Dark Andy.

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AKA- IMPOSSIBLE.

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Agreed.

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I'm sorry, I just can't take you seriously anymore Dark Andy.

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Please, this profile has never been more literate and relevant.

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Please, this profile has never been more literate and relevant.

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True but the damage has been done.

the heroic achievement could easily be done on the level with the steppe-like layout, and the huge, destructible walls.

Bought Halo Wars yesterday because of the price drop. Picked up the guide too...

Havent had a chance to really try it out yet, but I did briefly look online and there were over a 1000 games being hosted. So the multiplayer must be pretty fun.

I beat the campaign on Heroic, next up is legendary. I'm wondering if you get any additional scenes at the end of the game if you beat it on legendary.

I enjoyed the game, though short, and all around I think it's a good package for $60....if you like Halo.

ODST almost feels like a different game on Legendary [solo.]

It's a cake walk in co-op with 4 players, but still awesomely fun.