Halo 3 ODST: Fail or Success? (in your opinion)

It's them trying to tell a great story through a great game. They wanted to price the game at $40 but it was Microsofts choice to make it $60. They make games they want to play and to tell a great story and they accomplish the latter greatly in ODST.

Headache? How do you mean? The story pieced together the time on earth between 2 and 3 almost perfectly. The characters kept me interested and I actually had a feel for them, which is the opposite of a normal Halo game to me.

Then don't use it. It's as simple as that. Plus, who cares if the path is linear or not? A good majority of shooting games have linear paths. If you want the campaign to be competitive or strategic then make it strategic. Go play it on Legendary and challenge yourself to not use certain weapons to actually change the game in a way. Just because there isn't a mode to make it strategic or more difficult doesn't mean you can't challenge yourself to make up one yourself and go by an honor rule of not using a certain weapon or something.

Also, the campaign is meant to flesh out the story of the games. I could care less if it's competitive or not, I'm mainly into Halo because of how much I enjoy the story of it and all the history in the games.

Who cares. It works, and it's fun. Playing it on Legendary with a large group of friends is rewarding enough. You want your strategic Halo, this is as close as it can get so far. If you bought the game, you might as well play it. I was skeptical at first but it really grew on me and is intensely fun when playing with three other people on the hardest difficulty.

If the Battle Rifle was in this game, it would turn into Halo 3's campaign/multiplayer, which is just all BR's all the time. Besides, the Pistol and Carbine are good substitutes. ODST is meant to try to make you feel like your not some super soldier like Master Chief, and the BR really takes away from that illusion. You don't feel as strong on Legendary as you would if you had the ever powerful Battle Rifle and that's what makes this game great to me.

And most hated game? It's only been a day. I think you're too quick to judge but if you insist on hating this game for not having what every FPS just has to have (PvP Multiplayer, Matchmaking, etc) and for the lack of a Battle Rifle, then you can go ahead and do that. It just goes to show how sad it is that the Halo story is overshadowed by it's redundant multiplayer, as well as most FPS game's stories.

 

^ This.

I actually just make my own difficulty mode that way...;D try doing it without the new pistol!

 

ODST is incredible.
Anything but a fail.

Firefight keeps you constantly challenged, and the campaign is an artististic beauty, both gameplay, story, and visual wise.

I love it.

 

Everyone lied. Pistol is ****.

 

Unless you were already decent (as in got at least 1 kill) in Matchmaking with the Halo 3 super-dumb pistol.

 

ODST was hyped sooo much that the average gamer will be let down by what, IMO, should have been a game add-on. Obviously, Halo fanboys are going to love it. Halo 3 fanboys are going to hate it. The best procedure is to not expect much from it, so that you are either pleasantly surprised or it just meets you low expectations. No letdowns for me.

 

So is it worth my $60 or what? Because it's either that money goes into ODST, or I buy myself a 3-month card, and wait for Borderlands. For only a campaign mode and some stupid multiplayer mode that only works if you happen to have another 3 people willing to play with you is just stupid. This sucks... It's such a difficult decision...

I think I might have to get it for the achievements and the new dlc...

 

oh teh noez, u cant 4 shot bks, cmon scoped pistol and scoped SMG make up for it, and it is there, u just cant get 2 it, go to PAX video of bungie #7, someone mentions it

 

The pistol doesn't even have a scope, neither does the SMG, it has a dot-sight. Neither should have a zoom feature. I would have liked the BR.

But i don't think i'll be disappointed. People should stop treating this as a seperate game just because it's on a seperate disc. I think a larger variation within the campaign is just what i wanted. I still **** around on Halo 3's campaign so this will be great. And between Firefight, Forge and Halo MP, how can i be bored?

 

You're [insert deragatory term about inteligence] If you were expecting Halo 3 MatchMaking, you've been living under a friggin rock.

 

I like the game so far. Quit yer bitchin'. I'm playing on Heroic.
However, I always liked the Halo 3 campaign for all its flaws so obviously those of you who like the MM in halo, then you shouldn't have bought it

 

I love it it brings back the feel of a real solider game, it kinda reminds me of halo ce's campaign especially on heroic and legendary, only having the ar and a pistol and having to grab other weapons and improvise.

Definitely a win for me, a 5 out of 5.

 

QFT.

But it really is a good game. I do not agree with the OP. The campaign is AMAZINGLY involving compared to most of the other games with a story along the lines of..(Theres some aliens) (Your a super Soldier) ( Heres a Gun) (THE END)

I very much enjoyed ODST. I will probably play the campaign multiple times.

 

It looks friggen amazing

 

Well, it was a tad disappointing in how long the campaign was, other than that I believe they executed it beautifully. The visuals are fantastic, the difficulty and A.I. has indeed been improved and they story is also fantastic. I'd have to say I enjoyed how they did the campaign. Although I felt it was short, and others do too, you gotta remember it's supposed to be a sort of expansion. Firefight will give me something to do ALL the time with my buddies, especially when I get angry with matchmaking.

And yes, they took out the BR, which doesn't make sense, but I felt it was a great idea. The BR would have made campaign too easy, honestly. Replacing it with the pistol was a great idea, but it didn't feel right because every, or most, ODST's you came across in Halo 3 held a BR almost every time. It just didn't make much sense...

In my book, ODST gets a solid 9.5/10, only because it felt a little short.

Also, I enjoy this because it shows how much of a good soldier you must be in order to live in this battle as a Marine or ODST. They don't have special stuff like Master Chief.

 

It was short but if your trying for all the achievements it was fun to run around and see what all you encountered. In all honesty the ending has been done before, someone wrote a halo fan book that was basically this exact same thing. Kinda funny i wonder if Bungie got their inspiration from this. But i agree Firefight with the MC would be so freaking easy. I sometimes get really pissed cause im used to being the mc at how easily i die, but its a learning process and i figued out that gahndi hopping (you know the pro on mlg or he reitred i think) helps a lot when facing a ton of enemies by yourself.

 

This. At one point, I was across the map from two hunters and a handfull of brutes, with almost no ammo, and they wouldn't rush me. I had to make a run for it under fire.

 

I havent gotten very far yet, but I am going to beat it solo on legendary first. I really like the way they made the sniper rifle and carbine sound sick when you shoot them. Plus, the magnum is awesome too.

 

i love how the snipers carry more amo on pickup than ususal.