Halo 3: ODST - Page 2

Dunketh · 24-06-2009, 22:12

Do you think I'll need to have played any of the previous Halo's to really understand it, or do you think I can just jump in on ODST and still enjoy it for what it is?

Blighter · 24-06-2009, 22:14

Just jump on multiplayer!

Dunketh · 24-06-2009, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Blighter

Just jump on multiplayer!

Yep think I will be doing, will rent Halo 3 sometime though also

NokkonWud · 24-06-2009, 22:21

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Originally Posted by Dunketh

As a Halo newb, what will this offer for MP?

I've never really thought much of the Halo games, but the MP side of it does appeal.

Halo 3 is arguably the widest range of MP I've ever seen, even allowing you to edit your own modes and move stuff around on maps that already exist with friends also helping on the same thing, it's very clever. I've done races on quads as well as team and solo deathmatches, CTF etc.. is all there too. It's very good and I regret not playing it more because I have loved it every time.

The Halo franchise really is aided by co-op play and the story is brilliant. Going through Halo 3 in 4-player Co-Op was about the most fun I've ever had playing an MP game so ODST is one of the really MUST own.

Blighter · 24-06-2009, 22:26

(What does ODST stand for?)

NokkonWud · 24-06-2009, 22:28

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Originally Posted by Dunketh

Do you think I'll need to have played any of the previous Halo's to really understand it, or do you think I can just jump in on ODST and still enjoy it for what it is?

I think past ones would definitely help as it truly is a Halo Universe, I think this is where many people fall short, they just play a Halo game like Halo 2 or Halo 3 without understanding or wanting to learn the history and end up thinking 'this sucks', and it's because each game isn't so much a story in its own right, but more that it's a continuation of a really cool story line.

It's a good job I own Halo twice (Xbox and PC), Halo 2 twice (Xbox and PC) and Halo 3 (Xbox). You could say I love Halo! (and yes, both PC versions are legit

).

I myself am intrigued at how ODST will play, especially as it's very close to Halo 3, which I think if you play you could pick up a lot of what happened in past ones (of course, you could just simply read up).

But don't get me wrong, the game WILL be brilliant, it's Halo made by Bungie, so it's gonna deliver, so don't avoid it because you've ignored the others, it's too good of a game to do that. It's like The Godfather movies really, The Godfather and The Godfather 2 are both sensational and really tightly knit in terms of story, even without watching the first you can appreciate the second as very good, but after watching the first then the second you realise it's nothing short of genius. I would say Halo is the same.

Plus... Halo has the best music EVARRR!

NokkonWud · 24-06-2009, 22:28

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Originally Posted by Blighter

(What does ODST stand for?)

Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

Haly · 24-06-2009, 22:30

I swear I must be the only Xbox/360 owner who has never seen the fuss about Halo despite regularly trying :/

Blighter · 24-06-2009, 22:46

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

Plus... Halo has the best music EVARRR!

Have I gone too far by putting the Mjonir mix on my iPod?

Daz · 24-06-2009, 22:46

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Originally Posted by Dunketh

Do you think I'll need to have played any of the previous Halo's to really understand it, or do you think I can just jump in on ODST and still enjoy it for what it is?

Watch this video, play Halo 3 because its great and cheap, then go for ODST

Download this because it's cool. There really was some brilliant marketing for Halo 3.

And yes, it's music is ace. See above

[edit] The original Halo: Recon (before it was renamed ODST) trailer had brilliant music in it. It's been removed off the marketplace but the link in my download history still works:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/ga...0-00004d530877

They made an mp3 of the soundtrack available, it's brilliant.

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24-06-2009, 22:26	#15
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	(What does ODST stand for?) __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

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24-06-2009, 22:12	#11
Dunketh Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 178	Do you think I'll need to have played any of the previous Halo's to really understand it, or do you think I can just jump in on ODST and still enjoy it for what it is?