Halo 3: ODST

[Kalyx triaD]

Great addition to the Halo saga. ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) follows a band comprised of the badass shock troopers that join Master Chief in certain battles in Halo 3. The story is a prequel to Halo 3, taking place during the events of part two. Because you're playing regular humans (albeit exceptionally badass ones), certain abilities from playing a Spartan are gone. Should be interesting, and it looks great.

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Special Night Vision mode for those dark missions.
No more regenerating health, Halo 1's health packs are pack. You're only human!
Covert versions of Halo weapons, including a silenced SMG, and a special pistol.
Said pistol is a powerful zoom-enabled covert weapon - Halo 1 pistol returns!
Long falls cause damage, again an element from the first Halo game (hmm...).
Co-op play for up to 4plyrs over Live returns.
Firefight Mode is a Bloody Palace/Horde Mode inspired gauntlet where you face wave after wave of enemies. The longer you last the tougher it gets. For up to four players. Certain maps have day and night variations. Completing story mode stages unlocks more maps for Firefight.


And that's disc one.


The second disc holds the entire Halo 3 multiplayer experience.
Every map released for Halo 3 is available, including a final 3 never released maps.
This discs connects you to players with the first Halo 3 game, so multiplayer is seamless.


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[Wehttam]

i think im beginning to like you dude

[Kalyx triaD]

What's not to like? I'm like a teddy bear who pukes $100 bills.

[Kalyx triaD]

(?!?)

[Wehttam]

im guessing you don't use deodorant. but now i can look past that.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm looking at my stick of Old Spice to the right of me. It finds your guess erroneous. It forgives you, though.

[Wehttam]

well thats a relief.

what? no thread on Halo: reach?

[Kalyx triaD]

Not yet... Let's pace ourselves. I can tell you now it's a 1st Person Shooter and will have more than one Spartan.

[G]

300 perhaps????

[Wehttam]

Not yet... Let's pace ourselves. I can tell you now it's a 1st Person Shooter and will have more than one Spartan.sold

[Kalyx triaD]

300 perhaps????


No.

[Wehttam]

so, kalyx, what are the last 3 maps supposed to be like? i know 1 is supposed to be midship.

[LoDownM]

300 perhaps????


Oh god, thats all we need.

[Kalyx triaD]

so, kalyx, what are the last 3 maps supposed to be like? i know 1 is supposed to be midship.

That's all I know, too. It's their last map pack so I'm guessing they're gonna hit all bases. A competitive map (Midship Remake), an asymmetrical concept map, and maybe a big one.

[Wehttam]

whats your highest rank dawg?

[Kalyx triaD]

38, Commander Grade 3 (http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=Kalyx%20triaD%20360)

I like to think I'm about two levels better than that, but you'd need to let me get my groove back. I played some games with Funk Bro and I was horrible (even if I was top score at times, nowhere near my best). Rusty as shit.

[Wehttam]

eh im a 44 in swat and then was 42/43 in team slayer and doubles. but id need my groove back too. but that dont take long.

http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=Empieche

[Kalyx triaD]

Nice stats. I don't do SWAT or MLG, feels off to me.

[Wehttam]

i think i like halo 3 swat much more than halo 2. that being said, being that high in it sucks because 50% of the time you get a game with a horrible connection due to CHEATERS.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, cheaters should be kicked in the knees. It's a pathetic practice.

[Wehttam]

yea let me spawn kill you and die with honor!

[Kalyx triaD]

Some people can't take losing legit, I guess. It's just a fucking game. These guys need father figures.

[Wehttam]

thats why you are here

[Big Fat Mike]

Maybe I should plug my 360 back in and play halo 3 again.

[Kalyx triaD]

You should, still a fun game. I wanted to get back into it deep, but Bad Company and GH: Metallica is eating my time. I'm just... barely feeling competitive. When it boils over I guess I'd be back on Halo 3 and Street Fighter 4 big time.

[Big Fat Mike]

Kinda tied up with MGS4 at the moment. Im really tempted to try MG Online, but the lag on MLB 09 is shit so I get nervous. Also I paid for a full year of Gold and I think Ive been online with my system a total of ..um...4 times?

[Kalyx triaD]

MGS Online is pretty cool. And you are severely underusing XBLive.

[Big Fat Mike]

I know :(

[Khuntry]

Halo 3 is awesome. And ODST looks like great fun. Can't wait 'til this drops.

[Extreme Angle]

38, Commander Grade 3 (http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=Kalyx%20triaD%20360)

I like to think I'm about two levels better than that, but you'd need to let me get my groove back. I played some games with Funk Bro and I was horrible (even if I was top score at times, nowhere near my best). Rusty as shit.

Haha, that guy on Isolation was getting so into the groove of the game :lol:.
But i'm rusty as scrap metal :-\

[Kalyx triaD]

I can tell you that guy on Iso has little idea how to control that map. Kinda frustrated there.

[Fignuts]

I love squad based shooters, so I will definitely look into this.

Also, I need to get MGO. I played it quite a bit when MGS4 came out, but I need to get the actual game now.

[Kalyx triaD]

Though I'm in a terrible mood for recent events, I did find some extensive vids showing off the game from E3. See ya later.

[G]

Okay, so I finally got around to starting Halo last week, and finished it today. So far, I am not too impressed. It was very repetitive. The longest, most boring levels turned out to be the ones you had to go through again, backwards, which I can't believe they had me do (just make it a cut scene or something). I wasn't really motivated to finish it. The Flood are annoying. I'd rather be fighting the Covenant the entire time. And the final level, a timed run using the most horribly controlled vehicle I have ever driven. I really hope the controls are changed on the second one. Probably gonna wait a few weeks to start the second, because I'm not too thrilled right now.

[LoDownM]

It's not. The vehicles control the same through all 3 games. Except the ghost has a boost in 2 and 3.

[G]

ugh

[LoDownM]

Once you get used to it, it's not too bad.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, you can really run that Warthog after some practice with the physics. I actually dedicated an entire online session to learning that damn vehicle. Now I'm not too bashful to say I'm one of the most awesome guys you want on that thing.

[Extreme Angle]

The Warthog is amazing

[Kalyx triaD]

Aside from the (most likely addictive) Firefight Mode in ODST, the game is bringing 3 more (final) maps for the Halo 3's multiplayer component. Bungie released shots of these final maps and they look great.

Heretic is a remake of Midship, a great competitive map from Halo 2. Looks like it's old awesome self. (http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo3ODST/imagery/screenshots/WHMBEC/highres/H3ODST_Heretic_env-01.jpg)

Citadel is a small symmetrical map with tight spaces. Looks like another competitively crafted map. (http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo3ODST/imagery/screenshots/WHMBEC/highres/H3ODST_Citadel_env-01.jpg)

Longshore. Is. Fucking. Huge. Good God. (http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Halo3ODST/imagery/screenshots/WHMBEC/highres/H3ODST_Longshore_env-01.jpg)

[Kalyx triaD]

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[G]

Wow, that looks pretty good. Too bad I've given up on Halo.

[Kalyx triaD]

Too bad for you.

[G]

I guess

[Wehttam]

firefight mode will take up my time a bit. its good to shake things up.

[Extreme Angle]

Gonna get leaked soon apparently...
Some guy at warez forums has it and says he's upping it.

[Extreme Angle]

just been leaked :D

[alvarado52]

god, must you always post when somethings 'just been leaked'? Im going to leak on you. Plus, its the french version...anyone who downloads and plays it would be committing xbox suicide via ban hammer.

[Kalyx triaD]

I agree.

Totally getting on those last three maps. ...And Firefight, I guess.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

And actually missing large parts of data.

I'm not wasting a disc on this even on my offline 360.

Also, at least this one is a fucking leak he's postig about, not someone upping a fucking retail copy. That's just uploading, not "leaking"

[G]

just been leaked :D

god, must you always post when somethings 'just been leaked'? Im going to leak on you. Plus, its the french version...anyone who downloads and plays it would be committing xbox suicide via ban hammer.


Seriously. There is like 3 of you here with modded 360's. The rest of us don't give a flying fuck.

[Kalyx triaD]

Is enough people getting this that we can have a TPWW party? We really fucking should. All the maps. None of that, "I didn't buy Mythic" shit. Custom games of fun and competition. And a much more reliable connection compared to... say... GTA4.

Maybe I could get that HalOlympics thing off the ground finally.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Mr. Monday Morning]

Wow, they've outdone themselves there. Very nice.

Who says a Halo movie couldn't work?

[Kalyx triaD]

Nobody, it fell off because the powers involved are greedy fucks.

[Shaggy]

Toys R Us is doing a sell..... purchase Halo ODST get a $20 giftcard and a free Rookie ODST figure.

[Kalyx triaD]

Do they sell M$ points?

[Shaggy]

Do they sell M$ points?

yea...and there is a sale going on at the moment because they are switching to the new cards that are activated at registers...

The sale is on the old cards that are in the little plastic cases...for 1600 its like $10 and then for 4000 its $40.00

[Kalyx triaD]

Toys' are pretty desperate right now but these are decent deals.

[Wehttam]

do they do preorders at toys r us? cause i want the extras obviously, and this is a great deal.

[G]

Yes, and all preorders come with a $5 gift card on top of whatever other deals the game has.

[G]

yea...and there is a sale going on at the moment because they are switching to the new cards that are activated at registers...

The sale is on the old cards that are in the little plastic cases...for 1600 its like $10 and then for 4000 its $40.00


Everyone should keep in mind that this is a HUGE YMMV. Mine has been out for weeks, and whose to say the employees didn't raid the shelves first.

[Wehttam]

the toys r us near me is dead. went there about 4 months ago and they had some starting lineups :wtf:

[RoXer]

ymmv

[G]

i bet roxer1 had to google it

[RoXer]

Well yeah.

Everyone has to.

[G]

that's because i made it up. just now.

[Shaggy]

Everyone should keep in mind that this is a HUGE YMMV. Mine has been out for weeks, and whose to say the employees didn't raid the shelves first.

Yea all of ours was gone before the sale even started...

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Actually went back and was looking at some old H3 saves I had from back when I actually played it - thinking about it I really didn't give it that much time compared to COD4 and L4D.

Anyway there was one where it was meant to be 5-on-5 Team Slayer, except two of our guys had connection trouble and dropped out right as the round started. So it's 3 on 5, can't remember what the level is called now (Construct, I think?) and we just absolutely tooled these guys. I'm definitely getting more interested in this by the day, basically.

On a tangent was talking with my mate about it (he was also part of the 3) and we were talking about how there really isn't another game out there with the kind of content creation options that Halo has. I mean nothing else comes close, really.

But how neat would it be if there was something linked in to the 360 (PS3, whatever) that tied in to your gamertag and let you record your games as you played them, pick out your highlights, and let you link them to your tag? Like your own highlight reel. I'm sure everyone has had moments where they've been playing whatever and something crazy/funny/cool happens and you wish you could have captured it somehow.

[Wehttam]

Well actually Bungie.net will let you take your saved videos to your computer and edit them or whatever to make your epic montage.

its team flag double xp weekend right now. love it.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Yeah but we were thinking in terms of ALL games. Like you just put together a record kill streak on COD, had a great fight in UFC, scored a ridiculous sniper shot in Fallout - you could put together your own personal highlights reel for all your games.

[Wehttam]

well that would be crazy

[Kalyx triaD]

How many of us play this game? I only ever seen Figgy and Alva52 long ago.

[Wehttam]

i play it too much

[Kalyx triaD]

Your stats page got redesign. (http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/default.aspx?player=Kalyx%20triaD%20360)

[Fignuts]

How many of us play this game? I only ever seen Figgy and Alva52 long ago.

I don't have Halo 3. Think I played my roomate's copy for a few days, but got kinda bored.

[Kalyx triaD]

Must have been Funk Bro. I get you, Funk Bro, and Funky Fly confused a lot for some reason.

[Tb1]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/102/1025307p1.html

[Fignuts]

Since I didn't get Halo 3, this will be worth a 60 dollar purchase for me. As for people who did, and also got all the dlc, well it seems like a bit of a ripoff.

[Kalyx triaD]

I got Halo 3 and I'd spend the full 60$ for this. I appreciate the work put into it.

[Fignuts]

I hope enough of this get this where we can have a good firefight session. Since there is no matchmaking for it.

[alvarado52]

Its a good game. Its plays more like Halo 2 than 3, and Firefight is pretty damn fun.

[Kalyx triaD]

Can't wait to try.

[Wehttam]

hey i will firefight with you guys.

well maybe not kalyx because he doesnt have a mic. NO TEAMWORK THERE.

[G]

hey i will firefight with you guys.

well maybe not kalyx because he doesnt have a mic. NO TEAMWORK THERE.


You're probably thinking of Diesel Mac. Kalyx does have a mic. In fact, we discussed current political issues not too long ago.

[Wehttam]

oh well terrific then. i know most of you dont know me (well at least the vg guys), but im always looking for a few decent people to play with, and firefight is calling our names.

[Fignuts]

I will likely be on this shit all day tomorrow. Will go through co-op campaign with someone if they're up for it. I'm not a hardcore shooter player, and I've had even less experience with halo, so I'll probably start on normal tho.

[Wehttam]

im probably going to go through co-op wednesday and just firefight tomorrow

[Fignuts]

So whats the deal with firefight? What makes it better than nazi zombies or horde mode.

[Wehttam]

shit i got no idea. its better for me because i don't play those games.

[Shaggy]

So whats the deal with firefight? What makes it better than nazi zombies or horde mode.

The only real difference I know of it between the others is that during certain rounds skulls become activated...like the ones you could use in the other games to make it harder.

I dont know if Halos is going to be any better but I know ill get a few kicks out of it for a while. I love Horde mode and Nazi Zombies so this should be good.

[DAMN iNATOR]

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[Wehttam]

who wants to do some firefight today?

[G]

Free premium theme.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d530877/

[Fignuts]

who wants to do some firefight today?

I'll be online today. Just got it. Gonna do a couple solo missions then hit up multi. I'm not very good at halo tho.

[Kalyx triaD]

Hella fun, that Frefight. Got to Wave 9 on Legendary. Very tough.

[Fignuts]

Pretty fun so far. Havn't tried firefight yet.

[Kalyx triaD]

Nobody's doing Firefight on Legendary?!?

[Wehttam]

i havent played with anyone decent yet. it was a struggle to get people to do it on heroic

[Kalyx triaD]

We should rock, then.

[Fignuts]

I suck at halo.

That's why.

[Kalyx triaD]

...

[Wehttam]

i've found a few decent spots to hold ground with others, but i have to unlock some maps today

[Kalyx triaD]

COMMUNICATION IS KEY.

This game will make you hate your buddies.

[Fignuts]

...

WHAT?!

[Kalyx triaD]

Halo's kinda easy to get into.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Anyone know if the achievements for finishing the story on Normal/Heroic/Legendary is an all-encompassing 100G achievement for finishing it at whichever difficulty (i.e., you finish on Normal, so it's considered beating the game on any level or whatever), or can you actually get 300G for finishing the story on each difficulty separately?

[Kalyx triaD]

Finish on Legendary and you get all three.

[DAMN iNATOR]

*sigh*...typical.

[G]

*sigh*...typical.



....What? Are you complaining that you don't have to run through it 3 different times? Get out of here.

[DAMN iNATOR]

....What? Are you complaining that you don't have to run through it 3 different times? Get out of here.

No, not that I would probably even mind, but it just seems ridiculous that you can only earn 1 achievement worht 100 points for finishing the game on whatever difficulty, as the potential for up to 300 points could have been earned if they had allowed all 3 levels of difficulty to not only be played, but also to be able to earn the requisite points for beating the game on Normal/Heroic/Legendary.

Same kinda shit that they pulled with Halo 3.

[thecc]

what the fuck are you going on about?

[Fignuts]

No, not that I would probably even mind, but it just seems ridiculous that you can only earn 1 achievement worht 100 points for finishing the game on whatever difficulty, as the potential for up to 300 points could have been earned if they had allowed all 3 levels of difficulty to not only be played, but also to be able to earn the requisite points for beating the game on Normal/Heroic/Legendary.

Same kinda shit that they pulled with Halo 3.


It adds more variety to the achievement list than simply "beat the game 3 times". Plus it would probably be boring for those like kalyx who are already skilled at legendary, to go through the game on easy and heroic.

[Fignuts]

Also, I don't suck at multiplayer halo. I do alright. I've played a few games now, and finished in 1st or 2nd in every one.

It's just the computer that kicks my ass. Well not really kicking my ass, but I'm nowhere near good enough yet to hit up heroic, let alone legendary.

Going through solo campaign on normal and I've died a few times already. Then again this game is definitely harder than halo 2, which was the last halo I played.

[alvarado52]

anyone wanna do firefight sometime? Maybe nowish? Im bored.

[Fignuts]

Too late. Roomates are sleeping.

[Kalyx triaD]

Me (Guest) and Khuntri, Crater, Set 1 Round 2 Wave 4, on Legendary. (http://www.bungie.net/stats/odstg.aspx?player=KHUNTRY&gameid=39074082)

Get four guys on point and we could do great things.

[Shaggy]

I like the game but the part of the story where you play as the rookie just feels like its one big as interactive loading screen.

Only other thing I dont like is no matchmaking for firefight.....i hate having to wait for a few friends to get online so I can play with other people on it.