Halo: ODST

[Karma]

my copy shipped yesterday could have it today or monday

 

[usswanker]

Got my preorer in today. Cant wait to play this.

 

[kain4521]

my copy shipped yesterday could have it today or monday

Nice you will have to tell me all about it after you get a couple of sessions in with it.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

I just went and traded in some games to pay it off. I also picked up a used copy of Splinter Cell so I can finish collecting some of the achievements for it while I'm waiting for ODST to come.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Heres the review:
https://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/haloodst_vdr_091909.html
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[Karma]

Ign - 9/10

gametrailers - 8.9

teamxbox - 9.4

G4TV - 5/5

GAMEPRO - 4.5/5

GAMEDAILY - 8/10

Destructoid 8/10

1UP - A-

 

[Sniper33]

gametrailers review

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[Karma]

firefight looks like all of the fun playing halo with your friends without the online *********s

campaign = 1-2 players

firefight = 1-4 players

 

[hairlesswookiee]

firefight looks like all of the fun playing halo with your friends without the online *********s

campaign = 1-2 players

firefight = 1-4 players

Exactly. This is what I wish the first Halo had. My buddy and I would stay up to 3-4 a.m. playing Halo. I kept hoping that each sequel would have online co-op, but its still not in every game when it should be.

 

[plasmid303]

Heres the review:
https://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/haloodst_vdr_091909.html
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Geez! Thank goodness I didn't watch that embedded video for more than 3 seconds. I thought it was the review (as you mentioned), but it's the entire story in 5 minutes!!!! DECEPTIVE.

 

[The Mike]

I thought Firefight was similar to the "Survival" mode in Left4Dead or even Gears of War?

 

[Karma]

except for vehicles and skulls randomly activating

 

[Karma]

soundtrack (listen to 30 secs of every track)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...inkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002LBGBOK

 

[Havok]

I'm a little disappointed that there isn't a whole lot of content in this one but I'm still looking forward to playing it. I'll still buy it from Gamefly after I've had it for a little while cause I love the Halo universe and it's part of it, but if it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't.

 

[plasmid303]

Just watched the Gametrailers review, I liked their perspective on the included complete suite of Halo 3 maps (plus the 3 new ones) versus IGN's rather negative view on them. The IGN review totally ignored (or forgot) that not everyone bought or downloaded the post Halo 3 released map packs.

Also, by watching the GT review, that was the first time seeing and hearing Nathan Fillion's voice work for the game. AWESOME! (I avoided most of the trailers and vids)

I'm not going to hang on it, but the only thing I found baffling about the Gametrailers review was the final/overall score. An 8.9. Really? Couldn't go the extra .1 for a 9.0, huh? Eh, no big deal, except for Microsoft's marketing.

 

[Sniper33]

Just watched the Gametrailers review, I liked their perspective on the included complete suite of Halo 3 maps (plus the 3 new ones) versus IGN's rather negative view on them. The IGN review totally ignored (or forgot) that not everyone bought or downloaded the post Halo 3 released map packs.

Also, by watching the GT review, that was the first time seeing and hearing Nathan Fillion's voice work for the game. AWESOME! (I avoided most of the trailers and vids)

I'm not going to hang on it, but the only thing I found baffling about the Gametrailers review was the final/overall score. An 8.9. Really? Couldn't go the extra .1 for a 9.0, huh? Eh, no big deal, except for Microsoft's marketing.

I always prefer gametrailers reviews over IGN's, but I normally watch both to see different perspectives. Yeah I never bought a single multiplayer map since I wasnt really an online player (every so often), but now Im playing online a tad more then I used to. Of course I only have like 1 or 2 people on my list that might get this game, so I might end up playing firefight alone for awhile.

Im wondering abuot the multiplayer achivements though, are they gonna be attached to your Halo 3 file or in its own acheivement list?

 

[Karma]

https://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=27538

 

[hairlesswookiee]

^^^ Pretty good list of scores except for two that oddly stick out---6.5/10 and 6/10 while the others average 8.5-9 out of 10. I just read through the "Now Gamer" review and its pretty hard to imagine that they reviewed the same game that the others did. The reviewer bashed the heck out of the graphics stating that they were terrible for such a big name game. And then of course they complained about how short the game itself is...While I'm not going to argue their opinion, I do want to argue what exactly they were expecting out of it?? They stated that the game will only take about 5 hours to complete, but that's not what I've seen in other reviews.

They also didn't like the new visor mode, which is what I see as the main feature/attraction for this game. They said it is kind of counter-productive in a sense of why bother including it in the first place?? I'm not sure why they were complaining about it in the first place.

I'm sure it'll last longer if people take their time and go through on multiple difficulties and co-op, but this review seemed like they were just trying to bash the game no matter what. Does anyone else want to read their review and see if they see this like I do??

 

[Karma]

^^^ Pretty good list of scores except for two that oddly stick out---6.5/10 and 6/10 while the others average 8.5-9 out of 10. I just read through the "Now Gamer" review and its pretty hard to imagine that they reviewed the same game that the others did. The reviewer bashed the heck out of the graphics stating that they were terrible for such a big name game. And then of course they complained about how short the game itself is...While I'm not going to argue their opinion, I do want to argue what exactly they were expecting out of it?? They stated that the game will only take about 5 hours to complete, but that's not what I've seen in other reviews.

They also didn't like the new visor mode, which is what I see as the main feature/attraction for this game. They said it is kind of counter-productive in a sense of why bother including it in the first place?? I'm not sure why they were complaining about it in the first place.

I'm sure it'll last longer if people take their time and go through on multiple difficulties and co-op, but this review seemed like they were just trying to bash the game no matter what. Does anyone else want to read their review and see if they see this like I do??

one look at the acheivement shows you'll have to go through vampaign a few times

 

[The ill Jedi]

one look at the acheivement shows you'll have to go through vampaign a few times

Is that some sort of hybrid Vampire?