Game Reviews: Halo 3 ODST

I have to say when I first started the game with a couple of players I found it kinda crap. For those of you that are sitting down for the first time to play this game with a couple of friends, be prepared to be dropped into the deep end. The hints that the game drops such as "find a medical kiosk" can be rather unhelpful as it gives no lead to where the kiosk might be. But this is fair enough because if it handed that on a plate to you and everything else in the game there would be no challenge.

The graphics are no different from Halo 3 so consider this as a massive expansion pack which, by the way, isn't really worth it. Halo 3: ODST is set just after you see the massive ship jump within the vicinity of the city in the original "Halo 3" game.

The aim of the game is to regroup with your squad using the various clues that you find along the way, which put together the storyline piece by piece. Going into the "Fire Fight" mode that has been so badly over rated, there's a definite let down in programming and internet connections. What I mean by this is that in Halo 3 if anyone in the game disappears, the game carries on and a new player is nominated host. In ODST, this isn't the case. If a player drops out, the game ends completely, losing any points you may have gained. Going into the Multi player mode, there's no real difference, other than the fact that Bungie are so kind to give you every single Halo 3 multi player map, even the ones from the mythic map pack, on a single disc...So for those of you who went out and spent your money on Halo 3: ODST, Bungie AND Microsoft have pretty much just laughed at you.

Final Thought Byte : Final thoughts huh...? My final thoughts on Halo 3: ODST are that it is a good idea, it gives you a better insight into ANOTHER life inside the halo story...Ultimately, those of you that don't like ODST, or NOW don't like ODST (lol), do not trade in the game as the "Halo Reach Beta" is due, and we all know that NO ONE wants to miss that. Hopefully Halo Reach will NOT, repeat NOT, be anything like the previous games.

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