ODST has dropped
The latest adventure in the Halo universe is the latest game from Bungie: Halo 3 ODST. This time around the game takes place between the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3 on Earth after the Covenant invasion. You will be playing as a member of specially forces group ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troops) instead of the Spartan, Master Chief. This fact alone would have provided a new twist on the Halo game play but ODST is a very different game.
In ODST you play as the Rookie on the squad, a silent protagonist. As it works out you were knocked unconscience during the drop and have woken up six hours later. Once on Earth you will be guided around towards the last know locations of your squad. Once you find these new loaction you will be unlock a new level of he game. You will become one of the other ODST squad members and you will experience what happened to them after they dropped. Once you complete the level you will return to the Rookie and then the process starts over again. You search for another know location then experience what happened.
So far the game play is similar to the other Halo games. One odd decision in ODST is to reintroduce health packs, the game play mechanism for restoring health. Bungie was one of the first games to abandon this item with health regeneration. Hunting for health packs is a tired game mechanic that should be forgotten, not revived. Thankfully the health packs are pretty much everywhere which makes you wonder why bother.
The multiplayer comes on it's own disk and includes all previously released Halo 3 maps. The new game mode most reviews are raving about is Fire Fight, a survival mode similar to Gears of War's Horde mode. The only difference is there iare infinite levels in Fire Fight and you can turn on skulls to modify the game's difficulty. The game incorporates the Skulls from the game that turn on things like Gunt's Birthday Party with causes a grunt headshot to rain confetti or other skulls that turn off radar or make the Covenant dodge grenades.
In ODST you play as the Rookie on the squad, a silent protagonist. As it works out you were knocked unconscience during the drop and have woken up six hours later. Once on Earth you will be guided around towards the last know locations of your squad. Once you find these new loaction you will be unlock a new level of he game. You will become one of the other ODST squad members and you will experience what happened to them after they dropped. Once you complete the level you will return to the Rookie and then the process starts over again. You search for another know location then experience what happened.
So far the game play is similar to the other Halo games. One odd decision in ODST is to reintroduce health packs, the game play mechanism for restoring health. Bungie was one of the first games to abandon this item with health regeneration. Hunting for health packs is a tired game mechanic that should be forgotten, not revived. Thankfully the health packs are pretty much everywhere which makes you wonder why bother.
The multiplayer comes on it's own disk and includes all previously released Halo 3 maps. The new game mode most reviews are raving about is Fire Fight, a survival mode similar to Gears of War's Horde mode. The only difference is there iare infinite levels in Fire Fight and you can turn on skulls to modify the game's difficulty. The game incorporates the Skulls from the game that turn on things like Gunt's Birthday Party with causes a grunt headshot to rain confetti or other skulls that turn off radar or make the Covenant dodge grenades.
I expect to see millions of copies of ODST to be purchased by true blue Halo fans. It's a good game built by a trusted developer that has yet to let down their fans. Halo ODST is a very different Halo game that places a lot more emphasis on the story it's trying to tell. You are no longer the over powering Sparton super soldier from the previous games. This time you are just a human that will die a lot faster than most so the story better be good.
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