Why hello thar! I trust that you are well, whoever you are! I decided that I shall write about the Halo title, ODST. Now, I know you MUST be wondering... "Why ODST? Reach is out, who cares anymore?" Well, if you must know, I decided to do ODST because the cost of it has gone down, and a few of you may wonder if it is worth a purchase. Here's my opinion, if it counts for anything! I'll let you chums decide on your own, k?
Halo 3: ODST is different than usual. As opposed to traditionally being a Spartan (Master Chief himself, to be precise) you are an ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper). Now, you must already be thinking "Why?!" and to be honest, I did too. Hell, I still do! ODST had so much hype, and yet it fell short of it. The campaign mode was interesting, allowing you to play different troopers and see what happened to them and their perspectives. But the multiplayer was virtually non-existant. The only ODST multiplayer mode itself was Firefight, and even then you could only play with people on your friends list. And on top of that, only one guest per Xbox! So even if you had three other buddies over, only two you could play. Lame! The matchmaking that came with it was for Halo 3. This seems rather lazy; but at least it came with all the map packs.
Let's go back to the fact of you being an ODST instead of a Spartan. This bothers me, because in all the games you play, you're always some super-skilled agent or marine or whatever, who is able to kill multitudes of enemies by yourself, when you're just an ordinary person! Which is what happens in ODST! What I like about Halo is that Spartans are super-humans: genetically enhanced humans who are faster, stronger, and trained since childhood about combat. Which explains why they're so much better than normal marines. In ODST, you kick Covie ass when they're just normal marines! Sure, they've been trained a lot, but..come on. No one person, no matter how much they've been trained in adulthood, can openly take on a whole army.
However, Firefight (despite it's lack of matchmaking) is fun, as is the campaign; and the Halo 3 package is a good deal. I would suggest you rent it first before buying, unless you're a hardcore Halo fan (like me), since Firefight is in Reach and so is matchmaking. Or just buy Halo 3. Or nothing at all!
Anyways, that's the end of this! Hope you found it useful, or fun, or fantastic....hell, as long as you don't hate it! I'll do non Halo reviews soon too, so stay tuned....same Bat Time, same Bat Chanel! May the Force be with you!
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