Halo 3: OSTD

[demi]

I guess

Wouldn't want to take time out of your day Willco

[drew]

http://opa-ages.com/forums/topic/35767-unbiased-halo-odst-impressions/

 

[The Fake Shemp]

I guess

Wouldn't want to take time out of your day Willco

I'm usually pretty busy. Although, I might push back a screening of this footage to play some Halo.

[demi]

Ok Willco.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Can someone explain to me why firefight is a big deal?

[drew]

because its fun?

[demi]

Can someone explain to me why firefight is a big deal?

It's not

[drew]

i forgot to mention that i installed the mythic disc when i got the game and played a couple matches and it worked flawlessly

[AdmiralViscen]

I've played campaign for at least 2 hours, and judging by achievements I'm only about a third of the way through. Seems long enough to me.

Legendary 3 player co op

[pilonv1]

i dont mind the short story. firefight is where it's at

[Bocsius]

Not a big fan so far.

Game begs for a cover system and better guns. Needs more Gears of War. And even with the visor, walking around inside sucks.

[MCD]

man, xbox live is kinda unstable for me.

fucking halofags.

[bork]

i forgot to mention that i installed the mythic disc when i got the game and played a couple matches and it worked flawlessly

First thing I tried, too.  Really glad that you can do Halo 3 MP off the HD now.

[Brehvolution]

I took a friend to TRU to get his copy on our lunch break. This dorky cashier gets on the microphone:

"Can I get an associate up front for a halo figurine!"

I lost it and I could tell my friend was a little embarrassed too.

 

[Don Flamenco]

worse than when the scary cashier makes a sly comment when you buy condoms.

[bork]

Halo 3 Mythic has more game types compared to the regular Halo 3 MP...did they update the original game to match this?

[FlameOfCallandor]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I just don't understand whats different about this Halo.

[FatalT]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I just don't understand whats different about this Halo.

Nothing. Don't buy it.

Evilbore irc ODST night starts tonight!

[demi]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I just don't understand whats different about this Halo.

So read up on it?

[Bocsius]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I just don't understand whats different about this Halo.

What's different is that it's not very good.

Back to an earlier question, Firefight is like Gears of War 2's Horde mode. You face off against wave after wave of Covenant enemies.

But seeing how the campaign is sort of bleh, I'm not sure I care as much about Firefight as I did before I got the game. I think I'd rather just play Horde at this point.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Back to an earlier question, Firefight is like Gears of War 2's Horde mode. You face off against wave after wave of Covenant enemies.

Oh thats cool then. I misread and though you were shooting "waves" of other players.

[Sho Nuff]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I just don't understand whats different about this Halo.

Nothing. Don't buy it.

Evilbore irc ODST night starts tonight!

Wait, we have an irc channel?

[AdmiralViscen]

Is the Tayari Plaza achievement glitched? No one in my crew has it even though we are 3 missions past that, but my other friend who wasn't with us has the achievement even though he hasn't gone as far. So I guess it's not an issue of returning there as you progress.


You know what, I think that was the only mission where we quit at some point and reloaded from a midlevel checkpoint. So make sure you do your levels in a straight shot if you want the cheevs.

I'm also hearing that you can't do the audio logs in co op because when you quit out they all reset. Logs you find on your own are saved permanently though.

[demi]

I got it just fine

[FatalT]

Wait, we have an irc channel?

Yessir!

[drew]

#evilbore > evilbore

[Don Flamenco]

#evilbore > evilbore

straight idlin'  and some angry dude named mac   

[pilonv1]

Yeah I got that achievement too. No problems, but I was doing it solo.

[AdmiralViscen]

See edit, you must have to do it in one sitting.

[demi]

I cant even find any audio logs. Are they all in the hub world? What do they look like? I just finished the safari level, complete with dead zebra.

[AdmiralViscen]

I think 29 are in the hub world and there is one that's in a separate mission, which is what makes it impossible to do in co op.

Use your visor, they are things that are outlined in yellow.


There's this:
http://www.msxbox-world.com/features/Halo-3-ODST/index.php

I'm just gonna do it all in a separate playthrough. One of my friends already fucked up the Good Samaritan achievement.

[pilonv1]

Yeah I didn't see any either and I looked around for them quite a bit.

[cool breeze]

So far this is great.  Finished the second flashback mission before having to stop to get work done.  Haven't tried firefight yet.

Open world/hub stuff is really great, and so far, has the best visuals and music.  Playing as an a weaker ODST guy is really noticeable in a good way; I'm playing on heroic and it reminds me of Halo 1.  I do wish they balanced it out a bit more by making you faster or giving a run/sprint/haul-ass button, but it's no big deal.  The new weapons kinda suck, though.  Pistol isn't anywhere near the beastliness of the Halo 1 pistol, and it's just one of the crud pistols from 2/3 with shitty scope.  The SMG is also kinda crap and I thought it would be better at long range since it has a scope.  And someone on GAF said the POV changed, and I haven't played Halo 3 in over a year to tell, but the controls and all feel a lot better.

Just about the visuals and music, it seems all over the place.  Human characters still look bad and makes the already dull dialogue even worse.  The hub sections look pretty damn good; the lighting and general atmosphere is perfect.  Then there is that second flashback mission that looks like butt; I don't remember Halo 3 ever looking that bad.  Same goes for music.  The hub section has really nice music that reminds me of Blade Runner and Mass Effect, but then that second flashback had some terrible music throughout.  The first flashback wasn't too bad.

and I only heard two audio logs so far, kinda dull stuff, but I just played Arkham Asylum and you can't top jokes about severing a baby's limbs.

[demi]

I dont know what the Good Samaritan achievement is. It probably has to do with those floating pinecombs. I killed one and I got the Naughty Naughty meter to pop up.

[AdmiralViscen]

You have to go through the whole campaign without killing any of those things. Kill 1 and you have to start over completely. So you might as well try and kill 10 now.

[demi]

Thats not so bad. Game can be finished in a few hours anyway on Easy / Normal

[bork]

Bungie's FAQ on installing the Halo 3 Mythic disc:

Q. So, if I’ve got room on my hard drive, I should install this sucker for faster loading?

A. Nope. Halo 3: Mythic is for all intents and purposes, Halo 3. When we built Halo 3, NXE installations were the stuff of the future. As a result, installing Halo 3: Mythic will result in slower load times for you and all your friends (and people you care about will be disappointed in you).

The thing is, since installing I have not noticed slower load times, and no one I played with said anything either.

[Don Flamenco]

[PS3]　NINJA GAIDEN Σ2　９９９８
[360]　HALO 3：ODST　８８８９

Famitsu dropping the hard truth bombs

[demi]

I'm sure the movable tits had nothing to do with it

[bork]

Or the fact that Japan generally doesn't take well to FPS games.  8889 is really impressive from PayolaFamitsu.

[Bocsius]

Or the fact that Japan generally doesn't take well to FPS games.  8889 is really impressive from PayolaFamitsu.

8889 would be a record.

If it was out of 10.

[demi]

I'm getting bored of this game. I don't think Halo is a very fun game as 1 player. I've always played each game in co-op. Maybe I'm just not into it tonight.

[Bocsius]

I never play co-op, but I can see how this game might be more fun that way. This is basically a chore so far (through three missions, starting a fourth).

And the review was right, Firefight is no fun by yourself. Oh well, regular multiplayer will have to suffice.

[demi]

Those fucking pinecone enemies take a ton of bullets to kill too. I had to waste all my plasma grenades, load a ton of shotgun, and a bunch of other shit before they finally exploded.

[OptimoPeach]

What's the ratio of outside/inside stages? Inside the city counts as inside. I'm more curious about this than anything.

[demi]

The two flashback levels i played were really short. One was inside the city, the other was outside in a safari (since it takes place in Africa I guess). The hub world is pretty big, which makes it crappy to have to backtrack back and forth

[Bocsius]

Yes, you can easily spend more time backtracking across the hub world than you spend in a level.

[The Fake Shemp]

I'm getting bored of this game. I don't think Halo is a very fun game as 1 player. I've always played each game in co-op. Maybe I'm just not into it tonight.

I'm having this problem, as well.

It takes a ridiculous amount of bullets, grenades and what have you to take down aliens. It's just not terribly fun.

[pilonv1]

I just wrote the same thing elsewhere demi. single player halo is deadly boring.

It takes a ridiculous amount of bullets, grenades and what have you to take down aliens. It's just not terribly fun.

For this very reason I wanted to stop playing when you get into the open area with those stupid things you have to shoot in the back. There's no tactics you can employ, they see you and follow you round. It's fucking stupid and not fun.

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, I'm not playing co-op. Most of my friends have already hit the sack by now.

I'll see if Firefight is any fun tomorrow.

Right now, this feels okay. My expectations were pretty low, so it's not like the game had to try very hard, but it's pretty much met my minimum expectations - and that's about it.

[FatalT]

Viz, drew, and I almost beat the game on Legendary (we've stopped at the very last 5 minutes of the game (drew didn't start playing until we were about 3/4 done)). It was pretty easy. Unfortunately ODST has the same problems Halo 3 did with not getting credit for finishing a level if a connection problem happens. It looks like 2 or 3 of the levels we played didn't get marked down as being finished because of that garbage. Ugh.

[demi]

Are they bullet sponges on Normal / Heroic? I was playing Legendary

[pilonv1]

I'm on normal. The first non grunt dudes take at least a full clip of the gun to put down from any distance. Grunts go down to a pistol headshot though.

Actually now I think about I couldn't headshot anything other than a grunt until I got the covenent sniper rifle, and even then I could only sniper the guys who I got the same gun off.

[Tieno]

I just wrote the same thing elsewhere demi. single player halo is deadly boring.

It takes a ridiculous amount of bullets, grenades and what have you to take down aliens. It's just not terribly fun.

For this very reason I wanted to stop playing when you get into the open area with those stupid things you have to shoot in the back. There's no tactics you can employ, they see you and follow you round. It's fucking stupid and not fun.

Lure them in for  lunge, sidestep, they expose back, you kill it.

[pilonv1]

You cant lure them in because they shoot that green shit at you. fucking useless

[pilonv1]

found some audio logs finally

[cool breeze]

I'm playing heroic and enemies still can take a lot.  When I first encountered an enemy, I held back, zoomed in with the pistol and went for a headshot.  Thinking it was like the Halo 1 pistol, I thought it would go down in a few shots.  I kept shooting his face for a good while before he finally died.  I was freaking out because I expected my super stealth weapons to at least be powerful in those situations.  It's less off a problem with better guns.  Needler and carbine make quick work of any enemies in the hub world.

[Tieno]

You cant lure them in because they shoot that green shit at you. fucking useless

Evade that, close in on them and they will try to smack you, sidestep/evade and they'll expose their backs.

[AdmiralViscen]

I've done everything in co op so far and it's all above my not-low expectations. I could see this being less interesting while alone though, definitely. Forget about Firefight.

Those fucking pinecone enemies take a ton of bullets to kill too. I had to waste all my plasma grenades, load a ton of shotgun, and a bunch of other shit before they finally exploded.

I think a charged plasma pistol takes care of them quickly.


In fact, that takes everything down quickly, willco.


And you can headshot any enemy except the Hunters. Those ones you have to hit in the orange spot on their back. Headshots can be done with pistol and carbine too, not just sniper rifles. Anything that doesn't spray can headshot dudes.

[SantaC]

I'm getting bored of this game. I don't think Halo is a very fun game as 1 player. I've always played each game in co-op. Maybe I'm just not into it tonight.

I'm having this problem, as well.

It takes a ridiculous amount of bullets, grenades and what have you to take down aliens. It's just not terribly fun.

I think Halo is yesterdays news in terms of FPS. Halo Reach must try something new, but I doubt it.