Monday
05Oct2009
Halo 3: ODST
Monday, October 5, 2009 at 09:25AM 
- What? A new episode in the Halo universe from Bungie
- When? Out now on Xbox 360
- How much? $59.99
- Why is it cool? With ODST, Bungie has moved the Halo story line away from Master Chief and over to the troops that have run alongside him throughout the series. ODST stands for Orbital Drop Shock Troops(say that three times fast). You play as a rookie amongst a team of grizzled veterans. You are dropped from orbit into the city of New Mombasa during the fighting at the beginning of Halo 3 but are you're knocked out on your way down. As you awaken hours later you must begin to piece together what has happened to your team, try to rejoin them, and continue your mission. This game was a welcome change from the Master Chief story lines. The story was fun to follow and the gameplay was a little different. It's a lot harder to charge in and take on a whole squad like you may be used to. This game took a fair amount of strategy to take out the enemies. At times I caught myself just sneaking by instead of engaging a group of foes as it was not necessary to take down every single one to complete your objectives. On the Multiplayer front, this game includes the four player cooperative Firefight mode. This mode plays a lot like Horde Mode for you Gears of War 2 fans out there, in which you take on increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Other than that, there are no new versus maps but it does include a second disc containing all of the Halo 3 multiplayer maps (even the downloadable maps from Xbox Live). Altogether this was a fun game to play and if you enjoy Halo 3 multiplayer this brings you every map for it. For those who already purchased the maps via Live, I guess you'll have to decide just how much of a fan you are. Check out more about the game here.
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