Time to take a jazz-riddled trip through a desolated, war-torn city at night….
To many, Halo ODST wasn’t a good game.
They said it was unnecessary, and a cheap way to squeeze full price out of the fan base, while offering very little in return.
The fact that it came packed with Halo 3’s multiplayer offering didn’t help at all either.
However…. All of those people can go feet first into hell, and back again.
Because god do I love this game…
What all of those people failed to address, were the immense overhauls to the classic Halo formula, that haven’t been done again since…
A full open World, filled with detail and explorable interiors, plagued with both enemies constantly patrolling the empty city of New Mombasa, and secrets, telling you the true nature of what hides beneath the city itself.
The game is not as shoot shoot- bang bang as its predecessors (at least not all the time)
Instead focusing on a very relaxed, dare I say romantic, experience, filled with astonishing ambiance and perhaps Marty O’Donnell’s best music of the bunch, that begs you to slowly explore its large and detailed city of death, with small skirmishes sprinkled here and there for effect.
Still, outside it’s open world, the game tells an anthology story, slowly piecing together the mystery of your lost squad, and eventually leading to a conclusion, now in real time, that further leads into the events of the main game of its title: Halo 3.
On top of that, while the game didn’t add any new competitive offerings for multiplayer, it did however add a fan favorite horde mode called Firefight.
As always, full of deep player customization, rewards, and enough variety to keep its players interested for a long time, and eventually rising to franchise staple, as future games continued to add this mode as part of the whole multiplayer offering.
This game was criminally avoided by many during its release, however, as expected… eventually grew a strong cult following that marked this game as one of the most beloved Halo experiences of the bunch.
I personally believe it is the best Halo game of the bunch because it speaks to me on many levels, its story and the ODST’s became my absolute favorite and encouraged me to become a more hardcore fan of the franchise after playing the game, down to collecting toys and memorabilia, as well as reading the halo books, all of this well before 343 came around.
It was also the very first Halo game I beat on Legendary, and got all the achievements for.
The importance of this game in my life can not be understated….
I might be a little too non-critical in my analysis of this game, but it is after all a personal review, and all things said and done, it is still without a doubt the one game I love the most out of the whole franchise.
Also the live action trailer for this game was IMMACULATE….. ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
GOD I LOVE THIS GAME.
…..ehemm, forgive me…
I do love this game though.
To many, Halo ODST wasn’t a good game.
They said it was unnecessary, and a cheap way to squeeze full price out of the fan base, while offering very little in return.
The fact that it came packed with Halo 3’s multiplayer offering didn’t help at all either.
However…. All of those people can go feet first into hell, and back again.
Because god do I love this game…
What all of those people failed to address, were the immense overhauls to the classic Halo formula, that haven’t been done again since…
A full open World, filled with detail and explorable interiors, plagued with both enemies constantly patrolling the empty city of New Mombasa, and secrets, telling you the true nature of what hides beneath the city itself.
The game is not as shoot shoot- bang bang as its predecessors (at least not all the time)
Instead focusing on a very relaxed, dare I say romantic, experience, filled with astonishing ambiance and perhaps Marty O’Donnell’s best music of the bunch, that begs you to slowly explore its large and detailed city of death, with small skirmishes sprinkled here and there for effect.
Still, outside it’s open world, the game tells an anthology story, slowly piecing together the mystery of your lost squad, and eventually leading to a conclusion, now in real time, that further leads into the events of the main game of its title: Halo 3.
On top of that, while the game didn’t add any new competitive offerings for multiplayer, it did however add a fan favorite horde mode called Firefight.
As always, full of deep player customization, rewards, and enough variety to keep its players interested for a long time, and eventually rising to franchise staple, as future games continued to add this mode as part of the whole multiplayer offering.
This game was criminally avoided by many during its release, however, as expected… eventually grew a strong cult following that marked this game as one of the most beloved Halo experiences of the bunch.
I personally believe it is the best Halo game of the bunch because it speaks to me on many levels, its story and the ODST’s became my absolute favorite and encouraged me to become a more hardcore fan of the franchise after playing the game, down to collecting toys and memorabilia, as well as reading the halo books, all of this well before 343 came around.
It was also the very first Halo game I beat on Legendary, and got all the achievements for.
The importance of this game in my life can not be understated….
I might be a little too non-critical in my analysis of this game, but it is after all a personal review, and all things said and done, it is still without a doubt the one game I love the most out of the whole franchise.
Also the live action trailer for this game was IMMACULATE….. ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
GOD I LOVE THIS GAME.
…..ehemm, forgive me…
I do love this game though.