A tight first person shooter, Halo 3: ODST is fun to play but unlike previous Halo games struggles to tell an engaging story. In Halo 3: ODST you play as "Orbital Drop Shock Troopers" and not Master Chief. The player is trying to uncover what occurred during the Covenants attack of New Mombasa that laid waste to the city. Unlike previous Halo games the story isn't told in a linear fashion. The player has to travel around a map looking for checkpoints that will trigger story flashbacks where the player will play through multiple scenarios of ODST that were in New Mombasa during the Covenant attack.

People swear by the multiplayer mode but as a non competitive gamer I can't comment on it personally. Halo 3: ODST is a game fans of the franchise should play if they have Xbox Gamepass and the Halo Master Chief collection.

I replayed Halo 3:ODST last year via my Series X.