So at Midnight last night I wondered over to my local gamestop and picked up my reserved copy of Halo ODST which I then proceeded to stay up until 530 in the morning and beat. I beat it in Co-OP, Heroic, in about 4 and half hours.
While the game is short, its got a nice fresh feel to it. Not playing as the Chief makes you rethink engagements you normally would just run up and beat down guns a blazing. The story telling is set in a nice pacing and the difficulty arcs pretty well.
I didnt get a chance to do Firefight or anything but overall I was very pleased with the game.
8/10
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Ummm.... lol?
60 bucks for 4.5 hours of campaign. Why even bother putting single player into a game if thats all you're going to do with it.
I'm fine if they want to say the game is all about the MP, but then just take out the single player entirely and charge people 10 bucks less or something. Christ. Im gonna go warn my buddy not to buy this.
60 bucks for 4.5 hours of campaign. Why even bother putting single player into a game if thats all you're going to do with it.
I'm fine if they want to say the game is all about the MP, but then just take out the single player entirely and charge people 10 bucks less or something. Christ. Im gonna go warn my buddy not to buy this.
KTurner wrote:
Ummm.... lol?
60 bucks for 4.5 hours of campaign. Why even bother putting single player into a game if thats all you're going to do with it.
I'm fine if they want to say the game is all about the MP, but then just take out the single player entirely and charge people 10 bucks less or something. Christ. Im gonna go warn my buddy not to buy this.
60 bucks for 4.5 hours of campaign. Why even bother putting single player into a game if thats all you're going to do with it.
I'm fine if they want to say the game is all about the MP, but then just take out the single player entirely and charge people 10 bucks less or something. Christ. Im gonna go warn my buddy not to buy this.
They had to put a SP campaign into teh game, or otherwise it would just be halo 3s multiplayer ona disc by itself, with whatever the new mode is.
Seems like such a bloody waste of money if you already own halo 3, which i can only assume most people buying it are gonna, MS sure knows how to milk its halo fans.
Edited, Sep 22nd 2009 1:30pm by MasterOfWar
exactly. i can see charging 20 bucks for it maybe. its really just an addon.
or better yet **** the media release and offer it as true addon via DLC.
Edited, Sep 22nd 2009 10:33am by KTurner
or better yet **** the media release and offer it as true addon via DLC.
Edited, Sep 22nd 2009 10:33am by KTurner
Normally the campaign takes about 6 hours. Me and buddy hauled *** through it and theres lots of stuff we didnt do. I agree 60 bucks was a bit high but its a killer deal for all the maps, +3 new ones, + plus a new game mode and its maps.
For those who cant buy the maps its great because its 40 bucks worth of maps included with the game.
For those who cant buy the maps its great because its 40 bucks worth of maps included with the game.
KTurner wrote:
60 bucks for 4.5 hours of campaign.
$50-$60 was a little more understandable for cartridge based games but not CD/DVD and sure as hell not for 4-6 hours worth of storyline. And if I remember correctly, games were only $30-$50 during the cartridge days.
This is probably the number one reason I haven't purchased a new (in terms of time available) console game in 2+ years.
I think I'll go rent it and save myself $54.
Raolan wrote:
And if I remember correctly, games were only $30-$50 during the cartridge days.
Im fairly sure N64 games were expensive as sh*t, cartridge games were always expensive.
Edited, Sep 22nd 2009 8:50pm by MasterOfWar
Its 6 hours or more of campaign. I play a lot of halo so my time is shorter because I am better.
N64 games were always $49.99, I remember because it came out to exactly $53.00 (or was it $52?) after tax every time I would buy one.
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MasterOfWar wrote:
Im fairly sure N64 games were expensive as sh*t, cartridge games were always expensive.
Vataro is correct, most were $50, but you got far, far more game play on average than you do today
Companies are used to producing single player games with 20 hours or less of primary content. Now that the market is very mature the target demographic has shifted. For every gamer who spent $50 on Super Mario 64 there are now 100 more willing to spend the same amount on bejeweled, Madden 2025, or <movie> the game.
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MasterOfWar wrote:
Im fairly sure N64 games were expensive as sh*t, cartridge games were always expensive.
Vataro is correct, most were $50, but you got far, far more game play on average than you do today
No way, maybe some single player games were longer back then, but the difference between then and now isnt that big, especially with online multiplayer, which adds alot more than a few more hours of SP would.
back then you were lucky if a game had a crappy 4 player deathmatch.
People still play Halo? Seriously?
I thought all the FPS retards were on CoD now.
There are two games I'd pay full-price for, and those two are NHLxx (recently NHL10) and Forza 3.
Halo? Halo 2 sucked, Halo 3 sucked, and 99.999999999% of the people playing it are younger than 11.
I thought all the FPS retards were on CoD now.
There are two games I'd pay full-price for, and those two are NHLxx (recently NHL10) and Forza 3.
Halo? Halo 2 sucked, Halo 3 sucked, and 99.999999999% of the people playing it are younger than 11.
Overlord Theophany wrote:
People still play Halo? Seriously?
I thought all the FPS retards were on CoD now.
There are two games I'd pay full-price for, and those two are NHLxx (recently NHL10) and Forza 3.
Halo? Halo 2 sucked, Halo 3 sucked, and 99.999999999% of the people playing it are younger than 11.
I thought all the FPS retards were on CoD now.
There are two games I'd pay full-price for, and those two are NHLxx (recently NHL10) and Forza 3.
Halo? Halo 2 sucked, Halo 3 sucked, and 99.999999999% of the people playing it are younger than 11.
Storyline... yes.
H3 online though was legit.
Overlord Theophany wrote:
People still play Halo? Seriously?
I thought all the FPS retards were on CoD now.
There are two games I'd pay full-price for, and those two are NHLxx (recently NHL10) and Forza 3.
Halo? Halo 2 sucked, Halo 3 sucked, and 99.999999999% of the people playing it are younger than 11.
I thought all the FPS retards were on CoD now.
There are two games I'd pay full-price for, and those two are NHLxx (recently NHL10) and Forza 3.
Halo? Halo 2 sucked, Halo 3 sucked, and 99.999999999% of the people playing it are younger than 11.
Rate up for having common sense.
Edited, Sep 25th 2009 11:42am by KTurner
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And if I remember correctly, games were only $30-$50 during the cartridge days.
They were often much more expensive than even that. Chrono Trigger was over 70$
In any case, most first person shooters are, and have always been, total rip-offs if all you care about is the storyline. The actual time you rank up with them is through the multiplayer. Now, all I care about is the storyline, which is why I rarely play an fps, but lots of people seem to enjoy it for plenty of hours.
I would never pay money for 6 hours though. You could buy it used, beat it in a day, and return it for full price that way, and spend nothing. That's a pretty good deal on any game, but especially if the main story was only 6 hours.
That was one reason I detested God of War. I finished single player in 7 hours.
As far as issues with the pricing go, of course it's your sixty bucks and you should spend it as you see fit, but I thought it was money well spent.
Entertaining story with good voice actors
Loved the visor and augmented smg/pistol
Firefight is fun as hell
New maps for h3 multiplayer
Yes it was short but I enjoyed it regaurdless and would replay it again to help friends through. I personally get bored playing cod4 over and over. Somtimes I want to hit people with a gravity hammer. I like alternating between the two to keep fps games from getting repetative.
Hell, people spend sixty bucks every year to get the new madden and football hasn't changed in 50 years.
Entertaining story with good voice actors
Loved the visor and augmented smg/pistol
Firefight is fun as hell
New maps for h3 multiplayer
Yes it was short but I enjoyed it regaurdless and would replay it again to help friends through. I personally get bored playing cod4 over and over. Somtimes I want to hit people with a gravity hammer. I like alternating between the two to keep fps games from getting repetative.
Hell, people spend sixty bucks every year to get the new madden and football hasn't changed in 50 years.
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Hell, people spend sixty bucks every year to get the new madden and football hasn't changed in 50 years.
inorite? I bought one and never felt compelled to get any of the others. I never really found it that fun in the first place...
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Hahaha, Halo.
NixNot wrote:
Hahaha, Halo.
You made me do this
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Zaredx wrote:
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If I remember correctly, Halo has a pretty good story. The thing is, you get the story from about (as said) 6-10 hours of gameplay in each game. The rest is from the novels. I spent an hour today looking up info on it. It's a pretty good storyline.
Busaman the Mighty wrote:
Hell, people spend sixty bucks every year to get the new madden and football hasn't changed in 50 years.
Graphics and what game developers can do with game play has changed, though.
BTW, football has changed a lot in 50 years.
Poor analogy. Stick to spelling "regardless" wrong.
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