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Halo 3: ODST Review
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 22nd September 2009
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Comments 1 to 26 of 42
ROFL
I agree, I have never thought of it as a great game, the PC version of the original Halo played so much better though lol.
if you'd never played an FPS before maybe, which is why when it entered the pc market it got tore to shreds and laughed at.
Halo was supposed to be for the PC but it took such a long time to make that Microsoft had created the Xbox and bought out Bungie before it got released.
Welcome to the internet.
Many people react to the over hype of the series by being overly critical.
Maybe it's just because I never read anything about the game in the first place, and the excitment of having a game a day early :D
its like call of duty now.. in five years time we will have halo 6 with Master Chef Mini-challenges using Natal
No-one's forcing you to play it mate, some of us actually do enjoy those franchises.
ODST looks decent, and I rather like the firefight concept
It's just how people are these days on the internet. If they don't like something they'll tear it to shreds and take a crap all over it so no one else would want to play it either. I've never had a problem with any of the Halo games. They've all been quite fun and the ease of play, setting, characters, and multiplayer experience did it for me.
It is just another game in the setting, originally intended as an expansion, but ultimately got way more content added than they anticipated. They're building a franchise, and while having Master Chief lead the way yet again, I think having different (albeit unnamed and unknown) character does take a stab in a new direction. When you want to build up a setting, leaving it in the hands of a single perspective makes it stale. Bungie has been avoiding this and building out in different directions. No, there's nothing unique and groundbreaking about the gameplay, but really? Is that what a game needs to be good? Is that what it takes to release a retail product? Surely there's dozens of other games that use the exact same mechanics in different configurations. Are they just as poor? I really don't think so. I can pick up any number of FPS games and easily rip them apart, point at everything else on the market and say "They not innovative, they took this from here, here, and here." It's not about the revolutionary gameplay anymore guys. It'll be a rare chance for something revolutionary (as opposed to evolutionary) to hit a FPS game any time soon. You don't need that in every release to be good.
You just need something that hooks into a player, pulls them into the game, and keeps them there. Bungie did this with the first Halo, and has kept it going thus far. If you're not a fan of the series then you probably won't like this one either. Don't be too surprised when you feel it's simply more of the same, when the rest of us are engrossed in what happens next. Creativity doesn't come from the mechanics of a game any less than it does with the story and character development. Lots of people have figured out what a franchise does, I can't believe you're still waiting for something that isn't going to happen.
I actually really like the game.. I can see it being a bit average if you were to play alone, but with 3 friends accross xbox live its epic :D
Why read reviews on a game that you don't even like?
Lol, nice way of contradicting yourself there.. :p :)
Sorry, but I can't agree with this; Halo was revolutionary for its day, with its combat, AI, free roaming sand box environments, vehicles and cinematic scope. You can see the legacy it has left in nearly every major FPS that's been released since. So it really does deserve its reputation along with Wolfenstein, Doom, Deus Ex and HL 1 & 2 as one of the most influential and definitive FPS's ever made.
I'm sorry but the criticisms in general do seem to be justified. Having said that, you certainly do not need to apologise for liking the game. We're all individuals. (Although I very much doubt that any great games drew inspiration from Halo - sorry).
Nevertheless, it seems to me that console exclusives such as this seem to fall into much the same category - good perhaps but not great. (Bit-tech never did a Killzone 2 review - not the time or couldn't be bothered?)
Speaking of console exclusives, wasn't there a WET review on the way? I was interested to see whether the verdict was that it was rubbish or a mindless way to spend some time (reviews tend to conclude one or the other).
I see your point, but I would argue that it still would have gone unnoticed. Most people I know who played Halo:
1. Were not PC gamers
2. Just experienced their first semi decent fps
3. And most importantly, played it coop
All 3 of these combined created a unique experience that I believe would have been largely missed on PC.
At the time when Halo came out, most of my weekends were spent at my mates house playing 8 player splitscreen/xbox lan halo multiplayer with him and his cousins. It was a great time socially etc, but in the evenings we'd go back to playing UT2k3/4, it was simply a better fps experience. Halo was there for a social aspect over gameplay.