| I got a chance to rent ODST, and me being sick, had the excuse to play it for hours. XD Anyways, I thought the game was a really solid addition to the Halo franchise. It told a brand new story (Man, was I tired of Master Chief.) and introduced a bunch of soon-to-be well loved characters. Firefight is definitely a blast with friends, and challenging enough to keep you coming back to see if you can get that one round further. It has a great amount of achievements that are challenging enough to make the attempt, but not punishing enough to bash your head into the ground (Deja vu aside.) I also thought that the game's score was the best of the franchise. The soft, melancholy piano music playing as you walked down the dark streets of New Mombasa really made you feel alone. And since the new maps came with ODST, I'll talk about them too. Longshore is a nice map for big team games, and a welcome addition to the big team maps we already have, like Valhalla. Citadel is a great small map, and makes for some intense games of 2 flag or other intense tactical gametypes. And, last but certainly not least, Heretic. I just thought that it was amazing that my favorite Halo map of all time, Midship, got a remake. And an almost identical remake at that. It's good for almost any game type, as long as there's not too many players. All in all, Halo 3: ODST was a good game. It wasn't anything revolutionary, and it didn't have to be. It was new and original, while being familiar and nostalgic at the same time. And yeah, I'm gonna be setting my countdown clock to 11-10-09 too. =P |