The Type-33 Fuel Rod gun with a needler was my go to,…unless I needed precision at long range which I used the type-31 rifle, because both the needler & the type-31 exploded the targets or the walls, which eventually allowed me to clear areas,…the problem was the lack of ammo, but that was always the problem with this game, especially since I went running around the city completely ignoring the storyline. 😂
On your complaint about the emptiness of the city, New Mombasa is about to be glassed. The only people or Covenant left are the stragglers, preparing to leave. This is an important part of the story and adds to the loneliness. Learning about Sadie's story is especially touching because you know that the entire city is going to disappear soon.
Martin O'Donnell has said in an interview that the studio and himself didn't want pregenerated cutscenes because it disassociates the player from the game and is an uncomfortable distraction that seemingly goes unnoticed by most players, so they wanted all cutscenes to be generated in engine ensuring that once the cutscene starts you are in the same area and still have your situational awareness. That goes for all titles that bungie studios made. Although the pregenerated cutscenes in The Master Chief Collection look amazing and it's cool, I just wish that 343 would have honored the original concept of the way the game flows and plays. Oh and you do see the ship that the Master Chief is on during the drop following the covenant cruiser into slipspace. They kinda slipped that in there.
Fixes to odst imo: Covi awareness. If you decide to play stealthly, covis will send little to no reinforcements. If you play guns blazing theyll send in more/ heavy reinforcements. Increasing difficulty, as the game goes on and you kill more covis, the covis start to become generally more aware of your presence and start sending in more tougher reinforcements to cleared areas. Silencers actually acting silenced. So you can kill grunts and jackels silently and come up with strategies for brutes such as shooting the wall to lead them away until you can get passed... if you wanted to play stealthily. Visor mode having a CE flashlight style cool down or battery operation to it. Odst camera being lower to represent a normal human height. Normal halo 3 damage output from weapons but significantly reduced melee damage.. maybe only affect grunts and stun jackels but do nothing to brutes less they add a knife mechnic. Covi weapons would be amazing to kill brutes as they can strip shields but they should be more heavier, slowing the odst down as they made for bigger creatures and maybe have larger recoil, maybe even over heating a plasma pistol or rifle could damage the player etc.
What I think is great about halo 5 is is the height difference is far more realistic. The elites actually sit at the height they're supposed too and humans look way smaller than they did in previous games. ODST shouldn't be able to use a brute hammer at least to his full capabilities either. Covie weapons should look massive in the hands too. A energy sword should be taking up almost the whole screen for an odst. Kinda like forge in halo wars
Something else that'd be cool is if you have like one bar of health you'd have an option to use biofoam carts and you'd be able to pick them up throughout the world. With that being said if 343 gets it together there's a possibility of a odst 2 with alpha 9 as spartan 4s which would be cool
Jackals I could also see being killed by melee. Though it would be interesting if melee kills just KO'd a covie rather than actually killing them so you had to remember to give them one tap to the head afterwards to make sure they don't get back up.
@@rushpatriot2866 ODSTs can absolutely hold brute hammers, the ODST armor is electronically powered and increases the strength of the wearer to some degree, just not as much as MJOLNIR, also in the book Nightfall it's even said that the ODST suits have air conditioning!
i actually killed a few brutes punching them, its useless when they got armour, but a little usefull to rip it out or killing them when they dont got any
@@thebigal123 MW22 was a complete embrassment they had the answers from the community but they never acted on it and let the game slowly died its so patheic like this is what you do with 3000 devs
@@thebigal123 Actually, i played the campaign expecting something great, but it was full of propaganda trying to tell us that terrorists are actually innocent people when clearly they are not innocent in any way, they are terrorists period.
Bungie nailed it with ODST, and then gave us a bit more of that wow factor in Reach but still managed to make it feel like a struggle (not overpowered spartan). Absolutely spectacular games
Odst is a masterpiece. I always love getting lost in the night time open world playing as Rookie. The sniper mission when you're at the downed pelican has one of the best defend/survive moments with a great soundtrack at that moment. straight catJAM. The audio logs are always fun to go for. Genuingly I want another ODST game but hopefully longer and it captures all the vibes of this game
the way this game makes you feel especially when difference for darkness plays is timeless, i’ll cherish this game forever, thank you for this and keep up the badass work!!
Just wandering around in the Open City checkpoint with famine and iron skulls on with a buddy was one of the best experiences I've had in Halo. Just two ODSTs wandering the streets surviving and resisting the covies. Though being in a building basically made you safe,outside of a few encounters , so that did kill part of the 'we are in danger feeling'. Could have used covies sweeping buildings every now and again, the threat of a surprise engagement inside a building would have made sneaking though buildings more tense.
The time we got to experience what it’s like as an ODST in Halo. I always liked having them and other Marines around. Trying to keep them alive as long as possible. Halo Infinite as well! Loading up with them and roaming around the map.
When it comes to video games, I’ve never felt more at peace, or more at home, than when I played Halo 3 ODST. It’s probably my favorite video game ever, and I will always go back to it when I need to just take a break from the constant overstimulation we live in every day.
What i love is the subtle story telling throughout New Mombasa. Virgil is speaking to the Rookie the entire way, giving guidance, encouraging him/you to investigate deeper and tells you where you can heal yourself. If the Rookie as paid thorough attention to unveiling the mystery, he will straight up tell Dare to lower her gun before whistling to the Huragok. He knows that that is Virgil in an actual body. The friend who's been helping him out all night. Also, Huragok-Virgil is adorable, derpy and cool all at the same time.
I did not have a good first time with the campaign or firefight in ODST. I didn't enjoy it as a kid, so i stuck to the MP and played nothing but customs. I like the campaign a lot more now as an adult. But I'll never forget why I didn't like it at first, it was because it was too lonely for me. I already was a lonely kid. My Xbox and games was an escape for me. ODST only accentuated that feeling of loneliness I was trying to escape from, so I really didn't like it at all.
Wow that's a pretty interesting dynamic I've never really thought about. I have 2 little brothers so basically the main attraction for me for most games back then was, can I play them split screen? I think what you said here is a testament to that games solidified ability to actually put you in those shoes. Thanks for sharing brother hope you're doing well 🤙♥️
Man… if we could have another ODST experience like this I’d play it so many times… it was so beautiful and it felt so surreal. I still play it over and over again. The feeling of being independent and having to sneak through a dead city covered in covenant with smooooth jazz and rain made it magical in a way that cannot be replicated in any other way. I feel like this was exactly as you said, an art piece. Beautiful and still fun and absolutely still halo. Unbelievable. I don’t think any company is capable of making something like this or better in our current time. If so I’d be truly taken aback. Modern game companies don’t have enough soul to make such an artistic game. I especially halo under 343. This is why I still replay this game over, and over, and over again. Even after I basically just am bored because I’ve done the run too many times and have mapped out this game to a T. The magic has left sadly but not in it’s entirety. The magic is still there it’s just so familiar to me now that it’s just like strolling through your old childhood home. Quite familiar but comfortable. The music and feeling of alone with sad rain coming down is beautiful to me to how I feel in the real world. Ugh. Bungie game is something that they never realized would be so impactful. If only Microsoft would just let creators actually create. We maybe able to see another beautiful experience like this. A man can dream…
It's highly likely that hell divers was supposed to be a odst game. 343 had a contract before hell divers came out and ended up losing it from what I heard and it's implied to be a odst game. I haven't read anything about it in awhile and it could just be rumors but you could look it up. Would've been amazing to drop into battle with a odst squad fighting on a giant firefight map
All I've ever wanted since this game was released is a prequel set in the middle of the human-covenant war, gears of war- cover based gameplay, a team of ODST's, written by Joe Staten and score by Marty. Nothing more.
I’m cut on the visr thing, yea it’s a little cheap and makes it easier to see enemies and having it all the time is a little op, but it looks absolutely beautiful and is a key aspect of odsts visuals imo. Maybe if it had a battery life, and when it runs out, it switches to a flashlight? Or if it was limited ability/pick up like in spv3, there could be some night time missions where you don’t have access to it. I do agree it’s really great atmospherically but trying to make stuff out in the dark especially over long periods of time puts a bad strain on your eyes. Maybe when you first drop yours is broken from the fall but you find another odst helmet and use theirs or something along those lines, so for the first mission you’re forced to get used to the dark. It seems like the enemies at night time have a harder time seeing you which makes stealth a real option.
First of all, great video, I felt the same feelings as you. Second of all, one of the most refreshing campaigns and multiplayers I have play in the last few years was from Titanfall 2, because it is concise, fantastic, and detailed game. I would heavily recommend playing the game. PS. right now it is on sale and only 5 dollars Unrelated note: Outside of the fps genre, the best game I have probably played is Hollow knight. My favorite indie game of all time.
I think my biggest regret with ODST was that Bungie didn't have the time/resources to actually put in proper stealth elements. The silenced SMG and pistol don't really do anything that noticeable and it feels like there was an idea that you would be able to use open doors and hallways to skate around covie patrols and avoid fights, which would have been a huge gameplay change from MC just killing everything that gets in front of him. ODST is far and away my favorite Halo game, and it is a crime we've never gotten another chance to haunt around darkened streets as a hell jumper.
I would actually love to hear you talk on Halo more. Always loved zombies and I've been playing since World at War but when you guys cover Halo I love it so much. When Milo had his Halo Journey with JC and Luke it was truly something special to watch and I made sure I tuned in every time and I messaged JC afterwards. It's just the same that infinite didn't launch in the state that we all wanted it to be
you should definitely do a video on halo reach. i know objectively it’s not the best halo but for me its the one i have the best memories on and for that it will always be the best for me
Eh, don’t let anyone tell you what the best halo entry is. I’m a 3 kid through & through because it’s what I have the most memories on since it released during my formative years, & all I ever heard from the 2 kids was how bad it was in comparison. Reach was a solid entry & is my favorite campaign.
I didnt love odst when i first played it but when i came back to it after a few years I absolutely loved it just for the atmosphere and music alone. The odst characters are so awesome and I wish we saw them (other than buck even though I love him) in some other games
On the same token budget restrictions prompted Remedy to use the comic book panel storytelling device in Max Payne 2 much to the games credit and long lasting appeal. Even today it feels fresh and badass. Games really were better in that generation and earlier. A different time.
I miss when games were something you could choose to dedicate as much time as you wanted into without missing out on anything. Halo was always like that before. 5-8 hour campaigns split into 10-30 minutes missions you could play either altogether or just whatever bits you felt like at the time. A multiplayer that was always there, with all its content at any point in time. Unlockables that didn't require you to be there on a specific day or week. Exp/Current you earned every single match, so you didn't have a certain quota to meet each week. Play what you want, when you want, at your own pace. Never get left behind, never miss out. Nowadays games are a 30+ hour campaign investment. Seasons, rotating shops, and weekly xp/currency limits prevent you from just playing a lot while you're into it, and taking breaks whenever you want for as long as you want. Playlists come and go on a rotator. Your competitive rank resets frequently. And heaven forbid you want to play another game because it'll probably demand all the same from you.
I cant say that this is the best halo game ever but it is definitely my favorite. The vulnerability. The atmosphere. The music. It absolutely is an art piece.
I just played ODST for the first time last week because that was one of the early Halo's i didnt play. I wanted to experience Halo of the good old days. I enjoyed it, as it is unique. Often taking time to stop and look at a soldier killed in a building, wondering what his story was. For lack of a better term, its a Halo VIBE experience.
ODST is great game, from the city scapes to music. The story itself was fleshed out well within the game world. To not take anything from it but add to it, a remastered version of this with realistic effects and rainfall would be great to see.
I personally enjoyed playing Halo ODST, it was the first game that wasn't afraid to stray away from Master Chief and I got to soak in those environments of new Mombasa too. Such a shame that The Rookie didn't get an on-screen death.
Played it for the first time on legendary after my 1,2,3, Run last month and I was amazed at the story & Graphics oh my gosh, Mumbattan was so good to roam thru, The Storie of the Sadie had me Gut feeling every Message. Best Halo Imo. The Empathy for each solider lost. The Freedom and Strategy it brung was fun. and the music is the best out of halo only 2's Guitar solo takes the cake
I dont know what diffuculty you played but bungies cannon diff is heroic and when played on that diff more of the power inbalance shows between ODST vs Spartans as ODSTs dont have shields, cant jump as high, do less melee damage and grenade toss is much shorter compared to Spartans But good video overall. ODST was and still is in my top 3 Halo games. Got it launch day back in the day and still play it from time to time
A story like ODST with modern movement/controls/mechanics etc is what the halo community have been asking 343 for since they first took over the franchise and they're completely sleeping on it, they're practically in hibernation.
That's why I wear the armor with pride. Not only it was the second Halo game I've played since my existence as a human being. 😎 But it was also the one game I actually conceptually grasped at age 14. Halo 2 was my first halo game I played at age 5 but ODST was my second and best halo game that actually made me the way I am today, a 21 year old with insecurities and trust issues, but with a steady mind and heart to look for real answers to solve contemporary problems that are set before me. Any ways.. 👀 When I was 14, I didn't really had a close bondage with the Master Chief. To me it was The Rookie from ODST. I actually sat there played the whole entire campaign on a stormy school night. I lived in Las Vegas at the time I asked dad who bought ODST for me on 360 at a Arcade game store. 😄 The story on how The Rookie survived a covenant infested urban environment gave me a sense of loneliness, like missing a key part of my objective. Like missing the squad member's. 😅 Anywho.. 😑 Took a lot of convincing my Dad to buy it but once I played it, it changed me as a human being. 😔 After ODST I played the rest of the Halo games when MCC came out. Which made me a pure halo fan even though I was since age 5. Halo 2 experience with my Dad. 😅 But to me ODST was a top tier Halo game hand's down! 💯 I just sad to see modern gaming turn the way it is. But ODST will always be a reminder to me that good game's did existed at one point. 😌 Edit: Oh and we all heard the OST for ODST, it not only sad sometimes but also BANGERs, It makes me happy to this day people listen to ODST's Original Sound Tracks for Halo content vid's and in-game fire fights. Not only that it can be perfect to play in rainy weather game scenarios/reality. But that's my opinion about the OST for ODST. 😅 _Respect to ALL my fellow ODST Trooper's that also wear they're Armour's till this day. Good on You!_ 😎
the way to fix your gripe with feeling like master chief is to play legendary with skulls on, trust me, thats the way the game is supposed to be played, some skulls, only the ones that dont pull u out of immersion, the grenade one is very cool and so that way they insta kill you and its like being a normal guy, for me personally is the fact that your screen looks taller than it should, freaking odst are tall as basketball players
I know i get hate but odst is my favorite halo game. I love the story and open world feel in a city felt like a war hitting you. I love how the plot thickened with its mechanics. It made me love ODST soilder with spartans now in plenty they should up gear their armours with stealth. That way they can go behind enemy lines. Special units for special missions. If we can specialized our armours ODST would be the second best next to spartans.
Unironically takes me longer than like 3 hours to beat ODST. Not because I suck at it (I’m not amazing at it either) but because I love taking my time with it. (Edit) I just think ODST genuinely has the same amount of love in it that Halo 3 does, not because the story itself is anywhere near as expansive, but because of how deep the feelings it engages and also how intricate so many of its details are. Halo in the mainline series takes place in so many different places during one campaign, whereas in ODST, it feels just as big even though it’s in a single city.
I play odst like that , human weapons only sometimes with my visor off and play on heroic difficulty . Makes me play more conservative with ammo and stealthy . Almost playing gurrila style combat
I love ODST and it is one of my favorite Halo campaigns, but I have never understood the idea that video essayists tend to push that the game makes you feel weaker. The ODSTs in this game pretty much just feel like Spartans. They even have shield gauges and everything.
Always love ur vids. Especially halo n gears shit. N zombies duh but like this video just gets me thinking what odst 2 could’ve been. Just imagine the first mission we drop in with one other m8 with snipers in complete stealth. Ahhhh ODST❤
The OODSTs are weird because theyre supposed to be spec-ops. So theyre better and more resilient than marines but still aint spartans. So stuff like the visor make sense since they are spec-ops. That being said though, amazing game and it makes me so sad we wont get anything simmilar to it
i've adored this game from my first playthru. there's a tone & mood about the 'open world' and the missions are fun. the game swings between those two types at a great pace & i love that i can play it at my own pace. so easy to spend a lot time in that game. here's my hot take tho.. this is 'proto-Destiny' with the mix of open & linear play. and that poster with the Traveller 😉 going back to it after getting hooked on D1 was big 'ooooooh.. now i get it' moment. it feels like something that was made against the clock with limited resources & the team jus dug deep & made something special. like one of those amazing alt-rock albums that was slung together in a week & mixed by some stoned kid that barely knew what he was doing.. yet it's a classic & oozes style & fortitude. great vid. put in mind to have a playthru soon. have a sub 🤗
Game changed my life. Have an odst collection in the corner of my room. More like a shrine. I'd love another Halo game but the last good Halo game was Reach. Once in a lifetime, unfortunately..
I feel Halo would have really benefitted from this anthology of the average greenhorn UNSC soldier to really sell the hectic nature of the Human Covenant war. We're seeing this now with the fan game "Branching Sickness" which places you in the perspective of a marine fighting the flood.
20:18 I feel like they should of limited the player useable sandbox. So pretty much being able to use whatever your ai teamate ODST could use in Halo 3. So pretty much no turret, grav hammer, and brute shot. Otherwise every other weapon would work fine. I think also having the enemies be strong could have helped making it feel like your an ODST. Or maybe you having reduced health. I useally like to replay ODST on Heroic with Mythic and Thunderstorm on. Enemies are very spongy so headshots weapons are a must. But when you do take out a Brute pack it feels good
I feel like he should have tried to play on a harder level I played on them and it really feels like your just a soldier in the city especially when you get snipped you die pretty much immediately or when you play co op and you turn to see your homie get snipped it really is scary👍
best way to play odst is, famine and aim assist off it makes you be more selective with the unsc weapons because most covenant weapons suck, also swarm and bad luck makes hunters something you really want to avoid and makes the enemies more formidable, which compensates for brutes halo 3 being some of the weakest enemies in the franchise
I honestly don’t feel like buck actually saves Veronica. He goes back to help her. Yes Her and rookie were about to get cornered but they already fought through the hive to get down there. Plus she implies that her and rookie got to get out of there when they find vigil. So she had every intention to find a way to get out of there with or without buck. Buck kinda shows up and is like yo I got us a ride. So it’s not like anyone saved the princess. Actually we fail to save her. We meet back up with the princess, she drags us through hell to pick up her ugly friend, and then her boyfriend shows up with his boys to pick us up.
I like this game and the story is a nice spin off that makes you feel like you’re living in the world of halo. Also the vibe and soundtrack is like no other. But it’s disappointing how the gameplay isn’t really switched up. Sure you have health packs now, but it’s still more or less the same health system just slightly tweaked, and the stealth mechanics are kind of a joke. Overall, a good game with a great atmosphere, but not worth 60 dollars
343 should take a break from chief and make "stories from the front" type games where they can practice writing story with a group of UNSC marines or something similar, i also disagree the visor STAYS solely because its cool :^)
I played this game when I was younger but I couldn’t figure out what I was supposed to do and ended up walking around for like 20 minutes and then never played the game again lol
My favorite halo game of all time. Adds my favorite halo weapon ever, the silenced SMG, and my favorite game mode, firefight
It's a shame they can't bring back infinity blade (the game)
Agreed thats my favorite weapon within the halo series of games 😊
It’s so cool, solo surviving marine in the darkness with night vision with a suppressed loadout!! It’s so different and cool
The pistol was so crisp tho
The Type-33 Fuel Rod gun with a needler was my go to,…unless I needed precision at long range which I used the type-31 rifle, because both the needler & the type-31 exploded the targets or the walls, which eventually allowed me to clear areas,…the problem was the lack of ammo, but that was always the problem with this game, especially since I went running around the city completely ignoring the storyline. 😂
On your complaint about the emptiness of the city, New Mombasa is about to be glassed. The only people or Covenant left are the stragglers, preparing to leave. This is an important part of the story and adds to the loneliness. Learning about Sadie's story is especially touching because you know that the entire city is going to disappear soon.
i feel like ODST’s story does a great job a showing me a compelling story instead of telling me a compelling story
😢❤
ODST was definitely an underrated halo campaign
Not really. Mos people praise it fairly as one of the best all the time
@@Freelancer837 compared to the original trilogy? I don’t hear much about it
One of my favorite Halo campaigns ever made
Martin O'Donnell has said in an interview that the studio and himself didn't want pregenerated cutscenes because it disassociates the player from the game and is an uncomfortable distraction that seemingly goes unnoticed by most players, so they wanted all cutscenes to be generated in engine ensuring that once the cutscene starts you are in the same area and still have your situational awareness. That goes for all titles that bungie studios made. Although the pregenerated cutscenes in The Master Chief Collection look amazing and it's cool, I just wish that 343 would have honored the original concept of the way the game flows and plays.
Oh and you do see the ship that the Master Chief is on during the drop following the covenant cruiser into slipspace.
They kinda slipped that in there.
Fixes to odst imo:
Covi awareness. If you decide to play stealthly, covis will send little to no reinforcements. If you play guns blazing theyll send in more/ heavy reinforcements.
Increasing difficulty, as the game goes on and you kill more covis, the covis start to become generally more aware of your presence and start sending in more tougher reinforcements to cleared areas.
Silencers actually acting silenced. So you can kill grunts and jackels silently and come up with strategies for brutes such as shooting the wall to lead them away until you can get passed... if you wanted to play stealthily.
Visor mode having a CE flashlight style cool down or battery operation to it.
Odst camera being lower to represent a normal human height.
Normal halo 3 damage output from weapons but significantly reduced melee damage.. maybe only affect grunts and stun jackels but do nothing to brutes less they add a knife mechnic.
Covi weapons would be amazing to kill brutes as they can strip shields but they should be more heavier, slowing the odst down as they made for bigger creatures and maybe have larger recoil, maybe even over heating a plasma pistol or rifle could damage the player etc.
What I think is great about halo 5 is is the height difference is far more realistic. The elites actually sit at the height they're supposed too and humans look way smaller than they did in previous games. ODST shouldn't be able to use a brute hammer at least to his full capabilities either. Covie weapons should look massive in the hands too. A energy sword should be taking up almost the whole screen for an odst. Kinda like forge in halo wars
Something else that'd be cool is if you have like one bar of health you'd have an option to use biofoam carts and you'd be able to pick them up throughout the world. With that being said if 343 gets it together there's a possibility of a odst 2 with alpha 9 as spartan 4s which would be cool
Jackals I could also see being killed by melee. Though it would be interesting if melee kills just KO'd a covie rather than actually killing them so you had to remember to give them one tap to the head afterwards to make sure they don't get back up.
@@rushpatriot2866 ODSTs can absolutely hold brute hammers, the ODST armor is electronically powered and increases the strength of the wearer to some degree, just not as much as MJOLNIR, also in the book Nightfall it's even said that the ODST suits have air conditioning!
i actually killed a few brutes punching them, its useless when they got armour, but a little usefull to rip it out or killing them when they dont got any
See that MW3. This is how you do Open-Combat Missions
MW ||| (2023) is a joke
@@thebigal123 MW22 was a complete embrassment they had the answers from the community but they never acted on it and let the game slowly died its so patheic like this is what you do with 3000 devs
@@thebigal123 Actually, i played the campaign expecting something great, but it was full of propaganda trying to tell us that terrorists are actually innocent people when clearly they are not innocent in any way, they are terrorists period.
Bungie nailed it with ODST, and then gave us a bit more of that wow factor in Reach but still managed to make it feel like a struggle (not overpowered spartan). Absolutely spectacular games
Odst is a masterpiece. I always love getting lost in the night time open world playing as Rookie. The sniper mission when you're at the downed pelican has one of the best defend/survive moments with a great soundtrack at that moment. straight catJAM. The audio logs are always fun to go for. Genuingly I want another ODST game but hopefully longer and it captures all the vibes of this game
the way this game makes you feel especially when difference for darkness plays is timeless, i’ll cherish this game forever, thank you for this and keep up the badass work!!
Just wandering around in the Open City checkpoint with famine and iron skulls on with a buddy was one of the best experiences I've had in Halo. Just two ODSTs wandering the streets surviving and resisting the covies. Though being in a building basically made you safe,outside of a few encounters , so that did kill part of the 'we are in danger feeling'. Could have used covies sweeping buildings every now and again, the threat of a surprise engagement inside a building would have made sneaking though buildings more tense.
The time we got to experience what it’s like as an ODST in Halo. I always liked having them and other Marines around. Trying to keep them alive as long as possible. Halo Infinite as well! Loading up with them and roaming around the map.
When it comes to video games, I’ve never felt more at peace, or more at home, than when I played Halo 3 ODST. It’s probably my favorite video game ever, and I will always go back to it when I need to just take a break from the constant overstimulation we live in every day.
What i love is the subtle story telling throughout New Mombasa. Virgil is speaking to the Rookie the entire way, giving guidance, encouraging him/you to investigate deeper and tells you where you can heal yourself. If the Rookie as paid thorough attention to unveiling the mystery, he will straight up tell Dare to lower her gun before whistling to the Huragok. He knows that that is Virgil in an actual body. The friend who's been helping him out all night.
Also, Huragok-Virgil is adorable, derpy and cool all at the same time.
I did not have a good first time with the campaign or firefight in ODST.
I didn't enjoy it as a kid, so i stuck to the MP and played nothing but customs.
I like the campaign a lot more now as an adult. But I'll never forget why I didn't like it at first, it was because it was too lonely for me.
I already was a lonely kid. My Xbox and games was an escape for me.
ODST only accentuated that feeling of loneliness I was trying to escape from, so I really didn't like it at all.
Wow that's a pretty interesting dynamic I've never really thought about. I have 2 little brothers so basically the main attraction for me for most games back then was, can I play them split screen?
I think what you said here is a testament to that games solidified ability to actually put you in those shoes. Thanks for sharing brother hope you're doing well 🤙♥️
Man… if we could have another ODST experience like this I’d play it so many times… it was so beautiful and it felt so surreal. I still play it over and over again. The feeling of being independent and having to sneak through a dead city covered in covenant with smooooth jazz and rain made it magical in a way that cannot be replicated in any other way. I feel like this was exactly as you said, an art piece. Beautiful and still fun and absolutely still halo. Unbelievable. I don’t think any company is capable of making something like this or better in our current time. If so I’d be truly taken aback. Modern game companies don’t have enough soul to make such an artistic game. I especially halo under 343. This is why I still replay this game over, and over, and over again. Even after I basically just am bored because I’ve done the run too many times and have mapped out this game to a T. The magic has left sadly but not in it’s entirety. The magic is still there it’s just so familiar to me now that it’s just like strolling through your old childhood home. Quite familiar but comfortable. The music and feeling of alone with sad rain coming down is beautiful to me to how I feel in the real world. Ugh. Bungie game is something that they never realized would be so impactful. If only Microsoft would just let creators actually create. We maybe able to see another beautiful experience like this. A man can dream…
It's highly likely that hell divers was supposed to be a odst game. 343 had a contract before hell divers came out and ended up losing it from what I heard and it's implied to be a odst game. I haven't read anything about it in awhile and it could just be rumors but you could look it up. Would've been amazing to drop into battle with a odst squad fighting on a giant firefight map
I loved ODST, alot of people didn't like it but I played through the story many times!
Out of all the games I think odst and 3 are the two that I regularly revisit simply for the pure fun those campaigns provide for me.
I JUST read the wiki: Fillion, Tudyk and Baldwin...It's a Firefly reunion.
This is my favorite video game of all time. Thank you for giving it the coverage it deserves
Remember this, one bolt of plasma to the chest can kill an ODST.
All I've ever wanted since this game was released is a prequel set in the middle of the human-covenant war, gears of war- cover based gameplay, a team of ODST's, written by Joe Staten and score by Marty. Nothing more.
Yees
I’m cut on the visr thing, yea it’s a little cheap and makes it easier to see enemies and having it all the time is a little op, but it looks absolutely beautiful and is a key aspect of odsts visuals imo. Maybe if it had a battery life, and when it runs out, it switches to a flashlight? Or if it was limited ability/pick up like in spv3, there could be some night time missions where you don’t have access to it. I do agree it’s really great atmospherically but trying to make stuff out in the dark especially over long periods of time puts a bad strain on your eyes. Maybe when you first drop yours is broken from the fall but you find another odst helmet and use theirs or something along those lines, so for the first mission you’re forced to get used to the dark. It seems like the enemies at night time have a harder time seeing you which makes stealth a real option.
First of all, great video, I felt the same feelings as you. Second of all, one of the most refreshing campaigns and multiplayers I have play in the last few years was from Titanfall 2, because it is concise, fantastic, and detailed game. I would heavily recommend playing the game.
PS. right now it is on sale and only 5 dollars
Unrelated note: Outside of the fps genre, the best game I have probably played is Hollow knight. My favorite indie game of all time.
I think my biggest regret with ODST was that Bungie didn't have the time/resources to actually put in proper stealth elements. The silenced SMG and pistol don't really do anything that noticeable and it feels like there was an idea that you would be able to use open doors and hallways to skate around covie patrols and avoid fights, which would have been a huge gameplay change from MC just killing everything that gets in front of him. ODST is far and away my favorite Halo game, and it is a crime we've never gotten another chance to haunt around darkened streets as a hell jumper.
The soundtrack of this game is so good I still think about it randomly every once in awhile
I would actually love to hear you talk on Halo more. Always loved zombies and I've been playing since World at War but when you guys cover Halo I love it so much. When Milo had his Halo Journey with JC and Luke it was truly something special to watch and I made sure I tuned in every time and I messaged JC afterwards. It's just the same that infinite didn't launch in the state that we all wanted it to be
Legend, thanks so much man
@@Ch0pper keep up the work man and good luck with the podcast as well. I think a lot of us are definitely looking forward to long episodes on the pod
you should definitely do a video on halo reach. i know objectively it’s not the best halo but for me its the one i have the best memories on and for that it will always be the best for me
Eh, don’t let anyone tell you what the best halo entry is. I’m a 3 kid through & through because it’s what I have the most memories on since it released during my formative years, & all I ever heard from the 2 kids was how bad it was in comparison. Reach was a solid entry & is my favorite campaign.
@@replexity i have so many good memories on halo 3 bro i loved it a lot and is honestly probably my second favourite not far from reach
Marty O’Donnell will find this video and comment. Calling it now, just give him time to find it.
Maybe. He is currently pretty busy after all.
I didnt love odst when i first played it but when i came back to it after a few years I absolutely loved it just for the atmosphere and music alone. The odst characters are so awesome and I wish we saw them (other than buck even though I love him) in some other games
Traumatized me when i was 11
On the same token budget restrictions prompted Remedy to use the comic book panel storytelling device in Max Payne 2 much to the games credit and long lasting appeal.
Even today it feels fresh and badass.
Games really were better in that generation and earlier.
A different time.
Halo 3 ODST was an awesome game I love playing as rookie and makes you throw you into a different character before present time
Bro, video is not even 10 mins old and the porn bots are already commenting WTF youtube? They actually beat humans to the first comment
This is every channel… and that’s what their called
?
And there is none in this one
The game’s tone was peak
I’ll never forget unlocking the Recon helmet with my friends, what an experience
I miss when games were something you could choose to dedicate as much time as you wanted into without missing out on anything.
Halo was always like that before. 5-8 hour campaigns split into 10-30 minutes missions you could play either altogether or just whatever bits you felt like at the time.
A multiplayer that was always there, with all its content at any point in time.
Unlockables that didn't require you to be there on a specific day or week. Exp/Current you earned every single match, so you didn't have a certain quota to meet each week.
Play what you want, when you want, at your own pace. Never get left behind, never miss out.
Nowadays games are a 30+ hour campaign investment. Seasons, rotating shops, and weekly xp/currency limits prevent you from just playing a lot while you're into it, and taking breaks whenever you want for as long as you want. Playlists come and go on a rotator. Your competitive rank resets frequently. And heaven forbid you want to play another game because it'll probably demand all the same from you.
I cant say that this is the best halo game ever but it is definitely my favorite. The vulnerability. The atmosphere. The music. It absolutely is an art piece.
I just played ODST for the first time last week because that was one of the early Halo's i didnt play. I wanted to experience Halo of the good old days. I enjoyed it, as it is unique. Often taking time to stop and look at a soldier killed in a building, wondering what his story was. For lack of a better term, its a Halo VIBE experience.
ODST is great game, from the city scapes to music. The story itself was fleshed out well within the game world. To not take anything from it but add to it, a remastered version of this with realistic effects and rainfall would be great to see.
I personally enjoyed playing Halo ODST, it was the first game that wasn't afraid to stray away from Master Chief and I got to soak in those environments of new Mombasa too. Such a shame that The Rookie didn't get an on-screen death.
Played it for the first time on legendary after my 1,2,3, Run last month and I was amazed at the story & Graphics oh my gosh, Mumbattan was so good to roam thru, The Storie of the Sadie had me Gut feeling every Message. Best Halo Imo. The Empathy for each solider lost. The Freedom and Strategy it brung was fun. and the music is the best out of halo only 2's Guitar solo takes the cake
I dont know what diffuculty you played but bungies cannon diff is heroic and when played on that diff more of the power inbalance shows between ODST vs Spartans as ODSTs dont have shields, cant jump as high, do less melee damage and grenade toss is much shorter compared to Spartans
But good video overall. ODST was and still is in my top 3 Halo games. Got it launch day back in the day and still play it from time to time
A story like ODST with modern movement/controls/mechanics etc is what the halo community have been asking 343 for since they first took over the franchise and they're completely sleeping on it, they're practically in hibernation.
Dude you are such a beast for posting an ODST video
Anyone else put on ODST Rain soundtracks to fall asleep? That tune is fire.
That's why I wear the armor with pride. Not only it was the second Halo game I've played since my existence as a human being. 😎
But it was also the one game I actually conceptually grasped at age 14.
Halo 2 was my first halo game I played at age 5 but ODST was my second and best halo game that actually made me the way I am today, a 21 year old with insecurities and trust issues, but with a steady mind and heart to look for real answers to solve contemporary problems that are set before me.
Any ways.. 👀
When I was 14, I didn't really had a close bondage with the Master Chief. To me it was The Rookie from ODST. I actually sat there played the whole entire campaign on a stormy school night. I lived in Las Vegas at the time I asked dad who bought ODST for me on 360 at a Arcade game store. 😄
The story on how The Rookie survived a covenant infested urban environment gave me a sense of loneliness, like missing a key part of my objective. Like missing the squad member's. 😅
Anywho.. 😑
Took a lot of convincing my Dad to buy it but once I played it, it changed me as a human being. 😔
After ODST I played the rest of the Halo games when MCC came out. Which made me a pure halo fan even though I was since age 5. Halo 2 experience with my Dad. 😅
But to me ODST was a top tier Halo game hand's down! 💯
I just sad to see modern gaming turn the way it is. But ODST will always be a reminder to me that good game's did existed at one point. 😌
Edit: Oh and we all heard the OST for ODST, it not only sad sometimes but also BANGERs, It makes me happy to this day people listen to ODST's Original Sound Tracks for Halo content vid's and in-game fire fights. Not only that it can be perfect to play in rainy weather game scenarios/reality. But that's my opinion about the OST for ODST. 😅
_Respect to ALL my fellow ODST Trooper's that also wear they're Armour's till this day. Good on You!_ 😎
One of the most underrated games ever
the way to fix your gripe with feeling like master chief is to play legendary with skulls on, trust me, thats the way the game is supposed to be played, some skulls, only the ones that dont pull u out of immersion, the grenade one is very cool and so that way they insta kill you and its like being a normal guy, for me personally is the fact that your screen looks taller than it should, freaking odst are tall as basketball players
I know i get hate but odst is my favorite halo game. I love the story and open world feel in a city felt like a war hitting you. I love how the plot thickened with its mechanics. It made me love ODST soilder with spartans now in plenty they should up gear their armours with stealth. That way they can go behind enemy lines. Special units for special missions. If we can specialized our armours ODST would be the second best next to spartans.
Ah yes. Back when Halo was good.
Unironically takes me longer than like 3 hours to beat ODST. Not because I suck at it (I’m not amazing at it either) but because I love taking my time with it. (Edit) I just think ODST genuinely has the same amount of love in it that Halo 3 does, not because the story itself is anywhere near as expansive, but because of how deep the feelings it engages and also how intricate so many of its details are. Halo in the mainline series takes place in so many different places during one campaign, whereas in ODST, it feels just as big even though it’s in a single city.
I play odst like that , human weapons only sometimes with my visor off and play on heroic difficulty . Makes me play more conservative with ammo and stealthy . Almost playing gurrila style combat
I did the same thing as a kid!
I love ODST and it is one of my favorite Halo campaigns, but I have never understood the idea that video essayists tend to push that the game makes you feel weaker. The ODSTs in this game pretty much just feel like Spartans. They even have shield gauges and everything.
Always love ur vids. Especially halo n gears shit. N zombies duh but like this video just gets me thinking what odst 2 could’ve been. Just imagine the first mission we drop in with one other m8 with snipers in complete stealth. Ahhhh ODST❤
You forgot to add that the ODST do significantly less melee damage
The OODSTs are weird because theyre supposed to be spec-ops. So theyre better and more resilient than marines but still aint spartans. So stuff like the visor make sense since they are spec-ops. That being said though, amazing game and it makes me so sad we wont get anything simmilar to it
i've adored this game from my first playthru. there's a tone & mood about the 'open world' and the missions are fun. the game swings between those two types at a great pace & i love that i can play it at my own pace. so easy to spend a lot time in that game.
here's my hot take tho.. this is 'proto-Destiny' with the mix of open & linear play. and that poster with the Traveller 😉 going back to it after getting hooked on D1 was big 'ooooooh.. now i get it' moment.
it feels like something that was made against the clock with limited resources & the team jus dug deep & made something special. like one of those amazing alt-rock albums that was slung together in a week & mixed by some stoned kid that barely knew what he was doing.. yet it's a classic & oozes style & fortitude.
great vid. put in mind to have a playthru soon. have a sub 🤗
Game changed my life. Have an odst collection in the corner of my room. More like a shrine. I'd love another Halo game but the last good Halo game was Reach. Once in a lifetime, unfortunately..
Orbital drop shock troopers. Never knew that’s what it meant. 6am thoughts
I feel Halo would have really benefitted from this anthology of the average greenhorn UNSC soldier to really sell the hectic nature of the Human Covenant war. We're seeing this now with the fan game "Branching Sickness" which places you in the perspective of a marine fighting the flood.
I feel like stealth could’ve been used to such a high level like we have a whole animation for them so I feel like they could’ve done that
I still listen to the soundtrack all the time...
20:18 I feel like they should of limited the player useable sandbox. So pretty much being able to use whatever your ai teamate ODST could use in Halo 3. So pretty much no turret, grav hammer, and brute shot. Otherwise every other weapon would work fine. I think also having the enemies be strong could have helped making it feel like your an ODST. Or maybe you having reduced health. I useally like to replay ODST on Heroic with Mythic and Thunderstorm on. Enemies are very spongy so headshots weapons are a must. But when you do take out a Brute pack it feels good
Halo odsts formula was what halo needed after 3 before they gave us a MC story next
This video IS PEAK ❤❤❤
6:09 dont forget they didnt even want to make the game, it was a contactual obligation to make a certain number of games
Phenomenal game.
Bungie's first four Halos were masterpieces:
1 - 9.7
2 - 9.8
3 - 9.9
ODST - 9.9 (Favorite)
This is the only mainline FPS game in the series I have never finished.
I disagree with feeling too overpowered because in heroic how it’s supposed to be played is quite a challenge especially the heavy vehicles
one of the top creators of odst had confirmed we havent found one of its secrets
W Chopper moment appreciate you mane I pretty sure we're friends on xbox or were
I drop a double dose tab of lsd before each play through on legendary for therapeutic reasons.
Of course this video came out right after I broke my phone
Can anyone please tell me where I can find the wallpaper of that beautiful thumbnail?
Omg I absolutely love ODST👌
I feel like he should have tried to play on a harder level I played on them and it really feels like your just a soldier in the city especially when you get snipped you die pretty much immediately or when you play co op and you turn to see your homie get snipped it really is scary👍
I only play old stuff. It is actually creative and well made. The games are also COMPLETE.
best way to play odst is, famine and aim assist off it makes you be more selective with the unsc weapons because most covenant weapons suck, also swarm and bad luck makes hunters something you really want to avoid and makes the enemies more formidable, which compensates for brutes halo 3 being some of the weakest enemies in the franchise
Oh wow. He did a Halo video
20:06 sure you're a rookie, but a rookie from what unit? Remember you're not a rank and file UNSC Marine, you're an ODST man
I honestly don’t feel like buck actually saves Veronica. He goes back to help her. Yes Her and rookie were about to get cornered but they already fought through the hive to get down there. Plus she implies that her and rookie got to get out of there when they find vigil. So she had every intention to find a way to get out of there with or without buck. Buck kinda shows up and is like yo I got us a ride. So it’s not like anyone saved the princess. Actually we fail to save her. We meet back up with the princess, she drags us through hell to pick up her ugly friend, and then her boyfriend shows up with his boys to pick us up.
beating ODST on legendary is gonna suck but i still gotta beat halo 2 first which is so much worse
Halo ODST was the first Open world halo☺️
Problem: "I feel too powerful as an ODST"
Solution: Legendary or Heroic
The problem with modern graphics is that you can’t make anything scary any more because of the high graphical development, everything is too detailed.
I like this game and the story is a nice spin off that makes you feel like you’re living in the world of halo. Also the vibe and soundtrack is like no other. But it’s disappointing how the gameplay isn’t really switched up. Sure you have health packs now, but it’s still more or less the same health system just slightly tweaked, and the stealth mechanics are kind of a joke. Overall, a good game with a great atmosphere, but not worth 60 dollars
343 should take a break from chief and make "stories from the front" type games where they can practice writing story with a group of UNSC marines or something similar, i also disagree the visor STAYS solely because its cool :^)
I played this game when I was younger but I couldn’t figure out what I was supposed to do and ended up walking around for like 20 minutes and then never played the game again lol
I remember being lost in Christmas night when I first got this game. I ended up putting it down and play Mw2 but later on i figured it out.
I’d love to see you make a video on Reach
Dude has it out for master chief
I love these videos
ODST is a work of art
W vid!
Favorite Halo game, by far. Replaying it again after a long break and imo it aged really well
I played this game way too young. I got so depressed from this fucking game 😂
Saying ODSTs are "not quite Spartan level" is like saying "Little Leaguers are not quite MLB level" 😂 Good vid, man. 👍👍
Instant watch🫡
This Game Is Childhood.
It made me like loneliness
I guess the ODST game is the most favorite game its because we play as humans ..more realistic ..We are human after all .not enhanced beings...