Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)

I am the biggest fan of the Halo universe - the developer, 'Bungie', have created something really special. 'Halo: Combat Evolved' started it all, epic campaigns and terrific fast paced FPS multiplayer. Halo 2 & 3 followed, each with generally strong campaigns but most of all the greatest online matchmaking in existance. This series of games made the Xbox the greatest console of it's time and speaking plainly, saved the Xbox 360. Microsoft were facing a balance in the red due to the dreaded 'red ring of death' - Halo (Bungie) kept them well and truly in the black. Apologies, I'm moving off topic, back to Halo ODST. You would first of all question my 2 star ...  Read the complete review

My fiancé and I are both keen gamers and play quite a lot of video games. I however, never used to like shooting games, purely because they looked hard and the once or twice I played I sucked. But after getting fed up of watching him having all the fun I picked up the controller and got him to show me the ropes. As someone wise once said, "If you can't beat them, join them!" 4 years down the line and I am changing the saying to: "If you can't beat them, join them...and once you've joined them, realise you can hold your own and beat them!" Nothing is more satisfying than beating a bunch of guys down with the butt of a rifle in pink armour! ...  Read the complete review

HALO 3: ODST (XBOX360) =================== Halo 3: ODST is the next instalment in the Halo franchise it is the first person shooter to be released this fall but is facing some stiff competition, so is it worth our £30? With the Master Chief missing can this game live up to the high standards set by its predecessors? The ODST story unfolds during the time of Halo 2 so even though the Master Chief may have already finished the fight in Halo 3 your back on the streets of New Mombasa, which has been invaded by the Covenant. As the Rookie in an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper team you are immediately plunged into combat, but knocked out and ...  Read the complete review

Halo 3: ODST I personally have always found the Halo franchise to be a tad bit overatted. My opinion of the franchise can be summed up with what I thought of Halo 3-it was really polished in what it did, but what it did wasn't exactly original. Halo had an innovation with its rebounding health meter, but Halo 2 and 3 were merely shiny versions of the first game. Maybe that was why I was slightly excited for Halo 3: ODST. An expansion pack of Halo 3, the new campaign offered a different way to play Halo-a more tatical style of gameplay. Plus, it offered a whole disc featuring the Halo 3 multiplayer and the downloadable maps, considering I had sold Halo 3, it ...  Read the complete review

To start off, if you liked Halo 3 or any other game in the franchise then you will love Halo 3: ODST. It would be cheap to say that its more of the same, and whilst the enemies, the guns, the vehicles, and the sounds are the same, its what you would expect from a game staying loyal to its roots. Simply because what it has already from previous games is amazing, and most importantly, fun. What makes this game really shine is the new multiplayer mode, Firefight, where you and up to three of your friends work as a team in order to fend of waves of Covenant forces (these are the series main enemy to the Human forces, in case you didn't know). One ...  Read the complete review