MeriStation: Halo 3: ODST Preview

With over twenty-five million copies sold in its history. The Halo franchise is expanding once again with the release of the strategy game Halo Wars, and Halo 3: ODST. ODST is the first of the Halo titles that does not have Master Chief as the main protagonist.

[Huh]

nice preview it reafirms my decision not to play this game

[hippo24]

Why are you even in this article?

[AngryHippo]

....don't feel the need to post in this article or anything 360 related since you are nothing more than a small minded troll.

EDIT @ hippo24, lol, hey fellow hippo, + bubbles for representing the hippo. =0)

[silverchode]

hippo?

[hippo24]

Hay, another hippo enthusiast.

[bohemian 23]

Huh and his boyfriend post here because they have no news or games to look forward too. Empty promises that go unfulfilled are what they have to look forward too. I laugh at them trying to talk crap about a game that is always in the 1st or 2nd spot on most played games every week and it's been out over a year. Halo 3 sold way more than any ps3 game to date, yet you try to knock it down to the level of Kz2. You are sadly mistaken if you think Kz2 will be half as good as Halo 3. I don't know how you find the time to browse all of the 360 news and ps3 news if you have so many great games to play. Sounds to me like you have nothing to do and probably can't even afford a Ps3. You just got beat to much at halo so you harbor all of this animosity towards it.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

At least when you were Queefy you would keep your lameness in the Open Zone.

[killzone2flop]

Nice interview although i feel sorry for the droids which must have left them shivering in their pants again.

[Shadow Man]

bu but but killzone an and it graphics and 8hrs of gameplay on a 50gbs blu-ray disc.

[Killzowned]

and has a 95% on metacritic and gamerankings lmao. KILLZOWNED.

[Gamesradar_Own_N4G]

hahaahahahaa!

Lulz much?

[Bathyj]

8hrs? Since when?

The sad thing is you probably convinced yourself thats true just so you can get through the days and then sleep at night.

[Killzonegamer83]

Once killzone 2 comes out, noone is going to give 2 craps about the Halo franchise.. Hell noone gave 2 craps about Halo ever since COD4 came out. Halo is very outdated and overrated, go on youtube and watch killzone 2 videos then go watch Halo 3 videos and there is a HUGE difference.. Infact its almost as a big of a difference as a PSone game to a PS2 game.. disagree all you want but this is FACT

[panasonic23]

lol how come every time a fps release for sony it called halo killer and it do the opposite it was suppose to do just like haze,resistance,resistance2.

[AngryHippo]

.....try and post one comment without mentioning that game, I dare you. j/k.

Sorry to disappoint you, but there are a lot of people that play Halo 3 still on a daily basis, it has probably the best community support than any other title out there and still gets regular updates to keep things enjoyable.

Its all well and good saying Killzone 2 is a great game, judging by the reviews its been getting, I would agree. One thing I really cannot stand though is people that feel the need to downplay a rival consoles games to make their own personal favourites appear better in their own minds.

Oh and FYI graphics < game play and story line. (well in my opinion anyway) Each to their own.

[hippo24]

@Killzonegamer83

Halo has been at the top or in second on UU charts ever since release.

"In fact its almost as a big of a difference as a PSone game to a PS2 game.. disagree all you want but this is FACT"

Hmm how can something visual been considered a fact?

Also I would carefully remind you that Crysis is a great looking game and has solid gameplay, but it is in no way the best game ever.
Kindly get off your high horse and save us all the trouble from reading your banter.

[Foxgod]

You wanna make a bet or something ?
Who will sell more, KZ2, which has not proved anything yet, as it aint out yet.

Or Halo, which already made shattering records and proved itself as a franchise.
Killzone aint no franchise yet, you gotta have done more then releasing two games to become such a thing.

[GWAVE]

^^^^ @ Foxgod

Shouldn't we be making a bet about which one scores higher on metacritic, which one has more features, or which one is less glitchy?

I mean, THOSE are the things gamers care about. Sales are what stockholders and fanboys care about. Now, you're not a fanboy, are you?

[Lord Xire]

Halo3:ODST and KZ2 will be NO match for CoD:MW2

Fact.

[TheColbertinator]

Agreed

Infinity Ward will stomp all these pretenders

[Killzowned]

Right, 95% is a pretender. Bye bye dumb dumb.

[TheColbertinator]

@Killzowned

IW's next game will get Top 10 on Gamerankings.Of that I am certain

[LTC]

no chance. KZ2 will crush all shooters in 2009 and beyond.

[Foxgod]

First Kz2 will have to reach sales equal to what halo3 did.
If it wont, il laugh in your face.

[GWAVE]

@ Foxgod

So....sales make a good game? Because last time I checked, Wii Fit wasn't the best game ever made, nor is The Sims the best franchise ever made, nor is Pokemon the best RPG ever made.

And despite Halo 3's excellent sales, most gamers would agree that it was fairly disappointing. It wasn't true HD. The textures were bland. The campaign was bland. It was missing several FPS-standard features (such as looking down the iron sights and a "run" button).

[Says you]

Old crap so I don't know why you guys are going to be excited over an upgrade and plus they would have to top Killzone 2 in everything the same goes for all shooters

and they did this with Halo 2 expansion if anyone remembers this, this game is a joke! and why would anybody be jealous of a game that got a free pass from the reviewers and gifts from Microsoft to get good scores Firstknight?!

Foxgod your wrong retard considering in Killzone 2 everything is top notch while Halo 3 and other shooters are just mediocre and there you go thinking sells mean something like clock work pathetic, actually sells goes both ways even crappy games can sell a million like Kane and Lynch

so you think just because Halo 3 sold 9 million its a good game please that game is crap! the only reason it sold at all is because of the hype and advertisement.

[Foxgod]

Your wrong, its KZ2 that still has to top anything.
As KZ2 aint out yet, But halo 3 already set shattering records, Halo 3 already set a bar that can hardly be outdone.

Il laugh in your face when halo odst will outsell kz2 in under a week.

[cereal_killa]

But halo 3 already set shattering records, Halo 3 already set a bar that can hardly be outdone.

Wii Fit, Wii Play and Wii Sport have already destroyed anything in sales little one. Stop using sales when talking about what makes a great game you'll get owned every time.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Another Halo article and another attack by jealous sony fans.

Anyway, I love the idea of this game. Should be a great story.

[Foxgod]

Indeed as great as KZ2 is, its no more then a ripple in the ocean called halo.

The road to Halo, is where the real hype begins.

[Killzowned]

Probably the gayest thing I've heard Foxgod.

[Foxgod]

But its true, i wouldnt bet on KZ2 outselling halo odst, cause you will be losing cash then.

[Foxgod]

Get ready for the wave people, the gaming avalanche.
Get ready for the king to return to the gaming market.

Halo will once again revert everything to its ashes, as it has no equal.

[killzone2flop]

8hrs sounds about right thats if you run through the game only with a knife because everyone knows the A.I are dumb and stupid in Killzone 2 and thats a FACT.

[Magic_The_Celt]

Yeah i guess thats why the AI has been called "the best AI in its genre"

oh and every single review so far taking note of the amazing AI of the helghast

Yeah..

your mum drank heavily during pregnancy and thats a FACT

[Return Of The Bad Gu]

Nothing will come close to Killzone2 this year,note to Microsoft you might want to delay your game until it has graphics that match Resistance 1

[Foxgod]

Once again i will mention it.
I will laugh in your face when Halo odst outsell kz2.

[baodeus]

@Return Of The Bad Guy

And i guess people are still playing Resistant online? I don't like Halo because it is FPS or any FPS for that matter, but i give credit where credit is due. If Halo isn't any good, why there are still 700k playing each day for such a long time. People still play halo 1 for that matter. In the end, it is the fun factor that counts, not GRAPHICS. I guess you like looking at the game rather than playing it.

[ElementX]

Better graphics than Resistance 1 and 2? I think MS and Epic did that with Gears of War 1. not to mention Gears 2. sure they are different series, but i ahd to mention the fact that one ms franchise does have better graphics.

btw, im glad bungie is quitting work on the halo franchise. bungie is so overrated. i'll be glad when ms assigns the halo universe to another developer. bungie didn't change anything as the series progressed. same bad graphics, same 5 different enemies, and same 8 weapons. good riddens, bungie

[demolitionX]

hahahahahaha! where's Halo kart??

[terrandragon]

Hay man, Mario Kart was the shiznits

[Magic_The_Celt]

Haha i wont be getting it

Its just some lame expansion for a mediocre game, sure halo 3 was fun online but the single player was naff

[bohemian 23]

I liked the campaign in Halo 3 especially co-op.

[bohemian 23]

All these pathetic little droogs come in here and try to talk crap. Killzone 2 doesn't even deserve to be mentioned alongside Halo 3.

[NWA TA]

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 will be what is grabbing my attention at when this is released. Never was much of a Halo fan.

And please stop saying Killzone 2 will own for years to come. Because I'm sure, like I got bored of Modern Warfare, Gears 2, Resistance, GTA IV and Fallout 3. I will be bored of Killzone 2. It is inevitable.

[IQUITN4G]

Halo plays differently to all other fps so it's not something you can really beat with just the one component gameplay - no matter how good those KZ2 graphics are.Gears for example has extra layers (albeit inexperienced use of them ) that distance it from the usual fps template