Halo 3: ODST Review *Gamepaper.com*

There are games and movies that are made by people who have a drive, a sheer primal need to share an experience with other people. They have a story to tell or a concept to share and they'll battle against the odds to get their work out into the hands of the public. Guerilla artists, they'll toil in obscurity, rope in anyone who'll help and invest every cent of their own money into giving birth to their creation. These people will sweat blood, chew glass, crawl through barbed wire, debase and degrade themselves, call in every favor and sacrifice every comfort just to share a fragment of their souls with a largely indifferent world. And from this whirlwind of struggle and insanity and pain sometimes, just sometimes, genius emerges. True art of the highest and most pure form.

Then there's the lazy, multi-million dollar blockbuster sequel/remake/adaptations pitched at the lowest common denominator as a sure fire financial investment to make a quick buck.

Guess which camp Halo 3 ODST falls into?

[paul0388]

The author gives his honest opinion after reviewing a copy of the leaked French version and "fans" of the series, seeing that he basically said the game is average, decide to report it.

I'm sure it's entertaining but nothing more than just average. I can't wait to rent it...

[Seedhouse]

It's been reported because its content breaches an embargo in place on the game, and therefore shouldn't have been posted on this site in the first place.

The contributor makes regular digs about 'fanboyism' yet disregards the true nature of the reports... and continues to behave like a 2 year old. Jeez.

[meepmoopmeep]

ODST isn't lazy dev

what it needs is 2 versions, that's all.

one for people who don't own all the maps already for $60 (which is a great deal, imo)
and one for people who already have the maps for $30

[Domenikos]

Amazing...

[TheSadTruth]

I would hardly consider this a review, he forgot to you know.. actually talk about the game.

I could write exactly what he wrote just from watching a trailer, where's the story again?

[Godmars290]

So since you're not getting option #2, what does that make it?

[menoyou]

That summary at the top is beautiful and described how I feel about the gaming industry and it pains me to see people support the latter of the two so often while not even appreciating the former even if it doesn't turn out so great.

[shocky16]

Not from some no-name site thanks!

[Blaze929]

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

From my experience w/ the french version of the game this review is actually pretty spot on. Personally, I wasn't very impressed myself. I stopped playing about 3/4 of the way through, I was disapointed to say the least. Doesn't really have that 'wow' factor to it, its just the same old Halo.

[RememberThe357]

If you like Halo, get the game. If you don't like Halo, this wont change your mind. It's pretty simple, and it's the same conclusion as all the other Halo games. Which means that Halo lovers should be happy not pissed.

[A_Little_Girl]

great review!

[UnSelf]

lol at opening paragraph

[KingKionic]

lol...this is hilarious .

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

"And when I say ‘dark’, I mean it...in some of the unlit interiors you’ll feel like Stevie Wonder playing a survival horror game in a blackout."

Pretty funny guy. I wasn't looking for LOLCATs, but I got them.

[Ron_Burgundy]

looks like an underwhelming game and average at best is the review

all hopes and dreams crushed at the failure of this game

where do the bots go to after this? flopza 3? :P :P :P

[wxer]

excellent review
this guy tells the truth
with out being overhyped
just because of the name

[54percent]

they reviewed the game as a "meh" title, and halo is the life source of the bots and that's why the bots report it as fake

[XDF]

Of course it sounds legit according to PS3 fanboys..it is written by one of their colleague..

Even if it has Hippopgamer as the author, it will still sound legit according to PS3 fanboys..because it bashes another console.

anyone with 1/2 a brain knows this is a bogus review..I'll wait for gameinformer, IGN, and Gamespot.

Now watch when the good scores come in..IGN will be put on moneyhated bias status..just watch.

[XDF]

Here is the one for Madden...

http://gamerpaper.com/viewa...

Tell me about it. How this no name site was found on the internet is beyond me.

It is a site named "Funny Gaming News" for a reason. Logic guys, logic.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

What's dat river in Egypt?

On the real, the light mechanic looks cool. Still this is Halo 4: Prologue.

[Saaking]

Halo ODST is full of FAIL. Overpriced DLC won't fool customers.

[Saaking]

Why are people reporting this as "fake?" It looks legit to me.

[soxfan2005]

But a fake review fooled you.

[Shadow Man]

You are successfully trolling every single Halo ODST article.

I wonder if you be here all day.... of course you will you have no life.

[Arnon]

He's here because his own website doesn't get enough hits.

[XDF]

You brain is full of fails. Man, do you have a job, school, exam, life, and PS3 games to play?

It seems like this is your only pleasure in life...to stay on N4G 24/7 and make stupid idiotic comments all day long. Please, go jerk off or something.

[Saaking]

hahaha, look at the bots attacking my personal life. Get over it bots. ODST is a rip-off DLC on a disk and you're falling for it. No wonder MS "loves" you guys.

[Sarcasm]

It's the same as Halo 3 except without a Battle Rifle and dual-wielding.

Is Master Chief the only one who can dual-wield or something?

Edit: I'm just saying, if they didn't bother to add anything new, then why take stuff out instead? And no I'm not making this stuff up, just get the game when it comes out and you'll see.

[RememberThe357]

Will N4G ever come out of beta?

[RememberThe357]

No, but he's the only one who can do it right. :)

[Spike47]

just like they did with Halo 3, so don't worry, lol.

[DARK WITNESS]

.. and just like they did with killzone 2..

[navyguy21]

That this article is MEANT to be satire...........right?? I mean, it clearly says "funny gaming news" at the top lol. Read some of their other reviews

http://www.reviewwithextrem...

[foxtheory]

I'll rent it.

[corywebb93]

Must be a jelous ps3 owner reviewing this

It isnt posible off any halo game getting less than 10` scores

[sunil]

welcome back cory... now get lost

[Nelson M]

Now Go Lick a Baboon's Ass

[JonnyBigBoss]

I'm glad he's honest.

[foreverflame]

Game of the century has arrived brace yourself it's gonna be a bumpy ride for the bluraystation 3 in sales once ODST comes out.

[Aquarius]

360 will be dead in the new year.

oh wait... just release some accessory kits (skins) so you can dress up your 360. Just label it Xbox 3 and you retards wouldn't know the difference.

Because you young kids love buying toys don't you?
The Wii is kinda of a toy but you don't hear off 54.2% of Wiis dieing do you. Oh I'm sorry you can't count. What an embarrassment for your age.

[2cents]

for a game that hasn't even launched, there sure is an insane amount of hate.

Shame on you.

[Sarcasm]

Nobody hates it just because a few people don't love it.

[2cents]

the number of smart asses on this site borders on the insane. I miss the early days on this site where people could actually chat with one another about gaming, this site slowly slid into a sh1t throwing contest.

It just bores me to read so many sarcastic and vengeful remarks on so many articles. I hardly post on this site anymore, but sometimes I just feel the need too.

Im addicted to gaming, 360/ ps3 / wii / psp / ds / got em all. I just dont agree with the attitude of many people on this site. So mostly i just read the articles and ignore the comments section. But every few months I speak my mind, we need more stable commenters on this site, so I occasionally speak my mind to address the balance.

[WMW]

for a game that hasn't even launched, there sure is an insane amount of excitement.

shame on you.

[Sarcasm]

Actually I believe some people who do comment on this site IS insane. One perspective and on perspective only.

I'm just referring to Halo 3 ODST. I don't think anybody will hate it (except hardcore insane PS3 fans, that don't really count).

[Troll_Police]

Looks like Halo lost it's power.

[FlipMode]

Nah it will still sell, Is just not a complete sequel so reviewers probably won't be as forgiving.

[corywebb93]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc... watch this movie ps3 owners famous celebrities sing about halo because its the best

you dont see celebrities singing about ps3 games

When halo arrives it will be like the 2nd coming off jesus christ

Halo is going to guide uss xbox 360 owners to the promise land and put the final nail on the ps3 and send it back to the hole it crawl out off

[sunil]

"When halo arrives it will be like the 2nd coming off jesus christ"

First - its Jesus Christ.

Second - Hope you burn in hell. Are you retarted comparing The Christ to a game. Shows what kind of home you come from.

[Aquarius]

His mother is an alcoholic. She smokes and blows her money in the arcades and when she comes home she doesn't even show love to corey.

Ahhh. I think he has Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Corey when the pastor asks you to make a speech. Do you go on to say "Halo is going to guide uss xbox 360 owners to the promise land"?

Because people will think your a crackhead. And if you act like a fool people will treat you like a fool. simple as.

[TheMART]

A game reviewer that uses a pirated illegal copy, really?

Review embargo in place, he gets it out before it so he gets a lot of attention by the PS3rd SDF fandroids?

With guys like Saaking and Nasims hundreds of accounts lined up?

Yeah duded, that sounds all really legit. It might even be Saaking himself as a PS3rd fangirl needing his anti 360 fix.

Sad.

[54percent]

"Then there's the lazy, multi-million dollar blockbuster sequel/remake/adaptations pitched at the lowest common denominator as a sure fire financial investment to make a quick buck."

Hey Mart... did you heard that? is the sound of fail... you should get used to it

[TheMART]

AH there you are Nasim with one of your accounts.

So I see you have so many you're able to bubble up all your troll accounts. Its pretty obvious and strange that even PS3 fans see accounts like this having over 5 bubbles, while all 360 fans get bubbled down by these accounts, but you never see them admitting that the SDF force is active.

Well finally it shows. So Nasim with your Team Purity of arab donkeys, I thought this website was done in your eyes and you moved on? Guess you didn't right?

You're like parasites, worth nothing.

EDIT

@ the troll below

Its because all these troll accounts ARE dumb as hell, like yours. The only arshole you get in is your only arshole with the PS3 motion nightmare dildo from hell. You like that huh. Tard.

Again, this is an illegal pirated copy, no real review, and probably saaking himself that wrote this. So sad you all are.

[54percent]

why do you think every person who tells you how dumb you are is nasim? did he went to your house and dildo you with your 360 brick?

lol mart is so lonely that he needs to answer everything to feel alive, go play halo kid

[felidae]

oh look, the man without a brain is back!

No Life, No Sex, No IQ .. it's TheMART.

edit: lol, it's funny to see that TheMART's still trash talking while i've been away to play some awesome PS3 games.

he is such a sad being!

[baph777]

Good review. Exactly what I expected from this game. It's probably closer to an 8.5 than a 9.5 than any previous Halo has been. The series is old and getting tired.

The sad thing is this game will probably sell at least 5 million copies while the latest Ratchet and Clank which is probably more deserving of doing so won't.

[SupaPlaya]

the table at the end of the review is a much better system to have than a mere score.

[Dutch Boogie]

Well there you have it folks. Halo:ODST is a rental at best like most educated gamers have been saying. Better of saving your money for Halo:Reach and Halo:Kart Racing shortly after lol.

[XDF]

How can we take a site with a name "FUNNY GAMING NEWS" seriously.

All articles there was written by one dude.

nothing to see here...but of course PS3 fanboys will eat it alive.

Think about it, If you have someone like Saaking or Pirate Tom that owns a website like that and decide to write a review for Forza 3..what do you think will happen? Common sense guys.

[PirateThom]

I'd probably review it based on its merits and not attach a score to my review.

Not sure how I got involved in this, then again, anyone who speaks ill of the 360 must be a fanboy, eh?

[WMW]

so what the only reviews that matter are the ones with the same opinion as you? I don't see how it matters if its a no name site that pirated the game they still played it so they no more then you do. Also before you say they should get someone who is unbiased thats not really possible since everyone has their own opinions so if you let someone who liked the first 3 review it he is biased if you get someone who never played it then you say they don't know what they're talking about. Give it arrest halo cult members not everyone thinks like you and no amount of b!tching will change that to this reviewer its average so just deal with it.

[soxfan2005]

Just like the SDF immediately recycles the "media bias" excuse whenever a they don't agree with a PS3 review.

[FlipMode]

Its Silly to think the Western gaming websites wont prefer the 360. I'm sure the same thing happens vice versa over in Japan.

Probably not as much though.

[WMW]

like i said everyone has their own opinions therefore everyone is biased so those SDF excuses are actually true but no group of people whine, b!tch and complain like halo fanboys they don't accept anything but praise for halo.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

If you like Halo,...buy it!! The author pretty much says, "See other Halo game reviews." But he calls it what it is. An expansion.

What do want? A Killzone killer?

[Dutch Boogie]

Meh exactly what every sane person has been saying. The game is a rental at best. Better of buying Halo 3 which comes with all the MP maps for $29.

[patterson]

If bots continue to want this type of gaming from Bungie + M$, then by all means buy Halo OD.

They will be glad to sell you their "yearly roster update".

[FantasyStar]

I'm staying clear of this review. I'm almost certain that there's an embargo on Halo 3: ODST reviews until a certain date. I don't even know about this site so what's to stop me from thinking that he doesn't have a copy of Halo 3 ODST at all? And worst off, a pirated French copy.

I'll wait from places like GT or IGN.

[gamer1269]

He played a pirated copy, so it doesn't even include multiplayer, which is probably Halo's biggest thing these days(hasn't been a good campaign since the first one). Why review half a game?

[FantasyStar]

Wants the attention: most likely.

[Double Toasted]

"It’s all fine, you just might have hoped that Bungie had tried something a bit different. There are some alight differences, but you quickly realize that they are all superficial, the core experience hasn’t changed a jot. This is lazy game design. Bungie is giving just enough to make a game that will sell based on its branding alone. But that’s all. They’re all bark and no bite. They’ve brought the steak, but not the sizzle. They’ve brought the analogy, but not the snappy punchline."

It's hard to take a review serious when there are grammatical errors especially when the reviewer doesn't seem to like the product. A picture pops in my head of a person not able to believe how awesome said product is and as a result finds themselves fuming, downright mad at such a great product. But yet able to control themselves to finish said product and review, although the fuming and madness escapes through...errors.

[DelbertGrady]

Now that gamepaper.com said that it's not worth buying I have made up my mind and won't be buying this game. I don't care what other sites think cause gamepaper.com is the only unbiased source out there.

[Arnon]

Lol he's using a pirated French copy of the game and hasn't even played the multiplayer aspect. I'm surprised no one has reported this considering the embargo going on.

[FantasyStar]

Rockin' the EA Logo huh?

[Another One]

but I smell sarcasm in your comment, Soda. I don't know why....

Anyone who takes this article seriously is really grasping at straws here. The hate for Halo is hilarious on this site. Really, wait for real news from someone who has an idea of what they're talking about. If this were a review about GT5 or God of War III, you PS3 kids would be crapping yourselves. Get out of an article for a game you'll never play and grow up.

[DelbertGrady]

One particular console comes bundled with Halophobia it seems ;)

[Demon5500]

More sony bull dust propaganda, The reviewer was bad, I will wait to make my own mind up guys,

[Nelson M]

Overpriced,Depressing,Sh*te Triology

[XDF]

Funny, I was thinking the same about some of your comments:

Overly Stupid, Depressingly not funny, and Sh*te comments from a 3 year old.

[The BS Police]

Seriously? People are actually taking this as legit?

[XDF]

will take this as legit...

If they actually go to the site...it is a fan site with fake reviews and news like Sonydefenseforce.com.... but then again, this is N4G..so what do you expect..I just laugh at this stuff with out of the world comments from some of these PS3 Children.

[StrboyM]

I TOLD YOU SO

HALO RRODST = HALO 1, period....and you a$$holes will buy it for 60 bucks because it has the word "Halo" in it.

Then you will all play it and see how much like halo 1 it is,

Then you will come here and LIE about how good it is

a Lot of reviews will say that it is a "ok" game and its just like halo 1

My honest opinion is that, it will be a good game (not better than part 1) but no where near anything that demands a $60 price tag.

$10 bucks max.

oh and...

I TOLD YOU SO