AC: First Review of Halo 3 ODST

AC has officially posted a review of Halo 3: ODST for the Xbox 360.

You'd have to either live under a very large rock or be extremely lucky to never have heard of the Halo series. It is essentially the 'Wii Sports' of FPS fans- or what World of Warcraft is for RPG fans. It's a very casual, user-friendly, dumbed-down entry of the genre. If you're no good at real shooters and crave a game with unbalanced weaponry, auto-fill life bars, and downright broken multiplayer, you'll love Halo. In previous iterations of this cash-cow franchise, you've played as the ever devoid of personality protagonist, Master Chief. Yes, that's his name. Frat-boys across the land sing his praises between beer burps as they await the next inevitable sequel.

[IcyJoker187]

AAA Confirmed LOL
/Sarc

[Jamie Foxx]

.. in depth review which was a actually a great read, the game was scored and judged by what it is and not by its name lets hope more sites can be as honest and that goes for any high profile game

[N4G king]

so now we can call it a flop

[Gabe EatsWell]

Wow this game didnt reach my expectations. I thought it was going to get at least 75 but hey look it got a 64!! You bots are major losers.

[MURKERR]

how is this review a fake

[GWAVE]

Yep. PS3 owners will be playing GT5, Ratchet and Clank, and Uncharted 2.

360 owners get this "AAA" DLC-pack.

[el_bandito]

LOL. So the best game for the 360 this year would most likely be a multiplat game.

[Sarcasm]

Reviews or not, once people actually play it themselves. They'll see. No battle rifle, no dual-wielding, primitive story, and really nothing new to set itself apart in the Halo universe.

I say to you 360 fans to buy it if you like Halo, but don't expect much.

[NeoBasch]

Ouch. I was actually hoping this would be good. Playing as a shock trooper sounded kind of interesting. I'll wait for a couple more reviews to come in, but I wouldn't be surprised if the average score ended up a lot lower than the previous games in the series. Just seven days shy of release and this is the only review we got. *bites nails*

[TK421]

I guess that means they didn't like it very much. I wonder if they would like Uncharted 2 instead??

[Syronicus]

It's not about reviews, it's about the SALES!!!

Triple A baby!

[RadientFlux]

BaschPS3 if the review embargo is anything like it was for Halo3. We most likely won't see reviews from game sites in till Sunday/Monday.

[4Sh0w]

Listen I'm not all that excited about ODST, but this just stinks of bias...Halo3 was awesome and this is just more of the same through different perspective how in the hell could that be only worth a 6? What other reviews has this site done?

[Godmars290]

A flop that will sell millions because of its fanbase. sadly.

[PrimordialSoupBase]

"The dual-wielding is there" No, it isn't.

Broken embargo and inventing features that don't exist in the game...

@v1c1ous: Indeed, it's very poorly written.

[v1c1ous]

not professional wording at all.

at least hidde your bias by saying halo is casual's dream and frat boys' main dish. also:

http://www.usatoday.com/tec...

[GWAVE]

It's funny how Halo fanboys are downing this "no name site", the same site they defended when it knocked some PS3 exclusives...

It's even funnier how Halo fanboys will rush into the comforting arms of "sales" when "review scores" abandon them...because Wii Fit is teh best game evarrr based on salez!!

[Christopher]

But even I admit that the review was a bit harsh in its delivery. I'm not saying his score isn't representative of his opinion, just that his method of delivery could have been much better, less ridiculing. Some of it was talking about "Halo" from a very subjective standpoint as a franchise and not about the game being reviewed itself.

It's clear that the reviewer went in with a lot of bias towards the game and forgot to leave it at the door. In fact, he seems to revel in his bias.

[Serjikal_Strike]

way low considering its a Halo game...he he

BTW ...something EPIC will be coming out OCTOBER 13th!!!

[Chubear]

Let's all be glad and happy that a 7type game will grossly outsell games like KZ2, MW2, R2 and all other incredible shooters. ... how very sad.

[NeoBasch]

Thanks for the info RadientFlux. It's been such a long time I hardly remember. lol

[aldesko]

hahaha.... I remember how harsh 360 fanboys were when PS3 fanboys accused sites of being "no name blogs". Now the tables have turned, I guess.

This is what happens when you let MS ream you and charge you twice as much as they should for an expansion pack. If ODST was priced correctly ($30 dollars max), it would probably get good review scores... but we'll see how it goes.

[gaffyh]

I think this is one of those "just for hits reviews"

[Parapraxis]

This review seems really weird to me.

I'd accept the lower score if it weren't for the childish manner in which it is worded, and actually well thought out and presented.

I think the reviewer woke up on the wrong side of the bed, people love Halo, if you don't...well too bed, that's no reason to call the people who enjoy it "frat boys" and foolishly try to ridicule things like Master Chief's name and compare it to Wii Sports.
That being said.
I guess we'll have to wait and see more reviews.

On a side note, I guess some 360 fans may now understand why it's frustrating seeing a game they are sure is great get slammed. Ie: Teletext review of inFAMOUS (6/10), the difference here is this is the first review and a standard hasn't been set.
Most reviews for inFAMOUS were very positive, so a very low and bias review sticks out.
This is the first HALO ODST review so maybe this score will be around the average...not likely though, most reviews I suspect will score the game higher.

[menoyou]

Great review. This man speaks eloquently and honestly.Halo is a franchise that has no passion, no vision or creativity, who's only saving grace is the tons of money poured into marketing it (more than they receive in profit from sales) and legal bribes (free Xbox360 consoles for reviewers). It's really time people start calling it for what it is.

[Cold 2000]

Anyways this is the most biased review ever. His hate for Halo and MS is so obvious...

But look at who is up in here all over this review...yep Halo and MS haters.

Its a review by a Halo hater...and the first 15 possts or so in here are known 360 haters.

But just watch these VERY same people complain when UC 2 will get an average score from I dont know who.

This review is CLEARLY biased but not a single one of you is complaining.

Please do the same when a more professional and respected website than this one gives UC2 a score that isnt AAA.

[4Sh0w]

"so now we can call it a flop"
A flop that will sell millions because of its fanbase. sadly.

And why exactly is that sad? Are you really a gamer? Like I said I'm not the biggest Halo fan, I like some other shooters more but Halo is still a good game and I can respect that Halo fans don't let people tell them whats best, its clear that these guys like Halo3, this looks like more Halo3 and it looks like ++THE FANS are going to buy it, you seem pissed off only because you think they should buy something you consider better, is it your money they are spending? Everytime I come back to this site Im reminded why I try to stay away, fanboys on both sides are just ridiculous.

also I noticed in his very first part of the review he incorrectly calls the 360 "Xbox 369", simple mistake I guess, but it does sound like this guy was in a rush even before the review embargo to bash the game.

[Mr_Bun]

I see the whole Too Human fiasco happening again....this is where G4TV will get involved and the Microsoft loyals will run to attack anyone who doesn't give their flagship title an amazing score.

Looks like CNET is already on board doing damage control...who's next?

[Jinxstar]

@ 4show.

While I agree with you it kinda... Here is my view. Why would I spend hard earned money on mediocrity. I would not tell my friend to buy a product that supported it either. If people support mediocrity we will get mediocrity. We will get exploited for it as well. I don't want to buy or support a knock off Final Fantasy that has nothing to do with the FF series except the FF name in the title... "FF Crystalis Disdian defense IX"... It's a sham and if everything about ODST is true it's a short campaign and DLC any halo 3 fan would already have. It's an Xpac thats simply not worth it to a fan and should have been DLC... Supporting something like this kinda defeats the purpose of a progressive industry.

However if you like it. Buy it. If you don't then Don't. Truth be told I feel that supporting junk like this, while it hurts the industry as a whole, it hurts the 360 more as Dev's may now look at it as "The 360 fans will buy anything" while PS3 fans are harder to please. So in the end 360 fans may get more content but PS3 fans will get quality... Because trust me if they did this for KZ2 it would not sell that well...

[FlipMode]

These same people gave Halo 3 a Perfect score so you can stop calling bias.

http://www.associatedconten...

[Saaking]

Poor MS. Nothing but bad news all year and now their Flagship title is no longer AAA. This spells doom for the Halo franchise and MS as a whole imo. I said it before. MS overmilking Halo cannot be good.

[4Sh0w]

"I see the Halo games exactly as they are and, in turn, accept them with a slim interest. Because I fall under this category of understanding and acceptance, I'll be giving you an impartial review. I'll neither bash it to Hell out of hatred, nor will I praise it to Heaven out of overblown hype and affection."

wtf, Now come on, does that sound like a guy who reviewed this game just on its merits, he should just forget about the hype all the hatred and just talk about the game, the more I read this gibberish the more I think this guy is looking for early hits before the embargo is lifted and we get tons of reviews where people mostly only pay attention to the big sites. I would say ODST doesn't deserve high 9's and 10's because Halo3 scored that much when it was fresh, this game could be just as good but really it should take a hit just for being much of the same, but despite how you feel about that for Halo fans it isn't mediocrity its just Bungie giving them more story of a game it seems they absolutely loved.

also your point about 360 fans buying anything is mute, there are tons of 360 games that sold like sh!t, even with hype too-Too Human comes to mind, and early this year Ninja Blade, rpg's get medicore sales, medicore shooters like section 8 won't sell well; and remember just like with the ps2 with a higher install base also comes a fair share of "milking" and plenty of low quality games because every dev and their mother just thinks they can be profitable if even just a small percent of the install base buys the game, meaning put very little into the game dev budget, sells might suck but chances are you still make a profit. If you don't know this then you didn't own a ps2.

vvvvv #1.35 OK Godmars290, sorry I bothered trying to have a reasonable discussion with you at all

vvvvv #1.38 Jinxstar, that is a really good point, ODST looks like a good game but its essentially an expansion I dont care how Bungie tries to get away from that, so full price is a little much maybe 30-40 because there is alot of content underneath. So if your arguement is price then yeah I can see where you're coming from, especially since GTA4 expansions were dirt cheap for the amount of content+different charachter story.

[NeoBasch]

@ 1.28

The site may not be, but the writer might. Two different people reviewed the games. Even IGN has its fair share of biased reporters. Most of their staff is fairly objective, but a few sour grapes will spoil the bunch.

[ThanatosDMC]

Reviews dont matter as long as they market this to death. There's all ready tons of ads in Gamestop.

[Shadow Flare]

lol

2009- what an awful year for 360 fans

[Cold 2000]

Halo 3 reviewer: Cody Watts ----> sounds professional, laid back, giving his honest opinion

ODST reviewer: John Barnett ----> writes in an unprofesional manner, review overflowing with Halo hate. He's simply and clearly a 360 hater.

Its funny that u guys find this review unbiased but when a completely acceptable and professional review comes out giving a PS3 exclusive a score other than 9/10 or 10/10 it sure is biased !!

But hey dont go thinking Im surprised or something that u guys act this way.

[Godmars290]

Its sad for the obvious reason that the Halo fanbase is allowing itself to be exploited. That if MS/Bungie are rewarded for mediocrity, they'll have no reason to really improve the franchise. You'll get graphic and gameplay tweaks, a lukewarm story, and one or two sidestory games that cost as much as a full game.

[FlipMode]

Actually if your referring to the Uncharted 2 reviews from PS mags, people called them biased too. :/

[fryday]

Stop clicking on this review, you make that bastard rich...

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[Jinxstar]

4Show

I do understand where your coming from but... 65$ (After tax) for a few hours and a bunch of DLC you already should have as a halo fan... Thats not just saying your a halo fan it's bending over for them as well... If this were an MP game it would be shunned and torn to pieces. Imagine Batman AA. Great game and they are supporting it with free DLC. If they released a "Nightwing/robin" Xpac... How do you think it might do? If the DLC they have was not free and the "Xpac' was just a few hours long and they charged you full price for 5 hours of gameplay...

It's really about this to me How much do you think it cost to make this "Xpac"? Really? How much time/effort and everything? it's been done a long while now according to bungie. Hence why people have already beaten it... This game looks to me to be 80% profit while most games are more along the lines of 25%(Just a rough guess or goal I would say). This annoys me because people are supporting Mediocrity. It's pure milking at it's finest. I would not support it and tell everyone who was thinking about it not to support it because by supporting it we the gamers get bent over next time against our will.

I look at a full game like UC 2. I was never a big fan of the first one but look at what it is. A full 20 hour game with co-op and MP to boot... The best looking graphics to date and a story that trumps most other games or rivals most good movies. amazing motion capture and cutting edge technology... All for the same price as the Halo Xpac... And it's even free to play online. Guess which Dev I will be supporting. Thats right. The one that offers quality and looking to make me happy and not take me for a ride.

[Sarcasm]

"Halo 3 reviewer: Cody Watts ----> sounds professional, laid back, giving his honest opinion

ODST reviewer: John Barnett ----> writes in an unprofesional manner, review overflowing with Halo hate. He's simply and clearly a 360 hater.
"

Maybe Cody Watts got that free $800 worth of Swag MS was giving to all the reviewers? Halo 3 10/10??? Come on now, let's be realistic. The most it deserves I'll even say is a 9. I personally give it an 8.

[kwicksandz]

This review is filled with spelling and factual errors.

For one you CANT dual wield in ODST, yet the reviewer says "The dual-wielding is there, the familiar weapons are all there, and the environments are what you'd expect" which leads one to ask did he play the game at all? or is this just a halo haters rant that the good denizens of n4g picked up.

On the first page he then goes on to talk about the xbox "369".....

The review reads like a disgruntled wii fanboy rant not a legitimate piece of games journalism. I found it amsuing how he ends it with a jab at halo wars. This review stinks of bias and yellow journalism.

[thegood33]

lol, this reviewer is a hater, straight up. Whoever gives this any review any truth is an obvious fanboy.

N4G is getting so lame...

[JokesOnYou]

micro should just do what sony does and tell the reviewers what they can and cannot say in the reviews even when its not about plot spoilers, lol you guys are so one sided in the things you *choose to point out and *overlook'cause I'm sure MGS4 deserved every 10 it got, yeah sony would never try to influence a score, lmfao....too easy.

Yep, all the usual hypocrites here on a biased Halo review ready to anoint it with praise, yet these are the very same folks who scream the "media is biased" in every post that makes a slightly negative statement about sony.

If any review has ever been bias its this one, this guy doesn't even sound like he played the game, how the hell could you play the whole game without being able to dual-wield and then say its there? wtf, lmfao

You guys are so desperate to see Halo fail, just jealousy, thats all.

JOY

[lowcarb]

Here we go with another attack on 360 fans and halo out of spite.

edit above jokes: Very jealous indeed.

[SONYFOREVER]

Except this is a fake review.

It's kind of sad this stuff gets passed as news on this, did anyone above me actually READ the "article"

First off, he doesn't once ACTUALLY talk about the game, the first 2 pages are a tirade about FPSs befor Halo and then when he brings up the game he just mentions things that are unspecific and anyone can say.

-The level design is poor
-The controls are tight and the 360 pad is good!

You can tell this review is obviously fake when he mentions that you can dual wield, I haven't even been following this game and have no plans on buying it but even I know you can't dual wield and there are control differences.

It's sad articles like this are created to garner more hits to their site to be the "first review" and contains actually NOTHING about the game.

If an article like this was written for a KZ2 expansion it would have been deleted in 2 minutes.

Honestly this is sad, all the little nerds smashing agree buttons laughing at a 360 game. You are all an embarassment to REAL SONY fans like me who want the 360 to offer competition so we get better games in return instead of slandering all 360 games like little idiot kids.

[Mike134nl]

http://www.associatedconten...

my favourite parts "Your games are disgusting and gray"and ofcourse "Your existence I will always fight."

[Arnon]

You'd have to either live under a very large rock or be extremely lucky to never have heard of the Halo series. It is essentially the 'Wii Sports' of FPS fans- or what World of Warcraft is for RPG fans. It's a very casual, user-friendly, dumbed-down entry of the genre. If you're no good at real shooters and crave a game with unbalanced weaponry, auto-fill life bars, and downright broken multiplayer, you'll love Halo. In previous iterations of this cash-cow franchise, you've played as the ever devoid of personality protagonist, Master Chief. Yes, that's his name. Frat-boys across the land sing his praises between beer burps as they await the next inevitable sequel.

Halo has one of 3 different effects on gamers.

1. Love, unhealthy devotion, and blind-senseless rage at outside opinions of Halo/Xbox 369.

2. Deep hatred and resentment.

3. Acceptance of what it is (a casual shooter that anyone can play and enjoy) and either a light fondness for it or slight annoyance.

I fall under the third category. I see the Halo games exactly as they are and, in turn, accept them with a slim interest. Because I fall under this category of understanding and acceptance, I'll be giving you an impartial review. I'll neither bash it to Hell out of hatred, nor will I praise it to Heaven out of overblown hype and affection. But first, a history lesson.

The FPS genre was little more than a post-it note on the early timeline of gaming. Sure Doom eventually showed up and there was Wolfenstein 3D to attract early followers. Yet, for the most part, shooter fans played either Contra, Galaga, or some other side-scroller. PC gamers were the first to gather an FPS following due to their superior tech over consoles.

For some time it seemed as though it would be forever before a truly impressive console FPS would appear. The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis went by with little progress. The Playstation and Sega Saturn did what they could, but failed to leave an impression. It was the Nintendo 64 that rose to meet the call. Nintendo and Rare released the immensely popular 'Golden Eye 64'.

This James Bond FPS was the pinnacle of FPS console multiplayer and shaped the industry for years to come. Perhaps it was the N64's superior technology, perhaps it was the introduction of the analog stick. Whatever the cause, people played the H-E-L-L out of the game. The loss of key staff members of Rare lead to its purchase by Microsoft. This tragic change would tarnish Rare forever. With mediocre releases like 'Perfect Dark Zero' (What? Why can't I jump?) and 'Viva Pinata' (They're so not cute, it's disgusting!)- and downright terrible releases like 'Grabbed by the Ghoulies' and 'Kameo: Elements of Power', Rare has lost the magic it once had.

Let's time travel to Bungie and the original Xbox. Nintendo, Sony, and Sega were all gathering their resources and rallying their usual forces for the next generation. Microsoft, recognizing an extremely lucrative market that they had yet to stick their greedy claws in, decided to jump on the wagon. Halo, what was to be a multi-platform release on the PS2 and Xbox, quickly appeared as a monumental system-seller. Naturally Microsoft bought it up and secured its throne as the 'Console of Shooters'. Lots and lots of shooters.

Every year another batch of shooters release on the Xbox 360. Every year there are disappointments and achievements. For many, Halo 3 was a disappointment. It wasn't nearly as expansive as gamers were lead to believe. The graphics weren't nearly as good as the 360 supposedly could manage. And, to top it off, the multiplayer was just as unbalanced as it was in previous iterations. In fact, Halo 3 was pretty much Halo 2 with some fresh paint and the next chapter of the trilogy. Several packs of pricey DLC later, Microsoft is offering its next money-grubbing add-on to the Halo series. Halo ODST has arrived.

The Premise.

After the lukewarm reception to Halo Wars, Microsoft is hoping to get you with another Halo this year. Before you get excited at the possibility of again stepping into Master Chief's shoes, let me you get the disappointment out of the way. The lifeless, cookie-cutter source of bravado in green armor is not the character you'll be controlling. No, you'll be in control of an ODST- an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper. Basically you're one of the little guys that the Chief usually saves or uses as a shield against alien hordes. Your job is to complete a set of missions taking place outside the Halo 3 storyline. Doesn't sound very fun, huh?

Well, it is and yet it isn't. On the one hand, the game plays almost exactly like Halo 3. The dual-wielding is there, the familiar weapons are all there, and the environments are what you'd expect. On the one hand this is great, fans of the Halo universe will be right at home. Yet, on the other hand, it adds relatively nothing to the Halo formula. Sure, Firefight mode is a blast for a while (see the pun? Clever, huh?). But even it gets dull fairly quickly. It's the case of a new mode that isn't very fun on its own- the fun comes from the friends you're playing with.

The story itself measures up weakly to the rest of the series. And if the story isn't as good as the already watered down Halo storyline, you know you have a problem. The basic formula goes as simply as this. Listen to a loosely connected reason for your next mission, go to the objective area, and kill all enemies. Considering the very standard weapon selection and recycled level designs, you'd think Bungie would have been more dynamic with the story. Afraid not. Luckily the story isn't what 90% of people that play Halo care about. It's the ability to run, shoot, and teabag helpless victims.

The Controls.

Control-wise, you're looking at a carbon-copy of Halo 3. There are no true tactical additions or attempts to make things go more smoothly. This is becoming a real sour-spot for the Halo series, considering the emergence of the FPS genre on the Wii. There's simply no going back once you experience the fluent targeting of IR aiming in The Conduit or Metroid Prime Trilogy. By comparison, Halo is starting to look like a dinosaur that's unable to evolve thanks to its analog controller. Sniping is a chore- I really hoped they'd fix this. It's still the sort of skill that's annoying as Hell to master and little fun once you do, but will rack up kills for you online.

With that said, there is a redeeming quality in the sense that it has some of the best elements of FPS control on a game pad. The 360 controller, built pretty much with shooters solely in mind, very much compliments ODST. The triggers have a satisfying feel as you hand out death to friends in multiplayer or enemies in the campaign mode. If you haven't been blessed by real-time aiming on the Wii, you won't notice the difference. If you have, you'll be pretty disappointed when you try to go back.

The Graphics.

Let me set one thing straight. While playing ODST, you'll never forget it was built with the Halo engine. You may notice some fresher, sharper graphics and textures, but they won't be able to hide the fact that this is very much an expansion. The glow effects are nicely done and there's a nice bit of detail put into much of the world around you. The only real graphical issue would be the lack of polish you see on certain later levels.

Bungie has a habit of making the early levels look gorgeous and letting the later ones sort of drop in quality. Logically this is because they feel like if they've gotten you this far, there's not much you can do if the presentation starts to dip. The frame-rate goes smoothly until things get too hectic. At that point you'll probably notice some of the weaker aspects of the engine.

The Value.

There is something to marvel at when you consider what you're getting. For the entry-fee of a regularly priced 360 game, you're getting a 2 disc set featuring this new chapter to the Halo universe and the separate disc with the expansive multiplayer mode. Considering that most people buy Halo solely for the multiplayer, this is both a blessing and a curse.

If you didn't go through the trouble of buying up every piece of Halo 3 DLC (I didn't, haha!) you'll be overjoyed. Every map that's been released and every other goodie is included on the multiplayer disc. If you can up just the MP disc used in the near future, you'll be a very happy gamer.

However, if you blew a bunch of Microsoft points on the extra DLC, you'll be bitter at the discovery that this is what the second disc pretty much consists of. It's also a bit annoying to switch discs just for the multiplayer. There's also the nagging feeling that first disc isn't necessary. Considering how mediocre the Halo single player track record is, Halo 3: ODST is likely to disappoint most fans.

A lot of people may wonder why Microsoft didn't simply release the second disc as a standalone expansion for $30. I'll tell you why. They love money and they know they can milk their Halo audience for all its worth. Just look at Halo Wars. Plenty of people actually fell for that little ploy. In conclusion, if you haven't picked up any Halo 3 DLC and would love another piece of the Halo campaign, go for it. If you already own Halo 3 and use it purely for multiplayer, I wouldn't recommend this purchase- especially if you already have the mentioned DLC.

Overall Rating - 64/100

Graphics/Audio - 18/25
Gameplay - 14/25
Creativity - 13/25
Fun Factor - 19/25

Not only was it illegal to post this review, but he has elements that a journalist should NEVER use. Not to mention his extreme slanted bias against the Halo franchise and his misinformation he continues to spew within this review, such as ODST soldiers being able to dual wield... and just for the record, when you troll using another site, you're not supposed to give away your name.

[weazel]

This is a little bit disappointing if i'm being honest. Although i'll occasionally take the pi*s, competition is one of the primary factors in pushing the market to evolve. Without top class rivalry, companies get stagnant, and churn out the same recycled sh*t -(Activision slapping a gloss of paint on their ever-narrowing range of franchises.) XBOX and Microsoft are the Richard Nixon to Sony's Hunter S Thompson.(Nintendo is checkers) They thrive under mutual disdain and competition, provoking a semi-healthy culture of forced evolution. Without the antagonists, either company would just get fat, lazy, and have every justification to rip straight through their userbases wallets at every opportunity.

[DK_Kithuni_71]

Halo this, Halo that. Enough already.

[chidori666]

flop flop flop!!

BUT, BUT, HALO IS THE GOTY... HAHAHAHHA

[talltony]

this will not end well. I told you guys not to brag about this game. Im sure in the end it will 7 and 8's though.

[Gabe EatsWell]

Halo: ODST? Wrong name.
Halo: Flop DLC? Yep, thats about right!

[InfectedDK]

"... It's a very casual, user-friendly, dumbed-down entry of the genre. If you're no good at real shooters and crave a game with unbalanced weaponry, auto-fill life bars, and downright broken multiplayer, you'll love Halo. In previous iterations of this cash-cow franchise, you've played as the ever devoid of personality protagonist, Master Chief. Yes, that's his name. Frat-boys across the land sing his praises between beer burps as they await the next inevitable sequel."

[AngryTypingGuy]

"You'd have to either live under a very large rock or be extremely lucky to never have heard of the Halo series." -- If you can't tell that this person went into the review with a preconceived bias against Halo, than you're an idiot. Like I said before, let's wait and see what Metacritic says, not some Sony fangirl behind a computer.

ODST won't be the best game ever, but it will be great.

[El Botto]

The biggest 360 title of 2009 is a MASSIVE FLOPPER!!!

HAHAHA stupid bots waited a whole year for their big "triple A" Top of the flops game.

Hahaha SUCK IT.

[InfectedDK]

I guess you bots laughed at Haze and humiliated the PS3 however we just dumped it and played all the AAA and now AAAA PS3 exclusives instead.. But worse, You'll have to STICK to your own Haze now!

MASSIVE LOL at 360 fanboys/PS3 haters

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...they were going to give it 11/10!!! ;-D ;-D ;-D (because of Uncharted 2's 21/20)

The 'AAA' Games are ONLY ON THE...'Triple'A'Station 3' ;-P

[Saaking]

Not even the flagship title is AAA. Sucks for the bots, the 360 is def. at it's end.

[DuneBuggy]

Good to see so many people giving this guy so much praise and respect.Last week this same Author stated that the PS3 and the PSP were FAILURES.

From his article:
"Sony, a penniless homeless person at this point- its latest endeavors were all largely FAILURES. The PS3 and PSP were and still are openly mocked on the internet, in Gamestop, on the news, and pretty much everywhere else. In short, Sony's throne had crumbled with the economy. We have to ask ourselves- with Sony's investors losing so many millions, what's next for them? Will the Playstation brand eventually be sold off the highest bidder?"

So what now? You gonna continue to back this horse still or take a pause?
Im ready to negotiate.I'll accept this review..If you people accept what he wrote last week.

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

Coming from a kid named "Helghan666"

Damn fanboys.

[DelbertGrady]

I was really looking forward to this game but since some no-name blogger says it sucks I have definately changed my mind.

[Tinted Eyes]

Funny how all these "No name sites" have the same opinion huh?
Looks like Halo lost its charm

[Pennywise]

No named sites that didn't get their gift basket.

Do you really think Halo3 deserved all those high marks?

[Jinxstar]

If Associated content is a part of Associated press(The largest and more reliable and unbiased news source out there neck and neck with reuters) then I think this is fairly legit. If they are not a part of AP then I would side with you. Not that I care about the game but yeah...

Pennywise. Not a chance bro.

[Jamie Foxx]

'here is a bubble' i do honestly wonder if IGN an other sites got expensive gift bags for ODST, microsoft did do it with halo3,bet they fetch a fortune on ebay

[ultimolu]

And yet no-name bloggers have reviewed PS3 games. And yet the 360 fans praised the blog like it was the second coming.

Uh-huh.

[v1c1ous]

have pissing contents, it makes everything ALL RIGHT!

[ultimolu]

Has nothing to do with pissing contests. Hypocrisy runs wild on this site and it mostly comes from 360 fans. I could care less about the score or whatever but the hypocrisy just amazes me.

[aldesko]

Yeah, I'm disappointed with the 360 fanboys. In the back of my mind I thought they were a bit more mature, but clearly that's not true.

Now I kinda feel bad that this will be their biggest "game" this year. At least there's some great multiplats coming out. Next year will be great for 360 owners, though.

[v1c1ous]

Two little boys are sitting In the living room, watching TV with their parents. The mother looks over at the father with a wink and a nod toward upstairs.

The father "Gets" the message, and they both get up and head towards the stairs.

The mother turns back to the boys and says, "We're going upstairs for a minute. You two stay here and watch TV, we'll be right back, ok?" The two boys nod ok, and the parents take off upstairs.

The oldest of the 2 boys is old enough to know what's going on now, and he gets up and tiptoes upstairs.

At the top of the stairs, He peeks into his mom and dad's bedroom and shakes his head. He goes back downstairs to his little brother. "Come with me", He says.

The two little boys tiptoe up the stairs. Halfway up, the older brother turns to his brother and says, "Now I want you to keep in mind, this is the same woman who used to bust our ass for sucking our thumb!!

[Saaking]

The bar has been raised with games such as Resistance 2 and KZ2. Halo won't get a free pass like it used to.

[Pennywise]

I still play R2. That game is too much fun with coop.

[thedisagreefairy]

not a no name site

its a news site that yahoo uses for their new source

they didnt like it, its their opinion, get over it.

[Gabe EatsWell]

64/100!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Unrivaled 2 = 21/20, AAAA confirmed!

[Gabe EatsWell]

lmao helghan666 have a bubble thats hilarious!

[ultimolu]

Lol @ helghan. xD

[AngryTypingGuy]

I think Kaz was watching a dancing panda eat rice with chopsticks in that clip.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

http://download.gameblog.fr...

We was right;)

[Saaking]

hahahahhahahaha!!!

[retrofly]

I get the feeling this is a biased review. I've never liked Halo but he defiantly has a chip on his shoulder as far as Halo is concerned.

[dgroundwater]

Understatement of the year in my books. Funny some random blogger says it's not skill based. I'd like to see his skill rank in matchmaking. A staff captain at best lol.

[table]

We'll wait and see what the bigger sites give it but we must remember that they can be biased aswell, just look at the Halo3 review scores for example. As if it deserved those scores. ODST really should get marked down quite a bit for more of the same but from what I've seen I actually think it looks better than Halo3 meaning that the scores could be verging on 100% :/ not likely which could actually be the proof that Halo3 has been overrated.

[DARK WITNESS]

To be honest he sounds like nothing more then a very, very, very angry ps3 fan who may have tried halo a few times and had is Ass handed to him, his friends who's 360 he played it on laughed at him so hard, this was his way of getting back.

His description of the game actually sounds a lot more like quite a few other shooters i could think of, but not halo... i won't even mention names..

maybe i should write a review with the same sort of undertone about uncharted 2 and pass it off as a credible review.

I will play the game myself and decide. I have always said 2 and 3 were not as good as one, but they are still better then a lot of other shooters. if you want to call halo average, then all the other games need their scores adjusting as well.

it's funny how this review is being taken so seriously.. ya no name sites have posted crap about the ps3 games - and the usual response has been, wait till the sites we know " ign, etc,etc " post their reviews... now we don't trust those sites, it's now the no name sites who's very obvious biased review is now gospel. lol and the cycle continues.

[Omega4]

*sigh*

Well if anything can be gained from this being approved is whoever does the approving are the biggest PS3 fanboys on this site, who are online at this time.

[Tinted Eyes]

It really must be killing you to see that Halo isn't getting glowing reviews and praise huh?

[Omega4]

I feel for you guys making up reviews just because you have nothing to play yourselves it really is sad. Well at least the 360 community wont be stupid enough to believe this crap and will likely still buy the game and have fun.

[Tinted Eyes]

We have nothing to play?

LMFAO!!!

[Jamie Foxx]

you sound like a little child whos just found out theres no santa

[ultimolu]

Lmfao @ Omega.

Oh, PS3 fans have plenty to play. As of right now, I'm playing Blazeblue, Batman, Infamous, MGS4...should I go on?

Funny how you 360 fans never said anything about the no-name blogs putting down PS3 games. Now you're crying over this blog.

Well, have fun. :)

[DarthTigra]

I wouldn't think about this review so much,the guy doesn't go into detail,the embargo doesn't lift till Saturday I think and this site isn't even listed on metacritic.

[DarthTigra]

And Omega no 360 fan should talk about PS3 owners having nothing to play especially this year when the highest rated 360 exclusive is an expansion game lol PS3 has two AAA games (by fanboy standards, rated 90+) already this year lol

[Omega4]

Please list those reviews from no name blogs reviewing PS3 cause i dont think there are any, and if by some slim chance there are i bet they didnt make up features and probably actually played the game.

But at least you're finally able to have some fun even if it isnt through playing a game :)

[ultimolu]

Omega, why don't you go look them up yourself? I have seen articles approved here that attacks Killzone 2 when we all know the idiot who reviewed it didn't even play the game to the fullest. And yet 360 fans praised that review as the second coming.

They couldn't accept the fact it was a great game.

Oh, and remember those blogs reviewing MGS4? Or Little Big Planet? Defend those blogs to the death ya?

[Pennywise]

Oh Omega... There are no-named sites reviewing EVERY game.

Lets talk about the Microsoft advertising partners reviewing Sony games.

[Omega4]

Urm, how can i look for something that doesnt exist >_>

And if they do exsit why would you approve this? Wouldnt that make you a hypocrite, two wrongs dont make a right, but then again in Sony land logic like that doesnt apply *sigh*

[theEnemy]

Ignored by: 158 users

damn..

[Snoogins]

Don't forget the no-name site whose reviewer rated inFamous poorly, saying you couldn't climb trees as well as a few other absurd claims that turned out to be bogus.

I'm not justifying this review by any means, only saying that not all opinions are to be trusted...especially Omega's. hehehe

[mrv321]

Hypocrite, definition Omega4.

You praise every 360 game that comes out even this 'game' which is more of a Singleplayer campaign while approving every negative PS3 article.

Look you may like this game, you may hate it(you wont admit it), but don't go on and on about how this is fake WHILE ad the same time approving equally false PS3 stuff.

I am not a fanboy I just dislike you.

[thegood33]

LOL, Omega is sticking it to the PS3 cronies! You go boy!

[ultimolu]

Yes Omega, continue to lie. They don't exist. Riiiight.

[cooldude123]

Microsoft really needs to ease on the halo milking, they're destroying the franchise.

[TROLL EATER]

wots dis unknown web site lool

[locos85]

Known or unknown it's all based on opinions. If this game was good then it would have gotten a good score right?

[N4G king]

Fake: (6 minutes ago)
Unknown site unknown review, upload reviews from known sites when its released. aka gamespot, IGN etc, not the home made reviews.
Reported by: General Jewels

Fake: (17 minutes ago)
reviews are only allowed after saturday so this guy obviously is some fanboy with the illegal copy
Reported by: Omega4

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOL

[chidori666]

ridiculous bots! REPORT THIS STORY FAKE..... BUHAHAHSAHASHSAH

BOTS IN DAMAGE CONTROL!

lets aprove this story now guys.

[Gabe EatsWell]

Hahaha. General Jewels and Omega4 in damage control.

[Pennywise]

Someone please pull all reviews for any PS3 exclusive from no named sites. I would love to see a list.

[Saaking]

Bots on damage control.

[N4G king]

EVERY ONE
Approve Story ASAP

[xg-ei8ht]

GWAVE

It's not even a AAA Pack.lol

[LTC]

F L O P

LMAO @ Helghan666

[Halo_Reach]

ahah

This is Amazing , lets see all them Crying till 10/10 start coming out!

[MajestieBeast]

Generic dlc pack didnt get a 10 wow ms didnt bribe reviewers with giftbags for 1s?

[TROLL EATER]

ps3 fanboys making der own reviews how sad it was bias from the start its not like it will be included in metacritic . 1.2 million pre orders trolls

[iceman06]

I don't believe that ANYBODY...including the PS3 fanboy would have doubted that HALO ODST would SELL tremendously. In fact, it will surely sell better than anything released by it's side. That fact, however, does not preclude the thought that most GAMERS have in their mind. IS IT REALLY WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION?
I would agree that this review had a definite slant to it. However, I wouldn't be as quick to brand this person a FANBOY of another console just because he didn't take to HALO. He pointed that fact out in the first few points of his review. HALO just never won him over...and that's NOT a crime...despite what you might think.
This is ONE person's opinion on a game that has been hyped, discussed, and debated to death. Most of his argument didn't really trash HALO so much as it did the VALUE of something that was originally meant to be an expansion and didn't quite meet HIS NEEDS as a full purchase.
I am a PS3 owner...NOT FANBOY. I can obviously see that HALO ODST will sell extremely well. I can ALSO see that 360 fans are very protective of their flagship title. HALO is a juggernaut in terms of sales. The very name just rings MONEY. I won't pretend to know what it is that makes HALO so special...so I stay away from that argument. I simply say HAlO sells...this we know...but will ODST really deserve that praise that is sure to come...or will it be a reflex purchase by 360 fans (notice I don't like to call ANYBODY FANBOY) because it is branded with the HALO moniker???
To each his/her own...much respect!!!

[skeletonss]

Mostly ps3 trolls..... I see.

[XXXCouture]

Don't blame them, for that review

[LTC]

F L O P

[Pizzagaki]

Doesnt matter, even if it scores a 4, it will still reach the millions.
And outsell every other game this holiday.

[Tinted Eyes]

That's Sad lol

[Awookie]

Seriously while your tallying numbers ill be enjoying Uncharted 2 what true gamers are doing.

[va_bank]

I have to agree with Pizza Gaiden.

They can realease a game called "HALO: Hanna Montana Missions" and it will sell millions. I personally never liked Halo, but if others enjoy it - I'm happy for them. However I do HATE Halo for one thing: causing the onslaught of "mee-too" designed, badly written and poorly coded first person shooters. So far only COD4 have been able to chip away fromn Halo, the rest were aspiring to be like it. Sure, I did enjoy Killzone and Resistance, but if I never play another FPS where I have to shoot aliens, it'll bee too soon.

[Pennywise]

Because its the best game in the world... Right, Pizza? LOL. You guys keep clinging to sales.

If Sony had an install base of 30MIL and only released ONE game all year... It better sell 4 million too.

[Optical_Matrix]

of Xbots (not Xbox owners in general) showing their true colours....while they play sales, PS3 gamers will be playing games this winter.

[The Iron Sheik]

And you won't see a dime of that money. How sad.

[Pizzagaki]

Nope, cuz i am not a graphic whore, and i know that halo is awesome for its story and gameplay.
You guys are a sad bunch that can only enjoy eyecandy.
None of you guys probably even finished a halo game, so none of you know what your talking about, or even why halo sells so good.

If i would be like you, i would only play Forza3 this year, and miss out on a lot of great games.

No wonder ps3 games dont sell.

[Pennywise]

We are a sad bunch? Two years ago it was all about GRAPHICS. Once the PS3 stomped a mud hole in the 360, its all about the gameplay and story. I don't expect any less from you.

Also, get a PS3 and you wouldn't be missing any games. I just don't feel like I have missed out on anything this gen. Mass Effect was the only thing I wanted to play and my PC did just fine for that.

@ Pizza/cookie/whatever type of food you are this week:
Forza the best looking console game?? LOL. KZ2 and UC both say hi. UC2 would also like a sip of what you are drinking. Delusional.

[Pizzagaki]

Ps3 hasnt stomped a mudhole at all, Forza3 will be the best looking game out soon.
After that Alan wake will take over the crown of best looking console game.

Besides, this is not about what console game is the best looking, this is about Halo not being a graphic game, but an story and gameplay game.
Which it does perfectly.

Besides, when i want to see the greatest gfx, il play on my pc. dont need a console for that.

[mfwahwah]

@8.2

Personally, I have the mental and physical capacity to enjoy games and argue online. Neither take much effort.

[2FootYard]

F*** yeah! Now I won't feel the least bit compelled to buy it.

Edit: Actually this review doesn't seem to be very reliable. It seems the reviewer already hated Halo so they would've scored this low no matter what. I'm still not buying it but I assume reviews from bigger sites will be more positive.

[MajestieBeast]

So what wiifit sold millions does that make it a good game? I just hope it wont get anywhere near a 10. How can people pay 60bucks for dlc...

[DARK WITNESS]

i suppose in the same way you could say, GT sold millions so i guess that is not a good game either...

[aldesko]

He's saying good sales don't automatically make it a good game. It's funny that you bring up GT, because GT5P wasn't $60 even though it has more content than ODST... and reviewers still said there wasn't enough content. Why should ODST get a free pass by reviewers when it costs twice as much?

We'll see if real reviewers agree with this guy, but ODST would need to have one HELL of a good 4-5 hour campaign to justify the $60 price point, considering that and horde mode are all that's in it.

[DARK WITNESS]

I know what he is trying to say, and it's something we have heard over and over and over again.. because thats the only way they can play down the sales issue - until it comes to one of their own.

I agree with you, halo ODST, should not get a free pass, infact no game should get a free pass...but giving it a free pass and writing a fake review from someone who seems to be making it quite clear that he is not being objective about his review is completely different.

It's like asking one of the Diehard 360 fanboys or ps3 fanboys to review a game on the other platform and taking the review as gospel.

when these no name sites write these crap reviews about other games, everyone pritty much agrees that it should not be taken seriously, but because this one is trashing halo ( and we all know how a certain group of people love doing that ) they are lapping it up.

anyway, both sides are just as guilty of all this crap. I own a ps3, i could just as easily write some crap review about uncharted 2.. i would not expect anyone to take me serious though or base it of some guy who has a chip on his shoulder. By the way i am looking forward to Uncharted as much as i am odst.

[RadientFlux]

The score looked bad, in till I realized that the score came from a blog/submit your own article(s) website.

I have a high respect for bungie, so I'm going to wait and make up my mind on the title once I read a few reviews from a professional source.

[Marie]

Reported

"The dual-wielding is there"

No it isn't so you certainly did not review this game.

[albert_275]

It honestly sounded like he didn't really play the game. Did he check out the side story? Look at the art in detail? Really think about the story?
I don't know how people can write a review rushing through the campaign once.

There are many conflicting sides to Halo ODST. I'm going to judge for myself on the 22nd.

[The gaming GOD]

You sit here and claim "this review from a no-name site" blah blah blah. Yet when this SAME site (along with a few others that can be considered no name) posts a ps3 review that is questionable you have NO problem with it.

Which is why all those that dare to cry "N4G is a ps3fanboy site" are full of it.

Bottomline xbox fanboys, the next time this SAME site has a questionable ps3 score, REMEMBER the whining and complaining that you are doing about THIS score.

[Double Toasted]

that post PS3 scores? Name some of them....

I'm letting you explain yourself. Can you not back up your claims?

[The gaming GOD]

This same place associated content has had questionable ps3 scores from time to time. And as for "name them", Just search the news articles at this very site.

And what "fake sites" ? You misunderstood what I was saying obviously. "Questionable" and "Fake" are two VERY different terms

[ultimolu]

*nods* Yep, yep.

[RadientFlux]

no doubt, but there really is nothing you can do about it

People will systemically find these questionable websites and post them on n4g. Then use the scores as justification on why the game sucks, while ignoring all other reviews for the game. It happens to every exclusive or big game and of course fanboys will deny doing it.

[The gaming GOD]

"letting me explain myself"??

Are you kidding me? I don't need you to "let" me explain anything. You're no superior to me. Now again, I'm no link whore for you. If you want "proof" just look at past articles here. And if it helps, look for this same exact site, associated content. I don't "justify" myself to people on the internet. Sorry kid

[ultimolu]

...^__^;;

[Double Toasted]

but here is a little something I ran across...

http://www.usatoday.com/tec...

[RadientFlux]

good find

[The Meerkat]

"If you're no good at real shooters and crave a game with unbalanced weaponry, auto-fill life bars, and downright broken multiplayer"

Halo is way harder than COD.
Unblanced weaponry? WTF, has he ever played Halo?
Auto-fill life bars? Halo pretty much invented it so its allowed to use it.
Downright broken multiplayer? Name one game that does it better!

The writer sounds like a PS3 fanboy who tried Halo 3 once and got his a$$ handed to him.

Or Sony are paying for some bad reviews because they are about to get OWNED!

[Sarcasm]

"Or Sony are paying for some bad reviews because they are about to get OWNED! "

Wow the good 'ol "This company is paying for it" excuse.

Come on man, you know better than that!

[mfwahwah]

"Or Sony are paying for some bad reviews because they are about to get OWNED!"

OWNED by an expansion? When one of their big hitters (Uncharted 2) has a current 102.5% average rating?

I'll just leave it at that.

[MajestieBeast]

Lol yeah cause halo is just such a hard game /sarcasm

[Gamer_Politics]

has anyone ever heard of this site?

[Tinted Eyes]

Havent you heard? Any site that's not as popular as IGN and gives Halo a Lackluster review is a No name site.

[Queers of War]

Check their review history. They gave the original Halo 3 a perfect score. So teh BIAS is out the question.

[The Iron Sheik]

Too bad your most anticipated game turned out to be a turd xbots. It will still probably sell a lot and that's all that matters to you isn't it?

Don't worry though Edge & Eurogamer will both probably give it a 9.

[Double Toasted]

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By Elinor Mills, News.com
The controversy around a young website called Associated Content boils down to perspective.
Does it exist to game Google search results and generate revenue through Google's AdWords advertising service by displaying contextual ads next to the copy? Or is it a new kind of media site, chock full of original articles written mostly by average folk about everything from presidential pardons and karaoke to smoker's guilt and ventriloquism?

Add to the mix at Associated Content two prominent board members—Tim Armstrong, head of advertising for Google in North America, and venture capitalist Eric Hippeau, a managing partner at SoftBank Capital, who also happens to serve on Yahoo's board of directors—and you have a little company that's drawing outsized and quite possibly unwanted attention.

But while there are plenty of questions about this start-up, no one seems to be able to say it's actually doing anything wrong.

"This kind of service is not entirely clear cut," said Danny Sullivan, editor of the Search Engine Land blog. "It's not a case that they are bad or should be banned, but they are embroiled in this kind of a debate."

Denver-based Associated Content was formed in 2004 and received $5.4 million in funding from SoftBank. It bills itself as a "user-driven information portal" and content provider, licensing content to other online publishers. The articles are "optimized for discovery and revenue generation," according to a news release on the company website. In other words, to make them easy to find on Google through various so-called search optimization techniques used by many publishers, not just people accused of gaming search results.

The company asks bloggers to write on the subjects of their choosing and accepts text, video and audio. Contributors can be paid based on the quality of the article and keyword optimization.

In most ways, what Associated Content does sounds like a typical website; doing its best to get play on Google search results and make money off its advertising. In fact, Associated Content is hardly the only company churning out content to match with Google ads. The success of Google's AdSense program, which matches ads with content on websites, and the growth of blogging applications have led to the emergence of pay-for-blogging companies that help match willing writers with sites that want content.

What separates legitimate content marketplaces from so-called "Made for AdSense" companies that generate content purely for marketing purposes is the intent of the company and the quality of the articles, said Rand Fishkin, co-founder and chief executive of search marketing firm SEOmoz.

That gets closer to the heart of the controversy. The dividing line between people who don't have a problem with Associated Content and those who do seems to come down to one of the most hard-to-define aspects of a website: quality. And quality, as most people know, is terribly difficult to define. As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said of obscenity: "I know it when I see it."

The complaint is that much of the content coming out of some of these pay-for-blogging sites is lousy because it's designed more for ranking higher in search engines than to inform or educate readers. Associated Content was taken to task for that in an article headlined "Bottom Slurping for Google Juice," on the Clickz news site.

Search Engine Land's Sullivan followed up on his blog, suggesting that Associated Content could be contributing to the "pollution" of search engine results and "manipulating Google's rankings" by using, for instance, repetitive hyperlinks from the same word within an article to another page on the site.

"Some people just want to make money off AdSense and they just need content, so they'll effectively freelance stuff from authors. It gets into these gray areas," Sullivan said in a recent interview. "The only issue with Associated Content is they've got a Google executive on the board. Because the company is in this gray area it becomes an issue for them. What they are doing isn't wrong, but it is subject to debate."

"The key issue here is you've got someone directly involved in Google's revenue generation also involved in a company that is taking advantage of ways to generate revenue from Google," said Andy Beal, founder of Internet marketing consultancy and blog Marketing Pilgrim. "That's the conflict."

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[The Wood]

bias/corruption DOES exist then.........cause i've never seen you pus so much effort and energy into shutting down Edge, gamedaily or any other MF who spits garbage for the wrong reasons.....funny that

[Pennywise]

So a report on a site which broke embargo and gave a flag ship MS title a low score is being reported by CNET as a corrupt site? No way...

CNET is part of the problem too. Any media site who has made Sony's climb in this generation is part of the problem.

Let me guess though, you see no problem with MS advertising partners to review Sony games or hardware? You don't see a problem with the doom and gloom Sony articles by them? Hypocrisy runs DEEP on this site.

[Mr_Bun]

CNET meet kettle.... Hypocrite much?

[skeletonss]

What's a xbox 369??! This guy is noname and hated halo from te begining. When's the street date for reviews allowed?

[DuneBuggy]

Anybody read the story he published before this one on 9/11?
Its titled "Sony to sell off Playstation..The PS3? - Sonys downfall??"

http://www.associatedconten...

So for those using him as Halo hate ammo, you might not like him after reading that.

And for those out to discredit him..Hes a Nintendo nut if anything and doesnt seem to have alot of love for the 360 or PS3.

[peeps]

so that would suggest he's a nintendo fanboy then? lol they do exist but not as many as ps3/360 fanboys lol at least not on this site

[DuneBuggy]

Thats what I got from it. He was trying to say that Sony should adopt Nintendo's business model. I saw another article of his stating they should have basically made a HD PS2.
Heres the part where he discusses the three currently....

"Fast-forward to present times and you'll see that there's a new sheriff in town. Nintendo is packing a six-shooter with Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Mario Kart Wii, and Metroid Prime Trilogy as its bullets. A second gun was at Nintendo's hip with Super Paper Mario, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Punch-Out Wii, New Super Mario Bros, and Metroid: Other M all waiting- just in case. The tables had turned and suddenly Sony and Microsoft were two out-of-luck outlaws.

Microsoft started out great- it came into the saloon early with two shotguns raised. Many gamers joined up with MS, only to discover that the Xbox 360 had forgotten to put pants on. Or, more accurately, to go to the doctor. In their haste to enter the market before Sony and Nintendo, Microsoft had rushed an unreliable console with a failure rate as high as 40%. Not even the combined efforts of Halo 3, Fable 2, and Viva Pinata could salvage their position.

Sony, a penniless homeless person at this point- its latest endeavors were all largely failures. The PS3 and PSP were and still are openly mocked on the internet, in Gamestop, on the news, and pretty much everywhere else. In short, Sony's throne had crumbled with the economy. We have to ask ourselves- with Sony's investors losing so many millions, what's next for them? Will the Playstation brand eventually be sold off the highest bidder?"

But hey folks,you want to make him credible?? Start approving his other tales here!!!

[DARK WITNESS]

oh dear...Back track, back track ( hand over mouth ).. lets see if is word is still taken so seriously.

[Oadif]

I think everyone saw this score coming

[jmd749]

couldn't have described the halo franchise any better myself.lol
i'm glad to see at least, that people are starting to see how watered down, and simplistic a shooter the very well marketed halo franchise really is.

"It's a very casual, user-friendly, dumbed-down entry of the genre. If you're no good at real shooters and crave a game with unbalanced weaponry, auto-fill life bars, and downright broken multiplayer, you'll love Halo. In previous iterations of this cash-cow franchise..."

[chidori666]

hey people .. lets drink this review with a beer .. whos with me?

http://i27.tinypic.com/24go...

milk milk ms milk........ hahahha

[2FootYard]

I'll drink a beer but it ain't going to be in celebration of a video game review. That would be as pathetic as Halo 3: ODST.

[MrChow666]

ye and "pathetic" defines the personality of 90% of the "characters" posting here, and that article is a sad fanboys sad attempt of making "the other console" look bad, these morons are becoming morbidly obsessed with this sh*t, its like porn for them

[DelbertGrady]

N4G - Brought to you by SDF

[Captain Tuttle]

He's right though.

[dustgavin]

Soda would be all over this review had it been a 85+. All of the sudden this site is 'unknown'.

[siondatjuice]

"On the one hand, the game plays almost exactly like Halo 3. The dual-wielding is there, the familiar weapons are all there, and the environments are what you'd expect."
This isnt a real review this person has never played the game, if he did he would have known that there is no dual wielding in ODST.
I doubt he even played any of the halo games.
Also if it where a real review the person writing it would contractually bound by MS to not release any reviews until Sept. 20th.

[only on playstaychun]

"If you're no good at real shooters and crave a game with unbalanced weaponry, auto-fill life bars, and downright broken multiplayer, you'll love Halo"

HAHAHA you gotta love the Master Chief!! bots you don't need to worry because some reviewers will try and justify the millions who bought the game!!

[The Wood]

is letting too much of his dislike for halo and ms come through in my opinion. The real sad sad thing about this though is that some 360 fans will scream bias yet they seldom admit to reading something thats bias against the ps3 or sony. Bias should have no place in our industry but its here and has been since this gen started. Though i personally dont regard the halo franchise as a god send like some I wouldnt listen to a review written like this. Just my opinion

[iceman06]

Bias exists because it is part of human nature. No matter how hard one might try eventually there will be some sort of bias. I AGREE that it should not PAINT an entire review with red. (or maybe green...the color of envy) However, it will CONTINUE as part of human nature. I welcome peoples opinion...biased...or not simply because I have the freedom to agree or disagree. 1 bad review will not make or break a game...so let the man have HIS opinion. He opined, like you, in the very beginning of his review that he was not a FAN of the HALO franchise...then pointed out why...he had some valid points...albeit slanted toward dislike for the franchise...but once again...HIS opinion. Que sera...sera!!!

[The Wood]

its that same human nature type bias that is intrinsic in the western or more predominantly NA media's bias towards the 360 and against the ps3. Its like a mix of xenophobia and patriotism rolled into one. They have their own champion so to speak and its been apparent for years

[heylo]

still overrated

[Berserk1]

CONFIRMED GAYLO3 ODST FOTY OF 2009.

[tonywood]

NOT GAMESPOT, IGN, G4TV, 1UP, GAMETRAILERS, GAMEPRO, XBOX MAGAZINE, PSM MAGAZINE, OR GAME INFORMER.....BUT AC?? Seriously, people are getting worked up over a review, from a source that no one has even heard of?

Yea, MS are milking it's fanbase, but if they aren't saying anything about it.....then so what! I love Sony because although they can't market for squat, delay games for no reason, and have no sense of urgency...I have always be happy with the system productivity and reliability. I must st also say that I have a 360 Elite now, and Halo is a great game. (With exception to Halo 2 angle with the Arbuitor, HIS PART OF THE GAMES SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE DELETED SCENES OF THE SOUNDTRACK!) halo 3 was good, and Halo: ODST looks like it will to.

STOP HATIN ON HALO...with all those Ratchet and Clank games out here. (I DO LOVE ME SOME R&C THOUGH!)

[Jigga69]

We got officially the proof that xbots are machinas : 1.2 millions pre orders for a awful game is unreal.
My god

[XDF]

This is the author's Bio:

Bio:
A freelance writer, avid gamer, perpetual realist, and an analytical intellectual. What more is there to say? How else can I sum up my entire life in 255 words?

Here is his list of lame reviews and posts:

http://www.associatedconten...

I am sorry, but I don't take review seriously from a guy that also wrote articles on:
1. A Guide to Hunting Knives: What Kind Do You Need?
2. You Just Might Be a Redneck If..
3. and wrote a flamebait article on the X360:
http://www.associatedconten...

This guy is a hater..he doesn't even have the game..maybe a pirated french copy.

According to this LEGIT REVIEW, ODST has Duel Wielding Weapons on..LOL

It was already confirmed ODST has no Duel Wielding weapon:
http://worthplaying.com/art...

"Unlike Master Chief, an ODST cannot dual-wield. You can carry two weapons, but you can only fire one at a time." from wothplaying.com

This guy is a fake. Hey, but in N4G where HHG reigns supreme and PS3 fanboys can have MAxed bubbles, of course this cr@p gets approved and it is the only reviews that matters.. EYES ROLL

[peeps]

i don't think you really needed to do much research to realise that much lol sad thing is this aritcle (and the site) will get loads of comments/hits and eventually when the mods get on top of things it will prob be removed

[Silentmerc3nary]

I'll decide for myself whether the game will be good or not, thanks.

Edit: I've never even heard of this reviewer.

[Chubear]

Commercial flop? HELL NAW! If frikgen halowars sold 1.3million and most of the 360 base dont' even care about RTSs but got that cause it had halo in the name, then this game will blow past 5mill in a week.

.... Incredibly sad how some gamers actually promote games to be held back from proper innovation and general quality. Well, this is what you get for supporting halo3, go enjoy.

[peeps]

I wonder when the proper reviews will be in since this games out a week today. I'll still get it though tbh unless the reviews really are terrible.

[Whoooop]

I'll say this again...

Halo fanatics are a weird bunch.

[XDF]

who ever believe in this fake review has no purpose in life.

[dustgavin]

Whoever cannot handle a bad review for their 'prized' franchise is in desperate need of a reality check.

[Ron_Burgundy]

I told you the section 8 review was a prelude to the Halo RRoDst Review

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Report History
Fake: (11 minutes ago)
A clearly biased review by a nobody who has clearly not played the game. Read it and see.
Reported by: Ugly American

Fake: (20 minutes ago)
False facts about the game
Reported by: Slinkey

Fake: (26 minutes ago)
they used pirated copy of ODST
Reported by: Jimmy Page

Spam: (26 minutes ago)
Reported by: Jimmy Page

Fake: (36 minutes ago)
Reported by: retrofly

Spam: (41 minutes ago)
Breach of embargo.
Reported by: Seedhouse

Fake: (52 minutes ago)
"The dual-wielding is there"

No in fact it's not so you just made up this entire thing. Good job lol.
Reported by: Marie

Fake: (52 minutes ago)
Reported by: GameOn

Spam: (52 minutes ago)
Reported by: GameOn

Fake: (56 minutes ago)
Rofl this is NOT a real review instead looks like he was going on about absolutely nothing first 2 pages then the rest just wrote a "review" based on information already known. Why doesnt it go into detail? becuase he doesnt have the game and its fake. Probably just for hits too. All REAL reviews are embargoes so anything earlier than the big sites are likely fake or from nobodies with pirated copies
Reported by: Blaze929

Fake: (1 hour ago)
Unknown site unknown review, upload reviews from known sites when its released. aka gamespot, IGN etc, not the home made reviews.
Reported by: General Jewels

Fake: (1 hour ago)
reviews are only allowed after saturday so this guy obviously is some fanboy with the illegal copy
Reported by: Omega4"

We do try!

[Sgt_Bon3head]

I'm quite skeptical about this review, simply because its from an unknown author and website. Not only that, the harshness in the review adds to the unreliability factor; its is pretty biased.

Judging a game or anything else on just one review is utter stupidity. If you fall into this category, I feel so sorry for you. Fanboyism blinds, proven by comments above.

[iceman06]

One of the smartest thing I have seen posted on THIS thread thus far!!! Like giving you a final exam on the first day of class...and that's your grade!!!*L*

[dragonelite]

Wow the level of quality on this site is so big that even my dog could put a review of uncharted 2 with a score of 45/100.
Come this is just sad.

[divideby0]

good send a msg. to greedy developers (ie: Valve ) also to send games out to the gamers in < 1 year

Even EA took it on the chin with Madden.

Gamers show them with your wallet..stop buying C or low B rate games for 60 bucks.

[KingKionic]

There is no dual wielding in odst .

Maybe this guys referring to halo 3 .

[XDF]

Garbage for $400
Oh great and ugly box,

Such a useless, pitiful block

Why must I see your hideous form?

What demon hath microsoft spawned?

Your games are disgusting and gray

Your fans love to call people 'gay'

If the red ring of death isn't enough

What will convince people you suck?

When will you vanish from my
sight?

Hmm, it sounds awfully like it could be written by anyone of the PS3 fanboys here..LMFAO

[Tinted Eyes]

Cry More

[omegaheat]

I believe the review could have possibly been fake and slightly biased. To support my belief, there was nothing mentioned in the review that gamers hadn't heard before in preview articles. Two, he claimed that the game has dual wielding. Unless things have changed in the last days before the game went gold, that is an outright lie, or all other preview articles have lied to us. As far as the author being biased, he made it very clear that he and Microsoft aren't friends. This made his article sound more like a biased article rather than giving relevant reasons for his low score. Now I am a big fan of the Xbox360, and I prefer to keep my fanboyism to a minimum, but I do agree that Halo ODST should have never made it out of the cutting floor. He mentioned in the article about Microsoft's greed, but he failed to mention that Bungie proposed this project to Microsoft (the same team who abruptly announced their independence from Microsoft). If Microsoft is greedy, then Bungie is no exception. Bungie has released overpriced map packs for Halo3 several times. These maps were equivalent to the price of DLC of games such as The Lost and the Damned and Gay Tony. I used those games as examples because there's no way to justify why maps would cost so much when there's no new story, gameplay, AI, etc. included. It took Bungie 14 months to make Halo ODST and it took 3 years to develop Halo3. Halo3 used the same engine as Halo2. There's no arguing that, so the conclusion is Bungie exemplifies greed and the time they wasted in developing Halo ODST should have been put into making sure that Halo Reach will live up to its expectations. Halo ODST will only lower everyone's expectations and lead to disaster of the franchise's reputation.

[Dutch Boogie]

I knew this game was no good. Save your cash for Reach people.

lol at quote from the website:

"Love your review, thanks. And I agree, I downloaded this piece of vomit some weeks ago and its f%cking garbage!".

Sums it up quite well.

[Dutch Boogie]

64/100 and rightfully so. The most overrated turd in the history of console gaming. Uncharted 2 breaks grounds while Halo 3:ODST loses ground.

[Queers of War]

You know what? I'm not even gonna bother saying anything. I'll let the score speak for itself.

[TomDaSpartan]

Obviously, this guy hates anything Halo, where I am quite the opposite.

This review is garbage. I'm buying this game regardless of the reviews it receives. I played the firefight mode and absolutely loved it, even won a little ODST helmet for doing so well. I'll be happy to have fun blowing up aliens for the next few months while you continue hating. What I'm not going to do is sit here fuel this immature comment war that you guys have here.

Games are not politics people. They are video games. We all enjoy playing them. Lighten up, both sides. I've got to stop reading these comments.

[Dutch Boogie]

No need to go on damage control. Afterall it's just his opinion. You just buy the game and enjoy what you can of it.

[DARK WITNESS]

lol... well it's not damage control, as you put it " he is just giving his opinion" on an opinion..

[Zack Sawyer]

I'm going to get this game regardless, so according to a lot of users on this site and the reviewer that means my taste in games must suck, and I only have the mental age of a child or am of low intelligence because thats apparently who this game is targeted at.

Do you know what? I couldn't care less. I'll still enjoy it.

[Ko_Uraki]

This review is simply a joke.

[manwich25]

rubbish review.

[Dutch Boogie]

lol the nerd rage on that site is absolute appalling. Just goes to show how much retarded kids worship Halo like their god. And you thought ps3 gamers were bad. These retards just curse and threaten you to death lol.

[idiealot]

Just play for yourself, I however will be playing Uncharted 2!

[Unicron]

It's on the internet! It must be true!

Here's a thought. WHO CARES WHAT ONE PERSON THINKS!? It's still one man's opinion, and it's still an arbitrary score slapped on that opinion. He doesn't like it, he's entitled to it. If you care that much what someone else thinks about something that entertains you, you have more serious issues.

Maybe now some of you will stop harping on Metacritic or similar crap as "facts" about a games quality.

[omegaheat]

What makes me a hypocrite?

[DARK WITNESS]

good point Unicron. Bubble +

[Zack Sawyer]

Very well said

[The BS Police]

Really? I'm starting to think this review is fake allready since Dual Weilding is definitly NOT there!

Another thing, the Embargo date for reviews has not lifted yet, therefore it is fake.

[Ghostflight]

Halo 3 F.L.O.P (The Game not the sales) lol....
"They love money and they know they can milk their Halo audience for all its worth"
It's the Truth XD..you Xbots, enjoy your full price expansion pack.

I wonder how they will score Uncharted 2? :)

[growup74]

i will enjoy halo

i will enjoy uncharted 2

grow up ....people always act like they are 12 on this site?

[dustgavin]

I bet if it was a perfect score the 360 fans would be singing praises all over it. Instead they are crying into Milo's arms!

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

Hold up, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but the Xbox 360 has one of the best games of all time!

:)

[gdguide]

I'm going to need to read more reviews before I take this one review from a non gaming site as the gospel truth. While the points about ODST are ones I've been bringing up, I'll have to wait more for IGN, 1UP, Gamespot, and Eurogamer before I decide.

My guess is some will pimp the score just because it's Halo, and others will hit it pretty hard with 7s and maybe a few 8s though. This score seems a bit too low though.

[Serjikal_Strike]

didn't get out quick enough to pay off the reviewers for this halo xpansion

[Mr Face Creamer]

This Dai guy just posts up BS reviews and then gets paid for it and puts them on N4G to get $$$, if only this guy had actually played the game...

This is fake news so don't get excited slaves.

[dustgavin]

Just keep rocking in a corner and repeating that to yourself.

It is just a fake review...it is just a fake review.....

[2FootYard]

Why don't you actually read the review? I'm sure they'll pull the same s*** with their review of Uncharted 2 just to get some hits.

[CurlUpAndDie]

gonna be a good one, sorry PS3 ladyboys. jump in already!!!

[Midgard228]

exactly wat i thought

useless second disc, almost all the DLC on halo is free by now sept the mythic pack, so wtf why r u paying for them with odst?

2nd halo never had good single player, the co-op is only way i cud play thru the story. and at that the single player in odst isnt that good. there for ya paid 60$ for free maps and mediocore singleplayer.

o and fire fight, but i'll stick to gears horde or nazi zombies

sad so many people were like OMG MS has halo odst best game ever this yr.......this is the best exclusive for 2009?

ya havent had a good exclusive siiiince....my god gears of war 2,

sorry but for me this yrs best 360 exclusive will be magna carta....and its prbly timed exclusive lol.

sorry guys ;p

now dont get me wrong i will rent this, i luv halo (have a halo 360) but i mostly only like the multiplayer, hate the single. im gonna wait for more reviews from a reliable source like ign but this review is sorta how i thought the game was gonna be

[CurlUpAndDie]

this guy can suck my big toe. T_T

[Saaking]

UC2= AAAA HALO odlc= FAIL.

[dabri5]

"Control-wise, you're looking at a carbon-copy of Halo 3. There are no true tactical additions or attempts to make things go more smoothly. This is becoming a real sour-spot for the Halo series, considering the emergence of the FPS genre on the Wii. There's simply no going back once you experience the fluent targeting of IR aiming in The Conduit or Metroid Prime Trilogy. By comparison, Halo is starting to look like a dinosaur that's unable to evolve thanks to its analog controller."

...Really?

[tudors]

http://www.productwiki.com/...

It swings both ways. I will hold out for the true reviewers.

[fryday]

Stop clicking on this review, you make that bastard rich...

https://publish.associatedc...

EARN MONEY

* Get paid upfront
* Earn money over time when
your content is viewed
* Over $1 million paid to Contributors like you

[Dead_Cell]

If nothing has changed,hardly anything has improved and DLC supplied from Halo 3 to bulk out a full game is what you are buying then there IS a problem here with this game.
I'm all for letting a game standing on it's own merits,but why should it be allowed to when all it's merits belong to it's prequel?

[tiamat5]

Ouch! I know that Xbox 360 fanboys will buy it anyway even if it got low scores but Ouch! Talk about a kick in the kiwis with a spiked steel boot. If Halo ODST gets low scores like this forget any potential new customers this Christmas. People will jump for a PS3 to play Uncharted which already has high scores and it hasn't even come out as yet

[tudors]

http://www.vgwl.com/reviews...

[giovonni]

and learned a long time ago when you review anything your personal point of view shouldn't exist with in a review. Anything that starts with I or me when going into detail about the review gives the reader more of an opinion about the writers personnel experience with the game not what the reader should expect. For example, If I played Halo ODST I have to leave my bias opinions at the door, and use pro nouns to describe an experience. For example, " you may find Halo ODST, a bit of a let down because of its slow pace, and limited character fighting power."

This review is one huge bias, and should not be considered a review. Granted, the game may not be good, however leave your distaste for the whole entire Halo franchise at the door. Once he stated his bias feelings it was no longer a review but more of a opinion piece of why he doesn't like Halo.

[Sgt_Bon3head]

You're right. I was put off after reading the first few paragraphs. There is no sense of professionalism, which isn't a review to begin with. If that the author's writing style, then he as adopted the wrong writing style for a review.

Its quite a pity that people actually approved this article and created such a big deal out of it. In that case, these people have never ever read a review in their lifetime.

Do yourself a favour fanboys, find out what a review is before jumping to a conclusion. And its just a game, why show it all that hate, as if its your foe. People these days.... God didn't have enough time to wire up their brain properly.

[Midgard228]

"and learned a long time ago when you review anything your personal point of view shouldn't exist with in a review"

how is that possible. now yes it shudnt happen but everyone is bias, they cud be less bias but they still are fanboys no matter what. ign, gamespy who ever reviews it doesnt matter.

if a zelda game comes out ign rants off fanboyish comments in their reviews, same for halo, final fantasy anything with a fanbase.

there is no way that gta IV is a 10/10 without the influence of personal opinion.

just saying reviews will always be overhyped unless its someone who has never played a game from that series but still plays that genre

[giovonni]

I understand how you feel Midgard, those are the basic rules of writing a review. All though people are bias, it can't be shown in their writing in a review. Now do writers follow the rules 100%, no. You can tell what an effective review is, and what an ineffective review is. A great review gives the reader the choice to go and try the product because the writer list a balance of negatives and positives.

When a writer doesn't do this the judgment is then past on to the writer. Test it out, read the article. The writer is so bias about the game that you can honestly lose interest in his writing (unless you are just as bias). That's when you know a review is bad its one thing to say a game is bad, but you also have to make an attempt to find positives too, and state them

[BeaArthur]

Maybe it's just me but this all seems a little suspicious. I mean first of all how is this website the first to post a review? Second, before the review even gets going he's talking about how much he hates the franchise. I will be waiting for some reviews from legitimate sites before making my decision.

[Gumbeaux]

The embargo for reviews lifts at midnight pacific on Friday night/Sat. morning so I will wait until then to see what the reviews are. As it stands now, I am excited to play firefight and all of the downloadable maps for Halo 3 multiplayer. Whatever else the game offers for single player will be icing to me.

[growup74]

looks like ps3 fanboys care more about halo than the 360 owners lol....guess they got nothing better to do.

this site gave halo 10/10

they cant just give it a 6.4/10

go ahead guys have a field day

[fryday]

Are there still people who didn't get it?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

it's a fake-review! everybody can post on this site and gets paid for it...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

[Gun_Senshi]

Halo was always a just a generic shooter for teens

[PS360PCROCKS]

Oh please I read the first page and that dude just was itching to give it a crappy score.

edit:: this idiot hasn't played the game, he probably played a demo at a game show if anything. The embargo isn't lifted until September 19th, it's very obvious this isn't an official review.

[Marie]

Reported 20 Times. Do your job Admins already.

[Pennywise]

Quick everyone get on your alt accounts to yell at the admins!

[Mogabu]

Look at all the Halo fangirls crying. Cry more please, it keeps me fueled.

[gdguide]

While I stand by some of what he says regarding Bungie not making this full title worthy, the source is weak at best. They have another 2 articles talking about this game, and they are all negative. Wait until the 19th to read real reviews.

[DuneBuggy]

Im still laughing at all the extreme PS3 fanboys..Because this same Author wrote JUST LAST WEEK that the PS3 and PSP were FAILURES.
So by all means, PLEASE continue praising this guy!!!!
You might not have read all the previous comments before writing somthing silly, so im offering this friendly warning....

[Mogabu]

And not a PS3 fanboy, but you crybabys sound SOOOooo funny acting as if someone just lopped your dogs feet off. Oh no! Some no name blogger gave the game a poor "review", let's take it seriously and get all bent out of shape and start calling people names. As if the game is just THAT important. Maybe it is.. Not much else coming to the 360 this holiday, no? Alot riding on that one.

Anyhow.. Back to the whining and crying. Chin up! At least the "ODST Killed My 360" articles haven't started just yet.

[DuneBuggy]

Im just laughing at the hypocracy.
Personally, I have no intentions of buying Halo myself. Bought Halo 3 when I got my 360, but I never really got into it.
But there are quite a few games coming im looking forward to.

[Obama]

I wonder if the giant purple testicles as the ending turned the reviewer off.

[SONYFOREVER]

This is not a trustworthy site, I wouldn't take this review to mean much:

Read their review for Halo 3

http://www.associatedconten...

oh wait.. something's wrong here, cough, we want n4g traffic so we put out a review first on a leaked copy and tailor the review to draw more attention from sony fans (n4g's userbase)

[lowcarb]

I can't believe they can simply get rich off clicking on there site. If anything they should pay us for reading this garbage.

[CAPT IRISH]

to be fair, both reviews are done by different people.

[The BS Police]

They're tearing the poor guy apart at NeoGAF at the moment.

And from other articles he's written on the same site, it's clear he's a Nintendo fanboy - of the worst kind.

Did he play ODST? Unclear. He more than likely didn't play it in any sanctioned way, though. (He's not associated with any real news outlet; that site he's posted on will host articles written by anyone.)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

He's also playing damage control by deleting negative coments to his fanboy rant.

[DuneBuggy]

LOL.I refreshed a couple times on it and your right.Hes ditching ANYTHING that doesnt say "great review".
All the "I hate Halo" or "your article fails because" magically goes away.

[darkequitus]

When this guy wrote duel wielding was in the game, I gave on it there. This guy has not even played it LOL.

Edit: Funny if anyone on that site mentions there is no dual wielding and calls him out, their post gets deleted. Integrety at work there.

[CAPT IRISH]

yeah,i thought there was no duel wielding in odst

[darkequitus]

LOL This is the same guy who said Sony were to sell of the Playstation brand and the next Smash Brother is coming to the 360.

Anyone point his errors out on those articles, he deletes their comments. Funny the same people who attacked him for his ant PS£ articles are praising him now. Only on N4G

http://www.associatedconten...

[JonnyBigBoss]

Not surprised. I played it at E3 and was underwhelmed, but owed it to what I thought was a late beta. I've come to find out that the game has been done for 6 months, and I have a really hard time believing a Halo product would be shipped in that form.

[sephy 9 2 5]

both Halo ODST and GT PSP flopped? Bungie should've just focused on Halo Reach and Polyphony GT5. Very disappointed these two seem to be lackluster based off early reviews.

[StrboyM]

Ok ok, I personally feel like the reviewer was biased against halo, But he did say one thing that was absolutely f#$king true.

"Luckily the story isn't what 90% of people that play Halo care about. It's the ability to run, shoot, and teabag helpless victims."

Wow....how many games can you say that about for xbox 360 games?

[STICKzophrenic]

That reviewer states he isn't biased, and that is so far from the truth.

He also doesn't know what he's talking about. he says dual wielding is there, but from everything I've read, it isn't.

he says halo MP is unbalanced...umm really? Everyone starts with the same weapons. Skill gets them to the power weapons. Everyone has an equal chance to get the power weapons.

Also, maybe he's privy to some information that isn't widely, knownn, but I don't recall Halo ever being multiplatform for Xbox and PS2. It was going to be developed for the Mac, and then MS bought up Bungie. Please don't go spewing bullsh*t like that.

Then he goes on to say Halo Wars had a lukewarm reception? ROFL...it's one of the highest downloaded demos on 360, and it sold quite well and received solid reviews, especially for an RTS on consoles.

Every single thing he says reeks of bias. If you don't like the game, fine, but don't make it completely obvious that you hate Halo and everything about it.

[The BS Police]

He is a Nintendo fanboy by the looks of his articles.

[mlahero]

Not the most informed article about a game that has lots of information on the web. Dual wielding is not in the game, I'm not a die-hard Halo fan and even I know that.

I'm afraid this reviewer has also written articles about Sony selling off the Playstation brand.... and the next Halo game coming to the PS3.... He's clearly not that informed about the gaming industry. He may as well ask if the next Star Trek movie will have Darth Vader in it.

Having an opinion is great but being blindly biased is not.

[woody543]

This review is awful, it claims to be impartial yet deletes every comment opposed to the review, and contradicts itself alot.

1) There is no dual-wielding and so this causes doubt as to whether they actually played the game o_0

2) It was originaly suposed to be for PC and Mac not Xbox and PS2

[SolidSystem]

I'm not sure how seriously I will take this review. Their opening statements about the game series in general seemed pretty off when talking about how "dumb down" and "broken" halo games are.

sounded like the reviewer has more a problem with halo, than ODST.

[Major_Tom]

And they say Only PS3 fanboys b*tch, moan and cry.

Oh my.

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

Cry s'more, PS3 fanboy.

[Major_Tom]

Cuz I'm a ps3 fanboy and I'm some how crying?

There's also an epidemic of dumb people invading N4G. I'll let you figure out who I'm talking about on your own.

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

Uh. Yes. You are a PS3 fanboy. You are crying. Morons like you act like you're not fanboys. Did you read your post? That is fanboyism in it's purest state. I guess you're too stupid to realize that. Oh. And an intelligence joke. How original. There really are a lot of uncreative, opinionated idiots on N4G lately. I'll let you take a guess who I'm talking about ;)

[Major_Tom]

Probably yourself seeing as how I can read your comment history and one one brick short of a wall.

"You are crying. Morons like you act like you're not fanboys. Did you read your post? That is fanboyism in it's purest state. I guess you're too stupid to realize that. Oh. And an intelligence joke."

Sums it up quite nicely.

[JEDI WOLVERINE]

If the reviewer had actually played the game and wasnt so belittling towards the game then his review score would hold more weight.

Unfortunately his review lacks so much professionalism it's laughable

Im still waiting for the IGN's/Gamespot's/EDGE's of the world to deliver their verdict.

Either way if the game is on par with Halo3 then im a happy gamer
Already pre-ordered too!

[spongeboob]

A site with some balls to speak the truth.

[Funky Town_TX]

Why is this such a big issue? Who cares what this guy thinks? Reviews are only half the story. I played COD4 based on reviews and I was let down.

[Evoluti0n]

I stopped reading after 'dual-wielding.'

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

Half of you saw the 64% rating and went nuts because "Halo is teh suckzorz." Did anybody realize this Nintendo fanboy himself has NO merit whatsoever? He said, and I quote, "...dual wielding is there.." No, good sir, it is not. Which has made it obvious you DID. NOT. play the game. All of you idiots just take this as a chance to jump down Halo's throat. You're all just as stupid as the reviewer. I'm going to wait for a LEGITIMATE review before I make any decisions. Go back to Super Smash Bros. and Killzone, you fanboys.

[BrokenAnarchy]

You mean how 360 fanboys jumped on the bad reviews of KZ2 and InFamous from "unknown" reviewers?
All fanboys are the same so there is no point of single out one.

I agree that this review isn't well written but why should people care for other's opinion.

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

We're talking about here and now. Now is PS3 fanboys. That is who I'm addressing. If I were in those reviews when they came out, I would be addressing the Xbox fanboys.

[Major_Tom]

You call me a PS3 fanboy and then tell me to cry moar, and here you are acting all Butthurt whining about a review and how you didn't get your lollipop.

The
Epitome
Of
360
Fanboy.

[IQUITN4G]

Hmm that is some real fanboy showing not to be proud of, what was the guy thinking when he wrote this dribble

[JokesOnYou]

The same old extreme ps3 fanboys were so excited about this review, lol, I knew it was plainly obvious this guy had a chip on his shoulder, not by the score but just reading the first paragraph, now many of the extreme haters are butthurt that his obvious slant was exposed=

JOY

[psiom]

I wouldn't pay any attention to this review. It's no better or different than the diatribe maxim launched against Killzone 2 - same early timeframe as well.

It's just crap.

I don't know how the game will score in real reviews, but I'd ignore anything with such an obvious bias.

[IQUITN4G]

The wait is painful and ODST can't get here soon enough

Damn i love Halo

[idiealot]

these guys are horrible

http://www.associatedconten...

xbox 360 review, I left the only comment on that story, lol read it.

[I am Legend]

I'll take this review with a tank of salt.

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

http://tbcontroller.blogspo...

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

wtf

[GHOSTR3V0LV3R]

LMFAO @ FANBOIZ.

LoL. You dumb asses realize this review is totally bogus, right?

Yes, I know the fact that Halo ODST almost got a 64% gave you sick-os a hard on, but I'm sorry to interrupt your little fanboy orgy. That review has no merit. Also considering the fact the damn game didn't come out, it's just blatantly retarded. Just like you fanboys. Xbox, PS3, Wii fanboys. Why do you guys hate each other? Like how blacks and whites are all humans, you're all fanboys.

Maybe you fa.gs should actually play the game. Oh wait. That's right. You're fanboys. You don't play games. You KNOW they're bad if they're on the other console.

Well I'm getting both Uncharted 2 and ODST because I'm not an immature douche bag like the lot of you. I can accept that two consoles have two totally separate games that are both good and fun to play. Enjoy your fanboyism, fa.ggots. Just remember one thing. The Wii is beating both of your systems out of the water. :) Keep that in mind next time you dumb asses decide to start a second console war. And you know what's funny about that? We can all mutually agree that the Wii has terrible games that appeal to no one except prepubescent children and senile old people. Shows how much you know.