And the Halo Killer is… Halo?

ubiquitious - 44 days 5 hours ago

I completely agree with the article - Bungie's innovation mixed with Microsoft's money means those two can do anything. If they keep making gold...I will keep buying it.

Keep up the excellent work guys.

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DrRobotnik - 43 days 23 hours ago

I hate when people keep talking about a halo killer. Halo is a franchise now. The only thing that can kill it now is the developers. It's like saying "Here's the next Mario killer" Doesn't quite make sense.Franchises can't be killed from outside threats, only assassinated from the inside buy its own company. i.e. SEGA/Sonic the hedgehog.

...and I bet you can't guess who was on that grassy knoll. HA!HA!HA!
(cough)....but seriously.

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divideby0 - 43 days 10 hours ago

they failed with ODST...totally....
even a few budz who are Halo diehards didnt buy it

Halo Reach....we will see

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SoX FireBlade - 43 days 9 hours ago

Most of the people bought halo 3 odst to get the maps and the recon armor

Even if you downloaded all the DLCs you will gain access to these maps faster than before and if you have another Xbox Live accoutn you won't need to buy them again

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GHOSTR3V0LV3R - 43 days 5 hours ago

I'm a huge Halo fan, possibly one of the biggest I know. I really dislike Microsoft making Halo their flagship franchise, but in all honesty, I don't think Halo is being milked or oversold...yet. I agree 110% Halo ODST should not have had a $60 price tag, but that sure as hell didn't stop me or 2 million others from buying it. But still, it was a good game. So were the other games. And the novels were great, the comics equally good. In reality, nearly everything Halo has been OK to great. So how is it being milked if everything Halo that has been released has been a good product? Sure, they're selling tons of things Halo, but until something bad comes out, it won't necessarily be overdone in the sense of being "milked." Yes, they're using Halo to sell everything, but if it's good, nobody should really care.

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ninjagoat - 43 days 5 hours ago

Uncharted 2 just play that single player game threw. Then move on to the MP thats my goty and true halo killer.

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Adropacrich2 - 43 days 5 hours ago

ODST is a quality title though

Shorter than anybody wanted it to be but it's not a rubbish game

My only trouble with Bungie lately is in how long their games have lasted.Fair enough ODST was never going to be huge in one sense but also Halo3's campaign felt short both in it's campaign and some of it's exciting encounters - some of which come to an end just as you're having the time of your life

You can finish some of ODST's missions very quickly at around 15-20 minutes and that's on legendary - clearly this a joke

My worry is that Bungie's games seem to be following this trend of shorter level design and it's not one i'm at all that happy about - it just doesn't cut it and they need to return to the awesome level length and structure of Halo1's glorious design

If Reach falls short then i may just say bollacks to Bungie because although their games are always brilliant for the most, there is always something else to drag it down, be it a lack to a large and satisfying campaign or just silly inclusions like that of the Arbiter - great character mind just the way it his missions broke up Halo2 was in truth badly handled considering that's not at all what people wanted

Truth is Halo1 is still the best overal experience minus the better refinements from all the sequels.I consider Halo3 a more fun combat experience than Halo1 due to this level of refinement polish but so far Bungie has yet to equal the same epic believable quality that was Halo1 - ODST did better though i thought in some respects here

So at the very least if Reach doesn't provide that epic length to the campaign, i'm not sure i'll care as much for the next installment.I'll likely get it but it wont be the same love afair

I play Halo3 campaign regularly and it remains my fave 360 game, but even though,i honestly think Reach could be my last chance for Bungie

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EVILDEAD360 - 43 days 4 hours ago

LMAO @ one game for the Halo fans EATING these Halo hates alive.

As I've been predicting all year Halo:ODST is by far the biggest exclusive of the year. All the huffing, puffing, whining, jumping up and down from fan blogs like this have and will do absolutely nothing to change the bottomline.

The game is for fans, who unlike this idiot, actually play and love Halo games. The fans answered the call regardless of clear attempts to hurt the franchise from Metacritic by letting fake review sites try drag the score down.

In the end, the big sites that mattered gave the scores that the game deserved. Every actual Halo fan that I know who have played and still play the game are playing Firefight for hours and are now reaching back into the MP level that they never played. In fact, Halo:ODST reunited old and new halo fans back into the already robust community.
You don't have to believe me, Bungie stats and Halo Waypoint will prove it when it drops

What the idiotic blogger will never understand is that Microsoft marketing has nothing to do with the fact that 1 million+ fans come back to play Halo everyday.

So when Halo;Reach drops and fans come out and help it crush every sales record in the book, these irrelevant Halo haters can sit in a dark room and catch carpo tunnel writing to fans that don't exist.

Evil

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lurkurgus - 42 days 22 hours ago

This is not news.

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STICKzophrenic - 42 days 22 hours ago

Dude is a retard.

"The next point of contention of course is Halo 3: ODST. This was originally slated to be downloadedable content for the megaseller, Halo 3. However one could only assume that Microsoft needed another big First-Party exclusive title for this year, so they decided to change it into a fullfledged game. That’s fine, but in this transition, somehow the content didn’t mirror the change in packaging. Translation: The content is still that of a $19.99 download, yet retailers are charging a premium of $59.99. Despite all of this, the game still managed to move 2.2 million units on the first day of sales. But who came out on top in all of this? Don’t get me wrong, ODST is a really fun game and I enjoyed playing through the 5 hour long campaign..."

First, it's 'downloadable,' not 'downloadedable.' Second, it was never ever planned to be DLC. It was always stated to be a STAND ALONE EXPANSION. Third, a price of $19.99 was never announced. Bungie stated they didn't view it as a full priced package. At that point it was only supposed to be a campaign, and then they added FireFight.

Some people may not think it's worth $60, however, I'm not one of those people. I've already played the game a lot and feel like I've already got my money's worth. Value is in the hands of the player.

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Chad Warden Returns - 44 days 1 hour ago

Well yes as its gotten worse and worse and worse , and is now an exhausted piece of crap

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Bot Smasha - 43 days 20 hours ago

Halo killed itself we didnt need a Halo killer, metacritic score of a wimpy 83 tells you all you need to know about this series.

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free3sixty - 43 days 10 hours ago

84 for an expansion pack is extremy GOOD!

Everybody knows that ODST is just an expansion pack i mean its called "Halo 3..... odst"

The only guys who think that ODST is a game itself are POS3 owners, lol!

what was meta for the R&C expansion?? oh wait... lol

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reintype - 43 days 10 hours ago

When so called "Game Reviewers" gave this games free pass, as well as inflated scores. I mean just look at this past mo. how many "HALO ODST Justification Love Letter", have gamers like myself seen? Believe mme, it borders on the absurd. I don't think any other game for that matter, ever had one person write an essay convincing gamers of it's price/value, much less that many.

It only reinforces my belief, that there is really some monkey business happening in our industry.

Being a PS fanboy, as much as I hate MS, I cannot fault them for this, bec. they are here for the business. Even if their Business Strategy/Practice maybe unsavory to some.

Like they say "There's a sucker born every minute", it's up to you to take advantage of them.
Hook a Fish
Train a Sheep
Program a Bot
And believe me, no one does this better than MS, it's their Dogma.

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twintipskis34 - 42 days 17 hours ago

1.5 -
"no games you like have topped halo thats why you mad "

hahaha this is SOOOO true. ;) hate on halo all you want, hell...even call it gaylo if you so please. BUT the truth is that Halo is an absolute blast, and wouldn't be the #1 online played game 2 years after it came out if it wasn't. So...if you suck at halo dont hate on yourself, maybe when another competitive shooter (exclusive to ps3) can compete with halo's online multiplayer then you can talk.

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