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Subject: Can halo 3 play with halo 3 ODST
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ok maybe confusing title. but can the people who have halo 3 play with people in MM with people playing ODST?
and can u just buy the 3 new maps for halo 3 and not buy the game?

  • 06.03.2009 8:26 AM PDT
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ok.....so u can access ur halo 3 files using the (second disk: halo 3 multiplayer experience) of ODST. eg. play the map i made in halo 3.

  • 06.03.2009 8:33 AM PDT
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The second disc included with Halo 3: ODST is the Halo 3 Multiplayer with every feature and all the maps. So yup, if you only have Halo 3 and your friends buy Halo 3: ODST, you can play the traditional Halo 3 multiplayer together. You can do everything you can do in the current Halo 3 Multiplayer. In addition, the players with Halo 3: ODST get access to three new maps (which includes Heretic, the Midship remake).

What you can't do is play Firefight or Halo 3: ODST's Campaign with people who only have traditional Halo 3. Vice versa, you can't play Halo 3's traditional Campaign with players who only have Halo 3: ODST. The only portion that's interoperable is the Halo 3 Multiplayer.

  • 06.03.2009 8:37 AM PDT

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The second ODST disk technically IS Halo 3, but without Campaign and with all 24 Multiplayer Maps. You can of course do multiplayer and matchmaking with people who have the normal Halo 3 game. But. You'll only be able to play Heretic, Longshore, and Citadel with those who have bought ODST.

Edit: Damn, urk beat me to it. :P

[Edited on 06.03.2009 8:41 AM PDT]

  • 06.03.2009 8:40 AM PDT
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Rent Halo 3: ODST, install on your Hard Drive, don't pay for maps. Ouch?

Honestly, I'm not that greedy and I'm willing to support Bungie as much as I can by buying every single expansion and game they will / or did release, and anyways Halo 3: ODST just looks way to awesome, but some people will obviously do it. Just like the Halo 2 expansion. Isn't that a risk of losing money? Nothing big, I know, but still...

  • 06.03.2009 8:46 AM PDT

Shotgun sinners, wildeyes jokers, got you in my sights...

I used to need achievements, but then I joined the Spartan I Project.
http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/sip/group/joingroup.aspx

Posted by: Vetoed
Rent Halo 3: ODST, install on your Hard Drive, don't pay for maps. Ouch?

Honestly, I'm not that greedy and I'm willing to support Bungie as much as I can by buying every single expansion and game they will / or did release, and anyways Halo 3: ODST just looks way to awesome, but some people will obviously do it. Just like the Halo 2 expansion. Isn't that a risk of losing money? Nothing big, I know, but still...


Once you install to hard drive, you still need the disk to play it. (To the best of my knowledge) Halo 3 and the Halo 3 Multiplayer disk are considered different pressings of the same game. Like Original and Greatest Hits. Or perhaps they're considered different games by the Xbox, and bungie rigged up a way for them to share Achievement lists. Who knows.

[Edited on 06.03.2009 8:51 AM PDT]

  • 06.03.2009 8:50 AM PDT
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Iam enjoying Halo Reach and revisiting some past Bungie games, iam a big fan of Bungie and their online community.

Posted by: urk
The second disc included with Halo 3: ODST is the Halo 3 Multiplayer with every feature and all the maps. So yup, if you only have Halo 3 and your friends buy Halo 3: ODST, you can play the traditional Halo 3 multiplayer together. You can do everything you can do in the current Halo 3 Multiplayer. In addition, the players with Halo 3: ODST get access to three new maps (which includes Heretic, the Midship remake).

What you can't do is play Firefight or Halo 3: ODST's Campaign with people who only have traditional Halo 3. Vice versa, you can't play Halo 3's traditional Campaign with players who only have Halo 3: ODST. The only portion that's interoperable is the Halo 3 Multiplayer.


Thats good news.

  • 06.03.2009 9:11 AM PDT