Halo 3: ODST Forum
This topic has moved here: Subject: ODST's awesome Halo:CE ... and Marathon shout-outs
  • Subject: ODST's awesome Halo:CE ... and Marathon shout-outs
Subject: ODST's awesome Halo:CE ... and Marathon shout-outs

Watching part 2 of IGN's ODST demo footage, as soon as I saw the interface with the Superintendent and the VISR-NAV maps ... that brought me back about 15 years.

Running around Marathon as a pretty vulnerable security officer, checking terminals, getting maps (although you could also pull up the map away from the terminal), unraveling puzzling conversations with Leela, Durandal, and Tycho ... nice updating/homage, Bungie!

I definitely caught the parallel to Halo 1 with shorter jumps, health, and overall less bad-assness. But there's nothing like terminals to conjure up visions of Bungie products screaming away on those old powermacs.

  • 06.09.2009 12:51 PM PDT

its like a mix between 6 different game

  • 06.09.2009 12:53 PM PDT

-"Two men enter, the better man leaves. The lesser man is respawning, and that's Halo."

Never played Marathon, but I'm a huge fan of Halo CE and I can't wait for ODST. Finally some new campaign! This game is going to be perfect for hardcore Halo fans, I mean you got an entire city to explore with some Halo fans!

  • 06.09.2009 12:56 PM PDT

i'm so icy.

Posted by: halo122398
its like a mix between 6 different game


Yah, it's kind of composed of...

-Marathon: Durandal (terminals and being a non-invincible security officer)
-Halo: CE (obvious reasons)
-Halo 2 (obvious reasons)
-Halo 3 (obvious reasons)
-Grand Theft Auto (open world gameplay)
-Call of Duty (no radar, less shields, silencers)

It makes me all happy inside =)

  • 06.09.2009 1:07 PM PDT