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Subject: Why is it called Halo 3 ODST (emphasis on the 3)

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the main menu has no forge option, it comes on a seperate disc, and the other mythic maps aren't on that disc either. in other words, it has no effect on matchmaking; this fact being redeemed, however, by firefight. I love almost everything about this game, and I cant wait, but why is there a 3 in there? i mean, it doesnt even come after or during halo 3 anyway!

  • 06.11.2009 8:58 PM PDT
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it uses the same engine, and is more or less the same game.

  • 06.11.2009 8:59 PM PDT
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probably an excuse for the campaign being a bit shorter.

  • 06.11.2009 9:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tibetz
it uses the same engine, and is more or less the same game.


hardly. they've changed the gameplay a lot (i dont need to list how), they have (if you will) call of duty-fied it

  • 06.11.2009 9:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tibetz
it uses the same engine, and is more or less the same game.


hardly. they've changed the gameplay a lot (i dont need to list how), they have (if you will) call of duty-fied it

it plays the same way, just slower.

  • 06.11.2009 9:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tibetz
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Posted by: Tibetz
it uses the same engine, and is more or less the same game.


hardly. they've changed the gameplay a lot (i dont need to list how), they have (if you will) call of duty-fied it

it plays the same way, just slower.


did you watch the e3 ign demo? (not the press conference) it's an open world with a new approach to combat strategy, and new ways of getting around

sorry i'm not trying to advertise the game, just saying what I think is true (tryin not to sound like an infomercial that's all)

  • 06.11.2009 9:08 PM PDT
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Halo 3 engine.

Halo 3 enemies.

Halo 3 multiplayer.

Forge.

Theatre.

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  • 06.11.2009 9:20 PM PDT

It was named "Halo '3': ODST" because it uses the same engine from Halo 3, it is a slight prequel, but telling a different story that fills in blanks of what happened in between Halo 2 and 3.

  • 06.11.2009 9:22 PM PDT

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It's an expansion for Halo 3.(Emphasis on 3)

  • 06.11.2009 9:23 PM PDT

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Halo " 3 " odst is going to be -blam!- awsome >=} !!!!!!

  • 06.11.2009 9:24 PM PDT

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They are keeping it Halo 3 instead of it's own game because it is an attachment for halo 3 and takes place alittle before Halo 3's Spartan Campaign. It runs on the same engine and the maps also for ODST are for Halo.

  • 06.11.2009 9:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tibetz
it uses the same engine, and is more or less the same game.

This. Completely.

  • 06.11.2009 9:36 PM PDT

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Because it's not a new game... is is OFFICIALLY an addon for Halo 3.

  • 06.11.2009 10:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: Kapura
Halo 3 engine.

Halo 3 enemies.

Halo 3 multiplayer.

Forge.

Theatre.

Website support.


Sums it all up right there.

  • 06.11.2009 10:40 PM PDT
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It has a 3 because it was suppose to be an expansion but ended up being it's own game due to it's content. However, it's still considered an expansion nonetheless.

  • 06.11.2009 11:37 PM PDT

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Maybe it's a hint to a big secret in the game like walking around on Beta halo or There trying to get a forerunner artefact thats like a mini halo.

  • 06.11.2009 11:40 PM PDT

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  • 06.12.2009 12:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: Halo1Unsc
Halo " 3 " odst is going to be -blam!- awsome >=} !!!!!!


Now this I will agree with.

  • 06.12.2009 12:33 AM PDT

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This question is too overrated, been answered too many times.

  • 06.12.2009 12:35 AM PDT

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Posted by: Kapura
Halo 3 engine.

Halo 3 enemies.

Halo 3 multiplayer.

Forge.

Theatre.

Website support.


Halo 3 engine: doesnt matter if the gameplay is way different

Halo 3 enemies: i'm sure that grunts, standard vehichles, and maybe even brutes will be in most future halo games (against the covenant anyway)

Halo 3 multiplayer: not at all. the only multiplayer on the odst disc is firefight

Forge: no forge

Theatre: was founded in halo 3, but does not characterize the game enough to classify a game as an expansion pack if used.

Website support: why not halo 2 odst then? (i think you know what i mean by that)

  • 06.12.2009 3:45 AM PDT

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OH MY GOD!!! NOBODY LISTENS ANYMORE!!! THE POINT OF THE QUESTION WWAS "WHY IS THIS CONSIDERED AN EXPANSION TO HALO 3???"!!!!!!!! i am surrounded by retards who are still learning how to listen because they have terrible parents that they still live with!

  • 06.12.2009 3:46 AM PDT

Because it's still basically Halo 3. Just different missions and some tweaked mechanics.

  • 06.12.2009 4:30 AM PDT

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So one guy suggested that it be called Halo 2: ODST because of the timeline.
Another person suggested that it be called Halo: ODST because it hearkens back to Halo 1.

(Why did I start using the word "hearken"? Does that even mean anything?)

The reason it's called Halo 3: ODST is because...
1: Uses Halo 3's engine.
2: Includes complete version of Halo 3's multiplayer
3: Is an expansion for Halo 3.

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(Sigh)

I love people. Really.

So one guy suggested that it be called Halo 2: ODST because of the timeline.
Another person suggested that it be called Halo: ODST because it hearkens back to Halo 1.

(Why did I start using the word "hearken"? Does that even mean anything?)

The reason it's called Halo 3: ODST is because...
1: Uses Halo 3's engine.
2: Includes complete version of Halo 3's multiplayer
3: Is an expansion for Halo 3.


This basically what I was going to post.

See, you have to realize that Halo 3: ODST was not intended to hold nearly as much content as a full game. Bungie just wanted to make use of the Halo 3 engine to do a short story that fans would appreciate.

Let me define "same engine" in english - This game will have the same physics, weapons, enemies (and when I say enemies, I don't mean, "this game has brutes too", I mean, "this game has the same exact brute model and animations as halo 3"), vehicles, explosions, etc, because they didn't build it from scratch. They [i]hardly[/] built it from scratch.

In the beginning, I assumed it was going to be a new character to play as, a few reskinned and tweaked weapons, and a couple new features. Of course, and fortunately for us and the gaming industry, the scope widened for the game instead of shortened.

More features were added, the story was extended, firefight became a huge feature, yadda yadda yadda. Halo 3: ODST became more than a small expansion on the engine, but an expansion with enough content to be fully priced as a regular game (it has more content than some $60 games on the shelf today, I think everyone will agree with that).

So now, people are confused, and questioning why Halo 3: ODST is $60 because "it's not fair cause it's only an expansion!!!" True, it's an expansion, but it's an expansion that went above and beyond over time, and has enough content to validate the price.

Some people are confused and questioning why it's called Halo 3: ODST when it "has nothing to do with the Halo 3 storyline. These people either don't understand that it's not supposed to be it's own, new game, or they don't understand that the only reason Halo 3 is included is because it runs of an engine IDENTICAL to Halo 3, regardless of the changes/tweaks.

To close, changes and tweaks do not change an engine. You can build an entirely different game off an engine, and still have it be the same.

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Well it runs on the Halo 3 engine and contains a disc for the entire Halo 3 multiplayer.

  • 06.12.2009 6:31 AM PDT

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