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Subject: Just how long has ODST been in development?
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So I recently picked up The Art of Halo and I noticed something in the "Weapons" section of it. I was looking through and reading about all of the guns, and then I came across the Sub-Machine Gun page. It was cool, because the SMG was the main gun of Halo 2 and I liked seeing how it was developed.

Then, at the bottom of the page, I saw a silenced SMG. It didn't have the reflex sight like ODST's version, though.

Sound-suppressed version of the SMG with the bullstock extended for single use, featuring an as-yet-to-be-implemented silencer.

Now, Halo 1 took 4 years, Halo 2 and 3 both took 3 years, so I thought it would be weird if the ODST expansion took 5 years. The book came out simultaneously with Halo 2.

Discuss.

  • 06.28.2009 11:05 AM PDT
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They reserve a lot of concepts. Mainly to wait until they've got a chance to be implemented well.

Bungie has a lot of ideas, but they hold onto most of them.

there's a lot of Halo 1 concepts that look a lot like things we're seeing now.

  • 06.28.2009 11:08 AM PDT

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I think I saw in an article that they've been working on ODST since '07.

  • 06.28.2009 11:09 AM PDT
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They like to keep secrets?

  • 06.28.2009 11:11 AM PDT

Halo 3: ODST started development in January 2008. Many things that Bungie had to remove from previous games are saved for future games.

  • 06.28.2009 11:13 AM PDT

n00b hunter since 1996

on banjo kazooie nuts and bolts someone made a odst drop pod. its awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 06.28.2009 11:16 AM PDT

i dont know but i think they like to keep it under wraps for a while, so they can set a realistic release date

  • 06.28.2009 11:16 AM PDT

Why not stop by my File Share while you're here?

~Long Live Halo 2
Only regret is I didn't play more of it.

If you haven't noticed by now, I'm sort of a jerk.

they had a concept of the mongoose in halo 2, does that mean halo 3 took 6 years? no, it doesnt.

  • 06.28.2009 11:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: Chaotic ODST
I think I saw in an article that they've been working on ODST since '07.

I believe that was Halo: Reach.....

  • 06.28.2009 11:30 AM PDT

My guess is the beginning of 2008.

  • 06.28.2009 11:31 AM PDT