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Subject: So exactly how big is the playable city.

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Open-World style, like GTA.

  • 07.12.2009 5:36 PM PDT
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I just want the game not to be like some tack on to Halo 3. I want a legit, full fledged game. And if they nail the city down. Thats what it could be.

  • 07.12.2009 7:04 PM PDT

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From all the gameplay videos I've seen, it looks insanely big. Probably the size of 2 of the islands in GTA IV.

  • 07.12.2009 7:05 PM PDT

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It will be... OVER 9000!!!


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Both of you kids please go die in a fire.

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  • 07.12.2009 7:30 PM PDT
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^ agreed.

So what's everyone's plan for ODST?

I'm probably going to beat Heroic campaign, solo first time around.
Then try some firefight with friends.
Play some Halo 3 multiplayer to test drive the new maps, first on forge and then in Matchmaking.
By this time the community will have put out a guide for finding all the secret achievment collectibles in ODST, so I'll go back Co-Op Legendary, and find all he secrets, then have a go at the vidmasters.
Play Firefight
Beat all vidmasters
Rock Recon for a week, while trying to get the Longshore, Citadel, Heretic achievments in Halo 3.
Play some more firefight, and then dick around in New Mombasa in co-op

:D

  • 07.13.2009 7:39 AM PDT

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Hehe, more like The whole northern city in Saints Row 2.

EDIT: Alright, that's probably exageration but no, seriously, just a few miles bigger than the Ultor District in SR2.

[Edited on 07.13.2009 7:51 AM PDT]

  • 07.13.2009 7:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: A27Topgun
^ agreed.

So what's everyone's plan for ODST?

I'm probably going to beat Heroic campaign, solo first time around.
Then try some firefight with friends.
Play some Halo 3 multiplayer to test drive the new maps, first on forge and then in Matchmaking.
By this time the community will have put out a guide for finding all the secret achievment collectibles in ODST, so I'll go back Co-Op Legendary, and find all he secrets, then have a go at the vidmasters.
Play Firefight
Beat all vidmasters
Rock Recon for a week, while trying to get the Longshore, Citadel, Heretic achievments in Halo 3.
Play some more firefight, and then dick around in New Mombasa in co-op

:D


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  • 07.13.2009 8:15 AM PDT
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Partial map of the city. Also note the red doors, which I believe unlock the further you progress throughout the game.

  • 07.13.2009 9:04 AM PDT

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This seems about right.

  • 07.13.2009 9:05 AM PDT

If you look at the ign demo video he takes a look at the map/PDA. From the looks of it it is pretty big.

  • 07.13.2009 9:06 AM PDT

Does anyone even look at these?

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I expect ODST to be like Halo 3 and Fallout 3's love child.

Halo 3 + Fallout 3 = Win

Posted by: Imbosol
He also said that there are other methods of transportation.

Garbage trucks?


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  • 07.13.2009 9:09 AM PDT
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it is the biggest map bungie ever made in a console

  • 07.13.2009 9:14 AM PDT

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it's going to be so amazing exploring it no matter how big it is. all those collectibles and imagine the easter eggs..imagine them NOW!

  • 07.13.2009 10:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: nuchy
it was pretty big, we will just wait and see.

It's 9" i'll show you, you don't have to wait.

  • 07.13.2009 10:39 AM PDT

roflcopter.

i want the ruins of new mombasa to be the size of manhattan

  • 07.13.2009 10:41 AM PDT

May the Forge be with you.

Joseph Staten referring to the city:

"...this is the largest Halo enviornment we've ever created."

  • 07.13.2009 10:51 AM PDT

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  • 07.13.2009 10:53 AM PDT

Posted by: BK Burger Boy
I want to say twice as big as Point Lookout, or 1/2 of the Capitol Wasteland.
Yeah, that sound right.

  • 07.13.2009 11:02 AM PDT

Yeah when they show the gameplay demo he's scrolling for a good amount of time and it looks like he missed alot of map too, so needless to say if you're walking everywhere with patrols slowing ya down too it's gonna take some time to get around.

Short answer: BIG!!.....prolly not the size of fallout 3 though

  • 07.13.2009 11:03 AM PDT
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To me it seemed a little like the size of kingdom from assasins creed.

  • 07.13.2009 11:14 AM PDT

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Realy it dosent matter because it´s bigger then Halo 3 and better i hope

  • 07.13.2009 11:19 AM PDT

its big enough

  • 07.13.2009 11:20 AM PDT
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It's pretty big, probably will take some time to get to the Alpha Site flashback though.

  • 07.13.2009 11:31 AM PDT
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jk, fairly big

  • 07.13.2009 11:43 AM PDT

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1:13 of this vid he shows some of the map! It looks to be pretty big, wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXZViOGdq5M&NR=1

[Edited on 07.13.2009 12:32 PM PDT]

  • 07.13.2009 12:31 PM PDT