- holypintobean
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*Stands up and claps*
(Finally a good challenge)
I never thought that the Bungie community had such balls to do this. I'm glad there's still some of us left. Obviously I completely and utterly disagree with this so called "novel" but it doesn't mean I don't respect your opinion and I don't see your points to be valid. I'm just going to say that it's worth the money to some people. Now a spoiled teen like myself obviously doesn't care about the price of games that much anymore. On the other hand, my friends, who are not the wealthiest in the pack, have been explaining to me how it's been getting harder and harder to achieve such games as ODST, Left 4 Dead 2 and COD 6 and I listen to them. They explain to me that they think the prices for these games are ridiculous and if this keeps going on, eventually games for NATAL will be $100+. That's like buying an N64 about a year after release! I totally understand that it's getting hard to keep buying these games but really, it's up to the consumer if it's worth it or not. I'm not really even much of a saver. At the moment I've got $0 in my wallet. That's because I spent the last bit of it on an iTunes gift card to get the ODST Soundtrack (Which is $20 so I have to go get another card, but it'll be worth it).
Now don't take this in any offense but ODST is honestly, IMO (as you say), the best game of 2009! Now if BioShock 2 came out on the original date, that would without a doubt be the best game of '09. Anyhow, ODST's whole plot may be short and sweet but you can't look me straight in the eyes with a straight face saying that ODST has no replay value. You just can't. Not to mention Firefight. Now for the three maps, yes, I agree, that's a little upsetting that they included 3 extra maps and just took the source of the whole Multiplayer portion of Halo 3, remodeled some UI enhancements for the menu and called it a whole new Multiplayer experience. I agree, now that you've brought it to my attention, I must say that the whole tally of everything related to Halo 3 that I've bought has kinda made me weep a bit inside. The thought that I bought the Halo 3 Collectors Edition (75), Heroic, Legendary, Mythic (30) and ODST Collectors Edition (100), which is $205 worth of 130 dollars of addons and about 60 of which were wasted (I mean the 3 map packs and the multiplayer portion of ODST) kinda upsets me and wants me to kill MSFT (who is the culprit of this mess) even more. Honestly, Bungie is the little puppy dog with the tail between it's legs. MSFT is the big bad 10 yr old who likes to boss that puppy around for it's own benefit.
Anyhow, yes, I agree with some parts that ODST's pricing was above what it needed to be, but at the same time I disagree. I like to believe that Halo 3's whole Multiplayer experience was packed into ODST as an extra (which is what Sketch said on the ODST Pre-Launch episode of Gametrailers). Honestly it is. (I use this example a lot but it works) For example, BioShock. IMO, best game ever developed. Guess what BioShock has. Singleplayer. Anything else? Nope, just singleplayer with about 9 or 10 levels. How much was it worth? $60 with LE pricing at $100. What comes with ODST? Single-Player, Firefight, Theater, Extras, and the whole Multiplayer experience. Really, nobody complained one bit when BioShock came out.
I am both glad and a bit shocked to see that there is another person that likes Halo games, but still holds enough dignity to rebuttal with something besides a stupid one liner or mindless angry typing.
Anyways back to the point, I'm fine with you thinking that ODST is the best game of 09. What pushed my buttons was that some people were saying it was the best of the halo franchises, even best game they played. There are far better games than ODST in a non offensive way. Once again we are all titled to our opinions though.
I am also glad that I was able to get through to at least one person about all the money spent in vain on the DLC. I guess it's good that you think you got your money's worth with ODST. It really is the consumer's choice, and from my prespective I don't feel like it's worth it though. It's one of those games that is alright but I would never pay full price for, IMO of course. I truthfully, and I really do mean this, do not have any intentions of playing the campaign unless I can get three friends to play 4 player coop, maybe it's just me.
Another thing we can agree upon is that BioShock was a bit overpriced for what it delivered, or didn't. I also loved Bioshock, the storyline was incredibly appealing and gameplay had some cool features, but I was disappointed to see it had no multiplayer. But I'm not saying that ODST by itself is overprice if you haven't bought anything Halo 3 related. You're a great example of what I am driving at, you've bought Halo 3 (collectors edition at that), all the DLC bungie released, then of course bought the ODST collectors edition. In retrospect you only paid for three things in ODST: The campaign, three maps, and FireFight(which disapointingly doesn't have matchmaking). Everything else was previously in Halo 3.
While I admire all of your opinions and agree with some of your points, my arguement still stands that ODST was a jip.
PS: Bioshock 2 would have blown any game out of the water if it came out this year, that games on my top for getting along with Reach and Starcraft 2