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Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

Posted by: CanaMada
i was playing around last night secret hunting and found some dead covies with loads of plain Y's around, there was a larger one on a wall and i went over to look at it, as i zoomed in to look at it i heard a door suddenly open, i looked to the left and a door was now wide open. i would say theres no way thats just a loading issue, i was standing infront of it for awhile with nothing until i zoomed in and right away recognized the door opening swoosh


Can you provide pics of glyph, door, and location so others can try and do the same thing? I am not doubting you. I just want to know if it happens to others.

[Edited on 10.08.2009 6:42 AM PDT]

  • 10.08.2009 6:38 AM PDT

Posted by: SeasonedVeterans
If you are just joining us, the main discussion of this thread has shifted to unlocking the secret associated with the stonehenge rooms and glyphs around New Mombassa at night. The following info about the sword led to the idea of an unlockable easter egg in ODST, and is still worty of a read. If you wish to join the treasure hunt (why not!) skip to the last pages of this thread and catch up!
Thanks for your contribution, and have fun!




If the discussion has changed, you should change the title to something that fits it better. Perhaps adding the "Stoonehenge" part?

  • 10.08.2009 6:46 AM PDT
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i can try, i don't have screen capture stuff but will see what i can do. when i get home from work i'll have a look. the door doesn't lead anywhere tho, it just lead through hallways with locked doors and up 3 flights of stairs and onto a balcony

  • 10.08.2009 6:50 AM PDT

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Dam Iceman brought an interesting video to attention. Though I think he's a little false in his disprovement of all of this.

Here is the link to it once again!

If you don't feel like watching it, some of the snippets from it are:

Quoting Joe Staten, talking about being able to free cam in cinematic "There's at least one situation in ODST where fiddling with your joystick is a very good idea. That's one of the deepest darkest Halo ODST secrets... It's a good one." (My thoughts on this is that legendary ending video?!)

Quoting Bungie "There are a whole bunch of silly Easter eggs that we put in..." (He goes on to name a pointless silly one.)

Quoting Joe Staten, he goes on to tell us that the glyphs depict stories, "not very clear-cut stories but they represent the shape of forerunner ships, etc." (This to me says there is something to be learned, maybe even the origin of the Highly evolved Engineer! Relations to the forerunners? Hmm)

Quoting Lars Bakken, he goes on to talk about finding all of the terminals in New Mombasa makes "something unique" happen that is "pure fan service."

Beware Big Brother, they go on to briefly talk about the SI monitoring you moving throughout the city, and is tracking when you unlock new areas and is following you. (Whatever he does, we have to look at whether it's good or bad. There may be much more to him.)

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If we can get an avid reader of OXM to conclude all of this that would be great!

[Edited on 10.08.2009 8:40 AM PDT]

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here is a link that shows a few pics, in the first pic in the back ground is the area i'm talking about. it's covered in plain Y's

http://www.msxbox-world.com/features/Halo-3-ODST/audio-file-1 7.php

the dead elites are in a kind of cove, the glyph i'm talking about is just on the left side of the cove. there are even plain Y glyphs on the ground which i thought was kinda weird

[Edited on 10.08.2009 9:52 AM PDT]

  • 10.08.2009 9:51 AM PDT

Boo! Did I scared u?

There is a classified kill 'weapon' with the description: I'm calling my lawyer!
Don't know if this helps though...

  • 10.08.2009 10:05 AM PDT

Maybe the y r some kinda navigation system. also ive watch videos on how to get out of takyri plaza i was wonderin if maybe u could do the same in streets of mombassa the video shows how to get around the blue force feilds this could prove to be useful.

  • 10.08.2009 10:06 AM PDT

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Posted by: UrgentFusionguy
There is a classified kill 'weapon' with the description: I'm calling my lawyer!
Don't know if this helps though...


It's probably just what they use for classifying kills with cones, bubble shields, flying vehicles etc. The unknowns basically...

But good work at looking for out of place things like this, the more people working towards one goal, the faster we will find it or learn of its non-existance.

  • 10.08.2009 10:13 AM PDT

Some one needs to make a new thead talking about glyph hunting and leave the sword out of the title... This thread has went from awesome to lazy, none of the original posters are even posting any more. (prolly on a different thead now) It is no longer going in a good direction, it need to be restarted and pushed in the right direction...

  • 10.08.2009 10:41 AM PDT

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If someone has been with this since the beginning, then I would suggest they and others doing it.

If nobody is left, or lacks motivation/time to do it I can work on it. Maybe scoops should be given to the OP?

  • 10.08.2009 10:46 AM PDT

Posted by:pitbullfathead
Dam Iceman brought an interesting video to attention. Though I think he's a little false in his disprovement of all of this.

Here is the link to it once again!

If you don't feel like watching it, some of the snippets from it are:

Quoting Joe Staten, talking about being able to free cam in cinematic "There's at least one situation in ODST where fiddling with your joystick is a very good idea. That's one of the deepest darkest Halo ODST secrets... It's a good one." (My thoughts on this is that legendary ending video?!)

Quoting Bungie "There are a whole bunch of silly Easter eggs that we put in..." (He goes on to name a pointless silly one.)

Quoting Joe Staten, he goes on to tell us that the glyphs depict stories, "not very clear-cut stories but they represent the shape of forerunner ships, etc." (This to me says there is something to be learned, maybe even the origin of the Highly evolved Engineer! Relations to the forerunners? Hmm)

Quoting Lars Bakken, he goes on to talk about finding all of the terminals in New Mombasa makes "something unique" happen that is "pure fan service."

Beware Big Brother, they go on to briefly talk about the SI monitoring you moving throughout the city, and is tracking when you unlock new areas and is following you. (Whatever he does, we have to look at whether it's good or bad. There may be much more to him.)

________

If we can get an avid reader of OXM to conclude all of this that would be great!


I think that is very good news to the direction of this. If im reading it correctly its saying the SI don't follow you until you get all the audio logs. So it seems that maybe whatever there is to unlock wont happen if you don't have all audio logs and that people seaching for something with out having all the audio logs 1st are just wasting there time.

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Screw it, I'm just going to start the renewed thread. I agree that too many people are getting caught up about this sword stuff.

I'll make sure to give proper citation and credit and links to this thread. This will take a while so don't expect it in 5 minutes.

  • 10.08.2009 10:54 AM PDT

Yea pitbull i just looked the OP hasn't posted since page 34.. Ill keep a keep an eye out for the new thread.

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If you'd like to help me, you can look for any substantial things that stick out and either PM them to me, or post them here.

And to the OP sorry if you feel like I'm hijacking your idea/topic/work, I'm not at all trying to.

  • 10.08.2009 11:03 AM PDT

he's right about the sword, just collect com data and it might appear in a weapon depo or it may recharge the empty sword hilt .

  • 10.08.2009 12:15 PM PDT

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Posted by: CanaMada
here is a link that shows a few pics, in the first pic in the back ground is the area i'm talking about. it's covered in plain Y's

http://www.msxbox-world.com/features/Halo-3-ODST/audio-file-1 7.php

the dead elites are in a kind of cove, the glyph i'm talking about is just on the left side of the cove. there are even plain Y glyphs on the ground which i thought was kinda weird

I'll have to check this out when I get home thank you.

Posted by: pitbullfathead
Screw it, I'm just going to start the renewed thread. I agree that too many people are getting caught up about this sword stuff.

I'll make sure to give proper citation and credit and links to this thread. This will take a while so don't expect it in 5 minutes.

I've been here since the beginning, and I still post here. There are going to be just as many people posting "OMG there is no sword in OdSt" in the new thread, but it would be nice to see everything nice and organized. try to photoshop a map with significant areas and put it in the OP. I will post in that thread and also check on this thread regularly to see any new developments in both

  • 10.08.2009 12:25 PM PDT

we need to SACRIFICE our selves to the stonehedges then once u do that the chicken wire lord will be summoned and he will hand u a sword

  • 10.08.2009 12:30 PM PDT

Hahahahahaha! Found the easter egg in the cinematics/free cam. Really random. Play through on Legendary, and wait until the Sgt. Johnson scene where he tells the Engineer to help him stop the covenant. Then Use your thumbstick to look left, and... LOL.

  • 10.08.2009 12:32 PM PDT

Think I found something don't know if anybody noticed this yet or anything. I was lookin around one of those "stonehonge"places(the one with a very big circle on the wall, a little waterfall, and two engineers) I decided not to instantly kill the engineers like I usually do, but just to follow them around and stuff. If you don't atack them for long enough, they start coming to you, sometimes letting down their shields etc. The thing I noticed is, that they are scared as hell of snipers.... If you walk with your smg, they come to you, start floating around you and all.

Then if you equip a sniper they fly away in fear, reactivating their shields, making squaking noises and folding together their bomb things...

Don't know if anybody noticed this yet

  • 10.08.2009 12:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: zackXman
I've been here since the beginning, and I still post here. There are going to be just as many people posting "OMG there is no sword in OdSt" in the new thread, but it would be nice to see everything nice and organized. try to photoshop a map with significant areas and put it in the OP. I will post in that thread and also check on this thread regularly to see any new developments in both


I am aiming to have the Topic posted up tonight, but I am betting on tomorrow since I'm going to be going in and taking extensive amounts of pictures from the game. Just continue on looking for it.

  • 10.08.2009 12:45 PM PDT

I saw that somebody mentioned about sacrificing yourself in the middle of the pillars in stonehenge. Well what if there is a way to get a brute or grunt in the middle and scrifice them. I would choose a brute since they are the ones that strap the bombs on the engineers. Something may happen then.

I am just brain storming. Sorry if somebody already mentioned this. It just seems like a good idea to tryout.

  • 10.08.2009 1:27 PM PDT

dont know if any1 has tried this but it came to my mind. but has any1 seen the top of the stonehedge. use like a couple guys and jump on top!!

  • 10.08.2009 1:38 PM PDT

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I saw that somebody mentioned about sacrificing yourself in the middle of the pillars in stonehenge. Well what if there is a way to get a brute or grunt in the middle and scrifice them. I would choose a brute since they are the ones that strap the bombs on the engineers. Something may happen then.

I am just brain storming. Sorry if somebody already mentioned this. It just seems like a good idea to tryout.
Or maybe you could just kill yourself with a rocket or grenade?

  • 10.08.2009 1:41 PM PDT