Continued research on biological entity known as the Flood is still progressing but I still fear the worst. History may in fact repeat itself. I am the last of my generation and I have to find a cure.
YEA I THINK odst was fun and i enjoyed it but being such a big halo fan i do wish it couldve had "more". more interesting things to do in the city. more audio file stories. more things to discover. your main goal was to find all the missing clues to your squad, well thier shouldve been even more secrets or tidbits to discover even within the flashback sequences.
in halo 1 especially, me and my cousins used to play the game and not even try to fight the aliens sometime. we would just go explore and do crazy stuff and try to get on the top of places. in multiplayer we wouldnt even kill each other, wed just do tricks and play around with the vehicles. odst shouldve felt like that=so many secret places to discover and things to find and play with. like a game within a game. getting on the rooftops of buildings and finding hidden passages and alley ways that lead to great easter eggs.
but i think odst was strictly a fan service. something to tie us over until reach and give us some hints as to what we can expect to be in reach. they made the game in about a year and at the VGAs they edmitted that they really didnt even expect to win any awards for odst. they maxed out the halo 3 engine and finally created a real nonlinear open world which is what they always wanted to do and most of all...they gave us firefight. a very repetitive and limited firefight but wait until you see it in reach!
ODST WILL STILL LIVE FOREVER!