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    Halo 3: ODST

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Sep 22, 2009

    Taking place during the events of Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST puts players in the shoes of a silent Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (known as the Rookie) as he traverses through the Covenant-occupied metropolis of New Mombasa to find the whereabouts of his missing squadmates.

    Preorder Halo ODST, Get Johnson

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    Edited By Brad
    Microsoft is hopping on the bandwagon of one of my least favorite industry trends, exclusive bonus content for customers who preorder, with Halo 3: ODST. Throw down your money in advance of the September 22 ship date and you'll get access to everyone's favorite loudmouth CO, Sergeant Johnson, as a playable character in the game's cooperative Firefight mode.

    Judging by the screenshots, Johnson is just a different player model and probably won't add any actual gameplay to Firefight that you'd be missing out on if you didn't pony up early at "participating retailers" to get this code. But I'm still not a big fan of baiting people into preorders with gimmicks like this, especially since ODST is looking like a solid enough game as it is. (See my E3 impressions for more.)


    Does this sort of promotion work on you? Are you suddenly more likely to go out and plunk down your cash for a preorder, knowing that's the only way to get access to content like this?

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    #1  Edited By Brad
    Microsoft is hopping on the bandwagon of one of my least favorite industry trends, exclusive bonus content for customers who preorder, with Halo 3: ODST. Throw down your money in advance of the September 22 ship date and you'll get access to everyone's favorite loudmouth CO, Sergeant Johnson, as a playable character in the game's cooperative Firefight mode.

    Judging by the screenshots, Johnson is just a different player model and probably won't add any actual gameplay to Firefight that you'd be missing out on if you didn't pony up early at "participating retailers" to get this code. But I'm still not a big fan of baiting people into preorders with gimmicks like this, especially since ODST is looking like a solid enough game as it is. (See my E3 impressions for more.)


    Does this sort of promotion work on you? Are you suddenly more likely to go out and plunk down your cash for a preorder, knowing that's the only way to get access to content like this?

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    #2  Edited By Trnck

    NOT INTERESTED

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    #3  Edited By ImperiousRix

    NOT... interested.
    Seriously, though.  After Halo 3, I'm done with the series.

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    #4  Edited By Heartagram

    Yeah i don't care

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    #5  Edited By CharkeeFarlee

    not really interested either...
    it looks pants.

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    #6  Edited By mmmskyscraper
    @Trnck said:
    " NOT INTERESTED "
    This.
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    No thanks, Sev will do ; )

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    #8  Edited By blair

    They should have opted for the other Johnson to make this way more exciting.

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    #9  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

    I like Halo, but this isn't enough of an incentive for me to preorder.  I'll pass.

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    #10  Edited By Venatio

    Interested in the game, dont really give a shit about this though

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    #11  Edited By Red

    ODST looks cool, but I really don't care about getting Johnson as a playable character than will eventually just be DLC.

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    #12  Edited By myghart

    I haven't even played Halo 3, even though I did enjoy the first, and the second compelled me just enough to sit through the single player campaign. About that kind of "deal": Such things always pass by me. I rarely ever go get a game as soon as it's out, let alone pre-order it. I don't like the idea of this kind of "bonus" either.

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    #13  Edited By Ethrunbal

    While I don't like in game pre-order bonuses I do like extra swag that occasionally comes with pre-orders. Soundtracks and artbooks and whatnot. Atlus is probably the best example of this.

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    #14  Edited By captainawesomo

    Don't care. ODST is looking solid enough and its not like the fans aren't gonna buy it. If they want to bring in those who haven't made up their mind yet then they should probably offer something more....enticing? Maybe something that affects gameplay or something.

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    #15  Edited By MeatSim

    No interest in this promotion Johnson's just comes off as a typical drill sergeant there is nothing special about him as a character.

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    #16  Edited By Jambones
    Preorder Halo ODST, Get Johnson'd.
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    #17  Edited By Doomguy

    I think there is too much confusion in the world of video games now with all this DLC and extra content being thrown at every game. I mean do we really need announcements of timed exclusive map packs for Modern warfare 2 at this stage?. I think the video game world is going mad and it's only going to get worse.

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    #18  Edited By crunchUK

    Nobody cares about johnson, but i just noticed something else far more interesting

    A hog.

    A warthog, in firefight.

    GOTY am confirmed

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    #19  Edited By HiraH4x

    Really I think this  type of promotion only works on hardcore fans. But then again, if you're a hardcore fan: you've probably already gone out, if not, are going to go out and pre-order the game.

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    #20  Edited By Deusoma

    Hmmm. Interesting. While a pre-order bonus isn't likely to make me go out and pre-order a game if I wasn't already going to, this is the second game this year that offered a pre-order bonus after I'd already decided I was going to get it. The other one was the electric blades with inFamous.

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    #21  Edited By Kiemoe

    NEVER.

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    #22  Edited By eric_buck

    I think if your a fan and your gonna buy it anyways, you would buy it... but I don't think they'll actually get more sales than they would if they didn't do this. Like no ones gonna go "Wow Johnsons in  this game I'm buying it!"

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    #23  Edited By Alphazero

    I do like my gold lancer in Gears of War 2. The gold clips I drop when I reload are funny. Plus, everyone else playing horde enjoys looting it from me when I die. Fun for the whole family.

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    #24  Edited By HeyLookIJust

    If anything I am more likely to not purchase the game when they pull junk like this =P seriously.  I will probably get it though

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    #25  Edited By bretthancock
    @HeyLookIJust said:
    " If anything I am more likely to not purchase the game when they pull junk like this =P seriously.  I will probably get it though "
    agreed.  I wasn't to interested in ODST, the Reach beta with purchase peaked my interest, but crap like this takes it away.
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    #26  Edited By Agnogenic_delete

    Sergeant Johnson is probably my favorite character so I will probably pre-order the game.

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    #27  Edited By Pie

    Im only interested in my call of duty free map pack

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    #28  Edited By Callumrides

    is this preorder bonus going to be available in the uk? i hope it is

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    #29  Edited By TheKing

    In before Gamestop hate.

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    #30  Edited By metal_mills

    I already have a johnson.

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    #31  Edited By hatking

    I am more likely to pre-order it just because the game looks really damn good.  I don't get the hate for the pre-ordering stuff, it isn't a big deal and everybody has the ability to get it.  If you know you are going to buy the game why not pre-order?  I guess this is just an added bonus.  I guess I could see being upset if you weren't sure the game was going to be quality but most of the time they do stuff like this it is with big name proven franchises.

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    #32  Edited By theacclaimed

    Fuck preorders.  I've only ever preordered one game since the early Pokemon games -- Fable 2.  And the pub games were a huge disappointment.

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    #33  Edited By Druminator

    Nothing about this game is worth it really. It looks interesting but $60? Come on. Think I'll wait til it's a Platinum Hit.

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    #34  Edited By DarkGamerOO7

    Who cares  about playing as Johnson in FireFight? I sure don't.

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    #35  Edited By citizenkane

    I was probably already going to get this game this fall , so it doesn't really affect me.  As far as they act of adding exclusive content if you pre-order at their store, I don't really have much of a problem with it.  The extra content does not involve anything outside of the game itself, so if you weren't going to buy the game in the first place, it doesn't affect you outside of that particular game.  What I have more of a problem with is forcing someone to buy a game to get a demo or into the beta of a completely different game, the most recent example being buying inFAMOUS to get into the Uncharted 2beta.

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    #36  Edited By venom
    I don't mind preorder bonuses but if they are going to do it they better give you something better than this. Not interested in this one.
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    #37  Edited By VoodooConcept

    just kinda seems like the kinda thing that should be in the game anyway...the gold lancer makes sense, but in horde mode you could pick any character you wanted....

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    #38  Edited By ScaryGaryofAk

    Yeah.. Thanks but no thanks..

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    #39  Edited By Joseppie

    To be unoriginal: HELL NO

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    #40  Edited By decibel04

    Dude doesn't even wear a helmet.

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    I hate pre-order bonuses that affect game content.

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    #42  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Hey, what is with the Johnson hate? He my favorite character in the series, and this might make me preorder the game. I was sad to see him go in Halo 3 :(

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    #43  Edited By Media_Master

    LAME

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    #44  Edited By End_Boss

    I'm excited.
    This is my excited face.

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    I'm buying ODST without a question of a doubt, but this still doesn't make me want to pre-order it.

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    #46  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    Eh, I'll probably end up getting the game, but I don't know if I'm so anxious to get it that I'll preorder it.

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    #47  Edited By JJOR64

    I was probably going to pre-order the game anyways so I may as well get a free character while I do it.

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    #48  Edited By crunchUK
    @RHCPfan24 said:
    " Hey, what is with the Johnson hate? He my favorite character in the series, and this might make me preorder the game. I was sad to see him go in Halo 3 :( "
    He makes annoying jokes with i would have been your daddy on
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    #49  Edited By borgmaster

    johnson is most halo fans favorite character and the actual content won't leave a lot of people without a significant chunk of the game, so if they're gonna bait pre-orders this is probably the best way of doing it....

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    #50  Edited By crusnchill

    Jeff! You hypocrite! You'll go out and buy all sort's of crap in term's of gaming memorabilia and the like which, as you've mentioned in the past, you end up selling anyway, but you hate this stuff! lol. The irony... That's why I like the giantbomb crew though, all there funny/insane quirk's.

    I do think that there is a difference between the two but in the long run, the memorabilia and the bonus content are so similar that it dosn't make that much of a difference.

    Also I would like to state for the record that I hate this bonus content stuff too. And for most people, they probably already realise that this ain't nothing amazing but a con.

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