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Reviews: Halo 3: ODST Video Review

Jeff drops some knowledge about this Master Chief-free Halo 3 side story.

Giant Bomb delivers the final word on video games in podcast form.

Sep. 22 2009

Cast: Jeff

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Halo

Halo 3: ODST

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Edited By Themanohall

Maybe editing my old first will give me the achievement...

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Edited By mattbodega

OH MY GOODNESS. DEVIL CHILD OF DEVIL DEATH PLAYING HALO. WATCH OUT!
Another well produced video review, gents! Hats off!

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Edited By KowalskiManDown

Yo Jeff... what happened to your right cheek?

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Nah, don't need it

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Been waiting for this, hopefully, it will settle down some dust.

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nice review, but prob not gonna get the game. 
 
gonna just wait for modern warfare 2 to come out : )

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Only reason I have any interest in this game is due to the Firefly cast involved in the voice acting.  That probably means I'll rent it sometime and not buy it.  Was never a Halo fan at all really.

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This is the 1st Halo game a could give a rats ass about. eh might as well add it to my gamefly queue. BTW that outlining of the enemy and opponent thing makes the game look outdated. Seriously i hope you can turn that crap off. 

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Great!

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Great review.  I think for me though the Halo franchise lived and died with the first.

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Edited By jeffgoldblum

Wow there hasnt been a video review in quite some time.

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Best end ever.

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Edited By Cheapoz

End of the video demonstrates why I loathe Halo MP. 
 
I say it all the time, but I would happily pay double my XBL subscription fee if I would only ever be match made with other people aged 25+.

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Dis is my furst time playing dees mappsss.., auauauuwuawuuaua

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We need more Video Reviews! Although this review confirms my doubts about the game, I'll still pick this one up. Not purchasing any of the Halo 3 MP maps before makes the second disc worthwhile for me. 

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@creamypies said:
" Yo Jeff... what happened to your right cheek? "

He got that scar on his face during a mighty struggle.
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halo is way too played out

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@Cheapoz: I agree.
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Edited By ProjektGill

Exactly why I stay in party chat with friends even if they are playing other games. Honestly I've played enough Halo that I just play for fun now as opposed to the first year or so where I really tried hard to get a level 50. Now its all about cracking jokes and occasionally winning games.

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Someone punch Jeff in the face or something? Anyway, great video review.

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@Cheapoz: dude ever heard of mute?
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gasp! original content post-endurance run :D

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Uh-oh.  The site's all skinned with ODST ads!  It's Kane and Lynch all over again...

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@numberThirtyOne:
don't be stupid, k?
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Well done video review. Very informative and personable. 

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dropping knowledge, like i was at junior college.
bitch, you no aint nothing rhyme with college
well butch, i've never been no college

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Great work. Do more of these, guys.

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awesome, great review Jeff

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Edited By sammpoo

Oh my you can see Jeff's scalp how disgusting
 
I'm surprised that he didnt give it 5 stars considering how much the site is raped by halo ads

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Need to send royalies to the players at the end screen!
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Oh man. That end part pretty much defines why I play random online matches of any video game without my headset.

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@sammpoo: Perhaps you should learn how to operate your broswer. I haven't a single thing that could be considered an ad, aside from the text-free background image on the ODST page.
 
Also, you're going to be extremely disappointed when you grow up.
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Edited By Light_Bahamut

I find it profoundly disturbing that I've seen several people (read: morons) coming in with comments concerned with Jeff's integrity. This is the man who was fired because he stuck it to an advertiser in the first place. These people fail at logic in the most fantastic way possible.

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I don't know what I find most disturbing. People questioning Jeff's integrity, or people demanding to know why Jeff had a red mark on his cheek. Seriously, grow up or at least think twice before you go off on your daily rage-spree on the internet.
 
Either way, nice review, and especially nice to see a videoreview again! Somehow they always catch more interest than pure textreviews, heh.

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jeff must of been thuggin' it in the streets.

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@Cheapoz said:
"End of the video demonstrates why I loathe Halo MP.  I say it all the time, but I would happily pay double my XBL subscription fee if I would only ever be match made with other people aged 25+. "

Dude im fifteen and I never annoy anyone on xbl, I would understand 13 and below, but 25+ seems too high.
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Very professional review.  Insightful, progressive, informative, and covered in your personality.  
  Very nice!  
 
Accept this review seemed much more designed and practiced, then the others on Giant Bomb. 
 
Expected much of this, but still you pulled it off in a very respectful manner.  Since Halo is such a touchy subject for gamers.  

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@Godlyawesomeguy said:

" @Cheapoz said:

"End of the video demonstrates why I loathe Halo MP.  I say it all the time, but I would happily pay double my XBL subscription fee if I would only ever be match made with other people aged 25+. "
Dude im fifteen and I never annoy anyone on xbl, I would understand 13 and below, but 25+ seems too high. "
Yeah. They should take a page from Twitter and start offering independent screening for gamertags:
"Verified Non-fuckwad!"
 
Could happen.
 
@sammpoo said:
"I'm surprised that he didnt give it 5 stars considering how much the site is raped by halo ads "
Troll-poo. He owns the site now. That ain't gonna be how it goes down. Get ye grubby knuckles back to MTV.
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@sammpoo said:

"Oh my you can see Jeff's scalp how disgusting  I'm surprised that he didnt give it 5 stars considering how much the site is raped by halo ads "

Dear 70% of the world's population (which includes this poster) 

.... people as stupid as you live past the age of ten b/c of innovations from people like me.... 
 
-3rd Year Nuclear Engineer Student (at UOIT)
   
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Very fair review of this game, and well presented. Great work as always.

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That dude in the end was awesome!!

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did jeff get bitch-slapped?

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Typical kid at the end.

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@G0rd0nFr33m4n said: 
Dear 70% of the world's population (which includes this poster) .... people as stupid as you live past the age of ten b/c of innovations from people like me....  -3rd Year Nuclear Engineer Student (at UOIT)    "
Yes, where would be without the nuclear engineers?...  hehehe, where would 220,000 people be?  Thanks for allowing me to live past the age of ten though!  geewhiz, I couldn't have done it without cha!  I went to university too...  it's nothin' to brag about...  a lot of people are in university...  hehehe
 
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@G0rd0nFr33m4n said:
" @sammpoo said:

"Oh my you can see Jeff's scalp how disgusting  I'm surprised that he didnt give it 5 stars considering how much the site is raped by halo ads "

Dear 70% of the world's population (which includes this poster) .... people as stupid as you live past the age of ten b/c of innovations from people like me....  -3rd Year Nuclear Engineer Student (at UOIT)    "
Wow, I don't sense any arrogance in that statement at all. /s
 
Also.... precious bodily fluids.
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@G0rd0nFr33m4n said:
" @sammpoo said:

"Oh my you can see Jeff's scalp how disgusting  I'm surprised that he didnt give it 5 stars considering how much the site is raped by halo ads "

Dear 70% of the world's population (which includes this poster) .... people as stupid as you live past the age of ten b/c of innovations from people like me....  -3rd Year Nuclear Engineer Student (at UOIT)    "
And people like you will destroy the world!!!
 
-2nd Year Computer Engineer Student (at CCNY)
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Jeff looks a little red on the cheek
 
Great review as always

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@Hamst3r said:
" @creamypies said:
" Yo Jeff... what happened to your right cheek? "
He got that scar on his face during a mighty struggle. "
I'm shaking, I'm shaking!
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A very carefully worded review. I wouldn't have been surprised to have heard "fans of the genre" in there.
It had a different vibe to me than many of the other reviews, lacking in the humor/sarcasm that I expect from a gamer among gamers that we are so used to seeing in other reviews and quick looks.

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@megalowho: 
I hope you have a boat ready for a quick escape.