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E3 2009 Demo: Halo 3: ODST

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Jun. 3 2009

Posted by: Vinny

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Halo 3: ODST

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I'm surprised to see no cover mechanic.

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Edited By peerLAN

Not impressing... but then again Halo never was to me. I liked the idea of going back in time and experience it again to piece together what happen though... 

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Edited By bubahula

sweet

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Edited By MordeaniisChaos
@Fr0Br0 said:
"I'm surprised to see no cover mechanic."

You weren't keeping up with it then. They already said its a LOT like Halo 3, just a few small tweaks to the numbers.
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The flashback missions are great (reminds me of Halo 2's simultaneous missions), and I like being a bit more everysoldier than Master Chief could be. 

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Edited By natetodamax

Awesome.

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@MordeaniisChaos said:
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@Fr0Br0 said:
"I'm surprised to see no cover mechanic."
You weren't keeping up with it then. They already said its a LOT like Halo 3, just a few small tweaks to the numbers. "
I stopped keeping up when they announced the name to something that sounds like it came out of a Norwegian convention center...
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Edited By Shadow

That is possibly the biggest geek stereotype who has said anything in any of the press conferences.

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Looks pretty decent.  Hope the story won't get needlessly convoluted.

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Edited By ohmagnus

looks great, good to see the pistols not shrapnel anymore.
first games pistol was the.best.weapon.ever.
the worst part of the halo series was the end of the story..cant wait.

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I hope the multiplayer is not more of the same.

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I really hope this game is good. The graphics look improved, and your character talks during actual gameplay.I'm shocked.

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Edited By MJHAYLETT

yah flip switches on a bridge to blow it up! how original. Bah never mind me I just never saw what was good about Halo in the first place.

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I like Halo, but this trailer was actually really bad.

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What's the point of the suppressor? It woke up all those grunts.

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Edited By Lind_L_Taylor

Where the hell do they find these weird-sounding presentation spokesmen?

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@Lind_L_Taylor said:
" Where the hell do they find these weird-sounding presentation spokesmen? "
Are you referring to Joe? If so, he's a creative director and writer at Bungie.  He's always done the public demos.
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Really looking forward to it :D

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why does everyone want a cover mechanic...

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meh

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Why are all the non-halo "Looks lame but I never liked it anyway" people commenting?

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@Fr0Br0 said:
" I'm surprised to see no cover mechanic. "
Are you also surprised that it doesn't have bullet time, and that every new RTS doesn't have whip select?  Not every random feature from your favorite game has to be included in every other game.
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I dunno what the hell you all are talking about...this is making me really stoked...for one, the voice acting done by firefly people is a huge fuck yeah!  And for 2, the gameplay looks almost call of dutyesque.  I for one, loved this demo.

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Edited By timulous

i like who the made the new silianced pistol like the one out of halo 1. that was a awsome pistol before they nerfed it.

all round thou it looks like a neat package and i am excited about halo for a change

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Edited By Complex

Awesome stuff, I like the hole sandbox idea, SMG also looks pretty badass, I can't wait to get it on Sept. 22nd!

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Edited By zeouterlimits

Simply enough I cannot wait.
  But I thought ye'd get fan questions and record ye're own demostration, especially of firefight too...

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Ok, Halo was great, but this looks awesome. Better even. I guess its overall experience comes down to how long the story campaign will be. The beginning, the guns; it looks a lot more fluid on the shooting aspect. Zooming in on a decent looking pistol while firing it semi-automatic. Love that feeling. Just looks really good, surprisingly. I don't think every (or any) part will be amazing by todays standards though, just a whole lot of fun to play. 

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Really like what they're doing with the story.

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Edited By bicycleham

This demo was really bad to be honest. But the game looks really nice, even for Halo 3.

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Edited By kallistosprom

can i have a mouse and keyboard please? turning using a joypad still takes years.

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Wow, makes me want this even more. Very cool.

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Sooooo, is this pistol like Halo 2's except with a scope?

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Edited By Carlos1408

Damn this looks like fun, I think I'd probably prefer it to the other halos...
I like the flashbacks and the bigger focus on story

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I reserved it, and I dont regret it yet, but if what I hear is true, and it is only a 3-5 hour story I will be very upset.

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I'll play it but as a gamer, I'm beyond Halo.

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Edited By mattymattmatt

I like where they are taking this game in the Halo universe.  It's about time we get to learn more about the people fighting with master chief, rather than just being the one man army.  And it looks like all the characters have their own personality, too, which is a great improvement already.


I'm a little disappointed that they decided to raise the price point to the full $60.  I just don't know if what they have in this is worth that amount.  A rental for sure, but to buy...I just don't know.
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Too much halo

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kickass

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Looks awesome, i really like how they tell the story and that you play as a different character.

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wow i think they have really taken the halo 3 series a little to far. sure halo 3 was a grate game but dude , halo        wars, and now this.not going to be sucessful.                 
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the ODST were always my favorite part of Halo 2. I'm going to dig this game.