Okay, this shouldn't be considered a review of the game, just a quick overview after spending a few hours with it. Having only played the game for about 4 hours after its midnight release, I have dabbled in the new campaign the new firefight mode, and played the new multiplayer maps. From what I can tell the campaign seems somewhat familiar yet with sense of something new thrown in the mix, if you were a fan of the Halo 3 campaign or even Halo 2 then you will find yourself at home in Halo ODST. The new multiplayer maps are exactly how they sound, new multiplayer maps, and of course the Heretic map from Halo 2, anyone that played Halo 2 online will instantly feel at home playing this map, I didn't know it by name, but the minute I was dropped into the map I instantly knew where I was and what I was doing, very nostalgic. Of course I have saved the firefight mode to speak about last, because this folks is where my biggest and most note worthy complaint comes in to play. Now firefight, is a ton of fun and getting a few of my friends to party up with me and play it was tons of fun, this is actually how I spent a lot of my time tonight simply playing through firefight. This is all well and good, until one of my friends decided that it was time for some sleep, at which time, no one in my friends list was online.... Which leads me to realize that there is no matchmaking for firefight mode, really? It seems almost unreal that Bungie would neglect to add matchmaking to a game mode that absolutely begs for it. Your friends aren't always on at the same time, and if they are it isn't always possible that they are all playing the same thing, or ever want to. I just done understand how Bungie whose popularity in the gaming world is mostly due to its online play, has left the online play out of the new mode which has been so widely talked about... Anyway, from what I can tell I will be spending more time with Halo ODST and will report back after finishing the campaign. Now, time for me to go find friends....that are online at 5am.....and want to play firefight....(look of confusion develops over my face)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
5 hours after Halo ODST's release.
Okay, this shouldn't be considered a review of the game, just a quick overview after spending a few hours with it. Having only played the game for about 4 hours after its midnight release, I have dabbled in the new campaign the new firefight mode, and played the new multiplayer maps. From what I can tell the campaign seems somewhat familiar yet with sense of something new thrown in the mix, if you were a fan of the Halo 3 campaign or even Halo 2 then you will find yourself at home in Halo ODST. The new multiplayer maps are exactly how they sound, new multiplayer maps, and of course the Heretic map from Halo 2, anyone that played Halo 2 online will instantly feel at home playing this map, I didn't know it by name, but the minute I was dropped into the map I instantly knew where I was and what I was doing, very nostalgic. Of course I have saved the firefight mode to speak about last, because this folks is where my biggest and most note worthy complaint comes in to play. Now firefight, is a ton of fun and getting a few of my friends to party up with me and play it was tons of fun, this is actually how I spent a lot of my time tonight simply playing through firefight. This is all well and good, until one of my friends decided that it was time for some sleep, at which time, no one in my friends list was online.... Which leads me to realize that there is no matchmaking for firefight mode, really? It seems almost unreal that Bungie would neglect to add matchmaking to a game mode that absolutely begs for it. Your friends aren't always on at the same time, and if they are it isn't always possible that they are all playing the same thing, or ever want to. I just done understand how Bungie whose popularity in the gaming world is mostly due to its online play, has left the online play out of the new mode which has been so widely talked about... Anyway, from what I can tell I will be spending more time with Halo ODST and will report back after finishing the campaign. Now, time for me to go find friends....that are online at 5am.....and want to play firefight....(look of confusion develops over my face)
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