First and foremost lets clear up the name, ODST stands for "Orbital Shock Drop Troopers" who are UNSC special forces trained specifically for unorthodox warfare missions such as personnel recovery and counter terrorism. These soldiers sually operate in small combat teams with your standard sniper, heavy machinery expert, and squad leader.
Ahhh, thank you Gamegirl.
You start out in the game as the Rookie of the group. This squad component of ODST plays very nicely into the four player co-op mode. The game begins with your own search for your squad mates after you've been knocked unconscious after a not so steady landing. In this game there will be no Cortana in your head to lead the way, largely due to the fact that you are not Master Chief or even a Spartan for that matter.
ODST is the top trending term on Twitter right now.
Four player co-op. Will someone tell me if it's as fun as L4D? Because if so, ooooh....
(and TALKING OF WHICH, dlc today!)
I don't have personal experience with the game yet, but Tycho seemed to suggest on Monday that you lose something of the atmosphere of the game playing more than 2-person co-op.
Posted by: Trin | September 23, 2009 at 09:05
1. It's considered a failure if the name of your game has to be explained.
2. Half of the package isn't new (the multiplayer maps).
3. You're put in the shoes of someone who is nowhere near as awesome as the player character from previous games.
Posted by: Ben | September 23, 2009 at 10:36
L4D DLC isn't out today after all. Boooooo.
Posted by: Mr Tom | September 23, 2009 at 18:29
L4D "Crash Course" is out on Tuesday (29th). Are you getting the Xbox Live version, Alice? I want to check who's getting the Xbox version before blowing £5 (560MSP) on it. (Steam/PC version is free.)
Posted by: Lee | September 24, 2009 at 00:19
L4D "Crash Course" is out on Tuesday (29th). Are you getting the Xbox Live version, Alice? I want to check who's getting the Xbox version before blowing £5 (560MSP) on it. (Steam/PC version is free.)
Posted by: Lee | September 24, 2009 at 00:19
Oh yes. XBLA for sure.
Have you played the PC version? I haven't got round to it yet, but I'd be interested to see how much faster/accurate we'd be. A lot, I suspect.
Posted by: Alice | September 24, 2009 at 05:43
TV's Nathan Fillion is the highlight of the all-too-brief campaign.
Should hopefully be having a 4P co-op game tomorrow night. Firefight is insane fun!
Posted by: m1k3y | September 25, 2009 at 13:28
I love ODST co-op. I've been playing campaign on co-op lately and it's a lot of fun, but honestly firefight is an absolute blast. I'm not a Halo junkie but even I think it's absolutely worth playing. If you do 'prepare to drop', look me up on XBL- 'thekosei' :)
Posted by: twitter.com/jaremy | October 01, 2009 at 04:27