As always, a blast to see your first impressions, and your opinions at the end were fascinating. I will say that if there is any single Halo game you should replay at some point, this is it. As i'm sure you could tell, ODST is a game with a really moody and lonely atmosphere, that really benefits from being played solo on a rainy or cloudy day. More then that, I also think it'd be beneficial because it'd allow you to explore and listen to the audio logs as you play. I know you'll check em out in the lore stream, but so much of the game's exploration and storytelling is designed around you finding them as you play: As you noticed, the city's Superintendent AI actually changes digital signs, traffic signals etc to guide you towards the logs (not just progress), and finding logs unlocks supply caches with additional weapons and vehicles for the overworld (and they change/unlock OTHER things I'm not gonna spoil, too). In fact, I think your takway about the "story not mattering" and some of your apprehension towards the format is due to not having listened to the logs: Without spoiling them, a LOT of the background context on Vergil/the Superintendent, and even just locations you pass by in the city and missions (since you move through the same areas in both), is contained in those logs, to the point where it recontextualizes how you look at Vergil and the locations in the city the the logs mention, making the city almost it's own character as a result. So by listening to them as you play there's a synergistic experience of the logs giving more contextual narrative meat to the main game plot and locations and vis versa. So, I think you'd love it even more if you gave it another go while playing alone and could fully soak in the atmosphere, and took the time to get the logs as you played the game (not even nessacarily all of them, just the ones you manage to find, even if you listen to them in the lore stream before then) so you can be rewarded for your exploration (you love exploring, but you weren't rewarded much for it here because you didn't do the logs), get that extra narrative, and see how the game uses the environment and the city's infrastructure, lights, signs, etc to direct your attention. I wish I could explain more like I did in my comments on the H2 & 3 VoD's, but I can't really point out specific areas in game log stuff ties into or writing themes since you haven't listened to the logs yet and I don't wanna spoil you. On that note, there's REALLY cool symbolism and allegories to classical literature in the logs... but me explaining that in depth or directing you to info on it will have to wait for the terminal stream when you listen to them! I also do agree with some of your insights, though, especially your comments about VISR: it really does undermine the atmosphere despite being a core feature, and it never gives you a reason to turn it off other then to feel that atmosphere!... And yes, what JC said at the end is right: The Glyphs are an unsolved easter egg to this day, and Marty O'Donnel, the composer (who was also the guy behind Halo 3's craziest easter egg that you haven't seen yet) have said they totally mean something.
MajoraZ out here saying what we’re all thinking again so thanks for that. The big thing is the city being a character. Rookie is interesting, Buck is fun, but the city is the character I’m truly invested in with ODST - before I learnt all the log stuff and contextualised the environment I thought it was a cosy but empty game as Milo said. The logs and their implementation is really the core of what makes this game so special. Still right to not stress over it first time though.
Another thing i forgot to say I agree with your thoughts on is that it's a shame the game doesn't have more actual; stealth mechanics, and I wish that it played a little LESS like a traditional Halo game and more like a tactical shooter.
@@MajoraZ I never played ODST myself. I played the OG Halo CE, a little bit of Halo 3 at a friend's (but it made my eyes hurt for some reason), and then Halo Reach, which was the game I continued to play up until I just stopped playing my Xbox in general, due to severe depression and other outside factors. Watching this stream made me realize just how much I'd missed out. Halo 2 and 3? I really don't feel like I missed much, but ODST? I wish I could go back in time and play it with my past self, much like JC is with Milo here.
ODST is more of a game, like JC said, that you appreciate more with time. Halo games are usually bombastic and have you saving the universe but here your just trying to save your squad from a city that can’t be saved. PS. Tell Milo to customize his Halo Reach Spartan
Probably the one game IMO that benefits from being played solo over in a team. Especially on your first playthrough. Feeling genuinely alone in Mombassa Streets really affects the atmosphere and vibe of it
@@toniniskillz6608 Well, not so much for Reach. Most of the campaign you are supposed to be with your squad anyway, so I don't think most of the game gains anything from playing solo. That said, ODST I would say it only applies when playing the rookie since other missions get the team back together in various comps and that part is perfectly fine for co-op, but yeah, when playing as the rookie, DEFINITELY gets the atmo much better in solo play.
@@C0rran05 idk, i’ve done multiple playthroughs of reach solo and coop and have joined my friends on their first playthroughs. I can confidently say that the story was less impactful in coop play, especially towards the second half as you lose grasp of reach. The overall feeling of hopelessness that starts to sink in around New Alexandria is just a little less potent when you’re side to side with a friend. Incredible story either way ofc, and if you didn’t feel that way i’m very happy for you 👍
Interesting fact, those runes on the walls have been hinted by people from Bungee to actually mean something, but what that is still remains to be a mystery. Rocket Sloth made a two part series on them which lead to the obvious fact ODST was heavily inspired by Dante's Inferno and The Hollow Men. Main one being that Vergil the AI leading you the way, is the name of the angel that led Dante through hell. Unfortunately we still have yet to fully understand them beyond the fact the engineers are obviously the ones writing them. They seem to mark places of significance but their meaning isn't quite as well understood.
Pumping this so so that maybe Milo will see it. As an Easter egg hunter his insight could actually help get this wrapped. Could you guys imagine rocket sloth with Milo and hiddenxperia or JC doing 4 player?
Obviously it has Dante’s Inferno parallels. The tagline is “Drop feet first into hell” and then you have Virgil, your guide in “hell”. The team is Alpha NINE.
@@colbyboucher6391 that's true, I did find it interesting that some of those symbols are given exact meaning in some of the books like contact harvest for instance
@@TheAHuman well they use the term hell constantly through the game. Also there are 8 missions you can do in any order but the 9th one has to be data hive. Just watch Sloths video on it, there are literally more than I can count.
Cool feature to ODST is you can play every level but the last 2 in any order you want. All the collectable story mission items are available from the very beginning. Even better is no matter which one you choose as the last one there will be an access point to Vergil near by. In fact, if you do the Buck mission last next to Dare's drop pod, you'll learn one of the entrances to the super intendent was right in front of her pod. Why she wasn't in it and was able to get away so fast. The engineer was trying to tell you to follow her not trying to kill you.
@@Matt90Nine well that's why you only get notifications in game for the specific order. You need to already know where they would be to change the pattern. Only once you get close does it switch objectives. So it's a fantastic feature for future runs, especially speedrunners where they just don't give a damn about plot anymore and just want faster times.
@@Matt90Nine no some of the plot significant ones are a fair distance farther but the path to get to others are less direct so more turns but faster progress.
No I’m pretty sure I’ve seen data hive as one of the map beacons after completing the game Obviously costal highway can’t be accessed but data hive I’m sure you can
@@Pandora1997Sour no data hive always has to be second last as it's the only mission other than coastal highway that isn't a flashback. The flashbacks are supposed to lead to the rookies' understanding he needs to go to the data hive to find Dare. No matter which one you do last you will always hear Dare giving the call to you.
It's OK to not be ok. Seeing you play through my favorite series is both exciting and nostalgic. This game makes me cry as it is and seeing you go through it really made my day. I've watched your content since BO3 and this is definitely a new chapter for you Milo...figuratively and literally!!!
Looking at the live comments while watching the vod, it really shows how so many people are impolite and aren't patient enough to see you do things your way, if they're gonna nag the whole time why even watch? I love the content milo, these halo vods have been getting me through some tough times
People's impatience is just stupid. It's literally his first time, he doesn't know what you know. People need to just relax and let the man play the game how he wants. He's still going to react to everything they want him to, he's just also very into exploring, which is a good thing. I fucking despise people who whine, nag or yell in chats or comments sections, wilfully spoiling things or giving tips that he should discover for himself. I don't know, I guess people nowadays despise the concept of figuring stuff out for yourself.
@breaking the 4th wall like theres other youtubers you know, plus like someone else said he doesnt know the game. its brand new to him so theres a lot to take in and go through. its also not like you cant skip parts after the vod is uploaded
I admit I didn't love ODST at first. Once again we were confined to one general location on Earth, one we've already visited twice before. Weapon damage felt significantly weaker vs Brute shields (takes like 1.5 assault rifle magazines to kill a brute). Grenades were hilariously weird to throw. Character animation seemed cartoony even for its time. But the one thing that will always be ODST's greatest strength is its atmosphere, best demonstrated by Mombasa Streets at night. Daytime is whatever, but the nighttime isolation, the openness of the city, the amazing music...that's something that gets better with each revisit, especially since the "clues" are no longer linear
As time goes on and you go more through the series, your appreciation for ODST will grow. It took me a while before it did but now it's my favorite title. It's great seeing you go through it for the first time and hearing your first impressions! Can't wait for Reach!
If you enjoy it, that's great, and I'm not trying to take anything away from you, but ODST is my least favourite by far. Yeah Mombasa Street's atmosphere is good, but that only makes up at most half an hour of a (roughly) 8 hour game. And the flashback missions are very jarring against MS. If you removed MS from the game and just had the main missions like any other Halo, nobody would say it was more atmospheric or personal, because the primary missions are (undeniably fun, I like them) standard Halo affair with no innovation. The main plot revolves around the Rookie wandering about the city looking at things, until he comes across a character with actual personality, and they carry on the plot. If the Rookie didn't exist, the plot wouldn't change. Even Virgil. Let's be honest, nobody played Halo 2 and 3 and wondered about New Mombasa, or was unable to understand the portal to the Ark - the main heroes figure it out anyway in H3 without being told by anyone from this game, so if the broader story didn't happen, nothing would change there either. Not to mention Bungie had the nerve to charge the same as H3 for ODST, with ODST being the only game in the entire franchise to not have any adjustments to AI, its own multiplayer, nor to update the game engine in any way. MP, forge and custom games were thrown out, and replaced by Firefight, a horde mode (the 2009 equivalent of having a Battle Royale today). As part of MCC though, it's nice (and only either free or a tenner at most) for some extra campaign levels, and as part of the MCC bundle can't really be complained about.
@@Matt90Nine this sums up my experience with ODST as well. I wasn't so offended by the price tag and tagging on of a horde mode instead of multiplayer. I just felt like the on screen characters where one dimensional and forgettable and the good story was hidden from you as a kid. The significance of a whole AI personality wasn't given any weight in the presented story. But I feel the same for Reach. Only good character was Jorge.
@@Matt90Nine yep, they also altered what a Spartan 3 was so much. Honestly the S3 would have been a better fit for ODST/stealth game and they were expendable. Much more potential for tragic storytelling.
really good tip for Halo Reach: customize your (spartan) multiplayer character before you start playing, it's the only campaign that actually shows it and you should enjoy that opportunity
one big issue with reach is mostly the mcc. Where customizations are locked by battle pass tiers. So it's annoying af, that maybe u need to grind hundreds of games to get 1 armor piece u want...idk it was just terrible.
@@PaulHasyn Maybe since, they will play this weekend, he can have somebody he trusts to spam MP on his account. Lol. Think about it they can grind out the BP pretty quick, at least get 3 tiers if he's brand new to the MCC so he can customize his spartan somewhat. Yeah would've been better if someone grinded for 2 weeks but day late dollar short. All likelyhood he'll be default spartan but w/e.
@@peternash7104 last time I saw, he had over 70 points stashed, way more than enough for him to get most of the Reach gear, so there's really no need for that
Well buck did show some emotions, he’s just a good soldier so he knows he can’t show too much to his team (even if there was just one member around at the time) and he knows there’s more important objectives at the time or they’re all gonna die
Fun fact, master chief and crew are in a slipspace jump during the ENTIRETY of this game. Slipspace jumps usually last for months, meaning all the people on the frigate went into cryosleep while slipspace jumping to Delta Halo.
Are you sure? I don't see how the elites and brutes could already be fighting each other if Master Chief is still in cryo before making it to Delta Halo, let alone killing the Prophet of Regret
Anyone putting in the time to experience the halo universe for the first time and appreciate all the stories and possibilities earns my sub any day! Looking forward to possible book lore reviews lol
@@NickDoubleL He also possibly didn't quite feel the personal touch due to the fact he played it co-op. I don't mind that he did, but I think more than any other Halo game, ODST is a lot more thematic and atmospheric when played solo.
ODST was always the one for me that I just appreciated more and more, the more I went back to it. Edit: P.s. Milo is the chosen one who shall solve the glyphs, the prophecy has written it.
halo odst is the game that will keep on giving. i'm still finding things along with everyone else to this day. Its a detective game with sooooooooo many secrets
As a long time Mrroflwaffles fan and an even longer time halo fan, it makes me so happy that he’s playing through all the halo games!! Welcome friendo!
I feel like Milo’s take on ODST represents my opinions of the game as a whole as well, loved the Halo title but wished it was more stealthy or maybe had a reach style ending
I totally agree with your take on never turning the VISR off, on my first playthrough I always had it on I never got the opportunity to soak in the environment
listening to him at 4 hours in talk about how he expected this to be a "ever life is important" every small win is a victory" kind of game While just sitting here thinking "just wait until you play REACH"
Looking forward to watching you play this. Im 2 years late watching all of these but its like gold. You clearly have a huge heart you deserve all the positively you can get brother.
Fun fact; Nathan Fillion (Buck) & Tricia Helfer (Dare) recorded their lines together in the same room. Plus, their facial likenesses were used for their respective characters.
I have had more fun on your channel these past few weeks watching all of these halo play through’s then anything that happened during Bo4 - Cold War… I think you should be brave and really consider starting a new channel so you can grow as a creator without being restricted with what you can post. Zombies content unfortunately is very sparse but video games as a whole and making fun skits would be amazing to see from you. Imagine making storyline videos and secret’s videos about other games or just staying up to date on new games. I love your content and I really want to see you grow!
I love ODST, it's my second favorite campaign after CE, however, in addition to the very spot on unlimited VISR critique, ODST is very special in a sense that you need to play it in a certain way to really appreciate it, more precisely by doing 2 runs of it, the second one being in new game plus mode (open city). Just playing it once is not the full ODST experience. Now that you played it once, you can relaunch the game from the first playable mission from the rally point options and select "open city", hunt and find all the audiologs without doing the missions to get that Bioshock feel, and after you found the 29 ones in the city and listened to them all, only then redo all the missions (in the pace and especially order you want which is a thing in this game mode) to get to data hive or get back to the menu and load the data hive mission where the 30th is located. It will give you a total second read on the game, and the open city thing is in my opinion the true ODST experience, I am just super sad that it wasn't the actual game Bungie went for at the front level, because it's just so good. But the marketing and all, you know how it goes. So they basically dusted the true game behind a hidden new game plus mode. You probably won't be playing it soon, despite me loving to see it happen, and more people are probably excited to see Reach next, but I hope one day you'll remember that open city thing, and have a new appreciation on the whole thing :) Cheers. (If you do plan to play the game in open city mode, you might want to do it on a different xboxlive account to reset the audiologs and weapon caches if solo, or play it coop that works too for resetting. Take care as everything in the city will be allowed to spawn in a non scripted and randomized fashion, and weapon caches do not refill in this game mode so you really have to take resource management into account. Using the Famine skull and playing in legendary is a must for roleplaying).
@@lewis5211 rejected shotgun is working on a pretty big mod to be able to play as the Rookie with ODST abilities in the entire Halo 3 campaign (+ equipments though) you might want to keep an eye on that.
@mrwolfwaffles to your mid-stream evaluation of the game: this game starts with a team together in a streamlined timeline and then before gameplay splits all of the timelines and re-intertwines them throughout the story. The game almost has a Ninja Turtles vibe from the strong and unique character personalities. The good news for you is Reach has more of that family personality, which actually fits nicer with Spartans over marines due to the way they are trained. I'll leave the training methods vague and you can discover this more with Reach and the Fall of Reach book.
I think your opinion of ODST was very valid, the way I always saw the story is like Halo 1-3 is a very bombastic, macro story, following the saviour of humanity. whereas ODST is a very micro story, detailing the story of the rookie going through a destroyed city to find his lost ODST squadmates, he's not a hero, he's just a soldier. Deaths don't really seem to mean much because this far into the war, billions of humans have died, Bucks team are all replacements. I mean in halo three alone, the Elites glassed half a continent of people on earth after floodgate. I dont think it was meant to be a super heart wrenching story, just a melancholy look into war, and to remind us that the war doesn't follow chief. While he was off on delta halo and killing regret in the second game, Truth was already sending his fleet to dig up the portal to the ark in preparation for his arrival on the keyship Also as im sure has been said to you, ODST Really comes to life when you play it on your own, with no chat or anything, just yourself, the music and the atmosphere, walking around the dead city, listening to logs of the inhabitants
idk what everyone else thinks but personally I think the impact of each game's ending so far has been dulled by not going to credits. Like Halo 2's cliffhanger followed by the credits has so much more impact IMO instead of just cutting back to the MCC menu. I wish they had preserved the credits in all the games
I'm so glad to see you playing through this series of games.(also I would love to see your recap of the story and your thoughts on the games and there events)
I'm a little late to this, but the structure under the Portal of Voi was placed there by the Librarian against the Didact's wishes. The Librarian wanted to gift humanity one last thing so that they may one day claim the Forerunners' tech. The Didact meanwhile is somewhere else in the galaxy, listening to the Librarian as she shut down and hid the portal, the last and only portal to the Ark.
I think the best way to describe what this game is like relative to the other halo games is that this game is to Halo what Bad Company was to the Battlefield franchise. A spin off with a slightly different vibe but still at its core a halo game.
I didn't discover the dead elites and brutes till my 2nd or third play through and I thought it was the coolest thing, a prelude to the elite brute war
I also felt the same way about the squad members as Milo. (Exept Rookie) But I think Milo would've enjoyed it much more if he played it solo for the first time. Because the intel in this is really connected to the backbone of the story in my opinion. I never read the halo 3 terminals because they were not meant to be read in the first playthrough. They were literally hidden. In this game though, first audio logs were crying for attention. They were vrgil's(AI) way of telling YOU "the Rookie" his story. And it didn't break the flow of the game(for me). Although I haven't read all of them, they still helped me to find my opinion that the theme of the game was "Mistery", and not "A grounded take on the war".
Milo just finished the Vod, again, thank you so much. All i can say is just play it how you damn want to Milo, maybe its because im new too but i'm hella enjoying it mate. JC really does help as well shout out to him, and for keeping chat in order :P Shout out to Liam as well!
That commercial moved me tremendously when it first dropped. It's a shame you didn't get the full effect of the droning music constantly in the background like an engine hum and the words sung. During those days it was impossible to find the song or lyrics but it moves me.
6:30:00 I genuinely think he would of preferred this campaign if he played it chronologically. ODST is an incredible game but I can fully understand why going from halo 3 to this could be jarring but I guarantee it will grow on him.
Amazing stream again, shame its on sunday nigh so i usually cant watch more than an hour live but its something i look forward to every weekend, honestly Halo 2 is still my favorite by far from these streams. I cant wait to see Reach as its the only one i ever touched even if it was just a little. And hope things get better for you Milo!
I hadnt thought about it before, but you're absolutely right about the characters. They all are basically sgt johnson in halo 1, where they're just soldiers, just a tier above regular marines. Its a very short campaign compared to the trilogy, but they also only had 1 game vs a trilogy to develop the characters. I cant wait for reach, partialy because i think odst gave a building point that bungie improved upon in reach.
i usually watch vanossgaming compilation videos every day, and your playthroughs of the halo games just got added to the list of videos i will watch from now until the end of time
I hope you can read this Milo. You talked about how so many deaths occur in this game but they barely acknowledge it or are affected by it but you have to remember what they're fighting for. Earth. This is the fight taken to their home world and they understand they have to win at all costs or risk losing everything. There's time for mourning after you ensure victory.
Half of the story of ODST is the terminals. The STORY FEELS EMPTY without Sadie’s Story. It was really not the best move for JC to make Milo skip the terminsl/intels. This is NOT like H3 terminals!! The ODST terminals are required to fully appreciate the ODST story.
it’s a slog to find all 29 of them in mombassa streets though, you’d spend so much time backtracking - especially because the order they appear is random
@@theRok29 I mean he could have watched them on RUclips before playing the final couple of missions. I did this. It makes rescuing Virgil at the end so much more emotional. I literally was in tears!
Make sure to watch the Spartan ops cutscenes after finishing halo 4. They bridge the gap between halo 4 and 5 and explain what happens in between the games
Kinda wish they got all the video/audio log things and watched them as a whole thing to enrich the story, plus you get a mini side thing and it changes the cutscene when you find Virgil.
“This ones great journey, and this ones... I don’t know I forgot the line”😂 I was dying laughing when JC turned on a voice filter and started saying lines like he was the gravemind🤣
Hope this late message finds milo well. These have been so good. Watching them in full on the night shifts. I love them. Also Did he ever elaborate on what he was going through?
Another fantastic stream! loving this journey to Infinite! I did the halo fanart of you and JC over on twitter so once again just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration! Keep up the amazing work!
This was, as the others were, a great stream to watch! People were mad at your take but I actually think that perspective is really valuable. The stuff you were saying about not feeling that connected to the characters makes me excited to see your take on Halo Reach, 4 and 5. Those 3 games are all very different to ODST, and very different to each other. 4 is one of my favourites for its character work, but some people dislike it for other reasons. All the games to come have really strong aspects to them and I'm looking forward to seeing what you take away from each!
First time subb! Loved your playthroughs so far! Omg watching you play halo has brought flashbacks I forgot even existed. Thank you for that and I'm glad you are enjoying this master piece of a series. About ODST I feel ya man. When I first played it, it was such a big change of pace it turned me off. As others have already said, it might grow on you. I think the biggest reason why I decided to finally play and give it another go was due to the fact at a time of my life where I felt depressed I needed something to soothe my soul and ODST was one of them. Playing it on my own exploring Mombasa streets was an adventure of a soldier all on his own to find his squad who ironically like you the player does not have an emotional connection to them. But he does so to continue the war effort. Though their battles might not get much attention, they do it for humanity, for the chiefs success, and for each other cause they're all they got. With this mindset if you ever replay it, I think will help! If it doesn't no worries man haha we all have our favorite halo
This was a great stream but I realized shortly into this game that I never played this game. So the nostalgia factor between 1,2,3 and excitement of watching a game you loved being enjoyed second hand through someone who has never played it made those games even more exciting. So, as someone who watched this game for the first time, I agree with you that it feels choppy and there’s not really ever that connection to the characters we barely know. I knew all about this game for the past 12 years but this is genuinely not what I thought this game was. I was 11 when this game came out so it’s funny that I never played, being the halo fan I was (am). But, still a great game with good characters and seemed like it was a good time. I just wish we knew the characters more heading right into the 1st mission.
Can you try to take a crack at decifering the meaning of the symbols scattered around? It's been 12 years and nobody has figured it out. I got a feeling that you might be the man for the job 😘
A suggestion for Milo, if you want more information on the glyphs/cyphers on the walls go and see if you can get in contact with the RUclips channel RocketSloth, the two who run the channel are currently investigating the glyphs/cyphers and I'm sure they'd love any type of help. So far there is no information about what the glyphs/cyphers are except for Bungie saying that they have some lore/importance to the Halo lore somehow
I love how you made the comment that many games in 2009 had alternate vision cause ten years later the same thing would be happening but with grappling hook
Kind of hilarious what he manages to notice while missing the more obvious stuff. He's like ruminating on something for several minutes while JC is trying not to laugh because what he's talking about was noticeable from like the first mission or whatever lmao
Now hearing your impressions, you bring up a lot of good points, specially from a storytelling aspect. But, ODST is not about the characters, it's about the city, and the superintendent. It's about reconstructing events backwards. About figuring out why the city is consciously helping you. That, and the music.
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As always, a blast to see your first impressions, and your opinions at the end were fascinating. I will say that if there is any single Halo game you should replay at some point, this is it. As i'm sure you could tell, ODST is a game with a really moody and lonely atmosphere, that really benefits from being played solo on a rainy or cloudy day. More then that, I also think it'd be beneficial because it'd allow you to explore and listen to the audio logs as you play. I know you'll check em out in the lore stream, but so much of the game's exploration and storytelling is designed around you finding them as you play: As you noticed, the city's Superintendent AI actually changes digital signs, traffic signals etc to guide you towards the logs (not just progress), and finding logs unlocks supply caches with additional weapons and vehicles for the overworld (and they change/unlock OTHER things I'm not gonna spoil, too).
In fact, I think your takway about the "story not mattering" and some of your apprehension towards the format is due to not having listened to the logs: Without spoiling them, a LOT of the background context on Vergil/the Superintendent, and even just locations you pass by in the city and missions (since you move through the same areas in both), is contained in those logs, to the point where it recontextualizes how you look at Vergil and the locations in the city the the logs mention, making the city almost it's own character as a result. So by listening to them as you play there's a synergistic experience of the logs giving more contextual narrative meat to the main game plot and locations and vis versa.
So, I think you'd love it even more if you gave it another go while playing alone and could fully soak in the atmosphere, and took the time to get the logs as you played the game (not even nessacarily all of them, just the ones you manage to find, even if you listen to them in the lore stream before then) so you can be rewarded for your exploration (you love exploring, but you weren't rewarded much for it here because you didn't do the logs), get that extra narrative, and see how the game uses the environment and the city's infrastructure, lights, signs, etc to direct your attention.
I wish I could explain more like I did in my comments on the H2 & 3 VoD's, but I can't really point out specific areas in game log stuff ties into or writing themes since you haven't listened to the logs yet and I don't wanna spoil you. On that note, there's REALLY cool symbolism and allegories to classical literature in the logs... but me explaining that in depth or directing you to info on it will have to wait for the terminal stream when you listen to them!
I also do agree with some of your insights, though, especially your comments about VISR: it really does undermine the atmosphere despite being a core feature, and it never gives you a reason to turn it off other then to feel that atmosphere!... And yes, what JC said at the end is right: The Glyphs are an unsolved easter egg to this day, and Marty O'Donnel, the composer (who was also the guy behind Halo 3's craziest easter egg that you haven't seen yet) have said they totally mean something.
MajoraZ out here saying what we’re all thinking again so thanks for that. The big thing is the city being a character. Rookie is interesting, Buck is fun, but the city is the character I’m truly invested in with ODST - before I learnt all the log stuff and contextualised the environment I thought it was a cosy but empty game as Milo said. The logs and their implementation is really the core of what makes this game so special. Still right to not stress over it first time though.
Another thing i forgot to say I agree with your thoughts on is that it's a shame the game doesn't have more actual; stealth mechanics, and I wish that it played a little LESS like a traditional Halo game and more like a tactical shooter.
Damn, this is an amazing comment.
Couldn't have agreed more
@@MajoraZ I never played ODST myself. I played the OG Halo CE, a little bit of Halo 3 at a friend's (but it made my eyes hurt for some reason), and then Halo Reach, which was the game I continued to play up until I just stopped playing my Xbox in general, due to severe depression and other outside factors.
Watching this stream made me realize just how much I'd missed out. Halo 2 and 3? I really don't feel like I missed much, but ODST? I wish I could go back in time and play it with my past self, much like JC is with Milo here.
It’s crazy milo is 4 halo games in and still hasn’t realized green reticle means friendly😭😭😭
I’m sure he has tho 😂
@@LunarrMyst yea probably after nearly or actually killing them. Hilarious to watch tho
@@winterknight6717 hell yeah! These streams have been a blast to watch!
This has me dead😂😂☠️☠️
In this game HIGHLIGHTED GREEN when visr is on
ODST is more of a game, like JC said, that you appreciate more with time. Halo games are usually bombastic and have you saving the universe but here your just trying to save your squad from a city that can’t be saved.
PS. Tell Milo to customize his Halo Reach Spartan
a man of culture I see.
@@Berrandeyn indeed my good sir
I thought you were talking to urself for a sec cuz yall both have the same pfp.
Probably the one game IMO that benefits from being played solo over in a team. Especially on your first playthrough. Feeling genuinely alone in Mombassa Streets really affects the atmosphere and vibe of it
Reach too, but yeah definitely ODST.
@@toniniskillz6608 Well, not so much for Reach. Most of the campaign you are supposed to be with your squad anyway, so I don't think most of the game gains anything from playing solo.
That said, ODST I would say it only applies when playing the rookie since other missions get the team back together in various comps and that part is perfectly fine for co-op, but yeah, when playing as the rookie, DEFINITELY gets the atmo much better in solo play.
@@C0rran05 idk, i’ve done multiple playthroughs of reach solo and coop and have joined my friends on their first playthroughs. I can confidently say that the story was less impactful in coop play, especially towards the second half as you lose grasp of reach. The overall feeling of hopelessness that starts to sink in around New Alexandria is just a little less potent when you’re side to side with a friend. Incredible story either way ofc, and if you didn’t feel that way i’m very happy for you 👍
@@toniniskillz6608 fair points.
Interesting fact, those runes on the walls have been hinted by people from Bungee to actually mean something, but what that is still remains to be a mystery. Rocket Sloth made a two part series on them which lead to the obvious fact ODST was heavily inspired by Dante's Inferno and The Hollow Men. Main one being that Vergil the AI leading you the way, is the name of the angel that led Dante through hell. Unfortunately we still have yet to fully understand them beyond the fact the engineers are obviously the ones writing them. They seem to mark places of significance but their meaning isn't quite as well understood.
Pumping this so so that maybe Milo will see it. As an Easter egg hunter his insight could actually help get this wrapped. Could you guys imagine rocket sloth with Milo and hiddenxperia or JC doing 4 player?
I hope Milo trys to crack the code
Obviously it has Dante’s Inferno parallels. The tagline is “Drop feet first into hell” and then you have Virgil, your guide in “hell”. The team is Alpha NINE.
@@colbyboucher6391 that's true, I did find it interesting that some of those symbols are given exact meaning in some of the books like contact harvest for instance
@@TheAHuman well they use the term hell constantly through the game. Also there are 8 missions you can do in any order but the 9th one has to be data hive. Just watch Sloths video on it, there are literally more than I can count.
Cool feature to ODST is you can play every level but the last 2 in any order you want. All the collectable story mission items are available from the very beginning. Even better is no matter which one you choose as the last one there will be an access point to Vergil near by. In fact, if you do the Buck mission last next to Dare's drop pod, you'll learn one of the entrances to the super intendent was right in front of her pod. Why she wasn't in it and was able to get away so fast. The engineer was trying to tell you to follow her not trying to kill you.
No WAY!! I never knew this!
@@Matt90Nine well that's why you only get notifications in game for the specific order. You need to already know where they would be to change the pattern. Only once you get close does it switch objectives. So it's a fantastic feature for future runs, especially speedrunners where they just don't give a damn about plot anymore and just want faster times.
@@Matt90Nine no some of the plot significant ones are a fair distance farther but the path to get to others are less direct so more turns but faster progress.
No I’m pretty sure I’ve seen data hive as one of the map beacons after completing the game
Obviously costal highway can’t be accessed but data hive I’m sure you can
@@Pandora1997Sour no data hive always has to be second last as it's the only mission other than coastal highway that isn't a flashback. The flashbacks are supposed to lead to the rookies' understanding he needs to go to the data hive to find Dare. No matter which one you do last you will always hear Dare giving the call to you.
Milo played the entire campaign without realizing the suppressed smg had a scope
becuz he is adhd in human skin
It's OK to not be ok. Seeing you play through my favorite series is both exciting and nostalgic. This game makes me cry as it is and seeing you go through it really made my day. I've watched your content since BO3 and this is definitely a new chapter for you Milo...figuratively and literally!!!
i feel the same!
@Mikkonen Oh it is, the lows in life makes you appreciate the highs. Technically and in every way.
Your points are good. ODST crawled so Reach can Run.
Quite literally too
@@JayPlusForerunner guess I meant "sprint" 🏃♂️
MLG halo water bucket grenade jump sprint
Looking at the live comments while watching the vod, it really shows how so many people are impolite and aren't patient enough to see you do things your way, if they're gonna nag the whole time why even watch?
I love the content milo, these halo vods have been getting me through some tough times
People's impatience is just stupid. It's literally his first time, he doesn't know what you know. People need to just relax and let the man play the game how he wants. He's still going to react to everything they want him to, he's just also very into exploring, which is a good thing. I fucking despise people who whine, nag or yell in chats or comments sections, wilfully spoiling things or giving tips that he should discover for himself. I don't know, I guess people nowadays despise the concept of figuring stuff out for yourself.
@breaking the 4th wall like theres other youtubers you know, plus like someone else said he doesnt know the game. its brand new to him so theres a lot to take in and go through. its also not like you cant skip parts after the vod is uploaded
I admit I didn't love ODST at first. Once again we were confined to one general location on Earth, one we've already visited twice before. Weapon damage felt significantly weaker vs Brute shields (takes like 1.5 assault rifle magazines to kill a brute). Grenades were hilariously weird to throw. Character animation seemed cartoony even for its time.
But the one thing that will always be ODST's greatest strength is its atmosphere, best demonstrated by Mombasa Streets at night. Daytime is whatever, but the nighttime isolation, the openness of the city, the amazing music...that's something that gets better with each revisit, especially since the "clues" are no longer linear
As time goes on and you go more through the series, your appreciation for ODST will grow. It took me a while before it did but now it's my favorite title. It's great seeing you go through it for the first time and hearing your first impressions! Can't wait for Reach!
If you enjoy it, that's great, and I'm not trying to take anything away from you, but ODST is my least favourite by far.
Yeah Mombasa Street's atmosphere is good, but that only makes up at most half an hour of a (roughly) 8 hour game.
And the flashback missions are very jarring against MS. If you removed MS from the game and just had the main missions like any other Halo, nobody would say it was more atmospheric or personal, because the primary missions are (undeniably fun, I like them) standard Halo affair with no innovation.
The main plot revolves around the Rookie wandering about the city looking at things, until he comes across a character with actual personality, and they carry on the plot. If the Rookie didn't exist, the plot wouldn't change.
Even Virgil. Let's be honest, nobody played Halo 2 and 3 and wondered about New Mombasa, or was unable to understand the portal to the Ark - the main heroes figure it out anyway in H3 without being told by anyone from this game, so if the broader story didn't happen, nothing would change there either.
Not to mention Bungie had the nerve to charge the same as H3 for ODST, with ODST being the only game in the entire franchise to not have any adjustments to AI, its own multiplayer, nor to update the game engine in any way. MP, forge and custom games were thrown out, and replaced by Firefight, a horde mode (the 2009 equivalent of having a Battle Royale today).
As part of MCC though, it's nice (and only either free or a tenner at most) for some extra campaign levels, and as part of the MCC bundle can't really be complained about.
@@Matt90Nine this sums up my experience with ODST as well. I wasn't so offended by the price tag and tagging on of a horde mode instead of multiplayer. I just felt like the on screen characters where one dimensional and forgettable and the good story was hidden from you as a kid. The significance of a whole AI personality wasn't given any weight in the presented story. But I feel the same for Reach. Only good character was Jorge.
@@Matt90Nine yep, they also altered what a Spartan 3 was so much. Honestly the S3 would have been a better fit for ODST/stealth game and they were expendable. Much more potential for tragic storytelling.
it's beautiful that for over an hour Milo sat there with Monkey and Buck on his screen
really good tip for Halo Reach: customize your (spartan) multiplayer character before you start playing, it's the only campaign that actually shows it and you should enjoy that opportunity
one big issue with reach is mostly the mcc. Where customizations are locked by battle pass tiers. So it's annoying af, that maybe u need to grind hundreds of games to get 1 armor piece u want...idk it was just terrible.
@@peternash7104 agreed, but at least you have all colours from the start
@@PaulHasyn Maybe since, they will play this weekend, he can have somebody he trusts to spam MP on his account. Lol. Think about it they can grind out the BP pretty quick, at least get 3 tiers if he's brand new to the MCC so he can customize his spartan somewhat. Yeah would've been better if someone grinded for 2 weeks but day late dollar short. All likelyhood he'll be default spartan but w/e.
@@peternash7104 last time I saw, he had over 70 points stashed, way more than enough for him to get most of the Reach gear, so there's really no need for that
@@peternash7104
You don’t even need to play multiplayer, just do weekly challenges every so often. Milo has unlocked a bunch.
Well buck did show some emotions, he’s just a good soldier so he knows he can’t show too much to his team (even if there was just one member around at the time) and he knows there’s more important objectives at the time or they’re all gonna die
Fun fact, master chief and crew are in a slipspace jump during the ENTIRETY of this game. Slipspace jumps usually last for months, meaning all the people on the frigate went into cryosleep while slipspace jumping to Delta Halo.
Are you sure? I don't see how the elites and brutes could already be fighting each other if Master Chief is still in cryo before making it to Delta Halo, let alone killing the Prophet of Regret
Rectoplasmic is correct
Anyone putting in the time to experience the halo universe for the first time and appreciate all the stories and possibilities earns my sub any day!
Looking forward to possible book lore reviews lol
Based on your opinions of ODST and what you were expecting from the campaign, I can’t wait for you to play Reach!
When he was talking about how he wanted a more sad story. The chat was just like, “you will really love Reach then”
Yes!!
@@TheAHuman do u know when exactly the reach stream is gonna be?
I bet he cries during Reach
@@theultimatecultist9386
Yep 😂 he teared up
I think the vibes would have been a lot stronger if he played solo
Yeah, the feeling of being alone while playing as the rookie gives the game a completely different vibe then when you have a friend playing with you.
They just rushed the game on the mongoose. Totally killed the vibe.
Only like ten minutes in and Milo’s getting ready to make me cry. I hope stuff will get better for you, we’re here for you.❤️
His take on the game is SO radically different from most people’s. Most people love this game’s more personal focus.
Well that's the thing that's really interesting about it. He was expecting a personal focus and it didn't land for him. I find that fascinating
@@NickDoubleL He also possibly didn't quite feel the personal touch due to the fact he played it co-op. I don't mind that he did, but I think more than any other Halo game, ODST is a lot more thematic and atmospheric when played solo.
I think once he fully understands the concept of the entire universe he will discover a new meaning for the game
ODST was always the one for me that I just appreciated more and more, the more I went back to it.
Edit: P.s. Milo is the chosen one who shall solve the glyphs, the prophecy has written it.
The fact that the Superintendent is constantly guiding you through the city is really cool
I personally didn't enjoy ODST during my first playthrough. It took years for me to appreciate the game. And now it's one of my favorites
1. The backseat driver had his own backseat driver
2. Love that certain hud elements are optional in this game
The outpouring of love chat showed to Milo at the start of the steam was just amazing and heartwarming to see.
What an awesome stream! Enjoyed every minute dude! It’s great having JC here too. Can’t wait for the next halo game
It’s cool how Bungie reuses old concepts. Like the engineer has literally been a thing since CE and was gonna be put in the game originally
halo odst is the game that will keep on giving. i'm still finding things along with everyone else to this day. Its a detective game with sooooooooo many secrets
3:16:04 A Tom Grossi Raid is something I didn’t expect at all.
Oh and Henry Ruggs Go fast and Kitty Goes Meow.
Was this guy streaming when milo was raided because I went through his livestreams from yesterday and couldn’t find milos raid at all
Or is there another Tom grossi
Kitty. Goes. Meow. Small world 🤣
What the, why is Grossi here 😭
I was thinking the same thing XD
It makes me so happy to hear you call the games a masterpiece. I love your content bro and I'm excited to see the future
As a long time Mrroflwaffles fan and an even longer time halo fan, it makes me so happy that he’s playing through all the halo games!! Welcome friendo!
This soundtrack is so good. I listen to it to drown my neighbours out when I'm trying to sleep
The soundtrack had halo ce halo 2 halo 3 and odst (also reach) vibes to it no wonder everyone likes this game it’s a nostalgic overload 🤩
I feel like Milo’s take on ODST represents my opinions of the game as a whole as well, loved the Halo title but wished it was more stealthy or maybe had a reach style ending
I totally agree with your take on never turning the VISR off, on my first playthrough I always had it on
I never got the opportunity to soak in the environment
listening to him at 4 hours in talk about how he expected this to be a "ever life is important" every small win is a victory" kind of game
While just sitting here thinking "just wait until you play REACH"
Looking forward to watching you play this. Im 2 years late watching all of these but its like gold. You clearly have a huge heart you deserve all the positively you can get brother.
Fun fact; Nathan Fillion (Buck) & Tricia Helfer (Dare) recorded their lines together in the same room. Plus, their facial likenesses were used for their respective characters.
I have had more fun on your channel these past few weeks watching all of these halo play through’s then anything that happened during Bo4 - Cold War… I think you should be brave and really consider starting a new channel so you can grow as a creator without being restricted with what you can post. Zombies content unfortunately is very sparse but video games as a whole and making fun skits would be amazing to see from you. Imagine making storyline videos and secret’s videos about other games or just staying up to date on new games. I love your content and I really want to see you grow!
I love ODST, it's my second favorite campaign after CE, however, in addition to the very spot on unlimited VISR critique, ODST is very special in a sense that you need to play it in a certain way to really appreciate it, more precisely by doing 2 runs of it, the second one being in new game plus mode (open city). Just playing it once is not the full ODST experience.
Now that you played it once, you can relaunch the game from the first playable mission from the rally point options and select "open city", hunt and find all the audiologs without doing the missions to get that Bioshock feel, and after you found the 29 ones in the city and listened to them all, only then redo all the missions (in the pace and especially order you want which is a thing in this game mode) to get to data hive or get back to the menu and load the data hive mission where the 30th is located.
It will give you a total second read on the game, and the open city thing is in my opinion the true ODST experience, I am just super sad that it wasn't the actual game Bungie went for at the front level, because it's just so good. But the marketing and all, you know how it goes. So they basically dusted the true game behind a hidden new game plus mode.
You probably won't be playing it soon, despite me loving to see it happen, and more people are probably excited to see Reach next, but I hope one day you'll remember that open city thing, and have a new appreciation on the whole thing :)
Cheers.
(If you do plan to play the game in open city mode, you might want to do it on a different xboxlive account to reset the audiologs and weapon caches if solo, or play it coop that works too for resetting. Take care as everything in the city will be allowed to spawn in a non scripted and randomized fashion, and weapon caches do not refill in this game mode so you really have to take resource management into account. Using the Famine skull and playing in legendary is a must for roleplaying).
It’s my fav
@@lewis5211 rejected shotgun is working on a pretty big mod to be able to play as the Rookie with ODST abilities in the entire Halo 3 campaign (+ equipments though) you might want to keep an eye on that.
@@deus_nsf oh man that sounds so great I don’t have pc tho lol so I can’t play it
ODST is meant to be a solo experience but it was still EXTREMELY enjoyable watching jc hold a child leash on milo as if they were at a zoo
@mrwolfwaffles to your mid-stream evaluation of the game: this game starts with a team together in a streamlined timeline and then before gameplay splits all of the timelines and re-intertwines them throughout the story. The game almost has a Ninja Turtles vibe from the strong and unique character personalities. The good news for you is Reach has more of that family personality, which actually fits nicer with Spartans over marines due to the way they are trained. I'll leave the training methods vague and you can discover this more with Reach and the Fall of Reach book.
I think your opinion of ODST was very valid, the way I always saw the story is like Halo 1-3 is a very bombastic, macro story, following the saviour of humanity. whereas ODST is a very micro story, detailing the story of the rookie going through a destroyed city to find his lost ODST squadmates, he's not a hero, he's just a soldier. Deaths don't really seem to mean much because this far into the war, billions of humans have died, Bucks team are all replacements. I mean in halo three alone, the Elites glassed half a continent of people on earth after floodgate. I dont think it was meant to be a super heart wrenching story, just a melancholy look into war, and to remind us that the war doesn't follow chief. While he was off on delta halo and killing regret in the second game, Truth was already sending his fleet to dig up the portal to the ark in preparation for his arrival on the keyship
Also as im sure has been said to you, ODST Really comes to life when you play it on your own, with no chat or anything, just yourself, the music and the atmosphere, walking around the dead city, listening to logs of the inhabitants
26.58 dude I’m liking the energy between you two guys. I have loved all of this conquests
We need the Halo Reach stream
Tomorrow might be the day!
This is the halo I've been waiting for you to play I was watching for a while then had to go, this is my favorite halo
idk what everyone else thinks but personally I think the impact of each game's ending so far has been dulled by not going to credits. Like Halo 2's cliffhanger followed by the credits has so much more impact IMO instead of just cutting back to the MCC menu. I wish they had preserved the credits in all the games
343 won’t even preserve some Easter eggs
I'm so glad to see you playing through this series of games.(also I would love to see your recap of the story and your thoughts on the games and there events)
I'm a little late to this, but the structure under the Portal of Voi was placed there by the Librarian against the Didact's wishes. The Librarian wanted to gift humanity one last thing so that they may one day claim the Forerunners' tech. The Didact meanwhile is somewhere else in the galaxy, listening to the Librarian as she shut down and hid the portal, the last and only portal to the Ark.
I think the best way to describe what this game is like relative to the other halo games is that this game is to Halo what Bad Company was to the Battlefield franchise. A spin off with a slightly different vibe but still at its core a halo game.
I didn't discover the dead elites and brutes till my 2nd or third play through and I thought it was the coolest thing, a prelude to the elite brute war
I also felt the same way about the squad members as Milo. (Exept Rookie)
But I think Milo would've enjoyed it much more if he played it solo for the first time. Because the intel in this is really connected to the backbone of the story in my opinion.
I never read the halo 3 terminals because they were not meant to be read in the first playthrough. They were literally hidden.
In this game though, first audio logs were crying for attention. They were vrgil's(AI) way of telling YOU "the Rookie" his story. And it didn't break the flow of the game(for me). Although I haven't read all of them, they still helped me to find my opinion that the theme of the game was "Mistery", and not "A grounded take on the war".
Milo just finished the Vod, again, thank you so much. All i can say is just play it how you damn want to Milo, maybe its because im new too but i'm hella enjoying it mate. JC really does help as well shout out to him, and for keeping chat in order :P Shout out to Liam as well!
That commercial moved me tremendously when it first dropped. It's a shame you didn't get the full effect of the droning music constantly in the background like an engine hum and the words sung. During those days it was impossible to find the song or lyrics but it moves me.
I’ll never forget my first time hearing Deference for Darkness. My god Marty out did himself with this entire series.
6:30:00 I genuinely think he would of preferred this campaign if he played it chronologically.
ODST is an incredible game but I can fully understand why going from halo 3 to this could be jarring but I guarantee it will grow on him.
We need the guy who solved enigma during ww2 to solve the glyphs
Who Alan Turing? Yeah about that...
@@scottshelby843 wake him when we need him?
Favorite campaign from Halo. So glad that you played it.
Amazing stream again, shame its on sunday nigh so i usually cant watch more than an hour live but its something i look forward to every weekend, honestly Halo 2 is still my favorite by far from these streams. I cant wait to see Reach as its the only one i ever touched even if it was just a little. And hope things get better for you Milo!
Rofl. You beat all of Halo 3: ODST without using the SMG or Fuel Rod scope. A 8 hour no scope run!
There is Beauty in destruction and with Halo 3 ODST that statement is very very true
I hadnt thought about it before, but you're absolutely right about the characters. They all are basically sgt johnson in halo 1, where they're just soldiers, just a tier above regular marines. Its a very short campaign compared to the trilogy, but they also only had 1 game vs a trilogy to develop the characters. I cant wait for reach, partialy because i think odst gave a building point that bungie improved upon in reach.
i usually watch vanossgaming compilation videos every day, and your playthroughs of the halo games just got added to the list of videos i will watch from now until the end of time
I hope you can read this Milo. You talked about how so many deaths occur in this game but they barely acknowledge it or are affected by it but you have to remember what they're fighting for. Earth. This is the fight taken to their home world and they understand they have to win at all costs or risk losing everything. There's time for mourning after you ensure victory.
32:56 The Chief seemed to manage in Truth and Reconsiliation in Combat Evolved.
Starting watching this a little bit after the stream was over the night before yesterday and then continued watching several hours ago. Good stream.
The music alone is enough to make a grown man cry😭 another common Halo bungie W
amazing series so far 😁
Loved the stream
Half of the story of ODST is the terminals. The STORY FEELS EMPTY without Sadie’s Story. It was really not the best move for JC to make Milo skip the terminsl/intels. This is NOT like H3 terminals!! The ODST terminals are required to fully appreciate the ODST story.
it’s a slog to find all 29 of them in mombassa streets though, you’d spend so much time backtracking - especially because the order they appear is random
@@theRok29 I mean he could have watched them on RUclips before playing the final couple of missions. I did this. It makes rescuing Virgil at the end so much more emotional. I literally was in tears!
@@theRok29 the order is set tho, you can’t find them out of order. The first one you find is terminal one the second is terminal two etc.
Honestly think you should have played this one solo. You learn to appreciate it much more than with friends
Halo games and the F.E.A.R games were some of the best shooters back then. I can’t wait to play the Halo Infinite campaign!
Make sure to watch the Spartan ops cutscenes after finishing halo 4. They bridge the gap between halo 4 and 5 and explain what happens in between the games
95% of that is thrown away within the first mission, so I'd say it hardly matters.
@@Horgler yea that was fuckin stupid. I bet anybody in this comment section could have wrote a better story than the writer for thst game
"This one is machine and nerve and has its mind concluded. This one is but flesh and faith and is the more deluded"
Kinda wish they got all the video/audio log things and watched them as a whole thing to enrich the story, plus you get a mini side thing and it changes the cutscene when you find Virgil.
“This ones great journey, and this ones... I don’t know I forgot the line”😂 I was dying laughing when JC turned on a voice filter and started saying lines like he was the gravemind🤣
Liam coming in and threatening Milo was hilarious 😂
Milo is literally the definition of “so anyways I just started blasting”
Hope this late message finds milo well. These have been so good. Watching them in full on the night shifts. I love them. Also Did he ever elaborate on what he was going through?
Another fantastic stream! loving this journey to Infinite! I did the halo fanart of you and JC over on twitter so once again just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration! Keep up the amazing work!
This was, as the others were, a great stream to watch! People were mad at your take but I actually think that perspective is really valuable.
The stuff you were saying about not feeling that connected to the characters makes me excited to see your take on Halo Reach, 4 and 5. Those 3 games are all very different to ODST, and very different to each other. 4 is one of my favourites for its character work, but some people dislike it for other reasons.
All the games to come have really strong aspects to them and I'm looking forward to seeing what you take away from each!
First time subb! Loved your playthroughs so far! Omg watching you play halo has brought flashbacks I forgot even existed. Thank you for that and I'm glad you are enjoying this master piece of a series.
About ODST I feel ya man. When I first played it, it was such a big change of pace it turned me off. As others have already said, it might grow on you. I think the biggest reason why I decided to finally play and give it another go was due to the fact at a time of my life where I felt depressed I needed something to soothe my soul and ODST was one of them. Playing it on my own exploring Mombasa streets was an adventure of a soldier all on his own to find his squad who ironically like you the player does not have an emotional connection to them. But he does so to continue the war effort. Though their battles might not get much attention, they do it for humanity, for the chiefs success, and for each other cause they're all they got. With this mindset if you ever replay it, I think will help! If it doesn't no worries man haha we all have our favorite halo
This was a great stream but I realized shortly into this game that I never played this game. So the nostalgia factor between 1,2,3 and excitement of watching a game you loved being enjoyed second hand through someone who has never played it made those games even more exciting.
So, as someone who watched this game for the first time, I agree with you that it feels choppy and there’s not really ever that connection to the characters we barely know. I knew all about this game for the past 12 years but this is genuinely not what I thought this game was. I was 11 when this game came out so it’s funny that I never played, being the halo fan I was (am). But, still a great game with good characters and seemed like it was a good time. I just wish we knew the characters more heading right into the 1st mission.
Can you try to take a crack at decifering the meaning of the symbols scattered around? It's been 12 years and nobody has figured it out. I got a feeling that you might be the man for the job 😘
"Hitchhikers may be escaped convicts" is 2009's there's an imposter among us
A suggestion for Milo, if you want more information on the glyphs/cyphers on the walls go and see if you can get in contact with the RUclips channel RocketSloth, the two who run the channel are currently investigating the glyphs/cyphers and I'm sure they'd love any type of help. So far there is no information about what the glyphs/cyphers are except for Bungie saying that they have some lore/importance to the Halo lore somehow
Buck died at the end, rookie turns into the master chief
Not watched the Reach playthrough yet, but at 7:09:13 I bet JC's face just lit up like Xperia's was knowing what game was coming next.
27:12 Resident Evil: Save Room?
i will always look at halo 3 odst differently after learning the halo 3 odst is hell and the rookie is dante theory
I love how you made the comment that many games in 2009 had alternate vision cause ten years later the same thing would be happening but with grappling hook
So ready for the wholesome playthrough ❤️❤️
JC needs to tell you the tale of our big hero Dustin Echos. A true Legend.
I think using the Mongeese took some of the key gameplay out. But going faster was better so Milo could get some sleep!
I’m still amazed how I never realized Nathan Fillion voiced Sergeant Buck until fairly recently.
Kind of hilarious what he manages to notice while missing the more obvious stuff. He's like ruminating on something for several minutes while JC is trying not to laugh because what he's talking about was noticeable from like the first mission or whatever lmao
Guy at the end really came to say he likes it because the pistol sounds cool when milo was ready to hear an actual logical reasoning
Now hearing your impressions, you bring up a lot of good points, specially from a storytelling aspect. But, ODST is not about the characters, it's about the city, and the superintendent. It's about reconstructing events backwards. About figuring out why the city is consciously helping you.
That, and the music.
I love Halo 3 ODST