The reason Romeo only has 1 shot in the sniper @ 29:35 is because during the cutscene, he shot at the Banshees. It’s a little attention to detail that I didn’t know until recently
Yes. They actually did the same thing in halo 2 when arbiter shoots at the forerunner machine at the beginning of the library. When it cuts to gameplay, there's 3 or 4 shots missing from the cartridge in your carbine.
@@vanguardraidcommand2285 Correct. They easy way to tell the difference between a Clip and a Mag is that a Mag stays with the weapon and a Clip is usually used to help load a Mag.
@DraustTrollbaneUS That, and if you can't see the bullets (with the exception of 1 or 2 when looking down from the top). I know it annoys people when we correct them, but it would be the same as calling the transmission and the gear shifter on a car the same thing. They both involve the gears of the vehicle, but they aren't the same at all
ODST was such a somber change from the rest of the franchise, walking around the silent streets with smooth jazz playing in the background. Almost complete contrast from the prior games.
Real. I played it co-op with my little brother and it was an amazing time. Sadly life/family/work has taken over and we don’t game much anymore but have those good memories 🔥🔥🔥
I love how in the CCTV footage, you can see the little AI making faces regarding what's going on in the recording. Be it joy of seeing people, or scorn of seeing things blow up in it's city. It's the little touches 😂
Seriously, Vergil has more characterization that most TV Characters these days, *And he has to speak in Canned safety messages, with only icons for expressions*, some folks really have a talent to do more with less and make it really work
Just a little casting fun fact (if it hasn't been said already): Mickey and Dutch are played by Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin respectively. They were co stars with Nathan Fillion in 'Firefly' and voiced various marines in Halo 3.
57:53 If you look at the rookie you can see he's about to say something, but he's cut off by Buck yelling. I love how many times the game makes you think the Rookie's going to talk, but you never end up hearing his voice.
Fun fact Halo 3 ODST should really be called Halo 2.5 ODST as it starts in Halo 2 in the middle of the Brutes betraying the Elites and ends at the beginning of Halo 3. This is why you see dead elites and talk about how only 1 covenant cruiser got through but at the end see more cruisers as Truths forces have arrived and are excavating the arc. To give more context the CCTV is actually the cities AI called the Superintendent which is tracking and helping the ODSTs giving them info and helping them link up. A few hours after drop so when the rookie is linking up with the rest of the team the floating alien (Engineer) has actually linked itself with the Superintendent gaining its knowledge to save as many people as it can from the Brutes as the engineers are treated as slaves and don't really want to help the Covenant. If anyone has any questions please let me know.
I think one of the coolest things about ODST was the fact that basically all of the set pieces in the daytime missions and flashbacks can be found as the rookie in the free roam during the night such as bucks pod on the roof and the warthog dutch crashes
This has probably been said a few times already in the comments but the Rookie's motif consisting of 3 descending notes is meant by the composer to convey "All Alone" or lined up with the notes, "All A-lone". Marty O Donnell, one of the composers for the series explained he wanted the Rookie's music to reflect the feeling of being all alone in a dark rainy city as you search for answers after waking up. It's meant to feel intimate and not necessarily sad but almost melancholy. ODST's music and specifically the Rookie's music is beloved by the community, it's so unique to this game but fits perfectly into the series even though it's unlike anything before it. It's masterful.
One thing that really elevates ODST’s story is it’s connection to Dante’s inferno. ODST’s are nicknamed hell divers and each level reflects a level of hell in Dante’s inferno, with the main area you wonder around being limbo. It really comes together as you explore and listen to the audio logs throughout the map and hell is referenced throughout the story numerous times. Really subtle and cool story telling.
this was…….my first “modern” halo game. i had Halo 2 after the fact. but H3:ODST was my first game that was still in the ecosystem. it was strange to see New mombasa look so different, yet familiar. looking forward to to seeing your reaction to this.
I'm sure others will tell you this but the story of Buck and this squad (alpha nine) continues with the New Blood and Bad Blood books (very good) and Halo 5, which I think you mentioned. Like you I love Chief, but Buck is my favourite character in Halo and being a huge Firefly (and Fillion) fan, ODST has a very special place in my heart 😁 Thanks for watching this, it reminded me I haven't played it for a few years and need to drop back in!
ODST's are the closest you can get to a spartan without using augmentations and power armor, so they dont have shields or an AI companion but they are obscenely well trained
@ 25:46 to answer your question about the route the game is played. Yes you play as The Rookie in the New Mombasa street missions at night, Noir detective style figuring out what happened to his team, and you play the flashbacks of the characters as you discover them until they synch up. You tend not to fight super difficult enemies in the rookie missions, you're meant to play it as stealthy as you can, but you'll run into brutes, grunts, jackals, engineers, and hunters.
I think your channel is my new favorite thing. I wanted to replay the game with my friend but they weren't interested in shooters. This is like experiencing the games all over with a friend
Love the reactions and everything you add to the content on screen. I can definitely say that having some gameplay to add context is a great addition, and i hope it stays in the future! I can't wait to see more, love the uploads👍
First halo I ever played, I remember me and my brother were like 6 and 7 years old, split screen on an Xbox 360, skipping every cutscene so we could blast aliens faster, came back to the game about a year or two ago and gave it another round as an adult, almost made me cry
ODST is definitely one of my favorite titles in the entire series, tied with Halo: Reach. I am a little late so I am sure this might have already been covered. But for the story, this takes place during the events of Halo 2, when Truth's carrier jumped into slip-space inside the city limits of New Mombasa. Actually, if you look closely during the "cutscene" when you are dropping to the planet in your pod, you can see the UNSC ship that the Chief was on closely following the Covenant ship through the slip-space portal. The main story is centered around the Rookie, who wakes up 6 hours after touching down. Split form his team and with no way to contact them, he must follow clues, seemingly being guided by some sort of super-intelligence in the city's systems, to piece together what happened and find his team. The "missions" as the Rookie are more open world like and let you loosely travel around the city at night and are more stealth centered and rely on the player using the newly implemented VISIR system (what looks like night-vision). Once you find your clue as the Rookie, it cuts to a Flashback that is played out by one of the other squad members...and play out as your more typical liner levels. These missions tell the story of what has been happening in the 6 hours the Rookie was unconscious in his pod. These missions usually end showing how the "clue" the Rookie finds ended up where it did. Then, when those missions are over, you jump back to the Rookie to continue to look for more clues. There's a bit more to it, like a secondary sub-story the player can learn about while collecting audio logs during the moments when you are playing as the Rookie. Not only do they tell another story going on in the background, but they actually change up one of the later missions with the Rookie slightly depending on if you found all the logs or not. But I won't spoil that. Gameplay wise, it plays very similar to Halo 3. The main difference is you aren't a Spartan with overshields and all that. You're an ODST. To make you feel a little more vulnerable, they ditched the overshield system and brought back the health pack system that was in Halo 1. There is something similar with the Stamina system. If you take a lot of damage, you're Stamina drops, making you even more vulnerable and suspectable to damage. If you take cover and wait a little, your Stamina will recover, but you will still need to find a health pack to restore your overall health. They also removed the dual-wielding feature from Halo 3 so you cannot carry to smaller weapons (like 2 pistols or SMGs) at the same time, like you could in 3 as the Chief. Then there is the new VISIR system that the ODSTs use. This not only acts as a sort of night vision in low light, but it highlights enemies red, allies green (if I recall) and weapons/grenade/health packs/vehicles in a blue helping you better see them in dark portions of the gameplay.
25:37 Yes you play as the Rookie in between the flashback missions. I actually find it to be the most fun part, sneaking around Covenant, choosing engagements, discovering easter eggs and all the world building
18:06 fun fact: if a space elevator breaks, the centrifugal force from the planets rotation that keeps it up there, would send it flying off into space. (As seen at 18:06 ) And it be most practical to build a space elevator near, if not on the equator (and preferably in a spot that doesn’t experience any strong storms) But if it were to collapse, it’s so long that it would wrap around the earth about 4 times.
My favourite part of this game is who they cast, not just Nathan Fillion, but also Adam Baldwin and Alan Tudyk. They went after the cast of Firefly for these 3 and had Nolan North as Romeo. They wanted the chemistry of Alpha Nine to shine throw with no back story. So there's that little added layer of Romeo being the odd one out, everyone but him gets along. Nolan North is an outsider to the trio in the voice acting booth, it was a perfect way of using that to their advantage.
It wasn't shown, but during the beginning with Buck's first playthrough, that part where you meet the first marines and he had that brute shot? Ahead is a bridge area full of dead elites/brutes, Buck comments on this like what's going on? and Dare hides it from him, because it is kept under wraps about how the Covenant is having a fall out between the two races. Also before that IMMEDIATELY when you meet those marines, entering the building to the left and going through the hall ways, his first question is something like "what's up with these dead elites?" once again he is dodged by Dare. ODST has and always be my favorite with reach. ODST had hidden lore and secrets within the city that you can actually solve and find out about if you looked around, mang as a classic screenshot there is even a "remember reach" graffiti near a dead marine as you explore the city as the rookie. Love the game to bits and pieces.
Halo 3 ODST was another one of those games that was planned to be DLC but was released as its own full game and I believe wasn't even full price upon release, plus it came with the Halo 3 Mythic map pack on a 2nd CD that was all originally DLC accessable via Xbox Live, for people who were less fortunate to not be able to get the map pack when Halo 3 released. Which made this game a very special acquisition for people's collection of the Bungie Halo games. Despite ODST taking place at the end of the Halo 2 mission New Mombossa it felt like fitting together that last piece of the puzzle in a collectors sense.
Rookie is the primary campaign of ODST (so yes there's combat, and a LOT of it, because it's a lot of trying to find your way around.). Buck, Mickey, Dutch and the gang, they are flash-backs to the team's progression into New Mombasa and their objective with their intelligence officer. You had it correct the first time in the very beginning of the show. Rookie got left behind as they thought he was dead and his pod wasn't accessible for confirmation (whether it's because it's in the air held by wires or because they physically couldn't find him isn't really explained.) So while Buck and the crew work towards one objective, the Rookie's objective is simply to "survive and escape" or "regroup with your team". It's an extremely gloomy projection, as the Rookie's side of the campaign makes it really feel like your team is on the verge of being killed off, while the team's side of the campaign instills hope and aggression on their advancing towards their goal with increasingly difficult odds (something Spartans don't really show off with their super-human abilities. The fragile teamwork and dire straits that the ODST must face when they don't have those insane augmentations the Spartans get...)
ODST has such a special place in my heart because I’ve always liked playing as the sort of rank-and-file grunts in games, being the Chief or Noble 6 was cool, but stepping into the shoes of some ODSTs and being a little more fragile but no less capable was so cool, also it wasn’t shown in these cutscenes but to add on to that noire feel, there was actually a secret side story that The Rookie can piece together as you explore the streets between missions, so you could go around the city and find storage caches of weapons and audio logs that piece together the story of police corruption and if you found them all it had an actual effect on the mission where you’re going through the sub levels to meet with Dare which was so cool to me. This is also probably one of my favorite games from a cinematic and musical standpoint, the various camera movements and even perspective as well as the more Jazzy tones really helped separate this game from the rock ballads and bombastic nature of the other games which was a nice change of pace for what is essentially a DLC So glad you finally got to experience it and honestly it would be cool to see you play a little of the game and get some live reactions to the feel of it!
45:00 That part is actually complex but only after collecting all the audio you can find in the city, it’s a side story who also explain why there a engineer inside the main complex, it also get more complexity at the cop do follow you down only to get somewhere, I don’t say more but to just put a little word about it : *"CRIME DOESN’T PAY"*
ODST is the peak of Halo storytelling. This video did a decent job of grabbing some of the important bits, but honestly there's so many details during the gameplay segments that add to the narrative that it's hard to get everything. There's also a series of audio logs that tell yet another story that ties in with the main story and changes how part of that Rookie mission plays out, which also gives a lot more context to the "CCTV" segments. I would love to see you do a Let's Play series for this game.
First up love the videos! Came here for your halo stuff but I’ve stayed around for some of the other franchises too. Very interesting to see some of the tricks pointed out. One thing that I didn’t see covered too much but you did mention, and its more a curiosity and visual story telling element, is that on some of the maps/missions you can find dead elite and brute corpses which does a bit of visual foreshadowing of the split of the covenant. It’s a cool little detail to see.
It's great when they do that because it allows you to grow the universe, a bit like Star Wars. It feels huge like an actual space. Thank you for watching the videos and being apart of the channel. It's awesome fella!
@@kaizammit it is very cool. It’s also interesting to see how in some cases people can latch onto some of these stories which can sort of “blow up” a little leading to more in depth explorations of the side stories, creating other central branches to the main story. Another game series that does quite a lot of these universe growing elements is the mass effect series. The amount stories that you can find spread throughout is *usually* done very well. Some very clever people out there to make it all work.
59:40 The coop with 4 players you where remembering is a vidmaster challenge bungie made, if you completed a certain amount of them you where rewarded with the recon helmet.
Buck does become a spartan. The Rookie who is the character you control was also supposed to become a spartan. He gets killed when he is taken as a hostage a few days before he was supposed to go into spartan training.
I almost want him to breakdown rvb 1-13 and explain how someone so simple got so good… plus I want to see his reactions to the humor from the reds and blues.
I think the best thing about ODST is it was essentially a Kitbash. Reused halo 3 assets to make a game that stands on its own. Originally starting as DLC that just grew in scope and developed it into a new game
You do play as the rookie and theres a whole sub story and you get alternate cutscenes then. The more of the hidden tapes for the substory you find the more weapon caches you open. There are constant covenant patrols around the city looking for you while you explore.
25:40 Yeah. You play as the Rookie in the present sections where you have to track down leads on where your squad is and each one you find leads to the next flashback mission where you play as one of the squad members. What the quick clips of gameplay don't show off is that Vergil (the Huragok who merged with the city's custodian AI) is flashing traffic guidance signals, street lights, automated alarms, and train ticket machines to try and guide you towards them as well as towards terminals which tell you about a side story about Sadie, a local who's trying to find her father and escape after the Covenant invasion. The really cool thing is, if you find every terminal with Sadie's Story on it, the mission where the Rookie reunites with Dare changes slightly. Instead of the NMPD officer getting killed offscreen by Drones, he follows you down a level, unlocks a side door with Sadie's dead dad inside it and then tries to kill you after you see him. And instead of the Rookie aiming at Vergil and Dare stopping him, it's the other way around with Rookie stepping in front of Dare and whistling a tune Vergil taught him.
There is an underlying story about that "cop". If you notice all the CCTV scenes, on the top right, you will see an expression icon. That is Vergil. The cop kept calling out to, Vergil is the city AI. The city AI throughout the game guides the Rookie by piecing all the information and used whatever available TV or screen the AI has access to, by making arrow signs, to the covenant it just street signs, but to the Rookie, its the AI assisting. By securing the Rookie safety and guiding him, he leads him to Dare, an ONI member who has a very important mission. So it all ties in If i rmb correctly, so the corrupt cop, is under a corrupt commissioner, has some beef with the designer of the city AI, i forgot what it was about internally in detail, but i believe the man who designed the AI died, betrayed by the corrupt commissioner. The daughter was trying to make her way to find her father, the one who made the AI. The corrupt cop wasnt allowed access since the AI who has access to everything knows that cop is corrupted and linked to the commissioner. Thus when the Rookie arrived, you hear the comms of the cop not allowed entry. While the AI, Vergil allowed Rookie access... The cop wasn't aware that the AI is aware he is corrupt, hence when Rookie met the cop, Vergil then said "Hitchhikers could be escaped convicts", hinting and warning Rookie in a way saying that while he is guiding Rookie to Dare. The corrupt cop(convict) escaped from the Covenant is hitchhiking on Rookie's journey to Dare. There is a fork at storytelling path here. The way you saw here, the cop dies to the drones horribly since the cop offered to let Rookie go first to face danger But Vergil knew the drones were coming, the moment Rookie went through the tube, Vergil shut the door on the cop, leaving the cop to his demise. Now alternative storytelling, Rookie finds all the audio log and pieces everything together. So the timing that Dare and Rookie gets their stuff faster, so it be way earlier. So when the story aligns, Vergil has no way to eliminate the cop, as opposed to the original where Vergil matched the drone timing on the cop. So at that point where cop should've died cuz the door was shut. Vergil didn't shut it off and risk danger to Rookie and itself. So at that stage, the cop would follow the Rookie further, later leading the Rookie to a section that strays from the main path, accessing a supposed locked door. There you will see the man who designed the AI is murdered brutally with the other cops/soldiers survivor groups due to the covenant flooding the internal sections of ONI base. The cop then confirms his mission is complete and wants to grab sth if im not wrong and here, this is where the Rookie should've pieced the information from all the audio log that the cop isn't as simple as it is and the cop knew that the Rookie was suspicious of him. The cop then turns on the Rookie and tries to silence Rookie. Here, in gameplay, your ally cop becomes an enemy cop, your crosshair becomes red, and the cop shoots back at you to kill you. The Rookie would then kill the cop then proceed to continue towards Dare and Vergil Then later, you will then learn from Dare, the Engineer tapped into the city systems and took Vergil AI into itself, its data, AI personality etc. The reason why Vergil is important that later was assimilated into the Engineer, both Vergil and Engineer knows something, a key information of what the Covenant is looking for on Earth and why specifically, New Mobasa of Africa. Which was the throwback to the original mission during Halo 2, when Chief was briefed by Miranda to capture Prophet of Regret when they arrived in the city, to learn why the Covenant capital ship came to Earth, why specifically land on New Mombasa out of everywhere else on Earth Which later you learn in Halo 3, thats where the location of the portal to the Ark was.. Halo 2 ending revealed about system standby for the Ark to remote activate all of the Halo rings. Halo 2 mid story. You learnt that the Covenant knew of the portal on "Eden" but never knew "Eden" referred to Earth, and that Earth is the original and last homeworld of Humanity. Hence Regret didn't expect and was only with a scout group, who advanced early to Earth only to face the fight that Halo 2 premise started on. And he tried to bail out and inform the rest of the Covenant, and the betrayal of the elites were already planned. And thats how it all links together with every little bits of info and storytelling left and right
@27:56 the reason he only shoots 1 shot, then reloads, is because of the previous cut-scene. He shot three times at those two banshees but never reloaded.
5:38 "Attention passengers. As you can see, the Captain has lit the Oh-shit-we're-going-to-die sign. So if you just make sure your seatbelts are buckled and hold on tight."
The red tinge is this game's equivalent of shields, called stamina, because you aren't playing as a Spartan or Elite, so you don't have shields. It basically works like shields and health but with slight differences where taking a hit at full stamina barely affects your health even from a heavy hit, but as your stamina drains even small hits start to hurt. Health doesn't regenerate without a health kit but stamina comes back after a few seconds. Super heavy hits like large explosions or sniper headshots can still 1 shot you especially on higher difficulties.
Did you know we actually invented the biofoam used to save Romeo? They just came out with a syringe that you shoot into gaping bleeding wounds to stop it instantly in real life and i immediately thought of the canister they used on Rome's punctured chest lol
ODST’s soundtrack is utterly amazing. It’s an awesome mix of electronic and jazz thrown in together. Gameplay is changed too cuz you don’t have Shields, vision isn’t Spartan quality, and weapon accuracy isn’t what you’re used to. You’re purely human. Only enhancements you get are your armor and weapons. Also a bit of context. ODST has two stories running together. 3 kinda. You have the main story of the Rookie reuniting his team slowly through detective work and you have a mystery story tying to audiologs you can find that change one mission permanently once all collected. Optionally there are easter eggs/foreshadow moments of the Covenant Civil War from H2. There are bodies of Sangheili in various spots that trigger dialogue between Buck and Dare.
Side-comment: Yes. Between each mission you play as the Rookie running/exploring New Mombasa getting to each mission. In-between each mission there are audio logs to grab, weapon caches to unlock, and little areas to uncover that are just fun moments.
ODST is such a brilliant game to play through, for something that was only made to fulfil Bungie's contract, same with Reach. they wanted to stop after 3 but then made 2 more bangers just to satisfy Microsoft. another thing i love about ODST in particular is that most of the cast were co-stars on Firefly, Nathan Fillion playing Buck/Mal, Alan Tudyk playing Mickey/Wash and Adam Baldwin playing Dutch/Cobb.
Fun fact about Gunnery Sergeant Buck is that he was present on Reach when the Covenant invaded the planet. You can spot him donning an AV-14 Hornet in the mission where we have to evacuate New Alexandria. If you listen closely Dare also states at 1:00:35-1:00:50 that "If you made it out of there(Reach). You can do it here as well". Very interesting detail none the less
New Mombasa acts as a hub world. In between each mission you play as rookie. You go and discover different objects which activate cutscenes and their subsequent missions. Eventually the objects you find out you into missions where you play as the rookie to complete the story with the rest of your squad.
i think there is a very good contrast between the sections where you play as the rookie and the other ODSTs, as the rookie they very intentionally keep the stronger enemies and the strongest weapons out of your hands. i think the strongest enemy you fight is maybe a pair of hunters, and thats only one time. it really drives home that sort of "alone and afraid" kind of vibe the game is going for.
halo 3 ODST has a weird place inside the time line of the games, it starts kind of middle of halo 2 (when the super cruiser does the jump over the city) and then ends during halo 3
The reason Rookie works it out is due to the cities A.I. leading him where to go, in his missions you will see it using arrows, road signs and the such to guide Rookie back to his team, and that's a crazy cool detail to me.
Because of ODST being a smaller game compared to other halos, the team working on it decided to take a mor artistic approach to the story and music. Marty O'Donnell wanted to have a Nora feal to the story and music, and there is a hidden story that you can find while exploring new Mombasa that is a retelling od Dante's inferno.
This game is such an amazing piece of art. It's pretty funny now that some were upset about it upon release as it was essentially a DLC to Halo 3. I think everyone who played was blown away by it though. It's definitely worth experiencing, and I hope you're able to do that and enjoy it to it's full extent! Would love to see your gameplay!
This takes place in the middle of the elites and covenant tension. There’s a lot of good visual story telling in the game and good dialogue that can tell you a lot more than cutscenes can. Definitely worth playing and is definitely a good place for you to start at 👍🏼 Also there’s a side story in the game in the form of audio logs, it has to do with that police officer you meet near the end of the game.
To answer your question when the Dutch and Mickey are on the bridge, you start the game as Roomie, find a clue, play a mission, then when the mission ends you become the rookie once more and head off and search the city for another clue.
ODST had a fantastic soundtrack, Deference to Darkness is a great track, a lot of people like, but my top pick has to be Air Traffic Control, which is part of NMPD level suite, it plays during the holdout. The Distorted guitar makes that track rock~
To be honest I wish the developer or the company would make another ODST type game with the same characters with good story and maybe put some crazy surprising characters like they did with SGT Johnson the jazz the night theme made it really perfect.
I always thought it was cool how when you were searching for the clues as the rookie, you would go through spaces you just played in as one of the squadmates, but now it's nighttime and more somber
to answer your question yes you do fight your way towards the next cutscene as the rookie, it’s not just walking from cutscene to cutscene and as you walk through the city you get a lot more of that noire vibe with the ambiance and the music
Here's a crazy thing. In the opening cutscene Dare and Buck are actually hog tied to the front of the pod and thier heads are litterally in the screans 😂.
The reason why ODST visuals were darker is because Spartans had augmentations to see in practically pitch black dark while regular humans we need lights
you should feel free to check out Sadie's Story, It takes part during the invasion of new mombasa from the perspective of a civilian, recorded thru the city AI, it only has still drawings for illustrations though no cinematography
ODST is one of the best. There's a second, hidden story that you can unlock in gameplay, def recommend giving it a try. Also on Legendary it has a bunch of extra scenes and dialogue including what that cop at the end was really up to. Enjoy!
Apologies if any of this has been mentioned to death already, I'm typing this up as I watch. Honestly, love this game to pieces. Wasn't the first Halo I ever played (that was Halo 2 at my friend's after school), but this was the first I bought for myself once I finally got my hands on a 360. And it shall forever have a special niche in my heart 4:50 - Not at that point yet, but indeed in Halo 5, as you said. Honestly, he was one of the highlights of the campaign for me. 5:30 - One of the little details I like from this part of the cutscene is that we can see In Amber Clad, the frigate from Halo 2, flying up next to the carrier. 10:40 - Lore-wise, no. Gameplay-wise, yes. 11:42 - "Honestly, if he were any better, he'd be a Spartan." 13:15 - Nope, they're just adorable space jellyfish who want to fix things. Somewhat ironic that the first human killed by the Covenant died at the tentacles of a Huragok. 24:20 - I'd watch it. 25:50 - Yes, you do fight more enemies between the flashbacks. Or you can try to sneak around them as you work your way to the next objective. 26:50 - Prime example of one of the little things I enjoy with this game. In the upper right corner whenever we have a CCTV camera shot is a little face representing The Superintendant, New Mombasa's municipal AI. And it will change in reaction to the events being shown. Like here, it goes from wide-eyed surprise to eyebrow-raising perplexed to just straight up pissed off. 29:45 - Three shots were fired in the cutscene, leaving just one left in the gun. Player providing this footage just never bothered to reload earlier, I guess. 35:34 - The casual way Buck just tosses that always amused me for some reason. 39:35 - Yup. The only Elites to be found in the campaign are all dead. The Great Schism hasn't officially begun yet, but Truth decided to get an early start on Earth for some reason or other. 40:20 - Best skull. 46:35 - On a mission from the corrupt police boss to make sure someone is dead. If the player finds all of the audio logs scattered around the open world part of the game, the cop survives this bit and accompanies you further to where the final audio log is, the area just before Dare gets back on the radio. 1:00:15 - Sounds like one of the Vidmaster challenges. Either that specific level or the last level of Halo 3.
ODST may not be Master Chief, but it's my personal favorite Halo game. Between the music and the gameplay, it's fantastic. You feel like an ODST, which means you don't feel like an invincible walking tank of a Spartan. A far difference from what we had in Reach.
One thing that doesn't come across much in the cutscenes that really shows up during the gameplay is the city is run by an AI which is actively trying to guide the player by repurposing semi-relevant voice lines from other purposes, like traffic signs and hazard warnings being used to tell you about enemies up ahead. This is especially helpful during the Rookie segments which happen on many of the same maps that the other characters traverse, but at night, where the differences between this and mainline Halo games is most apparent. This is a stealth game where you can completely bypass many if not most of the enemies by simply choosing a path that doesn't let them see you. Really ups the horror and paranoia of the game especially as this is all happening at night with the main battle having ended hours ago. The Rookie is desperately searching through the wreckage of the battle finding bits and pieces left by his teammates fighting there before him and trying not to get noticed. Most of the Rookie segments are fought solo while the others fight alongside each-other and marines. It's also a semi-open world for the Rookie where it is actually possible to find some clues and thus their attached missions out of order.
Thr ODSTs don't have overshields so any shot that hits them actually hurts them. The increasing red around the screen when you're getting shot at is to represent your dtamina running out from dodging the fire, and once your stamina runs out, you can no longer avoid the fire and start getting hit. It's a very intereting way of still having a halo "energy shield" mechanic without changing to so much thay players don't like it.
7:05 I guarantee that's how most inverted players origin story began, that or an Flight sim game like Ace Combat. Rookie's story is more Ambiance and world building with minor small conflicts (As it takes place after the battle has died down a little and you face patrols) The Flash back segments are intro'd and Ended with cinematics and play much like classic Halo, tho rather an Augmented Spartan, you're a trained Elite. And yes, no Shield...just the health bar. 1:00:00 Halo 3 Vidmaster challenge for the Recon set, the OG Bungie Dev armor AFTER they used the Flaming Skull Helmets to differentiate players from devs, WHO ACTUALLY LOVED PLAYING THEIR OWN GAME. "Before 343 Industries gave the armor to everyone, the only way to unlock Recon Armor in Halo 3, aside from being gifted it by Bungie, was to complete all 7 of the Vidmaster Challenges in Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST"
there's actually an entire sub-story within ODST too, found through audio logs while playing as the Rookie, called Sadie's Story. while their are images to it, it's mostly audio. it's worth listening to just because, like the main story, it's at least pretty damn entertaining.
@@kaizammit ODST is absolutely worth playing, even if only for the ambience of wandering the city at night as the Rookie with Smooth jazz in your ears.
You know I noticed that no one has ever mentioned anything about the Virgil emoji that on the top-right of the screen during the replay videos in the game Poor Virgil lol
theres not any visuals but you should really listen to Sadie's Story (the audio logs) its very much a retelling of Dantes Inferno taking place during the time The Rookies passed out and gives more background to Vergil/ The Superintendent/ That last Engineer
The odsts are actually better than the normal marines, think of Odsts as Navy seals to a normal marine today, also the Odsts don't have over shield, instead once you run out of stamina, you'll start losing health, which you'll only be able to replenish with a health pack like in Reach. Also there is an Easter egg in one of parts when you're playing as Rookie, that says "Remember Reach" on a wall
Would I be interested in seeing you play through these games that you have reacted to? Absolutely! Between the Halo games and Starcraft games, there's always things that get overlooked such as character conversations, music, and the overall understanding of the story. I've always been a fan of watching others experience great games like these for the first time, and I'm sure that many of your viewers feel the same.
Sorry for the paragraphs here Kai but I figure you might appreciate this take ODST was awesome- it was like a perfect conduit from halo 3 to Reach. It was an honest Halo 3 DLC/Campaign addition 👌👌 Then reach came along brand spankin new; it had a very similar feeling campaign, but much more tragic- unlike all other Halo titles. The cinematics, the character interaction, so much hope and excitement- but much more heavy due to the inevitable loss that was slowly growing with each mission. Reaches trailers and gameplay previews pre-release were very- unclear. Almost as if Bungie made us think it was a story where you would win. Then the live action trailer 'Deliver Hope' dropped. When I saw that on TV I really saw reach for what it was- and the ad campaign always said "Reach Falls: September 14" which was when it released, and in the game thats the day you play as Noble 6 for the last time The fact that you see Buck in one of Reach's missions was the cherry on top. Especially considering you were in a city just like in H3 ODST's Campaign- same circumstance but much worse seeing as reach was clearly losing that war. I just really love how connected they all are- as much as bungie could make them
Also, I highly recommend watching cinematic trailers on the halo series. There are a few good ones that come to mind specifically halo 3 live action trailers.
So for context... First off, ODSTs are not super soldiers, as they are not augmented themselves but they do have a superior armor not quite as good as Spartans but better than Marines with stuff that helps them survive more stuff... And answering to your question, as the Rookie you navigate through the city at night, and you see a city already over sieged by the Covenant, you can take side streets or empty alleys to save on ammo or fight your way through, you find enemies out guard even sleeping at some points, but its certainly quite the atmosphere, also you dont have yo find the clues of the team in order, the map is openworld sort of, but the hud gives you the correct order to do so chronologically... Edit: also about that sus cop and the audio logs, if you manage to find all of them you get garages with equipment and even vehicles as aid for your next playthrough, but also you unlock a variation at the end where the cop jumps with you to find the final log and then attack you... but i dont want to spoil the story further..
Yes I would love to watch you play through some games! Tha KS agin for this video and HOPE YOU WATCH AND DISCUSS THE HALO 3 BELIEVE MARKETING VIDEOS!!!!!
The reason Romeo only has 1 shot in the sniper @ 29:35 is because during the cutscene, he shot at the Banshees. It’s a little attention to detail that I didn’t know until recently
Yes. They actually did the same thing in halo 2 when arbiter shoots at the forerunner machine at the beginning of the library. When it cuts to gameplay, there's 3 or 4 shots missing from the cartridge in your carbine.
If you skip the cutscene where he shoots the banshee he still has a full clip in the sniper.
@l.v.4375 * full magazine. I know it's a nitpick but it's not called a clip.
@@vanguardraidcommand2285 Correct. They easy way to tell the difference between a Clip and a Mag is that a Mag stays with the weapon and a Clip is usually used to help load a Mag.
@DraustTrollbaneUS That, and if you can't see the bullets (with the exception of 1 or 2 when looking down from the top).
I know it annoys people when we correct them, but it would be the same as calling the transmission and the gear shifter on a car the same thing. They both involve the gears of the vehicle, but they aren't the same at all
ODST was such a somber change from the rest of the franchise, walking around the silent streets with smooth jazz playing in the background. Almost complete contrast from the prior games.
Real. I played it co-op with my little brother and it was an amazing time.
Sadly life/family/work has taken over and we don’t game much anymore but have those good memories 🔥🔥🔥
It's got a very unique feel. Wish they would do another spinoff in a similar vein. But I don't have too much hope for 343 campaigns after 3 games.
@@JT_117at least they fired a bunch of people and have a team that’s actually trying now
Literally changing from a god in a war, to a one of the foot soldiers. such a massive change in how war "feels"
Bungie showed how to make a really good spin off for the fans❤
I love how in the CCTV footage, you can see the little AI making faces regarding what's going on in the recording. Be it joy of seeing people, or scorn of seeing things blow up in it's city. It's the little touches 😂
I literally just noticed this the other night while playing through with my buddy for the first time
Definitely has a WTF? expression followed by anger after they blow up the ONI building 😆
Seriously, Vergil has more characterization that most TV Characters these days, *And he has to speak in Canned safety messages, with only icons for expressions*, some folks really have a talent to do more with less and make it really work
I just noticed that during this video lol I saw and was like “what?? HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT ITS SO CUTE?!”
the ai also guides the ODSTs throughout the city especially the rookie, with the screens saying turn left and otherwise
Just a little casting fun fact (if it hasn't been said already): Mickey and Dutch are played by Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin respectively. They were co stars with Nathan Fillion in 'Firefly' and voiced various marines in Halo 3.
58:35 oh I almost forgot, the actor who voices Dare is Tricia Helfer (from battlestar galactica)
57:53 If you look at the rookie you can see he's about to say something, but he's cut off by Buck yelling. I love how many times the game makes you think the Rookie's going to talk, but you never end up hearing his voice.
"....uh-" *raises finger*
*Prepares to say something*
*Realizes writing on the wall*
*Remembers Dare is with ONI and Buck is his CO*
*Decides to just let this play out*
Fun fact Halo 3 ODST should really be called Halo 2.5 ODST as it starts in Halo 2 in the middle of the Brutes betraying the Elites and ends at the beginning of Halo 3. This is why you see dead elites and talk about how only 1 covenant cruiser got through but at the end see more cruisers as Truths forces have arrived and are excavating the arc.
To give more context the CCTV is actually the cities AI called the Superintendent which is tracking and helping the ODSTs giving them info and helping them link up. A few hours after drop so when the rookie is linking up with the rest of the team the floating alien (Engineer) has actually linked itself with the Superintendent gaining its knowledge to save as many people as it can from the Brutes as the engineers are treated as slaves and don't really want to help the Covenant.
If anyone has any questions please let me know.
I remember the original title they were going to have for the game was Halo 3 Recon
@@quarkedbutt3957 yeah which was even weirder considering non of them were recon lol
Finally someone other than me says this
@@CT-9904-Crosshair I tried to ask about this on the halo reddit and they declined me because it was divisive apparently lmao
Crazy they missed the dead elites part
I think one of the coolest things about ODST was the fact that basically all of the set pieces in the daytime missions and flashbacks can be found as the rookie in the free roam during the night such as bucks pod on the roof and the warthog dutch crashes
This has probably been said a few times already in the comments but the Rookie's motif consisting of 3 descending notes is meant by the composer to convey "All Alone" or lined up with the notes, "All A-lone".
Marty O Donnell, one of the composers for the series explained he wanted the Rookie's music to reflect the feeling of being all alone in a dark rainy city as you search for answers after waking up. It's meant to feel intimate and not necessarily sad but almost melancholy.
ODST's music and specifically the Rookie's music is beloved by the community, it's so unique to this game but fits perfectly into the series even though it's unlike anything before it. It's masterful.
I've fallen asleep to this soundtrack so many times
One thing that really elevates ODST’s story is it’s connection to Dante’s inferno.
ODST’s are nicknamed hell divers and each level reflects a level of hell in Dante’s inferno, with the main area you wonder around being limbo.
It really comes together as you explore and listen to the audio logs throughout the map and hell is referenced throughout the story numerous times. Really subtle and cool story telling.
this was…….my first “modern” halo game. i had Halo 2 after the fact. but H3:ODST was my first game that was still in the ecosystem. it was strange to see New mombasa look so different, yet familiar.
looking forward to to seeing your reaction to this.
I'm sure others will tell you this but the story of Buck and this squad (alpha nine) continues with the New Blood and Bad Blood books (very good) and Halo 5, which I think you mentioned.
Like you I love Chief, but Buck is my favourite character in Halo and being a huge Firefly (and Fillion) fan, ODST has a very special place in my heart 😁 Thanks for watching this, it reminded me I haven't played it for a few years and need to drop back in!
JUSTICE FOR THE ROOKIE
THIS SOME BULLSHIT 😵💫😵💫
@@jester4323 Yeah, they did Rook dirty. Probably because they didn't wanna make an ODST 2. The cowards!
ODST's are the closest you can get to a spartan without using augmentations and power armor, so they dont have shields or an AI companion but they are obscenely well trained
@ 25:46 to answer your question about the route the game is played. Yes you play as The Rookie in the New Mombasa street missions at night, Noir detective style figuring out what happened to his team, and you play the flashbacks of the characters as you discover them until they synch up. You tend not to fight super difficult enemies in the rookie missions, you're meant to play it as stealthy as you can, but you'll run into brutes, grunts, jackals, engineers, and hunters.
I think your channel is my new favorite thing. I wanted to replay the game with my friend but they weren't interested in shooters. This is like experiencing the games all over with a friend
Love the reactions and everything you add to the content on screen. I can definitely say that having some gameplay to add context is a great addition, and i hope it stays in the future! I can't wait to see more, love the uploads👍
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.
5:30 If you look closely at the right side of the carrier, you can see the UNSC ship fly into the slip space rupture too.
First halo I ever played, I remember me and my brother were like 6 and 7 years old, split screen on an Xbox 360, skipping every cutscene so we could blast aliens faster, came back to the game about a year or two ago and gave it another round as an adult, almost made me cry
ODST is definitely one of my favorite titles in the entire series, tied with Halo: Reach. I am a little late so I am sure this might have already been covered. But for the story, this takes place during the events of Halo 2, when Truth's carrier jumped into slip-space inside the city limits of New Mombasa. Actually, if you look closely during the "cutscene" when you are dropping to the planet in your pod, you can see the UNSC ship that the Chief was on closely following the Covenant ship through the slip-space portal.
The main story is centered around the Rookie, who wakes up 6 hours after touching down. Split form his team and with no way to contact them, he must follow clues, seemingly being guided by some sort of super-intelligence in the city's systems, to piece together what happened and find his team. The "missions" as the Rookie are more open world like and let you loosely travel around the city at night and are more stealth centered and rely on the player using the newly implemented VISIR system (what looks like night-vision).
Once you find your clue as the Rookie, it cuts to a Flashback that is played out by one of the other squad members...and play out as your more typical liner levels. These missions tell the story of what has been happening in the 6 hours the Rookie was unconscious in his pod. These missions usually end showing how the "clue" the Rookie finds ended up where it did. Then, when those missions are over, you jump back to the Rookie to continue to look for more clues.
There's a bit more to it, like a secondary sub-story the player can learn about while collecting audio logs during the moments when you are playing as the Rookie. Not only do they tell another story going on in the background, but they actually change up one of the later missions with the Rookie slightly depending on if you found all the logs or not. But I won't spoil that.
Gameplay wise, it plays very similar to Halo 3. The main difference is you aren't a Spartan with overshields and all that. You're an ODST. To make you feel a little more vulnerable, they ditched the overshield system and brought back the health pack system that was in Halo 1. There is something similar with the Stamina system. If you take a lot of damage, you're Stamina drops, making you even more vulnerable and suspectable to damage. If you take cover and wait a little, your Stamina will recover, but you will still need to find a health pack to restore your overall health. They also removed the dual-wielding feature from Halo 3 so you cannot carry to smaller weapons (like 2 pistols or SMGs) at the same time, like you could in 3 as the Chief. Then there is the new VISIR system that the ODSTs use. This not only acts as a sort of night vision in low light, but it highlights enemies red, allies green (if I recall) and weapons/grenade/health packs/vehicles in a blue helping you better see them in dark portions of the gameplay.
25:37 Yes you play as the Rookie in between the flashback missions. I actually find it to be the most fun part, sneaking around Covenant, choosing engagements, discovering easter eggs and all the world building
18:06 fun fact: if a space elevator breaks, the centrifugal force from the planets rotation that keeps it up there, would send it flying off into space.
(As seen at 18:06 )
And it be most practical to build a space elevator near, if not on the equator (and preferably in a spot that doesn’t experience any strong storms)
But if it were to collapse, it’s so long that it would wrap around the earth about 4 times.
My favourite part of this game is who they cast, not just Nathan Fillion, but also Adam Baldwin and Alan Tudyk. They went after the cast of Firefly for these 3 and had Nolan North as Romeo. They wanted the chemistry of Alpha Nine to shine throw with no back story. So there's that little added layer of Romeo being the odd one out, everyone but him gets along. Nolan North is an outsider to the trio in the voice acting booth, it was a perfect way of using that to their advantage.
It wasn't shown, but during the beginning with Buck's first playthrough, that part where you meet the first marines and he had that brute shot? Ahead is a bridge area full of dead elites/brutes, Buck comments on this like what's going on? and Dare hides it from him, because it is kept under wraps about how the Covenant is having a fall out between the two races. Also before that IMMEDIATELY when you meet those marines, entering the building to the left and going through the hall ways, his first question is something like "what's up with these dead elites?" once again he is dodged by Dare. ODST has and always be my favorite with reach. ODST had hidden lore and secrets within the city that you can actually solve and find out about if you looked around, mang as a classic screenshot there is even a "remember reach" graffiti near a dead marine as you explore the city as the rookie. Love the game to bits and pieces.
Halo 3 ODST was another one of those games that was planned to be DLC but was released as its own full game and I believe wasn't even full price upon release, plus it came with the Halo 3 Mythic map pack on a 2nd CD that was all originally DLC accessable via Xbox Live, for people who were less fortunate to not be able to get the map pack when Halo 3 released. Which made this game a very special acquisition for people's collection of the Bungie Halo games. Despite ODST taking place at the end of the Halo 2 mission New Mombossa it felt like fitting together that last piece of the puzzle in a collectors sense.
Rookie is the primary campaign of ODST (so yes there's combat, and a LOT of it, because it's a lot of trying to find your way around.). Buck, Mickey, Dutch and the gang, they are flash-backs to the team's progression into New Mombasa and their objective with their intelligence officer. You had it correct the first time in the very beginning of the show. Rookie got left behind as they thought he was dead and his pod wasn't accessible for confirmation (whether it's because it's in the air held by wires or because they physically couldn't find him isn't really explained.)
So while Buck and the crew work towards one objective, the Rookie's objective is simply to "survive and escape" or "regroup with your team". It's an extremely gloomy projection, as the Rookie's side of the campaign makes it really feel like your team is on the verge of being killed off, while the team's side of the campaign instills hope and aggression on their advancing towards their goal with increasingly difficult odds (something Spartans don't really show off with their super-human abilities. The fragile teamwork and dire straits that the ODST must face when they don't have those insane augmentations the Spartans get...)
ODST has such a special place in my heart because I’ve always liked playing as the sort of rank-and-file grunts in games, being the Chief or Noble 6 was cool, but stepping into the shoes of some ODSTs and being a little more fragile but no less capable was so cool, also it wasn’t shown in these cutscenes but to add on to that noire feel, there was actually a secret side story that The Rookie can piece together as you explore the streets between missions, so you could go around the city and find storage caches of weapons and audio logs that piece together the story of police corruption and if you found them all it had an actual effect on the mission where you’re going through the sub levels to meet with Dare which was so cool to me. This is also probably one of my favorite games from a cinematic and musical standpoint, the various camera movements and even perspective as well as the more Jazzy tones really helped separate this game from the rock ballads and bombastic nature of the other games which was a nice change of pace for what is essentially a DLC
So glad you finally got to experience it and honestly it would be cool to see you play a little of the game and get some live reactions to the feel of it!
45:00 That part is actually complex but only after collecting all the audio you can find in the city, it’s a side story who also explain why there a engineer inside the main complex, it also get more complexity at the cop do follow you down only to get somewhere, I don’t say more but to just put a little word about it :
*"CRIME DOESN’T PAY"*
ODST is the peak of Halo storytelling. This video did a decent job of grabbing some of the important bits, but honestly there's so many details during the gameplay segments that add to the narrative that it's hard to get everything. There's also a series of audio logs that tell yet another story that ties in with the main story and changes how part of that Rookie mission plays out, which also gives a lot more context to the "CCTV" segments. I would love to see you do a Let's Play series for this game.
Bloody thank you for showing and adoring the ODST,s they are my favorite and your channel may fortune and happiness to you mate
Much appreciated!
First up love the videos! Came here for your halo stuff but I’ve stayed around for some of the other franchises too. Very interesting to see some of the tricks pointed out.
One thing that I didn’t see covered too much but you did mention, and its more a curiosity and visual story telling element, is that on some of the maps/missions you can find dead elite and brute corpses which does a bit of visual foreshadowing of the split of the covenant. It’s a cool little detail to see.
It's great when they do that because it allows you to grow the universe, a bit like Star Wars. It feels huge like an actual space.
Thank you for watching the videos and being apart of the channel. It's awesome fella!
@@kaizammit it is very cool. It’s also interesting to see how in some cases people can latch onto some of these stories which can sort of “blow up” a little leading to more in depth explorations of the side stories, creating other central branches to the main story.
Another game series that does quite a lot of these universe growing elements is the mass effect series. The amount stories that you can find spread throughout is *usually* done very well. Some very clever people out there to make it all work.
32:28 THIS is the kind of thing Buck was doing BEFORE he became a Spartan IV. Yeah. He's a badass.
59:40 The coop with 4 players you where remembering is a vidmaster challenge bungie made, if you completed a certain amount of them you where rewarded with the recon helmet.
Idk if you noticed but the little happy face icon of the superintendent changes based on the actions around it and how it affects it
That's the first time I've seen that opening cutscene and actually noticed the "In Amber Clad" dashing to the portal/rupture before it collapsed.
Love the tiny inclusion of In Amber Clad approaching the Covenant carrier (with John 117 onboard) at 5:30
Buck does become a spartan. The Rookie who is the character you control was also supposed to become a spartan. He gets killed when he is taken as a hostage a few days before he was supposed to go into spartan training.
Still lives up to be my favorite Halo game, the mix of big combat and lowkey gameplay is perfect. Glad you covered this!
I almost want him to breakdown rvb 1-13 and explain how someone so simple got so good… plus I want to see his reactions to the humor from the reds and blues.
I think the best thing about ODST is it was essentially a Kitbash. Reused halo 3 assets to make a game that stands on its own. Originally starting as DLC that just grew in scope and developed it into a new game
odst is hands down one of my favorites, from the characters, to the music to the gameplay its outstanding
You do play as the rookie and theres a whole sub story and you get alternate cutscenes then. The more of the hidden tapes for the substory you find the more weapon caches you open. There are constant covenant patrols around the city looking for you while you explore.
25:40
Yeah. You play as the Rookie in the present sections where you have to track down leads on where your squad is and each one you find leads to the next flashback mission where you play as one of the squad members. What the quick clips of gameplay don't show off is that Vergil (the Huragok who merged with the city's custodian AI) is flashing traffic guidance signals, street lights, automated alarms, and train ticket machines to try and guide you towards them as well as towards terminals which tell you about a side story about Sadie, a local who's trying to find her father and escape after the Covenant invasion.
The really cool thing is, if you find every terminal with Sadie's Story on it, the mission where the Rookie reunites with Dare changes slightly. Instead of the NMPD officer getting killed offscreen by Drones, he follows you down a level, unlocks a side door with Sadie's dead dad inside it and then tries to kill you after you see him. And instead of the Rookie aiming at Vergil and Dare stopping him, it's the other way around with Rookie stepping in front of Dare and whistling a tune Vergil taught him.
There is an underlying story about that "cop".
If you notice all the CCTV scenes, on the top right, you will see an expression icon.
That is Vergil. The cop kept calling out to, Vergil is the city AI.
The city AI throughout the game guides the Rookie by piecing all the information and used whatever available TV or screen the AI has access to, by making arrow signs, to the covenant it just street signs, but to the Rookie, its the AI assisting. By securing the Rookie safety and guiding him, he leads him to Dare, an ONI member who has a very important mission. So it all ties in
If i rmb correctly, so the corrupt cop, is under a corrupt commissioner, has some beef with the designer of the city AI, i forgot what it was about internally in detail, but i believe the man who designed the AI died, betrayed by the corrupt commissioner. The daughter was trying to make her way to find her father, the one who made the AI.
The corrupt cop wasnt allowed access since the AI who has access to everything knows that cop is corrupted and linked to the commissioner. Thus when the Rookie arrived, you hear the comms of the cop not allowed entry. While the AI, Vergil allowed Rookie access...
The cop wasn't aware that the AI is aware he is corrupt, hence when Rookie met the cop, Vergil then said "Hitchhikers could be escaped convicts", hinting and warning Rookie in a way saying that while he is guiding Rookie to Dare.
The corrupt cop(convict) escaped from the Covenant is hitchhiking on Rookie's journey to Dare.
There is a fork at storytelling path here. The way you saw here, the cop dies to the drones horribly since the cop offered to let Rookie go first to face danger
But Vergil knew the drones were coming, the moment Rookie went through the tube, Vergil shut the door on the cop, leaving the cop to his demise.
Now alternative storytelling, Rookie finds all the audio log and pieces everything together. So the timing that Dare and Rookie gets their stuff faster, so it be way earlier. So when the story aligns, Vergil has no way to eliminate the cop, as opposed to the original where Vergil matched the drone timing on the cop.
So at that point where cop should've died cuz the door was shut. Vergil didn't shut it off and risk danger to Rookie and itself.
So at that stage, the cop would follow the Rookie further, later leading the Rookie to a section that strays from the main path, accessing a supposed locked door. There you will see the man who designed the AI is murdered brutally with the other cops/soldiers survivor groups due to the covenant flooding the internal sections of ONI base.
The cop then confirms his mission is complete and wants to grab sth if im not wrong and here, this is where the Rookie should've pieced the information from all the audio log that the cop isn't as simple as it is and the cop knew that the Rookie was suspicious of him.
The cop then turns on the Rookie and tries to silence Rookie.
Here, in gameplay, your ally cop becomes an enemy cop, your crosshair becomes red, and the cop shoots back at you to kill you. The Rookie would then kill the cop then proceed to continue towards Dare and Vergil
Then later, you will then learn from Dare, the Engineer tapped into the city systems and took Vergil AI into itself, its data, AI personality etc.
The reason why Vergil is important that later was assimilated into the Engineer, both Vergil and Engineer knows something, a key information of what the Covenant is looking for on Earth and why specifically, New Mobasa of Africa.
Which was the throwback to the original mission during Halo 2, when Chief was briefed by Miranda to capture Prophet of Regret when they arrived in the city, to learn why the Covenant capital ship came to Earth, why specifically land on New Mombasa out of everywhere else on Earth
Which later you learn in Halo 3, thats where the location of the portal to the Ark was..
Halo 2 ending revealed about system standby for the Ark to remote activate all of the Halo rings.
Halo 2 mid story. You learnt that the Covenant knew of the portal on "Eden" but never knew "Eden" referred to Earth, and that Earth is the original and last homeworld of Humanity. Hence Regret didn't expect and was only with a scout group, who advanced early to Earth only to face the fight that Halo 2 premise started on. And he tried to bail out and inform the rest of the Covenant, and the betrayal of the elites were already planned. And thats how it all links together with every little bits of info and storytelling left and right
@27:56 the reason he only shoots 1 shot, then reloads, is because of the previous cut-scene. He shot three times at those two banshees but never reloaded.
5:38 "Attention passengers. As you can see, the Captain has lit the Oh-shit-we're-going-to-die sign. So if you just make sure your seatbelts are buckled and hold on tight."
The red tinge is this game's equivalent of shields, called stamina, because you aren't playing as a Spartan or Elite, so you don't have shields. It basically works like shields and health but with slight differences where taking a hit at full stamina barely affects your health even from a heavy hit, but as your stamina drains even small hits start to hurt. Health doesn't regenerate without a health kit but stamina comes back after a few seconds. Super heavy hits like large explosions or sniper headshots can still 1 shot you especially on higher difficulties.
Did you know we actually invented the biofoam used to save Romeo? They just came out with a syringe that you shoot into gaping bleeding wounds to stop it instantly in real life and i immediately thought of the canister they used on Rome's punctured chest lol
I love that the drop sound is the multiplayer countdown
ODST’s soundtrack is utterly amazing. It’s an awesome mix of electronic and jazz thrown in together. Gameplay is changed too cuz you don’t have Shields, vision isn’t Spartan quality, and weapon accuracy isn’t what you’re used to. You’re purely human. Only enhancements you get are your armor and weapons.
Also a bit of context. ODST has two stories running together. 3 kinda. You have the main story of the Rookie reuniting his team slowly through detective work and you have a mystery story tying to audiologs you can find that change one mission permanently once all collected. Optionally there are easter eggs/foreshadow moments of the Covenant Civil War from H2. There are bodies of Sangheili in various spots that trigger dialogue between Buck and Dare.
Side-comment: Yes. Between each mission you play as the Rookie running/exploring New Mombasa getting to each mission. In-between each mission there are audio logs to grab, weapon caches to unlock, and little areas to uncover that are just fun moments.
ODST is such a brilliant game to play through, for something that was only made to fulfil Bungie's contract, same with Reach. they wanted to stop after 3 but then made 2 more bangers just to satisfy Microsoft. another thing i love about ODST in particular is that most of the cast were co-stars on Firefly, Nathan Fillion playing Buck/Mal, Alan Tudyk playing Mickey/Wash and Adam Baldwin playing Dutch/Cobb.
Fun fact about Gunnery Sergeant Buck is that he was present on Reach when the Covenant invaded the planet. You can spot him donning an AV-14 Hornet in the mission where we have to evacuate New Alexandria. If you listen closely Dare also states at 1:00:35-1:00:50 that "If you made it out of there(Reach). You can do it here as well". Very interesting detail none the less
New Mombasa acts as a hub world. In between each mission you play as rookie. You go and discover different objects which activate cutscenes and their subsequent missions. Eventually the objects you find out you into missions where you play as the rookie to complete the story with the rest of your squad.
i think there is a very good contrast between the sections where you play as the rookie and the other ODSTs, as the rookie they very intentionally keep the stronger enemies and the strongest weapons out of your hands. i think the strongest enemy you fight is maybe a pair of hunters, and thats only one time. it really drives home that sort of "alone and afraid" kind of vibe the game is going for.
ODST is for me the best halo game in style and music!
Easily my favorite one, and now I will play it again. I would love to see you play it too!
halo 3 ODST has a weird place inside the time line of the games, it starts kind of middle of halo 2 (when the super cruiser does the jump over the city) and then ends during halo 3
The reason Rookie works it out is due to the cities A.I. leading him where to go, in his missions you will see it using arrows, road signs and the such to guide Rookie back to his team, and that's a crazy cool detail to me.
Believe it's also showing Rookie the cctv footage on top of that to help figure out where they are.
Because of ODST being a smaller game compared to other halos, the team working on it decided to take a mor artistic approach to the story and music. Marty O'Donnell wanted to have a Nora feal to the story and music, and there is a hidden story that you can find while exploring new Mombasa that is a retelling od Dante's inferno.
This game is such an amazing piece of art. It's pretty funny now that some were upset about it upon release as it was essentially a DLC to Halo 3. I think everyone who played was blown away by it though. It's definitely worth experiencing, and I hope you're able to do that and enjoy it to it's full extent! Would love to see your gameplay!
This takes place in the middle of the elites and covenant tension. There’s a lot of good visual story telling in the game and good dialogue that can tell you a lot more than cutscenes can. Definitely worth playing and is definitely a good place for you to start at 👍🏼
Also there’s a side story in the game in the form of audio logs, it has to do with that police officer you meet near the end of the game.
To answer your question when the Dutch and Mickey are on the bridge, you start the game as Roomie, find a clue, play a mission, then when the mission ends you become the rookie once more and head off and search the city for another clue.
5:27 forgot you can see the ship from halo 2 slip space jump with the covanent ship
ODST had a fantastic soundtrack, Deference to Darkness is a great track, a lot of people like, but my top pick has to be Air Traffic Control, which is part of NMPD level suite, it plays during the holdout. The Distorted guitar makes that track rock~
To be honest I wish the developer or the company would make another ODST type game with the same characters with good story and maybe put some crazy surprising characters like they did with SGT Johnson the jazz the night theme made it really perfect.
I always thought it was cool how when you were searching for the clues as the rookie, you would go through spaces you just played in as one of the squadmates, but now it's nighttime and more somber
Every ODST fan instantly got flashbacks when they saw the elevator fall in Forward Unto Dawn
to answer your question yes you do fight your way towards the next cutscene as the rookie, it’s not just walking from cutscene to cutscene and as you walk through the city you get a lot more of that noire vibe with the ambiance and the music
ODST will always be my favorite halo campaign
Here's a crazy thing. In the opening cutscene Dare and Buck are actually hog tied to the front of the pod and thier heads are litterally in the screans 😂.
The reason why ODST visuals were darker is because Spartans had augmentations to see in practically pitch black dark while regular humans we need lights
you should feel free to check out Sadie's Story, It takes part during the invasion of new mombasa from the perspective of a civilian, recorded thru the city AI, it only has still drawings for illustrations though no cinematography
In Reach you actually get an objective in one of the missions to save Buck and his team in New Alexandria
ODST is one of the best. There's a second, hidden story that you can unlock in gameplay, def recommend giving it a try. Also on Legendary it has a bunch of extra scenes and dialogue including what that cop at the end was really up to. Enjoy!
I will be covering the audio logs in another video. Sometime soon 💪🏻🙏🏻
Apologies if any of this has been mentioned to death already, I'm typing this up as I watch. Honestly, love this game to pieces. Wasn't the first Halo I ever played (that was Halo 2 at my friend's after school), but this was the first I bought for myself once I finally got my hands on a 360. And it shall forever have a special niche in my heart
4:50 - Not at that point yet, but indeed in Halo 5, as you said. Honestly, he was one of the highlights of the campaign for me.
5:30 - One of the little details I like from this part of the cutscene is that we can see In Amber Clad, the frigate from Halo 2, flying up next to the carrier.
10:40 - Lore-wise, no. Gameplay-wise, yes.
11:42 - "Honestly, if he were any better, he'd be a Spartan."
13:15 - Nope, they're just adorable space jellyfish who want to fix things. Somewhat ironic that the first human killed by the Covenant died at the tentacles of a Huragok.
24:20 - I'd watch it.
25:50 - Yes, you do fight more enemies between the flashbacks. Or you can try to sneak around them as you work your way to the next objective.
26:50 - Prime example of one of the little things I enjoy with this game. In the upper right corner whenever we have a CCTV camera shot is a little face representing The Superintendant, New Mombasa's municipal AI. And it will change in reaction to the events being shown. Like here, it goes from wide-eyed surprise to eyebrow-raising perplexed to just straight up pissed off.
29:45 - Three shots were fired in the cutscene, leaving just one left in the gun. Player providing this footage just never bothered to reload earlier, I guess.
35:34 - The casual way Buck just tosses that always amused me for some reason.
39:35 - Yup. The only Elites to be found in the campaign are all dead. The Great Schism hasn't officially begun yet, but Truth decided to get an early start on Earth for some reason or other.
40:20 - Best skull.
46:35 - On a mission from the corrupt police boss to make sure someone is dead. If the player finds all of the audio logs scattered around the open world part of the game, the cop survives this bit and accompanies you further to where the final audio log is, the area just before Dare gets back on the radio.
1:00:15 - Sounds like one of the Vidmaster challenges. Either that specific level or the last level of Halo 3.
Over time, ODST has probably become my favorite Halo game.
ODST may not be Master Chief, but it's my personal favorite Halo game. Between the music and the gameplay, it's fantastic.
You feel like an ODST, which means you don't feel like an invincible walking tank of a Spartan. A far difference from what we had in Reach.
One thing that doesn't come across much in the cutscenes that really shows up during the gameplay is the city is run by an AI which is actively trying to guide the player by repurposing semi-relevant voice lines from other purposes, like traffic signs and hazard warnings being used to tell you about enemies up ahead. This is especially helpful during the Rookie segments which happen on many of the same maps that the other characters traverse, but at night, where the differences between this and mainline Halo games is most apparent. This is a stealth game where you can completely bypass many if not most of the enemies by simply choosing a path that doesn't let them see you. Really ups the horror and paranoia of the game especially as this is all happening at night with the main battle having ended hours ago. The Rookie is desperately searching through the wreckage of the battle finding bits and pieces left by his teammates fighting there before him and trying not to get noticed. Most of the Rookie segments are fought solo while the others fight alongside each-other and marines. It's also a semi-open world for the Rookie where it is actually possible to find some clues and thus their attached missions out of order.
I had the Helldivers 2 voice in my head reading the intro to this game.
When you are playing the city's ai guides you through the city at night, you just gotta pay attention
Thr ODSTs don't have overshields so any shot that hits them actually hurts them. The increasing red around the screen when you're getting shot at is to represent your dtamina running out from dodging the fire, and once your stamina runs out, you can no longer avoid the fire and start getting hit. It's a very intereting way of still having a halo "energy shield" mechanic without changing to so much thay players don't like it.
7:05 I guarantee that's how most inverted players origin story began, that or an Flight sim game like Ace Combat.
Rookie's story is more Ambiance and world building with minor small conflicts (As it takes place after the battle has died down a little and you face patrols)
The Flash back segments are intro'd and Ended with cinematics and play much like classic Halo, tho rather an Augmented Spartan, you're a trained Elite. And yes, no Shield...just the health bar.
1:00:00 Halo 3 Vidmaster challenge for the Recon set, the OG Bungie Dev armor AFTER they used the Flaming Skull Helmets to differentiate players from devs, WHO ACTUALLY LOVED PLAYING THEIR OWN GAME.
"Before 343 Industries gave the armor to everyone, the only way to unlock Recon Armor in Halo 3, aside from being gifted it by Bungie, was to complete all 7 of the Vidmaster Challenges in Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST"
there's actually an entire sub-story within ODST too, found through audio logs while playing as the Rookie, called Sadie's Story. while their are images to it, it's mostly audio. it's worth listening to just because, like the main story, it's at least pretty damn entertaining.
It's really made me want to play it.
@@kaizammit ODST is absolutely worth playing, even if only for the ambience of wandering the city at night as the Rookie with Smooth jazz in your ears.
I could give the first hour a play. What would I call it....? Filmmaker plays 🤔
@@kaizammit Filmmaker Experiences...? as some games are just that, an experience.
That's true, I don't think I'd cover the whole game, not on camera at least. Thanks fella.
The lore of halo was always a game of space battles deciding the war, while we did manage to hold ground on actual planets.
You have to hear the secondary story from the audio logs. You would love it
Is that the police officer or something?
3 actors are from the TV series FIREFLY....Mal, Walsh and Jane
You should look into Sadie’s Story in this game. It’s an excellent story within a story. Something I never thought to experience in a Halo game.
You know I noticed that no one has ever mentioned anything about the Virgil emoji that on the top-right of the screen during the replay videos in the game
Poor Virgil lol
theres not any visuals but you should really listen to Sadie's Story (the audio logs) its very much a retelling of Dantes Inferno taking place during the time The Rookies passed out and gives more background to Vergil/ The Superintendent/ That last Engineer
The odsts are actually better than the normal marines, think of Odsts as Navy seals to a normal marine today, also the Odsts don't have over shield, instead once you run out of stamina, you'll start losing health, which you'll only be able to replenish with a health pack like in Reach. Also there is an Easter egg in one of parts when you're playing as Rookie, that says "Remember Reach" on a wall
this game was my first outing in the Halo franchise
listening to the whole soundtrack will do wonders, highly recommended
Would I be interested in seeing you play through these games that you have reacted to? Absolutely! Between the Halo games and Starcraft games, there's always things that get overlooked such as character conversations, music, and the overall understanding of the story.
I've always been a fan of watching others experience great games like these for the first time, and I'm sure that many of your viewers feel the same.
Sorry for the paragraphs here Kai but I figure you might appreciate this take
ODST was awesome- it was like a perfect conduit from halo 3 to Reach. It was an honest Halo 3 DLC/Campaign addition 👌👌
Then reach came along brand spankin new; it had a very similar feeling campaign, but much more tragic- unlike all other Halo titles. The cinematics, the character interaction, so much hope and excitement- but much more heavy due to the inevitable loss that was slowly growing with each mission. Reaches trailers and gameplay previews pre-release were very- unclear. Almost as if Bungie made us think it was a story where you would win.
Then the live action trailer 'Deliver Hope' dropped. When I saw that on TV I really saw reach for what it was- and the ad campaign always said "Reach Falls: September 14" which was when it released, and in the game thats the day you play as Noble 6 for the last time
The fact that you see Buck in one of Reach's missions was the cherry on top. Especially considering you were in a city just like in H3 ODST's Campaign- same circumstance but much worse seeing as reach was clearly losing that war. I just really love how connected they all are- as much as bungie could make them
ODST music is different then all the other halo game and i love it
I'm also an inverted kid, because of Halo. Pulling to look up makes more sense to me though.
Also, I highly recommend watching cinematic trailers on the halo series. There are a few good ones that come to mind specifically halo 3 live action trailers.
Halo: The fall of reach animation would make a good watch as well
So for context...
First off, ODSTs are not super soldiers, as they are not augmented themselves but they do have a superior armor not quite as good as Spartans but better than Marines with stuff that helps them survive more stuff...
And answering to your question, as the Rookie you navigate through the city at night, and you see a city already over sieged by the Covenant, you can take side streets or empty alleys to save on ammo or fight your way through, you find enemies out guard even sleeping at some points, but its certainly quite the atmosphere, also you dont have yo find the clues of the team in order, the map is openworld sort of, but the hud gives you the correct order to do so chronologically...
Edit: also about that sus cop and the audio logs, if you manage to find all of them you get garages with equipment and even vehicles as aid for your next playthrough, but also you unlock a variation at the end where the cop jumps with you to find the final log and then attack you... but i dont want to spoil the story further..
would love to watch you play these! Bring us some master chief collection!
Would love to see some videos of you playing the games! Maybe multiple part videos?
First part is up on the channel. Let me know what you think. KZ
I loved odst. Really wish they did another one like it
I think that halo infinite has the potential of so much analysis from you i really cant wait till you do it
Yes I would love to watch you play through some games! Tha KS agin for this video and HOPE YOU WATCH AND DISCUSS THE HALO 3 BELIEVE MARKETING VIDEOS!!!!!