Halo 3: ODST, along with allowing you to experience the battle from a completely different perspective than the overly familiar Spartan viewpoint we have all grown accustomed to, is also introducing a brand new cooperative campaign mode called Firefight. The gameplay will feature wave upon wave of Covenant enemies attacking your squad with the activation of Halo 3 skull modifiers automatically increasing the difficulty. It’s also worth noting that you will get a four character service tag in this Horde-esque mode. I’m calling ‘1337′ right now. I’ll leave ‘n00b’ for you suckers.
Posted by Jim 028 on June 3, 2009 at 2:15 pm
This looks absolutely fantastic. Roll on September!
Posted by Someone on June 3, 2009 at 2:33 pm
It looks like great, co-op fun!
Posted by nixproto on June 3, 2009 at 2:57 pm
CANNOT WAIT!! so exciting!!
Posted by Qix on June 3, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Horde mode was the best thing in GoW2. I was doubtful if i would have time to play, and therefore even buy ODST. Now I will find a way. Firefight is the gamechanger for me.
Posted by DeepCee on June 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm
I wonder how you get the turret though. Wait for it to be detached from its base or just rip it off?
Maybe they have a different animation for the ODST where you flip a switch to remove it.
Posted by Mizzy on June 3, 2009 at 4:51 pm
What I’m confused about it how they manage to carry those things without the super strength.
Posted by dragnew on June 3, 2009 at 11:12 pm
The power of ODST Badassery.
Posted by gogt200 on June 3, 2009 at 11:26 pm
I presume it is because these look like portable turrets, which means they would already have to be able to carry them around. Plus, it would be even easier to carry because of the lack of tripod. On the flipside, these things must kick like a couple of mules for the ODSTs, they already kick pretty hard for a Spartan.
Posted by Crazeye0 on June 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Im totally hyped about this, but i’m still craving moar game footage of firefight =O
A whole round please? =P
Posted by Mace Windex on June 3, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I imagine a Vidmaster Achievement for this game will involve 4 player co-op, skulls, and most importantly, tears.
Posted by dragnew on June 3, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I wonder if I’ll be able to work my service tag into ‘Dave’ somehow.Hopefully I won’t get stuck with ‘Drag’ again. It’s demeaning.
Posted by SonofMacPhisto on June 4, 2009 at 8:23 am
I might never go back to matchmaking after this. ^_^
Posted by bs angel on June 4, 2009 at 11:19 am
Agreed!
Posted by BerserkerBarage on June 4, 2009 at 10:38 am
I’m extremely happy to hear about Halo-Horde. I loved the Survival mode in M2:D and I love the fact that it will be co-op capable in ODST. I hope this is a feature that they continue to use in their games for a long time to come. Having a fun game mode that is separate from MM is awesome.
~B.B.
Posted by COL0NEL SANDERS on June 4, 2009 at 10:55 am
Looks amazing!
The screenshot potential is driving me crazy! lol
Posted by SonofMacPhisto on June 4, 2009 at 11:19 am
I call SoMP! W00t!
Posted by Crazyeye0 on June 4, 2009 at 11:24 am
I’ve narrowed down my choices for my tag:
“SP16″-as in Spartan P16, a shoutout to my tag in Halo3, and is ironically what I used in COD4, because lets face it, I put Halo into almost everything I do.
“PETE”-as in Peter, but shortened, since that’s my name
or my current favourite “LUKE”, a shoutout to an ODST in Halo 3 of which I grew attached to =P
I’ve also been thinking about all the dodgy tags you could have, but there’s almost too many to list.
Posted by HellCat on June 4, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Hopefully this will be accepted just like H3 without the short campaign and not like gears 2 which was good but not as good as HALO3!!!!
This looks sick, i always did love ODST’s and now i will be one. Can’t wait to be Romeo!
Posted by Sean C84 on June 5, 2009 at 1:22 am
I’m kinda torn between SC84 or just Sean for my tag. Incidentally, my gamerscore happened to be 1337 for a very short while. No, I don’t know how I got that number either.
Posted by Crazysteve555 on June 5, 2009 at 3:01 am
I always said they needed a Horde type mode on Halo and now they do I might never go off this game now as I did have my doubts about ODST.
Posted by Firestream on June 5, 2009 at 9:12 am
This mode is a dream come true. I love the horde mode in GoW2, but I’m not big on 3rd person gameplay. So now we have 1st person, Halo world and horde-style gameplay. I so can’t wait!
Posted by marissa's dad on June 5, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Okay sweet. Infinite covenant mode…
Posted by a guy on June 15, 2009 at 11:30 pm
This will be the greatest gamemode of all time! I can’t wait to get this and play with my 3 friend clan and just watch we WILL get the world record cuz we kick @$$ and cant wait for the silenced SMG and Magnum.
Posted by a dud on June 27, 2009 at 12:34 am
i fuking agree with u man
Posted by a person on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 am
Cant wait for dis game to come out when it comes out im gonna play it till i beat it
Posted by a gamer on June 27, 2009 at 12:54 am
yeah man i,ve been looking at the same videos about this game every day now i just cant stop
Posted by brendenblunt on June 27, 2009 at 12:24 am
This game is the shit but it kinda sucks that they took out the battle rifle but it awsome what they did with the magnum and the
SMG they put the scope on back on the magnum and added a scope 2 the SMG. september 22nd al be waiting
Posted by a dud on June 27, 2009 at 12:27 am
man i bet when ODST comes out the # of people playing on it will go down by like 20,000 and im not jokeing.
Posted by a dud on June 27, 2009 at 4:05 pm
sorry i forgot 2 put the # of people playing halo 3 will go down sorry