Halo 3: ODST-Live Action Trailer

As I am pretty sure most of you know Halo: ODST is out as of September 22, 2009, I thought it worthy to save this “Live Action Trailer” of Halo 3: ODST (originally known as Halo 3: Recon), because it is plain awesome, and as a Turkey Day gift to our new Halo Correspondent AssassinMK1 cause I know he loves it. (A test of your Halo skills is forthcoming!)  (You can read his first post here about Halo: Reach.)  ODST is a first-person shooter, developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft. It was released on the Xbox 360 as an Xbox exclusive just like all the previous releases of Halo have been.   Players assume the roles of elite human soldiers from (UNSC) United Nations Space Command  otherwise known as Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODST’s).  The plot of the game is basically this: After the Covenant attacks Earth, you explore the ruined city of New Mombasa in an attempt to discover what happened to your missing squad-mates which you are separated from when you enter the city.

Initially, Bungie  conceived ODST as a small side project to produce as possibly an expansion pack between the lull of Halo 3 and Halo: Reach release.   However, feature creep happens to the best of us and apparently Bungie isn’t immune to these common development faux pas either. In large part the game is another amazing production from Bungie, and a compliment to the Halo series.  Stroyline, design, and soundtrack continue to set new standards of excellence.  The only criticism of the game I have really is  whether the relatively short campaign (in between a full game and an expansion pack in size), and included extras (A beta access code for multiplayer in Reach) were enough to justify the game’s US$60 price tag.  The game just about out sold any other game in the month of September, and has sold over 3 million units to date-I’d say that is a slammin’ success!

Congrats Microsoft!  Now let’s see you and EA slug it out for total ownership of the gaming industry already!  Oh wait, we’ll never get to see that cause it will be 199.99 pay per view with the proceeds split between the 2 giants and the match eventually declared a draw!  Juked again!  Enjoy the video!  Screen shots can be seen here.

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