Halo 3: ODST More Hype Less Gameplay HipHopGamerShow 10/4/09
1. Wardevil Is Alive
2. Facebook/Twitter Achievements With Xbox360
3. Game Review – Halo 3: ODST (8 out of 10) Good Game
4. New DJ HERO Commercial Featuring HipHopGranny
5. 3D Gaming Is Near For Sony
And Much Much More
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@HHG:
Nice episide, keep spittin’ fire. About an earlier article where you stated that IGN is wrong for lambasting the PS3 in an article they posted a few days back, here’s some things you might want to reference to when comparing the PS3 to the Wii or 360:
- The PS1/PS2 had Insomniac’s skill points exclusively on their consoles before the xbox existed; ergo, achievement points copied Sony via Insomniac
- As far as Natal, you nailed it with the eyetoy, but here’s a vid to back you up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gOVj_I5npA
- Finally, the sixaxis existed in it’s completed form on the PS1: and was the first complete motion controller before the Wii controls ever existed, The Wii fans may point to the power glove, but the power glove didn’t recognize pitch and yaw; and the PS1 controller was the first one to do that. I don’t remember the name of the controller offhand, but the controller was made by pelican (or splitfish) for the PS1, and someone posted a youtube article on it when they were playing Warhawk on the PS1. If I find the link, I’ll post that as well.
Oh, here’s the PS3’s “newest” motion controls in 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbSzmRt7HhQ
Bingo: The PS1 playing Warhawk with motion control:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cOBtMMWteA&feature=related
ODST is good yes, hyped yes, short yes but hey its a worthy expansion.price is whatever, your buying the franchise name.
i must say im also extremly dissapointed with halo ODST its almost like they felt like oh well we can cut corners and people will still buy it. lol and they did, but with games like MW2 and killzone 2 this game falls flat on its face.
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Yes, yes the 360 and Halo hate is in full effect.
@pixelsword
You shouldn’t throw stones if you live in a glass house. And that is exactly what Sony is right now. You want to point fingers at MS for ripping off their achievements from Insomniac. We Sony ripped off Home and their trophy system from 2K Sports.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYXSQmxFeKI
As far as the Eyetoy goes, it was a great idea that Sony never developed. Don’t hate MS and Natal because Sony flopped on Eyetoy.
And I don’t get why people buy something that they know they won’t like. Your gettin money to review it. So why waste your time.
Yeah I agree with rblover69 extremely disappointed with Halo: ODST. There is no way that should of been more than $30 bucks. I would rather buy Halo 1 in HD for that money.
The soundtrack of Halo 3 ODST is meant to complement the feeling of loss,desolation, and exploration.
This is actually one of my favorite soundtracks ever, I bought the CD and they did a great job with the dynamic soundtrack, where the tempo changes according to the action.
Anyway, so HHG is saying that Godfather 2 (9/10) is better than Halo 3 ODST?
Oh, and it would be better if HHG would display the Wii and X360 boxes in the background on “visible” spots, instead carefully placing the PS brand (PS2, PSP, PS3, on the left corner, where they are always visible, and putting the other consoles on the middle behind his body.
@DR JAM
When I review games I don’t compare I look at games for what they are and give my score the godfather 2 receiving a 9/10 has nothing to do with halo getting a 8/10 or vice versa, also halo and godfather is not being compared here godfather 2 is a hot game in it’s own right, and halo is a hot game in it’s own right.
In terms of the sound trying to be sad and having the feeling of being lost like you said. to me that’s bullshit because there’s tons of games that have that same music but it’s implemented in the right parts of the story so it can match the action on screen.
Are you gonna listen to rock a bye baby while you shooting someone in the face? come on dog let’s be serious here in movies, tv shows, games, overall entertaiment certain scenes are meant to co-exist with the sound and this game didn’t make that happen
soundtrack could be great but the way the music was done in the game in my opinion was boring
A peace of Halo ODST soundtrack, this is theatrical musical at its best:
Title: Traffic Jam
Cut: 1:20 – 4:10
I wanted to record through audio comment but it loses too much sound:
Play Audio Comment, FOR BETTER SOUND QUALITY, check this link if you have 3 3-5 mins to listen to a great composition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9udQXXqmi8&feature=PlayList&p=D8DE2E65081A8194&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9
And the reason why ODST sold so much isn’t because people were expecting the next generation of the Halo series, we all knew that ODST runs on the H3 engine, and had a smaller budget and production cycle. This game is for fans of Halo 3, those who can’t wait for Halo Reach and wouldn’t mind a small taste of Halo 3 with a twist. When it comes to value, it’s up to the user, it’s about how much you plan to explore the game and its modes, because if you play to find all of the audio logs, beat it on legendary, and play firefight in all maps, you will easily get more than 20 hours of entertainment, and I haven’t even mentioned the 2nd disc MP content.
@HipHop,
You’re dead wrong on ODST! ODST wasn’t overhyped, you saw no commercials or advertising other than the net, ODST was very low-key.
If you think the name sold the game, then you didnt beat it, also, you played it on easy. You said there is Graphic Pop-in: please, something is wrong with your tv. I beat it on Heroic then Legendary & nothing popped-in at all.
Also, look at what you were doing in your own video: Killzone 2 cant do that, if it can, they didnt show it. You cant even ride in that Fake Warthog on Killzone 2, that bum Richo wont let you drive, ODST allows you to take any seat on any vehicle.
Take the game off SUPER EASY! HipHop, this is the one thing you must change when you play a game, easy mode will give most games a false read, that’s wrong, change it. Also, the music playing right after you trashed it got hyped because you were being attacked.
Also, if you were not on EASY, that Jackal wouldve killed you! Yeah, that Jackal you didnt kill right away!
Also, the Warzone was terrible, I’d leave that comment on TheBitBag, but its not working for me. You & Brainbasher need more time. Also, that guy talking about RPG’s for 3mins 30 seconds, was 17min to damn long. You guys had an excellent format for 60 shows, now haters make you guys change the best Podcast in the history of podcasts. Garbage!
@Dr.Jam,
I’m with you, I bought the Halo 3:ODST Soundtrack yesterday for $10.16 at BestBuy.
@other zinc in terms of playing a game on easy the only reason why i do that is because when i review games i want people to see the me actually go through the game non-stop through out the review. if i play it on hard then i have to cocentrate more on the game , and less on my review guidelines, but what i will do is just play the game on normal to give it a fair shake, but at the end of the day in my opinion halo name is so big that even without commercials and big advertising throughout the net, and the reviews people were overhyping it in my opinion.
Now for the soundtrack to me it’s boring when your playing the game here’s an example play halo 1 and then play halo 3 odst, the feeling you get is like night and day. halo 1 makes you want to fight, makes you want more out of the game, while Halo ODST is just something you play to find out the different sides of the story your following and that’s it.
Halo is a good game 8 out of 10 for me and graphically yes there’s pop in example the board i was playing on during my review if you drive up you see grass and textures popping up as you move alot.
But that’s it everything else is solid but the graphics are overall very dated now, halo reach better have some sick graphics that’s all i’m saying
I didnt notice any grass popping in because I was running for my life on Legendary or Heroic. When you’re fighting the music changes to more of a fight song.
The graphics are very good, especially for what it does. Look at Killzone 2 & what it offers, does, & doesn’t do. No co-op, saved films, forge, more vehicles, more difficult environments, & ODST isn’t scripted. Let Killzone 2 offer this much & the graphics will fall.
I have much more to say on this topic but I have a big day tomorrow. Keep up the good work & we’ll continue this battle that you’ll soon get smashed on. Don’t let Torrence ruin the Warzone Podcast by not letting you guys mix it up, that’s why I’ve listened to every last one of your shows, except the lost show.
Take that RPG segment out & argue/debate sales for that 3 mins 31 seconds?
good episode, that segment at the end the game dev. grand zero it sick man, the little vid. was so funny. I cant wait for the 3D thigh in the playstation, keep up the good work.
@hiphop do you play much halo?? cause seeing you running around shooting plasma pistols at grunts and jackals shows you dont really know much about the games weaponary or enemies
i mean everybody know about halo, you cant be a gamer and not have played it the game is just to big. But i mean HHPG is right not only is the sound out right horrible it doesnt make you wanna continue the game. Who wants to play a FPS listening to BACH or sweet symphony. The game is overpriced, and as a expansion it doesnt warrant the price nor compare with what games are out now. When you release a HALO its gotta be ground breaking, what people dont understand is that the UT3 engine isnt standard on 360 its highly tweaked for 360, it is not direc PC rehashed engine, granted it isnt a ground up engine build but damn they couldve made it on par with games where seeing now, jesus i played lost planet 2 and seen better visuals, i cannot even touch the big dawgs like killzone2 and MW2 as far as a multi visuals. Bottom line , i felt ripped off , no match making sucks aswell and it is not worth the price this game screams 29.99. And to me its a sign that bungie shitted on MS before they left. Ima pass on this game and wait for halo reach, this fuels major steam that we have ye to see a 360 title break the sony visual benchmarks even with there big gun its just kinda dated.
Hopefully halo reach will do something that will say next gen . This game for the price is a straight 6hr ripoff.
BTW otherZinc23w or anyone who even compares this to killzone 2 is rediculous,its not even visually on the same playing field. Your comparing the modes of different games doing different things if a games not designed to have those modes why are you comapring them as faults. Not every FPS is designed to have a co op mode nor needs one. If you wanna play that biased game halo has loading times , has pre loaded multiplayer games which killzone 2 is on the fly halo cannot do that. 1 killzone 2 board is more then a handfull of halo 3 levels, visually no comparison. The sound in killzone 2 is amazing. Killzone features web based replay modes capable of in menu game browser for viewing all your tactics and replayed matches. DO you see how biased that comparision is, i mean these games have nothing in common but being a shooter. Resistance 2 has what 62 player matches mag as 256 can anything compare to that in halo or that respecatble console period. lol
Lets not match stupid comparisions this game is out now at a rediculous price tag visually its halo 3 again and this game shouldve been a great game at 29.99 and i think we couldve al lived with that.
rblover69,
You are so wrong its ridiculous! People hanging on the assumption ODST is the same as Halo 3 or an expansion is crazy. ODST is a non-linear FPS, New Hero, wide open for 4 player co-op, Firefight, You play the story of different ODST’s & yourself, doesn’t sound like a $40 game does it.
You want Bungie to move into the future, ask Guerilla Games to move into the future. How can you have a FPS that you run with a squad the entire game & your boy that came to your home cant join you? How 1980’s is that!? Killzone 2 is fake & Scripted as hell: The building you destroy at the beginning of Killzone 2 is fine, however, shoot the building on either side & you cant leave a bullet or rocket mark on either building. Same goes for the bridge you blow-up, why cant you blow the other bridges?
Killzone 2 is the one that should be $29.99.
Lastly, If Killzone 2 was so great, why is no one playing it? Maybe its because no one bought it. Bungie has 4 games, they all sold like crazy, they were also played for years & the most played game online with each iteration. Games like that are great, no one trick pony with Halo, period!
Oh lord , here we go
1)you make poor points again you cannot compare the games there 2 different games with 2 different goals and 2 different objectives. Your spewing common sense modes which in essense doesnt make it a better game just different every game should not have those modes nor are they required for a FPS. You fail there bad, that doesnt boasts ODSTs nor halos presentation nor make up for the fact hats its not worth the price and doesnt excell the franchise, it didnt move consoles either.
Guerilla games has produced the most garphical FPS shooter on game consoles period right now there is nothing to contest it on 360 hardware , ummm welcome to the future? have you played killzone 1 the game is based in that play style i have no clue what yoru talking about nor point your trying to make. Killzone 2 is a graphical masterpiece its a story based action FPS game, there are many like Res2, dead space similar POV, call of duty, fear 2, bishock that do not have the modes as halo does that make them lesser of a game. No MW2 is not a fully destructible environment nor is COD4 youth think that makes halo better??? what kinda stuff you smoking my dude. lol TRY AGAIN!
With your last statement you state sales, the game went platnium sold 2 mil whats your point?? people play it constatntly they have dedicated servers and we have clan matches every week question is why arnt you playing it, and are talking about shit you dont even understand yourself. If you wannt use sales as your argument then because i have wii resort i can honeslty say who the hell plays halo because wii resort sold 10x more then any of the halo series games.
does your argument hold up it doesnt..do your homework before talking nonesense.
Halo ODST is not worth 60 dollars for 6hrs of the same visuals no matchmaking , the game shouldve been 29.99 and had up to date visuals.
You have proven noone of my statements wrong but ill give you another try. Come correct. \
BTW killzone 2 still is the best representation of power and visuals on the current next gen consoles ODST is a rehashed engined sold for just as much with half the features and missing the main character of what made the orig game better.
lol cmon bro…work on your comebacks weak.
rblover69,
No, my analogies are 100% correct, dont read into what I say, read what I said! I compared like games, games that has a squad present at all times: Killzone 2, Halo, COD:MW, Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6, Battlefield, Contra, Gears, Streets of Rage. Those games all should have co-op, co-op is a crucial feature of a game that LIKE games must have, especially in 2009!
You mentioned games that dont need co-op, Bioshock (hes by himself), Resident Evil (even they co-oped the game, but didnt need it), Dead Space, Silent Hill, see the theme I’m expressing. Besides, who fights a full war by themselves? MW not having co-op is a shame & Infinity Ward should’ve gotten smashed for it, but everyone likes to suck Infinity Wards ****S! Not me, I tell it like it is! I said before the release of Halo 3, they better have co-op over LIVE or I’ll be pissed! they gave us 4 player co-op! Service!
Also, there is so much bs associated with MW, I took that **** back, & I’ve traded in 2 games in my life: MW 1 & Fracture, I dont buy or play trash!
Killzone 2 sold like ****! 900,000 in America & 1.9million world wide in 31 weeks, 367,000 1st week.
Halo 3:ODST 1.6million in America & 2.2million worldwide in 1 week! Damn! & 950,000 on LIVE 1st day.
You said I should be playing Killzone 2, I beat it, & with no co-op, why should I keep it? I beat the 1st 2 & 1/2 stages of Killzone 2 using the Pistol, carrying the Rocket Launcher on my back to test destruction. The best thing about Killzone 2 was the Enemy AI, very good. The terrible, the weak environments, we’re on another planet & it looks like 11th & Chase Street in Gary Indiana’s construction district. There’s ZERO creativity in the Helgan Universe, there’s so much variety in the Halo Universe & the Gears universe as far as level design its ridiculous, Killzone 2 doesn’t have that. And pounding Killzone with the Pistol for over 2 stages, is due to my love for the Pistol. The bolt gun was also very good & the Mech walker was good. The ending was good when your boy shot himself in the head, great. Driving the tank sucked hard & didnt drive as good as Atari 2600 Combat Tanks. Killzone 2 also had re-spawning enemies at times that also sucked.
You also mentioned Wii Resort selling 10x more than ANY of the Halo Series!? Ridiculous! Get your facts straight, its obvious you’re a hater, if you dont know Halo 3 sold over 10million copies & Wii Resort sold 4.7million copies to date- Halo 2 sold more than 9 million- Halo 1 sold more than 7 million- OH here you go, Wii Resort outsold Halo 3:ODST 2.2 million in 1 week for ODST. Now, who needs the extra work, You! I love sale dude, you need to leave me alone when it comes to FPS’s, its what I do best. Also, dont play with me in sales, that’s my profession! However, its cool with me, I’ll talk sales all day.
BTW, Killzone 2 isnt the best representation of power because it does nothing difficult within that Universe, also, it has no features. You think it doesnt matter but it does, thats why the online community is weak as hell.
“No, my analogies are 100% correct, dont read into what I say, read what I said! I compared like games, games that has a squad present at all times: Killzone 2, Halo, COD:MW, Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6, Battlefield, Contra, Gears, Streets of Rage. Those games all should have co-op, co-op is a crucial feature of a game that LIKE games must have, especially in 2009!”
Incorrect this is an opinion not a fact stop basing your opinions as 100% correct there only correct to you because you enjoy co-op and deem it better to have , its okay to accept reality if the rest of the world doesnt think like you theres a reason there a multitute of FPS shooter games that do not have co-op mode. So again thats smashed next.
”u mentioned games that dont need co-op, Bioshock (hes by himself), Resident Evil (even they co-oped the game, but didnt need it), Dead Space, Silent Hill, see the theme I’m expressing. Besides, who fights a full war by themselves? MW not having co-op is a shame & Infinity Ward should’ve gotten smashed for it, but everyone likes to suck Infinity Wards ****S! Not me, I tell it like it is! I said before the release of Halo 3, they better have co-op over LIVE or I’ll be pissed! they gave us 4 player co-op! Service!”
again every game you try to state your opinion on did well without co cop so again no poit in arguing what you feel is right over reality. Get over it and yourself.
‘Also, there is so much bs associated with MW, I took that **** back, & I’ve traded in 2 games in my life: MW 1 & Fracture, I dont buy or play trash!
Killzone 2 sold like ****! 900,000 in America & 1.9million world wide in 31 weeks, 367,000 1st week.
Halo 3:ODST 1.6million in America & 2.2million worldwide in 1 week! Damn! & 950,000 on LIVE 1st day.’
Again sales wise your arugment is weak my wii has sold more hardware and units then anything on 360 so by our twisted view of “whats better” my wii is superior . Stats dont like..wii is king shit on your 360 and ps3 sorry its fact. Again sales poor poor rebuttle tactics to prove a point. There are hundreds if not thosands of games that did not sell well that defined gaming. Your statment is ignorant to what a true gamer is and is just stupid. I loved altered beast it bombed but the game for me defined getting a sega geneis your theroies = epic fail
‘You said I should be playing Killzone 2, I beat it, & with no co-op, why should I keep it? I beat the 1st 2 & 1/2 stages of Killzone 2 using the Pistol, carrying the Rocket Launcher on my back to test destruction. The best thing about Killzone 2 was the Enemy AI, very good. The terrible, the weak environments, we’re on another planet & it looks like 11th & Chase Street in Gary Indiana’s construction district. There’s ZERO creativity in the Helgan Universe, there’s so much variety in the Halo Universe & the Gears universe as far as level design its ridiculous, Killzone 2 doesn’t have that. And pounding Killzone with the Pistol for over 2 stages, is due to my love for the Pistol. The bolt gun was also very good & the Mech walker was good. The ending was good when your boy shot himself in the head, great. Driving the tank sucked hard & didnt drive as good as Atari 2600 Combat Tanks. Killzone 2 also had re-spawning enemies at times that also sucked.’
All opinions and nothing factual at all, fact is every mag and site has killzone 2 evern crytek as the best graphical console game out on the market now. Halo never came close and actually nothing on 360 currently comes close , and thats fact whether your playing it expeirnce is good or bad that dont mean shit to me nor anyone else its again your opinion. The game is amazing and thats how its defined by the industy big dwags who cares about ur expeitrnce. I think halo is one of the easiest games i played wiht the dumbest AI i have seen, to be honest who cares. Its not fact. Stop basing your views as factual evidience to state your argument none of it is legit.
‘BTW, Killzone 2 isnt the best representation of power because it does nothing difficult within that Universe, also, it has no features. You think it doesnt matter but it does, thats why the online community is weak as hell.’
lmfao really name one 360 game that has real time volumetric atompheric effects and paritcal effects on par with killzone 2 and a lighting engine thats as advacned. also ont he flight no loading level caching and moulti body point pyhiscs with a state of the art feature made by guirella called differed rendering ..
Oh wait you cant…nice try bud..weak but i give u a E for efffort. Facts are tech wise
killzone 2 level graphics and fidelity currently no game on 360 to match u think there is one out now please expalin?
256 player maps none existtant
U2 level graphics on 360 not found
gimme a game with 60 FPS 1080p native res graphics on par with GT5 point for point…youc cant
a game running a varible frame buffer giving you frame by frame res changes at a constant 60FPS
you cant
i can go on programming is what i do i own both systems, im sorry but you need to get your weight up with your arugments i would have a field day with you on beyond3D
@rblover69,
This is great.
You didnt address my analogy for Wii Resort & the Killzone 2 sales were terrible, relative to the 60 million they spent making the game.
I have to run unexpectedly but I’ll be back. Real quick, MAG doesn’t have a single player, the sales are going to suck real hard! That’s an expert opinion, I’ll be right, my forecasts are always good.
i like older men! Hihi anyways anyone want to join me on my cam ?