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Bungie: ODST development was 'frustrating'

Halo 3: ODST's creative director Joseph Staten has cited the game's development as being "frustrating", due in part to its "expansion pack" origins.

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SuperStrokey11235988d ago

From everything i read in that article it makes me think that ODST should have stayed a expansion to Halo 3, same thing with firefight, than been a standalone game.

Not exactly the best arguments there i think...

Elven65988d ago

It technically can still be called a expansion pack since there have been plenty of cases in the past where standalone expansions were created for games.

While I didn't mind paying $60 since I got a ton of fun out of it, the original $40 price tag would have been ideal for ODST, in the end the change didn't reflect well on Bungie or Microsoft even though the latter is more involved with such things.

Bnet3435988d ago

I agree $40 would of been the sweet spot, but now you can find the game at that price and before the game came out you could have found the game on Amazon or Buy.com for $45-$50. Glad I got the game for free :)

webeblazing5988d ago

i feel whatever team made ODST should of made a new or at least a live arcade like epic

A Cupcake for Gabe5988d ago

Yeah. I noticed that when Killzone 2 outsold Lost and the Damned, MS said it was only because KZ2 was on disc, and if GTA DLC was on disc, it would of done better. I really think MS may of did one over making this a full game, when in fact, it should of stayed as an expansion.

OhMyGandhi5988d ago (Edited 5988d ago )

never played the game because my system Red ringed for the 5th and last time. She was a fighter, but lost the battle, unfortunately.

There were health complications when Microsoft gave birth to it, and we thought we were through the worst.

EVILDEAD3605988d ago

LOL @ Halo Haters who repeat the samer stuff about ODST over and over...but never played the game..

Easily one of the best games of 2009. Halo fans F-ing loved the game..because that's who the game was catered to..the fans..

And when September rolls around..we will be back..

Loved Halo wars and loved ODST..played Firefight for hours on end..although I wish it was a part of matchmaking..

The best part was watching people like Hip Hop gamer expose himself by repeating the same old ODST hate lines and proving he never played..he talked about the intro cutscene and didn't have a clue about what lied beneath.

The fact that there were literally three overlapping plots that all linked at the end was easily Bungies best story work..

Still the best 4-player campaign engine in the business..there were amazing moments in the game that nobody other than Halo has still been able to pull off..cough..Banshee level alone..

Bungie has already do blowout mags on what they cut out of Halo 3..so adding Firefight to it.just shows what that game would have been like if it had a Killzone 2 development time.

Bring on Reach Bungie..please

Evil

coolfool5987d ago

why would they keep it as a downloadable expansion pack when they can make so much more money selling and marketing it as a full game?

I reckon that Halo: ODST had to be one of the biggest profit games in the franchise if you look at how much was spent on it compared as a percentage to how much profit they made.

TotalPS3Fanboy5987d ago (Edited 5987d ago )

And that they later decided to call it a "full game".

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Bnet3435988d ago (Edited 5988d ago )

Oh well, time to move on I guess. ODST wasn't horrible by no means, but it wasn't exactly a complete package. Just a solid game. I'm a fan so I had to get the game, plus it includes Halo Reach beta too. Halo Reach will be much better.

SoX FireBlade5988d ago

so they thought about firefight before gear's horde mode

intresting

erathaol5988d ago

Just calling something by its original name seems less inspiring. I mean Survival Mode just sounds so last gen, going with Horde or even Firefight is way more interesting.

etownone5988d ago

As much as I liked ODST... the game did hurt the Halo franchise when they priced it as a full game.

I'm sure many of the casual folk out there might think twice of buying another Halo game a year later after the disappointment that ODST was....

lsujester5988d ago

Some might, but I imagine we're going to be flooded with Halo: Reach promotions for the next several months, so they'll probably change their minds and buy another one anyway.

divideby05988d ago

why didnt they release it as an expansion pac than....just what they say and what they did dont make sense.
this was the only Halo game I outright refused to purchase

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Helldivers 2 Celebrating Xbox Launch — Looks Like It's Teasing a Crossover With Halo 3: ODST

A new teaser in a Helldivers 2 Xbox launch trailer seems to suggest that a crossover with Halo 3: ODST is on the way.

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lukasmain299d ago

This collab proves that New Halo games coming to Playstation: CONFIRMED

The last pillar has fallen XD

Tedakin298d ago

I mean Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox in 2 weeks. It has a Playstation Studios logo on it. The first pillar has fallen.

lukasmain298d ago

LOL you think a live service game is a Playstation pillar? hahahahahaha

1Victor296d ago

The first pillar has fallen.
🤦🏿 Well the competitor’s house already got 2/3 pillars down and the 3rd one is rotted to the core about to fall any minute now bringing down the glass house of cards down FOREVER 🤣
THE WAR IS OVER DEAL WITH IT

Reaper22_296d ago

It doesnt matter. You can get playstation stuff on PC. That pillar fell a long time ago. And next gen it will continue to fall.

Tedakin298d ago (Edited 298d ago )

@lukasmain Their one successful live service game, and their most successful game in the last few years. Yeah I do.

lukasmain297d ago (Edited 297d ago )

It's not a pillar. Expect ALL live serviice games to come over. That includes that upcoming Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls as well at some point. But the PILLARS are the amazing single player games. The games they built their brand on. Helldivers LAUNCHED on PC. It's not a Playstation Pillar

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From Halo 3: ODST to Slay the Spire - the games that shaped Vellum

Alvios Games discusses the titles that inspired Vellum, including Halo 3: ODST, Mass Effect 3, Hades, and Slay the Spire.

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Why 343’s next Halo Xbox game needs to be a return to ODST

With its smooth jazz and iconic New Mombasa streets, we need Xbox's next Halo game to return to the remarkable world of Halo 3: ODST.

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