CVG: Halo ODST is the greatest game ever made

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=222594?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS

if you read this you will be shocked that these peopel work for game industry. This is a sad article but makes me hyped for halo odst alot more none the less.

Why would it shock me that people working in the industry have different tastes? Is everyone supposed to just say LoZ:OOT or SMB3 are the greatest games of all time? Not all of us agree with that, and it is not unheard of for people to use hyperbole in discussing a game they are excited for.SpruceCaboose

The article doesn't say that.Couth_

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]Why would it shock me that people working in the industry have different tastes? Is everyone supposed to just say LoZ:OOT or SMB3 are the greatest games of all time? Not all of us agree with that, and it is not unheard of for people to use hyperbole in discussing a game they are excited for.nhh18

[QUOTE="Couth_"]The article doesn't say that.nhh18

[QUOTE="Couth_"]The article doesn't say that.nhh18

Wow TC, way to make up stuff. :|

TC, mind changing the title to something they actually said?

Alright TC, since none of us can see what you're seeing, please take a screen shot of where they call it the greatest game ever made, circle it, and post it.

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger."

I like the Ghost Recon part, but Far Cry 2?

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger."

I like the Ghost Recon part, but Far Cry 2?

mitu123

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger."

I like the Ghost Recon part, but Far Cry 2?

TPOJ-TPO

No, just no.

Did anyone read the ign gta 4 review? It basically is just as sad as this :(. It didn't say it was ever the greatest game ever made but it was implied by what was written. But it sadi stuff like oscar winning script, etc. cvg said something like this is better than the best of halo combat evolved. It takes the best of tom clancy, and halo. It is longer more epic and greater than halo 3. Did anyone read the same thing I did. The author was infatuated with the game. It is hype but it is ridicolous claim after claim.

ODST draws from the best of Halo and, at night, the best of the Tom Clancy games. You'll empty your SMG and pistol quickly enough to need to move onto the Covenant weapons, but even with Plasma Rifles and Spikers blazing in the night it's a cross between Halo and Ghost Recon.

Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger. Bungie's Halo expansion has become the most ambitious and creative Halo title since Combat Evolved - always unique and original in the big city, always intense and exciting in the flashbacks, and always the very best of two very different worlds.

More than any other revelation it's the sheer bloody size of ODST which should take you by surprise. For a year Bungie have touted it as an expansion - a little extra dose of Halo for the fans - but ODST is as big as Halo 3, as epic as Halo 3, and even better than the very best of Halo 3.

Did anyone read the ign gta 4 review? It basically is just as sad as this :(. It didn't say it was ever the greatest game ever made but it was implied by what was written. But it sadi stuff like oscar winning script, etc. cvg said something like this is better than the best of halo combat evolved. It takes the best of tom clancy, and halo. It is longer more epic and greater than halo 3. Did anyone read the same thing I did. The author was infatuated with the game. It is hype but it is ridicolous claim after claim.

nhh18

I'm sure it will be good, but they are overhyping it. I have it pre-ordered btw.

ODST draws from the best of Halo and, at night, the best of the Tom Clancy games. You'll empty your SMG and pistol quickly enough to need to move onto the Covenant weapons, but even with Plasma Rifles and Spikers blazing in the night it's a cross between Halo and Ghost Recon.

Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger. Bungie's Halo expansion has become the most ambitious and creative Halo title since Combat Evolved - always unique and original in the big city, always intense and exciting in the flashbacks, and always the very best of two very different worlds.

More than any other revelation it's the sheer bloody size of ODST which should take you by surprise. For a year Bungie have touted it as an expansion - a little extra dose of Halo for the fans - but ODST is as big as Halo 3, as epic as Halo 3, and even better than the very best of Halo 3.

nhh18

*thanks to 10 Things I Hate About You*

[QUOTE="Couth_"]The article doesn't say that.nhh18

[QUOTE="nhh18"]

ODST draws from the best of Halo and, at night, the best of the Tom Clancy games. You'll empty your SMG and pistol quickly enough to need to move onto the Covenant weapons, but even with Plasma Rifles and Spikers blazing in the night it's a cross between Halo and Ghost Recon.

Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger. Bungie's Halo expansion has become the most ambitious and creative Halo title since Combat Evolved - always unique and original in the big city, always intense and exciting in the flashbacks, and always the very best of two very different worlds.

More than any other revelation it's the sheer bloody size of ODST which should take you by surprise. For a year Bungie have touted it as an expansion - a little extra dose of Halo for the fans - but ODST is as big as Halo 3, as epic as Halo 3, and even better than the very best of Halo 3.

SpruceCaboose

*thanks to 10 Things I Hate About You*

ODST draws from the best of Halo and, at night, the best of the Tom Clancy games. You'll empty your SMG and pistol quickly enough to need to move onto the Covenant weapons, but even with Plasma Rifles and Spikers blazing in the night it's a cross between Halo and Ghost Recon.

Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger. Bungie's Halo expansion has become the most ambitious and creative Halo title since Combat Evolved - always unique and original in the big city, always intense and exciting in the flashbacks, and always the very best of two very different worlds.

More than any other revelation it's the sheer bloody size of ODST which should take you by surprise. For a year Bungie have touted it as an expansion - a little extra dose of Halo for the fans - but ODST is as big as Halo 3, as epic as Halo 3, and even better than the very best of Halo 3.

nhh18

Sigh :(. I'm pretty sure I and the world consider halo CE one of the top 20 most pinnacle games ever made. And CVG is hyping this up to be a huge step forward to that. If someone says a game is better than zelda oot. Will people say that it is the greatest game ever made? Yes Sheesh.

nhh18

Sounds like a great game but to me Killzone 2 is the shooter of the year. :)

What to make of this? I think TC got a little too defensive when CVG said positive things about ODST, and as we all know, one's interpretation of something can be quite skewed by a pink sheet of fanboy filter.

What to make of this? I think TC got a little too defensive when CVG said positive things about ODST, and as we all know, one's interpretation of something can be quite skewed by a pink sheet of fanboy filter.

EndorphinMaster

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger."

I like the Ghost Recon part, but Far Cry 2?

mitu123

God help us, my heart goes out to this game.

Honestly. Did you see a preview like this for modern warfare 2. Modern warfare 2 takes the best of all the cod, all the tom clancy, and all the scripted games. It is absoloutly insane that people are saying that the opinion when they state that it is better than all these games that are considered some of the best games in the last 10 years, and saying it is better than every game is somehwo not meant to be interperated as a pinnacle achievemetn

Wow what a way for a respectable mag to throw out its integrity:?-Pred-Alien-

People, please read the article. TC's making this whole thing up.

the actual game looks miles better than Halo 3 in terms of single player. I haven't read up on it's MP but even if it's good, I doubt it's better than Halo 3s MP.

CTRL + F "greatest game ever made"

FAIL

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger."

I like the Ghost Recon part, but Far Cry 2?

TPOJ-TPO

Sounds like a great game but to me Killzone 2 is the shooter of the year. :)

RadecSupreme

Excerpts from the article:

"More than any other revelation it's the sheer bloody size of ODST which should take you by surprise. For a year Bungie have touted it as an expansion - a little extra dose of Halo for the fans - but ODST is as big as Halo 3, as epic as Halo 3, and even better than the very best of Halo 3."

"It's neither an expansion nor a mission pack; ODST is a huge game. "It's big," says Curtis. "This is a full-size campaign; certainly nothing less than what we've done in the past."

"ODST draws from the best of Halo and, at night, the best of the Tom Clancy games. You'll empty your SMG and pistol quickly enough to need to move onto the Covenant weapons, but even with Plasma Rifles and Spikers blazing in the night it's a cross between Halo and Ghost Recon."

"(Ghost) Recon
The world in which you'll spend most of the story is almost pitch-black. A light rain leaves the city shrouded by fine mist, and streets are illuminated only by roadsigns and the barely functioning streetlamps. It's a city where you're forever low on ammunition and have to scavenge for every last clip and grenade, but a city you can navigate in shadow, staying stealthy and using the darkness against the Covenant."

"It looks and feels like Halo, but it's Halo with a brain - less Star Wars and more Blade Runner; less X-Men and more Dark Knight."

"When the game is over, it's really only just beginning; on your second run every door is unlocked and the entire city is wide open. Each flashback can be selected and played in isolation, or tackled as part of the open world in any order you please. The city becomes a true sandbox with secret terminals to find and extra missions to tackle, and even some Mongooses to ride and new characters to unlock for the ten Firefight maps."

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger. Bungie's Halo expansion has become the most ambitious and creative Halo title since Combat Evolved - always unique and original in the big city, always intense and exciting in the flashbacks, and always the very best of two very different worlds."

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Holy ****! This game is a dream come true. No matter what the fanboys, doubters, or Halo haters say, Halo 3: ODST is going to be absolutely fantastic!

"This is a full-size campaign; certainly nothing less than what we've done in the past."

Now I hope people will stop complaining about the price.

Excerpts from the article:

"More than any other revelation it's the sheer bloody size of ODST which should take you by surprise. For a year Bungie have touted it as an expansion - a little extra dose of Halo for the fans - but ODST is as big as Halo 3, as epic as Halo 3, and even better than the very best of Halo 3."

"It's neither an expansion nor a mission pack; ODST is a huge game. "It's big," says Curtis. "This is a full-size campaign; certainly nothing less than what we've done in the past."

"ODST draws from the best of Halo and, at night, the best of the Tom Clancy games. You'll empty your SMG and pistol quickly enough to need to move onto the Covenant weapons, but even with Plasma Rifles and Spikers blazing in the night it's a cross between Halo and Ghost Recon."

"(Ghost) Recon
The world in which you'll spend most of the story is almost pitch-black. A light rain leaves the city shrouded by fine mist, and streets are illuminated only by roadsigns and the barely functioning streetlamps. It's a city where you're forever low on ammunition and have to scavenge for every last clip and grenade, but a city you can navigate in shadow, staying stealthy and using the darkness against the Covenant."

"It looks and feels like Halo, but it's Halo with a brain - less Star Wars and more Blade Runner; less X-Men and more Dark Knight."

"When the game is over, it's really only just beginning; on your second run every door is unlocked and the entire city is wide open. Each flashback can be selected and played in isolation, or tackled as part of the open world in any order you please. The city becomes a true sandbox with secret terminals to find and extra missions to tackle, and even some Mongooses to ride and new characters to unlock for the ten Firefight maps."

"Halo 3: ODST really is everything Bungie initially claimed that it wouldn't be. It's part Halo, part Far Cry 2, part Ghost Recon; over twice the size of the game they initially announced at TGS 2009, and stealthy right up to the point you actually pull the trigger. Bungie's Halo expansion has become the most ambitious and creative Halo title since Combat Evolved - always unique and original in the big city, always intense and exciting in the flashbacks, and always the very best of two very different worlds."

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Holy ****! This game is a dream come true. No matter what the fanboys, doubters, or Halo haters say, Halo 3: ODST is going to be absolutely fantastic!

BioShockOwnz

Excerpts from the article:

"(Ghost) Recon
The world in which you'll spend most of the story is almost pitch-black. A light rain leaves the city shrouded by fine mist, and streets are illuminated only by roadsigns and the barely functioning streetlamps. It's a city where you're forever low on ammunition and have to scavenge for every last clip and grenade, but a city you can navigate in shadow, staying stealthy and using the darkness against the Covenant."

BioShockOwnz

That quote alone should silence the "OMG TEH REHASH!!1!one!" claims.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

Excerpts from the article:

"(Ghost) Recon
The world in which you'll spend most of the story is almost pitch-black. A light rain leaves the city shrouded by fine mist, and streets are illuminated only by roadsigns and the barely functioning streetlamps. It's a city where you're forever low on ammunition and have to scavenge for every last clip and grenade, but a city you can navigate in shadow, staying stealthy and using the darkness against the Covenant."

organic_machine

That quote alone should silence the "OMG TEH REHASH!!1!one!" claims.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]

Excerpts from the article:

"(Ghost) Recon
The world in which you'll spend most of the story is almost pitch-black. A light rain leaves the city shrouded by fine mist, and streets are illuminated only by roadsigns and the barely functioning streetlamps. It's a city where you're forever low on ammunition and have to scavenge for every last clip and grenade, but a city you can navigate in shadow, staying stealthy and using the darkness against the Covenant."

organic_machine

That quote alone should silence the "OMG TEH REHASH!!1!one!" claims.

Don't you know? It's has Halo in the title, it's automatically a rehash.

heretrix