- Halo 3: ODST contains 1,750 new Xbox LIVE achievement points, as well as new weapons, technology and an invite to join the Halo: Reach beta in 2010.
- Stand-alone expansion to Halo 3 that doesn't require ownership of the previous game to play.
- New campaign, hero and tactics from the Halo universe as players take on the role of a rookie in the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers sent into New Mombasa.
- 4-player co-op "Firefight" mode offers a whole new way to play Halo with friends both via system link and over Xbox LIVE.
- Along with all the existing Halo 3 s, ODST contains three new multiplayer Halo 3 s: Heretic, Longshore, and Citadel.
Product description
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After finishing the fight with Master Chief in Halo 3, players
now have the rtunity to take a step back in time and
experience the Halo universe from a whole new perspective.
Players are put in the boots of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper,
some of the toughest and bravest soldiers of the UNSC. Players
must search for clues to find out what happened to their squad
when a drop into the city of New Mombasa goes wrong, and discover
the secret behind the Covenant's interest in the city. In
addition to a full-fledged campaign, Halo 3: ODST introduces
Firefight, a new cooperative multiplayer mode where up to four
players battle waves of unrelenting Covenant onslaughts. *DLC
(Downloadable Content) may not be included and is not guaranteed
to work*
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Developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by accled developer
Bungie, Halo 3: ODST is a new, stand-alone expansion to the Halo
saga that lets players experience the events leading up to the
epic story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of an entirely new
character the ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), as they search
for clues leading to the whereabouts of their scattered squad and
the motivations behind the Covenant's invasion of New Mombasa.
The game adds a new dimension to an all-encompassing universe
that gamers around the world have known and loved since the
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Stunning cinematics.
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. New Campaign, New Hero, New Tactics
Much more than an expansion, Halo 3: ODST allows players to
explore dangerous new ground, search the dark, abandoned streets
of New Mombasa for clues, and fight back against the Covenant
invasion from multiple perspectives. Dropping in as "the rookie,"
a new member of an elite squad of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
(ODST) sent into New Mombasa on a classified recon mission,
you'll be armed with specialized weaponry and upgraded
technology, including silenced weapons and a VISR enhanced vision
mode.
Separated from your squad, you'll have to scour the city for
clues in order to learn what happened to Buck, Dare, Dutch,
Mickey, and Romeo. As you collect new clues, you’ll experience
the story from their perspectives, fighting through the occupied
city hours earlier.
A New Way to Play: 4-Player Co-op Firefight
Drop feet first into a new way to play Halo with the cooperative
campaign mode, Firefight. Form a squad of your friends over
System Link or Xbox LIVE and put your skills to the ultimate test
against the invading Covenant war machine for glory, high scores,
and achievements. Do battle in multiple environments, on foot or
in vehicles, and against increasingly difficult waves of Covenant
attackers while Halo 3's skull modifiers progressively activate
to up the ante.
After the Firefight, relive and review every last kill you
earned and see how your high scores and stats stack up against
your friends' and the community overall using Bungie.net's
persistent online stats and Firefight leaderboards.
3 New Halo 3 s
Three all-new s make their debut for Halo 3's traditional,
chart-topping multiplayer. Heretic, Longshore, and Citadel drop
in alongside the original Halo 3 multiplayer s, all packed in
and playable from one standalone disc. Twenty-four s in all,
including the Heroic, Legendary, Cold Storage, and Mythic
Packs, provide a peerless multiplayer experience, near limitless
content creation and customization via the Forge and Sandbox, and
a slew of new multiplayer achievements for Halo 3.
New Challenges and Achievements
For the first time, Recon Armor for use in Halo 3 multiplayer
will be made available to players who complete the "Road to
Recon" challenge. Earn all seven of the Vidmasters, a series of
Xbox LIVE achievements that span Halo 3's Campaign and
Multiplayer and Halo 3: ODST, and then visit your Bungie.net
Service Record with a linked gamertag to enable your sweet new
set of digital duds.
If you already own Halo 3, you can get started now by collecting
the "Annual" campaign achievement and the "7 on the 7th" and
"Lightswitch" multiplayer achievements in matchmaking. And, if
you've already downloaded the Mythic Pack, you can collect
the hidden skulls on Assembly, Orbital, and Sandbox today.
Community Features
4-Player co-op experience over Xbox LIVE or System Link,
screens, saved films, custom Halo 3 multiplayer and game
variants via the Forge…all of the award-winning features included
in Halo 3 are packed into Halo 3: ODST with an extra 1,750
available achievement points piled on for good measure. And Halo
3: ODST introduces an all-new single player experience with new
characters, new weapons and technology, and the frenetic
cooperative experience, Firefight, an entirely unique way to play
Halo.
Bungie.net Integration
What good is winning if you can't brag about it to your friends?
Extend your gaming experience beyond the console with
Bungie.net's expansive integration. All of your lifetime stats
are aggregated into your online Service Record - every last kill,
every single medal, and your entire collection of career post
game carnage reports, plus robust charts, graphs, and
leaderboards allow you to instantly see how you stack up against
the rest of your squad and the Halo 3: ODST community at large.
Invitation to the Halo: Reach Beta
As an added benefit of buying Halo 3: ODST players receive an
invitation to participate in the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta due
to hit Xbox LIVE in 2010. Halo: Reach is Microsoft Game Studios
and Bungie's upcoming prequel to the events of the original Halo:
Combat Evolved game. Based on Eric Nylund's novel "The Fall of
Reach," it is packed with details surrounding the origins of the
Sparten II soldiers, of which Master Chief was only one of many
and the beginnings of the conflict with the Covenant and the
Flood. If you want in, hold onto your copy of Halo 3: ODST and
stay tuned to Bungie.net and Xbox.com for more details.