I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."
 
Meh, who knows. I bet my brother will head out and buy it, and I'll probably pick up a copy so I can play with him.

I'm in the same position, but I am going to wait and make sure enough of my friends buy the game before I actually do so, since I only really play Halo when I am with friends as well.

I don't own a 360, but Firefight sounds damn fun.... that sounds like it might be worth the price alone, though maybe not for some people, what do I know. 

My copy should be through the door in a little over nine hours. These may not be words of wisdom, but hey, I'm excited!

I'm still on the fence, the tough part about it is that the price (with either amazon preorder bonus or toys r us gift card bonus) is about as good as it's going to get for at least a year.

Words of wisdom?  If it lasts longer than four hours call a doctor.
 
Advice: Find a friend who has got it and play through the game locally? Buy a used version a year later when it's on the cheaps?

I was on the fence too, until I realized my friends are buying it. We had a lot of fun with Halo 3, so I'll probably get it soon.

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

" @natetodamax said:

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

You keep getting pwnz0red? "

I was on the fence then, I decided at the last minute to pick it up.

I'm not really a big Halo fan, but after reading some reviews it seems as though the game is worth at least a rental because  Halo's multiplayer has never been able to hold my interest for too long.

Not really a Halo fan myself but I want to give this a shot since it doesn't have MasterChief in it. Not that I hate him or anything. Just a little sick of him.

" @crunchUK said:

" @natetodamax said:

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

You keep getting pwnz0red? "

If you consider "pwnz0red" to be shooting somebody in the face with the battle rifle 9 times and having him punch you once, killing you. "

I think while most of these roots came from Doom anywhere, Halo still has a special place in my heart for bringing all these into the modern era of consoles and making a damn good first impression, while subsequently making good games. It without Halo, I feel, that games like Call of Duty would be radically different or might not even exist. 
 
I probably can never outgrow Halo because its a franchise that pretty much got me way more serious into gaming, a franchise I'm already so invested in. And why would I skip on it and pass on a damn fine game? It'll be a good time all around.

I'm on the other side of the fence so far in fact I'm having a Dos Equis with Master Chief himself, I love the Halo series a lot and can't wait till 12am gets here so i can goto EB games.
 
The thing is, the only reason why i feel this strongly about Halo is because I've gone out of my way to learn everything about it, wheather that means the books or the wikis Im invested enough into the story of the universe of Halo where I can never not buy a Halo game, if you really wanna push you're self into loving Halo again I recommend reading the books and reaching the lore and not just taking the games at face value. Theirs a lot more to Halo than just generic space marine killing aliens.

I'm not only over the fence but building a house on the good side and settling down for a long time

" I'm not only over the fence but building a house on the good side and settling down for a long time "

I was on the fence for a long time. I felt I was really, truly over the Halo franchise. And I've even expressed some disillusionment with this game's structure (no playlist for Firefight? WTF Bungie?), but after watching the reviews and seeing some gameplay footage and thinking about this purchase . . .   
 
I'm pretty sure I'll buy it. The quality of the Halo games is nigh-undeniable. I've always loved the action, the AI, and the fact that this Halo, moreso than the past iterations, plays more closely to the original Combat Evolved--all of that pretty much sold me.  
  

even reading the reviews im not convinced, it seems kind of short 
how long was halo 3 again?

the only reason im not getting it is because i didnt really like halo 3 very much, and it seemed they put the multiplayer on the other disk for an easy cash in, 
thats of course my opinion :]

"even reading the reviews im not convinced, it seems kind of short  how long was halo 3 again? "

" @vexx919: I'd say 8-10 hours maybe.  I'm not sure though because it took me like 20+ hours to beat the campaign. I'd pretty much replay all the really fun levels over and over again once i beat them until i felt it was time to move on. "

" @zombie2011 said:

" @vexx919: I'd say 8-10 hours maybe.  I'm not sure though because it took me like 20+ hours to beat the campaign. I'd pretty much replay all the really fun levels over and over again once i beat them until i felt it was time to move on. "

still why would i spend 50-60 dollars on a game less then that when stuff like borderlands comes out later this year "

It's in the maybe pile with AC2 for me, I kind of find it sad that I'm not leaping with excitement as I loved the first 2 on the Xbox, or filled with envy as I was when Halo 3 came out and I was constantly asking friends if I could play through it with them (I now own a 360 as of late last year). I know I'll buy it eventually I just kind of want my chief back...

" @zombie2011 said:

" @vexx919: I'd say 8-10 hours maybe.  I'm not sure though because it took me like 20+ hours to beat the campaign. I'd pretty much replay all the really fun levels over and over again once i beat them until i felt it was time to move on. "

still why would i spend 50-60 dollars on a game less then that when stuff like borderlands comes out later this year "

I was actually on the fence until I heard the 2nd disk would have all the Halo 3 maps, which was a while ago now.

I'm far from the fence, on the side that isn't buying the game.

What is there to be on the fence about? It is Halo.

I honestly don't understand what exactly I'd be buying.  Why are there two discs? Is the first disc just Campaign and  Firefight? Can I play the second disc or does the second disc just download maps to my hardrive or is it Halo 3 Multiplayer on a disc?  
 
Also, 60 bucks? Half the package I already own don't I? IDK man. Doesn't sound cool to me; and here's the big problem. 
 
For once, I really, really don't trust Jeff's opinion. I feel like ODST is more outdated and dry and boring than he wants to let on because of all of these ODST ads all over the place. Maybe Jeff is right but... idk... 4/5 for a 60 dollar gamemode and a campaign which really just looks like more of the same; except they pre-built a few skulls into the Campaign by making you an ODST.

"What is there to be on the fence about? It is Halo. "

I'll probably get it, when the price drops, since i'm not a very big multiplayer fan.  But the game seems really interesting. 
 
And i don't even like much the master chief.

for me its simple.  i really want it.  it looks fantastic.  but does not warrant $60 price tag due to the short campaign and only 3 new maps i think. will probably borrow it from my friends at some point

" @crunchUK said:

" @natetodamax said:

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

You keep getting pwnz0red? "

If you consider "pwnz0red" to be shooting somebody in the face with the battle rifle 9 times and having him punch you once, killing you. "

im still very much on the fence.....i like the idea of going around the city as the rookie i also like the fact that your arent a spartan but the flashback gameplay that i have seen hasnt impressed me and i wish they would take the fact that your a regulear human a little bit farther and change the gameplay and make it feel less like old halo games if i do get it it'll be because of the second disc

I actually read something just now that made me really go "huh." When you compare ODST, which is, for all intents and purposes, a short single player expansion pack to Halo 3 with a few more multiplayer maps, with the likes of GTA: Lost and the Damned, it really makes me laugh to think of what Bungie is getting away with using the leverage of the Halo name.
 
Lost and the Damned is also a short-ish expansion pack to its daddy game, GTA IV, and while it is really high quality, it totally doesn't warrant a retail disc, especially not a full-priced one, and even Rockstar knows it. Yet ODST makes me wonder if that's true... I mean, the GTA name is just as big, if not bigger than, the likes of Halo. ODST seems to be getting away with it, so why not Rockstar?
 
I feel like people are being fooled by the ODST's multiplayer disc. All of that content could be just as easily downloaded off of Xbox Live with a minimal hit to your disc space. In fact, if you're the type of Halo fan looking at ODST, chances are you already have all that content, anyway. It *might* be worth it if you completely ignored Halo 3 and own none of that content, but what are the chances of that if you're a Halo fan, and how many new people do you think ODST is really going to draw in? My guess is a pretty minimal number. It'll definitely be enough of a push for people who have given up on Halo multiplayer to revisit it for awhile,  but new people? They'd be better served buying Halo 3 and some of the map packs that interest them.

" @crunchUK said:

" @natetodamax said:

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

You keep getting pwnz0red? "

If you consider "pwnz0red" to be shooting somebody in the face with the battle rifle 9 times and having him punch you once, killing you. "

I was never on the fence but I was deffinetly thinking the game was going to dissapoint. But I was hella wrong.

I'm getting it.  I'm not happy what I'm paying to get it, but I'm getting it.  Bungie is not fostering good will with its fans putting ODST at a $60 price point.

I have never played a Halo game and I'm thinking about getting this. I never owned the original Xbox and Halo 3 had just come out when i got my 360. I wasn't really interested in it at that time though. 
 
Toys R Us has a deal where you buy ODST and get a $20 gift card, essentially making the cost of the game 40 bucks. It would cost me over $40 to buy Halo 3 and download the map packs that already come with ODST so it seems to make sense for me to get it.

" @natetodamax said:

" @crunchUK said:

" @natetodamax said:

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

You keep getting pwnz0red? "

If you consider "pwnz0red" to be shooting somebody in the face with the battle rifle 9 times and having him punch you once, killing you. "

Yeah that's pretty pwnz0red... It's called leading shots nub.  "

As a person who isn't really into Halo (beat CE, went halfway through 2, did co-op once with 3), I was wondering whether to try out ODST.  All the stealth stuff at night seems kinda iffy to me, and the fact that you still have to run and gun with these weaker soldiers (as oppose to what every other military game has you do -- hunker down and take cover) didn't really entice me.  I might go rent the game after this Fall's releases, but if the first half of 2010 is as good as it is building up to be (God of War 3, Mass Effect 2, etc.)... I might just skip it all together.

I'll wait for a 50% or more price drop.

" @crunchUK said:

" @natetodamax said:

" @crunchUK said:

" @natetodamax said:

" I keep having these short moments of "Maybe I'll get it"? and the majority of moments are "No, don't do it Nate. Remember how frustrated you got with Halo 3."   "

You keep getting pwnz0red? "

If you consider "pwnz0red" to be shooting somebody in the face with the battle rifle 9 times and having him punch you once, killing you. "

Yeah that's pretty pwnz0red... It's called leading shots nub.  "

Whatever you say, Halo God. "