I just thought it was an interesting idea. Please state your opinions even if you think the idea is stupid, cause I would really like to hear what the community has to say.
> I just thought it was an interesting idea. Please state your opinions even if you think the idea is stupid, cause I would really like to hear what the community has to say.
It would be interesting, sure.
Also, the Rookie is in the Halo Evolutions story “Dirt”.
It’s not necessary. ODST ends just before Halo 3, and in Halo 3 the war ends.
I loved ODST more than any other Halo game, and want more games done in the same style (Small personal stories), but ODST itself doesn’t need a sequel.
> It’s not necessary. ODST ends just before Halo 3, and in Halo 3 the war ends.
>
> I loved ODST more than any other Halo game, and want more games done in the same style (Small personal stories), but ODST itself doesn’t need a sequel.
I absolutely agree on everything you said. I’d love another ODST game very, very much, done in the same style as the first one. But it shouldn’t be a direct sequel.
However, a prequel featuring the same characters would be nice. And instead of the Rookie you play his predecessor who dies, disappears, gets transfered, or whatever at the end of the game. Although it would also be awesome if you would play Buck himself.
In any case, ODST’s campaign is by far the best of all Halo games so far, at least in my opinion. I love the other campaigns as well, but ODST’s is - despite being too short - simply amazing.
> > It’s not necessary. ODST ends just before Halo 3, and in Halo 3 the war ends.
> >
> > I loved ODST more than any other Halo game, and want more games done in the same style (Small personal stories), but ODST itself doesn’t need a sequel.
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> I absolutely agree on everything you said. I’d love another ODST game very, very much, done in the same style as the first one. But it shouldn’t be a direct sequel.
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> However, a prequel featuring the same characters would be nice. And instead of the Rookie you play his predecessor who dies, disappears, gets transfered, or whatever at the end of the game. Although it would also be awesome if you would play Buck himself.
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> In any case, ODST’s campaign is by far the best of all Halo games so far, at least in my opinion. I love the other campaigns as well, but ODST’s is - despite being too short - simply amazing.
How about you play as Buck on Reach and experience it through his eyes cuz you know he was there right?
> > It’s not necessary. ODST ends just before Halo 3, and in Halo 3 the war ends.
> >
> > I loved ODST more than any other Halo game, and want more games done in the same style (Small personal stories), but ODST itself doesn’t need a sequel.
>
> I absolutely agree on everything you said. I’d love another ODST game very, very much, done in the same style as the first one. But it shouldn’t be a direct sequel.
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> However, a prequel featuring the same characters would be nice. And instead of the Rookie you play his predecessor who dies, disappears, gets transfered, or whatever at the end of the game. Although it would also be awesome if you would play Buck himself.
>
> In any case, ODST’s campaign is by far the best of all Halo games so far, at least in my opinion. I love the other campaigns as well, but ODST’s is - despite being too short - simply amazing.
I agree as well. I loved ODST and would love to see more games set in the Halo Universe in this style.
I like the idea of playing as Buck and commanding your team, but I would hate for his personality to get lost if you were to assume his role in a first-person shooter style game. If there is going to be another ODST game, only two avenues of possibilities make sense to me:
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It could be a prequel on how the team got formed in the first place and/or their first encounter of the Covenant as a team. The game could play out their first real (big) assignment from either the UNSC or ONI.
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It could be a sequel about what happened to the team during the events of Halo 3. In this sense, ODST was a poorly named game (Halo 3: ODST). It actually should have been Halo 2.5: ODST since the events of the game took place during the events of Halo 2, not 3. So, for a sequel, we should be able to follow the team around the planet (and space) as they try to fight the Covenant (and later the Flood) off of Earth during the events of Halo 3. The ending of this game would probably be when the Covenant and Flood escape through the portal to Installation 00. The ODST team on Earth could be responsible for “mopping up” the remaining hostile forces that weren’t lucky enough to make it through the gateway.
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> > It’s not necessary. ODST ends just before Halo 3, and in Halo 3 the war ends.
> >
> > I loved ODST more than any other Halo game, and want more games done in the same style (Small personal stories), but ODST itself doesn’t need a sequel.
>
> I absolutely agree on everything you said. I’d love another ODST game very, very much, done in the same style as the first one. But it shouldn’t be a direct sequel.
>
> However, a prequel featuring the same characters would be nice. And instead of the Rookie you play his predecessor who dies, disappears, gets transfered, or whatever at the end of the game. Although it would also be awesome if you would play Buck himself.
>
> In any case, ODST’s campaign is by far the best of all Halo games so far, at least in my opinion. I love the other campaigns as well, but ODST’s is - despite being too short - simply amazing.
Not sure how that would work, either. Since, like Buck said, a lot of the ODSTs were new to the team at that point.
I tihnk that one good way to do another ODST story would be to focus on the squad in New Alexandria during the fall of Reach. The game could highlight everything they went through before meeting Noble 6, have one level where 6 fights alongside them (basically the same level as the one in Reach, only you’re playing as an ODST), and then what happens after Six leaves.
I think ODST was all wrong, it lacked that sense of scale previous Halo games have achieved. If the Rookie is in a future Halo game, it shouldn’t be like ODST was.
> I think ODST was all wrong, it lacked that sense of scale previous Halo games have achieved. If the Rookie is in a future Halo game, it shouldn’t be like ODST was.
:’(
> > I just thought it was an interesting idea. Please state your opinions even if you think the idea is stupid, cause I would really like to hear what the community has to say.
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> It would be interesting, sure.
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> Also, the Rookie is in the Halo Evolutions story “Dirt”.
Oh yeah. I forgot about that.
> I think ODST was all wrong, it lacked that sense of scale previous Halo games have achieved. If the Rookie is in a future Halo game, it shouldn’t be like ODST was.
That was the point of ODST. It was supposed to be different. ODST was never about epic. If you want epic, play the trilogy, Wars, or Reach, not ODST. ODST was a personal story, much more character focused, and dealt more with the squad’s interactions than Master Chief saving the universe. It was a nice change of pace from the other Halo games, offering the series’ best campaign, music, atmosphere, and arguably even the best characters (all in my opinion, of course. But their are plenty of others that agree). ODST was everything I wanted and more.
I liked ODST, but I’d rather have a story about Dutch. He’s the man! lol
I think an ODST game based around the events in Halo: The Flood after the PoA crash lands would be awesome. A bunch of the marines and ODSTs retake the PoA from the Covenant. Plus, I think it would be cool to fight alongside the Chief, instead of being him.
> > I just thought it was an interesting idea. Please state your opinions even if you think the idea is stupid, cause I would really like to hear what the community has to say.
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> It would be interesting, sure.
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> Also, the Rookie is in the Halo Evolutions story “Dirt”.
how do you know it’s the same rookie?
> I think ODST was all wrong, it lacked that sense of scale previous Halo games have achieved. If the Rookie is in a future Halo game, it shouldn’t be like ODST was.
For those who love ODST, or at least quite many of us, that’s exactly what made ODST’s campaign so special and wonderful: the smaller scale and a far more intimate atmosphere.
Games in which you save the world/humanity from “the big bad evil” are far too common. They’re actually boring by now. And that’s why ODST was so refreshing. You’re not saving the world although your actions ultimately contribute to that end to some small degree, but are instead searching for your squad mates, trying to figure out what happened to them, while you’re trying to stay alive in a city occupied by hostile forces.
But don’t get me wrong, please. I actually like those large-scale space operas where you’re fighting for mankind’s survival just like in the first trilogy. But there needs to be something smaller scaled as well every now and then to balance that. Otherwise the large scaled campaigns stop being large scaled and just become your typical run-of-the-mill campaign.
> > > I just thought it was an interesting idea. Please state your opinions even if you think the idea is stupid, cause I would really like to hear what the community has to say.
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> > It would be interesting, sure.
> >
> > Also, the Rookie is in the Halo Evolutions story “Dirt”.
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> how do you know it’s the same rookie?
I assume he comes to that conclusion because Gage keeps calling the ODST who finds him “rook” or “rookie” because he’s just a Private at that point.
Technically speaking, that ODST and The Rookie could actually be the same person. There’s nothing that confirms nor denies that.
However, Dirt takes place during the fall of Reach at which point that ODST is still a Private, and the ODST game takes place on October 20th of the same year. And at that point, if that ODST is actually one and the same, he’s already a Lance Corporal. So he must have managed to get promoted twice within just four months. Not very likely but still possible.
No.
The Rookie is the least likable character in the Halo universe for me. I mean, is a man with no name, face, or voice even a character?
> Technically speaking, that ODST and The Rookie could actually be the same person. There’s nothing that confirms nor denies that.
Actually, it’s been confirmed that it’s the same Rookie from Halo 3 : ODST.
Proof : Going Rampant: Examination of Female Characters - Part 3 (Halo)
I would love to see more ODST style games since it was one of my favourite Halo games up to date.
Honestly, I want to see the Rookie’s story end.
Happy endings are just stories that aren’t finished yet. Soldiers worthy of story shouldn’t fade away (looking at you Snake, or sit through 15 minutes of monologue-ing).
The Rookie needs to tend to his reapings in Hell. I want his story to end in a manner that not only causes the enemy to pause in awe, but everyone able to bear witness to such a conclusion as well.
Let his death be that which tips the scales once more.
Where the enemy may be one power of many, we are all powers of one. We are human and we will engrave it into their skulls for as long as they live. And short we shall make it.
As for the Rookie being a person of little (or no) words. When Phillip II sent a very provoking message that more less stated “if he entered Sparta, he would burn it to the ground and humiliate it for defying him.” The Spartans replied “if”
I loved ODST’s campaign, more so than even Reach’s.
I would love that. Not only The Rookie, but Buck’s whole squad. I came to love each and every character. Continuing with their stories would be amazing and I’d love to see it happen. It probably won’t happen in games, but just a book or even a comic would be enough for me.