The Rookie’s pod crashed into the side of a building several stories above the ground, so he has a nice little view of the city and some of the Covenant dropships patrolling the area.Īfter popping the hatch, the Rookie jumps out of the pod and landing on the ground is your first reminder that you are no Master Chief. Six hours after the slipspace jump, the ODST known only as “The Rookie” finally regains consciousness and finds himself alone in the dark streets of New Mombasa. The jump causes the ODST’s drop pods to go out of control and crash land in different parts of the city. As these six are making a drop, along with a squadron of other Helljumpers, towards the Prophet of Regret’s battleship, the battleship initiates a slipspace jump right above the city of New Mombasa. Halo 3: ODST takes place during the events of Halo 2 and follows five ODST soldiers and a special ONI agent who have taken command of some Helljumpers for a secret mission. How different? Hit the break and you’ll find out all there is to know about the single-player campaign and the new Firefight multiplayer mode in Halo 3: ODST. So playing as the ODST feels different compared to past Halo games. They don’t have energy shields, MJOLNIR armor, or bioengineered enhancements to their bodies.

They’re some of the military’s toughest group of soldiers, and they have to be, seeing as how they’re willing to make high-altitude drops encased in small metal pods time and time again. Before the SPARTANs were brought into the UNSC military, the ODSTs were the top dogs. They’re not just a regular group of humans, however. Instead, you’re playing as the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs). There’s no Master Chief and no SPARTAN IIs of any kind here. Halo 3: ODST is the latest Bungie-developed entry into the Haloverse, in what is being hailed as a new direction. From videogames, books, comics, toys, to clothes - Halo was even almost turned into (and could very well still be) a Hollywood film. The Halo series is one of gaming’s biggest franchises to date.

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