He specifically commented on it being harder than the previous Halo campaigns, which is the only comparison I made as well, so I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

Basically I said you play too much Halo. I BEAT IT ON LEGENDARY LIKE A TRUE NIGGA BY MYSELF I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ITS HARD. You're failing to account for level of experience (ie, amount of time played, like I kind of mentioned in my post).

(which is entirely true based upon facts stated and number of games played)

I am facepalming so hard right now. I'm hoping it transcends time and space and smacks you in the back of the head at work right now.

Yeah, so I just tried playing multiplayer campaign. Still the same shitty netcode. Back onto the shelf it goes.

Just finished the campaign on Heroic. Fantastic stuff, I really enjoyed it. The gameplay may be similar to Halo 2 and 3, but the atmosphere is completely different. I read a magazine review which basically complained about all the things I enjoyed, including how the plot stayed below epic world saving levels. It had a lot of the qualities I enjoyed about Halo 1's more restrained storytelling, compared to the more bloated style of 2 and 3.

My only gripe perhaps was how while Buck looked like Nathan Fillion, Dutch didn't look like Adam Baldwin. He was doing Jayne quite a lot and the face didn't match so it was strange. I suppose it was also a missed opportunity that there wasn't more to the AI than was originally hinted.

Still, great experience. Terrific atmosphere, awesome music, fun dialogue, combat and setpieces. The audio logs were pretty interesting as well, although I thought they'd be individual stories instead of parts of one large one. Ah well.

I'll get this when I get back if anyone's still playing it in November and they release a patch so I can play firefight with Kyndig and Daravon without all the lag you've mentioned.

Of course you'll all be playing Modern Warfare 2 by then so I might swerve this, we shall see.

Much like Halo 3's MP, though perhaps more so, Firefight is something I can see myself diving back into from time to time when someone suggests playing it. So yeah, I don't see November being too much of an issue for an odd spot of ODST, though MW2 and L4D2 could delay things there a little. ;)

At least once MW2 drops, all the kids will stop playing ODST in favour of cheating at that so the random twat factor should be significantly reduced and it'll probably be dead cheap second hand by then.

Anyone fancy doing some Firefight tonight (well this afternoon for the North American types)?

Yeah, I'd probably play, if only to melee you in the head. I had a good time with it the other night.

I am down for this. We'd still need one more though since russ probably won't be home for another few hours.

Alright you bitches, now that I've finished helping Skills and Omagnus get what they need, we need to have one more go at this (plus Prime still needs Endure/FF:Lost Platoon) since I'm the only on without Deja Vu.

Skills, Prime, and Daravon, when can we do this shit this week?

I should be around most evenings (well afternoons again for you guys) I imagine. Just hit me up with a message when you want to do it.

Lemme know if anyone is up for some FF sometime this week. Tuesdays and Thursdays are prob the easiest for me. Still need Endure (As BZ, Dev and myself failed SPECTACULARLY last time).

Lost Platoon ftw.

Your first problem is trying it with only 3 people on Lost Platoon. You need at least one full time laser operator, and either 3 choppers or one hog plus gunner. 2 choppers are not enough to handle everything, especially when the drones hit.

Oh no LP is just my favourite map. We tried on Alpha Site (with a fourth, but I don't know who it was). Between my uncanny ability to die seemingly on command, and the hammer brute that JUST WOULDN'T DIE, it did not end well.

I'd like to help, since I still need roughly 100 points worth of achievements, including the two hard vidmaster ones. I may not be great at the game, but I am at least competent.

I'd be down for giving Endure a crack at some point. Though much like russ I'm not great but I'm competent (and I do pretty well in the Brute Choppers, apart from when Skills is driving into me).

Still need the two vidmasters endure and the legendary one. hit me up if you are on.

I also need Endure. And I'm free tonight. I smell a sitcom.

Yes, I had a problem with that too. I'm sad that only Hefler and Fillion got that treatment. I wish North, Tudyk, and Baldwin would have gotten their faces glued on their ingame models.

Also yeah, I need a bunch of those vidmasters as well, so I wouldn't mind tagging along if you ever need a spot. Pretty much the Legendary Highway(ODST), Legendary Last level(Halo3), and Endure(ODST) are the ones I need to check out right now.