[360] Halo 3: ODST - Regular Niggas: The Game

Firefight and ODST Campaign run off the same netcode Halo 3 Campaign did, which me and Skills tried with Bigblah on launch day and it was completely unplayable (literally stuttering every second) even after multiple attempts, and we finally gave up. Firefight lag is weirdly inconsistent across continents, and it seems to come down to issues between individual players, even if they both have open NATs, etc. Me, Skills and Shake literally could not play one day (it would just freeze). The next day Shake, Goodhand and 2 others were able to play mostly fine. Then me, Shake and Goodhand tried some 3 player and it was fine for me and Goodhand, and Shake said it was okay for him but that there was some input lag (like it was on ice). But then we got a 4th person in and Shake said that actually improved things where he was still getting some lag but not as bad. It doesn't really make much sense, but the fact that probably 2/3rds of the people I would play Firefight with on a consistent basis are in Europe really kills the longevity of the game for me. Firefight (on most levels) is fucking AWESOME, and some of the most fun I've had with any game in months, but it's a pain getting 4 people in the same country together for a few hours to play.

The Campaign is pretty good (arguably the best Halo campaign), Firefight is fantastic when you can get it working, and the new Halo 3 MP maps are all pretty good. If you enjoy Halo at all it's probably worth picking up. It's also a pretty good deal if you haven't picked up some or all of the Halo 3 maps since they're all included. Really the only downer is the campaign/firefight lag issues; if they weren't there I could easily see myself doing Firefight for a long ass time, but now I only see myself playing it until MW 2 comes out.

Taco, you are completely insane about the difficulty; ODST is by far the easiest of the Halo campaigns on higher difficulties, you're actually the first person I've seen who hasn't specifically agreed on this. As a direct comparison, I was never able to finish Halo 3 on Legendary solo (got stuck on the next to last level). ODST I beat on solo Legendary the day after it came out in about 6 hours. There were single LEVELS on Halo 3 that took me that long on solo Legendary.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Tails

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.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.