Halo 3: ODST is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The fourth installment in the Halo franchise, it was released on the Xbox 360 in September 2009. The single-player campaign was re-released as downloadable content for the Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One in May 2015. ODST will be released on PC, also as part of the collection, on September 22, 2020.
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Halo 3: ODST is a 2009 first-person shooter game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The fourth installment in the Halo franchise, it was released on the Xbox 360 in September 2009. Players assume the roles of United Nations Space Command soldiers, known as \”Orbital Drop Shock Troopers\” or ODSTs, during and after the events of Halo 2. The single-player campaign was re-released as downloadable content for the Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One in May 2015. ODST will be released on PC, also as part of the collection, on September 22, 2020. Upon release, ODST became the top-selling Xbox 360 game worldwide. The game was the top selling title in the United States in 2009, and sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. It was released as a small side project to produce in the lull between Halo 3’s completion and Halo: Reach. During development, the planned expansion grew in scope to that of a full-sized game. In the game’s campaign mode, players explore the ruined city of New Mombasa to discover what happened to their missing teammates in the midst of an alien invasion. It also contains a cooperative game mode called Firefight, where players take on increasingly difficult waves of enemies in a timed survival game. The player’s head-up display includes a \”VISR\” mode that outlines enemies in red, allies in green, and items of interest in either blue or yellow. In Halo 3: ODST, the player does not assume the role of the enhanced human supersoldier Master Chief, protagonist of Halo 3.
Instead of the Master Chief’s damage-absorbing energy shield, the game uses a recharging stamina mechanic. After the player sustains damage, the screen flashes red and the player’s health is reduced. Loss of all health causes the player character to die and restart at the last saved checkpoint. Medical packs scattered around the game environment can restore the player’s health. As a lone human soldier known as ‘the Rookie,’ the player has the goal to find his missing teammates. After finding the first piece of evidence, the choice of where to go next is left open; campaign may be played in any order in which the player finds it. In any game offering, Halo 3 includes Halo 2’s multiplayer maps for Halo 3 as well as multiplayer maps titled Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore. Along with the multiplayer disc, ODst includes a utility version of the Forge map editor that allows player customizations of the multiplayer levels that can only be completed with a character playable on the same console in splitscreen mode. It can be played cooperatively with up to three players via Xbox Live, or up to two players on same console on same networked service Xbox Live or Microsoft multiplayer on PC or Xbox Live. It features an open world environment in the updated Kenyan city of Mombasa, referred to as NewMombasa.
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