Console Releases for Week of 9/20

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Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
I seriously question whether a substantial number of people who would buy ODST would have not bought Halo 3.

I think the percentage would be minuscule at best.

Everything I've read puts the average time to complete the single player campaign at 5-6 hours if you do it in a leisurely manner, 4 hours if you barrel through.

Also, the re-introduction of health packs from a franchise that pretty much introduced the idea of regenerating health? Seems like a major step backwards.

I saw this all as someone who played through and beat Halo 1-3 and enjoyed them quite a bit. This seems like the definition of milking to me.

I don't think it's a good value at $60; a lot of games aren't, unfortunately. It does come with $20 worth of free Halo 3 DLC though (plus three additional new maps), so the price is more palatable if you haven't already bought those map packs. Having 2 copies of Halo 3 multiplayer will be somehat useful for me; I can play on one of my Xboxes while someone else plays on the other. And I won't have to send my wife upstairs to get my disc when I want to play downstairs, or vice versa.

No, I really don't think it's a $60, so I'll be glad to get it for $40.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I remember when ODST was first announced, it was going to be a single-player add-on for Halo 3. When they changed it there was a lot of yelling from people about how they're turning what would have been probably a $20 DLC package into a $60 game and who knows if they'd add enough content to make it worth it. It seems as though it really isn't quite worthy of a full $60 price tag.

I might rent it in a few months once the hype has died down and play the SP campaign, but I am definitely not buying it.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
I remember when ODST was first announced, it was going to be a single-player add-on for Halo 3. When they changed it there was a lot of yelling from people about how they're turning what would have been probably a $20 DLC package into a $60 game and who knows if they'd add enough content to make it worth it. It seems as though it really isn't quite worthy of a full $60 price tag.

I might rent it in a few months once the hype has died down and play the SP campaign, but I am definitely not buying it.

Yeah, I dunno, I would totally paid $30 for ODST as DLC or even an expansion disc in the store that required the Halo 3 disc to play. As it stands, it feels a lot like MS is basically taking the Halo community for a ride with this in an effort to milk more money for less product.

If this works for them, I can definitely foresee more quick and dirty $60 releases with a 2nd discs boxed in with content from a previous game.

While this doesn't surprise me from an MS standpoint, it's kind of a letdown seeing Bungie go along with it.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Anyone picking up Women's Murder Club for DS? I remember seeing this previewed at Nintendo's E3 presentation and I think it was almost the most interesting thing?behind the Wii Vitality Sensor and Imagine Fashion Designer of course! :laugh:

 

[Yreka]

ODST will be a rental for me.

I enjoyed the Halo campaigns, and REALLY enjoyed Horde mode on GoW2.. I look forward to playing the halo version with ODST.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: Yreka
ODST will be a rental for me.

I enjoyed the Halo campaigns, and REALLY enjoyed Horde mode on GoW2.. I look forward to playing the halo version with ODST.

Kinda sums up how I feel. I like the idea of the horde mode with a halo theme to it. But I can't justify the $60 price tag. Who knows though I may end up caving and buying it.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

Yeah I'll just be renting ODST also. I don't think I'll be buying anything except Trine(PSN) until Demon Souls at the beginning of Oct.

 

[Drako]

My wife just called me to tell me that she bought ODST at lunch. She says she's leaving work early today to go home and play. I guess I'll be on my own for dinner tonight .

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

Originally posted by: Drako
My wife just called me to tell me that she bought ODST at lunch. She says she's leaving work early today to go home and play. I guess I'll be on my own for dinner tonight .

Dang, I wish my wife would play video games. That is the only thing I'd change about her haha.

 

[Drako]

Originally posted by: bl4ckfl4g

Originally posted by: Drako
My wife just called me to tell me that she bought ODST at lunch. She says she's leaving work early today to go home and play. I guess I'll be on my own for dinner tonight .

Dang, I wish my wife would play video games. That is the only thing I'd change about her haha.

She's kind of weird for a woman in her 50s . She loves the shooter games for some reason, that's pretty much all she will play. I will have to get another copy eventually so that we can play coop with her.