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Darth Tigris on 12 June 2009
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ultraslick said:
nightsurge said:
ultraslick said:
The following is sarcasm;

When Im not playing Halo 3 online, I play Halo Wars, I will be buying Halo 3 ODST for $60 to continue playing online, and will take a break every once in a while by playing the beta for another FPS; Halo Reach.

It is really enough to make you sick.

... I just hope I can buy Halo slurpies and mountain due when Halo 3 ODST comes out, so the power of sugar and caffeine combined with the marketing power of Halo will be there to nurse me back to health.

with that being said, I am sure ODST will be a .. game, but at $60 that takes me out of the buying equation, but I am the exception.

There is no doubt that this "not an expansion anymore game" will sell millions and millions.

Why do you come off as so upset over this game and it's popularity?

Since you asked.

And keep in mind, this is just my opinion here;

I am not SO upset. But it is infact an expansion of Halo 3, there are tons of Halo spinoffs nowadays with more coming, and to me, it seems like the blind acceptance of anything with the name Halo on it just perpetuates a bad cycle that developers will continue to follow through with.

You ask; why am I upset with the popularity of ODST?

are you kidding me, the game hasn't been released yet, and all of you people are just handing over your money already without considering what it is that you are actually buying. People need to wake up. Just because there is a lack of anything better to purchase, does not mean that this "halo game" needs to be purchased.

Where is the compassion, where is the uniqueness of something new. See things for what they are- and this is just something for Microsoft to make money, and to fill the void.

You ask; why am I upset with the "popularity" of ODST

I ask; Why would I not be?

Ok, the bolded first. 

Released since 2001:  Halo (2001), Halo 2 (2004), Halo 3 (2007), Halo Wars (2009)

Upcoming: Halo 3: ODST (2009), Halo Reach (2010) and maybe Halo 'Chronicles' (currently on indefinite hold).

That would not qualify as tons of spinoffs with more coming.  In fact, only one spin off has been released and it was a big risk because no one knew how a non-FPS Halo game would do.  While it sold well, the numbers are only a FRACTION of the Halo 3 numbers so many Halo fans stayed clear of it (I didn't play it but I liked the demo).  Many other franchises have been milked far more than Halo (God of War will have 4 games released in a span of 5 years) has.

2nd, watching the E3 vids and demos of ODST . . . it might very well be the best Halo story yet.  They are approaching things in a unique way with the flashbacks and an overall mystery to solve.  Also they are doing something very different with the big sandbox city that lets you decide the order to play the various sections.  The length of the game has been expanded upon too so its now a full release and not 'just an expansion'.  Also it has the new Firefight mode which is new to Halo and got very good hands-on comments from those at E3. 

So, again, what's your deal?