I've only played about an hour or so of firefight so far, but man it is a ton of fun.

Great impressions, you guys have gotten me so much more hyped to pick this up tommorow.

I just picked up the game, can't wait to get a chance and play it.

Wow, gotta say I'm freaking loving ODST so far.

The new pistol and SMG are soooo awesome.

Story is paced fantasticly. The tone while your the rookie is very very lonely and tense. Buck is awesome. Halo control and gameplay is unrivaled for a fps on consoles.

its a good game, not the best halo yet, i like halo 2 the best, its a different spin on things which i like, the graphics on exterior is a bit better, graphics on people and the rest is the same, i love the game , its a good one, what really stands out to me is how much better sony first party games are, graphics are much much better, face , expreshions all around, but odst is still a great game worth buying, game it up!!!!!!!!!

@lhill8181

if i'm correct this thread has nothing to do with sony's first party games. Get that crap out of here. Most of the 360 fans on here are fully aware of how Sony makes quality games but this is an ODST discussion and has nothing to do with sony.

Cod 4 says Hi :p

I've never liked the Halo gameplay, but I like the Halo science fiction. For some reason playing as an ODST looked like it would be fun. I'm gonna try this eventually, but you guys are making me excited for it now. Is the gameplay drastically different from when you are the Chief? Or is it just rehashed with no shield/special abilities.

Halo says Hi!

I've owned every Call of Duty released and am a huge fan of both but I gotta give my props to Halo over COD personally.  Really it just comes down to if you prefer a very tight, twitch shooter (COD) or a more arcadey but very tigh controls as well (Halo) shooter.  Personally I'll take halo any day with its awesome vehicles, weapons, and intensity.  But Modern Warfare 2 will be amazing and a first day purchase for me as well.

When your the Rookie it def, has a very different feel than the Chief.  A big part of that isn't neccessarily gameplay mechanics but more the setting, and emotion of the game.  However health packs, the fact you can't take near as much damage, silenced weapons, the new VISR upgrade, no motion tracker, etc. do have a huge impact as well.  Trust me when you play as the rookie your fully aware your not some invincible juggernaut like the Master Chief is.

Man I am on heroic as well.

Bloody tough going so far.

I have to say though it is a blast.

If this gets much tougher my goose is cooked.

Yeah I respect peoples opinions when it comes to games...but personally I don't know how people can like COD campaigns more than halo.

COD enemies have absolutely zero AI... the game jsut spams you with enemies who run out and want to shoot you in the face, until you cross the line which stops them from spawning. In higher difficulties, COD becomes an enemy and grenade spam fest. Not to mention the game feels so scripted.. Tasks always involve picking up a rocket launcher, sniper or some other gun...and then having a gameplay sequence. I started laughing when I was told for the 10th time in COD4 to "pick up the rocket launcher and disable the tank"... what if i want to disable it some other way? Oh right... I cant.

Halo on the other hand will throw many enemies at you, all of which have their own AI. They will try to flank you and will regroup if you kill most of their team. They will side step attacks... the little aliens will run around in panic if you shoot their Brute leader. AI is superb. Not to mention that, just like Halflife 2, there are many ways to approach an enemy.

Those giant scarabs for example, in ODSt you need to fight them and you can destroy them from the air with a banshe, shoot their legs out and climb aboard or jsut rop out of a banshee and take it on form the inside. I love having choices like that. Makes for great replay value...