So all of that is Disc 1 of Halo 3: ODST. There's ten in total, with two of them being night versions of the same map. All the maps for FireFight are based sections from the single player game. The earlier rounds are actually solo-able, something the game does let you do. You'll need to time your health runs carefully, and cover each other effectively or you'll die a quick death as soon as you start to reach the later rounds. There's this constant ebb and flow of the rounds as you fight back the waves. The biggest thing is that a lot of enemies are spawned by drop ships that can fire on you, this means as enemies are spawning you need to take cover. I really think there's enough here that makes this mode stand out from the other horde and survival modes. The team shares a pool of lives, with extra lives gained after surviving every group. Every five levels you'll get another skull added to make things more difficult, and you'll begin to see harder enemies being dropped. Up to four players are tasked with surviving waves of enemies in successive rounds. Overall if you've played Halo in co-op before, you should know what to expect - and that's a damn good time.įireFight is the other big co-op addition to the game, which is Bungie's take on the Horde modes.

Each player does take the role of an ODST, but the cut scenes still only show as if there's one. The biggest thing I noticed is players are no longer tethered to each other, we were able to get quite a distance away from the other player without having them be warped to our position. There's a few changes on the gameplay side of co-op though. It's identical to Halo 3's system, so there's no ability to use match making for campaign or FireFight unfortunately. The co-op mode allows up to four players online, two players locally with split screen, as well as local and online mixed. The new weapons are a silenced pistol and a silenced SMG. Speaking of grenades, ODSTs are capable of carrying 12 in total, 3 of each kind. You'll play games of hit and run with the enemy, and you'll use grenades more often. Without the shield system for yourself, you'll find yourself crouching behind boxes and cover more often. There were times when I would gun down half of a squad, only to watch the rest retreat and regroup with another before attacking us again.

Playing on Heroic yielded some pretty impressive situations with the AI, which appears to have been beefed up a bit. Brutes lead the squads of Jackels and Grunts, and fighting the Hunters is an even more stressful situation as an ODST. The enemies for the most part are familiar, though you won't see any Elites due to the current setting.

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