As you may have heard, the latest issue of Game Informer is just
chock-full of new info about
Halo 3: Recon.
CVG has been kind enough to spill some of the beans -- gotta save some beans for the mag, after all -- the biggest of which is the fact that
Recon will be an open world game. The story has players taking control of a rookie Orbital Drop Shock Trooper who's looking for his four other squad members in the city of New Mombasa, which you may remember from
Halo 2. Using a new PDA, players can set waypoints to find the last known locations of each squad member. Upon arriving, players will discover clues that will trigger a playable flashback in which they take on the role of the missing squad member and find out what happened to him. The flashback levels will play more like a "traditional, linear"
Halo level and "unravel the mystery of what went on in New Mombasa."
Of course, ODST are not Spartans, so players will have to make do without superhuman speed, jumping, and coordination (i.e no dual wielding). ODSTs also lose the benefit of a motion tracker. Oh, and no handy regenerating shields either, though health will still regenerate. As you might expect, this will make encounters with enemies like Brutes a little more intimidating, especially considering they will now all be much taller and faster than you.
Finally, one of the squad members will be played by
Nathan Fillion. That is sweet.
[Via
Joystiq]
{ Nov 18th 2008 at 10:00AM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RON @ Nov 18th 2008 10:10AM
sweet..
2 slick @ Nov 18th 2008 10:19AM
let's just all agree that no one has any clue what the hell is goin on in Recon, it would make it sooooooooooo much simpler.
can't wait 4 it.....
meatee @ Nov 18th 2008 10:37AM
So, this is going to be Halo meets Mass Effect (only shorter)? I think I could get into that.
Glenn @ Nov 18th 2008 10:40AM
Didn't they first say it would be out at fall?
Now I know MS and other American company's don't really know what fall means, but they all actually agree its before christmas, so shouldn't we have had some info by now? like, more then this?
FirefighterGW @ Nov 18th 2008 11:00AM
Fall of 2009
Mike @ Nov 18th 2008 10:51AM
"so players will have to make do without superhuman speed"
Are you saying we'll be SLOWER than Master Chief? The guy moves like a tank.
I was hoping that losing 700lbs of armour would make the ODST a bit faster. Something like CoD4's pacing. A sprint button. Anything.
legendtaker117 @ Nov 18th 2008 11:22AM
Its easy to tell you dont know much about Spartans.
ryan @ Nov 18th 2008 11:33AM
Sprint button! As dumb as it sounds that ability alone was my reasoning to dump H3 for CoD4. This maybe interesting to play tho, if the price is right.
Grendel Pr1me @ Nov 18th 2008 11:49AM
"... so players will have to make do without superhuman speed..."
If they're saying we'll be running at a slower pace than Master Chief, that basically told us this game will take 100 hours to complete, as he's not moving along much faster than that weaving old woman at the end of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. *spoiler*
Tony Bowman @ Nov 18th 2008 11:56AM
Nathan Fillion is worth the price of admission!
Mal Reynolds forever!
Walkboss @ Nov 18th 2008 12:57PM
seconded!
Phizzy @ Nov 18th 2008 2:49PM
I had absolutely no intention of getting this. But I may have to if Nathan Fillion has a lot of wordlines.
jbird @ Nov 23rd 2008 4:09PM
this gives me hope that this halo game's single player might actually be good
sam @ Dec 8th 2008 3:17AM
All i have to say simply is YAWN. Why anyone touches halo is a wonder to me because they proved with part 3 that they were not willing it take to a new level the game didnt own up it is a dolled up halo 2 and it is not ok because halo 3 is on the bigger better console and it did not show anything of significant value to warant more then a month of play basically anyone that plays these games are dumb and are part of the murdering of true video games.
UK31337 @ Dec 10th 2008 3:24PM
True that. Halo 3 hahahahahaha, overrated what d'ya call it.
I'm not giving Bungie any more support, they are just pushing out shovelware to the fanboys at MS' behest.
Jackson @ Dec 22nd 2008 4:18PM
Yes sam and uk31337, because the only thing that matters with video games is advances in physics and graphics engines right? God forbid we release a game just for the sake of expanding a story.
BrianValentine @ Dec 24th 2008 1:58PM
Expanding a story, huh? They won't answer any REAL questions. How can they? We just get lots of garble and vague clues. System malfunction this and rampant AI that. I DID like the info the 8 terminals throughout Halo3 brought out. THAT was pretty cool and very well written. Maybe they'll do something like again in Recon. Anyway, I'll be playing this game for the graphics and gameplay. The Halo story is just 100% underwhelming.
ILDUCE42O @ Jan 13th 2009 8:41PM
This sounds cool and everything, I just hope my multiplayer rank resets and that I'll be able to play Halo 3 multiplayer from the beginning rank just like it was in the original halo 3 so that I can actually rank up since due to having my brother play as a guest all the time when i got the game i never made it past first leutinent yet i had double to three times to experience points as some people that were captains or higher, and i just had to give up since i could not rank up anymore...