Halo 3: Recon

What does this new expansion mean, other than the fact that we had a geekgasm yesterday? Where does it fall into Master Chief’s story? What will happen? The Teabag Prevention Team gives its own vison of things to come. Its. That’s right. We’re an organization now.

As predicted, Bungie has announced their new project at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. This expansion will cover the events that lead up to Halo 3’s story. It’s set in New Mombassa, after the Covenant invasion. At this time, Master Chief would be no where near Earth, which means we have a new hero – this guy:

ODST‘s (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers), arrive to battle via a drop-pod thats released from a frigate that is in orbit. They are usually sent into battle first and are also known as “Helljumpers.” (why you always gotta send in the black guys first?)

Their strength is no different from regular Marines, but they are still in a class all of their own. They’re like super-marines, which means they can kick a regular marine’s ass. Hard. They’re totally bad ass, they travel in squads, and as you can see, they carry a different set of armor. They typically handle Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Battle Rifles.

When Master Chief left, Humanity was left to fend for itself. I’m certain that this lone ODST will not be alone in this story arc. My guess is that this ODST will find a camp and hold a defense on New Mombassa which means this will all be on Earth.

As far as gameplay/multiplayer goes, one can only imagine. Will it be ODST-only? Will Spartans be playable just like the first three games? This is Bungie’s only chance to take a shot at CoD 4’s multiplayer gameplay. ODST = no shields. You know what that means? Underdog status. We won’t have all the luxuries in this gameplay that we do when we play as Master Chief. We may lose the ability to jump from anywhere we want, to withstand as much fire power as we do, and possibly the super-happy-mega-hurt that our melee’s currently have on opponents. This is incredibly exciting, as most people who have been playing Halo 3 since it came out need, and deserve (tee hee), the constant expansions to the multiplayer (new maps, achievements, etc.); but this really brings that entire idea to another level. We need to up the difficulty and that is exactly what Bungie is doing. Genius.

Will we be able to play ODST vs. Spartan vs. Elite? Will the entire multiplayer platform be changed/affected by this expansion? Will Bungie allow this type of handicap so that advanced players can play with beginner-Spartans?…the world will never know…until it does.

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