Oh I know. I was playing this late at night and that was terrifying. 😅 Hearing the door opening while editing, I thought, yeah, I should of known something was up haha!
That fight with the hunter in the dark hallway is exactly what ODST should have been like in my opinion. The rookie wandering the streets alone should be like a survival horror experience.
Lowering the player’s height was such a nice touch. All we need for this mod to do now is increase weapon model sizes so it will actually seem feasible for Spartans, Elites, and Brutes to wield them as well.
I always had this neat idea for a mod in ODST, basically each character has a perk that gives you a slight ability, and as the rookie you have none. but then you play the buck mission and you have that perk, after the mission is over and you are back to being Rookie, you unlock that perk through Bucks memory. i have all of them written out too!
that sounds really cool. Dutch's perk would definitely have something to do with vehicle survivability. Romeo's...maybe less recoil with precision weapons? Mickey's would be explosives obviously. Buck...not sure. Rookie could be less detectable by enemies at night.
@@justinnyugen7015 Got it all worked out! Each memory from the Squad teaches the rookie a new trick, starting with no perks the rookie earns new perks after completing the memory level of his squad as he searches for them in the city. You get access to the perk at the beginning of the level as that character would already have that ability under his belt. Can be up to the modder to give Buck and Dutch both perks in their first level or not. 1. Prepare To Drop - Nothing 2. Mombasa Streets - Nothing 3. Tayari Plaza: Buck: -Squad Leader: Carry more SMG & AR ammo. SMG's have a chance to cause smaller enemies to flee. 4.Uplift Reserve:Dutch: Reactive Armor: Vehicles have +50% more durability while driving. 5. Kizingo Boulevard: Mickey: Explosives Harness: +1 carrying capacity to all grenades +1 mag more Rockets and bruteshot ammo 6. ONI Alpha Site:Dutch (2): Why I Pulled you over: EMP's on vehicles last twice as long. 7. NMPD HQ: Romeo: Scattered Targets: All Enemies flee and scatter when a shot from the sniper is fired. Carry 2+ mags for Snipers BR's Carbines. Sniper damage to vehicles increased. 8. Kikowani Station: Buck (2): Buck Wild: Reloading speed +25% Shotguns Stun Stagger & Knock Back targets a few feet. 9. Data Hive - [given at start of stage] Rookie (Dare): DARE to be seen: Carry 3+ Mags for the Pistol While Crouched and in VISR - can see outlines of enemies through walls. 10. Coastal Highway - Rookie (end game)
The changelog in the nexusmods page has some really cool formatting. Props to the modder for making it look like an instruction manual, man I wish those things were still around : (
Considering this stage of the war and the cheapness of the limited production SPI armor for suicide soldiers, it wouldn't be surprising if all ODSTs had semi-powered armor and improved Orion/Spartan I augmentations. Which would explain basically everything in the game in-universe neatly.
People often theorize ODST to be a retelling of Dante's Inferno with Rookie as a stand-in for Dante as he descends into hell with each mission being representing one of the nine rings. The final ring of hell is "Treachery" or "Deception," so that would be the 'Data Hive' where you encounter the corrupt Mombasa cop. I don't if it was intentional or not, but it's very fitting that the mod author put the Great Schism into full effect during that mission.
It's not theorized, Marty O'Donnell even stated they based ODST around Dantes Inferno. Characters like Virgil as the superintendent.. but yeah that was really cool having brutes and elites fight at level 9
The chapters of Sadie’s story represent the 9 circles of hell, less so the levels 1. Sadie thinks she has no where to go, so wants to join the fight but Virgil and her father stop the train=Limbo 2. The commissioner attempts to rape Sadie=Lust 3. The giant dude has given up, accepting his death and would prefer to just eat kebabs=Gluttony 4. Jackpot Lady=Greed 5. Commissioner threatens Sadie and Mike with a gun and Sadie retaliates with a garbage truck=Wrath 6. The Seven engineers attempt to repair Virgil and six sacrifice themselves to save one, thus disobeying the covenant=Heresy 7. The ex cop going postal in the NMPD lobby=Violence 8. The man spreading misinformation through the propaganda system=Fraud 9. Commissioner reveals that despite the deal he made with Sadie, he had already killed her father before she even agreed to it=Treachery
me and my brother got halo 3 ODST on Christmas along with an xbox 360 along with farcry 3. as massive halo fans we had heard people around us talk poorly of halo 3 ODSt but when we played it we fell in love it's such a somber tone and just getting to play as an ODST was so cool to us
OMG DUDE THANK YOU! I was really young when that came out and knew I’ve seen that it was called RECON somewhere. I thought I was going crazy all these years since no one really covered this.
This definitely looks fun. I should really check it out. I LOVE how Elites are in the game and we eventually get to see the Great Schism. It’s really too bad Bungie didn’t do this with ODST. That would’ve been AMAZING. I hope that Digsite restore Halo 3’s cut leaning around corners mechanic that was found in a Pimps at Sea build. That would be fun to use. No idea why Bungie didn’t put the feature into ODST where it would’ve been right at home to really emphasize that you’re just a normal human and NOT a super soldier who can just rank damage thanks to a shield. I think the modder should’ve taken away stamina and had the player’s health function like it does in Reach where if you take cover it will partially regenerate. There’s a Reach mod that turns you into a Trooper/ODST that does this. You’d just need a big boost to your health and for more health packs to be scattered around the levels. I think the modder should’ve made a few changes to the lesser Covenant like giving Ultra Grunts the Reach helmet for protection, made Soec Ops Grunts have weak shields (idea taken from Vengeful Vadam’s Reach Evolved mod). It would also be awesome to have Ultra Jackals from Ruby’s Rebalanced 3, and maybe even have some Jackals armed with energy swords (one of the very few genuinely good things to come out of the Halo show). The shielded Drone should also appear in more missions that once in Data Hive. Melee could probably also use a rework where you’d still be able to win in a fist fight against the lesser Covenant. But, if you try to engage a Brute, Hunter, or Elite in hand to hand combat you should be screwed. Unless you’re armed with a Needler (using the spikes to bash them like in CE, hit them with a heavy weapon (Fuel Rod, Spartan Laser, and Rocket Launcher), the Brute guns (Mauler, Spikers, and Bruteshots since they have blades), and designated melee weapons like the Energy Swords and Gravity Hammers. I REALLY like how the modder made the player camera shorter so now your view is at the same level as the marines. Too bad they didn’t also resize the different weapons. It’s weird how Bungie never did any of this. I’ll be sure to check this out at some point. I really like how it makes ODST more like a tactical shooter. Bungie did a phenomenal job with the story’s presentation by making you feel like a normal human. But, the gameplay kind of falls flat since it’s just diet Halo 3 and doesn’t take advantage of the fact it’s a spinoff to change how the game is played.
Yeah. Too bad the wasted a lot of time on resources on that Halo Chronicles project that never saw the light of day (it’s nothing short of a miracle that game died because it would’ve completely messed up the lore. Sure, 343 did the same thing. But, this would’ve set the precedent that anything no matter how ridiculous could fit into Halo. Same goes for the Ensemble mmo with time travel and a class with what was essentially magic). A lot of the ideas for that were later reused in District 9 (some guy turning into an alien came from that), playing as a normal human, and a few other things. I REALLY hope that Digsite get leaning working (assuming they’re even planning on doing that) and modders can create the perfect ODST tactical experience. While we’re on the topic of missed opportunities I’ll add that Halo 3 has the best campaign with a lot of fun set pieces and cool moments. But, the story was pretty bad and lacked focus. Aside from some cool moments it mostly just spun its wheels. This can be easily explained by the fact that it’s quite literally the extended third act of 2 and they didn’t have a lot to work with. But, it’s pretty lacking. It’s especially bad when you consider what Bungie had planned for Halo 2’s original storyboarded ending with Truth’s plan actually making sense, the Arbiter being one of the driving forces and having a full arc, and the “big reveal” that explained what Truth was trying to hide and humanity’s connection to the Forerunners. They also turned the Brutes into bootleg Elites because the Elites were no longer the enemy and from over correcting their problems in 2. Bungie also needed dual wielding making it pretty much useless (mods have taught us the feature can be properly balanced. Bungie just did it the wrong way). A missed opportunity with 2 comes from the fact that we didn’t fight any marines/ODSTs as the Arbiter. It would’ve been a great way to set his missions apart from Chiefs, added some much needed variety to the repetitive nature of the Flood, it would’ve made the original ending so much more impactful if the player was actively involved in the near eradication of humans, and if the Sentinels were aligned with humans it would’ve been a great way to foreshadow their connection.
@@RiTchieKIII wouldn't say lazy as they didn't have the time and man power to do so. And remember odst was meant to be a dlc not a separate game of it's own.
@@berzerklikeyou4504 they could very well have taken the time to at least make elite enemies instead of retconning the lore among other things. It’s been shown that it’s not even crazy hard with a lot of these modders doing it themselves. I love ODST but they honestly could’ve done so much more with it
@@RiTchieKII I agree it would have been really cool to also fight elites and elites fighting brutes like in halo 2 gravemind, but I do believe Bungie had to cut corners because Microsoft had them spit out halo games every year like cod games
I like your take on the Elites and Brutes and how they eventually fight one another. I hate people's idea of "Brutes and Elites don't like each other, why fight both?" As if Elites are just programmed to all of the sudden fight any brute they see lol 😅
The ODST timeline was kinda off too. It places the Schism as soon as regret bails from Earth, when it would have been like a week later. But if you haven't read the books, ALL of the covenant races hated each other. The fact 2 races can just start killing each other is supported by the lore.
@@speedmetalftw Terminals show Covenant fight one another. Nobody needs to read the novels to understand that. This video talks about situation and context, not what happened before and after the fact.
To be fair, the Elites and Brutes didn't waste any time fighting each other once given an excuse to do so in the lore. They were probably on a hair trigger by that point. And the Brutes would doubtless immediately justify their actions as being ordered by the prophets with proof of Truth giving the order. They'd be quite smug about it, too. Given that the elites were already very doubtful of the war against humanity by then in the first place, it isn't surprising they almost immediately threw away all that the prophets had told them as lies. At least about humanity.
@@RasputinNotPutin true but i think he was just trying to explain that the books elaborate EVEN MORE on this, and btw, the books are amazing, def should read. i read a chapter before bed every night lmfao its like my bedtime gospel 🤣
The Ruby's ODST mod that hasn't seen an update since 2021? Lol You always mention Ruby's mods and I'm not sure why. The best one he's done is for CE and it's alright.
@@BikeAngel-fs3hqwell I was meaning when he makes a full fledged version of it at some point when he gets done with 2 rebalanced and 3 rebalanced along with making his manifest heart series Also what can I say I'm a stan for his work but you aren't to big on the changes he's made that's fine I just like the changes because of them ironing out a few issues ce has and while still being faithful to it and also make it be line with the inuniverse lore the expanded universe material established
What is with all this praise for rebalance mods? Am I supposed to be impressed by some value changes and sloppily altered textures? There's people out here making fully fledged custom campaigns getting next to no attention while you heap praise on mediocrity.
@@aceambling7685well then why don't you go out and make video's covering them and give them more attention yourself if you have a problem with them not being covered more
@@aceambling7685LOL the "fully fledged custom campaigns" you talk about are the ones that have sloppily altered textures. If you watched this channel, you'd see he covers those too. Sounds like you don't even watch nor know of the actual available mods.
2:02 It's like a manual... I love it, this and the Digsite's magazine look are something gaming is just missing. I want my manuals back, I want my gaming magazines to have flare, I want gaming to get a soul again. This fills me with hope...
Id wager the brutes having already killed the elites was just bungie taking a short cut. They didnt program enemy elites in halo 3, less work to just copy the existing combat loop over. I did think it was odd that the elites were dead so early
Generalkidd has a video showing that if you spawn in the Elites they’re hostile to the player. They’re on team Covenant, while the Brutes are on team Prophets. I’m sure that early on that we’re planned as enemies and were sadly cut. It’s a shame because it would’ve really enhanced the story.
The lore explanation is that Truth actually ordered the Brutes to kill each remaining Elite on Earth. Remember the majority of them went with Regret and ended up on Delta Halo. The remainders were hunted down and killed by the Brutes in secret before the Schism.
Absolutely brilliant! So cool! Love ODST so much! Great little changes! It's one my favorite halos and it's so immersive, so im always looking for new experiences, especially if they make you feel more like an ODST! That little camera height change is small, but makes quite an impact on the feel of the overall game! Good stuff! 😁👍🏻
Actually what happened in the lore is the Brutes and Elites usually didn’t fight alongside eachother due to their extreme beef however the Elites on Earth right before the Great Schism were ordered killed by Truth to the Brutes hence why Buck finds a bunch of dead Elites. The Brutes already were ordered to kill the Elites by the time Buck shows up. So that build up and conflict between them already happened by the start of the game.
I love this! I almost wish we could have more dialogue of moments of stumbling into elites who are discussing the situation or having some custom new encounters or areas opened up. I’d love to see just some more extra to give it that much more flare of the civil war and hear truth on terminals like in halo 3. Making you as the rookie have a new secret quest of finding intel on the situation that you can present to dare and she say something like “woah, we need to get this intel to oni as well. Good work rookie.” Then hit you with her quote being impressed by your skills and such. Idk would be interesting to me. I wish halo 3 ODST had more of an emphasis on the other events happening with halo 2 and halo 3 being that middle ground between the two. I really loved this and would love to see more added as this feels like a great start to an even more expansive mod for this beloved game. If only Xbox had mod support:(
That Roaming Rooster/Rooster Teeth comparison made me laugh, because here in Australia we have a fast food chain called Red Rooster that also has a doppelganger logo.
I think seeing a full blown skirmish between the elites vs brutes make sense when on the kikiwani station mission. Thats when the night time happens, rookie wakes up, you can see the halo 3 portal from a distance and you get to see the break up from the odst/troopers on earth perspective. its like the ultimate build up/tease to halo 3's story. i guess the way bungie implemented the skirmish we see in the game - is that after regret left.....truth immediately sent his brutes to assassinate all the elites.....That could make sense but either way i hate when story developers stop continuity just for new people. It totally ruins the immersion. Another thing that ruins the world building about odst is the missing halo 2 bridge. Another thing that ruins the world building about halo 3 is the missing halo 2 space elevator. There is indeed missed opportunists bungie did not include in their halos.....but i gotta remember bungie just wanted a halo break and Microsoft was trying to milk them so bad.
Yes that’s what happened in the lore. Most of the Elites went with Regret and ended up on Delta Halo. The reminders were hunted down and killed in secret
Once Steam is more supportive of ODST mods then this mod may be uploaded in the Workshop. Steam is inconsistent with ODST mods as it reverts back to retail after each mission.
I think that the dead elites were intended to imply that the brutes murdered them. In Halo 2 Tartarus displays great contempt and jealousy over the elites. Truth intentionally belittles the brutes in cutscenes, and when the guard is changed, they are aggressively disrespectful when replacing the elites. The feud between the races/classes had been festering for a long time before the schism broke out.
Only thing I’d change is the ability to kill brutes and elites with melee (unless you have a sword). That’ll further enhance the reality that you’re not a super soldier that can beat 7-9ft aliens to death
Lol "corporate vibe" Roaming Rooster is a local DC northern VA mid market restaurant business. Not corporate. You have no clue what you're talking about.
Haha I remember seeing their new logo somewhere a couple months ago and Roaming Rooster brought me back to it. It's a simple logo that's for sure. I haven't seen any of Rooster Teeth stuff for a several years now; I don't bother watching their content.
I watched their LASO and GMod content recently but that's on the spinoff Let's Play channel and not Rooster Teeth proper (which is unrecognizable at this point)
THE DREAM HALO 3 ODST MOD: I REALLY want a H3 ODST mod that implements stealth into the game. Silenced weapons that allow you to pick off enemies 1 by 1 without being detected, and if an enemy happens upon a body of a fallen ally, they will alert the others. I also think it would be cool if entirely new features were added, like lean mechanics, sprint, and hide-behind-cover mechanics (like seen in gears of war). A sprint feature could also be implemented to alert enemies of your presence (because of noise) if you sprint near them, encouraging a slower more methodical gameplay, should the player choose to play stealthy. Lastly, I would love to see a squad mechanic implemented akin to Star Wars Commando (like the squad mechanic in H5 but better), this squad mechanic could be used with fellow ODST and Marines.
Silencers don’t work like that: the base game already has the silencers function as it should; it only alerts the area you’re in whereas loud noises attract other streets to you.
Above all; half these features like “hide behind cover” don’t work in first person scenarios and it would be AWFUL if you were just CLAMPED into hugging a pillar because you aimed.
I’m aware that silencers are not like the movies, regardless, I believe it would be an entertaining gameplay element. This too applies to stealth, where stealth in the base game is limited to avoiding the enemy, I want to be able to discreetly take out the enemy, hit man style, this especially applies to the rookie levels. I don’t expect you to agree with me, this ‘hypothetical’ mod is merely my own fantasy.
A lot of mods from both the Bethesda and Valve community have a universal obsession with Beta Restoration to the point of pretentious cringe. The phrases “how it should have been” gets thrown around in the Nexus for years. That aside yeah MCC Update broke a lot of mods so hopefully I get to give this a try.
That Hunter entering the room was the freakiest thing I've probably ever seen in H3 ODST. Like holy crap
Oh I know. I was playing this late at night and that was terrifying. 😅
Hearing the door opening while editing, I thought, yeah, I should of known something was up haha!
You almost got Kool-Aid Man'd 😂
It's very fitting that the brutes and elites fight on the level which is meant to represent the 9th circle of hell treachery.
That fight with the hunter in the dark hallway is exactly what ODST should have been like in my opinion. The rookie wandering the streets alone should be like a survival horror experience.
Hunters just need their H2A walking sounds, makes them actually feel like colossal walking tanks with heavy stomps.
Lowering the player’s height was such a nice touch. All we need for this mod to do now is increase weapon model sizes so it will actually seem feasible for Spartans, Elites, and Brutes to wield them as well.
I always had this neat idea for a mod in ODST, basically each character has a perk that gives you a slight ability, and as the rookie you have none. but then you play the buck mission and you have that perk, after the mission is over and you are back to being Rookie, you unlock that perk through Bucks memory. i have all of them written out too!
that sounds really cool. Dutch's perk would definitely have something to do with vehicle survivability. Romeo's...maybe less recoil with precision weapons? Mickey's would be explosives obviously. Buck...not sure. Rookie could be less detectable by enemies at night.
Buck gets rizz, making enemies less accurate@@justinnyugen7015
Make a mod forum post about it
@@justinnyugen7015 Got it all worked out!
Each memory from the Squad teaches the rookie a new trick, starting with no perks
the rookie earns new perks after completing the memory level of his squad as he searches for them in the city. You get access to the perk at the beginning of the level as that character would already have that ability under his belt. Can be up to the modder to give Buck and Dutch both perks in their first level or not.
1. Prepare To Drop - Nothing
2. Mombasa Streets - Nothing
3. Tayari Plaza: Buck:
-Squad Leader:
Carry more SMG & AR ammo.
SMG's have a chance to cause smaller enemies to flee.
4.Uplift Reserve:Dutch: Reactive Armor:
Vehicles have +50% more durability while driving.
5. Kizingo Boulevard: Mickey:
Explosives Harness:
+1 carrying capacity to all grenades
+1 mag more Rockets and bruteshot ammo
6. ONI Alpha Site:Dutch (2): Why I Pulled you over:
EMP's on vehicles last twice as long.
7. NMPD HQ: Romeo:
Scattered Targets:
All Enemies flee and scatter when a shot from the sniper is fired.
Carry 2+ mags for Snipers BR's Carbines.
Sniper damage to vehicles increased.
8. Kikowani Station: Buck (2):
Buck Wild: Reloading speed +25%
Shotguns Stun Stagger & Knock Back targets a few feet.
9. Data Hive - [given at start of stage]
Rookie (Dare): DARE to be seen:
Carry 3+ Mags for the Pistol
While Crouched and in VISR - can see outlines of enemies through walls.
10. Coastal Highway - Rookie (end game)
@@nononoohfuck i will have to do that!
The height difference is really cool. It’s crazy seeing jackals so tall
Ikr. Spartan IIs just see them as silly little guys
The changelog in the nexusmods page has some really cool formatting. Props to the modder for making it look like an instruction manual, man I wish those things were still around : (
Ahh the return of the HL2 beta noises
Considering this stage of the war and the cheapness of the limited production SPI armor for suicide soldiers, it wouldn't be surprising if all ODSTs had semi-powered armor and improved Orion/Spartan I augmentations. Which would explain basically everything in the game in-universe neatly.
0:10 *Screamer* meh
8:17 Hunter: "Surprise MF" me: HOLY SHIT!!
People often theorize ODST to be a retelling of Dante's Inferno with Rookie as a stand-in for Dante as he descends into hell with each mission being representing one of the nine rings. The final ring of hell is "Treachery" or "Deception," so that would be the 'Data Hive' where you encounter the corrupt Mombasa cop. I don't if it was intentional or not, but it's very fitting that the mod author put the Great Schism into full effect during that mission.
It's not theorized, Marty O'Donnell even stated they based ODST around Dantes Inferno. Characters like Virgil as the superintendent.. but yeah that was really cool having brutes and elites fight at level 9
I'd like to point out that ODST retells Dante's Inferno TWICE!
The chapters of Sadie’s story represent the 9 circles of hell, less so the levels
1. Sadie thinks she has no where to go, so wants to join the fight but Virgil and her father stop the train=Limbo
2. The commissioner attempts to rape Sadie=Lust
3. The giant dude has given up, accepting his death and would prefer to just eat kebabs=Gluttony
4. Jackpot Lady=Greed
5. Commissioner threatens Sadie and Mike with a gun and Sadie retaliates with a garbage truck=Wrath
6. The Seven engineers attempt to repair Virgil and six sacrifice themselves to save one, thus disobeying the covenant=Heresy
7. The ex cop going postal in the NMPD lobby=Violence
8. The man spreading misinformation through the propaganda system=Fraud
9. Commissioner reveals that despite the deal he made with Sadie, he had already killed her father before she even agreed to it=Treachery
cici's cookie pizza is primordial nightmare
I can't see myself finishing more than just one slice of that thing.
me and my brother got halo 3 ODST on Christmas along with an xbox 360 along with farcry 3. as massive halo fans we had heard people around us talk poorly of halo 3 ODSt but when we played it we fell in love it's such a somber tone and just getting to play as an ODST was so cool to us
I miss the time halo 3 odst came out
If you want to know what fighting the covenant as a regular old human is like. This mod is one of few that gets as close as it gets.
OMG DUDE THANK YOU! I was really young when that came out and knew I’ve seen that it was called RECON somewhere. I thought I was going crazy all these years since no one really covered this.
As someone who also lives in northern Virginia and not far from chantilly at all i find it really cool that you shared the GameStop
This definitely looks fun. I should really check it out. I LOVE how Elites are in the game and we eventually get to see the Great Schism. It’s really too bad Bungie didn’t do this with ODST. That would’ve been AMAZING.
I hope that Digsite restore Halo 3’s cut leaning around corners mechanic that was found in a Pimps at Sea build. That would be fun to use. No idea why Bungie didn’t put the feature into ODST where it would’ve been right at home to really emphasize that you’re just a normal human and NOT a super soldier who can just rank damage thanks to a shield.
I think the modder should’ve taken away stamina and had the player’s health function like it does in Reach where if you take cover it will partially regenerate. There’s a Reach mod that turns you into a Trooper/ODST that does this. You’d just need a big boost to your health and for more health packs to be scattered around the levels.
I think the modder should’ve made a few changes to the lesser Covenant like giving Ultra Grunts the Reach helmet for protection, made Soec Ops Grunts have weak shields (idea taken from Vengeful Vadam’s Reach Evolved mod). It would also be awesome to have Ultra Jackals from Ruby’s Rebalanced 3, and maybe even have some Jackals armed with energy swords (one of the very few genuinely good things to come out of the Halo show). The shielded Drone should also appear in more missions that once in Data Hive.
Melee could probably also use a rework where you’d still be able to win in a fist fight against the lesser Covenant. But, if you try to engage a Brute, Hunter, or Elite in hand to hand combat you should be screwed. Unless you’re armed with a Needler (using the spikes to bash them like in CE, hit them with a heavy weapon (Fuel Rod, Spartan Laser, and Rocket Launcher), the Brute guns (Mauler, Spikers, and Bruteshots since they have blades), and designated melee weapons like the Energy Swords and Gravity Hammers.
I REALLY like how the modder made the player camera shorter so now your view is at the same level as the marines. Too bad they didn’t also resize the different weapons. It’s weird how Bungie never did any of this.
I’ll be sure to check this out at some point. I really like how it makes ODST more like a tactical shooter. Bungie did a phenomenal job with the story’s presentation by making you feel like a normal human. But, the gameplay kind of falls flat since it’s just diet Halo 3 and doesn’t take advantage of the fact it’s a spinoff to change how the game is played.
As amazing as odst is, Bungie really got lazy with it just being a re skin of halo 3 instead of a fully fledged odst experience gameplay wise.
Yeah. Too bad the wasted a lot of time on resources on that Halo Chronicles project that never saw the light of day (it’s nothing short of a miracle that game died because it would’ve completely messed up the lore. Sure, 343 did the same thing. But, this would’ve set the precedent that anything no matter how ridiculous could fit into Halo. Same goes for the Ensemble mmo with time travel and a class with what was essentially magic). A lot of the ideas for that were later reused in District 9 (some guy turning into an alien came from that), playing as a normal human, and a few other things. I REALLY hope that Digsite get leaning working (assuming they’re even planning on doing that) and modders can create the perfect ODST tactical experience.
While we’re on the topic of missed opportunities I’ll add that Halo 3 has the best campaign with a lot of fun set pieces and cool moments. But, the story was pretty bad and lacked focus. Aside from some cool moments it mostly just spun its wheels. This can be easily explained by the fact that it’s quite literally the extended third act of 2 and they didn’t have a lot to work with. But, it’s pretty lacking. It’s especially bad when you consider what Bungie had planned for Halo 2’s original storyboarded ending with Truth’s plan actually making sense, the Arbiter being one of the driving forces and having a full arc, and the “big reveal” that explained what Truth was trying to hide and humanity’s connection to the Forerunners. They also turned the Brutes into bootleg Elites because the Elites were no longer the enemy and from over correcting their problems in 2. Bungie also needed dual wielding making it pretty much useless (mods have taught us the feature can be properly balanced. Bungie just did it the wrong way).
A missed opportunity with 2 comes from the fact that we didn’t fight any marines/ODSTs as the Arbiter. It would’ve been a great way to set his missions apart from Chiefs, added some much needed variety to the repetitive nature of the Flood, it would’ve made the original ending so much more impactful if the player was actively involved in the near eradication of humans, and if the Sentinels were aligned with humans it would’ve been a great way to foreshadow their connection.
@@RiTchieKIII wouldn't say lazy as they didn't have the time and man power to do so. And remember odst was meant to be a dlc not a separate game of it's own.
@@berzerklikeyou4504 they could very well have taken the time to at least make elite enemies instead of retconning the lore among other things. It’s been shown that it’s not even crazy hard with a lot of these modders doing it themselves. I love ODST but they honestly could’ve done so much more with it
@@RiTchieKII I agree it would have been really cool to also fight elites and elites fighting brutes like in halo 2 gravemind, but I do believe Bungie had to cut corners because Microsoft had them spit out halo games every year like cod games
Cool, I just found the way I'm going to spend my afternoon.
I like your take on the Elites and Brutes and how they eventually fight one another.
I hate people's idea of "Brutes and Elites don't like each other, why fight both?"
As if Elites are just programmed to all of the sudden fight any brute they see lol 😅
The ODST timeline was kinda off too. It places the Schism as soon as regret bails from Earth, when it would have been like a week later. But if you haven't read the books, ALL of the covenant races hated each other. The fact 2 races can just start killing each other is supported by the lore.
@@speedmetalftw Terminals show Covenant fight one another. Nobody needs to read the novels to understand that.
This video talks about situation and context, not what happened before and after the fact.
To be fair, the Elites and Brutes didn't waste any time fighting each other once given an excuse to do so in the lore. They were probably on a hair trigger by that point. And the Brutes would doubtless immediately justify their actions as being ordered by the prophets with proof of Truth giving the order. They'd be quite smug about it, too. Given that the elites were already very doubtful of the war against humanity by then in the first place, it isn't surprising they almost immediately threw away all that the prophets had told them as lies. At least about humanity.
@@RasputinNotPutin true but i think he was just trying to explain that the books elaborate EVEN MORE on this, and btw, the books are amazing, def should read. i read a chapter before bed every night lmfao its like my bedtime gospel 🤣
They were all killed off by Brutes ordered from Truth right before the Buck found the dead Elites
I actually went to that original gamestop with my dad to get Halo CE the OG Xbox dude!!!!
Wow, that's amazing!
I remember spending two chilly nights outside that store for about an hour for the midnight releases of ODST and Reach haha!
This mod definitely currently fits a nice just right spot for the time being for me and a nice appetizer for ruby's own mod for the game to
The Ruby's ODST mod that hasn't seen an update since 2021? Lol
You always mention Ruby's mods and I'm not sure why. The best one he's done is for CE and it's alright.
@@BikeAngel-fs3hqwell I was meaning when he makes a full fledged version of it at some point when he gets done with 2 rebalanced and 3 rebalanced along with making his manifest heart series
Also what can I say I'm a stan for his work but you aren't to big on the changes he's made that's fine I just like the changes because of them ironing out a few issues ce has and while still being faithful to it and also make it be line with the inuniverse lore the expanded universe material established
What is with all this praise for rebalance mods? Am I supposed to be impressed by some value changes and sloppily altered textures? There's people out here making fully fledged custom campaigns getting next to no attention while you heap praise on mediocrity.
@@aceambling7685well then why don't you go out and make video's covering them and give them more attention yourself if you have a problem with them not being covered more
@@aceambling7685LOL the "fully fledged custom campaigns" you talk about are the ones that have sloppily altered textures.
If you watched this channel, you'd see he covers those too.
Sounds like you don't even watch nor know of the actual available mods.
RIP beam rifle
Great stuff
[me knowing I'll never be able to play because i don't have a PC]
2:02 It's like a manual... I love it, this and the Digsite's magazine look are something gaming is just missing. I want my manuals back, I want my gaming magazines to have flare, I want gaming to get a soul again.
This fills me with hope...
Id wager the brutes having already killed the elites was just bungie taking a short cut. They didnt program enemy elites in halo 3, less work to just copy the existing combat loop over. I did think it was odd that the elites were dead so early
Generalkidd has a video showing that if you spawn in the Elites they’re hostile to the player. They’re on team Covenant, while the Brutes are on team Prophets. I’m sure that early on that we’re planned as enemies and were sadly cut. It’s a shame because it would’ve really enhanced the story.
The lore explanation is that Truth actually ordered the Brutes to kill each remaining Elite on Earth. Remember the majority of them went with Regret and ended up on Delta Halo. The remainders were hunted down and killed by the Brutes in secret before the Schism.
@@PackHunter117 thanks mate, appreciated
You’ve been on CZcams for quite some time, glad you’re picking up some pace! Keep going strong out there! Loving all the halo videos!
Absolutely brilliant! So cool! Love ODST so much! Great little changes! It's one my favorite halos and it's so immersive, so im always looking for new experiences, especially if they make you feel more like an ODST! That little camera height change is small, but makes quite an impact on the feel of the overall game! Good stuff! 😁👍🏻
Actually what happened in the lore is the Brutes and Elites usually didn’t fight alongside eachother due to their extreme beef however the Elites on Earth right before the Great Schism were ordered killed by Truth to the Brutes hence why Buck finds a bunch of dead Elites. The Brutes already were ordered to kill the Elites by the time Buck shows up. So that build up and conflict between them already happened by the start of the game.
Now it just needs to come to steam
0:28 I think there where also copyright issues with something else named "Recon", too.
Recon is not copyrighted lol.
Good, jackals should be bigger than humans
I love this! I almost wish we could have more dialogue of moments of stumbling into elites who are discussing the situation or having some custom new encounters or areas opened up. I’d love to see just some more extra to give it that much more flare of the civil war and hear truth on terminals like in halo 3. Making you as the rookie have a new secret quest of finding intel on the situation that you can present to dare and she say something like “woah, we need to get this intel to oni as well. Good work rookie.” Then hit you with her quote being impressed by your skills and such. Idk would be interesting to me. I wish halo 3 ODST had more of an emphasis on the other events happening with halo 2 and halo 3 being that middle ground between the two. I really loved this and would love to see more added as this feels like a great start to an even more expansive mod for this beloved game. If only Xbox had mod support:(
this is badass
Wait!! Chantilly Virginia??!
That's where im living now !
That took my by surprise lol
That Roaming Rooster/Rooster Teeth comparison made me laugh, because here in Australia we have a fast food chain called Red Rooster that also has a doppelganger logo.
The Flood: Feet First Into Hell
I had a game informer magazine that had Halo 3 recon as the cover and multiple pages on it.
I think seeing a full blown skirmish between the elites vs brutes make sense when on the kikiwani station mission. Thats when the night time happens, rookie wakes up, you can see the halo 3 portal from a distance and you get to see the break up from the odst/troopers on earth perspective. its like the ultimate build up/tease to halo 3's story.
i guess the way bungie implemented the skirmish we see in the game - is that after regret left.....truth immediately sent his brutes to assassinate all the elites.....That could make sense but either way i hate when story developers stop continuity just for new people. It totally ruins the immersion. Another thing that ruins the world building about odst is the missing halo 2 bridge. Another thing that ruins the world building about halo 3 is the missing halo 2 space elevator.
There is indeed missed opportunists bungie did not include in their halos.....but i gotta remember bungie just wanted a halo break and Microsoft was trying to milk them so bad.
Yes that’s what happened in the lore. Most of the Elites went with Regret and ended up on Delta Halo. The reminders were hunted down and killed in secret
dopest intro on yt
Is there gonna be a steam workshop download available for this mod?
Once Steam is more supportive of ODST mods then this mod may be uploaded in the Workshop.
Steam is inconsistent with ODST mods as it reverts back to retail after each mission.
In Legendary player damage is nerfed as hell...
Something I noticed the other day with ODST is that the weapons laying on the ground are much bigger than the first person ones
It's been like that since Halo CE. It's so players can see it easily.
wow this is cool! I wish there was a tutorial on how to install this. I have no idea how to install mods manually.
Rooster teeth stealing 2 chicken store that have rooster in their name logos. Red rooster and roaming rooster
Is this on steam workshop?
Badass
That looks really cool. Maybe I do need to get a gaming PC so I can play with his mods…
You definitely should! It's so much fun :D
I think that the dead elites were intended to imply that the brutes murdered them.
In Halo 2 Tartarus displays great contempt and jealousy over the elites.
Truth intentionally belittles the brutes in cutscenes, and when the guard is changed, they are aggressively disrespectful when replacing the elites.
The feud between the races/classes had been festering for a long time before the schism broke out.
Yo, I think I know that exact CiCi’s!
Only thing I’d change is the ability to kill brutes and elites with melee (unless you have a sword). That’ll further enhance the reality that you’re not a super soldier that can beat 7-9ft aliens to death
the reason the logo looks the same is because rooster teeth leans so far into the corporate vibe these days they even do corporate logos now
Lol "corporate vibe"
Roaming Rooster is a local DC northern VA mid market restaurant business. Not corporate.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
Did you go to chantilly for High school?
I did not go to Chantilly High, I lived a little further away. But less than 10 minutes from that Gamestop
0:10 omg hl2 beta jumpscare
Please ad it on steam workshop, the mod don't work with steam 😢
i bought ODST at a game crazy lol
Oh rooster teeth, not even your logo is original anymore hahaha 😂😂
Not sure if you still watch them, but I forgot about that company for years LOL
Haha I remember seeing their new logo somewhere a couple months ago and Roaming Rooster brought me back to it. It's a simple logo that's for sure. I haven't seen any of Rooster Teeth stuff for a several years now; I don't bother watching their content.
I watched their LASO and GMod content recently but that's on the spinoff Let's Play channel and not Rooster Teeth proper (which is unrecognizable at this point)
@@justinnyugen7015yeah rooster teeth has been terrible for several years
THE DREAM HALO 3 ODST MOD:
I REALLY want a H3 ODST mod that implements stealth into the game. Silenced weapons that allow you to pick off enemies 1 by 1 without being detected, and if an enemy happens upon a body of a fallen ally, they will alert the others. I also think it would be cool if entirely new features were added, like lean mechanics, sprint, and hide-behind-cover mechanics (like seen in gears of war). A sprint feature could also be implemented to alert enemies of your presence (because of noise) if you sprint near them, encouraging a slower more methodical gameplay, should the player choose to play stealthy. Lastly, I would love to see a squad mechanic implemented akin to Star Wars Commando (like the squad mechanic in H5 but better), this squad mechanic could be used with fellow ODST and Marines.
Silencers don’t work like that: the base game already has the silencers function as it should; it only alerts the area you’re in whereas loud noises attract other streets to you.
Above all; half these features like “hide behind cover” don’t work in first person scenarios and it would be AWFUL if you were just CLAMPED into hugging a pillar because you aimed.
Stealth in ODST is already basically a feature; it’s called NOT walking into a hostile territory and engaging patrols.
I’m aware that silencers are not like the movies, regardless, I believe it would be an entertaining gameplay element. This too applies to stealth, where stealth in the base game is limited to avoiding the enemy, I want to be able to discreetly take out the enemy, hit man style, this especially applies to the rookie levels. I don’t expect you to agree with me, this ‘hypothetical’ mod is merely my own fantasy.
I think your vision of ODST really defiles half of the feeling and setting the game goes for. The entire game is not the rookie section.
A lot of mods from both the Bethesda and Valve community have a universal obsession with Beta Restoration to the point of pretentious cringe. The phrases “how it should have been” gets thrown around in the Nexus for years. That aside yeah MCC Update broke a lot of mods so hopefully I get to give this a try.
Cool video but wtf is that intro??
That's you being a scared lil boy lol.
Lower your crosshair, DEMON!!!!!!!