Halo 3: Recon renamed to Halo 3: ODST

Bungie on Tuesday renamed the upcoming Halo 3 expansion to better reflect "the experience that awaits and the role you will assume."

Recon, ODST, whatever so long as I get the game

Recon, ODST, whatever so long as I get the game

"As of today, the game formerly known as Halo 3 : Recon will henceforth be known as Halo 3: ODST," Bungie announced on its website today.

According to the developer, the name change is "a more straightforward account of the experience that awaits and the role you will assume as you explore the streets of New Mombasa." Recon armor (shown) will still be wearable, however, and everything else remains the same, including the the single-player campaign and online multiplayer when the game arrives on Xbox 360 next fall.

For the uninitiated, ODST stands for "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper," the special force unit that you'll be playing as in the upcoming expansion.

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stevn7

i think recon was a better name...it just sounds better then "ODST"...srsly there are too many acronyms in gaming already lol

VictoryRed

stevn7 wrote:

i think recon was a better name...it just sounds better then "ODST"...srsly there are too many acronyms in gaming already lol

Yea, seriously. I've played all of the Halo games casually and I had no idea what the hell ODST stood for until I read this article. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, either.

Kubrick

Sounds good to me but I had no problem with Recon. Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

weinymew

i agree, recon is a bad-ass name, however, i would like to see a real Halo Recon game similar to socom and rainbow 6. Wouldnt that be bad-ass? Or Halo done by the Gears of War studio. Wait, what if halo had a story like Metal gear Solid done by konami? Didnt they just have an interview saying they were behind the curb as far as in the popularity of fps games. Halo would have bleeding edge graphics and a story. They could tap Bungie for the multiplayer or infinity ward. Instant sucess just off the name alone. A wet dream of course. Maybe with Xbox 4th Dimention. Ha-ha(tradmark. microsoft, call me). Or even a unholy alliance between Sony(hardware) and Microsoft(software building kits) We can have a relieable console that doesnt take developers 10 years to make a decent game. Wet dreams for sure. btw.....i really hate the wii as is......

weinymew

i agree, recon is a bad-ass name, however, i would like to see a real Halo Recon game similar to socom and rainbow 6. Wouldnt that be bad-ass? Or Halo done by the Gears of War studio. Wait, what if halo had a story like Metal gear Solid done by konami? Didnt they just have an interview saying they were behind the curb as far as in the popularity of fps games. Halo would have bleeding edge graphics and a story. They could tap Bungie for the multiplayer or infinity ward. Instant sucess just off the name alone. A wet dream of course. Maybe with Xbox 4th Dimention. Ha-ha(tradmark. microsoft, call me). Or even a unholy alliance between Sony(hardware) and Microsoft(software building kits) We can have a relieable console that doesnt take developers 10 years to make a decent game. Wet dreams for sure. btw.....i really hate the wii as is......

phebo

weinymew wrote:

i agree, recon is a bad-ass name, however, i would like to see a real Halo Recon game similar to socom and rainbow 6. Wouldnt that be bad-ass? Or Halo done by the Gears of War studio. Wait, what if halo had a story like Metal gear Solid done by konami? Didnt they just have an interview saying they were behind the curb as far as in the popularity of fps games. Halo would have bleeding edge graphics and a story. They could tap Bungie for the multiplayer or infinity ward. Instant sucess just off the name alone. A wet dream of course. Maybe with Xbox 4th Dimention. Ha-ha(tradmark. microsoft, call me). Or even a unholy alliance between Sony(hardware) and Microsoft(software building kits) We can have a relieable console that doesnt take developers 10 years to make a decent game. Wet dreams for sure. btw.....i really hate the wii as is......

you double posted

deadmanwalking

There's a name that rolls off the tongue with ease...sarcasm

Recon, was a cool name even though the name has been in the title of many a bad movie staring the likes of Stephen Baldwin, Dolph Lundgren and Mason Reese...

Yeah, on the other hand it's good they lost that name.

I do however hate a lot of these games that have no FN shadowing in the picture.......Orsen Wells was able to more in black and white 50 years ago than all these devs can do with even expanded color......these devs need to swallow their egos and study film for a while...

it's not just games either, 99% of Hollywood uses the same type of brightly lit sets and never rely on shadows like their European brothers, who by the way consistently win the Oscar for best lighting and cinematography........Both games "Heavy Rain" and "Alan Wake" are said to be relying more on shadow, let's hope it rubs off on everyone else......it will make gaming much more immersive as a whole.

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