The story behind the video game

Halo Soldier

Halo 3: ODST is a first person shooter video game, where gamers are battling for a war that takes place in the 26th century. The war is waged between humans and several alien races. The humans are under the command of the United Nations Space Command, while the aliens belong to, what is known as the Covenant. This Halo game is a continuance of the storyline from Halo 2 and was fashioned two years from the release of Halo 3. The term ODST stands for “Orbital Drop Shock Troopers”, which was originally introduced in Halo 2.

Halo ODST soldier

The main character in the game is known as the Rookie, is an ODST and has 5 team-members who assist him with the mission’s objectives. The game starts off with the human team entering their individual Human Entry Vehicles, also popularly known as HEVs. While dropping through the atmosphere towards the Covenant’s ship, one of the team members changes the trajectory coordinates of his HEV. In response to this, the Covenant ship to enter into slip space (also known as warp speed – or faster than the speed of light)
The jump by the Alien ship starts a shockwave through the group of HEVs and causes the Rookie’s HEV to collide with another HEV. The collision knocks out Rookie unconscious for a total of six hours. The game then starts off upon the Rookie’s awakening from unconsciousness.
Along the journey he starts looking for clues on where his squad-mates are. Finally, the Rookie comes across clues of the exploits of his squad. The game is packed with shooting action, rescues, bombings, missions, and a couple of new exciting characters are introduced along the way.
ODST was a side project produced by Bungie on which the composer strayed from the earlier Halo themes and focused towards a softer jazz sounds for the game. This version of the game did not feature the Master Chief, like in previous Halo games, but instead written a story based on the ODSTs.
The creative group at Bungie felt the ODST was not a huge part of any story. Although it was at first supposed to be a small project, surprisingly, it ended up becoming a full-sized game and became a top seller worldwide among Xbox 360 games.

Positive feedback was given all around, even for the music style, overall atmosphere of the game, and how the entire story line of this game was approached. The scenery may be similar to the previous Halo games, but almost everything else is new with a fresh approach. With one being a trooper in Halo 3: ODST, the gamer is permitted to have access to arsenal that are considered to be restricted. Also, the flashback effect in this game enables the gamer to assume the role of another teammate. Even though the player is not a super-soldier in this game, the role of the UNSC soldier is also no less exhilarating. One can certainly lose themselves with the thrill of action in halo 3!

Halo 3 ODST