The (real) trailer is in, and it doesn't have any surprises. Sure enough, you're playing an ODST in a GRAW-esque tactical/recon/shooter game. At the two-minute mark, there's a first-person camera shot; the new hero scans a Brute pack through his binoculars, and his HUD puts a red outline around each one. Those outlines looked familiar somehow...

Derivative though it may be, I'm still looking forward to this game. I know I'm overanalyzing this, but didn't the ODST's gun (it looks like a bloated MP5 with a suppressor) seem awfully small for fighting 9-foot space monkeys that can survive getting shot in the face? Surely they made the Brutes a little bit flimsier than they were in the main games.

The new hero is alone in the trailer, but let's hope Bungie is clever enough to know they're ripping off a game with a VERY popular co-op campaign. Hey, given Halo's reputation for putting polish on other games' innovations, maybe it'll have a more user friendly interface.

Fall 2009. I thought it was supposed to be this January.

I beat you by a few seconds, but good eye. I'm excited for this...Halo could use a bit more nitty-gritty, and I'm crossing my fingers for third-person perspective and four-player co-op...

To me, his weapon looked like a take on the SMG used in Halos 2 & 3. I also got an Eagle Eye vibe from the city AI giving him help via marquees. Wonder if there will be a cover system now that we'll play as a normal soldier vs. a Spartan.

When I heard about this game the first thought that came to my head was Star Wars: Republic Commando meets Halo, but I think the tie between GRAW and Halo is more apt. Still I am expecting this game to be more tactical than the straight up run 'n gun that the HALO series is known for. Only time will tell...

Yeah, I heard that the ODST will have just a health bar, (maybe it recharges after taking damage?) But he can't take on Brutes by himself, so they may use some stealth too.

Link: Co-Optimus Entry

Please keep all discussion of Halo 3: Recon for the XBox 360 in this thread.

Halo 3 is my favourite co-op ever. I can´t wait less than a pretty good co-op on Halo 3: recon

Too bad I won't buy this game if Halo 3 is required to play it. Because Bungie or Moneysoft decided back in August I did bad and I'm not "restricted from user-generated content" even maps I created myself ans videos of my CAMPAIGN!

I didn't do anything wrong and with MS's support I feel like violently hurting them (when I think about it that is)

Actually, this thread is automatically created when the game is added to the database.

well since you like to clean up duplicate threads, what are YOU going to do?

Merge granted.

No shields, stronger brutes and they move just as fast. I need a weapon. So how is a 4 player coop going to work with the story line that Game Informer so far put out?