Bungie has given a few statements about what games should and should not expect from the upcoming Halo 3 expansion, Recon.
- It is an expansion and a stand-alone retail product
- No digital distribution
- Hours of extended campaign gameplay
- Play as ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper)
- Back on Earth in the city of Mombasa immediately following the events of Halo 2
- 4 player co-op is still intact
- 1,000 gamerpoints just from the SP campaign are possible
- Multiplayer maps will include the upcoming Mythic map pack
- The Mythic pack, available in Spring of 2009 for Halo 3, will have its own achievements to earn
- Still first person, and still a shooter.
- Players are not a supersoldier like they were previous, so new approaches to firefights are necessary
- Traditional Halo 3 elements are still present in the MP mode
- This is just a one time thing from the studio, to keep the Halo trilogy, as it is, going for just a bit longer for the fans