The latest issue of GamesTM magazine has a few new details on what fans should expect in the Halo 3 expansion, ODST. Bungie's Joseph Staten explains a few of their design decisions.
The reason we decided to keep the rookie faceless and anonymous is to help smooth these clue-triggered transitions from one ODST to another," says Staten. "[The game] is designed to put you in the boots of a bunch of fun, memorable characters so you can experience this awesome pocket of Halo fiction from as many points of view as possible.Halo 3: ODST will feature an open-world experience where the players search for clues to what happened to their fellow squad-mates. Finding clues will then result in a playable flashback sequence taking place for each of those "memorable" characters.