You may know Nolan's voice from Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Halo 3, and our occasional Co-Opticast bumper for In-Game Chat.
#Halo 3 trailer series
Bungie is seeking to depart ODST from the rest of the series in terms of its artistic presentation after attending "Prepare to Drop", I'm convinced they can do it.Īfter previewing the music, the panel confirmed an addition to the voice cast: Nolan North, who was previously rumored to be involved with the project, does indeed play the character of "Romeo".
Marty O'Donnell's music preview - a completely new, more jazzy direction (saxophones and all) - confirmed it: this was a game very much inspired by noir. At first, that sounded ridiculous, but after some comparison of ODST screenshots to classic noir publicity photos, you could see the resemblance. Throughout all of this, Staten explained that the inspiration for a the vast majority of ODST's texturing and lighting came not from previous Halo games, but from the film noir genre. There was no indication that either of these would be playable. The second vehicle shown was an Elephant that was converted into a garbage truck, complete with The Superintendent's logo emblazoned on the side. The first was a Pelican that was colored gray and white, and the word POLICE painted down the side of it. The UNMC version's chin turret was modified to also accept cameras and spotlights. Speaking of vehicles: two new pieces of concept art were shown, both of familiar machines retrofitted as civil services vehicles. Shooting an Engineer in the large cover on its back will trigger an explosion that not only kills the Engineer.but causes splash damage to nearby vehicles or foes. So far, we've only seen this Covenant baddie in the latest gameplay video and without any additional info, such as weaknesses or attack styles. All too gladly they produced concept art, hilarious clips of the voice talent cast cutting up, and even samples of the dramatic new musical score for ODST.Īlmost right off the bat, the team revealed a new enemy for the campaign and Firefight - the Engineer. Other notable figures on the panel were composer Marty O'Donnell, Lars Bakken, Curtis Creamer, and community manager Brian Jarrard. Bungie writer/author Joseph Staten stole the show, moderating and also providing the bulk of the information presented to an estimated 300 people in attendance. Bungie hosted a panel at PAX called - what else? - "Prepare to Drop", featuring some new Halo 3: ODST information and behind-the-scenes media.