>>719125320
Marathon guy was a cyborg tho. If ODSTs were a homage, they would be homaging to the NPC Bobs who were still actually pretty effective in combat because of how hard the 44 magnum hits
>>719125592
A soldier that is nicknamed a "Helljumper" with an incredibly low survival rate that is trained to his peak both tactically and physically is way more based than a lab rat cooked up into a super solider with a half a billion dollar suit of power armor.
>>719126148 >that mission in ODST where one of the pod hatches wouldn't open >that one that gets stuck on a building with a huge drop to the ground >that one that lands in the water
So if you survive entry, you still haven't even started your mission.
>>719126397
Even after surviving drop, ODST mission survival rates against the covenant tend to be low, and with no reliable extraction. They keep doing it anyway.