Halo 3 ODST Legendary Walkthrough: Mission 1 - Tayari Plaza

We take the role of Buck, and set out a across Tayari Plaza in an attempt to rescue Captain Dare in this first mission of the Halo 3 ODST campaign. If you any questions, leave a comment below.
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[@kurtbolinsky646]

The grenade arc you mention is easily explained. These guys aren't spartans. They simply don't throw the grenade with the same force like the Chief or other Spartans do.

[@Lin_Eileen]

The grenades arc straighter and go further than in Halo 3 it would mean the ODSTs are stronger to do that. Not easily explained it's just a strange quirk of the game.

[@specialk1416]

@@Lin_Eileen the ODST throws the grenade with a higher release. The grenade arcs upwards since they lob it when they throw it. Spartans release the grenade a little lower on the throw so it goes straighter. But it has a lot more speed when it’s thrown. The ODST grenade goes farther when looking straight ahead because of the high arc, but it won’t go as far when you look upwards when you throw. The ODST throw actually isn’t as strong as the Spartans in the game. Now the detached turret movement speed on the other hand, that’s a different story lol

[@DonavanWebb-u4f]

Yet they can't run

[@MAYOFORCE]

6:22 was when I realized that I am no longer a noob at Halo anymore because in the previous games I've headshotted covenant not only in turrets but in far more difficult locations. Thanks Hokie

[@fakekiraly]

Shielded enemies didn't get a buff, they're roughly the same as Halo 3, the AR definitely got a nerf. I looked it up on the wiki after Hokie mentioned it and it turns out the AR in ODST does 50% less damage to both health AND shields. Laaaaaame.

[@CennoSoldier]

Tayari plaza is so simple yet it’s honestly one of my favourite halo missions to date

[@papyrusfan1179]

Brutes are so stupid that they throw power drains at odsts XD

[@brownsugarv2935]

Ha ha

[@PS-mw9cc]

SPARTAN armor is emp proof besides the shields but not ODST or marine BDUs. I wish Bungie made ur HUD short-out (except for the screen reddening when you lose stamina) when power drains were lobbed at you in ODSTs

[@PS-mw9cc]

@Billy Bob Beam Rifles are canonically better against energy shields than grade-A titanium, but would kill an ODST w/ a headshot nevertheless

[@Jedi_Spartan]

Yeah, at least Jackals using overcharges make sense given that they would probably burn straight through unshielded armour... and probably the skin under it.

[@dannymckenzie8329]

@Billy Bob I like to think it's because the beam rifle causes a brief armor malfunction that breaks the neck or back of the spartan inside it. So chief isnt getting domed by sniper jackals or being penetrated by plasma, but his spinal chord is getting severed by displaced vertebrae and dying instantly.

[@royshavrick]

I enjoy trying the mission for myself first, die like 10 times, then watch your vid to see how I could improve and die way less.

[@TvKAmazing]

That's ironic. You started uploading this walkthrough on the same day that I started playing ODST, which I haven't touched in about 2 years. I just felt like playing it again. Also, at 7:15, you mentioned how snipers have been nerfed and have terrible aim. I'd say I've played through that part of the mission about 5 times because the snipers would always rapidly snipe me twice, killing me in less than a second. (Now I can get through them easily just by baiting their shots and popping in and out of cover.)

[@Kumingaaa]

That's not ironic, that's a coincidence lol

[@aaronsmock8409]

The hunters were so freaking hard! And you made it look easy! The hunters came before I took out all the enemies!

[@revilol1706]

Im glad that you are not dead (Inactivity), i really like ur videos and u are the only one who play the entire campaign without skiping anything

[@samlund8543]

This game should have been called Halo 2 ODST because the beginning of this game happens at the same time of the end of the third mission of Halo 2

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Or just 'Halo: ODST.'

[@carsonklein4707]

It's running on the same game engine as Halo 3, so it's basically just expensive DLC for Halo 3. That's not to say it didn't justify the cost however, as I think it certainly provided enough content, but it really is an expansion on what Halo 3 offered, even if the story line itself occurs before Halo 3. It even included Halo 3's complete multiplayer, so calling it Halo 2 would be misleading.

[@chengzhou8711]

This game would’ve been perfect with a Battle Rifle

[@yuchenchen8012]

The difficulty of the game would have been a total joke aha. The ODST campaign was already laughably easy, and the br would have made it pretty easy to pick off the brutes at range. The ODST pistol is total ass at killing brutes, which encourages you to find carbines

[@zaymac117]

@@yuchenchen8012 Even since halo mcc got updated they add the battle rifle in halo 3 odst firefight.

[@jacobmiller3176]

At 4:45 he shows where to grab some pistol ammo. In the video he’s on floor 2. In the MCC I found it directly above this location on floor 3 after grabbing the health pack. Just walk around the corner to the right after grabbing the health he mentions on floor 3 and you should see the pistol on the ground. So that may be where it is physically located in this version as well. I just couldn’t grab it down on floor 2.

[@InfinityLDog]

Thanks, because of these guides, I have changed the way I play Halo. Just so you know, the reason why grenades are strangely thrown in this game is that it throws it to where you are looking, it arcs it by itself

[@RoyalFusilier]

To this day, ODST still looks great.

[@ryanrahebi9490]

Hokie is too classy for teabags at least that’s the impression I get lol

[@anthonyhill8158]

I'm not entirely sure if I've said this already, but I have found out why the Halo 3: ODST Assault Rifle is so ineffective. For whatever reason, Bungie decided to reduce the damage each bullet in the 32-round magazine of the AR deals by 50%. It's strange, considering how useful it was (and still is) against the Brute's Power Armor in Halo 3. Also, the Brute Plasma Rifle is simply a reskin of the Halo 3 Plasma Rifle, but made to look like the Brute Plasma Rifle. Once again, another unexpected change.

[@thehalfdutchman-dutch1211]

All the non covenant weapons deal less damage. It takes multiple sniper shots to the head to kill a brute even on easy.

[@savions4005]

It sucks that Mickey becomes a traitor in the later years when buck becomes a spartan 4

[@ryanapperson8932]

I just ignore everything written after 343 got control. If it wasn't written under Joseph Staten, it isn't Halo.

[@savions4005]

***** forgot some odst lore vid

[@zachkostoff2341]

Unfortunately this is a rare accurance you fight 2 golden hunters

[@redzgaming6880]

Zach Kostoff or just run from them like I did on the legendary playthrough I’m currently in the middle of.

[@shadowshroomdoom7863]

Hokie I discovered that when you get to the part where the second pile of elites are, if you go across on the bridge right, you will find a full beam rifle to snipe some of the jackal marksman and snipers

[@Hokiebird428]

Just tried it. On Legendary, the Jackal was there, but the Beam Rifle was not. You'll have to grab the one from the sniper in the raised platform.

[@space_artist_4real138]

7:15 THAT'S RIGHT GET NOSCOPE!!! GET *_NOSCOOOOOOOOPE_* !!!!!!!

[@ocynderwolfo5076]

What I found was to just book it to the next area and bypass the hunters completely since they don't seem to chase you back there

[@savions4005]

You're a great halo youtuber, you get a lot of views for the amount of subs you have. Some youtubers who have 15,000 subs barely even break 1k views. Keep it up these vids are great

[@chengzhou8711]

This game is ironically one of the most strategic of the halo games, due to the lack of power that ODSTs have in comparison to the Chief.

[@huffindoback3776]

I mean, I'd rather take an ODST than Halo 2 Master Chief. MC's superhuman ability is limited to cutscenes, other than that you never feel superhuman, least of all on Legendary.

[@chengzhou8711]

HuffinDoback ' it’s a whole different situation. You’re still a badass super soldiers, right? You just fell from orbit and you have special armor. Sounds great, even though you’re all alone mostly.

[@Ky-ut4cq]

Most times you fight hunters in all the games they will be in pairs of two, take advatage of this and get one to hurt and or possibly kill the other

[@desertranger82]

man this si very hard, i was doing this mission like for 1 hour

[@CoolausdtinDT]

Don't know if anyone else brought it up already, but you can bring up VISR mode by holding X during Theater mode.

[@michaelp5729]

In this game the assault rifle is the same but the brute power armor is so powerful now it takes so much more damage

[@DMCfan189]

so the brute armor did get buffed in odst?

[@wisedragon2247]

Jackal snipers were fixed in this game.

[@ryanapperson8932]

I am fairly sure it was the power armor buff, to make it seem like you were weaker as a normal human (With special operations training, mind you) instead of a power armored super soldier. Melee also does (or at least it seems to) less damage to brutes than in Halo 3.

[@stevengiles8153]

This is late but the assault rifle is still decent, the only reason it takes so long to kill brutes is the fact unlike Halo 3, all brutes have shields and their power armour, in Halo 3 only chieftains had shields.

[@andrewmadison3123]

I'm 7 years late to the party... BTW, when the mission starts, and you're an old guy like me, I like taking out as many grunts or similar opponents as possible because I don't have the gamer agility to dodge multiple shooters. So after some grunts hand deliver a plasma pistol and a needler, and I take them out, I stay on the platform and snipe as many grunts as possible. There's pistol ammo over on the left side plus another grenade. With a full pistol, then I jump down to go take out the Brute/s.

[@aight9151]

''i get it, permission to speak, smartass''

[@PS-mw9cc]

Jackal Snipers VS Romeo de smartass

[@PS-mw9cc]

Jackal Snipers VS Romeo de smartass

[@Gekiburai]

could you do a noobs guide to easy mode I keep getting slaughtered by the grunts they too powerfull

[@TheColdTomato]

+TrollETheAntagonizingTroll Obvious troll is obvious.

[@aj-ij7pd]

Are you serious 😂😂😂

[@Outcastsage9033]

@@TheColdTomato r/whoosh

[@popyoshi0666]

Ikr easy is ridiculously hard couldn’t even get past the beginning part with rookie

[@richardpalmer8478]

Halo CE's my favourite Halo game, followed by ODST.

[@lewissimmons]

At 11:50 what was supposed to be a beam rifle was a carbine, not sure why

[@TheSethywethy]

excellent playthrough of this level. I should be back on xbox live here in a few days.

[@joshosborne683]

The brutes have energy shields on top of power armor, so the AR is fine

[@therealhardrock]

A shotgun, wish I knew about that the first time. By the way, it's "Car-BEAN" not "Car-BYNE." The term refers to a short-barreled rifle like the M4 or the AKS-74u. The Covenant "Carbine" is actually used like a Battle rifle such as the M1 Garand, M14 EBR, or the FN SCAR L. If you know Call of Duty, these names are all familiar to you.

[@dowd3935]

I am so glad that jackal snipers have been nerfed.

[@JunayedMahin]

those hunters gave me so much trouble got frustated and just unloaded everything i could find and yeah they died ,.. . then i come here to find this.

[@aaronarulnesan5477]

I guess the reason that the assault rifle was changed from halo 3 to halo 3 odst was my assumption to show how much weaker even odst's are compare to Spartans.

[@Tunavi]

Aaron Arulnesan and to emphasize the new scoped SMG too

[@MatthewLee-fo3me]

I always say fuck it and run pass the Hunters. I know it's not honorable, but in my mind, Buck would do anything to get to Dare as quickly as possible.

[@carolinelovelace5704]

you can just use sticky grenades and spike grenades to take out the hunters instead of a shotgun

[@swagsire4620]

Thanks, this helped a lot :)

[@GageTheSpartan]

Why do I find this game so hard? I don't even have skulls on...

[@gilsonkingman8891]

Hey mate, these guides are a little outdated. Seems like someone's improved upon Legendary since 2014. It's about time for another one if you ask me, because I love these things.

[@trainoverlord3981]

LOL i just ran past the hunters and completed the level troll

[@nopotysgaming5801]

Hokie did you notice that when are going to get your shotgun, there is a note on the wall what says: ''Destiny is hope'' and a logo what is on the destiny game

[@bradlovell3884]

I'm guessing there's no viable strategy for the firefight from 9:00 to 12:40 to keep at least some of the marines alive, Hokie?

[@Hokiebird428]

+Brad Lovell Unfortunately, no. The Jackal Snipers pin you down well enough that you can't keep up with the Marines to protect them without getting yourself killed.

[@dominatorglass9324]

I'm pretty sure brute power armor got a buff rather than the AR getting a nerf

[@Hokiebird428]

Plasma weapons do not seem to require a significantly higher number of hits to strip armor, plus the AR seems weaker when used against targets other than just Brute power armor.

[@dominatorglass9324]

Hokiebird428 really? I though the plasma pistol and rifle took more shots towards brute power armor (not counting overcharge) I guess I will have to redo halo 3 and odst on legendary to see those differences.

[@goodgame5351]

Dare: Too late they spotted me! Buck: *Gets there and sees 3 grunts*

[@Hokiebird428]

They were the only survivors. She killed all the rest as she escaped.

[@goodgame5351]

Hokiebird428 Oh sh*t I just realized that, thanks

[@monjox1014]

ODST is more fun to play than Reach

[@churchson1048]

i think the pistol ammo is on the wall pinned by a spicker shot

[@Hokiebird428]

I'm first.

[@claycandy53]

I won't report that one for spam.

[@imapie4688]

***** Uh.....Are you his friend or something? i see you on almost every video.....

[@claycandy53]

imapie4688 I'm a fan of Hokie. I answer comments that Hokie does not have the time to answer.

[@imapie4688]

***** ok then......

[@claycandy53]

imapie4688 Is something wrong?

[@mcrafter3000]

Stupid f###ing brute at the tanker in the second encounter had a f###ing Carbine,killed over and over again

[@Hokiebird428]

Well, then move from cover to cover until you can get close enough to combo him. I've never had any problems with it no matter what weapon he was carrying.

[@mcrafter3000]

Yeah,after a while I stuck him

[@mcrafter3000]

My gamertag is mcrafterhack

[@aberidha6489]

Ive always wondered if its possible to save all the marines on missions like this one, oni alpha site, Kinzgo boulevard, uplift reserve and NMPD HQ? could you also use the plasma turret or the beam rifle to kill the hunters?

[@Hokiebird428]

Not sure why, but the Plasma Turret's effectiveness against Hunters got significantly nerfed.

[@aberidha6489]

interesting I actually never knew that. How bout the beam rifle would that be an alt. way of killing them?

[@Hokiebird428]

Only if you can get them to turn around. (You can't). If you want to try to get behind them, you'll have to be close enough that you might as well just use the Shotgun.

[@aberidha6489]

fair enough, much appreciated hokie Ik i comment alot but hey I love this game and trying new tactics and ideas while also using your guides :) thank you bro

[@grpf1351]

What I don't understand is why is Dare not in the Drop Pod, how did she get out? And what did she do after?

[@PETAJOULE543]

Hokie, are you looking forward to Halo 5? Will you get it and Xbox One in future? And what do you think about that Halo Master Chief edition (the game which includes Halo 1-4) which was annoounced at E3? I'm so exciting for them!

[@deeta000]

I come from the future to tell you that Halo 5 put the franchise on life support. 343 are doing their absolute best to kill this series.

[@chrisredfield306]

If you clear the area can’t you just avoid the hunters

[@nicknick2730]

Thanks

[@almighty5839]

I’m really confused on the times, why are truths troops already at earth it Chief Just left to go to installation 05

[@fosterjosh1]

awesome

[@lomborg4876]

Wauw ODST legendary looks easy compared to Halo 2 and Reach legendary

[@Hokiebird428]

It is. Halo 2 is by far the hardest, and ODST is the easiest.

[@lomborg4876]

@@Hokiebird428 played Reach for the first time and went for legendary, a bit frustrating at first, and completed it yesterday. Then I decided to do Halo 2 for the first time as well, also on legendary, and ended up uninstalling the game watched the cutscenes instead. It’s ridiculously difficult and made Reach legendary look like a piece of cake🤣

[@martinfranco6618]

Why is there no assault rifle in halo 2 but in halo 3 odst there is and it's in the halo 2 time isn't it?

[@TheNinjaGumball]

The H2 SMG is exactly the same as the H:CE AR (MA5B), besides the fact that it can be dual wielded. The H3 AR (MA5C), existed, but like a lot of the stuff from H2, it was cut due to time constraints

[@space_artist_4real138]

Hey where's Becket?

[@popyoshi0666]

The amo didn’t work for me I jumped and crouched on the elite but I didn’t get any amo

[@ImaginArt24]

I figured out the grenade part its pretty easy.

[@judethedude96]

Thanks, I have played halo before. In fact, I used to play halo 1-3 religiously, until I sold my xbox 360, and my original xbox1 broke, and bought a ps3. So you're telling me that 343's takeover of the franchise killed it?

[@Hokiebird428]

Didn't kill it outright, but it shot it in the foot a few times. Now the poor thing is hobbling around screaming for someone to help it while 343 is standing over it, gun in hand, admiring the size of it's own penis.

[@prithvirajchowdhury6742]

Hokiebird428 (Honest question).How come though? Did they muck up the story line,and make it too convoluted? Or is it the gameplay?

[@Hokiebird428]

Prithviraj Chowdhury Both. And multiplayer is just a mess.

[@wolfrevenant6657]

Basically turning it to what it's not.

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

these didn't include the missions with the rookie.

[@Hokiebird428]

Alexander Elderhorst - Try looking for the playlist on my channel. I did the sections with the Rookie between missions.

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

ahh ok I didn't think about that. I'll look for those now thanks

[@mrjbr000]

I feel like brutes are complete jokes in ALL the halo games....idk why

[@luisolivas2487]

BJ Johnson except halo 2

[@streetfighter2471]

Its weird playing this game on legendary isnt that hard me and my buddy did it in 3 hours.

[@buowerc]

Anyone know how to get out of the first mission of the fucking game? Been walking around for hours

[@halomaster8632]

I love halo 3 odst

[@jandremauke62]

The ar never was good in multiplayer, unless they had no shields.

[@infinitecanadian]

Thanks for taking out the first cutscene, pal. That was a dick move.

[@Hokiebird428]

It has its own video in the playlist, which you can find a link to in the video description. This isn’t the first video.

[@infinitecanadian]

@@Hokiebird428 My apologies.

[@judethedude96]

That's a shame, do you think this issue will be resolved in halo 5?

[@claycandy53]

The beta for Halo 5 looks promising.

[@imapie4688]

***** are you like a substitute for Hokiebird when people has questions that he never responds to or something?

[@claycandy53]

imapie4688 Yes.

[@Hokiebird428]

imapie4688 Yes.

[@claycandy53]

Hokiebird428 I do believe you may have forgotten to type the description that usually appaers under the video.

[@tucko11]

Hokie

[@tucko11]

14:09

[@tucko11]

11:24

[@spliffy98]

So it's all sit back and shoot?

[@Tunavi]

D.ZMTan always has been.

[@abelmartinez777]

if ODST was during the h2 cycle, then why is there no elites? they're all for some reason

[@nutyyyy]

Abel Martinez They all get killed by Brutes, you can see them on the ground. Though I'd have liked to have had Brutes and Elites to fight, with them fighting eachother.

[@falloutnvspartan117]

Hokiebird are the pistol not so good against hunters like on cea

[@claycandy53]

The Pistol has been an ineffective weapon against Hunters since Halo 2.

[@falloutnvspartan117]

I hate that if something is better than the game before and something weaker

[@claycandy53]

falloutnvsparten117 I like it, because it makes sense.

[@falloutnvspartan117]

On every halo I use a weapon more than on a other halo like halo 3 I use the battle more than halo 2 because halo 3 battle rifle is better

[@claycandy53]

falloutnvsparten117 What's the difference between the Halo 2 Battle Rifle, and the Halo 3 version?

[@robtennant98]

You can just run past the hunters

[@claycandy53]

Rob Tennant Where's the fun in that? Don't you want to kill them?

[@Sonyboj]

I know people love this Halo but after playing CE, 2 and 3 in Legendary... You feel so weak in this game. Hunters are impossible. Would rather fight Halo 2 snipers anyday.

[@Draynor]

No shields and instead use health packs? No motion trackers? No duel wielding? Can't use equipment?! WHAT IS THIS ABOMINATION

[@bungiesblueflames]

I have no life This "abomination" is an awesome and unique Halo game.

[@espinoza1920]

I have no life go get a life

[@whiteshark4505]

jackal sniper... terrible shot... u havent played halo 2 anniversary

[@ashhalaamir919]

WhiteShark450 yo in halo 3,as hokiebird said, they were terrible

[@justafoxxx]

Bro, that lucky sob was timed perfectly with mine lol

[@ladiosaaqua3445]

Asi es como debio ser para el novato

[@ACE-vj8vr]

thanks