doubleofive said:

And THAT'S my problem with Halo. The good players rub it in, and the bad players think they're good and try to trash talk their way to the top. We went from having full teams of 8 having fun to my wife and I and maybe one other person in a Party so we don't have to listen to anyone else. I don't enjoy being competitive really, that's why I like L4D so much.

That very last bit kind of sums up me and video games as well. I just don't have time or the desire to play often enough to really get any where near as good as most other people playing online. So for me, playing online is usually about dying over and over and over again. I like to play online with my friends, but a lot of them are better than me too.

Which is EXACTLY (or at least one more reason) why ODST is beyond a doubt my favorite Halo. Firefight is great fun, the competition thing is out, now it is more like L4D, just help each other stay alive and survive wave after wave after wave of Covenant forces. There is no way to win, they just keep coming, it is all about endurance and better yet, about shooting things with your buddies.

Have you ever tried firefight 005? If not, then I think I'd feel safe in recommended ODST if you can find it at an affordable price. Between firefight, and being able to free roam the streets of New Mambasa in a team of four makes it a really great multiplayer Halo game. Yeah, the campaign is really short, but I think I actually enjoyed it more than any of the other Halo campaigns. It is quite a bit different than the other Halo games, and I guess the differences just really appealed to me because I love it, despite all the hate it gets.