Quantcast


Some Halo: ODST owners receiving unreadable disc errors photo

Some Halo 3: ODST owners are having trouble finishing the search. In a recent thread on the official ODST message board, a fair few players have been reporting that they are receiving read errors when using the “Campaign” disc. The problem arises, in most cases, immediately before a cut-scene begins to load.

This is bummer, obviously, but as Joystiq notes, Bungie is looking into it. A representative is probing those with issues and the community itself came up with a sound solution: download the game to the hard drive. The other mini-solution is to remove the hard drive entirely and then play.

For once, our Xbox 360s are cooperating. How is yours handling ODST?

[via Joystiq]








More gaming stories around the web. Got news? Submit yours to tips@destructoid.com



Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:

Comment with Facebook





Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid





New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

29 comments | showing # 1 to 29
prev next

Giant Enemy Crab's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 20:31
Giant Enemy Crab
Can't really finish a fight in the middle of Halo 2 chet.
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 20:33
Jon B
This simply does not matter because the only reason you're buying this is for WHAISDOIFKDVNS REACH BETA LOLOLOLOL.
Beyamor's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 20:46
Beyamor
More like 'Obstructed Disk Stops Turning'.
'Offering Data Sans Tuning'
'Overly Dumb Shipping There'
Yeah, you're welcome.
otogi guy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:01
otogi guy
at superior KillZone2 actually works
kandenkiller's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:02
kandenkiller
My copy is working I just beat it earlier, the story was all right I bought it for the Halo 3 map packs.
Zeta Crossfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:03
Zeta Crossfire
Mine works fine. My friend did say he had trouble but restarted his xbox and then we beat the game so ya..
RIMoonlight's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:06
RIMoonlight
inb4ps3fanboys
But, this is making me worry. Hopefully I won't encounter any problems, though I don't want to get to the middle of the game and then finding out I'm screwed.
killatia's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:13
killatia
sounds like somethingnthat can be fix with a patch, but really should not have happened in the first place.
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:14
mr spooky
I have already heard this one before since Halo 3 package mishap.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:25
Electrium
CONFIRMED: PS3 HAS WON KILLZONE 2 IS FAR SUPERIOROFLOLOLOLOLOL

...

Mine had this error just once. I opened the disc drive and closed it, it's been fine ever since.
randomthoughts's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:47
randomthoughts
ahhh yyeahh dont own a 360 (WARNING: opinion alert) played original halo, wasn't perfect which i came to except but microsoft is just making the halo franchise that big, ass elephant in the room (Do you like it or hate it?) which splits so many gamers apart an really i just want to hate to love it but, when they come out with a (again, WARNING: opinion alert) seemingly half assed game i just kinda love to hate it.
ydarkage's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:48
ydarkage
100% so far lol! Just one thing that troubles me.. It´s in Portuguese! Haha I wanted to listen Tricia Hefner or Adam Baldwin, but i was freaking about it, i´ve to buy here! ;~ But i´ll buy the english version!
AlucardX24's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 21:50
AlucardX24
fine, and amazing. i'm loving the new campaign.
Volomon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 22:19
Volomon
Sounds like a rushed batch, which usually is a sign that the game was rushed. Not sure why the last thing you want to do is rush a cash cow unless, your desperate. Kind of strange.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 22:43
TheStripe
@Volo - QC on halo games doesn't seem to matter. People would buy it if the first million cases had no disks in them, and MS promised to send them out later.
Shadowiii's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:16
Shadowiii
Mine worked fine. Kinda on topic, I HATED most Halo games (I only got them because my friends had them), and I felt they were real overrated drivel. That being said, I'm really getting sucked into ODST. The story, atmosphere, and general slickness of the game is just working for me.
Plus I can finally get rid of my stupid Halo 3 disc, now that I have one for straight multiplayer. Score one for more shelf space!
randomthoughts's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:23
randomthoughts
personal note i just feel cheated an disrespected by the shovel ware, an senslesss bullshiz products just give me high quality games an you will do fine. i understand the costs for production an everything but if they movie industry can do it why not the gaming industry thrive?
Al Fapwn's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:27
Al Fapwn
Mine is fine, but my friend's does this to him at the same part every time. He tried installing it to the hard drive but it still doesn't work
Gestault's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:35
Gestault
I had a veery similar issue to this with Halo 3 when it came out, but oddly enough, the problem fixed itself. I have no idea what happened, it was super frustrating, but for the other people at least this time around you can just install it, and its only 3.5 gigs, so it's not a huge inconvenience (beyond the obvious).
Cainraw's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:40
Cainraw
this shit happened to me when i got prototype, turns out i had to get a whole new xbox.and it corrupted my whole hard drive.
randomthoughts's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:53
randomthoughts
damn, kinda glad i wentn with the ps3 in the moment of choice, i just cant fathom the moment a peice of "high quality" hardware just fails to the point of shipping it out wait awhile to get it shipped back, gamings a damn drug an im on cloud 9, i say!
-fuckinlonglivetruegaming.

(ohhhzz, an ahhz) (an quit the talkin to your self bullshit an just enjoy ALL gaming)
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 00:16
MechaMonkey
Oh wow, I thought I was the only one. Oddly enough though, it only happens on my machine. I played through the game on my roommate's console with no problem.
Grandmas Boy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 01:27
Grandmas Boy
Some users are having trouble finding people for firefight. Oh wait, no matchmaking. Fucking weak.
Ninja Cameraman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 02:08
Ninja Cameraman
@Grandmas Boy

And you'd be even more pissed if you got matchmaking and had to deal with the random idiots.

You got the ENTIRTY OF HALO 3 MATCHMAKING. Get three friends and go in Firefight, it'll take less time and be more fun than Horde, Survival Mode, or Zombies matchmaking.


Oh and I've not had any loading issues
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 03:34
vexed alex
@randomthoughts: What on Earth are you talking about?
poonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 05:42
poonster
i always install games to the hard drive,mainly to protect the disc drive from any problems so i've had no problems with the campaign gameplay.
BoBoTheChimp757's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 10:38
BoBoTheChimp757
The only problem I've had is that sometimes when I put the disc in to play it, it treats it like a DVD instead of a game and just has the white xbox 360 screen. A restart of my console or simply taking it out and putting it back in seems to fix it.
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 11:49
ZombiePlatypus
My brothers haven't been able to play much at all. Apparently they get the unreadable disc error immediately before you play the first mission as Buck. My game and 360 are handling it just fine though. My bro was going to try returning it for another disc later today, I'll let him know to try installing the game if it keeps fouling up.
Katya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/10/2011 08:15
Katya
You got the ENTIRTY OF HALO 3 MATCHMAKING. Get three friends and go in Firefight, it'll take less time and be more fun than Horde, Survival Mode, or Zombies matchmaking.
Best regards, Katya, CEO of best free dvd burner software, iscsi authentication
prev next

Comment with Facebook





Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid





New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

Comments policy

Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?

Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!