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Okan170 posted:One nice thing is that your collection is cumulative- if you start a new game you still have all the audio logs from before and can finish it off that way. I'm of two minds about that. On one hand it is very handy for repeat playthroughs of games because you have quick access to the audio logs, but on the other hand part of the fun of a new playthrough is secret hunting and having the logs not appear again on a log after you've found them all could be disappointing.
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Arcsquad12 posted:I'm of two minds about that. On one hand it is very handy for repeat playthroughs of games because you have quick access to the audio logs, but on the other hand part of the fun of a new playthrough is secret hunting and having the logs not appear again on a log after you've found them all could be disappointing. Yep, thats the drawback. After you've finished all that, there are very few reasons to go back to the streets of New Mombassa level.
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What annoys me is when 'interactive' collectibles aren't accessible outside of gameplay; it's nuts that the only way of viewing H1's Terminals again is either by firing up campaign levels, or by closing the game altogether and browsing Youtube instead. Put it in an Unlockables menu or something!
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
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Arcsquad12 posted:Didn't suck as much as fighting a grenade proof Brute Chieftain with a fuel rod cannon and two jackal snipers, but still kinda sucked. for real tho that last bit of the mombasa streets before data hive was probably the hardest part of my legendary run. the rolling retreat at the start of oni base before you go inside, gave me some issues too
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What's the deal with the coop lag in all games? We've got two people who both have 40mbps down/at least 15mbps up and still get periods of horrible, horrible latency in Halo:CE coop. Reach was even worse at times.
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I, Butthole posted:What's the deal with the coop lag in all games? We've got two people who both have 40mbps down/at least 15mbps up and still get periods of horrible, horrible latency in Halo:CE coop. Reach was even worse at times. Peer to peer matchmaking!
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I, Butthole posted:What's the deal with the coop lag in all games? We've got two people who both have 40mbps down/at least 15mbps up and still get periods of horrible, horrible latency in Halo:CE coop. Reach was even worse at times.
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I, Butthole posted:What's the deal with the coop lag in all games? We've got two people who both have 40mbps down/at least 15mbps up and still get periods of horrible, horrible latency in Halo:CE coop. Reach was even worse at times. I think you really need to live right next to each other for it to work well (even then not well).
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I, Butthole posted:What's the deal with the coop lag in all games? We've got two people who both have 40mbps down/at least 15mbps up and still get periods of horrible, horrible latency in Halo:CE coop. Reach was even worse at times. To be fair, your up and down bandwidth have nothing to do with game lag. Games use barely any band at all, and higher band internet doesn't really corollate with lower latency. (Although ISPs directly lie and advertise like that is the case) But also the things already said about co-op code.
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I usually play Halo on Heroic but ODST on Legendary is the best way to get that non-supersoldier feeling that Bungie failed to hit.
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Man I can't wait for the input-based MM.
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Just finished ODST for the first time, pretty neat. So is the implication that all the "guiding" by the city AI just the engineer working through it? Also Halo timeline is really funny/funky. Apparently drones can set up a hive in the span of a day or two (Halo 2 feels like it pretty clearly sets out "covenant show up -> cruiser slipspaces out" to happen within about a day) but there's like a month gap between then end of ODST and Sgt. Johnson arriving back at earth. (With a bit longer before Chief arrives?) Also I guess the "Auotmag" mentioned in the ODST related challenges is just the silenced pistol? The "auto" part was making me hope for a full-auto pistol or something. Also, the fact that it doesn't seem to be called automag when you pick it up?
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yeah the odst pistol is the automag.
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Anyone else think the ODST armour looked cooler in Halo 2? It had a navy seals look to it while the Halo 3 armour looks like human sized Spartan suits
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The way they look in Halo 2 Anniversary is the best imo. The Halo 2 art design had everything leaner in look. Even the Mark VI armour looks sleeker and it fits with the faster pace of the game. I still like the 3 era ODST helmet, but that suit of armour looks like it weighs a ton (certainly too heavy for jetpacks anyway... RIP Bullfrogs). I think they also retconned the heavily armoured marines in Halo CE to being ODST as well? Not sure. Its weird to me that in Halo 2 you see ODSTs in the airlocks and stuff, like obviously that suit is pressurized which makes sense considering they're also (temporarily) astronauts. Then in ODST the game you have open-finger gloves and helmets that keep falling off. Animal Friend fucked around with this message at 13:28 on Oct 3, 2020 |
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So is this a known bug or something where selecting the "Competitive Score" or "Competitive Time" options in mission select will usually place the both the Time & Score counts in the lower right-hand corner of your HUD...but then other times, without changing anything, it'll only display one of them? I'm not even sure at this point which way is the "correct" way. It's weird how inconsistent it is, and it's been doing this in (at least) Reach and H3. Sometimes it'll show both, sometimes only one. I wish I could consistently have both shown simultaneously because of the way scores and times interact with each other, it seems kind of stupid to only want to see one or the other. Cream-of-Plenty fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Oct 3, 2020 |
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The No Auto-aim skull for Halo 2 anniversary seems like an easy way to bump your score up if you're using M&KB. Still doesn't stop the campaign from being punishingly hard on higher difficulties.
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Huh, I never realized that the In Amber Clad was docked at Cairo Station during the mission (I didn't even realize it was docked during the opening cutscene), but you walk right by it during your space walk and Miranda even says thanks for bailing her and Johnson out. Neat.
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Heads-up: When the next MCC test flight (for Halo 4 PC, custom games browser and crossplay) happens (possibly as soon as next week), everyone who's signed up for Halo Insider builds will get an invite.
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I still don't really understand why Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer looks so bad. The single player looks great, but the multiplayer has this looks that makes me feel like I'm constantly playing at a really low resolution.
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TheGreySpectre posted:I still don't really understand why Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer looks so bad. The single player looks great, but the multiplayer has this looks that makes me feel like I'm constantly playing at a really low resolution. Modified version of the Halo 4 engine trying to emulate Halo 2's visual style that the engine wasn't built for?
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Halo 2 anniversary multiplayer looks like everything is covered in grease or slime for some reason
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Gravemind won. Everything is covered in Flood spores. Halo 2 Anniversary is Chief's fever dream as his mind is taken over.
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Tighclops posted:Halo 2 anniversary multiplayer looks like everything is covered in grease or slime for some reason Maybe they were trying to recreate the Halo 2 "everything is bump mapped" plastic look 
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Finished ODST on LASO, it’s the easiest of the bunch so far. Plenty of invincible allies to draw fire, few Hunters, more health than Master Chief gets, and no Elites to make life hell. Only really tricky bit was the vehicle escort section at the end.
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I’m trying to play the games on Legendary solo and I’m already having a tough time with Reach. Any useful tips and advice for this terrible life choice?
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use plasma pistol+weapon that can headshot 90% of the time
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Anita Dickinme posted:I’m trying to play the games on Legendary solo and I’m already having a tough time with Reach. Any useful tips and advice for this terrible life choice? This: Squeezy Farm posted:use plasma pistol+weapon that can headshot 90% of the time With practice much of the game is trivial even on Legendary if you have this combo. The DMR is a goddamned whirlwind machine of death for this. Also: - the Bubble Shield heals - significant portions of Nightfall can be skipped even on Legendary - in Long Night of Solace, use the trick to get into the Pelican's turret. Trying to do that final fight legitimately on Legendary solo is hellish and was easily the single hardest moment of the game for me. I've never regretted using the turret on every subsequent playthrough. that's what i got off the top of my head. where you at right now?
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I’ll admit that I didn’t give the plasma pistol a fair shake in my first playthrus on Heroic difficulty; it was only after I started going after par scores and enabled the skull that exaggerated weaknesses and resistances where it suddenly became something of a necessity, and I realized how potent the combo of plasma pistol & magnum/DMR/battle rifle were.
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Squeezy Farm posted:use plasma pistol+weapon that can headshot 90% of the time Gotcha Sally posted:This: Just finished the recon mission with Jun (Nightfall?) so still fairly early on. Archiving this post and I’ll look up the pelican trick when I get there.m
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:I’ll admit that I didn’t give the plasma pistol a fair shake in my first playthrus on Heroic difficulty; it was only after I started going after par scores and enabled the skull that exaggerated weaknesses and resistances where it suddenly became something of a necessity, and I realized how potent the combo of plasma pistol & magnum/DMR/battle rifle were. Plasma pistol has been an excellent weapon since H:CE, when it was a rapid fire minimum with near-perfect accuracy.
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The main thing for Legendary is planning. Not sure how specific this is for Reach but generally weapons will despawn but often if you've personally handled them they will stay on the ground. Be sure to "juggle" through plasma pistols on the ground so you can grab another one later in an engagement if you need. Also swap out plasma for a human pistol where possible if you're versing grunts/jackals. Save your DMR/Sniper/Power weapons for Elites. You should have a passable memory of what big bads show up and when from your previous play throughs- save your power weapons for that. Also grenades got a serious area debuff in Reach and on Legendary elites will almost always dodge frag grenades. Only use frags on groups of grunts and jackals. For elites use plasmas- and you can get easy-ish sticks by abusing the AI. Pop out of cover on one side, wait for them to start doing suppressing fire, pop out the other side and throw the sticky. This is part of why people like using hologram (I usually just stuck with sprint). With Elites, shoot the weakest ones first. Rangers (the big blue faceplates) can be taken out with a few DMR shots- don't need to waste plasma on them. Same with the regular blue elites. If you can take them down first for less ammo, thats less rounds coming your way while you take your time and plasma combo/grenade the majors and zealots ect. The weaker elites are also easier to bum rush- if you can get a couple hits on them with any gun you can generally melee, pull back then melee again and take them down fairly quickly if you time it right. Vehicle sections are easy if you can get a wraith- just use a DMR/Needle rifle/sniper and take out the turret, then plasma pistol EMP, board and punch out the pilot. It can take some trial and error but it generally makes it less of a slog. With a jetpack you can steal a Banshee using the EMP grenade launcher at the end of The Package for a smooth ride. Brutes get hosed up by needle rifles in Reach. They're not a threat at all unless they're cheiftans. Also YMMV but often I'll give power weapons low on ammo to friendly AI. In Halo 2/3 this works much better since beam rifles are everywhere and the AI seems more competant. Reach friendly AI loves to rocket me in the back or just fall down ravines. In Reach I had 3 marines alive into the final fight on Long Night of Solace since I gave them all concussion rifles.
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FWIW Reach Legendary is one of the more difficult ones because the elites are cranked up to almost Halo 2 levels of bullshit.
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awww yeaaaaah, man, can't believe i forgot about Hologram. that bit of gear is fuckin' legendary. i'm not great at grenade tossin' though i used it to draw fire. it's brilliant for that. pop out of cover, let the hologram draw fire, and kill whichever hapless Elite pops its head out. i used Bubble Shield and Hologram exclusively when going through Legendary. Sprint was fine but I just kept it until I could switch it out. I only used Jetpack when you had to. Nthing Needlers and Brutes. It absolutely wrecks their poo poo. On levels where there are no Elites, like Exodus, you should always have a Needler with you. For Tip of the Spear, when you get to the space battle, stay behind the space station. Let your allied ships and the base defenses do the heavy lifting for you. This segment sucks on Legendary as your ship gets shredded if its in the open and... there's no cover ever. Stick behind the station and duck out and pick off any enemy that comes close. Sometimes one will come around behind the station and you need to kill them real quick, but just make sure you stay out of the line of fire.
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General Battuta posted:FWIW Reach Legendary is one of the more difficult ones because the elites are cranked up to almost Halo 2 levels of bullshit. say whaaaat?! is that a commonly held opinion? I've always found Reach to be one of the easier campaigns. I have no problem working my way through Reach and it was the first one I burned through on Legendary when I got the MCC. I am dreading doing Halo 2 again but Reach was a relative breeze.
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Well it’s harder than 3 and ODST because it has Elites, it’s probably easier than H2, on par with H1 I’d say, and I don’t have a strong impression of H4.
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I always felt Reach was easier than Halo 3 by virtue of having invincible allies for significant chunks of the game.  I'm still working my way through Halo 1 and there are sections there that are giving me way more trouble than Reach ever did. (Reach also has so many more toys to deal with Elites that I would always find some way around).(clearly i need to boot up Halo 3 next--it's been a dog's age since i've played it)
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Reach elites have such bullshit levels of shield hp that they can shrug off plasma sticks or plasma pistol overcharges. They’re absolute tanks. That’s one of the reasons I don’t think it quite lives up to Halo 1; those elites were formidable foes because of their speed and aggression, not because someone made number big. Halo 2 elites are even worse, though. I still don’t fully comprehend how I ever made it through Cairo Station LASO. I just remember shoving Johnson around with an energy sword.
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