Thread 718634731

>just as good as the others
if you say so

1 > 3 > 2 > ODST >>> Reach = Halo Wars >>>>>>>>>>>>> everything 343

>>718634731 (OP)
It's not, it's better.

>>718634731 (OP)

I only played 2 but it was very boring and made me disregard the whole franchise.

>>718634963
TPBP

>>718634731 (OP)
>>718634925
Halo CE dated and mid but it's first - Halo 2 > halo 4 > Halo 3 > Halo 5 > Halo infinite

>>718636531
>made me disregard the whole franchise.
You're not missing much, the good ones are only fun for a couple hours before the monotony of repetition saps any fun you may have been having out of the game.

>>718634731 (OP)
2 is the first and last time Halo had a good game

>>718634731 (OP)
THEY FALL IN LINE
ONE AT A TIME
READY TO PLAY
(I can't see them anyway....)

>>718634731 (OP)
Halo 2 has my favorite soundtrack in the series.
https://youtu.be/nD-PTA0WTlI
https://youtu.be/0ZpyKvLB_Ec
https://youtu.be/sVgkqB8Zdl0
https://youtu.be/5ZaF1Ao5YGI
https://youtu.be/Krtx2q2riGI

>>718637115
>no reclaimer

>>718637427
I only linked Volume One but yeah, everything on Volume 2 is excellent.

>>718637042
NO TIME TO LOSE
WE'VE GOT TO MOVE
STEADY YOUR HAND
(I am losing sight again)

>>718634925
I'm playing all campaigns for the first time and Halo 1 falls appart at the flood. 2 and 3 were better.

>>718634731 (OP)
Halo 2 is really overrated. The first level is meh, when you get to earth that's when it starts to git gud, and then now you're no longer on earth and playing as the enemy. No thank you. I don't understand why they had to go and ruin it. CE took its time and it felt like you were on a real alien planet/structure. But Halo 2's campaign feels so rushed in terms of pacing. You're just zapped to all these random locations that don't feel connected at all. And somehow the graphics/art style got worse. Yeah, models are mode detailed now but everything else looks so ugly and unfinished. Thank goodness they slowed the pacing down in 3 and fixed the art style and graphics.

2>1>the rest cuz i didn't play them

>>718638197
Regret on legendary is one of the most frustrating things i've ever completed

>>718637115
I enjoy this weird disco theme from the ost disc
https://youtu.be/n1cdcsNhSPY?feature=shared

reminds me of the resident evil one
https://youtu.be/Q7TqYRBIsvc?feature=shared

>>718638197
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-TzJ1Oc1Xc
This moment was so kino it made arbiter worth it as a character

>>718638197
>Rushed
Damn right it was rushed. Halo 2 was the flagship title for Xbox Live, and you can be sure they we're focusing on getting multiplayer to work flawlessly. Campaign definitely got less attention as a result.

>>718634731 (OP)
>No friends: the thread
Halo 2 is peak fun on LAN.

>>718638842
keep killing the plasma rifle elites but don't kill a single grunt or sword elite

>>718640497
I tried that. If you punch Regret while leaving the sword elites alive he'll drop you on them when you get forced off his chair. Just an abysmally designed fight all around

>>718638194
I actually prefer the second half for CE. Two Betrayals is my favorite mission and I really enjoyed 343 Guilty Spark and The Maw. I liked the change of pace of combat and then seeing all the factions fighting each other was fun.

>>718641091
Keyes is worse than library

>>718640337
I haven't had a LAN party in forever, but they were always great.
I heard Xbox Halo 2 is actually playable again on Insignia? I have project cartographer on PC but last time I played was when it was first launching so the servers had low population.

>>718641170
Are you me? I've been saying that for years. I feel like Keyes is the only real "meh" mission.
>narrow ass corridors the whole map, both outside and inside
>nigh infinite spawn flood sections with carrier forms
>plasma grenades always scattered around the place
Just feels like a chore playing through that mission on Heroic or higher because one detonation and you're 60 miles in the sky.

>>718641234
No idea but that would be cool. You still are missing out by having the guys you're teabagging be within earshot of you.

>>718634925
ODST > 1 and those are the only two halo games that matter

>>718641362
It actually IS fucking infinitely respawning flood, at least the part outside with the shade turret (until you rush the corner and move past them). The part at the end with the black elites is the hardest fight in the game if you don't skip it.

>>718634731 (OP)
it's actually better

>>718641574
Yeah, I always skip the final fight by jumping down to the 2nd level before dropping on the banshees. I can't remember the last time I played that mission all the way through.
Same with AotCR, I always use the tank/rocket trick to knock off the banshee during the two wraiths segment and use that to skip the rest of the level.

>>718641887
You can stockpile plasma pistols throughout the second part of Keyes in order to make the final encounter much easier. Any weapon you touch never despawns but the spec ops elites are way more accurate than minors

Bizarre contrarian take. Halo 2 is the best campaign in the series. Even just Cairo Station, Outskirts, and Metropolis back to back to back are better than any other campaign by themselves. It's also the best for co-op. And couch multiplayer. Maybe that's why Zoomers don't get the appeal?

>>718634925
Holy fucking based finally someone else with a functioning brain on this website
I would bump ODST over 2 if it was longer and that dumb shit garbage truck section was rebalanced on Legendary though

>>718642923
Buck is a terrible gunner

>>718642706
i've played the halo 2 campaign in co-op at least 2 dozen times.
i adore it.

>>718641091
The second half is only a drag when you're playing it for the first time and you come in with the expectation that the game is going to have lots more variety in store
On replays the second half can easily be seen as much better (outside of The Library). Fuller sandbox, more challenging encounters, absolutely perfect atmosphere that a thousand remakes or spiritual successors couldn't hope to replicate
Only issue is the lack of marines in combat. But I'll trade that for Flood horror always

>>718643751
Marines are worthless in CE

>>718634731 (OP)
multiplayer
2 (fun), 5 (balance/skill gap) > 1 (fun) > 3 (boring) > Infinite (boring 2) > 4 (reach 2) > Reach (unbalanced abilities: boring)

is it just me or is 2 Heroic way harder than CE Heroic despite the lack of a healthbar?
ive gone from being a one man death machine into eating absolute shit when the Covenant sends more than one Elite.

also, Dual Wielding feels fucking weird, it's cool but i'm not sure if i actually like it yet.

>>718644294
Obviously it's harder. Halo 2 is like playing ce with one bar of health at all times.

>>718643898
Sniper marines are deadly but they're generally shit in every game unless you give them overpowered weapons
They're still fun to have around
>>718644294
Despite what Bungie says CE is best played on Legendary. Some bullshit aside (rocket Flood) it's the fairest challenge in the series
Halo 2 Heroic gets pretty easy though. Just remember to dodge left because the Elite melees will one-shot you otherwise. The big issue is that once you start finding Halo 2 Heroic easy you have to rely on skulls for challenge because Halo 2 Legendary is a bullshit simulator

>>718644552
besides the end of Keyes I would say the hardest part of CE is the gravity lift before you enter the truth and reconciliation. Those fucking waves of covenant slaughtered me

Warthogs are so shit it's unreal.

>>718644908
how? One with a rocket marine is basically a scorpion but more agile

>>718644965
I meant driving them.

>>718644046
>5 that high
based

>>718644046
>5 that high
Cringe

FIRE YOUR GUNS
ITS TIME TO RUN
BLOW ME AWAY

it's too bad the writers didn't commit to the "forerunners = humans" plot point because the dramatic irony of pic related would have made the game so much more kino.

>>718647810
They did, and despite what people will tell you even the Halo 3 terminals did
It was only after 343 became its own company that it was retconned

>>718647993
I just read the entries and while the AI calls master chief "reclaimer" there's also the entry where the Librarian goes to earth and encounters early humans so there was definitely some inconsistency on whether the forerunners were humans or aliens or super early hominids that were uplifted by an even more cliched race of ancient aliens.

>>718642706
>contrarian take
>Halo 2 is the best campaign
This is a pretty common opinion, though.
Contrarian would be calling Reach or any of the 343 games campaign the best.

>>718647748
AFTER THE BALLS
WE'LL LICK THE HOLE

>>718652095
>liking reach is contrarian
why are you gay?

>>718647810
>they didn't commit
>completely ignores guilty spark outright saying it multiple times throughout 1 through 3, and various other things hinting at it (by "hinting" I mean borderline skullfucking you)

>>718653982
Liking Reach is fine, calling its campaign the best is being contrarian, or being a CODfag that played it as its first Halo game.

>>718634731 (OP)
Nah Halo 2 has the worst non-343 campaign in the series. The level and encounter designsn are undercooked
The music and story are good but that's about it

>>718634731 (OP)
Halo 2 sucks, but it had some cool ideas. Given CE's enemy balance and behaviors, it would have been a much better game. Buff the pistol accuracy, too. It can still do shit damage but remain as a reliable headshot machine.

>>718634731 (OP)
1=2>ODST>3>Reach

despite being 13 percent of the Covenant...

People pretending to be sad over reach really rubs me the wrong way because I know nobody is reading these halo books, not enough to warrant the amount I see it parroted.

only accetable ranking:

3 > CE > 2 > Reach > odst > 343 slop >>>> 5