Day 204 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

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While I haven't played Halo, I feel you on being stuck on the same level for ages

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Recently did a solo playthrough of Halo 2 on heroic and it was a slog. Can’t even imagine trying to do it on legendary.

I knew going in that it has a reputation as the hardest game in the series, but it’s wild just how disproportionately unfair it feels at times.

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You can make yourself invulnerable on the Oracle level (at least for the last fourth or so of it) by activating the lift to the room where you cut the cables while off the lift, then activating it again so it comes back down, and letting it squish you. It’ll yeet you to the top of the lift and you’ll be invulnerable for the rest of the level. I don’t know how well it works in co-op though.

It was a glitch that originated in the Halo 2 Vista port and carried over to the MCC since they based it off the Vista port.

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Blocking you so that this shit isnt part of my daily life.

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Why did you feel the need to be a dick about it? Just block and move along.

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Seriously, what's wrong with some people?

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My friend and I tried to do Halo 1 legendary as a duo. There's a level earlyish on where elites with invisibility and plasma swords flood your small room. After the second hour jiggle peeking those fuckers with plasma pistols, we finally cleared the room and moved on, only to enter a second room where elites with plasma swords and invisibility poured in 🥲

We have since given up lol

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Apparently Halo 2 Anniversary on Legendary is even harder than it was on OG Xbox, due to the way the game runs on modern hardware, so enemies are even more responsive.

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Probably played Halo 2 on legendary and bringing back the traumatic memories upsets them, I can't even blame them if that's the case

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Hey, if it makes you feel better, it gets easier with time.

My cousin and I have the tradition of running the entire Bungie-era Halos every summer, after three years we somehow got to the point where we can beat H2 in a single day.

You've just got to learn the cheese strats, like the ones you mentioned or skipping the Sniper Alley by going OOB at the beginning of the mission.

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Heroic is the fun kind of hard (most of the time). Legendary in Halo 2 is just brutally unfair, and even if you play perfectly it's completely down to random chance whether you'll succeed. As in you're literally at the mercy of RNG in the enemy AI deciding whether you'll be instakilled with no possible defense. Those fucking Jackal snipers....

And it's even worse in co-op because you need to restart from the last checkpoint if either player dies, whereas on other difficulties (or Legendary in the other games) the other player can continue playing and you'll respawn if they make it to a safe area. That one change makes co-op controller-snappingly frustrating.

Beating it in multiplayer is a legit praiseworthy achievement. Either that or a sign of deep masochism.

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I think I remember the room you’re talking about. Is it the one on the covenant ship with the tank? Me and my friend were stuck on that one for ages

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Thank you for telling me about this. I did a trial run of Oracle with Bandanna on today and struggled so hard. I wasn’t sure how I’d manage without bandana lol. I’m still not sure how we managed to beat it the first time tbh. It must have been luck

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It’s very cathartic once you finally beat a level that is that difficult, no matter the game

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Damn. H2 in a single day is impressive. You have genuine respect from me for that.

I’m collecting all the advice people are giving me for my LASO run I hope to do some day. Not sure how I’ll handle that though. Thankfully Halo 3’s Legendary seems a bit more merciful. Me and my friend did the first two levels and it wasn’t that much of a challenge. Honestly part of me misses the crushing challenge that H2 proved a little bit though

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Part of me wants to pick up an OG Xbox or Mod one of my Jasper 360s to give OG a try now after hearing this

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There are speedrunners that manage to finish H2 in a few hours, when I say it took a day for us I mean we woke up playing Halo, paused for lunch, and stopped playing after dinner.
What's impressive is that last year our brains didn't melt like they did the years prior *^*

Don't you worry, after H2, H3 becomes a breeze, H:R may be more of a challenge but without H2's bullshit. Mostly. I wonder if I'll ever manage to try and LASO some game at some point...

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Day 204 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots