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Subject: If I beat Halo 2 on Legendary, will I get the Heroic achievement too?
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If I beat Halo 2 on Legendary, will I get the Heroic and Normal achievements too? (Sorry if it's been asked before, but I don't feel like playing the game 3 times in a row if I don't have to!)

  • 12.20.2008 6:27 AM PDT

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I'm pretty sure that you do.

  • 12.20.2008 9:52 AM PDT

Yus, you duz get itz.

Take heed, for you must be connected to Live the entire time when playing a level. If you get disconnected from live while playing, you won't get any achievements. You also have to wait 'till the very end of the credits to get your achievement, too.

  • 12.20.2008 12:07 PM PDT
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Thank you both!

  • 12.20.2008 5:28 PM PDT
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So if this applies to the Heroic achievement I assume it would apply to the Normal achievement too? Also, how do skulls work in Halo 2 PC. I know they remained active until the Xbox was turned off for the console version but what about the PC one. How do skulls factor into the achievements getting too. And what causes the message "Your checkpoint doesn't match up with the checkpoint on live [Restart Level] or [Continue without Achievements]"

  • 12.20.2008 8:30 PM PDT

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So if this applies to the Heroic achievement I assume it would apply to the Normal achievement too? Also, how do skulls work in Halo 2 PC. I know they remained active until the Xbox was turned off for the console version but what about the PC one. How do skulls factor into the achievements getting too. And what causes the message "Your checkpoint doesn't match up with the checkpoint on live [Restart Level] or [Continue without Achievements]"
Yeap. Say you beat it on Legendary, it'll cascade down and get you the Heroic and Normal achievements, too.

I've never actually gotten any skulls in the PC version... but H2V is supposed to be a port - meaning the gameplay is supposed to be 100% intact, with no changes. So I'm guessing the same thing applies. I don't think skulls have anything to do with you getting (or not getting) your achievements, so you shouldn't worry about it.

Regarding the level-restarting issue... as I've said, time and time again, H2V is a buggy piece of software. I've had it randomly happen to me when I load a game. But this is known to happen when you play while offline or get disconnected while online. Your checkpoints are stored on Live, so when you get lose connection (or whatever), the checkpoints won't sync, and H2V will complain =[ It really sucks. I have a crappy Internet connection, and I sometimes randomly lose my connection for an instant, so it's really difficult to beat it =[

(totally didn't disconnect during the Halo 2 credits, and have to beat the last level again)

  • 12.20.2008 8:52 PM PDT