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that this Halo has the hardest legendary? I respectfully disagree and say that it has the EASIEST. I find Halo 3's legendary impossiblely more challenging than Halo CE's. Even if you run out of shield, you have all your health backing you up, and it takes quite a bit to take down your shield in Halo 1 compared to Halo 2 and 3. Elites fire their plasma rifles slowly, and do medium damage. Compared to brutes firing super fast and killing you nearly instantly with their spikers. Also, vehicles aren't nearly as deadly or accurate. And plus, we have the pistol and the shotgun. Shotgun is actually insanely powerful and has a realistic range. 1 point blank shot + melee = dead elite. And, using elites' own medicine against them is highly effective.

So, why? I find it the easiest. What about you?

  • 05.21.2010 10:55 PM PDT

I find the first more challenging, but not necessarily harder. It is harsh, but it is fair. If you make a mistake, you lose your shields, and often some health, but you can retreat.

Halo 2 and Halo 3 are games of patience. If you make a mistake, you die. You don't get a chance to recuperate. 4-5 shots with a plasma rifle kills you, even when Flood use them.

  • 05.21.2010 11:02 PM PDT

i find it the most skillful game on legendary, meaning you can use some level of skill to play it, not just get randomly killed by nothing [halo 3]

  • 05.22.2010 5:41 PM PDT

May 11 will be known as Halo 2 Day for me from now on.

Well Ive been in the Navy since June 25, 2009 and its a fun job right now.

I do find this game harder and IMO it takes a bit more skill to complete. In Halo 3 and 2 if you died you could just learn what you did wrong and avoid where you died. In Halo CE it seems like it always changees to some degree so it always a bit different.

  • 05.23.2010 6:26 PM PDT

Have you tried Truth and Reconciliation? Hellza hard

  • 05.24.2010 12:57 AM PDT

I agree somewhat. I agree that Halo: CE is NOT the most difficult on legendary (it IS, however, as previously stated, the most challenging and "fair"). I think Halo 2 had the most difficult Legendary, but a lot of it was BS (*cough* Jackal Snipers *cough*). I disagree that Halo 3's Legendary is more difficult...I actually think it was easiest out of the 3 games.

  • 05.24.2010 8:43 AM PDT
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Right on. You can see the multi-playerization of the game through the iterations. Everything became quick kills and huge results. I do 3 on Legendary Mythic (which seems equivalent to the other two on Legendary), and there are deaths that don't make much sense, even looking over the saved film. Is probably an easier game on lower difficulties, but, on the higher settings, the game just seems out to get you. CE was much more fair - if you died, it was because your health was low and you made a bad move.

  • 06.02.2010 8:56 PM PDT

If I had a Rocket Launcher...

Shut up and get behind me... Sir!

The cable. I'm going to cut it.

Awesomeness would ensue.

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i find it the most skillful game on legendary, meaning you can use some level of skill to play it, not just get randomly killed by nothing [halo 3]
Didn't see that Jackal Sniper clear off in the distance? Too damn bad.

That's really why I like Halo 1's legendary difficulty over the others. Far fewer instant-death scenarios, and when they happen, they're often YOUR mistake.

  • 06.02.2010 10:03 PM PDT