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Subject: Is "Annual" fun?

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Poll: Is "Annual" fun?  [closed]
Yes:  79%
(22 Votes)
No:  21%
(6 Votes)
Total Votes: 28

Besides the plot, I feel that one of the most memorable aspects of the Halo 3 campaign was the Annual challenge. It tested a lot of things: teamwork, ingenuity, quick-mindedness, patience, and dedication. For some, it was a genuine challenge. Assembling four people to commit for what could be two hours of this was no small feat, especially in the Halo 3 campaign days when you could not quit out of campaign without ending the game for all those involved. And often nobody in the party had done the challenge before, which only complicates matters. Annual, no doubt, can be very challenging at first, even to the point of frustration and anger.

But, after a few runs, I began to like Annual. Whenever a friend or a friend of a friend needed help (and assuming I had the time) I was always willing to help out with the challenge. With each successive run, I learned more and more tricks - shortcuts, the best routes, etc. - and was happy to pass those tips to others. After four or five runs, I was really beginning to enjoy the Achievement.

In fact, I'd have to say one of my favorite Halo-related memories is a small party a friend of mine held to help our friends get the achievement. We had two Xboxes - one hooked up to his projector, and another to a small LCD computer screen. We all recovered our accounts and set up a system link between the two 'boxes (while connected to live) to eliminate lag. It was an absolute blast. We had fun playing the game, yelling at each other about messing up, and completing the challenge. Even though it took us upwards of an hour-and-a-half, it was amazingly fun and we all had a blast.

So, personal anecdotes aside, what is your opinion on Annual? Fun or not?

[Edited on 11.14.2010 1:31 PM PST]

  • 11.11.2010 7:41 PM PDT

Halo is dead. Linked tag is permanently banned from XBL

It was fun, but it was also hell. I never played campaign a lot, and me and my friends finished in 140 minutes and kept dieing going up the control room. Then a month later I discovered the shortcut. D:

  • 11.11.2010 7:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: FALSE R3ALITYx
And Cobravert is absolutely correct.

Posted by: Der Todesengel
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and Cobra."
- Der

Yeah, it was.
The first few times I played it were some of the most fun I ever had in Halo 3.
Then after I had helped numerous others get through it, it no longer was fun, but a laborious task, carrying the ones who would always charge ahead and die and have us start over again and again, trying to encourage them to just hang back and let the ones who knew what they were doing lead. I think I did Annual over 20 times, don't remember.

  • 11.12.2010 7:45 AM PDT

Great times!
Gravemind: DID YOU THINK ME DEFEATED?!
Us: Yes.

  • 11.12.2010 7:49 AM PDT

Save Lives. Go Vegan.

Dylan_Mulenburg@hotmail.com

By far the best Vidmaster. Very fun. Not too challenging, but fun.

  • 11.12.2010 11:37 AM PDT

fear me, for i am pro sauce

hell yeah, if you mess about while you are doing it, it was even better.

the driving bit was hell though, i can drive-my freinds cant, they died most of the time from driving off the edge.

  • 11.12.2010 11:45 AM PDT

if it wasnt would i have done it 6 times in one week after i got the achivement lol

it just can get irritating when your with people who act like they have never driven a ghost before.

  • 11.12.2010 12:19 PM PDT

(If you want peace prepare for war)

i prolly have done it around 80 times i love doing it its the most interesting vidmaster

  • 11.12.2010 2:58 PM PDT


Posted by: silentwarrior290
i prolly have done it around 80 times i love doing it its the most interesting vidmaster

don't listen to him he's a scrub

  • 11.12.2010 3:32 PM PDT

LOL ROFOLCOPTER

First time i did it with my friends we sucked, although by the end it was worth it

[Edited on 11.13.2010 3:33 PM PST]

  • 11.13.2010 3:31 PM PDT

Only with the smaller inmates ... and plenty of soap first.

... hold on, oh you said Annual - my bad.

  • 11.13.2010 5:18 PM PDT

:3 I will die. :[

First try,was the best.We ran Annual for 50 minutes and got the Achievement.I find it a very Promising Challenge out of all the Challenges of Vidmasters.

[Edited on 11.14.2010 9:15 AM PST]

  • 11.14.2010 9:14 AM PDT

It was fun but also hard to keep everyone together when we got on the ghosts. Somebody would keep speeding away leaving the others to die. But after about 45 minutes we got it.

  • 11.14.2010 12:32 PM PDT

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"But I do not think we're invincible"

Posted by: aaronallison
It was fun but also hard to keep everyone together when we got on the ghosts. Somebody would keep speeding away leaving the others to die. But after about 45 minutes we got it.

Yeah, that's probably the hardest part in my opinion. One time when I was doing it with a few others my mic broke. It took us forever to get it done after that.

  • 11.14.2010 1:31 PM PDT