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Subject: Which Halo Game Has The Hardest Campaign?
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Poll: Which Halo Game Has The Hardest Campaign?  [closed]
Halo: Combat Evolved:  22%
(39 Votes)
Halo 2:  58%
(102 Votes)
Halo 3:  3%
(5 Votes)
Halo 3: ODST:  2%
(3 Votes)
Halo: Reach:  15%
(26 Votes)
Total Votes: 175

So in your opinion, which game in the Halo series has the most difficult campaign and why? And when I say why, I want specific reasons why you think a certain game is the hardest, not just your answer to the poll.

Before you ask, yes I did a search, and a topic like this did not come up when I limited my search to "Bungie Universe." After all, this is the apropriate section of the forums to have a thread like this.

  • 12.14.2010 4:43 PM PDT

I was young when I completed Halo 1 so I'm kinda fuzzy on it. Halo 2 on legendary was probably the hardest though, with Reach right behind it. Halo 3 and ODST were too easy.

  • 12.14.2010 4:48 PM PDT
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I haven't played CE or 2's campaign's so I can't comment on them. However I've heard that Jackal Snipers with Beam Rifles made Halo 2's campaign on Legendary incredibly difficult.

  • 12.14.2010 4:49 PM PDT

Posted by: El Mequetrefe
I haven't played CE or 2's campaign's so I can't comment on them. However I've heard that Jackal Snipers with Beam Rifles made Halo 2's campaign on Legendary incredibly difficult.
Nah, those are just memorization. It's the plasma rifle elites that make things hard.

[Edited on 12.14.2010 4:59 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2010 4:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: El Mequetrefe
I haven't played CE or 2's campaign's so I can't comment on them. However I've heard that Jackal Snipers with Beam Rifles made Halo 2's campaign on Legendary incredibly difficult.
Nah, those are just memorization. It's the plasma rifle elites that make things hard.

Plus the Brutes aren't the jokes they became in Halo 3 onward.

Halo 2 just completely kicked my ass both times I beat it on Legendary.

  • 12.14.2010 5:22 PM PDT
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H2 had the hardest campaign overall. But a few strategies made it a lot easier.

Elites: PP+BR them
Jackal snipers: Pure trial and error, this is the hardest enemy in the game. If you're Arbiter, camo before you attack them then run back for cover.
Brutes: 3 carbine shots to the head, I think it was 3. When they rush you use a needler
Flood: Sword is your best friend. Kill those with shotguns first

[Edited on 12.14.2010 5:32 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2010 5:31 PM PDT

Posted by: Big Black Bear
What are we supposed to be discussing here?


"Nothing in the 'Verse can stop me."

Combat Evolved was pretty bad on Legendary.

  • 12.14.2010 5:34 PM PDT

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Halo: CE was pretty hard but ammo was easy to come by so you could just slug it out.

Halo 2 was probably the one I found hardest on solo Legendary.

  • 12.14.2010 5:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mutoid Log
Posted by: El Mequetrefe
I haven't played CE or 2's campaign's so I can't comment on them. However I've heard that Jackal Snipers with Beam Rifles made Halo 2's campaign on Legendary incredibly difficult.
Nah, those are just memorization. It's the plasma rifle elites that make things hard.


So basically every Elite then? lol

  • 12.14.2010 5:37 PM PDT

Halo 2 solo Legendary.

  • 12.14.2010 5:41 PM PDT

I haven't played 1 or 2 on legendary, but Reach is the hardest on normal.

  • 12.14.2010 5:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mutoid Log
Posted by: El Mequetrefe
I haven't played CE or 2's campaign's so I can't comment on them. However I've heard that Jackal Snipers with Beam Rifles made Halo 2's campaign on Legendary incredibly difficult.
Nah, those are just memorization. It's the plasma rifle elites that make things hard.

Plus the Brutes aren't the jokes they became in Halo 3 onward.

Halo 2 just completely kicked my ass both times I beat it on Legendary.


I agree with you on the Brutes in Halo 3 partially. anything lower than a Captain (ones with the head-dress) we're pretty much canon fodder. However, ones with Brute shots were fairly difficult adversaries. I wanna say that it took 3 or 4 close hits with a brute-shot to kill you on legendary, and of course the projectiles from those travel much faster than a fuel rod or a concussion rifle. 2 or 3 Brutes with Brute shots were difficult to get by in Halo 3. I was stuck on the first encounter on The Ark on Legendary forever because if I ever came out of cover to fire at anything with my Sniper Rifle, I I was killed by those damn Brutes weilding Brute-shots. And don't get me started on the Chieftains with Fuel Rod Guns.

  • 12.14.2010 5:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: the n00b pwner
I haven't played 1 or 2 on legendary, but Reach is the hardest on normal.


On that note, I haven't played Halo 3 at all since I got Reach, I should probably go back and compare.

  • 12.14.2010 5:48 PM PDT
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That's basically how I went through Halo 3 and Reach, with the exception of watching out for Jackal Snipers in Reach. Jackals, Skirmishers, and Elites with Focus Rifles are a joke compared with Jackals with Beam Rifles in Halo 3, ODST, or from what I've heard Halo 2.

  • 12.14.2010 5:50 PM PDT
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Halo 2 by FAR. The CO-OP legendary is a REALLY hard time in a few places if you actually face the enemies.

Jackal Snipers are insane marksmans in this game and there are certain encounters that have to on the disadvantage by a lot. Its a good challenge.

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  • 12.14.2010 5:58 PM PDT
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Halo 2
Halo CE
Halo 3
ODST
Reach

  • 12.14.2010 6:00 PM PDT

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Halo 2 without a doubt.

It's just so exagerated, the change from Heroic to Legendary

The Elite Ultra's with dual Plasma Rifles are just incredibly OP. And let's not even talk about Drones and Sniper Jackals.

  • 12.14.2010 6:01 PM PDT
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[Edited on 12.14.2010 6:03 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2010 6:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: scotsoe
Halo 2
Halo CE
Halo 3
ODST
Reach


So I take it you went through Reach's campaign on Legendary with little difficulty (same here by the way).

  • 12.14.2010 6:04 PM PDT

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Halo 2

Those Jackal Snipers got me every time.

  • 12.14.2010 6:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: Jedi 117
Halo 2

Those Jackal Snipers got me every time.


Definitely. Halo2 on Legendary is hard, but not rewarding hard it's frustrating hard, and makes no sense. MC can't take a sniper round to the foot but Marine allies can absorb multiple sniper rounds to the chest and survive.

I got so frustrated with H2 campaign.....

  • 12.14.2010 6:38 PM PDT
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Halo 2.

There's the Jackal snipers for one thing, and then there's the second hanger bay on Cairo Station. That's easily the single hardest part of the entire series. It took me months to get past that playing legendary solo.

  • 12.14.2010 6:47 PM PDT
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Halo 2. Specially the level Quarantine Zone and the jackal snipers.

  • 12.14.2010 6:48 PM PDT

Halo 2

Jackal Snipers are way to accurate. In an area in Halo 2, I killed 15 Jackal Snipers before it was safe.


Halo 3 and ODST were the easiest campaigns on Legendary.

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  • 12.14.2010 6:55 PM PDT

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Halo 2 on Legendary... *shudders*

  • 12.14.2010 7:16 PM PDT

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