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Posted by: Grumpy1
Cool!Here's the secret steps I used to get past Metropolis and Cairo Station. ;)
1. Watch Legendary video guides and speedruns, especially by MisterMonopoli (ok jk I didn't even know about his videos before I attempted those two levels. But I seriously recommend it).
2. Play on Legendary.
3. Observe as you play.
For examples,
On Legendary, Ultra Grunts can be beaten down. On Mythic, they have to be damaged a lot before dying from beat downs. The Grunt Birthday Party skull might contribute to that.
On Legendary, closer Jackal snipers are easy to see. On Mythic, they're more difficult to see, making it more riskier to go out and attack them. Maybe there's a way to lure them to your position or maybe you can take out all of them with frags?
(EDIT: I completely forgot about Envy skull. That skull is your one way ticket to salvation.)
4. Turn on all skulls except the Armory's and play through again. You can turn it down a notch by turning off Black Eye. Blind is optional. Allow reverts and deaths. Tackle one part at a time, but keep future parts in mind.
5. The real thing a.k.a impossible.
As you can see starting here, I died a lot of times by the Jackal snipers. It was my first time facing them on Legendary to be honest. Also, it was my first time playing the level on Legendary. But it has been a while since I've played Halo 2.
I wasn't able to recall how MisterMonopoli did it so I used 2 rockets on the left snipers (one at a time) and frags + rockets on right snipers. But now that I've taken a look at his video, one was fragged, the others were blown up by 2 rockets. It is still possible to kill Jackal snipers with a single frag grenade on Mythic.
And to anyone who wants to do it on PC, use Fraps to record the desktop then start up Halo 2 with dev trainer. That way, you can show the dev trainer menu. Use Handbrake to convert the large files to smaller size for convenient YouTube uploading. Or just put them into one file and then convert.
Posted by: Grumpy1
I've been thinking of the skulls not needed; IWHBYD and Iron. Maybe we should just call it Mythic because the acronym LASO or SLASO doesn't work for practical purposes. That would shorten the time to get them all for xbox users.
Does PC have a menu for the skulls?Yeah, you have a good point there. I already knew that IWHBYD was hard to retrieve, but after reading on the Iron skull, it is also hard to collect.
Also, I think we need to adjust Halo 2 Mythic some more. Too many things can go wrong. Luck is another factor.
Since Iron skull is redundant, doesn't that mean we are free to make our own rules about reverts, deaths, etc.? I propose a new Mythic, an improvised version.
Here's what the improvised Mythic should have:
-allows reverts if the player is stuck, but it depends on the circumstances
-allows deaths by Jackal snipers, but it depends on the circumstances
-allows deaths at early parts of certain levels that start you off right in the midst of enemies (i.e. Gravemind)
PC doesn't have a menu, but certain dev trainers do. I could only get Paulus' dev trainer to work. It is the one featured in my videos.
[Edited on 07.20.2011 8:57 PM PDT]