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Subject: Which Game's Gameplay Most Accurately Portrays Canon Combat?

Which Halo game's gameplay most accurately portrays canon combat (for your taste), I say! As we know the way the game plays is different in each Halo game, pretty much.

In this format more-so:
I'd say Halo 2's Heroic Campaign is a good representation. Tone the Elite's shields down, bump Chief's shields up a bit, increase Marine intelligence (a lot), lessen how many hits they can take, allow every weapon headshot capability and we're good!

What do you think?

[Edited on 09.18.2011 7:49 PM PDT]

  • 09.18.2011 4:29 PM PDT

Posted by: Commander GX
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Each game's Heroic setting is designed to be as canon as possible, I believe.

  • 09.18.2011 4:31 PM PDT


Posted by: M94 Mushroom Man
Each game's Heroic setting is designed to be as canon as possible, I believe.


So which game ON Heroic would be most accurate in your opinion?

  • 09.18.2011 4:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: goldhawk
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I would say Reach. Definitely not ODST though. That is straight up one-man-army stuff there.

  • 09.18.2011 4:38 PM PDT


Posted by: Xd00999
I would say Reach. Definitely not ODST though. That is straight up one-man-army stuff there.


Agreed about ODST. I made a thread about that a while ago. >_>

[Edited on 09.18.2011 6:21 PM PDT]

  • 09.18.2011 5:05 PM PDT
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I'd go with CE. Halo 2 is still too brutal on heroic, that or I'm just rusty, Halo 3 is just a bit behind CE, ODST is, like some fellow said above, one man army stuff, and Reach is just flat out snoring on heroic.

I'd have to say CE or 3.

  • 09.18.2011 5:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: SuperShrimp4
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I beg to differ.

  • 09.18.2011 5:13 PM PDT


Posted by: Xd00999
I would say Reach. Definitely not ODST though. That is straight up one-man-army stuff there.

  • 09.18.2011 5:23 PM PDT

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I'd give it to CE just because of movement speed seeming to be the fastest. I felt like a Spartan in CE, every one since I've just felt like a guy in a suit.

  • 09.18.2011 6:07 PM PDT

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Halo 2 heroic. That was rough.

  • 09.18.2011 8:16 PM PDT

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None of them :/

  • 09.18.2011 8:19 PM PDT

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I don't know, the books go into a lot of detail about how easily plasma melts people with one shot, but also about how tough John's shields and armor are. Maybe Legendary with Overshields would be similar?

  • 09.18.2011 8:22 PM PDT

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Posted by: SuperShrimp4
Halo Wars.


I beg to differ.


Nah, I also think Halo wars portrays it the most realisticly in canon terms.

[Edited on 09.18.2011 8:37 PM PDT]

  • 09.18.2011 8:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: Irongam3r
I don't know, the books go into a lot of detail about how easily plasma melts people with one shot, but also about how tough John's shields and armor are. Maybe Legendary with Overshields would be similar?


Spartan shields are pretty weak against plasma, really you taking dammage of legendary while enemies have the health of easy is most realistic.

  • 09.18.2011 8:42 PM PDT

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I don't like these comparisons, because when the damage enemy makes goes up, the damage you make goes down. You can actually kill most elites with less than 16 AR rounds.

[Edited on 09.18.2011 10:00 PM PDT]

  • 09.18.2011 9:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: SuperShrimp4
Halo Wars.



lol halo wars

  • 09.18.2011 10:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: SuperShrimp4
Halo Wars.



lol halo wars


Another HW hater here using his bias instead of being objective, just what we need...

  • 09.19.2011 8:30 AM PDT

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I would say Heroic on CE or Reach.

Legendary Reach takes 2-3 banshee bombs to kill an Elite Ultra, which is just complete lols in my opinion.

  • 09.19.2011 8:38 AM PDT

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Heroic is most widely considered "canon difficulty". That said, the game's difficulty settings are designed for gameplay purposes as opposed to actual canon.

Now that I think about it, Normal or Heroic with all [gold] skulls on might be close. It's worth a try at least.

  • 09.19.2011 9:10 AM PDT

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Halo 2 on Heroic.

  • 09.19.2011 9:57 AM PDT

Like some other people here, I'd probably say CE was the most canon like on Heroic. It just [i]felt[i/] right.

  • 09.19.2011 10:04 AM PDT
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Halo: Reach. You have the same shield strength as in Multiplayer, Elites have different strengths based on armor and rank, Brutes can have shields based on armor.

  • 09.19.2011 12:31 PM PDT

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Halo Reach Heroic.

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  • 09.19.2011 12:33 PM PDT

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Halo 1 Legendary.

  • 09.19.2011 3:31 PM PDT