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Posted by: Child0fTheMind
And... if you can survive Legendary without dying once, you FEEL like you're the elite of the elite...That's the end result. I want to feel like a badass throughout the entire mission.
CE's Legendary was the only Halo Legendary that immersed me. The others are immersion breaking:
Small draw distance: AI disappear (sometimes for good) if you outdistance them
Fov: Small in H2 and H3, really big in Reach
grenade throwing: felt weak in H2 and H3, annoying in Reach, awkward in ODST
performance: lag when crossing loading points, lag when crossing deleting points, lag when an object merges with the geometry, loss of particles, disappearing weapons and bodies even when I'm looking at them, guns dropping through the geometry (H3)
barriers: in H3, invisible barriers were more annoying. In Reach, 10 second countdowns complement invisible barriers
discouraging betrayals: game killing player off even if it was an accident (Exodus), invincible allies can one shot you even though they do enough damage already, there's no more autoaim making it hard as hell to fight allies, important characters are made invincible (i.e. Miranda Keyes) unlike in CE where there was an easter egg for killing them (killing Capt. Keyes on PoA would bring forth endlessly spawning invincible marines and allow access to a room with an easter egg). One of the most fun things to do in CE is to betray your allies and try to kill them all or get them to blow themselves up with their own grenades.
enemy AI: enough said
friendly AI: literally charge into the open. The only reason why CE marines get pwned is because of plasma grenades, because you're not around to help them, or because of overwhelming Covie numbers. As you can see here (scroll down to the quick links), CE marines can handle enemies pretty well if they have a lot of numbers. Likewise, H2 marines are adequate as well.
Then there's H3. Fail AI driving, constantly stepping into my shots, stealing kills from me, driving off with my vehicle.
And then there's Reach. Fail everything.
So I disagree. Legendary is hard for the wrong reasons. When I emerge victorious because of a few little exploits, I don't feel like I did anything. Whereas in CE, I feel accomplished even if I didn't finish the mission.