- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I thought i would try to go through the entire campaign on legendary seamless without dying, one level after the other and if i died, starting over on POA. However you have to be very lucky to do this so I gave up and decided to just do each level individually on legendary without dying. And to the others that claimed the've done it, I'd like to hear some of their strategies because it sounds much different than what i did. I can't remember a time where i crawled through the levels, on legendary, most parts can be done just fine if you're good, and the ones that ARE particulary difficult, you have to do as quickly as you can, before you get overwhelmed.
Think the stair room on POA, the sniping hills on Halo, the loading zone on T&R and especially once you're inside, and flood segments you have to always just be simple, fast, and effective, though you have to memorize where there are rocket flood, as they are absurdly accurate. Think of Keyes especially, you cannot crawl through that level trying to be as safe as possible, to my knowledge, that is the only level with "infinity points" where enemies will continue to rush you until, 1.you die or 2. you get past them. On those parts you have to be able to own while sprinting head on into that infinity point and pray that you get lucky.
Having actually succeeded in doing every level on legendary without dying, i'll tell you that sometimes you just get unlucky and die. And since you're so concerned about dying, you remember each and every death, why you died there, and you ask yourself what you could do in the future to keep it from happening again and unfortunately, sometimes the answer is... ...nothing.
For example, my Halo attempt was going just dandy until 2 marines came dashing out from behind cover and right into the path of my warthog while i was driving to the next area. Trust me when i say that no amount of brakes or dodging could have saved those marines. So when I arrive in the rocky area, the sniper marine up on the hill "BOOM! headshots" me right in the face, while i'm driving.
-blam!- happens, and going slow doesn't prevent that, if you're going to attempt this ridiculous no death challenge, do yourself a favor and don't try until you're absurdly familiar with the campaign, game mechanics, and best ways to approach every situation and enemy. You can't do it on your wits and balls of solid brass alone, knowing is half the battle. But I digress, if you've done EVERYTHING in Halo 1, than make sure that you included the every level no death challenge on that list, it will seriously get your heart pounding like campaign used to 5 years ago...
[Edited on 7/6/2006]