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Halo: Combat Evolved Undoubtedly Has the Best Legendary Experience of the Series

The FPS that changed the genre as a whole, the granddaddy of the Halo franchise, the "Billion-Dollar Doughnut," Combat Evolved. While hardly anyone who frequents this site anymore joined for Halo, much less introduced themselves to the franchise with CE, said fifteen-year-old game provides one of the most challenging yet fun difficulty scales of any game ever. Even so, after [url=https://media.giphy.com/media/EmimTjZbQ5MEo/giphy-downsized-large.gif]Every. Single. Death.[/url] The game [b]made[/b] me want to play CE on legendary again. The enemy's are sent after you in waves and their a.i. is intent in pursuing your soon-to-be-corpse, but it isn't difficult for difficulty's sake. Every enemy type has a counter of some sort, and with proper preparation, the player can overcome any obstacle the game throws at them. For the elites it was plasma-based weapons or the needler, for Hunters it was the magnum or a well placed rocket, the Jackals required good frag toss, and the Flood (and pretty much anything else) required the alien space mutant ninja zombie justice of the shotgun. Unlike its successor, Halo CE wasn't loaded with the glitches and tricks that allowed me to cruse past some asinine hard moments of Halo 2. Aside from the [url=https://youtu.be/B-KVUA0K6YQ]Keys Bump[/url] on my second legendary run, I've gone through the whole game as intended. The game is very straightforward in level design, but the large open maps give you a variety of ways to crawl to the next checkpoint or health pack. I myself dreaded finally working up the courage to slog through CE's campaign on legendary. However, due to 343i's anniversary edition of Combat Evolved having a bug with online co-op, unlike Halo 3 & ODST I took the path of Reach and went in solo. What came if this was a fresh perspective on the title itself and the series as a whole. CE had tested my resolve but not forced me to rely on noob combo-ing every Elite imaginable in Reach. Not to mention I found out that those who complain about The Library are straight pansies. Two Betrayals is leagues more difficult than foggy tunnel shooter simulator 2001. Overall, if you haven't attempted Combat Evolved on legendary yet, I would heavily advise you do. Yes it will be challenging, yes you will begin [u][i]begging[/i][/u] for Flood missions rather than fight one more Elite, but the reward at the end of the tunnel is there. Hint: it begins with "Warthog" and ends in "Run." Thoughts? Opinions? Do share your two cents on CE's legendary difficulty.

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  • I'm playing combat evolved right now! Its so nostalgic lol

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    • Halo:CE will go down in history as the most iconic video game ever. It launched the xbox, its music was was amazing, its level system and storyline classic and enjoyable. I spent hours playing it and playing the levels backwards even for fun. Co-op with my wife were countless hours or fun and the LAN parties with 4 boxes hooked up and all my kids and the neighbors kids playing together in the house was awesome. Best Game Ever!

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    • Personally, legendary just doesn't interest me. Especially on halo one, I can't stand it to be honest everything seems so slow and un exciting.

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    • I gave up on doing the rest after two betrayals

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      • Can anybody tell me if the PC port of this game is good? I'm thinking of finally figuring out what everyone's talking about.

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        • Agreed Tucker's Baby! [spoiler]blarg blarg honk honk[/spoiler]

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          • Dude from time to time i boot up my old original xbox and play through a few levels on legendary, 15 years later and im still getting my moneys worth out of it

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          • Halo 2. Jesus if you want legendary play Heroic with a bunch of skulls. It causes me physical pain when I try and look at the legendary setting on Halo 2

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            • While I agree the Combat Evolved had the most fair legendary difficulty, your assertion that anyone who found 'The library' difficult as a pansy is wholly off base. Considering that elites were easily dispatched with a plasma pistol and a few AR rounds. The flood were quite the challenge from sheer numbers and the wave format Bungie used for the levels. Plus they could basically one shot you with a melee. So i say congrats on beating Halo on legendary. Just don't think your experience was the "Right" way that Combat Evolved should have been played.

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              • Halo CE on legendary is a cake walk. The only mission that is "hard" is the last mission.

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                • Nothing beats running in terror through the library.

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                • Edited by Smarkdow: 5/11/2017 6:25:02 PM
                  CE's Legendary difficulty is tough but fair, for the most part. Definitely the best of the original trilogy. Unlike 2's which is ridiculously cheap with its difficulty and 3's being piss easy. Reach was okay.

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                  • Don't like it as much as two. Definitely not as smooth. Also there are plenty of glitch skips in that game. Probably equal to halo 2, just not as worth it cause for the most part the campaign is easier

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                    • [quote]Not to mention I found out that those who complain about The Library are straight pansies[/quote] >barely plays CE on legendary > does not actually play the whole halo 2 legendary Yhea. I beat the first on legendary ... what, when did halo 2 come out again? Im pretty sure they are reffering to the rocket snipers. At a certain area (no cover) there is a pinpoint accurate rocket flood that gets you unless you time the grenade to kill that specific guy in time. Played all the halos solo. Again on MCC. Unfortunately the all halo legendary achievement allowed multiplayer :(

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                      • Halo 2 legendary. Nothing compares to that.

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                        • I love the gameplay so much, but I hate that the only mid-long range weapon is the pistol. If the Battle Rifle and Carbine were in that game, it'd be my favourite.

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                          • My favorite halo campaign of the series. Beating it on Solo LASO made me want to kill my self via wood chipper though. I love the levels and design. Everything about it was so good :')

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                          • don't even get me started on the Library on legendary that level was a nightmare

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                            • Nothing much I can say, I helped a friend do legendary but I didn't even like the game.

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