one-armed dwarf Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 When did Halo get co-op? Woolie Versus is doing a LP of the whole series and Halo 3 is co-op for some reason Looks really fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 The Halo games always had co-op, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Halo has had coop since the very first game. There even was a bit of an outrage when Halo 5 didn't have splitscreen because even that was there since the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Oh damn never realised, huh. You even play as the Arbiter as the co-op partner, cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Loaded up (for the second time) Halo CE. I struggled with this when I tried it last year. I couldn't get to grips with it. I think it was that first ground mission where you have to find three crash locations to save the marines. That fucking stupid car was wrecking my head. This time I took my time, got to know the weapons and what the game expects of you in terms of strafing and taking cover. I also persevered with the motor, and was quite the jockey by the time I'd cleared the initial mission and moved on to the second act. Yeah, quite enjoying it. I was rather miffed when I got my Xbox last year and couldn't get into this as Sci-fi is a big thing for me, and this is possibly the biggest sci-fi franchise in gaming. Hopefully in a week or 2 I'll be a halo bore, and be annoying everyone with my knowledge of the lore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Strafe, jump, Plasma Pistol, Magnum and don’t stop throwing grenades. You should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I quite like the needler but it doesn't seem to damage them that much. I feel that plasma is good against shielded enemies, and I haven't got a magnum yet, but that sniper rifle is magnificent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 The Needler only works if you stick enough needles in the enemy and then they blow up. It’s good for Elites but it takes quite a few. The Magnum is the pistol you’ve probably already used it. Got a scope on it so basically a sniper as well. Plasma Pistol is great because it takes shields away and homes in a little bit. Having one + the Magnum or, well any gun really but Magnum is best, to drop shields, switch weapons straight away and finish them is the best combo. In fact all the guns in Halo are good and have their purpose except for the assault rifle which, is not useless, it holds a lot of ammo and got a real satisfying brrr to it. But it’s kind of weak. The shotgun is also fantastic love the Halo shotgun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I like the assault rifle though. It's sort of iconic, visually. I ditched the pistol fast to grab those alien weapons, but I'll give your combo a go. What can it hurt. There's only the existence of mankind at stake!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I've been playing this on and off with Mike Haggar. It's still holds up, but you can feel bits of it creaking under the age of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Damn that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Sly popping in with the name drops lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Pfft. You know people dropping my name all over the shop. Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Had a mammoth session on this tonight. I'm up to 'Assault on the control room' if that rings a bell for any Halo fans. There's been a few sticky moments in the game - the rescue of the captain on the alien ship for one, where there were some open rooms with enemies on all sides, and no button to run away (my oft used 'Sir Robin' technique). Got thru it in the end, and learned a few lessons about how to deal with multiple enemies in this game. I also learned that this game has friendly fire. I shot the captain in the back of the head with a charged plasma bolt and ended the mission 😄 The thing that amazes me is how often I feel completely lost, but then somehow end up where I'm supposed to be. Strange that. I also tried Maf's combo. Not really necessary on normal difficulty. Maybe on higher diffs it conserves ammo in the plasma gun, but on normal there's feckin loads of them just lying around - so I just charge up to kill the shield, then finish them off while they're still wondering what happened with the same gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 20 hours ago, bellow said: I'm up to 'Assault on the control room' if that rings a bell for any Halo fans. You do know that pretty much every level of Halo 1 is cemented in gaming history as a standard of excellence? There's people that could name all the levels and chapters in those levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I know nothing about Halo, to be honest, beyond it being revered by shooter fans. Having got this far in a game this old I can certainly see how it came to hold its reputation. I was actually taking for granted the smoothness of what I was experiencing - the shooting, jumping into the warthog, jumping out, jumping onto the rear gun, grabbing one of those alien hovercraft, jousting with the flying covenant - the seemless continuity and the ease of handling. I thought it was very accomplished and well thought out - and then it occurred to me that this is game from antiquity (ok, that's pushing it, but still😄). It feels too modern, too smooth, and must have been a revelation back in the day. As for Assault on the control room, a quick gander below will reveal that said room has, indeed, been infiltrated. And not without a great deal of effort on my part. Feck me, that was a long ass mission, with multiple environments and literally the destruction of hundreds, if not thousands, of sentient beings. Sod 'em.😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I didn’t like Halo the first time I played it (Although to be fair the first time I played it was 10 minutes at a demo stand, and the first Halo game I played proper was Halo 2 when I got an Xbox) so to me it was more confusion than a revelation, and then Halo 2…I like it more now but it’s the worst game to start with. I remember playing through it because it came with the Xbox and was just like Ok. What was that. It wasn’t until playing Halo 3 that I got it and started to love the series. Going back and playing Halo 1 after cemented that. Halo 1 is so good. I think playing Halo 3 before Halo 1 was actually the right way to go for me. It’s simpler, more straight forward, cooler weapons, story is better told. Not being in to FPS games at the time of the Xbox and how different Halo was from something like Goldeneye or Turok I think it wouldn’t have landed for me. Sort of building up to it and coming back around worked much better and actually cemented it as one of my favourite games ever. Took a bit more experience at FPS games and understanding what Halo was about before I got it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellow Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 I won't have time to at them all before infinite comes out, so I'll have to find a story synopsis somewhere as I want to play it when everyone else is having a go. I'm aware that the first 3 games are a complete trilogy, so it's not too bad when I go back. Might be able to squeeze in Reach, although you have to pay for that as Microsoft is claiming it's DLC. Corporate bastards 😃. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 You didn't play the Collection before a certain time... sucks.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 I can’t actually remember hardly anything of the story from the OG Trilogy, I very vaguely remember a bit of Reach, nothing of 4 and a little bit from 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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