Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition

@Meanlucario  
Ah yes, wanting forced representation where it’s unwarranted.

@Mikey  
No, wanting representation that he wants in the lead.

@Meanlucario  
So forced representation.

Ok so I decided to switch from legendary to heroic in Halo Reach, and it feels far more balanced. Hard, but not stress-inducing. I’d go normal but apparently normal is too easy.

@Mikey  
I myself haven’t found Reach’s legendary too terribly hard, but i do find it unbalanced for a game of it’s kind. I just want forge in the game and i’ll be happy.

@KernelK  
There’s just so many high rank elites and they move around a lot, and fast firing turrets and whatnot.

@Mikey  
Yeah, i find their shields too tanky, using weapons like the DMR feel useless when it takes around 10 shots to take the shield down. Pretty sure covenant weapons are better at taking down shields.

@KernelK  
Yeah they are, particularly the energy pistol.

@Mikey
 
By 3 and on most difficulty descriptions say that Heroic is the mode to play on. I’m inclined to agree; that’s where it feels like the most effort was put in for a tough but fair challenge. Legendary is where every game feels like the devs went full derp on bashing the player against brick walls.

@Dustcan  
Well, CE I often see called the most balanced legendary campaign. I like hard, but Reach on legendary started to get frustrating with the amount of fire being thrown, and most elites are the white high ranking ones.

@Dustcan  
It really does feel like legendary is nothing more than for the cheevo, or for bragging rights.

@KernelK
 
I mean, Achievements and Trophies pretty much ARE just bragging rights.

@Jarkes  
I suppose, but i can’t tell you how many times when halo is brought up in conversation that someone goes “Oh, you didn’t beat halo 2 on Legendary?”

@KernelK  
Actually, Halo 1-3 all have endings you only get on legendary.

@Mikey  
I wasn’t actually aware of that, i thought only 2 and 3 did. The first 3 games also had the hardest legendary modes.

@Mikey
 
Tbh, I always kind of wondered if there was actually intended to be more to the franchise after 3 (apart from Reach being a prequel), or if that just happened after Microsoft fully bought the rights from Bungie.

@KernelK  
Yeah, all 3 do. But I mean you can very much beat Halo CE on legendary without dying, it’s hard but doable, unlike 2.

@Jarkes  
Reach was always intended as bungie’s last hurrah with the series. They wanted to do other things(Destiny), but Microsoft wanted to keep their money maker alive.

@Mikey
 
I remember hearing that the “Halo Anniversary” version of the first game released for its 10th anniversary apparently wasn’t that great.

@Mikey  
I was much younger when i beat CE, 2 is always a major pain even today, but it’s still probably my favorite Halo.
 
 
@Jarkes  
That would actually make sense, i never thought of that.

@Mikey
 
Ah. Though 3’s Legendary ending does apparently imply that Guilty Spark 343 survived the final battle.

@Jarkes  
Actually, it was pretty good.
 
@KernelK  
Jackal Snipers are the worst.

@Jarkes  
A lot of developers do this, it’s an unspoken rule to always end your games semi-openly. Never truly close a game unless you are convinced there will never be a sequel.