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I found ODST to be really easy on Legendary. Halo 3 I find to be really difficult on Legendary - still not been able to force myself through it yet

Cheese Elemental wrote:

daedalus-templarius wrote:Trying to go through Halo 2 on legendary in prep for Reach.

...Halo 3 and ODST are a joke on legendary compared to Halo 2. Snipers are brutal, never miss, 1 hit kills. Elites take 6 bursts of BR to break shields, then you still have to hit them in the head while they run for cover. It feels like Halo 3 with several skulls on.

I find myself wondering if I'm actually having fun.

I disagree. Snipers in Halo 3 one-hit you on Legendary, and anything with a Carbine or Needler is deadly considering enemies are capable of getting headshots and needles inflict impact damage now.

It took me ages to do Sierra 117 on Legendary. Snipers, snipers EVERYWHERE.

I'll agree the snipers in 3 are also annoying, but they do tend to miss at least once (at least in ODST they do, I haven't played regular Halo 3 in a while though). I do remember Sierra 117 to be nightmarish in the amount of snipers. But besides them, the brutes are just a joke compared to fighting elites. I think snipers on legendary are just there to make you want to throw your controller through the TV.

SilverMK2 wrote:I found ODST to be really easy on Legendary. Halo 3 I find to be really difficult on Legendary - still not been able to force myself through it yet

I agree that ODST was easier than Halo 3 on Legendary. Halo 3 Legendary snipers and riflers really got on my nerves.

Why is everyone complaining about snipers on Legendary? All you haver to do is find some cover and snipe them back! Although among my group of friends I'm generally regarded as an insane sniper, so whatever. If you can't find a sniper use a br or a carbine.

Yes thats what most people do. But the 1st time you do it you don't realise just how accurate and how many snipers there are.

Or you're like me and specialize in CQC (Read: AR Noob)

I do both. But only one or the other in a session.

*shudders* Halo 2 legendery sniper jackles are the worst, playing outskirts and trying to get through sniper alley after johnson gets in the pelican, its horrible.

Really? Even on legendary that part is probably the easiest IMHO. All it takes is a good bit of patience and a sniper rifle.

Anyone ever tried Halo Wars on Legendary?

That was NOT fun.

No it was not. Great quality cutscenes though

Cheese Elemental wrote:Anyone ever tried Halo Wars on Legendary?

That was NOT fun.

Still not even completed it on easy yet - just really dislike that game

I mean it wasn't fun because it was fething impossible, of course.

I think HAAH WAAW is a brilliant example of how RTS games can work on a console.

I didn't really like Halo Wars actually. The controls weren't as easy as PC RTSes, and I wasn't good at it all, which I will admit affects how much I like a game, sadly.


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Soo.... what do you guys think of the target locator?

Ah i dont know Halo Wars was fun, as a side note is anybody up for doing firefight this wkend see as the weather looks crap again.

New live action trailer released today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IMTK7yuoq0

Good stuff, anticipation is very high

I still haven't finished Halo Wars, I probably should try again. I bought it after all.

If you haven't seen/heard, Reach has been leaked, it was from Microsoft's blatant ineptitude as well. Pretty much, the full game of Reach was available on the dashboard, only to be downloaded by select reviewers. However, modders opened the security on the files and managed to access and get the full game off there. It's on a whole gaggle of sites now, MS must be heaving one great big sigh.

I hate people so much. Hope this does not push the release date back.

And that everyone who has the leaked game gets perma-banned from the Live network

Just thought I'd post these for anyone who hasn't seen them yet.
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/halo-reach/achievements/
They all seem real to me, and most of them seem fairly easy, it should be fun to try and get them, but enjoyable too. Sadly, I see no Vidmasters or anything like them, but ay well.

SilverMK2 wrote:I hate people so much. Hope this does not push the release date back.

And that everyone who has the leaked game gets perma-banned from the Live network

MS has already handed out several bans to anyone stupid enough to be playing online.

Also, you need a pretty heavily modded console to be able to play it.

When games this big get leaked this early, what, like 3 weeks or so until release, it'd be nice if they'd push forward the release some.

Gorgeous Gary Golden wrote:When games this big get leaked this early, what, like 3 weeks or so until release, it'd be nice if they'd push forward the release some.

Half-Life 2 was delayed for quite a while when it was leaked, I seem to recall.

That just seems more like a punishment, for the people who are actually gonna buy the game. D-bag modders will always find some way to lame their way into getting new, big-name games early. I mean, it's not like they're still doing intense work a week or two before release, a ton of games are already done like a month before their release date, just push it forward and take a bit of the satisfaction from the pirates.

Pre-ordered Reach.

Didn't have to pay as "the final price hasn't been set yet"
Probably means more than £40

Really?

Play.com has the price listed and has done for ages

http://www.play.com/Search.html?searchstring=halo+reach&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0

Though I note that you can't get the legendary set any more so I guess they have already sold out of them

[bwahaha!]

Meh I just want the game, not spend twice as much on some merobila that i will have stashed somewhere.
Also i did it from Game. Could be the reason.

Hey, don't worry, I'm not saying you should. I had not looked in a while and was just a bit surprised it was not on the product list any more.

Edit: Game has the regular pre-order copy listed at £39.99 on their site.

Well all i have is a reciet saying I pre-ordered it and didn't have to pay money yet.
Dude was a trainee too. IDK,

Free game?

Sounds good to me.

I've had pre-orders before where I've not had to pay until it ships, so perhaps that is the case here. Especially if you pre-ordered in branch, I would imagine you need to pay on collection.

Ya I did it in shop.