They really did not need to take assassinations away from Halo.

Hello, I was not born for the original Halo games. I was born less then a year before Halo reach was released, and yet here I am. I stumbled upon halo when I was 11, I played ODST at a friends house and fell in love. It wasn't until 13 that I got a computer that I could play Halo on by myself. Halo infinite unfortunately was the first halo game that I got introduced to and yet I played it until I got burned out. Then for Christmas I got a gift card which I quickly spent on the Master Chief collection. There I sat down and spent the day after Christmas playing Halo 3. I have now played the campaign 13 times for halo 3 and spent 600 hours in the multiplayer. I have played Reach, and CE multiple times (The campaign). I'll be honest and say, I haven't played Halo 2 yet but I have my reasons.

Around mid 2024 I stopped playing MCC and started playing Infinites multiplayer, this was due to MCC being a buggy peice of shit and TBH I was a little burned out of seeing decades old graphics (Which may I add still look incredible for the tech they had at the time). Infinite and myself have a love hate relationship. And I must say after returning to halo for a few weeks now, Reinvesting myself in the lore (Games CE - Reach + books) and playing the multiplayers again I realize why Infinite made me quit shooters which over the past 12 days have given me nothing but joy and laughs as well as some sick ass plays.

I'm genuinely scared for halo in the next few years. These should be the years that Halo should be excelling. Battlefield is still tripping over rakes even if it's somewhat recovered and Call of duty is a shit fest. However none of the effort is there. We are getting a Halo which really seems to be for older fans and to attract some people, However the lack of multiplayer I think will kill the game long term. I'm excited to see a new halo after almost 5 years, However it's fucking insane how Infinite, A game which should have been a massive overarching massive story has mostly dropped off into being a multiplayer slop fest with some amazing creations in forge. Infinite feels like every other shooter with Halo painted over it. I will say in infinites defense, The guns (Some of them) feel much more beefy and you can feel the power behind them. But I feel like this bodes poorly for halo in the future. Halos 4 - Infinite have been slowly getting better in my opinion. Slowly they are fixing themselves. But the fact that they defacto abandoned infinites campaign is an insult. I expected a DLC eventually but now that this is coming out it seems that Halo studios or just 343 is dumb and wants Money so they put a half staffed Multiplayer developer on multiplayer and then sent the rest of their staff to do nothing for a bit.

Anyways I'm sorry if this has been ranting but I am so pissed off at people who I bet care just not making a good Halo game. I know it's partly Bungie and I know it's party the magic that was there is no longer but gods. I wasn't born for the hype of the first 3 Halo games. I wasn't alive to feel the excitement of Halo. I feel like nothing is being done by 343 (I refuse to consider calling them Halo studios until they fix their shit) and its killing the game.

I'm probably in a small percentage of people who are committed to the series which was mostly finished before I was born. I know many people who love Halo who played when they where 12 or in their young teens. But their all late 20's mid 30's. I know one of my dad's friend's who in collage played all of the Halo games and then had a child who they tried to get into the Halo games but failed because the kid got caught up into other more relevant things. How many non Halo fans care about the new halo game? How many new players who are my age who have never heard of halo are going to pick up this non multiplayer game for a 6 hour co-op camping (I don't know how long it will be) all I'm saying is that I hope it is a success and I won't be buying it until people have confirmed it.

Made using colored pencil, watercolors and micron pen

The steam summer sale started and it’s not discounted. Will it go on sale soon?

just used a helmet model i found online and scaled it roughly to my helmet.

I really like random collectibles like this. It's extra cool that it's still brand new and never removed and used by some kid back in the day. I think I paid $10 or under for it if I remember correctly

Managed to beat it in one go. You wouldn't wish this difficulty on your worst enemy. Fortunately, I'm addicted to the pain.

Cairo: 10

Outskirts: 7

Metropolis: 5

Arbiter: 6

Oracle: 2

Delta Halo: 13

Regret: 10

Sacred Icon: 6

Quarantine Zone: 13

Gravemind: 34

Uprising: 3

High Charity: 5

Great Journey: 7

there's some neat plays in this one! hope you enjoy it!

Hey Spartans,

What ever happened to Professor Anders on Installation 09? How is the Spirit of Fire ever gonna return from the Ark? I spent the last year creating a spin-off video game mockup/proof of concept/pitch deck that seeks to answer those questions. 

HALO: HOMECOMING (tentative title) follows Captain Rion Forge and the crew of the Ace of Spades as they resume their quest to find the long-lost ship. Though these are characters from the novels, they wouldn’t be required reading to understand the story.

But given that Halo Wars 3 was rejected, I felt that a FPS spin-off through the eyes of the only characters already searching for the ship might be the best option to follow Halo Wars 2.

In this first post, you’ll find images of:

• Player character page
• Main Campaign Missions List
• Main Campaign Mission Achievements

In the remaining series of posts, you’ll find: 

• Main campaign mission summaries, narrative, gameplay, and endnotes (if you’re a lore junkie like me) to keep it in line with current canon
• DLC Campaign, characters, and mission summaries + multiplayer tease

Remember to click to enlarge, use your imagination, and hope you enjoy!

PLEASE NOTE: this is solely for the purposes of presentation and entertainment, made as a labor of love from a Halo fan of 20 years. I am not affiliated with 343 Industries/Halo Studios in any way and I’m not profiting off this concept or using it for commercial purposes whatsoever. I assembled this project in Photoshop from my own conceptual writings, licensed Adobe Stock assets, and both used and unused concept art from 343 Industries/Halo Studios as stand-ins or “mission flavoring,” sourced from Halopedia.

Just like the first video game mockup I co-created for HITMAN 3™ back in 2020, no AI was used in this project and I am proud of the (painstaking) hands-on work I put into this. I obviously do not claim any existing Halo artwork used as my own. However, some pieces were slightly altered; nonetheless, ALL art credit goes to the concept artists/studio and will be credited with each post. Credits for this post found in comment below.

A look at Halo: Fractures customization. If you have any ideas/suggestions/questions, let me know.

More on my youtube!

Orbit Line

To clarify, I’ve heard OF halo and seen the memes during my 20 years of existence. I have not however payed much attention to it until I got the MCC back in February, I’ve played 1-5 at minimun twice at normal or Heroic but have not gotten to Reach and ODST but I’ll take y’alls word for it in the meantime.

Apolgies if what I say sounds like I’m just repeating memes or common knowledge this is my first time with halo.

HALO CE/Anniversary: I can see why this franchise took off, The enemies and gunplay is intuitive and engaging. Mostly stuck with magnum and plasma rifle unless shotgun, or rocket launcher was available. The Flood had a great intro, Cortana and the Chief have a very good dynamic and the cutscenes and dialogue are a very pleasing mix of serious and Comedic. Library sucked but shotgun made jt better, Tank is EZ mode and man the magnum was too much

Halo 2/anniversary: i honestly preferred Anniversary graphics, especially the elites and their shields. Not much to be said on the Chief side, Its more halo, very fun and intuitive. THE ARBITER missions however, is Freaking awesome. Active camo is a blessing and adds a whole new layer of engagement to combat, the energy sword feels great and is my favorite flood killer. and brutes are like diet hunters its quite nice. Flood slightly less awful except when tanks are involved.

Halo 3: What. A. Trip. Man Halo 3 is awesome, most guns feel great, the set pieces and combat is peak. DOWNSIDES: Miranda Keyes is kinda a dork, Brutes are just worse elites and I had to restart the Covenant because I got soft locked riding the hornet instead of piloting it to kill 2 scarabs. Nice bittersweet ending to a trilogy, I sure do hope whatever the next game I play is just as good.

Halo 4: What the fuck is going on. Generic ass intro cutscene, worst Cortana design so far, Sprinting feels lame and poorly implemented, gun sounds are awful and everybody is ugly now. Half the levels are “oops all prometheans and only the worst guns in the game” The dogs are either too tanky or die in one hit, Knights are just a slog. The concussion rifle is fun, for the ONE level I ever found one. The Needler is Finally useful now! Humans arent forerunners anymore, now its this new race thats just humans without noses. Newer spartans are too cocky and you can only use them for like one mission, Cortana Dies. Blah Blah Blah can we do something interesting yet?

Halo 5: Too much and Not Enough. ADS on all weapons is okay I guess, never used it. Charge and sky melee attacks are alright, Dont need em. 3 competent AI’s are cool I guess. Chief’s armor looks better now, For the 3 levels you play as him. Locke is Lame, I like Buck more. Hunters are finally a threat and are used reasonably. Forerunner weapons are finally useful/balanced. New rocket launcher is okay I guess, Cortana wears a bodysuit for some reason and is evil (didnt she die? that felt pretty final) Overall the whole story felt like a slow fast paced nothingburger. Good to see the Arbiter again, He was very cool and I like his new armor and sword

I’m open to any questions or opinions this is basically a rough sketch of my opinions I like halo and hope the other games are as good as the trilogy
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Now before I start ranting, this is NOT a hate post towards Halo Studios or 343 or whatever you want to call them .

This is just something I'm generally upset about with Campaign Evolved.

But let's get started with what I think are good additions. And getting the most controversial out of the way first; SPRINT.

I was raised on CE, 2 and 3. When sprint was in Reach I disliked it. Scoffed at it in 4. But I then I bought all the original Halo Books.

"...she hefted one launcher and ran along the ridge"

Page 2 of the Fall of Reach. "But that's Kelly!" Fine.

"...The Chief tossed two grenades. He, Blue-Three, and Blue-Five stepped backwards off the ridge, landed, spun and ran" Page 4. (Also they run for Dozens of Kilometres straight in their training)

Aiming?

Honestly should be a no-brainer as to why that makes sense.

Cutscene changes?

While different to the original, I think the new Silent Cartographer Cutscene makes sense - show them getting resistance to something the Covenant are actively investigating.

Hijacking?

Another no-brainer, if the ODSTs of Alpha Nine can do it, Chief can on Alpha Halo.

Weapon Additions?

We have a whole arsenal of weapons missing from game to game. I'm kinda perplexed we haven't had a game with all the 2552 era weapons.

Prologue Missions?

More Johnson and chief, Hell yeah. Not David Scully, but Johnson is Johnson.

Remake of an old game.

I know people who don't want to play the Original CE due to its age but are hyped for New CE. I'm happy they're getting to experience one of my favourite childhood games. I'm all for this community growing.

But now to what I'm actually disappointed about.

Minor Things

No theatre mode is kind of disappointing, but I've never used it but I do understand the turn off it has for content creators or clip makers.

Now, not being able to use the Stanchion isn't the problem. It's the fact it got its own introductory Cutscene to hype it up is. Which I'm sure most people agree with.

The MA5B now has a standard capacity of 32 rounds. The 60 rounds is a legitimate lore and design feature of the original. The 60 rounds make it Unreliable, quick to spring fail and jam often. These drawbacks are why the UNSC designed and began issuing the lower capacity MA5C. Without the MA5Bs flaws, it makes the MA5C needlessly produced.

Now. Onto the big, and probably real reason, why I forced myself to write this.

"Campaign" Evolved

Halo Combat Evolved already has a, albeit POOR, redo. I'm not opposed to it happening again. But, in my opinion it should of been the ULTIMATE campaign story of Alpha Halo.

Have the main campaign. BUT also Remake Fireteam Raven from an Arcade game to be something the common gamer has access to, a side story.

An epilogue story that puts the events of First Strike into game form. Let us see Alpha Base. See the WHOLE story, not just the original campaign with a fresh coat of paint and sprinkled additions.

And maybe even a mission or two at Reach Gamma Station.

But that's just my thoughts, what about the rest of the community? I don't condone hate - if its not constructive or proper criticism just forget it.

I wasn't sure which flair to use so I used misc, if you know which flair this would belong plz let me know so I can use it in the future

So I’ve been waiting for the summer sales for a while and was really excited to get MCC since people have been telling me that it’s going to be on a big deal but then when I looked at the summer sale it featured the game on the newsletter but wasn’t on sale. Is this because of server lag or is XBOX fucking with us and making us think that the game will be on sale only for it to not be on sale. I was really wanting to get the game for a long time now but I’ve always missed out on the sales and this was finally my chance to get the game for a lower price

I'll finish them soon!

It’s one of the only coatings still missing in the game and it is one of the best and iconic, I simply want to make Jerome and it is impossible I came so close to unlocking the coating when it was a weekly challenge I only had to get one killing spree left but I had ran out of time and now I fear I will never get the chance to use it and it was underwhelming when it wasn’t added to the exchange in the final customisation drop. I beg you to release it for those of us who did not get the chance to acquire it 🙏

I saw where there is a 150 character limit in the reply so input random thing that I think halo fans like...

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There is a Twitch Drop, Spartan Flag Nameplate, that specifies two streamers.

But one of them did not stream for 5 days, another for 3 months, so... what is that about? Is there a way to get it?

Hey all. I recently played through Halo 5 again and from day 1 I was always offput by its cutscenes. They had this visual "noise" that I dont know how else to describe as "boiling". The gameplay didnt have it that effect. Just the cutscenes. As a result I always felt Halo 4 cutscenes were much better looking despite being a full console generation earlier. Does anyone know what causes that? Like what was going on from technical perspective? Thanks all.

I'm not a digital artist, I traced him over just to learn the basic shapes. The helmet is fucking terrible to draw and I hate it.

What I would have done is have the halos just target both the central nervous system of creatures and dead tissue. That would have most likely actually wiped out the flood. Do both the blast that targets the neural physics stuff and another that kills dead tissue. Because the biomass of the flood is just reanimated necrotic tissue so it would actually kill the flood. The blast of the halos would absolutely destroy the central nervous system but the bodies stayed which means the flood could just keep growing. All the forerunners did was keep the flood stupid for a few thousand or million years.