The Ultimate Halo: Combat Evolved Critique

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  @BenPlaysGames · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @lanzrabe2914 · 3 years ago

  I like to think that Chief killed the marines in the pod during the crash because he wasn&apos;t sitting and bounced around inside, crushing everyone else.

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  @veritech102 · 3 years ago

  For the fate of the Marines on Silent Cartographer, you hear what happens to them over the radio. &nbsp;They notify you that more Covenant drop ships are in bound. &nbsp;Cortana will tell them to try to get inside the building you’re in but they’ll respond that the drop ships are closing in too fast. &nbsp;They say they’ll hold off the Covenant as long as they can, but it’s evident through the tone of the transmission that it’ll be a last stand. &nbsp;Cortana ends the transmission with, “Give them hell Marines.” &nbsp;She’ll then proceed to tell you that you need to leave before more Covenant reinforcements arrive.

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  @Moaiticus · 3 years ago

  A 2 hour Halo CE critique? I’m interested 🔥

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  @AnesidoraAston · 3 years ago

  The one issue I have with 343 Guilty Spark, The Library, and Two Betrayals, is that if Cortana had just taken thirty seconds to explain what she found, a lot of trouble, as well as the argument that starts Two Betrayals, could have been avoided.

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  @Dabrebro · 3 years ago

  You are right about Bungie&apos;s intentions of the Forerunners being Humans! The original storyboards for Halo 2&apos;s ending shows the Arbiter uncovering some Forerunner remains in a tomb, which is revealed to be a Human skeleton. I have always enjoyed the way Bungie portrayed the Forerunners and implied the connection between them and humanity, as it gives the story a sort of cyclical nature that ties into other circle metaphors found throughout the rest of the series, like the Halo rings themselves

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  @Kai_toe51 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ategIIFlN4&amp;t=2920">48:40</a> Shoutout to whoever that other marine was that shot the hunter in the back with their own sniper

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  @load-bearingcoconut5586 · 3 years ago

  one of the things I adore about those first 3 levels of Combat Evolved is that it wordlessly introduces players to the 4 kinds of Covenant Infantry and their specific roles. First, in Pillar of Autumn, the player encounters the core of the Covenant&apos;s ground force: Elites and Grunts. Leaders and Fodder. Next, in Halo, Jackals are introduced to the fold, acting as shock troopers, scouts, and snipers with their Point Defense Gauntlets, lastly in Truth and Reconcilliation: Hunters, the Heavy Infantry. by separating the Covenant species like this, it gives the player a chance to somewhat safely figure out each enemy&apos;s core combat loop.

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  @jeffh757 · 3 years ago

  For all of my countless playthroughs of this all-time great game, I never knew you could take the elevator back up to the surface and see dead Marines pre-Flood reveal on 343 Guilty Spark.

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  @DirtyMike124x · 1 year ago

  I love how eerie the music is when Chief actually makes it to grab the Activation Index. <br><br>It should be this positive turn of triumph based on the fakeout the devs were pulling on the players making them think the Ring would just magically wipe out the Flood. You&apos;d expect the music to reflect that, but no. It is sinister and tense. I wonder how many people outright noticed the dissonance.

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  @mistermeow527 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ategIIFlN4&amp;t=2575">42:55</a> this is actually explained how they died! During your progress through the map room section underground you get a radio call from those marines that an overwhelming amount of Covenant dropships are inbound and Cortana advises them to take cover in the structure but they then reply that there isn&apos;t time and will hold them off as long as possible to buy Chief time to find the Cartographer.

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  @Jon_ODST · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ategIIFlN4&amp;t=430">7:10</a><br>&quot;About time you showed up.&quot;<br><b>Screams of death</b>

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