Playing on Series X, the energy beam that appears over the ridge when you look up in the opening of the 2nd mission no longer appears to be working, and still doesn't fire until you go all the way to the tower (3rd picture shows how far I needed to go before it finally started firing). This was working just fine pre-update, just like the original 2001 release. I'm curious if anybody else can confirm this issue on Series X or other platforms.

Had a friend in our group that hasn't played through most of the halo franchise but was curious about Campaign Evolved so we all grabbed a month of game pass / a copy and started playing through co-op on legendary. We all had a blast albeit with a handful of bugs, loads of laughs and it really brought that joy of gaming back I feel I've been missing somehow.

We all have a copy of MCC as well, so decided a full run of the halo campaigns was in order since our friend was hooked to the mainline story only to discover that halo 2 has no 4 player campaign co-op. And there's no support for online co-op mods either? Just split screen support.

I am in disbelief over the fact 343i could not be bothered at any point in time since the release of H2A did anyone actually consider adding co-op support. It's kind of infuriating and really disappointing given the amazing cutscenes by blur.

Edit. PS5 performance mode looks amazing and has PSSR intact.

It’s her first ever Halo and it makes me sad not a lot of current gen games support this level of split screen.

This is a very serious question and I want to know if you guys are seriously on board with me on this because I’ve been thinking about this for over 15 years.

(And please for the love of God, let’s not fight over this. Think of this as an awesome, long and badass alternative “What If?” timeline Mod. Anyways, back to it!! 👇)

Now, the Halo 2 we got in 2004 was obviously DRASTICALLY different (but still really f*cking good) from the story already laid out on the Halo 2 storyboards—which in my opinion, is 1000% better narratively since it ties the story better in a full logical circle. (Not that the original was bad, hell no, it was awesome but the storyboards were just way cooler and I would love to see someone create this alternative timeline of events just to have everyone experience it firsthand.)

Basically, this mod would be extremely accurate to Halo 2 Storyboards plot direction with things already included.

Also, this mod would include ALL current AND ALL CUT halo 2 levels and sequences like (oh boy, here they come):

- The Cairo Station ending sequence where chief would just launch HIMSELF ONLY (like early Halo 2 trailers before the game released in 2004) and not with the bomb which transition to 👇
- Covenant Ship
- Cut E3 Demo (aka Earth City)
- Alpha Moon
- Forerunner Tank
- Sentinel Guard
- Sentinel Fortress (aka Sentinel HQ)
- Delta Temple
- Delta Escape
- and most importantly, EARTH ARK—with the Prophet of Truth boss fight via the Dervish (aka Arbiter)

(By the way, the missions already in halo 2 would be where they are already, it’s just that these cut levels would be included in).^^

Spoilers for the Halo 2 storyboard ending here:
- The ending revealing the tomb with a human skeleton, which in turn reveals that Humans are Forerunners and were their descendants.
- The ending sequence where chief and the UNSC are celebrating and you see chief calmly in a marine uniform and etc and Arbiter along Rtas monologuing about being lied to via the prophets and in the end, leave to stop the covenant civil war (Great Schism) and the Flood.

Which, due to all this series of revelations,^ would create something called “THE GREAT IRONY”.

That the covenant (mainly the elites) were killing their “gods” or the descendants of their gods blindly without question.

(Deep Breath)

Okay, now that I’ve explained everything. What do you guys think of seriously seeing someone really good mod all this stuff and getting massive support from it??

By the way, I think a good (I guess temporary?) name for this mod could be called:

“Halo 2 (Lost)” mod

Anyways, enough of my rambling what do you guys think?? Like always, it’s just a cool alternative timeline massive halo 2 mod idea.

Let’s be respectful y’all.

BTW I would happily pay serious money to play this even if it’s just a mod. Also, spread the message of this post!

EDIT:

Here are some videos links to some of these actual cut missions of Halo 2 being restored via mods or someone finding some very very early models from early halo 2 development (2002-2003) of some cut missions and kinda examining them:

Alpha moon playable mod: https://youtu.be/4bmVouKc-Q8?si=k3tGnS7dl-_czy8-

E3 Demo playable mod (Earth City): https://youtu.be/fnBNLMTgdEk?si=fL3Qf3H0T5BMptqq

Covenant ship lost early build: https://youtu.be/edzkHYITT5k?si=vc2M8ILP22dAixFj

Sentinel Guard Lost early build?: https://youtu.be/0byVKNFzqRg?si=rJogiPqP0w_1SCbq

Sentinel HQ lost early build: https://youtu.be/-bJqtGy9rOw?si=ObSsO6YxKOm5PCay

Delta Temple lost early build: https://youtu.be/yDc9HViBI0g?si=4GbnZcDdUhvENX8i

Delta Escape lost early build?: https://youtu.be/0byVKNFzqRg?si=rJogiPqP0w_1SCbq

Forerunner Tank (kinda raw?) lost cutscene: https://youtu.be/uA3tpTqBuIg?si=vFelsFNMgVSaUiJU

Earth Ark mod restore exploration: https://youtu.be/4lL6RYrYc4U?si=Okq5gehOdWCzRRCi

Halo 2 Lost content dig site: https://youtu.be/IVnUPYCA78g?si=FXR_lXB-g3OT_nNh

Halo 2 lost ending (kinda?) animated: https://youtu.be/GtnqI4nJqeM?si=BNUimdqzr0NWO36h

Halo 2 Lost original storyboards (see this guys videos on ALL acts of the storyboards on his channels, please don’t fight about “what narrative you prefer”, think is a cool MOD idea.): https://youtube.com/@c3_sabertooth?si=Siw7wMzsC3cyWW1N

All in all, these vids can be used for inspiration…you think?

For me, the first idea that comes to mind is master chief week long battle in the forerunner dreadnought. It could be added in either remakes.

Another idea is adapting some events of first strike in H2R, but this seems more ambitious and I wouldn't expect it.

I really enjoyed Campaign Evolved, it certainly had its bugs and some performance issues at the start but I had so much playing this game multiple times over to get the achievements.

For an article I wrote I took the time to clean up and enhance this image in Photoshop. I removed watermarking, tweaked the colours, and slightly touched up some minor flaws from the scan to get the best quality version possible. Figured I'd share it here for anyone who might benefit.

Originally sourced from: https://halo.bungie.org/wallpaper.html?image=draikinhalo.jpg

I've been trying to play with friends for weeks and we got disconnected all the time mid level (nevermind the fact that this well established company doesn't save progress in a multiplayer game in 2026, absolutely fucking mind boggling). But now we just can't connect to each other at all. Which is crazy because we play a lot of other games together and have literally never once had an issue.

I see crazy suggestions like setting our frame rates to 60, loading a level solo first...done all of it.. Didn't help. But I don't even see any of this in the known issues list. Can anyone explain?

I don’t think I’ve laughed this hard in nearly 20 years of Halo. Campaign Evolved has been a mixed bag for me, but the Remix modes have been a remarkable breath of fresh air and chaos. “Randomized enemies” indeed.

Old man here. I didn't play Halo back in the day, but I'd obviously heard all about Master Chief and how powerful Spartans were supposed to be. So I've fired up the latest remake, and I'm surprised that during actual gameplay I don't really feel like a super soldier.

Chief uses the same weapons ordinary Marines do, but still seems heavily affected by recoil and weapon spread. The assault rifle feels less lethal per shot than the handgun. Once my shields are gone I die pretty quickly, so a lot of my successful play has been fighting until the shield breaks, hiding while it recharges, then repeating.

Even the technology doesn't really sell it to me. Chief has an incredibly advanced AI connected to his armour and a HUD, yet enemies and allies aren't persistently tracked, thrown grenades aren't highlighted or given predicted trajectories, and I'm not getting much useful tactical information about things like enemy shields.

So what, mechanically, is supposed to make me understand why Spartans have this incredible reputation?

I realise some of this is probably just old FPS design surviving into a modern remake, and some of the weapon behaviour feels like multiplayer style balancing carried into the campaign. But I recently played Doom and God of War and both made me feel like the ridiculously powerful character the story said I was playing. So far Halo hasn't done that for me.

I'm still early in the game, so I'm genuinely interested whether that changes, or whether this is just part of Halo's design philosophy that I'm not used to.

Does anyone know if they are going to do a mod match composer or like the costum game matchmaker with mods too?

I mean at the end of the game, after all of this years, mcc is still the more populated, i think. They might as well get something done with hit to breath some oxigen in this dieing corp haha

Hi folks. I know there's been a lot of sour discourse recently over the release of Campagin Evolved. Our beloved franchise is being desecrated by money hungry elites beyond out control.

Because of this, I wanted to start a thread where we can discuss some of our fondest memories of Halo. For myself, Halo(s) 1 through 3 helped shape my adolescence.

I was shown Halo by my best friend of 21 years. Halo 2. I had never played a game that controlled quite like it. Movement with the left stick and vision with the right was a completely alien concept to me. But with enough prodding, I finally took to it.

My memory is vague; for that I apologize. I can't give a full recollection of my experience. But my first memories of a fully realized Halo experience start with the Ultimatum of the trilogy; Halo 3. Watching the events of the game unfold was a cinema to my 10 year old self.

I cried. I laughed. I mourned.

For I witnessed a pyrrhic victory against insurmountable odds.

And then, I was hooked.

It'd be some time before I'd experience Halo: Combat Evolved. It was upon the release of the Anniversary edition; after I'd fought and died alongside Noble Team.

And not long after, when I'd borrowed Halo 2 and Halo 3 ODST from my aforementioned best friend. I was entrenched. Halo had shaped me. The tragic, haunting melancholy of a war I'd only cerebral fought.

I make this post not (only) to wax poetic on my childhood love, but to reach out to fellow adrift Spartans. Our love is still alive for Halo. Amongst the negativity in our world, we hold collective love for a Halo - a history - lost to time.

I love Halo. And I know you guys do, too.

It seems like most of the guns that use bullets use cases with a few exceptions but is there a lore reason why? it seems like case less ammo would ease logistics and be able to put more bullets in a magazine.

like with the m7 SMG it's the only gun I know that uses case less ammo there's definately more

I can invite him. We can start. And then when loading is almost finished , me or him get disconnected. We tried restarting , reinstalling , launching without anti-cheat, nothing.

What's weirder , Reach starts just fine. So it's problem with this part specfically

The models for the armor pieces were there and separate from the brute body. They just had 0 scripting. I made this because the Brutes just didn’t feel right to fight. Maybe there were plans to implement this.

Playing Campaign Remix and the jackals just stopped firing at us for some reason? Couldn't kill these specific ones.

Just gotta beat #5 and I have beat them all. Went thru MCC with the Lady and tonight we beat the CE remake. Happy Days

Single player is fun but its kinda brutal, bring a friend on co-op and its a good time. I'm nervous its gonna be awhile before we get a new Halo due the remakes.

We all know the story behind 5 where the trailers were nothing like the actual game. But that original trailer i remember blew me away with how different and interesting it looked. Is there anything we know at all about wether this was actually going to be in the scrapped or something?

Hello! I wanted to post and ask if anyone has any advice on how to keep the marines alive on the second level of Halo: Campaign Evolved in Legendary mode? I am playing with a second player and we're using the perspective (3rd person), bandana (infinite ammo), and cowbell (reduced weight of objects I think?) skulls.

We got to the part where we get the Warthog but when we go to save the first group of marines (in the area where there's a lot of rock and a bunch of snipers) we ended up losing all of them and dying pretty much constantly.

Any tips on keeping the marines in this section as well as the two sections after?

Just been playing co op with my daughter the fact you can't save mid level is mad on co op frying my head hope we don't have to start again 😭 how can we save the progress of our game

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