r/halo

If I weren't a child back in the day, I'd have purchased this based off the pitch alone.

Mark V

Today, I would like to pay tribute to this race that has known only suffering and injustice. Forced to join the Covenant, they were enslaved, and the Jackals attempted to sterilize them. Their planet was ravaged by the Elite forces, and today they are reduced to cannon fodder. The Prophets show them no respect, yet it's clear they aren't meant for fighting. Unlike other races, they fear and dread the Master Chief.

All they want is to return to their planet and end the fighting. But no. They endure armed conflicts again and again, whether with humans, Prometheans, or the Flood. Honestly, ever since I started playing Halo, I've always felt uneasy about slaughtering them. You can tell they aren't aggressive and that they're forced to fight. The cutscenes clearly illustrate this, especially those in Halo 2. I find that we hear them suffering the most when we kill them. I've always found that disturbing.

Do you share this feeling? Do you want to befriend the Grunts? Do you think it would be worthwhile for a spin-off game to pay tribute to them? For example, a survival horror game where you play as these little creatures? Or do you prefer to continue slaughtering them for the sheer pleasure of it? In any case, for me, I'm all for peace with the Grunts!

PS: There's no irony intended.

I was pushing Keyes into places like one usually does and went into photo mode to give him a photoshoot with the backdrop when I accidentally no clipped out of the map and discovered a friend watching the battle. 🦀

Bonus photos at the end

I was pissed that I missed out on some LASO cheese method I just heard about recently that I missed cause I been at the hospital plus was playing Gears Beta ALL weekend till Monday so I hopped back on Halo to finish my Mix Master achievement and somehow the progress reset. I didn't want to jump back into that any time soon so I did LASO. No modifiers. No co-op. Nothing but good ole Spartan juice BABY! WOOOOOOH! I'M THE HALO QUEEN!!!

I've been collecting Halo for several years now, and I thought it was finally time to share my physical collection here!

Over the years, I've really enjoyed discovering and collecting all kinds of different Halo releases — games, regional variants, promotional items, SteelBooks, movies, and other physical editions.

There are still quite a few editions I'd love to add to the collection, and I'm sure there will always be something missing. Being based in France also makes some releases particularly difficult to find. Some editions that might be relatively common in the US, Australia or other parts of the world can be surprisingly hard — or expensive — to get over here.

But that's also part of the fun of collecting, and I'm really happy and proud of everything I've managed to find and collect so far. Some pieces took a lot more time and patience to find than others, which makes me even happier to have them in the collection today.

I hope you enjoy looking through it as much as I've enjoyed building it over the years!

And of course, if you're curious about any particular edition in the pictures, feel free to ask.

Little did he know back in 2004 he was creating something special for us halo fans just by warming up on his guitar. I made a full guitar tab of the halo 2 theme: Songsterr.com Halo 2 tab 99% accurate in case any guitarists want to learn it. Also i'm not a drummer so if there's any drummer musicians that want to fix the drums go ahead

On my LASO play through and what has already been a frustrating evening I’ve hit a wall which I can only assume ends my run and will result in a restart unless I’m missing something. After passing the first bridge where Cortana says “warning, incoming flood” I just cannot get past the door without exploding, anyone else experiencing the same thing? Post patch bug? Something else? Any help appreciated because this is a miserable experience

EDIT: done it, appreciate the help from those who did. Triggered encounter, lured a flood into the hallway, melee for shield and went through. Explosion still takes place once clear. Took the whole shield and most of the healthbar. Onto Keyes 😅

Old artwork but still very proud of it!
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I've been re-playing through Campaign Evolved the last couple of days, I have to admit that The Library is just hands down superior to the original and that's coming from someone who doesn't think the original Library is a bad level like most say. In fact, I don't think there's a single bad level in the entirety of the og CE. I even appreciate how they handled the backtracking.

What the Remake of The Library Does Better:

1. Seems simple, but the fact that you go down into the Library rather than up adds a sense of foreboding fear and tension. And the attention to detail, at the beginning of the level, if you look down into the abyss, you can see how each level downward gets more and more infected. On the bottom most level, it's completely full of haze and fog from the infection.
2. The infection form (popcorn flood) are a legit threat now. Try to avoid them and not shoot them, and you'll straight up die.
3. Infection form reanimating the dead flood keeps you on your feet.
4. The Flood brute forms are terrifying.
5. The level design is less monotonous. Again, like I said, I love the original Library, and I love the aesthetic and horror vibe of the endlessly identical library walls. But I can't deny the breaking up of the look of the levels with each floor you descend is a welcome touch for the better.
6. Lastly, the visuals are just insane on this mission. Mostly everyone can admit this is a damn beautiful game to look at. But this level, despite how "ugly" the infection is, is maybe the most beautiful level of the game. The juxtaposition of the perfectly harmonious Forerunner architecture with the hideous organic flood biomass. The lighting just brings it to a new level. I've always been an "aesthetics/artistic intent over graphics" guy, but this level gets the aesthetic, artistic intent of the library and nails both, while having insane graphics, as well.

While I'm here, I know a lot of people say 343 Guilty Spark is also superior in the remake, and I would agree if it weren't for the music. The music in the remake just doesn't hit at the right times nor is it loud enough. It was enough to still have the original as superior.

Spartan Yellow Jacket

Failed all his physical combat exams but overachieved in his weapon combat abilities

Due to his lack of hand to hand skills he plays a supporting role for his fellow Spartans

I love this game

I'm sure there's younger African American ladies that play but I'm looking for grown woman my age to share my passion with. I'm running LASO (Campaign Evolved) and got every achievement besides Mix Master. I'm at the hospital playing on cloud gaming.

The original post got removed because the mods didn’t like that I posted a “meme” on a Tuesday. Terrifying I know.

Now I don't know if there is a lore explanation to say whether or not Spartan II's can get drunk, but out of curiosity if they could what do you think a drunken night out would look like with Blue team (going off their personalities in both games and books) on some downtime and RnR together and decide to have a few drinks, what do you think they'd be like from a bit tipsy to flat out drunk?