Halo Anniversary - tut tut Tesco.

[rob.043]

I do enjoy a bit of bandana shotgun action!

I managed the Library on Herioc after a couple of trys, saving the 30 min Legendary challange for a wet weekend!

Have you done the 'complete a level on herioc without taking health damage'?  I was thinking trying it on level 1, pilar of autumn, should be the easiest one to do it on?

[Shady Pioneer]

Yeah mate, first level was easiest for that, you're allowed to take shield damage but no bars are allowed to go down.

I gotta do library without dying now, you bellend. 

[rob.043]

cool,

just take it slow, deal with each wave of flood before moving on to trigger the next lot... And watch out for the rocket launcers! 

I'll see how I get on with the health damage one this evening.  Got the start of a mild cold on the go, so a perfect excuse for a night infront of the TV!

[Shady Pioneer]

Hey Rob, I just did that Library without dying achievement. I'm so happy!

I throught I was going to die at one point with 1 bar of health left.

All I have to do now is complete the Two Betrayals level without killing grunts and I have done 100%!!!

[The Mighty Elvi]

Seeing as its exactly the same but has had a bit of spit and polish applied; is it worth getting.

Frankly, I'd be a bit bored playing it knowing what was coming around the corner every time.

[Shady Pioneer]

It depends on if you enjoyed the first one enough to play through again. I personally loved the first one and play it more often than the newer ones.

Seeing it again but with better graphics just makes everything so much better.

[rob.043]

Same. I liked the feel of the first one, which was never replicated in the later games, so would still play the original a lot (do like reach a lot though). It is a bit for the fans!

Congrats on getting the library done shady!    its a tentative buisiness dodging all those poppers!

I was unduly worried about doing the library in 30 mins, as it dosent count time when you die- just your 'clean' run between checkpoints, bit of a relief getting that done. So grunts on betrayls is all ive got left too I think.

[PenguinGTI]

For me Halo 1 was the best Halo they ever made. At the time I played it on PC so I understand my experience of multi-player is somewhat better than the Xbox players at that time (which was rubbish supposedly - Halo 2 kicked it off for Xbox Multi-player).

For me Halo Anniversary feels weird, but in a mostly good way. The updated graphics are really good, but the engine hasn't been updated so Master Chief still runs up ladders rather than climbing etc. Also, the updated graphics make it feel like you are playing a new Halo, and yet there are none of the functions of Reach (I particularly am missing Sprint  ). It's little things like this that betray the true age of the game, despite the fantastic graphics.

But that having been said, even in 'Old Skool' mode it's still one of the finest Co-op campaigns there is so I'm not bothered at all. 

[Shady Pioneer]

They never touched the game engine because they wanted to keep it true to the original which I think worked for the better. All the glitches are still there like before, all they did was lay the Reach engine over the old coding.

I thouroughly enjoyed it anyway, and now I've completed my first Halo game 100%.  The others are just a pain because many achievements mean playing online which I don't like doing much on Halo as other games take me away.