I’d love to see more of these, really helps those of us that can’t sword fly learn alternate strats to still get decent times for achievements and stuff. Plus the combat is pretty entertaining/a nice change of pace after seeing loads of world records that tend to blow past sections
@Mr. House you dont have to state that something is a joke before or after just make the joke, and plus they made the mission impossible to beat due to it sending armies of elites at you making it harder to survive since reach elites were super aggressive while also giving you limited ammo.
When I was little I used to play the campaign on legendary while also making sure no marine died. If one died, I’d go back to checkpoint. I really had nothing better to do.
Love these vids, it makes a great change of pace from the insane hard-to-follow speedruns, to see a really hard game absolutely dominated with no tricks, just pure skill.
2:32 imagine being a normal UNSC grunt surviving a pelican crash with the Master Chief on board, fighting all the way to the courtyard against alien invaders on your home turf, and in the middle of a firefight while priming a frag, the grenade blows up in your face. In your last moments you hear Sgt. Johnson roasting you over your poor performance
I really gotta say, for all the Halo speedruns I've seen, I never considered Quake-esque "100%" runs where all enemies need to be slain, as well. I freaking love that, so please keep it up!
The first part just hop into a warthog and drive past everything. Sticking to the left side of the bridge usually helps. Make sure you grab the rockets fromt he one marine. Halfway through there should be an other rocket marine on the edge to get ammo off of. You might even get one with a sniper, which can be helpful in the tunnel. Don't engage in vehicle combat. It's not worth it. Clearing out the tunnel is pretty straightforward with the noob combo. Also feel free to use rockets on anything annoying. There will be some sniper jackals on the sides to look out for. Also don't forget about the sword elite that will show up when you get too close to the end of the tunnel. When you get back outside, back smack the sniper jackal and take his beam rifle. Immediately jump down and take the driver seat of the gauss hog Stacker is driving, and book it. Ignore everything on your way out, even the wraith. If you're quick enough you shouldn't take much damage. Once you get to the city, you can either use any remaining rockets to kill the ghosts, or let the marines handle it (they should be able to kill then). Once the ghosts are dead, get out of any vehicle you're in, and slowly peak around the edge with your beam rifle, and there will be two sniper jackals to snipe. They shouldn't be looking at you, but be cautious, anyways. Get back in your vehicle, and rush to the first wraith and board it. Using the wraith, take out the rest. There will be a drop ship that comes in at some point to drop off ghosts. Once it comes in, start shooting the bottom of it to destroy the ghosts before they can deploy. It should immediately run away. After everything is dead the doors will open and you'll be fine to grab whatever. It would be best to take rockets and a sniper with you (or a noob combo if you have one). Once you jump on the scarab, go to the front gun (you might have to look up a video of this), and there's a part of it with weird collision, and you'll be able to see and shoot through, and they wont be able to shoot you. It works best on classic graphics. You'll be able to snipe almost any enemy that comes up to the top, and any enemy inside (you can even see them spawn). Be careful, though, as there is a point where the scarab turns and even stops, and you can even get knocked off, so you don't want to be too slow about it. Once enemies stop spawning, go inside the cabin to spawn the last of them. You can either quickly take care of the grunts and then kill the last elites, or run back up to the safe spot, and kill them from there. You can also get onto the scarab early, and immediately run to the cabin and the last enemies will spawn as soon as the spawns become active.
I remember this level as a kid/young adult. Always respected it. Even on easy it made a statement. Being an adult now and watching someone doing it on legendary so smoothly.. its without words. Props
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Haha I remember I found out the rooftop skips when halo 2 had just come out. I probably played through this level legitly once in my life back in 2004. This is like a brand new level😂
No, normal difficulty. His shields can't be like wood strength canonically, whilst Covenant elites can soak half a SMG magazine to take its shields down. Chief's shield strength is about equivalent to an elite ultra or zealot
@WaW Yea, that I agree with. Personally, like Mr. MasterBlood187 said. Halo 2 normal difficulty with anger skull on would pretty much be canon Halo. I think enabling the mythic skull along with the anger skull is as canon as you could get, but the only problem is mythic also doubles the enemies' shields, not just their health.
Subjectively this is far more entertaining to watch than your normal speedruns. Obviously your normal runs take alot of practice and skill, but these are more fun to watch.
It’s weird seeing this level played without skipping half of it. I found out how to get up there when I was young after 2 or 3 times playing it so seeing those hunters at the end of the first courtyard is triggering ancient memories in me
Man I forgot what the city firefight in this level was always like. Always used feather to just skip the entire part before I found the way it’s normally done lol
Dude. Imagine being a fucking Marine and seeing Chief just BODY the covenant single handedly and then a few years later they till you, "Hey wanna be a Spartan 4?".
guys i think i found a faster skip for this level... you can actually jump across all the roofs by jumping on the light fixture at the beginning of the level instead of killing 80 enemies... not sure if this is speedrun viable strat though 😳
I like seriously don’t think that’s possible unless there’s a way to block them in the first area. Since there’s a section with about 6 jackal snipers and the marines literally just walk in front of the jackals
if i was sadistic i would suggest try delta halo. a lot of people would be surprise how long this level is actually if you kill all the waves of enemy, all the wave of wraith, ghost and banshee, all the bugs, all the sniper jackals etc. i think it's with assault on the control room one of the biggest level of the franchise.
@@rocats You keep saying that, but watching masterful play of the entire game is a missing niche on UA-cam. I personally have been looking for it for years. Don't have consoles or PC. I really recommend you just Wick Run the entire game. People keep speed running it and skipping over the section just after the tanks with the waterfall, etc. It would be worth slogging through tank sections to see you handle the chaos with the Buggers and snipers just after.
@@rocats In other words, it seems potentially boring to you because you speed run everything. But there are many people who would watch it. A good playthrough with no skips and exploits is not on UA-cam. Or I would already have watched it. Ironically, the best person to do good Wick Runs is a speed runner because speed runners are more efficient at playing the game in the first place. The pace is slower, but it's what the people want!
Does honking the horn of the Warthog help with anything or you doing it just to do it? Just wondering, I know it tells the marines to get in but other than that it seems pretty useless.
Just for the sheer difficulty of gravemind I need every advantage I can get, outskirts is a bit more chill though so new graphics aren't too much of an annoyance
rocats Don’t speedrunners prefer classic graphics on Halo 1/2 because you can see the original enemy models/original game environments? (I remember there was an issue in Halo 1 where your could shoot a non existent wall that’s actually there in classic)
When you swap out chief from the games and replace him with chief from the lore
Ah yes, never forget the friendly fire chief
Well he did obliterate that one dude's balls.
If anyone wants to see me do this on other levels let me know, I feel like most of them from here on out would be really boring to watch though
rocats When will we get a halo video that isn’t about halo 2 lol?
I’d love to see more of these, really helps those of us that can’t sword fly learn alternate strats to still get decent times for achievements and stuff. Plus the combat is pretty entertaining/a nice change of pace after seeing loads of world records that tend to blow past sections
Do the same for the mission the covenant in halo 3
Just please, more is better
Please do this on all the levels.
Lone Wolf but you have to kill all enemies
At a certain point we will see a special cutsecne where the covanent just glass him from orbit beacuse he won't die
@@halohahaha7483 they glass the planet but "finish the fight " starts playing on the crusier
Halo hahaha they glass a friendly continent cuz of one flood ship. Glass an entire planet cuz badass spartan
@Mr. House just a joke
@Mr. House you dont have to state that something is a joke before or after just make the joke, and plus they made the mission impossible to beat due to it sending armies of elites at you making it harder to survive since reach elites were super aggressive while also giving you limited ammo.
8:54 well that was rude
Took me right out of the heroic moment. Heroes have good manners.
Kitt Spiken clearly not this one
@@KingpinCarlito anti-hero
"Chief! Glad you-" *pew!*
Marines Ghost: bruh
That killed me lmao
This is starting to become my favorite halo channel no lie.
Yep! He deserves more subs!
When I was little I used to play the campaign on legendary while also making sure no marine died. If one died, I’d go back to checkpoint. I really had nothing better to do.
Bro, when I was little I did the exact same thing but with the prisoners in jail on Gravemind.
Honestly i'd feel so lonely when i'd have to finish the mission after my comrades died.
It's the moral obligation in any shooter game to make sure no one on your team dies, at least for me
I did that to every level it was hard but once u did it it felt great
I'd do that or I'd do the opposite and kill every marine I could
8:53 caught me off the guard
This is how Spartan-IIs perform in the books.🔥🔥🔥
AND III's lmao
7:24 I don't remember the part of the movie where Wick is stopped by an invisible wall. Must be in the blooper reel.
The marine at 2:33 is how I feel watching this at 5:41AM after pulling an all nighter.
Haha, pulling an all-nighter at 9:57AM here.
same
Love these vids, it makes a great change of pace from the insane hard-to-follow speedruns, to see a really hard game absolutely dominated with no tricks, just pure skill.
2:32 imagine being a normal UNSC grunt surviving a pelican crash with the Master Chief on board, fighting all the way to the courtyard against alien invaders on your home turf, and in the middle of a firefight while priming a frag, the grenade blows up in your face. In your last moments you hear Sgt. Johnson roasting you over your poor performance
Xd
hurts me every time i see you just walk past an energy sword
God mode: ON
Jackal snipers's aim bot: OBSOLETE
21:53 “Well I wish we all had sniper rifles”
I really gotta say, for all the Halo speedruns I've seen, I never considered Quake-esque "100%" runs where all enemies need to be slain, as well. I freaking love that, so please keep it up!
Marine: “CHIEF, GLAD T-“
Chief beam rifle: TEEEW.
F
The person playing this is literally The "Masterchief"
Mastechief is a legend
Yeeeeeeeeeee lolololol
12:04 the marine speedruner
This is how i play my legendary runs except after a while my brain numbs and i forget enemy spawns and start dying alot
What you did around 14:20 with the beam rifle/rocket launcher was ingenious - nice video man
This is the quality content I return for
I just got the notification, currently 1 hour and 19 minutes into metropolis. Help me.
If you'd like, I completed it in coop in 13 minutes. If you're going for monopolized I can help you out!
@@stithler9757 sure, what's your ign? I'd be glad to get some help
The first part just hop into a warthog and drive past everything. Sticking to the left side of the bridge usually helps. Make sure you grab the rockets fromt he one marine. Halfway through there should be an other rocket marine on the edge to get ammo off of. You might even get one with a sniper, which can be helpful in the tunnel. Don't engage in vehicle combat. It's not worth it. Clearing out the tunnel is pretty straightforward with the noob combo. Also feel free to use rockets on anything annoying. There will be some sniper jackals on the sides to look out for. Also don't forget about the sword elite that will show up when you get too close to the end of the tunnel. When you get back outside, back smack the sniper jackal and take his beam rifle. Immediately jump down and take the driver seat of the gauss hog Stacker is driving, and book it. Ignore everything on your way out, even the wraith. If you're quick enough you shouldn't take much damage. Once you get to the city, you can either use any remaining rockets to kill the ghosts, or let the marines handle it (they should be able to kill then). Once the ghosts are dead, get out of any vehicle you're in, and slowly peak around the edge with your beam rifle, and there will be two sniper jackals to snipe. They shouldn't be looking at you, but be cautious, anyways. Get back in your vehicle, and rush to the first wraith and board it. Using the wraith, take out the rest. There will be a drop ship that comes in at some point to drop off ghosts. Once it comes in, start shooting the bottom of it to destroy the ghosts before they can deploy. It should immediately run away. After everything is dead the doors will open and you'll be fine to grab whatever. It would be best to take rockets and a sniper with you (or a noob combo if you have one). Once you jump on the scarab, go to the front gun (you might have to look up a video of this), and there's a part of it with weird collision, and you'll be able to see and shoot through, and they wont be able to shoot you. It works best on classic graphics. You'll be able to snipe almost any enemy that comes up to the top, and any enemy inside (you can even see them spawn). Be careful, though, as there is a point where the scarab turns and even stops, and you can even get knocked off, so you don't want to be too slow about it. Once enemies stop spawning, go inside the cabin to spawn the last of them. You can either quickly take care of the grunts and then kill the last elites, or run back up to the safe spot, and kill them from there.
You can also get onto the scarab early, and immediately run to the cabin and the last enemies will spawn as soon as the spawns become active.
Did you make it through??
this is one of my favorite levels if not my favorite lvl from halo 2 it was amazing to see you play it like this good show! very fun to watch
Now this is the kind of skill that I started watching this play through for
I remember this level as a kid/young adult. Always respected it. Even on easy it made a statement. Being an adult now and watching someone doing it on legendary so smoothly.. its without words. Props
Rocats and Vetoed are the most aware conscious halo players I know of. I’m glad your channel grew 🙏🏼 I always watch GDQ/ESA I always knew you were better than Ranna, so flawless 🙌🏼 I get high then get more high watching your travels 😂
The integration of movement and combat is extraordinary.
But he was so happy you saved him. 8:53
There's way too many near miss, so much so It's activating my Legendary playthrough PTSD. You make it look too easy.
i think the renaming for these videos is great. love your vids!
That small glimpse of the original halo graphics hit hard 🥺
Haha I remember I found out the rooftop skips when halo 2 had just come out. I probably played through this level legitly once in my life back in 2004. This is like a brand new level😂
This is actually how Master Chief does things in canon
Yes yes we get it. No need to put this on every video
No, normal difficulty. His shields can't be like wood strength canonically, whilst Covenant elites can soak half a SMG magazine to take its shields down. Chief's shield strength is about equivalent to an elite ultra or zealot
WaW angry skull on halo 2 is the closest but that makes it so they overheat a lot from shooting erratically
@WaW Yea, that I agree with. Personally, like Mr. MasterBlood187 said. Halo 2 normal difficulty with anger skull on would pretty much be canon Halo. I think enabling the mythic skull along with the anger skull is as canon as you could get, but the only problem is mythic also doubles the enemies' shields, not just their health.
@@deVeresd.Kfz.1515 I mean in lore shields only take a couple plasma shots before breaking
Subjectively this is far more entertaining to watch than your normal speedruns. Obviously your normal runs take alot of practice and skill, but these are more fun to watch.
4:45 “Stand our marines, let the chief show how is done”
You are right Johnson, John Wick 117 knows how to do it.
Honestly what a flex. “But I have to kill the enemies.” Fucking legend
😄😄😄!!! Ha, ha, ha. Probably good to be, 😆😆😆, “LEE ROY…JENKINS!!!” I’m apologetic for this, Mr. Jenkins, wherever you are.
Those grenade jumps were on point
The multi kill potential on these speed runs is very satisfying
Best channel yet
These are really fucking cool to watch please keep doing these
This is what he's like in the books
It’s weird seeing this level played without skipping half of it. I found out how to get up there when I was young after 2 or 3 times playing it so seeing those hunters at the end of the first courtyard is triggering ancient memories in me
This beautiful
This guy is a machine ...
Man I forgot what the city firefight in this level was always like. Always used feather to just skip the entire part before I found the way it’s normally done lol
I prefer these kind of speed runs. No exploits. Just proper skill.
Regular speedruns take a lot more skill than this, sitting back killing stuff is easy, it's definitely a fun category to do on the side though
Dude. Imagine being a fucking Marine and seeing Chief just BODY the covenant single handedly and then a few years later they till you, "Hey wanna be a Spartan 4?".
I honestly thought the "John Wick" Speedrun would be to headshot everything. Took me a good 8 min to realize it was a kill-everyone-challange xD
What is this John wick category lmao gotta kill all enemies? Or is there other rules
I think it’s kill all enemies and I think don’t die?
Beat the level as fast as possible while killing all the enemies and without dying.
10:34 t-bagging is confirmed an effective combat maneuver
I remember those snipers as being psychics that know exactly where your head will be 5 years ahead of time
Damn nice run man
john wick is an appropriate percentage
Now I want a John Wick style action movie starring Chief
Love your speed run
This is how the real thing went
This is my crack and my religion dude.
Chief, glad you *schpew*
This video has made me better at Halo... Secret is to use his tactics it works every time
guys i think i found a faster skip for this level... you can actually jump across all the roofs by jumping on the light fixture at the beginning of the level instead of killing 80 enemies... not sure if this is speedrun viable strat though 😳
He knows but he doing it that you have to kill the enemies
Mouse GamingMC yeah im just joshin bro haha
"You coulda just asked!" -that marine
i've never seen jackal snipers miss this many shots
I hate you but respect you at the same time I just finished legendary on halo2 never again lol it's nice to see a person rekt all those jackal snipers
Halo 2 classic first to suicide jump into space on Cairo race with Cryphon CRT TVs only using legacy southpaw controls
outskirts legendary speedrun but if a marine dies you start again
I like seriously don’t think that’s possible unless there’s a way to block them in the first area. Since there’s a section with about 6 jackal snipers and the marines literally just walk in front of the jackals
@@user-zb9ow6du6c good point. Maybe Mythic skull would help?
This is awesome lmao "John wick speedrun"
Sniping a marine in the face to skip dialogue. You monster.
The virgin any% vs the chad John Wick%
Hell yeah actual speedrunning combat, not that parkour strat.
man, the hit detection on h2a sucks. anyway, what a fun run. i really hope john wick percent becomes a thing
😄😄😄!!! “…to the other side!”
Noooo, you can't just shoot your team!
"Haha rifle go 8:54"
7:18 That was scary.
This guy makes it look easy
These are entertaining
8:54 had me fuckin rolling lmao
8:52 sometimes.... innocent lives....
John wick tas run pls
So, THIS is New Mombasa...
This is not a John wick speedrun
It’s just how John wick plays halo 2
if i was sadistic i would suggest try delta halo. a lot of people would be surprise how long this level is actually if you kill all the waves of enemy, all the wave of wraith, ghost and banshee, all the bugs, all the sniper jackals etc. i think it's with assault on the control room one of the biggest level of the franchise.
The halo 2 Spanker will always be the best
9:02 F for the marine
Do Delta Halo! There's so much to that level when it isn't all being skipped.
I would like to but a lot of it would be driving a tank which is really slow and boring for people to watch
@@rocats You keep saying that, but watching masterful play of the entire game is a missing niche on UA-cam. I personally have been looking for it for years. Don't have consoles or PC. I really recommend you just Wick Run the entire game.
People keep speed running it and skipping over the section just after the tanks with the waterfall, etc. It would be worth slogging through tank sections to see you handle the chaos with the Buggers and snipers just after.
@@rocats In other words, it seems potentially boring to you because you speed run everything. But there are many people who would watch it. A good playthrough with no skips and exploits is not on UA-cam. Or I would already have watched it.
Ironically, the best person to do good Wick Runs is a speed runner because speed runners are more efficient at playing the game in the first place. The pace is slower, but it's what the people want!
That hitbox at 7:20 tho
Does honking the horn of the Warthog help with anything or you doing it just to do it? Just wondering, I know it tells the marines to get in but other than that it seems pretty useless.
You should do another skulls run
I've played Halo for YEARS and just now learned you CAN actually get up there 1:03
you play so clean it kinda scares me sometimes. good shit as usual
he just straight up took those headshots at 7:23
Lest go bro
Rocat is God of Halo.
Is there a reason why you used anniversary graphics for part of this but classic for Gravemind?
Just for the sheer difficulty of gravemind I need every advantage I can get, outskirts is a bit more chill though so new graphics aren't too much of an annoyance
rocats Don’t speedrunners prefer classic graphics on Halo 1/2 because you can see the original enemy models/original game environments? (I remember there was an issue in Halo 1 where your could shoot a non existent wall that’s actually there in classic)
@@x_terroriser6401 there isn't anything like that in 2A as far as I know.
@@derekmensch3601 there are a few spots like that inH2A but nowhere near as much
@@FriedMetroid yeah I remember in CE TNR was full of those. Not a single one in 2A I can remember
Rocats! glad yo-
This is not John wick’s style,this is John 117 style
Go back to swordflying ):
What a god