Halo Reach but EVERY Enemy is an Ultra Elite (On Legendary)
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- I modded the Halo: Reach Campaign so every single enemy is an Ultra Elite with either a Focus Rifle, Concussion Rifle, or Energy Sword. This is the hardest challenge yet on my channel. Reach Ultra Elites are so irritatingly good at killing Spartans, I know why Reach fell now.
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Hi Everyone! I'm back! I would say to treat this kind of as a Season 2 of the channel. I have an undisclosed number of videos mostly ready, and a few more ideas cooking as well. I want to get some stream ideas prepped for you all, but I've been sick the past week so I didn't get as much prepped as I wanted. So the Streams may still be a few weeks away, I'll update in community posts and schedule the streams a week before they go live, so if you just look at my channel every once in a while you should see when I have one ready to go.
Steam Workshop Link: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3227887225
I'd also like to acknowledge that the older mods I posted on NexusMods are out of date and crash if you load them on the latest version of MCC. I would love to get those fixed but in the year and a half since I posted those videos I have lost the original files for the mods and would need to completely recreate them again. This wouldn't be difficult for the Halo 2 Jackal Snipers Mod, but for the Halo 3 and Halo CE mods I did need to do some fooling around to get them to work, and would take me much longer to recreate. I'd rather just work on new videos and stream ideas because I only have so much time to dedicate to this channel, but I do really want to get the Halo 2 Jackal Sniper mod up again because it's the hardest of the original three videos I made and I just want it to exist again. (If you really want to play the other ones you can download older versions of games from SteamDB, there are many tutorials for this, look them up if you're interested!)
Also, a HUGE thanks to everyone who throughout the past year has made any comment saying that you missed my videos, I always saw them, and they were a major reason for why I put in the work to get some more videos done for you all. I do read every comment and I really appreciate every comment I get, even if they're complaining about my use of Infinite Ammo, Level Skips, or the comments I'm expecting to get for what happens in this video :)
I’m just glad you’re back
Really glad your back, I love your stuff.
Nice vid, looking forward to your future stuff!
Also if anyone wants to play the old mods, if you look on the posts section on the Nexus page for the sniper jackals mod I put instructions on how to revert your version of MCC to a version where the mods should work
It's slightly inconvenient, but it's a fairly uneasy workaround until if/when they get updated
@@lizardnettle9693 Thanks for making that post! Hopefully the workaround for that one won't be neccesary soon. Also shoutout for doing the challenge yourself! I've been enjoying the updates you've been leaving in my comments :)
@@TipsyPhoenix np for the post, I struggled for a few days trying to figure out how to use steamDB and figured some others would be confused too.
Grinding out runs whenever I have a few hours to spare has been surprisingly fun
"It's the Winter Contingency."
*Sees countless Elite Ultras*
"May God help us all..."
Ultras are so fricken painfully on legendary, so having everyone being an Ultra sounds like every circle of hell combined
That's basically not far off from the thunderstorm skull. All elites are at minimum an ultra and sometimes you get a zealot with a trio of generals just to spite you. It was rough beating reach legendary wity thunderstorm.
Noob combo is the only counter
Only thing worse would be all Generals
@@benc77 Noob combo is kind of bad in Reach, better to spam the Plasma Pistol for stripping shields.
@@captainnyet9855 eh depends on situations
Lore accurate Reach
genuinely true. i genuinely think they forgot to change the gameplay to fit the story because it plays like you are gonna kick ass until the very last mission where it genuinely felt urgent.
@@Sockren genuinely, i genuinely agree with your comment
@@LowEffortContent- i genuinely understand how genuine you feel. it is genuinely funny how many times i said genuine in my genuine comment. i genuinely thank you for telling me how i said it a weird amount of times
@@Sockrengenuinely true
@@Sockrenthat’s very genuine of you.
90% of Challenge runners quit before that one perfect attempt.
True
Yeah but 5 hours is a reasonable limit. I could see some challenges working in the future if an emulator is developed that lets you have multiple saves and at any point
Gamblers fallacy
Don’t worry, they can tank a spartan laser. Learned that on my legendary run at the same time that I realized hunters are easier than ultras, and a bit after learning that the space section sucks
I think I would have exploded instantly if I saw a Spartan Laser didn't kill one in one shot.
@@TipsyPhoenix there were two in there last level that were kicking my butt on legendary because I didn’t have a precision weapon (that wasn’t the Spartan laser) for headshots, and I’m bad at tracking. I just had to run past and let Emile kill them
They also suck up an entire plasma pistol overcharge before eating your ass
@@addison1024same spot with the field marshal whose shield recharges faster than the spartan laser charge time, so he can tank unlimited laser shots?
Honestly, there isn't a sinlge Elite on Reach that isn't easily dealt with so long as you just keep your trusty plasma pistol with you and save enough precision ammo; it's one of the easiest Halo campaigns to complete on Legendary (though I haven't fully played through any of the 343 ones, so idk how they stack up); even Ultra shields pop very quickly once you start blasting them with your pp.
If the Covenant could just pack in 10 Ultra Elites with focus and concussion rifles into every hallway in the galaxy even Chief's plot armor wouldn't be able to do anything.
"My forklift may be gone, but i can be my own forklift" Truly an inspirational quote.
That civilian elite was funny.
This is the kind of thing only someone who never played reach on legendary would ever come up with, or a clinically insane individual
Those enemies aren't called "elite ultras" without a reason. Hell, they might be scarier in their game than hunters (depending on the version you compare them to)
Pride is the first sin. My gaming ego needed a check and this was a huge one
reach ultras are the scariest enemies in all of halo imo. hit hard, huge shields/hp pool, dodge everything. They seem expressly designed to knock overconfident players down a peg
nothing is scarier than the T A L L H U N T E R though
Hunters are scary if you don't know what you're doing, and they are dangerous to be sure. But their moves are all well telegraphed and easy to dodge. And while they do have a substantial health pool, they don't have regenerating shields.
These ultras are fast, smart, dodge everything, hit almost as hard as hunters with far more reliability. And worst of all, you can dump an entire magazine into them, but if the shield doesn't go down, you might as well have flushed the ammo down the drain instead.
@@SleepySoviet Yah, they are scary; they still drop quite quickly to plasma pistol + DMR, but especially when you're fighting multiple (and you aren't being babysat by noble team) they can quikly become too much; Elite AI is also pretty good in general.
The king is back to show us the meaning of challenge is.
Concussion Rifle Ultras could take on the UNSC, the Flood, the Forerunners, and the Banished all at once.
halo 3 but every enemy is 343 guilty spark
Thanks… I hate it.
Actually I can think of something far worse. A soul that allows popcorn to pierce shields.
Halo 4 but every enemy is a base armor incinerator or scattershot (50/50) knight
@@cosmictreason2242 halo 5 but every enemy is warden eternal
@@colbypegg3863 every enemy a grunt goblin though. So dumb that they even teased one in Canadian but kept them to firefight
Haven't watched, but from the title alone, you are clinically insane and must be stopped from doing further shenanigans.
Edit: now try it in LASO, I dare you 😂
"Elite ultras in Reach are balanced fairly" has the same energy as "The library is meant to be grueling to create a mood of despair"
I took on the challenge and beat the Legendary campaign with the mod on. I think it was harder then LASO but it's definitely doable. I have a new found appreciation for the Focus rifle since it was the only reliable shield stripper you could get. It definitely makes you play differently though! 10/10
Congrats! I was definitely playing the impossibility up a bit in the script, I was just having so little fun I didn't want to keep struggling and had enough footage for a decent video. Just thinking about trying to beat New Alexandria with this mod made me quit once I hit that really tough difficulty spike.
Well done. So how did you get past that room he gave up on?
@@Jigsawn2 baited sword guys into the long hallway then the concussion rifle guys that wanted to chase. Focus rifle/DMRed the rest who stayed back. Not all of the elites were ultras either some were EVA so they had weak shields
He came back with the milk!
Slap the bag!
This would probably be even more torturous for me because I always obsess with keeping marines alive. And that would seemingly be just about impossible 99% of the time here.
Well. Can’t wait to try it and find out. Welcome back man.
Glad you're back. Ultras are so slept on.
Ultras are awesome! When there's one of them :) :) :)
@@TipsyPhoenix I remember doing legendary firefight in matchmaking. A drop pod of ultras was game over every time
@@justinmochi7323every time I played FF limited I would sweat as hard as possible to not die once the entire match and the ultra drop pod even on heroic had a 40% chance of killing me. Those things were by far the most dangerous AI in Reach.
I like how the spartans are able to run past all these ultras just fine, but then in cutscenes kat gets shot once and dies, and emile loses a 1v1 to a sword elite
Kat gets stabbed like 50 times and survives but dies in one shot in a cutscene
EMP blast from the glassing knocked out the energy shields
You know what? This was a real bad one. I'd say you've earned a break. Go on ahead and make your next challenge "Halo ______ but EVERY Enemy is a Friend Who Wants to Have a Nice Time (On Legendary)"
I knew this would be hard, but I was surprised to hear that this was your hardest challenge yet.
Then I realized, without Grunts and Jackals around, you have no way of getting a Plasma Pistol. Yeah, I understand now why this was impossible.
Kudos for trying though!
That's a great point that I don't think even TipsyPhoenix said directly - he does mention being stuck on human weaponry in a few places but man.
RETURN OF THE KING!
Holy shit!!!! Thank you so much
@@TipsyPhoenix I will never be ashamed of being a TipsyPhoenix Simp
@@RC-jt3zvhe still won't sleep with you you know
@@cosmictreason2242 you don't gotta rub it in :(
It's crazy that you're declaring this as harder than rocket flood challenge CE.
Bro have you fought Reach elites on legendary? They are beasts
You're a masochist! Honestly, failing this challenge only raises the stakes for the next one because there is no guarantee of a happy ending.
When the world needed him most, he returned. Man, it genuinely sounded like you hated this one, like you could just tell from the way you spoke alone. Honestly, I respect you a ton more because you're willing to go 'nope, this is impossible, it's over, challenge failed' like the CE Warthog Run with all the Rocket Flood. It makes every challenge you do accomplish feel way more authentic and better for the viewers. Even this was great content, even if it was pure hell for you.
I'm glad I'm seeing this reaction more than "Screw you, you gotta finish it". Thanks a lot, this comment was really nice to read :)
Everyone who watches this can feel your pain. The haters have just internalized it.
Glad to see you back!!! This challenge actually seems like hell, altho I am curious enough to think about attempting it
Do it! It sucks!
Well you had a good run at it. I would've quit by the time I faced more than 4 at a time. Elite Ultras are paradoxically the toughest bastards ever in halo, because they have zero counterplay unlike the other challenge enemy runs you did. Respect for knowing your limits, we all challenge ourselves to have fun not get mad.
Man, this reminds me of first time I played Reach on legendary. The fact that you made it as far as you did is a miracle. I doubt I could have even beaten the first level.
So, I actually attempted this myself, and I've been hard stuck on Nightfall. Winter Contingency flows fairly fine, nothing too exciting as I get my bearings and learn the Focus Rifle is probably the most important weapon in the challenge. Sword Base is where I lose about 2 hours just trying to get ally AI to behave with vehicles, shocking I know, but other than that it goes fairly fine. Nightfall started off with a 3 hour attempt that got bricked at the Covenant Pylon section because I simply didn't have the firepower to actually chew through that much HP, since I had fought everything to get there.
Then I spend another hour after a reset to get back there with about 28ish total Sniper bullets, only to crash for no reason.
Overall, I've found that the big thing that makes this challenge unfun is the sheer spam of Focus Rifles. Sword Elites are actually kinda fun to play around with, and Concussion Elites bring a really fun dance of "Don't use cover, at all" to the mix. It's all the Focus Rifles that make this challenge a nightmare.
Edit: I've made it past Nightfall and I just beat Long Night Of Solace. I'll make a video once I beat the entire campaign.
Reach was easily the hardest on Legendary vanilla. But then you do this? You madman!
Next to Halo 2, its rather easy lol
I started watching this channel last week, I’m so happy there’s another video!
The king has returned
Glad you're back! I wish UA-cam actually told me this video exists
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO HE UPLOADED AGAIN YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Can't wait to watch. So happy you're back!
"At least it's not field marshals right.. wait you're doing what-"
returned from the grave to give us another challenge run. thank you so much.
godspeed
You don’t know how happy I am to see you’re back
I was actually looking at the video length the whole time after the first two missions took you halfway. Not disappointed though. Quality over quantity
The madman, he has returned in all his glory.
I sure hate it when enemies are smart enough to not get shot
I watched this twice because your pain & suffering felt so real. It gave me joy:
When TipsyPhoenix can't beat something, you know no one can
HE RETURNS
There are TWO enemies every Halo player FEARS on Legendary, one is Sniper Jackals the other are Ultras and every single one of us who has played Reach and 2 knows this.
The man, the myth, the legend IS BACK!!
He returned..... Spartans truly never die.
this has motivated me to complete halo reach on legendary. i made it to the pillar of autumn but then i got scared about the last bit. (i'm at the bit with the hunters)
i love how you leave for a decade just to come back with a masterpiece of impossibility
Fascinating to hear this opinion considering I view fighting Reach Elites as the best combat in the franchise
They're great when you're fighting them one at a time in the normal campaign! They just pissed me off so much in this challenge. The main issue I have with reach is the gun balance/variety and feel.
Our favorite Halo Masochist has returned
Love that there are still impossible challenges out there! Loved the video.
You're Alive! I was re watching your vids a few weeks back and was hoping you'd put out an update or a new video and here I am 3 weeks late lol. But I'm glad to see you're back.
I always KNEW the forklift would be useful, I just never found out how...
Watching this, I get the idea that the large majority of Elites NOT being ultras was probably intentional.
Halo 2 legendary but every enemy is a flood combat form with a sniper rifle, beam rifle, or rocket launcher.
THE RETURN OF THE KING
7:30
Glad someone else finally agrees with me about Reach being harder to deal with than Halo 2. Halo 2 just takes skill and knowledge. Reach? Yea, skill doesn't matter, the AI are just as good as humans and the TTK on you is basically the same as H2. Having invincible allies doesn't mean jack because they BARELY do any damage and typically have crappy weapons, while your allies in H2 can actually have useful weapons and the enemies are easy to stagger.
i think he loves this challenge
Nice to have you back
I recently played reach on legendary and the elites are no joke 😂 they’ll mess you up at range, they’ll roundhouse kick you close up, the only semi consistent way I’ve found to dispatch them, is to sneak and assassinate, and even that usually results in a kick to the face 😂
At least you tried.
That's what my therapist said too!
IM SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!! i was really worried you were done with youtube, very very glad I was wrong.
Halo 3 with every enemy a fuel grunt should actually be pretty fun in part because of the slow speed of the projectiles making it chaotic but not impossible
Welcome back Tipsy!!
Insanity.
Great to see a new video after quite the silence
Haha back from the dead. Well I’m happy to see that you’re doing alright
•Normal Halo CE but every elite is spec ops
• CE but every enemy is a hunter
• halo 3 every enemy is a fuel rod grunt
• halo 3 but every enemy is a brute hammer chieftain
• CE but every enemy is invisible flood
• halo 2 but every enemy is a dual plasma wielding white armor elite
• halo odst but every enemy is a cloaked jetpack flame grenade brute
• CE every enemy is a gold elite but your AR fires magnum ammunition
• CE but every enemy is replaced with the low level light blue invisible elites
• Halo infinite but every enemy is a focus rifle skimmer
• halo infinite but every enemy is a brute berserker
• halo 2 every enemy is a drone
• halo 4 every enemy a 50/50 shotgun or incinerator knight
Just some ideas
15:49 you actually did a major despawn by taking that ledge. That takes away nearly every enemy in the upper floors.
I thought the ending was easier than I remembered, it would have sucked if I didn't because most of Noble Team was staying back at that point.
THE FABLED REACH VIDEO!!!!!!!! Please do another (every enemy is a spec ops grunt LASO??), Reach is my favourite Halo
The chosen one returns, with extra lunacy for all
17:19 try’s to kill you by STARING at your soul
Ultras on Heroic don't always die from a single sword strike either. This challenge looked painful. I salute you.
Reach is one of my favorite Halo games, and has 2 of my 3 favorite guns in the series.
How do you not like Reach?
Hey wait the space section doesn't suck, it's the best part of the game! Sometimes I intentionally fail so I can keep it going longer.
I can't describe it. It isn't any specific decision or change. I just don't vibe with the Reach campaign's gameplay. I like the multiplayer and I respect the campaign a lot, especially the story, but something about the gameplay is just off for me.
@@TipsyPhoenixunderstandable, bungie did a lot of experimenting with it and significantly upped the difficulty with things like elite shields which can tank entire mags. also armor abilities, and the enemies overall being significantly smarter. its very different from other halo games.
they tried to make the covenant seem like a terrifying threat, and it ends up making the game extremely difficult
Immediately watched when I got the notification. I wouldn't wish this torture on my worst enemy.
The idea of Halo 2 with Tartarus made me laugh out loud. Can't wait for that one.
Most interesting result of that was the scaling vehicle health making wraiths Invincible and ghosts 10 tank shells to kill
@@cosmictreason2242 incredibly funny but also incredibly demoralizing. it's like you're getting the lore accurate UNSC experience
2:20 it's the halo 3 warthog run all over again!
Sounds brutal beyond belief. Good video
Actual footage of what it's like to play an ODST mod
TBH that big purple hangar room is THE hardest room in the game. I've done it LASO multiple times, but I'm never looking forward to it.
I shouldn't be the one saying this, but doing this game LASO always sounded insane to me. I'm impressed with anyone who has done it.
@@TipsyPhoenix Basically, the Ultra Elites are invulnerable to human weapons, and it takes like 4 plasma sticks to kill one. You have to entirely rely on backsmack, vehicles and noble team (two of which aren't present in that room). Fortunately the black eye skull allows you to survive the elite's melee for a little bit if you hit them when they hit you.
Woo! I've been looking forwards to this!
IT'S TIME. THE RETURN.
This is gonna take noble 6s lore from hyper lethal to hyper liability.
Im having a miserable day, and this made everything better, thank you! Missed you!
Glad I could help :)
This was a banger of a video man. Sometimes your pain is our gain
People bitch about Halo 2 jackal snipers, but those guys are nothing compared to Reach ultra elites.
One single elite ultra can destroy a challenge run
After a year, your back! Awesome!
I saw the title, the thumbnail, I hate and relate to the impossible task of this
OMG ITS HAPPENING, EVERYBODY STAY CALM ITS HAPPENING
Imagine doing this again field Marshalls 💀💀💀 and welcome back 🫡
Title: Halo Reach but EVERY Enemy is the one with multiple overshields who won't move away from the otherside of the map and when you sprint at them they walk backwards faster than you can sprint and shoot you down at the same time OR they glitch twitch toward you with no momentum to give a instakill kick in the face that you are somehow supposed to see during one single frame
Bro couldnt handle the lore accurate sanghili.
YOU’RE BACK!
🎉🎉
I found your channel weeks ago and I'm personally trying the all rocket flood challenge thank you for creating that. (I'm still in Attack on the control room, because I didn't wanted to skip half of the level by the way)
LNOS and exodus have been completed i shall avenge you brother
18:30 I was surprised you didnt do more of the speedrun and despawn strats, tbh, like the forklift skip on the dam level.
Absolute insanity, I love it
He's back! What a legend !
Now turn them all into Field Marshalls