LASO is hard but everything feels like child’s play once you get to Gravemind. This level destroys souls, eats babies, and is meant for the bottom layer of hell. If you attempt LASO be prepared to have your run ended by this mission
my friend and i found regret harder overall tbh, gravemind is really just all in that first room. everything after that's just somewhat difficult skips.
I love that cutscene where the arbiter is being stripped of his title and being branded a traitor but it cuts to miranda being awarded medals and such. The dynamic between what's happening on both sides is fantastic.
The way this game showed the dichotomy of humanity and the Covenant was absolutely amazing and one of my main reasons for thinking of this game as the best Halo game. Bungie truly did some magic with this game, it just sucks that most people only remember it for how it was mainly cliffhanger for Halo 3 and how it didn't feature everything it promised in the original E3 showcase.
I'll be perfectly honest, I don't know if 5 grand is enough to motivate someone to undergo the psychological torment that is Halo 2 LASO. Sure, being the first person to do it deathless is a cool feat and all, but it's never been done for a reason. It's gruelling. Excruciating. A test of one's resolve and determination, their sanity and willpower. I hope to see it done, but I don't expect to.
I agree, the time it would take to master the game on LASO (probably close to a year with weeks of play time) is just not worth that amount of money, needs to be above minimum wage at least lmao
This 100%. This challenge hasn’t been beaten in 18 years for a reason. If you want to motivate people to beat this, you’re gonna need to give a life changing amount of money for anyone to consider it.
@@shin867 I think if the winner were to be signed onto the Moist eSports team as part of the historic victory, that could potentially be a deciding factor.
For those who don't know. Halo 2 in MCC is harder than the original xbox version. This is because the higher framerate increases the agression of the AI.
@@dylanlee5701 Many older games tie certain internal mechanics to the frame rate instead of the systems clock (milliseconds), Halo 2 on the Xbox is limited to 30FPS, but MCC uncaps the frame rate so it runs at 60FPS. This means that those mechanics, such as the AI changing from hiding in cover to attacking the player happen twice as often, because the frame rate is 2x faster.
As someone who has completed every single Halo LASO, including Halo 2, this challenge without save/quitting is the most excruciating thing I could ever imagine doing. Some parts of this game are edging on impossible unless you are the luckiest soul in human history. I pray for any men that attempt this deathless run.
@@Ge01O i mean i have too, you can even check my steam profile. Only one i haven't done is halo 4 but thats just more because i dont like the game over not being able to do it
@@Ge01O My gamertag on Xbox is Buterytissuflap if you’d like to check my achievements on MCC to see. Of course why would you do that though because you wouldn’t wanna be proven wrong.
@@Sparsse I only did Halo 4 cause I couldn’t stand it being the only one not done and I wanted the achievement for completing all LASO campaigns but otherwise it was incredibly boring so you probably made a good call ignoring it.
@@shaunliver399 Melee, plasma granades, and tanks are the only resources you have to kill enemies quickly, you don't regenerate shields unless you melee something, in this level this is not a big problem but there is levels with open space it is practically impossible to survive those without glitching out of the map or using special routes where you don't fight.
Grinding out the LASO achievements isn't too difficult. Attempting LASO without save/quitting is one of the most intense modern torture methods known to man.
The "That's Just... Wrong" skull makes it impossible to stealth :( Enemies pretty much always know where you are even if you break LoS. If it weren't for this single skull, you could use an exploit to have permanent active-camo (usually only 5s from envy skull) and just walk through the sections where you aren't required to eliminate enemies to progress.
Yeah the highest bounty on a song with full combo for osu was paid out very recently and it totaled $3333. A song that's 8 minutes in duration. Not 6 freaking hours. The practice required would be significantly less if you're a top player to have a chance at it. But still very RNG.
@@finesseandstyle the world record on super Mario bros is just 4 minutes and 54 seconds but you wouldn't break it till the day you die unless you spend countless hours on it. The length of the challenge is not a fair comparison to how hard it is. Also yomi yori was a community bounty not a singular person
@@nadavvvv The person who fc'd the map has less than 100 tries on the map. Of course i'm discounting the time it requires to get to that skill level. I'm trying to say that in 6 hours, a competent player has way more room for error than a top player playing an 8 minute map.
I've never attempted LASO mainly because I like to play for fun, though I do like a challenge which is why a play on Herioc with a selected set of skulls. Also you should try CE LASO which some have considered to be pretty difficult too, since there is a skull called "foreign", which makes it so you can only use human weapons. Truth and Reconciliation is the hardest because you don't have the pistol.
yea Halo CE on laso is pretty hard took me 2 attempts 6 hours each and prolly millions of deaths to get thru truth and reconciliation as well as on two betrayals. Halo 2 is just a dance with the devil thru many death loops lmao
It took my friend and I so long to beat Halo CE on even just legendary, nevermind LASO. We're playing through the series (he's never played the Halo campaigns) and we wanted to play them all on legendary.....we switched it to Normal for Halo 2 lol
I'm honestly okay with everything; The damage, the tanky enemies, the Shields, the restarting, etc... But what turns me off from ever trying, is not having a visible gun. No HUD fine, but if I can't even see my gun I don't want to play the game.
@@rizo1176 the hardest part of truth and reconciliation is the firefight before and after you enter the ship mainly because of the hunters (they are very difficult to kill without the pistol) and the grunts which will just keep throwing plasma grenades because of the catch skull. Also not to mention how wonky the checkpoint saves are in CE.
Halo 2 Sniper Jackals, Halo Reach Elites, and Halo: CE Library would be the gatekeepers I imagine. All of the above have caused me an immense amount of pain in just my Legendary playthroughs, god knows how bad it is on LASO. Edit: Dear god, bots are out of control.
The “I’m going to need Johnson in here clearly” at @12:35 made me laugh way too hard. I just remembered how hard it was to smack Johnson around Cairo Station. Warning to anyone who wants a pet Johnson, they are very difficult to walk and may require to be trapped with boxes.
12:15 Watching Charlie savagely beat down one of his own men for shield only to be immediately blown away by a plasma nade is the most serotonin my brain has felt in a while.
For the people like me: Legendary All Skulls On ( LASO ), also known as Mythic, is a fan-created difficulty that requires setting the difficulty to Legendary and activating all skulls Hearing LASO was confusing with trying to work out the acronym, and being a Hitman player didn't help, since in those circles you hear SASO which stands for 'Silent Assassin Suit Only'
@@gameclips5734 I didn't. I always check the page that is currently loaded. I checked the video description box and scrolled down for comments, while the video was playing - then I opened another tab and searched it.
A guy on twitch by the name JerValiN is doing it, and he will complete it. He has gotten to gravemind already. Come checkout the stream and watch for yourself!
I did the challenge last week without iron skull (the one that resets the mission on death) for all the chief missions. Each checkpoint took me an average of 10 tries, but I did get through it, which means it is possible. If someone gets through with iron skull, I’d be incredibly impressed.
@@DerpEpicFace32onXbox The main things I learned: - The Sputnik skull increases force, so when you punch enemies they turn around allowing you to assassinate them with a follow up melee. - Melee marines to death will refill your shields - You must play around BR & plasma pistol ammo economy - You can conveniently skip a lot of jackal sections by getting out of bounds, but you need to memorize their spawns and prioritize them if not. - Avoid hunters at all costs
As I’ve said before, 5k ain’t gonna cut it. H2 LASO by itself is damn near impossible, and there’s been no shortage of attempts at H2 LASO without envy deathless. No shot. I have 0 doubts.
Halo 2 Legendary by itself is like the Dark Souls of shooters. LASO playlist is like playing Dark Souls but you're not allowed to use any equipment, sprint, or dodge/roll.
At least Dark Souls is fair difficulty though, at least for the most part. Halo 2 on Legendary is just pure bullshit as much as I love the game and all.
fun fact: these cutscenes and halo 2 anniversary are from 2014, and game aged greatly, not just the cutscenes but the graphics itself, for a 2014 game if the remaster came out today it would still look great
Back then when Bungie was creating Halo 2 they said they want it to feel like it was a movie and the way 343 did the remaster pretty much is how you would envision Halo 2 back then, and Bungie did a lot of great storytelling in Halo 2 which is way better than Destiny's story since Destiny is mainly a lore focus story, and Halo 2 is one of my favorite game that I can play once in a while just to have a great story experience since not a lot of games now doesn't have the impact that Halo have anymore
@@rifath8152 Well I'm not surprised when your average modern "remaster" is just slapping a higher resolution and maybe some cleaner textures on and calling it a day. Like sure there's exceptions like say Crash or Spyro, but most of the time it's upscaled port jobs getting slapped with a "remastered" label for marketing buzz.
Halo 2 was the first game I ever split screen with my dad, later played it with a best friend a ton, he’s now passed, and I said I would do LASO at his funeral because he said I couldn’t all the time, I’m working on it, gravemind is hell. Deathless is unfathomable. Still trying two months after this
I told my friend who is an absolute beast at Halo and wins tons of local tournaments to try to take on criticals challenge for five grand and he just laughed in my face basically
For the normies like me who didn't know, LASO means "legendary all skulls on". Essentially hardest possible difficulty (skulls add challenging mechanics)
Short and simple: LASO makes you play the game in ways you otherwise simply would not. Conquering LASO is the single most difficult pursuit someone can embark on within the Halo series. Available skulls are different across some halo games, so it's not really comparable to say halo x is harder than halo y. There are also pros and cons with playing single vs multiplayer where some skulls are more forgiving with groups than solo runs. I've seen so many comments talking about halo 2, but with the actual LASO playlist starting from halo ce, where's the talk about halo ce? My LASO playlist run got stuck on The Truth And Reconciliation. I've gotten below par time and surpassed par score on all missions across all games. I consider that a measly achievement when considered to the herculean task of completing LASO.
I think it all comes down to the fact that CE originally had no skulls, those were added in Anniversary. Thus, Halo 2 is where the challenge originates from.
Funny, my CE LASO run also got stuck on T&R. It just feels like a difficulty spike after first two levels, where you can just cheese your way out of most engagements.
If y'all think taking multiple hours for one room is bad, then I don't think you've played LASO, let alone SLASO before. There are some sections that rely so heavily on RNG that they could be anywhere from 30min to 30hr. The hangar in Halo CE: Truth and Reconciliation is a great example. The area with the first tunnel-shield in Tsavo Highway in Halo 3, waiting for Keyes in Halo Reach: The Pillar of Autumn, and the first encounter in Halo 3: ODST also can be this way. Not to mention even if you save scum, you could get a checkpoint that kills you as soon as you spawn...
I still feel stress thinking about truth and reconciliations hangar, and I've only beaten it on legendary! DO NOT BE A DUMBASS LIKE ME, keep the sniper rifle! It may be majorly close quarters but you'll get frequent points to reload your sniper, its the only solution aside from hours of pain to deal with enemies on the high ground.
THIS. People fail to realize that, even on co-op LASO, Gravemind easily takes about 7 hours to finish. SLASO on the other hand can easily take weeks to finish... Especially in MCC with the higher tick rates and framerates messing with the AI.
If you ever hear people talking about how difficult the soulsgames are, show them the true terror of gaming! Nothing beats LASO in difficulty. Maybe Xcom on nightmare ironmode. Sick stuff to play.
This is why I love Halo. It can be this incredibly accessable arcade shooter... Or the most difficult thing in all of human creation. Iaso is one of both the hardest and most rewarding things in all of gaming.
So happy I stumbled upon his channel when I did, Charlie puts out some of the most enjoyable content and has one of the most genuine personalities I can’t see another reality where he’s not successful at what he does. Just an appreciation post! Thank you moist god.
I've done all the LASO runs with a friend, and even with the easier co-op Iron skull and watching full guides for every glitch/skip, it was still a fucking nightmare.
I just had a ptsd attack after seeing this. that challenge is the literal sleep and mentality killer. It will permanently slay your sanity and willpower. *I know*
It's something you need to practice for. Just throwing on LASO with or without envy will destroy you mentally. Instead, turn on every skull on except Iron and Envy so you can get a feel for each unskippable encounter. Also the skulls have no effect on Jackal sniper locations or numbers so jot down or memorize every sniper you find. Record your successful runs. Progress through each individual mission until you find a pattern where you won't die. Keep in mind, there ARE some RNG elements to AI pathing, response, etc. Also, learn to sword cancel/fly. Currently attempting it and stuck on Gravemind. Once I feel like I can do the whole thing flawlessly, I'll switch Iron back on.
I used to be pretty good at halo. Mostly played swat and stuff so I was great at headshots. Beating the game on just legendary back in the day was crazy hard for me tho. I remember starting the first mission with laso after I finally beat legendary. Did not get far. Can't even imagine doing legendary no death let alone laso.
I used to play halo 3 with all the skulls on except 3 with a second controller on so i could respawn i couldnt imagine doing any halo game on legendary without respawns 😫 effort
@@halomerc5423 yeah bro I used to be sweaty haha. I mostly played custom matches with people. The halo 3 era was peek gaming. So many fun interesting game types people made using forge. Really takes me back.
The room after for Legendary for the first time took me two back to back days of just hours of attempts trying, so I probably put in 10 hours or so and I just can’t even imagine doing Lasso in that room. I was able to beat Combat Evolved on Legendary within less time or about the same, it’s just crazy the difficulty gap between the two games. It’s definitely some sort of torture when you have to try and pull off these extreme specific maneuvers.
If they hadn't ruined the shotgun in halo 2 it might have been a perfect game. Especially the anniversary edition with the blur cutscenes. Also good f'ing luck with gravemind Charlie if you want to know what real hell is you should continue this laso run.
Today's fact: People can suffer from a psychological disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are a cow. They try to live their life as a cow.
Oh I've heard about something similar But it's called Internet influencers, they believe they're famous and get offended when a small business doesn't give them a discount because of their Internet clout.
We live in a world where Halo 2 Segmented Runs are a thing. Those speedruns are literally made to be AS. PERFECT. AS. POSSIBLE. RNG Manipulation Frame Perfect inputs Everything If not even the Halo speedrunners can make a deathless segmented run, then that's a sure fucking sign of how impossible the task is.
Wow. You did good on this special "short verison" LASO campaign, Penguinz. I wish I had the skills like you to at least beat it on regular LASO in a decent amount of time.
Just threw this on in the background while working on college projects l, and all I can here is the constant "beep beep beep" of the shields being depleted. Honestly the best idea I ever had. Thanks Charlie Lol
I did solo Halo 2 LASO last year. Once I got the hang of fighting and knew about the last checkpoint glitch, LASO wasn’t too bad; however, the Gravemind mission was an absolute nightmare. Gravemind, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Library will give anyone doing LASO ptsd I will say that doing a LASO run was worth the stress. It was such a great feeling knowing I successfully did a LASO run, one of the hardest halo challenges every
The first room on T&R is pure pain. If you don't have the health or ammo going into that part it's easier to restart. After that CE LASO wasn't that bad for me.
Charlie just wanted to say thank you for the entertainment over the years also you brought up some bad memories two months ago with a tuv video of the mug shot💀
@@arfanik9827 idk ive seen charlie pull of some crazy shit within weeks of attempting it, now is he going to do it? no he doesnt have that kind of time as a variety streamer, but i really think he has what it would take
I remember completing Legendary on all misions in cop with my borther, if any of us die (of 1 shoot usally) restart, it took a lot of coordination and effort but was worth at the end :) If anyone want to try my best clue is to use the invisibilty suit, it can get you pass so many shit!
Halo CE Laso: Pain, Halo 2: Prepare to have PTSD's the rest of your life, Halo 3: Hard but not to bad, and Halo 4: Surprisingly easy, like wtf. For me at least.
Charlie said, and I quote, “this is still the best halo game by the way” the lord himself has spoken, halo 2 is the best halo game, as I have always said, since I played it the first time back in 2011. Yes, I played all the others besides 5 and infinite BEFORE I ever played 2. So I can say, without the nostalgia, that halo 2 is simply the best halo
The magical thing about halo 2 and even 3 was the community at the time. Nothing has come close to matching the hype level of it and it was much more pure in gaming. When going viral off a montage was the real thing. And Red vs Blue. Amazing magical times man!
As soon as you stepped into that room, I knew I always feel like the elites in Halo 2 pressure you and require so much pressure to be taken down themselves, in co-op I was actually talking through how to flank and bait-and-switch etc. with my friends, their shield regen often doesn't let you go the safe route when it would otherwise be an option. (That said, I'm not sure I've ever seen them this wild)
When you entered that hanger it took me back to a couple years ago when I did my first and last halo run. That room was one of the toughest levels of the game. I think I finishe Cairo Station in like 10 hours
MCC Halo 2 LASO is hands down the worst. It doesn't help that it also isn't accurate to how it would be in the original game. Iron wasn't a thing so if you do this solo you wouldn't have to worry about it. In MCC you have to waste time quitting out and loading back in which is awful. 343 decided to be a bunch of pricks and remove the envy skull because apparently having active camo instead of a flashlight would have made things too easy. I got to Regret but the bossfight against him is a huge pain in the ass and it's been a couple years since I've attempted it.
Thinking about it, Iron is a useless skull for this run, isn’t it? The purpose is to do the LASO run deathless, so why would it matter if you restart an entire level from the start after dying? Once you die, you should have to restart from the very beginning of the run, right? Yeah i’m bored honestly
I think it's because of how it unfortunately was so rushed and all the problems they had with it and halo 3 was a perfect mix of difficulty with fairness with enemy spawns and positioning
i actually managed to do Halo 2 LASO after like a full week or two of playing it. Not deathless or in one segment obviously but that was EASILY the hardest thing ive ever done in terms of gaming. I considered myself a gamer but this challenge is INSANELY hard even for people who’ve played every halo. This is only for the most masochistic creatures on the face of the earth i do not recommend it at all.
I've been trying to con a mate into trying this challenge, the dude still almost daily plays the original versions of the first 3 halos on their respective older consoles. Dude is an absolute monster on legendary but also 31, a normie, doesn't internet and doesn't even understand what a "twitch stream" even is so I'm not having much luck lol.
Halo 2 LASO is less of a challenge and more of a state of pure mental and physical torture
Nice to see the GOAT of Halo content in here!
Couldn't have said it better my self
You better do the challenge mister xperia
@@Singingnoob-3minutesdirty I believe he already has done a halo 2 LASO run before. I don't recall at the moment though.
@@justsomehalofan4386 No deaths?
I can feel the raw amount of pain that gamers are about to inflict on themselves after watching this and wanting to attempt it themselves.
I got halo two for the first time to try it
I hate myself
@@pestilencetheplague7646 damn, you'll forever live with the memory of halo 2 now
I have played enough HALO to know this is futile, Jackal snipers would make me break my monitor.
As big of a Halo fan as I am, I will never attempt to complete a laso playlist.
I have never played Halo 2, only the original CE and Halo 4
I recently bought master chief edition to try it out.
LASO is hard but everything feels like child’s play once you get to Gravemind. This level destroys souls, eats babies, and is meant for the bottom layer of hell. If you attempt LASO be prepared to have your run ended by this mission
@@AethersMusic 🗑
my friend and i found regret harder overall tbh, gravemind is really just all in that first room. everything after that's just somewhat difficult skips.
There’s a lot of speedrunning tricks in that level including the elevator skip which completely skips the level where you go down the grav lift
Gravemind is easier than Cairo if you know the skips tbh
Anything is a breeze in comparison to the Sniper Jackals on LASO lol
I love that cutscene where the arbiter is being stripped of his title and being branded a traitor but it cuts to miranda being awarded medals and such. The dynamic between what's happening on both sides is fantastic.
It's great that while one's being demoted the other is being promoted
The way this game showed the dichotomy of humanity and the Covenant was absolutely amazing and one of my main reasons for thinking of this game as the best Halo game. Bungie truly did some magic with this game, it just sucks that most people only remember it for how it was mainly cliffhanger for Halo 3 and how it didn't feature everything it promised in the original E3 showcase.
Well, Miranda isn't getting awarded, she's just accepting them on her father's behalf. But you probably meant that instead.
@@FiniteCS knowing the nightmare bungie went through and still being able to deliver makes it that much better.
It's a pretty standard comparative cut in cinema and is used all over the place.
I'll be perfectly honest, I don't know if 5 grand is enough to motivate someone to undergo the psychological torment that is Halo 2 LASO. Sure, being the first person to do it deathless is a cool feat and all, but it's never been done for a reason. It's gruelling. Excruciating. A test of one's resolve and determination, their sanity and willpower. I hope to see it done, but I don't expect to.
I agree, the time it would take to master the game on LASO (probably close to a year with weeks of play time) is just not worth that amount of money, needs to be above minimum wage at least lmao
This 100%. This challenge hasn’t been beaten in 18 years for a reason. If you want to motivate people to beat this, you’re gonna need to give a life changing amount of money for anyone to consider it.
5k is life changing enough for me, ill just want a contract first lol
@@shin867 I think if the winner were to be signed onto the Moist eSports team as part of the historic victory, that could potentially be a deciding factor.
@@shin867 No it's not, 5k is nothing unless you don't have a job, life changing would be like $5,000,000 or more
For those who don't know. Halo 2 in MCC is harder than the original xbox version. This is because the higher framerate increases the agression of the AI.
lol what?
@DONT READ MY PROFILE PICTURE already did
Would that explain the flight sims mission in Reach ?
@@dylanlee5701 Many older games tie certain internal mechanics to the frame rate instead of the systems clock (milliseconds), Halo 2 on the Xbox is limited to 30FPS, but MCC uncaps the frame rate so it runs at 60FPS. This means that those mechanics, such as the AI changing from hiding in cover to attacking the player happen twice as often, because the frame rate is 2x faster.
Nigga
This bounty might be the most sinister thing Charlie has ever conceived.
Most likely a Black Shirt Charlie idea.
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@zendayas bf Sure you aren't a bot
@YeaMan Bot can't even spell
The first person who completes this, genuinely with no hacks, should receive an award specifically from bungie
Bungie don't own halo anymore
@@rnorgz But Bungie was the creator of this game, plus everything that comes from 343 feels unfinished and half hearted
@@goo_dragon I don't think bungie would go out their way to do something like this but I don't know, 343 ruined halo after they took over
@@goo_dragon who cares they arent coming back
@@rnorgz I never said Bungie would actually do it...?
Halo 2 on Legendary is already hard, but Halo 2 LASO is going to drive so many players insane even attempting it
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3:24 Imagine being a highly trained superhuman just to get killed by a box.
Spartan < Box
Genome Soldier can relate
Also; cyborg boy
As someone who has completed every single Halo LASO, including Halo 2, this challenge without save/quitting is the most excruciating thing I could ever imagine doing. Some parts of this game are edging on impossible unless you are the luckiest soul in human history. I pray for any men that attempt this deathless run.
Sure you have
@@Ge01O i mean i have too, you can even check my steam profile. Only one i haven't done is halo 4 but thats just more because i dont like the game over not being able to do it
@@Ge01O My gamertag on Xbox is Buterytissuflap if you’d like to check my achievements on MCC to see. Of course why would you do that though because you wouldn’t wanna be proven wrong.
@@Sparsse I only did Halo 4 cause I couldn’t stand it being the only one not done and I wanted the achievement for completing all LASO campaigns but otherwise it was incredibly boring so you probably made a good call ignoring it.
@@Ge01O Just because it’s hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible lol. Thanks to Halo Completionist it’s not nearly as bad as it once was.
I've beaten Halo 2 on solo legendary, but SoloLASO seems like a true nightmare.
What's the difficulty part about it🤨
@@shaunliver399 have you played halo 2 legendary?
LASO just wasting time IMO
@@shaunliver399 basically the hardest part is that you die extremely easily. Most enemies literally almost instantly kill you
@@shaunliver399 Melee, plasma granades, and tanks are the only resources you have to kill enemies quickly, you don't regenerate shields unless you melee something, in this level this is not a big problem but there is levels with open space it is practically impossible to survive those without glitching out of the map or using special routes where you don't fight.
wow i didnt know in laso, boxes become enemies after attacking them a few times. incredibly innovative idea from bungie.
@@donk6790 I wonder how many special individuals fall that reverse psychology shit every bot does
@@jakethomas5016 clearly some people because the bot is still posting
@@jakethomas5016 you're the one falling for it cause you're answering to a bot
@@tectera I didn't answer the bot. Lol. Time for glasses bro.
Grinding out the LASO achievements isn't too difficult.
Attempting LASO without save/quitting is one of the most intense modern torture methods known to man.
When I got the LASO achievements I had dozens of deaths on some levels. I don't think the challenge is possible.
I love how LASO basically turns Halo 2 into a stealth game lol
The "That's Just... Wrong" skull makes it impossible to stealth :( Enemies pretty much always know where you are even if you break LoS. If it weren't for this single skull, you could use an exploit to have permanent active-camo (usually only 5s from envy skull) and just walk through the sections where you aren't required to eliminate enemies to progress.
The bounty for this needs to be way bigger. Genuinely, this is never going to happen unless doing it succesfully means you never have to work again
Yeah the highest bounty on a song with full combo for osu was paid out very recently and it totaled $3333. A song that's 8 minutes in duration. Not 6 freaking hours. The practice required would be significantly less if you're a top player to have a chance at it. But still very RNG.
@@finesseandstyle QaA
@@finesseandstyle the world record on super Mario bros is just 4 minutes and 54 seconds but you wouldn't break it till the day you die unless you spend countless hours on it. The length of the challenge is not a fair comparison to how hard it is. Also yomi yori was a community bounty not a singular person
@@nadavvvv The person who fc'd the map has less than 100 tries on the map. Of course i'm discounting the time it requires to get to that skill level. I'm trying to say that in 6 hours, a competent player has way more room for error than a top player playing an 8 minute map.
I've never attempted LASO mainly because I like to play for fun, though I do like a challenge which is why a play on Herioc with a selected set of skulls. Also you should try CE LASO which some have considered to be pretty difficult too, since there is a skull called "foreign", which makes it so you can only use human weapons. Truth and Reconciliation is the hardest because you don't have the pistol.
yea Halo CE on laso is pretty hard took me 2 attempts 6 hours each and prolly millions of deaths to get thru truth and reconciliation as well as on two betrayals. Halo 2 is just a dance with the devil thru many death loops lmao
It took my friend and I so long to beat Halo CE on even just legendary, nevermind LASO. We're playing through the series (he's never played the Halo campaigns) and we wanted to play them all on legendary.....we switched it to Normal for Halo 2 lol
I'm honestly okay with everything; The damage, the tanky enemies, the Shields, the restarting, etc...
But what turns me off from ever trying, is not having a visible gun. No HUD fine, but if I can't even see my gun I don't want to play the game.
Beat halo 2 legendary and the amount of satisfaction I got was amazing.
@@rizo1176 the hardest part of truth and reconciliation is the firefight before and after you enter the ship mainly because of the hunters (they are very difficult to kill without the pistol) and the grunts which will just keep throwing plasma grenades because of the catch skull. Also not to mention how wonky the checkpoint saves are in CE.
Halo 2 Sniper Jackals, Halo Reach Elites, and Halo: CE Library would be the gatekeepers I imagine.
All of the above have caused me an immense amount of pain in just my Legendary playthroughs, god knows how bad it is on LASO.
Edit: Dear god, bots are out of control.
What the fuck is this comment section
@@BigMac87963 ikr
You haven’t dealt with grandmaster raiders probably
They are infinitely more annoying
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Library is easy as fuck. Just keep moving, you have pretty much infinite shotgun ammo.
The “I’m going to need Johnson in here clearly” at @12:35 made me laugh way too hard. I just remembered how hard it was to smack Johnson around Cairo Station. Warning to anyone who wants a pet Johnson, they are very difficult to walk and may require to be trapped with boxes.
12:15 Watching Charlie savagely beat down one of his own men for shield only to be immediately blown away by a plasma nade is the most serotonin my brain has felt in a while.
Punishment straight from god lmao
Doom's hardest difficulty is actually a walk in the park compared to this.
The 5k prize should definitely be increased cuz of how hard this game is
For the people like me:
Legendary All Skulls On ( LASO ), also known as Mythic, is a fan-created difficulty that requires setting the difficulty to Legendary and activating all skulls
Hearing LASO was confusing with trying to work out the acronym, and being a Hitman player didn't help, since in those circles you hear SASO which stands for 'Silent Assassin Suit Only'
trying to work it out? or just google like everyone else
Mythic was always just the name of a skull laso always been laso
@@gameclips5734 OR google it, post it in the comments so everyone else having the same issue won't have to. Imagine if someone did that...
@@blzahz7633 yeh but if people don't know what it is they'll look it up before reading the comments to see if someone has so that's a bit pointless
@@gameclips5734 I didn't. I always check the page that is currently loaded. I checked the video description box and scrolled down for comments, while the video was playing - then I opened another tab and searched it.
I would genuinely like to watch a full playthrough of this. Just requires a madman to do it
Go watch the full deathless run
A guy on twitch by the name JerValiN is doing it, and he will complete it. He has gotten to gravemind already. Come checkout the stream and watch for yourself!
Recently finished all LASO achievements on MCC and it tested every ounce of patience I have. Please send prayers to my healing mental health.
These games were a bitch to finish on LASO. I finished reach/ce/2 all solo and then brought my friend along for the last 3.
you’re a god
I did the challenge last week without iron skull (the one that resets the mission on death) for all the chief missions. Each checkpoint took me an average of 10 tries, but I did get through it, which means it is possible. If someone gets through with iron skull, I’d be incredibly impressed.
People have done it, although a very VERY small amount
@@DerpEpicFace32onXbox The main things I learned:
- The Sputnik skull increases force, so when you punch enemies they turn around allowing you to assassinate them with a follow up melee.
- Melee marines to death will refill your shields
- You must play around BR & plasma pistol ammo economy
- You can conveniently skip a lot of jackal sections by getting out of bounds, but you need to memorize their spawns and prioritize them if not.
- Avoid hunters at all costs
@@greatcesari Yep, true. The Chief missions always felt easier to me... except for that damn Gondola ride with the drones. Hate those little buggers.
I’ve done it on co-op for halo 1,2,3, and 4
Pics or you're lying
As I’ve said before, 5k ain’t gonna cut it. H2 LASO by itself is damn near impossible, and there’s been no shortage of attempts at H2 LASO without envy deathless. No shot. I have 0 doubts.
Halo 2 Legendary by itself is like the Dark Souls of shooters. LASO playlist is like playing Dark Souls but you're not allowed to use any equipment, sprint, or dodge/roll.
The funny thing is that I wouldn't be surprised if Dark Souls players had already managed that
@@bvxfgdxsgtstg Ymfah.
@@Padlock_Steve Not if you're not allowed to do any of the things that make it easy. Good luck beating any boss if you're not allowed to dodge or run.
@@firedell1031 pacifist souls run incoming
At least Dark Souls is fair difficulty though, at least for the most part. Halo 2 on Legendary is just pure bullshit as much as I love the game and all.
fun fact: these cutscenes and halo 2 anniversary are from 2014, and game aged greatly, not just the cutscenes but the graphics itself, for a 2014 game if the remaster came out today it would still look great
Million percent agree, this game looks incredible!
It looks a lot better than most modern "remasters"
Back then when Bungie was creating Halo 2 they said they want it to feel like it was a movie and the way 343 did the remaster pretty much is how you would envision Halo 2 back then, and Bungie did a lot of great storytelling in Halo 2 which is way better than Destiny's story since Destiny is mainly a lore focus story, and Halo 2 is one of my favorite game that I can play once in a while just to have a great story experience since not a lot of games now doesn't have the impact that Halo have anymore
@@rifath8152 Well I'm not surprised when your average modern "remaster" is just slapping a higher resolution and maybe some cleaner textures on and calling it a day.
Like sure there's exceptions like say Crash or Spyro, but most of the time it's upscaled port jobs getting slapped with a "remastered" label for marketing buzz.
An animated show with Staten on the pen and Blur on the visuals and the actual game VA's would be kickass.
Halo 2 was the first game I ever split screen with my dad, later played it with a best friend a ton, he’s now passed, and I said I would do LASO at his funeral because he said I couldn’t all the time, I’m working on it, gravemind is hell. Deathless is unfathomable.
Still trying two months after this
I told my friend who is an absolute beast at Halo and wins tons of local tournaments to try to take on criticals challenge for five grand and he just laughed in my face basically
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@@swilson5320 I'm not familiar with those kind but they sound more interesting lol
For the normies like me who didn't know, LASO means "legendary all skulls on". Essentially hardest possible difficulty (skulls add challenging mechanics)
Thanks, scrolled for a minute looking for this lol
I was also looking for this, thank you so much.
Why dose the envy one have to be off?
@@XDPRO12 that I don't know
@@XDPRO12 oh, it gives you active camo instead of your flashlight. So it doesn't add to the challenge, it makes it easier.
Jervalin just did it today august 3rd
Wish the vid was longer, super funny. Definitely gonna watch the Vod.
Short and simple: LASO makes you play the game in ways you otherwise simply would not. Conquering LASO is the single most difficult pursuit someone can embark on within the Halo series.
Available skulls are different across some halo games, so it's not really comparable to say halo x is harder than halo y. There are also pros and cons with playing single vs multiplayer where some skulls are more forgiving with groups than solo runs. I've seen so many comments talking about halo 2, but with the actual LASO playlist starting from halo ce, where's the talk about halo ce? My LASO playlist run got stuck on The Truth And Reconciliation. I've gotten below par time and surpassed par score on all missions across all games. I consider that a measly achievement when considered to the herculean task of completing LASO.
I think it all comes down to the fact that CE originally had no skulls, those were added in Anniversary. Thus, Halo 2 is where the challenge originates from.
Funny, my CE LASO run also got stuck on T&R. It just feels like a difficulty spike after first two levels, where you can just cheese your way out of most engagements.
LASO is how it canonically happened and how Master Chief became so famous
If y'all think taking multiple hours for one room is bad, then I don't think you've played LASO, let alone SLASO before. There are some sections that rely so heavily on RNG that they could be anywhere from 30min to 30hr. The hangar in Halo CE: Truth and Reconciliation is a great example. The area with the first tunnel-shield in Tsavo Highway in Halo 3, waiting for Keyes in Halo Reach: The Pillar of Autumn, and the first encounter in Halo 3: ODST also can be this way. Not to mention even if you save scum, you could get a checkpoint that kills you as soon as you spawn...
I still feel stress thinking about truth and reconciliations hangar, and I've only beaten it on legendary!
DO NOT BE A DUMBASS LIKE ME, keep the sniper rifle! It may be majorly close quarters but you'll get frequent points to reload your sniper, its the only solution aside from hours of pain to deal with enemies on the high ground.
THIS. People fail to realize that, even on co-op LASO, Gravemind easily takes about 7 hours to finish. SLASO on the other hand can easily take weeks to finish... Especially in MCC with the higher tick rates and framerates messing with the AI.
i didnt understand a word you jus said but upvote for the thought and time put into this
waiting for keyes was brutal, and it wasn't even a laso run, it only had some skulls on
Didn’t he post a video of some guy beating this before I’m so confused
If you ever hear people talking about how difficult the soulsgames are, show them the true terror of gaming! Nothing beats LASO in difficulty. Maybe Xcom on nightmare ironmode. Sick stuff to play.
Ironman Impossible on Enemy Unknown was a special kind of hell I traversed in my late teens. Still not quite sure why I did that to myself.
@@Phoenix0F8 you are a madman XD
This is why I love Halo. It can be this incredibly accessable arcade shooter... Or the most difficult thing in all of human creation. Iaso is one of both the hardest and most rewarding things in all of gaming.
So happy I stumbled upon his channel when I did, Charlie puts out some of the most enjoyable content and has one of the most genuine personalities I can’t see another reality where he’s not successful at what he does. Just an appreciation post! Thank you moist god.
I've done all the LASO runs with a friend, and even with the easier co-op Iron skull and watching full guides for every glitch/skip, it was still a fucking nightmare.
no deaths?
@@pkdsince05 Many deaths. I'm saying it's insane just trying to finish the runs at all.
@3:14 "melee this to get an oversheild" *INSTANTLY DIES!*
I lost my shit laughing!!
I tried this when I was a kid, i was humbled almost immediately
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Dude these bots
Dude, i remember trying Legendary alone as a kid, very humbling.
Actual Human Reply here:
same. :')
At a mere 150 deaths per room this is an easily doable sub 1 million death run.
8:33 never heard Charlie get gamer rage before. I completely understand though. Halo 2 on Hard was like having an exorcism for me
Master Chief's classic line @8:17
I just had a ptsd attack after seeing this. that challenge is the literal sleep and mentality killer. It will permanently slay your sanity and willpower. *I know*
It's something you need to practice for. Just throwing on LASO with or without envy will destroy you mentally. Instead, turn on every skull on except Iron and Envy so you can get a feel for each unskippable encounter. Also the skulls have no effect on Jackal sniper locations or numbers so jot down or memorize every sniper you find. Record your successful runs. Progress through each individual mission until you find a pattern where you won't die. Keep in mind, there ARE some RNG elements to AI pathing, response, etc. Also, learn to sword cancel/fly. Currently attempting it and stuck on Gravemind. Once I feel like I can do the whole thing flawlessly, I'll switch Iron back on.
"Melee this to get an overshield"
*Box hits back*
Dude i fucking cried seeing that hahahahahaha. Good luck on the LASO bro!!! Shit looks intense.
I love the "I do have a plan"
*cuts to hiding behind a crate and pushing it towards them*
I used to be pretty good at halo. Mostly played swat and stuff so I was great at headshots. Beating the game on just legendary back in the day was crazy hard for me tho. I remember starting the first mission with laso after I finally beat legendary. Did not get far. Can't even imagine doing legendary no death let alone laso.
@Kavetion no you ain't. I'd like to see YOU try beating halo 2 laso in one sitting.
I used to be so cracked at halo I'd beat a game on legendary a week after it came out, maximum...never could do laso xD
I used to play halo 3 with all the skulls on except 3 with a second controller on so i could respawn i couldnt imagine doing any halo game on legendary without respawns 😫 effort
@@halomerc5423 yeah bro I used to be sweaty haha. I mostly played custom matches with people. The halo 3 era was peek gaming. So many fun interesting game types people made using forge. Really takes me back.
@@sethwinters3556 GOD YES!!....fat kid maps, duck hunt, ect ect....everything was so beautiful as far as peoples creativity
The room after for Legendary for the first time took me two back to back days of just hours of attempts trying, so I probably put in 10 hours or so and I just can’t even imagine doing Lasso in that room. I was able to beat Combat Evolved on Legendary within less time or about the same, it’s just crazy the difficulty gap between the two games. It’s definitely some sort of torture when you have to try and pull off these extreme specific maneuvers.
i love the iron skull so much that halo 2 legendary turns it on automatically for you without you knowing
wow, hes so good at games. he should speedrun mr krabs overdoses on ketamine
Huge respects to Charlie here, laso isn't a challenge many can handle
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@@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945 Ok
No one has beat it without save and quit
@@jacobharris2792 only one guy has apparently, as seen on Charlie's video for the challenge announcement
Ye but he used that 1 good skull and exploited the shit out of it
If they hadn't ruined the shotgun in halo 2 it might have been a perfect game. Especially the anniversary edition with the blur cutscenes. Also good f'ing luck with gravemind Charlie if you want to know what real hell is you should continue this laso run.
My favorite detail of the Anniversary edition is Miranda choking back tears. It's such a good detail when she receives her dad's award.
This is gonna be a great series of videos.
Today's fact: People can suffer from a psychological disorder called Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are a cow. They try to live their life as a cow.
True
@Don't Read My Profile Photo don’t get bitches
nice
@Don't Read My Profile Photo easiest challenge of my life
Oh I've heard about something similar
But it's called Internet influencers, they believe they're famous and get offended when a small business doesn't give them a discount because of their Internet clout.
The only Laso campaign I’ve completed is Halo Reach, we melee more enemies than we shot simple because bullets did little to no damage
How did you get through Long Night of Solace?
Do more of this. This was very entertaining!
im so glad charlie shares my love for halo 2, nothing compares
We live in a world where Halo 2 Segmented Runs are a thing. Those speedruns are literally made to be AS. PERFECT. AS. POSSIBLE.
RNG Manipulation
Frame Perfect inputs
Everything
If not even the Halo speedrunners can make a deathless segmented run, then that's a sure fucking sign of how impossible the task is.
Wow. You did good on this special "short verison" LASO campaign, Penguinz. I wish I had the skills like you to at least beat it on regular LASO in a decent amount of time.
That Cario station bit was like watching him fight the Godskin Duo again. That last wave was killer.
Just threw this on in the background while working on college projects l, and all I can here is the constant "beep beep beep" of the shields being depleted. Honestly the best idea I ever had. Thanks Charlie Lol
I did solo Halo 2 LASO last year. Once I got the hang of fighting and knew about the last checkpoint glitch, LASO wasn’t too bad; however, the Gravemind mission was an absolute nightmare. Gravemind, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Library will give anyone doing LASO ptsd
I will say that doing a LASO run was worth the stress. It was such a great feeling knowing I successfully did a LASO run, one of the hardest halo challenges every
The first room on T&R is pure pain. If you don't have the health or ammo going into that part it's easier to restart.
After that CE LASO wasn't that bad for me.
Jesus playing halo on god mode confirmed 100% real must watch
10:16 the box saved him so many times and also took his life
Charlie just wanted to say thank you for the entertainment over the years also you brought up some bad memories two months ago with a tuv video of the mug shot💀
i think he might actually be able to do it if he put time into it for two months straight
he couldn't even if he tried for two years
@@arfanik9827 idk ive seen charlie pull of some crazy shit within weeks of attempting it, now is he going to do it? no he doesnt have that kind of time as a variety streamer, but i really think he has what it would take
@@yunekoVT he wouldn't do it deathless lol
I remember completing Legendary on all misions in cop with my borther, if any of us die (of 1 shoot usally) restart, it took a lot of coordination and effort but was worth at the end :)
If anyone want to try my best clue is to use the invisibilty suit, it can get you pass so many shit!
7:12 “I need him to come back. Alright. Come on, baby, come back.” *Elite runs over immediately* “No! I wasn’t ready!”
Halo CE Laso: Pain, Halo 2: Prepare to have PTSD's the rest of your life, Halo 3: Hard but not to bad, and Halo 4: Surprisingly easy, like wtf. For me at least.
3:17 basically sums up this whole challenge nicely.
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Charlie said, and I quote, “this is still the best halo game by the way” the lord himself has spoken, halo 2 is the best halo game, as I have always said, since I played it the first time back in 2011. Yes, I played all the others besides 5 and infinite BEFORE I ever played 2. So I can say, without the nostalgia, that halo 2 is simply the best halo
It's either 2 or 3
The magical thing about halo 2 and even 3 was the community at the time. Nothing has come close to matching the hype level of it and it was much more pure in gaming. When going viral off a montage was the real thing. And Red vs Blue. Amazing magical times man!
As soon as you stepped into that room, I knew
I always feel like the elites in Halo 2 pressure you and require so much pressure to be taken down themselves, in co-op I was actually talking through how to flank and bait-and-switch etc. with my friends, their shield regen often doesn't let you go the safe route when it would otherwise be an option. (That said, I'm not sure I've ever seen them this wild)
When you entered that hanger it took me back to a couple years ago when I did my first and last halo run. That room was one of the toughest levels of the game. I think I finishe Cairo Station in like 10 hours
I've never seen charlie so engaged in something
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Ah men those grunt headshot noise never gets old.
Far as I ever got was the 3rd mission taking me literally hours to optimize cheesing spawns and out of bounds glitches
MCC Halo 2 LASO is hands down the worst. It doesn't help that it also isn't accurate to how it would be in the original game. Iron wasn't a thing so if you do this solo you wouldn't have to worry about it. In MCC you have to waste time quitting out and loading back in which is awful. 343 decided to be a bunch of pricks and remove the envy skull because apparently having active camo instead of a flashlight would have made things too easy. I got to Regret but the bossfight against him is a huge pain in the ass and it's been a couple years since I've attempted it.
Thinking about it, Iron is a useless skull for this run, isn’t it? The purpose is to do the LASO run deathless, so why would it matter if you restart an entire level from the start after dying? Once you die, you should have to restart from the very beginning of the run, right?
Yeah i’m bored honestly
He wants a seamless run..
true but then it wouldn't be LASO
That room was hell enough on legendary, you couldnt pay me enough to try LASO..
Halo 2 is also my favorite Halo. Story and gameplay are just so fun. All they had to do was turn Halo 2 into a movie/show
Charlie is really doing God's work here. Best use of 10k ever
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@@dontreadmyprofilepicture6945 easy
Halo 3 is the best halo game, very balanced and still a challenge. halo 2 on legendary is stupidly difficult.
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I think it's because of how it unfortunately was so rushed and all the problems they had with it and halo 3 was a perfect mix of difficulty with fairness with enemy spawns and positioning
Gotta love how the whole video is the first quarter of the first level
I find it so cool how you can toggle to remaster at any time.
i actually managed to do Halo 2 LASO after like a full week or two of playing it. Not deathless or in one segment obviously but that was EASILY the hardest thing ive ever done in terms of gaming. I considered myself a gamer but this challenge is INSANELY hard even for people who’ve played every halo. This is only for the most masochistic creatures on the face of the earth i do not recommend it at all.
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I tried it once and was humbled so quickly
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I really wanna see someone complete this challenge
Charlie straight up hit the perfect woody from toy story "nooo" @10:20
I can’t wait for Charlie to beat this game in less than a week
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Dude these bots 💀
@YeaMan spelled page wrong man
laso is by far one of the toughest challenges in an fps, especially in halo 2
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agreed
Yeah the fourth mission for me was just pain
12:11 when Charlie goes after that poor marine… it was instant Karma haha
I Love watching you vids Critical and Love Halo so I hope you keep playing this, and Also Good Luck!
I've been trying to con a mate into trying this challenge, the dude still almost daily plays the original versions of the first 3 halos on their respective older consoles.
Dude is an absolute monster on legendary but also 31, a normie, doesn't internet and doesn't even understand what a "twitch stream" even is so I'm not having much luck lol.
I’m really glad Charlie is covering Halo content, especially LASO, which is the hardest thing in all Halo games.
@Kavetion na bud