Does anyone here just love how much exploration the campaign maps have? I usually have tons of fun when exploring the rooftops on Outskirts. Anyone else love exploring the outside of the maps?
Yes I do! I love having to go places where you aren’t required to go but still do. It adds more depth to the game which makes it less linear.
Yes yes yes! That is one of my favorite things about Halo 2, the lack of barriers. In no other Halo game do you see the same kind of thing as the top/outside of Delta Halo and Regret, with the mountain hiking and all.
You could write Creepypastas with Outskirts secrets. Also, Delta Halo was the size of a Grand Theft Auto map lol.
yessssss yes yess. that is why i revisit the old halos every now and again. especially on regret/delta halo. going to the top of the mountain lets you see a side that is never seen and a picturesque side of the mountain with the sun facing it. halo reach has some good ones too. long night of solace is good.
Absolutely! Outskirts and Delta Halo/Regret are among my favorites.
Yeah, unlike halo 4 when everything is stainless steel rooms and linear paths -.- But yeah halo 2 was beautiful.
The main reason why it didn’t have those barriers was because the game was incomplete. I have no idea how a broken incomplete game was so much fun. I wonder what it would have been like if they had another year and a half to work on it.
> The main reason why it didn’t have those barriers was because the game was incomplete. I have no idea how a broken incomplete game was so much fun. I wonder what it would have been like if they had another year and a half to work on it.
Nah.
Halo CE and Halo 2 only used barriers in a few specific cases:
-you couldn’t get very far out in water on Silent Cartographer and Outskirts
-Banshee barriers on Assault on the Control Room/Two Betryals, at the start of Metropolis, and near the end of Great Journey
-death barriers on The Library
Otherwise, you were free to roam all over the place uninhibited.
So… the barriers were intensified, starting with Halo 3, because devs thought it made their games look ‘more professional’… when in reality, all it does is invite capable people to break out and discourage everyone else who might be interested.
Totally agree! Still love getting the Scarab gun and raining death on the covenant!
Oh man, I love exploring campaign.
Just one word, nostalgia.
Sacred Icon, Quarantine Zone, Great Journey were my favorite.