I never liked Halo 2, the campaign gameplay was just so inconsistent for me. But I replayed it after some years to prepare for Infinite and I realized how CLOSE the Covenant came to annihilate Humanity if Prophet of Regret kept his chill.
Seeing how Truth led a huge Covenant fleet, bigger than the one on Reach, to Delta Halo… he could have brought that fleet and just mass swarmed Earth, then the Ark, and just ended it from there.
I also realized that even though Miranda got the key from the library, Amber Clad was taken by the flood. How did they plan to escape in the end with her and Johnson.
Unless I’m missing something from the comics or whatnot, if the prophets had some backbone, UNSC could have been fried…
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I like how the onyx conflict was going on during halo 2 and some of halo 3
On Meridian, Regret find the coordinate of every Halo in a forerunner artefact. He went on the portal to the Ark but didn’t know it was a human planet, the Earth. When he see how complicated it would be fight the humans and access to the portal, he made a jump to Halo Delta.
Verity could have end High Charity and his fleet to Earth and the portal, but the Halo Delta was a fastest way to access to the great journey. Then, when Tartarus failed to activated the Halo, he run to Earth as a second option to open the portal.
As for Miranda and Johnson, they didn’t know the flood invade their ship when they went to the library. I imagine they would have to take back their ship to the flood if Arbi and Tartarus didn’t stop them.
So yes, every faction could have done thing differently and win quickly, but they didn’t know everything
While I’ve actually gotten a better appreciation for 2’s campaign gameplay over time…
Yeah, the covenant are reeeeally dumb in halo 2. Humanity only survived because Truth decided he wanted to start a civil war right on his hour of victory. Its just such a bad move on so many levels.
As for Miranda and Johnson, I’m assuming the ship wasnt under attack when they went into the library. Oddly enough how the ship was captured has never been told.
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