Today’s game is some more Halo: Reach PvP. While I was finishing up the last of my moves to CachyOS (I only backed up my CompatData, Halo, and Skyrim), I took a break to play with some friends. We played Infection on Zealot (a staple of our games). I did really well up until the end where I got cornered as the last one alive and without any ammo. I tried to fight my way out, but when you’re facing three guys with energy swords, though, that’s kind of impossible.
I put up a damn good fight the entire match though. I racked up over 38 points I believe. I penned myself in on the rooftop since there are only 3 entry points and prayed for the best. That was when I ran out of ammo and dropped down hoping to lose them in the corridors.
We also did Infection on Ivory Tower, which I absolutely kicked ass on. Somehow all the ramps and stuff clicked, and I absolutely dominated on it. In the above screenshot, I was the last one alive and got jumped by everyone at the last few seconds. I somehow just barely made it out alive. I got really lucky with all my shots. I think if one of my friends had rolled a second later I wouldn’t have survived.
We ended off our custom games with a game of Oddball, which turned into Slayer really at the end. That’s how these things go. One of our friends teabags another, then they start a rivalry, then someone else gets sucked in, and before we know it, we’re just playing slayer again.
To end off the night though, we went into social games for Reach. When I spawned in, my time was basically all wiped at the start as 3 of the 4 Red Team members stormed us. Somehow, just barely, I survived. It felt like I was storming Normandy because we basically rushed them and through the mess of grenades and corpses flying I lived… only to promptly be taken out by a needler rifle round to the skull when I hopped down to help my teammates.
In between the games of Reach there was a game of Ninjanaught on Halo 3 which I won (I’m an absolute menace on Halo 3 Ninjanaught), but for some reason Halo 3 MP Theater needs the campaign installed which I have still yet to grab, so for now that’s lost in the air I guess.
Infection on Zealot has to be one of the best times in Reach PvP. Your Reach posts have made me very nostalgic, but this one might take the cake. Good job.
zealot feels perfect for Infection. I’m not sure if it’s the right corridors or what but it feels like the Infection map
Absolutely. I also loved infection on that one map that’s in the same world as the forge map, it’s like a floating level over water. Can’t remember the name now, it’s been years. Then there’s also a good one that’s all indoors, sort of a fancy human building, maybe corporate or hotel originally, I can’t remember now.
Then Alexandria was awesome, there was a super cheesy spot you could get to there. Oh and then there was an outdoors map with sort of a circular building in the middle of the map, that was great for infection too. Oh and then another indoor one, all grey walls, small outdoor area where you could fall to your death.
Now that I think of it, I think I just loved that game altogether. Damn now I’m nostalgic.
The forge based maps have some really solid ones. There’s one called Asylum (I think?) that I like to play Slayer on. it’s got like this little tower in the center with bridges connecting it too two other platforms.
Yeah that name sounds familiar. If it’s what I’m thinking it is, that was a favourite of mine for a bunch of game modes.
ahh halo, every few years i replay the bungie games back to back on legendary.
the reach multiplayer was peak.
Damn. Me and a friend took months to finish Halo 2 on legendary. I think I’d do a yearly replay if it wasn’t for that. I have lots of respect for you doing the replays
halo 2 is virtually unbeatable on legendary, except you use speedrun strats and cheese. i gotta admit i turn down the difficulty in h2 because it doesn’t feel like the rock-paper-scissors type gameplay the other games offer. it’s just brutally unfair. your survrival in the first second on the high charity level depends on rng… i play for fun, not to torture myself
The high charity level was unbelievable. It just tossed you in front of some needler grunts and Brutes and called it a day. To this day the line “Watch out for the Captain, it’s got a Brute Shot” is still burned into my mind because of how many times I had to hear it
Hell yea!
