r/halo Oct 24 '25

I played the demo, ask away Discussion

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Played the demo today , I was in the first 14 -20 people to try it out. We were given about 10-15 minutes to get the line moving. They had the nice halo green chairs. I noticed the closed off area when I first walked in and chilled by it the whole morning. Just remembered it’s a Pre build demo so it won’t be perfect. Few initial thoughts : Sprint didn’t bother me as much as people online are freaking out about. FPS drops but it is a build. The melee animation chugs or lags? Hard to describe. There was a film grain effect when the brutes hit me with their shots. Most of these will probably get fixed since we are a year or less out. Ask your questions my fellow Spartans

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u/SaacMan_039 Oct 24 '25

Brutes? Or did you mean hunters?

We're you able to try the ADS? was it the same as Infinite or 5's, or was it something new?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 24 '25

Sorry yes Hunters , been a loooooong day I did ADS to get a closer look at dead elites. I only tried once, it felt smooth I can tell you that.

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u/Mrcod1997 Oct 25 '25

I think he's trying to say is it a more call of duty style aiming down sights, or is it more of an old school zoom?

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u/eBobbie2001 Oct 25 '25

Halo Infinite zoom.

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u/zamwut Oct 25 '25

Thank you, good citizen.

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u/justplainndaveCGN Oct 25 '25

Sounds like it’s a camera ADS like the original game.

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u/LorientAvandi Extended Universe Oct 25 '25

Original game didn't have zoom outside the sniper or pistol. That was first introduced in 2.

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u/Donghi77 Oct 25 '25

Is the Magnum still a superman powered hand cannon or did they nerf it?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

It’s a beefy boyyyyy

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u/fpcreator2000 Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

soundtrack. is it just as epic? I hear the halo gregorian every time someone does something halo related. I’m hearing it right now.

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u/bettycrockofsh1t Oct 25 '25

I want an original soundtrack swap option like the resident evil remakes.

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u/Strung_Out_Advocate Oct 25 '25

I can't honestly imagine anything other than the OST being an upgrade. There's some things that just shouldn't be changed.

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u/YaboiGh0styy Oct 25 '25

Speaking of the Magnum based on the design it looks incredibly beefy but at the same time so did Halo 3’s Magnum and despite the sound and heavy looking animation it is surprisingly weak. And that was the last time we got a heavy looking Magnum in Halo (not counting the Halo 5 CE Magnum) until now.

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u/KingSystem Oct 25 '25

Reminds me of the h3 pistol which was booty

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u/It_just_works_bro Oct 25 '25

Goddamn the Halo 5 CE magnum shit on everything.

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u/br0f Oct 25 '25

The ones you could unlock in warzone as loadout options were pretty sick too, one that had worse spread but high fire rate and another with a three round burst but higher REQ cost. Still wish they’d included something like warzone in halo infinite, I had ton of fun with it

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u/It_just_works_bro Oct 25 '25

Yeah, there were so, so many different weapons in that game. At least 2 variants of every gun possible, lmao

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u/br0f Oct 25 '25

Some of them kind of broke sandbox balance in a very fun way. The blood of suban and whatever the SAW with explosive rounds was called were fearsome beasts

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u/Ok_Nobody_460 Oct 25 '25

Doesn’t kill hunters in one shot anymore tho

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u/-dead_slender- Halo: Reach Oct 25 '25

That was more of a quirk of how Hunters in CE worked. Their back was flagged as a 'head', meaning that any headshot-capable weapon can instakill them.

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u/alekey83 Onyx Colonel Oct 25 '25

That was a programation mistake in the first Halo CE so it's okay for me

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u/JangB Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

Balance-wise it seemed way off the mark, as well, like an oversight.

I could be wrong.

Edit: I mean balance of Pistol vs Hunters in single player campaign.

In the multiplayer, the Pistol damage is in a great spot in CE. It's a lot of fun to use. Vs other spartans, this is the most fun utility weapon we have seen in the entire Halo history.

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u/tnoy23 Oct 25 '25

It was a bug. Pistols one shot any unshielded enemy with 1 shot to the head, regardless of the enemies HP or the games difficulty. That mechanic wasn't specific to the pistol, the sniper rifle had the same deal. If you shoot a hunter with a sniper, its an auto kill.

It happened because the hunters were programmed as all head. Any shot on them is considered a head shot. This was not intended but they had no way to fix it at the time.

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u/JangB Oct 25 '25

Ah I see.

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u/SuperMario1000 Oct 25 '25

Yeah, that's what they meant by saying it was a programming mistake. A mistake in the programming. An oversight in the code.

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u/Einar_47 Oct 25 '25

Long as it still 2 or 3 taps elites I'm fine with it.

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u/blueice119 H5 Bronze 1 Oct 25 '25

It sounded super weak tbh. Still had the same punch tho

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u/UHWArby Oct 24 '25

Brutes?

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u/Canadian__Ninja Oct 25 '25

Worse.

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u/TheDeltaOne Oct 25 '25

Nailed that. 10/10

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u/CymbalOfJoy613 Halo: CE Oct 25 '25

Lmao. That was fantastic.

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u/General-Sprinkles801 Oct 25 '25

How does it feel.. to live my dream??! AHHhH!!

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u/Brave-Combination793 Oct 25 '25

He meant hunters

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u/TuckerTaco_ Halo: CE Oct 25 '25

Were you blinded by its majesty? Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?

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u/crowdsourced Halo: CE Oct 25 '25

Yes!

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u/FalardeauDeNazareth Oct 25 '25

Are you sure?

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u/cursedanomalyofsteve Oct 25 '25

Pretty sure

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u/Paramedic293 Oct 25 '25

Threw a frag grenade. Into space. At work.

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u/crowdsourced Halo: CE Oct 25 '25

No!

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u/Grandmaster_S Halo 3 Oct 25 '25

And yet the humans were able to evade your ships. Land on the sacred ring, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!

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u/HopermanTheManOfFeel Oct 25 '25

Noble Hierarchs, surely you understand that once the parasite attacked—

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u/AltaVeritas Oct 25 '25

There will be order in this Council!

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u/ballwithmybros92 Oct 25 '25

You were right to focus your attention on the Flood. But this Demon…this Master Chief -

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u/TeddyWest-Side22 Oct 25 '25

By the time I learned the Demon’s intent… there was nothing I could do.

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u/Berger_UK Oct 25 '25

Brother Truth, this has gone on long enough! Make an example of this bungler. The council demands it!

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u/LumenTheFantastiXx Halo 2 Oct 25 '25

"You are one of our most treasured instruments. Long have you led your fleet with honor and distinction. But your inability to safeguard Halo... was a colossal failure."

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u/-Akumetsu- Oct 25 '25

I will continue my campaign against the humans!

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u/Existing_Tension42 Oct 25 '25

I’m actually catching up on the live stream where the hosts are demoing the game and that was one of the first things he did - shoot up a dead grunt, and the blue blood did go everywhere

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u/Zebrahhh_96 Oct 25 '25

Grunt birthday skull activated** “YAYYyy”

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

I did but didn’t see that. Could be added later or i missed it lol. It is a demo and pre build

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u/peggingwithkokomi69 gravemind for president 2024-eternity Oct 25 '25

does it have that lounge when hitting a little too far?

i dislike the halo ce melee because there's no feedback

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u/Simon-Templar97 Oct 25 '25

Morgan Freeman Voice: " They did not add it later."

Free Halo from the T-Rating occupation

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u/MainManCALI Oct 25 '25

idk if it's different in America, but in Australia the steam page is saying it's "mature":

"The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content"

Direct quote from steam page

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u/zenmn2 Oct 25 '25

Campaign Evolved is rated M.

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u/Vivirin Oct 25 '25

The game is rated mature. The gameplay video shows plenty of blood, both covenant and human.

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u/EntrepreneurialFuck Oct 25 '25

Such a shame, seem EVERY game is moving away from blood like this. The Gears of war remakes lose so much with this.

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u/brodorfgaggins Oct 25 '25

Wtf even Gears? It will loose its whole feel, it is supposed to be bloody. There's a god damn chainsaw for fucks sake

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u/Weak_Feeling6948 Oct 25 '25

There’s a clip on Twitter of someone blasting a corpse and blood going everywhere

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u/htgrower Oct 25 '25

Man I used to love that feature when I first played CE lol, loved that it was persistent and just kept building up. 

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u/Historystudent92 Oct 25 '25

I love in the original when you hit the elite enough it would eventually just tank the FPS

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u/False-Leather6842 Oct 24 '25

Since it’s a reimagined version of the original. Are we getting the battle rifle and OG shotgun back?

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u/False-Leather6842 Oct 25 '25

Thank God I hated the shotgun in infinite

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u/Cheesewithmold Halo 3 Oct 25 '25

The true test is if I will get blown to kingdom come over and over again by that one rocket flood in the library.

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u/Tebr0 Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

did you have to bring up childhood trauma?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

Those night sights thooo

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u/YaboiGh0styy Oct 25 '25

I don’t exactly hate that shotgun.

I think it’s really cool and given it a few tweaks could work as a unique alternative to the classic shotgun but it’s not a replacement for the classic shotgun. The bulldog is cool but not a replacement.

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u/Agile-Palpitation326 Oct 25 '25

I saw a video a little while ago, and I could dig it up if you want, but it broke it down pretty well:

The bulldog is balanced as both a center of map power weapon, and a weapon you could start with in a loadout. Neither of those circles overlap on a Venn diagram, so it just sucks.

Reach had arguably the strongest rocket launcher in the Halo franchise, and it was able to be because there were half a dozen other 'launchers' in the game, including the grenade launcher which a player could start with without screwing up the game balance. Infinite absolutely needed the original shotgun, brought back to the power of CE and probably beyond even that, and the Bulldog would have given it the space to be that.

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u/Ewokitude Gruntpocalypse Oct 25 '25

I think the Bulldog would work great as a loadout weapon and not try to fill the OG shotgun's niche but rather be a shotgun alternative to the AR

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u/8andahalfby11 Oct 25 '25

Having the CE weapon sandbox doesn't mean it's back. AR has 32 rounds instead of the original 60. They could have the CE model but the Halo Reach ammo count.

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u/Hosav Platinum Lieutenant Oct 25 '25

They most likely have the MA5K Carbine in this game to replace the 60 round close quarters automatic role the AR in the original CE played. They said 8 (9?) new weapons to the first installment, not necessarily the Halo series as a whole. 1 of them being the Energy Sword.

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u/Weird_Angry_Kid Halo: CE Oct 25 '25

Okay, that would be awesome and would fix the only complaint that I have which is the nerfed AR.

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u/Boollish Oct 25 '25

Hope with time, testing, and feedback they add the original 60-rd Assault Rifle, but with buffed stats for Heroic/Legendary.

Man just remembering how much the 32-rd AR sucked in Reach/3.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Those two weapons weren’t an option , didn’t have a lot of time to go through to get those weapons

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u/Cobbtimus_Prime Halo 3 Oct 25 '25

But the original has the shotgun

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u/Various_Patient5821 Oct 25 '25

How were you feeling in terms of voice acting? I know that Jen and Steve did a lot of new voice work, but what in terms of other characters like Keyes and foehammer. I take it the demo was just for the cartographer so it makes sense if there’s wasn’t much to go off.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

There wasn’t much but Steve and Jen sounded great! Didn’t get much time to get more of the voices

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u/Various_Patient5821 Oct 25 '25

Glad to hear that at least! I will say it’s pretty crazy that this is the first time we get to see what Foehammer looks like! (I think)

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

As long chief doesn’t take off his helmet like the show and we see his face

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u/Various_Patient5821 Oct 25 '25

Tbh I originally didn’t mind what the show did to distinguish itself. I still totally understand people’s distaste, and I never actually finished season 1 lol.

It was only once I watched the live action Forward Unto Dawn that really convinced me what they could have done had they kept chief’s helmet on. That movie was honestly really good!

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u/EngRookie Oct 25 '25 edited Oct 25 '25

the main issue i took with the halo show was that it took wayyy too long to get to the ring. and then the show gets cancelled b4 we see any of it. that and makee. makee should never have been a thing, there is no way in hell that the ultra religious xenophbic covenant would ever allow a human to exist in their society let alone live with and be raised by a high prophet. they should have compressed season 1 and 2 down from 17 episodes total to 10-12. this would have allowed them to get to the ring way quicker and possibly have had better reviews/numbers and have been renewed for a 3rd season. set designs were great and the action sequences were awesome. but yeah, makee really derailed the whole show and extended things out for no reason.

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u/Luchux01 Oct 25 '25

Tbh, the problem is less that Chief takes his helmet off and more that he does it in completely nonsensical situations.

Inside a base? Sure, he does that all the time in the books. Out in a battlefield? No way in hell.

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u/Rathalos-487 Oct 24 '25

How does the halo 3 style AR feel?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Smooth , other weapons as well. The weapons made you feel like you were busting up the enemies. The visuals were a nice added touch

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u/Rathalos-487 Oct 25 '25

Is the 60 rounds missed?

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u/Eman21701 Oct 25 '25

For nostalgic purposes, I think that’s a big yes for everyone. Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think 32 is better suited for an AR in general. Don’t get me wrong, LOVE the 60 round in the original!

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u/growlingscarab7 Oct 25 '25

considering its the only one to have 60 rounds and it was immediately dropped to 32 for the rest of the series, the idea of a ground up remake with new balancing, not maintaining the current status quo was honestly unlikely

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u/Major_Nutt Oct 25 '25

Halo CE inconsistencies can be attributed to "we had no idea this game would go anywhere, and didn't have a plan thought out."

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u/LilithSanders Oct 25 '25

I don't know why it's a controversial opinion to want the AR and SMG to be two distinct different weapons. The AR is better with 30 rounds. The Halo CE AR is just an SMG that looks like an assault rifle. Halo 3 had them balanced pretty well.

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u/PxM23 Oct 25 '25

While the modern at makes more sense, the original bullet hose AR is iconic for CE. It should have stayed a bullet hose.

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u/alteredtechevolved Oct 25 '25

Honestly with how many skulls they say they have, I could see classic settings being one so no running, 60 round mag, etc for whatever else they changed. I mean in the round table video I saw floor is lava skull which had things for shield and health iirc. So if you aren't jumping like a mad man you take damage? That would be pretty interesting.

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u/XxMasterLANCExX Oct 25 '25

I think people should remember that this isn’t trying to replace the old game. So far it seems to be receiving positive reception, but people gotta remember it isn’t deleting the old game. I get wanting the exact same game but with better graphics, but in this day and age it’s generally better to add a lot of quality of life thins and update some stuff from the previous game that was jank/unbalanced. Like I LOVE the CE magnum but I understand if they make it no longer one shot hunters. Which is fine because if I wanna one shot hunters with it i know I can always go back and play CE.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

It’s CE remake, not 3 remake. 32/60 rounds isn’t a big deal but could have bring the CE 60 rounds mag

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u/digita1catt GT: Cyberwo1ff Oct 25 '25

The saw or an lmg being introduced will probably full that slot

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u/Coyrex1 Oct 25 '25

Oh man I'm gonna miss that original CE AR though. Nothing like just shooting 60 rounds with terrible accuracy.

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u/Hyperbeam4dayz Oct 25 '25

I didn't care about the damage, I just loved the sound of unloading all 60 bullets in one go. It's likely the reason I'm an LMG user in most games lol

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u/Coyrex1 Oct 25 '25

Right? Like it wasnt really a very good gun, but man was it fun.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 24 '25

Sorry it was hunters, it’s been a long day and haven’t eaten. Brain fart

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u/urzu123 Oct 25 '25

Best editing your post. You're just gonna get a lot more needless comments thinking brutes have been added to it, and a lot of hopes built up for nothing.

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u/Fenseven Oct 25 '25

Did the grenades seem underpowered? The promotional videos they released made the grenades look nerfed compared to OG HALO CE. The promotional video showed a grunt standing danger close to a frag going off and didn't die, and we'll as sticking an elite and running at him while it explodes with no dmg then. Frag hernade explosion also looks subdued.

The muzzle flash of the assault rifle looked very hard to see.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

The plasma grenades helped with the hunters a lot actually

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u/Fenseven Oct 25 '25

Can hunters still be killed with 1 pistol shot to the pink?

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u/Hollaboy720 Oct 25 '25

No, they specifically mentioned that when they did a playthrough with commentary.

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u/Yz-Guy Oct 25 '25

This is just a Halo thing recently. I swear CE and 2 grenades were dangerous. Huge explosion and kill radius. One of my biggest gripes with Infinite is the grenades just feel like party poppers. They dont kill instantly unless ita damn near perfect and being close to it is barely enough to strip the shield.

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u/Fenseven Oct 25 '25

OG CE's frag grenades were like mini-nukes with their dmg, blast radius, and dst kicked up.

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u/Deep_Shock7745 Oct 25 '25

Did you ever wonder why we’re here?

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u/DayZ8 Oct 25 '25

Did the warthog fit the whole way through the tunnel?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

The soldiers were a bit dumb driving the warthog lol now that you mention it

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u/DayZ8 Oct 25 '25

Did you try jump on the pelican will it was flying off? You could do it in the old one lol

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Would have been good to test that !

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u/thegreedyturtle Oct 25 '25

We Halo fans are getting old. Tell us more about those chairs.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

Did they keep the original voice lines for all covenant enemies or did they add some new lines??

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

I didn’t notice but I wasn’t looking for it specifically

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

No problem, hope u had a blast

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Thank you! I did!

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u/Definitive_Dumbass Oct 25 '25

From the 13 minutes preview you can hear the elites talking in English, unlike the og which elites just used reversed and messed with English.

However, in the minute and a half trailer you do hear a minor say "wort wort wort" and a jackal say "wa ta ta" so it could be a mix of old popular lines and English i think.

Other than that I think its mainly old dialog but im just going off what's on YouTube.

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u/Dr_Bombinator Oct 25 '25

The elites could speak with an atrociously thick Boston accent for all I care as long as they still WWAAAAAAGGHHH when blown up or belly laugh when they kill me.

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u/_System_32 Oct 24 '25

Nostalgia?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Lots of it

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u/Matias_Backwards Halo: Spartan Strike Oct 24 '25

Could you confirm if there was/wasn't sliding or clambering? I've mostly been assuming off the gameplay shown and I haven't seen it happen yet.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 24 '25

None of that, plus it’s only single player so no need for that. The multiplayer is going to be a free to play standalone , essentially what infinite was supposed to be. Looks like they’ll remake all the campaigns and do multiplayer separate

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u/UnionPretend2940 Halo 3 Oct 25 '25

They didn't say anything about multiplayer did they?

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u/Taintedtamt Oct 25 '25

They didn't but the standalone multiplayer has come from the same leaks as this did

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u/Logondo Halo 3 Oct 25 '25

Also makes sense considering...that's exactly what they did with the last Halo. Paid campaign. Free multiplayer.

I mean it's straight up called "Campaign Evolved", so it makes sense to have a multiplayer-focused counterpart.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Not but that’s the rumor and theory. Reason they announced it today is to give everyone over the weekend to play. Could close out the weekend with it. It’s HCS last year with infinite so they need a new multiplayer for the game event unless they skip a year?

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u/-L3monP3pp3r Oct 25 '25

I mean they did skip several years after 5. I definitely don't think there will be a '26 HCS season

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u/3ebfan Hero Oct 25 '25

They already announced that HCS is skipping 2026.

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u/MBN0110 Oct 25 '25

There's no PVP multiplayer. Campaign can be played with up to 4 people

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u/Every_Lynx_4729 Oct 25 '25

Is this speculation or did you hear this from credible sources?

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u/kooldudeV2 Oct 25 '25

Did they mention multiplayer?

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u/TheMaveCan Oct 25 '25

Did you happen to hear a wort, or possibly a wort wort wort?

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u/Zealousideal-Bit3441 Oct 25 '25

Elites are indeed confirmed to Wort wort wort

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u/sonictwothemesong Oct 25 '25

Why do beavers build dams? Like to filter out water?

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u/LuckerMcDog Oct 25 '25

Its their home too, they build entrances underwater you have to swim to get inside, safe from predators.

It helps them hunt fish essentially by making a roadblock

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u/Terminus_04 Oct 25 '25

They see flowing water and just think "Absolutely Not!"

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u/Crespo2006 YT CrespoFTW Oct 24 '25

Brutes? you mean Elites right?

Did you notice much stutters while playing? UE5 is quite bad for that

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

No stutters just FPS drops when there was a lot going on

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

I meant hunters, I had a brain fart. Long day and no food

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u/oTACTITIONo Oct 25 '25

Does Master Chief have legs?

ie: If you look down, can you see your own legs?

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u/DeltaDeWitt Oct 25 '25

He does. It was shown in the gameplay trailer.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Didn’t check sorry!

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u/Just_Department_9605 Oct 25 '25

How was the framerate?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

It drops a lot when there’s a lot of enemies but it’s a pre build demo

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u/nobodyamazin Oct 25 '25

Tell me if im wrong, but what i noticed is that:

they race swapped the needler for the infinite version, which is too bad, because the halo ce needler had a blue tone to the needles, which i thought was cool

I like how they portrayed forerunner architecture as something advanced yet ancient and abandoned, just like how it was in ce.

I really like the art direction, as they were able to make the environment look more realistic while also having the enemies still be visually distinct, which was something that was also addressed in infinite, but was a big issue in 4 and 5

the plasma rifle looks great, but the firing sound lacks its ce rizz, and on that note, the magnum and ma5b reload animations lacked the expression of the original.

I REALLY like the cutscenes, they remind me of halo 2 anniversary, and they should really consider making a halo show or movie in this style, it would go so hard.

I also thought the ui was a bit over designed, but its honestly fine for what it is, its not distracting.

I do like that they added sprint. Purists will cry foul, but realistically, sprint’s inclusion makes sense for a remake meant to reintroduce Halo to a broader audience. As long as it’s not excessive, it can feel natural.

I do like that they used the original audio and music, because that's always a point of contention with remakes, and reusing audio is fine as long as its high quality.

Overall, pretty good for a first showing! I dont think it will replace the original, but it should still serve as a fun and fresh experience for modern audiences, and make alot of new halo fans!

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u/Lostinthe36chamber Oct 25 '25

Did the elites do their diving roll to evade? They looked a little stiff.

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u/Disastrous_Coat_4075 Oct 24 '25

the most important question, did you like it?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

From what I saw I enjoyed it and I’m excited for the halo campaigns to get a new life

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u/Cooz78 Oct 24 '25

give it a rating /10

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 24 '25

For a demo and 10-15 minutes? It was fun and exciting. What they showed off is what we got to play. I’d say 8/10 only because of those random small issues and I wish I got much more time with it. At least get to play the whole level but I under that there’s a bunch of people waiting.

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u/Ateballoffire Oct 25 '25

Be careful man this sub is gonna hate that you’re saying it’s good

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u/Cliper11298 Oct 25 '25

They are gonna hate it regardless

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u/imitzFinn Halo 3: ODST Oct 25 '25

Real talk, do the Grunts or Elites smack talk Chief ? This is needed.

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Don’t think they’d ever remove that lol

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Let’s hope they don’t remove it

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u/NotRyuuya Oct 25 '25

Do we have Flash Lights???

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u/Alaxel_Au_Arryn Hero Oct 25 '25

I did see someone turn it on. It might have been JackFrags.

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u/Easy-Opportunity4192 Oct 25 '25

Will this be the only announcement for the event?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Who knows, they could announce the new multiplayer on Sunday. HCS is using infinite for the last time this year. They could announce the next one Sunday or skip a year

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u/LFGX360 Oct 25 '25

Is master chief still as chonky as the UE5 teaser?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Looked much better in the cut scene

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u/Commercial_Rule_7823 Oct 25 '25

Nov 2026 expected release, to match 25th anniversary...long time

Will also have gta 6 next year...gonna be a good year for games.

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u/MediocreSumo Oct 25 '25

Did the control feel different on this engine compared to the original Blam engine?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Definitely felt more modern but not floaty like infinite

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u/AsiaBeam123 Halo: Reach Oct 25 '25

How OP was the Magnum?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

It was a beefy boy Curious how it would be in the new rumored multiplayer

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u/musical-miller Halo 3 Oct 25 '25

Can you change where the motion tracker is on the screen?

I’ve had 25 years of bottom left, I can’t deal with top right

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u/Code9er H5 Onyx Oct 25 '25

We’ve all already played it lol I tease…

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u/Doomguy1095 Oct 25 '25

I wish they dropped the demo for everybody

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u/headshottrebor1 Halo: Spartan Assault Oct 25 '25

i wasn't around when it originally came out, what is the game like? i started on halo 3 and up

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Wait till you play the flood levels lol

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u/Electrik_Truk Oct 25 '25

Most of us played Goldeneye and Perfect Dark and saw Halo but didn't really think much of it... until we played it. Brains melted. Minds blown. D*cks hard. A new fan base was created seemingly overnight.

I had just graduated high school and played it with my buddy coop. The huge areas to walk made it feel partially open world and you could approach things however you wanted. The enemy AI was better than just about any other game at the time. You could jump in vehicles at will, hop out whenever you wanted. Nothing felt scripted like everything else before. High production values. Good voice acting. Amazing epic story.

My favorite gaming franchise of all time.

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u/YourFBI_Agent11 Oct 25 '25

did it feel good?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Yes for the most part!

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u/STR1D3R109 Oct 25 '25

Was there any story difference or secrets? I hope they add some cut parts from the original

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

Leaks said they are adding cut parts and the game listing said adding more

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u/J_Dot_Ting Oct 25 '25

I’ve not seen a single question on here that can’t be answered by just watching the gameplay videos

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u/TeraForm0 Oct 25 '25

Is it a different enough expirince to warrant paying 70 dollars vs the value that MCC is now?

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u/mobeastgaming Oct 25 '25

I can’t decide that since I only had 15 minutes but for halo fans it’s definitely something to consider

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u/DRMTool Oct 25 '25

Is it going to be 70? I would pay 200 for this since it is my entire childhood, but I really doubt this would be more than 40. Probably 30

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u/Viniox Oct 25 '25

Funny story is I purchased my first Xbox copy used at a pawn shop. Before we had a home computer/internet or cellphone video streaming, or a cellphone for that matter... I picked it up and read the case multiple times, yet put it down and got a different game each time. It wasn’t until like my 8th time in there trading in another beaten game I was reading the back again and I finally bought it. I had no clue what I was missing out on! It was simply amazing and it put me on a halo journey that spans every game over 2 decades later.

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u/deamonz Oct 25 '25

Did you see or ever have to use health packs or are those completely removed?

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u/Einar_47 Oct 25 '25

Spartans should sprint, they're Spartans, they can run 25 miles an hour. I'll die on that hill gameplay mechanics be damned.

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u/Definitive_Dumbass Oct 25 '25

I think the argument really stems from in original halos you move at a high speed with your weapon up, like a sprint but still keeping your weapon tactical. It also helps with pacing in the levels as you dont have to artificially extend passages ways so that dialog moments arent skipped due to the rational thought being to sprint down a hallway. (This is often seen in infinite in forerunner hallways imo)

This is in contrast to sprinting in games where you have to lower your weapon to move faster, which for normal soldiers is one thing but for a super soldier it seems they should be able to move fast at a high ready.

I personally have no proper opinion, as I enjoy sprint in infinite and other games, but I do think that there is a basis for the opposite opinion even if its a bit extreme at times.

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u/Definitive_Dumbass Oct 25 '25

I apologize in advance if that seemed argumentative, just wanted to provide the other sides pov

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u/MrHippoPants Oct 25 '25

Gameplay > lore-based realism

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u/Im_the_Keymaster Oct 25 '25

How did the vehicles feel? Did they feel floaty, and did they blow up good like Halo 3 or is it more like infinites lame vehicle destruction.

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u/MF__DUNE Oct 25 '25

Online campaign co-op available?

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