Thank you INTO THE AM for these Elevated Everyday Graphic Tees! Get yours now and get 10% off site-wide when you click the link below: intotheam.com/DragonShirts WOO This video took a while to make. I had procrastinated making this for a long while. I hope you liked it! If you want to hang out in the future consider following my twitch! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon EDIT: "This is just a tryhard doing mental gymnastics, CE Magnum is op, cope!" This is a long time competitive player explaining the Combat Evolved meta. This is how it is, it's not a theory, it's literally what you see every single game with players that understand the game. You do not understand the game like you think you do and are coping. I am trying to teach people about a game I love, now get good.

@DE0.01

Жыл бұрын

real op gun is the is sticky det from 4. only weapon that can kill you with invincibility enabled.

@bobsterclause342

Жыл бұрын

ooooohhhh I get it now So in halo two when they said that the trade off sheild was the strongest ever and made it out like it wasn't a trade off sheild, but stronger and faster reload, it's because the plasma rifles take more shots, so it's twice or so as strong and faster recharge, meaning four times stronger and five or six times more usefull (it was not six times more susefull, it ended up being as good or worse than halo one sheild.

Came in expecting an analysis of the magnum compared to other Halo games, left terrified of ever playing CE multiplayer ever again.

@scottwatrous

Жыл бұрын

Same. My memory of Halo CE multiplayer is like "lmao, warthog jousting" and rockets on prisoner. No one knew that you could use a grenade to order an overshield like Domino's, or that guns could double melee. We just knew how to magnum, screen watch, eat hot chip, and lie. (About knowing they were in the sniper nest in Prisoner from screen watching)

@hardway4475

Жыл бұрын

Don’t be scared. It’s an incredible game once you’re armed with some game knowledge. It WILL reward you for your effort. I promise.

@emericask822

Жыл бұрын

It’s fun to play but man first few months playing mcc on it I was getting smoked

@chaki670

Жыл бұрын

Just wait till you learn Halo 2 can be considered a first person shooter fighting game with how a lot of the bugs are abused in multiplayer

@tallielintrasimpaccount

2 ай бұрын

Omg hi bestie

I feel that people don't talk about CE's multiplayer enough. Love this game.

@Malice_doll

Жыл бұрын

Man dude I used to get sweaty on CE. My favorite Halo multiplayer of all time

@perfectenrager

Жыл бұрын

The multiplayer still to this day doesn’t even work. Thanks to 343 industries.

@harmoen

Жыл бұрын

I think it's because there wasn't Xbox Live until Halo 2

@stonefish1318

Жыл бұрын

Love playing CE maps made in Forge on Halo Infinite. Together with own setting you can totally recreate the Halo CE feeling!

@freethegoons

Жыл бұрын

@@stonefish1318 one of the only things infinite has done right.

An interesting fact about the Magnum; it was buffed right in the final hours of development, basically via a hack, in a sort-of Hail Mary attempt to make it a viable weapon. It does kinda explain why it's able to one-shot Hunters so easily, I imagine before the hack Hunters were actually a threat and not a fun little treat. I rememeber the Halo 2 BR used the Magnum's HUD elements in early alphas, so I imagine the BR is a direct evolution of it game object wise like you say. Cool learning about CE's sandbox, didn't know most of this stuff.

@TheVengefulVadam

Жыл бұрын

Hunters are one-shot because their weak spot is a headshot-weak region. It has nothing to do with the Pistol’s strength other than its headshot kill capability. The sniper can one-shot it, too, for this very reason.

@MachinedFace88ttv

Жыл бұрын

This is very telling of bungie. And 343 studios They never purposefully do something good. All of their Magnum opus ideas have been accidents. Owe it to the halo pistol and the quick time to kill high skill ceiling players to give us a real Hingham high Halo again no. Sprinting. More skill less auto aim. Tee hee Magnum opus

@finkamain1621

Жыл бұрын

The H1 Magnum being the H2 Battle Rifle is correct, in the same way H1 Assault Rifle became the H2 SMG which even had the same crosshair in retail

@xx_amongus_xx6987

Жыл бұрын

@@MachinedFace88ttv Well bungie sure had a really bad luck streak of "accidents" that just seemed to happen coincidentally. No, its not that they were masters of their craft, they just made one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever by accident. And then they left Microsoft and made another highly successful sci-fi franchise by accident again.

@jackburton307

Жыл бұрын

The pistol hunter theory is BS. Along with the pistol being hacked... bullocks!

I've always felt like CE is just "heavier" than the other games. I'm way too young to have enjoyed CE multiplayer so I've only ever played the campaign. While i feel like some things haven't aged super well in the story, specifically all the driving around, I personally love vehicle combat so i enjoy the driving but a lot of people I'll play with say it's boring... But the one thing i always felt was perfect in CE is the guns. I hate how in later Halo games they made guns either super situational or just straight up suck. CE is the only halo game i can pick up a plasma pistol and kill a whole room of enemies with it and I always felt that rocks. Just the small things you point out here made me realize that, like how the plasma rifle melts through enemies and feels heavy but in later games good luck killing anything that isn't a grunt before it over heats. Idk it's just fun playing Halo where I'm not just rocking the battle rifle/DMR the whole time.

@Banshee523

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they nerfed the guns more and more with each game, it feels really bad. CE is when all of them were at their strongest (aside from maybe the Needler, which is still usable at least). I grew up with CE and it's the first thing I notice when I try other Halo games, the guns just suck (I tried Reach recently and holy shit the AR is borderline useless). And if you're playing a first person shooter, where half of the point is to shoot things... the guns should be fun to use, or your game isn't really that great. I think the difference between CE and the other games is that the guns can be at a disadvantage in some situations but still usable, whereas in other games, using a weapon outside of its sole intended situation will result in it being entirely useless. I've noticed that with the Shotgun too in any other Halo, it just does not do anything outside of sneezing distance. The CE Shotgun can do some very impressive damage even at mid/long range, even if alternatives weapons are still better at that. I really love that about it. It's the only game I've played that has a convincing shotgun with an accurate effective range.

@DomR1997

Жыл бұрын

​@@Banshee523 not only did they nerf the damage in reach, but then they made the ammo count so low that it literally can't kill enemies on higher difficulties, lmao.

@steakwilliams4448

Жыл бұрын

For when the game was released, the driving was amazing. Seamlessly getting in and out of vehicles was revolutionary to me at the time. In those days, shooters with vehicles would have a separate "vehicle level" or segment that was predetermined. I didn't have enough friends to play with more than 4 people in CEs multiplayer as online was not a thing and LANs were not something I had the opportunity to do. Didn't stop us from playing blood gulch though!

@peterheinisch2294

Жыл бұрын

This was probably to increase play time, due to low damage = more time to kill stuff. While it's a sound way to make a smaller, easier to mass produce, and quicker turnaround from the last drop game, it does prevent the one thing players desire: good gunplay/gameplay.

@Gunslinging_Photographer

Жыл бұрын

@@Banshee523 exactly. Someone who isn't a BR fanboy, finally. I miss using the other guns...

A lot of people just treat Combat Evolved like a standard first-person shooter when in reality it's closer to an arena shooter

@impairedtrout6917

11 ай бұрын

Every halo is an arena shooter (except halo 4)

Honestly, CE actually nailed the weapon balance. They're all viable and powerful. H2 and 3 were a little too BR-focused, which kinda detracted from the multiplayer experience IMO.

@ErikLosLobos

Жыл бұрын

I hate the sweaty BR part of Halo. Championships which included larger maps and vehicles would be fun.

@xXzaydoggXx

Жыл бұрын

Its balanced when not everyone has one

@ia285

Жыл бұрын

Bruh, the Halo CE AR sucked. The whole MP is just using the magnum.

@damiantorres5569

Жыл бұрын

Such a wrong take holy crap

@WarpSonic

Жыл бұрын

​​@@ErikLosLobos fun? Noobish bullshit isn't fun unless it's being pulled on you by a friend

for me, a lot of the knocking on the CE magnum in my groups comes from people who simply never saw utility in any of the other weapons for reasons ranging from 'Gearbox Port' to "I never play on maps with corridors"

@ouroboricscribe3201

Жыл бұрын

To "I never played the game/the original release"

@pearlshinevt

Жыл бұрын

To “I don’t know how to play this game”

@jimjamauto

Жыл бұрын

I played the original PC release for years and I don't remember anyone complaining about the magnum. All the weapons are pretty well balanced in Halo CE (except the flamethrower because it's trash)

@kristiankoski3908

8 ай бұрын

@@jimjamauto And let's not talk about the needler...

@NathanSF-qr2ds

8 ай бұрын

@@kristiankoski3908still a cool gun tho

8:28 I definitely agree about the melee animations. There is a lot more personality with each melee hit compared to later games. I absolutely loved feeling like I'm punching grunts to death with the might of Zeus or bashing skulls in with the butt of the shotgun.

I'd also like to mention, each weapon has a different melee range as well as different speeds, the rockets and ar have the furthest range in ce, making em the best option for double melee's

Man it's just the sheer fact that the Halo CE Magnum isn't nearly as precise as the BR was in H2. I mean you wanna talk overpowered, the BR's precision was insane.

@xx_amongus_xx6987

Жыл бұрын

Idk how H2's BR is but the CE Magnum is 100% accurate as long as you time your shots.

@claytongallaugher5171

Жыл бұрын

@@xx_amongus_xx6987 yeah but with the br you can simply spam the trigger and it maintains complete precision

@beneficent2557

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't it nerfed in 3?

@Gunslinging_Photographer

Жыл бұрын

@@beneficent2557 Only slightly. BR conquers all these days...

This has knowledge lost to the sands of time and deserves a lot more views

Whenever I had to argue about the pistol back in the day, I had to say just three words. It's A Magnum And it always made people realize the correct answer.

@ghjong001

Жыл бұрын

Except... that's not how bullets work. A .50 AE or .44 magnum are both less powerful than a 5.56mm rifle round, because it's a *rifle* round. The battle rifle filling that role in Halo 2 makes sense; the magnum in CE does not.

@jonathanoneill8655

Жыл бұрын

And then everyone clapped

@SikhiArt

Жыл бұрын

@@ghjong001 The Magnum in CE fires explosive rounds. This is why it is able to do a lot of damage.

@epsilonraider3180

Жыл бұрын

@@ghjong001 Well the M6G doesn't fire pistol size rounds it fire's 12.7x40mm and the MA5B fires 7.62x51 so it's a much bigger caliber but only a somewhat smaller length. I think the issue is more that the assault rifle doesn't do enough damage rather than the magnum doing to much.

@CrizzyEyes

Жыл бұрын

That isn't how guns work. You don't just measure the size of the bullet and assume that's how much damage is dealt. Pistols have less energy than a rifle. Their rounds pack less powder, and it's also a different mix of powder that burns slower. The barrel is also shorter, which means there is less time for the expanding gasses to push the bullet before it leaves the barrel, meaning less energy, accuracy and effective range.

I appreciate you making this video. HPC/HCE was my childhood, and I had ~8000 hours combined when Xfire (Stealthy4u was my xfire) went down. I played with some of the best Halo 1 PC players back in the day, was in countless clans, competed in HPT tournaments, etc. Lots of players these days don't know what it was like back then, and it was nostalgic hearing some of these strats and any additional appreciate HCE gets is a win. There's several other strats left out here (Backpacking, flag tossing, flag quick capping, the quick reload by meleeing during the animation, etc., and that just is the tip of how complex this game was, especially competitively. You covered your highlighted ones very well, and I'm always happy to see other OGs make videos about CE. I made a lot of friends over the years from scrimming, pubbing and tourneys, and still talk with many of them today. I even started a petition to raise awareness to Bungie to either move halo to steam or patch the game to keep the server list alive once the news that Gamespy was closing their doors and would stop hosting the custom game list, and the petition ended with ~17,000 signatures (Though I doubt it really did anything), but regardless it was a fun communal experience with other Halo lovers. I still play MCC today and am constantly in Halo CE custom browser servers (Sheftyyy is my GT). Anyone who would like to run some games feel free to hit me up.

@kojironovach.7649

9 ай бұрын

miss the days of early HPC/HCE 🥲🥲you summed it all up really well in this comment

I think the CE Magnum is the second most misinderstood gun in gaming, the first being the Doom 3 Shotgun.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

Fair point EDIT: The replies prove it LMAO

@danialyousaf6456

Жыл бұрын

Why is it misunderstood ? It's got the worst accuracy out of any shotgun in gaming history.

@gwynbleidd8863

Жыл бұрын

No it's just bad

@mr.cheese2928

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Doom 3 shotgun kicks-ass

@TheExFatal

Жыл бұрын

It's bad on purpose, what's not to get

I'm glad you started with the comparison with the raw dps of the assault rifle because that was enough to make your point. The rest of the stuff, while fascinating strikes me as very high level play and not the sort of moves a casual player would be doing. I think its fair to say that if a gun is overpowered in casual non high level play then it might still be fair to call it overpowered. (I'm not saying that applies to this pistol)

I mostly play singleplayer and co-op, and I really like the CE magnum. I feel like most of the time, pistols in first person shooters are useless after the start of the game.

Thank you so much for making this video ❤ Edit: I do have one thing I’d like to correct. The H2 BR projectiles are actually not that much faster than the CE pistol’s most of the time. The BR’s velocity is 400 World units per second while the pistol’s is 324. Thing is, the BR becomes hitscan when achieving red reticle, and I believe this was done for XBL networking reasons in the days of dialup connections. On BTB maps, you actually do need to lead with the BR to achieve hits at a distance.

Considering the AR is my Favorite out of the Halo CE weapons,seeing that Double melee really made me go in awe. It almost as if it came straight out off a fighting game,which explains why it's a tricky to pull off let alone in other weapons.

You only mentioned the magnums hidden bloom but there is tricks to that. Hold the trigger and you'll get more spread then when tapping but holding the trigger has faster rate of fire.

@jimjamauto

Жыл бұрын

Same with the assault rifle. Firing in bursts extends its useful range dramatically.

@Wishengrad

Жыл бұрын

No, the bloom still applies even when bursting fire (and has the same fire rate). It just reduces the increase of bloom. There is still set bloom no matter what, (0.2 degree error angle).

I feel like Ive learned so much about CE in this video, didn't know it had so much nuance and depth

@ethanbenson

Жыл бұрын

Just wait until you learn about the crazy stuff you can do with the spawns

@clonewhopunchedadroid

6 ай бұрын

I also feel this way, I've been playing this game for a long time and didn't know the majority said in this video.

"Why the magnum is not overpowered" Me, cleaning the campaign on Legendary with a magnum 90% of the time: "yes"

I'm still of the opinion it was a mistake to veer so far off the CE formula, as someone who grew up on CE it was a completely different game and I was kinda disappointed when I played 2s multiplayer after loving CE for so long. It's okay in its own right, but I don't think halo would have lost so hard to call of duty had they not strayed so far from the CE formula. The biggest changes I can think of off the top that really turned me off were... 1. TTK...The magnum in halo CE can kill a fully over-shielded player FASTER than the halo 2+ battle rifle can kill a normally shielded player. This leads to far more teamwork requirements in halo 2+ as its almost impossible to shoot yourself out of a low man situation. Even if you're outnumbered in CE with the right timing or excellent aim (or maybe the help of a pocket nuclear explosive) you can still come out with at least a kill or two in a man down situation. Halo 2+ are much less forgiving in this aspect, you *will* be run over by a coordinated team push whether you like it or not a man down almost every single time...there is simply not enough damage output fast enough to make a meaningful play before you are pulled up on by the entire team. The primary option is to not be the team who ends up a man down in the first place, which isn't very fun in a casual setting. 2. Power-ups/Power weapons...in halo CE every PU/PW will all spawn exactly on the minute mark every minute regardless of if they are already in play or not, the rockets and sometimes sniper being minor exceptions at 2 minutes. This means you can't just sit back in your setup and hold all game long, you have incentive to move out on the map every single minute of every single game, which leads to more required movement, risks to be taken, and interesting plays. Halo CE was primarily developed as a 2v2 or FFA party game, while it can get overwhelming in 4v4 the game was not primarily designed to be played that way or even competitively at all. However, despite this it still fundamentally plays very well whichever way you play and every pain point that they tried so hard to avoid in future halo titles could have been tweaked instead of thrown out the window. Power weapons could have had less ammo, and players could spawn with less grenades, something they eventually implemented in future games. Power-ups could have favored out of control areas of the map more heavily to give more opportunities for the losing team to take back control of a lost position and less opportunities for the in control team to cycle power-ups every minute. It just feels like they went so overboard on correcting for perceived mistakes in CE that they forgot what made CE so timeless and fun in the first place.

@kristiankoski3908

Жыл бұрын

Fully agreed. Little correction to the Power-up and Power weapon spawns; Normal weapons spawn every 30 seconds and usually the sniper is 30 second spawn also. In BG Sniper spawns every 2 minutes. Power-up spawns vary much more. For example in Rat race, OS spawns every minute and Camo spawns every 90 seconds. There are also 3 minute Power-up spawns like the random Power-up spawn in Hang 'em high. Health packs are 30 second spawn also.

FINALLY Somone who gets the specific appeal of CE Multi.

I would love to see you talk about Halo CE's tricks/busted stuff you can do Jarek! That would be so cool to hear all the crazy things in that game

felt like a fighting game analysis. really love this kind of content

@zuresei

Жыл бұрын

yeah! the double-melee and grenade positioning remind me of the L-cancel and wavedash in early Smash titles, specifically

It's meant as the mid range gun of Halo CE, far outclassing anything at medium range while being surpassed by the sniper at long range and every other gun at close range but is still very effective at any distance and that's why I think it's labelled as overpowered. It's the most versatile gun in the game and it's the gun you spawn with.

I’ve been waiting for someone to make this video- even considered making something similar myself because this topic is so misunderstood by the Halo community. Whether an accident by the developers or not, Halo CE is actually extremely well-balanced. It’s sort of magical the way the sandbox, mechanics, and maps converge so beautifully. For every reason you mentioned, and more. It makes sense that people don’t get it because it is so different from every other Halo, and it takes effort to discover the meta, but once you do, it’s a fun, unique game that still holds up. I love every Halo in different ways, but CE is still my favorite.

@Otyrr

Жыл бұрын

I think it's because the original Halo was really a passion project. A bunch of people wanted to make a fun game to play with other people, and it really shows. A rare thing now in the days of AAA game studios, and massive development teams. Even Indie games struggle to capture the same labor of love the games from the early 2000s capture.

dude, excellent video

i love this gun. i was glad it returned to halo 5. hopefully it returns again

I don't even play Halo and this is pretty fascinating stuff

@S0ULSLAYR

Жыл бұрын

SH0ULD TRY IT MATE 0NE 0F THE M0ST MAJESTIC AND SICK SERIES IN CREATI0N.

@S0ULSLAYR

Жыл бұрын

I'D PR0BABLY SAY CE UP T0 REACH.

@Gatorade69

Жыл бұрын

It's alright. I don't hold it in super high regards like others. I was already a PC gamer when Halo CE came out on Xbox and It wasn't quite as revolutionary for PC players. Now for console players It's a different story, it basically defined how to do a console FPS going forward and was the best FPS experience you could have on a console. I have only played to Halo 3 and I think the 3rd one is the best game. I would say the master Chief Collection is a pretty good deal.

@rickygforce4217

Жыл бұрын

@@Gatorade69 Halo CE in 2001 was basically a slightly smaller-scale version of the '77 Star Wars situation for me - there was a lot of stuff out there already that introduced the concepts, technical execution, etc that I saw in shooters/space-fantasy films before the original Halo/Star Wars. But the real innovation of those franchises was combining all of those components into a single cohesive package, that was appealing and accessible to wider audiences. That alone is worthy of the high status both original trilogies held within their respective industries, at least to me as both a PC and Console guy.

Finally someone talks about how actually really good the CE sandbox just is. Thank you

@reoni0

Жыл бұрын

But for further notes, the magnum is really good mostly in MP, but once you hit campaign and think "did the devs really just give me a plasma pistol?" when thats unironically the best gun in the campaign except exclusively against hunters lmao

Yeah, in the beginning, it was a pocket sniper, and now it's just a starting pistol

Based Sangheili preferred species. Also hot damn I learned a lot from this, and I kinda wanna play CE multiplayer now.

In my case I started with Halo 3 which is a slow paced game right next to Reach. I’ve picked up a few tricks overtime playing CE MP in MCC. It also doesn’t help that I’m aware that in MCC the hit registration is not the same like OG Xbox, same with H2. Hope they fix it like they did with H3.

@MALICEM12

Жыл бұрын

H3 is also "slower" in that it doesn't have such clear and easy exploits like H1 & 2

God - everything about Halo CE is just so sexy. Best game ever made.

@MALICEM12

Жыл бұрын

It really did have a unique aesthetic, much more sci-fi compared to H2-3 militarism. Wish they kept to it's style in the anniversary instead of making it look like reach

its my favorite pistol in all of gaming, in every other game the pistol just shoots marshmallows and its just there to waste your time until you get to the fun guns but not here not in CE, its so useful thats the only weapon captain keys carries for self defense and he doesnt even keep it loaded

Excellently put! I really wish many, if not all of these tricks were a product of intentional design, rather than strategies based around bugs or glitches. I love 'em for what they are, and in Halo CE they worked out amazingly. How this scenario plays out in other games, however, isn't always so awesome.

Halo CE>Halo2 Ps. Great Video about my most beloved Halo Game besides Reach! Those "dirty" double melee and cloak tricks new to me 👀👍

CE is the only halo with realistic explosives. Why does a drag have a damage radius of five feet in video games? I get ‘nade spam is a problem but the “nuke” explosions is more realistic.

This video was amazing, please more of stuff like this.

Great video. I knew of a lot of the stuff here, but I did learn some new things, like the double melee and run speed effecting the power of the melee. While H3 has my favorite MP, I have a soft-spot for CE's, and I wish later Halo games carried over some of CE's design, especially launching weapons and power-ups with grenades, that shit is so cool. Like imagine an extra utility of the gravity hammer is launching weapons or power-ups towards your teammates or something. I know H5 and Infinite sorta brought that back, but it's a lot more limited in those games compared to how it is in CE. I'm surprised that you didn't talk about the Magnum's time to kill with headshots vs with body shots though. The gap between those 2 times is pretty big, and another reason why I wouldn't call the gun OP. Sure, you can finish someone off in 3 shots, but doing so requires a lot of skill. It's something I appreciate about Halo's utility weapons, and the CE magnum arguably emphasizes player skill the most.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

Headshots don't actually do more damage until the shield is dropped. Two shots any where in the body will drop shields no matter what.

@RednekGamurz

Жыл бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon Yeah, sorry if that was worded weirdly but that's what I meant. 2 shots to the body, and a headshot to finish them off versus 2 shots to the body, and then like 3 or 4 more shots to the body to get the kill.

Amazing video. I'm really glad you got all these views on the competitive side of CE.

I played tons of CE but was definitely a 2, 3, Reach kid. And I learned so much from this video

My brothers and I used to system-link play CE when I was a small ass kid. It would be my brother closest in age vs my second oldest brother. Nade launching weapons was such a fun thing to do, never learned some of the advanced stuff cuz I was like 8 but managed it a few times. CE's MP was just too early to be impactful, I feel like Halo's Trajectory would have been different if H2's success was CE's. No one can ever tell me Chiron TL 34 with no motion sensor wasn't the funnest shit ever.

A lot of us mostly play mostly long range maps like blood gulch and when almost every other weapon you compared the magnum too only has high skill cqc viability that makes the magnum absolutely king. Even against tanks and banshees it takes about a magazine to kill. The high shield damage of the plasma rifle is irrelevant if you're not in melee range, the assault rifle's atrocious spread at range means you're going to miss most of your shots.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

No halo game has ever been balanced for big team battle. That's a very different, and a lot more casual, game experience. Not a bad thing, just that it's basically a different game.

@Wishengrad

Жыл бұрын

That's why gametypes for blood gulch with the "custom" start flag starts you with a plasma pistol. There are only 4 pistols on the map and they are all far away. You also misunderstand how much range the AR and shotgun actually have. You hit almost all of your shots despite spread, even without red reticule.

I remember being taken aback by the changes to halo 2's weapons when it came out, as you are describing and as others are saying, much more nuance and skill in halo 1's gameplay. I lived on muiltiplayer on mac back in the day and boy does this summarize the experience well.

Please make more indepth videos like this about all the halos! I loved hearing tricks to a game ive been playing for hears

Thank God someone says it finally! Halo CE had a huge skill ceiling where you could legitimately 1v4 if you could 3 shot and strafe well. You could NEVER do that in any Halo after that, it was all team firing focused with BR's, or of course a nade first then clean up, which really isn't the same since nades are situational for the most part. Still enjoy the other Halos, but nothing came close to the pure skill and gameplay of Halo CE. Halo CE also had the best grenade effects too. They felt powerful and shook the screen. I still enjoy Halo CE multiplayer to this day. Its only issue IMO is maps. That's one areas I can't deny Halo CE is lacking.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

I agree with every thing except the maps. I think CE has some of the best maps in the entire franchise. I wish chill out was embraced more.

@thepunisherxxx6804

Жыл бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon Definitely agree on chill out and a few others its not all bad, but a lot of them suffer from being way too big, or feeling like a rushed mess like rat race or chiron with all the teleporters. Still greatly enjoy multiplayer overall though.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

I LOVE rat race and chiron was made for goofy custom game modes. The only truly bad map that comes to mind is hang 'em high. Not sure why people like it so much. The bases are really imbalanced.

@DeafeningCha

Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a time on Halo PC, during a rockets CTF match on Blood Gulch. I was on red team and drove to the back entrance of blue base with a Warthog, somehow killed 8 or 9 people to get the flag and get back to the 'Hog, and still managed to drive back and score. Probably my best moment playing the game.

@kristiankoski3908

8 ай бұрын

Agreed except the maps. CE has the best maps in Halo (later Halos do have good maps too) imo. Damnation is BY FAR my favorite Halo map of all time and actually climbing pretty high in my favorite FPS map of all time list. Chill out, Rat race, Creek, and almost every BTB is great too.

I love how you pointed out how Halo has a different feel than the rest of the games in the series. Imo bungee never really recaptured that feel. A lot of it has to be the change in soundtrack direction, from the rompler heavy sound to a more orchestral/rock heavy sound.

really interesting video, ive always enjoyed CE's multiplayer in a more casual sense but i almost never play it online in 4v4 settings.

I would love to see a video on the original xbox live Halo 2 balance patch. For a short little while before it the H2 magnum was the optimal close range go to.

i feel like I've been waiting for this video for forever. Perfect take bro

Halo CE's physics made you *feel* like a supersoldier.

Its really cold over here too Jarek, Colorado is getting bunches of snow. Good to hear we're not the only ones suffering ;)

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

It was actually over 60 yesterday. I recorded this a week or so ago LOL

@alexdietrich7975

Жыл бұрын

@JarekTheGamingDragon Ya'll wanna take some of our wind? Theres too much here for one state to handle >.>

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

Nah we regularly get 50mph wind gusts thanks to being on the columbia gorge. You can keep the wind for us.

@Gatorade69

Жыл бұрын

@@alexdietrich7975 Man, some of the worst wind I have ever experienced was in Colorado. All the Windows were closed but the gust of wind was so strong it still blew my door open somehow. I was just a kid so my sister and I would go hunker down in the closet. Also the only state I have experienced a Tornado in. Lots of good Beer and Bud in Colorado though, I do kind of miss the state.

I never thought it lived up to the memes but the pistol did low key feel like a rifle

Wow, I didn't know any of this, thanks for the info!

I never realized the Backpack Reloading thing, and never knew the Halo CE button combos

I kick my friends ass in every game but CE, he can never see this

I remember playing Halo CE so much years ago as Halo 2 project cartographer didn't exist for quite a while and the other games didn't have PC ports, so all of this gave me a lot of nostalgia and even wanting to give a shot at CE again; only thing that's new to me which is pretty cool is all the tech about melee and grenades

See this is what I love/wish more games would do even infinite. A lot of this games MP was made with the intent of just being a fun casual game that on the surface seems simple and can be easy to play, but under the surface there’s A LOT of depth for the more competitive players. Games now especially infinite are designed almost the reverse way with the more competitive elements being front and center and the casual aspects are ….. well your lucky if you get a casual experience. I play CE all the time running around just playing and i never knew about any of this and have a fun time. Infinite though its like I need to go pro gamer mode

Fantastic video. Is that the Westwood jingle I hear in the beginning??

the Magnum, even if it was "OP" should have never been changed. it's the equalizer. it's so awesome, and even for how strong it was, it never stepped on the toes of any pickup weapons. so why kneecap it?

Cool video, I always related the 'opness' of the CE pistol entirely to the campaign (it's essential on first time legendary runs) so I never thought much about how it operated in multiplayer. Last time I touched multiplayer CE was way back in the OG Xbox days so I don't remember much. Very interesting to see how it works nowadays and how the weapon balance is, not something I put much thought into all in all.

I legitimately did not know that people just memorize grenade throws to get quick access to certain weapons. Like, that's neat, though i'm glad its a feature that was removed. I just really like that the weapons being planted on the ground means that you're forced to have to go and get it, meaning it ensures that you'll have to confront your opponent and fight them for it. Thats why the map design in Halo 2 and 3 is so great.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

I would honestly argue that CE maps are better than 2/3 maps aside from the duds both games have. More importantly they brought back grenade launches in later halo games.

@trippybruh1592

Жыл бұрын

I want a big team CTF on Chiron TL-34 please.

@kristiankoski3908

8 ай бұрын

Nade launching might be the biggest reason why CE is so much better than later Halos (no melee lunge being the other one). And it's not like you are safe nading a weapon from the other side of the map. Before the weapon spawns, you can nade the spot where the enemy is most likely lining up a nade launch, granting you some kills or at least preventing the enemy getting the weapon.

Never played Halo multiplayer, but your enthusiasm grabbed me.

I sort of miss playing CE on lan, its the only halo I ever played and it was quite great

I was gonna comment something about halo 2 being a higher skill ceiling but actually your analysis was informed and convincing, you know the CE meta greatly and I respect that. Great video, point very well made.

Oh my, memories to the good old CE PC times. Clan training twice the week, wars at the weekend. Good times.

If you don’t think the CE magnum is OP then your aim is bad tbh

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

If you think that the CE magnum is op then you're bad at the game tbh

@georjoporjo3323

Жыл бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon ZAAAMN touché fr fr

Learning the nade spots for power weapons and having overshield with brief invincibilty upon pick up is what I missed the most.

Great video I'll definitely have to try some of these tips out. The only reason I don't like the CE magnum is purely in campaign. This is because I get these awesome looking weapons, but will likely keep the pistol unless there is a sniper because of how big the maps are. I get that it is a huge .50 cal round I just don't like playing the whole game with a pistol. If it was a weapon that made sense like a rifle of some kind I wouldn't care.

I love that this video exists

I grew up playing this game, and I never new there were some useful exploits. I gotta get back to fully experiencing multiplayer in this game again!

"Everything does more damage in this (CE) game." I had played and beat Halp CE on legendary way before the second game came out. When I played through the campaign on the second game I was IMMENSELY disappointed with how weak ALL the guns felt compared to the first game. I literally felt like I was just spewing BB guns at the enemies during playthrough.

Came here from Vengeful Vadaams recommendation 🔥🔥🔥

I did *not* know about backpack reload or double melee, so this blew my mind.

My thought was that most pistols are _just_ back up weapons. I mean, in some older fps games, the pistol even had special third slot because devs knew you’d swap it a for more functional secondary, faster swap speed or whatever be damned. Halo CE’s was just built for an actual role apart from _the backup_ . As was Halo 3 ODST’s (the BR being removed in the original version), which is commonly regarded as the second best pistol in the franchise. Reach and 4’s were also pretty solid because they just tried not nerf it too much like 2 and 3’s were. On a sidenote, I also liked Rainbow 6 Vegas’s approach of letting the pistols have unlimited ammo. I’d legit try to play through missions using only the pistol for that reason, and just because you could.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

odst's pistol isn't the second best. That's *definitely* the Halo 5 pistol. That thing is a mini dmr, insanely good. Also infinite, 4, and reach all have better pistols. The odst pistol is really weak.

@JustinTK416

Жыл бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon Well, unfortunately my Xbox One had critical internal issue that made Halo 5 unplayable, so I can’t speak on that, or Infinite really. And you might have a point about Reach’s pistol. That thing was no pushover. Though it was also overshadowed by the DMR for it’s essential function (head shot capable, basic scope weapon). So yeah, I won’t argue technics on which one was better, but I think the absence of the BR made you use the pistol in ODST more like you did the one in CE. And even if it didn’t have the punch damage wise, it had a remarkable fire rate, 12 round mag, and the recoil was pretty minimal, where as Reach’s had the ever divisive reticle bloom. I mean, popping off headshots on Grunts, and the hand-head combo on Jackals just felt so crisp with ODST’s. I can’t remember if if it could single headshot Brutes or not though. If it could, the bobbing they did when they charged made it difficult for me to pull off, but I remember wiping an entire team of Grunts and squads of Jackals with that thing. I can’t say that about any other Halo Pistol except CE’s. And that largely holds true playing MCC on PC. That aside, love your content bro! Glad someone agrees Half-Likes feel cooler than Boomer Shooters.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

It couldn't single hit brutes, it was really weak. Picking up a carbine instead was the better option. Carbine was basically that game's br. Like, it's fun to use, just not really in the same tier.

@JustinTK416

Жыл бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon That’s fair.

GeneralKidd used to make a lot of videos comparing all the weapons in halo, and almost every time Combat Evolved won. The CE AR, Pistol, Rocket Launcher, Grenades, Sniper Rifle, and so many more won. But like you had compared in this video, Halo 3 had the weakest weapons almost every time. So in short, every weapon in CE is overpowered.

I knew about the back pack reload. But knowing that i can now double melee with my assault rifle is a game changer for sure. I love that it has 60 bullets in each magazine. It gotta be my favourite assault rifle, but thanks ti this.... i think it might me the best one in the whole game. (Unless i finally be able to dominate with my sniper)

Please talk about CE more i find this all incredibly interesting and would like to know more

I'm sorry if this is already explained somewhere, but what is the name of the outro music in this video? It sounds incredible.

The most likely place the “Pistol OP” joke started is probably actually the CE campaign, it’s far and away the best weapon in the campaign, it’s plentifully available in every level, pretty good at just about everything, it actually one shots almost everything there and when you don’t really know what your doing it can easily be inferred that it’s the best in multiplayer, especially when it’s so commonly used

@Jarekthegamingdragon

3 ай бұрын

The best weapon in CE's campaign is easily the plasma pistol. Legendary runs are just babying that gun the whole game.

@Zer0Main43

3 ай бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon I disagree and am now seething with anger but it’s completely fair to say the plasma pistol is better

@Jarekthegamingdragon

3 ай бұрын

I mean, that's not an opinion thing. The plasma pistol was busted in the first game's campaign. Fires as fast as you can spam it with lots of damage. You *need* it on legendary. The magnum really isn't in the same tier as the shotgun or plasma pistol campaign wise. Hell, up close the ar/plasma rifle is better. Being able to one tap grunts doesn't really mean a whole lot.

Excellent topic / content @jarekthegamingdragon Peeps forget lore wise just as the intent of lethality in original ONI Spartan program's efforts, initially the only itent of the Spartans / Magnum Pistol etc was by UNSCs needs for max lethality upon fellow humans. The Covenant/Shield/Plasma side of tech nerfed most of mankinds prefabbed anti human intent capabilities, but not all. If it bleeds... 🤘

one of the best H:CE videos ive seen explaining why its so good without going full nerd, i would say 99% of people who dislike h1 is just because they dont understand why theyre getting 50-5d in matchmaking, the skill gap is just insane, most rewarding halo to play once you get good by far

okay, as someone whose teenage experience with Halo was only being able to play it whenever I went to a friend's house with an Xbox (unfortunately a rare occurrence, also take what I say with a grain of salt), the fact that none of the explanations involve the Halo CE campaign is absolutely wild to me. preface: being an unpopular kid and Nintendo fan meant I never really got to play multiplayer Halo until I got a 360 a decade after the fact. the pistol being OP was always explained to me in terms of the campaign, and given Halo kinda set the standard for console shooters it probably was a case of kids learning the pistol is more powerful than the assault rifle since you can kill an elite with a few headshots instead of unloading an entire clip and dying to plasma fire. it also probably helps you can one-shot the hunters using the magnum. I myself was a plasma rifle fan, but that's because the magnum always felt beyond my skill level; getting consistent headshots felt way too sweaty to be useful, but that only added to its allure. and yeah, I saw your comment about the plasma pistol, but while some of them probably understood its usefulness, I'm talking about dumbass teenagers whose only way through legendary was winging it in co-op with their buddy over several weekends (one of them is the reason I defaulted to boxer for the longest time). the plasma pistol, as explained to me, was only good 'cause it automatically hits enemies, and not because it takes down entire shields in a single shot. but that all aside, it's still wild to me because hearing the legend of the magnum in Halo CE happened well before Halo 2 or even Halo on PC came out, and I doubt I'm the only one.

Interesting to see this sorta thing broken down. Haven't played Halo (or an FPS in general) in ages, and I only played campaign, but I do remember feeling Halo CE feeling more "arcade-y" than the other Halo's I'd played. Interesting to see some explanation on why (even if it's focused on multiplayer) Are you planning on making more of these? Getting down into the nitty-gritty of game design, even if just partially, is one of my favorite things

Love how there is really no mention of the shotgun being busted AF. Would take a lot of convincing to prove that. Also can someone tell me why Halo CE is the only multiplayer with infinite grenades option (as far as FPS Halo console releases)? I loved playing with infinite grenades but they never made it an option again.

It is fun to think that it basically never gets better than the first weapon you are handed in Halo. If you never ran out of ammo you could probably run the entire game with it from start to finish. Hoping for (another) revival of the magnum in a future season of infinite.

This was exactly what I hoped it would be. Thank you for helping to spread the truth.

even the campaign for me still wins out over the excellent sequels. I like them all actually but it's HaloCE that I play the most

Thanks for this, you've inspired me to give CE multiplayer a go. As much as I love 2 and 3 their weapon sandboxes always felt overly centred around the br. Also as a keyboard player the reduced aim assist sounds appealing, controller players have a massive advantage in 2 + 3, especially with precision weapons

This video is interesting but the analysis doesn't seem very convincing. It's actually fairly easy to get three shots kill with the magnum, even at long range, even while being kinda noob. The assault rifle is barely usable when the opposing player is five meters away. Even with good aim, the shots will hit around the hitbox.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

This is the casual experience, play against even decent players and none of that is true. 3 shoting is no where close to easy with an opponent strafing in any way.

@orchidahussuhadihcro9862

Жыл бұрын

@@Jarekthegamingdragon Hmmm I guess so. But I've never taken part in anything that wasn't casual in halo Ce. My first memories of playing halo Custom edition, was chill and nonsensical never ending games with 120 ping. The whole competitive aspects of it, the tricks and whatnot, it's just so detached from the regular experience. Anything that isn't the pistol feels like a bad pick when you just want to get kills.

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

@@orchidahussuhadihcro9862 The competitive elements are just regular CE gameplay. It's not detached at all. You'll see it regularly if you boot up MCC. Also Halo Custom edition has such bad net code that weapons like the assault rifle become completely unviable so it's really not a good representation of the game's balance.

I've never understood why people think the magnum is overpowered. Even knowing nothing else but the campaign itself, that alone should have taught any player just how powerful pretty much every weapon is. All of them have specific powerful uses but are still pretty damn useful outside their niche cases. For example, the AR has shotgun-in-any-other-game levels of close range dps and has a slightly delayed bloom to allow burst fire use making it viable up to the ranges of wall to wall in most any enclosed room in the campaign (from the Pillar of Autumn's corridors to the flood intro's maze of a complex) as well as having a massive magazine size and a lightning fast melee. It fills a strong close range niche and has a general reliability from excess of ammo (via magazine, total, and pick-ups) and burst fire to work well across the board. I could do this same summary for each weapon, but this is one weapon often called weak by people, and this 'weak' weapon compared to the magnum is, in fact, much stronger in a third (fourth?) of situations and roughly comparable in another large fraction of the situations a player deals with. If someone can't even understand that basic stuff (ignoring all the fancy tricks like double melee, charging bonus to melee or faster return to invisibility on a weapon), then I don't know how I could take their "OP" assertions seriously.

I think the big context that is lost on why Soo many think the Magnum is OP is simply...most of your arguments for balance are based on cheats that most casual players (especially back in the day) never knew. Playing with our exploits makes the AR much less powerful and the magnum more impressive. But yes the Magnum of the other games (BR) is also OP in H2 and arguably H3

@Jarekthegamingdragon

Жыл бұрын

Not really, as I explained the raw damage output of weapons like the AR and plasma rifle beat the pistol up close without any double melee shenanigans. People just misunderstand the sandbox as a whole.

This is the investigative journalism we need in the games space

I want more of this breakdown for halo ce

The very first time I played Halo CE online, the very first match, one of the guys on my team threw a grenade seemingly randomly into the air, I thought he just hit the button by mistake... UNTIL I NOTICED THE FUCKING ROCKET LAUNCHER FLYING TOWARD HIM!!!!!!! I was so glad he was on my team, he kicked Ass thr whole match.

Seeing how deep and complex the sandbox and meta goes for Halo CE's multiplayer fills me with dread.

Back in the days of competitive CE, more than 15 years ago at this point, everyone used pistols. It was common knowledge, at high skill, that other weapons had their strengths and these tricks were known. The reason no one used anything else other than a pistol, at least in the scene I played in, was because the pistol made your character stick his head up like a lamp-post, making headshots way easier to get with... a pistol. Or a sniper rifle if you managed to get one, but the magnum was a weapon everybody had. So it was kind of a self-feeding loop. Kind of miss getting people frustrated during scrims because I would blast them with the AR around corners while crouch-moving lmao