Fuel rod: Great for jumps as it's much faster than nades and does less damage. Also you can do artilery strikes from cover with it. Flamethrower: Great for OS and great for holding an enemy back.
This was so good man! Really professional, probably the best vid you've ever made. I never thought Halo CE could be so different! Again, very informative and insightful.
Yes, dual wielding had a massive impact on weapon balance. Any weapon that could be dual wielded had to be about 60% of a real weapon on its own, so that it could be about 120% of a real weapon when paired. The plasma rifle and magnum were the biggest casualties.
oh yeah it destroys in campaign for sure. btw since recording this i've found use in the needler by spamming areas and having enemies walk into the needles that have already been fired.
Zach Johnson Oh my god, thanks! I honestly never expected a response, owing to the age of this video. I'll be sure to use that tactic when i get back into Custom Edition
any time brotha. it's definitely one of the benefits of supporting someone without a ton of subscribers. I just appreciate the views/support. Stick around. I've been working on a Hang Em High video the last few days and should have it up soon.
Ce custom games browser was just added to MCC That said I haven't played a lot if ce multiplayer other than illegal versions until now. I've been playing CE since I was 7 and I'm now almost 27 still having fun and learning new things. Also flood firefight for odst is fun.
The Needler is my favorite because the tracking is really good if you know how to lead your shots and if they are anywhere out in the open they are pretty much toast. And also the weapon design is very creative!
Can't believe it has been 17 years since the games release and I am still looking into the lore of the game and the new lore from fresh new installments into the franchise. Halo Combat Evolved is a sheer master piece, setting many if the points for modern shooters. It also brought a new and fascinating look at multiplayer. Halo 2 improved on this adding new weapons such as SMGs and new Covenant weapons. Halo 3 was an absolute master piece and I mean it was. You could even rival it to the likes of Combat Evolved. But that is when the franchise began to fall. After Bungie, the lead development team for Halo, left after making their final game Halo Reach, 343 stepped in trying to finish what Bungie started from Reach. You see Reach was a higher step for Bungie as they wanted to focuse more on multiplayer. You can say that it was an experiment of sorts. 343 tried improving on this and ultimately failed with their release if Halo 4. The game was broken and unfinished and was missing all the things we Halo OG Fans loved and remebered about Combat Evolved. The old elites designs were gone now replaced with a brutish looling monster that is the complete opposite of what Elites were suppose the be. All the old weapons designs were removed with new clunky looking designs with metals pieces sticking out all over it. And don't even get me started on the Forerunners and Promethens. The multiplayer player was boring and unmemberable with cramped maps and terrible spawing locations. Over all it was a bad game for the start of a reboot of a now 12 year old game. The next following years 343 decided to make another installment into the Halo Franchise with Halo 5. Now there arw mixed opinions about the game. Some saying it was the worst in the franchise and others saying it was half and half. I am on the half and half side as I found the Multiplayer actually fun and playable unlike its predisesor. The campagin how ever was one of the worst things I have ever seen since Obvilon's dialogue. The main characters were uninteresting especially Locke as I found him a wasted potential character and 343 could have done so much better with him in the story. The Forge mode was great with new aspects on map design and vehicles. But probably my least favorite thing about the game was the sudden lose of the original Halo feel. I felt that the game focused too much on multiplayer and tried adding in thins like gound pound and thrust which were good concepts, but not for Halo. I lost hope in 343 and began to drift away from the franchise, even Combat Evolved because my brain was scrambled with awful memeories of Halo 4 and 5 (and partly because I moved onto other games like Battlefield, Fortnite, Battlefront 2, etc.). But that was when Halo Wars 2 was announced. You won't believe the hype that came from me when it was announced. Then the trailet came out and bot was the trailer good. It showed OG items returning such as the old Banshees and the original Mark 5 armor for Red team. Even the elites look great with their comback designs. But that wasn't all, no, no, no. When the game was released I was shockdd even more with 343 actually combining both designs from their games and Bungies games. You can finallt see both types of grunts or as Hidden Xperia likes to called them, "subspecies", side by siemde fighting off UNSC Forces across the battle field. Yes the game was an RTS game and truth be told that wasn't really my hot cup of joe, but I still loved it. And now we are getting Infinite is a few short months and the hype is real for an actual FPS Halo game. It is still fun to go onto TH-cam and look at all these old videos of Halo Combat Evolved, hell, every halo game even 4 and 5 and look into the game mechanics and lore to get a better grip anf feel of the characters and story. Thanks for being a strong Halo Fan for all these years and keep up the good work.
I might do something for Halo 2, but I have a few more Halo CE vids I want to make. I gotta kind of assume that the majority of people getting MCC have at least played Halo 3, so I probably won't do that one.
Dagger 323 Aim acceleration, bad maps, bad BR mechanics, slow kill times, equipment, and on and on. I couldn't deal with it. It was fun to watch MLG H3 but I couldn't stand to play the game myself.
Very informative video. For someone like me that didn't do LAN partys or played Halo CE MP back in the day this will help me quite abit. I hope for a Halo 2 basic guide as well for a refresher ^^
Zach, a lot of people are saying that the Halo CE pistol is hitscan rather than ballistic in the MCC based on IGN's video released today, and thus does not require you to lead your shot.
1:05 I knew the pistol could 3-shot the head but I did not know Halo CE had so much "Bleedthrough" on shields. I thought Halo CE has shield-gating besides very specific circumstances like point blank shotguns, explosives, and sniper headshots. (I thought it's 2 shots to kill the shield, third shot to hit the head) 9:15 I am very curious why the plasma rifle does more damage if you hit the head since it's not a "Precision weapon" like the pistol and sniper rifle. Does the "extra headshot damage" only impact shields, health, or both?
Every single Halo is body shots until the headshot. Anyone that tells you to go for all headshots is lying to you. I'm not sure about the PR's damage values for headshots against health, bc at that point you should either be meleeing them, committing to shooting them to death, or nading them. It's also important to remember that good players might try to crouch, which might break stun-lock if you're aiming for the head (and stun-lock only exists on LAN bc MCC is ass).
Could you explain what is going on at 2:52? Would you get bullet magnetism by aiming with the bottom of the reticle at that range? I’m still trying to figure this gun out.
Yeah no problem. I was trying to illustrate how unreliable and unintuitive it can be to aim with the middle of the reticle. I find it much more consistent to aim with the edges of the reticle so the bullet magnetism kicks in. Sounds like easy mode, but always having your reticle in the right place to use it is a skill in itself. So if they’re standing still, use the bottom. If they’re running to the side, put your reticle in front of them and aim with the back side of the reticle. For the headshot moving laterally, use the bottom left/right of the reticle to ensure you hit the head.
@@hardway4475 awesome thank you for getting back to me! I’ll try and keep that in mind. I’m definitely aiming too low and leading too soon in some cases. Some lobbies I feel unstoppable and I just shred and then sometimes I feel like I draw an outline of bullets around people lol. Lot of those close and close-mid gun fights feel really awkward
@@blackmetalbreadstick to a certain extent they always will feel awkward if the guy has a good strafe. Triggering the bullet magnetism with the edge of the reticle is the only way I’ve found to consistently hit people, and some fights at certain ranges will have you needing to use both the left and right side of the reticle on alternating shots. It’s tricky, for sure. And every game and every opponent will be slightly different. Some people will need to be led entirely off-reticle from way too close. You’ll start to recognize where you’ll need to aim on different opponents. I guess just try to read names mid-fight and remember if this particular guy needs any kind of weird crosshair placement for you to hit him. Sadly MCC is crazy inconsistent. These are just the best ways I’ve found consistency.
Couldn’t tell ya bud. But I can tell you that it’s literally NEVER worth holding in the trigger on the pistol. In fact, if you’re playing MCC multiplayer, I have much better success deliberately shooting slower because the game likes to think I’m holding in the trigger if I shoot at max RoF.
It's undeniable that it's a bigger part of the game. However, if you have strong knowledge of spawns and how you're affecting them, you'll find that you have a great deal of control over your teammates' spawns. Spawn knowledge will also pay off if you can predict how the last remaining enemy will spawn his teammates. TLDR just spread out and learn how to give random spawns (www.halospawns.com)
Hello, I played halo PC from 2002 to 2008 and still wondering about something. With the sniper rifle, do you have to lead the shot because of the halo PC ping delay or because its a projectil weapon ? I had to lead for years and years depending of the ping in the server and thought it was only depending on that, never know that the weapons were also projectils!?!? Does it mean we'll have to lead also on halo CEA coming on PC? 👀
The reason why the magnum's overpowered is due to a glitch which was never patched during development and was left with this performance in the final version.
I'm sure he's already well-aware of that. It's really stupid to categorize a weapon as "overpowered" when *everyone* spawns with it. The Plasma Rifle, Shotgun, and even the AR (in theory, at least), are able to stand against the Magnum at CQC.
@@CrossOfBayonne That's a wrong estimate: 6 body shots are needed to kill shielded players without going for the head, and landing just two shots anywhere, with the third one being a headshot is a perfect kill. 3SK aren't as common as people make it out to be. CE's weapons all have relatively fast TTKs compare to their later iterations.
This video was made using the Xbox version, prior to the release of MCC. The MCC version is a port of the PC version, with a couple changes and more changes to come in the next few months.
I like the first game more. It's 2v2 is better than any Halo that has come after, and it's 4v4 is underrated good with the right gametypes. Halo 2 does have excellent 4v4, but it's weapon respawn system is difficult to go back to. SO bad. Still a lot better than most of what came after.
Halo CE is by far one of the best video games ever made
I agree.
No shit
Halo CE was the launch title for the Xbox and was lauded for it's innovation even considered the greatest game of all time.
Biased
The most underrated multiplayer experience in Halo...
This is why I go for older videos for tutorials. Less hype, straight to the point. Also thanks I'm going into Halo:MCC. Hope you read this Spartan.
Godspeed spartan
Halo CE was such a deep game, it's a shame they couldn't recapture it's greatness in any halo since.
halo never felt the same after CE
The first and best by far
Anyone here for MCC PC release?
Fuel rod: Great for jumps as it's much faster than nades and does less damage. Also you can do artilery strikes from cover with it.
Flamethrower: Great for OS and great for holding an enemy back.
This was so good man! Really professional, probably the best vid you've ever made. I never thought Halo CE could be so different! Again, very informative and insightful.
Thanks man! I'm glad it was helpful! There's more on the way.
Yes, dual wielding had a massive impact on weapon balance. Any weapon that could be dual wielded had to be about 60% of a real weapon on its own, so that it could be about 120% of a real weapon when paired. The plasma rifle and magnum were the biggest casualties.
Halo CE best Halo
(SBB) Blitz NOTHING... can beat it!
Halo 2 and 3 come close.
I cannot get over that amazing intro sequence!
this video is so in depth i had no idea of some of these mechanics
10:30 The needler is lowkey god in the campaign if you can get the jump on enemies, because you can stack supercombines and the enemies are slower
oh yeah it destroys in campaign for sure. btw since recording this i've found use in the needler by spamming areas and having enemies walk into the needles that have already been fired.
Zach Johnson Oh my god, thanks! I honestly never expected a response, owing to the age of this video. I'll be sure to use that tactic when i get back into Custom Edition
any time brotha. it's definitely one of the benefits of supporting someone without a ton of subscribers. I just appreciate the views/support. Stick around. I've been working on a Hang Em High video the last few days and should have it up soon.
Zach Johnson Cool, I'll keep my eyes peeled
10:18 H4 needler wants to know your location
True
Ce custom games browser was just added to MCC
That said I haven't played a lot if ce multiplayer other than illegal versions until now. I've been playing CE since I was 7 and I'm now almost 27 still having fun and learning new things.
Also flood firefight for odst is fun.
this was very informative - thank you!
This was very helpful, you should make more of these for the other halo games
You are very good at explaining the game mechanics
Well done! As a Halo fan who sorta joined too little too late, this really helps keep me on track! :)
Genuinely helpful. Thanks. Exactly what I wanted to know.
The Needler is my favorite because the tracking is really good if you know how to lead your shots and if they are anywhere out in the open they are pretty much toast. And also the weapon design is very creative!
Can't believe it has been 17 years since the games release and I am still looking into the lore of the game and the new lore from fresh new installments into the franchise. Halo Combat Evolved is a sheer master piece, setting many if the points for modern shooters. It also brought a new and fascinating look at multiplayer. Halo 2 improved on this adding new weapons such as SMGs and new Covenant weapons. Halo 3 was an absolute master piece and I mean it was. You could even rival it to the likes of Combat Evolved. But that is when the franchise began to fall. After Bungie, the lead development team for Halo, left after making their final game Halo Reach, 343 stepped in trying to finish what Bungie started from Reach. You see Reach was a higher step for Bungie as they wanted to focuse more on multiplayer. You can say that it was an experiment of sorts. 343 tried improving on this and ultimately failed with their release if Halo 4. The game was broken and unfinished and was missing all the things we Halo OG Fans loved and remebered about Combat Evolved. The old elites designs were gone now replaced with a brutish looling monster that is the complete opposite of what Elites were suppose the be. All the old weapons designs were removed with new clunky looking designs with metals pieces sticking out all over it. And don't even get me started on the Forerunners and Promethens. The multiplayer player was boring and unmemberable with cramped maps and terrible spawing locations. Over all it was a bad game for the start of a reboot of a now 12 year old game. The next following years 343 decided to make another installment into the Halo Franchise with Halo 5. Now there arw mixed opinions about the game. Some saying it was the worst in the franchise and others saying it was half and half. I am on the half and half side as I found the Multiplayer actually fun and playable unlike its predisesor. The campagin how ever was one of the worst things I have ever seen since Obvilon's dialogue. The main characters were uninteresting especially Locke as I found him a wasted potential character and 343 could have done so much better with him in the story. The Forge mode was great with new aspects on map design and vehicles. But probably my least favorite thing about the game was the sudden lose of the original Halo feel. I felt that the game focused too much on multiplayer and tried adding in thins like gound pound and thrust which were good concepts, but not for Halo. I lost hope in 343 and began to drift away from the franchise, even Combat Evolved because my brain was scrambled with awful memeories of Halo 4 and 5 (and partly because I moved onto other games like Battlefield, Fortnite, Battlefront 2, etc.). But that was when Halo Wars 2 was announced. You won't believe the hype that came from me when it was announced. Then the trailet came out and bot was the trailer good. It showed OG items returning such as the old Banshees and the original Mark 5 armor for Red team. Even the elites look great with their comback designs. But that wasn't all, no, no, no. When the game was released I was shockdd even more with 343 actually combining both designs from their games and Bungies games. You can finallt see both types of grunts or as Hidden Xperia likes to called them, "subspecies", side by siemde fighting off UNSC Forces across the battle field. Yes the game was an RTS game and truth be told that wasn't really my hot cup of joe, but I still loved it. And now we are getting Infinite is a few short months and the hype is real for an actual FPS Halo game. It is still fun to go onto TH-cam and look at all these old videos of Halo Combat Evolved, hell, every halo game even 4 and 5 and look into the game mechanics and lore to get a better grip anf feel of the characters and story. Thanks for being a strong Halo Fan for all these years and keep up the good work.
Very informative and well done.
I learned a lot. This is impressive.
Very well done. I have played both the original and anniversary editions of Halo: CE but I have done very little in the way of CE multiplayer.
Great video. Very professionally done. Any possibility of having weapon and equipment guides for other Halos?
I might do something for Halo 2, but I have a few more Halo CE vids I want to make. I gotta kind of assume that the majority of people getting MCC have at least played Halo 3, so I probably won't do that one.
Zach Johnson I say stick with H1 and mayyyybe do H2. 3 and beyond were bad games imo. Great vid man.
RVGENomini H3 was the last great Halo game...sorry if you didn't like it
Dagger 323 Aim acceleration, bad maps, bad BR mechanics, slow kill times, equipment, and on and on. I couldn't deal with it. It was fun to watch MLG H3 but I couldn't stand to play the game myself.
RVGENomini I like all the Halo games, (except Wars and Spartan Assault [:), I also think Zach Johnson should do guides for all of them
I've been a long time halo player and I didn't know about most of these tips.
Very informative video. For someone like me that didn't do LAN partys or played Halo CE MP back in the day this will help me quite abit. I hope for a Halo 2 basic guide as well for a refresher ^^
This series is amazing!
Thank you very much for taking the time to do this
It was my pleasure. I'm just glad to see it helping people.
I could listen to Hardway talk to me about Halo Ce all night ;)
Hace some love for the needler!
Beautiful Needler
Great guide Zach!
9:33 dude was straight dancin’
Thanks, it's a classic. Nice video.
10:18
Halo 4 Needler: let me introduce myself
Damn, impressively made video. Could have used this before that LAN I attended with you guys haha
Wish CE could be played properly on MCC T-T
Does the pistol feel off to you too? It's so frustrating since it's the only way to play it online.
I think because CE in the mcc is a pc port, the port made the magnum a bit different, that's why it may feel odd
@@guitaristshawn Take a look at how the Plasma Rifle performs in the MCC. You can't reliably stun players with it, anymore.
Zach, a lot of people are saying that the Halo CE pistol is hitscan rather than ballistic in the MCC based on IGN's video released today, and thus does not require you to lead your shot.
I haven't seen enough footage to tell yet. I hope its not. I don't think it will be. I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Nice job, keep these videos coming.
and you need to talk about the backpack reload
Does multiplayer increase spread for all weapons? It sort of feels like that when I switch into it from campaign. Subtle, but I think it does.
I really wish there was a guide like this for halo 2
1:05 I knew the pistol could 3-shot the head but I did not know Halo CE had so much "Bleedthrough" on shields. I thought Halo CE has shield-gating besides very specific circumstances like point blank shotguns, explosives, and sniper headshots. (I thought it's 2 shots to kill the shield, third shot to hit the head) 9:15 I am very curious why the plasma rifle does more damage if you hit the head since it's not a "Precision weapon" like the pistol and sniper rifle. Does the "extra headshot damage" only impact shields, health, or both?
Every single Halo is body shots until the headshot. Anyone that tells you to go for all headshots is lying to you. I'm not sure about the PR's damage values for headshots against health, bc at that point you should either be meleeing them, committing to shooting them to death, or nading them. It's also important to remember that good players might try to crouch, which might break stun-lock if you're aiming for the head (and stun-lock only exists on LAN bc MCC is ass).
Wooooww 20 years later I’m just now finding out the pistol is a projectile weapon 😂
Could you explain what is going on at 2:52? Would you get bullet magnetism by aiming with the bottom of the reticle at that range? I’m still trying to figure this gun out.
Yeah no problem. I was trying to illustrate how unreliable and unintuitive it can be to aim with the middle of the reticle. I find it much more consistent to aim with the edges of the reticle so the bullet magnetism kicks in. Sounds like easy mode, but always having your reticle in the right place to use it is a skill in itself. So if they’re standing still, use the bottom. If they’re running to the side, put your reticle in front of them and aim with the back side of the reticle. For the headshot moving laterally, use the bottom left/right of the reticle to ensure you hit the head.
@@hardway4475 awesome thank you for getting back to me! I’ll try and keep that in mind. I’m definitely aiming too low and leading too soon in some cases. Some lobbies I feel unstoppable and I just shred and then sometimes I feel like I draw an outline of bullets around people lol. Lot of those close and close-mid gun fights feel really awkward
@@blackmetalbreadstick to a certain extent they always will feel awkward if the guy has a good strafe. Triggering the bullet magnetism with the edge of the reticle is the only way I’ve found to consistently hit people, and some fights at certain ranges will have you needing to use both the left and right side of the reticle on alternating shots. It’s tricky, for sure. And every game and every opponent will be slightly different. Some people will need to be led entirely off-reticle from way too close. You’ll start to recognize where you’ll need to aim on different opponents. I guess just try to read names mid-fight and remember if this particular guy needs any kind of weird crosshair placement for you to hit him. Sadly MCC is crazy inconsistent. These are just the best ways I’ve found consistency.
video starts at 0:49
Why does the pistol have alternative firing modes while the AR doesn't?
Couldn’t tell ya bud. But I can tell you that it’s literally NEVER worth holding in the trigger on the pistol. In fact, if you’re playing MCC multiplayer, I have much better success deliberately shooting slower because the game likes to think I’m holding in the trigger if I shoot at max RoF.
The needler is good in halo 3, 4 and 5, I don't know about reach though.
It's good but there is always better options.
GamingRanger yeah, the ar is better than the needler and thats a starting weapon lol
i can pull the trigger faster than the plasma rifle shoots
i used a pistol only last night and got a flawless victory XD
How do you deal with spawn killing in CE
It's undeniable that it's a bigger part of the game. However, if you have strong knowledge of spawns and how you're affecting them, you'll find that you have a great deal of control over your teammates' spawns. Spawn knowledge will also pay off if you can predict how the last remaining enemy will spawn his teammates. TLDR just spread out and learn how to give random spawns (www.halospawns.com)
Am I the only one who has been playing since ce and did not know it was automatic
Honestly it’s better you didn’t. The spread is like putting your thumb over the garden hose.
Zach do you have a fb or easier way to have a convo?
Hello, I played halo PC from 2002 to 2008 and still wondering about something. With the sniper rifle, do you have to lead the shot because of the halo PC ping delay or because its a projectil weapon ? I had to lead for years and years depending of the ping in the server and thought it was only depending on that, never know that the weapons were also projectils!?!? Does it mean we'll have to lead also on halo CEA coming on PC? 👀
Yes, all weapons are projectiles in CE, sniper included. You do have to lead on MCC PC, played it today.
The reason why the magnum's overpowered is due to a glitch which was never patched during development and was left with this performance in the final version.
The pistol is not overpowered. Especially in 2v2's which is the core of the multiplayer anyways.
I'm sure he's already well-aware of that.
It's really stupid to categorize a weapon as "overpowered" when *everyone* spawns with it. The Plasma Rifle, Shotgun, and even the AR (in theory, at least), are able to stand against the Magnum at CQC.
@@Arena1999 Let's face it the pistol can kill a shielded spartan with 2 headshots or 3 hits to the body.
@@CrossOfBayonne That's a wrong estimate: 6 body shots are needed to kill shielded players without going for the head, and landing just two shots anywhere, with the third one being a headshot is a perfect kill. 3SK aren't as common as people make it out to be. CE's weapons all have relatively fast TTKs compare to their later iterations.
@@Arena1999 Thanks
what song is that at the beginning?
That song is called The Harvest, and the artist is Wolves At The Gate.
Zach Johnson thanks this song is great
Phizzzzzzy Yeah I love that one. I knew I'd put that intro in a video from the first time I heard it :)
It's funny how you say rockets comes back every two minutes but derelict the level at which point you say it, rockets come back every 30 secs
Yeah I chose that level so I didn't have to wait long for rockets while recording. All that stuff is coming in a later video.
Is this for the PC?
This video was made using the Xbox version, prior to the release of MCC. The MCC version is a port of the PC version, with a couple changes and more changes to come in the next few months.
halo ce vs halo 2
I like the first game more. It's 2v2 is better than any Halo that has come after, and it's 4v4 is underrated good with the right gametypes. Halo 2 does have excellent 4v4, but it's weapon respawn system is difficult to go back to. SO bad. Still a lot better than most of what came after.
i do still like to have the assault rifle i love it
Great work! :)