It's still the best party game ever made, the Custom edition is still played today after over 20 years. I miss the time when games were made to have fun and not to continue your progression system and to get better in pointless rankings. Games like CE or Republic Commando got it so perfect, you came back to have fun over and over again for so many years, no other game will ever get close to my play time in those games. Yeah, I had some good time in the competitive world of other games too, but even in those times, I always came back to the chill and fun games.
Amazing comment. Republic commando is right up there for me, I know some say the squad system may have lacked depth but it fit perfectly in the story and the weapons were equally as creative and sometimes OP, but in the right way just like Halo CE. So happy to see that game being mentioned! And agree CE is the best party game ever made. It’s always fun to see people pull out Mario kart at a party but I have my original Xbox now in the US for when people are over for CE and H2
@@Mostima115 never got to play the RC multiplayer more than an hour or two! I presume it was available online and not just split screen right? I should look up the maps and see what I missed
love it in Halo CE when you lose a vehicle and it takes 10 minutes to cross no mans land on foot. really makes puts the value of vehicles into perspective.
@@jeemojayAfter experiencing Halo 4, 5 and Infinite, I've come to this conclusion: Give the players a large sandbox, and let them figure out how to make it competitive. Don't try to force it on them via crazy tuning. Halo 3 was a great example of this imo. The weapons and equipment were kind of balanced, but not "spreadsheet balanced", if that makes sense. They were balanced to be fun, not balanced to be sweaty - I think the 343i Halos specifically have fallen into the "sweaty balance" side of the spectrum. idk. That's how I've come to see all of it haha
Honestly great way of seeing it. I haven’t had an Xbox since the 360 and experience halo on PC, so I can’t speak for 4 or 5 in their heydays, but this all seems to track. Played 4 on MCC now but would like to try 5 sometime if it’s ever truly available on pc
Great video! You're absolutely right. So many of us are focused on sweaty try hard gaming that we miss the fun. I love CE. It's my favorite multiplayer right now. Maybe I'll see you around on those CTF nights
Hell yes! Not sure where you are, I live in east coast USA and we are lucky to get constant btb custom lobbies at any hour, but often I play EU lobbies if the ping is acceptable and there’s a higher population online
This is a great video. Halo CE was my first game I ever played. It was 2005, my dad turned on the Xbox and I just have vague memories of balancing on beams over an endless pit with him. I’m still playing Halo now. I feel like I’d be betraying the series by hating on it. I love every aspect of each game with how stupid each of them could be. The goofy community sure plays a big part in all this.
Awesome memory to share Trevor! So glad to see another person still playing. I’ve switched back to playing the halos after years of competitive gaming that I just don’t want anymore and CE never disappoints to give me fun every single evening. Goofy community for sure helps keep the fun alive 🥳
I will still remember every moment in MCC lobbies playing CTF on Blood Gultch, I can see why Objective gamemodes may be bad in CE compared to slayer but the experience in Blood Gulch for me is almost perfect. It's so perfectly sized where both infantry/team and vehicle play are both viable which makes the combat more interesting and fun than something huge like Death Island. If I had one problem to be honest, it isn't hard for a team to spawncamp an enemy base no matter what side but breaking spawncamps always felt amazing in my experience. Idk man, that map changes you after dozens of hours.
Honestly man agree. When comparing it to modern halos it’s ‘nonsense’ on paper but I just spent another 2 hours today on ice fields and blood gulch and was having so much fun. Best online experience I’ve ever, ever had
Tonight my team on ctf dominated due to unbalanced number players and we had an assembly line type system for winning in less than 5 minutes whilst spawn camping
This is what it missing from modern games from me. Everything absolutely HAS to be balanced, maps HAVE to be totally efficient and have ZERO wasted space, etc. Why can't we just have a good time? Put that stuff in the competitive mode.
Summed that up perfectly, totally with you - I've not touched infinite for over a month now, just been doing night after night of custom MCC games and I'm loving it
I AGREE! Halo CE is a clunky party game and it's so great at that, as you said just look at the CGB. However, as someone who is *very* competitive I think it's even better than for example Halo 2. Halo CE is broken dumb fun, but everyone can participate. Everyone gets a Magnum is what I'm getting at lol. I'll agree it's bad on objective modes, but CE slayer still shines as a competitive game within the realm of slayer and the party-style modes. In Halo 2, If you can't button combo then you'll almost never win a competitive game. In addition, I liked your point about how CE isn't still populated due to nostalgia. Combat Evolved is a game older than me so obviously I didn't experience the prime Halo days. HOWEVER, I can still come back and have fun in Halo CE's multiplayer. Needless to say, claiming nostalgia as CE's life support is ridiculous. All that said, Halo CE's multiplayer I'd argue is still a good experience even by today's gaming standards. Truly, this game is so bad that it's good
Kicking myself for not mentioning the bloody magnum!!! Although if I were to cry about all the so-bad-it’s-good things I might have passed the 10 min mark 😂 honestly you summarise exactly how I feel. It’s beyond nostalgia and simply put, actually great gaming from a great time period. I’ve played CE every night this week and haven’t touched infinite and just feel so good hopping around in custom lobbies
So great to hear 🎮 I haven’t touched infinite now in a few weeks as I’ve just been playing ctf and reliving CE multiplayer every night. Best gaming experience I’ve ever had!
Hahahahaha the only way to play. if there were a voice line when throwing frags like in counterstrike, could you imagine how loud that audio would be? Every 0.3 seconds on hang em high 😂
The fact that recently I got 3 friends over at my place and booted up the og xbox and we still had a bast on this and halo 2. Should tell you everything. These games multiplayer is timeless.
Halo CE multi is the only one of the older games that I go back to and play. It wasn't hyper balanced, and some maps were jank, but the fun was there. Starting with an all rounder pistol that felt great to use, the skill gap and expression with 3 shots, grenade jumps, grabbing weapons from afar using grenades... The CE pistol is just so satisfying to use man. Its on my list of top FPS weapons. I enjoyed most of the other Halos, even some of 343's, but they never felt as good as CE. It was just dialed in on the amount of auto-aim assist, the sandbox, skill gap, just perfect.
Totally with you. I love the magnum on pc, im guessing same with controller but if you tap it instead of hold its a fair stretch more accurate somehow so even for a 23 year old game it presents a cool mechanic. Everything you mention here just makes it top tier despite how a game like this might translate in today’s day and age. Awesome comment, so glad to see how many people love CE
@@jeemojay Yup, fun should always come first and I think a lot to modern devs let that get lost in the sauce. Nintendo's been pretty good maintaining that.
It's funny, Halo 2 started my completive aspect of gaming... but Halo CE, on LAN parties with xbox's connected by a basic linxus switch, are my core gaming memories.
@@jeemojay some of our sleep overs as kids were "camp outs".... tents on the back porch, but a tv/xbox in 3 tents, with team in each tent.... was better than any online experience if I'm being honest.
They all make me feel something, but to your point, CE multiplayer is where I feel constant fun and barrels of laughs at the same time 😅 it’s simply the best
I recommend every install halo custom edition on PC. It has custom maps and it’s a lot more fun than Mcc. Just make sure to install the latest 1.10 patch.
You know people will do anything when you see people jumping into warthogs with NO gunners so they can use themself as a battering ram in the enemy spawn room!!! And the option to put everything on the line to stop the enemy is present in so many ways in CE it’s awesome. So funny lol
Halo ce multiplayer wasn’t great but is considered to be one of the greats bc it helped lay the foundation for what is online gaming today in a shooter aspect granted technically not the first one ever I still think ce was a big help in the foundation for online shooters
Exactly and great point - despite not being the ‘first’ it sure has been such an important foundational platform for games pushing 25 years later, super thankful for it. So many charming things about CE that I wish we still had in modern halo
Everything now is bland i was memorizing some games that i played as a kid like The Smurfs & Co: Spellbound Social Empire Social War Crazy Penguin Wars Nut rush Castl clash triviador(Saif Almarifa) Dragon city Royal story Happy Acres Happy farm Goodgame empire Hill climb racer Medal of honor local pvp Hallo combat evaluation local and multiplier Prototype 1&2 Battle field 2,3,4 Cod modeewafre And so much more It's just sad it's like no one know how to make a fun video game anymore I'm just gonna cry myself to sleep peace out
It's still the best party game ever made, the Custom edition is still played today after over 20 years. I miss the time when games were made to have fun and not to continue your progression system and to get better in pointless rankings. Games like CE or Republic Commando got it so perfect, you came back to have fun over and over again for so many years, no other game will ever get close to my play time in those games. Yeah, I had some good time in the competitive world of other games too, but even in those times, I always came back to the chill and fun games.
Amazing comment. Republic commando is right up there for me, I know some say the squad system may have lacked depth but it fit perfectly in the story and the weapons were equally as creative and sometimes OP, but in the right way just like Halo CE. So happy to see that game being mentioned! And agree CE is the best party game ever made. It’s always fun to see people pull out Mario kart at a party but I have my original Xbox now in the US for when people are over for CE and H2
@@Mostima115 never got to play the RC multiplayer more than an hour or two! I presume it was available online and not just split screen right? I should look up the maps and see what I missed
CE might the best casual and sweaty competitive game ever made. We still play it in 2v2 splitscreen tournaments today!
love it in Halo CE when you lose a vehicle and it takes 10 minutes to cross no mans land on foot. really makes puts the value of vehicles into perspective.
Totally totally with you. Happens both in campaign and in those huge scale multiplayer maps like sidewinder
To me, the older Halos didn't strive to be perfectly balanced, and that's what made it them great.
Hell yeah agree. Love how the anything goes mentality ended up working perfectly, I hope we can get even some aspects of that back moving forward
@@jeemojayAfter experiencing Halo 4, 5 and Infinite, I've come to this conclusion:
Give the players a large sandbox, and let them figure out how to make it competitive. Don't try to force it on them via crazy tuning.
Halo 3 was a great example of this imo. The weapons and equipment were kind of balanced, but not "spreadsheet balanced", if that makes sense. They were balanced to be fun, not balanced to be sweaty - I think the 343i Halos specifically have fallen into the "sweaty balance" side of the spectrum.
idk. That's how I've come to see all of it haha
Honestly great way of seeing it. I haven’t had an Xbox since the 360 and experience halo on PC, so I can’t speak for 4 or 5 in their heydays, but this all seems to track. Played 4 on MCC now but would like to try 5 sometime if it’s ever truly available on pc
Great video! You're absolutely right. So many of us are focused on sweaty try hard gaming that we miss the fun. I love CE. It's my favorite multiplayer right now. Maybe I'll see you around on those CTF nights
Hell yes! Not sure where you are, I live in east coast USA and we are lucky to get constant btb custom lobbies at any hour, but often I play EU lobbies if the ping is acceptable and there’s a higher population online
@@jeemojay I'm Midwest USA. I stream on Friday nights, which is mostly when I play Halo
You should install custom edition on PC. Its more fun and has more active players than MCC
CE might the best casual and sweaty competitive game ever made. We still play it in 2v2 splitscreen tournaments today!
@@SquattingxBear hell ya lol
This is a great video. Halo CE was my first game I ever played. It was 2005, my dad turned on the Xbox and I just have vague memories of balancing on beams over an endless pit with him. I’m still playing Halo now. I feel like I’d be betraying the series by hating on it. I love every aspect of each game with how stupid each of them could be. The goofy community sure plays a big part in all this.
Awesome memory to share Trevor! So glad to see another person still playing. I’ve switched back to playing the halos after years of competitive gaming that I just don’t want anymore and CE never disappoints to give me fun every single evening. Goofy community for sure helps keep the fun alive 🥳
I will still remember every moment in MCC lobbies playing CTF on Blood Gultch, I can see why Objective gamemodes may be bad in CE compared to slayer but the experience in Blood Gulch for me is almost perfect.
It's so perfectly sized where both infantry/team and vehicle play are both viable which makes the combat more interesting and fun than something huge like Death Island. If I had one problem to be honest, it isn't hard for a team to spawncamp an enemy base no matter what side but breaking spawncamps always felt amazing in my experience.
Idk man, that map changes you after dozens of hours.
Honestly man agree. When comparing it to modern halos it’s ‘nonsense’ on paper but I just spent another 2 hours today on ice fields and blood gulch and was having so much fun. Best online experience I’ve ever, ever had
Tonight my team on ctf dominated due to unbalanced number players and we had an assembly line type system for winning in less than 5 minutes whilst spawn camping
Classic CE!
This is what it missing from modern games from me. Everything absolutely HAS to be balanced, maps HAVE to be totally efficient and have ZERO wasted space, etc. Why can't we just have a good time? Put that stuff in the competitive mode.
Summed that up perfectly, totally with you - I've not touched infinite for over a month now, just been doing night after night of custom MCC games and I'm loving it
I AGREE! Halo CE is a clunky party game and it's so great at that, as you said just look at the CGB. However, as someone who is *very* competitive I think it's even better than for example Halo 2. Halo CE is broken dumb fun, but everyone can participate. Everyone gets a Magnum is what I'm getting at lol. I'll agree it's bad on objective modes, but CE slayer still shines as a competitive game within the realm of slayer and the party-style modes. In Halo 2, If you can't button combo then you'll almost never win a competitive game. In addition, I liked your point about how CE isn't still populated due to nostalgia. Combat Evolved is a game older than me so obviously I didn't experience the prime Halo days. HOWEVER, I can still come back and have fun in Halo CE's multiplayer. Needless to say, claiming nostalgia as CE's life support is ridiculous.
All that said, Halo CE's multiplayer I'd argue is still a good experience even by today's gaming standards. Truly, this game is so bad that it's good
Kicking myself for not mentioning the bloody magnum!!! Although if I were to cry about all the so-bad-it’s-good things I might have passed the 10 min mark 😂 honestly you summarise exactly how I feel. It’s beyond nostalgia and simply put, actually great gaming from a great time period. I’ve played CE every night this week and haven’t touched infinite and just feel so good hopping around in custom lobbies
I am 38 and still play Halo CE multiplayer alot, having more fun with it then modern games.Just simple fun!
MCC 🙌🏼
So great to hear 🎮 I haven’t touched infinite now in a few weeks as I’ve just been playing ctf and reliving CE multiplayer every night. Best gaming experience I’ve ever had!
Install custom edition on PC. Servers are still active and with more players than Mcc
The real problem is the fact that the grenade amount isn't constantly at zero in the video - Yeet that mini ball of death all the time, anytime
Hahahahaha the only way to play. if there were a voice line when throwing frags like in counterstrike, could you imagine how loud that audio would be? Every 0.3 seconds on hang em high 😂
The fact that recently I got 3 friends over at my place and booted up the og xbox and we still had a bast on this and halo 2.
Should tell you everything.
These games multiplayer is timeless.
Best gaming experience of all time 🫡 completely timeless
Halo CE multi is the only one of the older games that I go back to and play. It wasn't hyper balanced, and some maps were jank, but the fun was there. Starting with an all rounder pistol that felt great to use, the skill gap and expression with 3 shots, grenade jumps, grabbing weapons from afar using grenades... The CE pistol is just so satisfying to use man. Its on my list of top FPS weapons.
I enjoyed most of the other Halos, even some of 343's, but they never felt as good as CE. It was just dialed in on the amount of auto-aim assist, the sandbox, skill gap, just perfect.
Totally with you. I love the magnum on pc, im guessing same with controller but if you tap it instead of hold its a fair stretch more accurate somehow so even for a 23 year old game it presents a cool mechanic. Everything you mention here just makes it top tier despite how a game like this might translate in today’s day and age. Awesome comment, so glad to see how many people love CE
@@jeemojay Yup, fun should always come first and I think a lot to modern devs let that get lost in the sauce. Nintendo's been pretty good maintaining that.
It's funny, Halo 2 started my completive aspect of gaming... but Halo CE, on LAN parties with xbox's connected by a basic linxus switch, are my core gaming memories.
The best of times. I remember being mind blown at someone’s birthday party when we were kids when I first saw system link. 8 players at once!
@@jeemojay some of our sleep overs as kids were "camp outs".... tents on the back porch, but a tv/xbox in 3 tents, with team in each tent.... was better than any online experience if I'm being honest.
1000x better, totally with you. I bought an original Xbox last month to relive CE with friends and it didn’t disappoint!
For me... Halo CE is the only Halo Multiplayer that makes me smile.
They all make me feel something, but to your point, CE multiplayer is where I feel constant fun and barrels of laughs at the same time 😅 it’s simply the best
I recommend every install halo custom edition on PC. It has custom maps and it’s a lot more fun than Mcc. Just make sure to install the latest 1.10 patch.
Thanks for the tip, I haven’t played that in so many years, maybe 15 years! Is there a server browser built into custom edition?
@ yea, just like the original halo combat evolved. And servers are also active on the original combat evolved game
@jabroosky6544 phenomenal news, think I’m going to have to download this week! Great tip.
I played halo ce Multiplayer continually for a day last week. It's hella fun and CTF gets crazy competitive. People doing ANYTHING to win.
You know people will do anything when you see people jumping into warthogs with NO gunners so they can use themself as a battering ram in the enemy spawn room!!! And the option to put everything on the line to stop the enemy is present in so many ways in CE it’s awesome. So funny lol
Halo ce multiplayer wasn’t great but is considered to be one of the greats bc it helped lay the foundation for what is online gaming today in a shooter aspect granted technically not the first one ever I still think ce was a big help in the foundation for online shooters
Exactly and great point - despite not being the ‘first’ it sure has been such an important foundational platform for games pushing 25 years later, super thankful for it. So many charming things about CE that I wish we still had in modern halo
@@jeemojay imo if they just made a halo with a good story and a system like halo reach with no battle pass it would be amazing
Janky PvP supremacy
100%. The only way 🫡
Everything now is bland i was memorizing some games that i played as a kid like
The Smurfs & Co: Spellbound
Social Empire
Social War
Crazy Penguin Wars
Nut rush
Castl clash
triviador(Saif Almarifa)
Dragon city
Royal story
Happy Acres
Happy farm
Goodgame empire
Hill climb racer
Medal of honor local pvp
Hallo combat evaluation local and multiplier
Prototype 1&2
Battle field 2,3,4
Cod modeewafre
And so much more
It's just sad it's like no one know how to make a fun video game anymore I'm just gonna cry myself to sleep peace out
Amazing games on the list of yours!!
@@jeemojay Thx
Go back in there tear😢
Exactly how emotional I get when I play blood gulch btb every night this week (genuinely haven’t opened infinite in days). Can’t get enough!
@@jeemojay oh that reminded me of a game named blood strike it was also on Facebook
It is. If you had host advantage you basically won.
Honestly it's so bad i enjoy it.
@@LongSwordEdits for me, it’s my favourite halo ever 😎
Halo 1 had multiplayer???
It was, and still is, the best of the best 🤩
Halo CE has the worst multiplayer. Change my mind.
📍 ‘Sgt Johnson wants to know your location’
Have you even tried halo custom edition on PC? Mcc ce is trash I’ll give you that. But the classic PC version is still very much alive and fun