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Sorry, kiddo, but I will never play that level again. A friend and I played Halo CE again with the Master Chief Collection for Xbox One, and I can assure you that yes, the Library is still bloody awful. I even wondered if time since the Xbox 360 version worsened my opinion. I have yet to meet a soul who says that the Library isn’t that bad. Only problem is when the shotgun runs out of ammo or you have to reload just as fifty Flood charge you at once.Ĥ. Master Chief is alone, and his only friend is a shotgun. If you get turned around, you can’t mark the dead bodies to light your path because more Flood still comes from areas you’ve passed. They’re also pouring out of every opening in the corridors, and they don’t stop. They’re hard to kill, they’re strong, and they have this nasty habit of coming back to life. Without a doubt, the Flood are the worst enemies Halo has to offer. Well, the ones who run it without going out-of-bounds do.īut the real reason why the length is such a problem is because of the next affliction.ģ. You know a level is too long when even speedrunners complain about it. Even if you don’t get turned around, you will feel like you have because of how painfully long it is. It is a case of length for the sake of length. But the other levels didn’t suffer from a few other afflictions the Library had.Ģ. You could argue that all of the levels in Halo CE had similar design when it comes to running in circles. You have no idea if you’re even heading the right direction until the cut-scene with Cortana starts. It’s not like 343-Guilty Spark will correct you. It’s so easy to get turned around, you could run all the way back the other way and you’d never know it. The crevices, nooks, crannies, doorways, etc. Master Chief follows 343-Guilty Spark down a corridor that runs in circles.

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Other hardcore Halo friends pleaded with me to not judge the series based upon that one level.

I was warned about the Library before I tackled my review. However, I will never write a single apology article about the Library level in the original game. I read all of the Halo novels, I’ve written numerous articles about its greatness, you name it. It wasn’t long before I had all the Halo games in my library. It wasn’t until I was assigned to review Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary that I finally took the Halo plunge, and plunge I did. I lost all interest in the series at that point. Basically, watching the two of them run around in circles shooting aliens looked rather boring. Some friends came to my house with their Xbox, showed us Halo like it was the most amazeballs thing ever. I never played Halo when it originally released for the OG Xbox. My answer is always the same: I won’t play that damn Library ever again. We’re currently playing Halo 2, and whenever we play, without fail, he asks if we can please play the first game. I’ve agreed, but I’ve refused to start with the first Halo game: Halo: Combat Evolved. My eldest son has gotten into the Halo series (thanks to Mega Blocks, no doubt), and he wants to go through the entire series with me.

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