Was Halo CE always so hard?

[Saryn]

I have been playing HALO CEA on the MCC for about a week now and I'm currently on "Two Betrayals" and this level and a couple recent ones have been VERY DIFFICULT to beat! I am playing on normal difficulty but the game feels way too hard.

[nullsignal]

All Halo campaigns are ridiculously easy especially on normal, don’t know what you are on about
Not trying to be insulting obviously, I’m just amazed someone could find the campaigns difficult

[Jeanmouloude]

you're having difficulty on normal difficulty ?!

[Saryn]

Originally posted by Old Player:

All Halo campaigns are ridiculously easy especially on normal, don’t know what you are on about
Not trying to be insulting obviously, I’m just amazed someone could find the campaigns difficult

The game just gets harder after the flood are introduced, there are just way too many Flood NPC's that swarm you in one small room.

[Saryn]

Originally posted by Jeanmouloude:

you're having difficulty on normal difficulty ?!

Not until "The Libary".

[Saryn]

Originally posted by Saryn:

Originally posted by Jeanmouloude:

you're having difficulty on normal difficulty ?!

Not until "The Library ".

[Jeanmouloude]

actually yea i remember halo CE being hard when i was young even on normal difficulty, you will get used to it, use a shotgun

[Saryn]

Originally posted by Jeanmouloude:

actually yea i remember halo CE being hard when i was young even on normal difficulty, you will get used to it, use a shotgun

I am using the shotgun and still getting my arse kicked, I just think the game throws too many enemies at you at once, especially going against the Covenant and Flood at the same time.

[HomeInvasionTurbo]

try library on legendary with boom and mythic on

[Rush Sykes]

The library small room fight is really a pain in the ass, I'm stuck there on legendary because the number of enemies is just too large for you to handle at once....Even with a shotgun in hand

[Jeanmouloude]

Originally posted by Rush Sykes:

I finished the game in legendary, you just need to get more experienced

[Saryn]

Originally posted by Rush Sykes:

The library small room fight is really a pain in the ass, I'm stuck there on legendary because the number of enemies is just too large for you to handle at once....Even with a shotgun in hand

That level is probably the WORSE for me.

[Freelogen]

I mean the only reason I ever found it hard even on Easy is because Rocket Launcher flood being able to knock you into the air, off the bridge if you have Sputnik on (and let's be honest we all do) however that's kinda because of reckless decisions if played seriously on Legendary, Two Betrayals is definitely not an issue and is very possible to do without any deaths in fact it's the Banshee mechanics that will get you killed most of the times lol, Library becomes quite a big issue after not playing for a long time though because you're going to really learn patterns of spawns.

[Jonnze]

I find it really hard too compared to the time where I was playing on the first XBox. Starting with the library, but not when just flood are involved. And yes, even on normal. Reach feels much easier even on the third difficulty setting.
Maybe I'm just getting old.

[DazzaJay]

There's apparently a known bug where weapon spread increases far too fast when you have a higher framerate. (You're less accurate with higher FPS).

Also, I've noticed that the AI seem to get dramatically faster and more aggressive when the framerate is higher. (Higher FPS = Covenant seem to dodge more often, fire more accurately, run away less.)

You could try enabling the FPS Limiter and see if it improves.

[method]

The campaign was extremely hard for me too but if you have your framerate locked because of the horrible screen tearing in reach unlock it and the game gets easier.