Started Halo 2 on OG XBOX (hate that I need to specify that because somehow XBOX got the "everything's a Nintendo" treatment by normies), but anyway
so I'm playing it after beating Halo 1 like 6 months ago or whatever. Started it up just to test out the thumbstick extenders I got and put one on my OG XBOX controller (non-duke) to see if it made FPS games easier. Which it sorta' does, I found it worked really well on PS2 with Half-Life but I think Halo has some kind of movement acceleration or something that's nullifying the increased precision they should have.
Anyway, I'm playing it on heroic, 2nd hardest difficulty, because I know legendary in these games is usually just tedious. But even on heroic the change in how health works has you constantly taking 2 hits and then having to retreat for health regeneration. Peak out, shoot what you can, dive into cover again to regenerate health. Can't imagine how bad this would be on heroic difficulty. I got passed the sniper alley early on and it's gotten a little easier so maybe I'll persevere but tempted to go down to normal difficulty if that's possible. But the missions and the dual-weapon mechanic and stuff is all super-fun though. And the new weapons so far are good additions. Like playing the alien missions and the political/religious schisms the covenant have.
