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[Deadly Cyclone]

Great article by Kotaku on one of my all-time favorite Halo (or any game) levels.

http://kotaku.com/the-unusual-excellence-of-halos-best-level-1631041139

I think Silent Cartographer still has a lot to give in terms of fantastic gameplay and level design. Going back and playing that level now, it still feels fresh and fun.

The Chief collection should be a blast for re-living some of these awesome levels.

 

[zma1013]

It also happened to be the OXM demo for the game.

 

[VinFTW]

It really is such an excellent level. Top 5 in all the Halos easily.

 

[braves01]

Definitely my most replayed Halo level. It was pretty mind-blowing back in 2001.

 

[feel]

Using the Anniversary version visuals?

2/10 article would not click again

 

[SephCast]

The intro felt like Sci Fi Saving Private Ryan. Was so awesome.

 

[immodicus]

Op sounds like a stealth ad for the new MC Collection coming out.

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

Just read it, great piece. It nails many of the important aspects in Halo gameplay. What a fantastic game.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Op sounds like a stealth ad for the new MC Collection coming out.

How so? The Kotaku article is what I thought was interesting. A good dig-through of the level. I didn't say anything on the MCC aside from it coming out will be a great excuse to replay.

 

[Dawg]

Oh, a GB Burford article

Always a good read.

 

[Murder. She Wrote]

It also happened to be the OXM demo for the game.

Which I played over and over and over and over and over again on my cousin's xbox (before he got the game). I fucking love that level and never got tired of it.

 

[LiK]

Shame the later levels became more and more repetitive.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Assault on the control room > The Silent Cartographer. Say something.

 

[Stinkles]

If you walk up the slot canyon to the Hunter battle you're a noob.


If you shoot the front of a Hunter to kill it, you're a noob.

 

[CeePhour]

A friend of mine picked it up on release. Day 1, and we wern't impressed. He never beat it, and I never cared. Halo then exploded, and I never got why (also, I was big into PC MP games, so console FPS games seemed like child's play). The single player didn't seem that interesting, so I never gave it a second thought.

Years later, cleaning out a desk drawer I found a pile of OXM discs.

It also happened to be the OXM demo for the game.

And then I immediately purchased the game.

 

[Fried Food]

this is the kind a game criticism I want more of. Not necessarily the praise, just the indepth examination of gameplay experience.

 

[Leyasu]

Halo 1 blew me away when I played it co-op at my friends. The other campaigns except for halo 4 have never captured the magic since

 

[Ryde3]

man LOVED this level, the intro in the ship was just great playing this back in '01 (damn time flies!) ... I remember eventually I would just replay this level to go to the overshields while playing co-op, gather up the NPC marines, kill them, have your buddy quickly grab the overshield then jump in the warthog neatly parked to the grouping of grenades dropped by the dead marine's and launching him to the top of the level.

Also loved the multiplayer level they crafted from this level for Halo PC (Death Island? I forget the name)

One of my favourite levels in any game, ever.

 

[wenis]

honestly the only reason why I want to invest in an Xbone is to replay Halo.

 

[AJ_Wings]

Oh, a Docseuss article. *starts reading*

 

[aly]

That was a great level and fun to replay. Which is a great contrast to how I felt about that one flood level, the library or something.

 

[kittens]

The word "Best" will reduce this thread to petty arguing over preferences. Why must words like "Best" exist, aside form the very accurate phrase "best coast"?

 

[Toa TAK]

honestly the only reason why I want to invest in an Xbone is to replay Halo.

It's why I got mine. *shrugs*

The Silent Cartographer is a blast. The open level and sandbox provide endless fun, especially through co-op.

 

[Auto-Reply]

I always parked the warthog inside the building in the last pic/gif so when I came back out I'd hop into it and drive to the pelican making the Elites look like fools... such a boss!

 

[Duxxy3]

I have not played that level in 10 years. I can't wait to play through it again in November. It's been far too long.

 

[Stevey]

Yeah that was my favorite as well.

Can't wait til November.

 

[strafer]

I played that demo more than the full game.

Shit man..I knew every nook and cranny of that map.

 

[shinobi602]

Tied with Assault on the Control Room for the best in the whole series. No argument there.

 

[Tookay]

The word "Best" will reduce this thread to petty arguing over preferences. Why must words like "Best" exist, aside form the very accurate phrase "best coast"?

Hasn't seemed to have divided this thread that much yet.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

Using the Anniversary version visuals?

2/10 article would not click again

They actually talked about the Anniversary visuals in the article's text.

 

[Zyae]

If you walk up the slot canyon to the Hunter battle you're a noob.


If you shoot the front of a Hunter to kill it, you're a noob.

Gotta get that warthog through the trees

<3

 

[The Jackdog]

I will be injecting master cheif collection into my eyes

 

[VinFTW]

If you walk up the slot canyon to the Hunter battle you're a noob.


If you shoot the front of a Hunter to kill it, you're a noob.

Summary: We're all noobs except Stinkles?

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

If you walk up the slot canyon to the Hunter battle you're a noob.


If you shoot the front of a Hunter to kill it, you're a noob.

Scrabs, mun.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

It also happened to be the OXM demo for the game.

It was also on the official Xbox demo disc.

I remember that had the DOA3 bonus costumes and a Timesplitters 2 demo. It also had music videos for Death Cab for Cutie and Dismemberment Plan and you could download the music to your Xbox along with other songs by bands like Riko Kiley. A spent hundreds of hours just playing Free Skate in THPS4 with those songs as the soundtrack when I was 13.

....wait, what are we talking about?

 

[Vico]

They're wrong. Halo's best level is The Covenant.
It has pretty much everything I expect from a Halo game.

 

[ieptbarakat]

Gotta get that warthog through the trees

<3

Now this is how you play Halo.

If you can stick a vehicle in the door, then you better bring it everywhere.

 

[U2NUMB]

I remember that demo... similar to the first Splinter Cell demo which was played over and over.

Awesome level in a fantastic game!

 

[Zyae]

They're wrong. Halo's best level is The Covenant.
It has pretty much everything I expect from a Halo game.

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Two_Betrayals

 

[snacknuts]

Assault on the control room > The Silent Cartographer. Say something.

I thought this thread was going to be about AotCR.

 

[zephervack]

Holy crap the graphics have really stood the test of time. Cant wait to see how it looks like in the Anniversary edition.

 

[JZA]

Still like ODST as my favorite Halo experience.

 

[KooopaKid]

Still in the top 3 of Halo levels after 13 years.

 

[Truant]

Such a great level. Amazing how for all the videos Bungie put out with them gushing on about how amazing they are, they never managed to improve on that level. It was all downhill from there.

 

[Toa TAK]

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Two_Betrayals

I think both of those are pretty damn excellent.

Though The Maw has to be one of my personal favorites in the series.

 

[PanicFreak]

They're wrong. Halo's best level is The Covenant.
It has pretty much everything I expect from a Halo game.

The Covenant > The Silent Cartographer > The Assault on the Control Room

I also love the The Maw and Halo (from Halo 3). Those levels are awesome. Personally, I think there should always be a "drive as fast as you can to escape explosions" level in Halo. The one in Halo 4 was a little disappointing though.

 

[Stinkles]

Gotta get that warthog through the trees

<3

<3

 

[jschreier]

Op sounds like a stealth ad for the new MC Collection coming out.

It's actually a freelance piece by GAF's very own DocSeuss, who has an inexplicable love for shooters.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Some of the most fun I've ever had co-op gaming was trying to get a warthog all the way through the entire level. Lots of grenades and melee to shove that bouncy truck over things it wasn't supposed to get past.

If you drive the warthog into that area with the optional cutscene where Chief kicks a pebble into the bottomless pit, weird stuff happens.

 

[Karak]

Very enjoyable article to read thanks to DocSeuss for doing it.

Some of the most fun I've ever had co-op gaming was trying to get a warthog all the way through the entire level. Lots of grenades and melee to shove that bouncy truck over things it wasn't supposed to get past.

If you drive the warthog into that area with the optional cutscene where Chief kicks a pebble into the bottomless pit, weird stuff happens.

A man after my own heart.