However, he doesn't seem pleased with his run, as the description on the Twitch replay reads "world's worst world record." After making it to end of the game's final level, he could only lament the time he'd lost along the way. There are only so many shortcuts that can be taken if you watch the whole video, you'll see some techniques for shaving off time like grenade jumps and getting vehicles into areas they are not meant to be taken.ĭuring the run, goatrope dies only seven times-a number I'd be happy with over the course of one level on Legendary-en route to his world record. Like the newly updated Halo Waypoint website, the app shows things like how many games you've played, your win/loss record, your kill/death ratio, and your highest rank, among other things. Bungie began the development of what would eventually become Halo CE in 1997. But when you consider that Halo is a linear game that usually takes in the neighborhood of 9-10 hours to complete, you can begin to understand what makes this so impressive. It was released as a launch game for Microsofts Xbox video game console. Taking just under 97 minutes to complete a game might not sound impressive on the surface, given the insane times we've seen with other games- Fallout 3 in 24 minutes or Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes in less than four, for instance.
You can watch the full run above (via Kotaku), which bests the previous record-as tracked by HaloRuns-by nearly a full minute. From Halo, select Campaign and Load Game. eg for The Maw level you will have a file called checkpoint9.sav with the following text: 9,0,0 0,0,0 0,0,0. Give Bungie their due and play some Halo: Reach.Speedrunner goatrope has set a new world record for completion time in Halo: Combat Evolved on Legendary difficulty, finishing the game in an impressive 1:36:40.69. 1 Halo 2 The Truth and Reconciliation 3 The Silent Cartographer 4 Assault on the Control Room 5 343 Guilty Spark 6 The Library 7 Two Betrayals 8 Keyes 9 The Maw. But that doesn’t mean you don’t have a chance to get in on the fun at some point. If you haven’t jumped onto Halo: Reach’s multiplayer then, based on these numbers, you are in the vast minority. Use our Halo Stats Tracker to see who is the best in our global and regional leaderboards for players around the world. Tracker.gg providers stats for Halo 1, Halo 2 (both Classic and Anniversary), Halo 3, and Halo: Reach on PC. Beyond that, the new Forge World map editor will continue to deliver content as quickly as you can build it. Tracker Network is returning to its roots with stats for Halo: Master Chief Collection.
For starters, the campaign is perhaps one of the best of a Halo game and was a good way for Bungie to go out with a bang. And with news that Xbox Live is 40% cheaper for a limited time, the expectation is that more and more people will be renewing their accounts or will jump into Live for the first time.Īlthough the main topic of discussion is the online, don’t think that the single player options are not there. Whether it be the co-op matchmaking or the new revamped Firefight mode there are tons of opportunities for players who might be too afraid to jump right into the multiplayer to get their online feet wet. Time will tell whether Reach can sustain these numbers and become a long running juggernaut online, but this initial number is very impressive. With Halo 3 fighting tooth and nail with Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox Live supremacy it looks like a new game has entered the fray. And for halo, I mean in-game in-game as in in the match you are playing.
Edit 1: nevermind, so far it only works when you turn game bar on and off in-game. " Reach already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent unique users on LIVE. Are you recording by bringing up the Game Bar and selecting Record Last 30 seconds. Released by Bungie via Twitter the tweet reads: No word yet on the final tallies for first day sales but what we do have is the news that Halo: Reach has surpassed Halo 3’s record for the most unique users on Xbox Live at one time. With a game as highly anticipated as Halo: Reach there was the obvious expectation that this game was going to break some records.