Wow, I never though I’d get to post this, but our segmented run of Halo 2 is finally finished after 2 and a half long years. I, Scurty, Goatrope, NOKYARD, Louis Wu, and djDAP joined forces to finish Halo 2 on legendary in 1:30:29 using segments.
We’ve pulled out all the stops for this one, and you’ll see tricks and glitches you never thought possible, thanks to the power of segmenting.
Our run was verified by Speed Demos Archive, and you can check out the game page there.
You can Download the full run from SDA or Archive.org, or you can view the individual levels here at High Speed Halo.
Included in the SDA and Archive.org downloads as a second audio track is our commentary on the run. We think it is fun and informative, so you should give it a listen. To do so, just enable the second audio track in your video player. You probably want to disable the first track, or lower its volume as well. You can also download the commentary separately as an AAC Audio file.
Everybody here at high speed halo deserves thanks for this, and it was a true team effort.
Cody Miller has secured his place in history by having his Legendary No-Deaths Halo 2 Speedrun featured in the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Congrats Cody, your magnificent run finally gets the recognition it deserves.
This run can be downloaded from archive.org
From the original HSH news item by Cody Miller:
“Full game run on Legendary
Finally finished digitizing the tape, and the full game run on Legendary with zero deaths is up on archive.org. The run is 3hrs 16 min by highspeedhalo timing, but by the Twin Galaxies timing it’s 3 hrs 28 min. For a more detailed description, check out the halo.bungie.org forum post.
Cash prize for Legendary Speedrun
Twin Galaxies (a site devoted to game rankings) has issued a new collection of ‘bounties’ – cash prizes for gaming feats. One is Halo 2-related: complete Halo 2 on Legendary (faster than anyone else), win $150. Payout date is January 31, 2006, so there’s plenty of time to hone your skills. Full details can be found on their contest page. (The Halo 2 challenge is Bounty (105).) Several people noted this – Jonah was first.
Update on Twin Galaxies contest
Back in January, we mentioned a cash prize given out by Twin Galaxies (a game-ranking site) for a Legendary speedrun of Halo 2. HALOChat wrote to point out that the prize has increased (from $150 to $250), and a new ‘Special Rule’ has been instated – the Envy skull (which gives permanent invisibility) cannot be used. (This would suggest, however, that OTHER skulls CAN be used… hmm. Sputnik, anyone?) You’ll find the bounty on their Rules page – it’s Bounty (105), and I found it on page 10.
Now THAT is amazing.
We’ve mentioned the Twin Galaxies Legendary Run competition a couple of times before – yesterday, Cody Miller posted on our forum that he’d completed the challenge: Halo 2 on Legendary, with no deaths. All I can say is… wow. Read his post for details.
Legendary, no deaths – watch it
I hesitate to mention this, because the files are enormous… but hey, what the heck. A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that Cody Miller had completed the Twin Galaxies Halo 2 Bounty – complete Halo 2 on Legendary difficulty, with no deaths… today, he posted a note that the finished run had been uploaded to archive.org. There are two versions – a low-res, 800 mb copy… and a higher-res, 2 gb copy. (Yes, you read that right, 2 gigabytes. It is, after all, three and a half hours long.) QuickTime format. Amazing. Simply amazing. He makes it look almost easy… Update: For those having trouble with a direct download of the larger file, we’ve made it available via BitTorrent as well (with a chunk of seed bandwidth to boot). Remember – this puppy’s 2GB large.
Local Boy Makes Good
Looks like Cody Miller’s Legendary No-Deaths Halo 2 run (which won the Twin Galaxies Halo 2 Bounty earlier this year) has made the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records! Very cool. Thanks, Grande Carne.
Halo Base interviews Cody Miller
Legend, from Halo Base, sent word about an interview with Cody Miller, the Halo world speedrunning champion (heh). It’s primarily a discussion of his 3 and a half hour Legendary No-Deaths run that won this year’s Twin Galaxies challenge – it’s a fascinating read! (The Halo Base staff confused Cody with Mike Miller at one point, and Cody didn’t correct them directly, but otherwise, they got it right on.) It’s available in both English and German – read the one that’s easier for you!
Cody Miller’s Tartarus Battle is taken from his Full Game Legendary No Death run. This is the last few minutes of three and a quarter hours of non-stop Legendary play.
Tartarus Battle
Rules: Player must not die. Must be on Legendary. Filming must start from the checkpoint on the upper platform that sarge shoots from and end a few seconds into the cutscene that plays after Tartarus dies.
I’m finally on the board! I’ve run Halo on Legendary in 11:58, beating Goatrope’s old run by 1:22. Johnson’s killed early to skip the scripted sequence before the door opens, and there are some slight variations in the driving route.
I’m finally on the board! I’ve run Halo on Legendary in 11:58, beating Goatrope’s old run by 1:22. Johnson’s killed early to skip the scripted sequence before the door opens, and there are some slight variations in the driving route.
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This one’s been a long time comming, and an awaited improvement to the old run, by using the new route in the engine room. The Maw is now 33 seconds shorter on legendary. In addition to the new route and grenade jumping, this run also features the jump through the ceiling in the caféteria.
I do have to say though, that my time for the driving part was rather weak. I’m betting this can be brought down to under 8:30.
I FINALLY finished a good run of Regret on Legendary. The run is 14:58, and unfortunately (regretably?) contains one death.
There’s some shortcuts I don’t use, and why is explained here.
“My method for getting the sword is a bit different than Phantom’s. Not only does it seem faster, but I think it’s the only option on Legendary. The elites spawn in two groups of two, with a fifth running over from the outside. A white spec ops elite can spawn in either of the pairs, but will never be the one running over. Obviously if it appears in the first pair, that’s fastest.
I chose not to sword fly to Regret’s temple. First, I felt carrying a sword to that point would hinder me. Second, I would much rather be left with the BR/PP combo after the cutscene. The time saved by flying across would be canceled out by the lack of efficiency of doing that fight with a sniper rifle/sword.
And lastly, I didn’t use Phantom’s shortcut over the mountain, because it leaves me too vulnerable on Legendary. Taking the time to kill the elites negates any benifit from the shortcut.“
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