Halo 2 Rebalanced 3.0 NOW AVAILABLE ON MCC PC!

Now available for MCC PC! An update to my modded Halo 2 Campaign that makes various balancing tweaks to make the game more fun and fair. But also several tweaks to weapon and vehicle attributes, and tweaks to the AI on every level.
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Rebalanced (1.0) Introduction Video:
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#halo2 #halomcc #halorebalanced

[@ALIENwolve]

"Halo 2 strangely removed fall damage" Because sword lunges would cause people to fall to their death on a flat surface.

[@brunitoforrester]

really?

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

So in the span of 7 days since it became available to modders. They were able to enable Halo 2 elites to duel wield again when 343 still can't officially make it similar to the original Halo 2 after 6 years now.

[@RubyofBlue]

It's literally just ticking a box for every Elite rank. There is no excuse.

[@dinkleberg684]

That’s very sad

[@DopehOrange]

@@RubyofBlue don't tell them the secret! They might actually fix it!

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

I hate 343

[@eazion1958]

... I really have no words for this Seriously, all you need, is to tick a box, and people have been asking what happened to dual wield enemies? I hate beating this old horse of how 343 is handling things... But... Even the minor things... Just... Wow

[@knightornstein5902]

Wait, the precision weapons and plasma pistol aren't the only viable weapons now? That's heresy.

[@OldFormat]

Playing Halo 2 (PC) after the original was what made me realize that a gun being too good could be a problem in a FPS campaign.

[@finkamain1621]

Halo 2 plasma pistol was trash compared to CE

[@MlSTERSANDMAN]

no. CE plasma was useless since CE magnum was a 3 shot anyway. No need to noob combo when the magnum can do all the work.

[@justarandomperson3700]

@@MlSTERSANDMAN Ce plasma weapons could stun enemies in multiplayer. They were much more useful there than they were in later halo games. Also, you're not always going to get a 3 shot kill, most of the time against two strafing players it would take most of the mag to get a kill.

[@allbottledup9513]

just a random person Agreed. Halo CE plasma pistol was more useful than every other games’ version, except for Halo 2. Stunning an enemy doesn’t mean much when compared to H2’s insanely strong heat seeking plasma pistol that instantly opened you up for a 1 shot kill.

[@KnoxCarbon]

I had no idea that a health bar was even in the game.

[@Dinosaurianationazation]

Yo Rubes you wanna do Super Mario 64 Rebalanced?

[@j19aiden91]

It makes so much sense now. I don't know why Bungie didn't include one, since this stuff is vital to have

[@perrytran9504]

As hit or miss as Halo 5 was, I do think having a visible health bar even when you can regenerate health was a nice addition.

[@KnoxCarbon]

@@j19aiden91 I guess they figured it wasn't necessary, since they'd already cut health packs out of the game.

[@ToaDrakua]

@@Dinosaurianationazation Why'd you reply to this random guy's comment?

[@DanielQuan97]

I just need someone to mod the anniversary version so I can hear "Follow" and "Blow Me Away" again without having to switch to classic graphics.

[@supersnow17]

Or give us the option to have old music on the newer graphics. I think CE allowed that on Xbox MCC but we don't have that on PC. It's so stupid.

[@Jekezio]

@@supersnow17 Why did they ever even change the songs, that's the one thing that's always been perfection throughout these games?

[@grayfox3446]

@@Jekezio Right? If it aint broke

[@finkamain1621]

@@supersnow17 CE MCC on PC now changed that. Before you could choose from Classic or Anniversary graphics, and choose between Classic Music or Anniversary Music. Now the graphics part is still the same choice but the music choice now includes sound effects which sucks because you can't have Anniversary graphics with Anniversary sounds (Which you couldn't change) and Classic music. There was no need for them to change the music in the first place

[@idfkwhatyouwantfromme]

TheSatan I’m pretty sure it was for copyright.

[@wolfdragox5563]

H3 rebalance mod will be very interesting to see, but i'm more interested for you "H4 Rebalance mod", it will genuinely feel like a whole new game

[@caseyhall2320]

I would love a Halo 4 rebalance. Especially with the Promethean equipment.

[@Freelancer837]

Yeah, cause honestly, I don't mind Halo 3's balancing, I feel that it's the most balanced out of all the games, but Halo 4 will definitely be one I can't wait to see.

[@Skylancer727]

@@Freelancer837 Well Halo 3 has some fixing that can be done. The needler in 3 is OP AF, the shotgun still is pretty wank like Halo 2, and perhaps make the SMG a bit more useful. Halo 2 basically replaced the AR with it but in Halo 3 with the AR the SMG is just useless.

[@finkamain1621]

@@Freelancer837 Halo 3 was overbalanced to the point that some people never even used certain guns and the shotgun needs to kill at point blank or with a two-piece

[@glowaru]

True, the basic values and such need to change so drastically with Halo 4 for it to become a decent Halo game. Gonna be interesting to play the end result.

[@LateNightHalo]

Interested to try this out

[@existential_narwal9257]

It him

[@ULTIMATE_SJ5]

@@existential_narwal9257 yes

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

it is Halo 2 but actually balanced instead of a cover shooter, I LOVE IT.

[@tausiftaha12]

yo LNG

[@tomboy_kisser]

6:06 "Yes, I have one green eye and one blue eye; can we get on with it?!" A cute voiceline that elite says after you stand still and stare at him for too long

[@harvsterg5939]

Rarely have I come across a mod which neutralises the need to play vanilla. You have done a smashing job ruby! I'll spread the word of your channel as thanks.

[@aoses31]

Great work!!! I'm loving the dual wielding elites fix!!!!

[@eazyv2069]

Having just finished playing through the entire campaign with this, I've noticed a few things: - The addition of enemy marines in Sacred Icon/Quarantine Zone is fantastically different, but I also understand now completely why Bungie didn't ever do that in the original game. Even if the reticle is red and they're shooting at you, they're still marines. Just feels wrong to kill them. - Did you change the marine AI in any way? When fighting against them in those levels it almost feels like they've got much more aggressive animation sets, a lot closer to Brutes in the original game than how I've ever seen them behave when allies. It might just be that playing more aggressively as a player draws different behaviours out of them, but it was nonetheless quite noticeable for me. - Adding both allied and hostile Grunts/Jackals on Uprising was great, I liked the variety. - Whether you buffed the Brute Shot or it's just down to Brutes having lower health too, they're much less aggravating to fight and that particular weapon feels much better. Nice to have a shotgun which also actually kills them now, unlike when you normally have to put 3-4 shots in at point blank. - Not sure the Scorpion needed such a heavy movement increase, and doing it seems to have come with the side-effect of its physics are a little iffy. Whatever you did to the Warthog though, is very nice and smooth as hell. - Dual-wielding elites are still bugged, just in a different way. It's nice seeing them again despite 343i struggling to implement them so much, but it's obvious they aren't really fixed just by ticking a flag; trying to swap weapons with a non-vanilla dual-wielding elite totally breaks it. Not sure there's a way around that without proper modding tools. - Allied elites in banshees on the final mission appearing to back you up gave me a kind of satisfaction only Bungie's original material has before, and while it made the Tartarus fight a total joke it was nice to have elites which didn't just blindly charge at him and get massacred. I always felt pretty bad seeing allies die in Halo, but I've got a special soft spot for elites. Overall, seems like a good alternative experience to the vanilla campaign. I'd love to see what you could do with real modding support if 343i ever makes good on that promise.

[@finkamain1621]

I wish that they'd add more reserve ammo for guns like in Halo Combat Evolved. I think they were going to have more ammo during development as in Quarantine Zone, there's a part with some battle rifles on the ground and if you pick them up they have around 200+ shots on reserve compared to the actual 108 rounds

[@lionocyborg6030]

Except Bungie were perfectly fine with you killing marines by the dozens in Marathon Infinity (Marathon 3): human enemies with hitscan pistols and plasma pistols make up the main enemies for 70% of the game. Why they decided not to for Halo 2 after that is a mystery, especially as Marcus in Marathon was forced to kill fellow humans whereas the Arbiter has no qualms about it.

[@eazyv2069]

@@lionocyborg6030 What? They are different franchises. Your comparison makes no sense. Marines as your allies with more personality than a fair few supporting characters have gotten in non-FPS games have been a staple since CE. This is about Halo, not Bungie's previous IPs.

[@lionocyborg6030]

Eazy V Yes it does. I don't give a damn if this is about Halo and not Bungie's old games. The point is they were happy to have human enemies in older games, said older game in question being a spiritual predecessor to Halo (and Halo 1 was originally going to be a Marathon 4 very early in development I might add. Just ask Pfhorrest, creator of Marathon Eternal), and Marathon 3 had less justified or clear reasons for killing humans. If it's allies with personality you're after, there's Robert Blake from the second and third games. Besides, people used to betray their allies in Halo 1 all the time to steal their weapons and ammo since that game didn't have a weapon swap feature. I should know: me and my brother were two of them. So Bungie's decision not to have a playable Elite character (at the time _before_ elites allied with humans) killing marines like all elites were doing at that point is just stupid.

[@eazyv2069]

@@lionocyborg6030 You're confused, nothing you're saying is logical. Halo CE was also planned to be an RTS at one point, as a successor/sci-fi adaption of Myth, so it potentially having also been a candidate for another Marathon is irrelevant. That's how any creative development works, you start with a lot of ideas and only very few make it. They are not the same series, they are not the same franchise. One studio can make multiple games which aren't connected to each other by setting and Halo is most definitely not Marathon. The most Halo has is symbolic references to Marathon, that doesn't make them tie-ins or evidence that they're somehow canonically the same thing. I think you're also severely underestimating how liked the Marines were in CE and especially 2. I've played CE since release and on Legendary multiple times without once deliberately killing any allied character, the fact that you anecdotally decided to doesn't mean everyone else did and from how often people fondly recall playing the games trying to keep their allies as safe as possible in any given Halo related comment section, your psychopathic tendencies seem to be in the minority. From a narrative perspective, putting you against marines would be a horrific cause of cognitive dissonance when you're switching off from being allied to them and then butchering them in another mission - it would be much harder to grow to like them as characters or allies, they'd just be a thing that is either green or red. That might be how you see marines now, but it most certainly isn't how the average player does. Additionally, it would be a complete waste of time. What use is it telling parts of the story where elites are killing humans? We've already seen that for one entire game and a significant part of another, it doesn't add any value to the story to depict it again. Demonstrating another outbreak of the Flood and events going on on the other side of the universe which eventually link back up to another, larger story, however? That is a much more efficient use of screentime for storytelling without undermining the likability of landmark personalities. If nothing else; stop comparing Halo to Marathon. It's a worthless likening, just because Bungie worked on both doesn't mean it has any relevance to their later projects.

[@churchson1048]

"Added the ability to see your player health" me who has played halo 2 campaign multiple times: Hold up we had a HEALTH BAR?

[@Those2menoverthere]

Of course every Halo has health. It’s just regenerative.

[@javierititin]

@@Those2menoverthere No, a health **bar**. A UI element.

[@shep9231]

Yeah, that was my reaction too...

[@Those2menoverthere]

javierititin there has never been a health bar in Halo 2’s actual HUD that I’m aware of other than when the game still used Halo 1’s HUD as a placeholder. But the way he says the final sentence is loosely interpretable because it could mean we have one currently in the game but never knew it, or it could closer related to what I first talked about in this comment. In general I’m sure anyone in the world already understands the Vanilla Halo 2 HUD but everyone in the world might not understand that there is still an “invisible” health system in place in the game because it’s LITERALLY not drawn as a picture for you in front of your face as a HUD element.

[@churchson1048]

@@Those2menoverthere I never knew we had a proper regenerating health bar. I thought their was a static amount of damage that could be taken when the shields were down that instantly comes back once the shield starts recharging

[@Blue127]

When you finish the bs legendary campaign steam/pc yesterday. Then the NEXT DAY this drops. Fml lol

[@courtgoblin9315]

I feel your pain man. I'm in the same boat

[@AlcatrazV1]

Atleast u get the achievement lol

[@kickmonlee3390]

Holy shit dude meee tooo! Tartarus took me a while cuz fucking Sergeant Johnson kept on hitting 2/3 shots. What a poorly done boss, I mean after hitting him like 20 times his shields go down and he is instantly dead. And that was supposed to be the climax of Halo 2. But the regret boss was a really fun battle!

[@leejohnshen6051]

noob question here, can I still be eligible to get campaign achievements while playing with this mod installed?

[@Skylancer727]

I'm almost done on my legendary run. Though to be fair, you don't get the achievements if you turn mods on so, meh.

[@Nemesisxhunter]

God amonst men, I've literally played Halo 2 on Legendary so goddamn much I'm finally able to use something other than BR/Carbine and Plasma pistol cheese tactics

[@xd-ko9oo]

is it cheese if its meant to work that way? how else would you want to handle elites? just dual wield with an automatic weapon of your choice and turn off your brain and fire away? i laugh my ass off when people whinge about the "noob" combo. its how the game works, like it or not.

[@ArlecchinoPeruere]

@@xd-ko9oo oof

[@jimmythecrow]

@@xd-ko9oo "i dont like haveing to be accurate and picking up specific weapons to kill enemies, Ill make a mod so i dont have to try as hard" - average trash player

[@DarkSpyro707]

@@xd-ko9oo then why have a sandbox if weapons when only 3 are viable?

[@Soccercrazyigboman]

I commend your skills. I struggle on heroic. Got no idea how someone can beat these games on legendary alone

[@117oddlink-9]

Dude, you are a mad genius. These rebalances keep getting interesting.

[@RubyofBlue]

More to come!

[@micahjoshua8827]

@@RubyofBlue When when when!

[@Masterofcandy4]

Hey Ruby if it’s possible, you should make this mod visually compatible with the anniversary graphics. That would be dope. EDIT: Yes I am talking about the ODST's wearing ceremonial uniforms. Jesus. I didn't think I needed to point it out, but people in the replies think I'm stupid or something.

[@dejavu1512]

Candyman (I’m getting my first PC in a few months, so I don’t know this stuff) The modders have to actually make it compatible with anniversary graphics? If you know why, it’s be a nice answer too

[@ericbooth3393]

Deja Vu No, they don’t. Not sure what this guy is talking about. The anniversary graphics engine is a separate engine that only visually changes the base game engine, everything else is the same so it should work in anniversary graphics.

[@mewesley13]

@@ericbooth3393 ODSTs wear ceremony uniforms in anniversary... this is probably what he meant.

[@ericbooth3393]

Lone Wolf After getting the mod myself I realized what he meant by incompatible with anniversary graphics. I feel bad for being a dick now lmao

[@shampoo4012]

I like the original more than anniversary.

[@rajendrashetti2363]

I had refrained from starting my Halo 2 mcc experience just so that I can do it with your MOD! Thanks for the quick release!

[@sirbibton]

DOOMSlayer You sure you want to? You barely know them

[@CennoSoldier]

play halo 2 vanilla first bro

[@TheCurryPhantom]

Just played a few of these missions and absolutely loved some of the bigger changes, particularly the enemy marine faction on sacred icon/quarantine zone. Actually makes me wonder, do you think you'd consider making some more extreme remixes to the levels' sandboxes in the style of, say, Doom Eternal's master level format, if you're aware of that concept? I love seeing people's different takes on an overall campaign balance, but I often wonder how modders might substantially alter the available vehicles, weapons and ai placements just for the sake of variety. Anyway, great work, looking forward to Halo 3!

[@vulpes122]

That is a sick idea, i was thinking that too, crazy amounts of AI on some levels to make it into a real war rather than skirmishes.

[@StiKyou14]

Is the mod on the workshop on steam ?

[@mumblingmarvic8969]

How bout a realistic mode where the weopons are just as deadly to YOu and all the AI characters as they would be in real life but using this mod as a basis in regards to the level changes and max firing range

[@finkamain1621]

@@vulpes122 PC's would be able to handle that so it sounds like it could work

[@MajoraZ]

EDIT: Ruby said on twitter he's not interested in doing this. Which I guess does make sense since it removes the option to hear either or------------- With this being a mod for MCC now, you should also have this revert the music for the Banshee section on The Arbiter and the one room in Gravemind back to the original liscensed tracks even when using the remastered graphics, since in MCC those tracks got replaced by new ones when using the new visuals. Also, fixing the broken Fuel Rod viewmodel in the new graphics when playing as MC would be nice!

[@Ryanspeanuty]

So disappointing 343 industries doesnt allow a toggle feature to switch between OST and AST when playing in enhanced graphics. Edit: I was aware of 343's trouble with licensing. To me that only justifies my disappointment. The original Halo series was a masterpiece, not being able to secure licensing during a remake is pathetic on this developer.

[@CRAM079]

@@Ryanspeanuty I believe its a licencing issue

[@Zman6258]

I actually prefer the new ones, honestly.

[@sirbibton]

Melissa Waterman That makes no sense though when you can just set the volume of everything but the music to half and turn up your PC volume. If that were really intentional due to licensing, the music just wouldn't be there to begin with

[@Mirerro]

Thank you for this! Halo feels new, fresh and exciting again.

[@OfficialREVENGEMusic]

Rebalanced halo 3 when, civvie? Wait wrong channel.

[@lionocyborg6030]

REVENGE I see you're a man of culture too. ;)

[@lionocyborg6030]

@ What do you mean by that? I was saying to the OP that I like Civvie's videos as well. What's your problem?

[@acey6991]

@ no u

[@unluckyspade7897]

Pro Halo 3 when, Ruby?

[@EverythingPS5Pro]

This actually made my childhood game better ❤️🥺 Thank You!

[@tannerhoke]

Nice to know 343 could easily put the duel wielding back in the campaign Elites.

[@InnuendoXP]

HELL YES!! I've been waiting for this!

[@ayyq6795]

I can't wait for Halo 3, ODST and Halo 4 which needs a rebalance mod

[@PurpleIsALetter]

Halo 4 needs a lot of fixes, to the point where they might as well just completely remake it

[@True2ChainzLilWayne]

Halo 3 rebalance I think he should make brute captains ultra dual wield spiker

[@ayyq6795]

@Nagger vehicle sections on legendary need some work

[@9000Dogs]

Halo 4 would desperately need to make the Prometheans less bullet spongey, marine and spartan AI better and a bit tankier, and make more weapons useful for Legendary. Like, the Suppressor for example, is really useless.

[@ayyq6795]

@@9000Dogs don't forget the pitiful ammo reserves. It always feels like you have the famine skull turned on

[@inspectorbananas8157]

Dude I cannot wait thank you so much for doing this

[@GonzoIV]

I was on the nexus last night looking for this, and I was sad that it wasn't out yet, and here it is. Thank you!

[@schmittywhamjenson]

Thank you! I've been waiting to play on the MCC until you uploaded the mod!

[@4y27k72]

Wow.. If only a mod like this was made official in some manner. This mod literally fixes every single gripe I've had with H2 ever since it came out on OG Xbox/PC. It makes Legendary actually playable!

[@arturomora5357]

Since halo 3 is coming to pc it would be sick if you could put a pair of ally hunters in The Covenant.

[@arturomora5357]

@Alex Luca Really? Damn, I really missed out on that, I should take a look at it then.

[@StarKillerDorkKiller]

Thanks so much for adding marines in sacred icon and the mission after that. It makes those missions really enjoyable and satisfying now, thx ruby

[@CallMeQkef]

You are the MAN, enjoyed the hell out of your rebalanced Reach campaign, looking forward to going through each game chronologically with your rebalances!

[@xerxes9620]

I wish 343 did this a long time ago. Since legendary is a pain in the ass, these tweaks could finally help me to get this through. Good job!

[@eazyv2069]

You've not beaten Halo 2 on Legendary if you're using a modded version to get through lol. You might as well put the Scarab skull on and say you completed the game on an 'alternate' version of Legendary.

[@ArlecchinoPeruere]

@@eazyv2069 Halo 2 Vanilla Legendary aside from being memefully hard, isn't even good, it's shittiest Halo game that Bungie made. This mod makes it so good, it actually feels like a fully fleshed out game.

[@eazyv2069]

@@ArlecchinoPeruere The mod is a very cool spin on things, but I disagree about it being the worst. I've put most of the hours I've spent playing Halo into 2 and I've played it pretty consistently for the past 16 years on the Xbox, 360 and then Vista until MCC just released. I love all the other games but none of them clicked anywhere near as well for me as 2 did - its trainwreck development aside, there's just something in it that will let me play literally the exact same mission back-to-back over and over without ever getting bored that I've not felt from any other game before or since.

[@ArlecchinoPeruere]

@@eazyv2069 I don't feel about Halo 2 that way because that spot it settled by Halo CE. But I respect your opinion. I should have said 'imo' about it being the worst overall. But cmon let's admit, legendary is just plain out bad.

[@eazyv2069]

@@ArlecchinoPeruere I'll agree that Legendary is bad if you treat it as anything other than a one-and-done or annual challenge mode, where the point is to use and abuse everything you know about the game as much as possible to reduce how hard you'll be punished just for trying to play it how you would on lower difficulties. Legendary imo in 2 wasn't designed as a regular difficulty, it was meant to just be unfair as possible for the bragging rights of saying you've done it - whether that's a good thing or not is where the difference in opinion is, I think. I don't see anything wrong with just playing on heroic once you've gotten your Legendary playthrough put in.

[@eclipse9304]

It has always bothered me that the marines in the hotel weren't odst's, that change was awesome 10/10.

[@maceosikes]

They're from the other pelican aren't they though? One that was with you in the start before the Scarab attacked

[@eclipse9304]

@@maceosikes yes, that pelican with odst's that crashed on the beach and ended up taking cover in the hotel was flying with you.

[@TEMINIX]

I really appreciate that you had the patience to explain the changes made throughout all of your rebalances. Namely the ones that are the same, such as making the plasma grenade similar to CEA's vanilla variant. You could have gone through and left out those details, assuming your viewers had seen your previous videos, or passing it off as a given. Each video is necessary and informative for these and others reasons. I just finished watching all of your rebalanced videos. I'll check out your Resident Evil vids soon.

[@vf369]

Just finished playing your campaign mod and the ending was something special man. The last encounter before the ending cutscene is something to experience. Words can't describe how I felt when I saw what I saw. This mod in a sense was a dream come true. My inner kids says thank you from 15 years ago :) This mod made me feel like I was playing halo 2 all over again :D thank you for making and amazing mod

[@angryskeletonpope2334]

There's a bug in anniversary graphics. All ODSTS are wearing the dress uniforms from Cairo Station. WTF?

[@caseyhall2320]

So they can be pretty WHILE being badass too!

[@DeathtrackerTMA]

I'm not sure how difficult it would be for him, but I would love classic and anniversary parity! Thankfully I still love classic graphics 16 years later

[@icyknightmare4592]

This seems fine when you're on the station itself, but it's just funny seeing guys in dress whites making a combat drop on Delta Halo, or deep inside the Quarantine Zone.

[@finkamain1621]

@@DeathtrackerTMA Anniversary graphics with Anniversary sounds and Classic music would be a good option. There was no need to change the music in the first place

[@DeathtrackerTMA]

@@finkamain1621 I think the issue was with copyright in one way or another. Either way the new soundtrack is fantastic as well so I'm not complaining

[@allenworm8751]

Can u fix the mod? it doesnt work on the mcc anymore after the halo 3 update.

[@BigboiiTone]

Your work is so high quality im impressed. You've earned my subscription. Congratulations

[@danerdnerdos7384]

You have made these already dear to my heart games so much better. Thank you so much!

[@TheOnly01Gee]

Just to let you know, I’m anniversary graphics on the mission Delta Halo, two ODSTs appear as marines in their white dress suits and have female voices with male bodies 😂

[@RubyofBlue]

Classic graphics.

[@TheOnly01Gee]

Ruby of Blue noted 👍🏻 none the less fantastic work, Fantastic mod, donating to show appreciation/support

[@KnoxCarbon]

Haven't even built my new computer yet and already I'm getting desert before dinner. Can't wait to try it.

[@abalrog42]

Thanks so much for Halo CE's mod on PC. I can't wait to try this out too!! :)

[@Enju23]

Why has it taken me so long to find this? I needed this a while ago lol

[@snaildad193]

Everybody asking when Halo 3 is gonna get a rebalance, I'm more excited to see what you do to ODST!

[@gothic..]

you fixed campaign elites dual wielding before 343 did im dead

[@fictionalfan7306]

Ruby you did a great job here but please I just have two requests. You brought back Marine enemies, but you should ALSO bring back FLOOD JUGGERNAUTS!! Also the original music tracks like Blow me Away too. That would be such an incredible addition that I think would make this the complete, definitive mod. Thank you.

[@Kobalent]

Holy crap this is amazing!! Great job!

[@thechesburgerzrfzz808]

Did you fix the bug with elite needlers when you switch them it glich out????

[@kassarc16]

Wonder if you could implement the troop Shadow as well as possible (with Grunts since they seem to be the one AI that work correctly in all the seats). It would be nice to see it since Generalkidd showcased that it's almost fully functional.

[@StuffyJunk]

this is cool as hell, can't wait to see how you take on H3

[@stfnknbb]

Halo CE was so good. I hope the MCC version of this mod will be available one day soon! Thanks for all your great work!

[@GSCSTRYDER]

Awesome man, I never thought H2 needed a rebalance, but I do like what you're doing with the ai and weapons a lot

[@anthonyblanton7074]

I'm currently playing ce rebalanced mod at it's amazing. Only downside is that hunters can be easily killed.

[@user-zb9ow6du6c]

You’ve never played legendary if you don’t think halo 2 needed a rebalance lol

[@maceosikes]

"I never thought H2 needed a rebalance" I'm almost done with a legendary playthrough and while its been fun there are some ridiculously bad decisions like the oneshot aimbot jackals (easy enough to get through with a few deaths but still annoying and bad design to have certain death encounters you have to essentially save scum through) Also so many weapons and vehicles are just useless on Legendary which is a waste of the sandbox.

[@maceosikes]

@@anthonyblanton7074 Is it as bad as vanilla where you can one shot them wtih the pistol?

[@anthonyblanton7074]

@@maceosikes I didnt know you could do that.... lol... but yea i just find them too easy and not a threat on legendary.

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

I thought it was weird that none of the elites were dual wielding like they used to... Also, halo 2's elites had such low health because difficulty was not well fleshed out by Bungie at the time due to time constraints. So they would have low health, but tremendously high damage resistance and shield % on legendary while you would die to 6 plasma rifle shots lmao

[@halolytical9375]

Loved every bit of this video

[@CallSignGhost]

Thanks for all the hard work Ruby. We really appreciate it.

[@Raiz136]

>Health Bar, My god this changes _so much,_ you could literally say this is the only thing you changed and it would _still_ be such a major change it might as well still be an overhaul!

[@eazion1958]

Hi, I would like to say thank you for releasing this mod, will check it out. I also read the comments hearing that the Anniversary have some minor issues, will they be fixed or?

[@RubyofBlue]

Once we're actually able to mod those graphics at all, sure.

[@eazion1958]

@@RubyofBlue thank you for the reply, I stopped at Delta Halo mission, so far I'm enjoying it. The plasma rifle dmg buff is definitely really welcome since I felt they're pretty weak, and as well as modifying the health and shields value, even on vanilla normal I felt they disappeared so fast. Love watching your video explaining your thought process and why you make the changes the way they are, can't wait to see what you plan for Halo 3, man!

[@jerec1267]

I've been looking forward to this

[@ShadowRainX]

I was juuustt about to ask about this this week. Now I'm tempted to try :)

[@Leo.23232]

I loved the parts where you fight against human enemies. I don't understand why that wasn't there before.

[@skylergomez3425]

Does it work with Co-op, I can't seem to get it to work

[@kianh.76]

The other person playing needs to have the same maps Ruby made. Also play with Easy Anti-Cheat Off to avoid any issues/violations cause the game detects if the map files are modified or not.

[@scottburgess2263]

Great work dude, very well considered changes.

[@dynestis2875]

Oh dude this sounds pretty cool, wish I could play this!

[@Sparsse]

every time i try to load up the campaign with the mod enabled, halfway through the loading screen, it crashes. Does anyone know the reason why it does this/a fix for it?

[@Aries0098]

Getting the same error. I think the mod needs to be updated.

[@gdepicnub2003]

How long has it been since i've watched you? By the way its me, Javier

[@ASimpleMangoMan]

Personally my favorite additions are the world building. I love that you added more ai and edited some scenarios. It makes the world feel so much more alive!

[@growlingscarab7]

my favorite things about these mods is the friendly ai become more useful and don't just randomly stop following you part way through a mission... for the most part.

[@neilcampbell7375]

Can I ask how have you altered the numbers of the game? I wanna make a simple mod that just makes allies invincible cause we all a love our marines

[@guilhermesada5840]

Dude how you made this so fast? You on crack? Nice one btw, already downloading.

[@RubyofBlue]

Caffeine.

[@dinkleberg684]

Caffeine is his code word for strippers and cocaine

[@bobchu351]

@@RubyofBlue Will you ever make a video showing how you did some of these things? I really like this mod and I'm extremely curious how you did a lot of these things, like adding extra AI encounters and changing stuff like how fast your vehicle moves before the AI are willing to board

[@grpf1351]

Great stuff Ruby! Looking forward to more campaign rebalance, if you'll do all of them that is. If you will finish all the campaigns I'll look forward to what you'll do to Halo 4 as I feel that game needs the most amount of work.

[@killtrocity24]

I love you for doing this. Thank you

[@TheBoomamatic]

Please save me from this games Legendary. I'm not pro-gamer enough for this torture

[@gabethebabe3337]

Once you get to Outskirts you’re never the same. When you get to Gravemind you’re dead inside. The only solace is that Tartarus is a pushover thanks to the Banshee glitch

[@TheBoomamatic]

@@gabethebabe3337 The ffffuckin Council chamber the Gravemind sends you, where you spawn, without a HUD, surrounded by Brutes in the mdidle of the fuckin room on an elevated platform with no cover

[@gabethebabe3337]

SmexyRula That is Hell. That is like the gateway to Hell

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

@@gabethebabe3337 You can just roof run on Outskirts to skip a majority of the level, including all of the sniper jackal sections. Gravemind is like pulling teeth though...

[@thechesburgerzrfzz808]

I have a issue with things in the mod. Elites with dual needles are unable to change their weapon. Please fix you havent fixed it.

[@MrRocksW]

I love this mod, thanks!

[@iBravoArbiter]

Yo, this deserves WAY more attention than it's getting! I won't be able to try this out since I technically still need to learn how to modify game files/buy MCC on PC instead of relying on Game Pass, but trying these overhaul mods out in the future is definitely on my radar.

[@lemiru]

I believe MCC on microsoft store is now a modifiable app, so modding is possible without any problems

[@onecritwonder2338]

What music is used for this video?

[@roflzwafflez117]

It's all from the original Halo 2 ost. 0:00 Unyielding. 3:08 Cairo suite. 4:48 Follow. I can't tell what the last 3 are.

[@luftwaffe4987]

I've seen you play in only original graphics. Does this mod work with anniversary graphics?

[@Geassguy360]

Yes but there are some oddities, the biggest being the flood shield flare and some of the altered projectiles are invisible.

[@fireguy6566]

I guess it does, since it's just a graphic (and maybe sound) change.

[@BloodKitten_]

@@Geassguy360 the odst in old and new mombasa have the white uniforms of AI on the space station, not sure about delta halo though yes as i havet gone around to start it.

[@sirbibton]

Another odd side effect being Cairo station NPCs in their fancy white uniforms showing up in later missions where they really just shouldn't be

[@acey6991]

Yes!!!! Ive been waiting ruby!!!

[@lionocyborg6030]

If the SPV3 team make a Halo 2 version, it better implement the balances from this mod by default, as well as make the Shadow drivable including adding the troop version (and available in multiplayer too), keep improvements from the first SPV3 and just update them, and replace the conduit section of High Charity with BlackDiamond's restored Warthog run. (It can also mod in fan made versions of Covenant Ship and Forerunner Tank as new levels, plus the E3 Halo 2 New Mombasa sections as a bridging point between the park and city centre plaza)

[@pablo17667140]

I need new graphics + old music. can you make a mod to allow this? please

[@LinoshTheHaloGamer]

Even for CE if possible please

[@justarandomperson3700]

@@LinoshTheHaloGameryou can already do that with ce

[@LinoshTheHaloGamer]

@@justarandomperson3700 I meant new graphics new sound effects but old music, that's not possible

[@lazyvideoproductions2979]

@@LinoshTheHaloGamer There a MCC Update (or tweaking i guess). It'll allow you to choose old/new music/sound effects, with the graphics aswell. New or old

[@LinoshTheHaloGamer]

@@lazyvideoproductions2979 Music n sound separately? I haven't seen that option

[@jopeteus]

wtf? you actually fixed bugs? Why aren't the developers hiring you!!???

[@igorthelight]

Why hiring someone if he is working for free now? Corporate logic :-) Look at Bethesda and all their games - modders do a lot of developer's work. For free. And when modders ask for a money - fans curse them for being greedy :-)

[@DoomVile]

@@igorthelight that faces give me a little cringe

[@igorthelight]

@@DoomVile My profile pic? It's Dante from Devil May Cry 4

[@DoomVile]

@@igorthelight nah, the ones you did on the comment itself

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

Because he's not a feminist-gay or a feminine-like hipster with big nasty beards and latte addict. Apparently that's a big requirement to work in 343. Not a problem for him. The studio 343 is going to get EA-ed and all those fucks hopefully will be unemployed because they're going to fuck up Halo Infinite.

[@memphis3009]

Quarantine Zone is also now a fun level so nicely done

[@RANDOMPEPSIBOTTLES]

Cool nod to the day at the beach scene

[@Hokiebird428]

One suggestion, and I’m not sure how this works or if it’s possible, so I may be talking out of my ass here: Watermark your mod somewhere so that people can’t pass it off as vanilla gameplay, and disable all achievements so that people can’t use it as an easier way to get ‘Campaign Complete: Legendary’. Otherwise, excellent work, both on the mod and the video.

[@RubyofBlue]

The health bar alone already proves this isn't vanilla. I'm not sure if you can even earn achievements with anti-cheat disabled.

[@bennettfender1546]

Hokiebird428 nice to see you here Hokie.

[@Tyler-uc4ye]

@@RubyofBlue Also most people would probably realize that this is not vanilla gameplay because it's not bullshit

[@masterofdisguise1112]

Who gives a crap about achievements from a game that was made in 2004

[@bennettfender1546]

Master Of Disguise people who are just now playing the game perhaps?

[@colonelchapstick]

Please fix the mod, it's broken on the current patch :(

[@MrDarkwizard22]

hes going to fix it some time after halo 4 comes out on mcc.

[@micahjoshua8827]

Need it nao!

[@zachbeckman5835]

I kinda wish we had like a modding tutorial for the halo mcc cause that would be something to do in my free time and good learning experience.

[@mumblingmarvic8969]

out of all the games I Played during Lockdown this is the mod Iwanted to play the most

[@shreksnow1918]

Do you think that you will restore the cut warthog run and try to remake the cut levels to complete the game? Also, when you rebalance Halo 3 maybe you could add some other covenant species allied with the Elites and add some content from ODST to spice things up. The mod looks amazing, I need to get Halo pc to play this. Do you think that you will rebalance ODST and Halo 4 as well?

[@astolfo2305]

vista version running better than halo 2 mcc pc version lmao do this mod work on co-op?

[@joshwoofter4789]

I can assume it would be difficult to edit the models and you might not even have the tools/know-how, but I really think that it would be cool if there was a visual distinction between the covenant that side with the elites and the ones that stay with the brutes. Idk it just seems like it would make combat look and feel more dynamic. This is still really great. Can't wait for the next update!

[@nonlinear3084]

I love how you've moved the game into a more speed combat gameplay style

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

So my question is: How come a big studio with so many resources, and [practically] infinite funding isn't capable of putting something like this to Halo 2? How come a group of dudes who love Halo are capable of even fixing something as simple as Elites dual wielding and not, again, A BIG FUCKING STUDIO WITH HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYEES? What the actual fuck is going on inside 343 lmao. For me, all those fuckers in 343 could lose their jobs, and work in walmart or whatever shithole they can find, because they'll bring Halo to the ground, and make the franchise disappear. They have done nothing right to Halo for almost a decade now, and Halo Infinite will be the very last game we will see of Halo. What's funny is that the likes of Halo 2 and Halo 3 are still relevant after almost 2 decades now, and quite literally nobody talks about Halo 4 or Halo 5. I haven't seen any big Halo youtuber talk about or play 343's Halos. That says a lot about an incompetent studio.

[@pollin522]

As I understand it, the MCC porting is all being done by a third party company with very limited support from 343. So there isn't a "big studio with hundreds of employees" working on the MCC. It's being done by a much smaller team. This does not necessarily excuse the issues with Halo 2, but it does explain why those issues are present in the first place.

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

@@pollin522 So what you're saying is that 343 isn't competent enough to even apply some quality control to their game? I mean this is ridiculous dude. They are porting a PC port of a console, and porting a PC port of a console port to PC again, and they somehow manage not to manage and supervise their project? And again, if a couple of dudes are able to add dual wielding WITHOUT GETTING PAID, how come a BIG fucking studio PLUS another small studio isn't? I honestly think what you said enforces my idea that people at 343 are 99.9% incompetent.

[@righteousmonty6912]

I don’t know if anyone else has had this problem but in anniversary mode some of the ODST added in are in their formal dress

[@Cheapstall]

yep i hope ruby fixes it

[@dreadgrave3379]

Howdy, I just got here! Just watched all the Rebalance videos and they look fuckin' delicious and I can't wait to dig in. If it wasn't actually midnight right now I wouldn't hesitate so I'll see you in the morning ;D

[@Born...]

Can’t wait for the cool halo 2 custom campaigns that are going to be made ❤️

[@shurue8628]

If you ever revisit this one, it'd be nice to see the zones with unlimited enemies be changed to have a limited number.

[@Gazzitas]

Looking forward to trying this one out once 343 are able to get sort out the bugs and the MCC goes on sale on Steam. Also, is it me or are you speaking faster than you usually do in your other videos? I could just be a little tired but I found myself rewinding in a few parts just so I can clearly understand some of what you've just said. Anyway, keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to what you have for Halo 3 once it arrives.

[@naturagames]

Youre the god damn best Ruby

[@gaiance]

Just one more game between us and Halo 3. Can't wait.