Why "Cortana" Is Such A Hard Mission (Halo 3 4K 60FPS)

[@LukeTheNotable]

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[@taylorbsabinsky]

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[@kingmeprime]

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[@taylorbsabinsky]

MrTallPants s yup

[@MrLamarglenn]

Luke the notable could you do the best Cortana or the best Guilty Spark

[@Ironmike-tg5nb]

It was pretty easy The problem was that I was scared shitless of the flood

[@Ironmike-tg5nb]

Unknown Enemy I was Six at the time

[@theman-ty1tg]

this fear only made my will to complete this mission 10 times greater.

[@ChaosV3NOMx]

I was 10 when I beat this mission it was easy on legendary I don’t know what you guys are talking about

[@iluvbliss852]

Ironmike 2022 fr

[@luizsouza2034]

Yep, The Covenant is way harder.

[@Achillez098]

Halo 3 was my first Halo game. My 13 year old mind and body were not ready for the missions Floodgate and Cortana ;(

[@pluto3194]

Floodgate is stupidly easy tho. It's the previous mission in reverse but with elite allies that spawn with energy swords you can take to one shot flood, flamethrower can delete hordes of flood and the inside sections have lots of upper platforms you can use to completely skip most of the enemies

[@legokangaroo5010]

Achillez then imagine me at 8 years old XD

[@BONDRO]

Achillez my 7 year old mind wasn't read now I'm 16 , I'm a guy by the way

[@buzzbeebeebuzz6632]

Yeah, 7 year old me couldn't handle it. Didn't complete Halo 3 till I was about 12.

[@thatrandomshadowwholiveson1296]

Cortana was easy. It’s was Arby’s flamethrower that killed me. Oh, and yes, I was on legendary

[@ardenthebibliophile]

The sure-fire method for getting through any tough halo mission is as follows: 1) Play on Co-op 2) Don't turn on Iron skull 3) Have one person hide in a corner 4) Have one person run out and kill as many enemies as possible until they die 5) Respawn person 6) Repeat steps 3-5 until section is complete 7) Move onto next section

[@captaincrary]

ardenthebibliophile unless you’re playing halo 2

[@ardenthebibliophile]

I've done this in every halo from 1 through 5 if I get stuck

[@CavsFanDallasFanSinceFebruary]

ardenthebibliophile This isn't possible in H2.

[@christiangarcia5348]

My friends and I call this tactic "Combat Demon"

[@christiangarcia5348]

oh but it is possible good sir

[@confoglclips4865]

Drinking game: take a shot every time he reminds you that the Flood want to kill you. Hardmode: take an additional shot every time he says you can die fairly quickly.

[@JSN117]

If you take a shot every time he says mission, cortana, hard or high charity, you'll be pretty dead from alcohol poisoning in like 2 minutes.

[@boochie-yj7un]

Take a shot whenever he says a single word

[@T-74]

Every time he mentions flood, the difficulty of the mission, or says the word “cortana” take 3 shots.

[@orbitalrped]

Hospital in a minute

[@msdrakegx]

And one more shot whenever he says "Cortana is one of the hardest missions in all of halo"

[@ShibaInuMochi]

Lore wise, it's fucking crazy to think the master chief could have possibly done this without dying, really. It would make for amazing blur cinematic movie.

[@cjterrill1410]

This comment has to get to 117 likes it's so close I just made it 112

[@FakeJake5843]

Fr I'm not sure it's possible lore wise

[@Legend-mg2ry]

@@FakeJake5843 The thing is we are trying to play as master chief surviving all of this

[@markmichalek8623]

5 year old me playing library was the scariest thing ever

[@waverunner7063]

From Halo 1?

[@reenaojha1525]

I was playing it when I was 10. Bruh even Guilty Spark was scarier.

[@8ball279]

My step brother told me the flood was real. I was 6.

[@TacticalYeehaw]

Try Halo 3 Cortana legendary mode

[@thatirishgeezer8576]

Init I was 4 playing 343 guilty spark and it gave me nightmares for months

[@drlawson9013]

The spiker flood unnerves the absolute crap out of me, even 10 years later...

[@drlawson9013]

True.

[@epsilonsmind4803]

10 years... Wow

[@MaxsonAtTheFort]

2022 Liam Hartrey Lol I thought I was the only one that called them something vagina related. I called them Vag traps.

[@fbs1013]

What makes them even creepier is that they're shooting sharpened bones at you

[@strivingcobra]

*spiked shooting at you sound*

[@KindaSolidSnake]

I wouldn't say Cortana's the hardest Halo mission ever made, but it definitely gets to you psychologically. I never feel safe no matter where I am in that god awful place, and the flood are pretty much endless, as you said. Not to mention I've gotten lost numerous times because the exits or entrances blend in with the map.

[@Max-of7ci]

GhettoSpiders he never said it was the hardest

[@thatguybrody4819]

it's like a hedge maze in there.

[@megagrunty1090]

Honestly even you stay back to kill all the flood. You can. Bungie placed tons of boxes with new plasma rifles on them and it’s more than enough to kill everything and then some.

[@fiddlove]

This is more of a speedrun advice video, despite his title.

[@eldenboi8354]

Yeah plasma rifle rapes the flood especially with dual wielding

[@jasonkim11]

No, some parts of the level spawn infinite flood.

[@datboistefen4033]

I was 7 when a got this game, my first FPS game btw, I was fine with this mission and i returned to it recently and got through it easily though. My strategy was to stab everything because the energy sword one shots all the flood

[@jaydenabraham6132]

Cortana is only hard if you're not paying attention

[@thedeleted117]

"The most flood you'll see in any Halo level" *laughs in The Library*

[@DayKnightDragon]

This mission is easy as long as you duel wield the plasma rifle. Seriously the plasma weapons are super effective against the flood. They give you more than enough plasma rifles to do so, so long as you know where they spawn.

[@ryatt9365]

DayKnightDragon I've never heard anyone else mention that about the Plasma Rifles. That's always my favorite weapon combo to fight the Flood with.

[@DayKnightDragon]

Reclaimer2525 it's shame, plasma rifles shine against the flood especially on this level. It has the best RoF, damage, and range for this mission. It hurts me to see people try to use ranged weapons against the flood.

[@ryatt9365]

DayKnightDragon And it's also kind of surprising that so few people do it, considering how many there at in this mission. Glad to see we're on the same page.

[@purplepantsman2920]

Ok i was gonna say that but you already did, and then as my secondary i use an energy sword for the big boys.

[@ryatt9365]

purplepantsman Good choice.

[@optimusprime3784]

It was hard for me, because I would always get lost

[@thatguybrody4819]

if i had a dime everytime i got lost.

[@bobert538]

Optimus prime YES thank you! Someone that also gets lost in this mission

[@craigkoori9338]

It's so annoying with the ranged spider things.

[@stonkystuff7096]

If you get lost on this u get lost in halo CE

[@TheActiveAssault]

Halo Infinite needs a terrifying flood mission. Like horror movie on steroids, dead space style. The flood need to be way more scary

[@robrick9361]

Or how about coming up with something new? Are we going to be fighting flood in another 20 years.

[@nameless2362]

there wasnt any flood lmao

[@DegenWeb]

I must say, I HATED THIS MISSION

[@boiwthboi3407]

SAME

[@itssotdy7929]

Not Ornstein same

[@TheZephyrsWind]

@@JJ-ke2df To you, but some of us aren't super good. Or even normally good.

[@brandonfulstone7628]

I hated doing this mission as well

[@ChriseyJames]

Hardest in Halo 3? Sure. But pick any mission on Halo 2 and that will be way harder than this.... Don't even get me started on Gravemind....

[@chubbachox9090]

Chrisey James Dude not even the hardest in halo 3, one of the easiest in fact

[@joelfairchildunderwood9843]

And that's why I love Halo 2

[@bradenglass4753]

CHUBBA CHOX nope this mission is very hard. even on easy death is constant

[@YourHaloCreations]

nope

[@zipzapzoom111]

Absolutely. somehow it still manages to be somewhat fun, and ultimately rewarding. CHUBBA CHOX you crazy

[@chubbbyninja]

Take a shot every time he says flood

[@theloveablewolfuwu2163]

Nathan Bergman ikr

[@jacobrcoll]

Chubby Ninja take a shot every time he says hardest mission in halo 3

[@sadf526]

Chubby Ninja Take a shot every time he says High Charity and be comfortably buzzed

[@iceycoolman3320]

Chubby Ninja take a shot every time he talks

[@christopherlabrie5539]

@@iceycoolman3320 that's just a death sentence

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

I don't know man.....I feel like the hardest mission EVER was Halo 5's mission that had you fighting 3 Wardens on Legendary.....yeah. I could go back and do Cortana on Legendary with no major problems, it was insane for me as a kid sure, but now I feel like its not as bad as it use to be.....doing it on LASO however is another thing all together.

[@thegrapethief5514]

The Breaking is hard in the worst kind of way, overwhelming you with enemies and severely limiting your ammo supply, while said enemies also force you to stay in one place behind cover and shoot from a distance. While it certainly is difficult, I’d say The Breaking is the worst mission in Halo history. And I definitely don’t think Cortana has the top spot, more like number 2, because the hardest mission in halo on legendary is almost certainly Gravemind. In that mission, the covenant throw the best they have at you, in layouts that give you a severe disadvantage to them (You will die in that first room at least once). The most powerful Covenant units, one after another, never ending until you finish the mission.

[@haydencassidy9536]

@@thegrapethief5514 How bro? Gravemind is hard but at least you can kill the covenant efficiently. On the mission cortana there is a flood thing that morph's into a shooting turret whats the name of that? Does it have a head? How do you kill it without using most of your ammo on legendary. I had to run past most of the sections because I couldn't handle it the amount of times I died...... I've completed every halo mission on legendary even done reach laso, but this mission here is the worst. I shouldn't have to run past sections on a normal legendary run just to complete it.

[@haydencassidy9536]

@@thegrapethief5514 Noob combo is great with the covenant on gravemind. But how do you kill the shooting flood turret on cortana legendary?

[@thegrapethief5514]

@@haydencassidy9536 if it tucks into that little ball, don’t bother. It’s nigh invulnerable to plasma, ballistic, or explosive damage in that state. Your best option is either a flamethrower, fire grenade or sword. My suggestion is to always keep plenty of the first handy and keep the last in your back pocket at all times. You’ll need to constantly switch up your armament throughout the mission, but if you find loot caches nearby, they or the flood you kill should have the right tool for whatever job that room demands. Just look around a little. During those hallway bits there should be at least one carbine nearby, or carry one in yourself. 2 shots to the weak point (there should be one in its base, move your reticle until the dot appears if you can’t find where) of those flood ranged forms should kill them on the spot. The noob combo doesn’t work on brutes, Hunters, or sniper jackals. Those are what you will die to the most in Gravemind. That bridge section near the end took me tries that numbered around 50. Gravemind provides all the tools you need if you just look around a little. I remember a cliff in the first room with an SPNKR, and a pile of energy swords begging to be used on the tanks. Just look for the weapons you need and they’ll almost certainly be there.

[@avery1541]

My biggest achievement in life is beating this mission on legendary and not dying once

[@erols8083]

In halo 6 we need a super difficult flood mission and a mission where you attacking the covenant and landing on a halo ring/ark

[@Ropewatch]

No Chromie Homie And a mission were you kill Locke and Palmer.

[@dr.boring7022]

@@Ropewatch Playing the Arbiter

[@leeeverette2580]

Bringing playable elites back and have halo reach like customizations and bring back armor you can earn or unlock instead of pay and req packs have more chance that you will find armor in them.

[@bobert538]

My problem with this mission was getting lost because the map was SO damn big!

[@umairashraf5167]

Well I mean,the same can be said for pretty much any other halo mission

[@rodericksutton2983]

@@umairashraf5167 No it can't clown

[@umairashraf5167]

@@rodericksutton2983sheesh buddy,calm down,all I meant to say that they were big but that's not a bad thing

[@majorchief8424]

Fun fact: this was actually suppose to be the second half of floodgate, that is why the corridors look more like Truth and Reconciliation's corridors and also why High Charity has randomly gained some reactors.

[@briankaslewicz6130]

Major Chief is that why theres virtually no combat during the Infinite Devil Machine segment of Floodgate? To pace out the game differently & have 3 flood missions instead of 2?

[@thehuntyguy5365]

I thought Cortana on legendary was far easier than some other missions in Halo 3. The hardest missions were the ones that had vehicles in them. The Ark on legendary was the hardest of them all, because the vast majority of the game involved tons and tons of vehicles. The part where you reached the scarab and had to fight all those choppers and ghosts and wraiths made me want to tear my hair out. Cortana on the other hand, was kind of relaxing and fun, even on legendary (except for the ranged flood).

[@deriznohappehquite]

TheHuntyGuy really? I find the ones with jackal snipers the hardest/most frustrating.

[@thedonutguy5923]

Same here. Though the hive/tall room pissed me off.

[@chaosbisector6630]

TheHuntyGuy Yeah, I completely agree.

[@Ropewatch]

What?! I love the Ark! When it came to those vehicle sections I absolutely kicked ass. Even on legendary. Those spiky flood vaginas from cortana deserve to be hated.

[@photosyntheticzee9915]

The scarab section is pretty easy mate. First tower is way harder. Just fly in circles around the scarabs, shooting their legs. When they get damaged, shoot away the rear playing and go for the kill shot. Repeat twice and let the marines take care of the rest, only pausing momentarily to shoot rockets at banshees and ghosts that try to take you on. Honestly the hornet is pretty op and that’s why the aerial sections of halo 3 suffer for me.

[@MrShaky-gi8lj]

This upload couldn't have come at a more perfect time I'm stuck on this Mission at the momment and it's driving me crazy

[@Max-of7ci]

Sir. ShakesAlot just saying you've been on this mission all this time like one of those dumb go to the other games and try again later

[@knux7468]

Hey! I mentioned a question of "What was the most difficult mission on legendary in Halo 3" on one of his latest live streams, and Luke replied saying it was absolutely the mission Cortana. And now he made a video regarding the same topic! :D

[@natemartin4218]

It was such a nightmare playing this mission on legendary, it was overwhelming.

[@thearnorianruby4681]

I'm currently playing on Legendary (first time ever doing so), it's pretty easy for me. So far....

[@TheJ4C0bZ]

I feel like Cortana was pretty easy. I think the mission Halo was more difficult.

[@quintonlim4275]

Yeah the wave defence at the top of the control room is pretty annoying with the rocket launch flood

[@tyingearl8133]

Uhh... Whenever I play with my friends, we always skip Cortana and go straight to Halo. Halo can be pretty easy if you can make certain jump

[@chubbachox9090]

Nitro He's talking out of his arse, cortana is piss easy, and easily done with 0 deaths and even 0 kills. You want the hardest mission across all of the halos like he said this video was about then look no further than halo 2 gravemind. The most luck based legendary difficulty halo game and the most grindy halo 2 mission

[@GDrakoTurnover]

CHUBBA CHOX it's hardest if you play without thinking but if you know the ropes it's ez

[@chaosbisector6630]

Nitro Yeah. I beat Cortana pretty easy on legendary the first time playing the game.

[@weed1573]

OMG I REMEMBER PLAYING ALL THE HALO CAMPAIGNS HIGH AF AND I SWEAR IT WAS LIFE CHANGING I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE GAME

[@sparkyproductions5856]

Shiiit.

[@xfazesquidwardx9253]

You should try watching Spongebob and Mr Krabs x Sandy penis and tits vore while high

[@ximbabwe0228]

I think the fact that the mission is so annoying game play-wise (even though it's a big plot point for the story) makes many players not care enough to try hard. It's like 343 Guilty Spark (the halo 1 multi-layer flood level) but with more beige.

[@zipzapzoom111]

Its really easy to lose your bearings and get turned around, everything looks the same. I swear i think they made it so ridiculous is because the mission "floodgate" wasnt very difficult, so they wanted a tough flood mission like those in CE and H2. good job guys you nailed it

[@Turk3YbAstEr]

I always found dual plasma rifles and an energy sword worked very well for me. The plasma rifles seem to do well against ranged forms and combat forms, plus you don't need to reload. The energy sword is a good backup against tank forms.

[@LostODST]

I didn't find this mission difficult, it was just the most boring level imo.

[@maxwel205]

Lost ODST Try playing ledgendary alone

[@LostODST]

Preston Garvey Already have, friend.

[@LostODST]

Alejandro Sosa 👀

[@AcedNAonDiscord]

Agreed. I dont really prefer flood missions over brutes and elites.

[@TheRomanTribune]

Brandon Geehan yes same here, I love the flood only when the covenant are involved and I get to see them all fighting together while giving flood certain zones of the mission where they dominate and you see them already finished with kiling the covenant, such as the mission two betrayals or keyes in CE.

[@MrBirdistheword444]

I recently beat this mission on legendary for the first time since I was a kid. Mainly I just managed to ran past everything. The brute hammer from the previous mission came in handy

[@Joshdotcom04]

ROOTIN TOOTIN FLOOD SHOOTIN BUDDY

[@Kreutz]

This is the mission she keeps interrupting gameplay with those little audio blips right? I fucking hated this mission.

[@theguynottowrrybout3923]

I still remember at the first time playing this mission at the final part (pelican) i jut grab the flame thrower and start killing every single thing that moves on that zone eventually i got stressed out cause i didnt know were to go, so i decided to see a video guide and notice i could have ended that mission 30 minutes earlier!!!!! That was awful!!! I still have those bad memories every time i play that mission and laugh of myself

[@themessenger1680]

cortana was more creepy and annoying for me...never really had an issue even on higher difficulties. Creepy as hell though.

[@joshualemay5634]

Cortana is a cake walk compared to Gravemind in Halo 2 on Legendary I beat halo 3 and 2 in under 3 hours Cortana was not bad at all

[@goose2238]

Joshua LeMay physically impossible

[@joshualemay5634]

Goose 22 I really did lol the achievements I unlocked in the master chief Collection we're called Monopolized and the other one was Devastating

[@tastycookiechip]

You literally cannot beat halo 3 legendary in under 3 hours it's impossible

[@joshualemay5634]

Brace Land you really can you don't have to do it alone I did it with my brother and you can beat the levels separately you don't have to it all at once

[@flammablecritical1295]

Brace Land not if u keep practicing

[@sj-bd2lt]

Totally agree with what you said about the mission being so much more difficult without the arbiter, especially when you said it's because the flood are excellent at attacking the unwary. Thanks for the guide man :)

[@namesnotjoe1394]

I would call the library the hardest mission

[@Hazzymane56]

It was too dark on og Xbox

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Bullshit

[@joshualemay5634]

Osman Rafiq I would except Gravemind halo 2 on legendary has my vote

[@snarl8]

I'm sorry sir, but we don't talk about the library, we don't have it in our database, it seems to have been destroyed by the master chief................. BUT WE WILL NEVER FORGET ;-; (edit) thanks for 9 likes! never thought i would get this many!

[@andrewbagnall9037]

Delta Dragon YT that mission is easy lol if u know how to play it

[@Scam_Likely247]

So when I was 7 me and my dad would play Halo 3 together. For about 6 months I thought Cortana was the final mission of the game because my dad had never beaten it, and always refused when I asked to try it. One day, I decided to do it on my own, and after my first attempt, I didn't try again for 3 years. This bloody mission scared the shit out of me!

[@ddarkman1festt]

Listen dude you gotta stop saying if you're smart enough to do so This isn't smarts it's foresight.

[@King.-Arthur]

I just recently replayed Halo 3 for some nostalgia. I had a heck of a time with Cortana on Heroic difficultly, because for some reason I felt that I should kill all the flood in every room (except for the ‘escape’ part at the end). The wall clingers felt ridiculously tanky when my only gun with ammo was an alien carbine/spiker.

[@jamesrobsonza7752]

Disagree, the flood in this game are easy to kill with the exception of the tank forms which are slow and can only melee you. Spikers tend to camp a lot and very rarely move. There are a lot of enemies yes but they always come from one direction, in front of you. They dont spawn behind you to trap you and this means you can always run away.

[@xavierrenegadeangel1356]

Tank forms die in one swipe from an energy sword, and because the sword lunges from a distance, they have no time to retaliate.

[@sparkyproductions5856]

I disagree. I would always try to go fast and end up in a corner with an energy sword on my last stand

[@gabrielgarcia9822]

@@xavierrenegadeangel1356 a brute shot melee can kill the tanks in one hit.

[@Beesechurgersports]

Gabriel Garcia that’s only on easy

[@MI_HI_]

I love the way you did this video is because even if someone barely knew anything about halo they would understand what you’re talking about, even if they haven’t played the game

[@cosmicmelon9305]

I remember my first broken controller attempting this on Legendary.

[@haydencassidy9536]

I broke my controller on The Maw legendary :/ I am ashamed but that's what happened lmfao

[@katieturner7361]

Thank you. I am playing Halo 3 again and recall that I had help during this level last time. Playing it on my own was much more difficult. The most difficult thing for me is getting lost in those rooms and hallways!

[@Cr00kshankzz]

U can get gud

[@ReplyequalsNerd]

Fax

[@lpt98]

the 4k looks dope! lukethenotable still continues to deliver high quality videos as always

[@Wuunderboy]

What are you talking about??? This mission on legendary was so easy. Pretty much all of halo 3 on legendary was a piece of cake. Halo 2 on the other hand .....

[@maxwel205]

HaloFanSince04 but were you playing alone ?

[@cipherrae5643]

I played halo 3 on legendary alone......

[@multiplayerdaubeny5264]

JACKAL SNIPERS!

[@MaxsonAtTheFort]

Great Journey and Quarantine Zone were the most difficult for me, especially with my OCD of having to keep at least 2 allies alive on Quarantine Zone and at least 1 Councilor on The Great Journey.🤣 (On Legendary)

[@kalaxd_4534]

HaloFanSince04 I agree with you on that regarding Cortana.

[@KaptainKommissar]

I think you forgot something: As long as you have a friend, the Arbiter will always be with you.

[@brute3339]

I thought the picture on the video was ispiteful

[@geirwickstrm9162]

You say that killing all the flood is a mistake, but to get the par score I put on Heroic and a bunch of skulls and killed all of them I never even looked at the timer. I got more then enough points too.

[@DCheezer]

i remember playing this for hours #hammerjumps

[@constancerivera-green3729]

Awesome video!!! Also, I really like your thumbnails. They're very artsy and creative! 👍

[@jwalkballin]

Guys, obviously Osiris is the hardest mission in all the Halos.

[@southpaw117]

Nah, "Before the Storm" takes the cake on that.

[@jaydenabraham6132]

No way "Arrival" is ridiculously difficult

[@gabecarr8496]

The Heretic is god-tier

[@vickybuz]

I agree, it’s so hard

[@jaydenabraham6132]

No mission is harder than "prepare to drop"

[@Smubbs]

God this takes me back. I grew up on Halo, and this mission was hell on Legendary.

[@centen100k]

Love you Luke

[@LukeTheNotable]

love you more

[@centen100k]

Luke TheNotable not possible😘

[@conor8690]

No homo

[@ARC117Studios]

You know-- man, i couldn't figure this one out for myself, thank God have someone to ramble on for over 10+ minutes to tell us why!

[@tribalfaller220]

I thought “The Covenant” was the hardest mission. 😒

[@Ropewatch]

TribalFaller Unless you know how to kick ass with vehicles.

[@tribalfaller220]

NCR Elite Riot Officer I can kick ass with a tank with spartan laser/rocket launcher marines in the side.

[@browe091]

Covenant always gives me the most trouble on legendary play throughs. Those scarabs at the end are so finicky and I always die in strange yet hilarious ways.

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

cortana is harder below legendary but on legendary covenant is way harder.

[@anollsvlogs9188]

Omg ur actually my favorite person ever. I have dreaded and hated this level so much and almost skipped it on my recent legendary run. The first time I played it on heroic it took my like an hour. I just beat it on legendary in like 20 min. 🙏

[@nikojduarte]

You should check out Halo Completionist's Cortana LASO guide. It made the level fun. I know it's a LASO guide, but the idea is the same. My opinion this guys way of running it is a lot harder. Although I enjoyed almost every LASO level in halo, so this may be easier. idk XD

[@zayzay4288]

It wasn't hard the thing was it was just long and boring for me.

[@Jigsaw0097]

Very good video, I never struggled with this level but these are great tips!

[@Hazzymane56]

Beat it in 5 On easy

[@taylorbsabinsky]

Dark metallic adolescents No lies I did to

[@OozyGorilla]

Somehow I missed this video, but holy hell! It made me your rival on the MCC timer. Sweet!

[@DrasticExtra]

Bull shit I completed this when I was 3 and the worst thing was me always getting lost

[@Max-of7ci]

Drastic Ethan8 i started then to and my problem was being scared and he said that cortina was purple it's not halo 1 anymore😂😂

[@spartann1957]

Great tactis you are AMAZING Keep making the best Halo content

[@lennonpardun6033]

Its essentially halo 3s version of the library

[@dtgs4502]

One time I set up this mission for LASO as a joke while my friend and his 8 y/o brother were afk, but he told me to start it after seeing my terrible idea. I have no idea how, but we made it through in about 3 hours. The greatest highlight from that was the pure desperation for collecting equipment and hording it in the reactor room, and we were trying to find the last active camo after piling up all the deployable covers only to see his brother say, "you mean this?", while turning invisible.

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

Halo 3 is such a good looking game

[@jacobalva7191]

I remember doing this mission and finishing the game in middle school. Took me waaay longer but no other feeling better than finishing something on that difficulty.

[@killerkitten7534]

It must be fate, but this just popped into my feed and I just beat it on legendary yesterday. My tip is know where the flamethrowers are, they're basically the cheatcodes for pureforms. Also always have a ranged weapon.

[@SuperKramer56]

the brute shot blade is just as effective as the sword, and never runs out.

[@xtremej2575]

That hallway with all the long range flood on the walls and roof

[@quanhittersupreme6738]

I was playing through this game on Heroic and after I got past the big open first room it was pretty easy. I think luck played a big part in it, but once you get past the first room you can weave in and out of cover and little tunnels, and for some reason there was a steady supply of energy swords cutting them down was simple. The only time I was given trouble was when one of those pure forms would transform into ranged forms, but cloaking and a steady supply of grenades allowed me to get past.

[@bobsmith2681]

When you think about it. The arbiter just kinda said "fuck it" to go help you. He probably figured you would make it out but he wanted to make sure you did.

[@lucina2111]

I have beaten Halo 3 on legendary only once. A big part of that, is Cortana. This mission took me 3 hours and 54 Minutes to beat that run, the spiral room and hallway of death killed me a bunch before I found the active camo and just ran past everything. Still love this game but honestly Cortana is easily my least favorite mission and one I barely replay.

[@chapstickwarrior9277]

Oh God, I got so stuck on this mission when I played it. It made me HATE the flood! But when you finally escape it's pretty satisfying.

[@stonkystuff7096]

Flood: exists Flamethrower:so you have chosen death

[@cyberswiper6317]

The days when I kept getting lost on this map and killed on harder difficulty and jeez the atmosphere on this level is spectacular, miss the good old days

[@joshsmith6135]

I remember playing this mission all the time as a kid and I don't have any memories of frustration. Maybe I need to play through again

[@iwasanMBTInerd]

The escape part was hard with the skulls on that give the enemies higher health, upgrading enemy ranks and flood forms while playing on normal or above. They could kill you in a few hits and swarm you but it would take four or five hits for to kill one at a time. Fucking brutal.

[@tonezone117]

I was 7 when I played Halo 3 for the first time. I wasn’t ready.

[@demilung]

Recently played the game for the first time on Heroic. The flood generally isn't bad, but those ranged forms were annoying as hell. Sometimes it feels like they don't register damage properly. I remember shooting one Stalker form in the back with a carabine across the reactor room. Because I was so far it didn't do anything, but I empties all of the carabine ammo I had into it (about 50 shots) and it still didn't die.

[@ShebbyYT]

The first mission in Halo 3 and Cortana were 2 of my most favorite missions on legendary 'specially in coop

[@WarcraftPvPFilms]

Dude, your videos are incredibly good. Very niche subject to make your channel all about halo, but I really enjoy watching your videos. Im curious, have you complete the vidmaster's for halo 3 and odst?

[@AdustGore4]

Great video Luke! But, and it’s just my opinion, the Halo 3 legendary campaign is so easy in comparison to other Halo games. There are some moments when things get complicated and It´s very hard to complete, especially in “The ark”, “The covenant” or “Cortana”. But the rest of the missions are very accessible. It´s not Halo 2 when you enter in the moment that you almost give up to try such a hard challenge. Even, for me, Halo CE, Halo Reach and Halo 4 campaigns are more difficult. To put in perspective I completed Halo 3 legendary campaign alone like four times but in more than ten years I wasn’t able to complete Halo 2 and I´m not a pro in Halo. But it´s just my opinion. Keep up with the great content and videos!

[@scorchinorphan1687]

I started playing Halo when I was 4, starting with the first that came out very recently then. I played it a lot but never did much other then very slow progress. Of course as years went by, I got better. Years ago, when 4 launched, I decided to Laso the Halos. I did 4 easily- It took me less then a day to do. 3 Was a pain mainly because this mission but other then that it wasnt too bad. 2 Was probably the hardest for me, not exactly sure why but it was. 1 was my favorite, mainly because memories of playing when I was kid. It didn't take me too long to complete, but for me, across every Halo, Including Reach which I also did on Laso because the weekly challenges for doing a Laso mission meant I only had a few left to do, Halo 1 was the most fun I had. And it had the hardest mission for me. The Library, then the second hardest being 343 Guilty Spark. I made it a goal to get every achievement for these missions, including the one for Library to complete it under 11 minutes and 343 with no medkit pick ups.

[@the_numb_skull]

My strategy every time I play this level: Energy Sword and Grav Hammer. Sword for single targets like tank forms, and grab hammer for larger groups of enemies, resort to shotgun if desperate.

[@cognitivescience9924]

Cortana is about identifying weapons that get shit done. Sword : all floor forms and OHKO the hunter-like flood. Needler: wrecks the artillery flood and elite floods Twin plasma rifle for most things

[@soundlesspeal]

11:10 "one brute flood that you can easily kill" do keep in mind that the mauler takes just one shot and you´re dead

[@dannav_17]

Mine is 09:22 in Ledgendary. Edit: I remember ages ago when I first played this level I died about 8 times, in Normal!

[@LeFishTaco71]

How many times do you have to say how hard the mission is in the intro

[@KatOwO2235]

technically, yes, in singleplayer, you are alone, but you can have Arbiter with you if you're playing the campaign with 2 players, they just do the same amount of damage as you, but working together, you two have the strength of Arbiter

[@117oddlink-9]

Good weapons to use: Dual Plasma Rifles (Don't waste on tanks) Energy Sword (Beware of Maulers and Shotguns) Brute Shot(Good for clearing out infection forms and Pure Forms) Carbine or BR (Only for combat forms)

[@FyruHawk]

this is one of my favorite halo missions simply because it's the only time we've seen a place that 90% flood converted

[@13Logik]

I have Halo 3 it's a really great game I never played the first 2 but still my love for Halo and it's story is huge

[@CuNi]

For everyone who skipped the first 30 Seconds of this Video. He just said why Cortana is such a hard mission of all the halo games, because as you know Cortana is a damn hard mission, so don't forget to watch this Video where he explains why Cortana is such a hard Mission! And now let's see why Cortana is such a hard mission folks!

[@Adamus39]

Why Cortana is such a hard mission, my patience runs out before my ammo. Thanks for slowing me down Cortana!

[@staryoshi06]

12:10 The Arbiter can 'die', but he revives himself.

[@Igzilee]

The explosions in the Reactor room have launched me off that platform so many times