Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved is a First Person Shooter released in November of 2001 by Bungie Software for the Microsoft Xbox. The series continued with Halo 2 and soon to be future Halo 3.

Speed Runs

The Speed Demos Archive hosts Halo competition. Halo runners compete on a variety of different levels and difficulties; the current combined time for Legendary on Single Player is around 1 hour, 35 minutes, and 57 seconds.

General Tricks

Backpack Reloading

When you have to (or want to) reload your gun, press X, X, then Y (or equivalent). This will result in you being able to switch weapons, but your gun will still reload. This lets you fire your other weapon while the other one is reloading in your pocket.

Grenade/Rocket jumping

Simply throw a grenade on the ground, stand over it, and jump when it explodes and it will propel you higher than a normal jump. Very useful for getting to high places. Rocket jumping works the same way and gets you higher than just a grenade, but you need to put more distance between you and the explosion (by jumping off a small ledge or something) because it does more damage.

Double Melee

Simply press melee, grenade, and melee in rapid succession. This will allow you to punch twice in a row incredibly fast; very useful for situations in which you need to dish out a lot of damage in a short amount of time. The one drawback to this trick is that you end up throwing a grenade, so make sure you run out of there quickly.

The Pillar of Autumn

Triggering the Bridge Cutscene Early

Walk straight into the small-ish hallway leading to the bridge, and just before you have to turn left, simply walk backwards and the cutscene will trigger.

Shortcut in the stair room

About 2/3 of the way through the level, there is a room with a set of stairs. Normally, you have to walk up both flights of stairs and around the room to exit. You can, however, toss a grenade (preferably plasma) on the platform halfway up the stairs, then jump off of it onto the ledge above you, and proceed into the next room. Note: If you are having trouble getting the grenade on the stair platform from the bottom of the stairs, try aiming up at the ceiling so the grenade falls down onto the platform. This method can be seen in Condorman's Pillar of Autumn run for the Going Nowhere Fast contest.

Halo

Shortcut to the Light Bridge Switch. In the light bridge room bridge in the large tunnel, you normally turn right and go through a small hallway to get to the light bridge switch. This shortcut isn't much faster in that it doesn't cover less distance, but it definitely reduces the number of enemies you have to fight, which is something you will need if you're on the higher difficulties. Instead of going for the small ramp/hallway to the switch, drive past it, almost to the edge of the cliff, and position your hog next to the large ramp on your right. Get out of the hog and hop on top of it. From there, you can jump up to the large ramp and proceed to the switch without having fought any enemies.

External Links

• Halo Speedruns (hosted by the SDA, but only has runs from the Going Nowhere Fast), which was held in 2004.
• High Speed Halo Complete Halo running coverage.