What Halo 3 Anniversary should have been....Mythic Overhaul 2.0 Demo 

In my headcanon they could be mercenaries or ultra-fanatical followers of the Great Journey, at this point in the war the Covenant was just as low in manpower and resources as humanity after the loss of High Charity. I can see some fanatical sangheili cults or mercenaries fighting for the Covenant for religious or monetary reasons....also just hatred of humans. Also the genocide of the sangheili was fairly localized to High Charity and the defense fleet around it, most Sangheili fleets not on Delta Halo's system were still hostile to humanity, like the one that got wiped out by a NOVA bomb on Ghosts of Onyx, although there were exceptions once news spread.

I think its cool having different elite models to fight and have by your side

These elites are from Infinite or am I imagining things? There were a few with Reach ultra armor too but with gray and red coloring

@@pvt.jonwallace Eh. I would have preferred that the Elites did not remain the main enemies during Halo 3. You already got the Banished as an alternative enemy force and if you want to keep a "Covenant" enemy force then I think it should be the San'Shyuum Prelates to take over that role since they would be far more inclined to carry on Truth's vision and especially since the Religion of the Journey benefits that species the most.

@@pvt.jonwallace I think the arbiter and a lot of the elites are halo 2 anniversary elites

I should say, it would be more super cool. It is already pretty cool as it is lol.

fair points, I just like gunning down elites on Halo 3 from time to time. I understand why some people don't want them here

I don't think this would really work, because all the Halo games are different in terms of sandbox, pace and level design. If you add the Halo 3 power-ups to Halo 1 and 2 for example, it would ruin the balance. You could only do this in terms of art-style and graphics, not in terms of features.

I believe there’s a mod in the process of doing this called Halo Reborn

@@grimordia9379 _please...tell me more_

Plus the short film landfall features a lot of ODSTs

Or change parts of the story without sacrificing what's made Halo 3's story so beloved.

That’s called a Remake not a Remaster.

Personally I prefer the in-game cutscenes. The Blur cinematics were really cool for Halo 2, but I would have preferred that they had remastered all of the assets from that game and just remade the original cutscenes. I can't really describe why, but I find that the in-game cutscenes have more of a seamless transition between the cinematics and gameplay. I feel more immersed with those.

@jimjam7928 In-game cutscenes would be fine for now, but the character models from the original Halo 3 do not age well, especially Lord Hood. Halo 3: Anniversary would benefit from new character models and better graphics that will stay true to the original, unlike Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's poor art style, which reused assets from Reach.

@@jimjam7928in my opinion the pre-renders are perfect for H2 and H3 because I view them as “This is what you imagined the game looked like as a kid” and these games have impacted people in enough of a way they deserve that treatment.

Why? There are hundreds of thousands of ODST’s. It would make sense that a few ODST operators would assist with the recovery of The Master Chief.

​@@beltempest4448 Especially since, as seen in Landfall, ODSTs were the ones to pinpoint Chief's location as he crash landed.

@@beltempest4448 The ODSTs feel forced because of everything else in the mod. The ODSTs themselves look amazing don’t get me wrong, however there’s so many changes and additions in this one level already that this simple change feels forced. When designing games and in this case mods, one thing that’s important in game design is letting players breathe and not throwing everything the game has to experience right off the bat. For example in this mod we see redesigns of Marines, Master Chief, and the Arbiter. Pretty drastically changed as well, instead of giving us the player time we automatically see ODSTs and at that point they don’t feel special they just feel like you’re average day marine. In H3 when we see ODSTs it’s involved with major operations, when we see them we know it’s about to go down. When we saw H3 ODSTs the game gave us time with the ODSTs, clearing out enemies and when the vehicle sections are next that’s when we get marines. My problem with ODSTs in this mod is essentially: They feel forced and feel like the mod is trying to show us everything at once, and because of that the ODSTs don’t feel like ODSTs they just feel like you’re regular marine. Again the designs are great but pacing is key.

@@SwampLad1019 I understand where you are coming from, it’s too much. I can understand that everything else feels forced and I now think that it would be better if all of the enemy types weren’t in the first mission. The ODST’s make sense to me in this mission. Remember though it’s a demo of the mod so the mod creator is probably just trying to showcase everything that will be in the mod when it is fully released. Like a proof of concept kind of thing.

@@beltempest4448 Yeah this is a demo still, I think this mod has amazing potential but if this is how the first level is gonna be when it releases, then I feel like it would be a major if there’s too much in one mission. I think ODSTs do make sense in the context of securing and escorting the Master Chief but combine them everything else it’s sort of overwhelming, no room to breathe or process the changes.

So don't play it. You have better things you could do with your life, go outside, get a girlfriend, why do you insist on trashing a mod that someone has a clear passion for? The Elites as enemies are one thing, but the weapons? Who cares about the weapons, especially since some of them are part of the sandbox of ODST, which has the same sandbox as Halo 3. Seriously dude, get a life.

​@@BaxterAndLunala you should too. Get a life. Why are you so butthurt over someone's opinion

@@losientoo I said get a life, not insist on trashing a mod someone has a clear passion for. I'm not saying shut up, I'm just saying don't play it, and don't make an overly aggressive comment.

It's just a mod. Not that serious

I know...thats why he became the poster boy for the thumbnail

I want Halo 1 Anniversary to look like halo 2 Anniversary.

@@nword9239I hope they make all the game remastered in halo 2: anniversary’s style

After all theyve done to Halo in the recent years...do you really want 343 to make a remaster of Halo 3? I'd rather they stay the hell away from the trilogy's golden child

@@pvt.jonwallaceYou know what? You’re absolutely right. I didn’t think about it. But my point still stands though.

I heard from someone that his Infinite appearance was supposed to be what he looked like in 2-3 but I think they may have just been talkin out the butt.

@@ryan_1099 Should be the H2A version with the scratch mark on the chest, instead.

​@@MarsiB013Amen to that.

I feel like separate “lite” version of the mod could very easily fix that

I wouldn't call them naysayers, they have valid points. I just happen to like fighting Elites on Halo 3's engine because of their "peculiar" A.I

A bright green/blue armor coloring would help avoid friendly fire accidents...speaking from experience

Man this Arbiter is truly a sight to behold....and fear if you are a threat

that dialogue changes depending on the difficulty, hero is said on Heroic

Reach armor was the best though

I was honestly disappointed when I first fired the Assault rifle way back in 2007 and I’m glad to see it revamped too!

I didnt make the mod, MythicJaqui did...hes the one to thank for giving us a beefier Assault Rifle

@@pvt.jonwallacehaha i didnt realize, my apologies . great content nontheless.

That is something that has been on Halo 3 since its launch, no idea why...but we wouldnt have teabagging without it

its very silly and odd and I always wonder why its seemingly ignored lol..@@pvt.jonwallace

@@MJ-mu3kb just the Halo 3 physics engine doing its thing....

Having other covenant separatists fighting on your side would be a nice change... But I doubt that jackals would side with Humans given their mercenary nature....although an argument could be made that since the covenant is in its last legs some of the client species chose to side with Elites over the Brutes. They definitely would need some special color scheme to prevent friendly fire incidents though.

@@pvt.jonwallace agreed! The Swords of Sanghelios are mostly red, and allied Phantoms in the campaign have that green coating, so I'd imagine they could find a middle ground

@@Kisseyhersh123 A light blue/white and green color scheme that constrasts with the enemy elite's red and gray for example

It seems you haven't play the first game? Grunt gore is a thing works of art

Ahhh CE and its colorful explosions of alien blood were a sight to behold....

@@TheDragonfriday pff... cyan decals have nothing on dismemberment and exposed brains.

Yes. Yes. YEEEESSSS!!!! COME TO PAPA!

Given how bad they've treated the ip....Id rather not let them screw a potential remaster

@@pvt.jonwallace True, they've had a decade now to finally fix H2A so it's at the same level of functionality and playability as the rest of the Collection. Instead, it seems they're content to leave it as the most unfinished and unbalanced campaign that actively penalizes players for wanting to play in co-op. Even Infinite doesn't do that.

This mod's elites are actually using Infinite armor with a mixture of classic and banished color schemes judging by the footage. While I would have liked Halo 2A elites, I have to recognize that having these guys with more armor variety to tell the ranks apart from each other is a nice addition.

Always thought they were a myth...

@@jasonmoor1230 good one

Because it's his mod.

Correct...which 343 ripped straight from Halo 4 for...reasons?

I don't think so

You mean for this mod in particular or just 343 in general for all the games they've released? I ask because this mod has a visual reshade enhancer on top designed for Halo 3 which is why lighting looks different. Totally independent from the mod itself

@@pvt.jonwallace 343 in general

@@tylerc4229 oh for sure dude. I dont know why but Halo Infinite's lighting and graphics looked somehow worse than Halo 5... I know the open world aspect is partly to blame for engine reasons but other open world games released year ago had better lighting and graphics despite being released on last generation consoles.

ARs are for close to medium range targets. DMRs are for medium to long range targets. It is okay to have an AR with zoom in capabilities in a combat situation.

he didn't change them he added the grunt voice lines from Halo CE and 2. at one point a grunt throws a grenade and yells the iconic _"Everybody duck!!"_

I like the enemy elites

Eventually, right now the mod is still on development but in the description you can find the link for the demo.

Modders may be the ones to fullfill your dream eventually, I wouldnt trust Microsoft/343 at all with it

Did you download it from steam or nexus?

@@pvt.jonwallace Steam from the workshop. It's only at certain parts in certain missions so far.

@@neondreams4887 I am afraid thats an issue that only the author can fix with an update. its not uncommon for crashes to happen on very specific missions/areas.

Not really, there were still elites apart of the covenant and even still battling it out on sanghelios during Halo 5

@@ronaldperry9103 Not on earth, regrets fleet would've made sure of that. You need a primary source, play ODST again

thats a MA5K, a carbine that appears on the books but never did on the main games

Research

I didnt really catch anything from Halo 5 to be honest art-wise, Infinite is heavily present though on the guns and Covenant npcs to an extent

Theres a lot of mods for Halo 2 , the problem is that 343 constantly breaks them whenever they update MCC and the modders have to recode the damn thing all over again. A good look on nexus mods will show you of hundreds of mods that sadly were never brought back by their authors after becoming obsolete during or after development.

@@pvt.jonwallace interesting, is halo 2 most affected due to its anniversary connection?

@@Dadbod2019 all mods are affected by updates, not just halo 2. the thing is, that Halo CE has been available for a longer time on PC (the custom Edition) than the other games so naturally people were able to make more mods for it. Halo 3 is also the golden child of the original trilogy so it also gets lots of attention from modders. Halo 2 and Reach are somewhat competing with one another in terms of modding content, the fact their mod tools are extremely complicated and there's little to no documentation to assist doesn't help. I know this because I tried them.

Not really, halo 2 just isn't really that popular to mod since CE and halo 3 exists.

My man, you might have just unleashed the mod to rule them all. One level in...and I cant stop replaying it.

No, its just a mod that some people think is a good reimagining of Halo 3 and others dont. I personally like it a lot.

@@pvt.jonwallace shiiiiieeeeet, I'ma try it out

I rather not have another Halo game until 343 gets their shit together. Infinite's campaign somehow made Halo 5 look good in comparison...it had a beginning and end. Now they didnt even bother showing us the actual Battle for Zeta Halo....or the other damn plot points they made like the endless and flood on the ring...

@pvt.jonwallace I agree infinites campaign is overrated af and has the most boring level design out of all of them. Halo 5s multi-player was more fun too and actually had a good sandbox

@@dexter1009 I alwaysd had the belief that Halo 5 was a good FPS shooter but a bad Halo game. Then again...that pretty much sums up the entirety of the Reclaimer trilogy, all a bunch of different mildly decent ideas badly executed and thrown way the next entry.

@pvt.jonwallace Halo 5 had the potential to be the best written Halo game imo if they just went all in on making Chief look like the villain and really committed and nailed that story. They easily could've fixed the flaws 4 had if they just took the og alien designs but gave them more unique armors, they could've even committed to their elites from 4 being a sub species and when the swords of sanghelios were introduced have the og designs but also have the Halo 4 elites mixed in with their ranks. They could've overhauled how the prometheans played etc etc. Halo 5 just made no sense to be as bad as it was and doubled down on all the negatives outside of multi-player. Then with Halo infinite they literally just gave up and decided to ditch/skip everything they set up and copy paste the concept of combat evolved but make it worse and less than half finished. It looks like they spent 6 years just making armors for the shop cause it's the most polished part of the game.

@@dexter1009 yeah the franchise is too damaged at this point, it needs a lot of time not only for an hypothetical new game to be made but for the bad image to fade from people's mind.

Wait for real?

@@pvt.jonwallace i mean, judging from the HUD icon i can see that this gun has one big barrel on the bottom and a normal one above it. Then again, that could also be a flashlight

@@releasethekraken5039 I honestly don't know dude, but an underbarrel grenade launcher would be a great way to implement the MA5K into a Halo game. That would make it stand out against the vanilla Assault Rifle, and make it powerful enough to pickup but not so much that it overtakes other standard infantry like a sniper or rocket launcher/Hydra would.

@@pvt.jonwallace assault rifles with underbarrel grenade launchers have been modded on other halo titles. I don't know if the halo 3 engine could make it possible to add them in again.

They really were underwhelming on vanilla Halo 3 for sure....also doesn't help they all fucking looked the same...

Try telling that to one in person...

It IS for MCC my man, if you have it Downloaded go into this video's description and try it out.

@@pvt.jonwallace i do have it downloaded and also extracted. though i have been struggling to launch it as i'm pretty new to mods in general. im unsure where to exactly put the mod file within the halo 3 files on steam. i have launched the game to have anti cheat disabled but i'm missing something. help would be appreciated if anyone has any ideas

@@wallybish6046 you have to place the map files of this mod on the same folder of halo 3's map files. It should be called "h3" when accessing Halo The Master Chief collection's files on steamapps through the archive browser , however be careful to place the original ones on another place if you want to return to the vanilla game.

Fair enough, the mod author just wanted some gameplay variety. I understand why this might scratch the lore for some, lets just play-pretend on this one that their expulsion from the Covenant wasnt total and Truth let some extremists continue the fight on his behalf. Although having prelates replacing them would certainly be a nice idea for a mod...

It's just a mod