Ruby's Rebalanced Reach Campaign
⚪ Last updated 2020Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #2 of 585 Campaign mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
THIS MOD IS CURRENT NON-FUNCTIONAL.
The mod will be rebuilt and updated after Halo 2 Rebalanced is updated.
Welcome to Ruby's
Rebalanced
Reach!
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This is a full Campaign mod focused on refining the sandbox to create a more gratifying and decision-based game. The entire sandbox has been tweaked such that every weapon, vehicle, Armor Ability, and AI has a distinct and useful role to fulfill, all about finding the best tools depending on the enemies, situation, and environment.
Legendary difficulty has been refined to be less frustrating, and more fair, while still challenging. Also featured are several level changes and additions, cosmetic tweaks, and more!
Below is an in-depth video covering key changes.
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For a full list of changes, see here.
INSTALLATION:
1. Move all of your vanilla maps to a backup location. Maps are found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Halo The Master Chief Collection\haloreach\maps, everything from m10 to m70_bonus, but NOT m70_a. Also back up the campaign.map, and shared.map files.
2. Use a program like WinRAR or 7zip to extract the modded map files, and place them into where the vanilla maps used to be.
3. Whenever you want to play the modded maps, just make sure you open the game with anti-cheat disabled. Have fun!
FOR VORTEX USERS:
Follow the same installation instructions, but place the extracted file into C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Halo The Master Chief Collection, and overwrite the existing folder.
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Shoutouts to Vengeful 'Vadam, Zeddikins, and the Halo 2 Overhaul community for all their help and inspiration that poured into this mod.
A small known issue is that the Assault Rifle's non-empty reload sound, the Magnum's secondary withdrawal sound, and Rocket Launcher reload sound are all muted. I have no clue what caused these issues, and no clue how to fix it. If anyone has any insight, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Reach is extremely important, as it's Bungie's grand sendoff to the Halo series. So it deserves nothing but the best through a labor of love right back at it from the fans. My goal is to make the game as close to perfect as possible while still delivering a faithful experience to vanilla. Hope you enjoy this mod, and I'll see you star-side!
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Ruby's Rebalanced Reach Campaign is a comprehensive mod that overhauls the Reach campaign with tweaks to weapons, vehicles, AI, scenarios, and encounters. It aims to make the game more fun and fair while retaining challenge and faithfulness to the original. With over 1,200 endorsements, it's a popular choice for players seeking a refined campaign experience.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Over 1,200 endorsements show it's a well-received mod
- 35,000+ downloads indicate a solid player base
- Comprehensive tweaks across multiple aspects of the campaign
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020, so may not be compatible with newer game patches
- No detailed feature list provided, so you'll have to discover changes in-game
This mod is for Halo: Reach players who want a fresh but faithful take on the campaign. If you've played through the original multiple times and want a new challenge with balanced gameplay, this is for you. It's also great for players who feel the original had some unfair or unfun moments and want a more polished experience.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since the mod tweaks AI and encounters, expect different enemy behavior and be ready to adapt your tactics.
- Weapon tweaks mean some weapons may feel different, so test them out in the first mission to get a feel.
- Vehicle changes might affect driving and combat, so take it slow in vehicle sections until you adjust.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Halo Mcc Mods
- Author
- Ruby of Blue
- Version
- 2.3.0.1
- Downloads
- 35,104
- Endorsements
- 1,275
- Category
- Campaign
- Created
- 1/2/2020
- Updated
- 11/18/2020
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