Halo 2 Ultimate Campaign Tweaks

What is this mod?

This mod is designed to give Halo 2's campaign a refresh, making replaying the story a fun experience full of little surprises. If you have played Halo 2's campaign a hundred times (like I have) you'll love playing through this mod, as it adds just enough to make the game feel like a new experience without deviating from Bungie's original vision. I like to think that, had Bungie had a few more weeks to polish Halo 2 before release, they would have made many of the same changes to the campaign that I have implemented here. Every level has been painstakingly combed through using the modding tools, leaving no stone unturned. From better allies to more interesting enemies and a few fun additions along the way, Halo 2: Ultimate Campaign Tweaks is the best way to replay Halo 2 in 2022.

- Increased ally NPC numbers throughout the campaign

- More Female Marines

- More ODSTs

- Added more variety to ally and enemy weapons

- More dual-wielding Elites

- Enemies wield a more diverse variety of weapons

- Added several unused encounters throughout the campaign

- More variety in allied NPC spawns throughout the campain

- Wraith turrets now work for the players

- Shadows are now driveable

How to Install Manually

- Navigate to your steam folder and open the h2_maps_win64_dx11 folder in your halo2 folder

- Backup the campaign files 01a_tutorial to 08b_deltacontrol in a safe place

- Extract the mod files and copy them into the halo 2 maps folder

- Play Halo: The Master Chief Collection with Anti-Cheat disabled

List of Changes

- More Marines are now present during the brief gondola ride

- Idle Marines in the atrium now wield a variety of weapons

Cairo Station

- All Marine spawns have been magnified to increase the number of allied NPCs

- Living ODST allies are now present in the mission

- All Marine spawn pools have been diversified with more Female Marines and ODSTs

- Some enemy Elites have been replaced with Rangers where it makes sense to do so

- Elite Rangers have more diverse weapon varieties and more Elites now dual-wield

- Several enemy NPC weapons have been altered

- More Elites now dual-wield Plasma Rifles, Plasma Pistols or Needlers

- Some Grunts wield Plasma Rifles

- Some Jackals wield Plasma Rifles or Needlers

- Some Drones now wield Plasma Rifles

- Increased number of starting Marines depending on the difficulty

- One of the starting Marines will always be a Pilot wielding a Magnum

- More Zealots can be found in the mission, including one that drops in before the tunnel

- The first Warthog is now driven by a Roc