Summary
Two exceptionally talentedHalostreamers, JerValiN and REFLECTIONS, recently teamed up to pull off a new world record by completingHalo 3in its entirety on Legendary difficulty with all skulls on in barely over four hours - and all without a single death. This kind of challenge is without doubt one of the most difficult when it comes to theHaloseries, requiring players to speed through the game as quickly as possible – not just on the hardest base difficulty, but also with every one of the game’s wild gameplay modifiers active.
While just getting through a single Legendary campaign can be painful enough for the averageHaloplayer, many hardcore speedrunners and streamers have dedicated themselves to the series for decades to time and again raise the bar on what’s possible.The originalHalotrilogyhas long boasted one of the most active and passionate speedrunning communities around, with players continuing to break records on the originalHalo: Combat Evolvedmore than two decades after the game’s release.
Though there exists a long list ofincredible feats pulled off by passionateHalofans, a recently-achievedHalo 3world record is seriously one for the history books. Streamed in full on Twitch, this record involvedHalostreamers JerValiN and REFLECTIONS fully completing the LASO (Legendary All Skulls On) challenge forHalo 3without any deaths, and all in just 4 hours and 1 minute. This is the second successful deathlessHalo 3LASO run ever recorded, which managed to beat the time on the previous record held by the somewhat controversialHalochallenge runner thesusx.
Why This Deathless Halo 3 LASO Run Is a Big Deal To The Community
The controversy surrounding thesusx stems from the runner’s open admission of exploiting macros in various past challenge runs, leaving manyHaloenthusiasts holding any and all of the streamer’s runs with a degree of skepticism. For this reason, some fans view the recent record achieved by the streamer duo as the first legitimate deathlessHalo 3LASO run in recorded history. JerValiN has been on a roll with successful deathless challenge runs lately, with theHalostreamer even winning a $20,000 cash prizeback in 2022 after successfully beatingHalo 2LASO with no deaths in six and a half hours.
It’s no secret thatHalo 2is widely regarded as the most difficultHalocampaign to beat on higher difficulties, largely thanks to the game’s rocky development leading to various oversights in enemy balancing. Despite this, there is some debate among theHalocommunity with regard to which game is the hardest to beat on Legendary with all skulls on, as the variety of skull modifiers available inHalo 3specifically are considered by some to create an even harder overall experience.
