Oh, you cheating smurfing bastard!

The level Cortana in Halo 3 is not impossible alone on legendary, maybe with all skulls on I'd agree with you or even just blackout would make it nigh on impossible alone. However you do die a lot and learn a lot about what weapons to use and not use at different times. For example with flood it doesn't matter what guns you have so long as they have as much ammo as possible. I tend to aim for plasma rifles and swap the lowest charge one out every time theres another up for grabs. Keep pressing forwards and you can eventually win through. Also, against flood the hammer is far superior to the sword as far as melee weapons go, learning that has saved me from death so many times, the flood love to well flood you with too many numbers for survival purposes just hammering can push the crowd back and kill some. The first time I ran in to a level what required me to pause for a couple of weeks to figure out a way through was the Ark where I ended up with the two hunters as you work your way inwards and I was low on ammo and grenades, in the end however with some inspiration from how Psy tends to challenge them I won.

Hardest achievements I've gained? I didn't bother with Mile High Club on CoD 4 but I have every other achievement in that game, I could grind out the Mile High Club but well, for 20g is it really worth it? I also completed MW2 on Veteran too. These achievements are hard to get because CoD can be really tough especially if you make a mistake, on Veteran sometimes if you cock up slightly it's best to either die or re-load the check point to just correct it.

Yeah man, I'm a trophy feind. I have 6 plats atm and am close to my 7th and 8th.
I have a plat on:
Infamous, Fallout 3, CoD: WaW, Dead Space, Godfather 2 and Prince of Persia.

I do love dem trophies.

Hunters in Halo 3 are weak to plasma. I always just take the plasma turret on the ark and hammer them. usually they're both dead before it runs out of ammo.
protip.
and ps: thank you for the advice on that stage. i'll work on it tonight.

>>> If the game is worth my time, yeah..:luca:

Sometimes, they're actually pretty fun challenges that I would've never thought of before (HL2 ep2, get the gnome on the rocket, as an example). For the most part, I just say smurf 'em. If I'm bored enough with a game that I want to kill 2,000 enemies with a pea shooter just to get a shiny little ding, I need to find something else to do.

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Originally Posted by Shoeberto

HL2 ep2, get the gnome on the rocket, as an example

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That was fun. I actually felt a little wrong finishing that episode without the little fella but it made me proud to think that with my help he was the first of his kind to make it to space.

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Originally Posted by Iceglow

The level Cortana in Halo 3 is not impossible alone on legendary, maybe with all skulls on I'd agree with you or even just blackout would make it nigh on impossible alone.

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Cortana is actually very easy if you want it to be. There's invisibility hidden throughout the level; it's almost possible to get all the way to Cortana without engaging more than a handful Flood if you're quick and know where you're going. That didn't stop me from blasting through and killing every last Flood when I had seven skulls activated on solo legendary (famine was really the only one that made Cortana any more difficult than usual).

I'm not big on achievement whoring. I tend to go after them if I think they sound fun or if they have unlockables. I'm not big on any type of collection achievement, though. My roommates have huge hard-ons for achievements, though.