Summary
- Halo streamers set a new world record by beating the Halo 3 LASO challenge without any deaths in 4 hours.
- This is the second successful deathless run of the challenge ever recorded, though some question the legitimacy of the first.
- There is debate within the community on which Halo game is hardest to beat on Legendary with all skulls on.
Two exceptionally talented Halo streamers, JerValiN and REFLECTIONS, recently teamed up to pull off a new world record by completing Halo 3 in 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 the Halo series, 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 average Halo player, 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 original Halo trilogy has long boasted one of the most active and passionate speedrunning communities around, with players continuing to break records on the original Halo: Combat Evolved more than two decades after the game's release.
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Though there exists a long list of incredible feats pulled off by passionate Halo fans, a recently-achieved Halo 3 world record is seriously one for the history books. Streamed in full on Twitch, this record involved Halo streamers JerValiN and REFLECTIONS fully completing the LASO (Legendary All Skulls On) challenge for Halo 3 without any deaths, and all in just 4 hours and 1 minute. This is the second successful deathless Halo 3 LASO run ever recorded, which managed to beat the time on the previous record held by the somewhat controversial Halo challenge 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 many Halo enthusiasts 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 deathless Halo 3 LASO run in recorded history. JerValiN has been on a roll with successful deathless challenge runs lately, with the Halo streamer even winning a $20,000 cash prize back in 2022 after successfully beating Halo 2 LASO with no deaths in six and a half hours.
It's no secret that Halo 2 is widely regarded as the most difficult Halo campaign 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 the Halo community with regard to which game is the hardest to beat on Legendary with all skulls on, as the variety of skull modifiers available in Halo 3 specifically are considered by some to create an even harder overall experience.
