Armor customization (Halo 2: Anniversary): Difference between revisions

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[[File:Halo The Master Chief Collection - H2A Spartan armor permutations.PNG|thumb|250px|right|The three Spartan armor permutations available in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' multiplayer.]]

[[File:Halo The Master Chief Collection - H2A Elite armor permutations.PNG|thumb|250px|right|The three Elite armor permutations available in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' multiplayer.]]

'''Armor customization''' in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' allows players to customize their [[SPARTAN programs|Spartan]] and [[Sangheili|Elite]] player model. Every armor set is already unlocked in game. At the launch of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', the armor was displayed as static images in the game's menu. Following in the footsteps of the launches of ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' for PC, ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' had its menu elements updated to fully render Spartan and Elite customization options in 3D in ''Unreal Engine 4''.

[[File:HTMCC H2A ArmorCustomisation.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The new customisation menu for ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' featured in Season 3.]]

The armor of ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' is based upon the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor <nowiki>[GEN2]</nowiki>]] model, much like ''Halo 4'' as well. To reiterate, armor in ''Anniversary'' is unlocked upon starting up the game, enabling the player to just swap between all available armor without any prerequisites required.

At launch of ''The Master Chief Collection'' in 2014, the armor customization of ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' regressed from that of [[Armor customization (Halo 4)|customization]] featured in ''[[Halo 4]]'' - only allowing for the swapping of entire armor sets over individual pieces of armor.  

For the launch of [[Season 3: Recon]], the system has been updated to allow players to swap individual helmets, shoulders, chests, wrists, and legs for Spartans, and helmets, arms, chests, and legs for Elite models.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-development-update-august-2020|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=MCC Development Update - August 2020}}

Six armor sets are present, equally split between Spartans and Elites, with the latter species making a return to the multiplayer section of the game for the first time since ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' in [[2010]].

 

For Halo's 20th Anniversary, a new armor permutation was added: the [[ORION armor|Orion armor]], based on the armor used by the Master Chief in [[Pre-Xbox Halo|Halo's reveal]] in [[1999 (real world)|1999]].{{Ref/Site|D=03|M=11|Y=2021|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/celebrating-20-years-of-halo-in-the-master-chief-collection|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Celebrating 20 Years of Halo in The Master Chief Collection}}

===Spartans===

<gallery heights="300" perrow="6" mode="packed-overlay">

File:HTMCC H2A MarkVI Menu Render.png|link=MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI

File:HTMCC_H2A_Centurion_Menu_Render.png|link=CENTURION-class Mjolnir|CENTURION

File:HTMCC_H2A_Hoplite_Menu_Render.png|link=HOPLITE-class Mjolnir|HOPLITE

</gallery>

===Sangheili===

File:H2A MP CombatHarness.png|link=Combat harness|Elite

File:HTMCC_H2A_Outrider_Menu_Render.png|link=Outrider harness|Outrider

File:HTMCC_H2A_Invader_Menu_Render.png|link=Invader harness|Invader

*In reusing tooltips from ''Halo: Reach's'' appearance menu, the updated customization menu now erroneously states the choice between a Spartan and Elite player model is only applicable to appropriate, species-specific gametypes, despite the option being available regardless of gametype.

**Additionally, at the time of the update for ''Halo 3's'' launch, the Spartan customization menu reused ''Reach'' tooltips, and stated the player can change the appearance of their Spartan by "adding or removing armor", despite the game only providing the option to switch armor sets at that time. The Elite menu properly stated the player can only select specific armor classes. This was updated at the time of ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'s'' launch later in 2020, opting to use more general terminology with the switch to more intensive customization.

*As of the release of ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' on PC, the updated Elite armor sets reused descriptions from the [[Sangheili Minor|Minor]], [[Special Operations Sangheili|Spec Ops]], and [[Sangheili Ranger|Ranger]] Elite armor sets seen in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', as a result of reused menu text. With the release of ''Halo 3: ODST'' later in the year, these would change to the descriptions based on those seen in a 2015 Canon Fodder blog post.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-marching-on|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Marching On}}

File:H2A - Armor permutations.png|The six, base permutations for Spartans and Elites in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'', rendered in ''Unreal Engine 4'', used from 2020, onwards.

File:H2A - Lockdown Spartan permutations.png|Two Spartans using newly customized armor setups on [[Lockdown]].

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