Armor customization (Halo 2: Anniversary)

For other uses, see armor permutations. Armor permutations in Halo 2: Anniversary allow players to customize their Spartan and Elite player model. Every armor set is already unlocked in game. In 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.

Overview
The armor customization of Halo 2: Anniversary regresses from that of customization featured in Halo 4, only allowing for the swapping of entire armor sets, over individual pieces of armor. The armor of Halo 2: Anniversary is based upon the MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor [GEN2] 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.

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.

Trivia

 * The updated Elite armor sets oddly reuse descriptions from the Minor, Spec Ops, and Ranger Elite armor sets seen in Halo: Reach.