We probably most definitely will see the flood, it would make total sense, because of how hard it is to kill the flood. As said in Halo3, "It only takes one spore"
@@davidsteckroth1899 really have you researched this ring ? This rings history is a very very flood ridden one including the palace of pain yes the flood will be on the ring I think their trying to pull a halo 1 reveal
@@davidsteckroth1899 the primordial was held on Zeta, and Mendicant Bias purposely infected this ring after being beaten by the logic plague the Primordial gave him
Something I always liked about this cutscene was how it showed the flood evolving specifically to bring down brutes. It highlights just how dangerous and adaptable they are, that being said I'm surprised they never got infected by getting that goop on their skin.
While The Flood is highly virulent, it doesn't transmit from skin contact alone. You either need to breathe it in, get scratched, have an infection form burrow into you, or for some unknown reason, consume it. But once it gets into your system, it starts going to work converting you
I guess, I was mostly thinking it'd get in through your pores like how some skin irritants work. Then again, idk how porous a brutes skin actually is so it might just not have anywhere to get inside.
im pretty sure the brutes have shields similar to the elites that are very thin around their bodies so that if their Armor or main energy shield goes they can still take hits it's like when the arbiter was getting shot in the key room in halo 2 after his main shields go down he still had a thinner shield protecting him which is why small arms fire was still bouncing off of him so i imagine the banished have better shields considering they don't have the suicidal honour thing the arbiter and other covenant soldiers have@@nathanieljohnson5430
Their heads are down while he speaks down to them. They bow their heads lower and take a step back showing respect and their understanding of his command. Very impressive.
I don’t know Artiox’s official title or rank, but I do know he’s the supreme commander of all banished forces. So they definitely were really scared when they were in his presence
I wasn't really a fan of the idea of the banished, just felt like a bit of scraping the barrel for a bigger and deadlier threat than the previous one. But I do have to admit that Atriox is well written as an intimidating threat in multiple ways.
@@roasttoast2344 I loved the story, but the gameplay was a bit too simple for me. I preferred the first Halo Wars, it had more options for units and upgrades.
@@PaulGuy what do you mean the first had more? It had significantly less. The second had more units even if it removed some of our favorites from the first.
The flood probably aren’t in the first release but the game will be getting more story added over the years so I’m sure they will be in the game at some point
It’s kind of insane that the banished somehow managed to contain the flood outbreak on THE High Charity, while simultaneously fighting off human forces.
We're definitely seeing the flood in Infinite. The first thing 343 shared about Infinite was audio recordings of a Pug, which can easily be distorted to flood sounds
“ I’m calling it” funny thing is there’s a character in the trailers called ‘The Harbinger’ who we’ve seen but we don’t know who it is or even what species it is and apparently she’s a big deal
I’d imagine the harbinger is like a subspecies of forerunner, referred to as the endless. I’d imagine she says “you are not the future” because she believes the forerunners should retain the mantle as opposed to humans. Wild guess though.
From what I remember in the books the foreunners had flood contained on each halo ring for scientific study to see if they could eventually find a cure..so there's always the possibility of a flood comeback. It would definitely be nice to get an aspect of horror back into halo, I remember being terrified of the flood missions as a kid but also loving them at the same time
currently from what we are aware the flood were put on 3 rings for study the ark because high charity crashed there and also in some little bits of lore the librarian's logs and the second or third didact said that the flood spores were being studied on several shield worlds and we know several of those shield worlds failed to contain the flood like in halo wars 1 the flood were out in the wild on that shield world but they could not leave it because they didn't have enough mass for a true grave mind and the forerunner ships needed reclaimers to activate them so i imagine the flood are still on a lot of worlds but can't leave them
@@lordsathariel4384 Thanks for the extra lore detail! We really need some kind of Flood spinoff game, it was a huge shame they have only made an easter egg appearance in the last however many years (6?) it's been since HW2
"Hunt the truth" is another amazing halo story you would love.. i'd recommend you listen to it on your own time it's a 10+ episode series if you're interested in more dark ONI secrets
The Infection gamemode in Halo 4 featured Flood Spartans. The game mode is a multiplayer mode where a team of living face a team of zombies. If a living is killed by a zombie, they turn and have a flood Spartan model. This zombie model wasn’t carried by other Halo games but it was a neat concept
You should check out " Mona Lisa " A horror esque Halo animation, its on youtube. BTW. Quick first fact. The flood can infect quickly by the use of flood pod infection forms, airborne particle forms and be wounded by say combat forms. The mp flood spartans in H2 is infected by the former, the mp flood spartans in H4 are infected due to spores or infected wound, since no pod infectorctendrils are shown. The flood supercell is crazy fast at assimilating. Energy shields seems to kill airborne flood particles quietly too, its not that noticable. But its one major explanation on why the Arbiter didnt get infected. The flood is that one sci fi threat that put many others to shame and make em be compared to a mild flu. Xenomorph? The thing? The blob?Starcraft zerg/ xel naga? Necromorphs? Dosen come close! Even the 40k warhammer universes Tyranids who always need to be op could struggle if the flood got a solid foothold. But they can have nr1 spot for all I care. Extra scary is it that the flood is the corrupt embodiment of the precursors, inheriting the neural physics capabilities that make its past pure precursors forms and now the corrupt flood forms " living space and time " LINK www.halopedia.org/Precursor
Well these cutscenes are from the dlc campaign and you can see them in the dlc expansion. I know because I played it and am trying to go through it in hard mode
I just remembered this, I hope and would like Luke to look back at Halo legends and get even more cheeky lore bits. Though to note, not all of Halo legends is canon, some is for fun. I think like two or three of them are non-canon. I think the extra lore would help him understand the Halo universe even more, and get more looks into the past of Halo.
Fun Fact, based on some calculations done by some dedicated gamers, they concluded that if just 100 Infection Forms (those tiny octopus looking things) managed to arrive on modern day Earth (2017) all life on Earth minus underneath our oceans would be wiped out in just under 18 hours. It takes just 3-4 seconds to turn a human host into a Flood Form after being infected by an Infection Form. As part of the Flood life cycle, once a suitably large enough populace has been devoured by the Flood, it forms something called a Flood Hive. Inside that Hive, a Flood Gravemind forms, which is basically an omnipotent massive Flood organism with complete control over all other flood forms in its vicinity (usually the local Galaxy). Once there is no life left in the Galaxy, the Flood will leave the galaxy, and enter a new one with the intention of starting the process over again. One of the other things the Flood have going for it that makes it unstoppable is called the Logic Plague, which is not a physical form of the Flood, nor is it biological in nature. Instead, it is a philosophical virus, and effects Artificial Intelligences. Basically, the Flood can manipulate Artificial Intelligences into acting a certain way, and because of this, AI that are affected by this Plague are often thought to be suffering from Rampancy, which is the final stage of an AI's life cycle where after a period of time (around 7 years for Human AI) the AI's cognitive processors divide exponentially because of interconnected memory mapping. In the process of trying to create more memory for itself, by dividing existing memory, the AI literally thinks itself to death. The effects of rampancy include the AI longing for Godlike power, and contempt for their inferior makers. The effects of the Logic Plague are similar, and in fact its heavily implied that Cortana was affected by the Logic Plague and NOT going Rampant. THIS is the reason the Forerunners created the Halo rings. To wipe out galaxies in an effort to starve the Flood of suitable hosts. The Rings were not made to destroy the Flood, but rather their food sources.
Tbh I think it would take only 1 infected human, one that transforms into a carrier form instead of a combat form since it would need to make more infection forms. Otherwise maybe 20 or so for a mix of combat forms and carrier forms until a gravemind is made. I am so upset that Halo Infinite just killed Cortana off screen cus I honestly thought the reason (though really stupid but it happened anyway) that she survived and went against humanity was because she was infected with the Logic Plague and then I guess they scrapped that idea and killed her offscreen cus everyone hated the plot of H5 and wanted to try something new. 343 has a habit of just....abandoning plot lines....Look at the Janus Key for instance in Halo 4 Spartan Ops: we never heard from it again after Halsey was captured (they address the key in a book but who the heck actually reads the Halo books?).
The fact that they're using The Banished as the villains in Halo Infinite really is amazing, considering they debuted in Halo Wars 2, not one of the core games. Whether they're the end villains or not isn't even that important, they're the ones responsible for the game's story, and the primary antagonist so far. This could all change over time, of course. 343 says Halo Infinite is the future of Halo for the next ten years, so I'm guessing what they're doing is that they'll build on the core game over that time. So even if The Banished are the main villains right now, in a couple years they could add to the story, and bring back the AI revolution, or The Flood, for part of the continuing story.
If the flood doesn’t get into the main game I would love a dlc for them like halo wars did! Perhaps a flood infected ship crashes into the ring or maybe some accidentally opens up a containment chamber or something?
The ring that Halo infinite is set on (Zeta Halo) has a long history with the flood in Halo lore so I could see them coming back. Sadly at least as far as we have been shown we aren't fighting Atriox we are fighting Escharum, he seems like he's Atriox's right hand guy but more importantly remember Atriox is trapped on the Ark (with the spirit of Fire and her crew). The most recent book makes him being trapped a bit of a grey area but he doesn't have 100% free movement off the Ark currently.
Spoiler I read the book shadow of reach, apparently atriox able to get of the ark through the portal on reach with his right hand man who able to help him get of the ark.
@@durelldavis8251 Yes but he went back through didn't he? Because the portal was small and couldn't transfer large numbers of equipment and forces through it at a time?
I still suggest you watch the ingame cutscenes to get the full context of both Wars 1 and 2 that the cinematics skip, unless of course you're planning to play them yourself then I cant wait.
I'd highly recommend checking out Installation00's videos on Halo lore. He goes alot more in depth and touches a few different subject's experia never goes into. Keep up the great content Luke!
The main antagonist of infinite is looking to be one of Atriox’s Lieutenants Arishem his old mentor and Atriox might be the main villain of the new trilogy or series of halo the halo franchise.
Man I even aaid Awakening the Nightmare would be next on the Halo Wars 2 one. Next to maybe take a look at SameToken's recap? Not too long but got all the main info and timeline down
We're definitely going to see the Flood in Halo Infinite. Zeta Halo was not only one of the primary Flood research facilities within the entire Forerunner Ecumene, but it was also where the beginning of the end of the Forerunners began. It is where not just Mendicant Bias, but also Faber the Master Builder were manipulated by the Primordial into obeying him.
I don’t think atriox will be the final boss of infinite mostly cuz the banished need a leader to continue being relevant as the new enemy’s. It be stooped to kill him in his first game you fight him in! We likely might fight him but not kill him and probably he leaves somebody in charge we need to kill.
HEAVY SPOILERS: Atriox isn’t even in the game, at least not outside of the intro cutscene and a few holograms. It’s implied that he was killed by Cortana, but we don’t physically see it, so whether he’s still alive is unknown
Nah the main villain of infinte is the 2nd in command to atriox. Atriox is currently at the ark though fighting cutter, while cheif is with the 2nd in command on zeta halo and will most likley beat him resulting in atriox having to go to zeta halo to challenge cheif in a dlc or something.
To help you get ready for Halo Infinite watch "Between the Games: From Halo 5 to Infinite | Halo Infinite Primer" by Halo Canon it explains what happens after Halo 5 up to just before Halo Infinite
I do hope on the flood returning in infinite but I'm sceptical since it's rated for teen so they either thumbed it down or it's in like a dlc or something if they're planning to do those (there have been audio uploads from official sources which sound like flood or flood ish like) P. S cant find the original video anymore but it was the same way the banished got teased with a audio log kind of screen
with how much they have pushed the flood post halo 5 in lore and story, theres a very high chance they will be in halo infinite, i think they have been purposefully not mentioning or addressing anything about the flood in all the marketing, interviews and weekly blog updates because they want it to be a surprise when we see them in the game, every halo has a library, im betting the banished in halo infinite will find a library on zeta halo, and there you will find the index to activate halo but also they'll probably find the flood there too.
I'm so disappointed we didn't see the flood or atriox in the game (opening cutscene isnt gameplay). They had this story ready to go and I just want to see them bloody use it.
Did you see the recent campaign trailers for infinite? There should be another big enemy for sure Also, infinite will have flood, just prob not at launch Will be a future campaign dlc kinda like destiny does
The flood are on the ark and we are gonna be on Zeta Halo. Also Atriox will not be in Halo Infinite because he as well is on the ark they already showcased who the main bad guy is for infinite.
I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't any Flood in Infinite. Just seems 343 has no interest in making them a thing again, like Bungie constantly did. But man those infected forms were scary in how they almost won against those bastards before the popcorn-shrimps swarmed out the zone. Really lives up the feared reputation they always had.
I’m skeptical on if we will see the flood, I’d love to see the flood, I’m just not sure how they’d get to the new halo ring or surrounding areas since they don’t have a way to leave the Ark. from what I’ve heard, the Banished on the Ark, having lost their ship and direct communication with the rest of their faction outside of the Ark’s system, are stuck on the Ark unless some ships come to find out what happened to Atriox, and with the Spirit of Fire not having a jump drive, then there’s not a direct way for the flood to escape the Ark, I also believe that it won’t be Atriox, I believe it’s supposed to be one of Atriox’s lieutenants that is the main bad guy of Halo Infinite, acting as the Banished leader in the absence of Atriox, yet don’t know for sure. Not much longer left to find out, less than a week.
I feel like a Halo tv show should be directed/managed by a team that makes the Halo cutscenes, story, and not a director that might be a casual fan at best. Forward Unto Dawn was great, but I worry about the tv show.
i hope they dont ruin atriox in infinite. also, i think they are going to at least mention the flood. also eshurum is the bad guy in halo ifinite but is still lower than atriox i think.
They Put a T rating on the game so I doubt we get flood and if we do it won't be anything like halo 1-3's flood which is most of the reason those games got a M rating which absolutely sucks because Zeta halo's lore has a shitton of flood lore too.
I would imagine this first of all. I would agree on a story for Halo 4 bringing the Forerunners but what they wrote isnt feeling right. They didnt have deep thought into it. Imagine this, would the story tell us that we, Master Chief, and the UNSC isnt the main cast of their war? Could they be like one of those stories telling another Faction is actually the main Protagonist in another perspective view? If the Forerunners are fighting against the UNSC, was it for the right or the wrong cause? Its basically the Forerunners vs the Flood continued war in different planets. Something that is missing is part of the Didact himself, but by the writers. He doesnt seem entitled to kill any living beings but if the Flood were to come into Earth one day, he wouldnt even have a choice to convince the humans.
Not expecting the Flood to be there at launch. Believe I even heard about some leaks that confirmed this, though I'm not sure. In any case, I'm pretty sure they want to focus on the Banished, the Harbinger and Cortana. Adding the Flood to this would possibly clutter the story. That said, I would be shocked if they didn't add them in a DLC somewhere down the line. People always say "the Flood with T rating will suck," but they forget that Halo Wars 2 was T rated as well and look how awesome they were in this. There's no reason not to add them to the game at some point. Especially considering the rich lore behind Zeta Halo with the Primordial, Mendicant Bias, and Faber's horrific experimentations on Humanity to hopelessly find a cure for the Flood infection
We probably most definitely will see the flood, it would make total sense, because of how hard it is to kill the flood. As said in Halo3, "It only takes one spore"
"to destroy a species. If it weren't for the Arbiter's counseling, I would have glassed your entire PLANET."
Lord Hood punches table.
They were never on that halo ring though
@@davidsteckroth1899 really have you researched this ring ? This rings history is a very very flood ridden one including the palace of pain yes the flood will be on the ring I think their trying to pull a halo 1 reveal
@@davidsteckroth1899 there are 10 graveminds held on the rings too
@@davidsteckroth1899 the primordial was held on Zeta, and Mendicant Bias purposely infected this ring after being beaten by the logic plague the Primordial gave him
Something I always liked about this cutscene was how it showed the flood evolving specifically to bring down brutes.
It highlights just how dangerous and adaptable they are, that being said I'm surprised they never got infected by getting that goop on their skin.
While The Flood is highly virulent, it doesn't transmit from skin contact alone. You either need to breathe it in, get scratched, have an infection form burrow into you, or for some unknown reason, consume it. But once it gets into your system, it starts going to work converting you
I guess, I was mostly thinking it'd get in through your pores like how some skin irritants work.
Then again, idk how porous a brutes skin actually is so it might just not have anywhere to get inside.
A very thorough decon and strict quarantine period are needed to monitor for signs of infection.
im pretty sure the brutes have shields similar to the elites that are very thin around their bodies so that if their Armor or main energy shield goes they can still take hits it's like when the arbiter was getting shot in the key room in halo 2 after his main shields go down he still had a thinner shield protecting him which is why small arms fire was still bouncing off of him so i imagine the banished have better shields considering they don't have the suicidal honour thing the arbiter and other covenant soldiers have@@nathanieljohnson5430
"How could that go wrong?"
Famous last words
Their heads are down while he speaks down to them. They bow their heads lower and take a step back showing respect and their understanding of his command. Very impressive.
I don’t know Artiox’s official title or rank, but I do know he’s the supreme commander of all banished forces. So they definitely were really scared when they were in his presence
I wasn't really a fan of the idea of the banished, just felt like a bit of scraping the barrel for a bigger and deadlier threat than the previous one. But I do have to admit that Atriox is well written as an intimidating threat in multiple ways.
When this dlc came out I was beyond words of amazement, halo wars 2 did a great job setting up more story for the halo universe
Yeah too bad they discontinued the game because it didn't get enough traction. I personally love the gameplay of Halo Wars 2
@@roasttoast2344 I loved the story, but the gameplay was a bit too simple for me. I preferred the first Halo Wars, it had more options for units and upgrades.
@@PaulGuy what do you mean the first had more? It had significantly less. The second had more units even if it removed some of our favorites from the first.
The flood probably aren’t in the first release but the game will be getting more story added over the years so I’m sure they will be in the game at some point
yeah thats true
Man, if only that were true 😢
It’s kind of insane that the banished somehow managed to contain the flood outbreak on THE High Charity, while simultaneously fighting off human forces.
They barely did. They needed the help of the sentinels to do so.
@@zandrmandr8300 that’s very true
We're definitely seeing the flood in Infinite. The first thing 343 shared about Infinite was audio recordings of a Pug, which can easily be distorted to flood sounds
Probably for infection man:/
Not gonna be getting my hopes up if theres a chance the flood is gonna be in Infinite's campaign lol
The flood is NOT in Halo infinite.
Thats already confirmed by people playing through the campaign and Dataminers.
@@Lmaokekw975 that sucks, Zeta halo is pretty steeped with flood lore
@@Lmaokekw975 Source?
U gotta watch a video explaining the generations of Spartans. Keep up the good content🙂
“ I’m calling it” funny thing is there’s a character in the trailers called ‘The Harbinger’ who we’ve seen but we don’t know who it is or even what species it is and apparently she’s a big deal
Either a monitor or another forunner. It makes sense too if it’s also a remnant of Cortana as well.
isn't she a part of the Endless? (whoever they are)
I’d imagine the harbinger is like a subspecies of forerunner, referred to as the endless. I’d imagine she says “you are not the future” because she believes the forerunners should retain the mantle as opposed to humans. Wild guess though.
Fun fact In Halo 5 The harbinger is shown on sanghelios by hyroglifics and paintings
@@nomus1172 yeah I saw that.
It crazy how they can endure and persevered this fight from night to dawn is beyond crazy
From what I remember in the books the foreunners had flood contained on each halo ring for scientific study to see if they could eventually find a cure..so there's always the possibility of a flood comeback. It would definitely be nice to get an aspect of horror back into halo, I remember being terrified of the flood missions as a kid but also loving them at the same time
currently from what we are aware the flood were put on 3 rings for study the ark because high charity crashed there and also in some little bits of lore the librarian's logs and the second or third didact said that the flood spores were being studied on several shield worlds and we know several of those shield worlds failed to contain the flood like in halo wars 1 the flood were out in the wild on that shield world but they could not leave it because they didn't have enough mass for a true grave mind and the forerunner ships needed reclaimers to activate them so i imagine the flood are still on a lot of worlds but can't leave them
@@lordsathariel4384 Thanks for the extra lore detail! We really need some kind of Flood spinoff game, it was a huge shame they have only made an easter egg appearance in the last however many years (6?) it's been since HW2
"Hunt the truth" is another amazing halo story you would love.. i'd recommend you listen to it on your own time it's a 10+ episode series if you're interested in more dark ONI secrets
The Infection gamemode in Halo 4 featured Flood Spartans.
The game mode is a multiplayer mode where a team of living face a team of zombies. If a living is killed by a zombie, they turn and have a flood Spartan model. This zombie model wasn’t carried by other Halo games but it was a neat concept
The main bad guy shown so far in infinite is not attriox it’s his mentor(turned to seconded in command) esherim
Been waiting for you to react to this, one of the best cut scenes showing of the flood
You should check out " Mona Lisa " A horror esque Halo animation, its on youtube. BTW. Quick first fact. The flood can infect quickly by the use of flood pod infection forms, airborne particle forms and be wounded by say combat forms. The mp flood spartans in H2 is infected by the former, the mp flood spartans in H4 are infected due to spores or infected wound, since no pod infectorctendrils are shown. The flood supercell is crazy fast at assimilating. Energy shields seems to kill airborne flood particles quietly too, its not that noticable. But its one major explanation on why the Arbiter didnt get infected. The flood is that one sci fi threat that put many others to shame and make em be compared to a mild flu. Xenomorph? The thing? The blob?Starcraft zerg/ xel naga? Necromorphs? Dosen come close! Even the 40k warhammer universes Tyranids who always need to be op could struggle if the flood got a solid foothold. But they can have nr1 spot for all I care. Extra scary is it that the flood is the corrupt embodiment of the precursors, inheriting the neural physics capabilities that make its past pure precursors forms and now the corrupt flood forms " living space and time " LINK
www.halopedia.org/Precursor
I don't think the flood will be in the initial campaign. I think the flood will come in future campaign expansions.
Well these cutscenes are from the dlc campaign and you can see them in the dlc expansion. I know because I played it and am trying to go through it in hard mode
Plot twist: They did not go all out on the Halo T.V. show.
The flood have never been used to their max potential
You should react to an old hiddenxperia video about what would happen if Spartans are infected by the flood
I just remembered this, I hope and would like Luke to look back at Halo legends and get even more cheeky lore bits. Though to note, not all of Halo legends is canon, some is for fun. I think like two or three of them are non-canon. I think the extra lore would help him understand the Halo universe even more, and get more looks into the past of Halo.
Flood I reckon so. As for bosses, the Harbinger and someone else will be big bosses as well
Fun fact In Halo 5 The harbinger is shown on sanghelios by hyroglifics and paintings
This DLC was hella fun to play
i legit just watch this just now in my head i thought the flood was destroy when halo fire but damn the banished r strong great vid.
Oooo , maybe you're right , a larger threat appears and you team up , maybe even getting to play one of his Grunts 😶
Fun Fact, based on some calculations done by some dedicated gamers, they concluded that if just 100 Infection Forms (those tiny octopus looking things) managed to arrive on modern day Earth (2017) all life on Earth minus underneath our oceans would be wiped out in just under 18 hours. It takes just 3-4 seconds to turn a human host into a Flood Form after being infected by an Infection Form.
As part of the Flood life cycle, once a suitably large enough populace has been devoured by the Flood, it forms something called a Flood Hive. Inside that Hive, a Flood Gravemind forms, which is basically an omnipotent massive Flood organism with complete control over all other flood forms in its vicinity (usually the local Galaxy). Once there is no life left in the Galaxy, the Flood will leave the galaxy, and enter a new one with the intention of starting the process over again.
One of the other things the Flood have going for it that makes it unstoppable is called the Logic Plague, which is not a physical form of the Flood, nor is it biological in nature. Instead, it is a philosophical virus, and effects Artificial Intelligences. Basically, the Flood can manipulate Artificial Intelligences into acting a certain way, and because of this, AI that are affected by this Plague are often thought to be suffering from Rampancy, which is the final stage of an AI's life cycle where after a period of time (around 7 years for Human AI) the AI's cognitive processors divide exponentially because of interconnected memory mapping. In the process of trying to create more memory for itself, by dividing existing memory, the AI literally thinks itself to death.
The effects of rampancy include the AI longing for Godlike power, and contempt for their inferior makers.
The effects of the Logic Plague are similar, and in fact its heavily implied that Cortana was affected by the Logic Plague and NOT going Rampant.
THIS is the reason the Forerunners created the Halo rings. To wipe out galaxies in an effort to starve the Flood of suitable hosts. The Rings were not made to destroy the Flood, but rather their food sources.
Tbh I think it would take only 1 infected human, one that transforms into a carrier form instead of a combat form since it would need to make more infection forms. Otherwise maybe 20 or so for a mix of combat forms and carrier forms until a gravemind is made.
I am so upset that Halo Infinite just killed Cortana off screen cus I honestly thought the reason (though really stupid but it happened anyway) that she survived and went against humanity was because she was infected with the Logic Plague and then I guess they scrapped that idea and killed her offscreen cus everyone hated the plot of H5 and wanted to try something new. 343 has a habit of just....abandoning plot lines....Look at the Janus Key for instance in Halo 4 Spartan Ops: we never heard from it again after Halsey was captured (they address the key in a book but who the heck actually reads the Halo books?).
This is crazy, I love your content
I’ve been waiting for this one
The fact that they're using The Banished as the villains in Halo Infinite really is amazing, considering they debuted in Halo Wars 2, not one of the core games. Whether they're the end villains or not isn't even that important, they're the ones responsible for the game's story, and the primary antagonist so far.
This could all change over time, of course. 343 says Halo Infinite is the future of Halo for the next ten years, so I'm guessing what they're doing is that they'll build on the core game over that time. So even if The Banished are the main villains right now, in a couple years they could add to the story, and bring back the AI revolution, or The Flood, for part of the continuing story.
We need the flood back, and the banish have tangoed with the flood before, there no stranger to them.
Honestly I think the flood may be tease in infinite. I feel like there gonna flesh out a lot of things with dlc story
Dear god that'll be a stupid move of them to do.
@@HartlyLion not gonna be suprised if they made it a DLC
If the flood doesn’t get into the main game I would love a dlc for them like halo wars did! Perhaps a flood infected ship crashes into the ring or maybe some accidentally opens up a containment chamber or something?
@@HartlyLion We have ten years of Halo Infinite. T e n. That's a lot of time, a lot of things 343 can do.
@@dj11o9er TEN years, damn this new hit mmorpg is gonna be... wait its an ordinary fps game
The ring that Halo infinite is set on (Zeta Halo) has a long history with the flood in Halo lore so I could see them coming back. Sadly at least as far as we have been shown we aren't fighting Atriox we are fighting Escharum, he seems like he's Atriox's right hand guy but more importantly remember Atriox is trapped on the Ark (with the spirit of Fire and her crew). The most recent book makes him being trapped a bit of a grey area but he doesn't have 100% free movement off the Ark currently.
Spoiler
I read the book shadow of reach, apparently atriox able to get of the ark through the portal on reach with his right hand man who able to help him get of the ark.
@@durelldavis8251 Yes but he went back through didn't he? Because the portal was small and couldn't transfer large numbers of equipment and forces through it at a time?
@@gorgan4714 He stayed, the Keepers took his Lich and returned to the Ark with the Spartan 3 ferret team in their ranks
Love your Halo videos man
The ring we wil be on is a centrepice to the flood. I think it wil have the flood in it.
I still suggest you watch the ingame cutscenes to get the full context of both Wars 1 and 2 that the cinematics skip, unless of course you're planning to play them yourself then I cant wait.
I'd highly recommend checking out Installation00's videos on Halo lore. He goes alot more in depth and touches a few different subject's experia never goes into. Keep up the great content Luke!
The main antagonist of infinite is looking to be one of Atriox’s Lieutenants Arishem his old mentor and Atriox might be the main villain of the new trilogy or series of halo the halo franchise.
I can't believe that this man hasn't reacted to fall of reach animated movie
I clicked so fast 😂
Ahhh I love this guy ❤️
343 already confirmed that the flood WON'T be on infinite's campaign at launch, though they did hint at it coming on DLC later.
Yo you should check out The Mona Lisa if you want to see a good Halo horror story. I'll just leave it at that and let u experience it
God I hope the Flood are in Infinite. It's been 14 years.
@Alex Luca you're right, clicked 7 instead of 4 on keyboard whoops.
Man I even aaid Awakening the Nightmare would be next on the Halo Wars 2 one. Next to maybe take a look at SameToken's recap? Not too long but got all the main info and timeline down
Great vid can’t wait for more
Need to react to the recent Halo trailers my dude 🤣
We're definitely going to see the Flood in Halo Infinite. Zeta Halo was not only one of the primary Flood research facilities within the entire Forerunner Ecumene, but it was also where the beginning of the end of the Forerunners began. It is where not just Mendicant Bias, but also Faber the Master Builder were manipulated by the Primordial into obeying him.
Actually we're not >_> dataminers already confirmed no flood in the game files
5:22 that howl tho!! 👍🏻👍🏻
I don’t think atriox will be the final boss of infinite mostly cuz the banished need a leader to continue being relevant as the new enemy’s. It be stooped to kill him in his first game you fight him in! We likely might fight him but not kill him and probably he leaves somebody in charge we need to kill.
Pretty sure Atriox isn't even IN Halo Infinite, physically
If anything, Escharum’s the final boss.
HEAVY SPOILERS:
Atriox isn’t even in the game, at least not outside of the intro cutscene and a few holograms. It’s implied that he was killed by Cortana, but we don’t physically see it, so whether he’s still alive is unknown
@@samlund8543 Yeah, I'm taking this with a grain of salt.
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No cap, you can see it towards the end of the game
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Mate you better play halo wars 1 and 2 next after halo 5 before halo infinite comes
Nah the main villain of infinte is the 2nd in command to atriox. Atriox is currently at the ark though fighting cutter, while cheif is with the 2nd in command on zeta halo and will most likley beat him resulting in atriox having to go to zeta halo to challenge cheif in a dlc or something.
It is highly possible we will see the Flood again in Halo Infinite.They are mostly seen on the Halo Rings so it will be no surprise when they return.
@Alex Luca The Zeta Halo was one of the biggest battles of the Forerunner Flood war.....
To help you get ready for Halo Infinite watch "Between the Games: From Halo 5 to Infinite | Halo Infinite Primer" by Halo Canon it explains what happens after Halo 5 up to just before Halo Infinite
I do hope on the flood returning in infinite but I'm sceptical since it's rated for teen so they either thumbed it down or it's in like a dlc or something if they're planning to do those (there have been audio uploads from official sources which sound like flood or flood ish like)
P. S cant find the original video anymore but it was the same way the banished got teased with a audio log kind of screen
with how much they have pushed the flood post halo 5 in lore and story, theres a very high chance they will be in halo infinite, i think they have been purposefully not mentioning or addressing anything about the flood in all the marketing, interviews and weekly blog updates because they want it to be a surprise when we see them in the game, every halo has a library, im betting the banished in halo infinite will find a library on zeta halo, and there you will find the index to activate halo but also they'll probably find the flood there too.
I’d love to see the flood again.
damn i both cant wait and kinda sad we're gonna have to fight the cool brutes boys in infinite
Hey Luke, good video man. Also, would you play Halo Wars (1 and 2) after Infinite or Eternal?
You should most likely watch the ingame cutscenes so it makes more sense. Wish the dlc had more cutscenes like these
Should’ve watch the gameplay one
I'm so disappointed we didn't see the flood or atriox in the game (opening cutscene isnt gameplay). They had this story ready to go and I just want to see them bloody use it.
I really hope the flood somehow makes it into halo infinite.
Form what I just read from a comment up top there are no flood in the base game. Maybe dlc
I’m getting in the mode to replay this game.
WOOOOOHOOOOO HALO HYPE
AWAKENING DEEZ NUTS
“We didn’t see it in 4.”
Technically, we did, in one cutscene.
The flood juggernaut form is now cannon
Yes!
I really hope the flood is in infinite
i miss the hairy halo 2 brutes
These videos are more entertaining than infinite's multiplayer right now
Ah yes the flood I recommend you watch a video of the flood series by HiddenXperia
Spoilers?
"Im calling it, atriox is not the main villain"
Well, my bet is the twist is that he is lol.
Halo wars 2 is such a good game
Flood in infinite? Yeah, but not right away. I expect a DLC. Better not be a crappy 1 mission DLC
I still think you should react to the other Halo Legends mini movies, but I understand if you've moved on
Yes finally
Atriox is so sick, easily has to be the best villain in the halo series, it's about time we got a good villain
Did you see the recent campaign trailers for infinite? There should be another big enemy for sure
Also, infinite will have flood, just prob not at launch
Will be a future campaign dlc kinda like destiny does
Idk if it’s true but heard someone talking bout how there’s like 12 grave minds around still
The flood are on the ark and we are gonna be on Zeta Halo. Also Atriox will not be in Halo Infinite because he as well is on the ark they already showcased who the main bad guy is for infinite.
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thanks for watching that
I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't any Flood in Infinite. Just seems 343 has no interest in making them a thing again, like Bungie constantly did. But man those infected forms were scary in how they almost won against those bastards before the popcorn-shrimps swarmed out the zone. Really lives up the feared reputation they always had.
I’m skeptical on if we will see the flood, I’d love to see the flood, I’m just not sure how they’d get to the new halo ring or surrounding areas since they don’t have a way to leave the Ark. from what I’ve heard, the Banished on the Ark, having lost their ship and direct communication with the rest of their faction outside of the Ark’s system, are stuck on the Ark unless some ships come to find out what happened to Atriox, and with the Spirit of Fire not having a jump drive, then there’s not a direct way for the flood to escape the Ark, I also believe that it won’t be Atriox, I believe it’s supposed to be one of Atriox’s lieutenants that is the main bad guy of Halo Infinite, acting as the Banished leader in the absence of Atriox, yet don’t know for sure. Not much longer left to find out, less than a week.
Wait, you said halo tv show right? I never knew that was a thing!! Since when?!
Honesty you should keep your expectation down for the Halo tv show. There’s a reason it’s been in production for years
The Flood aren't in Infinite and the final boss is a new species
If you like halo, you should watch RvB
react to halo mona list and hunt the truth. some interesting lore stuff i think youd like
Wow I'm quite early
I feel like a Halo tv show should be directed/managed by a team that makes the Halo cutscenes, story, and not a director that might be a casual fan at best. Forward Unto Dawn was great, but I worry about the tv show.
R there coming back possibly and one thing that shows in the game infinite & tge Punish will return. Possibly they r worse than the flood damn
i hope they dont ruin atriox in infinite.
also, i think they are going to at least mention the flood.
also eshurum is the bad guy in halo ifinite but is still lower than atriox i think.
Zeta Halo is one of the rings that has the heaviest association with the flood. It'd be ridiculous for them NOT to show up
They aren’t
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They Put a T rating on the game so I doubt we get flood and if we do it won't be anything like halo 1-3's flood which is most of the reason those games got a M rating which absolutely sucks because Zeta halo's lore has a shitton of flood lore too.
Wow 80 likes im here early
When are you going to play the dlc?
343 switching the Flood to Forerunners was one of the worst choices ever so I really hope they bring them back in Infinite
I prefer forerunner
I would imagine this first of all. I would agree on a story for Halo 4 bringing the Forerunners but what they wrote isnt feeling right. They didnt have deep thought into it. Imagine this, would the story tell us that we, Master Chief, and the UNSC isnt the main cast of their war? Could they be like one of those stories telling another Faction is actually the main Protagonist in another perspective view? If the Forerunners are fighting against the UNSC, was it for the right or the wrong cause? Its basically the Forerunners vs the Flood continued war in different planets. Something that is missing is part of the Didact himself, but by the writers. He doesnt seem entitled to kill any living beings but if the Flood were to come into Earth one day, he wouldnt even have a choice to convince the humans.
Not expecting the Flood to be there at launch. Believe I even heard about some leaks that confirmed this, though I'm not sure. In any case, I'm pretty sure they want to focus on the Banished, the Harbinger and Cortana. Adding the Flood to this would possibly clutter the story. That said, I would be shocked if they didn't add them in a DLC somewhere down the line. People always say "the Flood with T rating will suck," but they forget that Halo Wars 2 was T rated as well and look how awesome they were in this. There's no reason not to add them to the game at some point. Especially considering the rich lore behind Zeta Halo with the Primordial, Mendicant Bias, and Faber's horrific experimentations on Humanity to hopelessly find a cure for the Flood infection