This level has such a unique, surreal, nightmarish vibe to it. It’s dark, cold and snowy, and you can’t really see far off into the horizon even during the open sections, despite a faint glow. The title card “100,000 Year War” used to always really captivate me....what war is it referring to? And as I got older I learned what, but in the moment you can’t even think about it because you’re too busy trying to survive it. When Rue and Woe plays, it really hits you how strange and horrifying everything is. No living humans in sight, but human vehicles and weapons are being used against you, so you know that they were all killed and assimilated by the flood. You’re playing as an alien fighting against robots and zombies shooting laser guns in space, this should be cheesy af and yet it is very unnerving... there is movement and combat and action, but the sentinels and flood aren’t really alive, technically. Just undead creatures and the automated containment bots sent in to clean them up, left behind by mysterious forerunners who have been long dead but their ghostly presence is still felt all around the Halo rings. Some ancient conflict that you don’t even belong to, yet are forced to make your way through. And you truly feel lost and alone. This level (and the one before it, to an extent) really feel so surreal and dark and creepy in a way that no other part of the series has and I have grown to really appreciate it for that.
Completely agreed, but while Reclaimer is playing, there's just the fight, and me blasting and slicing and dicing my way through it. Like Rtas said, "burn in any flood that stand in our way"
when i was a kid, this level brought me a lot of nightmares, now, i finally see how awesome is this level, the music, all the places, the flood and all the recordings of dead marines, how atmospheric environment this one.
"Parasites, humans - No matter..." This was Arbiter's version of the library. Just like Chief, he came face to face with the flood... and more. Chief wasn't battling the installation's defenses as well. I forget that Arbiter is literally Chief's equal. He even has a fortune that approaches Chief's, although nobody is as lucky as S117 was in the story
The one that makes me nervous is the one just before the Sentinel factory at the end of the first vehicle section, especially on higher difficulties. It's always a gamble of whether it's looking at the Sentinels or in your direction as you round the corner.
the flood in this game are the worst imo, I decided to replay on hard since im a coward and I wanted only to experience the story and I had to put it to easy because I kept getting sprayed by flood soldiers
9:50 The Library itself has always been and always will be a great wonder to me. Constructed from the ancient forerunners, every little piece of the library has a systematic purpose. Even just the vast ambience and size of the beautiful library gives me this feeling I can’t even describe. It just makes me want to stare at the ambience in awe while listening to the peaceful suttle music, amplifying its greatness.
Halo is divine ... that's why it's better than all others who dare oppose it .... sorry but others will never give me the same feelings that halo has blessed me with.
Hearing about the library in halo 2 gave me horror flashbacks to the halo CE level and I was fully prepared to hate it in Halo 2. The 2 levels where the arbiter is progressing towards the library remain some of my favorite levels in all of gaming
100.000 thousand years of war... Back then, the image of the Forerunners, a completely unknown entity, fighting the as well more or less mysterious Flood was just creepy, dark and extremely awesome... Nowadays with most of the riddles and mysteries solved, it feels no more the same.. Never forget, when I released the energy cores to lower the shields... and that hologram keyboard... a hand with four fingers and two thumbs... it was just fucking creepy,.. The Forerunners, what did they look like.. and so on.. What species build the ancient temples on Halo Delta, while the Forerunners more or less abandoned religion for the cause of Science and the Mantle? Where did all the biomass originate from, to ensure the rebirth of a Gravemind..? Halo 2... best game ever
It truly was and still one of my favorite moments in video game history, to be able to witness a rare battle of all 4 factions all for the same prize. Truly one of the best battles to participate in.
I just wished to encounter humans as well, not just their bodies but the flood was always two steps ahead... even when it came to the icon.. Also do I wonder who slaughtered all the marines on the gondola in the end.. Because Rtas said he will deal with them, but the gondola was already moving Tartarus and his Brutes were all the time right behind us and then there is the Flood, but they did not infect them
taturas was attacking the humans but it was the flood that ambushed them in the end and you have to remember the humans were ill prepared to fight the flood, if it wasn't for the sentinels helping them; the humans would have never made it so far.
I just love, Heretic. Its like your staring at each other, Straight in the eye. walking around each other, knowing one day you'll have to fight each other. But right now, ... you just don't have the time. And leave the room on opposite sides.
After reading through and watching the halo lore i really feel like this is a level similar to the flood and forerunner war but on a much smaller scale. Driving through this on a spectre with your covenant squad was quite the experience.
We shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and burn any Flood that stand in our way! The parasite is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you are doing
it takes some serious brass ones to charge a flood infested area like that one. Gotta hand it to the Elites, they certainly deserve respect for their bravery.
@LordGroyper And people say classic Halo wasn't nuanced. Halo 2 really was, and still is, absolute vidya kinomatography and pleb filter of the best kind.
LordGroyper I’d say less hunger for power and more pride and denial. I think in a way he didn’t want to admit that it was all for nothing, that his brothers didn’t just die for nothing, that his entire race was used as pawns
From a story perspective, this mission was so badass. From a gameplay perspective, not so much. I just wish there were human enemies and that there wasn't that long ass gondola ride
If you play on PC and are comfortable with modding, check out Ruby’s Rebalanced mod of H2 here on YT, he makes tweaks to most of the Halo campaigns and addresses both of those things, adding some human enemies and a few things to the gondola section to make it more fun!
I really liked that particular gondola. I think if Regret didn't have those two long ass gondolas then Quarantine Zone's wouldn't be as bad. But its pretty cool to fight off waves of flood with an assload of elite homies
@@crancklord8719 The issue I have with the gondola ride in Quarantine Zone is that it's honestly too much. You have elite homies but it's only a matter of time until they all get absolutely slaughtered and then you get left by yourself for minutes against dozens of flood combat forms. It's definitely a bit much and I often just find a hiding place and chill out once it gets to be too much.
Rue and Woe ♥️ my favorite Halo track. This is the first time you hear it in the campaign and when it plays in this level, I think of it as Arbiter (us) coming out of the hellish close combat with the flood and sentinals with Reclaimer setting the tone and somber music playing throughout the level as we see the carnage that unfolds as we progress. You then see Shipmaster dropping down from a Phantom with more back up to help, you see a different more bright view of the landscape of the ring. All of us fighting together as one unit for one goal with this song playing in the background, somber but hopeful tone to it. Then, who could ever forget when it Comes back to play for the final level? "Tartarus, Stop."
@@LilRick96 "All of us fighting together as one unit for one goal with this song playing in the background, somber but hopeful tone to it". Yeah, exactlty! It always felt like such an emotional piece AFTER facing the most part of a fierce battle. Like having the weight of all of your journey so far, looking back at how far you've come and then contemplating the final stretch yet to be traveled. I love that it's also used in the level Gravemind (i think?) and the other moment you mention with Tartarus, giving to us the very emotional weight needed for those moments. Marty has such a way to convey such especific emotions in the best of times.
@@santrow1 That's the beauty of the OG Halo trilogy, especially Halo 2 because of how it was produced and directed. The music fit the set piece and action you were in flawlessly. I used to HATE the Flood levels as a kid (Halo 2 was my first Halo) because they scared the life out of me, so my brother would pay the levels for me. But the music was really captured me until I got older and then I loved the levels, they fit the theme of the flood and the action and battle you're going up against with your Elites and Grunts. Marty really created perfection in Halo 2. Nah Rue and Woe didn't play in Gravemind, I think you might be talking about Broken Gates, another great song.
6:37 was my all time favorite song on this track. It made me think," Well, time to finish this" Especially on the final level, when confrontin Tartarus.
Back in 2004 when I was like 6 years old I would play this map on legendary and just watch the war around me. It was fantastic! Even though I had no chance of beating the level I still played it on legendary because it was chaotic and it made it look like a real war. Man I miss those days.
The beginning cutscene music is very inspiring and memorable with Shipmaster’s speech, Reclaimer is so catchy and awesome, Rue and Woe is emotionally nostalgic and fits the level aesthetic perfectly, respite is very calming and nice, and when heretic hero kicks in it has this awesome feeling I can’t describe, the other songs are great too. Amazing level and soundtrack
In the center of this zone, is a sacred icon critical to the great journey, i must find itWe shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retreive the icon, and burn any flood that stand in our way!The parasite is not to be trifeld with, i hope you know what your doing
Parasite humans. No matter the icon must be found. The title card alone told you everything you needed to know. This for me has been one of my top five favorite Halo levels across the franchise, probably my top three. I love How it invokes this great sense of urgency against time, because there is. It's a literal race through hell and back between covenant and UNSC forces to fight the flood and reach the index. Can I just add as well this is one of the best most atmospheric levels. As well, the library has to be one of my favorite forerunner structures. The moment in this level that always gets me every single time is when you finally reach the gondola the way the music at 9:50 just starts playing, it's gives you a great sense of captivation and mystery, the way the enormous library just looms over you, light emanating from the spire above, almost as if a beacon that the finish line is near within reach. I wondered if anyone else feel that feeling. I'm not going to light if I could I wonder what it would be like seriously the stand just right below that thing and a travel into it. this is why for an architecture some of my favorite architecture of scene in science fiction. It always leaves you with a sense of wonder, it makes you feel so small as a species.
You don't have to miss it dude. Get off of BFV and relive the glory days today! If you own the Xbox Game pass, the Master Chief Collection (which includes H2) comes with it. You can also independently purchase the MCC for a reasonable price alone. If you are nostalgic and a fan of classic Halo, the MCC is a must buy. A win win 100%. The collection is also coming to PC in the near future.
the thing i like with this mission is that this is the only mission where you battle against other scorpion tanks, with you own scorpion you can found on the map, that was an epic moment on this level
Halo 2 has god tier skyboxes tbh. Sometimes I go into the multiplayer maps by myself just to watch them. Game has amazing ambient sounds too. I think Terminal is my favorite skybox because of the storm brewing in the distance.
I've loved this game soundtrack probably since the begining, but I'd never understood just how good this part (8:09, Respite) sounds looped. It has all that alien, ancestral, powerful and even nostalgic feeling to it. I think this is the style of music and ambience that actually put Bungie's Halo, as a franchise, on everyone's map. That ancient yet beutiful ambiance to all of it. The rings, the forerunners. the world, everything. So soothing and memorable.
9:50 I don't know what it is, the ambiance, the calmness, but I just go into this relaxing trance whenever I hear this. The Halo soundtracks are always so good...
Alright, Quarantine Zone and Sacred Icon to me signify the Arbiter’s greatest feat. He was dropped off on the entrance of Sentinel Wall fought through the first wave of defensive protocols. Then when he crossed over he was met with not only more of the wall’s defenders but a parasite that had been waging a roughly 100,000 year war with the Sentinels. Because of Covenant and UNSC intervention trying to get to the index the Flood had managed to turn the tide and were on the verge of escaping past the wall. Arbiter fought through a more advanced stage of a Flood outbreak with limited support (All the elite allies aside from Rtas Canonically die). Some say he was just lucky and they may have a point but if you pay attention to the story it was simply the spirit of a zealot warrior with nothing left to lose.
"At the center of this zone is an Icon critical to the Great Journey. I must find it." "We shall cut to the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and BURN ANY FLOOD THAT STAND IN OUR WAY." (chorus of warcries from surrounding Elites) "The parasite is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you're doing." This cutscene and mission proves more than any other the valor and courage of the Elites. Of course they're afraid. Who wouldn't be, faced with such horror? And yet they will fight in spite of that fear, and if death finds them, then it will be with heads held high.
Seriously Quarentine Zones theme is prolly my favorite of all it plays such good stuff thru the mission AHHH yeeea! But fr cereal this gives me chills!
When Rue and Woe plays speedrun through the battlefield and enter the gondola when the final part of the song starts to play it even make's the gondola cutscene more powerful👌🏻 and also when the gondola ride starts it will play again then
Arbiter: "In the center of this zone is a Sacred Icon critical to the Great Journey. I must find it." Rtas: "We shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and burn any Flood that stand in our way!" Rtas (to the Arbiter): "The parasite is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you are doing."
I haven't play this game in around 10-15 years. I've listened to all these soundtracks in the past few years and the feeling of nostalgia, the many emotions and the vague memories I have of this game give lots of frissons . I've debated on whether I should play Halo 2 again or keep coming back to see what my brain does with these masterpieces.
I love H2s soundtrack but it’s really refreshing to have these on YT to hear how it actually sounded in game. It’s cool to hear the official on Spotify, but the gameplay versions are pretty special.
This mission felt more like assault on the control room than the library. Arming a squad of elites and taking the fight to the flood and sentinels was quite fun
If anyone’s looking for the best Halo 2 in-game soundtrack, look no further. This is consistently brilliant from start to finish. I’d put it ahead of Outskirts, Metropolis, Sacred Icon and Gravemind which are also very very good. In my opinion this score is better than the level itself.
8:09-11:57 there is not a better sound that describes the feeling and smell of being on an ice rink, this part makes you feel like you’re out there in the cold with Arbiter
This level has such a unique, surreal, nightmarish vibe to it. It’s dark, cold and snowy, and you can’t really see far off into the horizon even during the open sections, despite a faint glow. The title card “100,000 Year War” used to always really captivate me....what war is it referring to? And as I got older I learned what, but in the moment you can’t even think about it because you’re too busy trying to survive it. When Rue and Woe plays, it really hits you how strange and horrifying everything is. No living humans in sight, but human vehicles and weapons are being used against you, so you know that they were all killed and assimilated by the flood. You’re playing as an alien fighting against robots and zombies shooting laser guns in space, this should be cheesy af and yet it is very unnerving... there is movement and combat and action, but the sentinels and flood aren’t really alive, technically. Just undead creatures and the automated containment bots sent in to clean them up, left behind by mysterious forerunners who have been long dead but their ghostly presence is still felt all around the Halo rings. Some ancient conflict that you don’t even belong to, yet are forced to make your way through. And you truly feel lost and alone. This level (and the one before it, to an extent) really feel so surreal and dark and creepy in a way that no other part of the series has and I have grown to really appreciate it for that.
the feels man the feels....
Completely agreed, but while Reclaimer is playing, there's just the fight, and me blasting and slicing and dicing my way through it.
Like Rtas said, "burn in any flood that stand in our way"
Well put. I could honestly look at the library from atop the sentinel wall forever. It's very imposing, mysterious, and ancient.
@@shr1mppoboi950 agreed
@@shr1mppoboi950 fax
God I loved this level, forerunner structures, snow and all out war. It was also the first time we saw flood driving warthogs and pelicans.
If I'm not mistaken, wasn't it the only time?
Slayer Seb You see em piloting a few pelicans in high Charity but thats it.
The pelican that was flying over was a unsc pelican and humans were piloting
Anime is the Best Art
How do you know?
Dylan V. How else did Johnson and Miranda get there?
"What?! The Parasite controls our vehicles? No matter, they will die all the same!"
Jajaja.
I wish they could still drive.
keep moving i'm on my way.
They cant drive for shit though
Such a missed opportunity in Halo 3, especially on The Covenant.
when i was a kid, this level brought me a lot of nightmares, now, i finally see how awesome is this level, the music, all the places, the flood and all the recordings of dead marines, how atmospheric environment this one.
"Parasites, humans - No matter..."
This was Arbiter's version of the library. Just like Chief, he came face to face with the flood... and more. Chief wasn't battling the installation's defenses as well.
I forget that Arbiter is literally Chief's equal. He even has a fortune that approaches Chief's, although nobody is as lucky as S117 was in the story
Wait what about Jun? The only member of noble team to survive reach , we are yet to hear any storyline to what happened to him after reach fell 😢
@@SmokeDaBeltaHaze glassed like the rest of reach
@SmokeDaBeltaHaze he's seen scouting S4s in one of the comics, if I recall correctly
That Old Familiar Feeling...
"Top 2020 tunes to listen to"
I think I know why. COVID-19?
Where is wuhan bois stepd poserposers only Germans were alloweddx and north kor
Quarantine Zone was one of my favorite levels in Halo 2!
Ngl seeing a flood get in a tank for the first time playing on legendary made me think I was going to crap my pants.
Does Vader’s suit auto dispose of poops?
The one that makes me nervous is the one just before the Sentinel factory at the end of the first vehicle section, especially on higher difficulties. It's always a gamble of whether it's looking at the Sentinels or in your direction as you round the corner.
I fucking HATE the flood 😖
the flood in this game are the worst imo, I decided to replay on hard since im a coward and I wanted only to experience the story and I had to put it to easy because I kept getting sprayed by flood soldiers
me: *sees flood*
Flood: *pulls out shot gun*
me: 🗿
Damn, one of my favorite levels of Halo 2. Mystery and chaos. I kinda miss when the Forerunners were still a mystery. Oh well.
Yeah it's right. The new halos are shit.
They've become dick heads. I liked it better when they seemed like Noble protectors of the galaxy with good intentions.
John - B222 i
i miss when forruners were anchient humans like they were before halo 4.
Mumbling Marvic Yeah 343i just had to ruin a good profacy.
9:50 The Library itself has always been and always will be a great wonder to me. Constructed from the ancient forerunners, every little piece of the library has a systematic purpose. Even just the vast ambience and size of the beautiful library gives me this feeling I can’t even describe. It just makes me want to stare at the ambience in awe while listening to the peaceful suttle music, amplifying its greatness.
Halo is divine ... that's why it's better than all others who dare oppose it .... sorry but others will never give me the same feelings that halo has blessed me with.
Hearing about the library in halo 2 gave me horror flashbacks to the halo CE level and I was fully prepared to hate it in Halo 2. The 2 levels where the arbiter is progressing towards the library remain some of my favorite levels in all of gaming
“I’ll do what I can to keep the flood off your back”- top 10 anime betrayals
100.000 thousand years of war...
Back then, the image of the Forerunners, a completely unknown entity, fighting the as well more or less mysterious Flood was just creepy, dark and extremely awesome...
Nowadays with most of the riddles and mysteries solved, it feels no more the same..
Never forget, when I released the energy cores to lower the shields... and that hologram keyboard... a hand with four fingers and two thumbs... it was just fucking creepy,..
The Forerunners, what did they look like.. and so on..
What species build the ancient temples on Halo Delta, while the Forerunners more or less abandoned religion for the cause of Science and the Mantle?
Where did all the biomass originate from, to ensure the rebirth of a Gravemind..?
Halo 2... best game ever
It truly was and still one of my favorite moments in video game history, to be able to witness a rare battle of all 4 factions all for the same prize. Truly one of the best battles to participate in.
I just wished to encounter humans as well, not just their bodies but the flood was always two steps ahead... even when it came to the icon..
Also do I wonder who slaughtered all the marines on the gondola in the end..
Because Rtas said he will deal with them, but the gondola was already moving
Tartarus and his Brutes were all the time right behind us and then there is the Flood, but they did not infect them
taturas was attacking the humans but it was the flood that ambushed them in the end and you have to remember the humans were ill prepared to fight the flood, if it wasn't for the sentinels helping them; the humans would have never made it so far.
This level was badass af
*zealous worting intensifies*
woo○○00OOOOORT!!!
Wort wort wort
Me and the boys entering Wuhan
Fucking gold.
The center of this is the sacred icon critical to the great journey I must find it
12:00 yup
Actually do something you pos stop posing
We shall cut into the heart of this pandemic, retrieve the vaccine, and burn any Covid that stand in our way!
Respite 8:09 is so fucking cool. May be the most haunting, mystifying, awe-inspiring piece of music I've ever heard.
It's the most serene track in the series. I could put it on repeat for hours.
I just love, Heretic.
Its like your staring at each other,
Straight in the eye.
walking around each other,
knowing one day you'll have to fight each other.
But right now, ... you just don't have the time.
And leave the room on opposite sides.
After reading through and watching the halo lore i really feel like this is a level similar to the flood and forerunner war but on a much smaller scale. Driving through this on a spectre with your covenant squad was quite the experience.
6:35
Oh Dios, es bellisimo :')
Gracias Martín y Michael por darnos una hermosa infancia, no hay duda de que ustedes son Halo :')
In the center of this zone is a sacred icon critical to the great journey. I must find it
We shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and burn any Flood that stand in our way!
The parasite is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you are doing
it takes some serious brass ones to charge a flood infested area like that one. Gotta hand it to the Elites, they certainly deserve respect for their bravery.
Sacred icon and quarantine zone were my all time favorite missions
They’re overly-hated
@@nyyanks345 agreed
"I'll do what I can to keep the flood off your back." Tartarus... If only you were an ally and not a covenant extremist....
@LordGroyper And people say classic Halo wasn't nuanced. Halo 2 really was, and still is, absolute vidya kinomatography and pleb filter of the best kind.
LordGroyper I’d say less hunger for power and more pride and denial. I think in a way he didn’t want to admit that it was all for nothing, that his brothers didn’t just die for nothing, that his entire race was used as pawns
Most underrated Halo level of all time.
From a story perspective, this mission was so badass. From a gameplay perspective, not so much. I just wish there were human enemies and that there wasn't that long ass gondola ride
If you play on PC and are comfortable with modding, check out Ruby’s Rebalanced mod of H2 here on YT, he makes tweaks to most of the Halo campaigns and addresses both of those things, adding some human enemies and a few things to the gondola section to make it more fun!
Yea the idea of a 100k year never ending containment effort in this zone is nuts.
I really liked that particular gondola. I think if Regret didn't have those two long ass gondolas then Quarantine Zone's wouldn't be as bad. But its pretty cool to fight off waves of flood with an assload of elite homies
@@crancklord8719 The issue I have with the gondola ride in Quarantine Zone is that it's honestly too much. You have elite homies but it's only a matter of time until they all get absolutely slaughtered and then you get left by yourself for minutes against dozens of flood combat forms. It's definitely a bit much and I often just find a hiding place and chill out once it gets to be too much.
@@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 just grab an energy sword and play on easy bro
Reclaimer = My childhood
9 minutes of childhood :p
Damn right.
Halo 5 = I FINALLY RUIN MY CHILDHOOD XD
Fuck yeah.
There are things about Halo, even the Hierarchs do not understand
Take care Arbiter, what you say is heresy!
When I played Halo 2 Anniversary for the first time and played Quarantine Zone
*I LOVED IT*
0:31 That song gave me the chills, when I was a kid.
The song plays
Me: ecreaming floods
Shit went hard ! Shredding flood while your elite buddies were dying. Great times
For an horrifying and inhospitable level where you face the flood, this is a beautiful and introspective track: 6:41. On of my favs too.
Rue and Woe ♥️ my favorite Halo track. This is the first time you hear it in the campaign and when it plays in this level, I think of it as Arbiter (us) coming out of the hellish close combat with the flood and sentinals with Reclaimer setting the tone and somber music playing throughout the level as we see the carnage that unfolds as we progress. You then see Shipmaster dropping down from a Phantom with more back up to help, you see a different more bright view of the landscape of the ring. All of us fighting together as one unit for one goal with this song playing in the background, somber but hopeful tone to it. Then, who could ever forget when it Comes back to play for the final level? "Tartarus, Stop."
@@LilRick96 "All of us fighting together as one unit for one goal with this song playing in the background, somber but hopeful tone to it". Yeah, exactlty! It always felt like such an emotional piece AFTER facing the most part of a fierce battle. Like having the weight of all of your journey so far, looking back at how far you've come and then contemplating the final stretch yet to be traveled.
I love that it's also used in the level Gravemind (i think?) and the other moment you mention with Tartarus, giving to us the very emotional weight needed for those moments. Marty has such a way to convey such especific emotions in the best of times.
@@santrow1 That's the beauty of the OG Halo trilogy, especially Halo 2 because of how it was produced and directed. The music fit the set piece and action you were in flawlessly. I used to HATE the Flood levels as a kid (Halo 2 was my first Halo) because they scared the life out of me, so my brother would pay the levels for me. But the music was really captured me until I got older and then I loved the levels, they fit the theme of the flood and the action and battle you're going up against with your Elites and Grunts. Marty really created perfection in Halo 2.
Nah Rue and Woe didn't play in Gravemind, I think you might be talking about Broken Gates, another great song.
6:37 was my all time favorite song on this track. It made me think," Well, time to finish this" Especially on the final level, when confrontin Tartarus.
Such a powerful image.
Back in 2004 when I was like 6 years old I would play this map on legendary and just watch the war around me. It was fantastic! Even though I had no chance of beating the level I still played it on legendary because it was chaotic and it made it look like a real war. Man I miss those days.
The legendary runs on this map were insane
I always loved that skybox
At 3:35 I think of the scene where the ODSTs are getting into their drop pods and landing on Delta Halo. Fits pretty well.
The beginning cutscene music is very inspiring and memorable with Shipmaster’s speech, Reclaimer is so catchy and awesome, Rue and Woe is emotionally nostalgic and fits the level aesthetic perfectly, respite is very calming and nice, and when heretic hero kicks in it has this awesome feeling I can’t describe, the other songs are great too. Amazing level and soundtrack
In the center of this zone, is a sacred icon critical to the great journey, i must find itWe shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retreive the icon, and burn any flood that stand in our way!The parasite is not to be trifeld with, i hope you know what your doing
*HALO ITS DIVINE WINGS WILL RUSH THROUGH THE STARS*
Damn menace is such a good track. I wish Marty released all the tracks onto the album
Elite: “Commander, we found a human vehicle!”
Spec Ops Leader: “Keep moving, I’m on my way.”
Give me chills
Parasite humans. No matter the icon must be found. The title card alone told you everything you needed to know. This for me has been one of my top five favorite Halo levels across the franchise, probably my top three. I love How it invokes this great sense of urgency against time, because there is. It's a literal race through hell and back between covenant and UNSC forces to fight the flood and reach the index. Can I just add as well this is one of the best most atmospheric levels. As well, the library has to be one of my favorite forerunner structures. The moment in this level that always gets me every single time is when you finally reach the gondola the way the music at 9:50 just starts playing, it's gives you a great sense of captivation and mystery, the way the enormous library just looms over you, light emanating from the spire above, almost as if a beacon that the finish line is near within reach. I wondered if anyone else feel that feeling. I'm not going to light if I could I wonder what it would be like seriously the stand just right below that thing and a travel into it. this is why for an architecture some of my favorite architecture of scene in science fiction. It always leaves you with a sense of wonder, it makes you feel so small as a species.
I'm really going to miss playing halo 2
You don't have to miss it dude. Get off of BFV and relive the glory days today! If you own the Xbox Game pass, the Master Chief Collection (which includes H2) comes with it. You can also independently purchase the MCC for a reasonable price alone. If you are nostalgic and a fan of classic Halo, the MCC is a must buy. A win win 100%. The collection is also coming to PC in the near future.
@@LethalThreat Yup!
I would often stop during this mission to stare at the skybox.
Who didn't though lol
the thing i like with this mission is that this is the only mission where you battle against other scorpion tanks, with you own scorpion you can found on the map, that was an epic moment on this level
the skyboxes in halo 2/2A were some of the best skyboxes i have ever seen in a game. Aside from super mario galaxy
Halo 2 has god tier skyboxes tbh. Sometimes I go into the multiplayer maps by myself just to watch them. Game has amazing ambient sounds too. I think Terminal is my favorite skybox because of the storm brewing in the distance.
Halo 2's campaign maps were works of art
I've loved this game soundtrack probably since the begining, but I'd never understood just how good this part (8:09, Respite) sounds looped. It has all that alien, ancestral, powerful and even nostalgic feeling to it.
I think this is the style of music and ambience that actually put Bungie's Halo, as a franchise, on everyone's map. That ancient yet beutiful ambiance to all of it. The rings, the forerunners. the world, everything. So soothing and memorable.
The name suits the events happening today
btw try the whole video on 1.25x speed
6:35 is like made me felt like the same kind of vibe with Band of Brothers going through rough conflict as the music plays through
Arbiter, I'm sending some of my best fighters to assist you. Do not squander their talents."
9:50 I don't know what it is, the ambiance, the calmness, but I just go into this relaxing trance whenever I hear this. The Halo soundtracks are always so good...
This game will always be a true master piece
Good lord that metal part is still godly. Good times playing with my brother and riding in spectres mowing down flood and their vehicles.
For me I would used that Scorpion than the Specture cause I would annihilated them in my way.
The transition from Respite to Heretic, Hero is awesome
"look, up ahead! The parasite gather for an attack!"
3:35 When your squad is dead on Legendary, all vehicles are destroyed, and all enemies are still alive, clench yo buttcheeks
This level was hell for me
Halo 2 missions were Hell but fun really fun
Yeah quarantine zone was a pain in the ass level
The way the music almost “echoes” off the canyon walls in the remaster… It almost feels like the music is a part of the world
Alright, Quarantine Zone and Sacred Icon to me signify the Arbiter’s greatest feat. He was dropped off on the entrance of Sentinel Wall fought through the first wave of defensive protocols.
Then when he crossed over he was met with not only more of the wall’s defenders but a parasite that had been waging a roughly 100,000 year war with the Sentinels. Because of Covenant and UNSC intervention trying to get to the index the Flood had managed to turn the tide and were on the verge of escaping past the wall. Arbiter fought through a more advanced stage of a Flood outbreak with limited support (All the elite allies aside from Rtas Canonically die). Some say he was just lucky and they may have a point but if you pay attention to the story it was simply the spirit of a zealot warrior with nothing left to lose.
perfect for 2020 corona virus outbreak.
JOIN ME ON THE SPECTRE BROTHERS
TBC1 Bahahah I came here to find a comment like this
This virus is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you are doing.
Annoying joke
"At the center of this zone is an Icon critical to the Great Journey. I must find it."
"We shall cut to the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and BURN ANY FLOOD THAT STAND IN OUR WAY."
(chorus of warcries from surrounding Elites)
"The parasite is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you're doing."
This cutscene and mission proves more than any other the valor and courage of the Elites. Of course they're afraid. Who wouldn't be, faced with such horror? And yet they will fight in spite of that fear, and if death finds them, then it will be with heads held high.
"By the blood of our fathers"
This music is awesome!
i love halo 2 vibes
Seriously Quarentine Zones theme is prolly my favorite of all it plays such good stuff thru the mission AHHH yeeea! But fr cereal this gives me chills!
Don't mess with a lizard fighting for its honor 💀
I get the joke but sangheili don't even look like lizards
i remember this level freaked me out when i was a kid, i had no idea what was going on except that everything was fucked but it was so much fun lol
Seriously! Everyone and everything were killing each other! Great times !
Reclaimer is so fucking dirty. This track won me over on this level
Best songs everrrrr... I'm literly falling asleep to the second tracks
I love you. These are by far my favourite tracks
1:55
LEGENDARY
So i think you guys all know why this is relevant right now...
because it's reality now
Ahahaha!!!!! lol
Lame
When Rue and Woe plays speedrun through the battlefield and enter the gondola when the final part of the song starts to play it even make's the gondola cutscene more powerful👌🏻 and also when the gondola ride starts it will play again then
No soundtrack in any video game will ever go harder than Reclaimer
Reclaimer and menace are My favorite
12:00 the good shit
my favorite level in the series
*Objects in mirror are larger than they appear...*
Arbiter: "In the center of this zone is a Sacred Icon critical to the Great Journey. I must find it."
Rtas: "We shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Icon, and burn any Flood that stand in our way!"
Rtas (to the Arbiter): "The parasite is not to be trifled with. I hope you know what you are doing."
Most epic mission from all videogames history, maybe fighting that title with The Covenant from H3
I haven't play this game in around 10-15 years. I've listened to all these soundtracks in the past few years and the feeling of nostalgia, the many emotions and the vague memories I have of this game give lots of frissons . I've debated on whether I should play Halo 2 again or keep coming back to see what my brain does with these masterpieces.
Dude you should definitely play it again. I did the same and ended up surprised by how much I enjoyed it
One of my favorite missions.
I guess I was too busy fighting the flood to hear that awesome score at 0:30!
Name of the first opening song at the beginning?
Yea I wanna find the anniversary edition of this song
I think its just part of the larger quarantine zone soundtrack, idk what the anniversary version is called though probably quarantine zone sweet
@@sargemcbarge2545 It’s from « sacred icon suite » and the remastered version is « Arise in valor »
This mission! All out war ! Humans, covenant, sentinels, and flood killing each other while 0:31 this banger is playing
I love H2s soundtrack but it’s really refreshing to have these on YT to hear how it actually sounded in game. It’s cool to hear the official on Spotify, but the gameplay versions are pretty special.
This mission felt more like assault on the control room than the library. Arming a squad of elites and taking the fight to the flood and sentinels was quite fun
Agreed it was way way better than the library
14:43 Song Please.
If anyone’s looking for the best Halo 2 in-game soundtrack, look no further. This is consistently brilliant from start to finish. I’d put it ahead of Outskirts, Metropolis, Sacred Icon and Gravemind which are also very very good. In my opinion this score is better than the level itself.
Shout out to the human forces that slammed their way through the flood to get to the index
Say what you want, nothing tops that guitar at 1:31
I always imagined the drums in “Menace” being Enforcer Sentinels firing their rockets at Flood-controlled vehicles.
This picture is actually really good.
8:09-11:57 there is not a better sound that describes the feeling and smell of being on an ice rink, this part makes you feel like you’re out there in the cold with Arbiter
WHY IS 11:50 SO GOOD
0:31 Same soundtrack as Unyielding in Mission 11 - Uprising but without the guitar! 😁😁😁😁😁
Respite ❤️
3:37 for the tank on tank action music :3
Must've been a while for me because I absolutely do NOT remember the guitar going fucking wild in Reclaimer
So cool
Someone needs to make a 10 hour version of 100,000 years war soundtrack its the best.
Everyone is in this level right now...
We shall cut into the heart of this infestation, retrieve the Sacred Icon, and burn *any Flood that stand in our way!*