The Complete Evolution of Halo’s Elites
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- You may know them through viral memes, you may have even mained as an Elite during the days of Halo 3 and Halo Reach on the xbox 360.. Whatever your story with them, in today’s evolution video.. We are going to walk through the history of Halo’s most important Alien, The Elites.
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5:16 Let me introduce you to my favorite Halo Mexican meme
What he's saying is: El Pozole
Pozole is a Mexican dish that was invented at the pre-Columbian mesoamérica (now México), by the Aztecs (mexicas) and the meat they used then, was human meat from their enemies
The meme is, Elites love Pozole so much they berserk to death when they spot the master chief
It's usual to see elites welding a plate with Pozole in it in these memes
Like, how long would an elite survive if he doesn't get to eat his lovable Pozole? We don't now, for sure, but not so long...
Thank god someone talked about this
@@SVN_ETR your welcome
POZOLE POZOLEEEEE
@@robertramos1297 EL POZOLE, AHHS HAAART, ME ENCONTRASTE AMIGO
wort wort wort pozole
5:01 - It's worthy to note that the Elite jumpscare in Pillar of Autumn only occurs on the easy and normal difficulties. Seems like Bungie very intentionally wanted to troll younger players.
Heroic/legendary likewise completely skipped the tutorial. I think the intention was for easy/normal to be the proper introduction, whereas higher difficulties wanted to get to the point faster, since you probably know what you're doing if you pick those difficulties.
I believe in the IGN developer commentary they stated that on higher difficulties the Elite did too much damage/was too accurate against the player and the Marines had issues pushing it back through the door. I could be misremembering
Ah bungie…those rascals!
@@brandonzimmermann yeah but IGN’s a bunch of cowards so there opinion doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
@@Legitcar117 ?
This needs to be 41 minutes and 28 seconds of elite sound effects
Wort Wort Wort 😂
I've taken a grieeeeeeeeeeeevous woooooound
AAAAAAAAAAA WOBADUGH
No
Aaaawubadugh
343: “We wanted infinite to be a Spartan story… so there won’t be playable elites.”
Also 343: *glances nervously at Halo Reach*
The elites where so cool to be allys with in halo 3. I wish they expanded upon that in halo 4 with having grunts, jackals and hunters as allys with the swords of sanghelios. I Also miss ODSTs and Marines having a big role in the campaign, They have been treated like they are useless grunts that can't get anything done but die. palmer even insults the marines many times in spartan ops. Just felt so insulting to the little guys.
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 remember when marines used to have speaking roles in cutscenes? 🥲
@@justinnyugen7015 343 doesn't remember. I'm sure someone will point out the officer characters from 4 and 5 and the pilot from Infinite, ignoring that we mean the grunts of the UNSC.
@@gabethebabe3337 That feeling of you fighting alongside hundred of Marines and ODST's, the feeling of being in a really big fucking battle for the humanity... is lost.
Halo became a Spartan story. Sometimes I just want to be a random soldier, fighting against 7 ft creatures with plasma weapons, and not a super soldier who treat those 7 ft creatures like shit.
@@jaski4022 it was nice to have the contrast between scrappy Marines struggling for their lives and Chief as the turner of the tide. 4 and 5 just had Spartans everywhere. Infinite returns to that marine/chief dynamic but they are nowhere to be found in the cutscenes and they just sit at the FOBs. They don’t drive vehicles with you anymore. They stop following you as soon as you grapple up a cliff. They don’t even show up for the final push in a vehicle convoy, leaving you pretty much with only the marines you take with you in a razorback. I hope the dlc makes better use of them
Aside from the weird faces, I think the most eye-catchingly "off" thing about the Reclaimer Saga elites was the decision to make them sleeveless. Even with the abnormal bulk, it always felt like the arm armor was a glaringly missing piece, so it was great to see it return in Infinite. Hope that if/when Arbiter gets the spotlight again they can return it to something more like H2A.
"These covenant are not outfited like standard military"
Apart from the comically large feet, I actually like the reclaimer era elite phenotype anatomy, but their armor is just so unflattering for a Halo elite.
Wife beater elites
@@jackcolson4745 agreed! The actual bodies themselves are quite lean and athletic, it's just the armor does them such a disservice with their bulk.
@@zanghproductions2559 The armour just doesn't compliment the silhouette like in previous games but the body is probably one of my favourites in the series. I also love the modular undersuit, like how some elites have no sleeves and some have shoulderless sleeves, and the fully sealed suit of the Ranger. Reclaimer Saga elites definitely have a lot of strengths if you accept them as the space pirates they are.
On Halo 3's Arbiter armour, that's actually just how tarnished silver really shines. It is more of a gold/bronze when the sun hits it, than what you'd expect of silver.
24:20 A correction: Jul never believed what he spoke. He was pulling a Palpatine and was actually pulling some strings on Halsey (he's the one who's talking to her on Infinity) in addition to riling up a Sangheili Jihad as revenge for his dead wife. It's actually a really interesting and sad story, Jul is by no means a good guy but understanding his evil was cool IMO
Then Locke happened.
Jul was perhaps 343's best antagonist and they just trashed him like he was nothing. They really didn't know what they had on their hands.
@@priscyllathewitch298 They kinda have a tendency to slap away anything actually good and well received in their games, like characters, weapons transitioning to Infinite, and memorable soundtracks from bungie and 343 era games.
@@Howardtheone I think the main problem is that the vocal minority pretty much always screams '343 bad' and provides no positives whatsoever. 343 listens too much to vocal minorities and it's because of this that we never really got a proper follow-up to Halo 4's story and Spartan Ops Season 2
@@alexfrost2799 For some reason, these vocal minorities that I've met usually also subscribe to an extreme of a political spectrum. I guess that's their nature.
Locke himself also have huge potential. The game erased almost all hope for a good writing of him.
The CE/H2's basic combat harnesss is perfection and no amount of stylish redesign, overdesign, and evolution can surpass the perfection of being Basic.
Ooh-raah
What's your opinion on the Halo 2 anniversary redesign?
They had to be. Jason Jones and alot of Bungie employes had visioned that there would ONLY br just Halo CE and NO sequels/ prequels. M$ wanted otherwise for good, grey and bad reasons..
amen
@@jackcolson4745 Bastardization of the idea and the iconic art design that bungie had for halo.
I had no idea the zealots in Halo CE were just the lowpoly model! I did notice they were spikier but hard to appreciate the detail when getting skewered by an energy sword.
They made open areas like bridges seem claustrophobic
I think the point was that no one was going to look too closely at the Zealots, if you got too close you'd just die.
Halo Reach's elites were so damn cool, man. Easily my favourite elites in the franchise, with CE coming in a close second. Infinite elites are pretty good though, probably even better than Halo 2A elites in terms of design
H2A, Infinite, and Reach are the best elites
And they’re seriously fun to play in MCC customs. Assassinations in reach being cool as hell does help too.
h2as elites were almost perfect, if it werent for their weird hooves, on the bottom on their feet its just a completely flat surface instead of having a groove to separate their toes, making them look really goofy if you spot it. infinite thankfully fixed that at least
@@aceskeletonne7446 bro idk how people can keep praising the H2A design cuz those freaking hooves are the exact opposite of the feet a nimble and athletic warrior. Just look at how awkwardly they walk in the remastered cutscenes
Infinite's adaptation of the flexible Reach feet works a lot better
I think Reach, CE and Infinite are my faves
The Elites are my _second-favorite_ species in the Halo franchise, falling just behind the Lekgolo. I always found the whole 'worm colony' collective consciousness idea fascinating, and the Hunters are awesome.
As someone that loves Halo 4’s Elites, you did a good job at being unbiased when describing them. I appreciate that, I know that mustn’t have been easy for you! Great video bro, I enjoyed eatin my pizza to this!
It was a lot easier to do than I expected haha turns out “just enjoying halo” is quite easy!
The halo 4 elites weren't that bad even in terms of armor design. They had a good fit of being a more remnant faction of the covenant. I can compare this best to In star wars the first order doesn't look like a remnant faction of the empire, they just look like an upgraded version of the empire so I really like that halo 4 got that right about the armor designs for the halo 4 elites.
Ofc u would like H4 elites, they look like chickens, basically dinosaurs xD
You don't need to be biased to know they are awful.
I think the Halo 4 Elites are really fun! When you view them as a more guerilla version of what came before, it's easier to view them for what they are! Plus I believe they make for great foes!
"And now it's time for my best Elite impression"
"BwAaaAaAAaAAaAa"
Fantastic
I still think that the H4-H5 Era elites have a place in the sandbox. Would be cool to see them as "Fanatics" or some sort of dedicated heavy weapon wielder, lugging around a Plasma or scrap Cannon like it was nothing.
Tbh I could see that body design as an attempt at super-soldiers, trading some of the traditional Sangheili agility for considerably more raw strength.
@@venomousfrog5546 Yeah. I do really think the design can work, especially as a heavier enemy type. I like to imagine them as being armed to the teeth and equipped with gravity packs and thrusters for mobility. Imagine something like that charging at you with dual energy swords and having an insane amount of shields.
Only logical reason would be that they are Mdama's attempt at creating Sangheili ultrasupersoldiers (yeah, I got no other word). Still that wouldn't excuse Arby and SoS suddenly turning into the same shapes, or the ones in the Covenant invasion cutscene.
Or as older elites as they are reptiles. Giving them a trait Crocodiles and Alligators have of getting bigger the older they get would be a nice touch.
@@barrybend7189 and having disfunctional mandibles and teeth? Along with somehow far different eyeballs?
Excellent video, infinite's elites are my absolute favorite.
I remember the first time I encountered an elite ultra in campaign and was thrilled to see the classic reach armor in a more sleek design.
Hope one day we get to play as them again
Seriously though, why don’t they just copy the customization from Reach and let the players use the campaign elite skins? Would not take that much work to implement playable elites if done this way.
@@TOUD_ You’re not a game developer, are you?
@@juantsu2000 you're not a shill are you..
@@TOUD_ That would require:
-Not doing the equivalent of cycling interns to dodge employment costs, with a home-baked engine that every new head has to learn before adding onto the convoluted wedding-cake of a code
-Have to put it in kits for the in-game shop and battle-pass, can't miss an opportunity for monetisation
-Actually care about the game/franchise as a whole
@Scorpixel You forget the pampered diversity hires who suck up 80% of the employment budget and require the corner-cutting with work experience kids.
I remember playing the Hornet section of the Covenant mission in Halo 3, and accidentally gunning down my Elite ally, thinking he was a Brute Chieftain. When I realized that i accidentally killed an ally, i restarted the mission and made sure that same elite survived the entire encounter.
I always wondered why they got rid of those orange bulbs on the arms and legs after halo 2 I always thought it gave them a more alien flare (also I didn't know they were the sheild generators thats p cool)
Yeah they got reduced to the green chest lights H3 Elites have and then completely removed in Reach
@@tylerellis9097 they have lights that flash when shields are down in Reach but only for the multiplayer elites. Ai bipeds for both elites and Spartans show no visual difference to the model without shields except for the obvious electric effect over them
In fact the ai Spartans in campaign don't even have shields lights on their armor at all. They do in cutscenes because those use the player Spartan biped
One thing that always sticks out to me about LNGs retrospectives is how great the directing he can extract from gameplay footage is! Love your work as always dude
I’ve always felt like elites in multiplayer were just a little side thing added because of halo 2’s campaign and only kept because people expected it. But now I do think it would be cool to see the infinite elites and all their armor added to the multiplayer.
It was an experiment for the invasion game mode. Halo 2 originally was gonna have a more battlefield invasion type multiplayer mode instead of the arena one from CE, however this was ultimately cut since no one worked on it and the playable elites were just the leftovers from that.
@@CarvedStones really? You’d think they were left over from the campaign lol.
@@EbagStudios No but the original idea for Elites in multiplayer was to have a battlefield type game mode for them where you’d have Spartans on one side backed by AI marines while the Elites were backed by Jackals or grunts, however this mode was cut and I guess instead of cutting out playable elites from multiplayer, they were left in.
@@CarvedStones then I guess that’s where invasion in reach came from.
@@EbagStudios Yup, they wanted to do something with the elites in a multiplayer environment similar to that but instead were used as customization/personalization for the player. The E3 halo 2 multiplayer reveal kinda hinted about invasion since they shown off both the Spartans and the Elites in it.
Although Reach sadly doesn’t have any AI Allie’s fighting with you on either side, I still think invasion is done exceptionally well and where reach’s multiplayer plays the strongest aside from custom games.
I chose to write my extended essay for the IB under the art subject about this exact topic, it was first time in my school life I enjoyed producing a piece of work and I had so much fun diving into it with shape theory, real life animal anatomy, and so many other things. When I was done I was proud of my work, I was happy, of course seeing as I spent 4000 words talking about the funky Xbox space lizards the examinations gave me a ‘mediocre’ grade. I was pretty upset, but I knew it was going to be super hard to get a good grade on this assignment when I was talking about video games, in the end I am proud of what I wrote, and that’s what matters.
I really enjoy your videos, it feels nice to know there are other people out there that are as passionate about these things as I am, keep up the great work, love your vid’s man
I hope that 343i adds an Elite armor core in Halo Infinite in the future.
Elites could have some really good variants
Nah have the elites have their own thing separate from Spartan cores
No. No armor cores. That system should be erased from existence.
Playable elites should be handled the way they were in Reach; a separate character that was limited to certain modes.
@@jackcolson4745 what I meant was that elites should have different customization like they did before and were able to play in all multiplayer modes. And they should implement elite exclusive only modes like invasion.
@@jackcolson4745nah that was cool but not as cool as 2 and 3
H5 arbiter has different skin than the rest and looks almost exactly like a H3 one which I've seen very few notice
For me nothing beats the classic CE and H2 wort wort worts
Now we need one for the Brutes
Yaaaaassssssss
CE has my favorite art style and I absolutely love that Infinite returned to something similar
It's the most different from CE
@@greedyclown851 it's the most similar, most of the enemy designs are straight out of CE. Same with the sandbox design as it's the first Halo since CE to not have a designated utility weapon at spawn. CEs magnum was buffed in secret so it wasn't designed as a purposeful utility weapon. The world design is basically an expanded version of the second mission in CE.
@@daltonburroughs3811 I'm referring to style. halo 1 didn't have monkeys 'saying you weak I strong vanished blah blah blah' and had the flood. Which made it very foreign. Reach and 4 were closer in that sense. Even if it copied the 2nd mission it didn't with the rest, in which the rest of the franchise does fall in line with a lot. It copied the 2nd mission, but other games have snow levels, deserts or alien swamps by contrast, not anymore. Namely covenant themed levels aren't even possible because now their ENTIRE signature purple curvy technology doesn't even look theirs or even alien at all. It's pure metal blocks and shapes that can blend in with human or forerunner stuff. You can ocasionally tell it isn't due to stereotypical evil red accents. Their weapons especially took a toll with literal revolvers or harpoons, and the human weapons have very modern, non-2550 designs like the pistol, commando or shotgun wouldn't fit in line with CE's advanced, complex glowing guns. The marines are good but still from today, unlike CE's borderline robotic armors. Other huge difference is UNSC maps, in CE they look entirely other worldly and futuristic but now it's almost like they accidentally ported cs_italy. This breaks the science fiction atmosphere. And worst, cat ears and hologram flowers for spartans. You'll notice none of this points happen in 4/5 which should be enough proof that they were actually closer.
@@daltonburroughs3811 dafuk you talking about?
•The Infinite Elites wear Reach Armor,
•the Grunts have the Reach and H4-5 Backpacks,
•the jackal have a new armor design with the chest from Halo 3,
• the Brutes wear mostly 3 and Reach inspired armor.
• The base hunters are similar to 4 with a new design
• The Marines are again based on Reach Armor.
What is CE?
The Elites are slim, that’s it lol
@@daltonburroughs3811 that "secret buff" is one of the reasons that games multiplayer is so good
Let's Go! I've been waiting for this! Can't wait for the hunters now!
Also It would be cool if you did a "Customizing my halo infinite spartan" Video!
One thing I noticed because of my experience With StarCraft prior to getting into Halo is how the Elites and the Protoss have a surprisingly similar look. Obviously there's differences between them (Elite mandibles and Protoss ponytails) but the digitigrade legs with two toes, the hands with two fingers and two thumbs, and that slender, graceful look in their early incarnations... I'm sure it's because they drew from similar inspirations, but it is interesting to see how people are drawn to similar concepts for their inhuman species.
Yeah, not to mention their noble warrior like personalities as well. Also, the 3 factions in StarCraft also inspired the factions in halo in my opinion. Terrans=Humans, which have Spartans who wear armor similar to the Terran marines, Protoss=Covenant, and the Zerg=Flood, as both are an all consuming species and seen as a threat to life by both Terrans/Humans and Protoss/Covenant. Also the Overmind=Gravemind
I'm sorry but, an elite jogging up to you and going "GREETINGS!! :D" is the most heart wrenching shit ever 🥺
Personally I love the halo CE and reach elites.. which is weird because they’re both so much different from each other.
I can’t decide which ones I prefer, on one hand that slender design with the metallic shiny armour is iconic but I absolutely love the versatility of the reach armours.
Everything from the rangers being used for Eva combat to the intimidating presence of an elite ultra with a concussion rifle was super memorable, even the iconic bob ranger elites that showed up and disappeared if they weren’t killed quick enough were interesting even if it was just a colour change with stronger shields.
I miss how detailed the older games were compared to the new games, they literally created new armor just for mining elites to immerse you into the game plus the environments were beautiful
It's crazy the contrast between miners and honor guards for example. I kinda wished H5 ir infinite did the same with the remnant covenant with their guerilla-lackluster armor and the true military with the arbiter wearing the classic elegant ones
Halo Reach elites had the best design of all, IMO
The Cyborg Elite from Infinite is most likely still alive after you beat him
You mean Jega rdomnai
@@boydlateef1282 yes
@@boydlateef1282 how ? His body is literally in front of you
I like to think the arbiters use of medics stemmed from what he witnessed in crows nest
I dont know you but Reach's Elites are just BEAUTIFUL. They are very responsive, challenging and terrifying.
man, the clips of the in game elites are beautiful, every game is so beautiful and i love seeing them with the depth of field
also, i will always love the classic 'jet' elite helmet, it's perfect
Man I almost forgot how great the Infinite Elites are. Definitely my favorite in the series. Here's hoping we get em in MP one day.
Easily one of my favorite alien designs and most iconic species from science fiction. Awesome job as always Late Night!
The CE elites will always be my favorite design. I don't like how anniversary looks anymore, it's so visually busy it hurts my eyes and the reach elites in CE:A we're always hard to look at for me and focus on them.
All of these impressions have me wanting weapon impressions now 😫
I've always said that it's so crazy that the peak of human engineering to perfect the soldier is effectively equal to elites natural evolution
Amazing video! Personally speaking, I found myself enjoying the insect inspired look of the elite armor in 4 and 5, but I can understand why people dislike it.
I can’t stress how long I’ve been waiting for this video! Bring us more!
Took the words out of my mouth. So excited when I saw the drop
I think it would be cool to see an Evolution video on the Jackals. They're one of the few designs I think 343 did amazing in the Reclaimer Saga
I really hope elites come to halo infinite in the future, it could be a hole season with maps, armor, playlist, events and maybe even campaign dlc
Ye
kind of wish when in the story we got to see how deadly both the spartans and elites/brutes could of been, whenever i got the spartan abilities and saw the dead spartan i was man would of been cooler to the battle that took place or have a buddy to help for a bit get seperated and see the spartan dead later in a cutscene to have more of a emotional tie the deaths rather than another one bites the dust, especially the ones taken down by Jegger, to see him cut down a spartan while the Master Chief helpless to stop the killing of his companions just would of been better than being told how scary the enemies are id prefer to see them in absolute action
343 even proved they can do it to, with that marine in halo 4 that gets stabbed by a knight and pulls out a grenade in a kamikaze attack to retaliate.
@@bluephoenix7565 yea id appreciate being shown how or why i should fear these beings instead of being told. Imagine if we got to kill Jegger in campaign itd be like hes scary Chief took him down like any other chump in the Banished youd feel nothing killing him, unless youre playing legendary and bring the bad weapons to fight him lol 😆
Not all the baddies need just the ones who got more screen time like jegger or the Tower dude needed that stake of im gonna make sure he pays would of added more impact to the campaign in my books for cutscenes
After the major nuclear heat Spartan IV's had, fragile 343 decided not to show much Spartan 4 action and just tell...
Woah! Alien at 1:20 is straight up a hulk from Marathon! Crazy how we almost had them in Halo.
6:38 sorry maybe you already said but how did you make the game look soooo smooth and good? Same goes for the Halo 1 footage, how do you make that thing?
either reshade or geforce experience filters
What the guy above me said. Reshade with motion blur, ssao, color filters, and depth of field
Also just wanna say. People are so quick to hate on motion blur, bloom, dof. But those are only tools that when used properly could enhance the presentation.
I once said this before I’ll say it again
Halo 3 elites were domesticated.
Can you make evolution videos for doom weapons?
This is a great idea. I second this
Makes me wish I’d gotten into Halo during its glory days, sadly I missed out.
I’ve recently tried with the MCC and Infinite’s multiplayer but it’s rough going in a lot of ways.
Would be nice to see the return of playable Elites among other things. Here’s hoping 🤞🏼
Fantastic job on the video btw.
Think Elites might be my favourite part of Halo 🤔
Just throwing it out there, I think it’d be cool af if elites with their shields up can’t stop won’t stop, but when their shields break, they shield themselves with their hand to signify that they’re playing on the defensive, being much more evasive, using cover more, and only shooting back intermittently until their shields recharge. It’s about the small details y’all
Reach and h2 already did that besides.holding their hand out.
Elites having built-in energy barriers/sheilds they can activate on their arm is one of the coolest things I've ever seen from the cut halo content!!
Thanks for using the Non remastered graphics for halo 1 and 2. Too many people make videos on the history of halo and use the remastered graphics, it just doesn’t make sense when trying to show the history of the games unless specifically talking about the remastered graphics
i love how in the intro he mentions how you may have named the elites in the days of xb360. it reminded me that back in the day i was playing on an old composite, fat tv, not a flat screen, using composite analog cables rather than HDMI cable and the resolution was so terrible that when you run into the gold zealot elite w/ the energy sword on The Lost Cartographer, when you enter the structure and have to exit the warthog, the resolution was so terrible that when it plays the message "IT'S QUIET...." a buddy watching me play misread it as saying "IT'S ERIC..." therefore resulting in 15 years of that one specific elite being named "Eric". 29 years old today, and since this mis-read at 14 years old, i've never been able to (or wanted to) correct this in my mind 🥲. Everytime i play that mission and run into good ol' Eric, it's like meeting an old friend lagain. For 2 seconds. Before he's smacked in the back with an AR and killed instantly, not knowing what hit him.
The Halo 2 elites are my favorite in design, voice, gameplay, and story. Followed by Reach. My least favorite elite is halo 3. The design looks like a toy to me. And I hate the big throat guards added to the combat helmet. EDIT: 12:20 YEEEESSS
Bro how did you manage to record many of this clips?! They are beautiful!!!!
343 really did an amazing job bring back the old elite design in infinite it’s honestly beautiful it’s just so good
Bro I’m impressed with your view models 😍 and halo ce with motion blur looks awesome, I wish it was added as a graphical option
I really think you should have touched on the new show Elites more.
Great video still!
The amount of videos that have opened with Jason Jones in the 90s is a lot, but not enough.
really appreciated the editing in this video, especially the shift in tone and presentation when you got to halo 4 to reflect the change in the elites. the neutrality towards them was much appreciated but the editing excelled to show some love and reflect the games themselves throughout the video. VERY well done
We need elites back as playable characters!!! It’s a little thing but having Invasion back from Reach with playable elites vs. Spartans is so cool. Makes you feel like your fighting in a fight against aliens. Instead of a silly Spartan fighting sim as an excuse for no elites.
Fantastic video!
How did you get the upclose shots of the elites in Infinite? Thought theatre was only for multiplayer
29:16 I can relate to that Elite, takes me a minute to process things that happen too 😂
Out of every Elite design, by far my all time favourites are Halo 2 Anniversary’s Campaign design and Halo Infinite.
The armour is very sleek and their body types are perfect.
41:11 I didn't know I needed Late Night Gaming elite, but now that it exists I can say I want more.
Now that elite impression at the end was iconic
That elite impression was golden, im so glad I watched till the end 👌😭
This video reignited my love for halo infinite campaign again. Thank you
Halo reach, 1, and 2 elites were by far my favorite, seeing them in infinite puts sctear in my eye :`)
Well, Halo 2 A elites design is my favorite, I think the best elite design is Halo Infinite's, but I fucking love Reach's elites.
I also have a soft spot for Halo 4 elites because Halo 4 was my introduction to the series, despite I think that mandibles can bite their own eyes.
"And a TV show to keep the fans entertained"
*kettle hissing noises*
yeah.... about that
Imo I think the best elite designs have to be halo 2, halo reach, halo 2 anniversary(cutecene), halo 3, and halo infinite. In that order. (Excluding halo 4 and 5 elites because I think they were poorly designed).
I love Infinites Elites! They may be my favorite. Excellent impressions by the way, 10/10
Something players might not realize about the elites in the first game. Is that unlike the later games, most elites in Halo 1 don't actually throw grenades at all.
Instead it's the grunts job to lob the glowing sticky bombs of blue death.
This is what makes the grunts so dangerous to you and your marines, but if you spot one about to toss a grenade and you shoot him fast enough, the clumsy little guy will fumble and drop the grenade, potentially blowing himself up and his alien compatriots closeby.
They give a loud warning that you can easily hear over the chaos by yelling something like "Here it goes!", "Heads up!" or "Down in front!" while they ready their explosive, they lob their grenades up high to lazily sail through the air in an arc, but they are surprisingly accurate and absolutely will get you with that grenade if you aren't moving very much.
However, remember when I said that MOST elites don't throw grenades? Throughout the campaign, the grunts have been teaching the player the foundations of how to play against grenades.
When the black spec ops elites are introduced in the last mission and a half, these elites distinguish themselves from other elites not only in higher health and shield strength but they throw grenades.
These elites don't just lob grenades like the grunts do, oh no, they downright HURL grenades hard and fast; sending the grenade right at you with the highest velocity of any grenade throwing enemy in the entire franchise. They don't fumble, they don't even have the courtesy to announce that they're about to pitch one at you either. They take everything the grunts taught you about grenades and truly test your footwork for some of the final dances in the game.
For that, Spec ops elites are arguably the toughest elites in the entire series.
I'm in the minority that likes the 343 style elites from 4 and 5
I personally believe both elite types should work side be side with different combat roles
The Halo 5 definitely makes its campaign sound a Hell of a lot more interesting than it actually is.
For the record, the commando helmet was unlocked through getting an overkill in lonewolves. That’s how you obtain it. I don’t recall them ever making the commando helmet available to everyone. Played the game until the wheels fell off.
Can we just appreciate how good the use of music is for this video.
God, the Halo Infinite Elites really are Perfection. I can't wait to see whatever Arbiter looks like now.
Only took 22 seconds to get the WAAAAAAAaaaaaaaagh and I can appreciate that sort of dedication
I feel like the CEA elites should have used the halo 3 models, not only because it would work better with the old rig, but it would also actually match the Flood elites which use the h3 model
Yeah, the H3 ones also were the last to not undergo whacky plastic surgeries... Make their eyes black and there's a good remaster CE wort
True, although the CE elites actually had eye armor, which is why the eyes change colors based on rank. It's a but subtle to where you can only see it in the white speckle of the lenses. I wish the eye armor would return lol
@@zanghproductions2559 wait a second you are the guy who actually remastered them I didn't notice until now
I'm a huge fan of your work keep it up
@@greedyclown851 oh yeah I did make some remastered elites a while back. Thank you! Soon I'll be making some new ones of a mix of CE's design with some of the organic notes of the Neill Blomkamp movie designs armor. 👌
I'll never forget the first time fighting an elite in the Pillar of Autumn cafeteria. Thing wouldn't go down!
Thank god for a positive videos cuz my steps dads mom just passed away so I feel happy for this thanks mate
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The outro had me 💀 Valiant effort on the impression and great video down memory lane!
Can you make the hunters next
Currently playing through halo for the first time, I’m at Halo Reach now.
Honestly Halo CE had the best Elite AI. They were much smarter than in Halo 2 and 3, which I though was really strange
Never touched a halo game in my life, but these evolution videos are really interesting
It's extremely frustrating that Infinite didn't make them playable when considering their hitboxes are probably the closest and most balanced compared to Spartans since Halo 3 (minus the assault helmet bug)
I just don't feel like Reach or H2A MP handled playable elites very well due to the size differences. It caused Reach elites to be limited to one gamemode and customs, and while H2A MP's elites were more readily available to play as, their size put them at a major disadvantage.
I was in a reach elite clan and i still just miss it. Taking them out of multiplayer was just a ill idea i will never forget
i remember getting scared by the elites in the dark the first time i played reach
The best delete impression I've ever heard they'd better put you in the next Halo as a character
I remember a young me, playing the Xbox360 with the new halo 3, and I remember we would call every enemy something special. Brutes where “hammer dudes” grunts “triangle guys” jackels “shield dudes”and so on, those where the good days
Fun Fact: Halo 4 Elites actually scream out "Akuma!" as one of their combat dialogue. Akuma being a japanese word meaning Demon.
The reclaimer saga designs never bothered me since I saw it more as another Race and they fulfilled their role as a more sluggish but competent enemy, just not as sophisticated as the Elites who chose to side with humanity.
Infinite’s Elites were a step in the right direction, and voice filter absence aside have put the elites in a great spot again as formidable enemy. In time hopefully the fans who yearn for the opportunity to play Elites again will get their chance.
Could be possibly in a dlc that would involve Arbiter, and essentially be a season for Elites much like MCC did with a fair balance of Elite and Spartan armor customization.
Best version of the Elites for me has to be Halo 2. They carry a sense of honor to them and are capable enemies that can easily kill you if you underestimate them.
Halo Reach Elites are PEAK Elite design
"Cool Fact" In halo infinite If the chief walks up to an elite and pulls out an energy sword (if the elite also has one) they will then pull out their own energy sword and proceed to duel you
Halo 2/A, reach and infinite elites, just love their armour variants, honour guards, councillors, field marshal, zealots, generals, honor guard ultra councillors, best designs ever
The imitation at the end was worth the investment of time into that well produced video!
This is the best elite impression, im not joking. If it got tweaked a little like with the games it would be fire