The Mysterious Lore behind ALL the Halo 3 maps

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  • @HiddenXperia
    @HiddenXperia  4 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    Another incredibly iconic Halo releasing on PC? You know the drill - time to dance!
    (7 iconic points to anyone who catches the Simpsons reference in this hearty, succulent lore vid :D)
    Enjoy friendos!

    • @powerpenguin7546
      @powerpenguin7546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dances in elite

    • @Nobody-uj8qh
      @Nobody-uj8qh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Niceeee

    • @SpiritRaven1337
      @SpiritRaven1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The keeper of the relic sword-zanzibar👌

    • @monteldublinhope9488
      @monteldublinhope9488 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Company call Impossible food make so - call fake food from, human unborn baby's meats because it past of company satanic lifestyle theirs waning to put on brillions of peoples world wide just look it up.

    • @Julianrocker200
      @Julianrocker200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HiddenXperia Steamed hams

  • @firebla2e
    @firebla2e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +786

    Epitaph: "I'm the most beautiful map."
    Valhalla: "I'm the most iconic map."
    The Pit: "I'm the best map for competitive."
    Sand Trap: "You like elephants?"

    • @griffingower1883
      @griffingower1883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Sandtrap: I harbor the slowest UNSC vehicle ever created

    • @garybrown2039
      @garybrown2039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @Griffin Gower and also the most fun. Especially if you load it up with explosives and flip it.

    • @TheBlackSpartan103
      @TheBlackSpartan103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@garybrown2039 "hold B to flip... wait what how did you do that?"

    • @firebla2e
      @firebla2e 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@griffingower1883 and the most indestructible

    • @Robosapien_
      @Robosapien_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Epitaph: "I look like a church..."

  • @LieutenantFoxtrot
    @LieutenantFoxtrot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    "Oh, Luc's uploaded a new vid!"
    *Sees that it's about half an hour long*
    "Cocky bastard. He just loves to run his mouth."

    • @natenewtown3662
      @natenewtown3662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lmfao

    • @davemccombs
      @davemccombs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      k

    • @Hakohn2511
      @Hakohn2511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      To which the word "iconic" be like: "Does he usually mention me?"

    • @Landen69420
      @Landen69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

  • @retronostalgia7964
    @retronostalgia7964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    Damn, this makes playing alone in custom games even more unsettling.

    • @Kevin-jx2vu
      @Kevin-jx2vu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I was always scared of playing by myself especially after seeing all the herobrine videos even though their two completely different games

    • @fabrisio_2129
      @fabrisio_2129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What's your Xbox gamertag? PC or Xbox? And how old are you? Maybe we can start playing

    • @arbetor12
      @arbetor12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sometimes I walk around the maps alone weapon lowered and just listen to the silence and find any small details

    • @EwanAllen00
      @EwanAllen00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@arbetor12 you are a brave man doing that alone

    • @arbetor12
      @arbetor12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EwanAllen00 something about it feels so soothing

  • @billygranzow1331
    @billygranzow1331 4 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Halo 3 probably has my favorite atmosphere map-wise if that makes sense

    • @jobmeyer4442
      @jobmeyer4442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Honestly both Halo 2 and 3 for me. I would just walk around for hours as a kid on those maps exploring

    • @randomizerteleviewage307
      @randomizerteleviewage307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is the truth

    • @Jedi_Spartan
      @Jedi_Spartan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Even the main menu is atmospheric.

    • @AlexeiIlienkov
      @AlexeiIlienkov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same bro

    • @IClopToRarity
      @IClopToRarity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      halo 3 expanded upon the "halo 1 energy" I feel like, the environments have always been nice to look at

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Halo 3's maps had this consistent theme of abandonment and loneliness in my opinion
    In the previous two games, I never really felt this sense that people would actually occupy there. But Halo 3 went for the art style decision to have maps that also work in universe to an extent. You can imagine places like Rat's Nest or The Pit filled with UNSC soldiers doing their duties, but have long since abandoned their respective facilities and leaving them to rot or be destroyed.
    The Forerunner themed maps have a constant feeling of isolation, like it all seems to be places that probably meant something to them thousands of years ago, but now just stand there in complete silence, their purposes disappeared along with their owners

    • @emperorcinder1945
      @emperorcinder1945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Halo CE gave me at least a sense of mystery and weird feeling that I am perhaps not supposed to be here at least in the atmosphere moments but that just me perhaps.

    • @blubberyoyster4
      @blubberyoyster4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I honestly felt the same way, I played Halo Reach and Halo 4 before I ever got a copy of Halo 3, and all of my "friends" thought I was a loser for "downgrading" my halo experience, so as I kept playing Halo 3, I really felt the "abandoned" vibes that this game gave off in it's aesthetic. honestly, made the game more memorable...

    • @smalliesmalls9601
      @smalliesmalls9601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      BlubberyOyster 4 “Downgrading” from Halo 4 Multiplayer? Impossible.

    • @zerophantomyt433
      @zerophantomyt433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Snowbound also made me feel weird.

  • @dalekbumps
    @dalekbumps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    If you look in the pipes in one of the bases on Assembly, you can actually see Lekgolo worms being pumped into the Scarab. Only one base has this, the other has pipes filled with plasma, so one base glows blue and the other glows orange. Crazy piece of environmental storytelling that also doubles as a lore explanation for the base team colours.

  • @Haggysack2k8
    @Haggysack2k8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    3:55 HiddenXperia: "located within a hangar on an airstrip at the base of mount-"
    Jeff Steitzer: "KILIMANJARO!"

    • @anidiot2284
      @anidiot2284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wasted opportunity

  • @343bungie
    @343bungie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Back when i was a lonely young boy who didnt have xbox live, i would often just play on custom games by myself to just explore and try to find secrets. I will never forget how eerie the forerunner halo 3 maps are. You dont get that sense when you play them on live with all the action but when you play alone, it feels almost as if youre being watched. The sounds are creepy and the maps are just very eerie

    • @WhySooSeriouslol
      @WhySooSeriouslol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I did the same thing. Didn’t have internet so could only play Xbox live when at my friends house. I found a lot of hiding spots and invisible walls tho

    • @supermasterfighter
      @supermasterfighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had live growing up, but I loved the maps of halo 3 so much that I often did the same thing. I didn’t have any friends growing up so whenever I’d get sick of matchmaking I’d often find myself immersed in the maps, especially in forge mode.

    • @Nara.Shikamaru
      @Nara.Shikamaru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ahhhhh the depression when you were a kid whose parents wouldn’t buy Xbox live. Good times. 💀😂

    • @pgh1895
      @pgh1895 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr?
      Burial mounds is downright creepy. I never played that map again.

    • @phanto6599
      @phanto6599 ปีที่แล้ว

      That goes for a lot of halo maps. Hell, even loading into Catalyst alone has an eerie abandoned feeling

  • @__skillz
    @__skillz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    I've been stuck on Snowbound for the past 13 years. The cannons won't let me leave. They won't allow me to turn off my xbox. When I upgraded to next gen, they followed me and installed Halo 3 before it was even backwards compatible. They are my defenders, yes, but I am also their prisoner. Everyone who has tried to enter has failed. Please help me.

    • @bluejwolf8698
      @bluejwolf8698 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

    • @twotailedfox2369
      @twotailedfox2369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Skillz Destroy the console. If they appear in reality, contact the authorities. If they disable communications, you must fight.

    • @airas1494
      @airas1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wtf is happening

    • @kristiankoski3908
      @kristiankoski3908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm on my way! I'm with somebody you might hate but he is the only one who can help you! SO PLEASE, DON'T SHOOT US WHEN WE COME, I AM WITH 343 GUILTY SPARK

    • @FrahdChikun
      @FrahdChikun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Overload the map with a lot of trip mines, that should free you.

  • @nicholasshealy9040
    @nicholasshealy9040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    I swear to god, every time he says “but that’s just a theory” I can’t help but think he’ll say . . . you know what, you get it.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I like to think that the spire in Epitaph is located somewhere around the same desert as Sandtrap is. The lore behind these maps are intriguing, Halo 3 has to be my favorite Halo game in terms of multiplayer and campaign.

  • @thesecondromuluan8216
    @thesecondromuluan8216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    "High Ground?"
    "It's over, HiddenXperia! I have the High Ground!"
    "You underestimate my lore."
    "Don't try it, mate."

    • @AbdullahKhan-el6xw
      @AbdullahKhan-el6xw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Im my point of view, the bungie are evil!

    • @Jedi_Spartan
      @Jedi_Spartan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AbdullahKhan-el6xw "Then you are lost!"

  • @iBravoArbiter
    @iBravoArbiter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Roaming around Forerunner maps in Halo games alone reminds me of what Monitors like 343 Guilty Spark had to endure for many, many years. An uneasy sense of loneliness on these installations, followed by wondering what they were like when they were inhabited by their creators.

  • @GoredMask
    @GoredMask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    When I was smaller I always thought you could see the silhouette of a giant monster in the distance on Guardian

    • @Somethin_Slix
      @Somethin_Slix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Omg I thought I was the only one! None of my friends back in the day could ever see it!

  • @robbieb313
    @robbieb313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Something cool about Isolation that I never knew was that over the course of a match, the flood slowly grow over the map

    • @dynestis2875
      @dynestis2875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Whut?

    • @CoyoteKnight
      @CoyoteKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@dynestis2875 It takes hours but the flood spreads outside and slowly kills the grass.
      Also, the map valhalla is nearby.

    • @ci3ci370
      @ci3ci370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Arbiter I thought you were on Sanghielios

    • @HiddenXperia
      @HiddenXperia  4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Yeah, Halo 3 does that a bit tbf, the Fronk logo slowly degrades over time on Longshore too

    • @tycoontim82224
      @tycoontim82224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@HiddenXperia WHAT IT DOES?!

  • @Apex-ho1xw
    @Apex-ho1xw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    I get PTSD everytime he says “ICONIC” 😂

    • @dresnio1363
      @dresnio1363 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ICONIC

    • @wallywheezer8256
      @wallywheezer8256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      When HiddenXperia says the word 'ICONIC', were you blinded by its majesty? Paralyzed? Dumbstruck?

    • @mariobadia4553
      @mariobadia4553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@wallywheezer8256 No!

    • @decade9026
      @decade9026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wally Wheezer no,i was annoyed,angry and feel the urge to rip off his arm and shove it up his ass

    • @machina5
      @machina5 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed, it's really annoying.

  • @kryptekghost207
    @kryptekghost207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    How tf did i go 13 whole years from the release of halo 3 without knowing there were jackal sniper targets on The Pit...

    • @owenleaman7306
      @owenleaman7306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same here! I never knew they were there!

    • @Thndrcougrfalcnbrd
      @Thndrcougrfalcnbrd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      To be fair, how often do you feel the need to look up on The Pit? The fight is always right in front of you. If you could pull it off, it is possible to get yourself up in that area and pick people off, and most of them never thought to look up there, so you could hold that spot for a while

  • @ollilaine6763
    @ollilaine6763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    7:41 Aurora borealis, at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your -kitchen- sector?

  • @SpartanBrix
    @SpartanBrix 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I don’t know why, but Halo 3’s multiplayer maps are just so calming. It’s the only game where an empty multiplayer map makes me feel safe instead of unsafe. And even playing on them is relaxing, I just find Halo 3 multiplayer to be one of the most calming games ever.

  • @BillyCobbOfficial
    @BillyCobbOfficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Aurora Borealis, contained entirely within this sector" I see what you did there

  • @thatbr1t1shguy
    @thatbr1t1shguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    When my older and brother and I first played on cold storage, he said that you can fight the flood heavy when it bust out of containment by doing certain things in a multiplayer game. I forgot what those tasks were (sadly) and didn't think to go online to check it out. I believed him for a long time. Anyone else get this childhood or is it just me?

    • @SamDeMonic
      @SamDeMonic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I only remember ways to get into it, warthog turret pressing on the container

    • @Landen69420
      @Landen69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice Profile Picture.. Not even lying.

  • @tomahawkm4687
    @tomahawkm4687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    *HUMAN*
    High Ground 1:22
    Last Resort 2:36
    The Pit 3:28
    Foundry 4:39
    Rat's Nest 5:15
    Standoff 6:04
    Blackout 6:49
    Ghost Town 7:49
    Orbital 8:38
    Longshore 9:47
    *Covenant*
    Snowbound 10:44
    Assembly 11:51
    Heretic 13:02
    *Forerunner*
    Construct 16:25
    Epitaph 17:03
    Citadel 19:01
    Guardian 20:00
    Isolation 20:49
    Narrows 21:55
    Sandtrap 22:51
    Sandbox 24:34
    Valhalla 26:17
    Avalanche 27:17
    Cold Storage 28:09
    I gotta say, I never noticed how few Covenant maps there are in Halo 3

    • @adambond8542
      @adambond8542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      U an unsung hero

    • @tomahawkm4687
      @tomahawkm4687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@adambond8542 thank you. Just having fun 😉

    • @evidant
      @evidant 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      dude you need more likes for this

    • @LandonVR
      @LandonVR ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know it’s been 2 years but I read “Forerunner” as “Foehammer” at first and thought she got her own set of maps

  • @mrschizo2837
    @mrschizo2837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    God I miss the old Forerunner design. It was so unique and mysterious and didn't need chrome floaty bits and lens flare lights everywhere to look good. It actually felt like long since abandoned Civilizations forgotten by time, waiting to be reclaimed.
    Don't get me wrong, the new forerunner design isn't *bad* per se... but expecting us to believe that Halo Wars 2's Ark is the exact same place as Halo 3's is ridiculous. It didn't need to change and didn't make sense to change it. It's like if they made a spin off where all the covenant gear, weapons, and armor was dark green for no given reason and acted as if that was just the regular armor when it clearly isn't.

    • @kelvinfahrenheit1107
      @kelvinfahrenheit1107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was gonna say that since Halo 4 and 5's forerunner locations were run by armies of prometheans they were cleaner and brighter than the halo ring structures where there was just a monitor and some sentinels, but when you mention halo wars 2, yeah, it does look like halo infinite will return to the original designs

  • @extremelyboredtatsumaki.495
    @extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    As someone who was introduced to Halo through Red Vs Blue, this entire video has just been me going:
    “Oh! I’ve seen that place! That’s where Caboose and Griff did the thing!! And that’s where that cool thing happened!!”

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, although I was introduced to the Halo games first.
      Also, what thing? The mine escape on Sandtrap during Season 7?

  • @Jedi_Spartan
    @Jedi_Spartan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    1:28
    Spartan: "It's over, I have the High Ground!"
    Elite: "You underestimate my power!"

    • @Cheezyllama1738
      @Cheezyllama1738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spartan: don’t try it
      Elite: wort wort wort

    • @Landen69420
      @Landen69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Cheezyllama1738 *WORT WORT WORT*

  • @czar7182
    @czar7182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Imagine that in Sandbox, in the huge room below the map, there was a captured precursor who die in the 100,000 years of reseeding the galaxy after the firing of the Halo array

  • @DeltaDanner
    @DeltaDanner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I always found the concept of using 20th Century bases in H3 interesting. It would be like modern soldiers holding up in medieval castles out of desperation.

  • @halofansunite143
    @halofansunite143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Wow a Steamed Hams reference!
    Very I C O N I C.

  • @J2ojuiced95
    @J2ojuiced95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The Halo 3 maps always had such great atmosphere. Isolation for example perfectly captures the sense of being completely isolated.

    • @greatsupper
      @greatsupper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      High Ground perfecy captures the sense of being on the high ground

  • @doggie6522
    @doggie6522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Avalanche: *is finished being built*
    Mr chef, Arby, and Stg badass: I’m about to ends this maps whole career

  • @philaeofish
    @philaeofish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I had a really bad day in Halo today. Strangely, this helped me cheer up. Thanks HiddenXperia.

    • @HiddenXperia
      @HiddenXperia  4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Glad I could help bud, hope you’re doing better

  • @lordboombastic5946
    @lordboombastic5946 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    sometimes i wonder if he has actually separated himself from reality and thinks he is in the halo universe

  • @ThePurpleguy123
    @ThePurpleguy123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You forgot to mention the EVA-armored individual attached to a warthog down in one of Avalanche's cliffs

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guess I have to blow up some landmines and start playing the Revelation Suite.

  • @majorassentinel2187
    @majorassentinel2187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Somebody make a HiddenXperia sound board so he doesn’t have to waste his I C O N I C Words.

  • @luisangelarredondo7760
    @luisangelarredondo7760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    4:40 Also known as where tex kicked red team and tucker's ass

    • @Iijjccbb
      @Iijjccbb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PROTECT ME CONE

    • @alexfrost2799
      @alexfrost2799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And 27:18 also known as where the ruins of the UNSC _Mother_ _of_ _Invention_ lay and Tex literally blows up an entire mountainside to try, and fail, to kill Agent Washington and the Meta.

    • @gasmaskguys4965
      @gasmaskguys4965 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      XD ahh good memories

    • @kelseypurdy8349
      @kelseypurdy8349 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Iijjccbb goddammit Grif...

    • @Jedi_Spartan
      @Jedi_Spartan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      7:06 Also a few Freelancers laid waste to it during an undercover mission.

  • @ChickenIandlEggs
    @ChickenIandlEggs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rewatching this to get ready for the 15 year anniversary. Thanks for all you do!

  • @ZanzibarWizard
    @ZanzibarWizard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The feeling of uneasiness in the Halo maps from 1-3 was lost in later installments and it fucking sucks. I hope it comes back for Infinite.

    • @HiddenXperia
      @HiddenXperia  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Agreed - Reach onward just didn’t feel the same

  • @jamcam362
    @jamcam362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Building: gets decommissioned UNSC: TRAINING BASE

  • @NickCranford
    @NickCranford 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Snowbound."
    VETO VETO VETO

  • @overtbias9305
    @overtbias9305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    0:39 He said it, he said the funny word

  • @quinnbuffet3825
    @quinnbuffet3825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the idea that the Forerunners had a legion of OTHER threats pounding at their door besides the Flood, Precursors, and Humanity; a host of horrors that the ancient civilization put down one after another and buried in places like Epitaph and Sandtrap to keep imprisoned much like the way the flood are on various installations. In the Halo universe, the furthest reaches of space may well be dark and dangerous far beyond the likes of the Covenant.

  • @arcanezedreaper793
    @arcanezedreaper793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Back in 08 me and my brother went through the maps trying to break out and figure out the secrets. There was always a theory we had about Guardian was built above a flood hive due to how the forest looked like the same forest in 343 guilty spark in halo ce. Good video

  • @vahlok1426
    @vahlok1426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Halo 3 maps are some of my favorites to explore. I can still memorize the firefights I got into all those years ago.
    A lot of them are just eerie too, I love it.

  • @thomasbuffington9722
    @thomasbuffington9722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So cool! I had no idea that the Halo:Legends scene with Shaw and Fujikawa was based off of a map!

  • @mayanksharma5006
    @mayanksharma5006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hey hidden xperia, I recommend you to do a video before the world premiere of infinite. And talk about your expectations from the game and what do you think the gameplay might be out. Anyway, have a good day people

  • @toozigooti
    @toozigooti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Blackout is my favorite map. I think the aesthetic is stunning, and it’s a blast to play on.

  • @ryangoodman4335
    @ryangoodman4335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Something about Halo 3’s maps is just magical to me (and I didn’t play it until years after release). All the human maps have this really peaceful, melancholic feeling to them. Places that should be busy, yet are now abandoned. All the maps feel like there were just people there, but they’ve all left. It’s such a cool feeling.

  • @SpiritRaven1337
    @SpiritRaven1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Im so glad and in aww that hes able to find lore for all these different places 😄

  • @tring-aling-ahim-bahoo-lah6378
    @tring-aling-ahim-bahoo-lah6378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    11:36
    Those cannons aren't meant to keep anything out..
    [Eerie music]
    *...they're meant to keep you in*

  • @MereBlueCat7
    @MereBlueCat7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You know this will expand the brain when it's 30 minutes long, time to get smort

  • @RandyPeterson17
    @RandyPeterson17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Halo 3 is the game that I have the most positive memories from in the franchise, even more so than 2. All of the multiplayer matches that I have gone through, the ridiculous custom games we came up with, all of the machinima that was all over TH-cam. Man, looking back that was an awesome time.

  • @luxither7354
    @luxither7354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    UH- an aurora borealis!? At this time closet to Halo Infinite's gameplay reveal? At this time of the video!? In this part of the map selection?! Localised entirely within this sector?
    *HiddenXperia* : Yes!

  • @realironsquid1701
    @realironsquid1701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The lack of background music in these Forge maps always create a very calm but yet creepy feel

  • @bennychristie1122
    @bennychristie1122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love these videos!! Saw the notification earlier today and knew exactly what I was watching when I finished work and I got home

  • @moxxiiscarlett7141
    @moxxiiscarlett7141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:24 I have zero idea what that is referring to. An Easter egg? A joke? Something legitimately from Halo? What is it?

  • @exiegelastweekgamer1571
    @exiegelastweekgamer1571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Halo 3.
    One of my favourite Halo games ever, and one of my favourite FPS games of all time.
    As a Game, probably in my Top 5.
    But to be fair, I've yet to play every game.
    (He says reaching out for Halo 2, yet never grasping)
    P.S. I don't count the Master Chief Collection. *1v1 Me Mate!*

    • @bing2879
      @bing2879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exiege Last week Gamer I mean MCC is just a collection of 6 games.

  • @emilianocastillejos1330
    @emilianocastillejos1330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whn I was little I used to play in forge and make stories about the different maps, it was really fun, the maps looked so mysterious and amazing, I miss those days

  • @LungoScrungo
    @LungoScrungo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    High Ground: Anakin Skywalker's least favorite map.

  • @AnglianPro
    @AnglianPro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a very nostalgic video. Like visiting the childhood playgrounds you used to play at with friends.

  • @loganb7059
    @loganb7059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Researching forerunner tech has got to be low key one of the easiest jobs when you think about it. There has to be more than one scientist who’s totally out of their depth and accepted that. They just show up, go “hmm yes that’s forerunner ruin is made of forerunner ruin” and then get paid.

  • @dombi98
    @dombi98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On isolation, you can actually pop those flood sacks and it does spawn flood infection forms, however, they simultaneously explode and die as soon as they are formed, and on the old 360 edition, they were easily spotted because it wasn't as instant to kill them.

  • @hamzies4630
    @hamzies4630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Last time i was this early, ancient humans were still fighting the flood

    • @bluekunt
      @bluekunt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're not funny.

    • @rogerwaterval5898
      @rogerwaterval5898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Neither are you. Maybe put some effort into life instead of criticizing others for making a joke. People like you tend to behave like children and it’s easy to see why.

    • @tartarussauce2498
      @tartarussauce2498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What the heck is your profile picture?

    • @rogerwaterval5898
      @rogerwaterval5898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No clue but it gives me anxiety

    • @hamzies4630
      @hamzies4630 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rogerwaterval5898 its patrick star, imagined in real life, and yes, it gives me anxiety every time i look at my pfp

  • @somethingfoxstudios4332
    @somethingfoxstudios4332 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The whale on longshore is creepy, like it’s eyes open up and stare at you before closing again after some time
    Why does it do that? Is it watching you, recording you? If so who’s doing it? Maybe ONI, or something more unsettling
    That map just creeps me out
    Same with sandtrap, what are the guardians, why do they shoot you?
    What is the frigate doing hovering there? Is it trying to contact you? Maybe send a pelican to save you? Maybe it can’t since it will get shot down

  • @SydneySighs
    @SydneySighs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When he said that the yellow lekgolo worm fluid was imulsion like, I got a smile on my face.

  • @Jomester
    @Jomester 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Timestamps:
    *Human maps*
    1:22 High Ground
    2:37 Last Resort
    3:28 The Pit
    4:39 Foundry
    5:16 Rat's Nest
    6:04 Standoff
    6:50 Blackout
    7:50 Ghost Town
    8:38 Orbital
    9:48 Longshore
    *Covenant maps*
    10:44 Snowbound
    11:52 Assembly
    13:03 Heretic
    *Foreigner maps*
    16:25 Construct
    17:03 Epitaph
    19:00 Citadel
    20:00 Guardian
    20:49 Isolation
    21:55 Narrows
    22:51 Sandtrap
    24:34 Sandbox
    26:17 Valhalla
    27:18: Avalanche
    28:09 Cold Storage

  • @FGC292
    @FGC292 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    21:25 Fun fact about this map is that very slowly over-time the grass on the surface will be consumed by the flood while you are in-game on the map. Sort of an easter egg

  • @ratboysrule
    @ratboysrule 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The nostalgia of waking up everyday at 8:00 am during school holidays and not bothering to have breakfast until 12:00, lmao.

  • @theunusualspider7572
    @theunusualspider7572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Halo lore: *talks about any AI that isn't cortona*
    HiddenXperia: Mendicant bias confirmed!

  • @newon2014
    @newon2014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I used to spend hours in forge, just exploring every corner of these maps, used to get spooked by all the random sounds 😂

    • @Landen69420
      @Landen69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol.

    • @Grim-uu7iv
      @Grim-uu7iv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro I used to make glitched platform nodes with boxes on top of them to make mini mid air island huts lol

    • @newon2014
      @newon2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Grim-uu7iv Can't forget the Infinite respawning fusion coil glitch. First time I ever sent the elephant flying I almost cried laughing

    • @Grim-uu7iv
      @Grim-uu7iv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@newon2014 aweeee man those where the best 💯

  • @Ramenb0ssRamenmofo
    @Ramenb0ssRamenmofo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved reading the map descriptions as a kid,it gave me a sense of wonder and mystery

  • @crappyjunk5
    @crappyjunk5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    7:46 ...May I see it?

  • @GameArmy117
    @GameArmy117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Halo 3 had the greatest maps in history, not just video game history, but in history.

  • @frostyconservative8882
    @frostyconservative8882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fronk is secretly the main character of the whole halo franchise.

  • @thevideogamehunger0134
    @thevideogamehunger0134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember playing a obstacle course map underneath this map. You had to jump from box to box and I remember one box being a bit difficult to jump to but I did it. I never made it to the end though. I can't remember the name of the map.
    There was also that maze map on foundry (I think it's called the wearhouse map) I think it's called Omega journey. It was a fat kid Zombie map.

  • @thesevenwand7943
    @thesevenwand7943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THANK YOU IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR LONG TIME!!!! WE LOVE U!!!

  • @powerpenguin7546
    @powerpenguin7546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got my friend real big into halo (specifically comber evolved) and it was thanks to your teachings I was able to inform him and we had a lot of fun! Thanks!

  • @shabibmahab
    @shabibmahab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wouldn’t have thought there was this much of a backstory behind each map. Cool video thanks lad!

  • @jaycalibre609
    @jaycalibre609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Him : "I'm dreaming and you should be too"
    Me at 2am: Howd you know that?

  • @Caseylawton
    @Caseylawton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THIS is what I loved about the old bungie maps. They all had atmosphere and a story behind them. H5 blew my mind with the laziness in level design. The vast majority were just a bunch of Forge maps. I don't know how they shipped that...

  • @aliensguy4291
    @aliensguy4291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Abandoned/obsolete structures: *exists*
    Unsc: ITS FREE REAL ESTATE

  • @garybrown2039
    @garybrown2039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    24:12 ohhhhh I just got that bible/animal reference. Great works of art always have details that you’ll find later. Nice job there bungie.

  • @DanPorterBridges
    @DanPorterBridges 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'll never look at these maps the same again. It's so awesome to take a step back and actually LOOK at the maps. They're all so beautiful and perfect.

  • @mafiatom2596
    @mafiatom2596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i like how in halo 1 through 4 the logos that represents halo looks broken then all of a sudden in the halo coming up the halo is... broken. lel

  • @clevererheart9512
    @clevererheart9512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guess which map Anakin hates the most...
    You guessed it...
    HIGH GROUND

  • @taykeithburch
    @taykeithburch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this video.
    But @22:26 “volumes of heat”? Check your units!
    Lol only kidding

  • @Theocracy-Enthusiast
    @Theocracy-Enthusiast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly pretty comfortable in sandtrap I'm kinda stuck under all the sand though :(

  • @turtlechief2169
    @turtlechief2169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didn't that random marine in the start of Crow's Nest say that "The base was built for some 21st century war"? I have a hard time believing that base was built during the 1940's, not just because Kenya wasn't important enough during the time for a base of that size, but it looks 21st century at the least.

  • @ShyGuy-gc2ms
    @ShyGuy-gc2ms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think that halo 2 would have to be my favorite. It has the best campaign and the best soundtrack.
    But thats my opinion

  • @Teddy-rv8iw
    @Teddy-rv8iw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    EPITAPH!!!! 😍 If epitaph was a girl she'd be my wife. The perfect halo map in my opinion and my favorite. Perfect atmosphere, perfect mysterious lore, perfect PvP design and the memories are infinite.

  • @ondrejhavlina2293
    @ondrejhavlina2293 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:40 aurora borealis localised entirely above this training ground at this time in this place

  • @ryancrazyrhino8976
    @ryancrazyrhino8976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm Still holding out hope for that Grunt rank/armour lore video

  • @dakotamartin7745
    @dakotamartin7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YEEEESSS!! I was waiting for this!
    I love this series, Xperia, thank you for the great content as always!

  • @ILootStandingStill
    @ILootStandingStill 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you looked up while talking about cold storage it made me think of when you were looking down on snowbound.

  • @Markel_A
    @Markel_A 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The ICONIC Lore behind Halo Online's Exclusive Maps Next?

  • @suhtso
    @suhtso 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video really makes you realize how many maps there actually were. There were like 5 really popular ones but they’re all so good

  • @kostakatsoulis2922
    @kostakatsoulis2922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love sand trap, because of the elephants
    Also, highground, hmmmm...
    Obi wan?

  • @thevideogamehunger0134
    @thevideogamehunger0134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    23:12 You can tell one of the buildings on the left side of the map from where you are looking at 23:12. On the left.

    • @thevideogamehunger0134
      @thevideogamehunger0134 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe if they un-bury it you could go into another building. That would be new and not in the Halo 3 version of this map.

    • @thevideogamehunger0134
      @thevideogamehunger0134 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Halo 4's Spartan ops had a mission here and explained that downed Pelican. The makers of Red vs Blue also used that for their web series.

  • @sgtpaloogoo2811
    @sgtpaloogoo2811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cold Storage is my favorite halo 3 map.

  • @TheTrollMastah
    @TheTrollMastah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly I think that’s what Halo 4 & 5 seriously missed, and 343 overall dropped the ball on.. the mystery, awe and wonder of the Forerunners. Think of the first time you really looked at the forerunner architecture in Halo CE. That mysterious, strange and peculiar feeling.
    That ancient, mystical feeling of the Forerunners was one of the big factors that really made me fall in love with Halo

    • @thecapone45
      @thecapone45 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. When I first got halo 3 I used to play on custom games alone and just explore. Haven’t done that since.