Halsey by far, she's very insensitive even with her own daughter so, you get a better idea why she referred irrelevant to the scientist's daughter. Also, this is the first time we encounter with the Spartans III as most of the noble team including us, are part of that new program, Jorge is the only Spartan II on the team. That's why he said been Halsey's half his life and refered her almost like "mom"
And this is also why Halsey was only friendly towards Jorge. The other members of Noble team are from the Spartan 3 program, which Halsey had nothing to do with. So she hates those spartans.
Halsey was not part of the spartan III program and consider spartan III vastely inferior to spartan II (less intelligent ,less resilient,they can survive big injuries but the painkiller effect they have tends to kill them since they ignore the wound until it's too late). So she resents all the Noble team at the exception of George. Spartan II are 20 years older than the spartan III by the way.
Reach is the UNSC's biggest military stronghold. They didn't think the Covenant could possibly get onto the planet without them noticing. Prior to the start of this game, they didn't think the Covenant even knew the planet's location. That's why the higher ups assumed it was the insurrection, given that they pulled a similar job on another planet.
I love how Jen Taylor makes some subtle changes to the way she speaks for Halsey vs. Cortana. You can tell it’s the same voice, but they’re both coming from completely different points of view.
“Your primary objective? Commander are you a puppet or a Spartan?” I love this line because it shows how Halsey holds Spartans to a completely different standard than any other soldier who would be praised for perfectly following protocol like a puppet (or robot). But to Halsey, Spartans are not just soldiers, but the best that humanity has to offer. Capable of making the tough decisions on the go, orders or not. And if you know anyone in the military they’ll tell you insubordination is a big no no to say the least. But Spartans must be willing to take that risk. To identify that 0.01% likely scenario when they know in their gut it’s necessary. And they better be right. This is why John is her favorite. He’s the embodiment of everything she dreamed of. He’s proven to be able to do that. To instinctively make the hard decisions, directly disobeying orders from his superiors because after all his main mission is to save humanity whatever the cost. And ultimately the results speak for themselves. Also you have to remember that all of Noble team except for Jorge are Spartan 3s which were produced without the knowledge of Halsey. They weren’t kidnapped like the 2s. In fact at this point she’s probably just finding out about their existence.
It's worth noting that the S-III's were indeed kidnapped, just in a different manner. The S-II's were taken from their families and replaced with defective flash clones that wouldn't survive long. The S-III's, however, were taken from orphanages and similar environments where there was less oversight. The youngest S-III's were four years old when they were conscripted, and very few lived past twelve. They were, essentially, disposable child soldiers, which is every bit as horrifying as it sounds.
i agree and i feel like halo 3 encapsules this. its also interesting to think about this in context to halo 3 because in halo 3 lord hood is giving orders and telling john not to trust cortanas message and arguing that the fight for humanity should be done from earth rather than going to the ark like cortana mentions, and john instead trusts cortana and keys and him both decide to follow through with their gut instinct on what will work (almost like in the beginning scene of halo 3 where cortana is explaining how she chose john because not only does he have all the skills of a high tier spartan, but he has luck) or another version of luck, called a good gut instinct in how to handle situations
"That lone-wolf stuff stays behind" That line was directed to the player, since this was the first game on the franchise when you are not on your own (entirely) but have noble team figthing alongside you.
Kind of. ODST came out right before this and aside from the streets at night overworld stuff, the missions almost always had us paired up with a member of Alpha-9, even fighting with the majority of the squad at points. If I remember right, the Alpha-9 fighting as a unit segments were test beds for Noble Team's squad AI here.
@@VegetaLF7 With odst the team felt really important, you couldn't go guns blazing. But with previous games, you could just storm in as chief, but with reach, just because you're a spartin, doesn't mean you can't rush in alone
No, a lot of covies are just bi-lingual. Through H5 when playing as every character besides the Chief you still get english just as often. Presumably as understanding your enemy's language is fairly important. Also being the reason covenant don't speak it until later games.
They are called Noble because each Spartan fire team has its own name/ designation. John and his team are consistently called blue team, Spartan red team and green team are other common designations that tend to rotate. Noble team is just the name of their fireteam, as the color designation tends to be a Spartan 2 thing. Later teams like the spartan 3 and 4 groups have other names, like noble, majestic, osiris, etc. Hope that helps!
Spartan 2s were kidnapped at roughly 10 years old and trained constantly for years until they were injected with a cocktail of chemicals to make them stronger, faster, and smarter. I think 50% died or where left disabled. Spartan 3s were kids whose parents where killed from the Covinant attacks, so a little more ethical this time. More were produced this time made specifically to fight the Covenant head on most of them dying on mission.
@loonylenny The S-II's were actually six years old when they were kidnapped. The youngest S-III's were four. The Spartan III program had a simple mandate: create cheap disposable child soldiers. Most didn't survive past twelve years old, as they were typically sent on suicide missions.
No one seems to have mentioned it but the main reason for the grunts and them all not speaking english anymore is because Cortana is not around to translate the Covenant language for you. She demonstrates it in Halo 2 when she just snaps her fingers and translates the prophets chanting to english. Though in lore as well the Grunts are the first to figure out english and very early (they enjoyed soap operas) so maybe this is just one of those pieces of lore that is contradictory.
THIS was my first ever halo and even though i didnt know english at the time i understood what was going on and it sure was a rollercoaster soo goodluck
Agreed. She's so accurate and consistent as a character. Arrogant, intelligent, end justifies the means type of role. And her results speak for themselves so it's really hard to outright dismiss her opinions
Totally agree. Dr.Halsey is such a freaking amazing Character and Jen Taylor as her voice actress ist soooo amazing and lovely. Met her last year in London at the Comic Con
@@NotmeggiiSaved humanity by luck. Reminder that Spartans were made to deal insurrectionists, if the Covenant discovered humanity 10 years later then Spartans would be the hammer that stamped out all resistance against a growing empire.
Also want to add, it's awesome that you're already emotionally invested in these characters! Your reaction to Halsey was hilarious and I love that you appreciate Jorge so much. I can't wait to see you react to the rest of Reach
*looks at the suicide grunt running towards her. Walks towards it. Explodes* “I think that was one of MY people!” *looks at camera in my room like I’m in the office*
Yes! You finally made it to Reach! I have probably played this game through at least 2 dozen times, everything about this game is perfect: the story, the characters, the customization, everything! I hope you have a blast playing through!
One little detail I love in here is at 1:21:00 - Halsey talks to Jorge and he says "Ma'am" but halfway calls her "Mum". This is such a cute double entendre. She definitely is the mom to all the Spartan IIs.
Halsey is one of the most interesting characters in fiction imo. -Dismisses the daughter because, yes, she is irrelevant to the discussion and important subject matter. Halsey is intellectual, cold to the degree that polar ice caps get jealous and thus is detached from basically all morality. The tactical info is all that matters. Jorge knows this cause he was trained with Chief under her supervision. He gets her and knows that its not personal to her and continues the discussion. -Judges Carter as just a soldier, so he claps back in her own "language" by playing a bit of a wit battle, citing regulations. Knows Halsey is ONI's golden gal and wont really lock her up in a time of crisis like this, but makes the point of "I'm not some meat slab, I can think, I can command this team." She takes the hint and gets back to her work. No stare of indignation as he's leaving. She gets the message. Jorge is also a BAMF, but a gentle giant type. Favorite bit of his: taking off his helmet to connect to this civilian they rescued. 'my face can help make that human connection so I'mma comfort her if I can'. Spartan 2's DO NOT take their helmets off in the field. Most of them don't even take them off when they're in the safety of a ship or fortified base. Chief notoriously just NEVER takes his off. Jorge taking his off is special because really, He is too. Emile carved the helmet markings himself. He's really fond of killing insurrectionist humans too. Like, REALLY fond of it. Covies are just another thing for him to kill. Also, when he and Jorge kinda goad each other at the end of the first mission, Carter tells them "lock it down". They do it, permanently and immediately. Jorge bumps his shoulder in a friendly way on the way out right after. They're adults and spartans, they got a job to do. Its perfect lol. Everyones really mature in this game and I love it. Yeah, I kinda love this game, how could you tell?? Anyway, excited for the next part! Your halo legends reactions have been great too!
Just to add on to the bit about Emile and his hatred towards the Innies, Colonel Holland recommended that, were a mission against Insurrectionists to come up, Emile should be held back because of how excessive his violence against Innies is.
Ever since I played it as a kid, the cinematography of this game has stood out as just absolutely incredible, and for me it still holds up as some of the best I've ever seen in a game
This is why I love Bungie's Halo characters so much 😭 they dont spit exposition and you can pick up so many layers just on they're actions and mannerisms
Just a reminder to please not discuss any lore that Meg has not come across yet - be it in books, cinematics, or elsewhere. (She may want to discover it all herself.) Thank you!
Reach is probably my favorite of the Halo series. You definitely run the entire range of emotions. And the music is second to none. Have fun Meg and bring the fight to the Covenant
watching the panic over team color coordination was the realest thing ive seen in these playthroughs so far. cant believe you ended up going with the exact color scheme i use in every halo too 😭😭😭
Noble team is the name of the squad you're in, so everyone is designated as Noble [insert number]. The Spartans still have their ID number, however because these are Spartan-III's they have a letter before the number, which designates what company the Spartan is from i.e. Carter's ID is A-259 so he is from Alpha Company. And to give you an idea of the timeline, Reach takes place not long before Halo: CE, meaning that at this point the Human-Covenant war has already been going on for decades. So, everyone should be aware of the Covenant. Also, just a little lore thing: Noble 6 is canonically a guy
I’ll give the simplistic version. The Spartan Branch of the UNSC is split into fireteams and each team has its own name or call sign. Regardless of what your name is or what you were previously called, once you join a fireteam, you take on that teams call sign. For special operations at this level, they’ll almost never use names over the radio because of the risk it has on operational security or OPSEC. As stated by Carter, the main character is replacing the previous Noble 6 who was killed transporting a bomb to a covenant cruiser and with everyone there sort of knowing the main character has a track record as an ONI assassin “Lone wolf”, not everyone is ecstatic about him/her joining the team. This was shown in the trailer so no spoilers here. Without going into lore past what you’ve seen so far, there’s a lot of spartan teams out there with varying specialties.
Love the halo reach elites. Reminds me of the classic halo 2 elites before anniversary. Like the darker eyes that the reach ones have. The headdress look so badass
Watching you get so attached to these characters makes me think back to the first time I played through the campaign. Emile was my favourite because of his helmet and his shotgun makes him so badass. Brutal story, had me in tears when I was younger. Soooo good though. Probably the best halo game in terms of immersive gameplay for me, as I always wanted to be a spartan or marine fighting the Covernant.
I love how well the body language of Noble Team during is done during cutscenes. It’s a small detail that I think really adds to each of their characters and helps make the story more immersive.
The reason the "higher ups" did not know it was the covenant was because they had been jamming/disconnecting reachs communications, which is what the first mission was about
THIS IS THE MOMENT IVE BEEN WAITING FORRRR!!!! Been watching since Halo 2, it’s great to see others enjoy the same things I do, and reliving it all over again :)
I just randomly found your channel. I very much enjoyed the video it was so wholesome and you actually provided me a new point of view on Halsey’s character. Cool stuff keep up the good work
I love listening to you trying to make sense of your playthrough and come up with theories even if they are wrong. I appreciate anyone who tries to analyze the games they play based on the limited information they have instead of just mindlessly shooting through the game.
You've just reached (no pun intended) my favorite game in the franchise. It has the most solid gameplay and my personal favorite narrative. The visuals in this one are amazing, from the graphics (to its era) to the beautiful shots. This game is perfect for me. Hope you enjoy it!
Not everyone in noble team has a ton of backstory despite being fan favorites. You kinda have to pick up on context clues and how they interact with each other which is something you’re already doing so that’s great. You’re really close about Emile having a hard exterior and spot on about Jorge.
Just writing this comment for funsies and in case Meg sees it! Halo Reach has a ton of military lingo which caused some confusion for you in this episode. Some examples include "take point" which means to go into the next area first, "clear the LZ" meaning kill all the badguys in the Landing Zone, and there will be a couple times they will say "AO" which means area of operation, your current location. Also small little fun fact, the marines you fight with in this game aren't actually marines at all, they're the only appearance in a halo game of the UNSC army which were exclusively a planetary defense force!
I was so excited to see you make your own spartan! This was very gratifying to see throughout the story. You are totally right about the emotional part of Halo. I get the same way even when revisiting the campaigns. It’s just good storytelling. Hope you have a great play through!
I'm loving the breakdown you did of that final conversation with Halsey, and I love your oh so lovely experience with her thus far lol I would say that her exchange with Jorge is more of a jovial thing, because she likes him. The "indeed" was her expressing approval, like a kid who went to college and is visiting home with a cool new haircut. But the other Noble Team members weren't "raised" by her, so she is quite standoffish and cold to them. And Noble is just their callsign, it's how they are identified over the radio to HQ when a whole bunch of units are talking, but obviously it's written that way to symbolize them.
Halo Reach has always been my favourite in the series. It’s such a gorgeous experience, beautifully told sci-fi story. The custom Noble Six, the short but concise characterisation of each Noble, the cinematography and staging just *chef’s kiss* Something that really stuck out to me replaying Reach after reading the Kilo-5 novels was (as you pointed out) was the fact that Halsey calls all the Spartan-IIIs by rank but Jorge (a Spartan-II) by his name. She deeply resents the IIIs, and they seem to have a pretty negative (or at least flippantly irreverent) opinion of her, despite her undoubtable inspiration for their creation. IIIs were designed to hit harder and die faster than IIs and it’s likely why she finds them essentially on level to sacrilege in her opinion; or more precisely ONI’s quantity over quality approach that is. Jorge is my favourite character in the whole franchise. I think his approach to the doctor’s daughter vs. Cater or Emile’s goes to show just the vast difference in how the II and III programs approached its candidates. The IIIs were objects of desperation, weapons of last resort and maximum carnage. Even the most even keeled of them (like Carter) seem less interested in actually protecting humanity and more interested in confronting an enemy. Master Chief Displays the same sort of selfless attachment to those he feels responsible for, like Jorge. In all honesty I felt bad for Jorge after learning he was the only II in Noble Team. Not only losing the previous Spartan team he was a part of but to be put with a younger generation so devastatingly detached from everything he was brought up on must have been lonely. I’d expect he was actually excited to see Halsey given just how little he had left of his past.
I love that you are playing this game... Your reaction to Halo 3 cut deep. You're gonna need stitches after this one... Hands down, my favorite Halo game. Of. All. Time. Thank you.
Jorge is the one Spartan II. The rest are Spartan IIIs, ONI's next batch - but that isn't to insinuate the IIIs are a direct improvement. On the whole, IIIs are mass production line, made cheaper, and spent easier; almost all of the III's Beta Company was used on a suicide mission on Pegasi B. Noble Six, interestingly, is a member of Beta Company.
the character noble six was actually a classified secretive oni assassin with the title of hyper lethal, a title only ever given to the master chief himself
A welcome surprise to my afternoon, cannot wait for the rest of the play through this game alongside halo 2. The games I played the most and the story is so well done. The firefight mode was a great way to kill time after school waiting for friends to get on and play S.W.A.T and the armour customisation was so good without a single dlc. Just grind and achievement hunting.
Don't kill the ostriches - megmage. What I heard: Don't kill the hostages. Also me: learn yer birbs those are reach moa, not ostriches. Jorge is best girl... I mean spartan.
This game is just great top to bottom. You’ll have a blast. The soundtrack is a personal fav of mine in the series. It encapsulates the total feel of the game so well.
At 50:35, AI claim seats in Halo when you get in a vehicle. In Reach, other spartans also will get priority when claiming spots over marines. The problem there was that Kat claimed the turret but was stuck for some reason so she couldn't get in the turret. That's why you got the weird behavior where the marine was only getting in the side seat. Once you get far enough away, the seat claiming behavior rests so, if you got out at those rocks and got back in, the marine would have gotten into the turret. 1:06:35 Kat is being glitchy in your playthrough for some reason... she would usually get in. The Master Chief Collection got an update recently (recently when you uploaded that is), I hope that didn't mess with the AI for some reason.
i loved halo reach and noble team and Noble 6 was my favorite and I remember in 2010 in high school the boys restroom one of the stalls was scratched onto the door Remember Reach 😂
I played this around the time the MCC came out on PC. I remember there was an audio issue that made it so that everytime a cutscene played my ears were assaulted by incredibly loud static like noises
YT really dropped the ball, by not pushing this to my feed, or maybe it just got lost in the crowd. But finally, here I am, so ready to see you play one of the best in the series!
Cant wait to see your whole playthrough of Reach! "oooh, I wonder if shes unhinged" - Meg says casually. One of my favorite Halos in terms of Music, followed by ODSTs soundtrack.
What I adore about your playthroughs is that it’s so obvious that you CARE. The second a mission is over you start hypothesizing regarding a new character, some new information, etc. I actually can’t wait for the next episode😭 Keep it up, Meg!🫶
Fun fact only two people are classified as “hyper lethal” and that being Six and Master chief so basically Six is probably the only character or Spartan that is on chief’s level Edit: Kelly 087 is near chiefs level but idk if she is classified as such…
First time I Played this was when I was 12 yrs old 2013! A lot of amazing memories with friends playing forge custom games, the grind was so addicting, armour customization, and can’t forget all the rage quits, rage msgs and all the tears I’ve had getting t bagged 😂
![First time playing Halo, EVER! - Halo: Combat Evolved [1]](/img/n.gif)
Who do you think I hate more: Triss or Dr. Halsey?
Also, I love all of the Nobles so much Jorge has stolen my heart tho!
big boy Jorge is the best
Gotta be Halsey by a mile, literal war criminal 😠
Halsey by far, she's very insensitive even with her own daughter so, you get a better idea why she referred irrelevant to the scientist's daughter.
Also, this is the first time we encounter with the Spartans III as most of the noble team including us, are part of that new program, Jorge is the only Spartan II on the team. That's why he said been Halsey's half his life and refered her almost like "mom"
All the homies hate Halsey 😂
Emile is my favorite Noble. In my early Halo days the shotgun was my favorite to use so he looked the coolest. I also like Carter’s armor.
Jorge is a Spartan II as well (Master Chief's class). dude is huge and so is his heart.
We accept nothing but Jorge love around here😍
And this is also why Halsey was only friendly towards Jorge. The other members of Noble team are from the Spartan 3 program, which Halsey had nothing to do with. So she hates those spartans.
after spending time with the Spartan 3s (in the books) she accepts them as Spartans but she still hates most of the Spartan 4s@@jackmcfarlane7173
@@jackmcfarlane7173 It's not so much she hates them as she resents Ackerson going behind her back.
Halsey was not part of the spartan III program and consider spartan III vastely inferior to spartan II (less intelligent ,less resilient,they can survive big injuries but the painkiller effect they have tends to kill them since they ignore the wound until it's too late). So she resents all the Noble team at the exception of George. Spartan II are 20 years older than the spartan III by the way.
Reach is the UNSC's biggest military stronghold. They didn't think the Covenant could possibly get onto the planet without them noticing. Prior to the start of this game, they didn't think the Covenant even knew the planet's location. That's why the higher ups assumed it was the insurrection, given that they pulled a similar job on another planet.
The covenant also thought Reach was humanity’s homeworld; they didn’t know Earth was the home and only went there to find the Ark.
Really wish the reveal was done better in this game. Other than that, 10/10 just like every Halo
Reach was pretty much humanities forge world where all their weapons, vehicles and secret projects where manufactured.
I love how Jen Taylor makes some subtle changes to the way she speaks for Halsey vs. Cortana. You can tell it’s the same voice, but they’re both coming from completely different points of view.
I didn't even freaking realize lol props to her!
Jen Taylor is goated
“Your primary objective? Commander are you a puppet or a Spartan?” I love this line because it shows how Halsey holds Spartans to a completely different standard than any other soldier who would be praised for perfectly following protocol like a puppet (or robot). But to Halsey, Spartans are not just soldiers, but the best that humanity has to offer. Capable of making the tough decisions on the go, orders or not. And if you know anyone in the military they’ll tell you insubordination is a big no no to say the least. But Spartans must be willing to take that risk. To identify that 0.01% likely scenario when they know in their gut it’s necessary. And they better be right. This is why John is her favorite. He’s the embodiment of everything she dreamed of. He’s proven to be able to do that. To instinctively make the hard decisions, directly disobeying orders from his superiors because after all his main mission is to save humanity whatever the cost. And ultimately the results speak for themselves. Also you have to remember that all of Noble team except for Jorge are Spartan 3s which were produced without the knowledge of Halsey. They weren’t kidnapped like the 2s. In fact at this point she’s probably just finding out about their existence.
agree agree agree well said well said
Yup, always liked that line, Halsey is amazing (not as person but as a character).
It's worth noting that the S-III's were indeed kidnapped, just in a different manner. The S-II's were taken from their families and replaced with defective flash clones that wouldn't survive long. The S-III's, however, were taken from orphanages and similar environments where there was less oversight.
The youngest S-III's were four years old when they were conscripted, and very few lived past twelve. They were, essentially, disposable child soldiers, which is every bit as horrifying as it sounds.
i agree and i feel like halo 3 encapsules this. its also interesting to think about this in context to halo 3 because in halo 3 lord hood is giving orders and telling john not to trust cortanas message and arguing that the fight for humanity should be done from earth rather than going to the ark like cortana mentions, and john instead trusts cortana and keys and him both decide to follow through with their gut instinct on what will work (almost like in the beginning scene of halo 3 where cortana is explaining how she chose john because not only does he have all the skills of a high tier spartan, but he has luck) or another version of luck, called a good gut instinct in how to handle situations
"That lone-wolf stuff stays behind"
That line was directed to the player, since this was the first game on the franchise when you are not on your own (entirely) but have noble team figthing alongside you.
Kind of. ODST came out right before this and aside from the streets at night overworld stuff, the missions almost always had us paired up with a member of Alpha-9, even fighting with the majority of the squad at points. If I remember right, the Alpha-9 fighting as a unit segments were test beds for Noble Team's squad AI here.
You almost constantly fought alongside marines in Halo 3 though, and with the arbiter.
This is the first halo game where you fight alongside other spartans
@@VegetaLF7 With odst the team felt really important, you couldn't go guns blazing. But with previous games, you could just storm in as chief, but with reach, just because you're a spartin, doesn't mean you can't rush in alone
its really directly toward this noble 6 his file mentions he almost always goes solo
In this game the Covenant speaks it's native language because their amors (Noble team's) doesn't have a translator like Master Chief’s
Cortana is the one that translates for him I think
Its way cooler when they speak alien and more immersive. Halo reach still feels like the most realistic halo imo.
No, a lot of covies are just bi-lingual. Through H5 when playing as every character besides the Chief you still get english just as often. Presumably as understanding your enemy's language is fairly important. Also being the reason covenant don't speak it until later games.
@@TransformationVwell, that and it was more a story choice for the game, to make the covenant more scary.
They are called Noble because each Spartan fire team has its own name/ designation. John and his team are consistently called blue team, Spartan red team and green team are other common designations that tend to rotate. Noble team is just the name of their fireteam, as the color designation tends to be a Spartan 2 thing. Later teams like the spartan 3 and 4 groups have other names, like noble, majestic, osiris, etc. Hope that helps!
Spartan 2s were kidnapped at roughly 10 years old and trained constantly for years until they were injected with a cocktail of chemicals to make them stronger, faster, and smarter. I think 50% died or where left disabled.
Spartan 3s were kids whose parents where killed from the Covinant attacks, so a little more ethical this time. More were produced this time made specifically to fight the Covenant head on most of them dying on mission.
@loonylenny The S-II's were actually six years old when they were kidnapped. The youngest S-III's were four. The Spartan III program had a simple mandate: create cheap disposable child soldiers. Most didn't survive past twelve years old, as they were typically sent on suicide missions.
No one seems to have mentioned it but the main reason for the grunts and them all not speaking english anymore is because Cortana is not around to translate the Covenant language for you. She demonstrates it in Halo 2 when she just snaps her fingers and translates the prophets chanting to english. Though in lore as well the Grunts are the first to figure out english and very early (they enjoyed soap operas) so maybe this is just one of those pieces of lore that is contradictory.
“I’ve been looking forward to this” Count Dooku.
'that lone wolf stuff stays behind" (Immediately changes armor colour as to be separate from the rest of the team)
Important note: Whenever you see a forklift in halo reach, you have a duty as a gamer to drive it even if it's useless.
THIS was my first ever halo and even though i didnt know english at the time i understood what was going on and it sure was a rollercoaster soo goodluck
Awwww I love that!
I love Halsey. Not because I think she is a good person, but because she is just an interesting war criminal of a character.
Agreed. She's so accurate and consistent as a character. Arrogant, intelligent, end justifies the means type of role. And her results speak for themselves so it's really hard to outright dismiss her opinions
That war criminal saved humanity so yeah
She also is pretty human on the inside, but doesn't like to let it get in the way of saving humans and such.
Totally agree. Dr.Halsey is such a freaking amazing Character and Jen Taylor as her voice actress ist soooo amazing and lovely. Met her last year in London at the Comic Con
@@NotmeggiiSaved humanity by luck. Reminder that Spartans were made to deal insurrectionists, if the Covenant discovered humanity 10 years later then Spartans would be the hammer that stamped out all resistance against a growing empire.
Also want to add, it's awesome that you're already emotionally invested in these characters! Your reaction to Halsey was hilarious and I love that you appreciate Jorge so much. I can't wait to see you react to the rest of Reach
*looks at the suicide grunt running towards her. Walks towards it. Explodes*
“I think that was one of MY people!”
*looks at camera in my room like I’m in the office*
*almost uses target detonator on an elite minor. switches to dmr to shoot at Wraith*
like cmon...
Yes! You finally made it to Reach! I have probably played this game through at least 2 dozen times, everything about this game is perfect: the story, the characters, the customization, everything! I hope you have a blast playing through!
One little detail I love in here is at 1:21:00 - Halsey talks to Jorge and he says "Ma'am" but halfway calls her "Mum". This is such a cute double entendre. She definitely is the mom to all the Spartan IIs.
It's just the accent, although maybe they see her that way idk
This was my first FPS when i was 12 and it came out. I'm nearly 26 and I still remember every mission. This game is special
I've been playing FPS's since the 90's and you're correct Halo: Reach is a gem
"Atleast I haven’t killed any Ostriches! :P"
The Ostriches Before: 26:06
😂😂😳
Was looking for this comment :D
Well technically she didn’t kill any Ostriches….Those are Moas! Hopefully a local farmer found them and made some yummy burgers.
Halsey is one of the most interesting characters in fiction imo.
-Dismisses the daughter because, yes, she is irrelevant to the discussion and important subject matter. Halsey is intellectual, cold to the degree that polar ice caps get jealous and thus is detached from basically all morality. The tactical info is all that matters. Jorge knows this cause he was trained with Chief under her supervision. He gets her and knows that its not personal to her and continues the discussion.
-Judges Carter as just a soldier, so he claps back in her own "language" by playing a bit of a wit battle, citing regulations. Knows Halsey is ONI's golden gal and wont really lock her up in a time of crisis like this, but makes the point of "I'm not some meat slab, I can think, I can command this team." She takes the hint and gets back to her work. No stare of indignation as he's leaving. She gets the message.
Jorge is also a BAMF, but a gentle giant type.
Favorite bit of his: taking off his helmet to connect to this civilian they rescued. 'my face can help make that human connection so I'mma comfort her if I can'. Spartan 2's DO NOT take their helmets off in the field. Most of them don't even take them off when they're in the safety of a ship or fortified base. Chief notoriously just NEVER takes his off. Jorge taking his off is special because really, He is too.
Emile carved the helmet markings himself. He's really fond of killing insurrectionist humans too. Like, REALLY fond of it. Covies are just another thing for him to kill.
Also, when he and Jorge kinda goad each other at the end of the first mission, Carter tells them "lock it down". They do it, permanently and immediately. Jorge bumps his shoulder in a friendly way on the way out right after. They're adults and spartans, they got a job to do. Its perfect lol. Everyones really mature in this game and I love it.
Yeah, I kinda love this game, how could you tell??
Anyway, excited for the next part! Your halo legends reactions have been great too!
Just to add on to the bit about Emile and his hatred towards the Innies, Colonel Holland recommended that, were a mission against Insurrectionists to come up, Emile should be held back because of how excessive his violence against Innies is.
“Taking point” basically means you go first haha
Ever since I played it as a kid, the cinematography of this game has stood out as just absolutely incredible, and for me it still holds up as some of the best I've ever seen in a game
This is why I love Bungie's Halo characters so much 😭 they dont spit exposition and you can pick up so many layers just on they're actions and mannerisms
Just a reminder to please not discuss any lore that Meg has not come across yet - be it in books, cinematics, or elsewhere. (She may want to discover it all herself.) Thank you!
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Reach is probably my favorite of the Halo series. You definitely run the entire range of emotions. And the music is second to none. Have fun Meg and bring the fight to the Covenant
What's really cool about this game is the dialogue changes, or rather Noble Team addresses you differently depending on what gender you choose.
Meg immediately simping for Emile is hilarious 🤣
Switching the color is the best call I’ve ever seen any let’s player do ever
Lmao at Meg quitting and changing her colors, we've all been there
This was my favorite Halo game. Played so much of this in high school and college. Playing campaign while watching Red vs Blue was the best.
watching the panic over team color coordination was the realest thing ive seen in these playthroughs so far. cant believe you ended up going with the exact color scheme i use in every halo too 😭😭😭
Noble team is the name of the squad you're in, so everyone is designated as Noble [insert number]. The Spartans still have their ID number, however because these are Spartan-III's they have a letter before the number, which designates what company the Spartan is from i.e. Carter's ID is A-259 so he is from Alpha Company.
And to give you an idea of the timeline, Reach takes place not long before Halo: CE, meaning that at this point the Human-Covenant war has already been going on for decades. So, everyone should be aware of the Covenant. Also, just a little lore thing: Noble 6 is canonically a guy
I’ll give the simplistic version. The Spartan Branch of the UNSC is split into fireteams and each team has its own name or call sign. Regardless of what your name is or what you were previously called, once you join a fireteam, you take on that teams call sign. For special operations at this level, they’ll almost never use names over the radio because of the risk it has on operational security or OPSEC. As stated by Carter, the main character is replacing the previous Noble 6 who was killed transporting a bomb to a covenant cruiser and with everyone there sort of knowing the main character has a track record as an ONI assassin “Lone wolf”, not everyone is ecstatic about him/her joining the team. This was shown in the trailer so no spoilers here. Without going into lore past what you’ve seen so far, there’s a lot of spartan teams out there with varying specialties.
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Love the halo reach elites. Reminds me of the classic halo 2 elites before anniversary. Like the darker eyes that the reach ones have. The headdress look so badass
Watching you get so attached to these characters makes me think back to the first time I played through the campaign. Emile was my favourite because of his helmet and his shotgun makes him so badass. Brutal story, had me in tears when I was younger. Soooo good though. Probably the best halo game in terms of immersive gameplay for me, as I always wanted to be a spartan or marine fighting the Covernant.
I love how well the body language of Noble Team during is done during cutscenes. It’s a small detail that I think really adds to each of their characters and helps make the story more immersive.
Emile slightly backing away from Jorge after meeting the girl makes me laugh every time.
7:17 this part really felt like carter was talking to me as a kid, as we had played halo 2, 3 alone
Can't wait to watch this after work!❤
Emile is also my favorite because his voice actor is Jamie Hector aka Marlo Stanfield from the Wire
This is probably my favorite halo. Can’t wait to watch these
To be clear Jorge is a spartan II, everyone else in noble team is a spartan III so they have no connection to Halsey because she didn’t make them.
The reason the "higher ups" did not know it was the covenant was because they had been jamming/disconnecting reachs communications, which is what the first mission was about
Been waiting for this one!
THIS IS THE MOMENT IVE BEEN WAITING FORRRR!!!! Been watching since Halo 2, it’s great to see others enjoy the same things I do, and reliving it all over again :)
Watching your journey through Halo has been one of my favorite things on TH-cam recently. Glad you're enjoying it as much as we are watching it.
The emotions that well up every tine I hear the Reach music... they are so powerful.
Oh my days you don't know how much this made me smile, finally a big content creator playing the game fully, thank you so much :]
Noble is just their team name and all of Noble team except for George are Spartan 3's, George is a Spartan 2 like Masterchief.
I just randomly found your channel. I very much enjoyed the video it was so wholesome and you actually provided me a new point of view on Halsey’s character. Cool stuff keep up the good work
I love listening to you trying to make sense of your playthrough and come up with theories even if they are wrong. I appreciate anyone who tries to analyze the games they play based on the limited information they have instead of just mindlessly shooting through the game.
A quick fun fact Emile was originally gonna get replaced with a different spartan on the team due to his aggressive nature when fighting human rebels
“Who’s the hottie in the mask?”
She’s so real for that
Such an amazing story. You’re going to love this experience!
You've just reached (no pun intended) my favorite game in the franchise. It has the most solid gameplay and my personal favorite narrative. The visuals in this one are amazing, from the graphics (to its era) to the beautiful shots. This game is perfect for me. Hope you enjoy it!
Not sure if someone else said or not or if i missed it, but those "ostriches" are actually called Moa and they are native to reach!
Not everyone in noble team has a ton of backstory despite being fan favorites. You kinda have to pick up on context clues and how they interact with each other which is something you’re already doing so that’s great. You’re really close about Emile having a hard exterior and spot on about Jorge.
wooo! Been waiting for this game, have fun! Such a beautiful story, one of the best in the series I think.
Just writing this comment for funsies and in case Meg sees it! Halo Reach has a ton of military lingo which caused some confusion for you in this episode. Some examples include "take point" which means to go into the next area first, "clear the LZ" meaning kill all the badguys in the Landing Zone, and there will be a couple times they will say "AO" which means area of operation, your current location. Also small little fun fact, the marines you fight with in this game aren't actually marines at all, they're the only appearance in a halo game of the UNSC army which were exclusively a planetary defense force!
I was so excited to see you make your own spartan! This was very gratifying to see throughout the story. You are totally right about the emotional part of Halo. I get the same way even when revisiting the campaigns. It’s just good storytelling. Hope you have a great play through!
Yeah, i was waiting for this since you announce you will play Halo 😁
I'm so excited!!!!
I'm loving the breakdown you did of that final conversation with Halsey, and I love your oh so lovely experience with her thus far lol
I would say that her exchange with Jorge is more of a jovial thing, because she likes him. The "indeed" was her expressing approval, like a kid who went to college and is visiting home with a cool new haircut. But the other Noble Team members weren't "raised" by her, so she is quite standoffish and cold to them. And Noble is just their callsign, it's how they are identified over the radio to HQ when a whole bunch of units are talking, but obviously it's written that way to symbolize them.
The moment is upon us. The time is now. Good luck to you, Spartan.
I really think you are gonna love Halo Reach. It's one of the best. Saludos desde México 👉
Halo Reach has always been my favourite in the series. It’s such a gorgeous experience, beautifully told sci-fi story. The custom Noble Six, the short but concise characterisation of each Noble, the cinematography and staging just *chef’s kiss*
Something that really stuck out to me replaying Reach after reading the Kilo-5 novels was (as you pointed out) was the fact that Halsey calls all the Spartan-IIIs by rank but Jorge (a Spartan-II) by his name. She deeply resents the IIIs, and they seem to have a pretty negative (or at least flippantly irreverent) opinion of her, despite her undoubtable inspiration for their creation. IIIs were designed to hit harder and die faster than IIs and it’s likely why she finds them essentially on level to sacrilege in her opinion; or more precisely ONI’s quantity over quality approach that is.
Jorge is my favourite character in the whole franchise. I think his approach to the doctor’s daughter vs. Cater or Emile’s goes to show just the vast difference in how the II and III programs approached its candidates. The IIIs were objects of desperation, weapons of last resort and maximum carnage. Even the most even keeled of them (like Carter) seem less interested in actually protecting humanity and more interested in confronting an enemy. Master Chief Displays the same sort of selfless attachment to those he feels responsible for, like Jorge. In all honesty I felt bad for Jorge after learning he was the only II in Noble Team. Not only losing the previous Spartan team he was a part of but to be put with a younger generation so devastatingly detached from everything he was brought up on must have been lonely. I’d expect he was actually excited to see Halsey given just how little he had left of his past.
I love that you are playing this game... Your reaction to Halo 3 cut deep. You're gonna need stitches after this one... Hands down, my favorite Halo game. Of. All. Time. Thank you.
FINALLY I can't believe I missed this but I have been very excited for you to experience this. Starting my watch through now!
YES! this made my morning way better!
well at least Kat didn't drive! always a plus lmao
Jorge is the one Spartan II. The rest are Spartan IIIs, ONI's next batch - but that isn't to insinuate the IIIs are a direct improvement. On the whole, IIIs are mass production line, made cheaper, and spent easier; almost all of the III's Beta Company was used on a suicide mission on Pegasi B. Noble Six, interestingly, is a member of Beta Company.
Welcome to Noble Team, Spartan.
the character noble six was actually a classified secretive oni assassin with the title of hyper lethal, a title only ever given to the master chief himself
Meg, casually pausing war to change her armor color...
YAY ITS HERE!!
A welcome surprise to my afternoon, cannot wait for the rest of the play through this game alongside halo 2. The games I played the most and the story is so well done. The firefight mode was a great way to kill time after school waiting for friends to get on and play S.W.A.T and the armour customisation was so good without a single dlc. Just grind and achievement hunting.
Don't kill the ostriches - megmage.
What I heard: Don't kill the hostages.
Also me: learn yer birbs those are reach moa, not ostriches.
Jorge is best girl... I mean spartan.
44:52 the Phantom actually looks really menacing here
The phantom menace
@@Obiwanrollmeone so true
This game is just great top to bottom. You’ll have a blast. The soundtrack is a personal fav of mine in the series. It encapsulates the total feel of the game so well.
Spartans were created to fight the Covenant so yes, they know about the covenant
I always forget just how utterly stunning and cinematic Halo: Reach truly is. The cutscenes are SO immersive its insane. So happy you're playing it :)
Yesssssss! Finally, my personal favorite
Halo Reach will forever be my favorite Halo, the amount of memories I have with this game. The story is absolutely amazing. I hope you love it, Meg! ❤
Halo Reach will always be my 2nd or 3rd favorite Halo game
I met one of my closest friends through a random game of Swat back on the Xbox 360 days, so I will always love this game.
I've been so happy watching you get into playing Halo after listening to the music. The bungie games are so good and will forever be classics.
Those are Skirmishers at 46:29. They are a sub species of the Jackals (the ones with plasma shields).
"That lone wolf stuff stays behind" *second mission immediately lone wolfs*
At 50:35, AI claim seats in Halo when you get in a vehicle. In Reach, other spartans also will get priority when claiming spots over marines. The problem there was that Kat claimed the turret but was stuck for some reason so she couldn't get in the turret. That's why you got the weird behavior where the marine was only getting in the side seat. Once you get far enough away, the seat claiming behavior rests so, if you got out at those rocks and got back in, the marine would have gotten into the turret.
1:06:35 Kat is being glitchy in your playthrough for some reason... she would usually get in. The Master Chief Collection got an update recently (recently when you uploaded that is), I hope that didn't mess with the AI for some reason.
man seeing that scene with jorge and the girl made me emotional, man these games taught me so much
i loved halo reach and noble team and Noble 6 was my favorite and I remember in 2010 in high school the boys restroom one of the stalls was scratched onto the door Remember Reach 😂
I played this around the time the MCC came out on PC. I remember there was an audio issue that made it so that everytime a cutscene played my ears were assaulted by incredibly loud static like noises
“Even ONI is like ✨GIRL ur crazy✨” 😭😂😂😂
YT really dropped the ball, by not pushing this to my feed, or maybe it just got lost in the crowd. But finally, here I am, so ready to see you play one of the best in the series!
with the far northern setting and all the ambient orchestral pieces, the first few levels of reach feel like skyrim
Cant wait to see your whole playthrough of Reach! "oooh, I wonder if shes unhinged" - Meg says casually.
One of my favorite Halos in terms of Music, followed by ODSTs soundtrack.
What I adore about your playthroughs is that it’s so obvious that you CARE. The second a mission is over you start hypothesizing regarding a new character, some new information, etc.
I actually can’t wait for the next episode😭 Keep it up, Meg!🫶
Fun fact only two people are classified as “hyper lethal” and that being Six and Master chief so basically Six is probably the only character or Spartan that is on chief’s level
Edit: Kelly 087 is near chiefs level but idk if she is classified as such…
First time I Played this was when I was 12 yrs old 2013! A lot of amazing memories with friends playing forge custom games, the grind was so addicting, armour customization, and can’t forget all the rage quits, rage msgs and all the tears I’ve had getting t bagged 😂