The halo 3 engine was very underrated but it was an absolute marvel and black magic for the xbox 360. It was an engine about what mattered, some things didnt look very good but the lighting was a generation ahead of it's time.
I think the last time I listened to this playlist was december 2022. When I was deeply suicidal and abusing alcohol. I lost everything. But here now In January of 2024 I'm happier than I've been in a long time. It gets better bros. Keep fighting to make yourself the best you can be
A burning city, yesterday's news. I recently played through this campaign and felt the loss as we all did I'm sure. The city in rubble, reminded me of my old stomping grounds. Friends who've forgotten me or maybe I've forgotten them. Doesn't matter. I realized everything has a shelf life, even friendships. Cherish the little moments Spartans.
Quality will always attract. That's one thing I've come to realize over time. It doesn't matter when it was made, it will always bring in its audience.
I would love to have lived through the whole Bungie era, but being born the year halo 3 released and only being able to play halo with my cousins until 2017 certainly was an obstacle, but those memories with my cousins are one of my best, so I guess everything happens for a reason, and God wanted me to experience it with my cousins before anything else
I should give it more of a listen, then! Some of my favorite OSTs: .hack Tower of Heaven Cuphead Minecraft Modnation Racers Sonic Riders Dark Cloud 1 Doom: Eternal Mechassault 1
Quite indeed! Right now, my favorite VGOST's are (in no particular order and these are the ones I keep listening till this day) • NieR: Replicant (OG and Ver. 1.22...) • Halo 3 ODST, Halo 2 (OG), Halo CE (OG), Halo Reach • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt • Hollow Knight • Cuphead • NeoTokyo (A Half-Life 2 mod) • Half-Life 2: Episode 2 And maybe an OST I'd suggest with this Noir-esque style would be from the game Gunpoint.
To celebrate this video's success I will make one like this for Reach or Halo 3 when this semester of school is done. Thumbs up if you'd like to see that 👍😀
Is there any chance you could do one big mix for all? Like you take the best from REACH CE 2 etc. with ambience from their games and put it into one 1 - 1:30 hour-long video?
ODST and Reach are such strange companion-opposites to each other An invasion A burning city Your squad Countless dead, missing, wounded But Reach was about buying time, an ultimate sacrifice for the greater good, watching your resources fall through your fingers like sand as you grip them tighter and tigher ODST was about pulling what little you had close and gunning for the light at the end of the tunnel, even if the light didnt seem so bright or big. But both were about hope. Because without hope, you don't have a fighting chance. Hope is the last one in the chamber when you thought the clip was empty. Hope is the flare being shot off into the darkness. Hope is what gives humans the ability to fight so hard for so long. And in the end, every sacrifice meant something. I guess Bungie made the message about hope in their final work on Halo to try and give *us* hope for the future of the series...
I feel like Reach had a similar vibe to ODST in a way. Not just the themes of the stories as you mentioned, but the somber feel, the environments, the lighting even. They have a, dare I say, liminal feeling. My favorite levels of those games are the ones where you're fighting in the shadows at dusk, away from the usual business and action of a full scale invasion during midday. It's quite serene, and Marty's music really encapsulates that feeling. It's hard to describe, but that's why I like those 2 games the most.
I wondered what Halo fans in Mombasa would have thought when "Halo 3: ODST" came out. I imagine them listening to the sountrack one dark night in 2009 or 2010, listening to this music with headphones and imagining that in any badly lit corner a Brute with a Plasma Rifle could jump at them.
One time I was gunna spend the night at my best friends place but his parents said no last minute and my father wasn't going to come pick me back up and it was around midnight at the time and had no idea what to do or where to crash at and worst part it was raining and a bit cold, had a friend say he'd let me crash but it was a bit of a walk from where i was so while walking there i could just hear ODSTs soundtrack playing in my head the whole way there, empty streets.. Nobody around and real quiet but the rain hitting the floor, it would have been quite an awesome experience if I had some ear buds on my way there but gladly I didn't cause later some guy was following me lmao, ODST really has some of the best damn music in halo history, it just won't ever be the same...
To my fellow halo brothers. I love you all. I wish you all prosper in life and make it worth living. Don’t be sad because the memories have past. Be happy that they happened. Be grateful for the times that we are able to cherish as memories. All those nights playing with fellow halo lovers. And to those who are no longer with us we play for them. We play so we always have something to remember them by. Don’t worry they’re just MIA right now, because remember Spartans never die. I can’t wait to see what Halo Infinite holds for us. And I can’t wait to make even more memories with all of you. #finishthefight
This halo was by the far the most hypnotic and emotional and dark. Being lost, alone in a city at night with rain... not knowing where to go... that's an experience unlike the other halo games
I wondered what Halo fans in Mombasa would have thought when "Halo 3: ODST" came out. I imagine them listening to the sountrack one dark night in 2009 or 2010, listening to this music with headphones and imagining that in any badly lit corner a Brute with a Plasma Rifle could jump at them.
Working to this everyday helps me remember better times and to always push through the fight, no matter how hard. For all my brothers out there, keep your head up and never give up.
Bits and Pieces is so strangely uplifting and melancholy at the same time, it feels like the moment where hope leads to belief except its shrouded in despair still. I really dont know how to describe the mood but what i do know is marty o'dowell is a musical genius
I have done ODST, I have done Reach, and this year I am working on Halo 3! Always expect more to come! New angles from which to appreciate Halo's music are infinite!
There's something so ominous, yet calming about a city that's completely empty under a rainy night sky like this. Kinda makes me wish New Mombasa was a real place that I could visit.
Still holding out hope for a true stealth ODST 2. I want to play as the Rookie again in a semi open world city. No character switching. Just wandering the streets trying to regroup with your team. Lonely, scary, and incredibly atmospheric like the original game.
It is interesting because althrough the rookie died in the novel halo bad blood (which I recomend if you want to have a spiritual sequel to odsts story) and his dead made alpha 9 split we are actually hinted that whats left of alpha 9 may reunite. It is only a theory tho and alpha 9 are not odsts any ore so we probable are not getting Another halo odst
@@coolnormalandwelladjusted yeah, they totally could have gone somewhere with alpha nine, too had buck is the only one really still active and in content
Something about Halo has always captured the horrifying yet beautiful magic of a war zone. It’s filled with death yet every little wall and corner feels serene and exiting. Maybe it’s because you can appreciate the little things when your stressed or exhausted, who knows.
then i sat there in my bed in 2023 thinking about the old days of odst i can hear the joy the and the fun i was as a kid playing that game my brother telling me to hop on and play and the laughter and everything it was a good time , today it feels like it was yesterday and it well happen i wish i cna just play a another last game with my brothers before my older brother goes to collage
I found this vid when it first came out. It’s been sitting in my watch later playlist since then. I’ve never been able to bring myself to play it. My life fell apart “suddenly” while in reality it had been decaying for some time. In my darkness I was afraid of ruining my memory’s of these games, the music, the stories, and the people I shared them with. I feared that if I came back to these memories while in that dark place that I would forever associate the two, ruining the good times. Over the past few months I’ve noticed a lot of changes, in myself and my life. I see the world differently, I worry less, I fear less, I felt truly at peace. Unfortunately it took years of darkness depression and fear, followed by a period of apathy but I finally managed to pull it together and feel free. I’m sorry to say that in the past few weeks I’ve lost a close family member, and soon one of my closest friends is moving away. Compared to before my mental and emotional state has diminished. That being said I can confidently say that I have overcome my lowest point and although there is still work to be done I know I’m better. I’m here, I’m back to the halo community. I feel sorrow while watching and listening to this as I let myself reflect on the good old days I also feel a sense of comfort and joy. I’m grateful that this community has continued on without me and I’m confident it’ll continue on, because no matter how bad it gets for any of us there will always be something out there to bring us together, even if it’s just the fact that we share disconnected memories of war we all fought both alone, and together. Rambling over.
@SaeParsan I get the not wanting to associate the two. Sorry to hear about your family member and friend. I've grown distant with past friends and it's painful but I listen to this music which reminds me of back when we were all buds. I hope things get better for ya
@SaeParsan The fight may never be finished, but we all stand ready to end it, the halo community stands with you in your darkest hour and brightest moments, stay strong spartan
While the day time sections were fun enough what made this my favorite halo was that somber feeling of walking the empty Mombasa streets at night with that god-tier soundtrack. funny enough the only other games i can think of that provides a similar feeling are horror games when the scares take a break to give you a comforting moment in the eye of the storm. Things like the save rooms in Spencer mansion, solo matches in No More Room in Hell, ect. I'll remember ODST sometimes when i'm doing solo runs in No More Room in Hell and songs like "City of Sorrows" fade in as you walk along these large quiet maps with only the mumbling of corpses to keep you company. Makes me wish the dev team would consider making a singleplayer focused game with a tightly sized map akin to ODST.
The sounds of ditch weed, cigarettes and coffee with a close friend. Where Halo 1&2 brought the big party vibes with lan parties, pizza and beer, this was a more personal experience. Pretty shitty part of my life where I lost a close friend before H3 released. Huge Halo fan that always dreaded that Halo 2 didn't include the E3 level of fighting inside the city. In some weird way, I felt his presence guiding me through the cold haunted streets of this desolate city. The city he would've wished to fight in along side with me. Never in my young teenage life did I have a theme capture a state of emotion quite like Marty did with this. It didn't help that I lived in Seattle either. Rained every single day during my first campaign. Rest easy Jim.
when I hear this music, I feel a deep emotional tie to my past. Its just so nostalgic and I just wanna cry. Like a long lost soul I yearn to be whole again.
Maybe you dont wish to be whole again, but you really wish that you could live the same emotions you felt around the time of playing and listening to this game. Wether it be the game provided relief in hardship or stressful times or it was add on to an incredibly easy and joyful part of life. Either way you are whole but you yearn for the sane relief and happiness this once provided. Our minds work in mysterious ways so all you can do now is listen to the music and play the game and smile, contempt with what you had.
@@revolutionstudios5052 easy. Add more rain effects to add a shine to surfaces when hit by a light, imagine a phantom passing overhead and you being able to track the searchlight. And of course, have Blur do the cutscenes. Could also add a few maps for firefight so we don't have recycled campaign ones.
Scenes like this are an escape from reality. That quiet moment where you can admire everything around you, without the bumbling streets filled with people and work. A large empty plain with you as the only inhabitant, admiring nature, thinking about humanity's purpose, and reminiscing on simple moments you took for granted. Nothing can quite take us back to those times, but we get small glimpses of them from time to time. I really enjoy moments like these when I have them, it makes me feel isolated but connected with the world at the same time.
In 2020, I joined a crew of fishermen in southeast Alaska for the summer. It was quite the experience. On the last day we were in Alaska, I walked the town of Ketchikan, which had become like a second home to me over the course of that summer. It was raining heavily, and I put on this video and just kept walking through those little streets. Walking past the pier, I remember thinking, as many of our fellow crews had already gone back home south to Seattle, that I was "the last fisherman of Alaska." Obviously, I wasn't.. but that's the picture this music painted, which is pretty perfect considering the games protagonist and his adventure through the emptied streets of Mombasa. Anyway, when I hear this now, I get a mix of old nostalgia from 2009 as well as that last rainy day at the roof of the world.
A tad late to the party, but I've recently played through the whole halo mainline games (except guardians) ODST has been a blast, genuinely struck me right into the heart. Even more than reach tbh. I was just taken by the ambience of the city at night and I've yet to return 1 month after clearing Infinite Truly a wonderful series and ODST was, imo, its peak
I can still recollect a rich sunny afternoon, age 15, playing Halo: Reach at a youth group with friends. I wasn't crazy about Halo, but the majority of my friends loved the series. Reach was fresh, and it was brought it in for all of us so we could do 4 player Slayer. A small CRT and wired controllers required huddling up to the TV. We played until the sun dimmed, and those 3-4 hours spent just really resonate with me nowadays. I sucked at the game but I'd always laugh about it. I got a major craving for Halo in college. 4 had recently come out so previous titles were cheap. After being a powerhouse as Chief, ODST just blew me away. Not only was the atmosphere perfect with the neon bog and melancholic jazz, but the vulnerability of the situation and characters worked so well. When I died after immediately running into Brutes for the time, I knew it was special.
Waited in line for Halo 3 ODST at midnight, bought an Xbox 360 Elite to go with it. I miss the days gone past, such an interesting era to have been able to experience.
I'll never get those times back. I played with my dad, my friends, and my brother. Sometimes, it makes me genuinely sad to remember. My life was halo for many years
This is still my favorite Halo campaign. Not just magnificent atmosphere, but the audio logs provided great world-building, too. It was cool of Bungie to take a break from having Halo be a Space Opera and, instead, have it be a noir detective story set in a futuristic city.
this was literally the first game I’ve ever played. THIS IS JUST FREAKING AMAZING, I literally have been listening to this almost every day for like the past few months 😔🤍
A little shot from 2024, 2:19am January 1st as of posting! Still sleeping and working to this almost daily for as long as this has been out, along with the 10 hour version, quite simply the best thing to listen to whilst trying to relax. Thank you!
I’ll always appreciate how immersive this game was. Wandering the streets of Mombasa at night, trying to find your team while this music plays and the rain falls all around you was something else. You really feel like just another soldier trying to survive and follow orders in a massive conflict that you pale in comparison to and it was a nice perspective change from being the Chief just soloing the entire covenant. (Not that doing that isn’t awesome too)
This music mix got me through Covid. Just laying in bed half dead, deliriously imagining being a sole ODST trying to make it through the streets of Mombasa Thank you so much for this mix...
Every time I try to explain why ODST is my favorite Halo game, I struggle. This video makes it entirely clear to me why I love this game that was once destined to just be DLC.
My brother and I used to listen to the ODST osts, while walking around our city in FL at night during the rain in our armor, closest thing to actually being there. This takes me back
Man I can’t get these out of my head, being 13 and gaming out on ODST was such a vibe I can never hope to get back one more time, ugh kinda wanna hit the rewind
this game tought me how to be a hero, both with social values and understanding between good and bad and actually seeing these "ODSTS or Spartans" as warriors doing a good. Thank you for making my childhood and keeping us on the straighten arrow
The effort you put in to specifically cut out the most ambient and atmospheric pieces is amazing, I’ve been listening to odst music for over a decade and I’ve never heard a mix as good as this
This feels really strange. Like not just the music, but the knowing that we all share similar experiences and memories with this game and it's environment. Such a good mix.
ODST has the best soundtrack, memorable characters, great campaign, awesome firefight and I loved the experience of sneaking around a rainy city in the middle of the night avoiding covenant. It's my personal favourite out of the other games within the franchise.
My friend and I played this co op in 2011, this game became my favorite. I used to buy all of those Halo mega blocks even though I never owned an Xbox. We would play for 5 hours a day. Miss you bro.
i grew up with an original xbox and halo CE, that was the only halo i had access to. im in my 20's now and just last year i played almost every halo campaign from CE again, 2, 3, ODST and Reach. Reach was easily by far my favorite plot, probably because of childhood nostalgia getting the loose ends tied and seeing how a story from my childhood started, but ODST....man....the atmosphere, music, that feeling of hopelessness being of just being a new recruit in an alien war, in in alien city seemingly at the tailend of its tailend of its siege after the most badass soldier comes and goes through it having been that soldier in a previous game literally hours before loading this game, its really unmatched imo. I am surprised that no other game series has adapted this type of game to their franchises, where instead of being the main character, you play as a pretty basic soldier on the sidelines just to see the scope of how your story has accumulated thus far, really sets the scope of how grand Chiefs actions have been by walking around this city and seeing the destruction, attempting to reconvene with your team, and the end of this game. I'd love to see Bungie adapt this kind of idea for a game for a side destiny game, where we explore the collapse or the battle of twilight gap through someone elses eyes to see the after math and how it leads to the current world.
God. . This game is absolutely perfect. . The soundtrack. . The story. . The rain hitting the empty streets. . 11/10. Almost brings back memories of adult swim and seeing cowboy bebop on at 2 am. .
Halo 3 ODST was the one Halo game that released on the Xbox 360, that I never owned. I had a friend on Reach from about 9 years ago, who was a huge ODST fan. When he played Halo 3 with me for the first time he was pointing out all the ODST references, such as seeing a sign for Mombasa in Tsavo Highway. It wasn't until 2017 when I got the MCC that I was able to play this game. While others have huge nostalgia for playing it as a kid, I was a little older at the time and can't say the same. However, the game still slaps and is one of my favourites ever.
Playing through ODST in 2022 was mind-blowing. The scope of the backdrops in this game, the level architecture, the aesthetics of the city. but what kept me up playing it was Marty's score and the stories being told. I feel like I missed something so big, growing up without playing these games. The fans never went away though, and that right there is called hope. I'm happy to be a part of this community, tbags and all.
I've been wanting to do it for months especially since they have ones like this for the Elder Scrolls so at Halo's sandbox-type game I had to take advantage
I didn't really think much of this game back when I was a kid but as I grew older I came to see how great it was. I got this game the same night a traumatic event happened. It was a gift from my mother to help distract myself from what was happening in the real world. I'll never forget that night. The music always makes me remember that time, bittersweet as it may be. Thank you Halo 3: ODST.
Idk why but I always loved abandoned scenes, real life, in videogames. Half-Life 2 gives such a vibe, the ambience and the world, it is empty but feels full of life. Love this
I've had this video on repeat for the past few nights. It really helps me feel at peace in my mind when it seems like everything around me is a chaotic hellscape.
When I listen to the ODST soundtrack I get memories of playing it with friends. But those are not my memories as I was without friends. Maybe it was the characters, the first time I actually cared for characters and felt a part of the game. ODST was unique. In a universe where you usually play as a super soldier, ODST has you playing a normal human with shit luck but luck wasn't needed for his survival.
We are all brothers in arms here, different lives, yet friends united through ODST. Never stop looking for your lost comrades. Hit us up if you ever need a friend. ;)
This was a game I played with my best friend when we were kids. I don’t talk to him much now. Maybe he’ll see this in his recommended and come around one day. Hope all is well, Manny
I hate how the other week i read some comment sections just roasting halo 3 odst and it made me sad. This had such amazing music and an incredible story. The way it was all put together ill never forget.
Yeah, people be hating on ODST, but it’s a good game. Sure halo 3 might have mp and a more exciting campaign but ODST has something about it that’s great
Feels strange, sad but calm, how a beatiful city, now ravaged by aliens is waiting to be erased, waiting for its doom, the sax effect makes me even more sad but calmed
Honestly my favorite halo experience, just the atmosphere and the feeling of being all alone. Just running down some dark alleyway to hear that saxophone.. chills
i still see it, i still feel it, but i cannot experience it again. the feeling of launching ODST for the very first time and reading the plot of the game, the song that hits the spot right away, the story. oh god how the story was amazing on my first play through, and my last. ODST will hold a special place in my heart, just like halo 3. theyre all amazing. I love halo
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Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: th-cam.com/video/lV4eVhls1aQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Why is a burning city at night so calming and beautiful to look at?
The halo 3 engine was very underrated but it was an absolute marvel and black magic for the xbox 360. It was an engine about what mattered, some things didnt look very good but the lighting was a generation ahead of it's time.
ODST JUST REMINDS ME OF THE FIFTH ELEMENT, because of the city and I like it
What can I say? It was a hell of a night.
Chaos and peace are often overlooked as opposites but are mearly intertwined.
You would've loved the United States over the summer 😂
For many of us, halo universe is where we went to escape
You spittin facts homie...
Fr tho take me back to when we had a good progression system and a full release
Feet first into hell friend. We jump with our coffin.
And still do go to escape every day
And I fon't FKING blame ya. Sniff. Great community here!
I think the last time I listened to this playlist was december 2022. When I was deeply suicidal and abusing alcohol. I lost everything. But here now In January of 2024 I'm happier than I've been in a long time. It gets better bros. Keep fighting to make yourself the best you can be
I needed to hear this thank you for sharing
Do you mind if I pin this comment
@@HaloAmbienceAndMore I don't mind at all :)
Best music in halo imo
Thank you I too needed to hear this.
A burning city, yesterday's news. I recently played through this campaign and felt the loss as we all did I'm sure. The city in rubble, reminded me of my old stomping grounds. Friends who've forgotten me or maybe I've forgotten them. Doesn't matter. I realized everything has a shelf life, even friendships. Cherish the little moments Spartans.
Hope you're doing okay friend :)
Were it so easy...
This one hit hard
In and out for a reason brother. We continue to build our roads with the memories of those no longer in our lives, for one reason or another.
@@Darren_117 *tack!* (Insta melee kills you)
Knowing the ODST community is alive and well this many years after the game's release gives me hope going into 2022. Feet first into hell, boys 💪
Feet first into hell, trooper. Good luck.
TROOPERS WE ARE GREEN AND VERY VERY MEAN
Timeless gem 🎆
we fans were never gone we were just mia
Quality will always attract. That's one thing I've come to realize over time. It doesn't matter when it was made, it will always bring in its audience.
if i could have one wish it would be to replay the whole halo franchise with no memory of the endings
what its the name of the character on tour avatar i forgot it
and i tried to find her with the tag satanic girl cat and i can't found it
@@elissac9545 hello fellow Spider, she’s Clair from “The Summoning”
Have fun with that information lol.
@@spiderz5145 thank you
I would love to have lived through the whole Bungie era, but being born the year halo 3 released and only being able to play halo with my cousins until 2017 certainly was an obstacle, but those memories with my cousins are one of my best, so I guess everything happens for a reason, and God wanted me to experience it with my cousins before anything else
@@spiderz5145 The cummoning
God, this mix is good as FUCK. You captured the ambience with the phantoms passing by and everything. Def using this a ton in the future.
Dang u got a top comment in weeks where others took months for this lol
AND an animated background
@@Yuuki74305 Literally top tier work on this, for sure.
@@1iknow yes
Undertale OST guy detected. Undertale OST guy detected.
I believe the Halo series has some of the best gaming music of all time. This is my personal favourite.
I should give it more of a listen, then!
Some of my favorite OSTs:
.hack
Tower of Heaven
Cuphead
Minecraft
Modnation Racers
Sonic Riders
Dark Cloud 1
Doom: Eternal
Mechassault 1
Try out Ghostrunner, Titanfall 2, and Robo Recall! All great!
@@stoomook117 and cod bo2 and bo: cold war
Yes, yes Halo has some of the best gaming music
Quite indeed!
Right now, my favorite VGOST's are (in no particular order and these are the ones I keep listening till this day)
• NieR: Replicant (OG and Ver. 1.22...)
• Halo 3 ODST, Halo 2 (OG), Halo CE (OG), Halo Reach
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Hollow Knight
• Cuphead
• NeoTokyo (A Half-Life 2 mod)
• Half-Life 2: Episode 2
And maybe an OST I'd suggest with this Noir-esque style would be from the game Gunpoint.
To celebrate this video's success I will make one like this for Reach or Halo 3 when this semester of school is done. Thumbs up if you'd like to see that 👍😀
Reach please
Is there any chance you could do one big mix for all? Like you take the best from REACH CE 2 etc. with ambience from their games and put it into one 1 - 1:30 hour-long video?
Could you make it with halo 4? I really like this ambient sounds
sound can't wait to listen to them ;)
Please never put ads on these
ODST and Reach are such strange companion-opposites to each other
An invasion
A burning city
Your squad
Countless dead, missing, wounded
But Reach was about buying time, an ultimate sacrifice for the greater good, watching your resources fall through your fingers like sand as you grip them tighter and tigher
ODST was about pulling what little you had close and gunning for the light at the end of the tunnel, even if the light didnt seem so bright or big.
But both were about hope. Because without hope, you don't have a fighting chance. Hope is the last one in the chamber when you thought the clip was empty. Hope is the flare being shot off into the darkness. Hope is what gives humans the ability to fight so hard for so long.
And in the end, every sacrifice meant something.
I guess Bungie made the message about hope in their final work on Halo to try and give *us* hope for the future of the series...
I feel like Reach had a similar vibe to ODST in a way. Not just the themes of the stories as you mentioned, but the somber feel, the environments, the lighting even. They have a, dare I say, liminal feeling. My favorite levels of those games are the ones where you're fighting in the shadows at dusk, away from the usual business and action of a full scale invasion during midday. It's quite serene, and Marty's music really encapsulates that feeling. It's hard to describe, but that's why I like those 2 games the most.
When I get dementia I’m gonna replay this game and feel like the first time playing it each day
IQ = Einstein
Gives me flashbacks, good flashbacks imma go to sleep now gn people
Last online 7 years ago
How was your sleep?
@@weedwhacker3003 pretty good ngl
Night Rookie
but you died...
I wondered what Halo fans in Mombasa would have thought when "Halo 3: ODST" came out. I imagine them listening to the sountrack one dark night in 2009 or 2010, listening to this music with headphones and imagining that in any badly lit corner a Brute with a Plasma Rifle could jump at them.
it probably was something like "it´s shit, the previous one was better" , you know, the usual...
One time I was gunna spend the night at my best friends place but his parents said no last minute and my father wasn't going to come pick me back up and it was around midnight at the time and had no idea what to do or where to crash at and worst part it was raining and a bit cold, had a friend say he'd let me crash but it was a bit of a walk from where i was so while walking there i could just hear ODSTs soundtrack playing in my head the whole way there, empty streets.. Nobody around and real quiet but the rain hitting the floor, it would have been quite an awesome experience if I had some ear buds on my way there but gladly I didn't cause later some guy was following me lmao, ODST really has some of the best damn music in halo history, it just won't ever be the same...
We need another odst game
@@unholychild2117 that was the good as story shit what happened to the guy
@@AssapimasterShinikoza Thanks lol and not sure but he was hella sketchy lmao, hopefully not doing anything bad though.
To my fellow halo brothers. I love you all. I wish you all prosper in life and make it worth living. Don’t be sad because the memories have past. Be happy that they happened. Be grateful for the times that we are able to cherish as memories. All those nights playing with fellow halo lovers. And to those who are no longer with us we play for them. We play so we always have something to remember them by. Don’t worry they’re just MIA right now, because remember Spartans never die. I can’t wait to see what Halo Infinite holds for us. And I can’t wait to make even more memories with all of you. #finishthefight
This put a tear in my eye. God i wish i could go back to being a carefree kid,just living this game with friends.
yes brotha!
ODST Forever.
Cry for the last night, smile for a new day.
Feet first into hell. We jump with our coffin.
AMEN BROTHER, PREACH!!!!
This halo was by the far the most hypnotic and emotional and dark. Being lost, alone in a city at night with rain... not knowing where to go... that's an experience unlike the other halo games
This one was deliberately art
Love this vid. The dark, deserted streets of New Mombasa and that moody, noir odst soundtrack.
I wondered what Halo fans in Mombasa would have thought when "Halo 3: ODST" came out. I imagine them listening to the sountrack one dark night in 2009 or 2010, listening to this music with headphones and imagining that in any badly lit corner a Brute with a Plasma Rifle could jump at them.
Working to this everyday helps me remember better times and to always push through the fight, no matter how hard. For all my brothers out there, keep your head up and never give up.
Needed that. Thanks Spartan.
This hit different with how i been feeling lately. Thanks bro
Bits and Pieces is so strangely uplifting and melancholy at the same time, it feels like the moment where hope leads to belief except its shrouded in despair still. I really dont know how to describe the mood but what i do know is marty o'dowell is a musical genius
Almost sad, but uplifting as you said at the same time
I have it for my alarm
I have done ODST, I have done Reach, and this year I am working on Halo 3! Always expect more to come! New angles from which to appreciate Halo's music are infinite!
This is the best comment on TH-cam.
The covenant aircraft is a nice touch I gotta say
@@Shumachuma right it's iconic
gotta do all the laso runs, yes they are the hardest thing you will ever do in halo but man you will feel like a badass when done
yummy!
There's something so ominous, yet calming about a city that's completely empty under a rainy night sky like this.
Kinda makes me wish New Mombasa was a real place that I could visit.
Mombasa is a real place.
@@iratepirate3896 should've known... still, I meant the futuristic new mombasa
Minus the aliens trying to murder you.
@@idkwhattoputhere.9891 yeah...
That’s how I feel about the halo series as a whole, so many places you’d love to visit in real life
This game shaped an entire generation of young minds. Thank you, Marty. This shared experience is ours forever.
And suddenly a crazy ODST appears with a ghost destroying and killing everything
There's was also a Mongoose to
Amen.
Still holding out hope for a true stealth ODST 2. I want to play as the Rookie again in a semi open world city. No character switching. Just wandering the streets trying to regroup with your team. Lonely, scary, and incredibly atmospheric like the original game.
They might actually release a halo spin off game after halo infinite
I get what you’re saying, but the Rookie from ODST is dead and his squad split up. There could totally be a spin-off with another ODST squad tho.
It is interesting because althrough the rookie died in the novel halo bad blood (which I recomend if you want to have a spiritual sequel to odsts story) and his dead made alpha 9 split we are actually hinted that whats left of alpha 9 may reunite. It is only a theory tho and alpha 9 are not odsts any ore so we probable are not getting Another halo odst
So like a reboot kinda of like Modern Warfare 2019?
@@coolnormalandwelladjusted yeah, they totally could have gone somewhere with alpha nine, too had buck is the only one really still active and in content
I was a kid when I beat this. I’m 23 now. Thank you for this
ODST should be revisited always
Something about Halo has always captured the horrifying yet beautiful magic of a war zone. It’s filled with death yet every little wall and corner feels serene and exiting.
Maybe it’s because you can appreciate the little things when your stressed or exhausted, who knows.
then i sat there in my bed in 2023 thinking about the old days of odst i can hear the joy the and the fun i was as a kid playing that game my brother telling me to hop on and play and the laughter and everything it was a good time , today it feels like it was yesterday and it well happen i wish i cna just play a another last game with my brothers before my older brother goes to collage
I found this vid when it first came out. It’s been sitting in my watch later playlist since then. I’ve never been able to bring myself to play it. My life fell apart “suddenly” while in reality it had been decaying for some time. In my darkness I was afraid of ruining my memory’s of these games, the music, the stories, and the people I shared them with. I feared that if I came back to these memories while in that dark place that I would forever associate the two, ruining the good times.
Over the past few months I’ve noticed a lot of changes, in myself and my life. I see the world differently, I worry less, I fear less, I felt truly at peace. Unfortunately it took years of darkness depression and fear, followed by a period of apathy but I finally managed to pull it together and feel free.
I’m sorry to say that in the past few weeks I’ve lost a close family member, and soon one of my closest friends is moving away. Compared to before my mental and emotional state has diminished. That being said I can confidently say that I have overcome my lowest point and although there is still work to be done I know I’m better. I’m here, I’m back to the halo community. I feel sorrow while watching and listening to this as I let myself reflect on the good old days I also feel a sense of comfort and joy. I’m grateful that this community has continued on without me and I’m confident it’ll continue on, because no matter how bad it gets for any of us there will always be something out there to bring us together, even if it’s just the fact that we share disconnected memories of war we all fought both alone, and together.
Rambling over.
@@SaeParsan could I pin this?
@SaeParsan I get the not wanting to associate the two. Sorry to hear about your family member and friend. I've grown distant with past friends and it's painful but I listen to this music which reminds me of back when we were all buds. I hope things get better for ya
@@HaloAmbienceAndMorego ahead it’s your vid
@@SaeParsan Once an ODST, always an ODST.. chin up soldier, still some fight to go.
@SaeParsan The fight may never be finished, but we all stand ready to end it, the halo community stands with you in your darkest hour and brightest moments, stay strong spartan
While the day time sections were fun enough what made this my favorite halo was that somber feeling of walking the empty Mombasa streets at night with that god-tier soundtrack. funny enough the only other games i can think of that provides a similar feeling are horror games when the scares take a break to give you a comforting moment in the eye of the storm. Things like the save rooms in Spencer mansion, solo matches in No More Room in Hell, ect.
I'll remember ODST sometimes when i'm doing solo runs in No More Room in Hell and songs like "City of Sorrows" fade in as you walk along these large quiet maps with only the mumbling of corpses to keep you company. Makes me wish the dev team would consider making a singleplayer focused game with a tightly sized map akin to ODST.
even the jackel snipers are chill
The sounds of ditch weed, cigarettes and coffee with a close friend. Where Halo 1&2 brought the big party vibes with lan parties, pizza and beer, this was a more personal experience.
Pretty shitty part of my life where I lost a close friend before H3 released. Huge Halo fan that always dreaded that Halo 2 didn't include the E3 level of fighting inside the city.
In some weird way, I felt his presence guiding me through the cold haunted streets of this desolate city. The city he would've wished to fight in along side with me. Never in my young teenage life did I have a theme capture a state of emotion quite like Marty did with this. It didn't help that I lived in Seattle either. Rained every single day during my first campaign.
Rest easy Jim.
I wrote a paper in college about Jazz in video games featuring this game, and got one of my only A's in all 4 years on it.
That'd be a sick paper to write
when I hear this music, I feel a deep emotional tie to my past. Its just so nostalgic and I just wanna cry. Like a long lost soul I yearn to be whole again.
Exactly bro, I remember I was walking listening to this music in 2013 and still remember it vividly
Maybe you dont wish to be whole again, but you really wish that you could live the same emotions you felt around the time of playing and listening to this game. Wether it be the game provided relief in hardship or stressful times or it was add on to an incredibly easy and joyful part of life. Either way you are whole but you yearn for the sane relief and happiness this once provided. Our minds work in mysterious ways so all you can do now is listen to the music and play the game and smile, contempt with what you had.
Wish it was much more rainy in the game, the rain is almost non-existent. I really hope we can get a ODST Anniversary.
Sorry for the necropost, but what could you even add to ODST anniversary? It's already in a state where it looks like a modern-ish game.
@@revolutionstudios5052 easy. Add more rain effects to add a shine to surfaces when hit by a light, imagine a phantom passing overhead and you being able to track the searchlight. And of course, have Blur do the cutscenes. Could also add a few maps for firefight so we don't have recycled campaign ones.
They mentioned that in the making of halo odst saying something that they had to tone it back a bit if I remember correctly
@@Cloudcity20 Tone it back why?
@Aubrey Jarvis Yeah, I believe the engine couldn't handle better rain effects very well, so they had to make due.
Scenes like this are an escape from reality. That quiet moment where you can admire everything around you, without the bumbling streets filled with people and work. A large empty plain with you as the only inhabitant, admiring nature, thinking about humanity's purpose, and reminiscing on simple moments you took for granted. Nothing can quite take us back to those times, but we get small glimpses of them from time to time. I really enjoy moments like these when I have them, it makes me feel isolated but connected with the world at the same time.
Perfect study music, man ODST had such a good soundtrack. Although anyone hear someone talk at 37:20? Haha
I've played Mombasa Streets enough to know for sure that was a grunt hoping you get Fist of Rukt for Christmas haha!
Rukt Fist, Fist of Rukt, Merry Christmas.
In 2020, I joined a crew of fishermen in southeast Alaska for the summer. It was quite the experience. On the last day we were in Alaska, I walked the town of Ketchikan, which had become like a second home to me over the course of that summer. It was raining heavily, and I put on this video and just kept walking through those little streets. Walking past the pier, I remember thinking, as many of our fellow crews had already gone back home south to Seattle, that I was "the last fisherman of Alaska." Obviously, I wasn't.. but that's the picture this music painted, which is pretty perfect considering the games protagonist and his adventure through the emptied streets of Mombasa. Anyway, when I hear this now, I get a mix of old nostalgia from 2009 as well as that last rainy day at the roof of the world.
ODST's music has always been beautiful, I love it so. That melancholy just cannot be supplanted
A tad late to the party, but I've recently played through the whole halo mainline games (except guardians)
ODST has been a blast, genuinely struck me right into the heart. Even more than reach tbh. I was just taken by the ambience of the city at night and I've yet to return 1 month after clearing Infinite
Truly a wonderful series and ODST was, imo, its peak
0:12 one of the most iconic sounds in Halo history
Chills to my bones each time
Sorry I fell asleep what happened?
You gave us your courage. And with it, we can rebuild.
I feel like there’s layers to this joke lol
@@jacobfranks8641A thick layer of glass, at least!
And a torch to be handed further
But I am I kid
goated video, hard to imagine this city is literally being overran by covenant atm
I can still recollect a rich sunny afternoon, age 15, playing Halo: Reach at a youth group with friends. I wasn't crazy about Halo, but the majority of my friends loved the series. Reach was fresh, and it was brought it in for all of us so we could do 4 player Slayer. A small CRT and wired controllers required huddling up to the TV. We played until the sun dimmed, and those 3-4 hours spent just really resonate with me nowadays. I sucked at the game but I'd always laugh about it.
I got a major craving for Halo in college. 4 had recently come out so previous titles were cheap. After being a powerhouse as Chief, ODST just blew me away. Not only was the atmosphere perfect with the neon bog and melancholic jazz, but the vulnerability of the situation and characters worked so well. When I died after immediately running into Brutes for the time, I knew it was special.
Long time halo fan who has never played halo odst.. I feel privileged that I still get to play a bungie halo game for the first time
Waited in line for Halo 3 ODST at midnight, bought an Xbox 360 Elite to go with it.
I miss the days gone past, such an interesting era to have been able to experience.
“What can I say? Was a hell of a night”
“Take my advice rookie, if you ever fall for a woman? … make sure she has balls.”
I'll never get those times back. I played with my dad, my friends, and my brother. Sometimes, it makes me genuinely sad to remember. My life was halo for many years
@@thecheezybleezy7036 just never forget the times at least we still have the music
This is still my favorite Halo campaign. Not just magnificent atmosphere, but the audio logs provided great world-building, too. It was cool of Bungie to take a break from having Halo be a Space Opera and, instead, have it be a noir detective story set in a futuristic city.
this was literally the first game I’ve ever played. THIS IS JUST FREAKING AMAZING, I literally have been listening to this almost every day for like the past few months 😔🤍
That's what this is for my friend I'm glad it brings the good vibes 🤙🏼
"So check your mouths, find your chairs…and get set for a combat drop!"
WE GREEN AND VERY VERY MEAN!!!
@redbandit11 f yourself with the barril - Grunt Minor
Hang on to your helmet.
ODST has such an aura, a presence... the feeling walking through the dark streets and having this theme play in the background is truly unmatched
A little shot from 2024, 2:19am January 1st as of posting! Still sleeping and working to this almost daily for as long as this has been out, along with the 10 hour version, quite simply the best thing to listen to whilst trying to relax. Thank you!
ODST will always be there for us, I love that it's part of your new years 🎉
I’ll always appreciate how immersive this game was. Wandering the streets of Mombasa at night, trying to find your team while this music plays and the rain falls all around you was something else. You really feel like just another soldier trying to survive and follow orders in a massive conflict that you pale in comparison to and it was a nice perspective change from being the Chief just soloing the entire covenant. (Not that doing that isn’t awesome too)
This music mix got me through Covid.
Just laying in bed half dead, deliriously imagining being a sole ODST trying to make it through the streets of Mombasa
Thank you so much for this mix...
Was it worth it? You're still forced to wear the goddamn mask by our tyrannical government that needs to be abolished.
Every time I try to explain why ODST is my favorite Halo game, I struggle. This video makes it entirely clear to me why I love this game that was once destined to just be DLC.
@@GunsAndAmmo3 “was once destined to be”
My brother and I used to listen to the ODST osts, while walking around our city in FL at night during the rain in our armor, closest thing to actually being there. This takes me back
Man I can’t get these out of my head, being 13 and gaming out on ODST was such a vibe I can never hope to get back one more time, ugh kinda wanna hit the rewind
On life
I’m spending the 2020 holiday going thru halo 1 to 5 everything in between and listening to this on my headphones while my wife watches tv 😂
Marty's music truly gives me goosebumps when I listen to it. Goes to show how atmospheric the halo games truly were
this game tought me how to be a hero, both with social values and understanding between good and bad and actually seeing these "ODSTS or Spartans" as warriors doing a good. Thank you for making my childhood and keeping us on the straighten arrow
33:48 is my favorite part because just the jazz makes the setting and the feeling of the city feel melancholic
Happy birthday, Halo 3 ODST! One of the most special games for me. I will never forget this game.
One of the best in the franchise!
The effort you put in to specifically cut out the most ambient and atmospheric pieces is amazing, I’ve been listening to odst music for over a decade and I’ve never heard a mix as good as this
u will never grow up to be loved
@@bruceguzman8726 I’m married, good luck finding someone who loves you like that
That comeback was a fatality
@@FaDeMicroLMAO, that was a quickdraw.
This feels really strange. Like not just the music, but the knowing that we all share similar experiences and memories with this game and it's environment. Such a good mix.
If music is what makes you feel
Then music is what makes it real.
- Marty
ODST has the best soundtrack, memorable characters, great campaign, awesome firefight and I loved the experience of sneaking around a rainy city in the middle of the night avoiding covenant. It's my personal favourite out of the other games within the franchise.
My friend and I played this co op in 2011, this game became my favorite. I used to buy all of those Halo mega blocks even though I never owned an Xbox. We would play for 5 hours a day. Miss you bro.
Ah god the mega bloks. I had one of every ODST figure except for 2 or 3. Money well spent.
i grew up with an original xbox and halo CE, that was the only halo i had access to. im in my 20's now and just last year i played almost every halo campaign from CE again, 2, 3, ODST and Reach. Reach was easily by far my favorite plot, probably because of childhood nostalgia getting the loose ends tied and seeing how a story from my childhood started, but ODST....man....the atmosphere, music, that feeling of hopelessness being of just being a new recruit in an alien war, in in alien city seemingly at the tailend of its tailend of its siege after the most badass soldier comes and goes through it having been that soldier in a previous game literally hours before loading this game, its really unmatched imo. I am surprised that no other game series has adapted this type of game to their franchises, where instead of being the main character, you play as a pretty basic soldier on the sidelines just to see the scope of how your story has accumulated thus far, really sets the scope of how grand Chiefs actions have been by walking around this city and seeing the destruction, attempting to reconvene with your team, and the end of this game. I'd love to see Bungie adapt this kind of idea for a game for a side destiny game, where we explore the collapse or the battle of twilight gap through someone elses eyes to see the after math and how it leads to the current world.
God. . This game is absolutely perfect. . The soundtrack. . The story. . The rain hitting the empty streets. . 11/10. Almost brings back memories of adult swim and seeing cowboy bebop on at 2 am. .
Halo 3 ODST was the one Halo game that released on the Xbox 360, that I never owned. I had a friend on Reach from about 9 years ago, who was a huge ODST fan. When he played Halo 3 with me for the first time he was pointing out all the ODST references, such as seeing a sign for Mombasa in Tsavo Highway.
It wasn't until 2017 when I got the MCC that I was able to play this game. While others have huge nostalgia for playing it as a kid, I was a little older at the time and can't say the same. However, the game still slaps and is one of my favourites ever.
Me too I didn't play until the MCC but I'll still vouch for it just like all those who played in 2009
Playing through ODST in 2022 was mind-blowing. The scope of the backdrops in this game, the level architecture, the aesthetics of the city. but what kept me up playing it was Marty's score and the stories being told.
I feel like I missed something so big, growing up without playing these games. The fans never went away though, and that right there is called hope. I'm happy to be a part of this community, tbags and all.
How I’ve been waiting so long for someone to do this thank you man it’s beautiful!
I've been wanting to do it for months especially since they have ones like this for the Elder Scrolls so at Halo's sandbox-type game I had to take advantage
Nothing beats listening to ODST music during a thunderstorm
I was skating with my friends at 11pm with odst songs in my head. Never felt more at peace
i love the random ass jackal who comes in to chill for a second then leaves.
@Guest-z3l5t bros honestly the main character of this video
I didn't really think much of this game back when I was a kid but as I grew older I came to see how great it was.
I got this game the same night a traumatic event happened. It was a gift from my mother to help distract myself from what was happening in the real world. I'll never forget that night.
The music always makes me remember that time, bittersweet as it may be. Thank you Halo 3: ODST.
Best music to listen to when studying,walking alone or if is raining
Idk why but I always loved abandoned scenes, real life, in videogames. Half-Life 2 gives such a vibe, the ambience and the world, it is empty but feels full of life. Love this
On a rainy day this was recommended for me
ODST I remember getting a lot of bleh reviews but I loved this game. Campaign was awesome. And I loved firefight
Blah reviews came from those requiring big moments and heavy action... but we know the ambience, quiet, and world building is so important
I've had this video on repeat for the past few nights. It really helps me feel at peace in my mind when it seems like everything around me is a chaotic hellscape.
@bamtastic98 I do the same. Sometimes I don't want to go to sleep but then this video helps change that. The music is a psychologically safe place
Most fun Campaign imo, music, ambience, emotion, story, setting were all amazing
That phantom flying by there’s just something so intimidating and ominous about it
When I listen to the ODST soundtrack I get memories of playing it with friends. But those are not my memories as I was without friends. Maybe it was the characters, the first time I actually cared for characters and felt a part of the game. ODST was unique. In a universe where you usually play as a super soldier, ODST has you playing a normal human with shit luck but luck wasn't needed for his survival.
We are all brothers in arms here, different lives, yet friends united through ODST. Never stop looking for your lost comrades. Hit us up if you ever need a friend. ;)
If I could replay this game like it was the first time just get another go I would man this game is perfect
Listening to this is like stepping into the past, I wish there was a way to know you were living the good days before they were over
🥺
I understood that reference
This was a game I played with my best friend when we were kids. I don’t talk to him much now. Maybe he’ll see this in his recommended and come around one day. Hope all is well, Manny
I hate how the other week i read some comment sections just roasting halo 3 odst and it made me sad. This had such amazing music and an incredible story. The way it was all put together ill never forget.
Yeah, people be hating on ODST, but it’s a good game. Sure halo 3 might have mp and a more exciting campaign but ODST has something about it that’s great
I love mostly everything except the price
NGL ODST has the best music in the Halo series, its so distinct. I love the music from 1-3, but ODST just hits different with that jazz noir feel
10:32 "Off the building, Through the streets, Nothing but Jackal"
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the jackals feast tonight! -Random Brute
4:15 Damn that sax hits.
The best piano Sax duo I've ever heard.
"You know the music, time to dance." -Edward Buck~
@Aubrey Jarvis Indeed
Whoever thought to add this jazz feeling to a halo ost was a good idea... I love you.
Feels strange, sad but calm, how a beatiful city, now ravaged by aliens is waiting to be erased, waiting for its doom, the sax effect makes me even more sad but calmed
Honestly my favorite halo experience, just the atmosphere and the feeling of being all alone.
Just running down some dark alleyway to hear that saxophone.. chills
I always come back here to listen when I have to do school works and such. Brings back such good memories while vibin' at the same time.
I just listened to this on the way to work in the rain. Beautiful experience. In my opinion the best music in Halo. By far.
I practiced my exams with this video last year. I think I have seen the whole video at least 30 times and continue watching it. This is so perfect…
I think I've listened to this mix 200 times, I listen to it every night on the weekends.
Sorry, I'm not bragging 😬
Or capping
This is one of the best gems on TH-cam. I hope you understand that.
i still see it, i still feel it, but i cannot experience it again. the feeling of launching ODST for the very first time and reading the plot of the game, the song that hits the spot right away, the story. oh god how the story was amazing on my first play through, and my last. ODST will hold a special place in my heart, just like halo 3. theyre all amazing. I love halo