The “Samuel” the “Red Flag. 034” was such a good little detail. Helps show the book side of chief. John was always caring of the fellow Spartans. He was a great leader. And Sam was one of his best friends, and John actually followed his lead in some of the challenges they were given as early Spartans. And Sam could’ve been better than John but sacrificed himself. So, as touched on in the video, he’s being humanized by honor his friend and brother in arms.
“We just keep saying goodbye, don’t we?” That made me remember an emotional line from Red Vs Blue…the recording of Allison saying “Don’t say goodbye….I hate goodbyes.”
@@dylanv.4970 Like the last interaction between Church and Tucker "See you on the other side" "*sigh* not this time buddy" We won't see Cortana on the other side this time, she's actually gone.
Just want to say, I think The Weapon and Chief's relationship is more father-daughter than romantic. That got hammered home to me in the last scene with Cortana. Cortana's attitude was just like a mother gushing over her daughter, and Chief presents a mentoring attitude throughout the entire game.
Absolutely, personally her intentional lack of personality feels more like a preteen yet to have learned who they are in the world. They only know what their parents have told them. We see in her learning Cortana's history & the truth about herself how the knowledge she gained as an independent being slowly begins to shape emotion and personality. Sarcasm & wit is such a hallmark of Halsey, it comes with every Cortana model. But the rest, that's all nurture- not nature.
Feels more like the crazy ex wife that everyone once relied on, decided to do one final thing by passing on her torch to the next girl, to create a new chapter in her beloveds life.
Everything chief says is a win. Steve Downes's voice is pure gold. "You worry about the batteries. Ill buy us some time." Dont know why, but that line is my favorite. Chief just sounds tired and worn out but still pushing onward
My favorite has to be when he buckled down with the pilot and said “We all fail. We all make mistakes. It’s what makes us human,” and the rest that follows. Steve Downes is and will always be the one and only voice of John dude
When Chief stops the Monitor's laser, it shows how much Mjolnir armor has improved over time, because in Halo 3 it knocked him over and drained his shields, but now he can just shrug it off.
Chief deflecting the monitor’s blast was a call back to him learning his mistake in H3 Also, play the Atriox cutscene at the end on Legendary, more dialogue and somewhere back there is HiddenXperia nutting himself
I'm surprised you didn't have a bookends win for Esharem. When he first sees Cheif he tells him to "Fight hard. Die well." in his final cutcene he tells Chief to "Tell them I died well."
Sam was Johns first friend, along with Kelley. Sam’s sacrifice taught John the difference between wasting the lives of those under his command(through bad orders, bad decisions) and the sacrifice of those under his command. He ordered sam to cover the retreat of himself and the other Spartans.
Should add that their first mission was to neutralize a covenant ship, and they had to in/exfiltrate without a vessel. Sam had taken a plasma bolt that breached the then-shieldless MJOLNIR MK-IV (iirc), so he wouldn't have survived the mission anyway. The reason for the reference is, i believe, that John saw Sam's death as his first failure, something that John has been ruminating on for a while. All the same, I'm very appreciative of a spent v. wasted lives theme.
I've played through the campaign 3, going on 4 times. The final goodbye between Chief and Cortana gives me chills every time. I love this game so fucking much
@@the_ZAMURAI eh the general consensus was that halo 4 and 5 weren’t that good compared the the others, they werent bad by any means, but just felt deviated from the series’s core.
@@Chillbird235 4 was absolutely horrible on all counts. 5 was a terrible campaign and a decent multi-player that suffered from poor maps and weapon drop. Bungie had maps that were awesome and the weapons spawned which kept the map control a principle in playing. Ever since 343 took over its been a let down. Zero doubt. Anyone who argues otherwise never got to play the Bungie halos in their hayday. Halo 2, 3 and Reach were so damn awesome online.
@@daddyfixit631 i agree, but the point still stand that halo infinite is better than both 4 and 5 (im saying this cause i have no clue wether you’re agreeing with me or not)
@@Chillbird235 yea man just my opinion no argument from me. I would hope infinite is better than 4 and 5. Infinite is the first Halo released I did not purchase or play yet. I said after 4 and 5 never again. I'll get it in the discount later. It's truly amazing to me we have the best hardware ever and the games have got worse every single year. The Playstation 5 and Xbox series X has to be the lamest launch ever. I been playing since Atari and the true ability to fascinate has slipped alot.
3:05 you can actually see the camo shimmer, first noticeable at 2:59 with the fingers over his face. It's a really nice attention to detail. Love your videos, keep it up!
Yeah it seems like Jega (and possibly all Silent Shadow elites?) has a very enhanced camo module. Considering how he despawns completely when he cloaks during his boss fight, it makes sense. Also gives me hope that he's still alive!
Not gonna lie having a 3 year old and being a single dad when esparza had the little holo of his wife and daughter in the beginning I started crying immediately. I couldn't imagine being away like that.
Weird, I thought the holograms were the daughter, and wife of whoever he stole the Pelican from. Meaning he had six months with nothing to do but watch the holograms of a family whose father he indirectly killed by being a coward.
I got a little fan theory about the name The Weapon may choose for herself: I think her name will become Joyeuse (French, meaning: joyful). The name Cortana comes from Curtana, a sword from the French saga "A Matter of France". This sword was said to have had the inscription: "I am Curtana, made of the same steel as Durendal and Joyeuse". Durendal was the sword of Roland the Paladin, and Joyeuse was the sword of Charlemagne, King of the Franks. Now The Weapon was made from the same source material (ie: steel) as Cortana: Dr. Halsey's cloned brains. Durendal has already been used as the name of an AI in the Bungie game Marathon, so that could leave the more feminine "Joyeuse" as the perfect name for this very joyful character. Of course, that would be nice but the marketing morons will probably insist on Cortana 2.0.
I've seen that theory a few times, and really really hope they go down that path. As you said, Durendal was in Bungie's previous franchise and I'm almost certain Cortana has explicitly said that "I am Cortana, made of the same steel as..." line in Halo (one of the books maybe, I can't exactly remember). Together, that would perfectly lend itself to the weapon naming herself Joyeuse.
@@BurningParadox12 Long story short, Forerunner AI who was created for the sole purpose of dealing with ANOTHER Forerunner AI called Mendicant Bias who went rampant and turned to the side of the Flood during the Forerunner-Flood War. Offensive Bias has since been directed to other things, and most notably is also on Installation 07. We don't know the specifics of what this entails yet. And that is a VERY, VERY barebones summary. I strongly recommend looking Offensive Bias up if you want to know more, because I am not a loremaster.
@@BurningParadox12 an AI created by the Forerunners to Counter Medicant Bias who feel to the "Logic Plague" and fought along with the Primordial and the Flood. Offensive Bias was actually able to keep the Flood in check, and almost wob without the need for the firing of the Halo Array.
Truth be told people might not even be able to play Halo 5. A lot people discount the fact that all the halo games are on pc incept Halo 5. So if you don’t have a Xbox then you won’t be able to play it. Halo 5 is pretty bad but I wish they would put halo 5 on steam just so people could play it if they want to.
@@M3g4t0n you’re good without it. Just enjoy Infinite as if it’s the real sequel to 3. It makes Halo 4 feel like a really weird detour that looks drastically different.
I enjoyed it too, but I think the best part is that you don't have to do it. You don't have to go around gaining XP and leveling up to take on the next level. It's entirely up to you. My brother didn't even like how open world ODST was, so he can just play right through Infinite if he wants.
15:00 I think the biggest pain I felt playing this was when I realized that Chief doesn't bring Cortana up in the argument before cutting himself off- he accidentally addressed her as Cortana.
Say what you will about Escharum, but I love how he absolutely chews the scenery every time he's on screen. And he KNOWS he's hamming it up, but doesn't care cause he just wants a good fight with chief
I wonder how many people completely missed the tank on the road to house of reckoning. It's clearly designed to be Infinites obligatory Halo tank level, but it's easy to walk right past it in the beginning.
Two things: 1, the Weapon wouldn't have been okay from the laser, the monitor wasn't exactly attacking her, rather the pedestal she was on which would have been like Guilty Spark interacting with the device containing Cortana in Halo 3 but in a destructive way. And 2, I would like to point out that in the last scene with Cortana she reverted her image, none of the armor she bore in Halo 5 or the other scenes of Infinite depicting her interactions with Atriox. Stripped down to the soft sensitive core for her last heartfelt moment with Chief. It was a message of love, not war, you don't need armor for that. A subtle, but personally very gripping detail. That is all.
I highly recommend looking more into the Halo lore, it is great. Also, the legendary ending of this game is worth looking into, especially if you are adept in the lore.
The creators of the dead space franchise were developing one before their studio got scrapped by EA in their push towards multiplayer and microtransactions
@@christianfarren1179 I’d want one for the Arbiter and the Shipmaster. Been a while since we’ve seen them at length and I’d love a buddy cop game that focuses around the swords of sanghelios
Best cortina moment for me? When Chief jumps into a hole and slides down, all while Cortina is whooping and laughing. She is literally the cutest thing in Halo now
Something I did that somewhat limited my first play through is I kept that rifle Chief asks the dead marine for. Such reverence for what seems like a simple rifle, I couldn’t help but bring it to the end, despite being basically limited to only one other weapon I could swap out the whole campaign. It was worth it
I hope to God you didn't watch this whole video before finishing the campaign. It's not hard to get the under 8 hr achievement so I promise unless you draw it out you won't have to wait too long to come back
As someone who their first game they ever played was CE when they were 3 or 4 and being in love with it then even though I didn't understand everything about the games until I was older, this was a massive return to form with halo. As a die hard fan I'm so happy halo is back and amazing yet again
I never would have guessed as an 11 year old playing CE that 20 years later Chief would legitimately help me come to terms with my own demons. 2021's been rough, and I know it's a little cringe, but this father of four in his 30's needed to see that Chief struggles too.
I don't know if it was one of the Halo games specifically, but I do remember hearing about some devs putting in a little trick where when the player is told to look at the light, it automatically detects which way the player tilts the control stick and sets it to either Standard or Inverted automatically.
The "follow the light" scenes at the start of every game are not just a meme. The game sets your input preference (inverted or normal) based on your direction you push the stick to look up :) This is actually genious imo, because you never have to struggle through a settings-menu
There's also a few Red Vs Blue easter eggs like pink being called "lightish red" and Esparza occasionally calling the Scorpion "Sheila" when he drops it. I can't wait for Grif to show up in an easter egg saying Halo 5 happened because Caboose used the time gun.
False. In Halo CE, Chief is always seen using the MA5B when he's carrying a weapon. Halo 2 introduce the "use the weapon the player is holding" trope for MOST levels. Halo 3 was much less than 2 and, in most instances, used the MA5C as his weapon of choice.
Since we are here and I've been loving your Halo series so far, just wanted to say don't skip Halo Wars games... Maybe they could be your next project?
I'm glad that someone else actually likes Cortana 2.0. I figured people would hate her character when I think her and Esparza are fresh, optimistic additions that the series needed.
This is the game that has got me back into gaming after such a long break, literally years of not paying games. It was an amazing game. Although had to to watch a lot of videos to catch up on the story, including Gamingwins ones.
I always liked that intro, when Echo 216 is awoken, shows him wake up and struggle to manually open the pelican cockpit door. When chief moves the door, after he is saved from drifting in space, it is as if the door is weightless.
Glad to see some positive feedback. I saw nothing but negative comments online about the game, but got an Xbox for Christmas so decided to play and have been having a blast with the game.
Little more about the Samuel moment. RED FLAG was the name of the main thrust operation conceived after Sam was killed. He specifically was left behind to sacrifice himself to ensure the destruction of a Covenant ship. Chief's use of his name refers not only to Sam's death, but to the fact that Chief had to willfully leave him behind. Cortina's deletion protocol is locked behind a word that, to Chief, means the reluctant sacrifice of a friend.
@Beyond Hop3 You're right. Sam was killed in a reactionary operation to a Covenant ship threatening the MJOLNIR testing. My bad, honest mistake. I'm not trying to spread misinformation.
Ah yes the amazing times where your release lines up with a "negative" release from another channel. I love that my brain goes from "that really is a piece of shit" to "this game is a goddamn masterpiece" 😂🤣
This is one of the ones I was most hyped for!! SERIOUSLY DUDE WE HAD TO HAVE A MENTAL LINK BECAUSE I honestly loved this game I cried so many times and I seriously hope 343 sticks to this! Thank you for the video!
What’s funny is I still believe that the help in the final mission must be mendicant or offensive bias due to the history and background of this ring. Also halo 2 theme at the end is just a chefs kiss
My Favorite addition to Halo is Fernando Esparza, aka The Pilot. Not only because he's voice acted by the same person voicing Octane in Apex Legends that brings so much needed energy and " realness" to the game that we rarely get to see , but also because he provides the sort of point of view throughout the story that we don't really have seen much in Halo. Seeing a person starting to "believe" like the Halo 3 tag line was. Seeing them start to understand why The Chief is looked upon as a hero and see hope rise up in the hearts among those who fight alongside him while also being a character that helps the Chief actually do some introspection of his own. The first time we're introduced to him, he's a guy stranded in a space ship, among scraps and remains of the UNSC. A man absolutly hopeless and on the edge of giving up completly, indicated probably the deepest by the 1 bullet left in a pistole he hands to the Chief. Then throughout the game he's " the whiny guy" that wants to go home. It might even get a little annoying, but when he and Chief have a fight at the scrapyard, something new is revealed. He's not a soldier. He's not military. He's literally a civilian. Just a volunteer doing some tech work. a dude that got dragged into a huge conflict. All of his talking makes a lot more sense now. Marines have always been cheering for the Chief, because they either have seen or know fellow soldiers that have seen Spartans in Action. Ofcourse they're down to go into Hell with him. But for a civilian, he's like a fairy tale or a comic book hero. Stories that are hard to believe. But after seeing him in action for so long, he eventually started to believe. Hell, he was ready to take on the Banished on the entire Ring by the end of the game. Meanwhile, during that argument, John realizes what he's been doing was wrong. He dragged a person that he claims to protect ( aka the vague concept of Humanity) into a warzone. Up to that point John ignored almost every comment and request by Fernando but after this, a lot of things change. Some of that was becoming more protective and more willingly to listen to him. The entire back and forth that these two have is a nice call back to Halo 4's ending when Cpt. Lasky points out to Chief that he seems to see Soldiers and Humanity as two seperated things when they're not. This comes together really well in this game throughtout the story as a B-line plot. I loved Fernando and I like what they did with him. I want to see more of him!
the music at 19:50 is labeled Finale, and the end part of the song is nearly identical to Halo 2's Finale song of the same name. Really amazing throwback
The way 343 made the open world and story missions side by side is amazing, on one hand you've got a world that will appeal to most people and will explore it, and on the other hand the linear story missions that everyone loves is still there. Not to mention that every area is still connected through the open world, but each area has it's own feeling when your playing through it.
I think it's fitting that the song playing during the final scene with the 3 of them flying off is a remix of "a spartan rises" from H2A (which in turn is a remaster/remix of "the last spartan")
Not gonna lie though, one of the best parts of this game is the environmental storytelling. The House of Reckoning especially just SHOOK me. When I saw the Multiplayer-like training arena, I was like "oh shit, they've been preparing SPECIFICALLY to fight UNSC" just from that view---that's what makes the Banished ten times more dangerous than the Covenant. Apart from Thel 'Vadam, the Covvies were arrogant and felt they were above humanity with their superior weapons and barely strategized; the Banished do not underestimate any of their enemies and use ALL the assets available to them. Strong AND smart. The devs knew exactly what they were doing and I love it.
I think you underplayed how huge the character of John goes from mindless murder robot to a human here. He takes cortanas "which of us is human" thing and adds so much. Amazing video but it's so big.
7:42 they did in the non-anniversary halo 2. i even remember the arbiter would shoot at sesa (heretic leader)‘s banshee with whatever gun you were holding. same with chief getting off the scarab with whatever gun you had when you killed it
This game is what bungie always visioned halo to be but we’re limited by the tech at the time. This made joe Staten tear up on their special 20th anniversary video where they launched infinites multilayer early. My theory is that the ring as a whole is the whole biome and more would be downloaded/ unlocked areas as dlc was dropped.
9:41 The pedestal she was currently inside of would've been destroyed if Chief didn't block the shot there, so Cortina could've technically taken the shot, but Chief wouldn't have been able to retrieve her.
I like to think he learned from the moment in Halo 4 where the didact destroyed the terminal he was trying to pull Cortana from. In my headcanon, that's what he sees as the moment he truly failed, because if Cortana had been in his suit she couldn't have fragmented & self sacrificed, and everything that followed might not have happened. If he'd just been faster, he tells himself, he could've taken her to Halsey, who in his desperation he believes could have fixed her. I love how his regret is so tangible in Infinite. But if Regret is the theme of Infinite's campaign, perhaps the next story might be themed after Truth or Mercy 😏
Win Counter 127 missing “The presentation of this entire encounter is so ominous and tense like a horror film and unlike anything in the campaign till now. This feels like a Metal Gear Solid boss fight with the build up.”
I had never even played a halo game before infinite and I was fully transfixed by the story. Every scene looked beautiful, the boss fights were definitely challenging, and it was really fun to bond with the characters. This is a great review
The fact that this game and halo 4/5 are written and directed by the same people is mind blowing. They really pulled a 180 in the best way possible, and made the few good moments in 4/5 the whole game.
I got to the part at 10:50 That conversation really hit me emotionally. I had to pause the game and cruled up into a ball crying for a few minutes. My emotions where not ready.
I like what 343 are doing by fixing their mistakes but I hate the time and lore put into 4 and 5 for really nothing to matter. Also I’m watching this after Gaming Sins did this game and it’s incredible
Samuel-034 has double meaning, not only was he the first Spartan to be killed, he was also John's best friend and one third of the Original Blue Team with John and Kelly.
I remember how I felt in that scene with Chief and Esparza after Pelican Down. That scene did a really good job of humanizing Chief and showing that Halo 5 wasn't just harmful for the community, but also for the people in-universe, especially Chief
Ngl I wanna see the Spirit of Fire in a DLC. I think that would be safe, as they don't NEED to have the DLCs absolutely kill it for them to succeed, and Red team in an FPS Halo title? Heck yeah!
I loved the open world I only wish it had variety like Halo 3 had on it's setting with the sand levels and snow levels but maybe that can be dlc for later.
A little disappointed you didn't spend much time on Escharum, given he's surprisingly quite the highlight for this campaign (particularly his big speech- y'all know the one), but ah well. More importantly, yeah, Halo is fucking back. *God it feels so good to say that.* I will say that regarding Atriox and the Banished, I do strongly recommend trying out the Halo Wars games. They may be RTS's, but they're more of like... diet RTS's. And Halo Wars 2 in particular has a lot of useful context regarding the Banished, given it's the game that literally debuted them (and arguably is thus partially responsible for the success of Infinite).
No win for the soundtrack as a whole is absolutely criminal. Ransom Keep is just beautiful as it goes further along and a lot of the reworked returning songs have all been beautifully given energy as much as slowed to fit the wonder you experience even in the middle of battle.
For the next game halo game would love for it to be linear game. To continue with the following story line against the banished and endless but one thing I was thinking for co-op is that it could be like 3 and 5. Bring back fire team, blue team, arbiter and introduce red team to the story. SO we can see the endless and the banished under Atrioxs rule. Player 1 will be chief as default Player 2: Arbiter or Jerome Player 3-4 can choose between the blue and purple elites or from one of the teams. I think it would be really neat. even if they wanna do 6 player just to add the extra spartan or elites.
6:38, technically, it has, New Alexandria from Halo Reach only had one checkpoint to choose from when loading the mission from the menu, as it's all in the same area that you go around in the falcon, and it while its still somewhat scripted, it plays out fairly close to an open world game. and also, pretty much the majority of Halo 3 ODST was open world exploration of New Mombasa.
Are you playing with laso because the bandana skull or whatever makes it a lot easier; you can just spam the dynamo grenades And the Easter egg scorpion gun makes it really easy
I’m on playthrough 2 now going for all of the skulls (got all the open world ones on my first game, since the Wasp is bae, but some are level locked so it’s as good an excuse as any to replay the game). And wow…this game is emotional for me. I remember being at Outpost Discovery back in 2019 when they were hyping the game up…and I’m so glad I finally got to play it.
0:54 honestly I love the trailer version of this so much more rather than the in game one. To me it felt like the wife/mother had more of that "Let's cheer dad up while he's away" and guiding the kid with what to say. It felt more raw like it was the first take instead of the in game one which felt like they had rehearsed it a couple times over before recording and sending it to him. For the most part I love the in game changes but this one bugged me, they nailed it in the trailer and should have kept it as it was.
I'm surprised you didn't win a lot more of Cortina's action's that mirrored the original Cortana, hell, even certain bits of the story itself, like Chief stopping the laser at 9:35 , not only to protect Cortina just on instinct but also because in Halo 3 he couldn't take 1 without almost dying and now he takes one like it's nothing, or how there's a lot of little details about the Arbiter, Locke and many other characters around the entirety of the Halo franchise, although they are found in the open world. And although this should only be a win when it comes out at some point, we might be getting the Spirit of Fire in Infinite as an audio file as been found that as our good, happy pilot is telling Chief that he "won't believe this" as the same signal he had when he found Chief is going off in the background, given that the Banished were fighting the Spirit of Fire, i wouldn't be surprised if they finally show up on the next story expansion to aid Chief and just imagine, a ship everyone thought was gone, destroyed in space, comes back as Humanity's last hope like, you guessed it, a Spirit of Fire.
7:42 Bungie did it once in Halo 2. After you destroy the Scarab, Chief walks out of the smoke what whatever weapon you last held. But always one-handed.
I'd like to make an observation: Atriox said that his face would be the last we ever see. While that isn't true for Chief, it is for us narratively as the last shot is his face
Win Counter 119 that’s missing “I love how Atriox isn’t phased by his home being destroyed. They established how powerful this guy was physically in the beginning and now they show it’s also his will power...why did they kill him off screen again?”
You mentioned Master Chief retiring and for some reason I just saw him in denim overalls with his spartan helmet still on but a straw hat on top of it all lol. I feel like that was a meme I saw at one point.
The “Samuel” the “Red Flag. 034” was such a good little detail. Helps show the book side of chief. John was always caring of the fellow Spartans. He was a great leader. And Sam was one of his best friends, and John actually followed his lead in some of the challenges they were given as early Spartans. And Sam could’ve been better than John but sacrificed himself. So, as touched on in the video, he’s being humanized by honor his friend and brother in arms.
Was 034 Samuel's number?
@@friendedtreefilms yes, Samual-034 Spartan-II
Another thing is. Samuel was only a kid when he died on that mission. He was like 14-15 when he died
@@Childishxmarkeeloo wasnt he like chief bestfriend or something while they trained? That's the story I've been told
@@friendedtreefilms yeah he was his best friend
“We just keep saying goodbye, don’t we?”
That made me remember an emotional line from Red Vs Blue…the recording of Allison saying “Don’t say goodbye….I hate goodbyes.”
Now that you mention it. The whole thing reminds me a lot of Church too. Both characters that keep having to see their friend go.
@@dylanv.4970 Like the last interaction between Church and Tucker
"See you on the other side"
"*sigh* not this time buddy"
We won't see Cortana on the other side this time, she's actually gone.
It’s always so interesting to see how often RVB intersects with Halo, both intentionally and coincidentally.
@@AnnieMay224 "are you, sure about this?"
Cool to meet other RVB fans. Also Lilly Anne, that’s a great reference too.
Just want to say, I think The Weapon and Chief's relationship is more father-daughter than romantic. That got hammered home to me in the last scene with Cortana. Cortana's attitude was just like a mother gushing over her daughter, and Chief presents a mentoring attitude throughout the entire game.
Yeah, same, and I know it's an Overused trope nowadays, but they really did it well in Infinite
Absolutely, personally her intentional lack of personality feels more like a preteen yet to have learned who they are in the world. They only know what their parents have told them. We see in her learning Cortana's history & the truth about herself how the knowledge she gained as an independent being slowly begins to shape emotion and personality. Sarcasm & wit is such a hallmark of Halsey, it comes with every Cortana model. But the rest, that's all nurture- not nature.
it's more Geralt and Ciri as opposed to Chief and Cortana that was more Geralt and Yennefer
Feels more like the crazy ex wife that everyone once relied on, decided to do one final thing by passing on her torch to the next girl, to create a new chapter in her beloveds life.
@@michaelkean5969 I think Master Chief had more of a underdeveloped son and loving mother relationship with Cortana, just look at Halo 4s dialogue.
Everything chief says is a win. Steve Downes's voice is pure gold.
"You worry about the batteries. Ill buy us some time." Dont know why, but that line is my favorite. Chief just sounds tired and worn out but still pushing onward
My favorite has to be when he buckled down with the pilot and said “We all fail. We all make mistakes. It’s what makes us human,” and the rest that follows. Steve Downes is and will always be the one and only voice of John dude
Exactly. His voice just fits the character perfectly like how Peter Cullens voice fits optimus prime perfectly
It makes sense, by Infinite he is just worn down.
When Chief stops the Monitor's laser, it shows how much Mjolnir armor has improved over time, because in Halo 3 it knocked him over and drained his shields, but now he can just shrug it off.
Chief deflecting the monitor’s blast was a call back to him learning his mistake in H3
Also, play the Atriox cutscene at the end on Legendary, more dialogue and somewhere back there is HiddenXperia nutting himself
It's been a while since I played 3. What's this mistake you're referring to?
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Chief letting his guard down around 343 Guilty Spark and costing Johnson his life.. or so he blames himself for
@@MasterHall117 oh right, I forgot about that. Thanks.
I feel like this is a sign that I need to play through the games again lol.
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It’s better you do, plus you get another chance in experiencing like it was the first time
And also his mistake in 4 which was letting the didactic destroy the podium containing Cortana
I'm surprised you didn't have a bookends win for Esharem. When he first sees Cheif he tells him to "Fight hard. Die well." in his final cutcene he tells Chief to "Tell them I died well."
Sam was Johns first friend, along with Kelley. Sam’s sacrifice taught John the difference between wasting the lives of those under his command(through bad orders, bad decisions) and the sacrifice of those under his command. He ordered sam to cover the retreat of himself and the other Spartans.
Should add that their first mission was to neutralize a covenant ship, and they had to in/exfiltrate without a vessel. Sam had taken a plasma bolt that breached the then-shieldless MJOLNIR MK-IV (iirc), so he wouldn't have survived the mission anyway.
The reason for the reference is, i believe, that John saw Sam's death as his first failure, something that John has been ruminating on for a while. All the same, I'm very appreciative of a spent v. wasted lives theme.
We just gonna forget about
“Why do you do this Chief?”
“It’s all I know”
I almost teared up
I've played through the campaign 3, going on 4 times. The final goodbye between Chief and Cortana gives me chills every time. I love this game so fucking much
So good to see a franchise you love that hasn't been so good for a long time come back strong.
Halo 4 was great; 5 had some of the best multiplayer gameplay in the industry. Relax.
@@the_ZAMURAI eh the general consensus was that halo 4 and 5 weren’t that good compared the the others, they werent bad by any means, but just felt deviated from the series’s core.
@@Chillbird235 4 was absolutely horrible on all counts. 5 was a terrible campaign and a decent multi-player that suffered from poor maps and weapon drop. Bungie had maps that were awesome and the weapons spawned which kept the map control a principle in playing. Ever since 343 took over its been a let down. Zero doubt. Anyone who argues otherwise never got to play the Bungie halos in their hayday. Halo 2, 3 and Reach were so damn awesome online.
@@daddyfixit631 i agree, but the point still stand that halo infinite is better than both 4 and 5 (im saying this cause i have no clue wether you’re agreeing with me or not)
@@Chillbird235 yea man just my opinion no argument from me. I would hope infinite is better than 4 and 5. Infinite is the first Halo released I did not purchase or play yet. I said after 4 and 5 never again. I'll get it in the discount later. It's truly amazing to me we have the best hardware ever and the games have got worse every single year. The Playstation 5 and Xbox series X has to be the lamest launch ever. I been playing since Atari and the true ability to fascinate has slipped alot.
3:05 you can actually see the camo shimmer, first noticeable at 2:59 with the fingers over his face. It's a really nice attention to detail. Love your videos, keep it up!
Yeah it seems like Jega (and possibly all Silent Shadow elites?) has a very enhanced camo module. Considering how he despawns completely when he cloaks during his boss fight, it makes sense. Also gives me hope that he's still alive!
Not gonna lie having a 3 year old and being a single dad when esparza had the little holo of his wife and daughter in the beginning I started crying immediately. I couldn't imagine being away like that.
Weird, I thought the holograms were the daughter, and wife of whoever he stole the Pelican from. Meaning he had six months with nothing to do but watch the holograms of a family whose father he indirectly killed by being a coward.
I got a little fan theory about the name The Weapon may choose for herself: I think her name will become Joyeuse (French, meaning: joyful).
The name Cortana comes from Curtana, a sword from the French saga "A Matter of France". This sword was said to have had the inscription: "I am Curtana, made of the same steel as Durendal and Joyeuse". Durendal was the sword of Roland the Paladin, and Joyeuse was the sword of Charlemagne, King of the Franks.
Now The Weapon was made from the same source material (ie: steel) as Cortana: Dr. Halsey's cloned brains. Durendal has already been used as the name of an AI in the Bungie game Marathon, so that could leave the more feminine "Joyeuse" as the perfect name for this very joyful character.
Of course, that would be nice but the marketing morons will probably insist on Cortana 2.0.
I think the devs intentionally left the name out to gauge what the fans want before making a decision.
@@DualWieldFTW Very good point. If they get a lot of "well, calling her Cortana is lame" reactions they may opt for Joyeuse.
I was hoping for Echo. Now that we know Esparza's full name, it seems a fitting way to honor a man that helped her.
@@Troubleshooter11 interesting theory
I've seen that theory a few times, and really really hope they go down that path. As you said, Durendal was in Bungie's previous franchise and I'm almost certain Cortana has explicitly said that "I am Cortana, made of the same steel as..." line in Halo (one of the books maybe, I can't exactly remember). Together, that would perfectly lend itself to the weapon naming herself Joyeuse.
im suprised he didnt win the fact that Chak'lok was one of the most formal enemies weve ever had in halo
That halo 2 song in the end gave me chills. Also the (legendary) ending suggests offensive bias, not the endless.
both actually, Offensive Bias is being reactivated due to a threat "Greater then the Flood."
What is Offensive bias?
@@BurningParadox12 Long story short, Forerunner AI who was created for the sole purpose of dealing with ANOTHER Forerunner AI called Mendicant Bias who went rampant and turned to the side of the Flood during the Forerunner-Flood War. Offensive Bias has since been directed to other things, and most notably is also on Installation 07. We don't know the specifics of what this entails yet.
And that is a VERY, VERY barebones summary. I strongly recommend looking Offensive Bias up if you want to know more, because I am not a loremaster.
@@Hexagonaldonut alright thanks. Guess I need to do more reading of the comics and books to understand the story
@@BurningParadox12 an AI created by the Forerunners to Counter Medicant Bias who feel to the "Logic Plague" and fought along with the Primordial and the Flood. Offensive Bias was actually able to keep the Flood in check, and almost wob without the need for the firing of the Halo Array.
"Man, Halo 4 was a rough one. Wonder how he's gonna get through Halo 5's video?"
Next video:
*Everything GREAT about Halo Infinite*
"Ah, I see."
I have the same problem and genuinly don't know what happened in Halo 5 as I have not played it yet...
@@M3g4t0n cortana come back go bad cliffhanger ending. the end lmao
Just forget about it, a good plan
Truth be told people might not even be able to play Halo 5. A lot people discount the fact that all the halo games are on pc incept Halo 5. So if you don’t have a Xbox then you won’t be able to play it. Halo 5 is pretty bad but I wish they would put halo 5 on steam just so people could play it if they want to.
@@M3g4t0n you’re good without it. Just enjoy Infinite as if it’s the real sequel to 3. It makes Halo 4 feel like a really weird detour that looks drastically different.
I really love the open world. Going around collecting cores, audio logs, and artifacts is so awesome!
I enjoyed it too, but I think the best part is that you don't have to do it. You don't have to go around gaining XP and leveling up to take on the next level. It's entirely up to you. My brother didn't even like how open world ODST was, so he can just play right through Infinite if he wants.
Halo Infinite's campaign made me love the series again as much as I did when Halo 3 released. I love it so much
15:00 I think the biggest pain I felt playing this was when I realized that Chief doesn't bring Cortana up in the argument before cutting himself off- he accidentally addressed her as Cortana.
Say what you will about Escharum, but I love how he absolutely chews the scenery every time he's on screen. And he KNOWS he's hamming it up, but doesn't care cause he just wants a good fight with chief
I wonder how many people completely missed the tank on the road to house of reckoning. It's clearly designed to be Infinites obligatory Halo tank level, but it's easy to walk right past it in the beginning.
Two things: 1, the Weapon wouldn't have been okay from the laser, the monitor wasn't exactly attacking her, rather the pedestal she was on which would have been like Guilty Spark interacting with the device containing Cortana in Halo 3 but in a destructive way. And 2, I would like to point out that in the last scene with Cortana she reverted her image, none of the armor she bore in Halo 5 or the other scenes of Infinite depicting her interactions with Atriox. Stripped down to the soft sensitive core for her last heartfelt moment with Chief. It was a message of love, not war, you don't need armor for that. A subtle, but personally very gripping detail.
That is all.
I didn't realised that. It is a perfect detail
I highly recommend looking more into the Halo lore, it is great. Also, the legendary ending of this game is worth looking into, especially if you are adept in the lore.
This makes me want a Mandalorian esque game, like having it either be based around someone like Boba Fett, Gar Saxon, Sabine Wren or Even Din Djarin
I’m right there with you. We can only hope one is already in development.
The creators of the dead space franchise were developing one before their studio got scrapped by EA in their push towards multiplayer and microtransactions
@@christianfarren1179 I’d want one for the Arbiter and the Shipmaster. Been a while since we’ve seen them at length and I’d love a buddy cop game that focuses around the swords of sanghelios
@@thatcarguydom266 Agreed. They’re criminally underused these days.
Disney taking notes rn
Best cortina moment for me? When Chief jumps into a hole and slides down, all while Cortina is whooping and laughing. She is literally the cutest thing in Halo now
Cortina is a shockingly good name for the weapon
Something I did that somewhat limited my first play through is I kept that rifle Chief asks the dead marine for. Such reverence for what seems like a simple rifle, I couldn’t help but bring it to the end, despite being basically limited to only one other weapon I could swap out the whole campaign. It was worth it
I just started with the campaign today, what a timing
Edit: I’ve now finished the main campaign and is now exploring the ring
Quickly! Click off ahah
@@Bill_9999
SIR YES SIR
I hope to God you didn't watch this whole video before finishing the campaign. It's not hard to get the under 8 hr achievement so I promise unless you draw it out you won't have to wait too long to come back
As someone who their first game they ever played was CE when they were 3 or 4 and being in love with it then even though I didn't understand everything about the games until I was older, this was a massive return to form with halo. As a die hard fan I'm so happy halo is back and amazing yet again
I’m glad to know I have brethren in the “Halo was my first game when I was three” crowd
I never would have guessed as an 11 year old playing CE that 20 years later Chief would legitimately help me come to terms with my own demons. 2021's been rough, and I know it's a little cringe, but this father of four in his 30's needed to see that Chief struggles too.
I don't know if it was one of the Halo games specifically, but I do remember hearing about some devs putting in a little trick where when the player is told to look at the light, it automatically detects which way the player tilts the control stick and sets it to either Standard or Inverted automatically.
The "follow the light" scenes at the start of every game are not just a meme.
The game sets your input preference (inverted or normal) based on your direction you push the stick to look up :)
This is actually genious imo, because you never have to struggle through a settings-menu
In case one doesn’t know Atriox isn’t actually a new villian, his debut was in halo wars 2
There's also a few Red Vs Blue easter eggs like pink being called "lightish red" and Esparza occasionally calling the Scorpion "Sheila" when he drops it. I can't wait for Grif to show up in an easter egg saying Halo 5 happened because Caboose used the time gun.
7:45 Actually halo CE always had the weapon you use in a cutscene. Halo 2 and 3 also had it but very rarely.
False. In Halo CE, Chief is always seen using the MA5B when he's carrying a weapon. Halo 2 introduce the "use the weapon the player is holding" trope for MOST levels. Halo 3 was much less than 2 and, in most instances, used the MA5C as his weapon of choice.
@@bigchiefchance That is super strange. I could have swore I seen him hold the plasma rifle in 1. I know in 3 it was done at the cheiftan cutsence.
Since we are here and I've been loving your Halo series so far, just wanted to say don't skip Halo Wars games... Maybe they could be your next project?
By the way, weapons you had appearing in the cutscene is a thing in Halo 2 :p
@@Guaseth and I few cutscenes in halo 3 like in the first mission on then segment to go save Johnson
I'm glad that someone else actually likes Cortana 2.0. I figured people would hate her character when I think her and Esparza are fresh, optimistic additions that the series needed.
Agreed
Fun fact: Echo is voiced by the same dude who does Octane from Apex Legends.
This is the game that has got me back into gaming after such a long break, literally years of not paying games. It was an amazing game. Although had to to watch a lot of videos to catch up on the story, including Gamingwins ones.
Fun fact, that little Pelican Pickup scene is most likely a Red Vs Blue reference since the Freelancers do that exact thing.
I always liked that intro, when Echo 216 is awoken, shows him wake up and struggle to manually open the pelican cockpit door. When chief moves the door, after he is saved from drifting in space, it is as if the door is weightless.
Glad to see some positive feedback. I saw nothing but negative comments online about the game, but got an Xbox for Christmas so decided to play and have been having a blast with the game.
Little more about the Samuel moment. RED FLAG was the name of the main thrust operation conceived after Sam was killed. He specifically was left behind to sacrifice himself to ensure the destruction of a Covenant ship. Chief's use of his name refers not only to Sam's death, but to the fact that Chief had to willfully leave him behind. Cortina's deletion protocol is locked behind a word that, to Chief, means the reluctant sacrifice of a friend.
@Beyond Hop3 You're right. Sam was killed in a reactionary operation to a Covenant ship threatening the MJOLNIR testing. My bad, honest mistake. I'm not trying to spread misinformation.
Guns you had actually showed up in a few cutscenes, notably one in the first mission of Halo 3 when they’re overlooking the dam.
Ah yes the amazing times where your release lines up with a "negative" release from another channel. I love that my brain goes from "that really is a piece of shit" to "this game is a goddamn masterpiece" 😂🤣
This is one of the ones I was most hyped for!! SERIOUSLY DUDE WE HAD TO HAVE A MENTAL LINK BECAUSE I honestly loved this game I cried so many times and I seriously hope 343 sticks to this! Thank you for the video!
This video is about 3 hours too short but still excited to watch. I love infinite
There’s actually deleted dialogue from a grunt talking about how spartan locke’s helmet was used as arm decoration by one of the banished
What’s funny is I still believe that the help in the final mission must be mendicant or offensive bias due to the history and background of this ring. Also halo 2 theme at the end is just a chefs kiss
This was a great video, that ending scene puts such a smile on my face.
You should cover the metro series. I think you’d really like them.
My Favorite addition to Halo is Fernando Esparza, aka The Pilot. Not only because he's voice acted by the same person voicing Octane in Apex Legends that brings so much needed energy and " realness" to the game that we rarely get to see , but also because he provides the sort of point of view throughout the story that we don't really have seen much in Halo.
Seeing a person starting to "believe" like the Halo 3 tag line was. Seeing them start to understand why The Chief is looked upon as a hero and see hope rise up in the hearts among those who fight alongside him while also being a character that helps the Chief actually do some introspection of his own.
The first time we're introduced to him, he's a guy stranded in a space ship, among scraps and remains of the UNSC. A man absolutly hopeless and on the edge of giving up completly, indicated probably the deepest by the 1 bullet left in a pistole he hands to the Chief. Then throughout the game he's " the whiny guy" that wants to go home. It might even get a little annoying, but when he and Chief have a fight at the scrapyard, something new is revealed. He's not a soldier. He's not military. He's literally a civilian. Just a volunteer doing some tech work. a dude that got dragged into a huge conflict. All of his talking makes a lot more sense now.
Marines have always been cheering for the Chief, because they either have seen or know fellow soldiers that have seen Spartans in Action. Ofcourse they're down to go into Hell with him. But for a civilian, he's like a fairy tale or a comic book hero. Stories that are hard to believe. But after seeing him in action for so long, he eventually started to believe. Hell, he was ready to take on the Banished on the entire Ring by the end of the game.
Meanwhile, during that argument, John realizes what he's been doing was wrong. He dragged a person that he claims to protect ( aka the vague concept of Humanity) into a warzone. Up to that point John ignored almost every comment and request by Fernando but after this, a lot of things change. Some of that was becoming more protective and more willingly to listen to him.
The entire back and forth that these two have is a nice call back to Halo 4's ending when Cpt. Lasky points out to Chief that he seems to see Soldiers and Humanity as two seperated things when they're not. This comes together really well in this game throughtout the story as a B-line plot.
I loved Fernando and I like what they did with him. I want to see more of him!
Halo 2 showed the gun you last held during gameplay in the cutscene, but only on the original graphics
I just love when running at a enemy and just hearing them scream in fear before it's cut off with the slam of the hammer
I am so happy this ended up coming out great 343 definitely needed this and I needed this for one of my favorite all time franchises
This game pulled at the heart strings so much. This was the greatest step in the halo saga.
Honestly, I feel they finally hit the nail on the head, I beyond loved this game
the music at 19:50 is labeled Finale, and the end part of the song is nearly identical to Halo 2's Finale song of the same name. Really amazing throwback
The way 343 made the open world and story missions side by side is amazing, on one hand you've got a world that will appeal to most people and will explore it, and on the other hand the linear story missions that everyone loves is still there. Not to mention that every area is still connected through the open world, but each area has it's own feeling when your playing through it.
I think it's fitting that the song playing during the final scene with the 3 of them flying off is a remix of "a spartan rises" from H2A (which in turn is a remaster/remix of "the last spartan")
Not gonna lie though, one of the best parts of this game is the environmental storytelling. The House of Reckoning especially just SHOOK me. When I saw the Multiplayer-like training arena, I was like "oh shit, they've been preparing SPECIFICALLY to fight UNSC" just from that view---that's what makes the Banished ten times more dangerous than the Covenant. Apart from Thel 'Vadam, the Covvies were arrogant and felt they were above humanity with their superior weapons and barely strategized; the Banished do not underestimate any of their enemies and use ALL the assets available to them. Strong AND smart.
The devs knew exactly what they were doing and I love it.
I think you underplayed how huge the character of John goes from mindless murder robot to a human here. He takes cortanas "which of us is human" thing and adds so much.
Amazing video but it's so big.
7:42 they did in the non-anniversary halo 2. i even remember the arbiter would shoot at sesa (heretic leader)‘s banshee with whatever gun you were holding. same with chief getting off the scarab with whatever gun you had when you killed it
This game is what bungie always visioned halo to be but we’re limited by the tech at the time. This made joe Staten tear up on their special 20th anniversary video where they launched infinites multilayer early.
My theory is that the ring as a whole is the whole biome and more would be downloaded/ unlocked areas as dlc was dropped.
9:41
The pedestal she was currently inside of would've been destroyed if Chief didn't block the shot there, so Cortina could've technically taken the shot, but Chief wouldn't have been able to retrieve her.
I like to think he learned from the moment in Halo 4 where the didact destroyed the terminal he was trying to pull Cortana from. In my headcanon, that's what he sees as the moment he truly failed, because if Cortana had been in his suit she couldn't have fragmented & self sacrificed, and everything that followed might not have happened. If he'd just been faster, he tells himself, he could've taken her to Halsey, who in his desperation he believes could have fixed her.
I love how his regret is so tangible in Infinite. But if Regret is the theme of Infinite's campaign, perhaps the next story might be themed after Truth or Mercy 😏
I like the trailer part of the beginning. When the pilot says, “We need to run,” Chief says, “No. we need to fight.”
Win Counter 127 missing “The presentation of this entire encounter is so ominous and tense like a horror film and unlike anything in the campaign till now. This feels like a Metal Gear Solid boss fight with the build up.”
I had never even played a halo game before infinite and I was fully transfixed by the story. Every scene looked beautiful, the boss fights were definitely challenging, and it was really fun to bond with the characters.
This is a great review
One thing nobody noticed in 3:17 is the sfx that plays when chief's armor was punched is the same armor sfx for Halo 4.
The fact that this game and halo 4/5 are written and directed by the same people is mind blowing. They really pulled a 180 in the best way possible, and made the few good moments in 4/5 the whole game.
I got to the part at 10:50 That conversation really hit me emotionally. I had to pause the game and cruled up into a ball crying for a few minutes. My emotions where not ready.
I like what 343 are doing by fixing their mistakes but I hate the time and lore put into 4 and 5 for really nothing to matter. Also I’m watching this after Gaming Sins did this game and it’s incredible
7:41 I remember you can see your equipped weapons in some cut scenes of Halo 3
Samuel-034 has double meaning, not only was he the first Spartan to be killed, he was also John's best friend and one third of the Original Blue Team with John and Kelly.
That the kind of fan service I like. Subtle. Yet powerfull.
I remember how I felt in that scene with Chief and Esparza after Pelican Down. That scene did a really good job of humanizing Chief and showing that Halo 5 wasn't just harmful for the community, but also for the people in-universe, especially Chief
I absolutely love this TH-cam channel. So much work and effort in a video. I’ve played halo for all my life so this video is awesome lol
Cortina is definitely gonna name herself echo it’s just perfect
It beats dust
Ngl I wanna see the Spirit of Fire in a DLC. I think that would be safe, as they don't NEED to have the DLCs absolutely kill it for them to succeed, and Red team in an FPS Halo title?
Heck yeah!
I love the possible dynamic of Stalwart Knight and Plucky Goofball Squire in Chief and Esparza
I loved the open world I only wish it had variety like Halo 3 had on it's setting with the sand levels and snow levels but maybe that can be dlc for later.
A little disappointed you didn't spend much time on Escharum, given he's surprisingly quite the highlight for this campaign (particularly his big speech- y'all know the one), but ah well. More importantly, yeah, Halo is fucking back. *God it feels so good to say that.*
I will say that regarding Atriox and the Banished, I do strongly recommend trying out the Halo Wars games. They may be RTS's, but they're more of like... diet RTS's. And Halo Wars 2 in particular has a lot of useful context regarding the Banished, given it's the game that literally debuted them (and arguably is thus partially responsible for the success of Infinite).
No win for the soundtrack as a whole is absolutely criminal. Ransom Keep is just beautiful as it goes further along and a lot of the reworked returning songs have all been beautifully given energy as much as slowed to fit the wonder you experience even in the middle of battle.
For the next game halo game would love for it to be linear game. To continue with the following story line against the banished and endless but one thing I was thinking for co-op is that it could be like 3 and 5. Bring back fire team, blue team, arbiter and introduce red team to the story. SO we can see the endless and the banished under Atrioxs rule.
Player 1 will be chief as default
Player 2: Arbiter or Jerome
Player 3-4 can choose between the blue and purple elites or from one of the teams. I think it would be really neat.
even if they wanna do 6 player just to add the extra spartan or elites.
6:38, technically, it has, New Alexandria from Halo Reach only had one checkpoint to choose from when loading the mission from the menu, as it's all in the same area that you go around in the falcon, and it while its still somewhat scripted, it plays out fairly close to an open world game.
and also, pretty much the majority of Halo 3 ODST was open world exploration of New Mombasa.
Heroic felt tough but fair, just started my second play through on legendary and It’s basically just being pegged by the banished so far
Are you playing with laso because the bandana skull or whatever makes it a lot easier; you can just spam the dynamo grenades
And the Easter egg scorpion gun makes it really easy
@@Perfection645 the tank gun was a glitch i think
I’m on playthrough 2 now going for all of the skulls (got all the open world ones on my first game, since the Wasp is bae, but some are level locked so it’s as good an excuse as any to replay the game). And wow…this game is emotional for me. I remember being at Outpost Discovery back in 2019 when they were hyping the game up…and I’m so glad I finally got to play it.
You ever think about covering Halo Wars 2 considering it’s basically a prequel to this game?
0:54 honestly I love the trailer version of this so much more rather than the in game one. To me it felt like the wife/mother had more of that "Let's cheer dad up while he's away" and guiding the kid with what to say. It felt more raw like it was the first take instead of the in game one which felt like they had rehearsed it a couple times over before recording and sending it to him. For the most part I love the in game changes but this one bugged me, they nailed it in the trailer and should have kept it as it was.
I'm surprised you didn't win a lot more of Cortina's action's that mirrored the original Cortana, hell, even certain bits of the story itself, like Chief stopping the laser at 9:35 , not only to protect Cortina just on instinct but also because in Halo 3 he couldn't take 1 without almost dying and now he takes one like it's nothing, or how there's a lot of little details about the Arbiter, Locke and many other characters around the entirety of the Halo franchise, although they are found in the open world.
And although this should only be a win when it comes out at some point, we might be getting the Spirit of Fire in Infinite as an audio file as been found that as our good, happy pilot is telling Chief that he "won't believe this" as the same signal he had when he found Chief is going off in the background, given that the Banished were fighting the Spirit of Fire, i wouldn't be surprised if they finally show up on the next story expansion to aid Chief and just imagine, a ship everyone thought was gone, destroyed in space, comes back as Humanity's last hope like, you guessed it, a Spirit of Fire.
I’ll never get bored of throwing fusion coils that is all.
7:42 Bungie did it once in Halo 2. After you destroy the Scarab, Chief walks out of the smoke what whatever weapon you last held. But always one-handed.
I'd like to make an observation: Atriox said that his face would be the last we ever see. While that isn't true for Chief, it is for us narratively as the last shot is his face
Theory: Atriox is Deadpool and that lets him break the fourth wall
Honestly the Monotone performance of the master chief serves to highlight the true emotion in Steve Downes’s delivery.
At 10:46, the controller vibrates to represent the weight of the moment
I re-watch the scene where Chief let's "Cortana" slip over and over, and every single time I choke up.
Halo infinite scenery with weapon and chief was one hell of a ride and it hurt places
"open worlds isn't something that halo has really done before". Allow me to introduce H3 ODST.
Win Counter 119 that’s missing “I love how Atriox isn’t phased by his home being destroyed. They established how powerful this guy was physically in the beginning and now they show it’s also his will power...why did they kill him off screen again?”
I have most of the halo books and when they mentions Sam I finally felt like they are noticing how popular the books are
You mentioned Master Chief retiring and for some reason I just saw him in denim overalls with his spartan helmet still on but a straw hat on top of it all lol. I feel like that was a meme I saw at one point.
I didn't realize you could grapple weapons to you UNTIL THE 2ND TO LAST BOSS FIGHT! even still, infinite was fun af. Great video
Even though Chief does it in, like, literally the opening cutscene.