thanks so much for this, i'm 40 and have been playing since the first halo game, my 6 year old was introduced to halo with infinite and video games in general just this christmas, he's getting to have the same experiences i did with halo and i'm far to fuzzy on the lore to answer a bunch of his questions, we're totally going to hang out tonight and watch this video for some father son time before bed. you rock man and thanks for helping us with our bonding!
Can you please recommend a Halo game that does not have any inappropriate language for a child? Or at least the most un-offensive in terms of language.
@@chrisdillard3201 Halo is an M rated game and often contains harsh language. Online play cannot be rated because anyone can say anything. There are any games that don’t contain massive amounts of violence and some language.
How few *YANKS* know. WW1 & WW2 is basically mandatory curriculum in most North-Western EU countries. Especially the lead up, versailles treaty -> WW2 etc. etc.
I got emotional when that happened cause the moment that showed up, I just knew he's not going to make it out of here, even if I didn't have the prior knowledge of what happened to Reach, I knew this was it, so you know, I gave it my best in Legendary difficulty and then went* for the canon emulation of it and played on Normal and just spend god knows how long killing Covenant.
As someone who's so emotionally invested in this universe, I still can't help but shed a tear at Marty's music when the deaths of Noble Team are shown. Gets me every time.
I needed this. Me and my childhood friends played halo since Halo 1. Were all 27 and 28 now. But we had that one friend who was hyper fan. Xbox 360 halo 3 box set etc. He had a thousand of masterchief and other collectibles (1589 on count). He passed away 2016 riding motorcycle. We miss him. We were our own group Noble team, 6 of us.
As a kid playing making all those memories, you’d NEVER know the shit was so deep man. Looking into it coming back is truly awesome. If only we still had the classic simple feel of multiplayer that we all loved. They’re timeless
It would have still happened once the Covenant demanded obedience from the humans. It's not like they were ever going to treat us tiny humans as equals.
@@carlos2285, but who bossed the Elites around? The Prophets who are dicks and would have demanded obedience. Every race in the Covenant including the Elites surrendered to the Prophets. Humanity would not have done the same.
@@carlos2285 It’s cool, the elites admired how Humans will always fight to very end even if there is absolutely no chance of winning. Humans never give up
Well-cut. Well-edited. Well-narrated. This video is Legendary. And finally, I understand the history behind what Ive been fighting for since childhood. Appreciate all your hard work.
What the video? What about the mind of the guy? To understand this story, one must have a 500IQ! Damn. After 1 mins i could not keep up. But this guy did for an hour!
I appreciate the video it was well done however it would have been funnier if you'd have done it in Master Chief's voice I am referring of course to the video Master Chief sucks at Halo I know it's Microsoft Sam that they used but it would have made it 10 times funnier
A little correction around 5:30 All humans are reclaimers, all of them have that ancient human DNA the librarian inserted in them, the only difference is that in some humans it is stronger than the rest. In fact this DNA was the reason why the Spartan 2 kids were selected, because that gene was stronger on them than the rest, Halsey influenced by the Librarian's plan looked for this special characteristics in the DNA to choose her candidates. This was also one of the reasons why Master Chief wasn't the first human to be called by 343 Guilty Spark to access the Library to get the Index, on a side note, there's one marine that got really close to get the Index, meaning he had the skills to get as far as any Spartan would've gotten without any of their augmentations, probably the normal human being closest to the next natural human evolution, if he were born the same year as Master Chief, he would've probably be one of the strongest if not the strongest Spartan 2, yes, above Fred, John and Samuel.
I'm not sure about what you first said. It is actually stated in lore that humans are all reclaimers yes but only certain humans have the genesong that master chief has. That's where they got their influence for the whole blessed one term in the tv show.
@@1r0zz personally i feel halo 2 had better levels from the start to end but halo 3 had better levels towards the later part starting from the ark. 2 felt more adventurous imo
The coolest sci-fi universe ever. So beautiful and mysterious at the tame time. With a brutal story of survival and perseverance. Halo gives me goosebumps every damn time.
That’s Bungie for you. 343 ruined it but Bungie went on to better things and now make the most profitable video game of all time! Fuck 343 and their bastardisation of the lore.
You got "Remember our heroes. Remember Reach." way literally. Thanks for the moments of respect and silence given to every single one of them (btw, beautiful edit and wonderful story telling, mate).
I’ve never realized how cool the halo lore is. I was just playing halo 1 but it made me want to play reach and now I want to go through the rest of the games in the MCC. Thanks for the vid!
I agree. The first time I played Combat Evolved, it was magical. Thanks 343 for the trash content you've put out since H4. Halo wars team, you can tell they know how to tell amazing stories, at least
I played Halo 1-4 and ODST, and I had forgot 80% of everything from those games. This was so fun re-experiencing all of that and going into the games I hadn't played. I need to restart this series and play it all the way through.
My favorite was when Johnson did his "regret" speech in Halo 2 right along with his like just before while they were still in space " for a brick he flew pretty good". Master Chief was a beyond good character but Johnson was my favorite character. Sucked that he was killed off in Halo 3.
Been over indulging Halo lore over the holiday - want to share my gratitude for the compilation you put together here. There's been an influx of these "everything to date" essays lately (not complaining) - but the way you interspersed relevant cut-scenes from multiple games, and screenshots from graphic novels really brought things together for me. I also really appreciate the tone of your commentary and pacing. Turning "100K years" into 1hr of content couldn't have been easy - but I'm so glad you decided to. Sub well earned!
Super roundup of the whole Halo saga. What a great 20ish years it has been. My brother was my Halo ‘guru’ until his passing a few years ago. But even up until Halo 4, there was still lots I guess he hadn’t uncovered. Thanks for all the effort in compiling this. 🙏🏻
The ending to infinite legit made me cry, the connection between chief and cortana is so strong that even through rampancy, being locked down, captured before her demise she still preserved that memory of what was good in her life, and that was John. She kept a copy of her for John to keep those good memories rolling. I'm off to grab tissues and assume the foetal position now.
Hah yeah, there is no chance you can catch it just from playing game 😅. Just to be clear I really love this game that i grown up with. But in game story telling is rubbish 😅, they could pay a little more attention to that
Actually the Orion program had 3 phases The first phase were the 5 that died a year later after getting the augmentation The second phase has 65 successfully augmentation orions And the third phase which johnson was apart of had at the end 165 members left that either retired or were re-assigned to different branches So 165 out of 300 members are alive by the beginning of the human-covenant war after that it unknown
I'm still sooooo upset about what they did to Jul. Multiple books and a lot of spartan OPs to set him up and give so much potential to his character just wasted in one of the first cutscenes of the game with little to no fanfare. I don't know how they would have tied him into the current storyline, but they just threw him away.
I saved this video a year ago and just now watched it in its entirety. I've been playing the Halo games for seven years and never knew just how extensive the lore was. This was a fantastic video and very informative. I did have to rewatch parts to understand it, but overall, I learned a lot
Out of all the Halo timelines I've watched (I've watched a lot of them), this was by far the simplest and easiest to understand and compiled in a way that respected Halo's story and lore. Good stuff my man, keep up the good work.
I've always know Halo had some deep lore because of all the books/comics and sites that hold extra information story and story but as someone who's only played through the mainline games, I had no idea it ran THIS deep. Its so Amazing! Insane job on this yo!!
Thank you for highlighting all that! I probably would have never understood anything about the Halo series without this video. Some years ago, I found Halo 1 on CD ROM and bought it, just to see what all the fuss is about. Also, I found the idea of entire worlds settled on such megastructures in space really cool. And then I started playing and ... was a bit underwhelmed. Why was I even on this ring? What was I supposed to do? Why were all those creatures running and shooting at me as soon as I came into firing range? What was I fighting for aside from my own survival? And I think, the enemies that I killed even respawned after a short while while my ammo didn't replenish as fast, so the whole thing became a stressfest of running and shooting without any time to actually pause and marvel at the eponymic ring that the whole ado was supposed to be about. And so I just stopped playing.
Hey Brother just wanted to tell you that I've watched a lot of Halo videos and this has to be the most entertaining and digestible video I've seen especially of a full breakdown of the history of Halo, you nailed it dude I've shared this video with most of my friends that are willing to even listen to it LOL keep them coming please!
Halo holds a special place in my heart. I was introduced to Halo CE by a family friend when I was 8 years old (I believe in 2011) and it just stuck with me ever since. That's probably why I, a Gen Z kid, favours the older games over the newer ones lol. Thank you for making this super captivating video, I always find myself coming back to Halo Lore and this video just tells you how awesome it is.
Excellent symmary in one hour. Just finishing yet another Halo CE to Infinite campaing binge, but now with 30 years of age being able to focus more deeply to the stroy and lore and not only grunts birthday parties. Every play through gives something new. And like Zeta Halos monitor said, raises even more questions. Thank you fot he video, great work.
Literally just spent an entire hour focusing on every word. 10/10 awesome. I actually caught up with the entire story something I thought I’d never see me do lol
I appreciate the time you took to make this video. I grew up with Halo and and absolutely love the story. Nice to see a video explaining everything in detail
@bigmikeobama5314I will never forget those creepy “voices” that would come up on the Home Screen. Would sit there and wait for it and then get spooked with my friends.. great times 😂👍
Dude....I cried......I have been following halo and knew all its lores, none of my friends do. I loved watching this video and I want all my friends to see it. All they want is COD, BGMI etc.... they don't understand the power of a lore. Keep uploading more videos like this..👌👌👍👍👍👍
W 25:33 I don't know why this little sound effect sent me into an incredible cackling fit 😂. I just wanted to say I appreciate the love you put into this video. Every little bonus bit is definitely noticed by someone even if they don't post a comment to call it out like I did.
I have the attention span of a goldfish and yet somehow you kept me enticed, although I’m sure the way you wrapped my entire childhood nostalgia into a very concise 1 hr video that was easily comprehensible had a lot to do with it, hats off to you this is one video I will share with my halo nerd friends.
I love the halo series and lore. One of my favorite questions raised through the whole series was whether Kathrine was right to initiate the Spartan 2 program. I love a good story that makes you think that both sides are right in their argument. What was done to the children in the S2 program was horrific, but without it, humanity most probably would not have survived.
I just started playing Halo for the 1st time. i know this game has a vast and interesting lore. So I'm glad i found this complete story of the franchise. Makes me want to delve deeper into the history. Thanks.
Omg this is great!! You did an awesome job on this! You had me busting my sides with laughter with your name calling and spoiler alert the no name spartan is you lol. Ty for sharing this! :)
I grew up with this game as well. One of my friends older brothers was playing The Silent Cartographer mission on the OG Xbox back in 2004 and let me play. I didn't know anything about the lore, just enjoyed shooting aliens alongside marines. As I grew up and delved more into the lore I became more fascinated and at times overwhelmed by the story. Not many shooter games can captivate an entire console user base with the story and Halo does this better than anyone. There have been bumps in the road with the story, and that makes sense when you consider the shift in knowledge from Bungie to 343. Infinite seems to be a way to "rectify mistakes" and "make amends" like the message from Cortana states at the ending of the Halo infinite main story. She also mentions the "potential" she sees in Chief and The Weapon (who is really a copy of Cortana with some tweaks and changes) and I think that also refers to the potential we all see with infinite. I'm glad to see that the speculation of killing off chief was not real and although we miss Cortana I think we can all begin to foster a great relationship with the weapon, or whatever name she chooses for herself. I'm excited for the future. One day the Halo journey will end, perhaps decades from now when I'm old and gray. Until then I'm looking forward to seeing what the next steps in the story will be for Master Chief and his legacy.
I’ve recently gotten into the Halo story after playing the previous games growing up, you explained the whole canon comprehensively and provided so many insights into the history of Halo!
Been here since 01. It's been a crazy journey and yet through it all, my love for this vast universe has never once wavered, even through the chaotic days of 4 and 5. 343 did A LOT of soul searching before Infinite and my god I can honestly say they've hit their stride and brought back that magic and sense of wonder that made the original trilogy so loved. Infinite is addictively good and I'm scouring every inch of its open world to find as many Easter Eggs, cores, cosmetics and other fun nods to past games every chance I get! The DLC are gonna be just as good especially with the foundation they have built here. I feel like that 11 year old kid again in 01 and it's an amazing feeling to rediscover!
Halo was one game that I couldn't get away with. But I knew that it had some deeper lore which I might like after seeing snippets and references around the Web. This was a detailed, informative and entertaining summary. Jam packed with lore, cross references and just enough dry wit to raise a wry smile or three. Thank you so much for creating this - it's clearly a passion project but that passion was the secret sauce that made it so engaging. Thank you so much for this, long may you continue to fight for humanity and keep us all safe! 👏👏👏
Now I remember why I was such a HALO nerd. I think I still have HALO 3 around here. This video makes me want to step out as Master Chief one more time. One more _glorious_ time.
Wow 😮 just wow … when I finished infinite I was a bit frustrated cos none of the story made sense to me … I felt I was just shooting enemies with no clear objective but to do so … man your video just made me feel excited with the whole franchise. Thanks a lot for your hard work ! The video is awesome, entertaining and clear. You got a new follower in here ! 🙌🏽
I first started playing halo at the age of 5 back in 2010, it feels really good just seeing some of the game play that brings back so much nostalgia and just hearing all the law behind it, thank you👊
Over the last month or so I’ve been going on a halo marathon, I started with Wars 1, Reach, CE, 2, ODST, 3, Spartan assault, 4, Spartan ops, spartan strike, halo 5, and now I’m in Wars 2, it’s been a grind but I feel like it’ll make Infinite’s campaign more amazing than it probably already is
Yes! Correct way through chronologically, gameplay changes like Reach before CE be damned. Also if folks want to be EXTRA lorist. Read the original Halo Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund alongside playing Halo Reach. Yeah Bungie spat on his book work even though they helped him along a little. Sooo much for lor consistency. Need Halopedia/ Halo Alpha and other sources to make sense of the Reach based timeframe and events.
So I don’t think The Endless can do time travel, rather I think they have the ability to manipulate time, like Time Dilation we see in real life where if you are next to a black hole you experience the passing of time differently than say someone on Earth. This isn’t time travel, because from a person observing both the being at earth and the one by the black hole time is passing all the same, but being experienced differently by those at those locations. So the Endless can probably control time by slowing it down in areas(like when Chief went through the portal) but can not actually travel through it. Just manipulate it, again, like how we see with the bending of space/time in our actual universe. This idea is also observed with slip space, nobody has actually traveled through time, they just passed through it differently, after all we move through time, time doesn’t move through us. This is why I think Halo won’t do the whole time travel thing because it causes a mess of story telling and that’s the last thing 343 needs, it’s also the most basic trope in all of sci-if. Halo tends to stay grounded in its sci-fi ideas and time manipulation can be grasped and handled easily. Full blown time travel is just bad, I can already see the mess it will cause. Like Chief going back in time to see another Master Chief. Then it’s like why aren’t we playing as that Master Chief or the millions of other Master Chiefs now then you have never ending branching of timelines and … well it’s just horrible to keep characters grounded at that point. It’s just an opinion though, if they do time travel I hope they make sense of it. Not a cluster of a mess like it always ends up being. Also, amazing video. Halo is just an amazing universe to be able to enjoy. Hope you have more videos like this.
Great video! Halo has a special place in my heart, too. Reach really got me hooked on the story. I have my own theories (hopes) for how things play out in the end. All of these years playing through the eyes of Chief and the countless journeys with Cortana it's impossible to not get attached to the characters.
Welp, that was a lot to take in! hahaha Awsome job as always, whenever we start to think you achieved your prime, you just keep raising the bar every time. Thank you for all this work, hope the next one comes soon! Cheers!
Ive watch this video maybe 5 times now and i just love it. Every detail, you clearly put a lot of work into. Thanks for this. This means a lot. From one Halo fan to another.
Tell me about it man. My wedding is next Saturday and my fucking groomscake is an elite energy sword with raspberry liquor flavor… and I am afraid that I will find it so utterly fucking sad to behold. I had apprehensions about Infinite and then omg it’s story was a stunning and brilliant triumph, because of this I let myself get excited about the show. And now I am just… fucking sad. All that production quality, all that talent and work and emotional effort… to make what? To make a reminder that caring about cannon makes us stupid? To remind us that all those books we bought and games we build our identities around are utterly meaningless to the people who hold dominion over the license
Nice video. Loved this condensed version of the "full story". For me Halo 1 through 3 are the best story, straight forward with a few awe moments. After a while all the new names, places, races, and tech get out of hand. Everyone who likes the games should read or listen to 5h3 books. Thanks for the cool video.
Dude, paying attention to what’s visually displayed n then thinking bout the 30ish novels (of which u barely got to scratch the surfaces of, summing up some books in 1-2 sentences 🤩😂), it’s SO much information 😵💫. At anyrate, u’re recap is top notch n so well put together, bravo 👏🏽!
Had the Pillar Of Autumn not escaped reach, they’d never have found the halo ring, and never encountered the flood, and the conflict would’ve been with the covenant alone. Out of the frying pan and into the fire I guess.
On the other hand the discovery of Halo was the catalyst that turned the whole war around. Humanity were only a few years from complete extinction had the war carried on like it was as of the fall of Reach
My favourite thing about this video is that its not like other videos, it tells you the lore but I love that its in a positive light and not like everyone else who disregards parts of the franchise
47:42 fun fact, this is a state were forerunners were set to dream and meditate while the current crisis was over, during this state, they could acces to every single form of internet so that they can meditate and study, or kill time by doing other things Meaning that they could watch season 4, 5 and 6 of The Amazing World of Gumball on repeat, or watch 10 hours of the bee movie The problem here is that, only John can do that here, he was the only humanly forerunner advamce human on the team to a Forerunner level, meaning that he was the only one to acces that database, meanwhile the others, are only left to disociate looking at blue and grey walls, cannot acess anything, other than their own minds, knowledge and memories Yeah...
Some Halo Array errors: 1. The greater ark could not activate the new Rings, 2. The old Rings were not designed to cleanse the galaxy, but for more conventional sterilization, 3. The old Rings fired in a cone, rather than omni directional
Check out Halo's Multiplayer History! th-cam.com/video/0vQ1q1msPXI/w-d-xo.html
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So your telling me that half the crazy shit that happened on halo could of been stopped if one single grunt didnt shoot his gun
thanks so much for this, i'm 40 and have been playing since the first halo game, my 6 year old was introduced to halo with infinite and video games in general just this christmas, he's getting to have the same experiences i did with halo and i'm far to fuzzy on the lore to answer a bunch of his questions, we're totally going to hang out tonight and watch this video for some father son time before bed. you rock man and thanks for helping us with our bonding!
So no joke here, was that a Halo encyclopedia? I need a new updated one.
Can you please recommend a Halo game that does not have any inappropriate language for a child? Or at least the most un-offensive in terms of language.
@@chrisdillard3201 Halo is an M rated game and often contains harsh language. Online play cannot be rated because anyone can say anything. There are any games that don’t contain massive amounts of violence and some language.
That one grunt firing its gun was like franz ferdinand being assassinated
it is shocking how few people know who that is and have not liked your comment
@@thebodyclockconewer comments to very old videos tend to not get attention. I'm surprised there are even likes at all.
How few *YANKS* know. WW1 & WW2 is basically mandatory curriculum in most North-Western EU countries. Especially the lead up, versailles treaty -> WW2 etc. etc.
@@jamesdylan1522 what
great band
“Current objective: survive” still gets me man
I got emotional when that happened cause the moment that showed up, I just knew he's not going to make it out of here, even if I didn't have the prior knowledge of what happened to Reach, I knew this was it, so you know, I gave it my best in Legendary difficulty and then went* for the canon emulation of it and played on Normal and just spend god knows how long killing Covenant.
it's in titanfall 2 too
@@BringDHouseDown “there’ll be another time” appearing in the corner with the music kicking in. It’s basically a funeral for noble six
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Some did...Most however...Never forget Reach
As someone who's so emotionally invested in this universe, I still can't help but shed a tear at Marty's music when the deaths of Noble Team are shown. Gets me every time.
21:26 "We all make it sooner or later!"
-Jorge 2010
Agreed
Same here, when the cutscenes played I literally shed a tear.
Shutcho corny ahh up
SAMEEE 😢
I needed this. Me and my childhood friends played halo since Halo 1. Were all 27 and 28 now. But we had that one friend who was hyper fan. Xbox 360 halo 3 box set etc. He had a thousand of masterchief and other collectibles (1589 on count). He passed away 2016 riding motorcycle. We miss him. We were our own group Noble team, 6 of us.
Spartans never die
I’m not crying, you are
This is a trip. I also had a close friend that was a huge Halo fan who died in 2016 on his motorcycle. What a strange, unfortunate coincidence.
@@AllfatherV hmmm intresting which country would this be?
@@c4_nova USA
As a kid playing making all those memories, you’d NEVER know the shit was so deep man. Looking into it coming back is truly awesome. If only we still had the classic simple feel of multiplayer that we all loved. They’re timeless
Meanwhile the TV show is legit dog shit eaten by a cat turned into cat shit
@@Z3ROWOLFHDr/BrandNewSentance
I kept my 360 and halo and have a great time doing split screen with buddies still.
@@Z3ROWOLFHDI honestly enjoyed them, as long as you ignore the god awful decimation of the lore in it lol
The whole war could’ve been prevented if a single grunt didn’t fire it’s weapon.
It would have still happened once the Covenant demanded obedience from the humans. It's not like they were ever going to treat us tiny humans as equals.
@@marcoscorpas2752 I would disagree since the elites respected humans fighting spirit and questioned why not bring the humans into the covenant
@@carlos2285, but who bossed the Elites around? The Prophets who are dicks and would have demanded obedience. Every race in the Covenant including the Elites surrendered to the Prophets. Humanity would not have done the same.
@@marcoscorpas2752 Yeah cause we're not dumbasses (well for the most part)
@@carlos2285 It’s cool, the elites admired how Humans will always fight to very end even if there is absolutely no chance of winning. Humans never give up
Well-cut. Well-edited. Well-narrated. This video is Legendary.
And finally, I understand the history behind what Ive been fighting for since childhood.
Appreciate all your hard work.
Much appreciated!
@@diehardGG 1 hour exactly noice
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What the video? What about the mind of the guy? To understand this story, one must have a 500IQ! Damn. After 1 mins i could not keep up. But this guy did for an hour!
I appreciate the video it was well done however it would have been funnier if you'd have done it in Master Chief's voice I am referring of course to the video Master Chief sucks at Halo I know it's Microsoft Sam that they used but it would have made it 10 times funnier
Thank you for giving Noble Team there moment of silence and respect, I still miss them to this day …
I know it's impossible but I hold hope Jorge survived in that Corvette
@@12LoLproductions how
@@12LoLproductions 6 has the highest survivability rate, Jorge literally got blasted into oblivion.
Dude i never tought they are almost all dead...
Damn!
Didn’t jun survive
I’ve watched this video possibly 10 times in its entirety. Not counting the hundreds of times I’ve fallen asleep with it on in the background.
😢 same. Miss being 12 chilling on my brothers bed watching them play halo 2.
Every robot designer ever:
Let's give it glowing blue eyes.
Add red lights as well in case in gets "evil"
A little correction around 5:30
All humans are reclaimers, all of them have that ancient human DNA the librarian inserted in them, the only difference is that in some humans it is stronger than the rest.
In fact this DNA was the reason why the Spartan 2 kids were selected, because that gene was stronger on them than the rest, Halsey influenced by the Librarian's plan looked for this special characteristics in the DNA to choose her candidates. This was also one of the reasons why Master Chief wasn't the first human to be called by 343 Guilty Spark to access the Library to get the Index, on a side note, there's one marine that got really close to get the Index, meaning he had the skills to get as far as any Spartan would've gotten without any of their augmentations, probably the normal human being closest to the next natural human evolution, if he were born the same year as Master Chief, he would've probably be one of the strongest if not the strongest Spartan 2, yes, above Fred, John and Samuel.
This was always one of my favorite parts of the flood book buuuut fuck the 343 story ark
THAT MARINE WAS 100% CHIPPS DUBBO
I'm not sure about what you first said. It is actually stated in lore that humans are all reclaimers yes but only certain humans have the genesong that master chief has. That's where they got their influence for the whole blessed one term in the tv show.
I'm glad someone caught this, I was thinking the same thing
@@theassembly6079 Nah bungie just as guilty they completely retconned the fall of reach.
CE has the most nostalgia since it was the game I learned on. However, Halo 2 story is just too good
exactly this, 100% agree
But halo 3 has the better levels.
@@1r0zz better levels dont mean better story
@@1r0zz personally i feel halo 2 had better levels from the start to end but halo 3 had better levels towards the later part starting from the ark. 2 felt more adventurous imo
@@urielsalva9
Maybe, i found halo 2 to be more "scripted" than halo 3, and I found some of the later maps to be somewhat long. Still both are amazing.
The coolest sci-fi universe ever. So beautiful and mysterious at the tame time. With a brutal story of survival and perseverance. Halo gives me goosebumps every damn time.
Nah it has become a mumble jumble of sci-fi nonsense just so they can keep milking it.
@@boostav Since 343 took over.
@@boostav post halo 4 yes. everything halo 4 and prior is amazing. Halo 5 and on is just.. ugh..
That’s Bungie for you. 343 ruined it but Bungie went on to better things and now make the most profitable video game of all time! Fuck 343 and their bastardisation of the lore.
@@ross4452 Post Halo Reach, my guy. Halo 4 is where the series' lore crashed and burned.
You got "Remember our heroes. Remember Reach." way literally. Thanks for the moments of respect and silence given to every single one of them (btw, beautiful edit and wonderful story telling, mate).
I’ve never realized how cool the halo lore is. I was just playing halo 1 but it made me want to play reach and now I want to go through the rest of the games in the MCC. Thanks for the vid!
Chief is without a doubt one of my childhood heroes. Thanks for compiling this man.
I agree. The first time I played Combat Evolved, it was magical.
Thanks 343 for the trash content you've put out since H4. Halo wars team, you can tell they know how to tell amazing stories, at least
I played Halo 1-4 and ODST, and I had forgot 80% of everything from those games. This was so fun re-experiencing all of that and going into the games I hadn't played. I need to restart this series and play it all the way through.
Me too man. I played all of halo 4 and I couldnt even remember what the heck was going on.
“Give the Covenant back their bomb” one of my favorite moments in Halo lol
My favorite was when Johnson did his "regret" speech in Halo 2 right along with his like just before while they were still in space " for a brick he flew pretty good". Master Chief was a beyond good character but Johnson was my favorite character. Sucked that he was killed off in Halo 3.
Achievement get: Return to sender!
Halo was such a big part of my childhood. Love the content, keep it coming!
As a huge halo fan since 2006 I can’t say enough thank you for this video it makes me appreciate more the lore that’s in the halo universe
Been over indulging Halo lore over the holiday - want to share my gratitude for the compilation you put together here. There's been an influx of these "everything to date" essays lately (not complaining) - but the way you interspersed relevant cut-scenes from multiple games, and screenshots from graphic novels really brought things together for me. I also really appreciate the tone of your commentary and pacing. Turning "100K years" into 1hr of content couldn't have been easy - but I'm so glad you decided to. Sub well earned!
Thanks for that!
Forerunner-Flood War is one of the best additions to the Halo lore and universe imo
definitely the flood was the reason the halo rings and ark were created, which is basically what the covenant was chasing
As a long time Halo lore fan I really appreciate the time taken for each of the fallen members of Noble team and especially Sergeant Johnson.
Super roundup of the whole Halo saga. What a great 20ish years it has been. My brother was my Halo ‘guru’ until his passing a few years ago. But even up until Halo 4, there was still lots I guess he hadn’t uncovered.
Thanks for all the effort in compiling this. 🙏🏻
Thank you! As someone who never got into the campaigns until halo 3 - this has helped me make sense of it all more than anything.
The ending to infinite legit made me cry, the connection between chief and cortana is so strong that even through rampancy, being locked down, captured before her demise she still preserved that memory of what was good in her life, and that was John. She kept a copy of her for John to keep those good memories rolling. I'm off to grab tissues and assume the foetal position now.
Same
He rampancy was cured by forerunner tech, but she still chose to take the mantle of responsibility for herself
Bro said foetal 💀
@jollama man I'm lysdexic
@@Phobos91 Bro’s making words up 💀
One of the best scenes. 33:25 or so
“I.. am.. TRUUUTH.. the voice of the covenant!”
Arbiter - “and so… you must be silenced” *back stab*
I wish they would remake the graphics of H3 like they did for H2 to be more like a movie. That scene would go so hard..
I personally found it rather cheesy and the first time I encountered it thought it was an example of the plot of 3 being a bit lower in quality to 2
I always thought he said asshole, you must be silenced
Another banger! You’re officially my video game history professor.
🤓
Fax
Same with ant man
I couldn't agree more awesome video
The story is a little confusing
Please elaborate, what exactly is confusing?
Hah yeah, there is no chance you can catch it just from playing game 😅. Just to be clear I really love this game that i grown up with. But in game story telling is rubbish 😅, they could pay a little more attention to that
@@LisaAnn777this wasn’t as hectic as the metal gear story can get 😂
It was a book series first around the time combat evolved came out then expanded
@dzo3 Hollow Knight has entered the chat.
I crack up every time you whisper "that's you" 😂
Actually the Orion program had 3 phases
The first phase were the 5 that died a year later after getting the augmentation
The second phase has 65 successfully augmentation orions
And the third phase which johnson was apart of had at the end 165 members left that either retired or were re-assigned to different branches
So 165 out of 300 members are alive by the beginning of the human-covenant war after that it unknown
I'm still sooooo upset about what they did to Jul. Multiple books and a lot of spartan OPs to set him up and give so much potential to his character just wasted in one of the first cutscenes of the game with little to no fanfare. I don't know how they would have tied him into the current storyline, but they just threw him away.
5 sucks
I want to see an entire series about the Ancient Humans, I love the concept of Humans existing far beyond what we thought
I saved this video a year ago and just now watched it in its entirety. I've been playing the Halo games for seven years and never knew just how extensive the lore was. This was a fantastic video and very informative. I did have to rewatch parts to understand it, but overall, I learned a lot
Damn dog I'm only 45 seconds and my heart SKIPPED when you just tore that page out of the hardback Halo collection book
Out of all the Halo timelines I've watched (I've watched a lot of them), this was by far the simplest and easiest to understand and compiled in a way that respected Halo's story and lore. Good stuff my man, keep up the good work.
I just started playing halo and this was just what I needed 🙏
I hope it brings you as much joy as it has brought me over the years.
Welcome Spartan
Welcome my friend
Welcome, Spartan!
tervetuloa spartan!
I've always know Halo had some deep lore because of all the books/comics and sites that hold extra information story and story but as someone who's only played through the mainline games, I had no idea it ran THIS deep. Its so Amazing! Insane job on this yo!!
Dude this was a work of art. Absolutely massive project, and you pulled it off perfectly. Huge respect ❤
Thank you for highlighting all that! I probably would have never understood anything about the Halo series without this video.
Some years ago, I found Halo 1 on CD ROM and bought it, just to see what all the fuss is about. Also, I found the idea of entire worlds settled on such megastructures in space really cool. And then I started playing and ... was a bit underwhelmed. Why was I even on this ring? What was I supposed to do? Why were all those creatures running and shooting at me as soon as I came into firing range? What was I fighting for aside from my own survival? And I think, the enemies that I killed even respawned after a short while while my ammo didn't replenish as fast, so the whole thing became a stressfest of running and shooting without any time to actually pause and marvel at the eponymic ring that the whole ado was supposed to be about. And so I just stopped playing.
Hey Brother just wanted to tell you that I've watched a lot of Halo videos and this has to be the most entertaining and digestible video I've seen especially of a full breakdown of the history of Halo, you nailed it dude I've shared this video with most of my friends that are willing to even listen to it LOL keep them coming please!
Haha thanks man, appreciate you
Halo holds a special place in my heart. I was introduced to Halo CE by a family friend when I was 8 years old (I believe in 2011) and it just stuck with me ever since. That's probably why I, a Gen Z kid, favours the older games over the newer ones lol. Thank you for making this super captivating video, I always find myself coming back to Halo Lore and this video just tells you how awesome it is.
It’s good to know that people share the same memories of halo halo has been with me my whole life and it’s just good to see it all together thank you
Excellent symmary in one hour. Just finishing yet another Halo CE to Infinite campaing binge, but now with 30 years of age being able to focus more deeply to the stroy and lore and not only grunts birthday parties. Every play through gives something new. And like Zeta Halos monitor said, raises even more questions. Thank you fot he video, great work.
Great Summary! Never got to play, but followed all the TH-cams. This puts them all into order and perspective. Now to wait for the next one...
Thank you for the tribute of noble team. Reach was such a great game
Yes it was
Literally just spent an entire hour focusing on every word. 10/10 awesome. I actually caught up with the entire story something I thought I’d never see me do lol
I appreciate the time you took to make this video. I grew up with Halo and and absolutely love the story. Nice to see a video explaining everything in detail
@bigmikeobama5314I will never forget those creepy “voices” that would come up on the Home Screen. Would sit there and wait for it and then get spooked with my friends.. great times 😂👍
Dude....I cried......I have been following halo and knew all its lores, none of my friends do. I loved watching this video and I want all my friends to see it. All they want is COD, BGMI etc.... they don't understand the power of a lore. Keep uploading more videos like this..👌👌👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the best Halo synapsis I've watched! Perfectly summarized the backstory and games!
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25:33 I don't know why this little sound effect sent me into an incredible cackling fit 😂. I just wanted to say I appreciate the love you put into this video. Every little bonus bit is definitely noticed by someone even if they don't post a comment to call it out like I did.
Dude I just watched that part and immediately scrolled for this comment 👌🏽👌🏽
I have the attention span of a goldfish and yet somehow you kept me enticed, although I’m sure the way you wrapped my entire childhood nostalgia into a very concise 1 hr video that was easily comprehensible had a lot to do with it, hats off to you this is one video I will share with my halo nerd friends.
I love the halo series and lore. One of my favorite questions raised through the whole series was whether Kathrine was right to initiate the Spartan 2 program. I love a good story that makes you think that both sides are right in their argument. What was done to the children in the S2 program was horrific, but without it, humanity most probably would not have survived.
This is the best all-in-one explanation I’ve ever heard! 👌
Thank you for taking the time to make this video!
22:46 after slapping some tutorial covenant buttcheek😭😂 beautiful description🤣
Giving credit to Hiddenexperia and Installation 00 was really cool of you. Great content. Liked. Subscribed and now commented lol.
You did leave some stuff out, but overall, this is the most inclusive timeline I’ve ever found for Halo. So amazing job!
What did he leave out?
What did he leave out?
What leave out he did?
What out leave did he?
Leave he out what did
I just started playing Halo for the 1st time. i know this game has a vast and interesting lore. So I'm glad i found this complete story of the franchise. Makes me want to delve deeper into the history. Thanks.
Omg this is great!! You did an awesome job on this! You had me busting my sides with laughter with your name calling and spoiler alert the no name spartan is you lol. Ty for sharing this! :)
I grew up with this game as well. One of my friends older brothers was playing The Silent Cartographer mission on the OG Xbox back in 2004 and let me play. I didn't know anything about the lore, just enjoyed shooting aliens alongside marines.
As I grew up and delved more into the lore I became more fascinated and at times overwhelmed by the story. Not many shooter games can captivate an entire console user base with the story and Halo does this better than anyone.
There have been bumps in the road with the story, and that makes sense when you consider the shift in knowledge from Bungie to 343. Infinite seems to be a way to "rectify mistakes" and "make amends" like the message from Cortana states at the ending of the Halo infinite main story. She also mentions the "potential" she sees in Chief and The Weapon (who is really a copy of Cortana with some tweaks and changes) and I think that also refers to the potential we all see with infinite.
I'm glad to see that the speculation of killing off chief was not real and although we miss Cortana I think we can all begin to foster a great relationship with the weapon, or whatever name she chooses for herself.
I'm excited for the future. One day the Halo journey will end, perhaps decades from now when I'm old and gray. Until then I'm looking forward to seeing what the next steps in the story will be for Master Chief and his legacy.
I’ve recently gotten into the Halo story after playing the previous games growing up, you explained the whole canon comprehensively and provided so many insights into the history of Halo!
My mom says your dad left his socks in the mailbox
Been here since 01. It's been a crazy journey and yet through it all, my love for this vast universe has never once wavered, even through the chaotic days of 4 and 5. 343 did A LOT of soul searching before Infinite and my god I can honestly say they've hit their stride and brought back that magic and sense of wonder that made the original trilogy so loved. Infinite is addictively good and I'm scouring every inch of its open world to find as many Easter Eggs, cores, cosmetics and other fun nods to past games every chance I get! The DLC are gonna be just as good especially with the foundation they have built here. I feel like that 11 year old kid again in 01 and it's an amazing feeling to rediscover!
I did the same but with a buddy on all halo campaigns on legendary halo 2 by far was the hardest one
@@ricardoruiz832 haha jackle snipers go brrrrrrrrr
Yeah same here. I played it all day like I used to with 1 and 2 when I was the exact same age,
@@lonewolfx7552 good ol' Jackal Snipers, the "hello PTSD my old friend, I've come to talk with you again" enemy of the Haloverse😂
@@lonewolfx7552 god they gave me some severe PTSD I always panic when the beam misses and I have to rush and find them lol
Gotta love John Mayer’s playing at 13:09
What’s the song at 13:10? I know it’s apart of the halo theme, I just can’t get over what sounds like a guitar in the background. So good!!
Halo 2's Epilogue
Halo was one game that I couldn't get away with. But I knew that it had some deeper lore which I might like after seeing snippets and references around the Web.
This was a detailed, informative and entertaining summary. Jam packed with lore, cross references and just enough dry wit to raise a wry smile or three. Thank you so much for creating this - it's clearly a passion project but that passion was the secret sauce that made it so engaging.
Thank you so much for this, long may you continue to fight for humanity and keep us all safe! 👏👏👏
Thanks man!
Watching the first clip of doing the super jump unlocked some hidden feels man, it's something you couldn't explain unless you were there
Really well done ! That moment where you show HALO and ODST lining up.. chefs kiss on the editing
story ended at 36:30
It’s like legends and cannon in Star Wars nobody considers 343s games real (my last straw with them was halo 6) god awful
Now I remember why I was such a HALO nerd. I think I still have HALO 3 around here. This video makes me want to step out as Master Chief one more time.
One more _glorious_ time.
This is the most complete story line for the games that i've seen, good job the effort was visible.
This was really well put together. Nice job! The lore is so interesting. Now I want to know where the story will go next
Wow 😮 just wow … when I finished infinite I was a bit frustrated cos none of the story made sense to me … I felt I was just shooting enemies with no clear objective but to do so … man your video just made me feel excited with the whole franchise. Thanks a lot for your hard work ! The video is awesome, entertaining and clear. You got a new follower in here ! 🙌🏽
As a kid I had no idea wtf was actually going on. All I knew was MC is badass, Cortana is hot, and the flood are scary 😂
Good job dude, clearly presented even with the dynamic storylines across spanning over a decade. Chief would be proud
I first started playing halo at the age of 5 back in 2010, it feels really good just seeing some of the game play that brings back so much nostalgia and just hearing all the law behind it, thank you👊
You did an extraordinary job on this video I am OG Halo veteran. And watching it all be reaped in so much detail was very nice to see. Thankyou
Of course 🤙 thanks for watching
Over the last month or so I’ve been going on a halo marathon, I started with Wars 1, Reach, CE, 2, ODST, 3, Spartan assault, 4, Spartan ops, spartan strike, halo 5, and now I’m in Wars 2, it’s been a grind but I feel like it’ll make Infinite’s campaign more amazing than it probably already is
Yes! Correct way through chronologically, gameplay changes like Reach before CE be damned. Also if folks want to be EXTRA lorist. Read the original Halo Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund alongside playing Halo Reach. Yeah Bungie spat on his book work even though they helped him along a little. Sooo much for lor consistency. Need Halopedia/ Halo Alpha and other sources to make sense of the Reach based timeframe and events.
Thanks will do if I can
Yikes… Infinite is mediocrity at its purest form.
@@SpectorEuro4 objectively wrong but ok
Wow thanks for this. It took me many tries to follow it, but I finally did. Was great to nerd out on the halo saga.
I have never sat and watched an hour long video in my life up until today, loved every second of it
So I don’t think The Endless can do time travel, rather I think they have the ability to manipulate time, like Time Dilation we see in real life where if you are next to a black hole you experience the passing of time differently than say someone on Earth. This isn’t time travel, because from a person observing both the being at earth and the one by the black hole time is passing all the same, but being experienced differently by those at those locations. So the Endless can probably control time by slowing it down in areas(like when Chief went through the portal) but can not actually travel through it. Just manipulate it, again, like how we see with the bending of space/time in our actual universe.
This idea is also observed with slip space, nobody has actually traveled through time, they just passed through it differently, after all we move through time, time doesn’t move through us.
This is why I think Halo won’t do the whole time travel thing because it causes a mess of story telling and that’s the last thing 343 needs, it’s also the most basic trope in all of sci-if. Halo tends to stay grounded in its sci-fi ideas and time manipulation can be grasped and handled easily. Full blown time travel is just bad, I can already see the mess it will cause. Like Chief going back in time to see another Master Chief. Then it’s like why aren’t we playing as that Master Chief or the millions of other Master Chiefs now then you have never ending branching of timelines and … well it’s just horrible to keep characters grounded at that point.
It’s just an opinion though, if they do time travel I hope they make sense of it. Not a cluster of a mess like it always ends up being.
Also, amazing video. Halo is just an amazing universe to be able to enjoy. Hope you have more videos like this.
Great video! Halo has a special place in my heart, too. Reach really got me hooked on the story. I have my own theories (hopes) for how things play out in the end. All of these years playing through the eyes of Chief and the countless journeys with Cortana it's impossible to not get attached to the characters.
Welp, that was a lot to take in! hahaha
Awsome job as always, whenever we start to think you achieved your prime, you just keep raising the bar every time. Thank you for all this work, hope the next one comes soon! Cheers!
Ive watch this video maybe 5 times now and i just love it. Every detail, you clearly put a lot of work into. Thanks for this. This means a lot. From one Halo fan to another.
This was done so well! It really brought back alot of fond memories of playing halo since I was a kid. Thank you so much for making this! ❤❤
This is such a thrilling story... I'm really heartbroken from the halo tv series
Tell me about it man. My wedding is next Saturday and my fucking groomscake is an elite energy sword with raspberry liquor flavor… and I am afraid that I will find it so utterly fucking sad to behold. I had apprehensions about Infinite and then omg it’s story was a stunning and brilliant triumph, because of this I let myself get excited about the show.
And now I am just… fucking sad. All that production quality, all that talent and work and emotional effort… to make what? To make a reminder that caring about cannon makes us stupid? To remind us that all those books we bought and games we build our identities around are utterly meaningless to the people who hold dominion over the license
Ikr! They absolutely butchered everything the halo games built up so far
@@MegatronYES 🥺
Update though, got married yesterday and the sword cake was fantastic hahaha #wedantwaittobewed
@@MegatronYES Congratulations on your wedding
This is a beautiful presentation! Well choreographed. Great for first time Halo fans
Nice video. Loved this condensed version of the "full story". For me Halo 1 through 3 are the best story, straight forward with a few awe moments. After a while all the new names, places, races, and tech get out of hand. Everyone who likes the games should read or listen to 5h3 books. Thanks for the cool video.
You bet
Dude, paying attention to what’s visually displayed n then thinking bout the 30ish novels (of which u barely got to scratch the surfaces of, summing up some books in 1-2 sentences 🤩😂), it’s SO much information 😵💫. At anyrate, u’re recap is top notch n so well put together, bravo 👏🏽!
The way 343 destroyed the lore is ridiculous.
How? I used to play as a kid but I don’t know what’s new and what’s messed up
"Halo" is just Combat Evolved thru Reach. Everything after is heresy and sacrilege. All real Spartans know this to be true.
Great video! Well put together. Being a long time Halo fan as well. It honestly is one of the best story lines ever told by humans.
Had the Pillar Of Autumn not escaped reach, they’d never have found the halo ring, and never encountered the flood, and the conflict would’ve been with the covenant alone. Out of the frying pan and into the fire I guess.
On the other hand the discovery of Halo was the catalyst that turned the whole war around. Humanity were only a few years from complete extinction had the war carried on like it was as of the fall of Reach
@@chesney1995 It was bout time they wake up Chief.
Fully replaying the entire franchise now, have touched it in years!
My favourite thing about this video is that its not like other videos, it tells you the lore but I love that its in a positive light and not like everyone else who disregards parts of the franchise
47:42 fun fact, this is a state were forerunners were set to dream and meditate while the current crisis was over, during this state, they could acces to every single form of internet so that they can meditate and study, or kill time by doing other things
Meaning that they could watch season 4, 5 and 6 of The Amazing World of Gumball on repeat, or watch 10 hours of the bee movie
The problem here is that, only John can do that here, he was the only humanly forerunner advamce human on the team to a Forerunner level, meaning that he was the only one to acces that database, meanwhile the others, are only left to disociate looking at blue and grey walls, cannot acess anything, other than their own minds, knowledge and memories
Yeah...
I haven't wanted to know what happens next in a halo campaign for a long time. Good job 343 with halo infinite.
The complete story of the Halo Universe, *IN EXACTLY ONE HOUR*
oh no it's one nanosecond over
Some Halo Array errors: 1. The greater ark could not activate the new Rings, 2. The old Rings were not designed to cleanse the galaxy, but for more conventional sterilization, 3. The old Rings fired in a cone, rather than omni directional
Awesome video I didn’t want it to end. Great tribute to Johnson too.