The Creepy Lore behind ALL the Halo: Combat Evolved maps
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Halo CE was always a mysterious, rather creepy game, but the multiplayer maps take that early 00s/late 90s creepy sci-fi vibe and turn it up to 11... Today, we're taking a look at the creepy lore behind ALL the Halo: Combat Evolved maps!
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What better remedy is there for the entire globe becoming a literal Quarantine Zone than Halo lore? Better yet, creepy, mysterious old Halo CE lore? NONE I TELL YA! Well, maybe some Doom as well... Enjoy fellas!
Thank you man, I'm looking forward to Doom
Thx I will enjoy the video
Do you think they might ad dual wielding in halo infinite?
Let me know your opinion.
When you live in a country with snow and the planet is a quarantine zone :\
Playing Quarantine Zone on LASO
The ambience of CE always gave me the creeps
Wimp
@@Onxide It made you feel lonely and empty at times
If you play the level truth and reconciliation and finish clearing the enemies and instead of going to grav lift head back to the beginning of the level and go by the edge of cliff and you’ll hear some interesting noises
True
@@chrismescudi6594 Yup, you hear a dinosaur noise in the distance every 10 seconds or so.
The lore behind blood gulch is already known it is called red vs blue
Bobby Hamner Project Freelancer’s Training ground
"Am I talking to the right base?"
God i love that show
You ever wonder why we're here?
Chris Lewis
It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night.
I tought I was the only one that found the Halo CE maps pretty creepy, I remember back in the early 2000s when I was just a child playing those maps alone to explore them and to test the guns, and I always felt that unnerving and creepy sensation of being in an ancient abandoned place, sometimes feeling observed by someone or something hidden around, and just to think when those places where built, by who or for what purpose they were built always scared tf out of me.
Saaaaaame dude, same. The Forerunner maps in particular felt so mysterious and beyond my comprehension. There's something really creepy about a structure so vast and technologically superior that's also abandoned. Makes you wonder why its creators abandoned it
@@HiddenXperia What do you think about Halo 3's Sandbox map, the sequel to Sandtrap? It's so moody.
I completely relate to this Halo CE was and forever will be amazing and impossible to replicate
Dude...even after all of these years...I feel the same. The atmosphere of Halo CE was basically being an unstoppable soldier, but at the same time...you were fucking scared shitless due to the layout, ambiance and lore of the whole place. Literally a long forgotten Installation...completely empty, without any trace of inhabitants. Even when I was kicking ass throughout the campaign I felt an itch at the back of my head, that something was watching me. Some of the areas back in the day just straight up scared me and made me feel terrified and uncomfortable, mainly the underground areas...that's why Halo CE will always be something special.
I remember on the map ‘hang em high’ you could sometimes hear what I always assumed was howling. Wind doesn’t make sudden changes in pitch like that.
"You ever wonder why we're here?"
"Its one of life's greatest mysteries"
"I mean, why are we here?"
It's one of life's great mysteries, isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some... cosmic coincidence? Or is there really a God, watching everything, you know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night.
Are we the product of some cosmic coincidence?
Thermos think about it, theism makes much more sense than atheism, atheism takes just as much faith to believe than any other belief system. By the way, He died for you, personally, don’t ever forget that. “I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me” - Jesus Christ
I know a fan of RvB when I see one.
Hahah
Yea
Wait. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT MUSIC
John 117 gaming Boy
*red theme plays*
Do you ever wonder why where here
broke: “iconic”
woke: “beyond our comprehension”
And it's almost 3 years to the date since the iconic meme was born... Coincidence...?
@@HiddenXperia quite Sure mendicant bias is behind all this
117th like...
extra woke: “iconic beyond our comprehension”
@@jacksonmitton999 reclamer?
2:27
"..yes THE Marty..."
Somewhere: *Piano sporadiclly ignites*
*rain cues*
*Jazz starts*
*cue the Finish the Fight fanfare*
I love the creepy, mysterious ambiance of Halo: CE - both in the campaign and multiplayer. None of the other Halo games have been able to recapture that unnerving feeling of the superunknown that we got in the first game. I really hope Halo Infinite tries to capitalize on that.
My favorite map, even with others from Halo on PC included: Sidewinder. Such good memories playing it with friends when I was younger, and I love big, open maps.
Braz Mann sorry to say it but, 343 does not know how to make halo games. They’re probably going to mess up infinite.
@@CoyoteRecon you can't just assume things like this wait for the release
KirbyPeter both their chances to redeem themselves failed, thus why I used the word “probably”
Jay not entirely.. effects like the howling winds which almost sounded like whispers, the fog and minimal lighting are effects that were missing from the other games. You can always add in more mystique and unknowns to explore later story-wise, which is what I’m hoping will happen in Halo Infinite. *cough* Precursors *cough*
Coyote Recon based on history, yeah, but I’m still giving them a chance. They’re going in the right direction creatively, which is a nice change, instead of just gameplay. Halo 5s writer was awful too and they got rid of him.
Why is Sarge not holding a Shotgun in the Thumbnail?
That must be Surge
The Railgun boy
Omygurd.
It's not... Sarge?
@A Human A supporter of the Blues & Reds?
Hmm...Where’s Caboose when you need him?
It's Simmons
3:50. It’s one of life’s great mysteries isn’t it.
Also. Now I am going to have to rewatch the show because of this.
I was going to be watching it soon because the new season will be out soon.
Why ARE we here? Is there a god? Or are we the prodigal of some great mystery. I dunno man but it keeps me up at night.
Legends say kids look under their beds for The Boogeyman
The Boogeyman looks under his bed for Master Chief
Master Chief looks under his bed for his assault rifle
Stop following me
>confused commenter thinks this means Master Chief has a fear of the MA5 series-
Nah, Master Chief checks under his bed for DoomGuy
@@armorfrogentertainment why would his dad be lurking bruh
@@armorfrogentertainment wrong he check under the bed for the horid sniper jakal
Tilte: creepy lore about ce maps
Actual video: details about ce maps with a shoutout to marty
Edit: spelling, thanks for pointing it out experia and others
I was kinda thinking the same thing. I cant imagine it was that hard to record 3 or 4 sentences of dialogue per map with footage of you just walking around. Still pretty cool video tho
There was a shootout dedicated to Marty? How many people were shot?
Eric how many people watched this?
A shootout??? Did I miss something??? lol
countenglad x innit really not the hardest or most time consuming “content” to create. Tbh the more time goes on the more disappointed I get in his delivery unfortunately.
It always feels like you're being watched in these maps/levels.
I mean. Guilty Spark or the flood most likely are watching you
Next on the Halo Channel:
Should we consider the Cursed Halo mod Canon?
Eat your cereal
No
Yes
Yes, but only as part of another universe, and a batcrud insane one at that.
Playing the online maps by myself, from any Halo game, I feel like I'm being watched. So macabre. Sandtrap gives me chills, especially when the mines explode randomly.
biteki 美的 Dude i know exactly what you mean and it’s honestly one of my favorite little things about halo. just one of those things that isn’t a “feature” per-se, just a strange and eerie and almost calming part of the game in a way
The guardians.
That lonesome feeling when you explore ce maps alone is unforgettable
3:50 He did it! He said the thing!
(Airhorns play)
What is that music?
@@Murasaki_Saya stereotypical Mexican music plays
My dude getting into the Y2K aesthetic
I thought you meant the artist/producer at first and I was confused haha. Yeah the Y2K aesthetic is so comfy, I really can't pin point exactly what it is about it but I love it so much
What is that?
You saying the maps have an ancient and nostalgic feeling is exactly how i feel. I told my friends i love how creepy and unnerving Halos lore is and i wasn't able to put it into words at all. There is just an underlying mystery feeling that you're always being watched, or you're someplace you shouldn't be.
4:22 "fought between two sides. One red. The other blue..."
"stop inventing animals"
@@LaloSalamancaGaming42069 "what in Sam hell is a puma?"
@@stev1804 what about unicorn
How about the chupathingy?
@@hb_chrisss I like it, has a ring to it
so wheres the lore? Title says "The Creepy Lore behind ALL the Halo: Combat Evolved maps" but then proceeds to talk about zero lore and just very generally speculates on the maps...
"This is a map that is layed out in a way that suggests something"
CPOMendez117 Exactly. “Suggest” “maybe” “could be” “possibly” “we don’t know exactly what this could have been”
I think the video fit well with the style of environmental storytelling Bungie gave us in CE. This was back when we knew almost nothing of the Halo universe and alot of what we saw and heard was left to speculation. I however can understand your complaints.
The real Brute 3 Honestly I would have been fine if the video was titled “The atmosphere and subtle storytelling of the Halo CE Multiplayer Maps!” But this was straight up clickbait and deceptive. But I do agree with you that this video was good it’s just not what it should have been based upon the title.
It's called clickbait
Creepy lore behind Halo: CE maps
*No lore given for these maps*
Sorry he will only heart comments by morons who kiss his ass
Seriously stupid misleading title
Pixel and yet here you are
My thoughts too, it was very disappointing.
Imagine still falling for clickbait in 2020
Wort worry blarrg wort *translation.
I hope they add the aura of mysteriousness back to the maps for infinate.
Also a food for thought question for everyone, do you think the reason the maps arnt mysterious anymore is because the graphics have gotten too good, like most old games with low res textures intrinsically have mystery yet when every blade of grass is 1080p it is harder to pull off.
Same, honestly the whole mysterious vibe has been missing since CE imo. Graphics are definitely part of it, art style too. CE had such a unique art style, even compared to the rest of the original trilogy that added to the mysterious and eerie vibe so well
@@HiddenXperia That's why I always play CE in classic mode baybee
I do believe the older graphics add a certain creepy affect to the game especial with the marines recorded video on his helmet with pixelated fuzzy video and people yelling and shooting but I think with better graphics more detail can be shown and it's up to the developers to go back to that mysterious creepiness that CE had If Infinite has the palace of pain in it I would hope so
Halo 4 had some mysterious maps
It's the perfect game to do it! We're trapped on a brand new Halo ring with a dark background....human slaves, torture, experimentation
This is the only place I can travel to now that Corona's kept me indoors
At first I read "Corona" or "Cortana" 😂
Yes, Alpha halo doesn't have a Corona outbreak. However, there's a far more deadly thing there....
"THE FLOOD. "
Mason S.
Actually, I did the same too. You know, pretty engrossed in HALO lore.
15:05 I have a love/hate relationship with Chiron TL37. I might try to remake it in one of the versions of Forge in MCC.
I wholeheartedly support this
@@thefullmetalmaskedduo6083 no idea.
@@Jedi_Spartan
Name it: Poi~
"Lore." I can't bother to continue watching if all you've written are mildly-detailed assumptions based on the immediately obvious. I really wouldn't mind watching the video - hell, it would be really cool if you theorized deeply about the purposes of the structures in these maps - but I came here for real LORE. At least, that's what I expected cos of the title.
Yeah I had that same feeling too, hopefully one day we can get real lore and facts about the maps :(
That was a clickbait title though
Yeah, I would’ve been satisfied with at least a theory based on clues hinting at its purpose. Considering his knowledge on Halo Lore that feat would’ve been trivial! This just felt amateurish.
Preach
Exactly
I’ve always imagined Battle Creek as two Cryptums. It would be cool if these were the original designs for a cryptum.
Ooooooooh I like that idea! Now you've said that they actually really remind me of Forerunner versions of the Barrows Brothers crypts from Runescape lol
This hit home, especially with Blood Gulch. Too bad he's gone...
Fastest click in the west.
fastest unsub in the west when the video goes on for 20 minutes and is just "this map layout suggests something!". I honestly thought he was above click bait
Pathetic clickbait, ads and begging like a desperate douche*
DreamspiderX but you should still subscribe maybe this video is click bait but his videos are awesome! Just sad you saw this video!
ƬΉΣ PЯӨPΉΣƬ ӨF ЯΣΛᄂ ƧΉIƬ he isn’t a douche it’s just he needs money? Dude people want money and maybe he ran out of ideas? Dude look at his other videos are awesome subscribe dude!
It's been a while since you did a video on the maps.
_this is very spoopy_
Halo: Combat Evolved's atmosphere is perfect. The covenant radio sounds, the windy white noise, and much more.
I know I'm gonna love this one
Your taste in maps is clearly impeccable so I think you will 🤗
The sound ambiance on some of these multiplayer maps gives this subtle haunting spirits from them when playing it alone, especially when playing this as a kid.
My personal favorite Halo: CE Map based on lore and also of course Red vs Blue is Blood Gulch. I’ve also had some pretty fun games of multiplayer on that map so it’s an added bonus.
You know, that entire description of Blood Gulch fits the entire first five seasons of Red vs Blue, from the most important question of them all, to the storyteller left behind . . .
The best thing about halo CE was the background ambience it had in maps that no halo game has.
According to online wiki, the symbols on direlect supposedly represent the mantle of responsibility
The mantle of responsibility shelters all, but only the created are its masters
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Prisoner is my favorite map for lore reasons. I love the breakout variant in Reach as well. Imagine what it must have taken to bust out! The Flood? A Precursor?
Unfortunately I wasn't able to immediately watch this, due to the fact I was Ripping and Tearing my way through Doom Eternal. But now I'm here
My favorite HCE map, gameplay and lore wise, is Chill Out.
In almost every game with forge mode, I've remade this map because I love it so much.
In Reach, the level was partially submerged in the water, with that one glitch that lets you do that (in place of the fog effects). Assuming the map was some kind of oversized covenant freezer, I liked to think the place shut down and just melted everywhere. Colors fading away and everything, creating a damp, colorless facility.
In Halo 4 it was the same thing, minus the water, a bit run down, and taken over by the UNSC as a temporary base. More cover, more human weapons.
In H2A, it was the same thing again but ruined and broken down, with a few missing rooms and new pathways.
Finally, in Halo 5, the teleporters were shut down (removed with spark effects in their places), as the level was further broken down with pipes falling out of the walls, creating clamber and spring-jump spots for Halo 5's improved gameplay.
Assuming Infinite has good forge, I'll probably add to this even more. I like to think I've created my own little timeline for my favorite map here.
Did you just say "Halo 5s improved gameplay?"
You ruined all credibility with that sentence.
Misleading video title, you don't even talk about the lore of these maps, but instead you spout pure speculation
CE was always enshrouded in mystery and it left me unsettled but still very nostalgic.
This video reminds me of why I got into CE when I first played it.
I remember playing with my cousins on their Xboxes when it first came out. But then the PC version came out, and I got to play by myself...
My favorite memories of solo playing focus on just how eerie and creepy the whole thing was, but also feeling a sense of epic adventure to it all. The main menu, with its fly-around camera centered on the ring-world, the Gregorian style chanting... then booting the campaign on heroic and blowing through the whole thing in the dark, alone, on my parents' computer.
I distinctly remember thinking "Keyes doesn't keep his gun loaded? The balls on that man..." in the first mission, being really engrossed in Assault on the Control Room, having a hard time with, but still LOVING the Library (after being freaked out with the whole mission 343 Guilty Spark), and being so devastated when FoeHammer went down in the final mission...
The whole creep factor, the mystery, the music, the ambiance, and the grandeur of the whole game STILL gives me goosebumps, 20 years later. And I can't tell you how many times I played this game as a kid... Don't even get me started on Halo 3, though. I'll go forever about Halo 3... (skipped Halo 2 in this because, admittedly, I didn't play it very much until right before Halo 3 came out).
To me Halo CE always seemed like a bridge between the earlier style of FPS games and the newer style of games. That’s also why I think so many weapons are ridiculously powerful.
This is a deep and thoughtful exposition of all the Halo CE maps. I really love the mysterious and elusive element which the first 2 Halo games endowed to their forerunner maps. Thanks for this refreshing and well thought video 😊
Half the comment section: red vs blue references.
The other half: *random shit galore*
Imagine a anniversary version of these maps.
I dream of that every day my friend. One day I need to make a video about why I unironically want Halo CE Anniversary Anniversary in 2021, the game deserves a H2A style remaster so much
Same
It would be so hype to get a proper CEA multiplayer rather than just Reach on CE maps
Damnation's always been a cool map to me. Covenant logistical structures and facilities are
fascinating in their design and scale. Covenant
aesthetics are my favorite from Halo, with
Forerunner aesthetics being a close second.
Brilliant idea, pleases say you're gonna do this for the other Halo games?
stick around to the end to find out ;) (spoiler - absolutely yes!)
what is E-bagging? been subscribed since 2014 (I think, always loved your content), favorite CE map is Chiron TL34. its just such crazy fun. but all CE maps are just so *ICONIC :)
Boarding action is still one of the most creative halo maps to this day.
I’ve wanted a video like this for so long thank the prophets our lord hidden has delivered
I actually, physically choked when he said "do you ever wonder why we're here?"
what I came for: research based insight on the maps, their design and connections to the wider halo universe as a whole
what I recieved: prose poetry on halo 1 maps
not pissed whatsoever
yeah pretty gay tbh
This video just makes me look forward to the inevitable halo 3 version!
If I gotta choose my fav CE map it’d have to go to: gyrothobia, Danger Canyon, Ice fields, Death island or Infinity.
i appreciate the observations on these maps but your definition of 'lore' is a bit off. the title and intro are pretty misleading, the only genuine lore you've provided here are the names of a few ships/locations, most of which can be found in the map descriptions. hate to be a prick but this was a pretty disappointing video
To be fair his descriptions are definitely more detailed than the actual map descriptions in Halo 1.
I remember walking through these maps alone and I couldn't shake the feeling of unease that the maps had, like someone or something was watching me and I wasn't alone.
The nostalgia is radiating from this video keep up the good work
Thanks man :) If that's the case then I did my job well :D
Have you ever thought by the glyphs you see at 5:15, is a representation of the Halo firing? Like seriously look at it and its design. The middle symbol represents Halo, but the projectiles one both sides of this design is the ring's pulse it fires once activated. Perhaps this was a warning for those who fought on this battlefield. A sign of something more powerful than they could have ever imagined.
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Halo maps are incredibly creepy, especially when playing alone. You always feel like you're being watched...
Can we get a rip in chat for Xperia's doom eternal stream yesterday?
Also, your videos are great 👍
Legendairy Taco why
@@arbiterofthehornedrat1570 the stream Xperia did yesterday lasted for less than 10 minutes because the stream quality was so bad. On the bright side, he's getting a new CPU to be able to stream again.
Legendairy Taco doom vs halo lol
I know what your talking about, that strange vibe, like a deep joy and sadness, and eerie loneliness
You really did it justice
I love simplicity and atmosphere of the levels in Halo:CE, after nearly 20 it still feels mysterious and epic.
I always found every halo multiplayer map creepy, idk why. Every map is just... eerie. And as a forge person, it’s especially creepy to build in these silent wastelands
I clicked for “lore”. How is this lore? Just a fan boy description. “Purpose unknown, purpose unknown BUT it’s a cweepy map”
Derek Akers daddy long legs
Halo CE definitely had the most mysterious and creepy vibe of all the games. I hope some of that mystery comes back in Infinite.
Even now, playing the Halo CE maps completely alone is scary, the complete silence and loneliness in these maps is something I haven't experienced nowhere else
I honestly can't believe people are complaining this much. It is an interesting video, I didn't need the deepest lore.
Danger canyon has recently become my favorite. There something nostalgic about it
My favorite map is blah blah blah, because, in my opinion blah blah is very, VERY, blah blah. This is why I think blah blah blah, is the single, MOST blah, of all the maps. Thanks for taking the time to read my opinion
For the record, this comment was me, commenting for the sake of commenting because comments help, and I had nothing relevant to say lol
I like Chiron's lore since it correlates so well with actual gameplay.
The feck? Clickbait title is clickbait.
Literal fan fiction? Come the hell
I love death island, extremely underrated, atmosphere is iconically similar to silent cartographer, makes it seem even better
Personaly Hang Em' High is my favourite map just due to creepy noises and pale grey coloring really makes you feel that our minds can't comprehend the forerunners and their logic and reasoning as to what the purpose of their creations are.
Same here. Those ambient noises are straight from a nightmare. With groups of friends, it's a blast, but exploring by yourself, it's just creepy.
The ambient sounds of these levels, and the campaign levels are actually quite fucking haunting… the sighs and breaths that ebb and flow through ancient corridors always creeped me out as a kid…
"You ever wonder why we're here?" I smiled and internally fanboyed
I think the old graphics put the maps in a kind of uncanny valley, especially with future Halos putting it into perspective. It seems so close to being what we're used to now, but just far enough that its a but unnerving. It probably doesn't help that the layouts are wild and super different from modern 3 lane maps. And for me at least, it feels like I shouldn't be playing the game. The game was made without the expectation that someone like me, who's only a few weeks older than it, would be playing it on a next gen console with online matchmaking.
I see you tried to look at Halo:CE multiplayer maps in a more sensual, subconscious impression type of light and scavenge any scrap of lore there is. I like that, it's a fun idea.
I have some constructive criticism though.
Many of your sentences are just filler, worthless on their own, do not add anything of substance, and your ability to make words work together does not hide that. You also rely on buzz words and idioms too much.
And I know that you decided to come up with your own lore sometimes, but it didn't really resonate with me, seemed kind of infantile, so I counted those times as those worthless sentences, hope you don't mind. You can disagree with any of my examples.
Buzz words/sentences: "eerie and creepy", "something more serious", "peaceful homestead" (it's Forerunner, we don't even know how their homes looked like, don't bullshit us), "haunting", "only the tips of this iceberg" (really? Maybe try using your own words more), "something more sinister"
Worthless sentences: 3:40 (till the end of the map, same goes for next time stamps),
4:08 (that air part was an attempt on deepening the presented world, which came out bad - it's just a multiplayer map after all, but that second part you just pulled out of your ass, it was embarrassing),
6:12 (pulled out of ass again, you know that banshee icon was for gameplay purposes only, don't try to incorporate that into the lore if you want to sound credible),
7:03 (adds nothing, only implies Forerunners made it icey to kill Flood, what isn't proven by anything),
8:16 (you had nothing of substance to say about that whole map; futhermore: "Timberland(...) paints a far less serene picture (...). Among (...) lies many memories" - you can't say that the map paints a certain picture because you imagined something. If you saw any actual clues to Timberland being "less serene", you should have shown em),
8:40 (haha just a joke ;) ),
13:57 ("vast, infinite" that's called a buttery butter),
15:05 (that also seems like it falls under "pulled out of ass" category, but I haven't checked Halo Nation),
17:05
That incorporation of both educated guesses and plain old imagination for the sake of good storytelling experience didn't work very well, I'm afraid. But good video overall.
Nothing comes close to Halo CE's dark, enigmatic, isolated atmosphere. The brutalist and yet cathedral-like forerunner architecture, extremely ancient and sci-fi/futuristic at the same time. And the sounds. Even the elevators sound fucking incredible.
tbh this video is making me want to unsubscribe cause there's no lore at all, just the same thing repeated over and over, beyond our comprehension, very mysterious, dont know what this is for, possibly this possibly that
Seedonator indeed, most of the maps were chalked up to “This is for training and stuff.”
Honestly considering his near unrivaled knowledge on Halo Lore, I’m surprised that he couldn’t have pieced together a strong theory at least.
And the fact it took 3 minutes to even get to the point of the video...
4:18 5:41
Serious question.
Now, when you see the halo ring from afar, it encircles evenly around the planet. It's the same distance in the sky all the way round.
So as you can see here and other spots thruought the game, why does the Halo ring get bigger just above the horizon? Shouldn't it be just as small and seemingly skinny looking as if you were looking straight up at it? Because the way it looks here, the Halo ring seems to be off and it gets closer to the planet, even tho as i said, from a birds eye view, the Halo ring is the same distance above, all the way around. In summation, im not sure why the Halo ring looks bigger just above the horizon.
Thanks for your time if you care to give any meaningful feedback. 👍
Why are we here? It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it, why are we here? I mean are we just the product of some cosmic coincidence... or is it really god watching everything ya know, with a plan for us. I don't know man but it keep's me up at night. What? I meant why are we out here in this canyon. Oh uhhhh yeah. What was all that stuff about god? Uhhh hm nothing. Do you want to talk about it? No. You sure? Yeah. Seriously though, why are we out here, as far as I can tell it's just a box canyon in the middle of nowhere with no way in or out. mm hm. The only reason we set up a red base here is because they have a blue base over there, and the only reason they have a blue base over there is because we have a red base here. Yeah, that's because we're fighting each other. No no, but I mean if we were to pull out today and they were to come take our base they would have two bases in the middle of a box canyon, whop de fuckin' do. I know Hidden will appreciate this and I had to remember the dialog so sorry if I messed up something. :)
Common Xperia... This was pretty click batty. There are plenty of other Halo related things to make a video about. How about one where you take the original thee books and compare/contrast then to the games and try to clarify their differences. Or you could talk about what blue team was up to while chief was destroying High Charity. (the second half of Ghosts of Onyx)
I am so glad other people understand the feeling of ambience, extreme mystery, and the unknowable feelings behind the Combat Evolved Maps. Mine would have to be Derelict: "Deep Space Anomaly #0198." But we can all agree, Combat Evolved had a beauty like no other.
Empty Multiplayer maps are already unnerving. CE took that, and turned it to 11. The result? The strangest experience in multiplayer gaming.
So I was playing halo reach today and I remember those really creepy smiley face’s that would appear in the mission tip of the spear and the final mission (not lone wolf but the other one with the max cannon). Why are those faces there? We’re they made from meddlers, covenant or something we don’t even know yet.
"Roses are red, and violets are blue. One day we'll cruise down Blood Gulch Avenue. It's Red vs Red, and Blue vs Blue. It's I against I, and me against you."
Honestly, if the Halo rings were free of the Flood and war, they'd be really chill places to relax and meditate on.
To do that you'd have to send the flood into the surface of a sun
Simmons: "As far as I can tell, its just a box canyon in the middle of nowhere. No way in or out"
Grif: "Mm-hmm"
Simmons: "The only reason that we set up a Red Base here is because they have a Blue Base over there. And the only reason they have a Blue Base over there is because we have a Red Base here.
Grif: "Yeah, thats because we're fighting each other."
Simmons: "No no, but I mean, even if we were to pull out today, and were to come take out base, they would have TWO bases in the middle of a box canyon... Whoop-dee-fucking-doo."
When I read (MLP fanfics), I almost always play Halo 1 multiplayer map ambient noise in the background. I have memories of exploring the expansive maps on Halo 1 PC, always feeling like something was watching me, or that I had just seen someone disappear around the corner. So now when I hear the ambient sounds, I feel a mix of nostalgia and anxiety. It's a really surreal feeling, in a good way.
My favorite map was Chiron it's just something about the feeling of not knowing what will be encountered on the other side of its a magnum wielding noob, or a incoming rocket.
I miss the old Halo map design. Every game after Halo 3 just didn't feel the same because they just felt ripped right out of the campaign and uninspired
I know in recent years we have shit on the gearbox port for graphical issues, but the maps made for Halo PC were pretty good. Did they make them?
For me, Damnation is the creepiest because of the strange, flood like goo that constantly drips. It could also be part of the sewer system, but wheres the creepyness in that?
I remember falling asleep on Chiron, and waking up to the Xbox home noises and some strange screams in the background. Wack.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who realised everything's abandoned, when I played this 15 years ago. You've got a new sub.
All forerunner structures on the rings are probably just built with the flood in mind - battle simulations, containment, testing etc.