Having just watched all of these videos. Genuinely, you’ve given me a new appreciation for Halo 4 I’m going to go replay it looking at it through your context.
The Endless was the only time I sorta sat forward and perked up. Everything else felt comparably bland and pedestrian. And now we may never actually see what cosmic powers they can use because of fan backlash.
I really hope the weapon doesn't call herself cortana, because Its just not a good idea in the story and how characters have now been lead to see cortana as a threat to the galaxy after halo 5's disgusting mess of a story. Cortana is named after "Curtana" a sword much like Durandal the AI in bungie's marathon is named after another legendary sword, The weapon, would be named after another weapon, Her name should be Joy, or more correctly Joyeuse. " The blade may have been smithed from the same materials as Roland's Durendal and Ogier's Curtana." If she gets named cortana it'll be confusing for everything, and it'd be primarily done for marketing reasons as it feels unsettling for her to take her name after all of this.
@@khanlusamy thoughts on this is it won’t be Cortana. Since the Weapon is essentially a younger “sister” of Cortana, I think it’ll be different, just like how Cortana’s older “sister” is Kalmiya.
I sure hope so, I just imagine microsoft/343 might just force it for brand recognition alone, which is also why I suspect h5 brought her back for character assassination, because the name is well known.@@swoops7687
Ngl, until about an hour ago, I did not really care much for Halo's story. After listening to these story explained videos, I'm kinda into it now, good job 👍
Watching these videos back to back was very enjoyable as a fan of the series since I was waaay too young to play them. So its nice when someone gets to enjoy them without nostalgia glasses on and the mental capacity of an 8 year old boy and take them for what they are. When it comes to the Halo games made by Bungie vs 343industries, there's a lot of...takes...people have but as someone that thoroughly enjoys most of the works of both studios, I like what differences they brought to the table. Bungie is really good at world building, writing cool and interesting sci fi or fantasy magic concepts - ( seriously people can dislike Destiny games for a lot of good reasons but that lore over there is insane. Book of Sorrows is such a cool series that just casually introduces a sey of philosophies, background story and so much more on such a surprisingly indepth degree for just 1 enemy faction, its insane! Not to forget the many , many references to real life history , cultures and their philosophies.) ; - but when it comes to characters, they're usually are rather simple. They look , talk and appear really cool but rarely have that much depth. They have style with some substance, which is why they worked well up to Halo Reach. 343 on the flipside is really good at making people seem like actually people in the stories and just like many others made me care more about the characters than the events that occur in the plot for each game. They may do some very annoying decisions with presentation and fragmenting the stories across multiple media sources where a lot of useful context for the main games are not found in the main games but when a named character shows up, I want to learn more. The FEELINGS! They've got them! They know that stuff! Jul M'dama from Halo 4 and Atriox first introdued in Halo Wars 2 also fixed one of the main gripes I had with the series, which was that it had no good villians. These 2 were great! Halo 4, Infinite and even 5 to some extend do pull these strings so well , especially Infinite. Fernando became an instant favorite of mine throughout the game because he gives the super soldier with a luck stat of 99+ the serious grounde views that often gets kinda forgotten in these plots. Brohammer is a civilian that gets dragged into the main plot of a sci fi saga and he don't wanna be there , yet chief drags him in without a second thought. I like the dynamic these 2 had in the game and I hope we get more Brohammer in the future.
I would be as for infinite as you are if not for a bunch of inconsistencies with established story (and huha lore) set by previous games. To keep it to the main gripe- the Banished are a split of Covenant not dissimilar to First Order, but like that abominable Empire lookalike they are not treated as a lesser splinter of their parent which they were established as. Dragging in other titles in the series- Halo Wars brings in the fact that Banished were, if not destroyed, severely fucked up by UNSC forces that met them
Gonna be honest, As a fan who's been playing halo since CE as a kid, ODST is overrated. It's good, but I've never felt a great love for it like I do for many of the other games.
Underrated channel. Though I definitely take issue with your assessment of notcortana and notjohnson. Meta wise its very clear the reason notcortana is written into this game the way she is. Especially given that they want notcortana to be called cortana going forward but didnt have the balls to outright say the words in game, instead teasing it like a baka ass mofo, to gauge public reception of it. Its all to reset the complete and thorough faceplant of Halo 5. This story on its own is mechanically and structurally functional. But taken from what came before and its an absolute jarring mess. The coupling of emotional instability with the pilot and the childlike naivete of the weapon juxtaposed with impending universal annihilation just isnt really what HALO was meant for. At least not through the lens of master chief. What you want is a space opera with military honorific tones and characters that have a throughline goal that are all competent and focused on the task at hand, pushing the galactic conflict forward. Not bogged down every 40 minutes with some emotional baggage. Doesn't mean it has to be completely impersonal. Its just too flowery for the tone it should be carrying and why halo worked so well in the past, and no longer does. Its serviceable writing but only as a result of having to meticulously backtrack on every single thing that 343 wrote before this. Its rise of skywalker.
Having just watched all of these videos.
Genuinely, you’ve given me a new appreciation for Halo 4 I’m going to go replay it looking at it through your context.
The Endless was the only time I sorta sat forward and perked up. Everything else felt comparably bland and pedestrian. And now we may never actually see what cosmic powers they can use because of fan backlash.
I really hope the weapon doesn't call herself cortana, because Its just not a good idea in the story and how characters have now been lead to see cortana as a threat to the galaxy after halo 5's disgusting mess of a story. Cortana is named after "Curtana" a sword much like Durandal the AI in bungie's marathon is named after another legendary sword, The weapon, would be named after another weapon, Her name should be Joy, or more correctly Joyeuse. " The blade may have been smithed from the same materials as Roland's Durendal and Ogier's Curtana." If she gets named cortana it'll be confusing for everything, and it'd be primarily done for marketing reasons as it feels unsettling for her to take her name after all of this.
The way I see it, this seems like a soft-reset after what Halo 5 did to the characters so I wouldn't be surprised if she takes the name.
I do agree, as it is a soft reboot as h5 was...a thing. I just would be disappointed, as would many other fans. @@khanlusa
@@khanlusamy thoughts on this is it won’t be Cortana. Since the Weapon is essentially a younger “sister” of Cortana, I think it’ll be different, just like how Cortana’s older “sister” is Kalmiya.
I sure hope so, I just imagine microsoft/343 might just force it for brand recognition alone, which is also why I suspect h5 brought her back for character assassination, because the name is well known.@@swoops7687
Yeah Cortana was sexy. This ain't her. XD
Ngl, until about an hour ago, I did not really care much for Halo's story. After listening to these story explained videos, I'm kinda into it now, good job 👍
Watching these videos back to back was very enjoyable as a fan of the series since I was waaay too young to play them. So its nice when someone gets to enjoy them without nostalgia glasses on and the mental capacity of an 8 year old boy and take them for what they are. When it comes to the Halo games made by Bungie vs 343industries, there's a lot of...takes...people have but as someone that thoroughly enjoys most of the works of both studios, I like what differences they brought to the table.
Bungie is really good at world building, writing cool and interesting sci fi or fantasy magic concepts - ( seriously people can dislike Destiny games for a lot of good reasons but that lore over there is insane. Book of Sorrows is such a cool series that just casually introduces a sey of philosophies, background story and so much more on such a surprisingly indepth degree for just 1 enemy faction, its insane! Not to forget the many , many references to real life history , cultures and their philosophies.)
; - but when it comes to characters, they're usually are rather simple. They look , talk and appear really cool but rarely have that much depth. They have style with some substance, which is why they worked well up to Halo Reach.
343 on the flipside is really good at making people seem like actually people in the stories and just like many others made me care more about the characters than the events that occur in the plot for each game. They may do some very annoying decisions with presentation and fragmenting the stories across multiple media sources where a lot of useful context for the main games are not found in the main games but when a named character shows up, I want to learn more. The FEELINGS! They've got them! They know that stuff! Jul M'dama from Halo 4 and Atriox first introdued in Halo Wars 2 also fixed one of the main gripes I had with the series, which was that it had no good villians. These 2 were great!
Halo 4, Infinite and even 5 to some extend do pull these strings so well , especially Infinite. Fernando became an instant favorite of mine throughout the game because he gives the super soldier with a luck stat of 99+ the serious grounde views that often gets kinda forgotten in these plots. Brohammer is a civilian that gets dragged into the main plot of a sci fi saga and he don't wanna be there , yet chief drags him in without a second thought. I like the dynamic these 2 had in the game and I hope we get more Brohammer in the future.
I really love infinite it’s not perfect but it’s fun and to me that’s what counts
I know I'm very late tot the video, but a missed opportunity to call Griffin, played by Ethan Peck, Spartan Spock
did you not make a video over halo 5? feel like im missing out lol
Why is there no halo 5 plot video? 😆😅
Because at the time of writing, if you're playing on PC it's only available through the gamepass.
I would be as for infinite as you are if not for a bunch of inconsistencies with established story (and huha lore) set by previous games.
To keep it to the main gripe- the Banished are a split of Covenant not dissimilar to First Order, but like that abominable Empire lookalike they are not treated as a lesser splinter of their parent which they were established as. Dragging in other titles in the series- Halo Wars brings in the fact that Banished were, if not destroyed, severely fucked up by UNSC forces that met them
pls pls play reach and odst i promise they are better
I played through the MCC before Infinite, you can like each of the games for different reasons but I will say I very much enjoyed Reach.
Gonna be honest, As a fan who's been playing halo since CE as a kid, ODST is overrated. It's good, but I've never felt a great love for it like I do for many of the other games.
that zoom at 2:20
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Underrated channel. Though I definitely take issue with your assessment of notcortana and notjohnson.
Meta wise its very clear the reason notcortana is written into this game the way she is. Especially given that they want notcortana to be called cortana going forward but didnt have the balls to outright say the words in game, instead teasing it like a baka ass mofo, to gauge public reception of it. Its all to reset the complete and thorough faceplant of Halo 5. This story on its own is mechanically and structurally functional. But taken from what came before and its an absolute jarring mess.
The coupling of emotional instability with the pilot and the childlike naivete of the weapon juxtaposed with impending universal annihilation just isnt really what HALO was meant for. At least not through the lens of master chief. What you want is a space opera with military honorific tones and characters that have a throughline goal that are all competent and focused on the task at hand, pushing the galactic conflict forward. Not bogged down every 40 minutes with some emotional baggage. Doesn't mean it has to be completely impersonal. Its just too flowery for the tone it should be carrying and why halo worked so well in the past, and no longer does.
Its serviceable writing but only as a result of having to meticulously backtrack on every single thing that 343 wrote before this. Its rise of skywalker.