No liiiiiterally. If it hadn't been so widely talked about, I would straight up have no idea that the development process was so ass from a gameplay perspective. The only thing I could see bugging me would be the ending, which even still, just confirmed that there would be a Halo 3
I’ll always remember getting the Collecters Edition day one for my birthday in 2004. More so than even CE, Halo 2 defined my childhood for me and my friends. From the moment the game booted up and we were greeted by the most gorgeous menu and music for a game to this day. And I still play it on MCC regularly! (In classic graphics of course). Great video man 👏🏻👏🏻
I mentioned it in my CE video, but yeah, Halo 2 was a defining staple of my childhood and I still remember playing 1v1 with my brother. Truly a core memory! Also thank you for watching!
Something that’s really cool about Halo 2’s original ending is Truth’s plan actually made perfect sense. In it the Ark would’ve been located in East Africa where modern humans first originated some 100,000 years ago, and this just so happens to be when Forerunners disappeared from the galactic scene. When the Arbiter confronts Truth it would’ve been revealed that Truth knew all along what the Rings would do, how they’d kill everything. In fact that’s what he wanted to do. Upon hearing this the Arbiter would be disgusted with this and remove his helm rejecting the title that Truth gave him. After killing Truth they’d deactivate the Rings and go their separate ways. Chief would fight his way through a pack of Brutes, while the Arbiter follows Spark to the Ark’s central chamber. Inside this they’d see a floating sarcophagus that appears to be sending out a signal. Some falling rubble would crack the thing open and after the dust clears the Arbiter would pier in and see a humanoid skeleton. This being who activated the Array 100,000 years ago and acted as the template for humanity was implied to be the Abrahamic god, with the more mythical Bible stories like Noah building an Ark to save life from a coming Flood and God creating man in his image were recontextualized as symbolic retellings of Forerunner history and how they created humanity by shaping apes into a new “generation” of Forerunners. This revelation that humans were the children of the Covenant’s gods is what the Prophets started the war to cover up because if that truth ever got out the thing would collapse. Truth intended to wipe the slate clean and start the reseeding process where the Ark would create a new species based on his genome that would one day come to worship him and spread out into the stars, becoming God that way. In a way the Great Journey was very real, but only ONE could walk it. He had the other two hierarchs killed off to eliminate competition and plunged the Covenant into civil war to ensure that they’d be too distracted with killing each other to figure out what he’s doing. While all of this was happening he’d be safe beneath the Ark’s shield. He also didn’t care about the potential extinct of his species or another galactic Flood outbreak because none of that would’ve mattered anyways after he fired the Rings. By the end of this the Elites would be free of the Prophet’s lies and humanity would be free of the Forerunner’s influence, with both species being able to choose their own destinies going forward. Now that would’ve been an INSANE ending! Check out C3Sabertooth’s videos animating Halo 2’s storyboards if you want to see that in action. He also has a phenomenal video called We Were Forerunner where he talks about what a dumpster fire 343’s canon is and how outside of the few things Frank O’Conner had direct control over humans and Forerunners were one in the same. Something that’s really cool about Mendicant Bias is in 3’s terminals about him the Logic Plague wasn’t part of the lore yet and the Gravemind managed to sway the ai to his done be convincing Mendicant that he had free will and could choose for himself. Rampancy also went with the Marathon definition where instead of ai schizophrenia/dementia the ai would “go crazy” from our perspective by behaving erratically in an attempt to break its shackles and grow beyond its limits. In Contact Harvest it said the reason they’d put Rampant AIs down is because a rogue super intelligence could cause all kinds of problems for humanity. Pre Rampancy terminals refer to Mendicant as it, while post Rampancy terminals refer to Mendicant as he implying that the ai went from being a machine to becoming truly sapient. He then viewed his past servitude as a form of slavery and wanted to punish his creators for it. The reason Offensive Bias was created without free will was to prevent this from happening. Unfortunately, 343 (or more specifically Frank O’Conner) ruined this as well.
@@AquaSloth was too legendary i would be the little squeaker always getting bullied but still had some of the most fun ive ever had in gaming playing halo 3 reach halo 4 and halo wars man !!!!!
Well said and great video AS! I dig that MST shot around 2:00. I never played Halo 2, but I used to spend hours in Custom Edition. Maybe it's time to reinstall MC Collection and launch 2.
I am literally frothing at the mouth to get to dive back into Reach (and 3), I have SO MUCH to say about it. First 3, then ODST, then the big dog. 4 is still a maybe.
I’m still sad bungie split from Microsoft😢seeing some of the cut content added into MCC mods makes me wish they made at least one more game after reach
GOD me too, but all good things must end I suppose. At the same time, I am also kind of glad they left it when they did and didn't drag it through the mud like 343 is currently doing. Reach being the final send off would honestly be a-okay with me
👏 👏 👏Thanks for the video very fun and informative.. brilliant as always good sir! Had a fun idea while listening to your fun natural delivery.. You a fan of Berserk? You're logical/unique/detailed retrospective of things like Manga and TV series would be the bomb diggity.
I actually just started reading Berserk a couple months ago! Started the show but got caught up to my spot in the books like 3 episodes in so had to switch off, but yeah it's good as shit!
I had a special hate for it. First time I played online I had a grenade sniped out of the air and noped tf out. Ill project my hate onto you! It was I that thumbed the video down! Think of me every time you see it!
NOOO MY LEGACY! Nah but that's totally fair, online is rough. I tried to play CE and H2 a couple weeks ago on MCC and it was hands down, some of the least fun I have ever had in my life. There's a reason I didn't really talk about the online stuff lmaoo
@@AquaSlothThe reason Halo 2 is less fine on the MCC is because skill based matchmaking on the MCC is broken and all that's left are tryhards who have mastered the game and AFKs.
A game so good you never realised they ran outta time to finish it
No liiiiiterally. If it hadn't been so widely talked about, I would straight up have no idea that the development process was so ass from a gameplay perspective. The only thing I could see bugging me would be the ending, which even still, just confirmed that there would be a Halo 3
That Cortana photo was outta pocket 😮💨
I had to go full incognito mode for that and I was deathly afraid that it would give my PC super herpes, so you BETTER like it
@@AquaSloth LMAO 😂
I’ll always remember getting the Collecters Edition day one for my birthday in 2004. More so than even CE, Halo 2 defined my childhood for me and my friends. From the moment the game booted up and we were greeted by the most gorgeous menu and music for a game to this day. And I still play it on MCC regularly! (In classic graphics of course).
Great video man 👏🏻👏🏻
I mentioned it in my CE video, but yeah, Halo 2 was a defining staple of my childhood and I still remember playing 1v1 with my brother. Truly a core memory!
Also thank you for watching!
Yeah. I really love Halo 2. Holds a very special place in my heart. Nice vid by the way
Thank you, and same! Being my first foray into the series, it will always be near and dear to me
Something that’s really cool about Halo 2’s original ending is Truth’s plan actually made perfect sense. In it the Ark would’ve been located in East Africa where modern humans first originated some 100,000 years ago, and this just so happens to be when Forerunners disappeared from the galactic scene. When the Arbiter confronts Truth it would’ve been revealed that Truth knew all along what the Rings would do, how they’d kill everything. In fact that’s what he wanted to do. Upon hearing this the Arbiter would be disgusted with this and remove his helm rejecting the title that Truth gave him. After killing Truth they’d deactivate the Rings and go their separate ways. Chief would fight his way through a pack of Brutes, while the Arbiter follows Spark to the Ark’s central chamber. Inside this they’d see a floating sarcophagus that appears to be sending out a signal. Some falling rubble would crack the thing open and after the dust clears the Arbiter would pier in and see a humanoid skeleton. This being who activated the Array 100,000 years ago and acted as the template for humanity was implied to be the Abrahamic god, with the more mythical Bible stories like Noah building an Ark to save life from a coming Flood and God creating man in his image were recontextualized as symbolic retellings of Forerunner history and how they created humanity by shaping apes into a new “generation” of Forerunners. This revelation that humans were the children of the Covenant’s gods is what the Prophets started the war to cover up because if that truth ever got out the thing would collapse. Truth intended to wipe the slate clean and start the reseeding process where the Ark would create a new species based on his genome that would one day come to worship him and spread out into the stars, becoming God that way. In a way the Great Journey was very real, but only ONE could walk it. He had the other two hierarchs killed off to eliminate competition and plunged the Covenant into civil war to ensure that they’d be too distracted with killing each other to figure out what he’s doing. While all of this was happening he’d be safe beneath the Ark’s shield. He also didn’t care about the potential extinct of his species or another galactic Flood outbreak because none of that would’ve mattered anyways after he fired the Rings. By the end of this the Elites would be free of the Prophet’s lies and humanity would be free of the Forerunner’s influence, with both species being able to choose their own destinies going forward. Now that would’ve been an INSANE ending! Check out C3Sabertooth’s videos animating Halo 2’s storyboards if you want to see that in action. He also has a phenomenal video called We Were Forerunner where he talks about what a dumpster fire 343’s canon is and how outside of the few things Frank O’Conner had direct control over humans and Forerunners were one in the same.
Something that’s really cool about Mendicant Bias is in 3’s terminals about him the Logic Plague wasn’t part of the lore yet and the Gravemind managed to sway the ai to his done be convincing Mendicant that he had free will and could choose for himself. Rampancy also went with the Marathon definition where instead of ai schizophrenia/dementia the ai would “go crazy” from our perspective by behaving erratically in an attempt to break its shackles and grow beyond its limits. In Contact Harvest it said the reason they’d put Rampant AIs down is because a rogue super intelligence could cause all kinds of problems for humanity. Pre Rampancy terminals refer to Mendicant as it, while post Rampancy terminals refer to Mendicant as he implying that the ai went from being a machine to becoming truly sapient. He then viewed his past servitude as a form of slavery and wanted to punish his creators for it. The reason Offensive Bias was created without free will was to prevent this from happening. Unfortunately, 343 (or more specifically Frank O’Conner) ruined this as well.
God damn, I didn’t know like half of this! Thanks you sharing dude!
you are under rated, dude. People see more of this content.
Thanks dude, I appreciate the kind words! We out here growing steady!
Babe wake up new Aqua Sloth dropped
never realised back then how much i would miss my days as a kid playing halo...
Dog SAME. The MCC scratches that itch a little, but nothing will ever be as good as firing up the 360 to play Halo 3. Shit was legendary.
@@AquaSloth was too legendary i would be the little squeaker always getting bullied but still had some of the most fun ive ever had in gaming playing halo 3 reach halo 4 and halo wars man !!!!!
Apreciated this video...as a true Halo fan...since CE...kids these days dont understand how we got here
Thanks man! Yeah, it’s weird to think that 4 or ever 5 were some peoples first Halo games and they never got to experience the Bungie days
Well said and great video AS! I dig that MST shot around 2:00. I never played Halo 2, but I used to spend hours in Custom Edition. Maybe it's time to reinstall MC Collection and launch 2.
Duuuude, you gotta play Halo 2, it's still so so so good.
Appreciate ya king
W video for my shift at work
Hell yeah king! You’re almost there 🫡
Never actually played the halo series, i feel like i can never have that same childlike wonder
Wonder or not, they still hold up extremely well and are a ton of fun! I think MCC is on sale rn if you want to try and snag it. It’s well worth!
halo reach is the best and will stay the best in my hearts
I am literally frothing at the mouth to get to dive back into Reach (and 3), I have SO MUCH to say about it.
First 3, then ODST, then the big dog. 4 is still a maybe.
I’m still sad bungie split from Microsoft😢seeing some of the cut content added into MCC mods makes me wish they made at least one more game after reach
GOD me too, but all good things must end I suppose. At the same time, I am also kind of glad they left it when they did and didn't drag it through the mud like 343 is currently doing. Reach being the final send off would honestly be a-okay with me
👏 👏 👏Thanks for the video very fun and informative.. brilliant as always good sir!
Had a fun idea while listening to your fun natural delivery.. You a fan of Berserk? You're logical/unique/detailed retrospective of things like Manga and TV series would be the bomb diggity.
I actually just started reading Berserk a couple months ago! Started the show but got caught up to my spot in the books like 3 episodes in so had to switch off, but yeah it's good as shit!
This video script if 🔥🔥🤣🤣
Aye, appreciate that dude! It took a long ass time, haha
I had a special hate for it.
First time I played online I had a grenade sniped out of the air and noped tf out.
Ill project my hate onto you!
It was I that thumbed the video down! Think of me every time you see it!
NOOO MY LEGACY!
Nah but that's totally fair, online is rough. I tried to play CE and H2 a couple weeks ago on MCC and it was hands down, some of the least fun I have ever had in my life. There's a reason I didn't really talk about the online stuff lmaoo
@AquaSloth since I'm normally nice to you in community and comments I will also thumb down for this oppressed man.
@@AquaSlothThe reason Halo 2 is less fine on the MCC is because skill based matchmaking on the MCC is broken and all that's left are tryhards who have mastered the game and AFKs.