Halo was absolutely MASSIVE. then Halo 2 came out, at the time the biggest selling piece of entertainment ever (apparently)... then Halo 3 kicked Halo 2's ass
the fact that all trailers were mixed randomly together weirds me out. I feel bad for someone who has no idea about the who, what, when and where to watch this. at least he enjoeyd it
Not only that, but some were edited or cut in or out at random, like the "we are ODST" or "Birth of a Spartan" being completely muted or extremely quiet for copyright. and the Halo Recon trailer starting with the rookie text from the first mission of ODST, then cutting to partway into the actual trailer, then just stopping again right before the title reveal. Whoever made this video he reacted to totally screwed the experience for him.
All the games are connected, the main 6 which focuses primarily of the Master Chief and the other spin off games that focus on the stories that happened in between his stories like Halo Reach which took place before the first game as a Prequel.
well, Halo ODST happened at the same time as Halo 2. actually, the very beginning of Halo 2, When chief is deployed on the planet after the scorpion segment, is when the start of ODST happen (technically.) although the rookie got hit by the blast of the covenant entering into hyperspace and basically got knocked unconscious.
As a person who played Halo a lot when younger and picked up DMC 4 when I was 12. You will love Halo. It's very atmospheric, epic and mysterious. Lots of lore and some what grounded in reality. Very fun gameplay and amazing ost, preferably one of my favourites in gaming. Edit Release Date Order of games: Halo Combat Evolved (2001) Halo 2 (2004) Halo 3 (2007) Halo Wars (2009) (RTS Game) Halo 3 ODST (2009) Halo Reach (2010) **End of Bungie Era** Halo 4 (2012) Halo 5 (2015) Halo Wars 2 (2017) Halo Infinite (2022) **343 Industries Era** to be continued...
very nice comment, I totally agree, although they did forget a game in their list there, Halo Reach was also released in 2009, but if I remember correctly it was released after Halo 3 ODST.
I grew up playing halo and this was hype as hell as the games were coming out. A lot of these were out of order and don't give much lore besides war going on, but they definitely have a really cool vibe to all the trailers.
Halo history lesson: When it was first pitched Halo was supposed to be a real time strategy game for the original Xbox but they couldn’t make it compatible with the controller, so they instead made it a first person shooter while keeping the RTS elements. Now here that combination made Halo: Combat Evolved. A game that features big battles between human and alien factions that both had unique weapons, gadgets, and vehicles set in a sci-fi war opera with you on the ground in the thick of it, it was unprecedented at time especially on consoles and to say it took off was an understatement. It was so popular that when Halo 2 was announced it took over Times Square and even some of the popular rock bands at the time like breaking Benjamin and incubus made original songs just for it. Halo has fallen into a bit of a rough patch as of late, with a tv show made by people who want nothing to do with the games and books, and a frustrating free to play multiplayer game, but it still has a dedicated fan base and community so that has to say something about how much it impacted not just gaming but entertainment as a whole.
Unfortunately the live action trailer cut way short at 40:06 (the one you said was weird) it seems, it’s for a short movie they made called Forward unto Dawn.
Forward unto dawn is an actual movie about the fall of a planet. The guy screaming Axios is one of a handful of people chief manages to get out of there personally. Chief: You guys are the only ones left. In the academy? Chief: On the planet.
If I were to recommend just a few of the Halo games: In chronological order Halo Reach Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Halo 2 Anniversary Halo 3 ODST Halo 3 If you don’t have the time that is fine but I would also recommend checking out the Halo 2 Anniversary cut scenes. The animation and detail is incredible and remains to be some of the best media that Halo has ever had along side the Halo Wars 2 cutscenes.
@@jayroro7053Please I would 100% recommend you play it. If you want to start playing the series I’d recommend starting based on release date. You can play them using Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This is how you would play them if you’re going by release date. 1. Halo: Combat Evolved 2. Halo 2 3. Halo 3 4. Halo: ODST 5. Halo: Reach 6. Halo 4 7. Halo 5 8. Halo: Infinite This game series is everything I love about games with a deep rich multimedia lore told through books, short films, games, and comics. If you want to get into the lore specifically you could read and watch all the Terminals in-game. All the terminals should be watched AFTER you finish the series excluding Halo 3 as all of the terminals that aren’t in Halo 3 were made after the initial release of the games and hold spoilers for the rest of the series. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLAY THE GAMES
Don’t do infinite first, it will probably ruin your expectations for what the older games are like, I recommend doing it in order of release, you’ll gradually notice every little detail added with each game, then if you’re really into it, go from reach first, then continue till halo 2, play odst then continue in order after that for the story.
The fact the question was asked kills my soul... Yeah it was big, and it still is in my heart. Because Spartans never die. They are just missing in action.
Check out the Destiny trailers, Bungie used to work on Halo before Halo 4 and split off, making Destiny and Destiny 2 as an original game. The trailers for both games are high quality like these Halo trailers you saw. Just a suggestion.
"Was Halo even that big?" It is THE reason why Xbox even made it to where it is today. Otherwise it would have died as a console with the OG Xbox. It is one of the biggest media IPs in the world and was a cultural phenomena when it launched, revolutionizing console shooters into what they are today. Halo 2 and Halo 3 releases were iconic and MASSIVE pop culture events
It was mostly confusing due to all of the trailers being out of order and random but if you follow from the start they mostly tell a story but id suggest to have a buddy that is familiar with the franchise make a playlist for you to watch to help you follow along easier. (THE SHOW) It follows what the devs refer to as a "silver" timeline and so the whole series isn't really related to halo but they wanted creative freedom since some things would be to difficult to replicate via show. So if you watch it only take everything you see with a grain of salt. THOUGH I will say the nailed the realism for combat. might be slightly clunky but its pretty intense. show for me was like a 3/10 since I'm biased towards the real story line of halo just because i feel its much more compelling and interesting. Edit: Ive been playing halo since i could pick up a controller around 2000 and grew up on the game so ive been invested for over like 20+ years
@quarkedbutt3957 I get where you come from but I have family that isn't involved with gaming, pop culture, or technology inclined and they seemed to appreciate the show and actually liked the premise of the story so it brought love to a franchise that they would normally never be involved with. Though I feel like they aimed at the wrong target audience which is why (we) have a tendency to be biased
Halo had the first Live Multiplayer Matchmaking for Console Gaming. Especially for having incredibly Massive Maps and being apart of the Competitive LAN Gaming Tournament’s.
7:05 she lost an arm in this explosion, she is Kate, one of the 6 nobles (main characters) and the other dude died in the destruction of the ship. you are his replacement in the game the Planet is is called Reach. it is a prequel to the halo games so you should already know from the start that Reach fell. It was the second most important planet of Humanity and the biggest colonie with 700 million people living there. Earth is still the most important planet.
Here is some lore and info: The Master Chief is a spartan II super soldier. Him and 74 other 6 year old children were kidnapped by ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence (Think CIA but more powerful and across many planets) to be indoctrinated, trained and augmented to be the most powerful soldiers ever created to help fight against insurrectionist groups, but eventually Humanity was attacked by The Covenant, A multi species alien military that wanted to wipe out humanity due to their religious beliefs humans were seen as heretics that needed to be destroyed. Halo 1-3 deal with the end of this war, the name halo refers to a huge ring like structure created by an ancient dead race of aliens that The Covenant think is a religious artifact that will ascend them to godhood, but it is infact a weapon. Halo reach is a prequel to halo 1, and deals with The Covenant invasion of the planet Reach the largest human colony second only to Earth itself. Halo wars are Real Time Strategy games instead of first person shooter games, First one takes place many years before Halo 1 and the second takes place after Halo 5. There are also two movies, Halo: Forward unto Dawn, Halo: Nightfall. Forward unto dawn is pretty good, Nightfall is pretty bad. There is also a TV Show that no one likes. And also an Anime Series called Halo Legends were each episode is its own independent story with a different art style. There is also many books, one of which Halo: The fall of reach, that was partially adapted into an animated story. I think that is everything.
Those part 1, and 2 "trailers" for Halo 3 were directed by Neil Blomkamp of District 9. It was originally supposed to be a movie but got canned, and he made those shorts with the leftovers from the movie.
Yeah the one that was muted gets muted a lot because of copyright claims. As far as I know, it's the only one that seems to get hit no matter who posts it and it's likely because of the music since Microsoft has issued a fair use policy for public domain. I wish whoever made this long video that you're watching would have at least put them in order so it made more sense to someone who's never played Halo. In short, Bungie was very pro live action for their trailers, 343 tried to keep that spirit going but ultimately found more use in animated/pre-rendered trailers. The trailer that was really long with the soldiers getting hit with large spikes was actually supposed to be a movie if I recall correctly. The producer at the time wanted to work on the movie but instead it ended up being that 2 part trailer. Seeing as there is more than 9 games now (including spin off titles like Halo Wars, Halo Wars 2, Halo: Reach, and Halo 3: ODST), the best way to understand things a bit better is to either play the games yourself or watch the cutscenes at the very least. But even then the universe of Halo is so incredibly vast considering there are more than 30 books and comics out there. Also yes, in the early days (Combat Evolved to 3) we fought a group called 'The Covenant', a collection of different alien species all wanting us (humanity) dead...for reasons. The big ape looking ones are Brutes, the ones that were invisible are Elites, there are also regular infantry such as Grunts and Jackals.
For reference, back during the original Halo 1 - 3 era, Halo was bigger than Call of Duty. Halo 2 was the best selling video game on the original Xbox (8 million copies to date), and then Halo 3 came and became the number one best selling video game of its year (2007) when it only released 2 months before the end of the year. To date Halo 3 has sold around 14 million copies. and was probably a big reason for why a lot of people owned an Xbox 360. It was massive. I think it was after Halo 3, when the original Modern Warfare 2 came out that COD took over as the top FPS franchise.
also, the thing about Spartans like Master Chief, is they went under extreme augmentation experiments. Think Captain America with a wolverine endoskeleton minus the claws. They have extreme staminam, strength, and speed, with suits that can amp those abilities up even further.
Peter Jackson was on board to make a Halo film back in 2005, and Niell Blomkamp was also on board creator of "District 9" "Chappie" and "Elysium". i believe Jackson made the 2 part short film at 10:58
Well, I can understand the confusion on what was going on considering the trailers were bouncing back and forth. Starting at 5, then 3, then 4, then a couple of side story installments and so on.
Halo was so big back then that it was synonymous with when you heard "Xbox." Halo 1 - 3 was just widly massive, each iteration somehow suprassing the previous game with flying colors, literally revolutionizing multiplayer, the trendsetter, etc. Every other game tried to call themselves "the Halo Killer" in all media adverts, but they ultimately failed. Everything tried to be or beat Halo. And this was during a time I wasn't even a fan of it yet, but it was everywhere. But nothing lasts forever. Up to Halo: Reach, the original creators, employees, deals, and priorities changed and it's not as big as it used to be.
Halo: Combat Evolved, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach were made by Bungie. (The game studio that would make Destiny 1 and 2 later.) Halo wars 1/2, Halo 4, 5, and Infinite would be made by 343 Industries. (A Microsoft subsidiary named after a character from the original halo trilogy.) The Halo franchise redefined the first person shooter genre and the Master Chief as one of video gaming's greatest icons.
Master chief/John-117 is a Spartan-II super soldier, kidnapped with 74 other children, trained at 6 years old then at 13 genetically enhanced to become stronger and faster than normal humans and then given power armor that enhances his already enhanced strength and speed.
2 things i have to say about this #1. Chosen the wrong video to get introduced to halo, this video was basically made so halo fans or vets enjoy the bunch of trailers considered s tier material, which means the editor assumes you played the games beforeknows the lore and the background of these trailers and the chronological order and released order of the halo games #2. You’re that one bro id never watch a movie or tv show with, sorry mate but asking so many questions aint good man
You didn’t really seem to care much about the trailers, which I don’t blame you because they mean nothing to you. But the Halo games are some of the best fps games you can play , their campaigns are all fantastic and their multiplayer gameplay is timeless. And all of the halo games are on PC Gamepass, only 15 a month. Great lore, Gameplay, and characters. Dosent hurt that first time playthroughs don’t do bad for views either
Master chief is John 117 and he is a Spartan II Which in the lore and universe are the most powerful and strongest super soldiers ever made he was kidnapped at the age of 6 and was experimented on at the age of 14 years old when he got his augmentation and the suit he wears is Titanium liquid crystal layer that can stop a 50cal sniper bullet
It always fills me with deep admiration for the human capacity for profound insight when I randomly browse content and suddenly happen upon deep statements like at 21:52 :D
I dropped on installation 04 in November of 2001 and haven't looked back. You need to play the games, read the novels, and immerse yourself in the greatest video game lore created
Halo one of the biggest IP to exist and whole reason Hollywood even got put on notice when Halo 3 came out as they saw a dip in their movie ticket sales
I have a suggestion for a reaction, thats listening to songs (and maybe trailer/intros) from the Ace Combat series. they have some of the best OST tracks i've ever heard and not something you'd expect from a fighter jet game. Some of the tracks i recommend first are "Unsung War" from Ace Combat 5, "Zero" from Ace Combat Zero, "Liberation of Gracemaria" from Ace Combat 6, and "Daredevil" from Ace Combat 7. If you like those, each game does have some incredible trailers and intros.
I don't know how massive it was when the first halo game came out, but it eventually became to xbox what Mario is to nintendo. It's an epic game series that I highly reccomend you check out.
I'd recommend a playthrough of if at least some of the games. A few channels gained substantial audiences during they're playthroughs, Deebeegeek, Original Human, and GamerJoob are some that come to mind. It's not just halo that gave them their fame of course, but their halo videos are some of the better performing ones, if not the first good performing ones. A lot of Halo fans branched out after 343i took over as they've been devisive at best and neglectful at worse. So when you bring a lot of content thirsty Halo fans in, you still stand to benefit from when you move on from Halo, as we've all gotten into other things. SCP, Half Life, Crysis, and a few more are some that I've personally gotten into. I'd also recommend the Battlefield 3, 4, and 1 campaigns. I quite enjoyed them at least.
"was Halo even that big when it came out" The fact there's anyone who can not only say that but honestly not know how big Halo was speaks volumes of the level of fuckup 343 and Microsoft let happen with what was a titan in the industry.
Haha it was kinda awesome to watch someone who has absolutely no idea about any of the universe react to these! I found it funny how many times your lack of knowledge didn't make you as hype as someone who knows the story haha. Halo CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 are viewed as arguably the best trilogy of the series. Halo ODST and Halo Reach are both standalone stories that tie in within the events of the main story. Halo ODST is within the timeframe of Halo 2 and Halo Reach is set prior to Halo CE. Bungie also made Halo Wars which is its own independent story within the universe. These were all the main Halo games produced by the original studio for Halo, Bungie. 343 Studios, which was the smaller secondary studio under Bungie ended up taking over the IP when Bungie left the franchise. 343's Halo games are where much of the controversy and issues with Halo really start. 343's main additions to the franchise have been Halo 4, Halo 5, Halo MCC, Halo Wars 2, and Halo Infinite. Basically, 343 deviated from Bungie's Halo formula understandably so, but the changes were not well received within the community. Much of the massive player base that Bungie culminated fell away over the several subsequent launches of Halo games produced by 343. The story of Halo also took a big swing with the introduction of an entire new enemy and different story writing of characters. The overall tone of the story in 343 Halo games is just different than Bungie games. For many, including myself, the story choices were lackluster. Also, 343 in never truly follows the same "story" from game to game. Yes, they are all related canonically but they introduce characters and story choices that are very prominent in one game and then the next game they aren't any part of the story. So, in short, Halo is a fantastically rich universe with many books, movies, and games that all contribute to a masterfully built world. The Bungie storytelling is deep and the tone of their games I feel matches what is great about Halo. If you are interested in actually playing Halo then you should get the Halo MCC which 343 made that conveniently puts all the main Bungie Halo games in one place. If you buy Halo MCC you get access to the campaigns and multiplayer of Halo CE (Remastered), Halo 2 (Remastered), Halo 3, Halo Reach, and Halo 4. Definitely recommend!
Halo was so big when it came out …. You don’t even know bro lol ! Play the master chief collection it’s the best way to get in . Has 4 halo games and play the campaign in order ! One of the best stories in gaming
Without Halo CE, xbox wouldnt have survived. It revolutionized the shooter genre. Halo 2 made more money in the first 24 hours than any product ever did (2.4 million units sold) More then any movie etc. Halo 3 topped that (3.5 million within 24 hours) Yeah, it was big, and it still is ;)
Yeah, there’s a timeline. Chronologically they go as follows - Halo Wars Halo Reach Halo Combat Evolved Halo 2 Halo 3: ODST Halo 3 Halo 4/ Halo 4: Spartan Ops Halo 5: Guardians Halo Wars 2 Halo Infinite There’s a few smaller mobile games and the like but they’re largely irrelevant. Of bigger interest is the expanded universe encompassing something like 30+ novels, a few live action and animated specials like Halo Legends and Forward Unto Dawn and a couple other odds and ends. Ignore the Paramount show. It’s bad, and they outright admitted to ignoring all of the games and novels when making it. 343 officially dubbed it a separate “Silver timeline”, ensuring it could not damage that set by the games and novels. It’s basically what Dragonball Evolution was to Toriyama’s work - a stain on the franchise.
45:28 yeah it was halo five worst story and the campaign really lacked The multiplayer was one of the best in the series though Halo reach was the best imo had an amazing campaign the story was extremely poetic and borderline amazing and the online experience was pretty good, it also allows you to customize your character while playing the campaign which gives you the feeling of actually being the character.
@@jayroro7053 there is a halo legends series where multiple companies sent a episode as like a challenge and there is the fall of reach movie and live action forward unto dawn movie
@@jayroro7053 the unsc humans are facing a war of annihilation against an alien alliance known as the covenant empire made up of elites or sangheili the one that killed that marine in halo wars trailer the halo landfall one had the brutes or Jiralhanae big ass aps grunts or unggoy the guy that was grabbed by the elite in halo trailer with that big mech purple thing Jackals or kig yar that thing that was a sniper in the trailer with the elite That soldier that was blown up in the remember reach trailer her name is Kat she lost an arm you'll meet her in halo reach
@@jayroro7053 Halo Legends is pretty sick, like the other guy said- theyre short films with different stories/characters animated by different companies. An anthology like "The Animatrix". You may be a little lost watching them though if you havent played the first couple games. Still entertaining none the less
Halo 5 was really bad, 4 was meh, Infinite was alright, and 1,2, 3, 3: ODST, and Reach were amazing and some of the best games imo (idk about Halo Wars 1 and 2 i never played them)
Worse story Halo 5 Worse multiplayer Halo 4 (technically its the first Halo game, but i dont count that one. Seeing as it predates online MP and therefore not designed for it.) Worse campaign gameplay Halo 2. Now with halo 2 its still a lot of fun, and more fun to play than a couple of other Halo games, but its the most broken. Still playable, but broken.
Halo is aproximately 2 and a half time bigger than devil may cry. You are buried miles under a rock... Halo literally invented 90% of modern shooter mechanics...
"Was Halo even that big?" Gotta be one of the funniest questions ever asked
Right haha. It's the whole reason Xbox became a real competitor in the market
Just search about how was in 2004 the "HALO 2 LAUNCH NIGHT EVENT" it was a world event for all the gamer generation
Halo was absolutely MASSIVE. then Halo 2 came out, at the time the biggest selling piece of entertainment ever (apparently)... then Halo 3 kicked Halo 2's ass
The believe trailers won an award for how good they were if im not mistaken
Isn’t it Halo 3 that had such a huge amount of people taking work off that it was a major news headline?
Still is
Halo 3 is the best game of all time and Imma die saying that 💯
@@POW3RSAUC3and skipping college classes allegedly
the fact that all trailers were mixed randomly together weirds me out. I feel bad for someone who has no idea about the who, what, when and where to watch this. at least he enjoeyd it
Not only that, but some were edited or cut in or out at random, like the "we are ODST" or "Birth of a Spartan" being completely muted or extremely quiet for copyright. and the Halo Recon trailer starting with the rookie text from the first mission of ODST, then cutting to partway into the actual trailer, then just stopping again right before the title reveal. Whoever made this video he reacted to totally screwed the experience for him.
All the games are connected, the main 6 which focuses primarily of the Master Chief and the other spin off games that focus on the stories that happened in between his stories like Halo Reach which took place before the first game as a Prequel.
well, Halo ODST happened at the same time as Halo 2. actually, the very beginning of Halo 2, When chief is deployed on the planet after the scorpion segment, is when the start of ODST happen (technically.) although the rookie got hit by the blast of the covenant entering into hyperspace and basically got knocked unconscious.
3:32 Yes Halo was quite the cultural phenomenon. The previous commercial (called "Starry Night") was a 2006 Superbowl commercial.
Nahhh bro said "he becomes the next halo" 😭😭
As a person who played Halo a lot when younger and picked up DMC 4 when I was 12. You will love Halo. It's very atmospheric, epic and mysterious. Lots of lore and some what grounded in reality. Very fun gameplay and amazing ost, preferably one of my favourites in gaming.
Edit Release Date Order of games:
Halo Combat Evolved (2001)
Halo 2 (2004)
Halo 3 (2007)
Halo Wars (2009) (RTS Game)
Halo 3 ODST (2009)
Halo Reach (2010)
**End of Bungie Era**
Halo 4 (2012)
Halo 5 (2015)
Halo Wars 2 (2017)
Halo Infinite (2022)
**343 Industries Era** to be continued...
very nice comment, I totally agree, although they did forget a game in their list there, Halo Reach was also released in 2009, but if I remember correctly it was released after Halo 3 ODST.
@@marrowghost6102 Ah whoops, how did I forget Halo Reach. Yeah Halo Reach was released in 2010.
These don’t really count but halo spartan assault and spartan strike
"He better be searching like for something that he's like looking for"
Stay in school kids😂
The haircut says it all
Sees random man in helmet
*yeah thats master chief*
I grew up playing halo and this was hype as hell as the games were coming out. A lot of these were out of order and don't give much lore besides war going on, but they definitely have a really cool vibe to all the trailers.
Halo history lesson: When it was first pitched Halo was supposed to be a real time strategy game for the original Xbox but they couldn’t make it compatible with the controller, so they instead made it a first person shooter while keeping the RTS elements. Now here that combination made Halo: Combat Evolved. A game that features big battles between human and alien factions that both had unique weapons, gadgets, and vehicles set in a sci-fi war opera with you on the ground in the thick of it, it was unprecedented at time especially on consoles and to say it took off was an understatement. It was so popular that when Halo 2 was announced it took over Times Square and even some of the popular rock bands at the time like breaking Benjamin and incubus made original songs just for it. Halo has fallen into a bit of a rough patch as of late, with a tv show made by people who want nothing to do with the games and books, and a frustrating free to play multiplayer game, but it still has a dedicated fan base and community so that has to say something about how much it impacted not just gaming but entertainment as a whole.
The reach tralier gets me all teary-eyed. Watched the remember reach video after I finished the game
Unfortunately the live action trailer cut way short at 40:06 (the one you said was weird) it seems, it’s for a short movie they made called Forward unto Dawn.
Forward unto dawn is an actual movie about the fall of a planet.
The guy screaming Axios is one of a handful of people chief manages to get out of there personally.
Chief: You guys are the only ones left.
In the academy?
Chief: On the planet.
It seems someone has to start playing Halo now. This is your first step into a much larger world.
Start with Halo combat evolved.
Yea I missed out a lot from this game series. 😭
@@falconashek8913start with reach imo
Halo trailers use to have me foaming like the super fan from avatar the last airbender.
If I were to recommend just a few of the Halo games:
In chronological order
Halo Reach
Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary
Halo 2 Anniversary
Halo 3 ODST
Halo 3
If you don’t have the time that is fine but I would also recommend checking out the Halo 2 Anniversary cut scenes. The animation and detail is incredible and remains to be some of the best media that Halo has ever had along side the Halo Wars 2 cutscenes.
Halo has the best story of any videogame series hands down. You should really play them.
I want to but which one should I start off with?
@jayroro7053 If you want to do it cronilogicly, do reach first. I recommend doing a release order, though, starting with Halo Combat Evolved.
I'm gonna be crazy here. I suggest Infinite first, then release order. Read a book or two, and choose a favorite helmet
@@jayroro7053Please I would 100% recommend you play it. If you want to start playing the series I’d recommend starting based on release date. You can play them using Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This is how you would play them if you’re going by release date.
1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. Halo 2
3. Halo 3
4. Halo: ODST
5. Halo: Reach
6. Halo 4
7. Halo 5
8. Halo: Infinite
This game series is everything I love about games with a deep rich multimedia lore told through books, short films, games, and comics. If you want to get into the lore specifically you could read and watch all the Terminals in-game.
All the terminals should be watched AFTER you finish the series excluding Halo 3 as all of the terminals that aren’t in Halo 3 were made after the initial release of the games and hold spoilers for the rest of the series.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLAY THE GAMES
Don’t do infinite first, it will probably ruin your expectations for what the older games are like, I recommend doing it in order of release, you’ll gradually notice every little detail added with each game, then if you’re really into it, go from reach first, then continue till halo 2, play odst then continue in order after that for the story.
The fact the question was asked kills my soul... Yeah it was big, and it still is in my heart. Because Spartans never die. They are just missing in action.
Check out the Destiny trailers, Bungie used to work on Halo before Halo 4 and split off, making Destiny and Destiny 2 as an original game. The trailers for both games are high quality like these Halo trailers you saw. Just a suggestion.
Pretty much imagine a world without Cod and that’s what you get if halo wasn’t as big as it was.
"Was Halo even that big?"
It is THE reason why Xbox even made it to where it is today. Otherwise it would have died as a console with the OG Xbox. It is one of the biggest media IPs in the world and was a cultural phenomena when it launched, revolutionizing console shooters into what they are today. Halo 2 and Halo 3 releases were iconic and MASSIVE pop culture events
It was mostly confusing due to all of the trailers being out of order and random but if you follow from the start they mostly tell a story but id suggest to have a buddy that is familiar with the franchise make a playlist for you to watch to help you follow along easier.
(THE SHOW)
It follows what the devs refer to as a "silver" timeline and so the whole series isn't really related to halo but they wanted creative freedom since some things would be to difficult to replicate via show. So if you watch it only take everything you see with a grain of salt. THOUGH I will say the nailed the realism for combat. might be slightly clunky but its pretty intense. show for me was like a 3/10 since I'm biased towards the real story line of halo just because i feel its much more compelling and interesting.
Edit: Ive been playing halo since i could pick up a controller around 2000 and grew up on the game so ive been invested for over like 20+ years
The show should be able to have a negative rating
@quarkedbutt3957 I get where you come from but I have family that isn't involved with gaming, pop culture, or technology inclined and they seemed to appreciate the show and actually liked the premise of the story so it brought love to a franchise that they would normally never be involved with. Though I feel like they aimed at the wrong target audience which is why (we) have a tendency to be biased
Who cares--his reaction is manufactured af anyway
@@jareda9931 they aimed at the right audience and missed bc they writers suck ass
Halo had the first Live Multiplayer Matchmaking for Console Gaming. Especially for having incredibly Massive Maps and being apart of the Competitive LAN Gaming Tournament’s.
7:05 she lost an arm in this explosion, she is Kate, one of the 6 nobles (main characters)
and the other dude died in the destruction of the ship. you are his replacement in the game
the Planet is is called Reach. it is a prequel to the halo games so you should already know from the start that Reach fell. It was the second most important planet of Humanity and the biggest colonie with 700 million people living there. Earth is still the most important planet.
Halo wars 2 trailer I think was like two leaders in the middle of a battlefield meeting face to face for the first time with a war around them
Here is some lore and info:
The Master Chief is a spartan II super soldier.
Him and 74 other 6 year old children were kidnapped by ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence (Think CIA but more powerful and across many planets) to be indoctrinated, trained and augmented to be the most powerful soldiers ever created to help fight against insurrectionist groups, but eventually Humanity was attacked by The Covenant, A multi species alien military that wanted to wipe out humanity due to their religious beliefs humans were seen as heretics that needed to be destroyed.
Halo 1-3 deal with the end of this war, the name halo refers to a huge ring like structure created by an ancient dead race of aliens that The Covenant think is a religious artifact that will ascend them to godhood, but it is infact a weapon.
Halo reach is a prequel to halo 1, and deals with The Covenant invasion of the planet Reach the largest human colony second only to Earth itself.
Halo wars are Real Time Strategy games instead of first person shooter games, First one takes place many years before Halo 1 and the second takes place after Halo 5.
There are also two movies, Halo: Forward unto Dawn, Halo: Nightfall. Forward unto dawn is pretty good, Nightfall is pretty bad.
There is also a TV Show that no one likes.
And also an Anime Series called Halo Legends were each episode is its own independent story with a different art style.
There is also many books, one of which Halo: The fall of reach, that was partially adapted into an animated story.
I think that is everything.
"He better be searching for something that he's looking for" yes I hope that's the case as well lol beautiful commentary
Those part 1, and 2 "trailers" for Halo 3 were directed by Neil Blomkamp of District 9. It was originally supposed to be a movie but got canned, and he made those shorts with the leftovers from the movie.
Yeah the one that was muted gets muted a lot because of copyright claims. As far as I know, it's the only one that seems to get hit no matter who posts it and it's likely because of the music since Microsoft has issued a fair use policy for public domain.
I wish whoever made this long video that you're watching would have at least put them in order so it made more sense to someone who's never played Halo.
In short, Bungie was very pro live action for their trailers, 343 tried to keep that spirit going but ultimately found more use in animated/pre-rendered trailers.
The trailer that was really long with the soldiers getting hit with large spikes was actually supposed to be a movie if I recall correctly. The producer at the time wanted to work on the movie but instead it ended up being that 2 part trailer.
Seeing as there is more than 9 games now (including spin off titles like Halo Wars, Halo Wars 2, Halo: Reach, and Halo 3: ODST), the best way to understand things a bit better is to either play the games yourself or watch the cutscenes at the very least. But even then the universe of Halo is so incredibly vast considering there are more than 30 books and comics out there.
Also yes, in the early days (Combat Evolved to 3) we fought a group called 'The Covenant', a collection of different alien species all wanting us (humanity) dead...for reasons. The big ape looking ones are Brutes, the ones that were invisible are Elites, there are also regular infantry such as Grunts and Jackals.
For reference, back during the original Halo 1 - 3 era, Halo was bigger than Call of Duty. Halo 2 was the best selling video game on the original Xbox (8 million copies to date), and then Halo 3 came and became the number one best selling video game of its year (2007) when it only released 2 months before the end of the year. To date Halo 3 has sold around 14 million copies. and was probably a big reason for why a lot of people owned an Xbox 360. It was massive. I think it was after Halo 3, when the original Modern Warfare 2 came out that COD took over as the top FPS franchise.
also, the thing about Spartans like Master Chief, is they went under extreme augmentation experiments. Think Captain America with a wolverine endoskeleton minus the claws.
They have extreme staminam, strength, and speed, with suits that can amp those abilities up even further.
I can't think of a single sci-fi universe where it doesn't suck being human.
The trailer for the ODST is called “We are ODST” you have to have the music…
Such an awesome series. Do you think you'll play any of the games?
I might it depends if you want to see more content for Halo.
@@jayroro7053don't watgh too much or it'll spoil the fun
@@jayroro7053you need to meet The Flood
Peter Jackson was on board to make a Halo film back in 2005, and Niell Blomkamp was also on board creator of "District 9" "Chappie" and "Elysium". i believe Jackson made the 2 part short film at 10:58
Well, I can understand the confusion on what was going on considering the trailers were bouncing back and forth. Starting at 5, then 3, then 4, then a couple of side story installments and so on.
Halo was so big back then that it was synonymous with when you heard "Xbox."
Halo 1 - 3 was just widly massive, each iteration somehow suprassing the previous game with flying colors, literally revolutionizing multiplayer, the trendsetter, etc. Every other game tried to call themselves "the Halo Killer" in all media adverts, but they ultimately failed. Everything tried to be or beat Halo. And this was during a time I wasn't even a fan of it yet, but it was everywhere. But nothing lasts forever. Up to Halo: Reach, the original creators, employees, deals, and priorities changed and it's not as big as it used to be.
Halo: Combat Evolved, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach were made by Bungie. (The game studio that would make Destiny 1 and 2 later.)
Halo wars 1/2, Halo 4, 5, and Infinite would be made by 343 Industries. (A Microsoft subsidiary named after a character from the original halo trilogy.)
The Halo franchise redefined the first person shooter genre and the Master Chief as one of video gaming's greatest icons.
at the very least play the master chief collection on pc or get an Xbox One for cheap.
Master chief/John-117 is a Spartan-II super soldier, kidnapped with 74 other children, trained at 6 years old then at 13 genetically enhanced to become stronger and faster than normal humans and then given power armor that enhances his already enhanced strength and speed.
2 things i have to say about this
#1. Chosen the wrong video to get introduced to halo, this video was basically made so halo fans or vets enjoy the bunch of trailers considered s tier material, which means the editor assumes you played the games beforeknows the lore and the background of these trailers and the chronological order and released order of the halo games
#2. You’re that one bro id never watch a movie or tv show with, sorry mate but asking so many questions aint good man
You didn’t really seem to care much about the trailers, which I don’t blame you because they mean nothing to you. But the Halo games are some of the best fps games you can play , their campaigns are all fantastic and their multiplayer gameplay is timeless. And all of the halo games are on PC Gamepass, only 15 a month. Great lore, Gameplay, and characters. Dosent hurt that first time playthroughs don’t do bad for views either
Master chief is John 117 and he is a Spartan II Which in the lore and universe are the most powerful and strongest super soldiers ever made he was kidnapped at the age of 6 and was experimented on at the age of 14 years old when he got his augmentation and the suit he wears is Titanium liquid crystal layer that can stop a 50cal sniper bullet
It always fills me with deep admiration for the human capacity for profound insight when I randomly browse content and suddenly happen upon deep statements like at 21:52 :D
I dropped on installation 04 in November of 2001 and haven't looked back. You need to play the games, read the novels, and immerse yourself in the greatest video game lore created
It's a shame the WE ARE ODST trailer was muted. You should check it out on your own time, it's one of the best ones.
Halo changed gaming forever
And Halo is A ring In Space that has the Ability to destroy worlds. But is also habitable with life.
They dont destroy worlds. They only kill sentient life
It doesn't destroy worlds at all lol. It kills all sentient life in the galaxy as a means to cut off the floods food source
“Was Halo even big?” Haha yes my friend, Halo was big
Halo one of the biggest IP to exist and whole reason Hollywood even got put on notice when Halo 3 came out as they saw a dip in their movie ticket sales
Yes halo was big when it came out dude it was sick
I have a suggestion for a reaction, thats listening to songs (and maybe trailer/intros) from the Ace Combat series. they have some of the best OST tracks i've ever heard and not something you'd expect from a fighter jet game. Some of the tracks i recommend first are "Unsung War" from Ace Combat 5, "Zero" from Ace Combat Zero, "Liberation of Gracemaria" from Ace Combat 6, and "Daredevil" from Ace Combat 7. If you like those, each game does have some incredible trailers and intros.
I don't know how massive it was when the first halo game came out, but it eventually became to xbox what Mario is to nintendo. It's an epic game series that I highly reccomend you check out.
Damn, you watched these *ALL* out of order lol.
Halo reach was the best in my opinion, the story & direction was brilliant, Halo 1,2 & 3 was also awesome!
And all of the trailers are Lore except Halo 5. The lowkey pushed the campaign aside since it was terribly told…😂
I'd recommend a playthrough of if at least some of the games. A few channels gained substantial audiences during they're playthroughs, Deebeegeek, Original Human, and GamerJoob are some that come to mind. It's not just halo that gave them their fame of course, but their halo videos are some of the better performing ones, if not the first good performing ones.
A lot of Halo fans branched out after 343i took over as they've been devisive at best and neglectful at worse. So when you bring a lot of content thirsty Halo fans in, you still stand to benefit from when you move on from Halo, as we've all gotten into other things. SCP, Half Life, Crysis, and a few more are some that I've personally gotten into. I'd also recommend the Battlefield 3, 4, and 1 campaigns. I quite enjoyed them at least.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed my guy huh. Still happy to see someone introduced to Halo
"was Halo even that big when it came out" The fact there's anyone who can not only say that but honestly not know how big Halo was speaks volumes of the level of fuckup 343 and Microsoft let happen with what was a titan in the industry.
3:33 was bro born in 2010 to ask that 💀
"was Halo even that big?"
heh.....
Haha it was kinda awesome to watch someone who has absolutely no idea about any of the universe react to these! I found it funny how many times your lack of knowledge didn't make you as hype as someone who knows the story haha. Halo CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 are viewed as arguably the best trilogy of the series. Halo ODST and Halo Reach are both standalone stories that tie in within the events of the main story. Halo ODST is within the timeframe of Halo 2 and Halo Reach is set prior to Halo CE. Bungie also made Halo Wars which is its own independent story within the universe. These were all the main Halo games produced by the original studio for Halo, Bungie. 343 Studios, which was the smaller secondary studio under Bungie ended up taking over the IP when Bungie left the franchise. 343's Halo games are where much of the controversy and issues with Halo really start. 343's main additions to the franchise have been Halo 4, Halo 5, Halo MCC, Halo Wars 2, and Halo Infinite. Basically, 343 deviated from Bungie's Halo formula understandably so, but the changes were not well received within the community. Much of the massive player base that Bungie culminated fell away over the several subsequent launches of Halo games produced by 343. The story of Halo also took a big swing with the introduction of an entire new enemy and different story writing of characters. The overall tone of the story in 343 Halo games is just different than Bungie games. For many, including myself, the story choices were lackluster. Also, 343 in never truly follows the same "story" from game to game. Yes, they are all related canonically but they introduce characters and story choices that are very prominent in one game and then the next game they aren't any part of the story. So, in short, Halo is a fantastically rich universe with many books, movies, and games that all contribute to a masterfully built world. The Bungie storytelling is deep and the tone of their games I feel matches what is great about Halo. If you are interested in actually playing Halo then you should get the Halo MCC which 343 made that conveniently puts all the main Bungie Halo games in one place. If you buy Halo MCC you get access to the campaigns and multiplayer of Halo CE (Remastered), Halo 2 (Remastered), Halo 3, Halo Reach, and Halo 4. Definitely recommend!
Halo was so big when it came out …. You don’t even know bro lol ! Play the master chief collection it’s the best way to get in . Has 4 halo games and play the campaign in order ! One of the best stories in gaming
I might have to get into it If I have time!
Thank you
Without Halo CE, xbox wouldnt have survived. It revolutionized the shooter genre.
Halo 2 made more money in the first 24 hours than any product ever did (2.4 million units sold) More then any movie etc.
Halo 3 topped that (3.5 million within 24 hours)
Yeah, it was big, and it still is ;)
You should watch the Fall of Reach. The video you watched was not very well thought out. You just really sounded confused.
You should react to Red vs Blue fights
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Would probably help if you watched them in order to
Yeah, there’s a timeline. Chronologically they go as follows -
Halo Wars
Halo Reach
Halo Combat Evolved
Halo 2
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3
Halo 4/ Halo 4: Spartan Ops
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars 2
Halo Infinite
There’s a few smaller mobile games and the like but they’re largely irrelevant. Of bigger interest is the expanded universe encompassing something like 30+ novels, a few live action and animated specials like Halo Legends and Forward Unto Dawn and a couple other odds and ends.
Ignore the Paramount show. It’s bad, and they outright admitted to ignoring all of the games and novels when making it. 343 officially dubbed it a separate “Silver timeline”, ensuring it could not damage that set by the games and novels. It’s basically what Dragonball Evolution was to Toriyama’s work - a stain on the franchise.
45:28 yeah it was halo five worst story and the campaign really lacked
The multiplayer was one of the best in the series though
Halo reach was the best imo had an amazing campaign the story was extremely poetic and borderline amazing and the online experience was pretty good, it also allows you to customize your character while playing the campaign which gives you the feeling of actually being the character.
Definitely play the games man, starting with combat evolved. Halo 2 probably has the best story in the whole series it's amazing
can you play yakuza series, you should start with yakuza 0,
I can do a reaction the game trailers if you want me to? I heard really good things about it.
@@jayroro7053 no, don't watch to the game trailers, it has spoilers in it, and plus Yakuza series games has very long game length
@@snowdude8583 got it I guess Yaukza 0 will be on my list then.
Halo was... Halo.
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Ngl the TV show is mid but their is a movie called halo forward unto dawn which was one of the trailers you watched and that movie is so good
Playthrough?
Watched them in the WORSE possible order.
Wait till you watch Halo live-action TV Series.
Isn’t there an animated series for that?
@@jayroro7053 there is a halo legends series where multiple companies sent a episode as like a challenge and there is the fall of reach movie and live action forward unto dawn movie
@@jayroro7053 are you gonna play the games
@@jayroro7053 the unsc humans are facing a war of annihilation against an alien alliance known as the covenant empire
made up of elites or sangheili the one that killed that marine in halo wars trailer
the halo landfall one had the brutes or Jiralhanae big ass aps
grunts or unggoy the guy that was grabbed by the elite in halo trailer with that big mech purple thing
Jackals or kig yar that thing that was a sniper in the trailer with the elite
That soldier that was blown up in the remember reach trailer her name is Kat she lost an arm you'll meet her in halo reach
@@jayroro7053 Halo Legends is pretty sick, like the other guy said- theyre short films with different stories/characters animated by different companies. An anthology like "The Animatrix". You may be a little lost watching them though if you havent played the first couple games. Still entertaining none the less
Check you out some Halo Infinite trailers, bruh
watch all of halo legends
Halo 5 was really bad, 4 was meh, Infinite was alright, and 1,2, 3, 3: ODST, and Reach were amazing and some of the best games imo (idk about Halo Wars 1 and 2 i never played them)
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Worse story Halo 5
Worse multiplayer Halo 4 (technically its the first Halo game, but i dont count that one. Seeing as it predates online MP and therefore not designed for it.)
Worse campaign gameplay Halo 2.
Now with halo 2 its still a lot of fun, and more fun to play than a couple of other Halo games, but its the most broken. Still playable, but broken.
Halo is aproximately 2 and a half time bigger than devil may cry. You are buried miles under a rock... Halo literally invented 90% of modern shooter mechanics...
Worst is halo 5 best is reach
Talking over dialouge really ruins the reaction.
The tv show is not real
Halo started good and is ending bad
The first 3 Halo games and reach are masterpieces, Infinite is really good too!
And the Halo Show is NOT LORE AND NOT WORTH IT 😂
And frfr Halo 3 Is The Best Next to Halo Reach Both tie. But it’s important too stick in order…