The Evolution of Halo's Covenant - The Grunts

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  • @ebr8308
    @ebr8308  3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

    What's your favorite Grunt and why? I want to know! What Covenant species should I cover next? Thanks for watching :)

    • @youtubegoogleb
      @youtubegoogleb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Do the marines lol

    • @poonyapthegrunt3423
      @poonyapthegrunt3423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Me because why not
      And I'd like to see Hunters next

    • @trogo3402
      @trogo3402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      My favorite grunt is the one from the start of Delta Halo, screw the jackal who stole his doll. Do a UNSC evolution please

    • @scorch6297
      @scorch6297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@youtubegoogleb Agreed, I know they're not covies, but the Marines should either be next, or at least, after jackles and/or Hunters, given Drones and Engineers will probably be very short videos.

    • @officialk2ryu295
      @officialk2ryu295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      CE no debate

  • @mxb3ar69
    @mxb3ar69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1864

    Grunt becoming more crab like,
    “Why does everything evolve into crabs”

    • @brethnew
      @brethnew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Is this an Adventure Time reference?

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@brethnew no, I think it is from a video that says "why does everything evolve into crabs?"

    • @brethnew
      @brethnew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@amazingbro6723 unfortunate

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@brethnew here's a link to it m.th-cam.com/video/wvfR3XLXPvw/w-d-xo.html

    • @leggotheeggodemon1323
      @leggotheeggodemon1323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      th-cam.com/video/LDU_Txk06tM/w-d-xo.html

  • @jggaming7506
    @jggaming7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +707

    My favorite line is "You killed flipyap! Or is it uh yapflip. No flipyap was his brother! Don't tell me I don't know flipyap me and flipyap went to nipple academy together even though he's dead.😂

    • @pancholopez8829
      @pancholopez8829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Just got that achievement. Took me more than a year, probably 15 months since I started playing MCC.

    • @ASH4Ix
      @ASH4Ix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      My favorite is that very talkative Halo 5 grunt’s long talk about life, designs, and the workd

    • @calebmckinney8545
      @calebmckinney8545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same 😂😂😂😂

    • @cryojudgement2376
      @cryojudgement2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pancholopez8829 I got it on accident...

    • @charlesdemers1197
      @charlesdemers1197 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was that in halo ce or halo 2 ?

  • @mLj0011
    @mLj0011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1248

    “Grunts are the cutest alien species in Halo”
    Huragoks: *cries in corner*

    • @Aristocles22
      @Aristocles22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Only their heads are kinda cute.

    • @yapyapthedestroyer2562
      @yapyapthedestroyer2562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      They be cute, but it’s sad we haven’t seen them in many games

    • @SockyNoob
      @SockyNoob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      They're both cute

    • @averagehum4n
      @averagehum4n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      they're robots

    • @Stuntmachine14
      @Stuntmachine14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Floaty boys

  • @TheKsalad
    @TheKsalad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2250

    Bungie grunts: Funky little crab dudes
    343 Grunts: Horrific little gremlins with giant t-rex heads

    • @MrPronGogh93
      @MrPronGogh93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      "funky" untill H3 came out. don't know you, but i found horrorifyc the H3/HR grunt's design

    • @CaptainCynica1
      @CaptainCynica1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@MrPronGogh93 it's their mouths and skin

    • @MrPronGogh93
      @MrPronGogh93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@CaptainCynica1 and the mask, and the curb-like hands, or the bad habit to kamikaze you

    • @mLj0011
      @mLj0011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Halo CE-Reach Grunts: Crab people
      Halo 4 Grunts: Turtle people
      Halo 5 Grunts: DooM Demons

    • @MrPronGogh93
      @MrPronGogh93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@mLj0011 more like: H:CE-H2 gruts: cute little monkeys type
      H3-reach: horryfing crub like alien
      H4: turtle like alien
      H5: disturbing chamaleon/turtle like alien

  • @nathanblue5548
    @nathanblue5548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2495

    I like how halo wars 2 made Halo 4's grunts a cousin species to the grunts that we all know and love.

    • @Purplox
      @Purplox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

      I think / hope that’s what infinite is doing

    • @deltadan3565
      @deltadan3565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I didn’t play 2, what was said or read or whatever to indicate this?

    • @dajhier1
      @dajhier1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +462

      Well all the halo 4 versions of the covenant are different sub species of the original trilogy covenant. All of this was said in the books but halo wars 2 was just the first to show them side by side which is something I love about it

    • @Purplox
      @Purplox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      @@dajhier1 I read somewhere that the jackals are a different species than the older jackals

    • @eymn-13
      @eymn-13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      @@dajhier1 There's also a Grunt unit in HW2 that are a bunch of methane crazed Grunts who will suicide squad on your units and they take on the H4 appearance, where as normal Grunt units will look more in line with the classic design

  • @asimplepie2279
    @asimplepie2279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    If there’s one thing 343 did right with the Grunts.. it’s the Goblin mech suit. I love it so much

    • @autistichades5552
      @autistichades5552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Unpopular opinion but I actually like the Grunts in 343’s games, as well as some of the other redesigns…they’re just really jarring when comparing them to the others and I think deserve to be different species to the Bungie designs.
      And yeah, the Goblin is hella cool! “DEATH LASER!!!”

    • @RodWaffle
      @RodWaffle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I like the goblin suit feels like something grunts would use

    • @theworstcatholic7247
      @theworstcatholic7247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@autistichades5552 Wish granted, they've been a subspecies of each race canonically since the release of Halo Wars 2. I can understand that though, they're so different that they would have their appeal to other gamers, and honestly if they wanted to fit them in later games, such as having them being a slightly tankier versions of normal grunts with a bit more hp, while say taking away their mobility(much like Reach's gameplay wise) they could fit a bit of a niche of their own that would fit the newer style. More enemies isn't a problem in my eyes as long as they don't replace the originals. But it doesn't look like they'll be doing that for Infinite so far.

    • @joshuawillis602
      @joshuawillis602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The 343 grunts are more alien like and look more menacing

    • @yahelgamer32
      @yahelgamer32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The other thing 343 right is halo infinite

  • @meadows-of-sonder
    @meadows-of-sonder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    Goddamn I love these. The Grunt's dialogue in Halo 3 was the best IMO.
    "I thought it was just a piece of scenery but it's really him!"

    • @AJadedLizard
      @AJadedLizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I dunno, I'm a sucker for the friendly Grunt dialogue in Halo 2.
      "Arbiter...Savior? Stupid Jackal, say 'Thank you!'"

    • @felixcrentist1595
      @felixcrentist1595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "They killed Yapyap! He was my best friend..." :(

    • @AJadedLizard
      @AJadedLizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@felixcrentist1595 You killed Flipyap! Or...Yapflip. Was he? Flipyap. Don't tell me I don't know Flipyap! He and and I went to Nipple Academy together!

    • @charlesdemers1197
      @charlesdemers1197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AJadedLizard I love this specific grunt

    • @AJadedLizard
      @AJadedLizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@charlesdemers1197 He may not always be right about his cohort's names, but he's always sure he knew them.

  • @Zigg8833
    @Zigg8833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1014

    I didnt realize how much halo 4 grunts look like they came straight out of gears of war

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      While I do like the design, to quote from ebr "there was no transition"

    • @machina5
      @machina5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Don't do us Gears fans like that

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@machina5 ?

    • @anjaneyasreetrout2444
      @anjaneyasreetrout2444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      From what I heard, the guy who came up with the new bulkier enemy designs worked on Gears of war.

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anjaneyasreetrout2444 really?

  • @legendarymasterchief7620
    @legendarymasterchief7620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    CE are my favorite grunt voices. _“NOT AGAIN!”_

    • @evansutton6760
      @evansutton6760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Bad Cyborg!

    • @SniperRed0092
      @SniperRed0092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      They got elite!!! Run!!!

    • @ahsoka_polo
      @ahsoka_polo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      "He's everywhere!"

    • @AJadedLizard
      @AJadedLizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I once shot a Grunt in the arm while he was about to throw a plasma grenade, causing him to whip around and attach it directly to the Elite Major behind him's crotch. As the Elite screamed in outrage, the Grunt's last words before the grenade went off were a high pitched whine of "It wasn't me!"

    • @michaux420e2
      @michaux420e2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@AJadedLizard lol

  • @jarodnole4618
    @jarodnole4618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    One of my favorite moments of playing Halo Combat Evolved is wondering where I was hearing noises come from, I stood up on top of this balcony looking down over the floor. As I turned left the npc grunt adjacent to me litterally turns right at the same hesitant speed and when our crosshairs/faces met he immidiently said "oh no"

  • @TheVengefulVadam
    @TheVengefulVadam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    The Needler animation in CE is indeed their reload animation. Lovely video, btw :)

  • @doctorfives
    @doctorfives 3 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    Bungie: cute little itty bitty baby tiny crabs
    343i: Wretches from Gears of War who think they're grunts

  • @mitmit4492
    @mitmit4492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1091

    Make the next one the marines.

  • @SirAuron777
    @SirAuron777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    The curled methane tanks in Halo CE always reminded me of shrimp🍤 lol

  • @asternshelf2459
    @asternshelf2459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    5 mins ago I said, "When is he releasing the grunts?" after rewatching the elite video for the 5th time.

    • @batezioman7448
      @batezioman7448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm always re watching as well. Wish there was more content like this that's not sellout halo lore.

    • @clausthebaus4178
      @clausthebaus4178 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Next few minutes you'll be the fifth reply to this comment.

    • @asternshelf2459
      @asternshelf2459 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clausthebaus4178 hmmm

    • @clausthebaus4178
      @clausthebaus4178 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could it be?

    • @asternshelf2459
      @asternshelf2459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@clausthebaus4178 Hey! Hey! What!?

  • @eclipse9304
    @eclipse9304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I never noticed that spec ops grunts never panic, I now have a new found respect for the little guys.

  • @Al-ce6ur
    @Al-ce6ur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    So, the king has finally returned to his throne

  • @rosymuscovy7967
    @rosymuscovy7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Regarding the CE Grunt’s Needler shaking animation, it is indeed meant to be a reload. Both them, elites, and even jackals who are modded to have needlers will do that style of animation when their Needlers run dry and these animations even have the word “reload” in their index names.

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cool

    • @RaginDragn24
      @RaginDragn24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I noticed when he was confused about it, he showed a clip of the grunt reloading pretty obviously at the same time

  • @allenpate4515
    @allenpate4515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    I didnt know the reach grunts were able to speak english in their sleep

  • @JayPlusForerunner
    @JayPlusForerunner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    "It's safe to come out now, this is general, uh humanoid."
    "Heyy, the demon store called, and they're all out of you. Poorrrr you! Stolen at the age of 6 and conscripted into the military, boohoo!"
    Halo 3 grunts are the best grunts

    • @adriangoodman8901
      @adriangoodman8901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      General humanoid XD that's too funny

    • @CHRF-55457
      @CHRF-55457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ONI has a severe military breach bruh.

    • @lostnumbr
      @lostnumbr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      welcome to the dvd surroundsound test, doodoo doodoo!

    • @kazooin
      @kazooin ปีที่แล้ว

      final grunt supreme

    • @Peeta-qf3zc
      @Peeta-qf3zc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, Demon! The jerk-store called, and they’re all outta _YOU!_

  • @monkeyt2675
    @monkeyt2675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    The reason grunts are so large in numbers, is because canonically they breed like wildfire, which is also the reason they are cannon fodder
    And the reason they speak english in ce, 2, 3, is because they can learn very quickly in battle, and some grunts pick up english from human troopers/captives
    The reason they dont speak english in reach is, because it is set before ce, the grunts didnt have much time to develop their english.

    • @derekmensch3601
      @derekmensch3601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Reach ends like 2-3 weeks before CE after about 27 years of war. I think they might've had time

    • @TotallyRealistic
      @TotallyRealistic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@derekmensch3601 But, like... not those grunts though. They were fresh out of nipple academy.

    • @derekmensch3601
      @derekmensch3601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@TotallyRealistic English is a prerequisite of Nipple academy

    • @cryojudgement2376
      @cryojudgement2376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeahhh idk about that, the covenant spoke fluent English when making first contact with humanity, because they had studied them for a time before making contact.

    • @hunterlord101
      @hunterlord101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Based off your explanation Grunts would've had awhile to learn, considering Reach was 20+ years in the war, and Reach came out after Halo Wars 1 elaborated this for the non-book readers.
      Another explanation I read from GameInformer or Xbox magazine (one of those)- is that Cortana upgraded herself between Halo 1 and 2 to decipher their language for Chief on the fly, but that doesn't account for the Arbiter being able to speak to Johnson and having him understand him.
      My guess- the game devs make the Covenant speak alien when they want and speak human languages when they want- for the vibe of the game they're making.

  • @Jammermaker
    @Jammermaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    “Might be a reload animation”
    Literally shows clip of a grunt needler run out of ammo, the animation plays, needler is now reloaded.

  • @abysschef5078
    @abysschef5078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Can we just appreciate how halo CE had such a perfectly balanced enemy roster? Same with the weapons there is no weapon redundancy, each gun had a unique role to fill.

    • @dominicscarlato326
      @dominicscarlato326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yeah CE’s sandbox was basically perfect. Glad that Halo Infinite’s lead sandbox designer thinks the same way 👀

    • @REALMARCHINADER
      @REALMARCHINADER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Except for multiplayer although it is almost impossible to balacne weapons for both single and multiplayer

    • @REALMARCHINADER
      @REALMARCHINADER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@cryptdk2400 the problem is since the pistol is a starting weapon then why even use the ar?. Just because a pro can kill you with a redundant weapon doesn't make it any less redundant

    • @hotcocoacoffe3938
      @hotcocoacoffe3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never played the multiplayer game, but I have to say it, once I found the shotgun, I ended the game all doom style

    • @tostie3110
      @tostie3110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      IMO it is a much more Half-life like sandbox, and less an interconnected army. There are enemy classes and few ranks, and they are stuck with highly specific roles, ranks and behaviours. Where as all the games after deploy their units in more varied, unexpected formations.

  • @thejanglyman3886
    @thejanglyman3886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    *I’ll never forget you Bob, the grunt that attempted to escape with me from the crashing ship in Halo 4.*
    *may you rest in pieces*

  • @George-iq3gf
    @George-iq3gf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Man I don’t like the looks of halo 4&5’s grunt minor but the ones wearing helmets look awesome imo!
    Very glad to see those ones returning in Infinite alongside OG minors and ultras

    • @hotcocoacoffe3938
      @hotcocoacoffe3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Halo 4 grunts are damn turtles with a mechanic shell, although they're funny

    • @Goblinhandler
      @Goblinhandler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I kinda like 5s brain dead look

    • @Goldenkitten1
      @Goldenkitten1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He mentions how the tube just going to their nose and leaving their mouth exposed looks like it'd be annoying but I'd argue it's lore friendly. The grunts (with a few exceptions) have always been treated as lessers so it makes sense that the lowest ranks would be given the most basic equipment and why would anyone care if they were uncomfortable? Even more-so because the Covenant in 4 and 5 weren't any of the major factions but various ill-equipped splinter factions so they'd have even less materials to go around.

    • @catcreaturething2084
      @catcreaturething2084 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 5 grunts are honestly so disrespectful to all the others

  • @fox9315
    @fox9315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    Halo 4's and Halo 5's Grunts just show off the classic, "If it isn't broken, don't fix it." I've never understood 343's need to entirely redesign every Covenant race in a way that entire goes against the faithful representation of previous games.

    • @Chopstorm.
      @Chopstorm. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      343 hired people who hated parts of Halo. One of those parts was visual design, hence the new look.
      Pretty bad business decision if you ask me, but hey, they made Halo 4 and 5, so no surprise there.

    • @retrodarktrooper6372
      @retrodarktrooper6372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They actually didn't own the art rights for the classic designs

    • @fox9315
      @fox9315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@retrodarktrooper6372 Which is fair, but seems very odd. From that perspective, they seemed to get the right to name their game Halo but that's it.

    • @joshuawillis602
      @joshuawillis602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Halo 4 and halo 5 were both great. You guys are obviously too attached to the old looks and let nostalgia blind you. In the old halo games the way they sound and the things the grunts said made it hard to believe they helped bring humanity to the brink of extinction. In halo 4 they were more alien like and somewhat menacing. Being faithful isn’t always good. Same thing with the other races that were redesigned. The elites were cool looking in the original series but they look even cooler now and more dangerous.

    • @joshuawillis602
      @joshuawillis602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Chopstorm. you could say that EA makes “good” business decisions and look at their reputation

  • @sirhamster612
    @sirhamster612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "It's definitely unsettling seeing a grunt charge at you with 2 blue balls of death"
    Take that out of context

    • @cameronnewton7053
      @cameronnewton7053 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "How do you like my bright, blue, balls?"

  • @w1sd0mto0th3
    @w1sd0mto0th3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I saw this and got so excited I broke my phone screen pushing that like button so hard

  • @R17inator
    @R17inator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Reach Grunts flee a lot from grenades in my experience, though that's probably due to Firefight almost always having Tough Luck skull on.

  • @lightnihilus
    @lightnihilus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Also in the Halo 2 Grunts that I also love is you can give them and switch them different weapons like the Needlers, Plasma Rifles, Brute Rifles, Fuel Rods, and Plasma Pistols. And also possibly giving them SMG's, Human Pistols and or rocket launchers. Halo 2 is my favorite game overall out of the other Halos. Hopefully they have many kinds of Grunts in Halo Infinite like in Halo 2 especially the Heritic Grunts

  • @ethanisnotsleeping
    @ethanisnotsleeping 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I love how looking at Halo 3 it still holds up and could fit in nowadays

  • @officialk2ryu295
    @officialk2ryu295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Next one should be on marines, after that i think maybe the "evolution of" should be on the vehicles, maybe like the wraith?

    • @gietpudemee9155
      @gietpudemee9155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Agreed! Starting with the Wraith would also be unique since most youtubers either start with the Ghost or the Warthog.

    • @itisfreak
      @itisfreak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why would he move on to the vehicles if he hasn't even finished the enemies yet? Use your brain

    • @Shruikan1011
      @Shruikan1011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Evolution of Warthog runs in Halo

  • @martbutexpired
    @martbutexpired 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    "You always have bad feeling- you had bad feeling about morning food nipple!"
    Absolutely adorable.

    • @Hulavuta
      @Hulavuta 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      too bad the elite was mean to them and threatened to bind their jaws shut :(

  • @dogtagduke744
    @dogtagduke744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Just realized that this year is the ten year anniversary of the ten year anniversary of Halo CE. Dang I’m old......

    • @ThePilleroflightning
      @ThePilleroflightning 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn

    • @lukethelegend6370
      @lukethelegend6370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They should make a anniversary of ce anniversary

    • @amazingbro6723
      @amazingbro6723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lukethelegend6370 only, redesign the old ce models

    • @shanesharwood2985
      @shanesharwood2985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      20 years u mean dude

    • @dogtagduke744
      @dogtagduke744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@shanesharwood2985 20 years since Halo CE, sure. What I’m saying is it’s the ten year anniversary of the Halo CE Ten Year Anniversary Edition.

  • @ВасилийМорозов-л7х
    @ВасилийМорозов-л7х 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The CE and 2 grunts seem to differ like soldiers in HL1 and HL2. In the first game, they are tankier and often rush, in the second they are more tactical, but less durable.

  • @buklau837
    @buklau837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I’m betting the next video is going to be about Jackals/Skirmishers

  • @flawlescowboy
    @flawlescowboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    We need a mcc grunt dlc so we can play as a grunt instead of master chief

  • @robertburnside
    @robertburnside 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I seriously can't stop watching these videos, man. Keep it up!

  • @SalamanderNuva
    @SalamanderNuva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    7:27 Ah yes I agree, the grunts are the most visually expressive grunts

  • @narosplays4769
    @narosplays4769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    "short and squatty, grunts stand at 5 ft"
    Me at 5'6: "exsqueeze me?"

    • @drippysi3379
      @drippysi3379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right I’m like hold on how tall is everyone else??

    • @Kurogumo
      @Kurogumo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@drippysi3379 6’4

  • @sodium7127
    @sodium7127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For something that appeared in my recommend feed, I'm shocked how little subscribers you have for such great content.

  • @dr.pudden3362
    @dr.pudden3362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Jesus Christ! I never realised how horrifying the Halo 5 grunts look

  • @voidericspenceracemperor9710
    @voidericspenceracemperor9710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Ungoy means monkey in my mother tongue (Bisaya from the Philippines)

  • @Yash-lx5xr
    @Yash-lx5xr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just got this notification and got excited. Thanks for the great Videos dude

  • @D_U_N_E
    @D_U_N_E 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    TBF, on the topic of the reach DMR, Halo 1 you had the Magnum, Halo 2/3 you have the Battle Rifle and Carbine. You've always had a precision mid-long range weapon with decent ammo count that was capable of making grunts obsolete.

    • @shanez1215
      @shanez1215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reach DMR had a much longer red reticle range. Halo 3's was 60, Reach's was 90.

    • @MaxiemumKarnage
      @MaxiemumKarnage ปีที่แล้ว

      DMR is babby gun for babbys

  • @itsafish1381
    @itsafish1381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the grunt that sings to you in Halo 5 on the mission where you first encounter the arbiter

  • @normalicious9734
    @normalicious9734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love the Grunts, every time I play as The Arbiter I always give the little guys the best guns.

  • @capnkaba
    @capnkaba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    “The cutest alien species in Halo.”
    Come on, everyone knows the engineers are way cuter.

    • @RobloxGamer-ml2hs
      @RobloxGamer-ml2hs 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      true

    • @moresoulthanasockwithahole3493
      @moresoulthanasockwithahole3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      dude vergil was so sweet

    • @soulofcinder4748
      @soulofcinder4748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Engineers also killed the strongest Elite to ever live... simply because they were playing around with some tools then a grunt snuck past them an activated an audio log. The engineers curious thrn started messing with it and accidentally activated a Nova Bomb on the Covenant Super Carrier

    • @griffingower1883
      @griffingower1883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Buck: "Pheew, that thing stinks"

    • @jonahmoran3751
      @jonahmoran3751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Engineers aren’t aliens

  • @legalam
    @legalam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Ah EBR uploaded a video.
    *pours a glass of whiskey*
    *lights cigar*
    *injects heroin into eyeball*

    • @ebr8308
      @ebr8308  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol

  • @BoisegangGaming
    @BoisegangGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I honestly really like both styles of Grunts. I can see the 343-era being used as tougher and heavier or shock assault grunts with needlers and plasma cannons while the bungie Era designs act as fodder.

  • @alexroski8454
    @alexroski8454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Halo 2 Grunts, look the cutest imo.

  • @lobozacatecas1
    @lobozacatecas1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I didn’t find out about this video until I saw it on Twitter even though I have notifications on.

  • @akend4426
    @akend4426 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In CE, a couple of my favorite Grunt lines were “Leader dead! Run away!” and “Can’t! Run! With! Thing! On! Back!”

  • @yeahflippt266
    @yeahflippt266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man 5k subs congratulations 🎉 love the vids

  • @eddiec.6107
    @eddiec.6107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The manner in which the editing is done as well as the humor delivered, the style overall I guess, reminds me a lot of the older TH-cam videos and how they were presented back then. It's actually pretty refreshing. I love it!

  • @HeliosDrive
    @HeliosDrive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just wanted to note a couple things about the CE Grunts:
    1. Grunt Majors can be seen equipped with Fuel Rod Guns late in the game, most notably on the natural bridge to on Two Betrayals' Control Room canyon after destroying the first phase pulse generator.
    2. Their "Needler slapping" animation is indeed a reload animation.

    • @thatrandomzealoth4
      @thatrandomzealoth4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even the elites have the same animation while using a needler.

  • @arturbb
    @arturbb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I absolutely love this kind of content, and you do it amazingly well. Super glad I found this channel.

  • @elijahsellers3727
    @elijahsellers3727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The grunts are adorable and it always makes you feel bad to kill them when the run away, at least until they start shooting you for sparing them

  • @shreksnow1918
    @shreksnow1918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great video. You should do the Jackals next.
    I wish that the Grunts would have carried over the curled methane tanks and alternate masks seen in ce. In Reach they really should have had all grunts spawn with either the minor harness or the heavy harness to add variety (the spec ops would have the major harness to differentiate them). They should really give higher ranking grunts the ability to use plasma rifles, and other handguns used by Brutes and Elites.

  • @tiptopbull9274
    @tiptopbull9274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It haunts me to know that the Grunts are like 5-6 feet tall

  • @gobbies1002
    @gobbies1002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    halo 3's grunts are by far the best grunts in the entire halo franchise. There were hilarious, managable with headshots, but deadly in huge numbers or with the catch skull on. Even without the IWHBYD skull, their lines were funny as hell.

  • @mikyap02grunt_M2G
    @mikyap02grunt_M2G 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    There is a reason why Halo CE Grunts are my absolute favorite Grunts.
    The Halo 4 Grunts look like the crazy frog.

  • @shanez1215
    @shanez1215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Never realized Halo 4 grunts have 6 packs

  • @saltypickle7758
    @saltypickle7758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I saw this in my subscription notifications and got so excited
    Edit: how did you get the non-gameplay footage of the grunts in combat evolved?

    • @yeahflippt266
      @yeahflippt266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Possibly PC mod

    • @ebr8308
      @ebr8308  3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      For CE you have to enable the blind skull, play SC and right before you get to the map room, there's a hidden active camo. Activate it, quickly go up to the Grunt you want to examine and there you go, homemade theater mode. It doesn't last forever though, so you'll have to restart the checkpoint a couple times. As for Halo 2, just enable the blind skull and play on missions where the Grunts are your allies. Hope that helps

  • @Nate-ms4be
    @Nate-ms4be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not enough people appreciate how badass and strong these guys are

  • @culturedpotato9497
    @culturedpotato9497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This guy sponsored himself in his video, what a madlad

  • @elliottgaal9774
    @elliottgaal9774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think I like the CE Grunts mostly cause their high pitch voices and dialogue was hilarious
    Especially the "Not again!" line was tagged with a grenade
    I enjoy them consistently across the media

  • @thatbr1t1shguy
    @thatbr1t1shguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Imagine being killed by a grunt on easy lmao.

    • @kon-ichiwa6987
      @kon-ichiwa6987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Journalists be like

    • @hotcocoacoffe3938
      @hotcocoacoffe3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It happened me, I didn't remember the spec ops grunt could use the alien rocket launcher (I know that's not the name of the gun, but I honestly don't remember).

    • @papiayoori1244
      @papiayoori1244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hotcocoacoffe3938 fuel rod

    • @HIPHOPHEAD1031
      @HIPHOPHEAD1031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Imagine being a br*tish “”””””person””””””

    • @charlesdemers1197
      @charlesdemers1197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HIPHOPHEAD1031 it’s Bri'ish, not Br*tish

  • @hollowsteel
    @hollowsteel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think that this video has the best editing so far! I can’t wait for when you get to the jackals.

  • @sullyislam5179
    @sullyislam5179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this series and hope it expands to all the other races and species

  • @Sneed107
    @Sneed107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    3:54 i love how the elite looks at the grunt in an almost dissapointed manner

  • @brutallouis9452
    @brutallouis9452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is awesome such a great video King 👑 keep up the great work love your vids and always looking forward to the next one

  • @therealsirchewy
    @therealsirchewy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This man just called Grunts the cutest alien species in Halo when Engineers exist

    • @tempest8882
      @tempest8882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No

    • @niklassororitas
      @niklassororitas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Engineers are Kiddie bullshit. Odst is not an real halo game.

    • @charlesdemers1197
      @charlesdemers1197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@niklassororitas Lol nice reach

    • @user-se2nn2sn6c
      @user-se2nn2sn6c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@niklassororitas odst is real shit

    • @HerrFresh
      @HerrFresh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@niklassororitas all halo games from CE to 4 are real halo games.

  • @ne3333t
    @ne3333t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The CE grunts were the best! Miss those curved tanks.
    Honestly, the Reach designs should have never been used outside of Reach :/

    • @neroidius6915
      @neroidius6915 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was for continuity

    • @ne3333t
      @ne3333t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@neroidius6915 Well, 'continuity' didn't look that good.
      Reach was made to be a game with its own look. A gritty take on the series.
      It was not supposed to look the same as the rest of the series :\

    • @neroidius6915
      @neroidius6915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ne3333t you say that like CE isn’t a gritty game featuring a horrific recording showing a whole squad discovering some little zombies that eat them up and rooms full of corpses and you punching your fist into your captain’s face to dig up some hardware out of his brain while he’s already dying a horribly agonizing death

    • @ne3333t
      @ne3333t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@neroidius6915 I guess a better word, although it sounds like I am talking bad about Reach, is that it was overdesigned.
      They put much more detail in it than necessary to make it have its own look.

    • @ne3333t
      @ne3333t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Su Us Even if they were the same as the ones in 3, which they are not, I would say 3's design is the worst of the originals anyway.

  • @elijahmercader9466
    @elijahmercader9466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Halo reach grunts are my favorite cuz popping their heads with bday surprise on is the most satisfying

  • @yapyapthedestroyer2562
    @yapyapthedestroyer2562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Halo reach were my favorites. To me they were the toughest compared to the rest, especially on legendary, and possibly had the most when it came to armor design. Those armor were possibly the most unique and awesome of the other grunts, even the heavy ax and ultra tanks being a nod to halo ce curl back grunts. To me they were also the more brutish compared to other grunts since they only spoke in their language,while other grunts were usually able to talk English.

  • @goomberr
    @goomberr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lot of times in public people mistake me for the grunt from halo reach

  • @Yash-lx5xr
    @Yash-lx5xr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Do the jackals next

    • @Laserbeak316
      @Laserbeak316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hopefully he knows that the reason 343 Jackals have a different head design than Bungie’s was because they’ve established them as a different subspecies.

    • @Yash-lx5xr
      @Yash-lx5xr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Laserbeak316 hopefully

    • @hotcocoacoffe3938
      @hotcocoacoffe3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those mf caught me off guard the first time they shot at me a charged plasma shoot , since then, I'm scared of them.

    • @Yash-lx5xr
      @Yash-lx5xr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hotcocoacoffe3938 I thought they were a joke in halo ce.

  • @cannonball6166
    @cannonball6166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That was my first time ever hearing the reach grunts speak English

    • @thawkade
      @thawkade 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same.

  • @dewitnow1765
    @dewitnow1765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Playable grunts in Infinite please. Also great video about the ultimate unit in Halo.

  • @Zana205
    @Zana205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Marines or Jackals have got to be next

  • @antoninmp
    @antoninmp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Why does the halo 4 grunts look so much like they are from ratchet and clank? Is it just me?

    • @argo9721
      @argo9721 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably because they’re pretty stylized compared to the rest of the game

    • @hotcocoacoffe3938
      @hotcocoacoffe3938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The first halo game I played was halo 4, I loved the designs (except of the elite design), then I played the rest of halo games and I was like:
      "What kind of gears of war demon first spawned in Doom is this mf grunt of halo 4?"

  • @GQSmoke
    @GQSmoke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:54 "Die!" "Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu" funniest thing I've heard all pandemic.
    Funny too I voice act and sound like a few characters makes it more hilarious for me. Went so well too.

  • @YalkYalk_
    @YalkYalk_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just got dinner, perfect timing lol

  • @halosnova1604
    @halosnova1604 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just going to tell you EBR, when I first found your channel I genuinely thought I was watching a 100k+ channel. You got the means to grow dude, excellent scripting, excellent background video, great editing, and great personality. I can't name it all, but as long as you keep at it, I can only see you going up from here. Good luck! I hope to see you rise from 7k!

  • @mr.overlord6720
    @mr.overlord6720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    There are two instances where Halo 4 grunts can be seen sleeping.
    1. There’s only one sleeping grunt right under the first elite you encounter at the bridge.
    2. There’s a Spartan ops episode showing and beginning with sleeping grunts.
    Fun Fact: Halo Reach, Halo 4, and Halo 5 grunts are never seen to have a animation to carry and deploy plasma turrets.

    • @Endtimes4ahatter
      @Endtimes4ahatter 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which level in Halo 4 or Spartan ops?

    • @puppy3908
      @puppy3908 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Endtimes4ahatter the very first mission called "Dawn' I believe

    • @mr.overlord6720
      @mr.overlord6720 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Endtimes4ahatter The first level for the first one but I forgot which episode and chapter but the cutscene begins with sleeping grunts

  • @jakebatty530
    @jakebatty530 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best thing a out 2 was being able to play along side grunts as arbiter and seeing what they have to say, I remember spending like half an hour in the room where you meet rtas and just swapping weapons with them all etc and seeing what cool dialogue they had

  • @DaWhim2380
    @DaWhim2380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Despite the skin changes (which can always be chalked up to "cousin race" within the geneology) I really like Halo 4s armor for the grunts - since the Storm Covenant under M'dama is not as organized and efficient as its predecessor I enjoyed the constant leaking methane and less professional design, making them seem more like mercenaries.

  • @thewhiskysmokers3117
    @thewhiskysmokers3117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these videos! You deserve more subs for this stuff.

  • @FunCS371
    @FunCS371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't think it is methane in the tank in the back of the Halo 5 grunts

  • @volker5924
    @volker5924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very nice! Thank you for this video about the grunts!

  • @julien7337
    @julien7337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    343's grunts always looked more alien and intimidating which I loved, but they differed so much from original design that I'm in a love-hate relationship with them

  • @McCorduRoy1972
    @McCorduRoy1972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for pointing out why the DMR is my favorite weapon in the later Halo series.

  • @Knight1029
    @Knight1029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The grunt goblin should return they were incredibly interesting both from lore and gameplay.
    Also the grunts should step out from the comedic relief and into a more serious note. Their lore feels like they are just a tragedy of a race and I would like to see that reflect.

    • @Floiflylover23
      @Floiflylover23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nap yap approves of this

    • @Knight1029
      @Knight1029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Kiylin684 YT all those stories of those stories would eventually have the spave free in the end. This keeping your spirits high will only work if they eventually get independence. But that is never going to happen and it feels rather strange to me.

  • @lucaspeterson3469
    @lucaspeterson3469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "get caught by the demon sleeping on the job" halo 3 reference from the prophet of Truth calling Master Chief a demon

  • @jggaming7506
    @jggaming7506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Me: subscribes. TH-cam: glitches out and unsubscribes. Me: NOT AGAIN!

    • @Sapphrodite10m
      @Sapphrodite10m 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you simping for this guy?

  • @marklarizzle
    @marklarizzle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is practical about nose only tanks is they can eat and also use their mouth as a third clasper without unequiping gear.

  • @eaglegaming2301
    @eaglegaming2301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    next one should be the jackals with their skirmishers sub species.

  • @thomcolmer6564
    @thomcolmer6564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your channel, style and thorough method of analyzing Halo. Please do each member of each faction!