__________________Time Stamps__________________ Introduction 0:00 - 3:00 #1 Setting The Tone 3:00 - 5:28 #2 The FPS Revolution 5:28 - 8:29 #3 Gameplay That Holds Up 8:29 - 18:10 #4 Yes, you can go ANYWHERE! 18:10 - 20:57 #5 Level Design Evolved 20:57 - 26:48 #6 Once more, with Purpose 26:48 - 28:26 #7 The Story 28:26 - 36:08 Conclusion 36:10 - 37:05 I Would Have Been Your Daddy 37:06 - 38:53 Thanks for watching! :)
The Act Man watching your brilliant video fills me with both happiness and great sadness. it makes me remember the great times and makes me FUCKING HATE 343 FOR RUINING MY FAVORITE SERIES
343i might not make the halo we expect but they still make better then any other company would do. if anything 343 was the best company to take over halo they even agree on some mistakes they made which is very rare these days
I recently finished playing CE with a friend of mine that had never played a Halo game before. He was incredibly impressed by the simple fact that grunts ran away when stuck with plas grenades, but elites ran towards you. Simple things like that is what makes CE incredible. It's crazy that this game came out 19 years ago.
Just played this year too and liked it a lot it is actually my favorite shooter when i tried halo 2 i was desappointed... The gameplay did not feel the same i will try it later bcause this year was the first time actually played skyrim and i am in love with the game as much as i was with halo combat evolved and i replayed combat evolved a ton of times... And skyrim is even bigger so... When i finish i will give halo 2 another try cause the story seems to be better, it was just the gameplay that wasnt as good
I loved how the flood actually weren’t just dumb zombies. Yeah, their ai was rather simplistic, mainly just swarm ai but more complex, but I think their spawn areas are what makes them feel intelligent. They constantly surround you in the Library, and in the mission Keyes they drop from openings in the ceiling. It’s great.
yeah in the library my friend moved on as i was itching my nose or whatever and 7 carriers litterally spawned on me :/ not sure i can agree that the spawns are great. also fuck library in particular. its such an arduous task getting through on legendary.
So many don’t understand that CE redefined everything about the FPS. It was mind blowing to see it for the first time. You knew that it was going to create a genre all to itself.
I didn't but I did believe that certain individuals will love the franchise and that's all that mattered to me. I had no idea it would have been this big lol.
As someone who had been playing FPS games in PC before Halo... it was a step back, less weapons, less mobility, slower combat, very few enemy types, no bosses...
Oi, the fuck you said bob beetus about master chief. He is literally the face of gaming. He is a badass soldier who saves the universe so many times. Why don't you just go back to halo 5 and idolise locke.
I first played Halo: CE when I got my Xbox One X in March 2019. During my first playthrough I felt an odd sense of nostalgia (odd because I had never played it before), mostly because it reminded me of other games that I played as a kid (mainly Star Wars Jedi Knights II: Jedi Outcast). As I got further and further through the campaign, right up until the moment I finished it, I asked myself along the way "If this game had just came out this year, would it still be as fun, influential and popular as it was when it was first released?", and I found myself answering that hypothetical with a solid "Yes" every time. It was at that moment that I fully understood the impact Halo has had on the gaming community. I was even more impressed when I learned about Halo's development story, and how quickly the game was put together despite being such an instant classic. It's like the universe aligned perfectly to give us this once in a million years experience, with characters, dialogue, story, sound effects, environments, and music that make such an immediately positive impression and become firmly engrained in our memories, to the point where we can hardly fathom of a time before we were so familiar with the Halo universe.
@@gub4941 maybe too young at the time lol I was young for halo ce. I grew up playing halo2/3 only touched halo ce a few years ago. Because it was just such an old game.
“What we will let em have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to drown in, Am I right marines, sir yes sir mhmm Damn right I am now move it out double time.” “All you greenhorns who wanted to see covenant up close this is gonna be your lucky day”
@@VTdarkangel When I was a child playing Halo 2 on coop with my younger brother on Delta Halo... My mom was in the kitchen making supper and she said something to us and right after, Johnson said his line, "I heard that. Jackass!" and she came in living room laughing
Legendary game. I've spent north of 1000 hours on this game on PC and Xbox. Bought it with the Xbox system for my 8th birthday in 2003. 2 years later I finally played the 3rd level. I was too scared of the dark to play it LMAO!
On my first playthrough I got REALLY lost on the silent cartographer level, so I got frustrated and started friendly firing every single marine I could find
The most revolutionary thing about Halo was that it wasn't another "find the exit" shooter. It was a sandbox. You really could tackle the objectives on different orders in many missions. Like in mission 2, it wasn't a straight line when you had to go find the surviving marines. You could go to each little group of marines in whichever order you wanted. Same with the silent cartographer (the beach level). It wasn't just a straight line. You could go around the island in different directions.
Just finished my first playthough and my god the rocket launcher flood enemies got me so many times. Got to say tho it still holds up today I’m impressed
@@gio4931 Are you braindead? It's the same fuckin game with better graphics and physics. Halo as a whole is garbage anyways but the remaster is still better.
I remember once I was playing Halo 2, right after it came out, with my dad. We did a second playthrough on Legendary splitscreen and remembered how hard Tartarus could be, so we improvised and slowly/carefully shot the wings off a Banshee and were able to squeeze it into the arena with Tartarus. I can't remember if the game de-spawned it after the cutscene, but I do remember how fucking slick we thought we were for doing that. That is the type of shit that makes Halo so damn unique to me.
You made it to the last mission and thought it was hard? lol.. Well, depends on how quick reflexes and eye sight is I guess. Outskirts and Metropolis was always the levels I had the most issues with because of the near endless Jakal Snipers and repeated checkpoint fails as they kill you. The entire campaign told me unless you have a sword fighting the flood, stay as far away as possible. So always stuck near Johnson and emptied my clips on him from up there before jumping down to grab Brute Plasma Rifles to finish him. Heard many say if you're good at hit and run that the Sword is best(not counting getting in a vehicle that is) But i could never last long with that, but rarely if ever failed killing him by staying the hell away from him lol
@@johnnywhitsel1583 yeah, that's what I meant lol. Most of the people I know considered Tartarus a let down on legendary after all the "fun" you had working through the campaign because he was not that different from the other difficulties besides that he could 1 hit ya. Only why i mentioned it. Just seemed weird when everyone I knew had the same thoughts on that fight that it was the easiest part of legendary xD
@@Selet101 Well, maybe I am remembering it wrong and we just did it for fun or maybe I just sucked back then lol. I haven't played Halo 2 since about a year after it came out as shortly after I moved to PC and didn't get the windows version of Halo 2, so it was quite a while back. BUUUT... I am getting the MCC on steam, so I guess i'll have to try it again here soon!
@@johnnywhitsel1583 Probably for fun more than anything. Me and my friends replayed the last level all the time to figure out new ways to beat it lol You wouldn't have been able to get Halo 2 for PC if you looked before anyways. Halo 1 was the only one to ever be released on PC before steam released MCC. I would recommend buying MCC soon, as the only game currently released is Halo: Reach. don't know if they will raise the price of it with more games released later on or not, so may be cheaper to grab the MCC on steam now than to wait on the other games to be released first.
I didn't grow up playing Halo, but I started playing the MCC to get ready for Infinite. Let me say that playing Halo 1's campaign was the most enriching and frustrating experiences I've had in gaming.
I just played Legendary, never in a lower difficulty, and i can say the hardest part of the whole trilogy was the first halo tower, where you find the marines, i practically spended my whole day in that section, but after that i never find another frustrating part, i guess i learned practically everything after dying so many times.
Yeah, I just finished Halo 1 and man it was amazing but so janky as well (backtracking sucks but at the same time it shows how far you've gone). However some things also feel so modern and probably revolutionary at the time. It just feels snappy and similar to the future FPS that would be released
ODST doesnt repeat any levels or sections really unless you choose to backtrack....it is a story set in a different part of the same city over time, where you investigate what happen to your friends who also landed on the planet and as you get to each section of the city, you find a new clue and do a flashback to earlier in the day, which teaches you what happened and an idea of where to go, then you continue on back in the city at the present time through the similar but not the same area
@@Shadow0fd3ath24 and just about the entire city looks the same. Fun game but that’s the point he’s making every level in the city is just about the same as the last.
i didn't really like odst because it took so long to get from place to place in the city and they didn't give you any vehicles so the process could go faster
@@memes4life118 Well that's the point of ODST. You aren't a Spartan so you have to survive and carefully make your way around the city while piecing together clues as to where your teammates are.
@@memes4life118 so long to get around?? What? It takes like 3 to 5 minutes to travel across the map unless you are blind, then use the in game map. It isn’t a legitimate complaint.
Considering the campaign is probably the most fun maybe second to halo 3 who wouldnt. Reach and 2 become a grind sometimes if you dont have the proper weapons but you can make do with just about anything the 3 and ce.
No, pistol the rocket flood. & it doesn't change the fact that you are changing your strategy compared to the combat that came before it so I'm not really sure what you're questioning here... Year old comment or not.
I prefer my tried and tested method. It's absolutely fool proof. And only for the most skilled veteran. The Library Mission loads. Step one. Aim at nearest shotgun holding flood form. Step two. Switch pistol for shotgun. Step Three. Switch back to the assault rifle and squeeze the trigger and scream until the level is over.
Moment flood are revealed, My preferred weapons became assault rifle, shotgun. One of the greatest games I’ve ever played. Even the graphics are fun. Almost nostalgic even though the game is older than me. We don’t deserve it. Hope infinite is at least half the game this was
18:51 I saw this amazing meme once. It showed Chief and the text said: I can survive hundreds of plasma shots, grenades, falling from the sky. I've defeated countless enemies countless times, and I know how to use any tech I pick up perfectly. ... But surviving in water for more than 3 seconds? Yeah, that's way out of my skill sets.
I recall so much anger, frustration, and fun from playing CE on legendary difficulty alone. But, after several attempts, finishing a level and getting to a cut scene was always such a bittersweet, satisfying feeling.
Halo: CE will forever be one of my fondest childhood memories. Specifically, that ending Warthog run! I first played the campaign when I was in my single digits and my dad basically carried my dumb, baby brain through the missions. Yet right at the end, we were screaming our heads off to get out because he'd let me drive, for some Ring forsaken reason, and the timer just passed the thirty second mark when we reached the corridor of barrels and bullshit. The urgency in Cortana's voice and the epic orchestra that only added onto the pressure. The ramp to our escape vehicle was within sight, but the crossfire between the Flood and Elites was tearing us apart. Our shields went out almost instantly and my brave papa father was shot down by those alien bastards right in front of me! I distinctly remember him shouting, "Go on without me! Tell my story!" Though I limped to the Longsword with a single chunk of health, boy, would I be telling this story for a long time to come. Because Halo: CE will always be my favorite in the series and one of the best FPSs I've ever been lucky enough to play. Future Halo titles would, naturally, evolve the formula and improve (or degrade) the mechanics that make it unique and fun, but the fondness I have for this OG killer is one and only.
Here is a good story for you then. I always played it with my older brother but what I always remember is one time he activated an elevator before I could get on I jumped down died. Respawned and we fought a while before continuing on with the mission leaving a pile of dead master chief on the elevator. I also really remember being very excited when he told me there was a halo 2 coming. When I got my own xbox halo 2 was the first game I owned myself
I actually like the repeated missions and the feeling of dread they give you. To think not too long ago, in this same burning lifeless room sprinkled with blood, you were tossing grenades to clear out several enemies constantly swarming you that you start to miss fighting rather than the gruesome, scary flood. When you finally make it into a more open area, its either empty or you can see small patches of the covenant get overrun and the whole story gets turned to it's head. No unsc, no consistent enemy, and a creepy ass soundtrack. Fighting the flood was much nastier, and you always felt hopeless making you want to fight the covenant again settling the good ol' rivalry in massy populated canyons and ships like everything felt like it had meaning, and I feel you got an Easter egg of this thought in Keyes where you spawn in the ship but everything's upside down and you plop down to the ground. With just a simple change in view, the perception is wayyy different. Keyes and 2 betrayals usually felt like what it would feel like to walk around a chuck cheese or another entertainment center after it closes (the maw gets that feeling worst) if you get my drift.
I was like "aight this guys making decent points" and then you showed the bullshit part of the rocket flood guy from the Library and I was like "FUCKING FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT". Fuck that flood. Good vid though!
Two betrayals was hands down my favorite CE level. I thought it was fun doing an old level backwards at night. I love it. I also just love the level though, 5 was class.
I actually quite liked the flood. The scene where they are first revealed you fight off wave after wave, as they crawl on the ceiling and floor, was really really cool!
I love that entire sequence. You've just punched through a small army of Covenent to stop them from securing the Control Room, thereby stopping them from eradicating humanity with the push of a button. You're gunning for another fight and ready to hold the area against hell itself. Instead of that, you get sent to save the Captain from a trap without your constant companion. You arrive and can't see far because of fog. The enemy that has brought him to the brink of extinction is absolutely terrified. And not of you. As you progress you find nothing but panicked Covenant, a single insane Marine and corridor after corridor of silent blood covered walls, ceilings and floors with nothing for all that gore to come from. Then you open one last door and a dead Marine falls into your arms and the hell you thought you were prepared for arrived. You were not prepared.
@@BabyN7 I played the game and it was a boring mess, with repetitive gameplay and copy and pasted levels without any variation, it was bad even for its time. I know it's important, but we need to be more objective, without being attacked by the nostalgia. I'm glad that actually halo 2 and 3 were far better and good games. (I'm talking about the story not the multy player)
Man, Halo CE does so many things right. Each level looks different and plays different. How the story is told, the music. It's so freaking memorable and well done. What I also love in Two Betrayals, is the contrast with Assault on the Control Room. In AotCR, you had managed to bring together a human resistance and try to push against the Covenant. You had team Zulu on your side, there were large vehicle battles against the Covenant, it was thrilling. But in TB, you come back and it's chaos. The human resistance is all but gone, the Flood is everywhere. You are completely alone. It's literally day and night. It's basically the same level backwards, but that only helps make the contrast stronger. As for The Library, I think it's an awesome level, for reasons you mentioned. I think the repetitiveness of the level is part of the charm. It's really a horror shooter mission. The repetitiveness level design makes you wonder when it is ever going to end. Flood everywhere, in all directions, and it feels like you are not making progress. I think it adds to the horror aspect of the mission. And I love how it totally changes the gameplay. There's no level that plays like this one. It's challenging even on lower difficulties, and fun.
Fantastic review! I already considered "Halo: Combat Evolved" a masterpiece (not to mention it's one of my favorite games ever), but many of the points that you elaborated on have made me appreciate it even more. Keep up the good work. I only just discovered your channel, and have subscribed.
you didn't even go over how amazing and unique the art style is? Reflective textures and volumetric lighting is something modern games can't even do right. Combat evolved holds up to this day as one of the best looking games ever made, just look at the truth and reconciliation!!!!
FINALLY a review of CE that mentions the controls. You’d be amazed how many don’t and it’s one of, if not the most important innovation Halo made. I will never forget the ecstasy of getting out of the drop pod and just being like omg… it just feels right. It just feels perfect. No control adjustment needed. Even modern day shooters rarely feel this good to me.
"Gamers, we led those other games into the review section to keep 'em from getting their filthy claws on our number 1 score! But, we've stumbled onto so many cheap methods that they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get them! Well, I don't care if its buying the game early for free additions, or using dirty loot-boxes, We're not gonna let 'em take our number 1 spot! What we will let 'em have, is a belly full of regret, and a pool of their own expenses to drown in! AM I RIGHT, GAMERS?!" "SIR YES SIR!" "MHM, DAMN RIGHT I AM, NOW GO BUY SOME ACTUAL GOOD GAMES, DOUBLE TIME!"
A friend and I went into a cyber cafe to play Combat evolved, campaign, legendary. (Basically everyone else was playing that also on the computers). This was my first encounter with the flood. When they came out, with a tentacled arm hitting me from behind, and those sounds...I with my headset on, reactively kicked back and slid about 6 feet in my chair away from the computer. Good thing no one was at the time behind in my travel path. Man, that was scary!!!
The overall effect was jaw dropping experience, campaign and all the difficulty levels, ai, co-op, multiplayer modes, neat packet overall. Yeah and the levels were massive, almost relic feeling into them. Really polished game.
Great analysis. Halo: Combat Evolved is absolutely a masterpiece. This game wasn't just the flagship game of the original Xbox console that spawned an entire series, it was a trend starter. All FPS from 2001 to present day, owe something to Halo CE. Something I can't stand is the entire generation of younger gamers who criticize Halo for not "aiming down the sights", etc. I was 4, close to 5 when this game was released. I've been playing it ever since. Almost 16 years later, this game still holds up. Shout out to all the seasoned Halo players! Let's hope Halo 6 takes some inspiration from this game. Sometimes, less is better. The Mark V suit is hands down my favorite armor. Ever since Halo 3, I've always worked towards unlocking the Mk. V helmet and/or armor for multiplayer. Anyway, Halo CE is my favorite first person shooter of all time. It was innovative and overall a great game. Thank you for doing this video.
Halo CE is my favorite game. And I did play this game too when I was about 4/5. And yes the MK V armor is my favorite armor in the Halo series. I grinded hard to get it in Reach. And I successfully got the helmet. But I didn't bother to get it in 4 and 5. I hate those games.
It doesn't make it bad naturally but you can't blame people for feeling it's dated or not quite as fun for not having that extra fun little layer of iron-sights. It's kind of along the lines of having full control of your aim in a console shooter. It wasn't there in Golden Eye or Perfect Dark and while it wasn't necessary to the game, going back to those does feel a bit weird and yes, even dated (and even more yes, even to those that grew up with them) for lacking that extra layer of control/immersion.
+PhyreI3ird I disagree, not having the ability of the ADS felt more immersive to me, if anything ADS has actually ruined halo more than helped it. Example being Halo 5 and how all automatic weapons have become too accurate and are useful at all ranges. Also, Halo CE in my honest opinion doesn't feel dated in terms of mechanics and controls. The only thing dated about Halo CE is its graphics. It was truly a game ahead of its time.
I remember when it was 2005 and I was 4 years old. My dad wanted to shoe me an experience, Halo CE. I wasnt allowed to play without him back then but it made no difference. I couldn't wait for him to get home to play the game with me and got punished from trying to play by myself. Im now 16 years old and remeber the good times had with my dad. Thanks Act Man, for bringing back memories I didn't know I still had. Halo CE is a classic and what I think is indeed, a masterpiece.
Aside from a few rough edges (the assault rifle's lack of usefulness being the biggest one, as it is completely obsolete if you mastered the plasma pistol/magnum combo), it's aged like fine wine.
I remember when I first played halo combat evolved and I had went through the ninetendo phases and was currently playing on the PlayStation console . But once I played halo the first time blew me away went bought my own Xbox and halo game been a fan since then it was really different than any other game I had ever played
I played CE's campaign relentlessly, and play it every few years like im visiting an old friend. I've never done that with any other halo campaign. The physics, ambience, sound effects, and music have never really been repeated.
Caleb BaumTM My list: 1: Library 2: 343 Guilty spark 3: Attack on the controll room 4: Pillar of Autum 5: Every other level Im serious about this list :3
My top 6 most favourite missions- 1.The Library (soooo fun and engaging ) 2.The Maw (i dont know why but its true ) 3.343 Guilty Spark (love speedrunning it ) 4.Truth and Reconciliation ( Great Tactical and Stealth Gameplay ) 5.Pillar of Autumn (simple ) 6.Two Betrayals (tons of vehicles )
Sounds like your friend doesn't appreciate the simple fun gameplay from the older days of gaming.... Yes let's make all these different complex hard to master game mechanics and controls, that's fun
A super soldier 500 years in the future who has direct connection to the weapon scope from his helmet doesn't need to shove the scope in the face and slow himself down which running and gunning.
@@IwinMahWay you're right he doesn't. But they do it anyways so you have a partial handicap which forces you to use it in the right way and when necessary
Just wanted to leave you something here - I'd never seen any of your videos before watching this one yesterday. This is incredibly well done. I have so many nostalgic moments and this game holds such a special place in my heart. You were able to capture that in much of your commentary here. I will be a fan of the franchise for as long as it is around thanks to this title. I am now subbed and look forward to checking out your other content. Keep up the good work!
For my whole life I have heard people say Halo 1 was great but I never played it before, I joined around Halo 3, but I finally got an xbox 1 and beat it on the MCC and it was so much better than I thought it was gonna be. I always thought people liked it just because it was the OG halo but it was great. I still think I like halo reach more but you should try it if you haven’t already!
how is halo 5 not fun, especially playing multiplayer with a group of friends it makes it even better and you can use teamwork to achieve a goal, it's just like older halos maybe even better, onl thing I could see anyone complaining about are the req's and the campaign but I still think the campaign is pretty interesting and fun if you pay attention to everytthing, you still get that feeling of accomplishment.
I have to say that the note about the music sometimes not playing is on point. It's cool and relaxing to just silently wander through the forest (and hear the sounds of nature) or just listen for sounds when exploring the corridors.
The things I remembered most about this game: The epic music How you could melee an enemy with the push of a button using any weapon Hop in and out of any working vehicle you were near Just those three things made Halo such a mind-blowing thing to me when I first played it
The "Final Run" section of the mission "Two Betrayals" is still my favorite thing about Halo's campaign. Dozens of Covenant and Flood foot soldiers fighting each other while two wraiths blast mortars constantly, two hunters, and you have to find your way to the banshee at the end through all the chaos. Awesome.
A testament to how effective the buildup to The Flood level is - I’ve beaten Halo CE more times than I can count, but I ALWAYS try to see if I can catch up to those marines at the beginning of the stage.
I always like that in most cases if there was a vehicle like the banshee the covenant would start outside of it and then jump in but you could kill them before they jump in if you played smart. And you could use the fuel rod gun before the final mission. Also getting vehicles where they shouldn't be was a fun challenge.
This is my first time watching one of your videos. I've intended to for a long time. I must say I'm extremely pleased to see how you approach concepts in your videos. Digging the channel
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this vid! Def wanted to do a good job on it as CE certainly is a Legendary game that deserves it. Hope you enjoy the channel :)
Those are the big spiky ones with the orange backs right? They’re awesome to fight because it feels like it takes more skill and strategy than just gunning them down like the Grunts or Elites.
It's awesome that the reasons and points that make Halo CE a masterpiece are very similar to the points that Halo Infinite has Good sandbox, Difficult but fair challenge, Interesting (somewhat repetitive) world design, Good graphics for its day, Mysterious and exciting storytelling, Iconic music, Opportunity for intentional player decision, Great art style, Player freedom, Minimum world boundaries Good pacing, Fun easter eggs, Environmental storytelling, Phenomenal voice acting, Can't wait to see The Act Man's review of Halo Infinite's Campaign
You know today first person shooters have lost their reputation. I missed those days when I used to get scared by Flood. The atmosphere, Alone with so many enemies. Flood was the creepiest thing I ever saw. The tone, Fog, Atmosphere of level makes the Game just so perfect. You were scared from flood. Just you vs world. It felt like you were there. Today FPS just sucks.
I am a victim of this lol. I didn't play CE until the MCC but i played halo 2 and i was scared to fight the flood and i don't know why. Everytime i face the flood i just want to leave and it felt like zombies which i hate playing to this day but as i got older i love facing the flood and finding out its history
Thank you so much for talking about what I love about The Library and Two Betrayals -- they're so underrated, people don't understand how pivotal and interesting these levels truly are!
I might be weird, but my favorite levels were Assault on the Control room followed by Two betrayals.... And the Maw and Keys.. I always saw the return to old locations not as lazy design, but as a way to increase the importance of the place. While "Keys" could have gotten new passage ways (and it did) it would have been nice if keys was held somewhere new, not on that same bridge. But for Two betrayals, it is logical that the important parts of the main systems running halo would be located close to the control room - the base of operations. Why the map room is on a completely different place anyone can try to figure out... But yeah, of all the levels in Halo CE, I've spent hundreds of hours in those valleys and on those bridges inbetween the control room and that maintenance tunnel...
Oh hey Act Man, a cool story to share. I've played halo since I was 8, and it wasn't until I was 17 that I actually started going through a Legendary playthrough. On the level *Assault on the Control Room*, when I got to the bridge with the stealable Banshee, I managed to get into it, but when I took off, all those shade turrets that had been empty on lower difficulties suddenly had people in them. Or when I would cross some of the bridges, an entirely different combination of enemies is waiting. You pop out onto a bridge, expecting some elites, Jackals, and Grunts, but find a pair of Hunters and a fucking Banshee all shooting at you. Really good stuff you don't see anymore.
I'm amazed. Finally someone that feels the same way as i do with Halo! One thing i would mention is that the assult rifle animation is so goddamn satisfying in halo 1 and that they changed it and made it worse is a damn shame. :( Awesome video!
__________________Time Stamps__________________
Introduction 0:00 - 3:00
#1 Setting The Tone 3:00 - 5:28
#2 The FPS Revolution 5:28 - 8:29
#3 Gameplay That Holds Up 8:29 - 18:10
#4 Yes, you can go ANYWHERE! 18:10 - 20:57
#5 Level Design Evolved 20:57 - 26:48
#6 Once more, with Purpose 26:48 - 28:26
#7 The Story 28:26 - 36:08
Conclusion 36:10 - 37:05
I Would Have Been Your Daddy 37:06 - 38:53
Thanks for watching! :)
Are you going to do a video like this on Halo 2? I'd like to see your analysis of it.
The Act Man watching your brilliant video fills me with both happiness and great sadness. it makes me remember the great times and makes me FUCKING HATE 343 FOR RUINING MY FAVORITE SERIES
The Act Man i fucking hate 343 for ruining halo & continuingvto SHIT on halos legacy
16:30 nice use of the spv3 soundtrack Jefet did amazing job.
343i might not make the halo we expect but they still make better then any other company would do. if anything 343 was the best company to take over halo they even agree on some mistakes they made which is very rare these days
When you first played Halo were you blinded by its majesty?
Blinded??!
@@AllknowingUnknownParalyzed? Dumbstruck?
Yet your parents were able to tell you to get off the Xbox! Unplug the sacred console! And desecrate your save file!
@@natahndolar2142 I'm sure u will understand when my parents attacked
You were right to focus your attention on the game but these overprotective parents...
I recently finished playing CE with a friend of mine that had never played a Halo game before. He was incredibly impressed by the simple fact that grunts ran away when stuck with plas grenades, but elites ran towards you. Simple things like that is what makes CE incredible. It's crazy that this game came out 19 years ago.
Just played this year too and liked it a lot it is actually my favorite shooter when i tried halo 2 i was desappointed... The gameplay did not feel the same i will try it later bcause this year was the first time actually played skyrim and i am in love with the game as much as i was with halo combat evolved and i replayed combat evolved a ton of times... And skyrim is even bigger so... When i finish i will give halo 2 another try cause the story seems to be better, it was just the gameplay that wasnt as good
Halo CE legendary is a rough but fun challenge.
@@wastelandlegocheem Your magnum is basically an anti-tank/air cannon
@@ciaran..G for real
@@yurifurtado1955 same the gameplay and enemy ai for me wasn't as good but the story and characters are a good improvement.
I loved how the flood actually weren’t just dumb zombies. Yeah, their ai was rather simplistic, mainly just swarm ai but more complex, but I think their spawn areas are what makes them feel intelligent. They constantly surround you in the Library, and in the mission Keyes they drop from openings in the ceiling. It’s great.
syed jawad agreed they learned how to flank you too on Halo 2
It was awesome. World war z in space.
Ikr, it gives me the heeby-jeebies, unless I am actually fighting well.
GuyInTheCommentSection it's just adds to it really as the more host they take, the smarter they become.
yeah in the library my friend moved on as i was itching my nose or whatever and 7 carriers litterally spawned on me :/ not sure i can agree that the spawns are great. also fuck library in particular. its such an arduous task getting through on legendary.
So many don’t understand that CE redefined everything about the FPS. It was mind blowing to see it for the first time. You knew that it was going to create a genre all to itself.
Any gamer who was alive in that time period can probably remember the first time playing Halo CE.
I didn't but I did believe that certain individuals will love the franchise and that's all that mattered to me. I had no idea it would have been this big lol.
As someone who had been playing FPS games in PC before Halo... it was a step back, less weapons, less mobility, slower combat, very few enemy types, no bosses...
@@night1952 'it wasnt cs 1.6'
@@sukhoiboy4140 Not even close, I don't like CS, give me quake.
When the Master Chief removes his helmet, there is another helmet.
Dave
Master Hatake
boiii!
Well under Chuck Norris beard there is only another fist
Or a toilet cause he's a shit character.
Oi, the fuck you said bob beetus about master chief. He is literally the face of gaming. He is a badass soldier who saves the universe so many times. Why don't you just go back to halo 5 and idolise locke.
I first played Halo: CE when I got my Xbox One X in March 2019. During my first playthrough I felt an odd sense of nostalgia (odd because I had never played it before), mostly because it reminded me of other games that I played as a kid (mainly Star Wars Jedi Knights II: Jedi Outcast). As I got further and further through the campaign, right up until the moment I finished it, I asked myself along the way "If this game had just came out this year, would it still be as fun, influential and popular as it was when it was first released?", and I found myself answering that hypothetical with a solid "Yes" every time. It was at that moment that I fully understood the impact Halo has had on the gaming community. I was even more impressed when I learned about Halo's development story, and how quickly the game was put together despite being such an instant classic. It's like the universe aligned perfectly to give us this once in a million years experience, with characters, dialogue, story, sound effects, environments, and music that make such an immediately positive impression and become firmly engrained in our memories, to the point where we can hardly fathom of a time before we were so familiar with the Halo universe.
Harrison McCartney dude where the fuck were you. Also yeah, but rather I get halo vibes from Jedi Knight instead of Jedi Knight vibes from halo.
@@gub4941 maybe too young at the time lol I was young for halo ce. I grew up playing halo2/3 only touched halo ce a few years ago. Because it was just such an old game.
My first halo game was 3 and I instantly went back to one and two after beating it. I was like 8
Rack 'em
It's never too late for Halo..
Btw. I started playing Halo (First video game in my life: Halo CE) since I was seven years old😂
"I don't care if it's god's own anti-son-of-a-bitch-machine" lmfao still one of the best things I've ever heard
"Or a giant hula hoop, we're not gonna let em have it"
“What we will let em have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to drown in,
Am I right marines, sir yes sir mhmm Damn right I am now move it out double time.”
“All you greenhorns who wanted to see covenant up close this is gonna be your lucky day”
I remember hearing that the first time years ago. I nearly spit my water all over my tv. It remains one of my favorite lines of all time.
@@VTdarkangel When I was a child playing Halo 2 on coop with my younger brother on Delta Halo... My mom was in the kitchen making supper and she said something to us and right after, Johnson said his line, "I heard that. Jackass!" and she came in living room laughing
I mean... He wasnt wrong with that statement
14:09
“...that turn the gameplay into a sort of dance...”
Yes. A Covenant Dance.
Ayyyyyy
This should have more likes
Omigosh its the name of the song lol
Legendary game. I've spent north of 1000 hours on this game on PC and Xbox. Bought it with the Xbox system for my 8th birthday in 2003. 2 years later I finally played the 3rd level. I was too scared of the dark to play it LMAO!
I still play the multiplayer on PC its so addictive
George Krontiris I was too scared of the flood to play past the 5th level lol
George Krontiris for me it was 343 guilty spark
George Krontiris AHAHAHAHAHA yes dude! I have legit, the same story I also started playing halo in 03 at age 8 it took weeks to finish 😂
George Krontiris Lol
The friendly fire dialogue was pretty funny too.
"I'd appreciate it if you'd STOP KILLIN MY MEN"
"Woah man, do I owe you money or something?"
etc
On my first playthrough I got REALLY lost on the silent cartographer level, so I got frustrated and started friendly firing every single marine I could find
To play without IWHYDB is sacrilege
The most revolutionary thing about Halo was that it wasn't another "find the exit" shooter. It was a sandbox. You really could tackle the objectives on different orders in many missions. Like in mission 2, it wasn't a straight line when you had to go find the surviving marines. You could go to each little group of marines in whichever order you wanted. Same with the silent cartographer (the beach level). It wasn't just a straight line. You could go around the island in different directions.
You're right about how great the level design is, however Goldeneye 64 and Perfect Dark beat it to the objective/open style of levels
@@jacobskarda perfect dark is so slept on, one of my all time favorite fps games
@@abrahamemmanuel2401 Does it get better after the first level? The first level is such a boring crawl and I could barely find the objective
@@jacobskarda it definitely picks up, for me anyway. I personally think it's even better than goldeneye
Half-life has already done that thoe ...
Just finished my first playthough and my god the rocket launcher flood enemies got me so many times. Got to say tho it still holds up today I’m impressed
Ooooo enjoy halo 2 my friend
The remaster holds up, the original is some hot ass but then again, it's a 19 year old game.
@@DsgSleazy nah dude the remaster is kinda ass
@@gio4931 Are you braindead? It's the same fuckin game with better graphics and physics. Halo as a whole is garbage anyways but the remaster is still better.
@@DsgSleazy the remaster is kinda nice in terms of models, but with animation and environments, ce wins
I remember once I was playing Halo 2, right after it came out, with my dad. We did a second playthrough on Legendary splitscreen and remembered how hard Tartarus could be, so we improvised and slowly/carefully shot the wings off a Banshee and were able to squeeze it into the arena with Tartarus. I can't remember if the game de-spawned it after the cutscene, but I do remember how fucking slick we thought we were for doing that. That is the type of shit that makes Halo so damn unique to me.
You made it to the last mission and thought it was hard? lol.. Well, depends on how quick reflexes and eye sight is I guess. Outskirts and Metropolis was always the levels I had the most issues with because of the near endless Jakal Snipers and repeated checkpoint fails as they kill you. The entire campaign told me unless you have a sword fighting the flood, stay as far away as possible. So always stuck near Johnson and emptied my clips on him from up there before jumping down to grab Brute Plasma Rifles to finish him. Heard many say if you're good at hit and run that the Sword is best(not counting getting in a vehicle that is) But i could never last long with that, but rarely if ever failed killing him by staying the hell away from him lol
@@Selet101 Considering I was a kid and legendary is objectively hard on Halo 2... ya.
@@johnnywhitsel1583 yeah, that's what I meant lol. Most of the people I know considered Tartarus a let down on legendary after all the "fun" you had working through the campaign because he was not that different from the other difficulties besides that he could 1 hit ya. Only why i mentioned it. Just seemed weird when everyone I knew had the same thoughts on that fight that it was the easiest part of legendary xD
@@Selet101 Well, maybe I am remembering it wrong and we just did it for fun or maybe I just sucked back then lol. I haven't played Halo 2 since about a year after it came out as shortly after I moved to PC and didn't get the windows version of Halo 2, so it was quite a while back. BUUUT... I am getting the MCC on steam, so I guess i'll have to try it again here soon!
@@johnnywhitsel1583 Probably for fun more than anything. Me and my friends replayed the last level all the time to figure out new ways to beat it lol You wouldn't have been able to get Halo 2 for PC if you looked before anyways. Halo 1 was the only one to ever be released on PC before steam released MCC. I would recommend buying MCC soon, as the only game currently released is Halo: Reach. don't know if they will raise the price of it with more games released later on or not, so may be cheaper to grab the MCC on steam now than to wait on the other games to be released first.
Is "Is Halo: Combat Evolved a Masterpiece?" a masterpiece?
Is "Is "Is Halo : Combat Evolved a Masterpiece?" a masterpiece?" a Masterpiece ?
Is "Is 'Is *Is Halo: Combat Evolved a Masterpiece?* a Masterpiece?' a Masterpiece?" a Masterpiece?
Masterpiece
Master chief
Ben B
Yes coop joy
Indeed
I didn't grow up playing Halo, but I started playing the MCC to get ready for Infinite. Let me say that playing Halo 1's campaign was the most enriching and frustrating experiences I've had in gaming.
I just played Legendary, never in a lower difficulty, and i can say the hardest part of the whole trilogy was the first halo tower, where you find the marines, i practically spended my whole day in that section, but after that i never find another frustrating part, i guess i learned practically everything after dying so many times.
Yeah, I just finished Halo 1 and man it was amazing but so janky as well (backtracking sucks but at the same time it shows how far you've gone). However some things also feel so modern and probably revolutionary at the time. It just feels snappy and similar to the future FPS that would be released
The people who complain about Halo CE levels being repeated must have had an aneurysm when playing ODST
ODST doesnt repeat any levels or sections really unless you choose to backtrack....it is a story set in a different part of the same city over time, where you investigate what happen to your friends who also landed on the planet and as you get to each section of the city, you find a new clue and do a flashback to earlier in the day, which teaches you what happened and an idea of where to go, then you continue on back in the city at the present time through the similar but not the same area
@@Shadow0fd3ath24 and just about the entire city looks the same. Fun game but that’s the point he’s making every level in the city is just about the same as the last.
i didn't really like odst because it took so long to get from place to place in the city and they didn't give you any vehicles so the process could go faster
@@memes4life118 Well that's the point of ODST. You aren't a Spartan so you have to survive and carefully make your way around the city while piecing together clues as to where your teammates are.
@@memes4life118 so long to get around?? What? It takes like 3 to 5 minutes to travel across the map unless you are blind, then use the in game map. It isn’t a legitimate complaint.
"It's not good, it's not great, or even awesome.... IT'S FUCKING PERFECT."
117th LIKE, I AM PROUD TO HAVE THIS HONOR.
It’s life if this did not exist I would die.
I still play Halo Combat Evolved and it's 2019
Same
That's a good thing.
I've played 2 several times, and 3 once (since I don't own an xbox), but I've lost count of the number of times I've played 1.
Considering the campaign is probably the most fun maybe second to halo 3 who wouldnt. Reach and 2 become a grind sometimes if you dont have the proper weapons but you can make do with just about anything the 3 and ce.
Same from CE TO ODST
25:10
Strategy?
Basically…
1. Use shotgun on flood
2. Use assault rifle on flood spores and any leftovers
3. Throw grenades at rocket flood
No, pistol the rocket flood. & it doesn't change the fact that you are changing your strategy compared to the combat that came before it so I'm not really sure what you're questioning here... Year old comment or not.
@@MeadeJ67 My guy, it’s a throwaway comment, not a scientific hypothesis.
I prefer my tried and tested method.
It's absolutely fool proof. And only for the most skilled veteran.
The Library Mission loads.
Step one.
Aim at nearest shotgun holding flood form.
Step two.
Switch pistol for shotgun.
Step Three.
Switch back to the assault rifle and squeeze the trigger and scream until the level is over.
Moment flood are revealed, My preferred weapons became assault rifle, shotgun. One of the greatest games I’ve ever played. Even the graphics are fun. Almost nostalgic even though the game is older than me. We don’t deserve it. Hope infinite is at least half the game this was
The graphics and models carry weight and density. A lot of those original Xbox games remind me of BotW in that way.
@@jon4715 whoaaa I never thought of that before, good point.
The plasma rifle was very effective as well
Same
Rifle for infection forms and covenant while shot gun is for the flood combat forms.
“Is Halo: Combat Evolved a masterpiece?” Is a carrot a vegetable?
Does A Keyboard Have Keys?
Can switching to geico save you 15% or more on car insurance?
Is an elephant heavy?
Is EA a bad company?
Does onions have layers?
NEEDLER AMMO?!? 32:35
Wonderful video, your commentary is as epic as the game itself
Bruh, i didnt fucking do this... i was never here
Alcast jidgxth
you know shit's real when you see needler ammo
I remember being wowed by the grass textures in this game back in 2001. You could see individual blades! It was nuts!
Yeah, that was like the most HD grass I had ever seen
18:51 I saw this amazing meme once.
It showed Chief and the text said: I can survive hundreds of plasma shots, grenades, falling from the sky. I've defeated countless enemies countless times, and I know how to use any tech I pick up perfectly.
...
But surviving in water for more than 3 seconds? Yeah, that's way out of my skill sets.
20 foot fall?😬
I used to love driving the warthog full of marines into the ocean in The Silent Cartographer and then ditching them and driving back.
I could never find my way back
Lmfao yup
@@gideonfunk8637 7y77 7 666
Halo is older than me... and it's still one of my favorites.
same, I remember playing it on the original xbox when i was just a toddler
I played it when I was 6 back in 2011
ironface5 3 I just played it for the first time not too long ago
damn i wish i had parents that would have let me play halo and get an xbox back when i was a toddler
i played it when i was 6 back in 2001 lol
Masterpiece = Master Chief
Saif Alireza yes
Mario Badia master chief=more badass doom guy
ThetopGun11 7+ No...
george2p Death Battle disagrees
Anduril+ The critics, the audience and history disagree even more with you... (Worth more than a bunch of guys doing battle videos)
I recall so much anger, frustration, and fun from playing CE on legendary difficulty alone. But, after several attempts, finishing a level and getting to a cut scene was always such a bittersweet, satisfying feeling.
Halo: CE will forever be one of my fondest childhood memories. Specifically, that ending Warthog run!
I first played the campaign when I was in my single digits and my dad basically carried my dumb, baby brain through the missions.
Yet right at the end, we were screaming our heads off to get out because he'd let me drive, for some Ring forsaken reason, and the timer just passed the thirty second mark when we reached the corridor of barrels and bullshit. The urgency in Cortana's voice and the epic orchestra that only added onto the pressure.
The ramp to our escape vehicle was within sight, but the crossfire between the Flood and Elites was tearing us apart. Our shields went out almost instantly and my brave papa father was shot down by those alien bastards right in front of me!
I distinctly remember him shouting, "Go on without me! Tell my story!"
Though I limped to the Longsword with a single chunk of health, boy, would I be telling this story for a long time to come. Because Halo: CE will always be my favorite in the series and one of the best FPSs I've ever been lucky enough to play. Future Halo titles would, naturally, evolve the formula and improve (or degrade) the mechanics that make it unique and fun, but the fondness I have for this OG killer is one and only.
Here is a good story for you then. I always played it with my older brother but what I always remember is one time he activated an elevator before I could get on I jumped down died. Respawned and we fought a while before continuing on with the mission leaving a pile of dead master chief on the elevator. I also really remember being very excited when he told me there was a halo 2 coming. When I got my own xbox halo 2 was the first game I owned myself
I actually like the repeated missions and the feeling of dread they give you. To think not too long ago, in this same burning lifeless room sprinkled with blood, you were tossing grenades to clear out several enemies constantly swarming you that you start to miss fighting rather than the gruesome, scary flood. When you finally make it into a more open area, its either empty or you can see small patches of the covenant get overrun and the whole story gets turned to it's head. No unsc, no consistent enemy, and a creepy ass soundtrack. Fighting the flood was much nastier, and you always felt hopeless making you want to fight the covenant again settling the good ol' rivalry in massy populated canyons and ships like everything felt like it had meaning, and I feel you got an Easter egg of this thought in Keyes where you spawn in the ship but everything's upside down and you plop down to the ground. With just a simple change in view, the perception is wayyy different. Keyes and 2 betrayals usually felt like what it would feel like to walk around a chuck cheese or another entertainment center after it closes (the maw gets that feeling worst) if you get my drift.
#Thisguygetsit
"
Is Halo: Combat Evolved A Masterpiece?!"
Yes, next question
Exactly my thoughts, but I still watched the video.
I prefer halo 3
@@justanuff yeah.
Justa Nuff and halo 2 as well
@Murdock Brigade no
I was like "aight this guys making decent points" and then you showed the bullshit part of the rocket flood guy from the Library and I was like "FUCKING FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT". Fuck that flood. Good vid though!
dannydinosaur That Flood is a piece of shit, it deserves to have an entire battalion of Hellbringers BURN IT!
F*** him... he was a pain in the ass in legendary. I mean, He had nearly perfect aiming.
dannydinosaur ikr seriousley FUCK the library!!!!!
Fucking hate the flood, the endless library was fucking hell.
Dog885 IT NEVER ENDS! It just keeps going and going and GOING! It's SO LONG!
“A giant hula hoop.”
-Sgt Johnson 2001
SeFu2006 “God’s own anti son of a bitch machine “
Soundtrack at 0:18 ?
2552
343 needs to see this shit. theactman is totally a bro from the oldschool days!
i love your pic
Activate the rings? Bungie should
CE was just amazing, the music was on another level
Me watching this in 2021: “that’s why it holds up 20 years later”
Still replay it from time to time on my OG Xbox.
Exactly it 20 years old I don't think many people understand that at how well it holds up
:)
Two betrayals was hands down my favorite CE level. I thought it was fun doing an old level backwards at night. I love it. I also just love the level though, 5 was class.
I actually quite liked the flood. The scene where they are first revealed you fight off wave after wave, as they crawl on the ceiling and floor, was really really cool!
Same, I love the concept and the way they fight
I love that entire sequence. You've just punched through a small army of Covenent to stop them from securing the Control Room, thereby stopping them from eradicating humanity with the push of a button. You're gunning for another fight and ready to hold the area against hell itself.
Instead of that, you get sent to save the Captain from a trap without your constant companion.
You arrive and can't see far because of fog. The enemy that has brought him to the brink of extinction is absolutely terrified. And not of you.
As you progress you find nothing but panicked Covenant, a single insane Marine and corridor after corridor of silent blood covered walls, ceilings and floors with nothing for all that gore to come from.
Then you open one last door and a dead Marine falls into your arms and the hell you thought you were prepared for arrived.
You were not prepared.
they are just annoying on every level after
Just remember, a true librarian Carries a 12 gauge in one hand, and a rocket launcher in the other
If you know you know
Act Man, all I need to know is if Halo: CE a master piece
I think we both know the answer to that.
To me CE was more than a masterpiece.
Jul 'Mdama It's fucking crazy how good the game actually is though
Yeah it's more than a masterpiece, it's a Golden Treasure of Mankind
Coming from jul m’dama
not better than halo 5 though
Ben nears, you better be joking. Halo CE is Objectively better than halo 5 in every single way. There is no argument.
"Gods own anti-son of a bitch machine" is still one of the best lines of dialogue in gaming ever.
"Is Halo CE a masterpiece?"
Does Dolly Parton sleep on her back?
She could sleep on her side.
Its still a masterpiece.
for 2001 its a miracle
Absolutely one of the worst game I ever played recently, reused accepts the game
@@soulsborne8292 What in the fuck
@@soulsborne8292 wow !! Mad person 🤣
@@soulsborne8292 you acting like a idiot
@@BabyN7 I played the game and it was a boring mess, with repetitive gameplay and copy and pasted levels without any variation, it was bad even for its time. I know it's important, but we need to be more objective, without being attacked by the nostalgia. I'm glad that actually halo 2 and 3 were far better and good games. (I'm talking about the story not the multy player)
Man, Halo CE does so many things right. Each level looks different and plays different. How the story is told, the music. It's so freaking memorable and well done.
What I also love in Two Betrayals, is the contrast with Assault on the Control Room. In AotCR, you had managed to bring together a human resistance and try to push against the Covenant. You had team Zulu on your side, there were large vehicle battles against the Covenant, it was thrilling. But in TB, you come back and it's chaos. The human resistance is all but gone, the Flood is everywhere. You are completely alone. It's literally day and night. It's basically the same level backwards, but that only helps make the contrast stronger.
As for The Library, I think it's an awesome level, for reasons you mentioned. I think the repetitiveness of the level is part of the charm. It's really a horror shooter mission. The repetitiveness level design makes you wonder when it is ever going to end. Flood everywhere, in all directions, and it feels like you are not making progress. I think it adds to the horror aspect of the mission. And I love how it totally changes the gameplay. There's no level that plays like this one. It's challenging even on lower difficulties, and fun.
I'd love a halo game where you play as a marine, imagine the flood when you're a marine, would be like a horror game
If so this could be the one thing that gets them to come back to Halo
This reminds me staff sergeant Marvin Mobuto, the reclaimer died in the Library before 343 found chief.
I hope the flood never comes back in halo 6
Didn’t have flood in it, but there’s ODST if you want to play a halo game as a normal human.
Imagine if you were playing as the flood, and had to infect as many people as possible lol
I feel like everything I was thinking about the game was put into words. A masterpiece of a video
Fantastic review! I already considered "Halo: Combat Evolved" a masterpiece (not to mention it's one of my favorite games ever), but many of the points that you elaborated on have made me appreciate it even more. Keep up the good work. I only just discovered your channel, and have subscribed.
When a trash mob or an ai ally has more personality than any character in steven universe
The only thing I remember from that show is how much crying there was
I already finishes it, and lemme tell ya, i agree
Sounds about right
@@thatoneguywhouploads you're friends with a furry? Why
My sister called me a bad person for not liking Steven universe
you didn't even go over how amazing and unique the art style is? Reflective textures and volumetric lighting is something modern games can't even do right. Combat evolved holds up to this day as one of the best looking games ever made, just look at the truth and reconciliation!!!!
I will never forget playing Halo the first time... and then splitspcreen multiplayer afterward. Life changing kind of stuff, honestly.
*Is Halo: Combat Evolved A Masterchief?!*
Dang this game looks better than me,
and I came out in 2003.
Same lol
Same
Same.
I was born in 1992
King Aria did you age better than Kirbys adventure or DOOM for that matter
FINALLY a review of CE that mentions the controls. You’d be amazed how many don’t and it’s one of, if not the most important innovation Halo made.
I will never forget the ecstasy of getting out of the drop pod and just being like omg… it just feels right. It just feels perfect. No control adjustment needed. Even modern day shooters rarely feel this good to me.
"Gamers, we led those other games into the review section to keep 'em from getting their filthy claws on our number 1 score! But, we've stumbled onto so many cheap methods that they're so hot for, that they're scramblin' over each other to get them! Well, I don't care if its buying the game early for free additions, or using dirty loot-boxes, We're not gonna let 'em take our number 1 spot! What we will let 'em have, is a belly full of regret, and a pool of their own expenses to drown in! AM I RIGHT, GAMERS?!"
"SIR YES SIR!"
"MHM, DAMN RIGHT I AM, NOW GO BUY SOME ACTUAL GOOD GAMES, DOUBLE TIME!"
Infamously Underrated bro.
Hot damn this is cool. Very clever and I approve
Aiden Rutske alright chill, CoD seems to be making a comeback
@@fruitella196 nooo
@@justyashi42 whats wrong with that? I know the new ones couldn't even be compared to halo 5 but still, the old ones were good
21 years of playing Halo and I only just found out about Keyes' pipe hanging there. Man I miss Bungie making Halo.😭
Halo CE invented teabagging... GIVE THANKS MEN!!!!
peKadoDeDioZ it didint event tea baging
John Skitz No but it it made it famous.
Super Metroid did
sound bitter... like you have been tbagged recently
Noctis Lucis Caelum Yes
A friend and I went into a cyber cafe to play Combat evolved, campaign, legendary. (Basically everyone else was playing that also on the computers). This was my first encounter with the flood. When they came out, with a tentacled arm hitting me from behind, and those sounds...I with my headset on, reactively kicked back and slid about 6 feet in my chair away from the computer. Good thing no one was at the time behind in my travel path. Man, that was scary!!!
"I don't care if it's God's own Anti-Sunuva Bitch Machine, or a giant Hula Hoop!"
'"AM I RIGHT MARINE"
Uh-huh DAMN RIGHT I AM!
OO-RAH!!!
NOW MOVE IT OUT! DOUBLE-TIME!
Eek the Fireuser Johnson + Halo CE pistol = God's anti son of a bitch machine.
The overall effect was jaw dropping experience, campaign and all the difficulty levels, ai, co-op, multiplayer modes, neat packet overall. Yeah and the levels were massive, almost relic feeling into them. Really polished game.
Great analysis. Halo: Combat Evolved is absolutely a masterpiece. This game wasn't just the flagship game of the original Xbox console that spawned an entire series, it was a trend starter. All FPS from 2001 to present day, owe something to Halo CE. Something I can't stand is the entire generation of younger gamers who criticize Halo for not "aiming down the sights", etc. I was 4, close to 5 when this game was released. I've been playing it ever since. Almost 16 years later, this game still holds up. Shout out to all the seasoned Halo players! Let's hope Halo 6 takes some inspiration from this game. Sometimes, less is better. The Mark V suit is hands down my favorite armor. Ever since Halo 3, I've always worked towards unlocking the Mk. V helmet and/or armor for multiplayer. Anyway, Halo CE is my favorite first person shooter of all time. It was innovative and overall a great game. Thank you for doing this video.
Halo CE is my favorite game. And I did play this game too when I was about 4/5. And yes the MK V armor is my favorite armor in the Halo series. I grinded hard to get it in Reach. And I successfully got the helmet. But I didn't bother to get it in 4 and 5. I hate those games.
It doesn't make it bad naturally but you can't blame people for feeling it's dated or not quite as fun for not having that extra fun little layer of iron-sights. It's kind of along the lines of having full control of your aim in a console shooter. It wasn't there in Golden Eye or Perfect Dark and while it wasn't necessary to the game, going back to those does feel a bit weird and yes, even dated (and even more yes, even to those that grew up with them) for lacking that extra layer of control/immersion.
+PhyreI3ird
I disagree, not having the ability of the ADS felt more immersive to me, if anything ADS has actually ruined halo more than helped it. Example being Halo 5 and how all automatic weapons have become too accurate and are useful at all ranges. Also, Halo CE in my honest opinion doesn't feel dated in terms of mechanics and controls. The only thing dated about Halo CE is its graphics. It was truly a game ahead of its time.
I'm 32, was a teen when Halo dropped. Loved it and still do, but then and still now I hate that I can't aim down the sights lol.
Seeing footage of the big open canyon section from Two Betrayals gave me PTSD false backs. It took me so long to get past that one section.
I remember when it was 2005 and I was 4 years old. My dad wanted to shoe me an experience, Halo CE. I wasnt allowed to play without him back then but it made no difference. I couldn't wait for him to get home to play the game with me and got punished from trying to play by myself. Im now 16 years old and remeber the good times had with my dad. Thanks Act Man, for bringing back memories I didn't know I still had. Halo CE is a classic and what I think is indeed, a masterpiece.
Joobiest I wish I could play ce with my dad, but my dad says it's "too difficult", so I just play on legendary by myself 😑
I played Halo CE to Halo 3 with my cousins, I couldn't step out of their house. Kept going to play legendary , those halo games were just fun.
24:13 Finally someone else that understands that the library is a fun level.
Yes, and the Two Betrayals
The library is my favorite halo level of all time
@@pangolin7398 two betrayals is the hardest and my favorite level so much going on in. Covenant and flood battles were cool
the library is so fun because you have to basically completely change your playstyle to beat it
How is this game still so damned fun 20 years later?
Because it's a good game.
Just finished it now in 2023. One of my best FPS experiences ever. Those devs at Bungie were geniuses. This holds up so well today.
Aside from a few rough edges (the assault rifle's lack of usefulness being the biggest one, as it is completely obsolete if you mastered the plasma pistol/magnum combo), it's aged like fine wine.
Time to rewatch these videos after the Marty O'Donnell interview...
#metoo
#metoo
This video made me get out of bed just to play Halo 1.
NoahTheJerrySpringer I heard the soundtrack on some random video and I played the shit out of it
That masterfully created soundtrack is enough to make anyone cry with emotion. Forget their surroundings almost. Perfect Harmony.
I remember when I first played halo combat evolved and I had went through the ninetendo phases and was currently playing on the PlayStation console . But once I played halo the first time blew me away went bought my own Xbox and halo game been a fan since then it was really different than any other game I had ever played
It is a masterpiece. It was a complete game changer. I went from playing Goldeneye on N64 to Halo. It was mind blowing at the time.
Playing Halo Ce with my brother on a rainy night while eating pizza and blowing shit up ☝.Those were the days😞i had so much fun
Kamudala dang it, i bet those were the good times
I miss them too
I played CE's campaign relentlessly, and play it every few years like im visiting an old friend. I've never done that with any other halo campaign. The physics, ambience, sound effects, and music have never really been repeated.
same but also with halo 2 , honestly the og trilogy is goated
My Top 5 Favorite Halo CE Missions
5: Keys
4: The Maw
3: The Library (I'm Serious)
2: 343 Guilty Spark
1: The Silent Cartographer
What are Yours?
1. The Silent Cartographer
2. The Maw
3. Assault on the Control Room
4. The Pillar of Autumn
5. Halo
1. Two Betrayals
2. Halo
3. Pillar of Autumn
4. The Maw
5. Keyes
ima do this 5 is worst 1 is best
5: libairy
4: keys
3:maw
3: 343 guilty spark
2: halo
1: assult on control room
Caleb BaumTM
My list:
1: Library
2: 343 Guilty spark
3: Attack on the controll room
4: Pillar of Autum
5: Every other level
Im serious about this list :3
My top 6 most favourite missions-
1.The Library (soooo fun and engaging )
2.The Maw (i dont know why but its true )
3.343 Guilty Spark (love speedrunning it )
4.Truth and Reconciliation ( Great Tactical and Stealth Gameplay )
5.Pillar of Autumn (simple )
6.Two Betrayals (tons of vehicles )
“The controls are perfect”. My heretic, Destiny playing, friend still hates Halo only because he can’t aim with the left trigger.
Jorge Alonso, my friend is the same he sweats destiny but refuses to use snipers in halo
Hes mad because halo does it's own thing and it's not copying other games sounds like a pussy
Sounds like your friend doesn't appreciate the simple fun gameplay from the older days of gaming.... Yes let's make all these different complex hard to master game mechanics and controls, that's fun
A super soldier 500 years in the future who has direct connection to the weapon scope from his helmet doesn't need to shove the scope in the face and slow himself down which running and gunning.
@@IwinMahWay you're right he doesn't. But they do it anyways so you have a partial handicap which forces you to use it in the right way and when necessary
Halo 1 CE is still my favorite game, even today.
ODST My first game that a ever played
It’s a very great game that holds up very well, I don’t know if I can say it’s better than the other halos.
asame
I actually prefer *Halo: CE Anniversary* rather than the original version tbh.
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Just wanted to leave you something here - I'd never seen any of your videos before watching this one yesterday. This is incredibly well done. I have so many nostalgic moments and this game holds such a special place in my heart. You were able to capture that in much of your commentary here. I will be a fan of the franchise for as long as it is around thanks to this title. I am now subbed and look forward to checking out your other content. Keep up the good work!
I still play Halo Combat Evolved and it's 2018
Do you play Online? We're 100 people here!
@@Maty2001 where
@@GoBIGclan Halo CE -> Multiplayer -> Join Internet -> Update and select server
@@Maty2001 Well I don't know if you are talking about Halo CE on Original Xbox or on 360, or Halo CE Anniversary on 360 or on Xbox One, or Halo MCC
@@GoBIGclan Ohh
Halo CE in PC!
Every time I hear the soundtrack… damn, all those memories!
For my whole life I have heard people say Halo 1 was great but I never played it before, I joined around Halo 3, but I finally got an xbox 1 and beat it on the MCC and it was so much better than I thought it was gonna be. I always thought people liked it just because it was the OG halo but it was great. I still think I like halo reach more but you should try it if you haven’t already!
I had more fun in Half an hour of Halo PC multiplayer than I have had in the last few months of Halo 5
(Note.
"Fun" = Total Fun - "Fuck You" moments.)
Teletran Gamer yeah bs moments of a 3 shot pistol and being killed out of a tank with an AR, the definition of fun
You can have fun in Halo 5? What are you talking about? I need answers
SalsaSpartan7 Custom games
how is halo 5 not fun, especially playing multiplayer with a group of
friends it makes it even better and you can use teamwork to achieve a
goal, it's just like older halos maybe even better, onl thing I could
see anyone complaining about are the req's and the campaign but I still
think the campaign is pretty interesting and fun if you pay attention to
everytthing, you still get that feeling of accomplishment.
that formula has been in every halo custom games
The "Anti- Son of a Bitch Machine." Johnson called it
I have to say that the note about the music sometimes not playing is on point. It's cool and relaxing to just silently wander through the forest (and hear the sounds of nature) or just listen for sounds when exploring the corridors.
The things I remembered most about this game:
The epic music
How you could melee an enemy with the push of a button using any weapon
Hop in and out of any working vehicle you were near
Just those three things made Halo such a mind-blowing thing to me when I first played it
The "Final Run" section of the mission "Two Betrayals" is still my favorite thing about Halo's campaign. Dozens of Covenant and Flood foot soldiers fighting each other while two wraiths blast mortars constantly, two hunters, and you have to find your way to the banshee at the end through all the chaos. Awesome.
A testament to how effective the buildup to The Flood level is - I’ve beaten Halo CE more times than I can count, but I ALWAYS try to see if I can catch up to those marines at the beginning of the stage.
I always like that in most cases if there was a vehicle like the banshee the covenant would start outside of it and then jump in but you could kill them before they jump in if you played smart. And you could use the fuel rod gun before the final mission. Also getting vehicles where they shouldn't be was a fun challenge.
I just completed the Halo CE campaign for the first time ever. So good man.
dog! so did i literally like 3 days ago. that’s crazy
It’s repetitive garbage. It’s a chore.
I'm doing it now
Heretic
@@EternalReich88 why the hell are you here then?
It's the best Halo of the entire series. The music and mission levels were the greatest, along with the actual storyline.
Lol
This is my first time watching one of your videos. I've intended to for a long time. I must say I'm extremely pleased to see how you approach concepts in your videos. Digging the channel
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this vid! Def wanted to do a good job on it as CE certainly is a Legendary game that deserves it. Hope you enjoy the channel :)
Your certainly one of my favorite content creators already, hands down. Keep it up man!
Keyes: We made a blind jump, how did they...?
Cortana: Get here first? Covenant ships have always been faster.
Sgt. Johnson: 3:47
Spiritfox Love how Johnson’s dialogue actually changes depending on the difficulty you choose.
My favorite enemy's have always been hunters. Kiting and dodging their attacks always felt good and taking them down was always satisfying.
Those are the big spiky ones with the orange backs right? They’re awesome to fight because it feels like it takes more skill and strategy than just gunning them down like the Grunts or Elites.
The dodge and one shot kill feels bad ass.
It's awesome that the reasons and points that make Halo CE a masterpiece are very similar to the points that Halo Infinite has
Good sandbox,
Difficult but fair challenge,
Interesting (somewhat repetitive) world design,
Good graphics for its day,
Mysterious and exciting storytelling,
Iconic music,
Opportunity for intentional player decision,
Great art style,
Player freedom,
Minimum world boundaries
Good pacing,
Fun easter eggs,
Environmental storytelling,
Phenomenal voice acting,
Can't wait to see The Act Man's review of Halo Infinite's Campaign
yes COMRADE TRULY YES
You know today first person shooters have lost their reputation.
I missed those days when I used to get scared by Flood.
The atmosphere, Alone with so many enemies.
Flood was the creepiest thing I ever saw.
The tone, Fog, Atmosphere of level makes the Game just so perfect.
You were scared from flood.
Just you vs world.
It felt like you were there.
Today FPS just sucks.
Did you play CE at a small age?
The only modern fps game I love is Doom. Some are still good but don't really stand out to me compare to older fps games and Doom.
I am a victim of this lol. I didn't play CE until the MCC but i played halo 2 and i was scared to fight the flood and i don't know why. Everytime i face the flood i just want to leave and it felt like zombies which i hate playing to this day but as i got older i love facing the flood and finding out its history
@@amelsalkic2998 Flood is the best thing about halos gameplay and universe lol.
@@revolverocelot1380 I know but when I was younger i hated facing the flood but thats been changed
Thank you so much for talking about what I love about The Library and Two Betrayals -- they're so underrated, people don't understand how pivotal and interesting these levels truly are!
Halo is god, halo is life
Jayden Abraham does that make it a dying god?
QuantumFrost good thing never last long, that's why cod is still going strong.
Halo...a god must rise 😊
Jayden Abraham already did
HALO LOVE it usually goes in phases
I might be weird, but my favorite levels were Assault on the Control room followed by Two betrayals.... And the Maw and Keys..
I always saw the return to old locations not as lazy design, but as a way to increase the importance of the place. While "Keys" could have gotten new passage ways (and it did) it would have been nice if keys was held somewhere new, not on that same bridge. But for Two betrayals, it is logical that the important parts of the main systems running halo would be located close to the control room - the base of operations. Why the map room is on a completely different place anyone can try to figure out...
But yeah, of all the levels in Halo CE, I've spent hundreds of hours in those valleys and on those bridges inbetween the control room and that maintenance tunnel...
I re watch this about 1-2 a year, and every time it brings tears to my eyes. :)
Oh hey Act Man, a cool story to share. I've played halo since I was 8, and it wasn't until I was 17 that I actually started going through a Legendary playthrough. On the level *Assault on the Control Room*, when I got to the bridge with the stealable Banshee, I managed to get into it, but when I took off, all those shade turrets that had been empty on lower difficulties suddenly had people in them. Or when I would cross some of the bridges, an entirely different combination of enemies is waiting. You pop out onto a bridge, expecting some elites, Jackals, and Grunts, but find a pair of Hunters and a fucking Banshee all shooting at you. Really good stuff you don't see anymore.
I'm amazed. Finally someone that feels the same way as i do with Halo!
One thing i would mention is that the assult rifle animation is so goddamn satisfying in halo 1 and that they changed it and made it worse is a damn shame. :(
Awesome video!
That and also the removal of the original pistol. Should have kept put.
I dont play video games but halo still has a special place in my heart
Im gunna go play CE again now
Anyone else really miss the manuals that used to ship with games?! I always read them 😁
All the time. :(
Yeah halo ODST had one I had read a few times