"And now, a rare inside look at Spartan armor. Here we are with some of the engineers responsible for the MJOLNIR system. What might we not have known about this armor as civilians?" "One of the first changes we made early on in the program at the request of the Spartans using the armor was the addition of an actuated panel on the groin which allowed for the user to expose their scrotum and dangle it repeatedly into the mouths of their dead enemies. We of course said it was ridiculous and refused but days later we were put under very serious orders by ONI and we were even threatened to make it happen. But as I understand it proved instrumental in winning the war."
“Do you mind if we turn the lights off?” *The Veteran freezes in his spot* That sold the PTSD he had for me. Just the thought of being in the dark again scared him.
Especially the long pause after they ask if they can kill the lights. Communicates his hesitation and perhaps fear of being taken back to that point in time. Beautifully crafted trailers, that have honestly never been lived up to again.
You feel emotions for the spirit of Veteranhood. A reverance for the noble sacrifice of all who came before to give all that are now what they have. It's not a trivial thing being honoured in this short sequence, but a deep respect for the sacred force that animates us as human beings. It's a message about what it means to be human, that was inspired by the game for which it became an advertisement. That's what we feel, the spirit in humanity which is spoken for by the careful intent on display. Reverence.
I was like “should I actually ask my history teacher or is this a part of humanity that it’s in the secret section of history that we know but try to forget cause it’s too painful and shameful”
Shit. The first ad about the monument itself is the best in my opinion. Something about a monument being constructed by human hands and not machines due to sheer respect of what transpired in a war is just the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.
Veteran: “What happened that night was one of the most intense and traumatic moments of my life” Interviewer: “Hey you mind if we reenact that that night?”
Most if not all UNSC forces were killed the few who survived probably got PTSD like that suicidal marine in all the halo games. Watch the Mona Lisa comic and you'll see what they saw.
Just my opinion halo ce (forget where i read this) few marines together with sgt johnson survive the destruction of the ring. this marines might be silence by oni or other way to cover up the existence of the flood Halo 2 only sgt johnson and commander miranda keyes escape the ring with abiter, since both of them are high ranking officer so they been order to stay silence about the flood Halo 3 no one survive the battle of the ark except MC but at the mombasa there might be few survivors excape when the place been glassed by the order of shipmaster to stop the flood. so there still some rumors or some kind of horror story about the flood that spread eventhough been covered up by the oni and other
They did cover it up, at the end of the level when the Shipmasters fleet is glassing a 3rd of Africa? That's the cover up. The UN/ONI claimed that to be a "lucky breakthrough in that sector of battle whereas a single Covenant ship bypassed the battered lines of the UNSC" They blamed the Covenant for glassing the area. .. which makes sense.
ONI officer: There was many natural disasters that happened during the great war. On the other hand, I suggest you come back with me for... Re-education
@@leliboo2445 actually the remaining UNSC forces at the ark were likely recovered by the Elites and brought back to Earth. Blue team was at the memorial in Voi but like many things Bungie left out, there weren't any cutscenes for
"No Spartan could be listed as KIA, they could only be listed as MIA, Missing, so it could be said that no Spartan was ever killed in combat, so the ceremony was tribute more then a burial." - LT Niraj Shah; UNSC (ret.) This, is quite possibly the greatest advertisement campaign in the history of gaming.
christian velasco no no no you don’t understand. That was propaganda from ONI that’s what’s so clever about it. They were telling everyone the Chief was dead for their own benefits. So they could hunt him down. And Microsoft made them throw it all away.
I always wanted one of these that shit on the Marine AI. "Well, I'd have to say the most memorable moment of the war was when our hog got flipped by one of them Covie plasma tanks. I was sure we we're about to die when two rockets slammed into the tank; it was the chief. Then, he flipped our hog upright and handed me his rocket launcher. And I knew, I knew he meant for me to man the turret, and so I did. But then he just looked at me for a few seconds, so I figured he actually meant for me to drive. Jenkins jumped in the side-seat and we waited for the chief to jump on. And then the chief looked at me until I got out of the driver seat, and took my rocket launcher from me and gave it to Jenkins. So Jenkins jumped in the drivers seat and I manned the gun. Then we drove off, and I couldn't see his face but I was sure the chief was proud of us."
I remember when the chief was driving a mongoose with another marine on the back who had a rocket launcher. I myself was on the back of another one also with a launcher. When the scarab turned up the chief immediately dove into battle and drove to it. That's when I opened fire onto the scarab hitting the chief immediately and almost pushing him of the map from the explosion. His weapon missfired and shot my driver. He took my weapon and left me there for my safety I suppose before driving off to the scarab. I ran behind him for a few meters but I understood that he wanted me to be safe. He gave us hope.
"Where is the Chief's grave?" "No one really knows. There was a ceramony held five years ago just as a symbolic gesture. The coffin was empty." I don't know why but that part kind of hit me.
It was a pretty gutsy move putting that detail because this trailer was released before the game was released (obviously), so that was like a major spoiler and yet somehow it still didn't detract from the impact of the game ending.
I personally like to believe that after Halo 3. That was it. No Halo 4. 5… Infinite. Just Chief still floating in space waiting for rescue. Still up there, his happily ever after, waiting for him.
Could you imagine how mad these people were when they realized Chief never died and was in fact MIA? And then for him to be slandered by ONI and watch as the new guys started to hunt him?
@@jakobzeppelin588 I never joined but for some reason,even though it’s fictional sci-fi this series, this give me an immense appreciation for those that fight to defend humanity. Thank you for your service.
The part when the veteran soldier picks up the Spiker and says he’s doesn’t like holding it gives me chills, he probably thinks how many fellow Marines did this gun kill...
In the lore it’s mentioned the Spiker’s rounds smell like burnt hair and the wounds they cause are horrifying. The twin bayonets can easily amputate a human arm in one swing if wielded by a Brute. Halo Landfall gives an idea of what Spiker wounds look like. They’re a terrifying weapon.
I love the way he comments on how heavy it is and mentions that the Brutes would wield such weapons in a single hand. Reminds you that the thing he's holding was never meant for humans. It adds some depth to his distaste for it.
@@oneask1 It's what ODST should have been IMO, instead of the psuedo detective style game they tried to cram into it. ODST should have been a lot grittier like Republic Commandos (Star Wars).
Can someone please show this to the idiots in charge of the halo tv show so they can see how it's properly done and give this franchise the respect it deserves.
It’s too late, writing is at a foundational level in storytelling, they can’t recover from what they’ve done because their sheer hubris and ego will not allow them to start again
Dankley THIS!!! YES!!! With all the grit, blood, destruction, mud and horror that the real soldiers of the war faced. I want to feel terrified and outnumbered and outgunned, being stalked by a haunting alien race, hearing them laugh as they pin me down in burnt rubble... We need this game.
Dankley if that happens, I think it should be kinda like the beginning of BattleField 1. Where you play as many different marines throughout the campaign that all end up dying depressingly with MEANINGFUL DEATHS, and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. The game must truly capture the horrors of war, in artstyle, characters and gameplay.
The monument itself as an idea... A Museum of Humanity to celebrate the survival of a species. A monument hand carved with painstaking detail with no machine assistance. There's something really special about that.
The actors they got for this are spectacular. You can really buy these guys as veterans. The whole series is really beautifully done. Nice addition of music and editing!
bloodrunsclear Thanks for the compliments. The soundtrack for Halo 3 was such a masterpiece, that I felt that by adding a little bit in the background made this collection really come together.
If I could have changed one thing to make it more believable, it would have been the jargon. Like, include model numbers and caliburs instead of just "sniper rifle," and "shotgun." *impossibly deep voice* "Me? I used shotguns. Mostly the older M90. The m45s were still rare, and most weren't distributed until the counteroffensive."
@@joffrecordan That's a bit of a double edged sword... If you want to confuse an American soldier, ask him to describe an M1. He won't know if you're talking about an entrenching tool, a main battle tank, a World War 2 battle rifle, or a water canteen. Also, it's accurate for a vet to "dumb down" his terminology, so as to not confuse the civvie that he's talking to.
4:53 "We knew Master Chief was still in the fight, he gave us hope." The way this paid actor delivered this line was with such unbelievable amounts of emotion and heart, I can really believe this guy fought alongside Master Chief, while almost crying myself. The greatest ad campaign for a video game ever.
We saw it in some trailers. Spartans jet packing to the surface from above and landing between the covenant and the marines and civilians. Spartans were like gods.
Opening to Halo 4 as Halsey talks about the Spartans being all that stood between humanity and extinction you see some jet down in front of regular humans like a wall of badass.
whats even crazier is there a real Master Chiefs who never got to come home because they made the ultimate sacrifice, only a few remember them and after 100 years they are long forgotten. My grandfather was a Vet from WW2 but after I die I doubt anyone will remember him
@@Person0fColorwhat branch? My grandfather was U.S. Army Air Corps. I literally have all his documents, including his original DD-214 signed by Eisenhower. My father was U.S. Navy. I'm an only child, myself - by the time it came for me to be of enlistment age, it was 2002. I didn't enlist, myself (the risks were too great) but I literally build this country for a living. My son will know who he comes from. Have children and pass along the stories and history to them, and your grandfather's story will never die.
@@RighteousJ My Grandfather served in the South Pacific, non combat duty. He had to endure the hardships of the Great Depression and the Oklahoma Diaspora only to be drafted into the army. I ended up serving in the marines. I grew up in a house behind my grandpa. We had about an acre of land and every night he would go to where we kept the pigs and the sheep and the cows and chickens and just watch the sun go down. I was too young at the time but Ill always wonder what he was thinking. I spend lots of my time thinking about my time in service and Im sure he did the same. At his funeral in March of 03' some 500 people showed up. He was a great American
its a good sentiment but in reality honors are not about the soldier who earned them. they are about the soldiers who didn't. sometimes we honor soldiers only for doing what was expected of them because we want to inspire everyone else to live up to his or her example. it builds morale. if you take the master chief's sentiment to the extreme, then no soldier would ever be honored. we're expected to destroy the enemy. give our lives if necessary for our brothers and the mission. what menial accomplishments can we make that warrant recognition compared to that? there are none. but commanders still find excuses to hand out awards because of the effect it has on the other soldiers, not because of the effect it has on the one being honored.
What's sadder We fought with these men, as the Chief - from the defense of Reach, across the Halo rings, through the Battle for Earth, and beyond They were our gunner in the Warthogs, drove with us down the battlefield in the Scorpion, traded their shotgun for our SMG We saw their squadmates die with them, we sat behind cover and dodged Needlers in the mud with them, we did all of this among the old tired men you see in this video They were our friends, our brothers in arms
I always did my best to trh to keep them alive. I recently beat the trilogy for the first time on PC. I had the best luck in Halo 3. I firmly say with confidence that these are the men I saved.
It's really a shame that these corporations and companies that make games believe that fans are so desensitized that they can't appreciate art when it's in front of them. This game came out almost ten years ago - now the only thing left of that era is the cheap pre-order bonus ploys and micro transactions. What happened to taking pride in one's work? What happened to trusting in ones passion for their art form to make something a success?
What happened was that fans started shitting on them for just minor mistakes, the young gamers are more bloodlustful then the ones that grew up with Halo, Call of Duty, Unreal Tournament etc.
That's exactly what I mean; it's a matter of getting in bed with the right people in order to "be successful [cough]-make money-[cough]". The way I see it, making good games is like making a good film. Like Jackie Chan says - "whatever you do, do the best you can because the film lives forever. Would you go to every theatre to explain to the audience why the film was not your best? When the audience sits in the theatre they see: good movie, bad movie - that’s all". So I do blame devs to a degree - they are unique groups of people with unique sets of skills; if you have pure passion for what you do, take pride in your work, trust in your abilities and the abilities of your team, then there is no reason why you should bet on anyone but yourself. This campaign advert is a direct testament to that notion. That's just how I see it.
so far, what i have seen. only very very few do this. and 2 of these developers are japanese. Hideo Kojima, and Yoko Taro. landing with the Metal Gear series. and the Nier series games. Bunji is just a shell now, rebranded and recrewed as a diffrent company under the name. doing just as you said. games are small now, and little work goes into them. CSGO, CoD, Overwatch, Destiny, Siege, Payday. ect. If you go back, just to 2015. Metal gear solid V. was mr. Hideo's last games. it was built from single player up in concentration. to show a story, with art to help tell that story. expressions, actions, scenes, feelings. Every metal gear game he made. he put his faith of art into it. he wanted to make art, not a video game. He was also on the way to doing the same thing with his latest game, Silent Hill. or P.T. back in the day. but was shut down and layed off. though him and his developers made a team, called Kojima productions thats making a great new series. Jump back a few months from now and we have what might be the final Nier game. built to be art, to show a story. Each of mr. Taro's games have done this from nearly the beginning. so far in the line. Now games such as doom. is just arcade. run and gun. i mean it is a great stress releaver and the such to just blast away and shit. but, even that it DOES hold a story. its not about its art, its story guides it to the next levels of just killing things. Hell even CAPCOM use to be there. RE4 was their last great success. Then we have Rockstar whose goal is to outdo themselves some x2 fold then their previous game, theyre all about detail and freedom in their games. i dont know of any other company that plays story and art over generic fighting... other then Sony Entertainment. Their games are AMAZING in graphics, in story, and in art with just enough combat or fighting in them. their games are like books though, you usually have only one way to play them and have achievements on how to get to the end by doing this or that through the story. which is fine. but has very little replay value to it.
The actors for this video are genuinely incredible. The veteran’s hesitation to pick up the spiker, the pause of the other one after being asked if the lights could be turned off, the facial scars of the one who picked up the sniper rifle casing. It wouldn’t surprise me if these are actual veterans, likely from the Vietnam War. I also love the fear and dread that are depicted in each of the Marines in the diorama. It was truly a war for survival. Something that can’t really be portrayed in the games. Plus, it goes to show that Master Chief was doing more than just fighting during our campaign levels. I love it. The amount of work, dedication, and so much else truly created a timeless masterpiece.
@7:28 The soldier actually starts whispering when the lights go out as if he was back there on that night. He didnt need to, the reporter didnt but he did just cause he was in a moment transported back to that haunting night
Honestly the ad campaign for Halo 5 - "Hunt the Truth" was EXTREMELY well done, the problem was it was almost false advertising because the game itself was so different. Still, Hunt the Truth was really exciting.
"A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him." Genuinely made me tear up a little bit, because of how well this statement applies to the Halo Community vs Halo 4 & 5. Edit: ...and Infinite.
I wish 343 didn't decide to side with book fans. The best thing about Master Chief being a vessel for the player was that ad campaigns like THIS were made to honor the fans that made the series a success. I play Halo to play as the Master Chief (The hero of the games) not John S-117 (The guy you read about in the books) 343 and book fans just don't get it. Halo was great because it didn't hold your hand and tell you how to feel. Halo 4 forces its dramatic story and people still eat it up despite it not being earned. It was supposed to be a start to a new trilogy, but it felt like it was a part 2 to one instead of a proper start. It was too dark and serious too damn quick. Halo Infinite by visuals alone looks like what I wanted Halo 4 to be and that's how I'm choosing to view it if it turns out good. I just hope Joe Staten can save it.
@@gabethebabe3337 yeah but at the same time you can't expect them to make another story like 1 - 3. Many would get tired if they just made another "Chief fights in war" story. Also Halo 3 actually tried to humanize the chief. Not as much as 4 but it completely ruins your abrupt start complaint about 4's story
@@Bigbodybigbeefybody I disagree. His trust of Cortana being the point of WHY the humans went to the Ark and Chief rescuing her was him personally showing his character as not just a mindless soldier you’re in control of during the game.
Could be both. I mean some returning soldiers could have tried to get into acting. A lot of the old movie stars served in WW2 Then again a lot of people served in WW2 so idk
every diehard halo fan cried when we saw master-chief being held by a chieftain, then we saw the plasma grenade and i just smiled like there you go, go out in style
@@t__v I read. Took awhile to find the information. Just would have been polite if you know the info to tell the person. I would have done that for you. But thanks anyhow.
In Halo Infinite's campaihn, I felt pure hatred when I heard the grunts on the comm channel taunting Humanity and how we were killed. I grabbed a designated marksman rifle and moved the Chief to cut down everything in front of me. I loved it when one Sangheili said "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" Before I grappled him into a Superman Punch and sent him to hell.. "I'm redeeming Mankind, that's what the fuck I'm doing."
Darius Now if someone did an ad similar to this people will tear it a new one and call it nazi propaganda because it doesn't have a fat black pan-sexual in it.
"To ensure historical accuaracy the boot camp induction scans of every marine involved in the battle were obtained from the United Nation's Space Command records. In this way the artists were able to place the right face to the right soldier. After each face is completed it is matched to a body which has been rendered complete with uniform and body armor, then carved by hand. It was the artists vision for this tribute to humanity, that each piece be shaped by the hand of man, without the aid of robotic model-making systems. Each handmade soldier is posed, painted and placed in the battlefield; both the victorious and the fallen." feels
If only this kind of love, cherishment, honor, dignity, and respect was given to real men of real wars. Homage to that which transpired and to the victorious, and the fallen.
@@GlobalOutcast I mean, this would super offensive for real conflicts. Imagine immortalizing those who died painfully and horribly in diorama for all to gawk at. That's why real war monuments are solemn and simple, traditional or otherwise. Nothing gratuitous like this lol.
It's like the current devs, marketers and producers of any Official halo media forgot this goldmine they were left by Bungie. The tone impact and realism all blended so well. Enthralling to young and adult halo fans alike ,this represents almost a plateau of the Halo storytelling
It's unbelievable. It almost seems like it's on purpose. There is no other logical way to explain the myopia. Wtf. Halo could go soooooo deep, they only need to look to the novels, while they struggle for plot, good writers are expanding the lexicon in print, This doesn't fucking compute to me. It's either bureaucracy or ignorance, or a bit of both. The braintrust at Microsoft Studios is probably wondering why the last 3 Halo titles failed, but never considered fan engagement, and little nuggets like this video, or the ODST trailer, they made a fucking film quality trailer for a secondary game title. It was all genius, and it felt important. It was masterful. Now what? Nothing. Bethesda acquisitions. Ugh. It's over. It seems like the world at large is purposefully detaching from Humanity. There's no other explanation. Clearly profit doesn't matter. If it did, we would have had progressively better Halo titles after Halo 3, thats where it all went wrong.
It feels so wrong to have halo games after the war, these trailers really make you feel that sense of despair at the losing war, with the tears that would follow when it is done
I had to stick with The Duke until 2010 but I got a 360 elite on my 12th birthday with a copy of halo 2 and Lego Batman. That same year, I got Halo 3 ODST and Halo 3 in the same case from a local pawn shop. I almost felt bad that they had given me a game valued at $60 for $7... almost.
That’s 5 years way too long on the Duke my friend. Though, I really wish I had a working version in my collection. The controller is an icon to the true con osier.
Banshee Jacked I still have mine from 2002 but they were petty shabby, my bumper fell off after my little brother flung it at my head back in 05 I think, I currently have it in a big box of Xbox stuff and I’m looking for replacement bumper
I remember when Halo gave a very distinct vibe to its games. The feeling of if we didnt finish the fight, all of humanity is done for. I remember how serious it was to see a covenant assault carrier over New Mombasa or even how bad it was finding a second Halo installation. When I think of Halo 4 and 5 it honestly just gave me the sense that it is focusing on one character, the chief where in Halos 1 - 3 it gave you the understanding that we do this for humanity. I know its a game and all but honestly its stories like this that make it inspirational.
343's biggest mistake was making Halo into a character-driven story. Chief worked well as a semi-player-insert, because even though he wasn't the most complicated character, the Halo games were driven by the events going on around the player. In Bungie's games, you always got the feeling that you were a small part of a much larger battle, even if the most important pieces fell onto your shoulders as Master Chief. Halo 4 retained that feeling to a certain degree, but Halo 5 just threw it out the window. In the story of Halo 5, anything that doesn't directly affect Chief, Blue Team, or Osiris might as well not even have happened.
I mean when you think about it 343 had a huge mountain to climb after Halo3/Reach. In all the first Halo games we have this sense of this impossible task/war taking place against the Covenant and then the Flood gets thrown in as well and is somehow worse. After the third game though and the Covenant is beaten/broken up /friendly with us and the Flood doesn't even appear. They've had to build the stakes all the way back up again and about as close as they can be with the A.I. rebellion...though they want to forcefully watch over us and not annihilate us like the Covenant did.
I always avoid everything about story before I play a game. It really did feel like humanity's last stand. At first it seemed like Earth would be unassailable. Then you see the ease with which Malta and Athens platforms were destroyed... Seeing Delta Halo? I had almost the same reaction as Johnson. All of that again? While Earth was under attack? And ODST! All you really accomplish is capturing an engineer, blowing up the ONI building, and slowing the Covenant down a little. Most of the time all you're doing is just trying to group up and survive.
@@theicemanleaveth sign of the times. individualism is in and the "we do this for humanity" story telling vibe is out. i blame late stage capitalism and the crumbling of community/society in the last 10-20 years.
"and wait for the master chief" That's give me the chill and awe for him. Only the marines in covenant war knows how much of a hope master chief bring to humanity is
Man.. the amount of love and detail here. As a Veteran, these guys SELL the "War vet" feel to me, the care, the dedication. this is what Halo deserved for a TV series.. not.. Not what we got from paramount.
"Dear Humanity, we Regret being alien bastards, we Regret coming to Earth, and we most definitely Regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy ass fleet!" Sergeant Johnson.
It's been so long since I watched these that I didn't even realize you'd added music. As far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing. It means you did it cleanly enough that I didn't recognize it as out of place.
+buca117 Thanks. These clips were so amazing when they stand alone, but when I brought them all together, I wanted to tie them together with music from the Halo 3 soundtrack. It was a subtle addition, but I really enjoy it. I'm glad you did too.
buca117 I definitely noticed it, and didn't really like it since it kind of took away from the tone of the interviews, imo. Either way, you can't really screw these ads up.
I know it's been years and years, but the whisper here at 7:27 . The thought that he didn't have to whisper knowing the battle is over and long done, but still did with the shaken and scared tone like he's back there on that same night just like it's a reflex because of the dark and the scenery always gets me.
Because the Tv show writers were super pretentious and went out of their way to ignore all of the games, books, and established lore. While BELIEVE was made with heart
Can we appreciate this video please?!?? A fake documentary about a fake tribute to a fake war that exists in a video game?!?? Absolutely brings you in to the Halo world with incredible attention to detail and acting. Just phenomenal!!!
I remember watching this as a kid. Actually crying having some feeling towards the soldiers. In a few months I will be heading to San Diego for boot camp. I believe halo has an impact on my choice.
It's amazing to look back on this time. Halo's popularity was so massive, so impossible to ignore, that it received mainstream attention, and it seemed like the media, the normies, and the boomers were going to be forced to treat gaming seriously. What the hell happened?
343 decided to chase trends instead of keeping what made halo great. And they almost got it right with infinte but their shitty work polices snuffed that game’s potential
Can someone please stop cutting those onions....that was so epic, sad, and deeply nostalgic at the same time. Bungie I salute you, and Banshee Jacked, thank you for putting this together and uploading it
I just saw a post from the official Halo account that said "Growing up is realizing Spartans *do* die," and i just had to come back here to mentally bleach my mind and remember what Halo is *supposed* to be like.
The acting for these characters is incredible. I feel a genuine, authentic pain from these guys when they have to relive through, possibly, the most traumatic events of their lives for the sake of informing future generations of their sacrifice. That guy picking up the Spiker and saying he didn't like holding it - that hits. That Spiker had killed many of his friends, other marines, and possibly even innocent people during the invasion of New Mombasa, and to him it probably feels disgusting to have to hold.
@@TheCopyNinja733/videos Paid by Micro and Soft, Bungie was fully involved. At that time Micro and extremely Soft wasn't doing squat in the game, they were content with how things were. Then they decided to squeeze more and Bungie up and quit.
Watching this always makes me weep. I think about museums dedicated to WWI and WWII and the sheer authenticity of how this “documentary” is produced and it just breaks my heart to watch.
If the “show” has half as much emotion and amazing acting as these then it will quite literally be the best thing ever produced. A series or film franchise, that focuses on getting it right and not the money is what we want, it’s what we need, it’s what we deserve!
@@kreigguardsman3355 you know, I was so disappointed. Master Cheeks was all in the camera with his helmet and clothes off. If it was about some random Spartan…ok maybe, but don’t call this Master Chief. And just like with everything else in Hollywood they completely ignore the source material to be “woke”
I've never seen the full ad campaign until today. Only the diorama. It's beautiful and chilling. Crazy to think it takes place in 2610. Even In the current games' settings, that's far into the future. There's many more battles that these veterans and Chief have participated in that we haven't even heard of yet.
well done, this brings back memories, loved the stories about the human-covenant war my grandpa used to tell me, kind of wish for another war like this, it brings out the best in us
Sheogorath Unearth I think he means he want humanity to work together than against each other. As much I disagree, it seem when humanity is threaten is only when humanity want to cooperative with each other to agree as one.
Being in the US Military. Hearing the words “No Soldier should be honored for doing what is expected” hits..... It hits very hard. I agreed with it when I watched this when I was just a kid. And I still do.
probably the best marketing for a video game ever. I'm doubtful that there will ever be a better one actually. unless Bungie goes to similar lengths for Destiny 3, but i doubt it.
"No Spartan could be listed as KIA. They could only be listed as MIA, missing, so it could be said no Spartan was ever killed in combat." I'm pissing buckets from my eyes knowing that Chief died at the end of Halo 3 and never woke up from cryo.
"I saw master chief kill 7 brutes and then crouch and stand repeatedly over their corpses... It was a beautiful sight."
"And now, a rare inside look at Spartan armor. Here we are with some of the engineers responsible for the MJOLNIR system. What might we not have known about this armor as civilians?"
"One of the first changes we made early on in the program at the request of the Spartans using the armor was the addition of an actuated panel on the groin which allowed for the user to expose their scrotum and dangle it repeatedly into the mouths of their dead enemies. We of course said it was ridiculous and refused but days later we were put under very serious orders by ONI and we were even threatened to make it happen. But as I understand it proved instrumental in winning the war."
@@hi-fistereo8987 Oh my God this is fucking priceless!! How does this not have more likes???!!!!
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Its amazing how an ad campaign for a fictional war can evoke such emotion
Oliver Ibbett It was real, you just gotta believe
Fuck man I just tear'd up at your reply...
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So true!
Getting real Band of Brothers vibes from these ads/trailers actually.
Would watch a mockumentary of the war with the covenants for sure.
5:17 "Well I, uh, I used the Shotgun"
-Every Halo Player ever
Veteran Soul Would usually take that ironically, but then i saw your subscriptions.
what does call of duty have to do with my comment?
DovahRS He still thinks Halo and COD always compete like 2007-2011 when they were in direct competition
Improvised line lol
Use the energy sword against the flood its a one hit kill in halo 2
"I saw the Chief cave a man's skull in because he needed some sniper ammo. A true hero to humanity." -A marine with an assault rife
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Lmfaooooooo
Lmfao a year later and this still made me bust out laughing at work
He then proceeded to T-bag the man..... Strange.
This comment pops into my mind every once in a while, and makes my day every time
“Do you mind if we turn the lights off?”
*The Veteran freezes in his spot*
That sold the PTSD he had for me. Just the thought of being in the dark again scared him.
Especially the long pause after they ask if they can kill the lights. Communicates his hesitation and perhaps fear of being taken back to that point in time.
Beautifully crafted trailers, that have honestly never been lived up to again.
Garthorium ODST and a reach trailer got close. Also the misleading af hunt the truth was interesting at first before we realized it was a lie
Especially the part when the interviewer told one of the marines to pick up the spiker. You could tell that the marine hated to just even look at it
I never really thought about that.
But you are right it really does show a lot.
That was trippy. I scrolled down on exactly this as they said it
The TV series we should have gotten
@JW2 We all did
I can’t believe an ad got the series better than the TV show.
I know right
This was definitely the correct tone in terms of visuals and grit.
343 should have studied halo 3 that the the reason the why they losing the halo fans
This didn't even happen and I feel emotions for these "Veterans".
You feel emotions for the spirit of Veteranhood. A reverance for the noble sacrifice of all who came before to give all that are now what they have. It's not a trivial thing being honoured in this short sequence, but a deep respect for the sacred force that animates us as human beings. It's a message about what it means to be human, that was inspired by the game for which it became an advertisement. That's what we feel, the spirit in humanity which is spoken for by the careful intent on display. Reverence.
No you don't yo uh are an npc
@@shawnhimes3004😂😂😂😂😂
That's the magic of professional acting. It's part of what tells a great story.
NPC 372874758362 it’s a highly realistic future. Mabye not fighting aliens. But super-soldiers aren’t far away from being created.
These totally confused me when I was a kid. "HALO HAPPENED?!?!"
Skip Skylark lol same here
I was like “should I actually ask my history teacher or is this a part of humanity that it’s in the secret section of history that we know but try to forget cause it’s too painful and shameful”
Lmao
@@2316severitaln shhh you know to much
@@2316severitaln *ONI wants to know your location*
My great-great grandson died in this battle.
GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT DIED
my great great great grandson will die there too.
Mine will have been horribly disfigured
@@D.M.S. this tragedy will have been preventable
Life expectancy must get much better pretty soon.
"How did you keep it together"
"We knew Master Chief was still in the fight"
Bro 😢
Meanwhile IRL gamer pauses the game to check if his pizza rolls are finished cooking, and to take a piss break.
That acting deserves an oscar i almost cried
Who else wants an entire documentary of this
Nate Burnett Me
Absolutely!
That would make Halo when it was still owned by Bungie complete.
Corn Bird OMFG YES
A documentary on the war in the Halo Lore, or a documentary on the marketing for Halo 3 and Halo 3 in general?
imagine a full-length mockumentary about the Human-Covenant War
I would be shedding more tears than I did in these sub 12 minutes
Hey bro why don't you people just wait for next 500 years? You will get the definition straightforward in your hands
Werner Herzog to Narrate
Yes
I would definitely watch that. They should have the song "Elegy" by Lisa Gerrard.
Shit. The first ad about the monument itself is the best in my opinion. Something about a monument being constructed by human hands and not machines due to sheer respect of what transpired in a war is just the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.
I agree indefinitely.
That hit me really hard. Lump in the throat.
Nearly cried in class
i agree, but I was kind of robbed of my immersion when I saw the sculptors using 3D programs I recognize from the real world.
@@Ryan-hj8il that's what u get for knowing stuff, nerd
Veteran: “What happened that night was one of the most intense and traumatic moments of my life”
Interviewer: “Hey you mind if we reenact that that night?”
Trully captured the journalist essences
PTSD intensifies
Good to see CNN made it into the 2500's
@@JordanScottMills nah just journalists, during a job interview the interviewer always checks for a soul
" we had to wait for the Master chief.
probably the masterchief: "HeY yOuTuBe!!!! ToDaY wE aRe GoInG tO fInD tHe SeCrEt ScArAb WeApOn In HaLo 3
At first, I wondered why the Flood weren't mentioned. Then it occurred to me that the existence of the Flood was probably covered up by ONI.
Most if not all UNSC forces were killed the few who survived probably got PTSD like that suicidal marine in all the halo games. Watch the Mona Lisa comic and you'll see what they saw.
Just my opinion
halo ce (forget where i read this)
few marines together with sgt johnson survive the destruction of the ring. this marines might be silence by oni or other way to cover up the existence of the flood
Halo 2
only sgt johnson and commander miranda keyes escape the ring with abiter, since both of them are high ranking officer so they been order to stay silence about the flood
Halo 3
no one survive the battle of the ark except MC but at the mombasa there might be few survivors excape when the place been glassed by the order of shipmaster to stop the flood. so there still some rumors or some kind of horror story about the flood that spread eventhough been covered up by the oni and other
They did cover it up, at the end of the level when the Shipmasters fleet is glassing a 3rd of Africa? That's the cover up. The UN/ONI claimed that to be a "lucky breakthrough in that sector of battle whereas a single Covenant ship bypassed the battered lines of the UNSC"
They blamed the Covenant for glassing the area. .. which makes sense.
ONI officer: There was many natural disasters that happened during the great war. On the other hand, I suggest you come back with me for... Re-education
@@leliboo2445 actually the remaining UNSC forces at the ark were likely recovered by the Elites and brought back to Earth. Blue team was at the memorial in Voi but like many things Bungie left out, there weren't any cutscenes for
"No Spartan could be listed as KIA, they could only be listed as MIA, Missing, so it could be said that no Spartan was ever killed in combat, so the ceremony was tribute more then a burial."
- LT Niraj Shah; UNSC (ret.)
This, is quite possibly the greatest advertisement campaign in the history of gaming.
Then 343 said "fug dat" and made the Halo 5 ads saying "the Master Chief has died".
Bee Tay master chief and noble Six were the only people in the human race listed as hyperlethal
hands down the greatest, no questions asked. What other 10 year old ads have you intentional searched for in your life?
@@chrisrichfield8906 Billy Mays
christian velasco no no no you don’t understand. That was propaganda from ONI that’s what’s so clever about it. They were telling everyone the Chief was dead for their own benefits. So they could hunt him down. And Microsoft made them throw it all away.
I always wanted one of these that shit on the Marine AI. "Well, I'd have to say the most memorable moment of the war was when our hog got flipped by one of them Covie plasma tanks. I was sure we we're about to die when two rockets slammed into the tank; it was the chief. Then, he flipped our hog upright and handed me his rocket launcher. And I knew, I knew he meant for me to man the turret, and so I did. But then he just looked at me for a few seconds, so I figured he actually meant for me to drive. Jenkins jumped in the side-seat and we waited for the chief to jump on. And then the chief looked at me until I got out of the driver seat, and took my rocket launcher from me and gave it to Jenkins. So Jenkins jumped in the drivers seat and I manned the gun. Then we drove off, and I couldn't see his face but I was sure the chief was proud of us."
That’s fucking awesome
Man that is wholesome, this is canon to me.
I remember when the chief was driving a mongoose with another marine on the back who had a rocket launcher. I myself was on the back of another one also with a launcher. When the scarab turned up the chief immediately dove into battle and drove to it. That's when I opened fire onto the scarab hitting the chief immediately and almost pushing him of the map from the explosion. His weapon missfired and shot my driver. He took my weapon and left me there for my safety I suppose before driving off to the scarab. I ran behind him for a few meters but I understood that he wanted me to be safe. He gave us hope.
Lol this must be the funniest thing I've read this year....
then he shot us for our br ammo
"Where is the Chief's grave?"
"No one really knows. There was a ceramony held five years ago just as a symbolic gesture. The coffin was empty."
I don't know why but that part kind of hit me.
It was a pretty gutsy move putting that detail because this trailer was released before the game was released (obviously), so that was like a major spoiler and yet somehow it still didn't detract from the impact of the game ending.
I personally like to believe that after Halo 3. That was it.
No Halo 4. 5… Infinite.
Just Chief still floating in space waiting for rescue. Still up there, his happily ever after, waiting for him.
@@LinkiePup thats how I see it too. Halos story ended after 3.
@@halinaqi2194 what about reach
@@ImproveyourlifeYT I was talking chronologically in the story, I include reach.
Could you imagine how mad these people were when they realized Chief never died and was in fact MIA? And then for him to be slandered by ONI and watch as the new guys started to hunt him?
All military personnel in the UNSC already knew that when a Spartan dies they are listed as MIA and not KIA
Yeah I really hate fucking Halo 4 and Halo 5 and especially since this no longer remains canon
@@DeadManSinging1 Halo is a brilliant franchise, but every story has an end. 3 was meant to be the be all end all.
@@DeadManSinging1 ironically the gameplay is the best its ever been.
@@manz7860 No, its not. Dont equate "newer" with "better"
“Chief told me once, that no soldier should be honored for doing what is expected.”
That hit hard as an active service member. It’s just a SciFi story but goddamn I had to choke for a minute.
@@jakobzeppelin588 I never joined but for some reason,even though it’s fictional sci-fi this series, this give me an immense appreciation for those that fight to defend humanity.
Thank you for your service.
I beleived that then... and I still do.
Fuckin easy for you to say when you have half a tonne of armor, an energy shield, and unlimited respawns master chef.
I still get a shiver down my spine whenever Chief looks up while holding the plasma grenade
Danilo Novakovich That was actually Will 043.
Spooky scary skeletons
@@trinalbulletx2169 no
@@trinalbulletx2169 Isn't that the bloke who punched the guts out of a Hunter in Ghosts of Onyx?
Always thought that was cheesy. Rest of it was pretty good though.
The part when the veteran soldier picks up the Spiker and says he’s doesn’t like holding it gives me chills, he probably thinks how many fellow Marines did this gun kill...
In the lore it’s mentioned the Spiker’s rounds smell like burnt hair and the wounds they cause are horrifying. The twin bayonets can easily amputate a human arm in one swing if wielded by a Brute. Halo Landfall gives an idea of what Spiker wounds look like. They’re a terrifying weapon.
I love the way he comments on how heavy it is and mentions that the Brutes would wield such weapons in a single hand. Reminds you that the thing he's holding was never meant for humans. It adds some depth to his distaste for it.
@@sErgEantaEgis12 yeah the medic having to buzzsaw off the spike impaling that one marine was pretty brutal
Hard to believe an 11 minute ad campaign for a video game evokes more emotion than an entire tv show.
Yeah
I still don't know how they made it so bad
@@noble6392 fuck how they made it so bad, how did these guys do it this WELL? I cried during these ads. they didn't have to go this hard.
7:32 imagine a Halo horror game playing as a marine trying to evade covenant patrols until you finally make it to the Master Chief.
basically Halo 3 ODST
@@oneask1 It's what ODST should have been IMO, instead of the psuedo detective style game they tried to cram into it. ODST should have been a lot grittier like Republic Commandos (Star Wars).
I bet you could make a game mode like this with Forge. Low light, limited ammo, the works.
@@yosephjoda just like the Reach days when people made the best zombies custom games with that dark purple effect on.
Can someone please show this to the idiots in charge of the halo tv show so they can see how it's properly done and give this franchise the respect it deserves.
Well, those idiots are no longer in charge. Paramount kicked whole studio out of the project, this is why I'm waiting for season 2.
They never cared.
Look up the concept of "cultural vandalism" sometime.
@@Mr.Massenko Paramount ARE the idiots in charge
It’s too late, writing is at a foundational level in storytelling, they can’t recover from what they’ve done because their sheer hubris and ego will not allow them to start again
Whenever you watch this, it gives you the lump in your throat. You want to cry of how beautiful it was.
I fully agree. This was clearly the height of the Halo Franchise.
Even though its complete fiction....propaganda at its finest
It still does. It is so believable. And then the music. Chokes me up. :(
They put so much fucking work into this campagin
Eren Yeager They really wanted to make that money
I want a game called UNSC: a Halo Story where you play as a marine during the events of halo 1-3
Dankley that sounds great
Dankley THIS!!! YES!!! With all the grit, blood, destruction, mud and horror that the real soldiers of the war faced. I want to feel terrified and outnumbered and outgunned, being stalked by a haunting alien race, hearing them laugh as they pin me down in burnt rubble... We need this game.
It’ll be a short game lol
Agreed
Dankley if that happens, I think it should be kinda like the beginning of BattleField 1. Where you play as many different marines throughout the campaign that all end up dying depressingly with MEANINGFUL DEATHS, and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
The game must truly capture the horrors of war, in artstyle, characters and gameplay.
Marine: "we had to go dark and hide for 7 hours to wait to rv with the chief"
Master Chief: "...so anyways I came in and started blasting"
"..we see how we were outnumbered, outgunned, outmatched.."
But never outmanned. Thank you, master chief.
You are welcome
But not out fought.
The monument itself as an idea... A Museum of Humanity to celebrate the survival of a species. A monument hand carved with painstaking detail with no machine assistance. There's something really special about that.
The actors they got for this are spectacular. You can really buy these guys as veterans.
The whole series is really beautifully done. Nice addition of music and editing!
bloodrunsclear Thanks for the compliments. The soundtrack for Halo 3 was such a masterpiece, that I felt that by adding a little bit in the background made this collection really come together.
Yeah, if it weren't for the lines they were given. The men they got acted just like the kind of men you speak with at the VFW.
There were prob all world war 2/korea veterans
If I could have changed one thing to make it more believable, it would have been the jargon. Like, include model numbers and caliburs instead of just "sniper rifle," and "shotgun." *impossibly deep voice* "Me? I used shotguns. Mostly the older M90. The m45s were still rare, and most weren't distributed until the counteroffensive."
@@joffrecordan That's a bit of a double edged sword... If you want to confuse an American soldier, ask him to describe an M1. He won't know if you're talking about an entrenching tool, a main battle tank, a World War 2 battle rifle, or a water canteen.
Also, it's accurate for a vet to "dumb down" his terminology, so as to not confuse the civvie that he's talking to.
4:53 "We knew Master Chief was still in the fight, he gave us hope."
The way this paid actor delivered this line was with such unbelievable amounts of emotion and heart, I can really believe this guy fought alongside Master Chief, while almost crying myself. The greatest ad campaign for a video game ever.
We saw it in some trailers. Spartans jet packing to the surface from above and landing between the covenant and the marines and civilians. Spartans were like gods.
Opening to Halo 4 as Halsey talks about the Spartans being all that stood between humanity and extinction you see some jet down in front of regular humans like a wall of badass.
We knew, he was still in the fight...
and at 6:25
Back when game developers actually tried yo advertise their games instead of relying on clout alone
"no soldier should be honored for doing what is expected"
chills, right at that line.
"We knew Master Chief was still in the fight. He gave us hope."
Since 2004, never forgot those words.
Absolutely - halo 1-3 was an amazing experience, such a great story
That God 2 ended on a cliffhanger. None of this would've happened
HALO in my opinion is an ode to the human spirit, that even when faced with insurmountable odds, we still find reasons to fight and ways to prevail
whats even crazier is there a real Master Chiefs who never got to come home because they made the ultimate sacrifice, only a few remember them and after 100 years they are long forgotten. My grandfather was a Vet from WW2 but after I die I doubt anyone will remember him
@@Person0fColorpass on his memory to your kids and then to theirs, that way what happened will never be forgotten
@@Person0fColorwhat branch?
My grandfather was U.S. Army Air Corps. I literally have all his documents, including his original DD-214 signed by Eisenhower.
My father was U.S. Navy.
I'm an only child, myself - by the time it came for me to be of enlistment age, it was 2002. I didn't enlist, myself (the risks were too great) but I literally build this country for a living.
My son will know who he comes from. Have children and pass along the stories and history to them, and your grandfather's story will never die.
@@RighteousJ My Grandfather served in the South Pacific, non combat duty. He had to endure the hardships of the Great Depression and the Oklahoma Diaspora only to be drafted into the army.
I ended up serving in the marines. I grew up in a house behind my grandpa. We had about an acre of land and every night he would go to where we kept the pigs and the sheep and the cows and chickens and just watch the sun go down. I was too young at the time but Ill always wonder what he was thinking. I spend lots of my time thinking about my time in service and Im sure he did the same. At his funeral in March of 03' some 500 people showed up. He was a great American
@@Person0fColor "The Greatest Generation" indeed.
May he rest well - he earned it.
The expressions in everyone's faces are so real. This is a piece of art, it feels like it really happened, we need more ad campaigns this beautiful.
I'm trying my best to get 343i to let me bring this back for halo infinite.
compare this ad with the Paramount tv show and it makes you want to throw up with how badly they have ruined this franchise
"No soldier should be honored, for doing what is expected."
that's kinda deep if you think about it
Phantom117 B it really is a thought provoking quote
its a good sentiment but in reality honors are not about the soldier who earned them. they are about the soldiers who didn't. sometimes we honor soldiers only for doing what was expected of them because we want to inspire everyone else to live up to his or her example. it builds morale. if you take the master chief's sentiment to the extreme, then no soldier would ever be honored. we're expected to destroy the enemy. give our lives if necessary for our brothers and the mission. what menial accomplishments can we make that warrant recognition compared to that? there are none. but commanders still find excuses to hand out awards because of the effect it has on the other soldiers, not because of the effect it has on the one being honored.
By extension “no man should be honoured for doing what is expected”
That was pretty much the moral of Halo Reach
Jim Smith well a soldier is honored for doing more than what is expected. So in a way, Chief was right.
This, We Are ODST, and Deliver Hope are the best trailers I've ever seen for a product.
+Rolling Kneebar yes sir!
And landfall
the Starcraft 2 trailer where the marine gets geared up is amazing also
Halo 5 had amazing trailers as well. Unfortunately it sold a lie lmao. But boy those trailers are damn good.
@@Oozywolf yeah it's quite unfortunate especially if you consider what they were trying to do with halo 4 and 5 it kinda pisses me off 😔
“We knew Master Chief was still in the fight.. he gave us hope” 12 years later, he’s still in the fight..
What's sadder
We fought with these men, as the Chief - from the defense of Reach, across the Halo rings, through the Battle for Earth, and beyond
They were our gunner in the Warthogs, drove with us down the battlefield in the Scorpion, traded their shotgun for our SMG
We saw their squadmates die with them, we sat behind cover and dodged Needlers in the mud with them, we did all of this among the old tired men you see in this video
They were our friends, our brothers in arms
and they were dumbasses.
I always did my best to trh to keep them alive. I recently beat the trilogy for the first time on PC.
I had the best luck in Halo 3.
I firmly say with confidence that these are the men I saved.
🥺
I killed all of them because I am CHIEF - LEADER OF THE HUMAN RACE AND THE FINAL STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
@@LeftytheGansterGremlin I say the same, I still weep at those who died before I could get to em but I made every one of their killers pay.
Damn you Bungie for making me emotional about an event that never happened
It's really a shame that these corporations and companies that make games believe that fans are so desensitized that they can't appreciate art when it's in front of them. This game came out almost ten years ago - now the only thing left of that era is the cheap pre-order bonus ploys and micro transactions. What happened to taking pride in one's work? What happened to trusting in ones passion for their art form to make something a success?
What happened was that fans started shitting on them for just minor mistakes, the young gamers are more bloodlustful then the ones that grew up with Halo, Call of Duty, Unreal Tournament etc.
Johnny Cage don't blame the fucking Devs for it either, the stockholders and company want it.
That's exactly what I mean; it's a matter of getting in bed with the right people in order to "be successful [cough]-make money-[cough]". The way I see it, making good games is like making a good film. Like Jackie Chan says - "whatever you do, do the best you can because the film lives forever. Would you go to every theatre to explain to the audience why the film was not your best? When the audience sits in the theatre they see: good movie, bad movie - that’s all".
So I do blame devs to a degree - they are unique groups of people with unique sets of skills; if you have pure passion for what you do, take pride in your work, trust in your abilities and the abilities of your team, then there is no reason why you should bet on anyone but yourself.
This campaign advert is a direct testament to that notion.
That's just how I see it.
Thankfully there are some examples of art in game making these days. The Witcher 3 is at least one of them.
so far, what i have seen. only very very few do this. and 2 of these developers are japanese. Hideo Kojima, and Yoko Taro. landing with the Metal Gear series. and the Nier series games.
Bunji is just a shell now, rebranded and recrewed as a diffrent company under the name. doing just as you said. games are small now, and little work goes into them. CSGO, CoD, Overwatch, Destiny, Siege, Payday. ect.
If you go back, just to 2015. Metal gear solid V. was mr. Hideo's last games. it was built from single player up in concentration. to show a story, with art to help tell that story. expressions, actions, scenes, feelings. Every metal gear game he made. he put his faith of art into it. he wanted to make art, not a video game. He was also on the way to doing the same thing with his latest game, Silent Hill. or P.T. back in the day. but was shut down and layed off. though him and his developers made a team, called Kojima productions thats making a great new series.
Jump back a few months from now and we have what might be the final Nier game. built to be art, to show a story. Each of mr. Taro's games have done this from nearly the beginning. so far in the line.
Now games such as doom. is just arcade. run and gun. i mean it is a great stress releaver and the such to just blast away and shit. but, even that it DOES hold a story. its not about its art, its story guides it to the next levels of just killing things.
Hell even CAPCOM use to be there. RE4 was their last great success. Then we have Rockstar whose goal is to outdo themselves some x2 fold then their previous game, theyre all about detail and freedom in their games.
i dont know of any other company that plays story and art over generic fighting... other then Sony Entertainment. Their games are AMAZING in graphics, in story, and in art with just enough combat or fighting in them. their games are like books though, you usually have only one way to play them and have achievements on how to get to the end by doing this or that through the story. which is fine. but has very little replay value to it.
Fuck, it's currently 2018 and watching that first one still makes me cry. Halo 3's marketing is truly unlike anything I've ever seen before
More humanity and emotion in this than the entirety of Paramount's knockoff
Its cant even hold a candle to this ads
The actors for this video are genuinely incredible. The veteran’s hesitation to pick up the spiker, the pause of the other one after being asked if the lights could be turned off, the facial scars of the one who picked up the sniper rifle casing. It wouldn’t surprise me if these are actual veterans, likely from the Vietnam War. I also love the fear and dread that are depicted in each of the Marines in the diorama. It was truly a war for survival. Something that can’t really be portrayed in the games. Plus, it goes to show that Master Chief was doing more than just fighting during our campaign levels. I love it. The amount of work, dedication, and so much else truly created a timeless masterpiece.
@7:28 The soldier actually starts whispering when the lights go out as if he was back there on that night. He didnt need to, the reporter didnt but he did just cause he was in a moment transported back to that haunting night
Such brilliant acting on his part.
Back when game developers were passionate. They are few now. So very few.
Sable Branwen CD projeckt red comes to mind
FLUBBEDBOBCAT98 Dj I agree and I love the Witcher 3
Haminator Ainz as well as Warhorse the guys behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance even if its a buggy mess right now.
there are plenty of passionate indies. It's more Triple-A developers that aren't.
Honestly the ad campaign for Halo 5 - "Hunt the Truth" was EXTREMELY well done, the problem was it was almost false advertising because the game itself was so different. Still, Hunt the Truth was really exciting.
"A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him."
Genuinely made me tear up a little bit, because of how well this statement applies to the Halo Community vs Halo 4 & 5.
Edit: ...and Infinite.
I wish 343 didn't decide to side with book fans. The best thing about Master Chief being a vessel for the player was that ad campaigns like THIS were made to honor the fans that made the series a success.
I play Halo to play as the Master Chief (The hero of the games)
not John S-117 (The guy you read about in the books)
343 and book fans just don't get it. Halo was great because it didn't hold your hand and tell you how to feel. Halo 4 forces its dramatic story and people still eat it up despite it not being earned. It was supposed to be a start to a new trilogy, but it felt like it was a part 2 to one instead of a proper start. It was too dark and serious too damn quick. Halo Infinite by visuals alone looks like what I wanted Halo 4 to be and that's how I'm choosing to view it if it turns out good.
I just hope Joe Staten can save it.
Reminds me of Gordon Freeman from Half-Life.....his silence does speak volume.
@@gabethebabe3337 yeah but at the same time you can't expect them to make another story like 1 - 3. Many would get tired if they just made another "Chief fights in war" story. Also Halo 3 actually tried to humanize the chief. Not as much as 4 but it completely ruins your abrupt start complaint about 4's story
@@REALMARCHINADER comparing halo 3 and halo 4 is laughable in terms of how they choose to "humanize" the character. nice try though
@@Bigbodybigbeefybody I disagree. His trust of Cortana being the point of WHY the humans went to the Ark and Chief rescuing her was him personally showing his character as not just a mindless soldier you’re in control of during the game.
I keep wondering whether or not the “veterans” are actual veterans in real life or just bloody good actors.
I'm gunna guess and say they were actual veterans.
Judging by their age, at least one of them most likely fought in Vietnam
Could be both.
I mean some returning soldiers could have tried to get into acting.
A lot of the old movie stars served in WW2
Then again a lot of people served in WW2 so idk
They were butt sniffing future stealing, wrong side of war fightin, boomers
@@Ghost-ql3hlfrom what I recall a decent few veterans of the war played rolls in all quiet on the western front so maybe
2007: what Master Chief did for humanity
2021: what humanity did for Master Chief
every diehard halo fan cried when we saw master-chief being held by a chieftain, then we saw the plasma grenade and i just smiled like there you go, go out in style
You really think Chief is gonna let that be his last hurrah.
What are you talking about? Chief is right where he wants to be.
That wasn't Chief it was Will 043 ONI propaganda only made it seem like it was him.
Ramiro Hernandez Really?!? Explain. Source Material?
@@t__v I read. Took awhile to find the information. Just would have been polite if you know the info to tell the person. I would have done that for you. But thanks anyhow.
I don't know if it's the nostalgia but BOY... This marketing campaign was worthy of the Chief. Still get emotional about it!
This kind of production value and passion will never see the light of day again.
Panzer Dragon Thanks 343 industries.
@@t__v literally no different than the time of this game.. there hasnt been a single moment in triple A gaming that wasnt for profit
Minecraft, Gang beasts, Fnaf Sister Location, Spider Man ps4, Spider Man Miles Morales, etc
Am i a joke to you?
Having only seen clips of the show, you are correct, sir
The single greatest ad campaign for any game. This built up a personal hatred, that you didn’t get without it.
In Halo Infinite's campaihn, I felt pure hatred when I heard the grunts on the comm channel taunting Humanity and how we were killed. I grabbed a designated marksman rifle and moved the Chief to cut down everything in front of me. I loved it when one Sangheili said "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" Before I grappled him into a Superman Punch and sent him to hell.. "I'm redeeming Mankind, that's what the fuck I'm doing."
@@KH4444444444N lol nerd
The fact the marine instinctively has to whisper to the interviewer while standing in that spot is a heartbreaking detail.
"We knew Master Chief was still in the Fight"
That'll always send goosebumps down my spine.
QUEX It’s very real for gaming too, Master Chief was always here
Funny thing is this game doesn't care about race, religion or color. It's about humanity as a whole. GG.
Darius
It was back then before diversity was a requirement to meet social media
Darius Now if someone did an ad similar to this people will tear it a new one and call it nazi propaganda because it doesn't have a fat black pan-sexual in it.
Darius much better then what we are like now
And that is how it should be, humanity needs to be united as a whole.
If we have en event like halo ye that’s when u might see humanity united as one
"To ensure historical accuaracy the boot camp induction scans of every marine involved in the battle were obtained from the United Nation's Space Command records. In this way the artists were able to place the right face to the right soldier. After each face is completed it is matched to a body which has been rendered complete with uniform and body armor, then carved by hand. It was the artists vision for this tribute to humanity, that each piece be shaped by the hand of man, without the aid of robotic model-making systems. Each handmade soldier is posed, painted and placed in the battlefield; both the victorious and the fallen."
feels
It hit hard. They wanted this to be a real documentary. And it fucking worked
There's been less respect for "accuracy" about actual wars then this
@@GlobalOutcast in universe this makes a TONNE OF SENSE (and out too) considering that the Human-Covenant War almost purged us all.
If only this kind of love, cherishment, honor, dignity, and respect was given to real men of real wars. Homage to that which transpired and to the victorious, and the fallen.
@@GlobalOutcast I mean, this would super offensive for real conflicts. Imagine immortalizing those who died painfully and horribly in diorama for all to gawk at.
That's why real war monuments are solemn and simple, traditional or otherwise. Nothing gratuitous like this lol.
It's like the current devs, marketers and producers of any Official halo media forgot this goldmine they were left by Bungie.
The tone impact and realism all blended so well. Enthralling to young and adult halo fans alike ,this represents almost a plateau of the Halo storytelling
It's unbelievable. It almost seems like it's on purpose. There is no other logical way to explain the myopia. Wtf. Halo could go soooooo deep, they only need to look to the novels, while they struggle for plot, good writers are expanding the lexicon in print, This doesn't fucking compute to me. It's either bureaucracy or ignorance, or a bit of both. The braintrust at Microsoft Studios is probably wondering why the last 3 Halo titles failed, but never considered fan engagement, and little nuggets like this video, or the ODST trailer, they made a fucking film quality trailer for a secondary game title. It was all genius, and it felt important. It was masterful. Now what? Nothing. Bethesda acquisitions. Ugh. It's over. It seems like the world at large is purposefully detaching from Humanity. There's no other explanation. Clearly profit doesn't matter. If it did, we would have had progressively better Halo titles after Halo 3, thats where it all went wrong.
It feels so wrong to have halo games after the war, these trailers really make you feel that sense of despair at the losing war, with the tears that would follow when it is done
It's almost as if when this was made, it was meant to be the last game in the story.
Remember seeing these on tv when I was 8 and begging my dad for a 360 for my birthday. that truly was the best time to be a gamer.
I completely agree!
I had to stick with The Duke until 2010 but I got a 360 elite on my 12th birthday with a copy of halo 2 and Lego Batman. That same year, I got Halo 3 ODST and Halo 3 in the same case from a local pawn shop. I almost felt bad that they had given me a game valued at $60 for $7...
almost.
That’s 5 years way too long on the Duke my friend. Though, I really wish I had a working version in my collection. The controller is an icon to the true con osier.
Banshee Jacked I still have mine from 2002 but they were petty shabby, my bumper fell off after my little brother flung it at my head back in 05 I think, I currently have it in a big box of Xbox stuff and I’m looking for replacement bumper
Did you see the new one they released for the Xbox One? Look it up if you haven’t. It’s pretty sweet!
I remember when Halo gave a very distinct vibe to its games. The feeling of if we didnt finish the fight, all of humanity is done for. I remember how serious it was to see a covenant assault carrier over New Mombasa or even how bad it was finding a second Halo installation. When I think of Halo 4 and 5 it honestly just gave me the sense that it is focusing on one character, the chief where in Halos 1 - 3 it gave you the understanding that we do this for humanity. I know its a game and all but honestly its stories like this that make it inspirational.
343's biggest mistake was making Halo into a character-driven story. Chief worked well as a semi-player-insert, because even though he wasn't the most complicated character, the Halo games were driven by the events going on around the player. In Bungie's games, you always got the feeling that you were a small part of a much larger battle, even if the most important pieces fell onto your shoulders as Master Chief. Halo 4 retained that feeling to a certain degree, but Halo 5 just threw it out the window. In the story of Halo 5, anything that doesn't directly affect Chief, Blue Team, or Osiris might as well not even have happened.
I mean when you think about it 343 had a huge mountain to climb after Halo3/Reach. In all the first Halo games we have this sense of this impossible task/war taking place against the Covenant and then the Flood gets thrown in as well and is somehow worse. After the third game though and the Covenant is beaten/broken up /friendly with us and the Flood doesn't even appear. They've had to build the stakes all the way back up again and about as close as they can be with the A.I. rebellion...though they want to forcefully watch over us and not annihilate us like the Covenant did.
I always avoid everything about story before I play a game.
It really did feel like humanity's last stand. At first it seemed like Earth would be unassailable. Then you see the ease with which Malta and Athens platforms were destroyed...
Seeing Delta Halo? I had almost the same reaction as Johnson. All of that again? While Earth was under attack?
And ODST! All you really accomplish is capturing an engineer, blowing up the ONI building, and slowing the Covenant down a little. Most of the time all you're doing is just trying to group up and survive.
@@theicemanleaveth sign of the times. individualism is in and the "we do this for humanity" story telling vibe is out. i blame late stage capitalism and the crumbling of community/society in the last 10-20 years.
"and wait for the master chief" That's give me the chill and awe for him. Only the marines in covenant war knows how much of a hope master chief bring to humanity is
Man.. the amount of love and detail here. As a Veteran, these guys SELL the "War vet" feel to me, the care, the dedication. this is what Halo deserved for a TV series.. not.. Not what we got from paramount.
5:52 This guy is an AMAZING actor
"We knew Master Chief was still in the fight...
He gave us hope."
Such a powerful line. It really lets us see how normal people see the Chief.
Lynx To both Marines, ODST’s...
Indeed.
Each player was and is the chief. We all have what it takes to bring hope to humanity, to believe.
The music really helps.
then he creamed us with a warthog
The UNSC truly made me Believe. Ooh Rah, Marines.
Ooh rah!
"Dear Humanity, we Regret being alien bastards, we Regret coming to Earth, and we most definitely Regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy ass fleet!" Sergeant Johnson.
Rah
It's been so long since I watched these that I didn't even realize you'd added music. As far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing. It means you did it cleanly enough that I didn't recognize it as out of place.
+buca117 Thanks. These clips were so amazing when they stand alone, but when I brought them all together, I wanted to tie them together with music from the Halo 3 soundtrack. It was a subtle addition, but I really enjoy it. I'm glad you did too.
buca117 I definitely noticed it, and didn't really like it since it kind of took away from the tone of the interviews, imo. Either way, you can't really screw these ads up.
ThaBamboozler i loved it. its my favourite piece of video game music. that piano god chills everytime Damn shame halo has gone the way it has.
+marx117 x I'm glad you enjoyed it. And I agree, that's why I added the music for the Halo 3 soundtrack. So good!
ThaBamboozler you sad about no h3a? I think im finally done with them now.
I know it's been years and years, but the whisper here at 7:27 . The thought that he didn't have to whisper knowing the battle is over and long done, but still did with the shaken and scared tone like he's back there on that same night just like it's a reflex because of the dark and the scenery always gets me.
Why is this better than an entire TV show costing millions?
Because this came from the heart and was lovingly crafted by those that actually cared.
They spent millions on this too, but it was significantly better managed
Because the Tv show writers were super pretentious and went out of their way to ignore all of the games, books, and established lore.
While BELIEVE was made with heart
Get in, we going crying
Can we appreciate this video please?!?? A fake documentary about a fake tribute to a fake war that exists in a video game?!?? Absolutely brings you in to the Halo world with incredible attention to detail and acting. Just phenomenal!!!
I remember watching this as a kid. Actually crying having some feeling towards the soldiers. In a few months I will be heading to San Diego for boot camp. I believe halo has an impact on my choice.
SEND A SITREP, BOOT!
Well, how is it? Do you “believe” yet?
These 12 minutes are far better than the show
It's amazing to look back on this time. Halo's popularity was so massive, so impossible to ignore, that it received mainstream attention, and it seemed like the media, the normies, and the boomers were going to be forced to treat gaming seriously.
What the hell happened?
Corporate America happened... :(
343
343 decided to chase trends instead of keeping what made halo great. And they almost got it right with infinte but their shitty work polices snuffed that game’s potential
Can someone please stop cutting those onions....that was so epic, sad, and deeply nostalgic at the same time. Bungie I salute you, and Banshee Jacked, thank you for putting this together and uploading it
Band of Brothers: Halo Version
James Parker Or Saving Private Ryan: Halo Edition
I just saw a post from the official Halo account that said "Growing up is realizing Spartans *do* die," and i just had to come back here to mentally bleach my mind and remember what Halo is *supposed* to be like.
Bro who is cutting onions 😢😢
The acting for these characters is incredible. I feel a genuine, authentic pain from these guys when they have to relive through, possibly, the most traumatic events of their lives for the sake of informing future generations of their sacrifice. That guy picking up the Spiker and saying he didn't like holding it - that hits. That Spiker had killed many of his friends, other marines, and possibly even innocent people during the invasion of New Mombasa, and to him it probably feels disgusting to have to hold.
Not just possibly, you can literally hear the civilians of New Mombasa get gunned down in the audio logs from Halo 3 ODST. Pretty chilling stuff.
*Bungie ad:*
Emotional and hype
*343 ad:*
Dubs and false advertisement
It was a different time. I hope we can return back to it.
These ads were made by Microsoft lol.
@@TheCopyNinja733/videos Paid by Micro and Soft, Bungie was fully involved. At that time Micro and extremely Soft wasn't doing squat in the game, they were content with how things were. Then they decided to squeeze more and Bungie up and quit.
Halo 5 has the best multiplayer of all halos
@@colbyboucher6391 all of the variants of the basic weapons is icing on the cake. Love me a classic halo ar with laser sights and a red dot.
Watching this always makes me weep. I think about museums dedicated to WWI and WWII and the sheer authenticity of how this “documentary” is produced and it just breaks my heart to watch.
cringe
If the “show” has half as much emotion and amazing acting as these then it will quite literally be the best thing ever produced. A series or film franchise, that focuses on getting it right and not the money is what we want, it’s what we need, it’s what we deserve!
It sadly didn’t
@@kreigguardsman3355 you know, I was so disappointed. Master Cheeks was all in the camera with his helmet and clothes off. If it was about some random Spartan…ok maybe, but don’t call this Master Chief. And just like with everything else in Hollywood they completely ignore the source material to be “woke”
I've never seen the full ad campaign until today. Only the diorama.
It's beautiful and chilling. Crazy to think it takes place in 2610. Even In the current games' settings, that's far into the future. There's many more battles that these veterans and Chief have participated in that we haven't even heard of yet.
I dont think we will ever see an ad campaign with this much effort poured into it ever again in iur lifetimes.
Truly once in a lifetime experience.
I've never felt so patriotic towards the UNSC
After all these years, I still get chills watching this.
well done,
this brings back memories,
loved the stories about the human-covenant war my grandpa used to tell me,
kind of wish for another war like this, it brings out the best in us
war like this is terrible, we can only hope to never have something like this again
Sheogorath Unearth
I think he means he want humanity to work together than against each other.
As much I disagree, it seem when humanity is threaten is only when humanity want to cooperative with each other to agree as one.
Would've been awesome if the monument was an actual scene to play, I'd even take a modded level!
Fuck that I wanna see it in real life!
Halo movie anyone?
Girls: "omg the titanic was so sad, I cried for an hour"
Boys:
*Men:
@@GRANOLA77 *Legends
da boyz:
@Tango Lima shut up this is sadder
@Tango Lima DUDEE SHHHH JUST GOO WITH IT
"No soldier should be honored for doing what is expected."
God damn.
you know the game is so awesome when the trailers and shorts and the game itself hits you. its gives a dramatic feeling that you think its real.
"No soldier is honored for doing what is expected" Shit is deep.
As a gigantic Halo fan, how have I never heard of these ads?
Same
History is often buried and soon forgotten....
You must dig and find it to know and understand your own heritage and roots...
Being in the US Military. Hearing the words “No Soldier should be honored for doing what is expected” hits.....
It hits very hard. I agreed with it when I watched this when I was just a kid.
And I still do.
🫡 o7
17 years later and this makes me cry 😢 damn take me back
probably the best marketing for a video game ever. I'm doubtful that there will ever be a better one actually. unless Bungie goes to similar lengths for Destiny 3, but i doubt it.
Had to rewatch cause of Jakey
CALL OUT TO ALL MY HOT BOIS AND GAMER GIRLS!
Jonathan Longford so true
NakeyJakey and his weepy little bitches
*smooch*
Dogbless mommy!!!!
Dog bless *kiss kiss*
"We new Master Chief was still in the fight."
"He gave us hope."
"No Spartan could be listed as KIA. They could only be listed as MIA, missing, so it could be said no Spartan was ever killed in combat."
I'm pissing buckets from my eyes knowing that Chief died at the end of Halo 3 and never woke up from cryo.
Everyone at 343 and paramount needs to watch this. This is Halo.