5:16 Let me introduce you to my favorite Halo Mexican meme What he's saying is: El Pozole Pozole is a Mexican dish that was invented at the pre-Columbian mesoamérica (now México), by the Aztecs (mexicas) and the meat they used then, was human meat from their enemies The meme is, Elites love Pozole so much they berserk to death when they spot the master chief It's usual to see elites welding a plate with Pozole in it in these memes Like, how long would an elite survive if he doesn't get to eat his lovable Pozole? We don't now, for sure, but not so long...
5:01 - It's worthy to note that the Elite jumpscare in Pillar of Autumn only occurs on the easy and normal difficulties. Seems like Bungie very intentionally wanted to troll younger players.
Heroic/legendary likewise completely skipped the tutorial. I think the intention was for easy/normal to be the proper introduction, whereas higher difficulties wanted to get to the point faster, since you probably know what you're doing if you pick those difficulties.
I believe in the IGN developer commentary they stated that on higher difficulties the Elite did too much damage/was too accurate against the player and the Marines had issues pushing it back through the door. I could be misremembering
The elites where so cool to be allys with in halo 3. I wish they expanded upon that in halo 4 with having grunts, jackals and hunters as allys with the swords of sanghelios. I Also miss ODSTs and Marines having a big role in the campaign, They have been treated like they are useless grunts that can't get anything done but die. palmer even insults the marines many times in spartan ops. Just felt so insulting to the little guys.
@@justinnyugen7015 343 doesn't remember. I'm sure someone will point out the officer characters from 4 and 5 and the pilot from Infinite, ignoring that we mean the grunts of the UNSC.
@@gabethebabe3337 That feeling of you fighting alongside hundred of Marines and ODST's, the feeling of being in a really big fucking battle for the humanity... is lost. Halo became a Spartan story. Sometimes I just want to be a random soldier, fighting against 7 ft creatures with plasma weapons, and not a super soldier who treat those 7 ft creatures like shit.
@@ema4020 it was nice to have the contrast between scrappy Marines struggling for their lives and Chief as the turner of the tide. 4 and 5 just had Spartans everywhere. Infinite returns to that marine/chief dynamic but they are nowhere to be found in the cutscenes and they just sit at the FOBs. They don’t drive vehicles with you anymore. They stop following you as soon as you grapple up a cliff. They don’t even show up for the final push in a vehicle convoy, leaving you pretty much with only the marines you take with you in a razorback. I hope the dlc makes better use of them
Aside from the weird faces, I think the most eye-catchingly "off" thing about the Reclaimer Saga elites was the decision to make them sleeveless. Even with the abnormal bulk, it always felt like the arm armor was a glaringly missing piece, so it was great to see it return in Infinite. Hope that if/when Arbiter gets the spotlight again they can return it to something more like H2A.
Apart from the comically large feet, I actually like the reclaimer era elite phenotype anatomy, but their armor is just so unflattering for a Halo elite.
@@zanghproductions2559 The armour just doesn't compliment the silhouette like in previous games but the body is probably one of my favourites in the series. I also love the modular undersuit, like how some elites have no sleeves and some have shoulderless sleeves, and the fully sealed suit of the Ranger. Reclaimer Saga elites definitely have a lot of strengths if you accept them as the space pirates they are.
I had no idea the zealots in Halo CE were just the lowpoly model! I did notice they were spikier but hard to appreciate the detail when getting skewered by an energy sword.
24:20 A correction: Jul never believed what he spoke. He was pulling a Palpatine and was actually pulling some strings on Halsey (he's the one who's talking to her on Infinity) in addition to riling up a Sangheili Jihad as revenge for his dead wife. It's actually a really interesting and sad story, Jul is by no means a good guy but understanding his evil was cool IMO Then Locke happened.
@@priscyllathewitch298 They kinda have a tendency to slap away anything actually good and well received in their games, like characters, weapons transitioning to Infinite, and memorable soundtracks from bungie and 343 era games.
@@Howardtheone I think the main problem is that the vocal minority pretty much always screams '343 bad' and provides no positives whatsoever. 343 listens too much to vocal minorities and it's because of this that we never really got a proper follow-up to Halo 4's story and Spartan Ops Season 2
@@alexfrost2799 For some reason, these vocal minorities that I've met usually also subscribe to an extreme of a political spectrum. I guess that's their nature.
On Halo 3's Arbiter armour, that's actually just how tarnished silver really shines. It is more of a gold/bronze when the sun hits it, than what you'd expect of silver.
The CE/H2's basic combat harnesss is perfection and no amount of stylish redesign, overdesign, and evolution can surpass the perfection of being Basic.
They had to be. Jason Jones and alot of Bungie employes had visioned that there would ONLY br just Halo CE and NO sequels/ prequels. M$ wanted otherwise for good, grey and bad reasons..
The Elites are my _second-favorite_ species in the Halo franchise, falling just behind the Lekgolo. I always found the whole 'worm colony' collective consciousness idea fascinating, and the Hunters are awesome.
As someone that loves Halo 4’s Elites, you did a good job at being unbiased when describing them. I appreciate that, I know that mustn’t have been easy for you! Great video bro, I enjoyed eatin my pizza to this!
The halo 4 elites weren't that bad even in terms of armor design. They had a good fit of being a more remnant faction of the covenant. I can compare this best to In star wars the first order doesn't look like a remnant faction of the empire, they just look like an upgraded version of the empire so I really like that halo 4 got that right about the armor designs for the halo 4 elites.
I think the Halo 4 Elites are really fun! When you view them as a more guerilla version of what came before, it's easier to view them for what they are! Plus I believe they make for great foes!
The squad of Elites, fighting the flood along side you, in the Quarantine zone, equipped with blue sentinel beams, Covie snipers, and Spankr were the best that there ever was.
Halo Reach's elites were so damn cool, man. Easily my favourite elites in the franchise, with CE coming in a close second. Infinite elites are pretty good though, probably even better than Halo 2A elites in terms of design
h2as elites were almost perfect, if it werent for their weird hooves, on the bottom on their feet its just a completely flat surface instead of having a groove to separate their toes, making them look really goofy if you spot it. infinite thankfully fixed that at least
@@aceskeletonne7446 bro idk how people can keep praising the H2A design cuz those freaking hooves are the exact opposite of the feet a nimble and athletic warrior. Just look at how awkwardly they walk in the remastered cutscenes Infinite's adaptation of the flexible Reach feet works a lot better
Excellent video, infinite's elites are my absolute favorite. I remember the first time I encountered an elite ultra in campaign and was thrilled to see the classic reach armor in a more sleek design. Hope one day we get to play as them again
Seriously though, why don’t they just copy the customization from Reach and let the players use the campaign elite skins? Would not take that much work to implement playable elites if done this way.
@@TOUD_ That would require: -Not doing the equivalent of cycling interns to dodge employment costs, with a home-baked engine that every new head has to learn before adding onto the convoluted wedding-cake of a code -Have to put it in kits for the in-game shop and battle-pass, can't miss an opportunity for monetisation -Actually care about the game/franchise as a whole
What I love about the elites across all halo games (except for halo 4 and 5) is that: Halo CE: because of their smart AI's that are, lean, fast, agile, aggressive, and combat skills during gameplay and their art style, colors of their ranks, and combat harness is fantastic. Halo 2: because they're much more detailed, they serve as allies when you play as the Arbiter, they can dual wield, they are more interactive to the environment like they can take cover when they have taken too much damage, they can hop on ledges, they can hijack vehicles, they can stealth kill unexpected enemies, and they also speak english for the first time which makes them relatable. Halo 3: because they fight along side with the humans. Halo Reach: because they are more intimating, menacing, very tall and imposing, and more alien, and they are very smart, fast, agile, cunning, and aggressive during gameplay just like halo CE, and they have really fantastic armor combat harness depending on their ranks. Halo infinite: because 343 finally learned their mistakes of over designing the elites from halo 4 and 5 and made the classic look of the elites from the bungie halo games like they made them look more lean, agile, sleek, smart, fast, and they made them look similar from halo 2 anniversary body wise and brought back the armor combat harness from halo reach.
Halo 2 elites rarely take cover even if their shields are down they stand in the open. Halo ce and reach had the best elites later 343 games( halo 4 and 5)dont even feel like "Elites".
@@thatrandomzealoth4 yep, even though elites do take cover rarely in halo 2 they are not as strong, tactical, and imposing as halo CE and reach elites like the elites in halo 2 and 3 defense, speed, and they run twice as slow than halo CE including the sword elites that makes them less threatening and more of a joke, but I still love those elites in halo 2 and 3 and I enjoy encountering them even as the Master Chief and the Arbiter. And yeah like you said halo 4 and 5 elites are the worst cause they have really horrible art style and they are way too bulky and clumsy even in cutscenes which made them look and behave like brutes. But thank goodness 343 brought back the classic look of the elites that we all know and loved since CE, 2, 3, and reach.
One thing that always sticks out to me about LNGs retrospectives is how great the directing he can extract from gameplay footage is! Love your work as always dude
I still think that the H4-H5 Era elites have a place in the sandbox. Would be cool to see them as "Fanatics" or some sort of dedicated heavy weapon wielder, lugging around a Plasma or scrap Cannon like it was nothing.
Tbh I could see that body design as an attempt at super-soldiers, trading some of the traditional Sangheili agility for considerably more raw strength.
@@venomousfrog5546 Yeah. I do really think the design can work, especially as a heavier enemy type. I like to imagine them as being armed to the teeth and equipped with gravity packs and thrusters for mobility. Imagine something like that charging at you with dual energy swords and having an insane amount of shields.
Only logical reason would be that they are Mdama's attempt at creating Sangheili ultrasupersoldiers (yeah, I got no other word). Still that wouldn't excuse Arby and SoS suddenly turning into the same shapes, or the ones in the Covenant invasion cutscene.
Or as older elites as they are reptiles. Giving them a trait Crocodiles and Alligators have of getting bigger the older they get would be a nice touch.
I hope we see the evolution of Hunters next. Hunters used to be not too intimidating and more of a pushover, but Halo 5 and Halo Infinite truly perfected the Hunters to be more scary and challenging. We even have 2 classes in Infinite. The blue and the red officer. I wish the gold one in ODST was in Infinite.
I wouldn't say perfect. While hunters feel like a real threat in Infinite, they do feel a bit overtuned, with a huge amount of health and not many opportunities to hit them in the back. When they're together, the inability to get around them feels way too oppressive at times. Even a skewer doesn't do that much to them (from what I remember). I'm not saying power weapons should instakill them, but should feel a bit more rewarding to dump into them
@@ohno5507 Skewer I think 2-shots them, honestly, I think the Halo Infinite Hunters were really perfect, imo. It forced me to use the tools I've been given, namely, all the power-ups.
You have to use the grappleshot and target detector and thruster. Just play the campaign until you become comfortable with your tools, and then the hunters are a worthy but not unfair enemy.
What I love most about the elites is that "dark mirror" quality they have. They are for one the most dangerous enemies we regularly come up against, being roughly equivalent to humanities SPARTANs/player characters, but they are also in some ways the most similar to the culture of humanity in halos imagined future. like us they are brave, strong and heroic, with a deep sense of honor and a gritty determination. They feel so much so like the dark mirror of humans in this universe, a species that prides itself on its history and martial prowess. It's no wonder that after the Human Covenant War, they would become some of humanities strongest allies.
I remember playing the Hornet section of the Covenant mission in Halo 3, and accidentally gunning down my Elite ally, thinking he was a Brute Chieftain. When I realized that i accidentally killed an ally, i restarted the mission and made sure that same elite survived the entire encounter.
I chose to write my extended essay for the IB under the art subject about this exact topic, it was first time in my school life I enjoyed producing a piece of work and I had so much fun diving into it with shape theory, real life animal anatomy, and so many other things. When I was done I was proud of my work, I was happy, of course seeing as I spent 4000 words talking about the funky Xbox space lizards the examinations gave me a ‘mediocre’ grade. I was pretty upset, but I knew it was going to be super hard to get a good grade on this assignment when I was talking about video games, in the end I am proud of what I wrote, and that’s what matters. I really enjoy your videos, it feels nice to know there are other people out there that are as passionate about these things as I am, keep up the great work, love your vid’s man
I always wondered why they got rid of those orange bulbs on the arms and legs after halo 2 I always thought it gave them a more alien flare (also I didn't know they were the sheild generators thats p cool)
@@tylerellis9097 they have lights that flash when shields are down in Reach but only for the multiplayer elites. Ai bipeds for both elites and Spartans show no visual difference to the model without shields except for the obvious electric effect over them In fact the ai Spartans in campaign don't even have shields lights on their armor at all. They do in cutscenes because those use the player Spartan biped
I still remember the first time I ran into the Green-Swords, it scared me arguably worse then the Flood. It was tight corridors, you couldn't actually see them initially as they were invisible, all you would hear is an Elite and see the Green Sword charging at you, then right before they swinged (Which was almost always an insta-kill) they materialized.
I’ve always felt like elites in multiplayer were just a little side thing added because of halo 2’s campaign and only kept because people expected it. But now I do think it would be cool to see the infinite elites and all their armor added to the multiplayer.
It was an experiment for the invasion game mode. Halo 2 originally was gonna have a more battlefield invasion type multiplayer mode instead of the arena one from CE, however this was ultimately cut since no one worked on it and the playable elites were just the leftovers from that.
@@EbagStudios No but the original idea for Elites in multiplayer was to have a battlefield type game mode for them where you’d have Spartans on one side backed by AI marines while the Elites were backed by Jackals or grunts, however this mode was cut and I guess instead of cutting out playable elites from multiplayer, they were left in.
@@EbagStudios Yup, they wanted to do something with the elites in a multiplayer environment similar to that but instead were used as customization/personalization for the player. The E3 halo 2 multiplayer reveal kinda hinted about invasion since they shown off both the Spartans and the Elites in it. Although Reach sadly doesn’t have any AI Allie’s fighting with you on either side, I still think invasion is done exceptionally well and where reach’s multiplayer plays the strongest aside from custom games.
H5 arbiter has different skin than the rest and looks almost exactly like a H3 one which I've seen very few notice For me nothing beats the classic CE and H2 wort wort worts
Personally I love the halo CE and reach elites.. which is weird because they’re both so much different from each other. I can’t decide which ones I prefer, on one hand that slender design with the metallic shiny armour is iconic but I absolutely love the versatility of the reach armours. Everything from the rangers being used for Eva combat to the intimidating presence of an elite ultra with a concussion rifle was super memorable, even the iconic bob ranger elites that showed up and disappeared if they weren’t killed quick enough were interesting even if it was just a colour change with stronger shields.
No. No armor cores. That system should be erased from existence. Playable elites should be handled the way they were in Reach; a separate character that was limited to certain modes.
@@jackcolson4745 what I meant was that elites should have different customization like they did before and were able to play in all multiplayer modes. And they should implement elite exclusive only modes like invasion.
man, the clips of the in game elites are beautiful, every game is so beautiful and i love seeing them with the depth of field also, i will always love the classic 'jet' elite helmet, it's perfect
@@greedyclown851 it's the most similar, most of the enemy designs are straight out of CE. Same with the sandbox design as it's the first Halo since CE to not have a designated utility weapon at spawn. CEs magnum was buffed in secret so it wasn't designed as a purposeful utility weapon. The world design is basically an expanded version of the second mission in CE.
@@daltonburroughs3811 I'm referring to style. halo 1 didn't have monkeys 'saying you weak I strong vanished blah blah blah' and had the flood. Which made it very foreign. Reach and 4 were closer in that sense. Even if it copied the 2nd mission it didn't with the rest, in which the rest of the franchise does fall in line with a lot. It copied the 2nd mission, but other games have snow levels, deserts or alien swamps by contrast, not anymore. Namely covenant themed levels aren't even possible because now their ENTIRE signature purple curvy technology doesn't even look theirs or even alien at all. It's pure metal blocks and shapes that can blend in with human or forerunner stuff. You can ocasionally tell it isn't due to stereotypical evil red accents. Their weapons especially took a toll with literal revolvers or harpoons, and the human weapons have very modern, non-2550 designs like the pistol, commando or shotgun wouldn't fit in line with CE's advanced, complex glowing guns. The marines are good but still from today, unlike CE's borderline robotic armors. Other huge difference is UNSC maps, in CE they look entirely other worldly and futuristic but now it's almost like they accidentally ported cs_italy. This breaks the science fiction atmosphere. And worst, cat ears and hologram flowers for spartans. You'll notice none of this points happen in 4/5 which should be enough proof that they were actually closer.
@@daltonburroughs3811 dafuk you talking about? •The Infinite Elites wear Reach Armor, •the Grunts have the Reach and H4-5 Backpacks, •the jackal have a new armor design with the chest from Halo 3, • the Brutes wear mostly 3 and Reach inspired armor. • The base hunters are similar to 4 with a new design • The Marines are again based on Reach Armor. What is CE? The Elites are slim, that’s it lol
This is off topic, but it’s been annoying me for years. When Halo Reach was close to release, the official channel released a short video “How to Kill an Elite.” The video was about two minutes long and featured the player engaging in one-on-one combat with an elite in close quarters. The Elite’s ai was very impressive, dodging in and out of cover, reengaging the player at uncomfortably close distances. I believe that the Elite was finished off with a shotgun, but I am not entirely sure. I tried to find the video some time later (possibly even the same day), but the video appeared to have been taken down as quickly as it was uploaded. It would be so nice to see that video again, if only to know for sure that I hadn’t imagined it. I’m curious if anyone else remembers this? Anyways, great video!
The content value of this man's videos is just too good. He's great at adding suspense and intensity, and also has a tone that draws you into the topic.
4:10 thanks for mentioning the polygon bit. I had always assumed it was a special armour to distinguish the greatest warriors but I would never have realised how the devs attained the look. Fascinating really
Currently playing through halo for the first time, I’m at Halo Reach now. Honestly Halo CE had the best Elite AI. They were much smarter than in Halo 2 and 3, which I though was really strange
One thing I noticed because of my experience With StarCraft prior to getting into Halo is how the Elites and the Protoss have a surprisingly similar look. Obviously there's differences between them (Elite mandibles and Protoss ponytails) but the digitigrade legs with two toes, the hands with two fingers and two thumbs, and that slender, graceful look in their early incarnations... I'm sure it's because they drew from similar inspirations, but it is interesting to see how people are drawn to similar concepts for their inhuman species.
Yeah, not to mention their noble warrior like personalities as well. Also, the 3 factions in StarCraft also inspired the factions in halo in my opinion. Terrans=Humans, which have Spartans who wear armor similar to the Terran marines, Protoss=Covenant, and the Zerg=Flood, as both are an all consuming species and seen as a threat to life by both Terrans/Humans and Protoss/Covenant. Also the Overmind=Gravemind
Your modding of Halo 2’s visuals are legitimately amazing and really emphasize how good the models of the game really are despite the less than stellar lighting.
I miss how detailed the older games were compared to the new games, they literally created new armor just for mining elites to immerse you into the game plus the environments were beautiful
It's crazy the contrast between miners and honor guards for example. I kinda wished H5 ir infinite did the same with the remnant covenant with their guerilla-lackluster armor and the true military with the arbiter wearing the classic elegant ones
seeing as halo is a product of inspiration from late 80s and 90s sci fi, which anime like akira, gundam and cowboy bebop had a massive influence on, its no wonder they took a lot design cues from them
Halo 2's Sangheili are my favorite. Hands down. I don't even gotta think about it. They're exactly what Elites should be. They're tall, sleek, elegant, dignified. They're essentially alien samurai. 3 and onwards they become progressively more animalistic. 5 they're so bulky and clumsy looking. They're just dinosaurs that growl and roar.
As someone who only really played the pc port of the first Halo back in the day these videos are always nifty to watch. Also as a long time Destiny player it's funny to see the key narrative points of the elites and humans of Halo and notice how similar it is to the relations between humans and the Eliskni.
Amazing video! Personally speaking, I found myself enjoying the insect inspired look of the elite armor in 4 and 5, but I can understand why people dislike it.
Honestly the Infinite Elites are my favorite. They are a combination of all that I love about Elites while having a very similar silhouette to the Halo 2 Elites.
I find it interesting 343i named themselves after the most two faced backstabbing character of the halo universe. How very telling . For godsake someone grab a Spartan laser.
6:38 sorry maybe you already said but how did you make the game look soooo smooth and good? Same goes for the Halo 1 footage, how do you make that thing?
What the guy above me said. Reshade with motion blur, ssao, color filters, and depth of field Also just wanna say. People are so quick to hate on motion blur, bloom, dof. But those are only tools that when used properly could enhance the presentation.
That's probably why Halo hasn't been doing so well when it comes to it's story recently. 343 has been focusing WAY too much on Spartans. Even though they're everywhere now. What we need is more marines, and Elites. It kept Halo grounded in a sense. Plus, I like being able to play as the seven foot tall dinosaurs.
@@spat3305 no, the focus was the war. And the marines and Elites were a huge part of that. And both Marines and Elites were completely side lined in infinite. We got a few cool elites and that was it lol
Also worth mentioning that halo ce elites had their mouth closed except when screaming, talking or after being infected, so that it doesn't look like they're drooling all the time
it would've been really damn cool if we had gotten to see some of Halo 2 armors in the style and detail of Halo Reach, though it may have not made any sense lore-wise, maybe it would've made some good cosmetics for multiplayer
really appreciated the editing in this video, especially the shift in tone and presentation when you got to halo 4 to reflect the change in the elites. the neutrality towards them was much appreciated but the editing excelled to show some love and reflect the games themselves throughout the video. VERY well done
Just throwing it out there, I think it’d be cool af if elites with their shields up can’t stop won’t stop, but when their shields break, they shield themselves with their hand to signify that they’re playing on the defensive, being much more evasive, using cover more, and only shooting back intermittently until their shields recharge. It’s about the small details y’all
The Halo 2 elites are my favorite in design, voice, gameplay, and story. Followed by Reach. My least favorite elite is halo 3. The design looks like a toy to me. And I hate the big throat guards added to the combat helmet. EDIT: 12:20 YEEEESSS
kind of wish when in the story we got to see how deadly both the spartans and elites/brutes could of been, whenever i got the spartan abilities and saw the dead spartan i was man would of been cooler to the battle that took place or have a buddy to help for a bit get seperated and see the spartan dead later in a cutscene to have more of a emotional tie the deaths rather than another one bites the dust, especially the ones taken down by Jegger, to see him cut down a spartan while the Master Chief helpless to stop the killing of his companions just would of been better than being told how scary the enemies are id prefer to see them in absolute action
@@bluephoenix7565 yea id appreciate being shown how or why i should fear these beings instead of being told. Imagine if we got to kill Jegger in campaign itd be like hes scary Chief took him down like any other chump in the Banished youd feel nothing killing him, unless youre playing legendary and bring the bad weapons to fight him lol 😆 Not all the baddies need just the ones who got more screen time like jegger or the Tower dude needed that stake of im gonna make sure he pays would of added more impact to the campaign in my books for cutscenes
The CE elites will always be my favorite design. I don't like how anniversary looks anymore, it's so visually busy it hurts my eyes and the reach elites in CE:A we're always hard to look at for me and focus on them.
@@_MaZTeR_ Harvest would be cool, unfortunately I don't think 343 is capable of something so niche... Every game they've made has been very "broad audience" oriented.
5:16 Let me introduce you to my favorite Halo Mexican meme
What he's saying is: El Pozole
Pozole is a Mexican dish that was invented at the pre-Columbian mesoamérica (now México), by the Aztecs (mexicas) and the meat they used then, was human meat from their enemies
The meme is, Elites love Pozole so much they berserk to death when they spot the master chief
It's usual to see elites welding a plate with Pozole in it in these memes
Like, how long would an elite survive if he doesn't get to eat his lovable Pozole? We don't now, for sure, but not so long...
Thank god someone talked about this
@@SVN_ETR your welcome
POZOLE POZOLEEEEE
@@robertramos1297 EL POZOLE, AHHS HAAART, ME ENCONTRASTE AMIGO
wort wort wort pozole
5:01 - It's worthy to note that the Elite jumpscare in Pillar of Autumn only occurs on the easy and normal difficulties. Seems like Bungie very intentionally wanted to troll younger players.
Heroic/legendary likewise completely skipped the tutorial. I think the intention was for easy/normal to be the proper introduction, whereas higher difficulties wanted to get to the point faster, since you probably know what you're doing if you pick those difficulties.
I believe in the IGN developer commentary they stated that on higher difficulties the Elite did too much damage/was too accurate against the player and the Marines had issues pushing it back through the door. I could be misremembering
Ah bungie…those rascals!
@@brandonzimmermann yeah but IGN’s a bunch of cowards so there opinion doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
@@Legitcar117 ?
This needs to be 41 minutes and 28 seconds of elite sound effects
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343: “We wanted infinite to be a Spartan story… so there won’t be playable elites.”
Also 343: *glances nervously at Halo Reach*
The elites where so cool to be allys with in halo 3. I wish they expanded upon that in halo 4 with having grunts, jackals and hunters as allys with the swords of sanghelios. I Also miss ODSTs and Marines having a big role in the campaign, They have been treated like they are useless grunts that can't get anything done but die. palmer even insults the marines many times in spartan ops. Just felt so insulting to the little guys.
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 remember when marines used to have speaking roles in cutscenes? 🥲
@@justinnyugen7015 343 doesn't remember. I'm sure someone will point out the officer characters from 4 and 5 and the pilot from Infinite, ignoring that we mean the grunts of the UNSC.
@@gabethebabe3337 That feeling of you fighting alongside hundred of Marines and ODST's, the feeling of being in a really big fucking battle for the humanity... is lost.
Halo became a Spartan story. Sometimes I just want to be a random soldier, fighting against 7 ft creatures with plasma weapons, and not a super soldier who treat those 7 ft creatures like shit.
@@ema4020 it was nice to have the contrast between scrappy Marines struggling for their lives and Chief as the turner of the tide. 4 and 5 just had Spartans everywhere. Infinite returns to that marine/chief dynamic but they are nowhere to be found in the cutscenes and they just sit at the FOBs. They don’t drive vehicles with you anymore. They stop following you as soon as you grapple up a cliff. They don’t even show up for the final push in a vehicle convoy, leaving you pretty much with only the marines you take with you in a razorback. I hope the dlc makes better use of them
Aside from the weird faces, I think the most eye-catchingly "off" thing about the Reclaimer Saga elites was the decision to make them sleeveless. Even with the abnormal bulk, it always felt like the arm armor was a glaringly missing piece, so it was great to see it return in Infinite. Hope that if/when Arbiter gets the spotlight again they can return it to something more like H2A.
"These covenant are not outfited like standard military"
Apart from the comically large feet, I actually like the reclaimer era elite phenotype anatomy, but their armor is just so unflattering for a Halo elite.
Wife beater elites
@@jackcolson4745 agreed! The actual bodies themselves are quite lean and athletic, it's just the armor does them such a disservice with their bulk.
@@zanghproductions2559 The armour just doesn't compliment the silhouette like in previous games but the body is probably one of my favourites in the series. I also love the modular undersuit, like how some elites have no sleeves and some have shoulderless sleeves, and the fully sealed suit of the Ranger. Reclaimer Saga elites definitely have a lot of strengths if you accept them as the space pirates they are.
I had no idea the zealots in Halo CE were just the lowpoly model! I did notice they were spikier but hard to appreciate the detail when getting skewered by an energy sword.
They made open areas like bridges seem claustrophobic
I think the point was that no one was going to look too closely at the Zealots, if you got too close you'd just die.
24:20 A correction: Jul never believed what he spoke. He was pulling a Palpatine and was actually pulling some strings on Halsey (he's the one who's talking to her on Infinity) in addition to riling up a Sangheili Jihad as revenge for his dead wife. It's actually a really interesting and sad story, Jul is by no means a good guy but understanding his evil was cool IMO
Then Locke happened.
Jul was perhaps 343's best antagonist and they just trashed him like he was nothing. They really didn't know what they had on their hands.
@@priscyllathewitch298 They kinda have a tendency to slap away anything actually good and well received in their games, like characters, weapons transitioning to Infinite, and memorable soundtracks from bungie and 343 era games.
@@Howardtheone I think the main problem is that the vocal minority pretty much always screams '343 bad' and provides no positives whatsoever. 343 listens too much to vocal minorities and it's because of this that we never really got a proper follow-up to Halo 4's story and Spartan Ops Season 2
@@alexfrost2799 For some reason, these vocal minorities that I've met usually also subscribe to an extreme of a political spectrum. I guess that's their nature.
Locke himself also have huge potential. The game erased almost all hope for a good writing of him.
On Halo 3's Arbiter armour, that's actually just how tarnished silver really shines. It is more of a gold/bronze when the sun hits it, than what you'd expect of silver.
The CE/H2's basic combat harnesss is perfection and no amount of stylish redesign, overdesign, and evolution can surpass the perfection of being Basic.
Ooh-raah
What's your opinion on the Halo 2 anniversary redesign?
They had to be. Jason Jones and alot of Bungie employes had visioned that there would ONLY br just Halo CE and NO sequels/ prequels. M$ wanted otherwise for good, grey and bad reasons..
amen
@@jackcolson4745 Bastardization of the idea and the iconic art design that bungie had for halo.
The Elites are my _second-favorite_ species in the Halo franchise, falling just behind the Lekgolo. I always found the whole 'worm colony' collective consciousness idea fascinating, and the Hunters are awesome.
As someone that loves Halo 4’s Elites, you did a good job at being unbiased when describing them. I appreciate that, I know that mustn’t have been easy for you! Great video bro, I enjoyed eatin my pizza to this!
It was a lot easier to do than I expected haha turns out “just enjoying halo” is quite easy!
The halo 4 elites weren't that bad even in terms of armor design. They had a good fit of being a more remnant faction of the covenant. I can compare this best to In star wars the first order doesn't look like a remnant faction of the empire, they just look like an upgraded version of the empire so I really like that halo 4 got that right about the armor designs for the halo 4 elites.
Ofc u would like H4 elites, they look like chickens, basically dinosaurs xD
You don't need to be biased to know they are awful.
I think the Halo 4 Elites are really fun! When you view them as a more guerilla version of what came before, it's easier to view them for what they are! Plus I believe they make for great foes!
The squad of Elites, fighting the flood along side you, in the Quarantine zone, equipped with blue sentinel beams, Covie snipers, and Spankr were the best that there ever was.
"And now it's time for my best Elite impression"
"BwAaaAaAAaAAaAa"
Fantastic
Halo Reach's elites were so damn cool, man. Easily my favourite elites in the franchise, with CE coming in a close second. Infinite elites are pretty good though, probably even better than Halo 2A elites in terms of design
H2A, Infinite, and Reach are the best elites
And they’re seriously fun to play in MCC customs. Assassinations in reach being cool as hell does help too.
h2as elites were almost perfect, if it werent for their weird hooves, on the bottom on their feet its just a completely flat surface instead of having a groove to separate their toes, making them look really goofy if you spot it. infinite thankfully fixed that at least
@@aceskeletonne7446 bro idk how people can keep praising the H2A design cuz those freaking hooves are the exact opposite of the feet a nimble and athletic warrior. Just look at how awkwardly they walk in the remastered cutscenes
Infinite's adaptation of the flexible Reach feet works a lot better
I think Reach, CE and Infinite are my faves
Excellent video, infinite's elites are my absolute favorite.
I remember the first time I encountered an elite ultra in campaign and was thrilled to see the classic reach armor in a more sleek design.
Hope one day we get to play as them again
Seriously though, why don’t they just copy the customization from Reach and let the players use the campaign elite skins? Would not take that much work to implement playable elites if done this way.
@@TOUD_ You’re not a game developer, are you?
@@juantsu2000 you're not a shill are you..
@@TOUD_ That would require:
-Not doing the equivalent of cycling interns to dodge employment costs, with a home-baked engine that every new head has to learn before adding onto the convoluted wedding-cake of a code
-Have to put it in kits for the in-game shop and battle-pass, can't miss an opportunity for monetisation
-Actually care about the game/franchise as a whole
@Scorpixel You forget the pampered diversity hires who suck up 80% of the employment budget and require the corner-cutting with work experience kids.
What I love about the elites across all halo games (except for halo 4 and 5) is that:
Halo CE: because of their smart AI's that are, lean, fast, agile, aggressive, and combat skills during gameplay and their art style, colors of their ranks, and combat harness is fantastic.
Halo 2: because they're much more detailed, they serve as allies when you play as the Arbiter, they can dual wield, they are more interactive to the environment like they can take cover when they have taken too much damage, they can hop on ledges, they can hijack vehicles, they can stealth kill unexpected enemies, and they also speak english for the first time which makes them relatable.
Halo 3: because they fight along side with the humans.
Halo Reach: because they are more intimating, menacing, very tall and imposing, and more alien, and they are very smart, fast, agile, cunning, and aggressive during gameplay just like halo CE, and they have really fantastic armor combat harness depending on their ranks.
Halo infinite: because 343 finally learned their mistakes of over designing the elites from halo 4 and 5 and made the classic look of the elites from the bungie halo games like they made them look more lean, agile, sleek, smart, fast, and they made them look similar from halo 2 anniversary body wise and brought back the armor combat harness from halo reach.
Halo 2 elites rarely take cover even if their shields are down they stand in the open. Halo ce and reach had the best elites later 343 games( halo 4 and 5)dont even feel like "Elites".
@@thatrandomzealoth4 yep, even though elites do take cover rarely in halo 2 they are not as strong, tactical, and imposing as halo CE and reach elites like the elites in halo 2 and 3 defense, speed, and they run twice as slow than halo CE including the sword elites that makes them less threatening and more of a joke, but I still love those elites in halo 2 and 3 and I enjoy encountering them even as the Master Chief and the Arbiter.
And yeah like you said halo 4 and 5 elites are the worst cause they have really horrible art style and they are way too bulky and clumsy even in cutscenes which made them look and behave like brutes. But thank goodness 343 brought back the classic look of the elites that we all know and loved since CE, 2, 3, and reach.
@@thatrandomzealoth4 Makes sense. The smarter Elites would've joined the Arbiter, the dumber ones joined the Covenant remnants.
One thing that always sticks out to me about LNGs retrospectives is how great the directing he can extract from gameplay footage is! Love your work as always dude
I still think that the H4-H5 Era elites have a place in the sandbox. Would be cool to see them as "Fanatics" or some sort of dedicated heavy weapon wielder, lugging around a Plasma or scrap Cannon like it was nothing.
Tbh I could see that body design as an attempt at super-soldiers, trading some of the traditional Sangheili agility for considerably more raw strength.
@@venomousfrog5546 Yeah. I do really think the design can work, especially as a heavier enemy type. I like to imagine them as being armed to the teeth and equipped with gravity packs and thrusters for mobility. Imagine something like that charging at you with dual energy swords and having an insane amount of shields.
Only logical reason would be that they are Mdama's attempt at creating Sangheili ultrasupersoldiers (yeah, I got no other word). Still that wouldn't excuse Arby and SoS suddenly turning into the same shapes, or the ones in the Covenant invasion cutscene.
Or as older elites as they are reptiles. Giving them a trait Crocodiles and Alligators have of getting bigger the older they get would be a nice touch.
@@barrybend7189 and having disfunctional mandibles and teeth? Along with somehow far different eyeballs?
I hope we see the evolution of Hunters next. Hunters used to be not too intimidating and more of a pushover, but Halo 5 and Halo Infinite truly perfected the Hunters to be more scary and challenging. We even have 2 classes in Infinite. The blue and the red officer. I wish the gold one in ODST was in Infinite.
I wouldn't say perfect. While hunters feel like a real threat in Infinite, they do feel a bit overtuned, with a huge amount of health and not many opportunities to hit them in the back. When they're together, the inability to get around them feels way too oppressive at times. Even a skewer doesn't do that much to them (from what I remember). I'm not saying power weapons should instakill them, but should feel a bit more rewarding to dump into them
@@ohno5507 Skewer I think 2-shots them, honestly, I think the Halo Infinite Hunters were really perfect, imo. It forced me to use the tools I've been given, namely, all the power-ups.
@@argokarrus2731 maybe on lower difficulties, but on Heroic and Legendary it doesn't do that much to them
You have to use the grappleshot and target detector and thruster. Just play the campaign until you become comfortable with your tools, and then the hunters are a worthy but not unfair enemy.
A gold one? Bro where I’ve never seen or heard of it
What I love most about the elites is that "dark mirror" quality they have. They are for one the most dangerous enemies we regularly come up against, being roughly equivalent to humanities SPARTANs/player characters, but they are also in some ways the most similar to the culture of humanity in halos imagined future.
like us they are brave, strong and heroic, with a deep sense of honor and a gritty determination. They feel so much so like the dark mirror of humans in this universe, a species that prides itself on its history and martial prowess. It's no wonder that after the Human Covenant War, they would become some of humanities strongest allies.
Honestly I really liked the halo reach elites. It felt you were only barely beating them in every fight, which followed the general mood of the game.
I remember playing the Hornet section of the Covenant mission in Halo 3, and accidentally gunning down my Elite ally, thinking he was a Brute Chieftain. When I realized that i accidentally killed an ally, i restarted the mission and made sure that same elite survived the entire encounter.
I chose to write my extended essay for the IB under the art subject about this exact topic, it was first time in my school life I enjoyed producing a piece of work and I had so much fun diving into it with shape theory, real life animal anatomy, and so many other things. When I was done I was proud of my work, I was happy, of course seeing as I spent 4000 words talking about the funky Xbox space lizards the examinations gave me a ‘mediocre’ grade. I was pretty upset, but I knew it was going to be super hard to get a good grade on this assignment when I was talking about video games, in the end I am proud of what I wrote, and that’s what matters.
I really enjoy your videos, it feels nice to know there are other people out there that are as passionate about these things as I am, keep up the great work, love your vid’s man
I always wondered why they got rid of those orange bulbs on the arms and legs after halo 2 I always thought it gave them a more alien flare (also I didn't know they were the sheild generators thats p cool)
Yeah they got reduced to the green chest lights H3 Elites have and then completely removed in Reach
@@tylerellis9097 they have lights that flash when shields are down in Reach but only for the multiplayer elites. Ai bipeds for both elites and Spartans show no visual difference to the model without shields except for the obvious electric effect over them
In fact the ai Spartans in campaign don't even have shields lights on their armor at all. They do in cutscenes because those use the player Spartan biped
halo infinites elites look absolutely amazing, the definitive elite design imo. Halo 5 arbiters armor is one of my favs.
I still remember the first time I ran into the Green-Swords, it scared me arguably worse then the Flood. It was tight corridors, you couldn't actually see them initially as they were invisible, all you would hear is an Elite and see the Green Sword charging at you, then right before they swinged (Which was almost always an insta-kill) they materialized.
I’ve always felt like elites in multiplayer were just a little side thing added because of halo 2’s campaign and only kept because people expected it. But now I do think it would be cool to see the infinite elites and all their armor added to the multiplayer.
It was an experiment for the invasion game mode. Halo 2 originally was gonna have a more battlefield invasion type multiplayer mode instead of the arena one from CE, however this was ultimately cut since no one worked on it and the playable elites were just the leftovers from that.
@@CarvedStones really? You’d think they were left over from the campaign lol.
@@EbagStudios No but the original idea for Elites in multiplayer was to have a battlefield type game mode for them where you’d have Spartans on one side backed by AI marines while the Elites were backed by Jackals or grunts, however this mode was cut and I guess instead of cutting out playable elites from multiplayer, they were left in.
@@CarvedStones then I guess that’s where invasion in reach came from.
@@EbagStudios Yup, they wanted to do something with the elites in a multiplayer environment similar to that but instead were used as customization/personalization for the player. The E3 halo 2 multiplayer reveal kinda hinted about invasion since they shown off both the Spartans and the Elites in it.
Although Reach sadly doesn’t have any AI Allie’s fighting with you on either side, I still think invasion is done exceptionally well and where reach’s multiplayer plays the strongest aside from custom games.
I personally love the Halo 3 elites. Their AI is really dumbed down, but they still have a very charming presentation, and I love their voice lines.
Nice video man. We should definitely collaborate on a future Evolution video; it would be EPIC
That would be cool
These guys totally should
Love your vids bro
Add in another certain bloke and it'll be ICONIC
*Y E S*
I dont know you but Reach's Elites are just BEAUTIFUL. They are very responsive, challenging and terrifying.
Let's Go! I've been waiting for this! Can't wait for the hunters now!
Also It would be cool if you did a "Customizing my halo infinite spartan" Video!
I'll never forget the first time fighting an elite in the Pillar of Autumn cafeteria. Thing wouldn't go down!
Brought a tear to my eye you mentioning reach clans as a clan nerd. Those were certainly some golden times.
H5 arbiter has different skin than the rest and looks almost exactly like a H3 one which I've seen very few notice
For me nothing beats the classic CE and H2 wort wort worts
Personally I love the halo CE and reach elites.. which is weird because they’re both so much different from each other.
I can’t decide which ones I prefer, on one hand that slender design with the metallic shiny armour is iconic but I absolutely love the versatility of the reach armours.
Everything from the rangers being used for Eva combat to the intimidating presence of an elite ultra with a concussion rifle was super memorable, even the iconic bob ranger elites that showed up and disappeared if they weren’t killed quick enough were interesting even if it was just a colour change with stronger shields.
343: wants to test out the live service model
Also 343: puts really low effort into every aspect of multiplayer except for the shop
I hope that 343i adds an Elite armor core in Halo Infinite in the future.
Elites could have some really good variants
Nah have the elites have their own thing separate from Spartan cores
No. No armor cores. That system should be erased from existence.
Playable elites should be handled the way they were in Reach; a separate character that was limited to certain modes.
@@jackcolson4745 what I meant was that elites should have different customization like they did before and were able to play in all multiplayer modes. And they should implement elite exclusive only modes like invasion.
@@jackcolson4745nah that was cool but not as cool as 2 and 3
man, the clips of the in game elites are beautiful, every game is so beautiful and i love seeing them with the depth of field
also, i will always love the classic 'jet' elite helmet, it's perfect
CE has my favorite art style and I absolutely love that Infinite returned to something similar
It's the most different from CE
@@greedyclown851 it's the most similar, most of the enemy designs are straight out of CE. Same with the sandbox design as it's the first Halo since CE to not have a designated utility weapon at spawn. CEs magnum was buffed in secret so it wasn't designed as a purposeful utility weapon. The world design is basically an expanded version of the second mission in CE.
@@daltonburroughs3811 I'm referring to style. halo 1 didn't have monkeys 'saying you weak I strong vanished blah blah blah' and had the flood. Which made it very foreign. Reach and 4 were closer in that sense. Even if it copied the 2nd mission it didn't with the rest, in which the rest of the franchise does fall in line with a lot. It copied the 2nd mission, but other games have snow levels, deserts or alien swamps by contrast, not anymore. Namely covenant themed levels aren't even possible because now their ENTIRE signature purple curvy technology doesn't even look theirs or even alien at all. It's pure metal blocks and shapes that can blend in with human or forerunner stuff. You can ocasionally tell it isn't due to stereotypical evil red accents. Their weapons especially took a toll with literal revolvers or harpoons, and the human weapons have very modern, non-2550 designs like the pistol, commando or shotgun wouldn't fit in line with CE's advanced, complex glowing guns. The marines are good but still from today, unlike CE's borderline robotic armors. Other huge difference is UNSC maps, in CE they look entirely other worldly and futuristic but now it's almost like they accidentally ported cs_italy. This breaks the science fiction atmosphere. And worst, cat ears and hologram flowers for spartans. You'll notice none of this points happen in 4/5 which should be enough proof that they were actually closer.
@@daltonburroughs3811 dafuk you talking about?
•The Infinite Elites wear Reach Armor,
•the Grunts have the Reach and H4-5 Backpacks,
•the jackal have a new armor design with the chest from Halo 3,
• the Brutes wear mostly 3 and Reach inspired armor.
• The base hunters are similar to 4 with a new design
• The Marines are again based on Reach Armor.
What is CE?
The Elites are slim, that’s it lol
@@daltonburroughs3811 that "secret buff" is one of the reasons that games multiplayer is so good
This is off topic, but it’s been annoying me for years. When Halo Reach was close to release, the official channel released a short video “How to Kill an Elite.” The video was about two minutes long and featured the player engaging in one-on-one combat with an elite in close quarters. The Elite’s ai was very impressive, dodging in and out of cover, reengaging the player at uncomfortably close distances. I believe that the Elite was finished off with a shotgun, but I am not entirely sure. I tried to find the video some time later (possibly even the same day), but the video appeared to have been taken down as quickly as it was uploaded. It would be so nice to see that video again, if only to know for sure that I hadn’t imagined it. I’m curious if anyone else remembers this? Anyways, great video!
I'm sorry but, an elite jogging up to you and going "GREETINGS!! :D" is the most heart wrenching shit ever 🥺
Elites are so much better antagonists than Brutes.
Halo Reach elites had the best design of all, IMO
The content value of this man's videos is just too good. He's great at adding suspense and intensity, and also has a tone that draws you into the topic.
A late night upload became an afternoon upload.
4:10 thanks for mentioning the polygon bit. I had always assumed it was a special armour to distinguish the greatest warriors but I would never have realised how the devs attained the look. Fascinating really
Easily one of my favorite alien designs and most iconic species from science fiction. Awesome job as always Late Night!
Currently playing through halo for the first time, I’m at Halo Reach now.
Honestly Halo CE had the best Elite AI. They were much smarter than in Halo 2 and 3, which I though was really strange
One thing I noticed because of my experience With StarCraft prior to getting into Halo is how the Elites and the Protoss have a surprisingly similar look. Obviously there's differences between them (Elite mandibles and Protoss ponytails) but the digitigrade legs with two toes, the hands with two fingers and two thumbs, and that slender, graceful look in their early incarnations... I'm sure it's because they drew from similar inspirations, but it is interesting to see how people are drawn to similar concepts for their inhuman species.
Yeah, not to mention their noble warrior like personalities as well. Also, the 3 factions in StarCraft also inspired the factions in halo in my opinion. Terrans=Humans, which have Spartans who wear armor similar to the Terran marines, Protoss=Covenant, and the Zerg=Flood, as both are an all consuming species and seen as a threat to life by both Terrans/Humans and Protoss/Covenant. Also the Overmind=Gravemind
“And now a TV show to keep fans entertained”
Nah man I was so bored during that, either that or angry
I can’t stress how long I’ve been waiting for this video! Bring us more!
Took the words out of my mouth. So excited when I saw the drop
Your modding of Halo 2’s visuals are legitimately amazing and really emphasize how good the models of the game really are despite the less than stellar lighting.
I miss how detailed the older games were compared to the new games, they literally created new armor just for mining elites to immerse you into the game plus the environments were beautiful
It's crazy the contrast between miners and honor guards for example. I kinda wished H5 ir infinite did the same with the remnant covenant with their guerilla-lackluster armor and the true military with the arbiter wearing the classic elegant ones
"And a TV show to keep the fans entertained"
*kettle hissing noises*
yeah.... about that
I always thought the elites had a very anime inspired appearance especially when looking at the concept art of what would become the final design.
seeing as halo is a product of inspiration from late 80s and 90s sci fi, which anime like akira, gundam and cowboy bebop had a massive influence on, its no wonder they took a lot design cues from them
Halo 2's Sangheili are my favorite. Hands down. I don't even gotta think about it. They're exactly what Elites should be. They're tall, sleek, elegant, dignified. They're essentially alien samurai. 3 and onwards they become progressively more animalistic. 5 they're so bulky and clumsy looking. They're just dinosaurs that growl and roar.
I once said this before I’ll say it again
Halo 3 elites were domesticated.
As someone who only really played the pc port of the first Halo back in the day these videos are always nifty to watch.
Also as a long time Destiny player it's funny to see the key narrative points of the elites and humans of Halo and notice how similar it is to the relations between humans and the Eliskni.
Now we need one for the Brutes
Yaaaaassssssss
Amazing video! Personally speaking, I found myself enjoying the insect inspired look of the elite armor in 4 and 5, but I can understand why people dislike it.
Honestly the Infinite Elites are my favorite. They are a combination of all that I love about Elites while having a very similar silhouette to the Halo 2 Elites.
14:37 nice reference to one of my favorite quotes in the series, said by the Gravemind of all characters lol
I like to think the arbiters use of medics stemmed from what he witnessed in crows nest
Halo Reach Elites are PEAK Elite design
The Cyborg Elite from Infinite is most likely still alive after you beat him
You mean Jega rdomnai
@@boydlateef1282 yes
@@boydlateef1282 how ? His body is literally in front of you
41:11 I didn't know I needed Late Night Gaming elite, but now that it exists I can say I want more.
Man I almost forgot how great the Infinite Elites are. Definitely my favorite in the series. Here's hoping we get em in MP one day.
I find it interesting 343i named themselves after the most two faced backstabbing character of the halo universe. How very telling . For godsake someone grab a Spartan laser.
6:38 sorry maybe you already said but how did you make the game look soooo smooth and good? Same goes for the Halo 1 footage, how do you make that thing?
either reshade or geforce experience filters
What the guy above me said. Reshade with motion blur, ssao, color filters, and depth of field
Also just wanna say. People are so quick to hate on motion blur, bloom, dof. But those are only tools that when used properly could enhance the presentation.
Halo ce elites will always reign supreme. Even their movement looked better and it matched them perfectly
Agreed!
“Goombas, Bocoblins, and Headcrabs”
It feels good to be a nerd doesn’t it
A video of all halo main tittle multiplayers would be interesting to look at
That's probably why Halo hasn't been doing so well when it comes to it's story recently. 343 has been focusing WAY too much on Spartans. Even though they're everywhere now. What we need is more marines, and Elites. It kept Halo grounded in a sense. Plus, I like being able to play as the seven foot tall dinosaurs.
We got marines and elites in halo infinite’s campaign. Also marines were never the focus of halo’s story.
@@spat3305 no, the focus was the war. And the marines and Elites were a huge part of that. And both Marines and Elites were completely side lined in infinite. We got a few cool elites and that was it lol
343 is Fragile and Bad
I've always said that it's so crazy that the peak of human engineering to perfect the soldier is effectively equal to elites natural evolution
All of these impressions have me wanting weapon impressions now 😫
Also worth mentioning that halo ce elites had their mouth closed except when screaming, talking or after being infected, so that it doesn't look like they're drooling all the time
thank god you changed the thumbnail lol. something about the old one just didnt sit right with me
I will give 343 this, the Infinite elites are by far the best model sense the original trilogy. Shame in 2024 I still cant play as one >_>
it would've been really damn cool if we had gotten to see some of Halo 2 armors in the style and detail of Halo Reach, though it may have not made any sense lore-wise, maybe it would've made some good cosmetics for multiplayer
I think it would be cool to see an Evolution video on the Jackals. They're one of the few designs I think 343 did amazing in the Reclaimer Saga
really appreciated the editing in this video, especially the shift in tone and presentation when you got to halo 4 to reflect the change in the elites. the neutrality towards them was much appreciated but the editing excelled to show some love and reflect the games themselves throughout the video. VERY well done
You should do a Evolution of Halo’s Spartans video next!
Thank god for a positive videos cuz my steps dads mom just passed away so I feel happy for this thanks mate
Just throwing it out there, I think it’d be cool af if elites with their shields up can’t stop won’t stop, but when their shields break, they shield themselves with their hand to signify that they’re playing on the defensive, being much more evasive, using cover more, and only shooting back intermittently until their shields recharge. It’s about the small details y’all
Reach and h2 already did that besides.holding their hand out.
i had no idea there were elites called BOBs in reach. a nice nod to marathon
343 really did an amazing job bring back the old elite design in infinite it’s honestly beautiful it’s just so good
Of course we’re not gonna notice we’re more worried about that sword
I always liked the idea that the storm covenant elites were a different race of elites. Hence the different designs etc.
34:17 they see me rollin
Halo Infinite's Elites are a daggum masterpiece. The art direction for this game is the best in the series
It's the worst one yet
@@greedyclown851 Halo 4 and 5 wants to speak
@@d30n6 hand me their message uhmm... They put cat ears in spartans?
@@greedyclown851 I thought this was an elite topic…
@@greedyclown851 ah yes because they added cat ears the entire art direction is trash, right?
Woah! Alien at 1:20 is straight up a hulk from Marathon! Crazy how we almost had them in Halo.
The Halo 2 elites are my favorite in design, voice, gameplay, and story. Followed by Reach. My least favorite elite is halo 3. The design looks like a toy to me. And I hate the big throat guards added to the combat helmet. EDIT: 12:20 YEEEESSS
10:57 Achievement unlocked: Tank Dropper.
I really hope elites come to halo infinite in the future, it could be a hole season with maps, armor, playlist, events and maybe even campaign dlc
Ye
Can we just appreciate how good the use of music is for this video.
kind of wish when in the story we got to see how deadly both the spartans and elites/brutes could of been, whenever i got the spartan abilities and saw the dead spartan i was man would of been cooler to the battle that took place or have a buddy to help for a bit get seperated and see the spartan dead later in a cutscene to have more of a emotional tie the deaths rather than another one bites the dust, especially the ones taken down by Jegger, to see him cut down a spartan while the Master Chief helpless to stop the killing of his companions just would of been better than being told how scary the enemies are id prefer to see them in absolute action
343 even proved they can do it to, with that marine in halo 4 that gets stabbed by a knight and pulls out a grenade in a kamikaze attack to retaliate.
@@bluephoenix7565 yea id appreciate being shown how or why i should fear these beings instead of being told. Imagine if we got to kill Jegger in campaign itd be like hes scary Chief took him down like any other chump in the Banished youd feel nothing killing him, unless youre playing legendary and bring the bad weapons to fight him lol 😆
Not all the baddies need just the ones who got more screen time like jegger or the Tower dude needed that stake of im gonna make sure he pays would of added more impact to the campaign in my books for cutscenes
After the major nuclear heat Spartan IV's had, fragile 343 decided not to show much Spartan 4 action and just tell...
The CE elites will always be my favorite design. I don't like how anniversary looks anymore, it's so visually busy it hurts my eyes and the reach elites in CE:A we're always hard to look at for me and focus on them.
I really think you should have touched on the new show Elites more.
Great video still!
Halo 1 and 2 elites look the best for sure
I wish halo reach was longer :(. I loved the story and playing against a scary alien foe so much.
Still wishing a similar game about Harvest :/ But considering Infinite is pretty much still in beta after release, that's not happening
@@_MaZTeR_ Harvest would be cool, unfortunately I don't think 343 is capable of something so niche... Every game they've made has been very "broad audience" oriented.
To do that they'd have to re-write the fall of reach book, and I doubt they would.
@@1th_to_comment. I just mean more to the levels, or more levels in general, not actually make the fall of reach lore-wise take longer.