@@S0ur So you know, the full plasma pistol charge can emp vehicles, stunning them. Also you can shoot the hatches off tanks to kill the people inside without even boarding There's a ton of other sandbox stuff in the game that's never told to you.
@@S0ur Pro tip for Reach and onward, for Wraiths, if you kill the turret gunner and manage to jump into the turret, the pilot will automatically jump out so can kill them and you don't have to damage the Wraith. On Legendary though, that'll be tougher but if you Plasma EMP it it'll give you an undamaged Wraith.
I remember in Reach you could snipe the gunner and then get into the gun turret, which would cause the driver to get out and run away leaving you with a free tank in perfect condition
@@S0ur Also to be clear! Wasn't bitching, loving seeing you play through these. Just wanted to drop some tips, since both odst and reach have these mechanics! (Also halo reach was the last bungie game! It and odst are great!)
@@bitterman213If you haven't played MCC the Sabre portion on Long Night of Solace is insane. Legitimately took me 40+ tries for the dogfighting section
I was looking for this comment because half way through the video he mentions he wants to play Halo 4 and since he didnt know about ODST then maybe he doesnt know about reach🤷♂️
Oh how I’ve been looking forward to this We never had internet for our XBOX so I didn’t get into the multiplayer for it but my sister and I must’ve played through the campaign in the dozens of times in total. Love this game
3:23:28 if I'm not mistaken, the only reason the flood survived is because the forerunner kept some in stasis on the rings for the monitors to study. Its just that the covenant let them out in the first halo game and they quickly spread again
I genuinely think *in gameplay* this looks better than even the Halo 2 remaster. Halo 3 and Halo Reach both have some of the best art direction ever seen in a first person shooter. They squeezed everything they possibly could out of the Xbox 360
Halo 3's graphics are actually timeless. I don't think there will be any point when they are considered "bad" and certainly will never reach "unplayable" tier.
Yes that's awesome you started playing Halo 3. When you move up to ODST I highly recommend you get all the audio logs or "terminals" because it will unlock a secret encounter that will give more perspective to that game.
One huge thing is that your allies have infinite ammo, so if you give them power weapons (rocket launcher, fuel rod, spartan laser, etc.) and stick them in the passenger slot on the warthog or mongoose… they can do a LOT of damage.
Halo 3 is literal peak gaming, and I don’t say that just out of nostalgia. The gameplay, the story. It almost feels like a love letter. It pulls you in, it’s what gaming was always meant to be.
@s3rlrules oh I agree, I think it's super easy if you ignore the enemies and just focus on fragging the turret forms. That's all I do but tons of players struggle with it funnily enough.
Was surprised to see him breeze through Cortana! I regularly replay the trilogy on Legendary and I prefer any level of Halo 2 to Cortana... I haven't played Cortana for a while though, very keen to revisit it now... maybe my perception of it being 'hard' is magnified by just not finding it to be a fun level?
@@cellyzs First time I've ever heard someone call it boring. Guess blowing up scarabs and ripping off turrets isn't enough for some people. It isn't hard I just know people struggle with it, I've beaten the game on legendary.
Halo 3 is peak. Even today 18 years later the graphics hold up. The story is absolute cinema. If you ever doubt the hype look up halo 3 launch night lines. Around the world they were out the door around the block with people pitching tents. No agenda. No gimmicks, just a franchise letting the writers and programmers do their thing.
They were very much forced to do Halo 3 against their wishes. Most of the team was burnout after the crunch of Halo 2 developpment. Also very sus with that ''no agenda'' comment, get that shit out of here.
Even though I still like 4, I hope Reach is his next stop on his Halo journey. He has been playing them in release order rather than the order they're listed in on the MCC (which might imply that he'll do ODST next, even though it's more of a spinoff than Reach is). Whatever order he plays them in though, I've been having a blast with his first experiences with the series. This series is so fantastic at its peak.
About the other Halo games: Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach are still very much beloved (Halo 3: ODST is actually my favorite halo game) and made by Bungie, the original developers. Halo 4, 5, and Halo Infinite are made by the new guys. Halo 4 is also very good imo, and overhated. Halo 5 is Call Of Duty: Vanguard levels of pure horribleness, but it might be so bad youd have fun with it, and the most recent game, Halo Infinite is actually pretty good. Great video, by the way! You make my day whenever you release one of these, lol.
Halo 4 is hated for its gameplay, which is kinda bad because the Prometheans are poorly designed and the levels are small due to that “end of the generation” effect.
Totally agree that H4 is good & overhated. The gameplay isn’t as good due to the Promethean’s being just purely not as fun to fight as The Covenant but I think the narrative carries. I also think the graphics of Halo 4 hold up well. (I hate the art style changes) but the visuals are technically sound.
@@S0ur On legendary difficulty, Johnson will randomly choose 1 of 5 different lines to say at around the 3:45 timestamp. It's equal chance across all options, so not particularly rare.
Love how emotionally invested you got and how into the lore your getting. Such a masterpiece of a game and a pleasure to follow you through it. So glad you appreciated the music too. Really enjoying these long full playthrough videos and looking forward to the next installment! Keep up the great work
Feel somewhat locked in to a cod-moh-halo cycle for now to not keep anyone waiting too long for something, but yep totally seems like one of the major games of the time that'd be worth checking out, interested to learn more about it
Man your videos always come out exactly when I need them to, to get me through tough times. I know it sounds stupid commenting this on a random lighthearted playthrough of a childhood game I love, but I've been dealing with hardcore nostalgia and regret lately. Seeing a youtuber I've liked for a long time play a game from my childhood for the first time is a fantastic feeling. Hope you know you've got diehard fans out here who love your material and will always come back. Every time that notification hits I click on it no matter if i like the game or not because I know I'm gonna feel better afterwards. You're helping people and changing lives even in small ways. Thank you for the content that's there for me when nobody else is.
You're gonna love ODST (which was originally supposed to be a Halo 3 DLC). The vibe is impeccable, best game in the series after H2A (for its spectacular cutscenes). Reach is excellent too, similar in theme to ODST. Late Bungie era Halo was spectacular, you can tell just how much the game's universe and design language had been fleshed out and solidified.
21:15 - For most of Halo's existence, Master Chief was the last remaining Spartan. It was during the development of Halo: Reach that they decided other Spartans were still out there.
Not quite - prior to Halo: Reach the Canon was that all/most of the Spartan IIs were killed the during the Battle of Reach, though even back in 07 there were other Spartans scattered about who survived Reach (Ghosts of Onyx) and other Spartan teams scattered across the galaxy (Cole Protocol).
Not really. They really only stuck with that in Fall of Reach and Halo CE. In Halo: First Strike, which came out shortly after, Master Chief returns to Reach and links up with Halsey and a number of remaining Spartan-IIs. The next book, Ghosts of Onyx, which came out concurrently with Halo 2, introduces the Spartan-IIIs and the reveal that there are numerous of those squads still out there. And Cole Protocol and other various media showed that there were scattered Spartan-II squads around the galaxy.
The original book trilogy was all about the rest of the Spartans, with The Fall of Reach releasing even before Halo CE. However, a lot of Bungie's writers ignored the existence of those books so it seems like they were never mentioned (until Reach where we even see Spartan IIIs)
The books should be taken with a grain of salt. Bungie's vision and what we see in the games are the official canon. When Reach came out, there were people complaining it wasn't accurate enough to Fall of Reach. But at the end of the day, that doesn't matter. You can like both stories. You can prefer one over the other. But the reality is that for the majority of development of Halo games, in Bungie's eyes, Chief was the last remaining Spartan.
The weird squares at the end during the warthog run are the underlying structure of the ring. Theyre exposed as the terraforming/landscaping is yet to be complete. The end part before the dawn is even in the same layout as the ce mission silent cartographer, so theyre not anywhere near as random as they look.
Always love seeing first time play throughs of my favorite game of all time. Regardless of how good the storylines are, I still highly recommend playing halo 4, 5, and infinite. They continue the story and it’s still Halo to me. Love the video!
Halo 3 holds a special place in my heart i remember the E3 trailers as a kid the 711 cups the promotional stuff in stores etc but in Winter of 2007 my older brother and I got a present from our grandparents and it was an Xbox 360 with Halo 3 and Halo 2 8 year old me was super excited including my brother spent so many hours after school playing it for years. I know i'm gonna enjoy this Sour thanks for doing this!
I just finished the halo 2 video and to my absolute delight I see the halo 3 video just got posted, I had the biggest smile on my face especially because this is my favorite halo!
I definitely recommend checking out Halo 4, 5 and Infinite. Regardless of how they were received and other people think about them, I can assure you they are plenty of fun.
@@DAX-PMFT agreed. Maybe they aren’t the best halo games, but gameplay wise they are very good. The evolution of the combat in 4 makes for a very fun legendary play through
Great vid! I am basically a walking encyclopedia on this series so if you have any questions about stuff you were curious on, feel free to reply to this and I'll answer what I can.
Will never forget playing this for the first time in 2007. I was around 10 and My Dad and I were huge Halo fans, and the day this came out he took the day off from work and let me stay home from school so we could finish the fight together. This game has given me such good memories Im so glad you got to the Halo series.
My first Halo was watching my brother and his friend play Halo 2 when I was 4 and not understanding anything that was on screen. A few years later I got to play 3 with my brother and cousin and loved the multi-player, although it was just the 3 of us. The first time I saw that opening, alone, late at night, devoid of context of what came before my 8 yr old mind wasn't just blown, it felt like I was absorbed into a whole other world completely. Halo 3 absolutely ensnared my heart in a similar way Lord of the Rings did, and watching you play this brought back some of those wonderful old feelings. So glad you enjoyed playing Halo 3 and I can't wait for ODST and ESPECIALLY Reach. Take it easy S0ur and remember: Spartans never die, they're just missing in action...
On whether you think you should continue with the games after 4, I think you should. They are still fun and good games, they just make some decisions for the direction of the story which weren't well received (Also an artstyle change you'll see in 4). Halo Infinite returns to form for a lot of the feeling for the campaign and I think it is an interesting open world experience, so I definitely think it's worth continuing.
Seeing something this in 2025 running through halo one, two, and three. It's a special thing. On legendary and experiencing it for the first time? Once in a lifetime. Thank you S0ur.
Great Video S0ur- Don't play Halo 4... at least not until you play ODST and then Reach. Halo 4's story was okay... At least the parts involving Cortana and Chief emotional relationship were worth experiencing. But the gameplay isn't as enjoyable or rewarding. Halo:ODST is one of the easiest on Legendary, but the story is great and music is phenomenal. Reach has to be my favorite campaign of the series. Especially the armor customization that allow you to show it off in the cut scenes. 👍 Can't wait to watch more of your Halo Journey!
Thoroughly enjoyed this series, thanks for making it! very excited to see you play the next few games (even H4 if just to hear your thoughts on 343's decisions)
Man, when Halo 3 came out it was such a blast. It was everything they learned from H1 and 2 just made to perfection, the multiplayer was really well balanced and the most fun I've ever had on an online game. They added Forge, a map editor, and people were able to host games and amazing creations, and still do if you go to custom games browser on MCC, there's servers with people playing mini games and all sorts of gametypes across all the mainline Halo's. And it's just an amazing conclusion to the trilogy. The end with Cortana saying "It's been an honor serving with you, John" as the explosion consumes them is perfect.
Trust me S0ur, Reach and ODST are loved by many people (Halo 4 was it being "dragged out"). Reach was an amazing send-off to Halo and ODST is a great way to create a side story (maybe have a look at Firefight mode). I really like the music in Halo 3, yet I think the music in Reach and ODST is on another level. I'm sure you will enjoy them both and I'm looking forward to seeing you make a great video for them too. Great video S0ur, It's good to see you power through another one of these on Legendary.
New watcher here, came from your Halo 2 playthrough. While the games after this may be lacking in the story department (though personally I really enjoy 4's), they're still good fun! Different gameplay, sure, but still enjoyable if you don't expect them to be quite the same. I'd love to see you cover the whole series, honestly. Regardless, I'm glad you've enjoyed yourself thus far!
Ngl just last night I checked your channel to see if you finally released this video and then today I was so happy to see you released it. Halo 3 is such a good game. I didn't grow up with it, I've actually only played it in the last year or two. But the impact this game has had on my life is truely monumental. Halo 4 is definitely a game I'm very curious to see and hear your opinion on. It's defenitely a like it or you don't game. I'm in the middle on it honestly. Anyways, cheers! I'm continually excited for each Halo video you release!
Watching you playing this games is very enjoyable, I've seen other playing these for the first time but they usually are pretty bad and have zero awareness lol, it's refreshing seeing someone competent and also props to you for playing on legendary, for a first time player it can be very challenging.
Really enjoyed watching your playthrough! So great to see someone experience Halo for the first time. I'd play ODST next then Reach which it sounds like that's what you're going to do. Maybe check out Halo Wars 1 and 2 though those are RTS games. Cut scenes though are gnarly. Heads up for the future you can tuck your legs in while jumping to get on higher ledges. Just crouch while you're in the air and you can make higher jumps. Super helpful.
Thanks for the cozy Sunday viewing. Given even 343i memory holed halo 5 with halo infinite I don't think alot of people would complain if you skipped halo 5. Legend has it people on ww2 are still getting blinded by with a signal flare.
The guys asking about the password is an easter egg based on the old Machinima series Red Vs Blue. Every difficulty you play has different lines when you go up to the door. Johnson also has different lines in every game based on the difficulty. In Halo 1 it was when he talks to the soldiers in the first cutscene, in 2 it's when he gives Chief the tank, and in 3 it's just a couple words after Chief holds a gun up to arbiter in the opening.
People overreact, halo 4 and 5 are worse than 2 and 3 and reach but still decent. They are just a bit different and people hate that halo infinites gameplay is really fun imo
I think they nailed the Flood in 3 finally, making them more terrifying story-wise and less of a brutal slog in gameplay. Well, ranged forms aside, and Cortana aside, buuut as a whole, it's more fun to just carve through their hordes now. I love how Halo CE introduced the Covenant, unstoppable alien destroyers who were, by ONI's estimate, weeks from wiping us out by the opening of Combat Evolved... and then revealed in the first game that they're like, an extremely distant third in the hierarchy of threat. With the Flood as an extremely distant first-place in that ranking; even the ancient machines that will kill everything were just a Hail Mary to try and stop the Flood.
Awww, I hope you continue through halo infinite! (Halo 5 is impossible to play on pc, although it doesn't deserve the level of hate it gets). I found halo infinite's legendary to be a very fun and satisfying playthrough, with smart enemies and actually good boss battles. Either way thrilled to see this one come out, this series brought me to the channel! though metal of honor misery land is something special as well, I just don't want this series to end lol
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screaming at my monitor telling you you can melee when boarding wraiths to kill the driver and steal the tank
D: !!
@@S0ur So you know, the full plasma pistol charge can emp vehicles, stunning them. Also you can shoot the hatches off tanks to kill the people inside without even boarding There's a ton of other sandbox stuff in the game that's never told to you.
@@S0ur Pro tip for Reach and onward, for Wraiths, if you kill the turret gunner and manage to jump into the turret, the pilot will automatically jump out so can kill them and you don't have to damage the Wraith. On Legendary though, that'll be tougher but if you Plasma EMP it it'll give you an undamaged Wraith.
I remember in Reach you could snipe the gunner and then get into the gun turret, which would cause the driver to get out and run away leaving you with a free tank in perfect condition
@@S0ur Also to be clear! Wasn't bitching, loving seeing you play through these. Just wanted to drop some tips, since both odst and reach have these mechanics! (Also halo reach was the last bungie game! It and odst are great!)
Can't wait for the halo reach run
"Chief isn't forklift certified."
but noble 6 is
I still have flashbacks to the field marshal’s shields on Legendary. And the concussion rifle spamming. Oh god, the concussion rifle spamming.
@@bitterman213If you haven't played MCC the Sabre portion on Long Night of Solace is insane. Legitimately took me 40+ tries for the dogfighting section
@@bitterman213the Ultras were actually insane on LASO
I was looking for this comment because half way through the video he mentions he wants to play Halo 4 and since he didnt know about ODST then maybe he doesnt know about reach🤷♂️
Oh how I’ve been looking forward to this
We never had internet for our XBOX so I didn’t get into the multiplayer for it but my sister and I must’ve played through the campaign in the dozens of times in total. Love this game
Same for me and my brother, not having internet sucked but now I can quote almost every line of dialogue in the bungie Halo's 😅
My sister’s favorite level was Cortana.
3:23:28 if I'm not mistaken, the only reason the flood survived is because the forerunner kept some in stasis on the rings for the monitors to study. Its just that the covenant let them out in the first halo game and they quickly spread again
I also believe that the flood from Delta Halo in Halo 2 came about due to a lapse in security measures.
You're going to love both ODST and Reach for 2 different reasons.
Can't wait for ODST and Reach
THIS MANS TIMING IS IMPECCABLE.
I just finished watching through Halo 1 and 2, and you upload 3 not less than a week later?
Time for popcorn.
Same lol, I bing watched them just now
gross
I genuinely think *in gameplay* this looks better than even the Halo 2 remaster. Halo 3 and Halo Reach both have some of the best art direction ever seen in a first person shooter. They squeezed everything they possibly could out of the Xbox 360
I also like odst
@@ajaakola2in terms of visuals and art direction I just lump it in with 3 because it’s the same team on the same engine.
Halo 3's graphics are actually timeless. I don't think there will be any point when they are considered "bad" and certainly will never reach "unplayable" tier.
Halo 2 art style is the best
Just had lightning issues.
Remaster is much better than 3
@@cellyzsdisagree but fair enough.
ODST and reach will be so sick to watch in the coming months.
Commenting for the algorithm lol
27:10 he found the red vs blue Easter egg! Legendary
Also 42:05 "It bounces?"
...
"Who designs a gun that bounces? This is the worst gun ever. Of all-"
I can't believe there's still people that haven't played this masterpiece 😭
Yes that's awesome you started playing Halo 3. When you move up to ODST I highly recommend you get all the audio logs or "terminals" because it will unlock a secret encounter that will give more perspective to that game.
I second this, plus it’ll add an extra challenge to a game engine he’s played through, and add time to a great but short game.
That would be dope
One huge thing is that your allies have infinite ammo, so if you give them power weapons (rocket launcher, fuel rod, spartan laser, etc.) and stick them in the passenger slot on the warthog or mongoose… they can do a LOT of damage.
holy crap i’ve been waiting for this video. halo 3 was the halo i grew up with. one of the best games ever.
Halo 3 is literal peak gaming, and I don’t say that just out of nostalgia. The gameplay, the story. It almost feels like a love letter. It pulls you in, it’s what gaming was always meant to be.
this is the game that wine and dines you then creampies you 3 times
Halo 2 is better
@@00-JT Story wise, yes. Gameplay wise, no.
@@benetnasch2096it's better in every way.
Maybe except multiplayer gameplay
Story is trash
My favorite Halo, I hope you enjoy this. Can't wait to see Cortana, that level breaks people I've had friends hate the whole campaign because of it.
The funny thing is. Cortana isn't actually that bad, There are much, MUCH worse levels. (in terms of difficulty.)
@s3rlrules oh I agree, I think it's super easy if you ignore the enemies and just focus on fragging the turret forms. That's all I do but tons of players struggle with it funnily enough.
Was surprised to see him breeze through Cortana! I regularly replay the trilogy on Legendary and I prefer any level of Halo 2 to Cortana... I haven't played Cortana for a while though, very keen to revisit it now... maybe my perception of it being 'hard' is magnified by just not finding it to be a fun level?
Forreal? Halo 3 isn't even hard
The campaign is boring but definitely not difficult
@@cellyzs First time I've ever heard someone call it boring. Guess blowing up scarabs and ripping off turrets isn't enough for some people. It isn't hard I just know people struggle with it, I've beaten the game on legendary.
10:24 You can infact kill the brute in time and save him. Even has dialogue for it.
42:05 reminded me of Agent washington from Red VS blue
"It bounces who designs a gun that bounces this is the worst gun ever"
Of all time~~
"-of all time." so glad someone picked up on that, i thought i was going nuts
Bro got the cutscene easter egg at 3:50 lmao
He also got it in his halo 2 run if I remember correctly
To be fair, IIRC it always plays on Legendary. It's based on the difficulty.
I just finished your first two halo playthroughs. perfect timing for this to be released right now!
Halo 3 is peak. Even today 18 years later the graphics hold up. The story is absolute cinema.
If you ever doubt the hype look up halo 3 launch night lines. Around the world they were out the door around the block with people pitching tents. No agenda. No gimmicks, just a franchise letting the writers and programmers do their thing.
halo 3 story is actually mediocre and rushed. It's not cinema at all. I get it was hype but man the story was bad and the campaign was short
They were very much forced to do Halo 3 against their wishes. Most of the team was burnout after the crunch of Halo 2 developpment. Also very sus with that ''no agenda'' comment, get that shit out of here.
"No agenda"
Yall are really bad at keeping your cards close to your chest.
YOOOO I just discovered your Halo CE and Halo 2 playthroughs last night, subbed, and then get greeted with this in the morning. Immaculate timing
Gonna need that odst and reach video now ASAP! 🎉
There’s no other games I have as many voice lines from occasionally playing in my head than this, by far. Especially that first mission
ive been patiently waiting for you to play this, its my personal favorite of the series
Halo 3 was my first ever video game actually. 3 and Reach are by far my favorites.
used to play 3 and reach with my younger brother :) by far our faves but had to stop when we didn't have a tv we could split screen on
halo CE was my first game. So a similar experience. I will never forget how shocked and scared I was of the genre shift on level 5
Even though I still like 4, I hope Reach is his next stop on his Halo journey. He has been playing them in release order rather than the order they're listed in on the MCC (which might imply that he'll do ODST next, even though it's more of a spinoff than Reach is).
Whatever order he plays them in though, I've been having a blast with his first experiences with the series. This series is so fantastic at its peak.
2 is better
@@00-JT some levels in halo 2 have really bad design like quarantine zone. it just looks like a community mod made by 1 guy
About the other Halo games: Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach are still very much beloved (Halo 3: ODST is actually my favorite halo game) and made by Bungie, the original developers. Halo 4, 5, and Halo Infinite are made by the new guys. Halo 4 is also very good imo, and overhated. Halo 5 is Call Of Duty: Vanguard levels of pure horribleness, but it might be so bad youd have fun with it, and the most recent game, Halo Infinite is actually pretty good.
Great video, by the way! You make my day whenever you release one of these, lol.
Halo 4 is hated for its gameplay, which is kinda bad because the Prometheans are poorly designed and the levels are small due to that “end of the generation” effect.
Totally agree that H4 is good & overhated. The gameplay isn’t as good due to the Promethean’s being just purely not as fun to fight as The Covenant but I think the narrative carries. I also think the graphics of Halo 4 hold up well. (I hate the art style changes) but the visuals are technically sound.
I’ve been waiting 35 years for this video to drop
3 was not only my first Halo game, but my favorite one. Lookin' forward to watching this absolute movie of a video
Bro got the secret dialogue in this one too :skull:
Lmao surely it isn't too rare then, which was it this time
@@S0ur 3:45 Was an outtake during the recording sessions.
@@S0ur On legendary difficulty, Johnson will randomly choose 1 of 5 different lines to say at around the 3:45 timestamp. It's equal chance across all options, so not particularly rare.
play halo reach legendary next pls! I love your content it was what I would watch during my surgeries
halo 3 odst man!
Love how emotionally invested you got and how into the lore your getting. Such a masterpiece of a game and a pleasure to follow you through it. So glad you appreciated the music too.
Really enjoying these long full playthrough videos and looking forward to the next installment! Keep up the great work
my favorite Canadian is back
Time to finish the fight…
Brother this is only the 3rd game. He still has like 4 more
@@DeadCreepin The fight ended
Hey S0ur, have you thought about playing the Gears of War series?
Feel somewhat locked in to a cod-moh-halo cycle for now to not keep anyone waiting too long for something, but yep totally seems like one of the major games of the time that'd be worth checking out, interested to learn more about it
Man your videos always come out exactly when I need them to, to get me through tough times. I know it sounds stupid commenting this on a random lighthearted playthrough of a childhood game I love, but I've been dealing with hardcore nostalgia and regret lately. Seeing a youtuber I've liked for a long time play a game from my childhood for the first time is a fantastic feeling. Hope you know you've got diehard fans out here who love your material and will always come back. Every time that notification hits I click on it no matter if i like the game or not because I know I'm gonna feel better afterwards.
You're helping people and changing lives even in small ways. Thank you for the content that's there for me when nobody else is.
Far too kind, thank you
You're gonna love ODST (which was originally supposed to be a Halo 3 DLC). The vibe is impeccable, best game in the series after H2A (for its spectacular cutscenes). Reach is excellent too, similar in theme to ODST. Late Bungie era Halo was spectacular, you can tell just how much the game's universe and design language had been fleshed out and solidified.
21:15 - For most of Halo's existence, Master Chief was the last remaining Spartan. It was during the development of Halo: Reach that they decided other Spartans were still out there.
Not quite - prior to Halo: Reach the Canon was that all/most of the Spartan IIs were killed the during the Battle of Reach, though even back in 07 there were other Spartans scattered about who survived Reach (Ghosts of Onyx) and other Spartan teams scattered across the galaxy (Cole Protocol).
Eh, kinda. Books really did it first, the CE era "Fall of Reach" was the real contributor of it with Fred going MIA as Oni stole him.
Not really. They really only stuck with that in Fall of Reach and Halo CE. In Halo: First Strike, which came out shortly after, Master Chief returns to Reach and links up with Halsey and a number of remaining Spartan-IIs. The next book, Ghosts of Onyx, which came out concurrently with Halo 2, introduces the Spartan-IIIs and the reveal that there are numerous of those squads still out there. And Cole Protocol and other various media showed that there were scattered Spartan-II squads around the galaxy.
The original book trilogy was all about the rest of the Spartans, with The Fall of Reach releasing even before Halo CE. However, a lot of Bungie's writers ignored the existence of those books so it seems like they were never mentioned (until Reach where we even see Spartan IIIs)
The books should be taken with a grain of salt. Bungie's vision and what we see in the games are the official canon. When Reach came out, there were people complaining it wasn't accurate enough to Fall of Reach. But at the end of the day, that doesn't matter.
You can like both stories. You can prefer one over the other. But the reality is that for the majority of development of Halo games, in Bungie's eyes, Chief was the last remaining Spartan.
The weird squares at the end during the warthog run are the underlying structure of the ring. Theyre exposed as the terraforming/landscaping is yet to be complete. The end part before the dawn is even in the same layout as the ce mission silent cartographer, so theyre not anywhere near as random as they look.
Thank you so much for the nostalgia trip. Watching your blind playthrough reminded me why I love halo
Always love seeing first time play throughs of my favorite game of all time. Regardless of how good the storylines are, I still highly recommend playing halo 4, 5, and infinite. They continue the story and it’s still Halo to me. Love the video!
Halo 3 holds a special place in my heart i remember the E3 trailers as a kid the 711 cups the promotional stuff in stores etc but in Winter of 2007 my older brother and I got a present from our grandparents and it was an Xbox 360 with Halo 3 and Halo 2 8 year old me was super excited including my brother spent so many hours after school playing it for years. I know i'm gonna enjoy this Sour thanks for doing this!
lmao that marine that killed the hunters is a legend
Thank you for the playthrough. Halo was my first xbox 360 game, and it still holds dearest to my heart.
I just finished the halo 2 video and to my absolute delight I see the halo 3 video just got posted, I had the biggest smile on my face especially because this is my favorite halo!
I definitely recommend checking out Halo 4, 5 and Infinite. Regardless of how they were received and other people think about them, I can assure you they are plenty of fun.
@@DAX-PMFT agreed. Maybe they aren’t the best halo games, but gameplay wise they are very good. The evolution of the combat in 4 makes for a very fun legendary play through
@@L0rdskullz Oh yeah. Halo 4 on Legendary is tough but enjoyable if you know the tricks
haha no
Great vid!
I am basically a walking encyclopedia on this series so if you have any questions about stuff you were curious on, feel free to reply to this and I'll answer what I can.
Welp, I guess I'm watching this for the rest of the day.
I love how much the NPC's talk to you in battle, and how relevant the things they say are.
They're actually believable as real people in this game.
One of the best games of all time
I’ve been looking forward to this video since I finished your playthrough of Halo 2! Excited to watch!
Will never forget playing this for the first time in 2007. I was around 10 and My Dad and I were huge Halo fans, and the day this came out he took the day off from work and let me stay home from school so we could finish the fight together. This game has given me such good memories Im so glad you got to the Halo series.
My first Halo was watching my brother and his friend play Halo 2 when I was 4 and not understanding anything that was on screen. A few years later I got to play 3 with my brother and cousin and loved the multi-player, although it was just the 3 of us. The first time I saw that opening, alone, late at night, devoid of context of what came before my 8 yr old mind wasn't just blown, it felt like I was absorbed into a whole other world completely. Halo 3 absolutely ensnared my heart in a similar way Lord of the Rings did, and watching you play this brought back some of those wonderful old feelings. So glad you enjoyed playing Halo 3 and I can't wait for ODST and ESPECIALLY Reach. Take it easy S0ur and remember: Spartans never die, they're just missing in action...
Another great video! I found your channel through the Halo 2 campaign and moved on to your classic CoD and MoH campaigns.
Man I have been WAITING for this. Never clicked a video so fast.
On whether you think you should continue with the games after 4, I think you should. They are still fun and good games, they just make some decisions for the direction of the story which weren't well received (Also an artstyle change you'll see in 4). Halo Infinite returns to form for a lot of the feeling for the campaign and I think it is an interesting open world experience, so I definitely think it's worth continuing.
Man i've been waiting for this to drop, loving the series
literally finished watching your halo 2 playthrough last night bro, what insane timing
My favorite Halo game! Played this with my brother so much as a kid. Glad to see you playing it!
Bro that world of war signal flare moment hit hard
The timing on this upload. I just binged watched your ce and 2 playthrough yesterday.
Seeing something this in 2025 running through halo one, two, and three. It's a special thing. On legendary and experiencing it for the first time? Once in a lifetime. Thank you S0ur.
Were it so easy.
Finally! Thank you S0ur!
Its been forever since ive played this
LETS GO, been waiting for this ❤
Great Video S0ur- Don't play Halo 4... at least not until you play ODST and then Reach. Halo 4's story was okay... At least the parts involving Cortana and Chief emotional relationship were worth experiencing. But the gameplay isn't as enjoyable or rewarding.
Halo:ODST is one of the easiest on Legendary, but the story is great and music is phenomenal. Reach has to be my favorite campaign of the series. Especially the armor customization that allow you to show it off in the cut scenes. 👍
Can't wait to watch more of your Halo Journey!
Personally, I found Halo 4's gameplay to be very fun, but that's just me. Maybe we should let him play it and make decide for himself, no?
@@seanherrmann6301 Fair enough, either way it will make for a fun video 👍
"Oh man, I love this! The Flood are so chill!"
Cortana: _Does he know?_
Thoroughly enjoyed this series, thanks for making it! very excited to see you play the next few games (even H4 if just to hear your thoughts on 343's decisions)
Man, when Halo 3 came out it was such a blast. It was everything they learned from H1 and 2 just made to perfection, the multiplayer was really well balanced and the most fun I've ever had on an online game. They added Forge, a map editor, and people were able to host games and amazing creations, and still do if you go to custom games browser on MCC, there's servers with people playing mini games and all sorts of gametypes across all the mainline Halo's. And it's just an amazing conclusion to the trilogy. The end with Cortana saying "It's been an honor serving with you, John" as the explosion consumes them is perfect.
I just finished watching your Halo 1 and 2 vids a few hours ago, perfect timing on that upload
THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
yes the boring and short campaign.
@ short yeah, boring, no.
I just watched the halo ce and halo 2 vids again last night hahaha. I'm shocked to get to directly continue the next day.
If you give a launcher like the fuel rod gun to your warthog passenger, he can seriously help out
Trust me S0ur, Reach and ODST are loved by many people (Halo 4 was it being "dragged out"). Reach was an amazing send-off to Halo and ODST is a great way to create a side story (maybe have a look at Firefight mode). I really like the music in Halo 3, yet I think the music in Reach and ODST is on another level. I'm sure you will enjoy them both and I'm looking forward to seeing you make a great video for them too.
Great video S0ur, It's good to see you power through another one of these on Legendary.
Such an amazing game. I cry a little bit there. Can't wait to see what you do next. Halo reach. ODST. Halo wars 1/2 4 and 5 and infinite.
New watcher here, came from your Halo 2 playthrough. While the games after this may be lacking in the story department (though personally I really enjoy 4's), they're still good fun! Different gameplay, sure, but still enjoyable if you don't expect them to be quite the same. I'd love to see you cover the whole series, honestly. Regardless, I'm glad you've enjoyed yourself thus far!
Ngl just last night I checked your channel to see if you finally released this video and then today I was so happy to see you released it. Halo 3 is such a good game. I didn't grow up with it, I've actually only played it in the last year or two. But the impact this game has had on my life is truely monumental. Halo 4 is definitely a game I'm very curious to see and hear your opinion on. It's defenitely a like it or you don't game. I'm in the middle on it honestly. Anyways, cheers! I'm continually excited for each Halo video you release!
Watching you playing this games is very enjoyable, I've seen other playing these for the first time but they usually are pretty bad and have zero awareness lol, it's refreshing seeing someone competent and also props to you for playing on legendary, for a first time player it can be very challenging.
Really enjoyed watching your playthrough! So great to see someone experience Halo for the first time. I'd play ODST next then Reach which it sounds like that's what you're going to do. Maybe check out Halo Wars 1 and 2 though those are RTS games. Cut scenes though are gnarly. Heads up for the future you can tuck your legs in while jumping to get on higher ledges. Just crouch while you're in the air and you can make higher jumps. Super helpful.
Ahhh easily the best halo (or at least the most satisfying to play)
the shortest and most boring
I am smiling to myself, knowing that the hunters get stronger every subsequent game. You'll love them😅
Halo 3 is so damn good. It was my first one growing up and it’s just so iconic.
so bad
i love your halo playthroughs, there always a highlight
For the people saying don't play 5 or infinite, at least play infinite, Infinite is one of the most fun in terms of gameplay
LETS GOOOO THE GOAT UPLOADED!!!
Yessssss finally!!!! I’ve wanted to see this so much!!!!!!
Thanks for the cozy Sunday viewing. Given even 343i memory holed halo 5 with halo infinite I don't think alot of people would complain if you skipped halo 5. Legend has it people on ww2 are still getting blinded by with a signal flare.
2:58:20 best edit of all time absolutely peak, brought me to tears
Man we didn’t know how good we had it back then. The golden era. Glad to have lived it.
Nice to see 'alo get some play
"Was I the first to put this table into the puddle?" Yes, Yes you were lol
The guys asking about the password is an easter egg based on the old Machinima series Red Vs Blue. Every difficulty you play has different lines when you go up to the door.
Johnson also has different lines in every game based on the difficulty. In Halo 1 it was when he talks to the soldiers in the first cutscene, in 2 it's when he gives Chief the tank, and in 3 it's just a couple words after Chief holds a gun up to arbiter in the opening.
People overreact, halo 4 and 5 are worse than 2 and 3 and reach but still decent. They are just a bit different and people hate that
halo infinites gameplay is really fun imo
Can’t believe I just watched this all in one sitting, the fight, it’s finished.
This is my favourite game. I am sso happy that you are playing it
I think they nailed the Flood in 3 finally, making them more terrifying story-wise and less of a brutal slog in gameplay. Well, ranged forms aside, and Cortana aside, buuut as a whole, it's more fun to just carve through their hordes now. I love how Halo CE introduced the Covenant, unstoppable alien destroyers who were, by ONI's estimate, weeks from wiping us out by the opening of Combat Evolved... and then revealed in the first game that they're like, an extremely distant third in the hierarchy of threat. With the Flood as an extremely distant first-place in that ranking; even the ancient machines that will kill everything were just a Hail Mary to try and stop the Flood.
Awww, I hope you continue through halo infinite! (Halo 5 is impossible to play on pc, although it doesn't deserve the level of hate it gets). I found halo infinite's legendary to be a very fun and satisfying playthrough, with smart enemies and actually good boss battles. Either way thrilled to see this one come out, this series brought me to the channel! though metal of honor misery land is something special as well, I just don't want this series to end lol
YES baby. was waiting for this
Blessings upon blessings, perfect video for post work subway meal.
its great that you finally finished the whole master chief campaings
Shit, the fact that he got some rare opening dialog on his first play through is priceless 😂