@@dianavespid937 It definitely seems to be a management issue as MCC is probably not under as much control as the main game, I really hope they have fixed that now
Like, it's amazing just how mixed 343s output are. They're honestly far and away the best developer out there at terms of support for the legacy content of their franchise. Like no one else does this stuff or works with modders in this way. But then their handling of the main franchise is so much more mixed. I do genuinely think there are good aspects to all the new titles they've made, but then there have been bad things in all of them as well.
Definitely not the definitive experience and I’m not saying that to be a hater. There’s just some thing and functionality from that old games that still isn’t present.
@@NazmusLabs Before that, I would really, really love, to be able to play Halo 2 on the remastered grpahics without huge FPS drops. I can't believe it's still not functioning and nobody is talkin about it. Yeah, I don't own a series X but come on...
@@IsuiGtz I didn’t have an issue with halo 2 anniversary with the new graphics even on my eight year old PC (4th gen Intel quad core processor and GTX 1050Ti) What are you systems specs? What is your resolution and target frame rate? May Allah (S.W.T.) bestow upon you His Blessings and Guidance; Ameen.
If 343I is fully supporting this mod team then I hope they'll port it to the Xbox. We've now gone full circle with Halo getting more love on the PC then consoles.
It’s kinda making me frustrated that most of this recent update has only been getting love on PC, but I feel their pain now. I hope to play all of the unreleased content on console some day
That's how it felt back in the day when Halo 3, ODST, Reach, 4 and 5 skipped PC (except those were full games...) 😂. Don't worry, i'm sure they will port it eventually, maybe they could also bring over some multiplayer maps from the Steam Workshop as official releases on MCC.
@bballskiller I think the problem is, they can't add this stuff to the base game as they've been working on it with modders. And as modders aren't paid, they can't add it to the paid version of the game without some serious ethical issues. As for just paying them, it's also sadly not that simple. Rights issues are a pain.
@alexlyster3459 isn't the PC version also paid version though as well? I don't think there's any free version of the MCC, unless you count Game Pass but even then you're paying for that.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; The division of 343 that was left with the MCC is utilizing all the resources at their disposal with the Halo franchise and doing so with love and care.
This is what happens when you continue to support/update a game with passion rather than just for a paycheck/deadline. It's like the second coming of Halo Custom Edition and I love it.
I still think some of the cosmetic BS they added is dumb and hurts the tone of the game. For a long time I didn't really think about it until I saw a "Mister Chief" visor in a Halo Reach video. Like I'm not usually a guy who talks about games and is hyper-focused on preserving artstyles or how a game's cosmetics can affect its tone, but some of these additional cosmetics are _so_ cringe that its horrible. It's like more campy than Fortnite stuff. I get that all the new cosmetic shit is optional but like... why not add armors that expand the original style of the game. I think the fact that some of that new cosmetic shit is in there at all is just bad because it's like the game is being a cashout. Like it's "HEHEHEHE LOOK GUYS MISTER CHIEF" to a game from 2010 that was like very committed to keeping to its tone (to the point where the grunts don't even speak any english in the game). It just feels like... disrespectful to the original game _and_ bad design because like, art you add to a game should enhance the overall feel of the game, it shouldn't cringey shit that clearly doesn't fit in that you have the option to "turn off" I'm 100% fair and I'll give them credit on other aspects but I feel like this is something that is an issue that is kinda unrecognized. It's one thing for 343 to have their own games where they embrace that sorta "comedic"/"meme" style with things like cosmetics. Like if Halo 5 wants to feel like fortnite or modern COD in its "collect all the stupid loot so you can be silly to your friends" style, I guess you can still criticize that for "not feeling like Halo" but that's a different discussion. But to add that shit into an old game that is completely departed from your new style, it just hurts the experience of that older title, it's bad from an art perspective, and its disrespectful to that game. It would be like adding all the weird neon gimmicky camos from the newer COD games into like Call of Duty 4 where its aesthetic was intended to be gritty
The ”harpoon gun” as you say is called the spear gun. Meant for underwater combat. Its projectile sticks with someone and then explodes. After it was cut the plasma grenade was made from its functionality
Apparently the Alien Snipers ARE made out of Lekgolo worms and are just another form! I’d call them Scouters. With their actual name being “Matlho”, Tswana for “Eyes”. Since I’d imagine that due to Lekgolo bonding these two Snipers somehow share a field of vision.
I remember learning about this early build back when I was a kid and it was known as "The Halo Before Halo". It was more mysterious than the actual Halo games we got. Seeing it being played rather than viewing a gathering of clips and photos is surreal.
I'm actually glad the Digsite devs had you keep the end a mystery, I'm 1000% downloading this mod and I'm especially excited for when they get to H2 and H3's cut content!
the only thing he didnt show was a control room, but then still showed 75% of the cutscene. kind of a let down of a "play it for yourself to see whats around this corner :)"
@@KingKong_7 its just a forerunner control room, looked very similar to the ones we actually saw in retail CE. looked a lot like the one cortana pops in to stop you from firing the halo ring, so i thought maybe there would be, like, an early version of cortana or something. nope. just pushing a button in the control room, then walking out, where this video shows how you leave.
It would be amazing if they fully port it into MCC instead of just through mods I think it would work even better if the game was in 3rd person to resemble the mac game more too MAYBE even with it's old HUD What would complete it for me personally is a type of command system like H5 has, but in the form of an RTS unit control to send marines to parts of the map, to almost play like a hybrid between the RTS and 3rd person version of CE
Fun fact: the pelican absolutely was meant to be driven… just not by the player. All the vehicles and NPCs in cutscenes are playing back possession by the devs, so they had to be drivable to record those.
You could drive them in halo custom edition. I remember maps back in the day where you could drive all the space vehicles, jets, pelican, covenant ships, scarab.
Thanks Digsite Team and 343i, it wasn't 343i's obligation to release this forgotten content, but they still did it, and I appreciate it, I really don't think Bungie would have done the same.
@@skettinbutter3635Which proves 343i is superior when it come to preserving legacy Halo. Thanks for confirming. May Allah (S.W.T.) guide you and bestow upon you His Blessings; Ameen.
Woah woah woah... You mean to tell me that SPV3's Assault Rifle was a faithful recreation of the prototype Halo version? Never even knew that was a thing. And spartan teams? How cool would it have been to have allies that didn't just keel over from the slightest breeze? Or to face off against an early iteration of flood spartans with regenerating shields like the flood elites from Halo 2? It would be nice to see someone make a mash up of this version's assets with Halo 1's maps along the lines of SPV3 with a few extra maps to facilitate the extra stuff. On a side note: it would be nice to have the machete be an alternative melee attack that can be activated once found, like a temporary upgrade for that map only similar to DOOM's berserker pack.
21:52 I reckon they could very easily fit in with the Banished as another of the species they found on Zeta Halo. They really don't look too far from the Harbinger or the Skimmers if you just give them some red armour. I could also easily picture the big guys wearing heavy, red Banished plate-armour escorting a Wraith like those Elden Ring troll carts.
DUDE!! This is awesome! It’s really crazy that this sandbox from 1999 that never made it to light had a better and more faithful open world in atmosphere, playability and content than Halo Infinite in 2021. And it didn’t even know what Halo would truly look like yet. The groups of marines going through stuff and physical storytelling seems more invested. The terrain is more alien and intriguing. Of course it is a bit barren but that is to be expected. It was a tech demo. But it honestly seems a more interesting Halo open map than infinte’s to me. The enemy groupings look challenging like with the shades and wraiths on the mountain. There are many mission and objective variations
I kind of wonder if a megastructure like the Halo Rings *should* look barren. As they're artificial, whose only lifeforms are artificially imported. After millions of years (and not billions) I'd expect some evolution but not a lot, and I'd expect many of the initial lifeforms to have died out.
@@zimriel I never really thought about it that way. I always kind of wondered why the forerunners made them ecosystems at all when their function was to destroy life. I think it had to do with flood research in different climates and the library.
This is like a dream come true, I remember watching the developers playing around with these early versions and wanting to play it. I always liked the idea of a fan made halo game using the 1999 assets for everything with a large map, I am so glad that they did this. Good job digsite, you have my respect
If I remember correctly the Kestral was recreated with a new design by Mega Bloks along with a few other initially non-canon designs and its design was then canonized by 343 a bit later. Shows how big of fans the Mega Bloks designers were/are still
If i remember correctly. Pelican/Phantom AI didnt work, so they basically recorded someone piloting them manually and used that instead. Didnt think to much about that funfact I heard a while ago, but Makes perfect sense they are fully flyable if that was there method.
I swear to god this actually looks like something I saw as a kid (I was like 5-6 when this would've been out). Like, that opening alone with the cutscene and ascending up that hill definitely feels like something I saw briefly when I was little. I remember even saying to whoever was playing, "you gotta save your friends!" I don't remember if it was my dad or if we were at his friend's place or what, but I swear I've definitely seen this. Even growing up after becoming a Halo fan and later seeing the old Halo teasers from the Macworld announcement, I always remembered seeing that old version of Chief. This is definitely blowing my mind right now, I honestly dunno if I'm just crazy or what but I definitely have a vivid memory of the opening sequence alone.
Joe Staten actually said in his first blog post on Infinite: Halo Infinite is what bungie envisioned 20 years ago but couldn’t make due to technology limitations. This map just proves it was not just some marketing talk to sell infinite. May Allah (S.W.T.) guide you to Islam and bestow upon you His Blessings; Ameen.
@@NazmusLabsForge for Infinite is amazing and I’m still making so many new things. Definitely aiming for a CE look on my next one. Maybe have an Orion Suite lying around.
@zakkarystory2352 I mean, not totally, but this does prove that it was the sort of open world they originally envisioned. Story aspect wise, yeah, I'm sure they wanted more. Infinite is fine, but basically nothing really happens. If 343 can take the gameplay of infinite, and add a story more like Halo 2 in the next one, DAMN that would be amazing.
A digsite for infinite would be nice although considering all the stuff that was cut (2/3 of the campaign if I remember correctly) you would need a small army of extremely passionate people to bring back those cut 2/3
I remember getting this game on release in 2014 and now seeing how far it’s come it’s just incredible who would have thought, to the digsite team and 343 I give them big props for standing by this game for this long I’m so happy we get to see all this!
Damn, was this the inspiration of halo infinite?? This is what halo campaign should be about, huge maps, thrilling intro to the stage, open war fight… so cool and most of all, freaking marines!!!
I really wish the humans had a counterpart to the EnergySword. The knife animations are always badass. I wouldnt care if it was just the knife he already carries. Let me see it. When Chief runs out of Ammo, he has to resort to stealth and silence.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Mac version of Halo supposed to be 3rd person? Not at all to take away the amazing work that has been made to bring this back to life, truly remarkable!
I hope they make 343 will give them backing to make a full halo release with multiplayer and a full campaign cause this is just insane. I love the halo CE engine and how the game looks and plays
This looks so incredibly cool to play, it gives a feeling of discovery that is not very common in current Halo games, and part of the enjoyment I think comes from the big open areas to use vehicles you encounter around, not many trees or rocks allows for much vehicular fun in combat, but also the fact that some vehicles feel overpowered helps to enjoy combat against large enemy numbers. Really really cool!!
Really really beautiful this type of halo, the biodiversity of species in only one level, and the amount of variety and vastity of weapons and enemies is really well done, including the importance of a mystic planet.
I'm excited for all these constant uploads. your cursed halo (again) videos have reignited my love for this franchise! (we don't talk about the tv show or 5 of course)
10:00 Dude, ever since I saw the movie Starship troopers that had the UNSC assault rifle with an under barrel shotgun. I have ALWAYS wanted AR’s that had that and more in Halo, it would make the assault rifle MUCH more flexible in combat! Against armor or groups? Grenades. Close quarters, shotgun. So much utility and effectiveness.
This is amazing! Really hope they port this and future dig site ops to console. Would be even cooler to have Marcus Lehto or anyone from the CE team play this and give dev insight into the concepts behind each of the weapons, vehicles, etc.
Wow dude that is so awesome to see this and I really want to play it myself. I was geeking the whole way through with you bro. I'm glad you're still giving halo the love it deserves!
I would love to see a Halo CE remake that featured stuff from Halo Reach, Combat Evolved, and stuff from this older build of Halo. Imagine the amount of awesome content.
Man, we have the early mac world Spartan armor in MCC already as an unlockable, but i'd like to see the early Elite model as an unlockable skin as well!~ 😆
This is incredible. May god, this is incredible. Finally something good happened for Halo fans. Thank you Digteam the only part of 343i that doesn't deserve to be fired.
Crashsite reminds me of Giants: Citizen Kabuto for some reason, and the Original elites look like something from Unreal. Also apparently the red grunts with fuel rod guns are called "Grunt Air Defend"
You need to check out halo infinite new squad battles playlist and maybe do a video fam..halo 3 maps zanzibar, rats nest, and vallahalla got added to matchmaking in infinite.
This open-world design - freedom to use any vehicle, any weapon and simply travel across a fully-open map, engaging in enemies, random objectives & objects _at your own leisure_ - is what _Infinite's_ Campaign should've been all about 🗺
@@deethwarrior how is it different besides this has the placement of objectives randomized and infinite has more then just hills with the odd small tree?
Man, I'm really digging this Marathon/90s to early 2000s scifi style of Halo. I wouldn't mind if they made a spin off of Halo with CE graphics but in a newer engine that simulates said graphics while allowing Infinite sized missions, but retaining everything about the cut content.
With regards to the rocket launchers, the first one you picked up, the longer single-tube launcher, was supposed to be a dedicated anti-air rocket launcher, just like a Stinger. It would have had lock-on against aerial targets. The second smaller twin-tube launcher you picked up later was supposed to be the dedicated anti-ground launcher, dumb-fire only, but with two shots per reload instead of just one. At some point during development, they were both kinda just rolled into one, and in Halo 2, we got the lock-on feature that the AA launcher was supposed to have.
3:58 a guy used some high-caliber handgun with a scope attached to it toward the end of some movie that I saw when I was a kid, and I couldn't tell you a single other thing about that movie... but that thing definitely reminded me of that
I remember being a kid and seeing the old Halo promotional videos like the shielded elite major with the energy sword and chief with the early mark V final design with the antenna and wondering why it was different from Halo CE and never understanding why.
0:02 to think this was the pivotal moment for Mac to be the gaming king. To bad Apple just got Jobs and their footing back, but had no money, and Bungie had no money, so Papa Gates swooped in and said “yea I’ll take that too in exchange for Office on the Mac”
There are those that said this day would never come. What are they to say now?
I think this map would work as a battle royal map for infinite
When you first saw Halo, were you blinded by its majesty?
How can I play it?
@@tsavo1065blinded?
@@kromedome420paralysed? Dumbstruck?
Bravo to the digsite team, and props to 343 for actually releasing this stuff. Can't wait to play this
343i can only do good things that are un related to the current main line game :P
Nah I have fun with Infinite too
@@dianavespid937 It definitely seems to be a management issue as MCC is probably not under as much control as the main game, I really hope they have fixed that now
Like, it's amazing just how mixed 343s output are. They're honestly far and away the best developer out there at terms of support for the legacy content of their franchise. Like no one else does this stuff or works with modders in this way. But then their handling of the main franchise is so much more mixed. I do genuinely think there are good aspects to all the new titles they've made, but then there have been bad things in all of them as well.
Lmao the only good thing 343 does is piggyback off of everything Bungie does..
343 is one useless game dev. I'm sorry but I'm not impressed.
From a buggy mess with missing content, to the definitive Halo experience with restored content, It's crazy how far the MCC has come since 2014
Yep!! To think its almist 10 years old
We now just meed the og credits restored! We need to send the team feedback!
Definitely not the definitive experience and I’m not saying that to be a hater. There’s just some thing and functionality from that old games that still isn’t present.
@@NazmusLabs Before that, I would really, really love, to be able to play Halo 2 on the remastered grpahics without huge FPS drops. I can't believe it's still not functioning and nobody is talkin about it. Yeah, I don't own a series X but come on...
@@IsuiGtz I didn’t have an issue with halo 2 anniversary with the new graphics even on my eight year old PC (4th gen Intel quad core processor and GTX 1050Ti)
What are you systems specs? What is your resolution and target frame rate?
May Allah (S.W.T.) bestow upon you His Blessings and Guidance; Ameen.
If 343I is fully supporting this mod team then I hope they'll port it to the Xbox. We've now gone full circle with Halo getting more love on the PC then consoles.
It’s kinda making me frustrated that most of this recent update has only been getting love on PC, but I feel their pain now. I hope to play all of the unreleased content on console some day
That's how it felt back in the day when Halo 3, ODST, Reach, 4 and 5 skipped PC (except those were full games...) 😂. Don't worry, i'm sure they will port it eventually, maybe they could also bring over some multiplayer maps from the Steam Workshop as official releases on MCC.
@bballskiller I think the problem is, they can't add this stuff to the base game as they've been working on it with modders. And as modders aren't paid, they can't add it to the paid version of the game without some serious ethical issues. As for just paying them, it's also sadly not that simple. Rights issues are a pain.
Big agree !
@alexlyster3459 isn't the PC version also paid version though as well? I don't think there's any free version of the MCC, unless you count Game Pass but even then you're paying for that.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; The division of 343 that was left with the MCC is utilizing all the resources at their disposal with the Halo franchise and doing so with love and care.
This is what happens when you continue to support/update a game with passion rather than just for a paycheck/deadline. It's like the second coming of Halo Custom Edition and I love it.
@@MrHalohunter24 fr and i also cant wait for what InfernoPlus is cooking up
I still think some of the cosmetic BS they added is dumb and hurts the tone of the game. For a long time I didn't really think about it until I saw a "Mister Chief" visor in a Halo Reach video.
Like I'm not usually a guy who talks about games and is hyper-focused on preserving artstyles or how a game's cosmetics can affect its tone, but some of these additional cosmetics are _so_ cringe that its horrible. It's like more campy than Fortnite stuff. I get that all the new cosmetic shit is optional but like... why not add armors that expand the original style of the game. I think the fact that some of that new cosmetic shit is in there at all is just bad because it's like the game is being a cashout. Like it's "HEHEHEHE LOOK GUYS MISTER CHIEF" to a game from 2010 that was like very committed to keeping to its tone (to the point where the grunts don't even speak any english in the game). It just feels like... disrespectful to the original game _and_ bad design because like, art you add to a game should enhance the overall feel of the game, it shouldn't cringey shit that clearly doesn't fit in that you have the option to "turn off"
I'm 100% fair and I'll give them credit on other aspects but I feel like this is something that is an issue that is kinda unrecognized. It's one thing for 343 to have their own games where they embrace that sorta "comedic"/"meme" style with things like cosmetics. Like if Halo 5 wants to feel like fortnite or modern COD in its "collect all the stupid loot so you can be silly to your friends" style, I guess you can still criticize that for "not feeling like Halo" but that's a different discussion. But to add that shit into an old game that is completely departed from your new style, it just hurts the experience of that older title, it's bad from an art perspective, and its disrespectful to that game. It would be like adding all the weird neon gimmicky camos from the newer COD games into like Call of Duty 4 where its aesthetic was intended to be gritty
im glad 343 has redeemed themselves at least a bit
@@MrHalohunter24I love that Custom Edition abbreviates to CE like Combat Evolved. Kudos to whoever named it!
The ”harpoon gun” as you say is called the spear gun. Meant for underwater combat. Its projectile sticks with someone and then explodes.
After it was cut the plasma grenade was made from its functionality
The skewers underwater long lost cousin
You do know a harpoon is just a modern spear right ? I don't think it was necessary to correct the name. It's the same shit
@@skrotaa3187 Harpoons have ropes attached to them for reeling in their target.
Is this available on pc ?
@@Ap3xs0u7 yes
Apparently the Alien Snipers ARE made out of Lekgolo worms and are just another form!
I’d call them Scouters. With their actual name being “Matlho”, Tswana for “Eyes”. Since I’d imagine that due to Lekgolo bonding these two Snipers somehow share a field of vision.
I remember learning about this early build back when I was a kid and it was known as "The Halo Before Halo". It was more mysterious than the actual Halo games we got.
Seeing it being played rather than viewing a gathering of clips and photos is surreal.
I'm actually glad the Digsite devs had you keep the end a mystery, I'm 1000% downloading this mod and I'm especially excited for when they get to H2 and H3's cut content!
the only thing he didnt show was a control room, but then still showed 75% of the cutscene. kind of a let down of a "play it for yourself to see whats around this corner :)"
Can u let me know what it was ? I’m a console only player I won’t get to play it
@@KingKong_7 its just a forerunner control room, looked very similar to the ones we actually saw in retail CE. looked a lot like the one cortana pops in to stop you from firing the halo ring, so i thought maybe there would be, like, an early version of cortana or something. nope. just pushing a button in the control room, then walking out, where this video shows how you leave.
@@candidklutz5056interesting… I wonder why the devs didn’t want him to show that? Doesn’t seem too climactic. Perhaps there’s some secret in there?
The control room is in the other map you can download called Spasm
So glad to see this game finally popping back up after all these years
It would be amazing if they fully port it into MCC instead of just through mods
I think it would work even better if the game was in 3rd person to resemble the mac game more too MAYBE even with it's old HUD
What would complete it for me personally is a type of command system like H5 has, but in the form of an RTS unit control to send marines to parts of the map, to almost play like a hybrid between the RTS and 3rd person version of CE
343 already mentioned they're working on bringing stuff from dev builds they've found to MCC.
@@Chonkems i think 343 means to bring them to mod tools not in the game be cool they add a browser for modded maps
I hope it is fully ported to MCC, I’d love to play this as a console player
@@pandorasactor9910 They expressly said they were looking into adding them to at the very least, Forge, if not their own gamemodes.
@@Chonkems hope so be fun
U really can tell when a team is focused on making the game fun
Learned a ton of Halo lore from you from years ago and still watch you, much love
I WANT TO SEE MORE. They need to create more levels. I would honestly play this and I don't play Halo anymore.
The lighting looks so good, reminds me of the Mass Effect remaster in the legendary edition. They nailed it perfectly, gives that warm feeling
The dialogue and VA is insanely good
Fun fact: the pelican absolutely was meant to be driven… just not by the player. All the vehicles and NPCs in cutscenes are playing back possession by the devs, so they had to be drivable to record those.
You could drive them in halo custom edition. I remember maps back in the day where you could drive all the space vehicles, jets, pelican, covenant ships, scarab.
yeah but those were modded@@DabutCHeR3000
@@DabutCHeR3000 Yeah but that wasn't like a native thing modders had to modify the tags used for cut-scenes versions of the Pelicans to be playable.
Thanks Digsite Team and 343i, it wasn't 343i's obligation to release this forgotten content, but they still did it, and I appreciate it, I really don't think Bungie would have done the same.
Bungie would have been busy releasing content for their current game. Not hiring 3rd party studios to release another company's unreleased content
@@skettinbutter3635Which proves 343i is superior when it come to preserving legacy Halo. Thanks for confirming.
May Allah (S.W.T.) guide you and bestow upon you His Blessings; Ameen.
@@NazmusLabs343i has spent 10 years destroying Halo
@@NazmusLabsbased
@@FlamespeedyAMV Not the same people 😉
343i is just a shell. It’s the people in it that is of significance.
Woah woah woah... You mean to tell me that SPV3's Assault Rifle was a faithful recreation of the prototype Halo version? Never even knew that was a thing. And spartan teams? How cool would it have been to have allies that didn't just keel over from the slightest breeze? Or to face off against an early iteration of flood spartans with regenerating shields like the flood elites from Halo 2? It would be nice to see someone make a mash up of this version's assets with Halo 1's maps along the lines of SPV3 with a few extra maps to facilitate the extra stuff.
On a side note: it would be nice to have the machete be an alternative melee attack that can be activated once found, like a temporary upgrade for that map only similar to DOOM's berserker pack.
21:52 I reckon they could very easily fit in with the Banished as another of the species they found on Zeta Halo. They really don't look too far from the Harbinger or the Skimmers if you just give them some red armour.
I could also easily picture the big guys wearing heavy, red Banished plate-armour escorting a Wraith like those Elden Ring troll carts.
its pathetic how there is more biome variety in this 1999 tech demo than the 500 million dollar halo infinite
DUDE!! This is awesome! It’s really crazy that this sandbox from 1999 that never made it to light had a better and more faithful open world in atmosphere, playability and content than Halo Infinite in 2021. And it didn’t even know what Halo would truly look like yet. The groups of marines going through stuff and physical storytelling seems more invested. The terrain is more alien and intriguing. Of course it is a bit barren but that is to be expected. It was a tech demo. But it honestly seems a more interesting Halo open map than infinte’s to me. The enemy groupings look challenging like with the shades and wraiths on the mountain. There are many mission and objective variations
I kind of wonder if a megastructure like the Halo Rings *should* look barren. As they're artificial, whose only lifeforms are artificially imported.
After millions of years (and not billions) I'd expect some evolution but not a lot, and I'd expect many of the initial lifeforms to have died out.
@@zimriel I never really thought about it that way. I always kind of wondered why the forerunners made them ecosystems at all when their function was to destroy life. I think it had to do with flood research in different climates and the library.
Just got done playing it and I can see how everyone got addicted to this demo. It was the best experience ever. That you DigSite Team 🙌
Insane how this level is straight up Halo Infinite 20+ years before Halo Infinite
I think Joe Staten commented some time ago how Infinite's open world was what they wanted to do so darn long ago but never could.
This is like a dream come true, I remember watching the developers playing around with these early versions and wanting to play it. I always liked the idea of a fan made halo game using the 1999 assets for everything with a large map, I am so glad that they did this. Good job digsite, you have my respect
If I remember correctly the Kestral was recreated with a new design by Mega Bloks along with a few other initially non-canon designs and its design was then canonized by 343 a bit later. Shows how big of fans the Mega Bloks designers were/are still
Funny how we're more interested in MCC updates and older cut Halo games than the new ones 343i puts out
Because 343 succ
If i remember correctly. Pelican/Phantom AI didnt work, so they basically recorded someone piloting them manually and used that instead.
Didnt think to much about that funfact I heard a while ago, but Makes perfect sense they are fully flyable if that was there method.
Seeing this just makes me enjoy Infinite's campaign even more because it's clearly just a modern version of this, which is really cool.
Love the Tribes shout-out. Such a good game, skiing down mountains and shooting exploding frisbees, so nostalgic.
I thought I was the only one who tempered that game
I swear to god this actually looks like something I saw as a kid (I was like 5-6 when this would've been out). Like, that opening alone with the cutscene and ascending up that hill definitely feels like something I saw briefly when I was little. I remember even saying to whoever was playing, "you gotta save your friends!"
I don't remember if it was my dad or if we were at his friend's place or what, but I swear I've definitely seen this. Even growing up after becoming a Halo fan and later seeing the old Halo teasers from the Macworld announcement, I always remembered seeing that old version of Chief. This is definitely blowing my mind right now, I honestly dunno if I'm just crazy or what but I definitely have a vivid memory of the opening sequence alone.
I was so hoping this wasn't a mod so I could play on xbox
Halo Infinite is basically this, but not constrained by the technology of its time. I would very much like to see this recreated in Infinite.
Joe Staten actually said in his first blog post on Infinite: Halo Infinite is what bungie envisioned 20 years ago but couldn’t make due to technology limitations.
This map just proves it was not just some marketing talk to sell infinite.
May Allah (S.W.T.) guide you to Islam and bestow upon you His Blessings; Ameen.
@@NazmusLabsI'm sorry but infinite is NOT what Bungie envisioned and it's still an ass game lmao
@@NazmusLabsForge for Infinite is amazing and I’m still making so many new things. Definitely aiming for a CE look on my next one. Maybe have an Orion Suite lying around.
@zakkarystory2352 I mean, not totally, but this does prove that it was the sort of open world they originally envisioned. Story aspect wise, yeah, I'm sure they wanted more. Infinite is fine, but basically nothing really happens. If 343 can take the gameplay of infinite, and add a story more like Halo 2 in the next one, DAMN that would be amazing.
@@zakkarystory2352 I feel like it is, but minus the godawful battlepass/customization systems, and the lackluster story for the singleplayer.
The sniper pistol is the real form of our beloved Magnum, a true master of distance and disguise!
21:20 Xperia is channeling his inner Steve Irwin, breaking down the lore of the hostile creatures whilst mitigating their attacks
Can I get a Crikey?
It's like a prehistoric Infinite over world map. Pretty crazy.
Midway through the video, realize this island has more interesting things happening then in Halo infinite.
Man you are exageraiting a bit.
I never thought I would see the day…. I wasn’t around in 1999 or even 2001, but I’m super happy that we get to see it now.
THANK YOU DIGSITE
Now we just need Digsite for Halo Wars. I wish that E3 demo was a thing. I can dream dammit
A digsite for infinite would be nice although considering all the stuff that was cut (2/3 of the campaign if I remember correctly) you would need a small army of extremely passionate people to bring back those cut 2/3
@@memeboi3448 Oh boy we missed out on some more FoBs to take over? What a shame, do we really want MORE of that "story"?
@@mrcroob8563 I do
I'm hoping that one day, we will see mod support for the custom game browser.
I remember getting this game on release in 2014 and now seeing how far it’s come it’s just incredible who would have thought, to the digsite team and 343 I give them big props for standing by this game for this long I’m so happy we get to see all this!
Damn, was this the inspiration of halo infinite?? This is what halo campaign should be about, huge maps, thrilling intro to the stage, open war fight… so cool and most of all, freaking marines!!!
Just seeing Spartan NPCs fighting with you that aren’t invincible story characters like Halo 5 is so cool
Those guns are SICK! Wow, all would have been amazing additions to the actual game.
The Covenant snipers are a form of Lekgolo. I'd be surprised if they weren't canonized.
Will they ever add this to console? I just want it in the actual game, I feel like I miss out on so much cool halo things because I don’t have a pc
I share the pain
It would be cool if this was added as it's own game to MCC on all devices for the 25th anniversary
I really wish the humans had a counterpart to the EnergySword. The knife animations are always badass. I wouldnt care if it was just the knife he already carries. Let me see it. When Chief runs out of Ammo, he has to resort to stealth and silence.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Mac version of Halo supposed to be 3rd person? Not at all to take away the amazing work that has been made to bring this back to life, truly remarkable!
Strategy game, then to third person, then to first person. You aren't wrong but you aren't quite right
@@ryancleaver6613 this is what it was supposed to look like on release on Mac? I mean is this a remake or is it the original.
@@ryancleaver6613The Viper was in since the RTS stage, I think I remember seeing it in old "gameplay" of that build.
@@TrenderoftigerWell, the graphics have changed a bit but most of it is _probably_ what the game would have looked like.
Theirs a test version of this map with all the enemies and weapons available, and some of the weapons due setup a third person view.
I hope they make 343 will give them backing to make a full halo release with multiplayer and a full campaign cause this is just insane. I love the halo CE engine and how the game looks and plays
This looks so incredibly cool to play, it gives a feeling of discovery that is not very common in current Halo games, and part of the enjoyment I think comes from the big open areas to use vehicles you encounter around, not many trees or rocks allows for much vehicular fun in combat, but also the fact that some vehicles feel overpowered helps to enjoy combat against large enemy numbers. Really really cool!!
Really really beautiful this type of halo, the biodiversity of species in only one level, and the amount of variety and vastity of weapons and enemies is really well done, including the importance of a mystic planet.
This shit feels so unreal man
I'm excited for all these constant uploads. your cursed halo (again) videos have reignited my love for this franchise! (we don't talk about the tv show or 5 of course)
Halo Infinite looks like it took a lot of inspiration from this level, vehicles and weapons.
10:00 Dude, ever since I saw the movie Starship troopers that had the UNSC assault rifle with an under barrel shotgun. I have ALWAYS wanted AR’s that had that and more in Halo, it would make the assault rifle MUCH more flexible in combat! Against armor or groups? Grenades. Close quarters, shotgun. So much utility and effectiveness.
Someone should make a custom campaign using these vehicles, weapons and enemies.
It's 100% gonna happen now, someone will use it eventually
Damn! At this rate the MCC team will get Halo 2 Classic working in the pstencil engine!
This is amazing! Really hope they port this and future dig site ops to console. Would be even cooler to have Marcus Lehto or anyone from the CE team play this and give dev insight into the concepts behind each of the weapons, vehicles, etc.
There were some insane Custom Edition maps with fully functional pelicans and scarabs.
Getting to the control room gave me chills. Maybe they can do the E3 2000 Demo next.
Wow dude that is so awesome to see this and I really want to play it myself. I was geeking the whole way through with you bro. I'm glad you're still giving halo the love it deserves!
After all those years!!! I am really hyped!
The explosive harpoon is basically the upgraded skewer from halo infinite lol
I would love to see a Halo CE remake that featured stuff from Halo Reach, Combat Evolved, and stuff from this older build of Halo. Imagine the amount of awesome content.
It amazes me that there are things like this to draw from in the Halo universe but we get what we got with infinite
As a poor non pc gamer I will be very sad if this doesn’t come to Xbox in the future
pretty sure it might be coming to mcc
Man, we have the early mac world Spartan armor in MCC already as an unlockable, but i'd like to see the early Elite model as an unlockable skin as well!~ 😆
IT'S HAPPENING STAY CALM!
Would be pretty rad if if Infinite ever gets an SMG and uses this one, the MP-99 👀
It looks like a P90 had angry sex with a Sten...
This is incredible. May god, this is incredible. Finally something good happened for Halo fans. Thank you Digteam the only part of 343i that doesn't deserve to be fired.
The special purpose snipers are cannon. The are apart of the covenant fringe and are a small lekgolo form.
Xbox and Microsoft Store Mcc users crying in corner 😢
Crashsite reminds me of Giants: Citizen Kabuto for some reason, and the Original elites look like something from Unreal.
Also apparently the red grunts with fuel rod guns are called "Grunt Air Defend"
I only wish this didn’t need mods but still, I love to see what Halo CE could’ve have been
You need to check out halo infinite new squad battles playlist and maybe do a video fam..halo 3 maps zanzibar, rats nest, and vallahalla got added to matchmaking in infinite.
This open-world design - freedom to use any vehicle, any weapon and simply travel across a fully-open map, engaging in enemies, random objectives & objects _at your own leisure_ - is what _Infinite's_ Campaign should've been all about 🗺
That's infinites campaign
@@memeboi3448 no it isn't it's almost that but it's not
@@deethwarrior how is it different besides this has the placement of objectives randomized and infinite has more then just hills with the odd small tree?
Aside from the randomised objectives (which don't actually make a difference anyway), that's literally what Infinite's campaign offers.
@@tTaseric and infinites campaign has more diversity in the areas you can explore
absolutely DO NOT take a shot every time he says "surreal"
PLEASE
What Halo Infinite's world should have been!
Man, I'm really digging this Marathon/90s to early 2000s scifi style of Halo. I wouldn't mind if they made a spin off of Halo with CE graphics but in a newer engine that simulates said graphics while allowing Infinite sized missions, but retaining everything about the cut content.
The assault rifle reminds me of the mp5 from half life, due to having a grenade launcher on a full auto weapon
With regards to the rocket launchers, the first one you picked up, the longer single-tube launcher, was supposed to be a dedicated anti-air rocket launcher, just like a Stinger. It would have had lock-on against aerial targets. The second smaller twin-tube launcher you picked up later was supposed to be the dedicated anti-ground launcher, dumb-fire only, but with two shots per reload instead of just one.
At some point during development, they were both kinda just rolled into one, and in Halo 2, we got the lock-on feature that the AA launcher was supposed to have.
You look about as giddy as i'd expect from someone reawakening their flame of childhood nostalgia. Its pretty damn great!
3:58 a guy used some high-caliber handgun with a scope attached to it toward the end of some movie that I saw when I was a kid, and I couldn't tell you a single other thing about that movie... but that thing definitely reminded me of that
This is just incredible.
That clip of master chief pointing a pistol at the elite’s face and making the elite put his hands up is hilarious
That so awesome they're bringing it back in such a way! Great video, it was fun watching your reactions to this wild content
Oh man, old Halo has so much Marathon in it. The SMG in particular both looks and feels like something straight out of a Marathon TC.
I hope that most if not all of the cut weapons, enemies, and vehicles in this can come back in a future game in some way!
I remember being a kid and seeing the old Halo promotional videos like the shielded elite major with the energy sword and chief with the early mark V final design with the antenna and wondering why it was different from Halo CE and never understanding why.
Something so hilarious about an elite sticking its hands up and peacefully surrendering
Personally I like to headcanon that the Cut Weapons seen here are Canon to the Halo Universe, just infrequently used and manufactured.
I’ve actually played this version of the game through early beta tests. Many years ago good to see it again.
Sits back - “I’m just happy you’re happy bro.”
Felt like I was playing an old Halo Infinite, such a cool mod. I’ve always loved the scale and mystery of CE era levels
0:46 this magazine cover has no right to have aged so well
its crazy this game has been missing for 20 years and you found it and our the first to play and show us. did you get an award?
0:02 to think this was the pivotal moment for Mac to be the gaming king. To bad Apple just got Jobs and their footing back, but had no money, and Bungie had no money, so Papa Gates swooped in and said “yea I’ll take that too in exchange for Office on the Mac”
Good news, the snipers are canonized! They're nicknamed "slugmen" and are a type of Lekgolo gestalt similar to the hunters.
It would be sick if they could add all the early spartan prototype designs as optional armor sets for halo ce multiplayer in mcc
The part of 343 that handles MCC has been doing such a great job