I've seen Avengers Endgame, and I can confirm that Arbiter impales Thanos with the Energy Sword from behind, then screams violently while Chief watches on semi-awkwardly.
The gaps in the Halo 4 sword is for disarming enemy players, if you're in a standoff they would jab the enemys weapon into the gap, and then fling the weapon out of their hands. its a clever detail, found in real life swords.
@@TheeNocturne Because its somewhat false. That was the whole reason why it was double bladed in the first place (besides looking cool), to lock blades then twist them out. It was just 343i over-designing something that didn't need to be there
@@thehistoryman9332 Yeah, but atleast with things like the infected sword and prophet's bane, there's a guard. With anything else though, it's rather risky to do that.
In Halo CE I thought the sword was big key. Mind you, I was 5 and played on easy. On Truth and Reconciliation when I went up the grav lift into the ship, all the doors were locked. Then the invisible elite with the "key" came out of the locked door and hit marines and me making a blunt clunking sound as a giant key would make when bashing skulls. And in Silent Cartographer, yellow elite with the "key" locks the door when you approach. So, until I played Halo 2 I just thought it was a big glowing key. Bad graphics and the sword disappearing as soon as I killed the wielder made it impossible for me to piece together that it was a sword.
Honestly, my favorite visual iteration of the energy sword was the original, in _Halo: Combat Evolved._ I really liked the way it 'bled' energy, plasma just evaporating off of the blade, giving it an almost gaseous appearance. No subsequent game has ever really recaptured that appearance for me. It's a shame it wasn't player-usable in CE.
It is an honor to be in one of your videos Mr. LateNightGamer. Ty for making this video and showing the evolution of me and my fellow Energy Swords. :)
@@epsilon7707 I am more than just a weapon. I have the ability to use a computer and type whatever I want on the internet. I just have to be very careful or else the keyboard is fucked.
Favorite design for Sword and Shotgun = Halo 3 Favorite gameplay for sword and shotgun = Halo CE You may be wondering why I pick Halo CE for the sword, It's because I always despised the melee lunge feature it has when you use it so it's best when it can't be used haha
When he gets to it he should make a RvB Sarge reference (I'm suprising he didn't make a reference to This One Goes To Eleven this time round). Also he should make a "Firing Main Cannon" or "Looks more like a Puma" reference if he moves to vehicles for the Scorpion and Warthog respectively.
Nicholas Eitenmiller which Halo CE needler personally I like H2As the best never a fan of the pre Reach design the needles looked like crystals instead of sharp spikes like in later games.
I personally like the look of the Halo swords in 4 and 5 over 2 and 3. It looks sharp, lethal, and actually looks like a sword. I know it’s an energy weapon, but that doesn’t mean it has to be nearly transparent like the the Halo 2 and 3 one. I also love how the 4 and 5 swords are an overall triangular shape, instead of a circle with a spike.
I'm sorry this took so long to get out. This weird pain has been driving me insane and this weekend it was at its worst. Delays in uploading like this shouldn't be too common. Also give youtube time to decide to make it 1080p -____-
Speaking of shotgun... can we get that next ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з= ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) =ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ No but seriously, dude. I hope that gets better for you. I can sorta sympathize and working in pain just plain sucks. So take it easy if you have to.
Halo existed during the beginning of a new time “2000” to the end of humanity. 2020 . “Coronavirus” it has kept us entertained from all the horror from the rest of the world
You could at launch, but that ability was removed in a patch a year after release. I'm surprised that didn't get mentioned here, it was NOT a new feature in Halo 4.
12:07 "This red energy sword was even given a place in Halo canon, and it shows up in future games. It was given the name Bloodblade, *and I hope to see it more in the future.* " Man, this aged like fine wine.
In a different take to this video series, I'd actually like to see the evolution of maps throughout the series, and showcase how it changed in each game that map was released/remade in. Blood Gulch would be a great place to start, given it's appeared (in some form) in almost every Halo game. Other maps that could be explored would be Midship, Sidewinder (Avalanche, and *maybe* Diamondback if you're allowed to show Halo Online/ElDewrito footage or screenshots), The Pit, and Zanzibar, to give a few ideas. As far as for weapons, I'd like to see either the Shotgun or Sniper Rifle for UNSC, and Plasma Rifle or Needler for Covenant in a future video. Great work!
Gotta be Halo:Reach. I know the sword itself got nerfed, but having sword+sprint when no one else does is the best Nothing will ever beat Halo 2's sound effects though
I seriously hope the Energy Sword has the amazing lighting that it had in the Halo 5 beta, though that might be because I had no personal issue using it. As for my favorite version of the sword I only use a real man's sword; A shotgun.
Halo 3, I like the brightness and the more roundness of the later ones. And I may not have have as many memories for it as I am younger than probably most people who watched this, but all of these games are amazing and I have love for all of them
I thought you were going to show the very first version of the Energy Sword in Halo CE that you were unable to use that gold Elites used. Kind of disappointed.
Trimping in halo reach with the energy sword, shotgun, or the gravity hammer is some of the most fun I've had in pvp. There's nothing like having your own man-cannon at every ramp and being able to shoot yourself into any enemy for an out of nowhere instakill.
Man this brings back good memories of rocket/sword jumping out of levels when I was a kid. Also the bit about ionized gas makes the sword even cooler for me; I love hearing about how technology functions in sci-fi settings. Does anybody else remember playing a custom game of infection in Halo 2? When you went and manually changed teams after you were killed by the infected.
Q&A: Why does 343 take known armours and drastically changes them (sometimes to the point of being either undesirable or unrecognisable) eg: How Commando (my favourite armour from Reach) DIED aesthetically when transferred from Gen 1 Mjolnir to Gen 2, how the Rogue helmet became one of 343's millions of EVA ripoffs, the changes in Mark IV, Recon and ODST/Helljumper or how the EOD helmet looks more like a Stormtrooper than ever. I'm not saying that all the 343 versions of helmets need to go and there's even some versions that I prefer to the Bungie versions eg: Gungnir, and I not only do I prefer the Halo 4 Air Assault helmet to the Reach version but I can also easily imagine Kat wearing the 343 helmet. Sorry for the long question but I hope it gets answered
@@Jedi_Spartan they are gen 2 to make up for the spartan 4 weaker augments and for a more mobile style instead of defensive. Chiefs armor looks fucking amazing there were a few issues but nothing too major with its design and it definitely fit more his character. The hybrid look is really interesting though and a good refresh to see.
Avci / Well, to be honest, being weaker is no excuse for a worse design. In fact, to compensate for the weakness the helmet visibility should be better. I enjoyed Halo 4 personally, but I do admit the helmets really need to step up their game.
343 outsourced much of the armor designs for 4 and 5 to another company to focus on everything else. As a result most of the armors wound up being scuffed as hell. Designs like Recruit, Air Assault, Scout, and Mk. VI were pretty well off (especially Scout, god that's such a good helmet), but almost all other pre-4/5 armors got butchered. Need I mention ODST or Gungnir. 5 saw a bunch of nicer in-house designs, but the outsourced ones still were total ass (looking at you especially Seeker).
Halo 3's energy sword all the way, it's best to look at and I still have 16 player system link nights on the 360 where we sword joust for fun between games haha always good times with Halo 3
It's not really a weapon that you can use freely, but when you assassinate someone as an Elite in Halo Reach multiplayer, they pull out a tinier sort of "dagger" version of the energy sword as an analogue to the Spartan combat knife. Just thought that was interesting, and it's a bit of a shame that this concept wasn't taken further in later games.
Halo 2 had the best sword. I liked how when you held it, it was pointed more to the side rather than pointed "upward" like an actual sword. They started pointing it upwards in 3, and even more pointed upwards in 4 & 5.
Halo 4's sword is pretty obscene in multiplayer. But if you're playing.. what's the Action Sack mode where it's Territories with swords? Whatever that mode is, it's a BLAST. That is, if you know what you're doing. When you give two players an equal melee weapon, suddenly everything is dependent on strategy. You see players trying to trick each other, or use clever thruster maneuvers, and even strategically placing themselves with their team to most efficiently wipe you out. It's not nearly enough to forgive all of its Halo 4 sins, but I just love that mode. I can't help but rant about it. And Flood mode? If you had a good reaction time, Flood was still fun with thrusters (I still would prefer Halo adopt something other than armor/Spartan abilities). If you were a Flood, it was such fun tearing through crowds before they could react. If you were human, it was so satisfying to kill Flood as they came barreling towards you at such high speeds. It's definitely got a curve, though, and it's not really fair. It takes a conscious moment to realize a feature is bad - if I never thought about it, I would just think the mode is fantastic. I guess that bit was off-topic, but swords are involved, right? And, oh man, CE... I always wanted to pick up and use a sword. I'd even kill Zealots and quickly peek at their fallen swords before they disappeared. Halo 2 granted me my wish to finally wield one. Side-note: Whenever I play as an Elite, I feel wrong to pick up human weaponry (unless absolutely necessary). It's like I'm mentally roleplaying that I'm truly an Elite warrior. It's probably partially because Covenant weaponry is kind of flawed compared to human weaponry, usually, and when you've been playing for so long, it's just not fun to use human weapons in campaign cos it's too easy. I was the biggest fan of the Plasma Rifle back in the day... It's not my favorite weapon at all anymore, but it still holds a special place in my heart. Props to you for always compelling me to write a fat comment. Officer, I love you p= p=
My favorite energy sword is for Halo 2 Anniversary. The ignition sound is my most favorite out of all of them. Just hearing that sound gives me chills.
One thing you forgot to add was in Halo 2's multiplayer is if you played as an Elite, the Elite would have different animations when it drew out the sword which you could only see in 3rd person.
Which was strange, because one of the early trailers of CE showed chief with the energy sword in hand. Wonder why would they remove the ability to use the swords and have them usable in halo 2?
I think we can chalk the change in sound from "gas ignition" to "lightsaber" as sword builders slowly figuring out how to refine the weapon. The massive jump between 3 and 4 being the result of 4 y ears of Prophet-free investigation and experimentation.
The reach design makes sense though. In the halo timeline reach takes place before all other games. The sword we see in reach is probably one of the first versions of the sword.
@Deathtrooper40 I know it was in CE but it was still very much curvy in that game, it looks a lot more like it does in Halo 2 then how it looks in Reach. Aside from that the energy sword is an old weapon in lore so the Reach version still wouldn't be one of the first versions.
I like the prophet’s bane just because of the shenanigans you could pull of with it in warzone. I would use the almost perfect invisibility when crouched to get crazy amounts of assassinations and vehicle kills, while staying dubiously close to enemy capture points.
Copied from myself on Twitter: Awesome video! Btw, would you consider a video addressing the age rating for Halo infinite and how it could affect the gameplay and story? (I always thought it was detremental to the series). Love the content and have a great day!
My favorite iteration is the _Vorpal Talon_ due to it's unique appearance and it's list of mobility augmentations. The _Prophet's Bane_ is a distant second.
The Prophet's Bane not only has a cool as hell backstory, it has a equally as cool design to boot. As well as being welded by my favorite character in the series, the Arbiter.
Halo 2 sword all the way! So many memories and countless hours in middle school playing custom games with friends on Headlong, Turf, and other maps, using the sword to “butterfly” and “sword cancel” up and out of the maps. I was really bummed when you couldn’t do that in later games.
I like the Halo 3 sword the most as if you press the right trigger, you get a lunge that is slower, and if you press the right bumper, you get a quick slash that doesn't lunge, and it has the word clashing.
I remember in halo 5 that in the first mission, at the starting area, if you look behind you, you can find a dead energy sword from the opening cutscene, that you can pick up. It's pretty much just a punch, and I find that really funny.
11:03 I hope it'll look similar to this in-game, at some point. It looks so wispy, with a really elegant and classic design that makes the complexity in the fx work well
I'd like to see and evolution of the plasma rifle or pistol Although you haven't made a vid on the evolution of the Plasma Repeater, and that's just sad
I must say it's Halo 2's sword for me, I have a lot of memories of this iteration being used to glitch out of multiplayer maps with other players, and it was a lot of fun
I think my favourite design is halo reach's Which is something I thought I would never say with most halo weapons. I like the more angular look and the more defined energy hilt. Unlike 343 where it's angular but no defined hilt
I don't really understand why this guy refuses to acknowledge that the meta for the sword changed, he keeps referencing it as only the way it was in halo 2. Shit changed man.
I’m still waiting for a Halo level that requires us to use the energy sword as our only source of light.
Chief has a flashlight tho
Insignius No shit. Let’s break them for a while.
@@Nevirate then he can pull out his other flash light the plasma pistol
@@narrowninja157
If he had Cortana he could use her as a light source lol.
But if we play as an elite or arbiter then we can have that source of light.
Lightsaber: "Im the best sci fi sword"
Energy sword: [Laughs in wort wort wort]
wort wort wort
wort wort wort
wort wort wort
Wort Wort Wort.
This is the way
You forgot the assassination animation that's unique to the energy swords which were started since reach
The elites have like two small portable energy swords that they pull out only during assassinations.
@@agnel47 they are called energy daggers
One time i assassinated a player in reach as a elite instead of energy daggers i used my nails and stabbed them in the head
@@CloroxBleach-go7xq ouch
Don't forget the werid, glitched assassination animation when you do it in the air in Reach (spartan on spartan).
Shotgun = It's over energy sword, I have the high ground
Energy sword = You underestimate my power
Shotgun = Don't try it
every freaking infection game XD
Chiefdude4 seen the meme before. Ur not clever.
Basically what happens when I have the sword and tries to fight someone with a shotgun
@@IvoryiGoLDeN no need to be salty
Bulltrue!
I've seen Avengers Endgame, and I can confirm that Arbiter impales Thanos with the Energy Sword from behind, then screams violently while Chief watches on semi-awkwardly.
Andrew Ford Hey no spoilers!!🤫😡😡😡
and then Arbiter yells WORT WORT WORT
"I am inevitable."
*stabs Thanos*
"And so you must be silenced."
this sounds familiar... hMmmMmMmMm...
as another person who watched endgame i can confirm this true
Someone needs to mod the warthog horn to make the elite laugh. Then it will be the Wort-Hog.
That would be amazing lmfao.
Make it the warthog music from RvB
NO-NO-NO-NO-NOOOOOO
@@bbbelt_far why not? 😭
@@IAmKnightsDawn NO-NO-NO
Energy Sword = one of the best melee weapons in gaming.
I'm sorry, there must be a typo there, don't you mean THE best melee weapon in gaming?
Yes
Yup its only second to the lightsaber imo
@@ddfstar7588 the lightsaber isnt a weapon of gaming....tho it may appear in games its definitely not the best either
Well Yes but actually no.
The gaps in the Halo 4 sword is for disarming enemy players, if you're in a standoff they would jab the enemys weapon into the gap, and then fling the weapon out of their hands. its a clever detail, found in real life swords.
not sure why this doesn't have any likes, it's very informative
@@TheeNocturne Because its somewhat false. That was the whole reason why it was double bladed in the first place (besides looking cool), to lock blades then twist them out. It was just 343i over-designing something that didn't need to be there
Or you could just, like, stab them.
The problem with this, is that there is nothing protecting your hand as you do this, the blade is open.
@@thehistoryman9332 Yeah, but atleast with things like the infected sword and prophet's bane, there's a guard. With anything else though, it's rather risky to do that.
Would y’all also enjoy seeing vehicles/armors?
Yes plz
Absolutely, it would be quite interesting and they are an integral part of the sandbox.
Yes please
Definitely
Late Night Gaming yes
imagine being the one guy that held the energy sword the wrong way round when activating it
Oh god
soo-iss-eyed
In Halo CE I thought the sword was big key. Mind you, I was 5 and played on easy. On Truth and Reconciliation when I went up the grav lift into the ship, all the doors were locked. Then the invisible elite with the "key" came out of the locked door and hit marines and me making a blunt clunking sound as a giant key would make when bashing skulls. And in Silent Cartographer, yellow elite with the "key" locks the door when you approach. So, until I played Halo 2 I just thought it was a big glowing key. Bad graphics and the sword disappearing as soon as I killed the wielder made it impossible for me to piece together that it was a sword.
Yo I legit thought the exact same thing hahahaha
It is a key, you stick it in people and it unlocks their deaths
@@bigroaststyrone8135 wait…… CABOOSE IS THAT YOU
Honestly, my favorite visual iteration of the energy sword was the original, in _Halo: Combat Evolved._ I really liked the way it 'bled' energy, plasma just evaporating off of the blade, giving it an almost gaseous appearance. No subsequent game has ever really recaptured that appearance for me. It's a shame it wasn't player-usable in CE.
Energy sword was shown in halo ce was not useable but was there
XGN Shepherd of fire no shit sherlock
@@billbolor9142 wow, what a ray of sunshine
I think in Halo Ce its actually considered a plasma sword, the more you know
Athen LaFoy you say I “think” then go on to say the more you “know” but you’re wrong? You merely thought son.
warystatue33 1 weapon did that. The fuel rod cannon.
Easily Halo 2. Using it to get outside the maps is still one of my favorite memories.
Needler!!!
It is an honor to be in one of your videos Mr. LateNightGamer. Ty for making this video and showing the evolution of me and my fellow Energy Swords. :)
How did you comment you don’t have hands.
😬😬😬
@@epsilon7707 he stabbed a guy and puppeteer-ed him
Okay.
@@epsilon7707 I am more than just a weapon. I have the ability to use a computer and type whatever I want on the internet. I just have to be very careful or else the keyboard is fucked.
I was not expecting that Star Wars meme. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
"What's to understand about swish, swish stab, it's a fucking sword, it's not a fighter jet..." Tucker, This One Goes To Eleven.
Whenever I heard that Halo 2 sword sound, it just brought back a lock of good memories
It would be nice a video about the Plasma rifle (including brute) and comparing it with the storm rifle
Plasma rifle>>>>>>>>>>>>>Storm rifle
And the plasma repeater if anyone remembers that lol
@@George-iq3gf As someome who has spent hundreds of hours in Reach Firefight with friends, I definitely remember.
@@ultra-nationalistodst8085 storm rifle >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> plasma rifle
Halo 2 mainly because it turns you into a punching maniac when it runs out of ammo.
@warystatue33 Um, why? It's using a battery to power itself after all.
Please do the shotgun next vid! That thang has been through some change boi.
Fav sword: Halo 3
I second this.
True, best shotty was definitely Halo 1's but worst by a large margin is Halo 2's, god that thing was awful...
Loved the Reach shotgun, liked the halo 3 design better though.
Favorite design for Sword and Shotgun = Halo 3
Favorite gameplay for sword and shotgun = Halo CE
You may be wondering why I pick Halo CE for the sword, It's because I always despised the melee lunge feature it has when you use it so it's best when it can't be used haha
When he gets to it he should make a RvB Sarge reference (I'm suprising he didn't make a reference to This One Goes To Eleven this time round). Also he should make a "Firing Main Cannon" or "Looks more like a Puma" reference if he moves to vehicles for the Scorpion and Warthog respectively.
LNG: NOOOOOOO SWORD HAS NEVER DESINGNED TO GIVE YOU FREE KILLS, YOU ARE RUINING IT
Halo 5 Sword: Hahaha Sword goes pshhtchuing pshhhchuing
I’ve never read something so unfunny in my life
@@PartnershipsForYou you really didn't read what you write.
I would love it you did a history of the needler. One of the most iconic weapons in video games
Halo CE's looked the best
Nicholas Eitenmiller which Halo CE needler personally I like H2As the best never a fan of the pre Reach design the needles looked like crystals instead of sharp spikes like in later games.
I personally like the look of the Halo swords in 4 and 5 over 2 and 3. It looks sharp, lethal, and actually looks like a sword. I know it’s an energy weapon, but that doesn’t mean it has to be nearly transparent like the the Halo 2 and 3 one. I also love how the 4 and 5 swords are an overall triangular shape, instead of a circle with a spike.
I'm sorry this took so long to get out. This weird pain has been driving me insane and this weekend it was at its worst. Delays in uploading like this shouldn't be too common.
Also give youtube time to decide to make it 1080p -____-
how about the weapons that only appear in one or two games like the spiker or mauler? Those weapons need to return
Speaking of shotgun... can we get that next ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з= ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) =ε/̵͇̿̿/’̿’̿ ̿ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿̿
No but seriously, dude. I hope that gets better for you. I can sorta sympathize and working in pain just plain sucks. So take it easy if you have to.
The bright light source always made no sense to me
When theyve always been used mainly for stealth
Get well soon
Iv been waiting and I'm so excited
“I don’t like the H4 or H5 sword because they’re used to get free kills.”
Um, anyone good at H2 can break the game with it.
Cesar u said it anyone GOOD at h2 can break the game with it
Yeah, you have to be good with it. That's the point. In 4 and 5 you dont have to be good with it. Noobs kill the whole team.
You can with SKILL in halo 2. Anyone can get a spree on 4/5 . That’s the difference.
@@demonhunter635 bs.
Gardevoir
Just because you were swimming around in your Dads nutsack when Halo 2 came out doesn’t mean the newer games are better honeybun.
2:39 Two Anakin quotes, I love you for this!
So civilized
"With halo almost 20 years old..." damn when the hell did halo start getting so old, wait im almost 20... WHERE DID THE TIME GO!!
Halo existed during the beginning of a new time “2000” to the end of humanity. 2020 . “Coronavirus” it has kept us entertained from all the horror from the rest of the world
so i just checked and um. i'm a year older than halo. i, uh, feel old... wtf happened to the time
Holy shit I didn’t know you could melee the energy sword in reach to deflect it
You cant
You could at launch, but that ability was removed in a patch a year after release. I'm surprised that didn't get mentioned here, it was NOT a new feature in Halo 4.
@@QuintessentialWalrus bro idk what you're on about but you still can melee to deflect in reach. the timing is fucky sometimes but it IS possible
I love how no matter what, the Energy Sword has such a great design its almost impossible to mess it up.
Yes! My clip got in the video!
(Also Halo 2's sword is my personal favorite.)
Yo forget to mention Halo Combat evoled energy sword
Because you can’t use it
@@keptyboi3417 so, couldve mentioned the fear that flood ones body as the golden elite rushed you with the sword
Renegade Truth I feel it
Yeah, but the review is to show the usefulness of the weapon
Lise Sykes
The Halo: CE one is useful to the Covenant for scaring the living shit out of you. Surely that’s good enough.
12:07 "This red energy sword was even given a place in Halo canon, and it shows up in future games. It was given the name Bloodblade, *and I hope to see it more in the future.* "
Man, this aged like fine wine.
I love disintegrating enemies by stabbing them with a funny red blade.
My favorite sword in the series
Bruh but 343 lore ain't canon
@@paperclip6377cry
In a different take to this video series, I'd actually like to see the evolution of maps throughout the series, and showcase how it changed in each game that map was released/remade in. Blood Gulch would be a great place to start, given it's appeared (in some form) in almost every Halo game. Other maps that could be explored would be Midship, Sidewinder (Avalanche, and *maybe* Diamondback if you're allowed to show Halo Online/ElDewrito footage or screenshots), The Pit, and Zanzibar, to give a few ideas.
As far as for weapons, I'd like to see either the Shotgun or Sniper Rifle for UNSC, and Plasma Rifle or Needler for Covenant in a future video. Great work!
Gotta be Halo:Reach. I know the sword itself got nerfed, but having sword+sprint when no one else does is the best
Nothing will ever beat Halo 2's sound effects though
After 17 years of playing Halo, I never knew of the sword lunge with the sniper rifle until just now . Nice
I seriously hope the Energy Sword has the amazing lighting that it had in the Halo 5 beta, though that might be because I had no personal issue using it. As for my favorite version of the sword I only use a real man's sword;
A shotgun.
Sarge?
I really like the halo 2 anniversary sword sound effects
This vid is basically a history of how the energy sword has been nerfed since halo 2.
Halo 3, I like the brightness and the more roundness of the later ones. And I may not have have as many memories for it as I am younger than probably most people who watched this, but all of these games are amazing and I have love for all of them
I thought you were going to show the very first version of the Energy Sword in Halo CE that you were unable to use that gold Elites used. Kind of disappointed.
Trimping in halo reach with the energy sword, shotgun, or the gravity hammer is some of the most fun I've had in pvp. There's nothing like having your own man-cannon at every ramp and being able to shoot yourself into any enemy for an out of nowhere instakill.
My personal Favorite design of the energy sword is the one from Halo Wars, the rapier type guard is absolutely amazing.
Man this brings back good memories of rocket/sword jumping out of levels when I was a kid. Also the bit about ionized gas makes the sword even cooler for me; I love hearing about how technology functions in sci-fi settings. Does anybody else remember playing a custom game of infection in Halo 2? When you went and manually changed teams after you were killed by the infected.
Q&A: Why does 343 take known armours and drastically changes them (sometimes to the point of being either undesirable or unrecognisable) eg: How Commando (my favourite armour from Reach) DIED aesthetically when transferred from Gen 1 Mjolnir to Gen 2, how the Rogue helmet became one of 343's millions of EVA ripoffs, the changes in Mark IV, Recon and ODST/Helljumper or how the EOD helmet looks more like a Stormtrooper than ever. I'm not saying that all the 343 versions of helmets need to go and there's even some versions that I prefer to the Bungie versions eg: Gungnir, and I not only do I prefer the Halo 4 Air Assault helmet to the Reach version but I can also easily imagine Kat wearing the 343 helmet. Sorry for the long question but I hope it gets answered
Jedi Spartan 38 coz I’m pretty sure the Spartans we play are spartan 4s so we’re more weak and less augmented
@@avci6084 doesn't explain why the armour DESIGNS change
@@Jedi_Spartan they are gen 2 to make up for the spartan 4 weaker augments and for a more mobile style instead of defensive. Chiefs armor looks fucking amazing there were a few issues but nothing too major with its design and it definitely fit more his character. The hybrid look is really interesting though and a good refresh to see.
Avci / Well, to be honest, being weaker is no excuse for a worse design. In fact, to compensate for the weakness the helmet visibility should be better. I enjoyed Halo 4 personally, but I do admit the helmets really need to step up their game.
343 outsourced much of the armor designs for 4 and 5 to another company to focus on everything else. As a result most of the armors wound up being scuffed as hell. Designs like Recruit, Air Assault, Scout, and Mk. VI were pretty well off (especially Scout, god that's such a good helmet), but almost all other pre-4/5 armors got butchered. Need I mention ODST or Gungnir. 5 saw a bunch of nicer in-house designs, but the outsourced ones still were total ass (looking at you especially Seeker).
Miss the old sounds for the sword. The classic gas ignition sound. So satisfying to hear.
Halo 3's energy sword all the way, it's best to look at and I still have 16 player system link nights on the 360 where we sword joust for fun between games haha always good times with Halo 3
It's not really a weapon that you can use freely, but when you assassinate someone as an Elite in Halo Reach multiplayer, they pull out a tinier sort of "dagger" version of the energy sword as an analogue to the Spartan combat knife. Just thought that was interesting, and it's a bit of a shame that this concept wasn't taken further in later games.
That was a very cool edit between the Halo Reach and 3 block abilities. Good job Taras!
Halo 2 had the best sword. I liked how when you held it, it was pointed more to the side rather than pointed "upward" like an actual sword. They started pointing it upwards in 3, and even more pointed upwards in 4 & 5.
Fav: Halo 3
Can we get a video about the shotty or the sniper rifle
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Halo 2 Anniversary is almost peak modern Halo, on both aesthetic and gameplay.
did anyone else get chills when he opened the sword
every time I watch a late night gaming video about halo makes me want to play halo.
Unpopular opinion, but my favorite sword is the one from h2a. I just love how it looks and can't explain why
You are right. I think it's great because it's just blue an see through. It looks like a jewel
Super cool being in the video! I’m glad I could help
Halo 4's sword is pretty obscene in multiplayer. But if you're playing.. what's the Action Sack mode where it's Territories with swords? Whatever that mode is, it's a BLAST. That is, if you know what you're doing. When you give two players an equal melee weapon, suddenly everything is dependent on strategy. You see players trying to trick each other, or use clever thruster maneuvers, and even strategically placing themselves with their team to most efficiently wipe you out.
It's not nearly enough to forgive all of its Halo 4 sins, but I just love that mode. I can't help but rant about it.
And Flood mode? If you had a good reaction time, Flood was still fun with thrusters (I still would prefer Halo adopt something other than armor/Spartan abilities). If you were a Flood, it was such fun tearing through crowds before they could react. If you were human, it was so satisfying to kill Flood as they came barreling towards you at such high speeds. It's definitely got a curve, though, and it's not really fair. It takes a conscious moment to realize a feature is bad - if I never thought about it, I would just think the mode is fantastic.
I guess that bit was off-topic, but swords are involved, right?
And, oh man, CE... I always wanted to pick up and use a sword. I'd even kill Zealots and quickly peek at their fallen swords before they disappeared. Halo 2 granted me my wish to finally wield one.
Side-note: Whenever I play as an Elite, I feel wrong to pick up human weaponry (unless absolutely necessary). It's like I'm mentally roleplaying that I'm truly an Elite warrior. It's probably partially because Covenant weaponry is kind of flawed compared to human weaponry, usually, and when you've been playing for so long, it's just not fun to use human weapons in campaign cos it's too easy.
I was the biggest fan of the Plasma Rifle back in the day... It's not my favorite weapon at all anymore, but it still holds a special place in my heart.
Props to you for always compelling me to write a fat comment. Officer, I love you p= p=
being someone who played halo 4 first and didn't play the others until much later, I never realized how much cooler the older halo games were.
"With Halo being nearly 20 years old..."
Hey! No need for that.
My favorite energy sword is for Halo 2 Anniversary. The ignition sound is my most favorite out of all of them. Just hearing that sound gives me chills.
Please do evolution of the shotgun next 🙏
One thing you forgot to add was in Halo 2's multiplayer is if you played as an Elite, the Elite would have different animations when it drew out the sword which you could only see in 3rd person.
Favourite Halo CE energy sword because of its colour and disappearance
he didnt even mention it! triggered
I love the energy sword, it just feels so ancient when u use it, so graceful.
SHOTGUN!
SHOTGUN!
(Put some comment screenshots in the next video)
Matt M. I SAID SHOTGUN DAMNIT
Oh sh-let’s go
Nice detail about the bane, its more curvy like older swords, since it was an older sword, just wait until LNG talks about the bane
"Let's take a look at every version of the Halo Energy Sword" Yet you forget the Halo CE energy sword.
To be fair, the weapon cannot be wielded in CE so he can't really discuss anything about it gameplay wise
Most likely because it wasn’t playable. Not much to analyze beyond the looks.
Which was strange, because one of the early trailers of CE showed chief with the energy sword in hand. Wonder why would they remove the ability to use the swords and have them usable in halo 2?
Lets not forget the awesome electric sfx the Halo 2 energy sword makes upon when hitting an opponent!
I think we can chalk the change in sound from "gas ignition" to "lightsaber" as sword builders slowly figuring out how to refine the weapon.
The massive jump between 3 and 4 being the result of 4 y ears of Prophet-free investigation and experimentation.
The vorpal talon and prophets bane are my favorite swords, they just look so amazing!
The reach design makes sense though. In the halo timeline reach takes place before all other games. The sword we see in reach is probably one of the first versions of the sword.
Reach is only 20 days before Halo 1
I would think it's one of the different models the Elites have available, just like how the UNSC have different models of the Assault Rifle
@Deathtrooper40 I know it was in CE but it was still very much curvy in that game, it looks a lot more like it does in Halo 2 then how it looks in Reach.
Aside from that the energy sword is an old weapon in lore so the Reach version still wouldn't be one of the first versions.
I like the prophet’s bane just because of the shenanigans you could pull of with it in warzone. I would use the almost perfect invisibility when crouched to get crazy amounts of assassinations and vehicle kills, while staying dubiously close to enemy capture points.
Copied from myself on Twitter: Awesome video! Btw, would you consider a video addressing the age rating for Halo infinite and how it could affect the gameplay and story? (I always thought it was detremental to the series). Love the content and have a great day!
My favorite iteration is the _Vorpal Talon_ due to it's unique appearance and it's list of mobility augmentations. The _Prophet's Bane_ is a distant second.
What if the Halo Reach Design was paired up with the Halo 3 Lighting effect, and Halo 2's Super Lunge attack button combo?
The Prophet's Bane not only has a cool as hell backstory, it has a equally as cool design to boot. As well as being welded by my favorite character in the series, the Arbiter.
The clip at 5:10 was done by iamakillerGOAT, not WhopperWizard33.
This video brought me back to when I was in elementary playing Combat eveloved. Now im 23 in the Army.
The blood blade is my favorite due to me having one
That edit at 6:53 was suuper slick I had to go back and watch it a couple times
I think you should do the shotgun or rocket launcher
P.S grate video
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The Halo 5 Guardians one does have that "Oh shit" factor to it. Hear that as you enter a room and you KNOW that shit's about to go down.
Are you ever going to do a comparison of the changes made between the OG Xbox, the pc, and the MCC versions of Halo CE? Just wondering!
Halo 2 sword all the way! So many memories and countless hours in middle school playing custom games with friends on Headlong, Turf, and other maps, using the sword to “butterfly” and “sword cancel” up and out of the maps. I was really bummed when you couldn’t do that in later games.
7:00 Yoooo that’s my friend
I like the Halo 3 sword the most as if you press the right trigger, you get a lunge that is slower, and if you press the right bumper, you get a quick slash that doesn't lunge, and it has the word clashing.
Halo 4 design ftw
Halo 2 Anniversary audio ftw
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I remember in halo 5 that in the first mission, at the starting area, if you look behind you, you can find a dead energy sword from the opening cutscene, that you can pick up. It's pretty much just a punch, and I find that really funny.
The energy sword was in ce as an enemy only weapon right?
Yes
Halo 2 Anniversary cutscenes have my favorite visual design but Halo 3 probably has my favorite gameplay design.
Unpopular opinion: The darker blades look better
11:03 I hope it'll look similar to this in-game, at some point. It looks so wispy, with a really elegant and classic design that makes the complexity in the fx work well
I'd like to see and evolution of the plasma rifle or pistol
Although you haven't made a vid on the evolution of the Plasma Repeater, and that's just sad
I must say it's Halo 2's sword for me, I have a lot of memories of this iteration being used to glitch out of multiplayer maps with other players, and it was a lot of fun
Halo reach had the best looking sword.
Halo 2 had the best sounding sword
I think my favourite design is halo reach's Which is something I thought I would never say with most halo weapons. I like the more angular look and the more defined energy hilt. Unlike 343 where it's angular but no defined hilt
My favorite is the Halo CE Energy Sword
A note at 5:35, a lunge can also be blocked by quick melee with the sword. There are whole servers in Eldewrito dedicated to sword fighting
I don't really understand why this guy refuses to acknowledge that the meta for the sword changed, he keeps referencing it as only the way it was in halo 2. Shit changed man.
H4 and H5 swords where basically just free kill machines. Like, you just grab it and run at someone no skill or anything involved
Halo 3 Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer and Halo Infinite have to be my favorites. That high detail rounded look with those more classic sounds.