@@blueshit199 The word "Grifball" was first introduced in...I think the fourth or fifth season of the machinima Red vs. Blue, in reference to the hatred of one character for another by the name of Grif. When Halo 3 came out, and with it, Forge, someone figured out a way to make a game that basically revolved around constantly killing Grif. Thats what we know as Grifball to this day.
@@KillerOrca Griffball is from the 8th Season, I think. It was introduced in a PSA (non-canon comedy short) I think one going over the Forge mode or a PSA dedicated specifically to the mode. Sarge is the one who comes up with the game, which is why it centers around killing Grif. (Sarge wanting to kill Grif is a running gag in the series)
Halo 3 hammer sounds like a lightningstrike from Thor himself. Halo 4 hammer sounds like a sci-fi gun reloading. Halo 5 sounds like the same gun firing.
The Halo 3 Gravity Hammer is definitely my favorite version in the series. The look, feel and sound (oh my god that SOUND!!) is fantastic. Can you cover the Plasma Pistol next? Its a special gun that has that unique secondary firing method that most Halo weapons don't have. It also has gone through a plethora of size and damage changes. Anyway, great video! I really enjoyed it
Hey LateNight! There’s a cool detail in ODST with the hammer. The ODSTs will rest it on their shoulder while running around. Kinda cool that Bungie did that for them
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 true true. But that was a brute though, I bet if Master Chief, the legend himself did it, he could totally destroy anything in his path. But I don't know.
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 tbf that particular brute was toying around with the ODST.His blow with the blade of the gravity hammer was meant to torment him,not act as a killing blow.
@@govardhanposina17 The Chief seemed to go for the kill, the ODST just blocked and cushioned it with his sniper rifle, which the brute visibly gets annoyed by.
The Grifball scene is still hosting matches/Tournaments! They had one a few days ago :) If you want to join, Here's a link the the Grifball discord: discord.gg/JWsH4duhx5
Hey man, if is its possible if we play some customs games in any halo game (ive got the mcc and h5) my xbox gamertag is RTX PLUMzz txt back or like this or do wht ever
They should have graphical or audio prompts for grav hammer strategies. Not everyone wants to use a mic as they might prefer to listening to only the game, and not everyone is willing to waste money on a gaming headset--they're all garbage or over priced even to this day. TARTARUS' gavel from HALO 5 is def my fav hammer tho--the forward projected grav shockwaves were stupidly fun lol.
Dude, how did you not mention the crazy physics on the Spartans when they’re dead? In Halo 4 it is cranked up to 11! What I remember the most in that iteration is the bodies falling from the sky and flying across the court!
Some future video ideas, Evolution of the Banshee Evolution of the Ghost Evolution of the Warthog Evolution of the Pelican Evolution of the Carbine Evolution of the Beam Rifle Evolution of Halo Swat
I’m not religious, but we truly are blessed to have a content creator who cares so deeply about this franchise’s history and understands what clicks with our nostalgia. Late night you really are a gem, words can’t describe how happy I am when your videos pop up in my sub box, thanks man!
I really liked what they did with the Brutes in Halo Reach compared to Halo 3. Since Reach was technically an earlier time than 3, you can imagine the Brutes having worse equipment since the Elites were more important and got all the good stuff. The Brutes would always want to be the Halo 3 Brutes, but only got the chance once the Elites were removed.
I think I cool idea for future halo games is once you have defeated a chieftain and grabbed his hammer, surrounding brutes should act differently, like they flee or even better are enraged that you, a pweny human have decided to attack them with their own sacred weapon.
Your right on that but... That's like the only reason why people always pick the hog over others vehicles. I bet any other vehicle that would have been in the mission Halo instead of the hog would have had probably become the communities favorite instead of the hog. The only thing really special to the hog is it's team based nature (which makes it great for CtF) but even that has been made less unique thanks to the Mongoose and Covenant versions of the hog existing (Prowler for instance) , the Falcon existing, and somewhat also by the tanks needing a separate gunner for the secondary gun in newer games. I'm just going to stop here since everyone has probably already noticed that I think the Warthog is overrated.
Why did you focus on grifball with this? It's in other modes. I always looked at the hammer as an anti-vehicle counterpart to the sword tho. Reason why i prefer it to the sword in reach- besides it beating out the sword everytime
I can tell you're real proud of the clip at 9:56 considering you used it like 5 times haha. Well deserved, that was a hell of an outplay :) Can't wait for the Rocket Launcher one!
hey late night love the new video, this is probably my favorite series of halo videos now. I have a suggestion for another “evolution of...” video. I think the stationary weapons of the game would make an interesting entry to the series. They have changed a lot over time with especially from 2 -> 3. I had a debate recently with my friend about the UNSC machine gun and I argued halo 4’s was the best for its accuracy when tap fired. Just a suggestion, keep up the great work!
I always listen to your videos while working on g-mod artwork or school work. So when out of no were, I heard the hammers explosive SFX, it scared the crap out of me!
I think that the best way forward for the Gravity Hammer at this point is to split it into multiple weapons: 1.) The traditional Gravity Hammer: a functional copy-paste of the H3 Gravity Hammer (my personal favorite version) 2.) The "Gravity Bec de Corbin" (or the "Lucerne Gravity Hammer" whichever sounds better): exchanges most of its ability to throw around players and objects for obscene amounts of damage per swing, with melee attack (not actual attack) being strong enough to one-hit a fully shielded player 3.) The "Gravity Maul": basically an inverse Gravity Hammer which can grapple players and objects like the Fist of Rukt, and then crush them in a gravitic vortex 4.) The "Gravity Mace": a hybrid of a Gravity Hammer and an Energy Sword, similar to Chain Breaker, which functions like a Gravity Bec de Corbin against players and NPCs, but comes with the added ability of being able to absolutely shred any vehicle in one or two hits, though it comes with the risk of being parryable with a parry instantly killing its user, and it uses charge when melee attacking like an energy sword does
Man watching this makes me wish the infinite charge wasn’t quite so slow. In infinite it’s really slow and doesn’t knock enemy back like the older ones. I like how powerful it feels but hope they tweak it a bit
I miss team communication. It's been several years since I got to play an online Halo game. A while back, I moved into an area that only has internet service via satellite. This means there are a lot of games I cannot play multiplayer in....Halo being one of them sadly. (If I boot up a matchmaking lobby, it just loads indefinitely and co-op runs with a several second control input delay) The last time I remember playing some online matches was back when Halo 5 was making a little bit of a comeback with updates. I was playing SWAT and when trying to call out enemy locations, I ended up just having my own teammates yelling at me to shut up. We ended up losing that match majorly because people wouldn't communicate, and players kept running into locations that were being covered by the enemy. It was one of the few reasons why I liked the in-game "callouts" that would happen by the actual player characters themselves. Seeing as no one actually communicated via headsets anymore, it was a god send to be playing and hear an in-game character call out "Enemy in blue bend." or "They've got a sniper." Which I later learned was something controversial that a lot of players ended up hating. But I loved it because the game itself had better communication skills to me than my own teammates actually did. As for my favorite version of the Gravity Hammer, I think I loved the Halo 5 version the most manly because it had its own assassination animation.
I'd say do the Plasma Pistol next. Seeing how it's been in every Halo game to date and that It'll be interesting to see how each iteration fits into each Hao game's META.
This here? My only reason to get up in the morning. Best weapon, without question, in all of gaming. Nothing, puts a smile on my face more, than this big stick that just goes boom.
What I always found kind of odd is that halo 2 seemed to be implying that the brute shot was the brute version of the energy sword within halo 2's sandbox.And then the gravity hammer comes along and steals that idea for itself.
I may be a bit late, but I would love to hear you talk about the evolution of the warthog, as it is halo's most iconic vehicle and is the reason halo is a shooter at all. There isn't much of a model change between games but the history is just so intriguing.
22:40 Damnit, I've now got idea for how you could lore-justify that. A group of Rag-tag survivors from one of the various conflicts (perhaps a human, elite and a brute and some others) wind up banding together, and one day after noting just how far the hammer sends people, the brute and whoever their engineer is work out a hammer than can (somewhat) safely launch even someone as squishy as a human a long way. It does greatly reduced direct damage since it doesn't actually hit anyone, but it causes a huge push that can knock people over ledges or into walls with enough force to damage or kill them. Lore-wise, the weapon goes on to be the Brute's most cherished 'weapon', having enabled him and his friends to pull off all sorts of insane heists, and eventually it catches the attention of some equally-creative Spartans, leading to it being taken on as an unconventional utility item in a Spartan's toolbelts.
I personally liked Reach's hammer the most, I know this sounds weird but due to the gameplay mechanics with it. In Reach, you can alot more reliably melee kill without lunge, this also applied to the hammer being able to cause harm or kill players with it. Just like with the sword you could do turn kills which were much rarer in Halo 3 due to the way melee was done. Plus, I like the model most with the fire booster things on top of the back, looked really brutish.
I love when Halo weapons have dual-functions, like the plasma pistol's ability to disable vehicles and shields; and I wish we could get more brute weapons and vehicles with these dual functions. One idea I had was a brute version of the wraith that was really just a "Gravity battering ram" - which could suck in a vehicle with a gravity beam, and then smash it to pieces. Or a brute version of the banshee that could fire an overcharged plasma shot to disable other vehicles and shields, and as a secondary fire mode use needle rifle rounds that would only take a few hits to supercombine against Spartans - requiring good aim, but would also require a few more hits to blow up vehicles. Or maybe something like a lightning gun in the sense of a "chain sniper" which could kill one target in two hits, but if you charged the shot could chain the damage to anyone (friend or foe) within a few metres, with each person hit taking half as much damage as the last. Food for thought. With the brute-led banished being the big new bad guys of Halo, I think new and iconic weapons, tools, and vehicles could be worth brainstorming.
when you brought up the fact its a shame nobody really uses mics in game chat anymore well I honestly think its because these days its far far too easy to get a coms ban if the situation gets even a little heated on the mic so nobody wants to risk that these days which again as you said is a damn shame.
One thing I like about the Reach hammer is that I am not immediately thrown backwards when a teammate uses a hammer on the other side of the map after I jump.
Seeing those pre release Halo 4 clips honestly made me kinda sad. Halo 4 was my first online experience on the 360 and it's wild to me that 2012 is now being talked about like it's ancient history.
It’s STILL insane to me that what started as just a joke in a comedy machinima series became a legitimate MP mode in the actual game series.
Not the first time its happened, and it wont be the last most likely. If the fandom likes something, they'll make it work.
care to explain more in depth?
@@blueshit199 The word "Grifball" was first introduced in...I think the fourth or fifth season of the machinima Red vs. Blue, in reference to the hatred of one character for another by the name of Grif. When Halo 3 came out, and with it, Forge, someone figured out a way to make a game that basically revolved around constantly killing Grif. Thats what we know as Grifball to this day.
@@KillerOrca thanks man!
@@KillerOrca
Griffball is from the 8th Season, I think. It was introduced in a PSA (non-canon comedy short) I think one going over the Forge mode or a PSA dedicated specifically to the mode.
Sarge is the one who comes up with the game, which is why it centers around killing Grif. (Sarge wanting to kill Grif is a running gag in the series)
"When this is over, that hammer is going in *someone's ass* "
Balls*
“Jokes on you I’m into that shit”
This just went from 0 to 100 real freaking quick
the fact that it was marcus fenix's voice actor makes it better
"Thanks for the idea!"
-me
-Magnum-
-Battle Rifle-
-Assault Rifle-
-Energy Sword-
-Plasma Rifle-
-Needler-
-Shotgun-
-Sniper Rifle-
-Gravity Hammer-
SMG
Rocket Launcher
Plasma Pistol
Covenant Carbine
Fuel Rod Cannon
Beam Rifle
Spartan Laser
DMR
Yeah this is pretty much the same as my list, minus the DMR.
@@halocraft314 Nah the DMR is fine.
I’d like to see a video on dual wielding
i live off of these videos lol
I thought the Carbine was covered? Also can we get the Plasma Pistol next?!
*Nooooo you can’t just make one of the most dangerous weapons in the universe a stick!*
*Ha ha, Gravity Hammer go BOOOSSHHH*
*Laughs in 7 Wood*
@Andre De Jesus exactly what I thought lol
I can hear Shadiversity approving.
(Shadiversity has 2 videos explaing why a stick/staff is better than nunchucks (with 0 training))
Halo 3 hammer sounds like a lightningstrike from Thor himself.
Halo 4 hammer sounds like a sci-fi gun reloading.
Halo 5 sounds like the same gun firing.
More like halo 4: emp detonation
Halo 5: stun explosion
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa yeah
What about Halo Reach?
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa what’re you? 12?
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa listen i admit 343 had some good designs. but the gravity hammer in halo 4 sounds so unbelievably wimpy its actually comical
"When you first saw the gravity hammer were you blinded by its majesty?"
"Blinded?"
"Paralyzed, dumbstruck?"
"Yes, yes i was."
from the neck down, yeah
Late night gaming be like: *The EVOlUTION of MASTER CHIEFS JOCK STRAP* let’s take a look at every version master chiefs master piece
I would unironically watch this
@@dsdy1205 same
Same
BahahhahhahahahhahHha
@@dsdy1205 ngl I would wait an hour just to watch it premiere
"...bake you a cake... okay that last part was a lie."
I see you making Portal memes you rascal
Lol I see you
The Halo 3 Gravity Hammer is definitely my favorite version in the series. The look, feel and sound (oh my god that SOUND!!) is fantastic. Can you cover the Plasma Pistol next? Its a special gun that has that unique secondary firing method that most Halo weapons don't have. It also has gone through a plethora of size and damage changes. Anyway, great video! I really enjoyed it
Mine is halo reach, look-wise, halo 3 looks manufactured, halo reach looks like it was scrapped together similar to all the other brute weapons
Hey LateNight! There’s a cool detail in ODST with the hammer. The ODSTs will rest it on their shoulder while running around. Kinda cool that Bungie did that for them
I'm surprised the Gravity Hammer Melee isn't an instakill, considering the giant sharp edge (not the gravity hammer swing, I mean the actual melee)
Im suprised the blade wasnt used for special assassinations (unless h5 did this, never picked it up).
To be fair, it couldn’t kill an ODST in that one cool cutscene-
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 true true. But that was a brute though, I bet if Master Chief, the legend himself did it, he could totally destroy anything in his path. But I don't know.
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 tbf that particular brute was toying around with the ODST.His blow with the blade of the gravity hammer was meant to torment him,not act as a killing blow.
@@govardhanposina17
The Chief seemed to go for the kill, the ODST just blocked and cushioned it with his sniper rifle, which the brute visibly gets annoyed by.
The Grifball scene is still hosting matches/Tournaments! They had one a few days ago :) If you want to join, Here's a link the the Grifball discord: discord.gg/JWsH4duhx5
Nice cake is a lie reference btw.
So it's called the Grifball Discord and not "Grifcord?" Unfortunate
Hey man, if is its possible if we play some customs games in any halo game (ive got the mcc and h5) my xbox gamertag is RTX PLUMzz txt back or like this or do wht ever
They should have graphical or audio prompts for grav hammer strategies. Not everyone wants to use a mic as they might prefer to listening to only the game, and not everyone is willing to waste money on a gaming headset--they're all garbage or over priced even to this day. TARTARUS' gavel from HALO 5 is def my fav hammer tho--the forward projected grav shockwaves were stupidly fun lol.
Are you going to do an evolution of halo enemies like you did with the flood?
When you have a hammer. Everyone is a nail.
SMASHY-SMASHY!
Haha hammer and nails go WA-BOOOOOOM
Words of wisdom.
3:37 I DIED AFTER HEARING “ *ASS* ” on earrape LOL.
LoL funniest part
You hear Marcus Fenix in that, thank you John DiMaggio
@@AuroraWolf655 it's something I think Marcus would say too
*fearful laughter*
@@randallsanders1766 Bender too
Hey, he said my name
@@orangeporridge1553 alright buddy
then sai mai name
117 liked 😶
Let's go. I've been looking forward to this video
Same.
“Monkey biker gang” is now my title for the Banished. Thanks for my new favorite sequence of words, LNG.
Dude, how did you not mention the crazy physics on the Spartans when they’re dead?
In Halo 4 it is cranked up to 11!
What I remember the most in that iteration is the bodies falling from the sky and flying across the court!
ITS RAINING SPARTANS! HALLELUJAH
Some future video ideas,
Evolution of the Banshee
Evolution of the Ghost
Evolution of the Warthog
Evolution of the Pelican
Evolution of the Carbine
Evolution of the Beam Rifle
Evolution of Halo Swat
Evolution of the Mongoose
Evolution of halos Wraith tank!
It kinda blows my mind that they perfected the hammer in the first game it appears in and then it just gets worse and worse with each subsequent game
embrace M O N K E
Reject humanity. Return to monke.
Reject Covenant. Forge own fate.
Return to monke, or embrace crab
Halo Infinite's Gravity Hammer as it is now, July 2021, is gonna break your heart.
Speaking of the Spartan Laser, you should do that one next!
NGL, the gravity hammer would be perfect for smash attacks for Chief in Smash! One can dream!
22:27 Oh! I remember that game i knew when i saw you killing people with the gravity hammer it was for this video
I’m not religious, but we truly are blessed to have a content creator who cares so deeply about this franchise’s history and understands what clicks with our nostalgia.
Late night you really are a gem, words can’t describe how happy I am when your videos pop up in my sub box, thanks man!
Thank you so much
@@LateNightHalo no, thank you dude. I really appreciate the work you put in!
“Bake you a cake.
Ok that last part was a lie”
Unintentional reference
I love it
I really liked what they did with the Brutes in Halo Reach compared to Halo 3. Since Reach was technically an earlier time than 3, you can imagine the Brutes having worse equipment since the Elites were more important and got all the good stuff. The Brutes would always want to be the Halo 3 Brutes, but only got the chance once the Elites were removed.
3:36
*"When this is over...... That hammer is going into someone A S S ! ! ! ! !"*
- -Marcus Fenix:- The Brute Chieftain.
Also Halo 3 gravity hammer is my favorite definitely.
I think I cool idea for future halo games is once you have defeated a chieftain and grabbed his hammer, surrounding brutes should act differently, like they flee or even better are enraged that you, a pweny human have decided to attack them with their own sacred weapon.
Would love to see the history of the plasma pistol. Arguably the most back pocket weapon of them all.
also one of the most mechanically varied weapons across each game, it'd make a fun video
Thanks for uploading this video it helps me forget about what’s happening in the world.
You should make the evoulution of the warthog, I would love to see that
If he makes a vehicle evolution series, I would celebrate him as the best of the Halo community
@@willdabeast8509 I strongly agree with you. You get a like
Many people always do the hog first. Doing other vehicles like the Scorpion, Wraith or Mongoose first might be better.
@@gietpudemee9155 I think he should start with the hog because it's the most iconic vehicle in halo
Your right on that but...
That's like the only reason why people always pick the hog over others vehicles.
I bet any other vehicle that would have been in the mission Halo instead of the hog would have had probably become the communities favorite instead of the hog.
The only thing really special to the hog is it's team based nature (which makes it great for CtF) but even that has been made less unique thanks to the Mongoose and Covenant versions of the hog existing (Prowler for instance) , the Falcon existing, and somewhat also by the tanks needing a separate gunner for the secondary gun in newer games.
I'm just going to stop here since everyone has probably already noticed that I think the Warthog is overrated.
Last time I was this early it was mid-afternoon gaming...
Why did you focus on grifball with this? It's in other modes. I always looked at the hammer as an anti-vehicle counterpart to the sword tho. Reason why i prefer it to the sword in reach- besides it beating out the sword everytime
Fuck i cant have 5 minutes on youtube without running into a new vegas reference, im not complaining tho
@@rolig9303 explain? I played New Vegas and I don't understand what you're talking about.
@@TheRoseReaper it is the original poster’s username and pfp. It is a character from FNV
@@aloafoftoast7160 Oh! I forgot about that guy.
I can tell you're real proud of the clip at 9:56 considering you used it like 5 times haha. Well deserved, that was a hell of an outplay :)
Can't wait for the Rocket Launcher one!
Late night gaming, do evolutions of beam rifle, plasma pistol, spartan laser, and carbine
hey late night love the new video, this is probably my favorite series of halo videos now. I have a suggestion for another “evolution of...” video. I think the stationary weapons of the game would make an interesting entry to the series. They have changed a lot over time with especially from 2 -> 3. I had a debate recently with my friend about the UNSC machine gun and I argued halo 4’s was the best for its accuracy when tap fired. Just a suggestion, keep up the great work!
Been to long since one of these videos was made, let's do this.
I always listen to your videos while working on g-mod artwork or school work. So when out of no were, I heard the hammers explosive SFX, it scared the crap out of me!
'Bake you a cake, ok that part was a lie"
The cake is a LIE!!!!
The use of hologram at 8:36 is beautiful what a play
Last time I was this early, the armada that attacked Reach was three times this size
I think that the best way forward for the Gravity Hammer at this point is to split it into multiple weapons:
1.) The traditional Gravity Hammer: a functional copy-paste of the H3 Gravity Hammer (my personal favorite version)
2.) The "Gravity Bec de Corbin" (or the "Lucerne Gravity Hammer" whichever sounds better): exchanges most of its ability to throw around players and objects for obscene amounts of damage per swing, with melee attack (not actual attack) being strong enough to one-hit a fully shielded player
3.) The "Gravity Maul": basically an inverse Gravity Hammer which can grapple players and objects like the Fist of Rukt, and then crush them in a gravitic vortex
4.) The "Gravity Mace": a hybrid of a Gravity Hammer and an Energy Sword, similar to Chain Breaker, which functions like a Gravity Bec de Corbin against players and NPCs, but comes with the added ability of being able to absolutely shred any vehicle in one or two hits, though it comes with the risk of being parryable with a parry instantly killing its user, and it uses charge when melee attacking like an energy sword does
Man watching this makes me wish the infinite charge wasn’t quite so slow. In infinite it’s really slow and doesn’t knock enemy back like the older ones. I like how powerful it feels but hope they tweak it a bit
You really hit the nail on the head with this gravity hammer video
Wait...the gravity hammer can knock grenades out of suicide grunts hands...IM FINDING THIS OUT NOW!!! 😲😂🤣
Man, I love your video style. I'm happy you showed the sound
It's Hammer Time
I love these weapon review videos. Keep them coming!
My mental image of the elites if those idiots at the start of halo 2 dual wielding plasma pistols.
I always wondered why they had them other than to show off the dual wielding. Never had trouble with them
@@gamerdude7481 they're not hard they're just dual wielding plasma pistol
9:00
"don't do it"
That Brute Chieftan will forever be remembered.
Damn, didnt even give the grifball league a plug in the description after all the help with the video
Their discord is the pinned comment of the video since folks rarely check the descriptions whenever I post stuff there :)
Your videos are so entertaining bro, I have been waiting for this one thanks man!
Reject wort wort
Return to monke
I miss team communication. It's been several years since I got to play an online Halo game. A while back, I moved into an area that only has internet service via satellite. This means there are a lot of games I cannot play multiplayer in....Halo being one of them sadly. (If I boot up a matchmaking lobby, it just loads indefinitely and co-op runs with a several second control input delay) The last time I remember playing some online matches was back when Halo 5 was making a little bit of a comeback with updates.
I was playing SWAT and when trying to call out enemy locations, I ended up just having my own teammates yelling at me to shut up. We ended up losing that match majorly because people wouldn't communicate, and players kept running into locations that were being covered by the enemy. It was one of the few reasons why I liked the in-game "callouts" that would happen by the actual player characters themselves. Seeing as no one actually communicated via headsets anymore, it was a god send to be playing and hear an in-game character call out "Enemy in blue bend." or "They've got a sniper." Which I later learned was something controversial that a lot of players ended up hating. But I loved it because the game itself had better communication skills to me than my own teammates actually did.
As for my favorite version of the Gravity Hammer, I think I loved the Halo 5 version the most manly because it had its own assassination animation.
MtnDew
14/10 Halo weapon
I the other console would like to thank you for the hard work you put into making these videos
Thank you PS5 chan
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Chapter one: the start of the crusade
12:41 “It was a weaker sound” LateNightGaming
“Foreshadowing 343’s first two games being weak” -me
12:10 That definitely sounds awful in comparison to Halo 3 🤣
The clever uses of the hammer is why I'm so excited for the "disruptor" gun in infinite
I’m so early...
I'd say do the Plasma Pistol next. Seeing how it's been in every Halo game to date and that It'll be interesting to see how each iteration fits into each Hao game's META.
Im second guys wooo im so cool
0:29 Sarge must love this game
Every time I hear your intro music I’m always expecting the “HUH?” edit.
This here? My only reason to get up in the morning. Best weapon, without question, in all of gaming. Nothing, puts a smile on my face more, than this big stick that just goes boom.
I'm going to say something very simple: I love your videos, especially this type of video analysis about halo weapons
I’ve been looking forward to another one of these evolution videos! Keep up the great work!
Halo 3 gravity hammer sound effects is etched into my mind forever.
My first halo multiplayer experience was in like 2013 on Reach at a friend’s house. The hammer was terrifying.
for the last 2 days i have been non stop watching these vids and then SOMEHOW a new one comes out AS i am watching the br video, how XD
Maybe a history video of the Carbine? Since it does act and look different in each Halo game it’s in.
What I always found kind of odd is that halo 2 seemed to be implying that the brute shot was the brute version of the energy sword within halo 2's sandbox.And then the gravity hammer comes along and steals that idea for itself.
I think the reason why they toned down the volume of the hammer is to prevent players hurting their eardrums
I may be a bit late, but I would love to hear you talk about the evolution of the warthog, as it is halo's most iconic vehicle and is the reason halo is a shooter at all. There isn't much of a model change between games but the history is just so intriguing.
infinites gravity hammer is so good. Swinging it feels like there's so much weight behind it, and the huge shockwave from the impact is just 👌
22:40 Damnit, I've now got idea for how you could lore-justify that. A group of Rag-tag survivors from one of the various conflicts (perhaps a human, elite and a brute and some others) wind up banding together, and one day after noting just how far the hammer sends people, the brute and whoever their engineer is work out a hammer than can (somewhat) safely launch even someone as squishy as a human a long way. It does greatly reduced direct damage since it doesn't actually hit anyone, but it causes a huge push that can knock people over ledges or into walls with enough force to damage or kill them. Lore-wise, the weapon goes on to be the Brute's most cherished 'weapon', having enabled him and his friends to pull off all sorts of insane heists, and eventually it catches the attention of some equally-creative Spartans, leading to it being taken on as an unconventional utility item in a Spartan's toolbelts.
I personally liked Reach's hammer the most, I know this sounds weird but due to the gameplay mechanics with it. In Reach, you can alot more reliably melee kill without lunge, this also applied to the hammer being able to cause harm or kill players with it. Just like with the sword you could do turn kills which were much rarer in Halo 3 due to the way melee was done.
Plus, I like the model most with the fire booster things on top of the back, looked really brutish.
Love these long form breakdowns man
the disappointment in his voice about the Forknife Hammer is just gold
I love when Halo weapons have dual-functions, like the plasma pistol's ability to disable vehicles and shields; and I wish we could get more brute weapons and vehicles with these dual functions.
One idea I had was a brute version of the wraith that was really just a "Gravity battering ram" - which could suck in a vehicle with a gravity beam, and then smash it to pieces.
Or a brute version of the banshee that could fire an overcharged plasma shot to disable other vehicles and shields, and as a secondary fire mode use needle rifle rounds that would only take a few hits to supercombine against Spartans - requiring good aim, but would also require a few more hits to blow up vehicles.
Or maybe something like a lightning gun in the sense of a "chain sniper" which could kill one target in two hits, but if you charged the shot could chain the damage to anyone (friend or foe) within a few metres, with each person hit taking half as much damage as the last.
Food for thought. With the brute-led banished being the big new bad guys of Halo, I think new and iconic weapons, tools, and vehicles could be worth brainstorming.
9:00 that transition was sick
A weapon that looks advanced and primitive at the same time
Late Night Gaming, Thanks for all the calming fun content! I really enjoy it and I hope you know a lot of people do :)
Woah, sick ThunderHammer you got there.
That “flowering” strategy is genius
The voice of Bender from Futurama and Jake from Adventure Time is the same voice as the Brutes @3:30? You learn something new every day
I love the evolution series. I rewatch it so much.
Halo 5 with it’s idle animation where it opens up.
I am here exclusively to say the cut at 26:54 is outstanding
when you brought up the fact its a shame nobody really uses mics in game chat anymore well I honestly think its because these days its far far too easy to get a coms ban if the situation gets even a little heated on the mic so nobody wants to risk that these days which again as you said is a damn shame.
Seeing that alternate HUD around 22:32 makes me wish we had alternate HUDs in Halo 5.
One thing I like about the Reach hammer is that I am not immediately thrown backwards when a teammate uses a hammer on the other side of the map after I jump.
Man these videos I always find a joy to watch would love and can't wait to see more 💜
Every time I hear your intro I know it’s gonna be a good video lol
Seeing those pre release Halo 4 clips honestly made me kinda sad. Halo 4 was my first online experience on the 360 and it's wild to me that 2012 is now being talked about like it's ancient history.