Saving Every Marine in Halo

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
  • That thing we all strived to do. Halo is one of, if not the best game created by the hands of man. An absolute classic from Bungie, playing as the green man slapping aliens in space.
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    Music by Otis McDonald - www.otismacmusic.com/
    Halo Soundtrack by Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori
    Intro Song: "BirdBrainz" - Otis McDonald
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    -- Video Material --
    Halo Series
    Titanfall Series
    C&C: Generals
    SODAZ - • HALO - [Fan Animation]...
    Bungie - • Behind the Scenes Maki...
    -- Art Material -- (In Order of Appearance)
    Eddie Smith - www.artstation.com/heat1996
    Rythaze - / rythayze
    KinoFabino - / kinofabino
    Abimael Salazar - www.artstation.com/abisv
    GREYWOLFXN - / greywolfxn
    Leonid Kozienko - www.artstation.com/agnidevi
    JO | RatDadJoe - / ratdadjoe
    nagunk - / nagunkgunk
    VNanon - / vnanon_
    SpartanD042 - / d042spartan
    dillard - / dillardslk
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:47 - Fall of Reach
    6:31 - Rules
    8:09 - The Pillar of Autumn
    15:17 - Halo
    19:57 - The Truth and Reconciliation
    24:45 - The Silent Cartographer
    29:21 - Assault on the Control Room
    35:04 - 343 Guilty Spark
    42:13 - The Library
    45:57 - Two Betrayals
    49:48 - Keyes
    53:43 - The Maw
    57:15 - Total
    59:07 - Ending
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  • @coltforceplayer
    @coltforceplayer 11 месяцев назад +3923

    I felt so Badass playing as Noble Six and realizing I was humanity’s last hope, I’ll never forget when Halsey said “Say the words please” and Six said “the words please”

    • @erikdevries8686
      @erikdevries8686 11 месяцев назад +340

      Caboose👌

    • @coltforceplayer
      @coltforceplayer 11 месяцев назад +101

      @@erikdevries8686 love that video

    • @A_D_H_L
      @A_D_H_L 11 месяцев назад +212

      Do you have it?
      No you won't let go

    • @kenyoncaldwell4545
      @kenyoncaldwell4545 11 месяцев назад +64

      ​@erikdevries8686 Then how did I lose all my fingers ✊️? 🤚 just kidding!

    • @bakajanai.
      @bakajanai. 11 месяцев назад +78

      He held an entire covenant fleet at bay for hours solo, what a badass way to go

  • @TheMartyODonnell
    @TheMartyODonnell 6 месяцев назад +2679

    I love this. I knew players would want to save marines. I remember watching a friend play T&R on a beta version and he felt so guilty when his marines died he kept starting the level over and over. It didn’t matter to him that the same marines would keep re-spawning, he took it seriously.
    It wasn’t a game.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  6 месяцев назад +599

      Oh damn, cheers Marty! The legend himself, thank you. Honestly I'm pleased to hear that even in the days of Halo's development, people would go to lengths to save the marines. But hey honestly, cheers for the comment Marty, I really appreciate it. I have great respect for you and the team for creating one of the best experiences in gaming.

    • @TheFanFoundation
      @TheFanFoundation 6 месяцев назад +179

      I swear every big halo video, no matter what it is covering, has a comment by Marty O'Donnel. No one at 343 cares this much.

    • @TheSpartanBlues
      @TheSpartanBlues 6 месяцев назад +30

      Marty! Now that Scumgie fired Salvatori you guys need to collaborate again!!

    • @JoboGamezzz
      @JoboGamezzz 6 месяцев назад +22

      I feel like I lose apart of my soul each time someone kills the marines

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 6 месяцев назад +17

      Called it xD
      Did you know Marty's the reason Johnson dies, too? If there's one thing the original dev team understood, it's that the only story that never ends is the infinite game we're all players in right now. All others must end. Like SaintJam monologues about at the end of this video. That's the paradox of corporate ownership of works of literature. Economics is an infinite game. But books, movies and video games by necessity need to have endings. These two forces are in constant tension.

  • @kuronanestimare
    @kuronanestimare 8 месяцев назад +531

    Honestly the best part of this isn't that you saved the marines, or that you detailed how to save everyone:
    It's that you added all of the side material explaining what was happening between missions of the game. Props to you for keeping things both interesting and showing off for those of us who don't have the homework.

  • @cosmictreason2242
    @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад +1628

    You need to show this to Marty. He's the one who insisted on friendly marines and thought that players would want to save all the marines. This is the fulfillment of his prophecy. Thanks to him, you were even able to do this challenge in the first place

    • @BenjaminIzquierdo-nb6tq
      @BenjaminIzquierdo-nb6tq 9 месяцев назад +26

      That would be awesome

    • @trogo3402
      @trogo3402 8 месяцев назад +65

      He hit my son going 50 in a 25

    • @snaildad193
      @snaildad193 8 месяцев назад +47

      Marty, they're killing the marines!

    • @thatregularguy
      @thatregularguy 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@trogo3402I would like a spruce on that. Or I’m woooshing hard

    • @bingobongo3961
      @bingobongo3961 8 месяцев назад +53

      @@thatregularguy its true I was the car

  • @danvalentinsanda3286
    @danvalentinsanda3286 11 месяцев назад +2520

    He is not the hero we deserve.
    He is not the hero we need.
    But he is the hero we want.

    • @Jman_the_dude
      @Jman_the_dude 11 месяцев назад +47

      He’s the hero we HAVE

    • @asasas9146
      @asasas9146 11 месяцев назад +13

      No, you guys are the real heroes :)

    • @KeyboardTarantula
      @KeyboardTarantula 11 месяцев назад

      funny thing is? if it were modern live service all the scripted deaths would be patched. the marines who are meant to die would die, whether you want it or not.

    • @geronimo5537
      @geronimo5537 11 месяцев назад +5

      Its less about saving halo and more of accepting its funeral.

    • @Jman_the_dude
      @Jman_the_dude 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@geronimo5537 but saving someone makes them live for just a little longer, to fight more flood, to defy the galaxy one, more, day.

  • @realwhelan
    @realwhelan 11 месяцев назад +1138

    "Chief, we're marines, we're meant to be expendable."
    SaintJam: "Not to me."

    • @Matheus-ki9zo
      @Matheus-ki9zo 7 месяцев назад +52

      Great, now I can't take the image of Plo Koon on a full MJOLNIR Mark V armor running around Halo saving every marine

    • @ryannowo5954
      @ryannowo5954 7 месяцев назад +7

      when me and my brother played coop and we were in a warthog we would always have another marine in the passenger seat and i would always force us to reload to last save if he died lol

    • @mat-ys2gl
      @mat-ys2gl 6 месяцев назад +7

      Meanwhile in wh40k:
      "Sir, we're guardsmen, we're meant to be expendable"
      "Yes, ur right"

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@mat-ys2gl(curb your enthusiasm theme plays)

    • @Falkriim
      @Falkriim 5 месяцев назад

      @@Matheus-ki9zo
      Horrible mental image, imagine how weird his helmet would be

  • @alcatrazthatguyontheintern1465
    @alcatrazthatguyontheintern1465 5 месяцев назад +143

    Man actually completed a challenge so daring it fell in line with the canon.
    Chief in the lore tries to save as many marines he can, the fact that Saint Jam pulls it off so well makes me think our boy is a both an absolute fan, and an absolute mad lad.

  • @potater1991
    @potater1991 10 месяцев назад +232

    I like how you included the lore from the Halo: The Flood book, really gave a lot of people the bigger picture!

    • @potater1991
      @potater1991 10 месяцев назад +5

      Also in the novel I thought it said that the marines the chief finds in the structure end up dying in a mountain of flood? Placebo is crazy lol

    • @jeffreychinn609
      @jeffreychinn609 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@potater1991 In fairness, I'm pretty sure it mentions some of them got overwhelmed by the infection forms

    • @kamuiwarp1784
      @kamuiwarp1784 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@jeffreychinn609Didn't any of them escape back to Alpha Base though?

    • @reimuhakurei2123
      @reimuhakurei2123 5 месяцев назад

      I have like an original hard copy of Halo The Flood its a very old book that by dad bought and i still have it lol rip dad

    • @helljumper7101
      @helljumper7101 2 месяца назад +1

      @@potater1991 In the reprint yes, in the original 2003 print he's reading from they survived

  • @ClonedGamer001
    @ClonedGamer001 11 месяцев назад +1416

    You can actually find Marvin Mobuto's body. Right after getting off the elevator to the fourth floor, if you look left instead of right, there's a dead marine tucked in a corner, lying in a mixture of human and flood blood. And it's not a dead flood form, it's just a regular marine. That's Sergeant Mobuto. He nearly made it to the index with nothing but standard issue body armor and a shotgun. The man is a hero.

    • @dj11o9er
      @dj11o9er 9 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@porgerUh... What?

    • @dj11o9er
      @dj11o9er 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@porger Oh

    • @JoboGamezzz
      @JoboGamezzz 9 месяцев назад +12

      @@porger love that head cannon

    • @ATP2555ify
      @ATP2555ify 8 месяцев назад

      Not true. No more human marines, alive or dead, appear after 343 GS.

    • @smacke2950
      @smacke2950 8 месяцев назад +111

      ​@@JoboGamezzzhe's mentioned in the flood he's actually canon yo

  • @slurpieking4337
    @slurpieking4337 11 месяцев назад +1208

    Holy shit... not only did this guy make an interesting challenge. He also went through what exactly went down in the lore and told it like a story. it even gave goosebumps at the ending... Love to see it man! Keep this up!

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  11 месяцев назад +203

      I'm glad you boys loved it! I reckon hearing the lore really makes the game and your actions as Master Chief more impactful

    • @slurpieking4337
      @slurpieking4337 11 месяцев назад +30

      @@Saint_Jam cant understate how much i liked this man, just as halo began to get stagnant, you retell it in a completely unique way... i actually felt bad when the soldiers of alpha base died B(. Those novels make halo hit soo much harder than the games alone

    • @GGmanlife
      @GGmanlife 11 месяцев назад +8

      I completely agree with everything said here. It was fantastic

    • @diaperfang5293
      @diaperfang5293 11 месяцев назад +6

      The lore aspect of it really made the video from a great one to an amazing one, it was good stuff.@@Saint_Jam

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti 10 месяцев назад

      How is this a challenge playing on easy where you can even one-shot a armored slug with a pistol

  • @Gnome10
    @Gnome10 6 месяцев назад +104

    F for the brave marine who stayed behind. He will be remembered o7

    • @joesplace2960
      @joesplace2960 5 месяцев назад +3

      I’m actually crying, this man is an inspiration for us all.

    • @captainwaffles6576
      @captainwaffles6576 5 месяцев назад +2

      F

    • @PzShockz
      @PzShockz 4 месяца назад +3

      Holy crap chief that was totally poggers

  • @Jesse_Dawg
    @Jesse_Dawg 10 месяцев назад +209

    When I was a kid, we used to try and save everyone too. However, you saved like wayyyy more people than I thought possible. Thank you for fulfilling that childhood dream of saving them all

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад +13

      They should have an achievement in mcc for it

  • @this_isnt_patrick
    @this_isnt_patrick 11 месяцев назад +568

    In Memory of Those Fallen
    In the Defense of Earth
    And Her Colonies

  • @Jman_the_dude
    @Jman_the_dude 11 месяцев назад +2953

    I’m so happy that you’re keeping this series, it’s so creative and I feel like at least everyone wants to save people but normally, I just give up after 10 minutes

    • @shanemccann1728
      @shanemccann1728 11 месяцев назад +5

      I agree 100%

    • @Jman_the_dude
      @Jman_the_dude 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@shanemccann1728 it’s just a new idea, not just like a walkthrough or anything

    • @shanemccann1728
      @shanemccann1728 11 месяцев назад +2

      I know

    • @shanemccann1728
      @shanemccann1728 11 месяцев назад +2

      I like how it goes for old good games

    • @beltempest4448
      @beltempest4448 11 месяцев назад +10

      I would do whole playthroughs reverting saves when I lost too many marines

  • @Borthollamue
    @Borthollamue 10 месяцев назад +291

    30:00 it's possible to save the 5 marines that are dropped by the pelican. It's just very hard and takes a long time. You need to do the skip where you safely jump off the bridge and get inside the Worthog and push the marines to the other side to the dirt path coming from the door. Then find a banshee and go back up to the bridge and play the level like normal. When you get down there the marines will be alive and not moving, the will start moving and following you when you reach the scorpion tank and the Sargent.

    • @JoboGamezzz
      @JoboGamezzz 10 месяцев назад +9

      I’m liking this to get more attention on this post

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 9 месяцев назад +2

      Push ce marines with a warthog? And not kill them?

    • @Borthollamue
      @Borthollamue 9 месяцев назад +16

      @@cosmictreason2242 it's very difficult but doable. Best to get an auto save before hand, I had to go all the way over to the underground bridge before I hit one.

  • @trollzland1337
    @trollzland1337 9 месяцев назад +326

    Bungie: "We dont want to work on a single game forever!"
    Bungie: *proceeds to work on a single sub-par game forever*

    • @luisitobardajibenitez8013
      @luisitobardajibenitez8013 8 месяцев назад +19

      yeah they haven't made anything that comes close to the legacy that halo has

    • @Destroyer_V0
      @Destroyer_V0 8 месяцев назад +81

      Bungie was gutted under activision, little of their original core team is left, if any. Bungie was the people who made it. Now it's just a name.

    • @shasha6337
      @shasha6337 7 месяцев назад +1

      Destiny is literally the Most Successful New Video Game Franchise Launch of All Time, sure halo is better but Destiny absolutely had a larger splash

    • @Destroyer_V0
      @Destroyer_V0 7 месяцев назад +47

      @@shasha6337 wtf. let's ignore... sales numbers, profits, and concurent players for a moment, mostly cause I cannot be bothered to look that up right now. And instead look to the number of games that have references to halo, or outright crossovers. Vs the number Destiny has... One is higher than 0, hell, destiny references halo. Multiple times. The other is 0.
      Most gamers, who have not played halo, will know who master chief is, at least in passing. And even some non gamers. Most gamers, who have not played either destiny game, will not know of commander zavala or cayde 6.
      So please tell me how destiny made a larger splash than halo has?

    • @warrantyV0IDED
      @warrantyV0IDED 5 месяцев назад +20

      @@shasha6337 "But sire, the game had a revolutionary cultural impact and-" "I CARE NOT for what the peasants, enjoy. FINANCIAL. STATUS. REPORT!"

  • @Suckeychicken
    @Suckeychicken 11 месяцев назад +589

    Your way of handling the pillar of autumn is exactly the way Spartans would actually best work, Spartans are pretty much immune to small arms fire, and their notable strength and mass means them acting as a shield to the friendlies on board while being a scalpel against their enemies

    • @trutwhut6550
      @trutwhut6550 11 месяцев назад +47

      Mechanized infantry are just better light-heavy tanks, this includes anything from Spartans to mechs.

    • @gustavoaraujopenha8463
      @gustavoaraujopenha8463 11 месяцев назад +25

      @@trutwhut6550 there are tons of problems irl with the idea of using mechs/heavy infantry the same way tanks are used, but I mean, they are still cool as hell so why not?

    • @extremosaur
      @extremosaur 11 месяцев назад +7

      Immune is quite a strong word here.

    • @trutwhut6550
      @trutwhut6550 11 месяцев назад

      @@gustavoaraujopenha8463 not really, you can just use a large shield to protect smaller troops as a Gundam/titan for example, as a spartan or space marine you're able to move in first and repeatedly take light arms fire in place of your allies, they all can use far stronger weapons compared to normal soldiers while being just as mobile.

    • @gustavoaraujopenha8463
      @gustavoaraujopenha8463 11 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@trutwhut6550 A shield would barelly cover any infantrymen behind it, only being usefull in buildings and maybe to move to one cover to other (Specially because the mech can bring it's own cover fire).
      Small arms protection is much overvalued, a very small % of casualtyes in warfare scenarios are because of small arms, even during WWII only some 20% of casualties where from small arms and it was in an era where infantry did most of the jobs in battles, and the things that actually cause casualties nowadays probably would still disable a power armor/small mech. Most of the work in modern day for infantry is scouting and ambushing vehicles with HEAT projectiles (which does not need a big firing plataform to work), both don't have a big need for more armor and can even be rindered with the use of a complex machinery that would decrease stealth and reability while incresing operation costs.
      More armor is always nice but the cost eficiency for power armor is debateble, we can already block most small arms with kevlar and ceramic armor but just don't invest a ton in armor because it's not that usefull. I think that maybe in smaller scale conflicts like ant-terrorism and other civilian security and law enforcement pratical uses for heavy infantry can appear if the cost is low enough, but till then it's most a cool sci fi concept with little expected real life use.

  • @cancersfinalform299
    @cancersfinalform299 11 месяцев назад +629

    I love these absolutist challenges. From as early as when I first played halo 1 as a kid to now, I still try my best to save all marines and elites throughout the games.

    • @daikolirae155
      @daikolirae155 11 месяцев назад

      Why the elites? Fuck em.

    • @Ventanalala
      @Ventanalala 11 месяцев назад +17

      Hero

    • @Soulcatcher30
      @Soulcatcher30 11 месяцев назад +10

      Yeah, I tried the same, and had some squads of them following me around on some levels.

    • @MidnightSnack12
      @MidnightSnack12 11 месяцев назад +10

      Absolute Chad Behavior 🗿

    • @avriel6903
      @avriel6903 11 месяцев назад +1

      sometimes they have guns I want and I kill em ngl

  • @OGSumo
    @OGSumo 10 месяцев назад +70

    Unbelievable video - unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Challenge run, walkthrough, and lore all intertwined into a perfectly paced story. Bra-fucking-vo my guy!

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  10 месяцев назад +16

      I aim to please! I'm just glad people love this sort of content 😌

  • @Snavels
    @Snavels 8 месяцев назад +30

    "Marty! He's savin' the marines!"

  • @King0fYou115
    @King0fYou115 11 месяцев назад +1134

    "We run into... uh... no one important."
    That one killed me. Only true lore nerds will understand what you meant by that.

    • @silentkhaos1176
      @silentkhaos1176 11 месяцев назад +384

      While I still don't understand the whole lore behind that character, but learning that he spent the whole game hunting the Chief only to die instantly during the Chief's escape was hilarious.

    • @Espartanica
      @Espartanica 11 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@silentkhaos1176Kat V1

    • @MazHazPazzaz
      @MazHazPazzaz 11 месяцев назад +416

      ​@@silentkhaos1176 That's pretty much the short story of it. Dude hunts Master Chief, has a whole host of lore, goes through an entire character arc, fought through hell and high water to finally meet his mortal enemy... Then gets absolutely fucking obliterated instantly.

    • @kalash9467
      @kalash9467 10 месяцев назад +119

      ​@@MazHazPazzaz Please respect for my dude Zukaza Mamee'

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад +51

      Only real Gs read "The Flood"

  • @dritz_1141
    @dritz_1141 11 месяцев назад +646

    I guess you can say. SaintJam truly is a Saint from all the lives he's saving

    • @Captain_torres10
      @Captain_torres10 11 месяцев назад +8

      He is a true guardian angel

    • @joshstraub6972
      @joshstraub6972 11 месяцев назад +1

      exactly!

    • @Captain_torres10
      @Captain_torres10 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@joshstraub6972 a man with a halo

    • @vintagememelord8168
      @vintagememelord8168 11 месяцев назад +1

      hot abal sex

    • @marrubium8559
      @marrubium8559 11 месяцев назад +1

      If our video-games deeds count after we die I have no doubt this man will get to heaven.

  • @Darkmage1293
    @Darkmage1293 7 месяцев назад +20

    Jam: "We are playing on Heroic"
    Also Jam: "I'm going to use the Legendary speech, cause Johnson deserves nothing LESS than that and it's the best of all the speeches to boot."

  • @cedi5581
    @cedi5581 8 месяцев назад +120

    The speech at the end about Halo, Bungie's vision, and the story felt so real. I can tell merely from the tone how much this series means to you. and while I am deeply unqualified, I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me want to make that wiki myself

    • @Destroyer_V0
      @Destroyer_V0 8 месяцев назад +11

      What makes you unqualified, exactly? Anyone can look through the games, scour them for information. See the old bungie vidocs, and read the old novels. After that, it's just colating the data, and then desgining a website, something easier than ever before these days with assistance to do it.

    • @cedi5581
      @cedi5581 7 месяцев назад +15

      @Destroyer_V0 I struggle greatly due to mental illness as well as extreme executive disfunction. I literally cannot get my brain to function on that level long enough to even read a book, no matter how hard I try. Even audio books are a struggle.

  • @skyjike7377
    @skyjike7377 11 месяцев назад +432

    This series is the very definition of the indomitable human will, they're so entertaining

  • @nunya8230
    @nunya8230 11 месяцев назад +197

    Im loving the change from "we CAN save" to "we WILL save" Your vids rock dood

  • @Mayneman17
    @Mayneman17 5 месяцев назад +18

    But what about Dustin Echos? He survived!
    But fr I LOVE how you blended the game and book together with this!

  • @septemberstarlight9362
    @septemberstarlight9362 11 месяцев назад +14

    "if any marine is NOT looking at you, they WILL die" i can only imagine the testing process for trying to save these marines, and discovering that. ahahah

  • @quentinh2
    @quentinh2 11 месяцев назад +455

    WE MAKING IT OUT OF REACH WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @kanestalin7246
      @kanestalin7246 11 месяцев назад +44

      We making out of installation 00 with this one

    • @TheFriendlyYTuser
      @TheFriendlyYTuser 11 месяцев назад

      Stop this shitty copypasta.

    • @uningenious
      @uningenious 9 месяцев назад +3

      THIS ONE FOR REACH, BOYS 🔥🔥🔥

  • @charliewright5316
    @charliewright5316 11 месяцев назад +257

    Seeing some of clips here honestly makes me feel like this is how chief fights. Like at 22:03, I could totally imagine chief jumping behind two hunters and slamming a round in each of their backs

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  11 месяцев назад +80

      Absolutely, especially when other people's lives are in the line. I see Chief as the man who moves mountains to make sure no one else dies if he can help it. It's not much, but he's doing his part

    • @ed32568
      @ed32568 11 месяцев назад +20

      ​@@Saint_Jamthat's been pretty much confirmed in all the lore as well. He tries to save/help everyone he can while completing the mission

    • @JNun-pr8rh
      @JNun-pr8rh 10 месяцев назад

      I wish chief would slam a round on my back

    • @user-rf6gx8mb4h
      @user-rf6gx8mb4h 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@Saint_Jam What's your opinion on the halo wars games and Bungie today? personal I do consider the halo games made by 343 cannon the only reason for me allowing 5 in their is because Halo Infinity is so good campaign wise and now pretty good multiplayer wise as well. But the "halo show" can go to hell, in fact the act man made a pretty good rewrite of it.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 5 месяцев назад

      @@user-rf6gx8mb4hi could convince you infinite is a franchise destroyer if you're reasonable

  • @mr.shadow8812
    @mr.shadow8812 9 месяцев назад +24

    Late but i wanted to give u my appreciation for this. As a kid I always did this with marines, that even tho they technically never went anywhere I always loved to imagine those I saved would regroup and form bases and fight back and seeing this done so magnificently is amazing. I thank you for making child self happy

  • @dominantasmr578
    @dominantasmr578 7 месяцев назад +24

    As a long time Halo fan from the beginning, this was truly a joy to watch. I loved your storytelling and how you mixed the lore into the gameplay, this is seriously one of the best halo related videos I've seen on RUclips. Please do one for halo 2 next!

  • @treytime2713
    @treytime2713 11 месяцев назад +449

    YES ANOTHER EPIPSODE! KEEP THIS SERIES UP AND KEEP SAVING NPCS YOU ARE DOING AMAZING WORK! THE HERO WE NEED BUT DONT DESERVE!!!

    • @Jman_the_dude
      @Jman_the_dude 11 месяцев назад +5

      LESSSSS GIOOOOOO

    • @LoneWolfStudios117
      @LoneWolfStudios117 11 месяцев назад +3

      I would love to see this for all of the bungie halo games!… please?

  • @billyhopkins10
    @billyhopkins10 11 месяцев назад +248

    I hope Marty O’Donnell sees your video! He loves the marines and trying to save them 😆.
    This was awesome!

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад +30

      He's the reason we have marines to save in the first place. Very thankful

    • @bluemrgutsy6288
      @bluemrgutsy6288 23 дня назад

      Good news incase you read this Marty has seen the video!

  • @hggs4466
    @hggs4466 10 месяцев назад +23

    "master chief is the reason we are still here" said a marine from one of the old halo ads recounting this war

  • @metalstorm1027
    @metalstorm1027 3 месяца назад +5

    This video is a masterpiece, managed to fulfill the childhood "dream" of saving every possible marine, all well complemented by polished editing, great narration and lore insights.
    That last section man... I'm not ashamed to say that it moved me a bit, well spoken, full of sincerity, passion and most importantly, truth.
    This is a celebration of halo on par with Crowbcat's "Remember Halo", be proud of this piece of work.
    Hope the next Halo video will come out one day,
    In the meantime, have my thanks for cherishing and keeping alive classic Halo and the memories bound to it, hats off.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  3 месяца назад +2

      Honestly I'm glad people saw how this video was such a love letter to one of the greatest games ever made. The game, the story, the lore, I wanted to do justice for all of this, and I'm glad my message resonated with people. Legit I'll be cooking up more Halo videos trust me, we've got a lot to cover. Thank you so much king!

  • @inha1ed
    @inha1ed 11 месяцев назад +240

    holy shit dude the fact you managed to save them all on 343 guilty spark is insane, i remember trying for hours when i was younger but could never save them

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад +8

      Curse that chokepoint and the marines running in

    • @NickDAngeloUX
      @NickDAngeloUX 8 месяцев назад +18

      There’s another video (sorry, forget the name of it) where someone does a breakdown of the code on that level and the marines are literally labeled as “beef” or something like that indicating they are meant to be consumed by the flood.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@NickDAngeloUX i was actually thinking of the final section but i realize i was unclear about that . Unless that's the one you meant

    • @CrackDCat
      @CrackDCat 7 месяцев назад +4

      I've only done it once, on heroic at that, I haven't even been able to recreate this feat in easy. I'm always 1 or 2 short :'(

    • @DrRockefeller
      @DrRockefeller 7 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@NickDAngeloUXit was named "the cut content in 343 guilty spark" or something like that but it was very cool

  • @IAmTanker
    @IAmTanker 11 месяцев назад +155

    This series is one of the most unique pieces of gaming content on YT. Managing to bring back these old games in a new light by not only attempting these challenges but using it to explain/create the surrounding story is brilliant.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад +1

      None of it's made up either, he's seamlessly bringing in the plot of The Flood by William C Dietz

    • @IAmTanker
      @IAmTanker 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@cosmictreason2242 Huh, wow.

  • @Madcat1331
    @Madcat1331 8 месяцев назад +5

    This is a true indifferent cruelty of the universe vs the indomitable human spirit moment

  • @natashaeliot3628
    @natashaeliot3628 10 месяцев назад +20

    that wiki line you quoted said the tv series was not part of core cannon with only certain elements being included

    • @Supercohboy
      @Supercohboy 5 месяцев назад +8

      "with only certain elements being included", is silvertongue legalese for "we'll include TV series stuff into the wiki's core canon if we FEEL it's appropriate...or if Microsoft give$ u$ a rea$on to add certain element$ to the core canon".
      I'm not buying it, this is obviously a bunk policy by design.

    • @I_enjoy_some_things
      @I_enjoy_some_things 5 месяцев назад +4

      I firmly believe these writers/showrunners were never Halo fans and possibly never even played the games. All they had to do was retell the story of the games/add in backstory for side characters as they see fit.
      The Halo show gave me the same sleazy vibes that Rings of Power did…though, I honestly am still more angry about Rings of Power (you just don’t do that sh*t to Tolkien’s world man). Made by people who think they can tell a better story than the source material.

    • @rikowolfin4984
      @rikowolfin4984 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@I_enjoy_some_things Not only are you correct about that, not only did Microsoft intentionally looked for people who weren't fans of Halo to make the show, but the show runners and writers openly said how much they did not care about the games or the story of Halo and didn't so much as play a single game or read a single one of its books.
      This isn't a secret, it was practically advertised as a 'good thing' that the people making the show didn't care about Halo in practically every news site that covered the TV show being released.
      But even despite how everyone shat all over that tv show and how universally hated it was... it's still getting a season 2! Because god they need to kill Halo faster some how and I guess the first bullet to the back of the head wasn't enough so they decided to double tap the corpse.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@I_enjoy_some_thingsthis is why i reject the legal/corporate owner theory of canonicity. Canon is determined by internal consistency, realism (eg lore that makes physical sense supersedes lore end that violates physics) and coherence with preexisting lore.

  • @minecraftveteranyoda4476
    @minecraftveteranyoda4476 11 месяцев назад +103

    Came for the gameplay, stayed for the excellent storytelling

    • @kinghoodofmousekind2906
      @kinghoodofmousekind2906 11 месяцев назад +9

      Agreed: it was a nice challenge wrapped in a lot of good storytelling/expanded Halo 1 lore, plus the final pouring out of a halo fan's heart. I don't hate 343i, but it's sad to see what fate befell Halo. Even Bungie today is not the Bungie of Halo 1-3, ODST and Reach, but I do hope to see once more an 'old-style' Halo game in the future.

    • @ValuableBlueberry
      @ValuableBlueberry 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@kinghoodofmousekind2906 thankfully The MCC Team got to Infinite recently but i hope one day ID Software could make a Halo Game (mainly for og halo fans that hate 343 for some reason)

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@ValuableBlueberrylol "For some reason" 😂 couldn't be the destruction of characters, lore, stakes etc

    • @ValuableBlueberry
      @ValuableBlueberry 5 месяцев назад

      @@cosmictreason2242 i didnt know at the time tbh

  • @dopiestthyme3365
    @dopiestthyme3365 11 месяцев назад +216

    This was phenomenal from start to end. I've never seen deeper lore of a universe so intertwined with gameplay commentary. It made it so much more interesting if you had just done a basic guide on saving every marine in CE with some shitposting sprinkled in there.

    • @montgomeryfitzpatrick473
      @montgomeryfitzpatrick473 9 месяцев назад +7

      Read all the novels(till first 343 trilogy) and been a Halo fan for 20 year and never seen a video mesh the deep lore and a gameplay video so well. The insane challenge is just icing on the cake

  • @lordpeevisoftweed
    @lordpeevisoftweed 8 месяцев назад +9

    Oh my god saving those marines on truth and reconciliation is so nostalgic. I remember when i was a wee lad spending dozens of hours trying to save them. I found an area on one of the lower levels you could leave them at, rather than the closer one you found. Doing that or just playing co-op and leaving the chief they were following behind when you trigger the cut scene so they arent in the death room. There is also a way to save all the marines on silent cartographer. Dont remember how off the top of my head as its been well over a decade, but its definitely possible i remember encountering the same issue you did. I remember leaving the warthogs with marines in them all around the map looking for spots where they wouldnt die and what not. There is a place where they can be out of the hog and not die I no longer own halo or an xbox so i cant open it to refresh my memory. In guilty spark, there is also i think 2 marines you missed on a box somewhere that you can save through some means i dont remember.

  • @rezcalm3633
    @rezcalm3633 7 месяцев назад +7

    My favorite part was when Jimmy Rings looked directly at the camera and said "these are my master cheeks" and then slapped his own ham hocks for forty five uninterrupted minutes

  • @alexmadsen8134
    @alexmadsen8134 11 месяцев назад +313

    its extremely refreshing to see a youtuber who has such a genuine love for what he does and to put in so many hours of hard work to provide entertainment for likeminded people.
    he could have easily just made a guide on how to save all marines, cold, calculated and only there to achieve results but his combination of the lore, his love for the franchise and his drive to make high quality entertainment is truly astonishing for someone with such a low sub count. His work deserves far more than he currently has and I'd predict that in the next 12 months his channel is going to sky rocket to the level of TheActMan and others. I'd be very surprised if TheActMan doesn't already have him on his scope and is watching.
    Absolutely loved the video my guy, keep up the good work, it will all pay off in the end I'm sure.

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  11 месяцев назад +39

      Cheers king, Yeah honestly I appreciate it a lot, AHah everyone loves a good story, and I love telling them! These are all love letters to these wonderful games, it's hard not to be excited 😄

    • @trialnerror3643
      @trialnerror3643 11 месяцев назад +3

      You are right. I am convinced and will subscribe now

    • @geronimo5537
      @geronimo5537 11 месяцев назад +6

      Its less about saving halo and more of accepting its funeral.

  • @TheGamingLp100
    @TheGamingLp100 11 месяцев назад +99

    I love how this isn't just a challemge run but also tells a story and goes into the lore. Well done!

  • @Deuce_and_a_half
    @Deuce_and_a_half 8 месяцев назад +6

    It's so awesome you put together all the lore about what was happening around the ring to the rest of the UNSC forces other than Chief. As someone who's never read the books I really appreciate this video that slots into place not only the timeline of events outside the game but also slots them into 'real time' with what Chief goes through in the game. And well done on saving the marines :)

  • @montgomeryfitzpatrick473
    @montgomeryfitzpatrick473 9 месяцев назад +3

    Absolutely amazing. 15 mins in and this is already one of the best put together Halo videos I've seen in ages. Challenge run and lore and meme dump with an incredible narrative, youre not even a dedicated Halo channel. Great editing. Definitely worth a sub and watching your backlog

  • @LavenderRex7705
    @LavenderRex7705 11 месяцев назад +67

    These challenges are like the opposite of speedruns where usually the npcs are treated like objects. These challenges are so fitting for master chief, I can't wait to see this challenge in 2 and 3.

  • @roca2011kokeman
    @roca2011kokeman 11 месяцев назад +67

    Im suprised you didnt mention that the marines you save in "assault on the control room" are the same group of marines in "two betrayals" that you find infected without weapons one room just before you exit to the cold again 😮

    • @Seriona1
      @Seriona1 11 месяцев назад +3

      I've heard of this theory before but I am not sure if that is actually canon.

  • @mrigankoshekhardutta455
    @mrigankoshekhardutta455 10 месяцев назад +6

    Amazing story telling!
    Clicked on it thinking it will be a gameplay challenge but the way you presented it was incredible. Hats Off Soldier.

  • @ReturnedToSenderRTS
    @ReturnedToSenderRTS 8 месяцев назад +2

    The additional context, the editing, and the sheer determination behind this video is astonishing. I rmemeber trying to do the same challenge years ago. Bravo sir, great work. Glad I found your channel.

  • @icyknightmare4592
    @icyknightmare4592 11 месяцев назад +24

    32:07 Fireteam Zulu probably never got that evac. In the very next room, when you come back through the area in Two Betrayals, you get ambushed by a group of exclusively human Flood combat forms. Sounds like they took cover inside and were watching the doors, not the vents.

    • @gowanlore2434
      @gowanlore2434 22 дня назад

      Stop being such a blackpilled doomer. They got saved because uuuh beause I said so.

  • @doolittle555
    @doolittle555 11 месяцев назад +66

    Wow... this brings me back to my childhood... I loaded checkpoints each time I lost a Marine, leaving them behind so they don't die. Staying alone on missions after giving them my best weapons so they can defend themselves waiting for evac. And all these details... added to the lore... you did an awesome and original work here. I watched all the serie in one day.
    Keep this up ! You can''t imagine how badly I wanted to see someone doing this masterpiece.

  • @devindalton4688
    @devindalton4688 5 месяцев назад +2

    The way you tell the story with the extended lore added in makes me want a Halo CE movie all the more

  • @Floris_VI
    @Floris_VI 4 месяца назад +1

    I feel like this is the first time i watched a video of someone who loves and respects halo as much as i do. I have immense respect for this absolute masterpiece you made, kinda made me emotional at the end even.

  • @rangergrim1644
    @rangergrim1644 11 месяцев назад +169

    I admire your dedication and respect for the original halo lore. When I saw how you saved those marines that were "scripted" to die, I knew this video was going to be a great ride.
    Will you do the same with the following games? Because I have no idea if it's actually possible to pull the same things you did in this one.

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад

      I really hope so. If it's done to the same quality, I'd pay for it

    • @ValuableBlueberry
      @ValuableBlueberry 10 месяцев назад +1

      its cool that he likes the og halo books but why did he need to obliterate 343 what did they even do???

    • @cosmictreason2242
      @cosmictreason2242 10 месяцев назад

      @@ValuableBlueberry did you not listen? I don't understand what you don't understand. I guess you haven't played the games

    • @ValuableBlueberry
      @ValuableBlueberry 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@cosmictreason2242 i played the games back on 2020 and i agree with your statement dude 343 made the story even more confusing but i still beleve that saint went kinda too far

    • @ValuableBlueberry
      @ValuableBlueberry 10 месяцев назад

      and yep i need to play them again if i get the money to buy the MCC for PC

  • @shardell
    @shardell 11 месяцев назад +38

    Love the deep cut lore mixed with a challenge run, it works so well

  • @dr_yeet9399
    @dr_yeet9399 8 месяцев назад

    Quality edits, good long format videos, awesome roleplaying aspects such as taking their lives seriously. Unique fresh challenge run style AND funny memes/edit timing. All around perfect content in my opinion.

  • @tylercharboneau7216
    @tylercharboneau7216 5 месяцев назад +1

    Your narration was genuinely top tier and the lore background expositions were amazing. Could've brought a tear to my eye

  • @Theboibutters
    @Theboibutters 11 месяцев назад +40

    I love this series, like Pavlov and his dogs, I hear the background theme and I am conditioned to know that somewhere a man is being saved, enemy forces are being held back and the world will be a better place.

  • @ethanshupe4403
    @ethanshupe4403 11 месяцев назад +29

    "These marines will be safely picked up later" and other lies you can tell yourself to be able to sleep at night.

    • @jamesdulak3108
      @jamesdulak3108 11 месяцев назад +5

      This comment made me lmao (but also shush all the marines escaped Halo on a partyboat with blackjack and hookers I was there)

  • @ammzey4957
    @ammzey4957 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is hands-down one of the best halo videos I've ever seen. Keep up the good work! I would love to see a version of this for Halo 2 and 3.

  • @jacobhuot3056
    @jacobhuot3056 9 месяцев назад

    This was a great video!
    The storytelling mixed with the gameplay made this a lot of fun to watch and an impressive feat as well to save all you did!

  • @AppleJaxc
    @AppleJaxc 11 месяцев назад +28

    I love finding small channels with inexplicable production quality and enough memes slipped in to keep me on me toes. I look forward to this series continuing!

  • @DollarinoJones
    @DollarinoJones 11 месяцев назад +43

    So glad you’re into this lil’ niche you’ve stumbled into.
    It’s genuinely fantastic work. Hope it’s as fulfilling to make as it is to watch.

  • @hungrypumkin8103
    @hungrypumkin8103 8 месяцев назад

    Love the video. I thought it was just going to be an interesting challenge video, but the way you weave in the lore and tie it in to why the challenge is important made the whole thing so much more enjoyable to watch. Truly appreciate the research and effort that went into this.

  • @mrbenis8044
    @mrbenis8044 5 дней назад

    Really liked the way you included lore throughout the playthrough, outside of just the challenge to save all the marines it made it really interesting to watch

  • @TheHylianJuggalo
    @TheHylianJuggalo 11 месяцев назад +48

    an interesting detail: in the Pillar of Autum, in the 2011 graphical overhaul (originally done by Bungie), some of the marines leading up the bridge who are dead and propped up against walls, are in fact animated as alive and injured. That adds about 5-7 more survivors.

    • @dj11o9er
      @dj11o9er 9 месяцев назад +5

      Only three Marines in that armory were wounded, and thats been the case since the CE days.

  • @ultrahevybeat
    @ultrahevybeat 11 месяцев назад +34

    I love this series so much. It has a kind of good feeling that i rarely find on the internet

  • @Sprinkles1609
    @Sprinkles1609 19 дней назад +1

    What a video! The gameplay, the lore and the POV on the state of Halo is top notch
    I'm glad I clicked on it

  • @simplycherry9588
    @simplycherry9588 9 месяцев назад

    I love the extra lore attached to what you do. Makes everything so much more interesting and immersive

  • @deibellator1449
    @deibellator1449 11 месяцев назад +13

    I have to say, because of your saving every scientist video I specifically decided to create a system about rewarding saving all characters in my game that I am currently working on because of your awesome videos!

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  11 месяцев назад +5

      YOOO Nice! Yeah I think that would be a wonderful idea, people get attached to characters and friendlies in games all the time, I think it would be really worth it. But hey, no matter what Good luck with your game man!

  • @ferrumbellatorwarsmith3342
    @ferrumbellatorwarsmith3342 11 месяцев назад +20

    Glad this is continuing. The marines will be remembered and saved. However Johnson is so badass he doesn't need to be saved until the books or Halo 3.

  • @FireLock49YT
    @FireLock49YT 2 месяца назад

    This video was incredible! I absolutely loved the structure of it, too. It actually answered a lot of questions I have had lore-wise for a long time. I have never read the books before, so that was mostly the reason I never had those answered. I hope to see you run through 2 and 3 as well. There are more marines out there who need saving, Spartan!

  • @minimany1000
    @minimany1000 7 месяцев назад +2

    It's honestly criminal that this guy doesn't have more subscribers. The content you've been making is of incredibly high quality and I can't wait to see more of it

  • @guardianof2fort964
    @guardianof2fort964 11 месяцев назад +143

    During the Pillar of Autumn section, I'm surprised you didn't mention the heroic efforts of Fireteam Raven, who managed to reactivate a section of point defence guns and destroy a significant amount of Covenant spacecraft, while also keeping the drop pod bays secure from the alien assault. They even run into the Master Chief as he boards the lifepod to escape to Halo.
    Unfortunately, Fireteam Raven would not survive the Battle of Installation 04, making a desperate last stand against Covenant and Flood forces to buy the Chief as much time as possible to detonate the Pillar's reactor.
    Edit: I seem to have caused a war in the reply section. I wouldn't go in there without a sealed combat suit, and I also wash my hands of that entire argument.

    • @LonelyGamer4
      @LonelyGamer4 11 месяцев назад +1

      NOOOO!!!1!!1! That doesn't count. It was made under the evil 343 industries! 343 literally killed my wife and infant daughter

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman 11 месяцев назад +21

      They completed their challenge of saving every Spartan they could. John, Avery, and Linda are (or were) alive thanks to them.

    • @goombah8771
      @goombah8771 11 месяцев назад +13

      He's a bungie fanboy so he hates everything made after Reach

    • @Titan13335
      @Titan13335 11 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@goombah8771you're obsessed

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage 11 месяцев назад +40

      ​@@goombah8771I think Infinite singlehandely made this attitude completely reasonable because it strangled any goodwill peoplr had left for 343.

  • @yaz2928
    @yaz2928 11 месяцев назад +13

    Saving those 3 marines in 343 Guilty Spark is one of the best feelings ever, especially when you're late and the Flood are already swarming them. Great video.

    • @LegendaryBrah
      @LegendaryBrah 8 месяцев назад +1

      It was always painstakingly time-consuming because they had a single hp, but I leave no man behind

  • @defendingpike3759
    @defendingpike3759 8 месяцев назад

    Greatest video I’ve ever seen.. when I played halo as a kid, I felt so sincere for the other teammates and tried to bound with them literally. Love this

  • @7ru7h0n3s7yf0r3v3r
    @7ru7h0n3s7yf0r3v3r 11 месяцев назад +1

    Playing Halo at the tender age of 8 will be a moment I will never forget. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. I enjoyed the whole hour. Have a new sub.

  • @PowdergameFan18
    @PowdergameFan18 11 месяцев назад +19

    Honestly the commitment to the narrative of WHY you save everyone made this video. Incredible work!

  • @ComTlancy93
    @ComTlancy93 11 месяцев назад +117

    Your ending monologue on the state of Halo really hit home and was worded far better than what I could ever hope to express so thanks for including that

    • @philosotree5876
      @philosotree5876 10 месяцев назад +11

      To me it just seemed like pointless, generic, hatred-fueled "Only my opinion matters, I deem this not real (insert here) because I don't tolerate those with different opinions." Junk I see everywhere these days.

    • @GunsAndAmmo3
      @GunsAndAmmo3 10 месяцев назад +12

      "These are the only things that are canon" ok lmao

    • @ValuableBlueberry
      @ValuableBlueberry 10 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@philosotree5876 i agree with you because if you dont like it dont fucking obliterate it to others

    • @philosotree5876
      @philosotree5876 10 месяцев назад +4

      Tell that to most of the internet these days.@@ValuableBlueberry

    • @josuelisondro8442
      @josuelisondro8442 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@philosotree5876I agree

  • @havoc3971
    @havoc3971 11 месяцев назад

    This was just perfect! I hope you keep doing it for the next 2!

  • @Raygeing
    @Raygeing 5 месяцев назад

    Love it. Really enjoy the lore dumps along the way!

  • @PatrickNerdu744
    @PatrickNerdu744 11 месяцев назад +65

    Watching your content is identical to the feeling of sipping tea while wrapped in a blanket.
    F for marine.

  • @mercury7651
    @mercury7651 11 месяцев назад +19

    The way this video is presented is very very unique and special, it’s not just an entertaining challenge video it’s a lore lesson as well. And the ending speech was masterful, it put into words what Halo fans from the beginning have been feeling for years

  • @ShamSoap
    @ShamSoap 11 месяцев назад

    Halo: Combat Evolved. My first Halo game ever, this one fills me with nostalgia everytime I play it and your video bring that same vibe.
    This game is such a masterpiece and a revolution in gaming history! Great video!!

  • @maxwellRrichardson
    @maxwellRrichardson 11 месяцев назад

    I've never been more entertained 🙌 Hands down a brilliant video!

  • @theneoreformationist
    @theneoreformationist 11 месяцев назад +32

    How in the world did you make a challenge run into a full on lore video? You're amazing!

  • @jmc12331
    @jmc12331 11 месяцев назад +10

    talking about the "untainted bungie lore" is really funny considering how much bungie DESPISED the books lmao.

    • @helljumper7101
      @helljumper7101 2 месяца назад

      They only didn’t like people who weren’t Bungie working on Halo but they did accept at least Nylund’s 3 as canon plus Contact Harvest written by Staten and in fact the reason why the Fall of Reach was so heavily retconned (other than the parts that were simply miscommunications between Bungie and Nylund like Elites and Hunters not showing up until 2552) by Halo Reach is because Frank O’Connor wrote most of the plot, also we can see that Bungie’s writers saved it from being Halo 5 tier

  • @hyper_lightning
    @hyper_lightning 5 месяцев назад

    Truly a beautiful video, and loved your speech about the series at the end. You put into words what I've felt for so long. These games and books will always hold a special place in my heart and I doubt I will ever stop coming back to replay the originals on MCC. Thank you for this

  • @Meltravo
    @Meltravo 7 месяцев назад

    Subbed because of the outro. I mean, everything up to that point was master-class, but that was a beautiful send-off. Keep Being Awesome!

  • @chavzone
    @chavzone 11 месяцев назад +33

    3:25 "Helmed by the best officer in the navy" At the time, yes, but the best UNSC officer _ever_ was gigachad vice admiral Preston Cole - you know, the guy who made the Cole Protocol that Keyes references at the beginning of Halo: CE. Story with spoilers for Halo: Evolutions and Halo Wars: Genesis below:
    For those unfamiliar with his story, he basically defeated the Covenant on every single sortie, often vastly outnumbered. The best is the one involving his disappearance, in which he led a battle group against a massively superior force (162 ships vs over 300 - sHiPmAstEr, tHeY OuTnumBeR us ThReE to oNe!). He split his force into two and hid behind a planet, attacking the Covenant from both sides as they approached. As they tried to regroup, a goddamn _Insurrectionist_ battle group led by gigachadette Lyrenne Castilla (technically his WIFE, a really epic story in its own right; she fought him 3 times, escaping twice and reaching a stalemate once; she was also the first ever to execute an in-atmosphere slipspace jump) arrived to reinforce and assblast the Covenant from the rear. They then withdrew into slipspace, presumably to avoid possible UNSC fire.
    However, ANOTHER Covenant fleet numbering over 200 then entered from slipspace to reinforce. Cole ordered the rest of his fleet to fall back, while he went full speed towards the gas giant, Viperidae, TAUNTING the Covenant the entire way, saying how he kicked their ass and calling their religion dumb. The Covie fleet, enraged by his taunts, ignored the rest of his ships and chased after him alone. He flew so close to Viperidae that the electromagnetic field made the Covenant plasma-based weapons unable to accurately hit his ship. As he circled in orbit, he fired all of his nukes (a hundred) into the planet, causing all of the gas to spontaneously undergo nuclear fusion. The Covenant fleet was utterly obliterated.
    But it doesn't end there. The best part is he ALMOST CERTAINLY SURVIVED. An ONI investigation after the battle believes he planned a stunt of this kind the whole time: before the battle he had requested a total transfer of personnel on board his ship, the Everest, presumably to ensure he had only his best and most trustworthly loyalists on board; he had consulted the Reach super-AI network on how to make a slipspace jump from a gas giant identical to Viperidae; and he probably used a derelict ship he requisitioned, the Io, as a decoy that he detonated to disguise his slipspace jump (the second-ever in-atmosphere jump) after he nuked the planet. The ONI report concludes that he is probably now living retired as a farmer with his wife and their child on a remote colony planet. You can't not be happy for them.
    Though they also got pretty lucky - Capt. Keyes, Miranda and Johnson were all really badass in their own right, but didn't get nearly as fortunate an ending. The writers of Halo really knew how to tug at the heartstrings...

    • @Saint_Jam
      @Saint_Jam  11 месяцев назад +14

      Oh 100%, I think Preston Cole is actually the real hero and legend within Halo. I'd honestly say he's the equal with Master Chief, both of them have been instrumental in saving Mankind. Just yeah by the end of the 27 year war, Captain Keyes was the last, best officer they had on hand

    • @chavzone
      @chavzone 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@Saint_Jam For sure! But it's honestly hard to measure after a point because everyone is so interconnected. Halsey and Cortana are up there too (though not officers as such?), but there are for sure situations where they wouldn't have made it without more help, like obviously getting off of Reach without the assistance of Noble team. Same for Johnson and Arbiter helping Chief, or Ms Castilla/Mrs Cole helping Preston. It's hard to quantify, and probably shouldn't be, at least not too much!
      One of the things that is most awesome about Halo's storytelling is how the odds are always stacked against humanity, but time and time again you get to see small acts of heroism and moments of genius that make a huge difference. Keyes had many of such moments, and went down incredibly bravely.
      Anyway great video dude, really inspired stuff, can't wait to see your Halo 2 playthrough!

    • @sturm9087
      @sturm9087 11 месяцев назад +2

      Cole didnt defeat the covenant while outnumbered very often. In halo evolutions it says that cole averaged 3 UNSC ships for every covenant ship destroyed. He also preferred to retreat whenever his forces had similar or less ships than the covenant.

  • @EB_Production
    @EB_Production 11 месяцев назад +17

    24:22 we don’t talk about that demon of a game. Amazing work on the video keep up the great work 👍

  • @Wet_Deer
    @Wet_Deer 11 месяцев назад

    Lovley video, love the memes dropped in and the lore in between missions.

  • @SussyBaka52607
    @SussyBaka52607 5 месяцев назад

    I absoloutly LOVE the storytelling in this! It adds so much more backstory to the game and even as a decent sized halo fan I never knew about Alpha base and other stuff so thank you!

  • @snimon5824
    @snimon5824 11 месяцев назад +12

    A true hero.
    Your channel is the pinnacle of Humanity.

  • @shiycopper
    @shiycopper 8 месяцев назад

    Fuck yes, dude. The inclusion of the lore leading up to the end of the game was fantastic! It really puts weight behind everything that happened. Loved the video!

  • @landrumchamberlin5364
    @landrumchamberlin5364 8 месяцев назад

    Can’t understate how great this is, I always try to save as many marine as possible. Especially when infinite came out but always give up when the game starts getting hard and I keep dying. The amount of work you must have put in to this is insane. Can’t thank you enough Fr Fr.

  • @monstrumenjoyer9800
    @monstrumenjoyer9800 11 месяцев назад +21

    Honestly I would love to see him do a like, one of these on one of the metro games where he kills no one including mutants (unless he absolutely has to)

    • @Chewberto
      @Chewberto 11 месяцев назад +3

      Metro-especially 2033 and Last Light-would be very difficult to adapt to this format, as they don’t really contain friendly NPCs who can be saved, apart from one section in Last Light where you can save some civilians from bandits, one of whom is very difficult to save. Ultimately, with how Metro’s morality system works, it would almost be a standard good ending playthrough.
      Then again, I would’ve thought that Dawn of War was impossible, yet he managed to do it.

    • @monstrumenjoyer9800
      @monstrumenjoyer9800 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Chewberto🤝