Between the Games: From Halo 5 to Infinite | Halo Infinite Primer

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  • @Kaiziak
    @Kaiziak 3 года назад +1802

    I must have missed the explanation for Chief returning to his natural habitat of floating in space

    • @brandonmiller9155
      @brandonmiller9155 3 года назад +95

      You’ll see in infinite

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 3 года назад +94

      Atriox yeet

    • @nekrositoh
      @nekrositoh 3 года назад +51

      You'll learn about at the cinematic intro for halo infinite.

    • @LightTrack-
      @LightTrack- 3 года назад +20

      This is the best comment on this video. Period.

    • @JohnSmith-ch9sm
      @JohnSmith-ch9sm 3 года назад +11

      @@brandonmiller9155 Still haven't seen it in infinite.... there was/is a very large gap between what was said and what the start of the game has.

  • @stablegun314
    @stablegun314 3 года назад +733

    Ah yes, the genius idea of leaving all the plot to the products outside the game.

    • @WAstEDxLaMA
      @WAstEDxLaMA 3 года назад +115

      This is the one thing that kills me. Like I get the idea of having an expanded universe or whatever, but it should be complementary not essential. The games need to be able to be understood on their own. That’s not too much to ask IMHO

    • @ARuiz-eu3hk
      @ARuiz-eu3hk Год назад +5

      Pure big god damn brain play right there. Huh?

    • @No-ny3co
      @No-ny3co Год назад +25

      To be fair they did kinda just scrap everything after Halo 5 did so terrible, like Infinite was never the original sequel to 5 so it makes sense why it feels so disconnected however In saying that it's still 343's fault that they wrote themselves into a corner with how much everyone hated Halo 5

    • @flare1075
      @flare1075 Год назад +4

      I wish instead of putting it in a story novel they would put it in a show like they did with the halo legends. I have been a huge fan of halo ever since the Xbox original and ever since 343 took over they only ever put the story so fucking confusing. Unacceptable

    • @WarEagleGaming
      @WarEagleGaming Год назад +5

      I hope we get a Halo ODST 2 or something about Buck and Alpha 9 during the events of Bad Blood.

  • @tsipher
    @tsipher 3 года назад +739

    I actually like Atriox, he may pick fights with just about everybody, but he dares not mess with the Flood, he knows how much of a losing battle that is and has seen how easily it is to lose against the Flood.

    • @Stargate971
      @Stargate971 3 года назад +98

      I still think the Flood are the "biggest bad" in the Halo universe by far, maybe even in all of sci-fi. All these other "bad guys" 343 have conjured up don't stack up. I've missed the Flood since Halo 3. I remember the fear of first encountering the Flood in Combat Evolved as a kid back in 2001. Lol

    • @saintdoot
      @saintdoot 3 года назад +135

      @@Stargate971 You know the Flood are the biggest bad since the whole franchise is named after a weapon which kills everything just so the big bad can starve.

    • @tasheemthedream4199
      @tasheemthedream4199 3 года назад +27

      @@Stargate971 sorry bud, according to 343 in halo infinite. the endless are far worse than the flood, but i highly doubt that

    • @tasheemthedream4199
      @tasheemthedream4199 3 года назад +22

      @Zeke Zeke i hope so. but something tells me it's just gonna be some random alien race they made up

    • @clarkhollingsworth9933
      @clarkhollingsworth9933 3 года назад +4

      @@tasheemthedream4199 well they’re immune to the halo rings, something the flood can’t even say

  • @crimsonvioletproductions9897
    @crimsonvioletproductions9897 3 года назад +1446

    The Expanded lore genuinely made me interested in the created storyline. I really hope we get more media exploring that time period in the future!

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 3 года назад +22

      Im amazed. Now there are 2 of us!

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 3 года назад +32

      Make that 3
      I want to see how the Created galaxy looked and how the Banished seem to have made so much gains against them

    • @alexlyster3459
      @alexlyster3459 3 года назад +33

      Yeah, I've always felt like 343 are actually good story tellers within, but the writers for 4, and especially 5 would be better off making full length Mass Effect style RPGs rather than short FPS campaigns were there just isn't much time for story and character development. They wanted to go too indepth (like they can do to great effect in the books) but simplicity was needed in the games.

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 3 года назад +14

      @@alexlyster3459 Well, Chris Schlerf did great in Halo 4, overall - except for some of the bits with the new Covenant and Didact.
      Brian Reed, who did much terminal material, and Spartan Ops, Halo 5 and the Escalation comic, was a lot more uneven, though.
      And Frank O'Conner's been writing some stuff since 2007. More recently the Saint's Testimony short story.

    • @iCore7Gaming
      @iCore7Gaming 3 года назад +12

      @@alexlyster3459 bro halo 4 was good wdym

  • @nicos1097
    @nicos1097 3 года назад +1294

    “Waiting, hoping, for something to turn the tide…”
    The way you then cut to the master chief floating in space gave me massive goose bumps.
    The way you set up that shot after describing the UNSC’s devastated state, then showing the chief as the last figure of hope was amazing. It immediately brought back all the memories of the things chief had done to single-handedly save humanity and the galaxy, and how he is the last thing that humanity can truly look towards for any chance of victory. Amazing, good work.

    • @uhkingdom
      @uhkingdom 3 года назад +28

      I only recently went on a deep wiki rabbit hole of details of the extended halo universe having never read the books, and while the extended universe is insane and wildly interesting (including a LOT of stuff not mentioned here, as it pertains to events between the precursors and the forerunners) I still love the Halo games because it’s Master Chiefs story of being so solely focused on the betterment of humanity through impossible action mixed in with (ty Cortana) a hefty amount of luck that the games become such a satisfying hero story for those who play it.
      I’ll scream my jeans if we see Spartan II Jerome and Isabelle or the Spirit of Fire sometime during Infinite, but even if we don’t I’m still excited to rip through this ring and find out what happens next regardless. Feels good to be back in some real ass Halo game territory. 343 making a strong comeback with this one

    • @michaelsnyder8661
      @michaelsnyder8661 3 года назад +2

      Crazy cuz same here

    • @Logan7281X
      @Logan7281X 3 года назад +10

      That's how my youngest and I get everytime we see a new live-action Halo commercial.
      We've been running missions together since he was old enough to play Halo 2, and we're very invested in this story.

    • @gaylordrobinson1199
      @gaylordrobinson1199 2 года назад +1

      @@Logan7281X oof, how are you thinking about the show now?

    • @Logan7281X
      @Logan7281X 2 года назад

      @@gaylordrobinson1199
      Oh you mean, "Halo: What if....?"
      I watched the first 3 episodes and forgot about it.
      I was pretty much done after 'Mister Chief' showed his face to the camera. Taking it off was fine, but we should NEVER see "The Chief's" face.
      We shouldn't even know who the actor is.

  • @jackau08
    @jackau08 3 года назад +152

    343’s story telling really pushing the side materials in to main canon. Not every one, even die hard game fans buys those … so thank you for filling the gaps for us.

    • @kizentheslayer
      @kizentheslayer 3 года назад +11

      Yep really feels like there should have been a halo 6 to wrap up the forerunner arc but 343 was like yeah no we are skipping that shit the story had gone off the rails. It's like if you played CE, skiped 2 and went straight to 3.

    • @Vestat1
      @Vestat1 3 года назад +6

      This has basically become Destiny, lmao

    • @ARuiz-eu3hk
      @ARuiz-eu3hk Год назад

      Pisses off both main fans and new casual players in storytelling. Like we know us fans know whats up, but we know your making it so god damn contrived and stupid to fit in the game. Like bro either make go organically into the story that both die hard and new people can enjoy or just dont you clowns.

    • @thedrbat9572
      @thedrbat9572 Год назад +1

      Still hard to grasp what the heck he's talking about aswell, so reading that would be horrible 😂

  • @thatbr1t1shguy
    @thatbr1t1shguy 3 года назад +746

    Such a shame that sacrifices and divine wind were not hw2 DLC. Would have been cool in my opinion.

    • @ElEscolta
      @ElEscolta 3 года назад +12

      Hopefully we can at least see them in an eventual HW3, maybe as prequels or at least finally reuniting with UNSC forces ending the Spirits Of Fire long journey back home.

    • @jacobwhelan45
      @jacobwhelan45 3 года назад +22

      343 has openly said there are no plans to continue halo wars. They didn’t say it would not happen but they currently have no interest in resuming the series. Most likely due to the fact that it made the least income of any halo title ever by quite a bit. It was a great game to many but it was overall unpopular and didn’t do good. The DLC barely aided it enough to make it worth it. I hope they decide to continue it after all but it’s not looking great right now for halo wars unfortunately

    • @SendarSlayer
      @SendarSlayer 3 года назад +10

      @@jacobwhelan45 I mean I would've loved HW2 on PC. They should make it a proper RTS and focus on PC rather than making a console release again.

    • @jacobwhelan45
      @jacobwhelan45 3 года назад +1

      @@SendarSlayer at least it is on pc but I get you

    • @mbii7667
      @mbii7667 3 года назад

      @@jacobwhelan45 they better start changing their plans

  • @patrickkenny4873
    @patrickkenny4873 3 года назад +550

    I’d love a campaign DLC for Halo Infinite down the road where you and friends can pick one of the Alpha 9 Spartans to play as and fight the Banished or whatever threat is being faced down the line. It’d be a cool way to do co op without doing Buck clones or whatever

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 3 года назад +31

      If they do that, Mickey's armor should have a new symbol on it, depicting his new allegiance to the URF, but he continues to work with his old friends because they need to work together to survive the Banished and Created.

    • @helwrecht1637
      @helwrecht1637 3 года назад +3

      Me want Buck back

    • @Hadgerz
      @Hadgerz 3 года назад +16

      when they're not busy selling armour colours for $20, maybe.

    • @TexasToast712
      @TexasToast712 3 года назад +2

      Campaign DLC is confirmed I think so who knows?

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 3 года назад +2

      @@TexasToast712 Where did you get this info?

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +426

    So like... I greatly appreciate all of this run down - it was DEFINITELY needed, this time - but.... I'm also feeling like 343 doing all this off screen makes it a lot harder to get into the story of Infinite's story. There's so much missing thanks to the gap of events that could be necessary to having some degree of understanding.
    Like... Why was Chief's return to Reach not the next game? It would've been incredibly hype....
    Ah well. Nothing to be done about it now. Like I said at the start, appreciate you putting all this together in an understandable, pretty concise, format.

    • @watLegends
      @watLegends 3 года назад +17

      Unfortunately not all of the story can be fit into a 10+ hour game. Its like in any production, the source material is always way deeper and highly detailed. My guess is that they weight in the options and its obvious that the main plot focuses more on the events of zeta halo, the return of chief to reach sounds amazing, but it would probably make a different type of game. Hope they take the next 10 years to release more prequel content on halo infinite to cover the gaps!
      P.S: Happy December 8, only 3 hours away from the campaign as of writing this xD

    • @tonykriss1594
      @tonykriss1594 3 года назад +11

      It was also quite some jump from Halo 1 to Halo 2 back then. Though 1 book would cover it all instead of a dozen titles across serval different medias now.

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +49

      @@tonykriss1594 I feel like there's a big difference between "and then he and Johnson got home, somehow," and the big ol run of stuff that happened between 5 and infinite.

    • @tonykriss1594
      @tonykriss1594 3 года назад +4

      @@pyrosianheir It's a smaller leap but do make people scratch their head especially cortana said chief is the only one survived.

    • @pyrosianheir
      @pyrosianheir 3 года назад +5

      @@tonykriss1594 I just figured that for what it likely was - a retcon from after Halo blew up and Bungie decided to bring Johnson back with a larger role.

  • @brown-eyedcheese5440
    @brown-eyedcheese5440 3 года назад +234

    Mickey is such an interesting character to me. His dissociation with the UNSC after all that has happened, then betrayal of 2 others and then eventual redemption as a mediator is so fucking cool. Great storytelling despite being a small thread in a large universe.

    • @allykayalltheway6631
      @allykayalltheway6631 3 года назад +3

      Redemption is the wrong word. He’s still an innie at heart, he’s just working with the UNSC rn.

    • @Jaleel_HS
      @Jaleel_HS 3 года назад +1

      @@allykayalltheway6631 honestly i wouldnt even say that. there’s no real “redemption” just perspective

    • @allykayalltheway6631
      @allykayalltheway6631 3 года назад

      @@Jaleel_HS she literally left her subroutines to help them beat The Banished and the Harbinger.

    • @Jaleel_HS
      @Jaleel_HS 3 года назад

      @@allykayalltheway6631 what are you talking about? Im referring to mickey

    • @allykayalltheway6631
      @allykayalltheway6631 3 года назад +1

      @@Jaleel_HS oh my bad. Thought you were talking about Cortana.

  • @Tores444
    @Tores444 3 года назад +111

    Really nice to know Virgil and Sadie are still around

    • @avenged-khaos
      @avenged-khaos 3 года назад +3

      i wanna know what happened to naomi

    • @MoeruOkamii
      @MoeruOkamii 3 года назад +1

      @@avenged-khaos heard she's off fighting some ninjas or somethin

    • @mixtape82
      @mixtape82 3 года назад +1

      i hope mike is all right

    • @bigdoggo5827
      @bigdoggo5827 2 года назад

      I wonder what happened to the police friend of Sadie

  • @siLent6972
    @siLent6972 3 года назад +271

    Lemme just say that the halo wars 2 cutscene where Jerome and Isabel board the banished cruiser is phenomenal. Best cutscene in all of halo hands down

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 3 года назад +33

      Once again Blur proving that they can create some wonderful cutscenes.

    • @somehaloguy9372
      @somehaloguy9372 3 года назад +1

      @@dragonbornexpress5650 I still wanna know what happened to the budget when Shipmaster drove up to Arbiter in that green screen wraith

    • @jewbacca896
      @jewbacca896 3 года назад +2

      “This heretic and those who follow him must be silenced.” better halo cutscenes out there

    • @QrazyQuarian
      @QrazyQuarian 3 года назад +12

      @@jewbacca896 Eh, the Halo 2 Blur cutscenes were great. But Halo Wars 2 really utilized their assets and pushed it to heights I didn't expect--such as thousands of Sentinels ripping through the hull of a CAS flagship.

    • @magweedo2225
      @magweedo2225 9 месяцев назад

      C,ć.v​@@dragonbornexpress5650

  • @DavFlamerock
    @DavFlamerock 3 года назад +123

    Your timing of the line "waiting, hoping, for something to turn the tide" with the Pilot's windshield wipe (revealing the Chief) is absolutely brilliant, A+ hype for Halo: Infinite in 2 weeks!

  • @Phongphammmmm
    @Phongphammmmm 3 года назад +528

    These stories really make me hype up. Also i would love to see if they decided to make a game after Infinite that follows various tales during/after the War... "Tales from Slipspace"-I think should be - Imagine being a Spartan III from Alpha/Beta company or Marine during Harvest 2525 or even Buck in "Bad Blood". So much more !

    • @tTaseric
      @tTaseric 3 года назад +31

      I personally think that's exactly what Infinite is going to be.
      It's going to be the only Halo game for 10 years, you think the Master Chief campaign is going to be the only one? I think they'll give us more (hopefully pre-2558) story content

    • @rushpatriot2866
      @rushpatriot2866 3 года назад +9

      I think it would be awesome if they did a covenant timeline. Starting off with the prophet vs elite war. Then the taming of the hunters then the grunt rebellion. Finish off with the schism and the flood. Each setting taking two or three mission. Another great game would be playing as marine and all of the aliens being lore accurate. Oh or playing as a elite on a CSO supercarrier and it's flood infested and it would be kinda like the first dead space game.

    • @ThelVadam7777
      @ThelVadam7777 3 года назад +8

      Imagine being a sangheili in the SoS and seing a completely, never before seen, new POV that rarely ever happens in Sci-fi. Imagine that.

    • @samfire3067
      @samfire3067 3 года назад +8

      @@tTaseric probaly they Will do some DLC storys with some spartans surviving

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 3 года назад +4

      Also, the Apollo Team Spartan may be Spartan Novak, from the novel Renegades.

  • @kneeofjustice9619
    @kneeofjustice9619 3 года назад +227

    “Finally reuniting alpha nine.”
    No. There is someone important missing.

    • @danielstevens288
      @danielstevens288 3 года назад +31

    • @Peyton73
      @Peyton73 3 года назад +92

      They could grab a random ODST and just tape his mouth shut?

    • @MemeAlchemist
      @MemeAlchemist 3 года назад +47

      @@Peyton73 Pretty sure the Rookie was a like billion IQ gumshoe detective lmao dont think most ODST's are seasoned detectives before they became an ODST lol

    • @1SilverDollar
      @1SilverDollar 3 года назад +67

      @@MemeAlchemist *Finds fucked up sniper rifle.*
      The ODSTs who went to ONI Alpha Site blew the building apart to prevent access and then flew all the way to the NMPD HQ in downtown. There they'd meet with the rest of our team but not before Romeo would get seriously injured by the brute would would use the strength of Superman to yeet the rifle several miles to the lower part of the city.
      - Rookie's mind probably.

    • @MemeAlchemist
      @MemeAlchemist 3 года назад +69

      @@1SilverDollar It's literally the funniest thing ever actually. I imagine during the flashback moments, Rookie is sitting there actually like going through it in his head like "Huh then Mickey T-bag'd a dead brute and killed a cop for his shotgun.."

  • @dblundz
    @dblundz 3 года назад +229

    Heeeeeeeey let’s go! I never got around to the lore in the past handful of years, so this helps a lot, thanks!

    • @williammelton5215
      @williammelton5215 3 года назад +3

      Halo lore is under rated and I implore you to read and watch more

    • @pantherowow77
      @pantherowow77 3 года назад

      @@williammelton5215 its garbage

    • @lucaswest5078
      @lucaswest5078 3 года назад +6

      @@pantherowow77 So why are you here? On a video dedicated to halo lore between 2 games?

    • @pantherowow77
      @pantherowow77 3 года назад

      @@lucaswest5078 to tell you that its garbage.

    • @williammelton5215
      @williammelton5215 3 года назад

      @@pantherowow77 k

  • @CrossGraves
    @CrossGraves 3 года назад +39

    The end shot with the chief floating and your line were spot on, solid informative video

  • @randomrandomnesss2188
    @randomrandomnesss2188 3 года назад +31

    My issue is how the UNSC Infinity was defeated so easily. Like.... this ship was more advanced and capable than any ship seen fielded even by the covenant. A mix of forerunner and human technology, you can’t convince me some rag tag group of banished were able to take it down. Very weird in their decision to make it that way.

    • @fieldmarshalbaltimore1329
      @fieldmarshalbaltimore1329 3 года назад +9

      Or to show atriox kick MasterChief's a$$, then to kill him all in one cut scene.

    • @gavingalloza6962
      @gavingalloza6962 3 года назад +6

      @@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329 they didn’t kill him wym?

    • @Ironclad17
      @Ironclad17 3 года назад +4

      None of that matters. They just wanted to abandon everything they did with the previous games and start over. The Infinity never made much sense anyway. Everything from Spartan Ops showed it was giving a child a pack of matches, and the UNSC made no other uses of Forerunner tech.

    • @CyberTheFurry
      @CyberTheFurry 2 года назад +3

      well I'm guessing infinity was damaged someway in the battle of zeta halo, before the banished had arrived. Maybe Cortana and her forces crippled the infinity just like how the didact did so easily. That my theory at least, dont actually know how infinity was destroyed.

    • @MCcrepperify
      @MCcrepperify 2 года назад +3

      tbh the covenant were having problems dealing with the banished since they were just stomping on them and kept growing in power so its not ENTIRELY just a rag tag group of ex covenant members
      that said I think story wise its just todo a reset since having cortana doing her thing kinda wrote themselves into a narrative hole

  • @vasilios_2469
    @vasilios_2469 3 года назад +19

    It’s criminal that none of this is playable this would be an amazing campaign

    • @kingk1336
      @kingk1336 Год назад +3

      Yea. I just started infinite and was so confused. Like 5 ended with an awesome group of of Chief, Arbiter, and Locke, and the Galaxy wide threat. Then nothing.

  • @dextergrif1052
    @dextergrif1052 3 года назад +105

    While I’m fully caught up on the games, I have yet to finish all of the Halo novels, so this helps a lot. Obviously from what I can tell you don’t have to read anything to understand Infinite, but this is definitely cool lore that I like.

    • @HaloCanon
      @HaloCanon  3 года назад +11

      Yep, it's not necessary, it's just icing on the lore cake.

    • @avenged-khaos
      @avenged-khaos 3 года назад +10

      @@HaloCanon the extended universe is where halo really shines

    • @HGXDARKX
      @HGXDARKX 3 года назад

      @@yeoooo Be

    • @AndyMcKeeFanForLife
      @AndyMcKeeFanForLife 3 года назад +5

      @@yeoooo I had to practically stop right after the opening mission because, from the opening cutscene, I didn't understand what the hell was going on since the last exposure I had to Halo was Guardians. The jumps from 5 - Guardians and Guardians - Infinite where needed info has been relegated to the side material is insane and really hurts them from a storytelling perspective in comparison to the first four games.

    • @michaeledmunds7266
      @michaeledmunds7266 2 года назад +2

      @@AndyMcKeeFanForLife Yeah, it's just like... "Here's the Banished oh and btw Cortana's dead but don't worry about that glhf."

  • @Bajablast117
    @Bajablast117 3 года назад +69

    There’s no other feeling than when halo canon release a beefy lore video (especially timelines) now I have the perfect lunch entertainment let’s gooooo

  • @ttv_jc__117
    @ttv_jc__117 3 года назад +21

    Thank you for your tireless efforts in keeping us completely up to date with all things Halo Lore. You are a deadset legend. The best Halo channel on YT.

  • @cesarvictoriano8072
    @cesarvictoriano8072 3 года назад +80

    I’m listening to the Audio books but I really needed a cram version of the whole thing.

    • @jjrhs
      @jjrhs 3 года назад +1

      Started at fall of reach and now I’m at broken circle 🙄 love Jonathan Davis, hate Scott bricker

  • @Sonics1DiscordKitten
    @Sonics1DiscordKitten 3 года назад +15

    I just love that Virgil is essentially an ODST operative at this point

  • @Guymanbot97
    @Guymanbot97 3 года назад +134

    I will admit that this set of events sound more interesting that the ones between 4 and 5. I just pray that 343 can give it a proper representation, since from what it sounds like so far makes it sound like they are trying to swipe the story set up in 4 and 5 under the rug.

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 3 года назад +7

      When/if the Prometheans ever do come back, I would prefer it if they got redesigned to look like a robot-version of their original Forereunner bodies, were they floated above ground and wore those cool ornate helmets. Also, they should glow blue/purple now. Maybe both.

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 3 года назад +5

      @@AdjustingLight Something like that, yeah. They are still Composed so they could look like robots, but much more Humanoid and closer to their cool metal robed form they had as Forerunners, but glowing Purple or Blue to signify their connection to Cortana/Created.
      Halo 5 also had some badass concept art for Cyborg Covenant, and I totally think they should be made canon, standing alongside the Prometheans as armies of the Created.
      ...assuming Halo Infinite hasnt abandoned the whole Skynet thing outright.

    • @Reyma777
      @Reyma777 3 года назад +28

      I don’t like the fact that banished are suddenly a bigger threat than the created. The UNSC Infinity, the most advanced dreadnaught of humanity literally ran away from a Guardian at the end of Halo 5. The Guardians shutdown major planets, including Earth and Sangheilos in seconds. Yet, the Banished, a mercenary group are now the biggest threat to humanity.

    • @Guymanbot97
      @Guymanbot97 3 года назад +11

      @@Reyma777 From a design standpoint, they probably did this since some people didn't like Prometheans, and A LOT of people didn't like the Created. And since they basically killed off the Covenant remnant faction in 5, they kind of needed to make a new "covenant with blackjack and hookers" faction to be the "new" main villains. I don't mind them, but yeah I hope they can actually resolve this whole storyline without having them be killed off screen or doing it in a book only a handful of people will read.

    • @Reyma777
      @Reyma777 3 года назад +9

      @@Guymanbot97 I original thought alien [and possibly human] forces would be working under the created after being gifted with forerunner tech, due to how Halo 5 ended. However, we kind of have a swept under the rug, and possibly nostalgia-bait story for Halo Infinite. Halo 5 story suffered due to it undermining story elements of its predecessor, Halo 4. Hopefully, Infinite doesn’t have the same issue plot issues as 5.

  • @jk844100
    @jk844100 3 года назад +19

    I hope the spirit of fire shows up in infinite. It’d be so cool for Jerome and MC to meet again after so many years (although for Jerome it probably doesn’t feel that long given he was in Cryo for 28 years).
    Jerome and Isabelle teaming up with Chief and Weapon just seems like the perfect way to go.

  • @dominicscreativefilms
    @dominicscreativefilms 3 года назад +8

    Thank you for making this video. Not only did I need a recap, but numerous friends/people I know are confused about where we are currently in the story so this should really help them out.

  • @GPsarakis
    @GPsarakis 3 года назад +61

    If 343i keep expanding infinite with campaigns content going forward we can explore more of the ring and also maybe start to bring some more of these characters together in one game.

    • @spagheddie1673
      @spagheddie1673 3 года назад +10

      Hoping for a spirit of fire reference (maybe in audio logs where banished talk about a fight on the ark or something)

  • @getouut
    @getouut 3 года назад +30

    As always, awesome dude, thanks.

  • @Dia_VR
    @Dia_VR 3 года назад +37

    Thank you a lot for this video! It has been some time since I was able to keep up with the expanded lore of books and comics(especially with some iffy releases in my country), and was always wondering how it went from Halo 5 into Infinite! Your breakdown helped me connecting the dots, so big thanks for that! :)

  • @GSCSTRYDER
    @GSCSTRYDER 3 года назад +29

    So much cool stuff that could have been covered in a game or two, as a longtime Halo fan, the lore gap between H5 and Infinite is gonna need to be explained very well in infinite

    • @lazwardazure716
      @lazwardazure716 2 года назад +3

      It uhhh yeah....about that

    • @LunaPPK
      @LunaPPK 2 года назад +3

      man this aged well

  • @janekduda7548
    @janekduda7548 3 года назад +108

    Just wanted to say that i've been following you for about 6-7 years. Give or take, since i can't remember if it was the Halo 4 spartan ops episodes that started it all. But your vids and a couple of other guys's have been great. Really feels like being part of a community, knowing there are other nerds out there look through everything in the canon. Respect for keeping it up, bro!
    p.s all of this info should've been in the games. not on comics or books.

    • @gabrieldavis4434
      @gabrieldavis4434 3 года назад +2

      Agreed. I despise stories that are split across different mediums.

    • @janekduda7548
      @janekduda7548 3 года назад +6

      @@gabrieldavis4434 I can tolerate it. If it's 10% comics and 90% games.

    • @udontknowme00
      @udontknowme00 3 года назад +11

      Not every story translates well from book to game. Also not every story is crucial to the “main” story and is just time at to add additional context to the universe. Also, if every single book and comic was made into a game, we would have a significantly large number of very boring games. We’d also, assuming we got one game pumped out each year like Call of Duty does, we’d probably be somewhere around Halo 3, story-wise, in 2021. It would just be an unnecessarily long winded and mostly boring story. People want stories spoon fed to them in flashy epic video games now instead of just reading it in the form it was meant to be consumed in.

    • @janekduda7548
      @janekduda7548 3 года назад +2

      @@udontknowme00 Brother, you are talking nonsense. Halo 5 was 4 hours. The bare fkn minimum. No one is saying pump games every year, just make 1 good one each 5 years. And all of those stories, i'm sure were supposed to be in game format. The only reason they are in another medium is because 343 didn't have the budget or will to make them. Stop excusing bad behaviour from companies. You are the worker, you are the consumer, you should always expect better from the provider!

    • @udontknowme00
      @udontknowme00 3 года назад +4

      @@janekduda7548 you're delusional lmao

  • @SciKai676
    @SciKai676 3 года назад +19

    i love your vids spent way too many hours watching and learning about halo lore from you thanks for all you do. Hope your having a great day !

    • @SciKai676
      @SciKai676 3 года назад +1

      Also could the domain cure the corruption of the flood seeing as its a precursor creation ?

    • @SciKai676
      @SciKai676 3 года назад +1

      like maybe it has rejuvenation capabilities since it has all precursor knowledge and precursor origins

  • @thaneros
    @thaneros 3 года назад +194

    Halo Infinite is going to have so many playable characters over the years. The set up is too good not too.

    • @Butter_Warrior99
      @Butter_Warrior99 3 года назад +34

      Arbiter: Holla at your boy.

    • @rushpatriot2866
      @rushpatriot2866 3 года назад +20

      @Rusticle 2.0 So what you can see the future or something? Yeah no you can't no telling what will happen being a pessimist like yourself must be miserable

    • @thaneros
      @thaneros 3 года назад +8

      @Rusticle 2.0 Game Pass Ultimate is your friend

    • @ACE-vj8vr
      @ACE-vj8vr 3 года назад +12

      @Rusticle 2.0 again being a pessimist

    • @Cr4zyRuski
      @Cr4zyRuski 3 года назад +8

      Bro, imagine an ODST game DURING the fight on Zeta Halo leading up to the events of HALO INFINITE's main campaign!

  • @AQG_Arts
    @AQG_Arts 3 года назад +10

    2 weeks! 2 weeks till our questions can be answered.
    Thank you for drawing the stories/series together. It really is appreciated.

  • @babyyeti2540
    @babyyeti2540 3 года назад

    23:45 those keys and subtle chorus, plus the narrative setup. That type of thing never fails to give me chills when the chief is involved

  • @b14ckyy
    @b14ckyy 3 года назад +5

    Perfect Timing. I just completed all halo games from CE to 5 in a row to get a refresh and now waiting for the Release of Infinite. I can't wait!!!

    • @jjrhs
      @jjrhs 3 года назад

      Not Reach???

    • @b14ckyy
      @b14ckyy 3 года назад

      @@jjrhs Oh Yeah Reach too! Sorry :)

  • @chiefsenpai969
    @chiefsenpai969 3 года назад +1

    23:43 "Waiting. Hoping for something to turn the tide"
    That moment was beautifully edited

  • @michaelirizzz121
    @michaelirizzz121 3 года назад +4

    Dude yes! Once again these are the best, I hope you continue to do these. They’re pretty fun to follow along with in between campaigns :)

  • @john_hansbrough
    @john_hansbrough 3 года назад +1

    This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for putting this together.

  • @RubyGalaxyYT
    @RubyGalaxyYT 3 года назад +4

    This has been really helpful for those and me who missed out on a lot of the stories released between the games, thanks. It's pretty nice to know what the full board is like and who's still on it though it's exciting not knowing what's going to happen.

  • @thatgamingtitan
    @thatgamingtitan 3 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate the work you put in to make this so that everyone is properly caught up for Halo Infinite. Something that shocked me is that the Banished allowed Humans among their ranks. It would be interesting to see some Humans with Banished armor in Infinite. Great video as always man!

  • @a_dude1933
    @a_dude1933 3 года назад +31

    Buck and Veronica spend "quality time " together nice way to avoid demonetisation

  • @kanishksingh5146
    @kanishksingh5146 3 года назад +23

    Mast Chief is such a small part of the lore. And this ambush of the Infinity by the Banished seems such a small part of the video. I really wish we see more of the extended lore in the Halo TV series. This has potential to become the next Games of Thrones, one I would definitely love to watch.

    • @jugganaut33
      @jugganaut33 3 года назад +8

      The Halo TV series isnt lore abiding. It’s a seperate universe formed by ParamountTV.
      It’s not going to reveal anything but greed for money.

    • @avenged-khaos
      @avenged-khaos 3 года назад

      just read the books

    • @kanishksingh5146
      @kanishksingh5146 3 года назад

      @@jugganaut33 well that's a disappointment.

    • @xtamiix
      @xtamiix 2 года назад

      Ha!

    • @bigdoggo5827
      @bigdoggo5827 2 года назад

      And the show is bad, disrespecting the Halo games and lore

  • @TheRealAmericanMan
    @TheRealAmericanMan 3 года назад +4

    I got really scared that we were a month away from Halo only to look it up and find out we’re exactly 2 weeks away
    Excellent

  • @fumarc4501
    @fumarc4501 3 года назад +3

    Nice intro. I’m glad I’m not the only one who misses Atriox and the Spirit of Fire. The Banished are the true winners of the Covenant-Human War.

  • @WhiteTrashPardy
    @WhiteTrashPardy 3 года назад +26

    It’s sad that fans take more time to tell people about the halo lore then the company itself

    • @lilricky08
      @lilricky08 3 года назад +1

      Right? Almost as if they want people to read the books and understand the lore better...

    • @mrp7874
      @mrp7874 3 года назад +1

      It would ruin the pacing if they did, too much lore at this point. You would be practically reading/listening to an e-book instead of playing a game.

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab 3 года назад +1

      Richard Luther you mean obligated to purchase more product? To understand story in the tent pole product? Lol okay Consoomer

  • @MasterHall117
    @MasterHall117 3 года назад +7

    This is what I think may have happen between 2559 and 2560:
    In the leaks, Atriox lead an attack on Infinity, so somewhere around the same time Halsey decided Installation 07 was a gold spot to lure Cortana, Infinity made its way to Zeta Halo, somehow the Banished found out, which then Atriox lead the attack, throwing Chief out an airlock or something for 6 months, while parts of Zeta Halo had a full blown war (leading to parts of it destroyed), before chief was found again by Echo 216

  • @iOmegaTron
    @iOmegaTron 3 года назад +4

    This was a huge help! Even after reading the books I'm sometimes not very good at connecting the dots between them. Thanks for doing that for us!

  • @kevins830
    @kevins830 8 месяцев назад

    Underrated video. Best one made explaining the events leading to Halo Infinite.

  • @redtsun67
    @redtsun67 3 года назад +4

    what I want to know is how the fuck did the Banished destroy the Infinity, the strongest human ship ever built, which could ram through a covenant RCS class armored cruiser without taking any damage or even dropping it's shields.

  • @firewolf11567
    @firewolf11567 3 года назад +1

    I have a feeling this channel is going to be very handy to be subbed to for the next few years.

  • @guitarist4life00
    @guitarist4life00 3 года назад +7

    Super stoked for Infinite. I love the lore and story sooo much in the halo franchise. I'm one of those guys that doesn't care too much for the multi-player. I'm here for the story and game play!!!

  • @Moffkyng
    @Moffkyng 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for this! It seemed like I was missing a lot of stuff between 5 and Infinite but didn't know where to start, this was extremely helpful!

  • @kaltrex9465
    @kaltrex9465 3 года назад +4

    So basically nothing much came about Cortana and the guardians and then they just disappeared prior to halo 6? I was so confused how what happened to the infinity and Cortana and Atriox. It just felt kind of strange

  • @3RAG0NSNIWAK
    @3RAG0NSNIWAK 3 года назад +1

    This has been so helpful for bridging the gap between Halo 5 and Infinite. I understood some of the storyline while playing the campaign, but I didn’t understand some of the Banished side as I haven’t play Halo Wars 2 and I have yet to reach this part in the books.

  • @Noel-ui8dr
    @Noel-ui8dr 3 года назад +9

    Do you think the dead spartans we find in the Zeta halo are the main cast from the upcoming Halo novel - Rubicon protocol?

    • @HaloCanon
      @HaloCanon  3 года назад +7

      I think they'll at least be mentioned, but I suspect it'll largely be a new story.

  • @Maui_ma
    @Maui_ma 3 года назад +1

    I had no idea this channel existed the algorithm worked after 10 years lol. I love the lore i personally don’t read the books I plan on it but this is really what I needed.

  • @Gorczy
    @Gorczy 3 года назад +5

    Still haven't played 5 since it never made it's way to PC. Just went back and rewatched your six part series going through the narrative and now into this!

  • @corneliuspraeda6452
    @corneliuspraeda6452 3 года назад +1

    Oh man, you REALLY nailed this video!! Now I feel like I'm ready for Infinite story-wise. Thanks!

  • @Warfolomei
    @Warfolomei 3 года назад +4

    Thank you very much for your hard work. The only nitpick is that everyone is become a Spartan-4 and obviously what happened to rookie still hurts.

  • @omegaman255
    @omegaman255 3 года назад +2

    THANK YOU FOR THIS. I know a lot of people play Halo for the multiplayer, but me? I'm all about the story. I love the KILO-5 Trilogy, New Blood, Bad Blood, Ghost of Onyx; and I've been looking for more books to fill the gaps. This has given me a list of some new reading material.

  • @TheNightWolfeX
    @TheNightWolfeX 3 года назад +4

    You pretty much summed up Halo: Divine Wind in this video. I see what you did there, and it was nicely fit in.

  • @codysimon1724
    @codysimon1724 2 года назад

    I can't unsee this, at 22:26 the brother on the left, on his left arm by the elbow is the part of a launcher that holds a beyblade, I'm looking at my launcher I have and looking at that piece on the arm and the pieces match perfectly

  • @TimothyMark7
    @TimothyMark7 3 года назад +35

    side related note, i just wished infinite had the same body customization like we had in halo reach.

  • @hyp3rblade
    @hyp3rblade 9 дней назад

    Bro around 23:42 just gave me chills, well done

  • @ryteer
    @ryteer 3 года назад +7

    I am honestly surprised that no one is addressing the issue that like 90% of the main story isn't in the games. like... Halo 5 ended on a cliffhanger, and now, we basically go into the game and hr story is like: "what guardians? cortana.....who? created, who are they?"... like... come one. 343 and they bs habit of simply abandoning the story

  • @saintmikeyg3417
    @saintmikeyg3417 9 месяцев назад

    Great video! Crazy how much story is in the universe now.
    This comment is at 9:30 into the video. Idk what it is, I don’t like that 343 just turns a lot of people into Spartan IVs. I get it, Spartans are kind of the next stage of soldiers. But I loved the earlier books with few Spartans and just true red humans doing their most to survive and fight back against crazy sci-fi odds. H3:ODST was great because of being able to tell a non-Spartan story. Humanity has a lot of badass people without them being Spartans. Sergeant Forge from Halo Wars for example (rip). But I get it, Spartans are the main force now.
    On a positive note, I love just how much story there is in this universe. It’s insane and so in-depth. It sucks that so much important back story for the games gets lost in the sauce. But getting to read the books and taste the sauce is great.
    Thanks for the video condensing a lot of the books to the cliff notes. Helps out a bunch!

  • @ThatRandomGameDev
    @ThatRandomGameDev 3 года назад +4

    Personally, bad blood is one of my favourite halo books of all time because it feels like it tells a satisfying conclusion to the ending of halo 3 ODST

  • @IhasBBQ
    @IhasBBQ 3 года назад +1

    "for anyone who may need" i think everyone needs this, because there isnt really any story released what i know of (sure the books but nothing else )
    , thats telling us whats happening between H5 and H6

  • @DekuScrub_
    @DekuScrub_ 3 года назад +3

    Thank you sooo much for this. As someone who's vowed never to touch Halo 5 (i know that's like super pessimistic but you can't just remove local co-op and expect me to still want to give it a shot), this will help to keep me in the loop before Infinite releases :)

    • @kgosch1
      @kgosch1 3 года назад +1

      If that's the case, then I'm afraid I've got some bad news about co-op in Infinite as well :(

    • @DekuScrub_
      @DekuScrub_ 3 года назад

      @@kgosch1 yeah as bummed as i am that local co-op isn't currently available for campaign (although custom games still don't work so im guessing they don't work in multiplayer either), im still glad that they're at least making an effort to bring it back unlike halo 5.

  • @Warlock15th
    @Warlock15th 3 года назад

    What a fantastic video! Thank you so much for filling the gaps between halo 5 and infinity!

  • @WitchRaccoon
    @WitchRaccoon 3 года назад +7

    I still can't believe Cortana had just straight up killed everyone on the Moon, just brutal

  • @AnotherSWnerd
    @AnotherSWnerd Год назад +2

    So halo 6 ,halo wars 3,halo reach 2 and halo odst 2 all happened off screen...great

  • @myboicyndaquil2824
    @myboicyndaquil2824 3 года назад +5

    Tbh I was disappointed with the campaign. I was kinda confused going through it and constantly asking question that never got answered and just didn't hit the mark I had set. Still fun and I loved it just not what I had hoped for

  • @qfc1313
    @qfc1313 3 года назад +1

    I had no idea this much happened between the two games. Thanks!

  • @pierce2024
    @pierce2024 3 года назад +5

    How do Halo5's cutscenes look sooo good!?! That last one looks practically live action

    • @Groulkse
      @Groulkse 3 года назад

      That's cgi

    • @pierce2024
      @pierce2024 3 года назад

      @@Groulkse The 12 km spaceship going into slipspace is cgi? Huh go figure

    • @Groulkse
      @Groulkse 3 года назад

      @@pierce2024 You talk about 0:46 ? Yes it is

  • @mturzanski
    @mturzanski 3 года назад +1

    Halo ODST 2 - Union Halo odst 2- the re gathering of alpha 9, the missions also being comprised of going through the books content and with them flying to Infnity at the end of the game just like leaving Mombasa in odst. And the legendary ending having Buck and Veronica's wedding

  • @RTDice11
    @RTDice11 3 года назад +11

    With all the love and respect they give the lore in the books it's a wonder how Halo 5's campaign shat itself so hard.

    • @why8298
      @why8298 3 года назад +3

      If I’m not mistaken it was rushed and the campaign was supposed to be entirely different, note the big forerunner thing in the early trailers for the game.

  • @matthewdopler8997
    @matthewdopler8997 3 года назад +1

    There is a leak opening cutscene for Halo Infinite that does reveal some details such as Chief gets left in space for months.

  • @entombedentity7059
    @entombedentity7059 3 года назад +19

    I really hope thel returns in his own campaign

    • @HaloCanon
      @HaloCanon  3 года назад +9

      It's long overdue!

    • @th3thatguy631
      @th3thatguy631 3 года назад

      I'm sure they'll do it

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 3 года назад

      Who? I'm guessing that's the Arbiter's real name? Never really paid attention to the story of Combat Evolved and HALO 2.

    • @th3thatguy631
      @th3thatguy631 3 года назад +2

      @@dragonbornexpress5650 yes Thel'Vadam I believe

  • @Rasc0117
    @Rasc0117 3 года назад +2

    Halo 3 to Halo 4 is gonna be a monster of a video when it comes out

  • @Cr4zyRuski
    @Cr4zyRuski 3 года назад +9

    Man I can just imagine since we have HALO INFINITE for the next 10 years, one of the DLC Campaigns will be an ODST game DURING the fight on Zeta Halo leading up to the events of HALO INFINITE's main campaign!

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab 3 года назад +1

      I wish I was a naive kid like this again lol

    • @Cr4zyRuski
      @Cr4zyRuski 3 года назад

      @@CoercedJab naive? How so?

  • @coldshoulder14
    @coldshoulder14 3 года назад +1

    I really appreciate the primer, haven’t read a Halo book since Last Light and Hunters in the Dark. Been busy with diversifying my book selections beyond sci fi and Halo lol.

  • @alanliddle4084
    @alanliddle4084 3 года назад +3

    So, am I right in assuming that the build up to Cortana becoming the villain at the end of H5, she was then defeated offscreen and H6 picks up after that event? Rather lost with this. Just watched some Gameplay and it looks like the Chief has dealt with Cortana in some way but we don't see that. Now he's fighting the Banished all of a sudden.

  • @davidchavers1820
    @davidchavers1820 3 года назад +1

    Very well done I know it wasn’t easy getting all this together but you did a great job!!!

  • @SushiJuice
    @SushiJuice 3 года назад +5

    The weapon is Cortana the entire time. She masquerades as the weapon

  • @onthaloose
    @onthaloose 3 года назад +1

    Excellent job. I’ve played all mainline games but was lost at the beginning of infinite. Some has been explained during the game, but not all. I’m not quite done yet, so here’s hoping. (On second to last mission in infinite)

  • @Will_Forge
    @Will_Forge 3 года назад +7

    Maybe you should do a "From Halo 3 to Infinite primer" video as well. My wife would benefit greatly from that because she doesn't love Halo enough to stomach Halo 4 again, or to give Halo 5 a try at all.

    • @bloocheez3
      @bloocheez3 3 года назад +1

      This is exactly the boat I'm in. I don't remember a damn thing from 4 (because I had no context for most of it in the first place) and I had zero interest in 5.

  • @anjisbiggestfans7085
    @anjisbiggestfans7085 3 года назад +2

    I just ordered the parts for the first gaming PC I’ve owned since high school. Really excited for Halo infinite, looks like my childhood 👍🏻

  • @jaegerbomb269
    @jaegerbomb269 3 года назад +5

    Is Blue Team going to be in Halo Infinity?

    • @dragonbornexpress5650
      @dragonbornexpress5650 3 года назад +1

      We don't know. Apparently they are mentioned by Master Chief during the game, but as far as them being seen or playable? Your guess is as good as mine.

  • @_saltysage_37
    @_saltysage_37 3 года назад +1

    Great video! I really want to see more about what happened in the battle for zeta Halo and how the UNSC suffered such a massive loss. It will be cool to see during the game!

  • @TheNukaColaMan10
    @TheNukaColaMan10 3 года назад +5

    Me reading bad blood be like “THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!”

  • @TheRealHaloLover
    @TheRealHaloLover 3 года назад

    They were so smart to use this as setting for the game. It feels so fresh and a natural evolution to Halo, i find myself transported to Zeta Halo every time I play it.

  • @Zaffr3
    @Zaffr3 3 года назад +7

    Everytime I hear the words (Rookie died/was killed) makes me want to stand in the rain and play "Difference for Darkness"
    Thanks for the summary as someone who played everything up to 4 (except Halo Wars 1 & 2, and the twins stick shooters) but hasn't played 5 and read the books

  • @CJCrossley
    @CJCrossley 3 года назад +2

    Damn. I hope the Spirit of Fire and that crew will make a presence in Infinite somehow! Great video! I haven’t read any of these newer books. Good stories!

  • @1977Arrakis
    @1977Arrakis 11 месяцев назад +3

    Playing it for the first time, I remember how gut wrenchingly obvious it was that Infinite wasn’t the intended sequel to Guardians. There is such a massive disconnect between the two, I honestly thought I’d missed a game in between. Turns out I didn’t, it was just a really badly considered narrative jump.

    • @admiralmallard7500
      @admiralmallard7500 10 месяцев назад

      I mean, would you rather continue the story from where Halo 5 left off?

  • @attilathehun5067
    @attilathehun5067 3 года назад

    This and your Halo 5 recap is going to be very helpful for those of us who play on PC and thus cannot play the game.

  • @jerome0929
    @jerome0929 2 года назад +1

    Glad to found out how Atriox left the Ark and end up in Zeta Halo.
    But I really hate how 343 ended Halo 5 and starts Halo Infinite over a year after with no explanation.
    Sure we found out about it during Halo infinite but you need to collect like 100 audio logs and finished the game.
    Even then, we still don’t know what happened to Blue team, why only the Chief was sent to retrieve Cortana? Was blue team even on the infinite?
    What happened to team Osiris?
    Are ODSTs completely replace by Spartans IV?
    What happened to Anders and the new Halo she made?
    What happened to Captain Cutter and the Spirit of Fire?
    What Happened to Red team?
    How Cortana damage zeta halo?
    How did Atriox beat Cortana with all the guardians she had?
    How did Atriox survive but Cortana died?
    What happened to Lord hood?

  • @hiddendesire3076
    @hiddendesire3076 3 года назад +3

    Ngl, kinda disappointed the guilty spark getting a new body part got left out

    • @HaloCanon
      @HaloCanon  3 года назад +4

      That largely happened before Halo 5's ending, so it didn't make the cut. I have a dedicated video on Spark though!