I'll never forget... Private Billy Bob. Halo 2. He got stuck with a plasma grenade and bravely dived at a warthog of friendly marines, taking everyone with him.
He's a hero but not for the UNSC because he blew up some marines in a warthog when he was stuck with a plasma grenade and dived into a warthog full of marines while there's covenant right there he could have blew up lol
Honestly, one of my favorite memories was a really simple one. Playing the MCC, halo 3 - I had two marines follow me for a long time on one level. Forgot which one. They were with me basically the whole time. It was roughly 2/3 the way through the level, and one of the two died. After the fight, the other one went up to the corpse and said something like “Don’t worry, I’ll make them pay.” Or something like that. Not long later, found a sniper rifle. I gave it to him, and he took out a handful of brutes before getting hit with a plasma grenade, and then running into a grunt before it went off. I honestly felt kinda sad, but in the end, he did avenge his buddy.
When I was a kid and read the first Halo manual, I mistakened the word "diverse" (a word i did not know existed at the time) with the word "divorced". I remember I would think back at how doubly tragic the marines were both trying to fight a losing battle against impossible odds while also having lost their marriage before shipping out.
At first, i laughed hard. Then I was turned into warm nostalgia, because, obviously, everyone has such misunderstandings in childhood, that are funny when u look at them from height of your age and experience... Damn, much words, but i find it important to say, because your comment gave me a lot of emotion.
yup 4 years old i fell in love with halo, now 19 years later and the humor gets to me even more and makes me love the OG halo games for what they really were, a fun power fantasy with a deep heart wrenching story. I remember playing halo reach and seeing that massive civilian transport go down for the first time and not really caring much "its just more crap in the way of letting me shoot things" was my basic mentality back then, then going back to it as an adult the entire scene provokes the overwhelming feeling of what can only be described as just a shocked "oh...fuck." and that line about not bothering to rescue the survivors just adds to the hopelessness of the entire story at that point.
Eh, they werent so random. Full armored marines wearing uniform gear, save for Johnson not using the shoulder plates; and light armored marines who roll or dont roll their sleeves, wearing the same flak jackets and alternating their covers.
@@psychan4025remember Act Man making a joke in his ce video about how they only shoot 3 rounds out a 60 bullet mag lmaoooo it's so ridiculous but I try to protect em all lol.
Until that excellent impression of a marine by actual human LNG, my favourite marine was Chips Dubbo. An Aussie myself, Chips felt like my mate that I could stick with anywhere. Full of shit talk and lighthearted banter, Andrew McKaige did an incredible job and helped me feel like I had a bit of home in the vastness of space. Chips Dubbo: survivor of Reach, Alpha and Delta Halo, and the Ark, breaking spacetime to defend Earth as well. My little bit of home on the Rings
He also has all the realistic abilities you would expect to see from an Australian, but are normally not included outside of Team Fortress 2, such as being very hard to kill. This is an important skill for somebody growing up in a dangerous country that wants to kill you. Planet got glassed? No worries mate, just TP to the PoA. Dying on 04? Yeah naaaah, just TP to Earth. Need to fight on Earth and follow Master Chief to 05? You guessed it, TP from Earth to a cryo pod of the FUD, then back to Earth just in time for Halo 3.
When growing up I figured that he was a regional character Just for the Australian audience Like the English got a plucky Brit ECT ECT But I later learnt that he was in everyone's copy I felt very proud of my little Aussie battla
Fondest memory of the marines, Halo CE , after invading the covenant ship: "Guess nobodys home" After the battle initiated, and the first soldier fell, I was fighting hard with legendary level forces, it became insanely difficult and out of the corner of my eye I see it. A plasma coming at me. An unnamed marine rolled in front of me and stood, taking the plasma and diving towards an elite. He killed the final elite, and saved my life. He solidified my love for the marines
Indeed, all those I killed marines cause I was a kid, now I'm insane of protecting them, when I see a marine into oncoming fire even if my shields are down and 1 bar of health I run in front to take the hits, I'm so crazy I'd rather die then see a marine go down and when does go down I'm sad and angry
On "Regret" while playing Halo 2 Legendary solo, handing every marine a beam rifle and watch them carefully destroy the Covenant is a joy. I love H2's marines. Best dialogue and sense of humor. And also, the rocket Mongoose section in "The Storm" is also just amazing.
Arming the Marines is such a legitimate strategy even on legendary, Hokiebird made some old walkthroughs thoroughly demonstrating the effects. Very satisfying.
So for some reason, the marine that joins you on the scarab fight in The Ark has always had a place in my heart. When my friend and I would play that level, I fell in love with his badass Australian accent. I named him Xander, and he became an important buddy for us. When he died, we would avenge him with righteous fury. I still call him Xander in my playthroughs to this day. Halo has always done an incredible job of making you care for its NPC’s, it’s part of why you care about the story and stakes in the campaign. Still, Xander will always feel like a close friend to me. He’s partly why The Ark is my favorite Halo level ever.
I will never forget the moment a female marine in h2 shouted something like. “I bleed more than that on a regular basis” I was only 12-13 so I was confused. only later on did I understand what that meant. What has gone down in the replies of my comment? Someone ruined the 69 replies :(
@@piotr78 So I'm not allowed to make a connection to myself EVER on ANYTHING? 🤨 Tf is your problem dude? People are allowed to talk about their experiences from time to time. It's a natural experience. If it was a line about getting hit right in the groin and you tell a story about a experience with that, can I say that to you, as well? Seriously, you're being rude for no feckin' reason, man. Edit: As my friend pointed out, "Isn't the entire point of fictional characters to make connections to them? Literally the entire point to that line that Marine makes is for the listener to go 'haha yeah same'"
Shoutout to Warthog turret marines absolutely carrying me through hog levels during my CE legendary run. If you face the front of the hog towards the enemy your gunner just straight up will never die. Warthog gunner guy probably could have stopped the covenant and the flood all on his own.
I think I love the CE Marines the most because of their dynamic system involving how you play the game. I often felt pressured to fight well so that they get inspired. It made me feel like a real leader. A father to his men kinda thing. I still remember the day both me and a marine 2v1 an elite. The marine was actually up close and personal with an assault rifle and I was shooting with a magnum. We gunned down the squid face. That marine for that one moment was a true deadly fighter. He wasn't a useless meatbag that throws grenades that get you killed. He was a true headhunter. And I was proud of him.
I’ll always have a soft spot for Halo Reach’s Army troopers. And let’s not forget the rebels you encounter in one of the earlier missions. Nice world building additions
Those parts were cool, I just wish Reach troopers had better voice acting, some are alright but there was one VA in particular who just sounded monotone all the time and completely lifeless. Blegh, I'm spoiled by how great 2's VA's were.
"They may seem primative by today's AI" My brother in Sol, the Halo CE AI were so good that Bungie themselves never found a way to replicate them successfully
@@miguellopez3392 DId we play the same game? Crysis 3 was boring as hell because all the AI were braindead and super weak when I played. One of the most mediocre shooters I ever tried.
@Perry Tran yes the game was easy, but when I let prophet sit in cover the enemies actual pulled counters in the hardest difficulty, game AIs have degraded since then, find me something better.
@@miguellopez3392 Flushing the player out of cover is bog standard for AI with flanking or grenades. Halo AI does the same thing and they even say out loud when they are about to push you (most people just kill them quickly enough they never get the chance.) All I remember from Crysis 3 was the AI walking up to get blown to pieces or being annoying bullet sponges (the Ceph or whatever were Prometheans but even more poorly designed.)
The only games I can think of that had intelligent AI like CE is half life one, for its one of *The* core focuses of the game. 2 improved upon a lot of aspects in terms of combat however quite a bit of the finer details that the first had for the sake of time had to be cut, but bad map design and worse balancing sabotaged it to all hell. And finally Alyx, as it goes back to half life ones philosophy but thanks to the technology of our time it demonstrates how *Good* it can be and how fun it is to fight an enemy that understands you, and you understand it. Also infinite is kinda OK.
Me and my buddy like to play Halo 3 in what we call "Terminator mode" where we just kill everyone, marines included. The namesake comes from a certain part of "The Storm" (halo 3) where after defeating the scarab you walk through a marine F.O.B. to get to the next arena. This little segue serves as an interesting little combat encounter, with the entrenched marines actually posing a significant threat. Once their defensive posture is broken, they basically rout as if they were facing the covenant, creating a set-piece similar to that one part of every Schwarzenegger movie. So yeah Halo 3 has the best-lookin marines and my favorite to fight.
Damn, my gaming laptop and my Xbox 360 are dead now, but once my laptop is backup you can be damn sure I'll be playing Halo 3 in "terminator mode" Thank you for sharing one of your fond gaming memories here, this sounds like a very fun way to experience the campaign in a new way
I always saw the halo reach marines/troopers as a graphical update to the halo CE marines, same grayish colors, the return of the eye piece, the helmet look, and the big shoulder pads always felt like CE to me.
I'll never forget the one Marine who offered you a lift to board both of the Scarabs in Halo 3's "The Covenant." He swoops in, picks you up, drops you off onto the Scarab on the left and keeps the fight going in the air until you've finished destroying the first one, and then swoops down and picks you back up to bring the hurt on the second Scarab. If I'm not mistaken, even after you've destroyed both Scarabs, he'll pick you up again and fly you over to where you have to meet up with the Arbiter and Spark, and after dropping you off again, he'll fly away to finish sweeping out the stragglers. That's the hardest-working, most dedicated and professional Marine I've ever met in all my years of playing Halo. And I hope to god he's since retired, and lives to tell his family and loved ones that he was the man who personally let Chief loose onto two Covenant super-tanks, because the man's more than earned it for that commitment.
@@Cakesadamant yeh, but it's not guaranteed. The scarabs can still shoot down the hornet and he'll likely be killed after that. The fact he survived and even lifted him to the next part of the mission is why I love Halo 3, was the first one I played.
seeing all these marine designs through out the years just made me wish we get the chance to play with our own customizable one in the future, maybe in ODST or another spin off game but it would be cool
This is literally the thing that I've been on a journey for, finding a way to get a game with real focus on personal marines/ODST. I'll never boast that it's getting anywhere but I've got a backlog of notes and concepts for at least something if I ever get the skill to make it a reality.
I think that 343 has somewhat lost this vision of marines and regular humans being why we fight in favor of Spartans everywhere. Halo 5 didn't even have any marines or troopers. I think Infinite did a decent job with the marines but there weren't many memorable moments because it was all so open-ended.
yes the open world idea while great for most games, just didn't work with halo and I admit I was all for it, because its a fantastic idea but after playing infinite the open world design with halo honestly isn't something i want more of. i miss the linier fleshed out levels of the old games where its a relatively small space but there's so much detail that you don't notice it and you don't care when you do. You just cant get that with most open world games.
I think they should have put more major marine characters into the campaign. Re-establishing some kind of chain of command. Getting Lasky back onto the ground to organize the resistance or something. I like Lasky. Sad he wasn't in Infinite.
@@thegrayyernaut that was another gripe i had with infinite, 343 finally got the visuals down now they just need to get the story aspects down. even wolrd design, was top notch for a halo feel. Even if i didnt care for the open world layout i have to admit it felt very halo.
I wish the heavy armor of the CE marines could have been incorporated into the different aesthetics of later games. 2 is my favorite in the series, but soldiers wearing the same gear in the 2550s as they do today just rubs me the wrong way.
The heavy armor of ce marines is boarding armor Is made of chunks of the same material they use for ships, thats also why their ARs were using 60 round mags, cuz they were intended to be used in close quarter combat But yeah, i would liked to see that kind of armor more
Great video. the marines recently havent been given as much love as they deserve in the series. H2 and HCE marines and their voice actors have had a massive impact on gaming as a whole. as well as the furthering of AI and game design elements for other games. i feel like alot of games these days really have bland AI allied characters to follow you into battle. ill always remember Chips dubbo, Sargent stacker, Johnson, etc.
A couple weeks ago i got stuck home with covid for a few days, so i was binge-ing both halo 2, AND arrested development at the same time. Thought I was going insane that I could hear Tobias speaking in character and then calling things out to me in halo. took all the way until metropolis bridge that i figured it out
Honestly, my favourite marines are still the Halo CE marines. Something about their chunky metallic armor is so much cooler than the sleeker, realistic designs of the later games.
It’s also the style of personality they have in that game, and they sound the most like soldiers. That kind of fun deathwishy style mixed with a feeling that they’re inconvenienced by the war when situations are tough
Man, I almost forgot about the fireteam mechanic in Reach. I like that they sorta brought it back for Infinite but it would be cool if they expanded on it and gave you more control over them
Bro this video was long overdue. I feel the problem with 343s Halos is the lack of UNSC in general. Awesome video, the nostalgia of Halo ones Marines is on point. Thanks for covering these heroes.
Yeah the newer halos focus too much on just the Spartans. It takes away the the all out war part of the games. Also took away the night of thr UNSCs combined arms.
Spent forty minutes trying to take out all the marines at the beginning of CE on legendary. Took me that long to google a strategy and find out they're invincible. Not my proudest moment
As a fan, as far back as I remember I've always enjoyed the variety we've gotten in Halo Marines. It stands to reason that an interplanetary force would have multiple kits, some newer or for different purposes, etc. I like that even though there's a lot of differences, there's an throughline (for the most part) in the art style.
The crewman Sam on the POA actually has a Halo: Evolutions short story from his perspective. Pretty good, too, from what I remember. Edit: Not from Halo: Evolutions, but rather an interlude from Halo: the Flood. Thanks to @MrSaltyAuthor for correcting me.
@@margotpreston Yeah I'm not thinking of PO2 Spartan Samuel-034 who dies in Halo: The Fall of Reach in 2525. I'm thinking of Technical Officer Third Class Samuel N. Marcus who dies aboard the Pillar of Autumn in 2552 who is detailed in Halo: The Flood. At no point is the original Halo Event explored in Halo Evolutions. The after effects of it are but never the events of.
I love giving every Militia guy a sniper rifle on Nightfall and watching them get to work. I also did find it strange how any AI in Halo 4 would aggressively fire at bodies, to the point I thought they'd start tea bagging me next, but personally I find it charming, in a wierd way. The original Star Wars Battlefront titles had a similar behavior exclusive to the Rebel Alliance, where they'd fire repeatedly at fallen enemies before moving on, even if they often get themselves killed with that sort of tunnel vision.
The happiest I ever was in gaming was when I had the marines alongside me; I hated (but still adored the gameplay) of the second-half of Halo CE due to the lack of them.
Fun fact the name leatherneck came from the first US Marines that fought Muslim Pirates in North Africa that kept stealing and selling people off as slaves or for ransom. The US Marines figured out to wrap leather around their necks to protect them from the Pirates saber swords. Which ended up saving a lot of lives. Since then Marines have always been dubbed leathernecks
A neat story, but the term more likely originates from the leather stocks that were a part of the uniforms of US Marines, Royal Marines (who to this day are still nicknamed 'bootnecks') and British Army redcoats of the 18th-19th centuries. The stock, that was indeed a piece of thick leather that went around the neck, was intended to improve the military bearing of enlisted men by forcing them to keep their chins up, though for obvious reasons they were _extremely_ unpopular with those same enlisted men.
very close except it was Brittan's Royal marines in the 16-1700s, they were issues a leather collar like Andy said, the men hated them and would often try to remove them in or before combat, with some officers even refusing to force troops to wear them because they got in the way during combat.
@@MikeJones-qn1gz its their best design since reach, actually, i think they look better than the reach troopers but then again, 95% of you allies in reach arent marines, they only appear on the pillar of autumn.
Presentation wise, the largest complaint I have with Infinite Marines is how ‘muted and grey’ their fatigues and color scheme are. Even the gritty Reach Troopers had more color.
I personally love the design of the marines in halo wars. They look like the marines in the mega block sets I used to get as a kid, so I have nostalgic memories of them.
I hope the Marines get some love in Halo Infinite! An update to enhance their AI and behavior in the campaign would add some much needed replay-ability.
For real, maybe make it to where they actually take cover wherever when needed and not bunching up for an enemy to easily frag them. Also letting them drive vehicles and other AI riding with them. I like how you'll see Marines on patrols or taking security. It'd also be pretty cool to see Marines doing recon missions and you just see a sniper and spotter in random areas doing surveillance or covering a random squad that attacks other random banished squads or settlements.
Great to see the real grunts in the spotlight- I've always liked the Spartans, but really loved the Marines and ODSTs more! I couldn't count the amount of times that I've watched the Halo 'We Are ODST' and 'Landfall' live action shorts and only hoped that they would give us another game, or a show focusing more on ODSTs and Marines. Seems like so much untapped potential- just like Star Wars (ARC Trooper show when? #FordoGang)
Playing some Halo 2 anniversary I was on one of the High Charity levels,the one where you break the marine prisoners out and one grabbed a covie carbine. That guy was a headshot machine and just cleared out grunts and jackals for me. He outlived all the others and damn near made it. He took round after round and somehow kept fighting. I was calling him Terminator at that point and he ended up dieing to a sword elite. I then proceeded to pull out my own sword and go on a furious sword spree till I both ran out of foes and sword battery. They couldn't kill him in a straight fight and had to use active camo to bring him down. Best unnamed friendly NPC ever.
Personally I love Halo 3's Marines the most. Even after playing countless hours of all of the games, the H3 Marines always manage to make me laugh or chuckle. I like playing with the Rare Dialogue option enables just so I can hear more fun stuff. There has to be millions of dialogues there that are well hidden during gameplay and activate at a very specific moment, but whenever that happens it's sure awesome and funny!
The Prototype is still my favourite part of Halo Legends, such a great little snapshot of the Halo universe in a single digestible package. A bit of tragedy, self sacrifice, redemption and a some awesome action. It also implied so much more about the believability of the wider setting. More designs for the marines wherever we can get them is always great. Sadly 343 gives the marines so little love it's a pretty much become meme worthy.
So, my best Marine memory is the first time I played CE. Was playing Assault on the Control Room (I think) and using the tank. I blow up a ghost and I hear this guy riding on my tread yell "LET'S BUTTFUCK THE REST OF THEM!" And I lost it
Johnson's lines were always a treat. I remember going back and playing every mission on every difficulty just to make sure I could hear all his lines. Also the Marines looking out the window on Cairo Station and directing the player's attention toward the Malta and Athens just in time to watch them explode. That was a pretty cool moment
In Halo Reach, Marines make an appearance well before the final mission. They're equipped with grey/tan fatigues and brown armor, a reference to Halo: Combat Evolved as the original Marines had grey fatigues and brown armor plates. Additionally, the ODSTs that escort you through portions of the campaign are also Marines. Next time you play Reach, keep a look out for those differences and you'll notice Marines in quite a few missions. :)
The Marines of halo have always been the reason I play and come back, it feels like an obligation to keep your squad alive and to keep their morale up no matter the situation. Always would go back to last checkpoint if even one died, personally I love the halo infinite Marines except for what the video says with the pathfinding issues in an open world and to me their ungodly aim when you give them a precision weapon. Seriously hand those guys an arcane sentinel beam or a ravenger/sniper and anything within the load zone is immediately dust or lost their head.
That one marine flying a hornet on the ark where you fight 2 scarabs has always stuck with me. The fact he comes back and picks you up is friggin' awesome
I have a feeling 343 intentionally made the following marine limit 5 so you could easily get all your marine buddies in a single Razorback (or party hog :/)
My favorite Marines will always be some obscure ones. The Halo Wars marines, especially the ones we see in the opening. I love the face cover, the bulky armor, all of it great
While I love the masks the Halo Wars, Reach, and Infinite marines have, my favorite look for them is still Halo 3/ODST. I think it hits the best balance of the more grounded look of Halo 2 with the armored look of CE, plus plenty of its own flavor. I always wished they’d bring that look back, though if they’re using one of the other ones mentioned too I can’t complain. They also looked the most badass in live action, as seen in Landfall and Arms Race.
Something about the H1 Marines wearing those raw metal plates will always be cool. I love the look in other games, more than the original design even, but those gray metal suits were great.
Favorite memories of the marines have been long fought battles to get as many as possible to the end of a mission, and if they died right before the end going full anakin on enemies and their corpses. I’ve also spent a lot of time throughout the franchise weapon swapping trying out different outfits and getting the squad as varied as possible. If I had more than 5 friendlys, that was a lot of time spent back tracking looking for different weapons. Though maybe outdated in today’s technology, I still very much enjoy fighting alongside the CE marines. Another thing to note in Halo 2 (though it is entirely possible I’m imagining this) is battle damage. I vaguely remember on various play throughs of H2 encountering a live marine on Cairo with a bloodied face. I do like the banter and dialogue that Infinite marines have, and also the range they can now engage at. My only note would be when covering Halo 3, a few shots of the H3 ODST marines couldn’t have hurt, even if there were no noticeable differences. Otherwise, thank you for this trip down memory lane, and the informative breakdown to the friendly troops I’ve fought alongside most of my life. ❤❤❤
my favorite marine memory is when I would save every marine and worker at the end of the Storm in halo 3 then give them all shotguns from all the weapon racks and at the end when you kill all the enemies at the AA cannon they will all fire at the core when it opens and I would get a almost 20 man shotgun salute it was great
In my opinion the best armor that was made in the series has got to go to the Halo reach I really like the UNSC army even the Air assault helmet is really cool it is a shame they get pretty much got curbed from 343 and which it is such a missed opportunity it would be cool to see the UNSC army airborne in a future installment Of course the worst marine armor and BDU has to be Halo 4 no doubt about it
In halo 3 The Covenant mission, me and my brother got into the two hornets and were fighting the scarab. Once one was destroyed, my brother was about to crash. He landed in front of the scarab turret as two pilots got off, on got clipped by an elite and one made it in. After the core was destroyed, I drove the hornets in front of the scarab and my brother jumped onto the side, and right as it blew, the pilot was standing at the edge of the scarab. That brave soul distracted an elite guarding the core while my brother shot the elite, it would’ve never worked without him.
I love the marines in Halo 2 the best. The voice actors were given so much freedom to voice whatever they wanted for in-game combat dialogues and it was amazing.
now this is a good video; if you’re a mainstay franchise enjoyer you know the progression of weapons and what not; this is niche enough to garner interest and done well enough to hold it; great topic selection and well done on the video
@@LateNightHalo Forerunner aesthetic. There’s a lot you can pack into a video; multi maps, weapons, monitors, campaign arenas, art style, units, all of which spanning multi-studio and multiple halo games. to my knowledge no one of note has done a video like that yet and i think you’d certainly capture the attention of those who know more than your average halo enjoyer; just my two cents
35:30 I'm not a Halo fan but I REALLY appreciate you pointing out this one good thing in the middle of a bad sandstorm, and without making any needless prolonged reference to said badness.
Honestly, the reach marines had a beautiful sort of charm to them. It felt like they just grabbed an improv class and trained them into being marines lmao
I absolutely love all the debugged camera work you used while getting the footage together for this video, they all help really give more depth to those moments seeing them from different angles.
My marine story is of Warthog Mcgee. In halo 3, me and a freind played split screen CO-OP, and we took a warthog with a marine taking the turret and he wasn't that bad of a shot. Eventually we got out by that time we'd given him a whole backstory and he was killed by a ghost. Needlessly to say vengeance was swift.
From my H2:A campaign playthrough: Marine 1: "Alright, pigfoot, THIS is extreme prejudice!" *shoots drone corpse with a sniper rifle* Marine 2: "And the crowd goes wild!"
In my 20 years of playing halo I can say without any shred of doubt that the reason some missions are so enjoyable and possible to complete Truth and Reconciliation, Outskirts and Metropolis being noteworthy examples is the marines that you either run into or follow you they are not to be underestimated especially when you take the time to outfit them with weapons they can be quite the steam roller provided you can keep most of them alive. My best memories with them are the scattered remnants of marines you find in Halo Reach's The Pillar of Autumn mission there is just something special of fighting of the overwhelming covenant with your comrades that makes that mission so enjoyable.
How a player treats their marines tells a lot about their character. When i was growing up, I played a lot of halo with my brother, who would slaughter the marines & laugh about it, much to my dismay. 20 years later & he's a violent homeless drug addict. Truly a psychological experience of all time
what I would love for the marines in future games or dlcs to have is camo. I play with gmod halo npcs and the reach marines have woodland, urban, desert and naval camo (my favorite) Honestly it would be so cool if there was some naval combat and the marines all had cool blue camo with the halo wars 1 marine design.
amazing video as always. the music, editing, and especially use of theatre mode machinima for b roll is amazing. well written and well spoken. the marines are a huge part of the gameplay experience. my favorite mission with them has to be the storm on h3 or maybe crows nest. they were great in all games and missions but h3 was the best imo for the reasons you talk about. h3 did such a good job of using the whole sandbox, large scale battles, etc and the marines are the cherry on top.i love how many random things they can possibly say. IWHBYD skull makes it even better. its also so cool michelle rodriguez, pretty famous, has her imprint on halo
I wish that you covered all the different uniform in halo 4 in more detail like you did in the other games. Some on the halo 4 marines look like the classic Marines.
The UNSC allies were always some of my favorite AI NPC's in games. I remember obsessing over keeping them alive, they were so lifelike that I didn't want any of them dying during my campaign playthrough's when I was young
I want to petition for Pete Stacker, the voice of Captain Keyes and Gunnery Sargent Stacker, to come back as the Sargent himself for future games, Halo is in desperate need of it's UNSC marine heroes. After the Death of Johnson, Stacker would be a fan favorite character that could easily make a comeback.
So there's a bit of a fun fact about halo infinite's marines, you actually CAN kill them if you dump around 15-20 mags of the arcane sentinel beam into them, so they just have heaps of health when shot with friendly fire (either that or the arcane beam is just bugged), which is still pretty lame compared to the other games, but it's still a cool little fact.
My favorite/ worst memory of the marines was my attempt at LASO’ing halo 3 with 3 other buds. The mission Crow’s nest was where we met the full wrath of the marines’ grenades. Halfway through the mission where you clear out the hangar, the fiends in greens thought it would be cool to lob grenades every 3 seconds. This naturally led to us being blown up over and over, and we were stuck at that checkpoint for hours until, by a stroke of good luck, we completed the mission. It only took us 4.5 hours.
To be honest the halo 3 marines are my personal favorites, it’s just the sci fi anime militaristic looks to them whilst being grounded in reality where it could be an actual set of armor
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Make the evolution of the brutes next
Do the evolution of the carbine next
you did OK voice acting ha ha
In the future just say UNSC Army or Air force
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Gotta feel for Private Jenkins. 27 years of service, and never made it past private.
Then turned into a flood form while not being alowed the sweet release of death.
@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem oh yeah he has the worst death of anyone on Installation 04 by far lmao
Maybe he did, but got NJPed back down to private for too many incidents at the strip club
That is THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENED TO HIM THAT IS WORTH FEELING BAD ABOUT. THIS MESSAGE IS ENDORSED BY ONI.
I actually wonder why there was no retcon or something to make sense of that.
I'll never forget... Private Billy Bob. Halo 2. He got stuck with a plasma grenade and bravely dived at a warthog of friendly marines, taking everyone with him.
What a hero
What a hero, indeed.
Rest In Peace PVT. Billy Bob.
He died in the service of earth
He's a hero but not for the UNSC because he blew up some marines in a warthog when he was stuck with a plasma grenade and dived into a warthog full of marines while there's covenant right there he could have blew up lol
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Honestly, one of my favorite memories was a really simple one.
Playing the MCC, halo 3 - I had two marines follow me for a long time on one level. Forgot which one. They were with me basically the whole time.
It was roughly 2/3 the way through the level, and one of the two died. After the fight, the other one went up to the corpse and said something like “Don’t worry, I’ll make them pay.” Or something like that.
Not long later, found a sniper rifle. I gave it to him, and he took out a handful of brutes before getting hit with a plasma grenade, and then running into a grunt before it went off.
I honestly felt kinda sad, but in the end, he did avenge his buddy.
Bro that’s sad
Marines, we salute you.
valiant hero
Gangsta-ass nigga
Halo CE I had countless times like that, playing as a kid.
Sometimes, it's not the super soldiers in a hopeless fight that endears us. Sometimes, it's just the common man, with a fighting spirit.
“Wars are won by men.”
Very well said
Sometimes I pee my bed while I sleep
Imperial guard moment
@@iamcuthulu316 held the line copypasta moment
When I was a kid and read the first Halo manual, I mistakened the word "diverse" (a word i did not know existed at the time) with the word "divorced". I remember I would think back at how doubly tragic the marines were both trying to fight a losing battle against impossible odds while also having lost their marriage before shipping out.
Lol
Bruh
Lol
At first, i laughed hard. Then I was turned into warm nostalgia, because, obviously, everyone has such misunderstandings in childhood, that are funny when u look at them from height of your age and experience... Damn, much words, but i find it important to say, because your comment gave me a lot of emotion.
Lmfao
Even as a 5 year old boy, the Halo CE ragtag marines in random gear made me so happy. Just the struggle they carry made it all
Same!!!!!!
3 shots from marines every 3 seconds in CE😂😂
yup 4 years old i fell in love with halo, now 19 years later and the humor gets to me even more and makes me love the OG halo games for what they really were, a fun power fantasy with a deep heart wrenching story.
I remember playing halo reach and seeing that massive civilian transport go down for the first time and not really caring much "its just more crap in the way of letting me shoot things" was my basic mentality back then, then going back to it as an adult the entire scene provokes the overwhelming feeling of what can only be described as just a shocked "oh...fuck." and that line about not bothering to rescue the survivors just adds to the hopelessness of the entire story at that point.
Eh, they werent so random. Full armored marines wearing uniform gear, save for Johnson not using the shoulder plates; and light armored marines who roll or dont roll their sleeves, wearing the same flak jackets and alternating their covers.
@@psychan4025remember Act Man making a joke in his ce video about how they only shoot 3 rounds out a 60 bullet mag lmaoooo it's so ridiculous but I try to protect em all lol.
Until that excellent impression of a marine by actual human LNG, my favourite marine was Chips Dubbo. An Aussie myself, Chips felt like my mate that I could stick with anywhere. Full of shit talk and lighthearted banter, Andrew McKaige did an incredible job and helped me feel like I had a bit of home in the vastness of space.
Chips Dubbo: survivor of Reach, Alpha and Delta Halo, and the Ark, breaking spacetime to defend Earth as well. My little bit of home on the Rings
He also has all the realistic abilities you would expect to see from an Australian, but are normally not included outside of Team Fortress 2, such as being very hard to kill. This is an important skill for somebody growing up in a dangerous country that wants to kill you. Planet got glassed? No worries mate, just TP to the PoA. Dying on 04? Yeah naaaah, just TP to Earth. Need to fight on Earth and follow Master Chief to 05? You guessed it, TP from Earth to a cryo pod of the FUD, then back to Earth just in time for Halo 3.
When growing up I figured that he was a regional character
Just for the Australian audience
Like the English got a plucky Brit ECT ECT
But I later learnt that he was in everyone's copy I felt very proud of my little Aussie battla
@@bluejayfabrications2216 Who is ECT
Chips Dubbo is my favourite
Fugginoath!
Fondest memory of the marines, Halo CE , after invading the covenant ship:
"Guess nobodys home"
After the battle initiated, and the first soldier fell, I was fighting hard with legendary level forces, it became insanely difficult and out of the corner of my eye I see it. A plasma coming at me. An unnamed marine rolled in front of me and stood, taking the plasma and diving towards an elite. He killed the final elite, and saved my life. He solidified my love for the marines
For earth-that guy
ooh-rah
F
Indeed, all those I killed marines cause I was a kid, now I'm insane of protecting them, when I see a marine into oncoming fire even if my shields are down and 1 bar of health I run in front to take the hits, I'm so crazy I'd rather die then see a marine go down and when does go down I'm sad and angry
"Contact! Lots of contact!"
"'No Covenant', you HAD to open your mouth!"
On "Regret" while playing Halo 2 Legendary solo, handing every marine a beam rifle and watch them carefully destroy the Covenant is a joy. I love H2's marines. Best dialogue and sense of humor. And also, the rocket Mongoose section in "The Storm" is also just amazing.
while this won't work on legendary, try giving them all needlers. it's hilarious
@@retrospectus oh god, never thought of this. Gonna try it lol!
Gotta get the transport hog full of rocket marines
Arming the Marines is such a legitimate strategy even on legendary, Hokiebird made some old walkthroughs thoroughly demonstrating the effects. Very satisfying.
I gave them all carbines and it was just the best thing ive done in that game, cathartic drone droppers
So for some reason, the marine that joins you on the scarab fight in The Ark has always had a place in my heart. When my friend and I would play that level, I fell in love with his badass Australian accent. I named him Xander, and he became an important buddy for us. When he died, we would avenge him with righteous fury. I still call him Xander in my playthroughs to this day. Halo has always done an incredible job of making you care for its NPC’s, it’s part of why you care about the story and stakes in the campaign. Still, Xander will always feel like a close friend to me. He’s partly why The Ark is my favorite Halo level ever.
Still perfer chips dubbo bc who would name their kid chips
@@no_social_skill1369 Yeah I only recently learned he’s Chips! Can’t believe it took me so long to figure it out since he’s in the other games too.
@@no_social_skill1369 i guess someone who really likes chips
@@no_social_skill1369 I resent that remark
“Sir, ‘hog’s all yours! Let’s hit that hostile armour!”
I will never forget the moment a female marine in h2 shouted something like. “I bleed more than that on a regular basis” I was only 12-13 so I was confused. only later on did I understand what that meant.
What has gone down in the replies of my comment?
Someone ruined the 69 replies :(
Hol’ up
Despite the dysphoria I feel with that, that line and others like it got a kick out of me.
@@RosheenQuynh lol it's not about you
@@piotr78 So I'm not allowed to make a connection to myself EVER on ANYTHING? 🤨 Tf is your problem dude? People are allowed to talk about their experiences from time to time. It's a natural experience. If it was a line about getting hit right in the groin and you tell a story about a experience with that, can I say that to you, as well? Seriously, you're being rude for no feckin' reason, man.
Edit: As my friend pointed out, "Isn't the entire point of fictional characters to make connections to them? Literally the entire point to that line that Marine makes is for the listener to go 'haha yeah same'"
@@RosheenQuynh
Why so Triggered?
I mean you're not completely wrong but still.
*Halo Infinite 2:* We go back for Dustin Echoes.
that guy deserves a medal and a promotion
they really need to put him in a game with his entire backstory of being on the first halo when it detonated and being saved alongside SGT. Johnson.
I miss Dustin :(
Shoutout to Warthog turret marines absolutely carrying me through hog levels during my CE legendary run. If you face the front of the hog towards the enemy your gunner just straight up will never die. Warthog gunner guy probably could have stopped the covenant and the flood all on his own.
I think I love the CE Marines the most because of their dynamic system involving how you play the game. I often felt pressured to fight well so that they get inspired. It made me feel like a real leader. A father to his men kinda thing.
I still remember the day both me and a marine 2v1 an elite. The marine was actually up close and personal with an assault rifle and I was shooting with a magnum. We gunned down the squid face. That marine for that one moment was a true deadly fighter. He wasn't a useless meatbag that throws grenades that get you killed. He was a true headhunter. And I was proud of him.
Then if you haven't yet, I think you would love the Infinite campaign's Marines
"EAT IT SPLIT-LIPS"
-the mentioned marine
Reach's Army, Air Force, and the Marines at the end are all Amazing.. I wish we got to see more of them.
I’ll always have a soft spot for Halo Reach’s Army troopers. And let’s not forget the rebels you encounter in one of the earlier missions. Nice world building additions
Tho the UNSC army bit the dust of the past the fans will never forget them
Those parts were cool, I just wish Reach troopers had better voice acting, some are alright but there was one VA in particular who just sounded monotone all the time and completely lifeless. Blegh, I'm spoiled by how great 2's VA's were.
You never encounter Rebel's unless you mean the militia who "steal' UNSC weapons.
@@Seriona1I think that’s exactly what he means
"They may seem primative by today's AI" My brother in Sol, the Halo CE AI were so good that Bungie themselves never found a way to replicate them successfully
Nah they just where very good at dodging grenades and warthohogs, crisis 3 still has the best enemy AI I ever fought.
@@miguellopez3392 DId we play the same game? Crysis 3 was boring as hell because all the AI were braindead and super weak when I played. One of the most mediocre shooters I ever tried.
@Perry Tran yes the game was easy, but when I let prophet sit in cover the enemies actual pulled counters in the hardest difficulty, game AIs have degraded since then, find me something better.
@@miguellopez3392 Flushing the player out of cover is bog standard for AI with flanking or grenades. Halo AI does the same thing and they even say out loud when they are about to push you (most people just kill them quickly enough they never get the chance.) All I remember from Crysis 3 was the AI walking up to get blown to pieces or being annoying bullet sponges (the Ceph or whatever were Prometheans but even more poorly designed.)
The only games I can think of that had intelligent AI like CE is half life one, for its one of *The* core focuses of the game. 2 improved upon a lot of aspects in terms of combat however quite a bit of the finer details that the first had for the sake of time had to be cut, but bad map design and worse balancing sabotaged it to all hell. And finally Alyx, as it goes back to half life ones philosophy but thanks to the technology of our time it demonstrates how *Good* it can be and how fun it is to fight an enemy that understands you, and you understand it.
Also infinite is kinda OK.
Me and my buddy like to play Halo 3 in what we call "Terminator mode" where we just kill everyone, marines included. The namesake comes from a certain part of "The Storm" (halo 3) where after defeating the scarab you walk through a marine F.O.B. to get to the next arena. This little segue serves as an interesting little combat encounter, with the entrenched marines actually posing a significant threat. Once their defensive posture is broken, they basically rout as if they were facing the covenant, creating a set-piece similar to that one part of every Schwarzenegger movie.
So yeah Halo 3 has the best-lookin marines and my favorite to fight.
Damn, my gaming laptop and my Xbox 360 are dead now, but once my laptop is backup you can be damn sure I'll be playing Halo 3 in "terminator mode"
Thank you for sharing one of your fond gaming memories here, this sounds like a very fun way to experience the campaign in a new way
I always saw the halo reach marines/troopers as a graphical update to the halo CE marines, same grayish colors, the return of the eye piece, the helmet look, and the big shoulder pads always felt like CE to me.
“Comedic violence”
*shows a brute beating the shit out of a marine*
I'll never forget the one Marine who offered you a lift to board both of the Scarabs in Halo 3's "The Covenant." He swoops in, picks you up, drops you off onto the Scarab on the left and keeps the fight going in the air until you've finished destroying the first one, and then swoops down and picks you back up to bring the hurt on the second Scarab. If I'm not mistaken, even after you've destroyed both Scarabs, he'll pick you up again and fly you over to where you have to meet up with the Arbiter and Spark, and after dropping you off again, he'll fly away to finish sweeping out the stragglers.
That's the hardest-working, most dedicated and professional Marine I've ever met in all my years of playing Halo. And I hope to god he's since retired, and lives to tell his family and loved ones that he was the man who personally let Chief loose onto two Covenant super-tanks, because the man's more than earned it for that commitment.
The hornet pilots? That's pretty cool since I would always just pilot the hornet myself and destroy the scarabs that way.
Holy shit I've never once thought about letting them fly *me*
Does it really work out like that?? Lmao
@@Cakesadamant yeh, but it's not guaranteed. The scarabs can still shoot down the hornet and he'll likely be killed after that. The fact he survived and even lifted him to the next part of the mission is why I love Halo 3, was the first one I played.
That was the most exciting way to kill those scarabs for me. Flying and shooting the scarabs are just way too lame.
seeing all these marine designs through out the years just made me wish we get the chance to play with our own customizable one in the future, maybe in ODST or another spin off game but it would be cool
This is literally the thing that I've been on a journey for, finding a way to get a game with real focus on personal marines/ODST. I'll never boast that it's getting anywhere but I've got a backlog of notes and concepts for at least something if I ever get the skill to make it a reality.
I think that 343 has somewhat lost this vision of marines and regular humans being why we fight in favor of Spartans everywhere. Halo 5 didn't even have any marines or troopers. I think Infinite did a decent job with the marines but there weren't many memorable moments because it was all so open-ended.
yes the open world idea while great for most games, just didn't work with halo and I admit I was all for it, because its a fantastic idea but after playing infinite the open world design with halo honestly isn't something i want more of.
i miss the linier fleshed out levels of the old games where its a relatively small space but there's so much detail that you don't notice it and you don't care when you do.
You just cant get that with most open world games.
I think they should have put more major marine characters into the campaign. Re-establishing some kind of chain of command. Getting Lasky back onto the ground to organize the resistance or something.
I like Lasky. Sad he wasn't in Infinite.
@@thegrayyernaut that was another gripe i had with infinite, 343 finally got the visuals down now they just need to get the story aspects down. even wolrd design, was top notch for a halo feel.
Even if i didnt care for the open world layout i have to admit it felt very halo.
343I did quite good but they have no idea of how to do MArines at all they cant even pilot halo infinite
343 botched the whole thing; Creatively bankrupt.
I wish the heavy armor of the CE marines could have been incorporated into the different aesthetics of later games. 2 is my favorite in the series, but soldiers wearing the same gear in the 2550s as they do today just rubs me the wrong way.
2550’s*
@@Melotaku Thanks
The heavy armor of ce marines is boarding armor
Is made of chunks of the same material they use for ships, thats also why their ARs were using 60 round mags, cuz they were intended to be used in close quarter combat
But yeah, i would liked to see that kind of armor more
Meh, I don’t really see it as a problem really, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
@@crazybunny1134 that’s just head cannon hell I recognize the comment you based that off.
Great video. the marines recently havent been given as much love as they deserve in the series. H2 and HCE marines and their voice actors have had a massive impact on gaming as a whole. as well as the furthering of AI and game design elements for other games. i feel like alot of games these days really have bland AI allied characters to follow you into battle. ill always remember Chips dubbo, Sargent stacker, Johnson, etc.
I'll never be able to forget David Cross playing a marine in Halo 2
A couple weeks ago i got stuck home with covid for a few days, so i was binge-ing both halo 2, AND arrested development at the same time. Thought I was going insane that I could hear Tobias speaking in character and then calling things out to me in halo. took all the way until metropolis bridge that i figured it out
or Laura Prepon popping up in at least 2 missions.
Honestly, my favourite marines are still the Halo CE marines. Something about their chunky metallic armor is so much cooler than the sleeker, realistic designs of the later games.
It’s also the style of personality they have in that game, and they sound the most like soldiers. That kind of fun deathwishy style mixed with a feeling that they’re inconvenienced by the war when situations are tough
The CE Marines are definitely my favorite, they have an iconic design and great dialogue
“destined to walk in the light of other stars” THE DESTINY REFERENCE I LOVE IT
Female marine in H2 gets shot: "I bleed more than that monthly"
Someone get this man a burrito, that's gold
Man, I almost forgot about the fireteam mechanic in Reach. I like that they sorta brought it back for Infinite but it would be cool if they expanded on it and gave you more control over them
Bro this video was long overdue. I feel the problem with 343s Halos is the lack of UNSC in general. Awesome video, the nostalgia of Halo ones Marines is on point. Thanks for covering these heroes.
Yeah the newer halos focus too much on just the Spartans. It takes away the the all out war part of the games. Also took away the night of thr UNSCs combined arms.
Spent forty minutes trying to take out all the marines at the beginning of CE on legendary. Took me that long to google a strategy and find out they're invincible. Not my proudest moment
Sniper.SGT Johnson. Damn that demotion from Sgt.Maj to specialist must've hit hard.
As a fan, as far back as I remember I've always enjoyed the variety we've gotten in Halo Marines. It stands to reason that an interplanetary force would have multiple kits, some newer or for different purposes, etc. I like that even though there's a lot of differences, there's an throughline (for the most part) in the art style.
The crewman Sam on the POA actually has a Halo: Evolutions short story from his perspective. Pretty good, too, from what I remember.
Edit: Not from Halo: Evolutions, but rather an interlude from Halo: the Flood. Thanks to @MrSaltyAuthor for correcting me.
Sam’s story is in Halo: The Flood not Halo Evolutions
@@mrsaltyauthor5992 Wrong Sam mate. We're talking about the marine, not the spartan.
@@margotpreston Yeah I'm not thinking of PO2 Spartan Samuel-034 who dies in Halo: The Fall of Reach in 2525. I'm thinking of Technical Officer Third Class Samuel N. Marcus who dies aboard the Pillar of Autumn in 2552 who is detailed in Halo: The Flood. At no point is the original Halo Event explored in Halo Evolutions. The after effects of it are but never the events of.
@@mrsaltyauthor5992 That would actually make sense. Thank you for informing me; I haven't read either in some time, so it was my mistake.
@@amcname8789 However what Evolutions DOES have is Spartan 2 Soren, who in the TV show...though as everything in that show, his tale is not the same.
I love giving every Militia guy a sniper rifle on Nightfall and watching them get to work. I also did find it strange how any AI in Halo 4 would aggressively fire at bodies, to the point I thought they'd start tea bagging me next, but personally I find it charming, in a wierd way. The original Star Wars Battlefront titles had a similar behavior exclusive to the Rebel Alliance, where they'd fire repeatedly at fallen enemies before moving on, even if they often get themselves killed with that sort of tunnel vision.
The happiest I ever was in gaming was when I had the marines alongside me; I hated (but still adored the gameplay) of the second-half of Halo CE due to the lack of them.
Fun fact the name leatherneck came from the first US Marines that fought Muslim Pirates in North Africa that kept stealing and selling people off as slaves or for ransom. The US Marines figured out to wrap leather around their necks to protect them from the Pirates saber swords. Which ended up saving a lot of lives. Since then Marines have always been dubbed leathernecks
A neat story, but the term more likely originates from the leather stocks that were a part of the uniforms of US Marines, Royal Marines (who to this day are still nicknamed 'bootnecks') and British Army redcoats of the 18th-19th centuries. The stock, that was indeed a piece of thick leather that went around the neck, was intended to improve the military bearing of enlisted men by forcing them to keep their chins up, though for obvious reasons they were _extremely_ unpopular with those same enlisted men.
@@andymac4883 Oh ok interesting. Haven’t hear that information before
@@andymac4883 Both are true it was a protective piece of clothing while keeping you're head high and was later added to the dress uniform
very close except it was Brittan's Royal marines in the 16-1700s, they were issues a leather collar like Andy said, the men hated them and would often try to remove them in or before combat, with some officers even refusing to force troops to wear them because they got in the way during combat.
I new they were called that but I didn’t know why that’s cool as hell.
I really like the look of the Infinite marines, just wish they did a little more in gameplay. Still good though.
Same
Yeah the lack of a large story meant we didn’t get alot of great story telling from the marines who 343 finally figured out how to design.
@@MikeJones-qn1gz its their best design since reach, actually, i think they look better than the reach troopers but then again, 95% of you allies in reach arent marines, they only appear on the pillar of autumn.
@@halinaqi2194 can't stand the fact that they're all faceless tho.
@@piotr78 yeah its stupid
Presentation wise, the largest complaint I have with Infinite Marines is how ‘muted and grey’ their fatigues and color scheme are. Even the gritty Reach Troopers had more color.
I personally love the design of the marines in halo wars.
They look like the marines in the mega block sets I used to get as a kid, so I have nostalgic memories of them.
I hope the Marines get some love in Halo Infinite! An update to enhance their AI and behavior in the campaign would add some much needed replay-ability.
For real, maybe make it to where they actually take cover wherever when needed and not bunching up for an enemy to easily frag them. Also letting them drive vehicles and other AI riding with them. I like how you'll see Marines on patrols or taking security. It'd also be pretty cool to see Marines doing recon missions and you just see a sniper and spotter in random areas doing surveillance or covering a random squad that attacks other random banished squads or settlements.
I come from the future. I'm sorry broski.
Halo Infinite made a big mistake by making the game basically Open world.
Great to see the real grunts in the spotlight- I've always liked the Spartans, but really loved the Marines and ODSTs more! I couldn't count the amount of times that I've watched the Halo 'We Are ODST' and 'Landfall' live action shorts and only hoped that they would give us another game, or a show focusing more on ODSTs and Marines. Seems like so much untapped potential- just like Star Wars (ARC Trooper show when? #FordoGang)
you and I think similarly, I also watch countless times landfall and we are odst and I love everything related to the marines
Playing some Halo 2 anniversary I was on one of the High Charity levels,the one where you break the marine prisoners out and one grabbed a covie carbine. That guy was a headshot machine and just cleared out grunts and jackals for me. He outlived all the others and damn near made it. He took round after round and somehow kept fighting. I was calling him Terminator at that point and he ended up dieing to a sword elite. I then proceeded to pull out my own sword and go on a furious sword spree till I both ran out of foes and sword battery. They couldn't kill him in a straight fight and had to use active camo to bring him down. Best unnamed friendly NPC ever.
Personally I love Halo 3's Marines the most. Even after playing countless hours of all of the games, the H3 Marines always manage to make me laugh or chuckle. I like playing with the Rare Dialogue option enables just so I can hear more fun stuff. There has to be millions of dialogues there that are well hidden during gameplay and activate at a very specific moment, but whenever that happens it's sure awesome and funny!
ngl the abandoned concept art for the marines in halo 4 look amazing and i wish they used that
The Prototype is still my favourite part of Halo Legends, such a great little snapshot of the Halo universe in a single digestible package. A bit of tragedy, self sacrifice, redemption and a some awesome action. It also implied so much more about the believability of the wider setting.
More designs for the marines wherever we can get them is always great. Sadly 343 gives the marines so little love it's a pretty much become meme worthy.
6:46 LNG talks about how immersive CE’s marines were while he reloads the ar like the shotgun, from over the top
So, my best Marine memory is the first time I played CE. Was playing Assault on the Control Room (I think) and using the tank. I blow up a ghost and I hear this guy riding on my tread yell "LET'S BUTTFUCK THE REST OF THEM!" And I lost it
I almost hate to tell you this, but that's not the line...
@@nybergsgarage I know, but the misheard line stuck with me
@@lilithofthevoid4922 oh, I see.
Sam on the pillar of autumn just stands there accepting his fate barely acknowledging the elite
Johnson's lines were always a treat. I remember going back and playing every mission on every difficulty just to make sure I could hear all his lines.
Also the Marines looking out the window on Cairo Station and directing the player's attention toward the Malta and Athens just in time to watch them explode. That was a pretty cool moment
there's something so funny about the Halo 4 marines spending all of their ammo on a corpse no matter the circumstance
Halo infinite and Reach troopers/marines are my favourite don’t why just love the way they look.
In Halo Reach, Marines make an appearance well before the final mission. They're equipped with grey/tan fatigues and brown armor, a reference to Halo: Combat Evolved as the original Marines had grey fatigues and brown armor plates. Additionally, the ODSTs that escort you through portions of the campaign are also Marines. Next time you play Reach, keep a look out for those differences and you'll notice Marines in quite a few missions. :)
Man I would always try to save every marine when I was fighting along side them even reverting if three or more died
The Marines of halo have always been the reason I play and come back, it feels like an obligation to keep your squad alive and to keep their morale up no matter the situation. Always would go back to last checkpoint if even one died, personally I love the halo infinite Marines except for what the video says with the pathfinding issues in an open world and to me their ungodly aim when you give them a precision weapon. Seriously hand those guys an arcane sentinel beam or a ravenger/sniper and anything within the load zone is immediately dust or lost their head.
That one marine flying a hornet on the ark where you fight 2 scarabs has always stuck with me. The fact he comes back and picks you up is friggin' awesome
I have a feeling 343 intentionally made the following marine limit 5 so you could easily get all your marine buddies in a single Razorback (or party hog :/)
My favorite Marines will always be some obscure ones. The Halo Wars marines, especially the ones we see in the opening. I love the face cover, the bulky armor, all of it great
While I love the masks the Halo Wars, Reach, and Infinite marines have, my favorite look for them is still Halo 3/ODST. I think it hits the best balance of the more grounded look of Halo 2 with the armored look of CE, plus plenty of its own flavor. I always wished they’d bring that look back, though if they’re using one of the other ones mentioned too I can’t complain.
They also looked the most badass in live action, as seen in Landfall and Arms Race.
Something about the H1 Marines wearing those raw metal plates will always be cool. I love the look in other games, more than the original design even, but those gray metal suits were great.
My favorite marines are the ones from HW1, I used to collect the megabloks versions of them. I love the face mask and armour they wear
Favorite memories of the marines have been long fought battles to get as many as possible to the end of a mission, and if they died right before the end going full anakin on enemies and their corpses. I’ve also spent a lot of time throughout the franchise weapon swapping trying out different outfits and getting the squad as varied as possible. If I had more than 5 friendlys, that was a lot of time spent back tracking looking for different weapons.
Though maybe outdated in today’s technology, I still very much enjoy fighting alongside the CE marines.
Another thing to note in Halo 2 (though it is entirely possible I’m imagining this) is battle damage. I vaguely remember on various play throughs of H2 encountering a live marine on Cairo with a bloodied face.
I do like the banter and dialogue that Infinite marines have, and also the range they can now engage at.
My only note would be when covering Halo 3, a few shots of the H3 ODST marines couldn’t have hurt, even if there were no noticeable differences. Otherwise, thank you for this trip down memory lane, and the informative breakdown to the friendly troops I’ve fought alongside most of my life. ❤❤❤
my favorite marine memory is when I would save every marine and worker at the end of the Storm in halo 3 then give them all shotguns from all the weapon racks and at the end when you kill all the enemies at the AA cannon they will all fire at the core when it opens and I would get a almost 20 man shotgun salute it was great
I imagine they are very OP in corridors
You ever just... give untrained civilians all the alien explosive ordinance and watch them go to town on anything with a pulse? It's a good time
Would spend at least 20 mins when I got all the workers and marines just weapon swapping
In my opinion the best armor that was made in the series has got to go to the Halo reach I really like the UNSC army even the Air assault helmet is really cool it is a shame they get pretty much got curbed from 343 and which it is such a missed opportunity it would be cool to see the UNSC army airborne in a future installment
Of course the worst marine armor and BDU has to be Halo 4 no doubt about it
In halo 3 The Covenant mission, me and my brother got into the two hornets and were fighting the scarab. Once one was destroyed, my brother was about to crash. He landed in front of the scarab turret as two pilots got off, on got clipped by an elite and one made it in. After the core was destroyed, I drove the hornets in front of the scarab and my brother jumped onto the side, and right as it blew, the pilot was standing at the edge of the scarab. That brave soul distracted an elite guarding the core while my brother shot the elite, it would’ve never worked without him.
Do you mean brutes.?
I love the marines in Halo 2 the best. The voice actors were given so much freedom to voice whatever they wanted for in-game combat dialogues and it was amazing.
now this is a good video; if you’re a mainstay franchise enjoyer you know the progression of weapons and what not; this is niche enough to garner interest and done well enough to hold it; great topic selection and well done on the video
I appreciate it, man! I work quite hard haha what’s a topic you’d like to see an Evolution video on?
@@LateNightHalo Forerunner aesthetic. There’s a lot you can pack into a video; multi maps, weapons, monitors, campaign arenas, art style, units, all of which spanning multi-studio and multiple halo games. to my knowledge no one of note has done a video like that yet and i think you’d certainly capture the attention of those who know more than your average halo enjoyer; just my two cents
35:30 I'm not a Halo fan but I REALLY appreciate you pointing out this one good thing in the middle of a bad sandstorm, and without making any needless prolonged reference to said badness.
CE/Anniversary have the best marines. Their personality comes out through their voice lines and how they look.
The original halo wars and halo wars 2 marines are my favorite Marine design. Specifically the ones in the cutscenes, they just look so cool.
Honestly, the reach marines had a beautiful sort of charm to them. It felt like they just grabbed an improv class and trained them into being marines lmao
If I'm not mistaken Halo reach "Marines" are actually UNSC Army soldiers
@@comradekenobi6908 You do see Marines when you get near the Autumn.
Everytime when you land a hudge jump in a vehicle and the marines say, "Hell yeah" or something like that really makes me feel good
I absolutely love all the debugged camera work you used while getting the footage together for this video, they all help really give more depth to those moments seeing them from different angles.
My marine story is of Warthog Mcgee.
In halo 3, me and a freind played split screen CO-OP, and we took a warthog with a marine taking the turret and he wasn't that bad of a shot. Eventually we got out by that time we'd given him a whole backstory and he was killed by a ghost. Needlessly to say vengeance was swift.
From my H2:A campaign playthrough:
Marine 1: "Alright, pigfoot, THIS is extreme prejudice!"
*shoots drone corpse with a sniper rifle*
Marine 2: "And the crowd goes wild!"
Remember killing Keyes in co-op and mowing down marines? I have no friends and I haven’t experienced this but did you?
In my 20 years of playing halo I can say without any shred of doubt that the reason some missions are so enjoyable and possible to complete Truth and Reconciliation, Outskirts and Metropolis being noteworthy examples is the marines that you either run into or follow you they are not to be underestimated especially when you take the time to outfit them with weapons they can be quite the steam roller provided you can keep most of them alive. My best memories with them are the scattered remnants of marines you find in Halo Reach's The Pillar of Autumn mission there is just something special of fighting of the overwhelming covenant with your comrades that makes that mission so enjoyable.
i love watching these videos and laughing my ass off when everything goes down hill the second 343 is mentioned lol
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Damn, that's look like an actual cutscene. I like all of those moments with actual gameplay that looks like a machinima
6:37 Well, Cursed Halo got you there LNG
How a player treats their marines tells a lot about their character. When i was growing up, I played a lot of halo with my brother, who would slaughter the marines & laugh about it, much to my dismay. 20 years later & he's a violent homeless drug addict. Truly a psychological experience of all time
I was ashamed to kill them, even today I feel bad when they die 😿
what I would love for the marines in future games or dlcs to have is camo. I play with gmod halo npcs and the reach marines have woodland, urban, desert and naval camo (my favorite) Honestly it would be so cool if there was some naval combat and the marines all had cool blue camo with the halo wars 1 marine design.
What’s the addon you use?
amazing video as always. the music, editing, and especially use of theatre mode machinima for b roll is amazing. well written and well spoken.
the marines are a huge part of the gameplay experience. my favorite mission with them has to be the storm on h3 or maybe crows nest. they were great in all games and missions but h3 was the best imo for the reasons you talk about. h3 did such a good job of using the whole sandbox, large scale battles, etc and the marines are the cherry on top.i love how many random things they can possibly say. IWHBYD skull makes it even better.
its also so cool michelle rodriguez, pretty famous, has her imprint on halo
I wish that you covered all the different uniform in halo 4 in more detail like you did in the other games. Some on the halo 4 marines look like the classic Marines.
Man that Halo Reach Exodus music goes hard when you showed the Army Troopers. I miss that somber feeling in Halo 😢
There’s two types of people in the world, those who’d kill marines for weapons/ammo and those who’d keep them alive at all costs.
I keep them alive
Hey i needed that shotgun
That was some fantastic editing starting at 10:50
My favorite part of halo, The Humans!
The UNSC allies were always some of my favorite AI NPC's in games. I remember obsessing over keeping them alive, they were so lifelike that I didn't want any of them dying during my campaign playthrough's when I was young
Hey hey hey
(Btw please do Evolution of Chief’s Armor)
I want to petition for Pete Stacker, the voice of Captain Keyes and Gunnery Sargent Stacker, to come back as the Sargent himself for future games, Halo is in desperate need of it's UNSC marine heroes. After the Death of Johnson, Stacker would be a fan favorite character that could easily make a comeback.
So there's a bit of a fun fact about halo infinite's marines, you actually CAN kill them if you dump around 15-20 mags of the arcane sentinel beam into them, so they just have heaps of health when shot with friendly fire (either that or the arcane beam is just bugged), which is still pretty lame compared to the other games, but it's still a cool little fact.
My favorite/ worst memory of the marines was my attempt at LASO’ing halo 3 with 3 other buds. The mission Crow’s nest was where we met the full wrath of the marines’ grenades. Halfway through the mission where you clear out the hangar, the fiends in greens thought it would be cool to lob grenades every 3 seconds. This naturally led to us being blown up over and over, and we were stuck at that checkpoint for hours until, by a stroke of good luck, we completed the mission. It only took us 4.5 hours.
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I want everyone to fight with Chief. Not just the men, but the women and the children too.
Wait why are there sirens outside the house-
To be honest the halo 3 marines are my personal favorites, it’s just the sci fi anime militaristic looks to them whilst being grounded in reality where it could be an actual set of armor
My new favorite marine memory is cramming my marines with snipers in a Razorback in Infinite. Those guys had the aim of Navy Seals.
Try the arcane sentinel beam with them
@@ThomasHendrickson that's how you unlock the difficulty setting even easier than easy haha
One of my favorite Halo moments is when that Engineer chills with Sergeant Johnson at the end of Halo 3: ODST. So cool lol.