A Completely Accurate Summary of Halo 3 ODST

What the hell am I supposed to do with this INside a covenant ship?
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[@JJJBunney001]

The real reason Rookie doesn't speak is Romeo just straight up shattered his jaw at the start of the game

[@NaruSanavai]

By hitting the back of his thigh...?

[@MrChickennugget360]

@@NaruSanavai he hit him there really hard.

[@goatsandstuff4319]

@@MrChickennugget360 you have a point

[@zealousdoggo]

@@MrChickennugget360 can't argue with that

[@lambdaweaponscache5394]

Yeah he abuses Rookie and no one does anything because they need every soldier they can get

[@lordfarquaad2559]

rookie is like chips dubbo and can clone himself on demand

[@liquidgarfield8523]

memeing or naw?

[@funkmantim2661]

@@liquidgarfield8523yesn't, Chips Dubbo is literally more of a badass than master chief, rookie, noble 6 and arbiter combined......though he lacks the knowledge of what the ladies like, so he is just a bit shy of being on sgt. johnson's level.

[@thebeepdrip3154]

@@funkmantim2661 Yep, he was in the first, 2nd and 3rd game, but we don't know where he is now sadly, probably getting the ladies

[@gagejohnathan9641]

Sadly that didn't save him during new blood

[@monsoonofthewindsofdestruc6001]

I can never die

[@jasonwade1856]

You don't understand rookie. He's not hallucinating, he's a jedi and just by touching things can see their entire history. He's a psychic and doesn't talk cause he can convey his thoughts just by looking at someone.

[@justingeorge7090]

His powers are beyond their understanding

[@ThatGenericPyro]

haha psychometry go brrr

[@jamesmullins330]

hee hee haha, guys i found a fallen order stan, come look

[@jeanchen194]

@@jamesmullins330 Cal Kestis moment

[@jasonwade1856]

@@jamesmullins330 Ah shit you figured out where I got that from LOL

[@gartcw9955]

I always thought the “flashbacks” were actually Virgil giving Rookie the video highlights of what happened.

[@funkmantim2661]

It would not make any sense, especially considering that outside of the rather basic combat hub ODST's have, they o not have the required armor to actually utilize a hub interface like master chief, who has a multi-billion dollar suit with a reactor inside powerful enough to operate and recharge shields, hud, keep a AI operational, and track the amount of ammo he has on count. It is likely that the chips in marines helmets are more or less just used like another version of Dog tags, though these ones would be viewed incase they died under suspicious circumstances, but overall it is not likely that ODSTs have a hud that can play back recordings of others helmets.

[@DecidedlyNinja]

@@funkmantim2661 You are basing your conclusion on absolutely nothing. Why _wouldn't_ an ODST helmet be able to play recordings? It doesn't take a nuclear reactor and 500 kilos of incredibly sophisticated technology to do that.

[@funkmantim2661]

@@DecidedlyNinja Of course not, but consider this, which would be more useful to a ODST, the ability to rarely get the chance to watch previous soldier's demise (admit it, the whole bit in CE was literally just for the sake of a plot point), or put the funds towards other features like radios, target assistance, or even just a weaker form of the shield spartans have? Plus, the chance that a ODST squad is sent in to retrieve something is not exactly something we seen them do, most of the time they are dropped in for rapid assault, hell, it is kinda in the name, Orbital Shock Drop Troopers. Also design wise, their helmets kinda HAVE to be made for a normal human being, even with military training they are already completely covered in a protective suit with multiple pieces of what appears to be some form of metal armor on them, and even their helmets are probably bulky already, jamming in a device to reply events woul just weigh them down more. A Spartan could care less since their armor is literally heavier than the person inside of and probably next to them.

[@missfire9480]

@@funkmantim2661 A phone can play mp4s, anything with a hud can play videos. like dude what do you think a hud is? it's a monitor that uses the glass to refract the projection. whatever input you give it it'll display it. It's not scifi tech, it's already in use (Pilots, google glass is a hud) your basing your assumptions off of nothing. Not even reaility.

[@funkmantim2661]

@@missfire9480 Ah yes, google glass, a CIVILIAN grade piece of equipment not meant to be out on the battlefield where it can more than likely break easily. Now imagine making a military grade google glass, meant to be in the field of combat, let alone in a combat zone filled with many, and I mean MANY aliens who all do not have a habit of letting humanity regain ground, so the idea of recovering soldier video chips is not exactly top priority to begin with, let alone viewing them in the MIDDLE OF A GODDAMN BATTLEFIELD most the time. As for the hud, you should already know that the in-game hud is almost always meant for player convenience anyways, why the hell would a hud be able to track your physical health as if it was just a life bar? let alone ammo count of random weapons you pick up on the battlefield immediately, along with the amount of grenades you have at any given point WITHOUT you manually adjusting the count yourself. It might make some sense for, idk, a hyper lethal classified spartan with a AI in his helmet most of the time to help keep track, but a ODST or Marine? At most, the Hud for a ODST probably mostly consists of if their radio is on, if their light is on, or if something important on their armor is busted. Oh and before you think of going "Oh well it is future humanity, they would have a hud regardless" Also remember that elites also have huds, including the arbiter when ever you play as him, despite the fact that they do not have any technology visibly covering their eyes during combat. Then for a more in universe answer, resources, after all, humanity is literally losing a war, they are probably diverting all resources they can towards actual ways to combat the enemy, not watch youtube videos on the battlefield, regardless how small the resources are.

[@Tir33nts343]

The pelican is a utility aircraft, it can be used for anything between dropping your kids off to school to dropping a 40 ton tank in your backyard

[@isaiahjones4657]

@@Toddlerterminator yea it’s in halos universe which is already crazy and a wild as is,so idk why the Pelicans multiple use surprises him.

[@disaster_chief]

what about dropping 66 tons of straight up, HE-spewing dee-vine intervention in your backyard?

[@MistahFox]

@@disaster_chief If God is love, then you can call me Cupid!

[@witherwolf3316]

Every motivational device needs a delivery system

[@believer2]

Scorpion tanks are actually 66 tons

[@bastianaraya2437]

I always thought that rookie didnt see those flashbacks, hes just following clues trying to find his squad. The whole flashback thing is just for the gameplay. Still my favorite halo along with CE

[@MacMashPotato]

That and hes getting help from the super attendant, why does everyone miss this?

[@hunacean]

Still, that's some God-tier deductive ability then, I mean he finds a piece of metal at a bridge and thus accurately speculates that he has to go to the police plaza.

[@Ant-jr8ty]

@@hunacean the rookie was also a detective before joining the UNSC, serving on harvest, and then getting transferred to alpha9

[@Hi_buddy_waz_sup]

Virgil is also the one leading the Rookie to the clues and highlighting hem on his VISR

[@heavy5013]

That was the idea. The flashbacks you play through are for you not Rookie. Not all storytelling is linear. Good game.

[@ToobxSox]

romeo had a puntured chest cavity, which makes breathing hard given breathing works based upon pressure and vacuum, so theoretically sealing the cavity with some sort of futuristic bio-foam would work

[@hundio88]

13:50 When you suck worse than Church (RvB) with the sniper rifle.

[@FishInDaToilet]

And there's that one scene in season 6 where he misses all his shots at point blank range

[@cris8300]

OOOOOOOO

[@sebastienholmes548]

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@NotKameron]

@@FishInDaToilet to be fair it can be hard to aim when people a jumping around

[@lelandholmquist2467]

Oof

[@carlhayden3610]

Turns out the covenant were just wiping out the corrupt police commissioner and his men from new mombasa. That and lowering the number of people with gambling addiction in the city...

[@samtrepac3387]

It hurts me that you never had your nightvision on during any of the dark sequences. Great video by the way :^)

[@Solifeaul]

The real kicker is at 11:08 where we see the VISR outline disappearing, meaning that he was fully aware but actively chose not to use it

[@sheepersjeepers4953]

“I can’t see, it’s too dark, if only the flashlight worked”

[@ZoeSimza]

Forget night sequences, I had to keep my fucking VISR on during 90% of the game just to be able to see anything at all even in daylight missions.

[@RayramAureanBlue]

@@ZoeSimza Sounds like your game's gamma was just low. You can go into the game's settings and put it up.

[@JenkemSuperfan]

The police having the pelican makes perfect sense since humanity actually is an authoritarian dystopia in Halo

[@potatokilr7789]

Also it's 500 years in the future, so I'd imagine that with advanced technology and different types of crime they'd need to have some kind of aerial vehicle with better capabilities

[@tristanbeer1257]

I always loved that the authoritarian earth regime, that fucked over outer colonies and kidnapped children for super-soldier programs, is the hero of the story, simply because they are humans.

[@dolphinerofachero3159]

Super goverments? Kidnapped children?!? Whats all that stuff? I just got here to blast split lips to oblivion, for christ sake!

[@MrEcoho]

or you know its like how the police have blackhawks right now they just dont have all the military bells and whistles like flares and guns.

[@potatokilr7789]

@@MrEcoho also worth noting that in some countries with cartel presence like Colombia the police have some units with military-grade gear such as black hawks (equipped with miniguns sometimes), and in Colombia there is very little police brutality. Police funding ≠ Police brutality

[@Jalbesbe]

Biofoam exists in present times and is exactly used like this. His lung is punctured causing a lack of pressure causing his breathing to be very hard and lungs getting blood into them. Applying the foam adds needed pressure and keeps the blood out. Biofoam is also really good for fractures and other injuries that require closing and pressure to hold.

[@lelandholmquist2467]

Wait it’s real!? COOL!

[@casematecardinal]

@@lelandholmquist2467 yes it is. Its relatively new and is nowhere near as amazing as it is in halo but it does work. There is even a technology that uses sponges in a similar way to seal arterial wounds.

[@lelandholmquist2467]

@@casematecardinal That is fucking awesome I need to look up some videos now.

[@thsharpsword200]

wow technology is incredible

[@nukedukem3d]

It’s a good time to use that one Simpsons clip “nerddddd!” no seriously, that’s cool tho

[@shen1891]

rookie is an empath, giving him the insight of his squad's experiences

[@Blooky3453]

Fun fact: the brutes love making their victim suffer, and so that’s why they use spikers (hot sharp metal gun) and why the chieftain in skyline hit Romeo with the sharp end

[@notorq8065]

8:24 That's a really good point. It truly is dystopian because there was an entire insurrection that was serious enough to start the Spartan program.

[@Xx1papercut1xX]

I will never unsee the gross low-poly sausage fingers..

[@madness0169]

What about Dare's poorly rendered ponytail?

[@madness0169]

@Randall 037 correct 😂

[@madness0169]

@Randall 037 lol its all good. 😂

[@Man_O0]

I never noticed that this ruins my childhood

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Me, who the last month has been bouncing back and forth between replaying the Halo games and Medal of Honor PS1 games: "Low-poly you say?"

[@trashmammal9562]

Pretty sure Rookie is seeing all of the flashbacks through the Superintendent, who he connected with at the phone in the first area of the game.

[@Janx14]

Then why doesn't the superintendent just give him the video, as opposed to having him randomly wander around touching things?

[@Laserbeak316]

@@Janx14 to keep the Covenant from tracking it? Such a massive data transfer would likely be detectable. Only safe way to transfer the data is in bits and pieces.

[@royshavrick]

Would have been nice to get some confirmation on that but this is what I'm going with, makes some semblance of sense ig.

[@BallMuncher555]

Could also be that he doesn’t actually know what happens and just takes a guess on what happens, the cutscenes are just to fill us in on what happened

[@Deverey1]

"Buck let's us know he likes pre-op trans women." This is a very underrated comment. Goddamn that was funny.

[@CadillacDeVilledElegance]

I was expecting him to mention it, but it caught me off guard regardless

[@jeremythegeek2]

Tfw no ODST bf :(

[@MistahFox]

@@jeremythegeek2 Hey once I finish building the shin guards and paint my ODST armor, I'll get back to you!

[@christie-chan4959]

Me: trans gal Tts rogal dorn voice: this is funny

[@KopperNeoman]

Rookie: You like traps, Buck?

[@casualnobody8557]

Actually, that is exactly how Slipspace works. You don't know how long you're going to be traveling in Slipspace before you make it to your destination. It can take several months for large ships to go long distances, like in the scenario of the Keyship traveling from Inst. 05 to Earth

[@sothasil7716]

Slipspace is literally the Warp from Warhammer 40k but without the daemons

[@novaburst7095]

@@sothasil7716 Sometimes ship crews are just gone at the other side of a jump, Star Wars has the same thing actually, always screwy things with FTL travel

[@nercksrule]

There is no "exactly" when it comes to Slipspace. Traveling through 11 dimensions simultaneously is not the same as flying through empty space. There's a sort of "topography" in Slipspace, and there are different routes you can take THROUGH Slipspace to travel from one set point in real space to another". There have been instances where UNSC ships have arrived at their destinations hours, days, and sometimes even weeks sooner than the ships that had taken the same route before them.

[@nagger8216]

Yeah, but it took months for the Keyship to get to Earth and later the Ark, but it took the Didact's ship literally a few minutes? That's just dumb

[@casualnobody8557]

@@nagger8216 It's the efficiency and advancement of Forerunner Tech. We even hear something similar at the very start of CE, where Cortana says "Covenant Ships have always been faster". And since Covie technology is almost completely based on Forerunner Tech, we could assume the same for a highly advanced Forerunner Warship like The Mantle's Approach

[@zappablegiraffe2117]

CONSISTENT quality with this series. I'm never disappointed

[@SaiyanHeretic]

8:20 The dystopian police state vibes are definitely on purpose. Spartan-IIs were developed long before first contact with the Covenant, because they were originally meant for combating HUMAN insurrectionists. Overkill, much?

[@mattevans4377]

Also there were audio logs that literally tell you of police corruption on the New Mombasa levels, but I guess no one in the comments looked for them. They have a big detour sign pointing to them and everything.

[@mitchell3593]

And also after contact with the covenant the unsc took over the civilian government

[@KopperNeoman]

Not overkill. Those bastards nuked entire planets.

[@neezdutz7506]

I didn't know an engineer doing that gesture was something I needed

[@Williaso]

I just knew I had to draw it when the option arose

[@lebendigesgespenst7669]

I feel like this guy would be horrified at the fact that I play just the Mombasa streets playlist for fun sometimes whenever I wanna play ODST

[@RayramAureanBlue]

6:50 Actually, you can bypass the vehicle barrier. The game will not let you drive vehicles into the next section, but it doesn't stop you from pushing in a vehicle with a different vehicle. It's even possible to push a scorpion with a scorpion. Once the scorpion you are pushing is past the barrier, you are free to drive it around. This is a strategy that's especially useful for LASO.

[@RepentantWatch]

fun fact: at 8:27 you are actually correct. In the halo lore, the UNSC (at least in the beginning) are NOT the good guys. In fact, you know the Spartan 2s? They were originally made to fight rebellions. So they kidnapped children, forced them into military training, experimental augmentation, and life-long service because they couldn't be bothered to let some of the planets on the edge of their territory govern themselves. So yes, it's a little bit of a dystopia.

[@flawless_Cowboy]

I'm pretty sure that was ONI, not the UNSC.

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

​@@flawless_Cowboy the UNSC greenlighted everything that ONI did, even the Spartan I and II programs to fight the insurrectionists.

[@brycevo]

ODST is a really good game. Love the firefly cast (met Alan Tudyk and got him to sign my copy) and the jazz

[@MountainWo1f]

I know you make fun of the story, but this is accurate.

[@Williaso]

One might say it's... Completely Accurate

[@AxerOne0001]

Trust him

[@RoachCutscenes]

The fingerless gloves always peeve so damn much even though its a really small thing. Like wtf was the UNSC thinking, you're in a city full of broken glass and burning debris, handling alien plasma weapons.

[@DeltaDanner]

Nobody else has an issue wearing full fingered gloves either. It’s kind of cool looking I guess but it makes no sense.

[@KillerOrca]

My guess is they were authorized with the intent of aiding the troopers in the intense close quarters fighting that was presumably going to happen on the Carrier. Since that was their original mission, land and board it. Romeo's line even mentions it; "The hell am I gonna do with this INSIDE a Covenant ship?"

[@theicemanleaveth]

Cause they’ve gotta be *E D G Y*

[@flawless_Cowboy]

It's an optional customization features in the halo universe

[@holopilot2241]

You are right though. You would think that Rookie should say something when it would benefit him to actually speak up.

[@scareditymays6yearsago477]

Apparently in the lore the reason the rookie doesn’t speak is because his vocal cords where fucked up from a previous mission

[@TheDragonfriday]

@@scareditymays6yearsago477 ummm yet he can make noise at least? Like banging on something for mose code etc

[@nagger8216]

Fun fact: When Buck was trying to call the Rookie he actually heard him, he was just too shy to talk

[@Avalanche041]

If your wandering around New Mombasa and not doing any fighting then your missing half the game. Part of the point of Rookies story is he is practically fighting a guerilla war as he tries to figure out what happened to the rest of the squad. Unlocking weapon caches and ambushing Covenant patrols is part of the games charm.

[@odstat1949]

I always saw Dutch as the "Nice guy" of the team, xD

[@thebigcheese6331]

He had a plan

[@kainepeterson6638]

Slipstream travel still takes actual real time unlike other franchise’s hyperspace. The most advanced travel in the galaxy, the Voi Portal to the Ark, took nearly 3 weeks of real time travel.

[@Williaso]

That's not how slipspace works.

[@A_Moustached_Sock]

@@Williaso So blame the writers. Thats the in universe explanation

[@Williaso]

@@A_Moustached_Sock I do blame the writers.

[@nercksrule]

@@Williaso According to the timeline of the Battle for Earth on Halopedia, the journey from New Mombasa to Installation 05 took 13 days. October 20th-November 2nd. The battle of Installation 05 ended on November 4th, and Keyes, Johnson and the Arbiter journeyed back to Earth on the fastest of the Sangheili's ships. They arrived in the Sol system on November 15th, and Johnson "interviewed" Vergil that day. Which was less than 48 hours before Chief arrived on the Forerunner Keyship, on November 17th. The games don't outright say it, but there is a significant passage of time during the "off-screen" Slipspace journeys. There's also all of this "timey-wimey mumbo jumbo" about something called "causal reconciliation", where slipspace travel puts a strain on the fabric of space-time. Since human ships lack "reconciliation technology", the passage of time while in slipspace can differ in a range of 5-10% in comparison to real space. Time can pass either faster or slower while traveling in slipspace, which is part of the reason why the UNSC still uses cryonic suspension of personnel during long-term voyages, the other reason being that frozen people don't need to eat, drink, and breathe. Bungie could have gone with the excuse that the In Amber Clad experienced extreme time dilation during the slipspace jump in Halo 2, but they didn't bother. Tl;Dr: Bungie just wanted an excuse to have the Master Chief drop in an ODST pod in Halo 2, so they acted like the journey from New Mombasa to Installation 05 took just a few minutes/hours. I'm sure there's more stuff I could include, but I already spent like 20 minutes looking up the info for this comment.

[@rustaholic2546]

@@Williaso bro that’s exactly how it works

[@tanuetforamee1591]

Can we just appreciate how at 0:32 how they are perfectly talking with Williaso as Romeo and his friend as Dutch

[@johnball5074]

Has anyone listened to what's said during the jazz breaks? Sounds like there's words that are super sped up and lowered in pitch but I don't have the know-how to change that. I've tried setting the playback speed to 0.25x but they're still so deep you can't hear them. Anyone willing to have a play about and figure out what's said? There's a few throughout the video but one is at 7:17

[@Williaso]

Hmmmmmmmm

[@thescotslair]

I know for sure at the start he says halo 3 odst. Put it at half speed and listen closely. The jazz kinda interferes though

[@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG]

i'll try to rip the file and fuck with it in audacity. If I get any results, I'll add a new comment.

[@raspyApostle]

@@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG Any progress?

[@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG]

@@raspyApostle williaso ended up responding to my transcript attempt with the actual transcript. "They're all overly positive reviews about the game that would make you think it's the greatest thing ever made. ‘Most shooters are all about constant action and exhilarating music, but Halo 3 ODST isn’t afraid to calm things down. This could’ve been a risky decision, but it was done very well. And the payoff is that every bit of action feels that much more intense and rewarding. Let me tell you that walking the war-torn streets of New Mombasa, accompanied only by the amazing, somber soundtrack of this game, is really going to be breathtaking.’ ‘Probably my favorite in the series, the atmosphere is incredible, gameplay is much more fun since you arent a super soldier, proving real difficult at times. I never gave the story a real chance until recently, and now i have, i can say for certain its one of the most thought out and well delivered stories of the franchise. Melancholy is abundant, the sense of truly being alone to fend for yourself through the Mombasa streets isnt replicated anywhere else in Halo.’ ‘ODST represents an interesting change of pace from the other games I've played so far in the series (Reach through 3). It's more intense and involved missions are interspersed with quiet, meditative night sections in which ODST are attempting to locate other troops that they've become separated from. These night sections are sparsely populated with enemy troops, and feature louder and moodier music than the levels with more action. I never engaged with these enemy patrols unless I absolutely had to, preferring instead to reach the objective location and search for the clue that might lead me to my squadmates. Although these sections are simplistic, I liked them, and found it interesting to see just how, for instance, a helmet ended up embedded in a video screen or a sniper rifle ended up bent and hanging over a power line. The more action-oriented sections of the game are exactly what you'd expect from Halo. The weapons that you enjoyed in previous iterations will be the weapons you enjoy here, and the tactics necessary to tackle certain types of enemies will again be necessary. The only section I found irritating was one that was densely populated with Yanme'e covenant soldiers (flying bugs). I just never found a weapon that I was comfortable using against these guys. Overall, I appreciated the change of pace offered by ODST. I haven't played many first person shooters that so deliberately engineer an engagement curve to oscillate between tension and meditation. I also found the story involving the Huragok (the flying brain-looking creature) to be rather compelling. ODST is on par with the other solid offerings in the Master Chief Collection, Reach and Halo 3 - I'd say it's a superior game to 1 and 2.’" -Williaso

[@Alldaboss]

In regards to police having a pelican, I mean most police forces around the world use old or even new military helicopters for police use. Pelican is just a modern helicopter

[@lazwardazure716]

I thought the Falcon was The Modern Helicopter?

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

​@@lazwardazure716 falcon lacks of the cargo capabilities of the pelican, the pelican Is like a modern version of the Mil-24, gunship and cargo chopper all in one.

[@raevmanigotnoskills5837]

IMO: Halo 3 ODST had a great story and it was a little bit of a relief to be in the view of an "Elite Soldier" rather then a Super Human in Power Armor xD

[@PowerArmorV113]

12:50 Jokes on them and you, I remember the achievement back in the day for completing it without killing any. And I still can!

[@gazza4733]

The way i always saw the flashbacks was rookie just saw shit outta place messed with it, came to his own conclusions and moved on until the end when he's filled in But to us we get the gift of plot and jazz

[@XArctracerX]

You know what would’ve been cool or not you decide, is if the rookie was mute and he used sign language to talk which the team would understand through their helmets seeing his hands moving and pretty much translating it at least would’ve given a reason as to why he doesn’t speak

[@michaelkeaton5394]

2:37 well technically if your capsules depressurise you wouldn't freeze, the lack of pressure will make all the liquid of your body boil (not of heat tho) and then all your fluid would escape your body, and then during re-entry you would burn to death because of the hole in your heat shield that let all the heat generated by the plasma around your pod inside, so yea pretty far away from freezing to death...

[@andrewmeyer169]

you said its too padded and stuff but i really like wondering around in the ambiance. in most halo games i wish there were more exploration factors with lesser fighting, like odst

[@andrewmeyer169]

*wandering

[@Williaso]

@@andrewmeyer169 There's nothing to FIND in ODST. There's audio logs, sure, but the actual environment is completely static and there's no secret missions or something. It's just open area because they wanted to pad the run time.

[@thescotslair]

@@Williaso yeah, most of it is just audio logs that tell a side story. But the environmental storytelling is pretty cool.

[@alexm7777]

@@Williaso did you go down to the area with the secret cops?

[@Williaso]

@@alexm7777 Not for this playthrough, but I have before. Where you kill the cop at the end

[@BigFootTheRealOne]

I'm a little surprised to your friend and listen to the audio logs and get the mongoose in mombasa Streets

[@50_foot_punch99]

I imagine that rather than being dystopian having a massive carrier ship as a mass transport for maybe swat it also can serve as a mobile hospital and triage center for large events such as a mass shooting or natural disaster.

[@joshuasatterwhite9520]

Tbh if the galaxy was being invaded by aliens. And most of the human population was dead and the survivors on the brink of extinction. I wouldn’t too up in arms that my police force has one military tech

[@joshmakescosplay]

And it's not like it would carry around military grade weapons constantly. Be very useful for search and rescue and quickly cleaning up car wrecks

[@caterinabisceglie8390]

I might add that before of the covenant's invasion, earth colonies were uprising, and created a terrorist organization called "the insurrectionist"... So that's probably why the police have military grade weapons. There was a civil war around. I know that this video is old.

[@NaruSanavai]

@@caterinabisceglie8390 "The Insurrectionist" wasn't the name of any terrorist cell. The insurrection was more so many different terrorist cells and various other dissenters, and they began to do so much damage, that the UNSC went full-on fascistic martial law on them, creating a bloody interstellar war. The casualty rates rose so much, that the Spartan program (and Project Orion, which was a failure, before that) was launched. Not to fight the Covenant, but to...kill rebels. It only happens that the UNSC are the "good guys", because a genocidal hegemony makes first contact with them and decides, "No, we don't like them. Make them extinct." And so, they tried.

[@nercksrule]

@@NaruSanavai Sure, the terrorists that killed millions by detonating a nuclear dirty bomb in a civilian metropolis weren't the bad guys... The same terrorists who allied with remnants of the genocidal hegemony after the conclusion of conflict to continue committing acts of terror on civilian populations.

[@General_Fuck_Yeah_AnimeTitties]

I wish there was a sequel to this game. Walking around at night with the music playing was amazing. I really wish the campaign was either longer or just another sequel. The flashbacks were also fun, ONI base and Uplift reserve are my favourite missions.

[@BigSteveEpisode2]

The Rookie actually dies in-between halo 3 and 4, so making a sequel could be a bit confusing

[@Bluelyre]

@@BigSteveEpisode2 still mad about that death...

[@Bob-jt9dm]

Well the actual order of the storyline of halo goes Halo reach, halo combat evolved, halo 2, halo 3 ODST, Halo 3, halo 4, halo 5 guardians, and halo infinite Edit: So based off of what everyone is saying in the comments (thank you to those who corrected me) the Halo storyline should go: Halo wars, Halo: Reach, Halo CE, ODST, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo 5 guardians, and Halo infinite

[@midgetman4206]

wait, so what did this guy say?

[@sunbrosolaire2635]

@@midgetman4206 He said ODST took place at the same time as 2

[@ramblingrenegade6346]

I mean, its more like Reach, CE, Halo 2, ODST, Halo 2 again, Halo 3 and so on

[@Bob-jt9dm]

@@ramblingrenegade6346 oh ok

[@kyledespain5247]

Halo wars and halo wars 2? Halo Wars, Reach, CE, 2, ODST, 2 again, 3, 4, 5, Halo Wars 2 at about the same time Halo 5, and then Infinite

[@joseph-cs1pq]

The thing about it being 8:30 a dystopian thing is that the unsc is somewhat dystopian. They are basically a military government trying to control everything.

[@MikeHawk-bg5ss]

14:00 Church would be proud

[@BuffSocialSkills]

I’m like 85% sure Will doesn’t like videogames but plays them anyways

[@Williaso]

MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR YEARS

[@EskChan19]

To be fair, i always assumed that once Rookie finds the pieces of his comrades adventures, he now knows where to look so can have the Superintendend give him the recordings. I'd assume a heavily AI-driven city in a Sci-Fi setting would hace cameras that record pretty much all of public space, so i figured he'd just track them using that, but he can only really know where to look once he finds something to give him a clue since "Give me all the recordings of the entire city for the last 6 hours" would probably be a bit much.

[@chriskamen2152]

Contrary to common belief space is not cold unless near a celestial body with atmosphere to conduct heat, vacuum is a near perfect insulator of heat, ie yeti. Anyways the human body actually holds up very well to pressure changes given low exposure or time to adjust ie scuba divers and sky divers. Assuming that ODST armor somehow seals to skin he will likely keep his fingers.

[@evanm1337]

My explanation for the other character for P2 is that he/she is another squad's ODST that regrouped with the troopers, other squads were scattered too, not every squad is gonna rendezvous with only their squad. Maybe they dropped a bit sooner and were able to get out of their pods faster to be able to be with the characters while they are still scattered.

[@chuchulainn9275]

Concerning Dare's pod: Engineers like to just fix random stuff. What likely happened was Dare escaped and when she did her helmet was damaged from enemy fire so she dropped it, the engineer fixed the pod's door and attempted to fix the helmet when Buck and Romeo showed up. Also, there is some experimentation on biofoam to treat non-compressible wounds. So the biofoam thing isn't that farfetched.

[@ghostops2deltam932]

"And we Roll through the streets in a tank Blowing up any inhumane Son of a [_] dumb enough to get in our way" -Just about anyone with a Scorpion

[@michaelbarnes7351]

As long as I have played these games I never really thought of the time line and that last bit of dialogue blew my mind, that's what you call writing yourself into a corner.

[@NaruSanavai]

Except, the timeline is fine. The Battle of Installation 05 lasted two days (Nov 2 & 3); plenty of time for Johnson to get back with the Elites, on the 15th. Halo 3 begins on the 17th. Oct 20th - Nov 15th, is a month - or, at least, it's fucking _close enough._

[@jacobrobinson787]

"But then there's more" is a A completely accurate summary staple at this point.

[@Williaso]

SO MANY games do the death fakeout, it's ridiculous. Oh yes, I totally believe that the main character is dead after playing the game for one hour.

[@jacobrobinson787]

@@Williaso lol right.

[@gannonallred4234]

This guy sounds like Simmons from red vs blue He even said puma

[@mmcfacialhair]

The timeline lines up, chief just got up to some shenanigans after halo 2. The keyship didn’t land on earth at the start of three, it had already been there for some time.

[@noblesicks]

They were going to release halo three ODST right after halo two and just have it halo recon but Microsoft said you have to release halo three first

[@Dimension-hs7uk]

About not getting vehicles into spaces they're not supposed to be. Me and my friends made it possible on the last mission with VRGL, we got a scorpion, gauss hog, warthog, and a mongoose into the last area. Took us about 1 hour but we did and it made the last mission easier lmao

[@KamikazeCarbine]

I love how their argument lines up with Dutch and Romeos argument 😂

[@MacMashPotato]

I guess you missed the ques where they where telling you that the super attendant was helping rookie find his way around, alot of people miss this because halo fans seem to mostly not pay attention to detail.

[@PrimusSwallows]

My cranium canon is that Rookie doesn't speak because he's actually a colony of lekgolo worms that stole an ODST uniform and is trying to fit in so it doesn't get caught. That's why it never speaks or takes off its helmet. The exposed fingers? Simply lekgolo worms painted tan.

[@RipleySawzen]

Man, New Mombasa streets are some of my favorite areas in all of Halo. I'd run around for hours just killing stuff and getting better weapons exploring. So chill. I wish there was a game of just the streets.

[@witherwolf3316]

Fun fact, there's a secret second story you can find by accessing audio logs throughout Mombasa Streets, finding all of them opens up an alternate encounter with the shady cop where he turns on you and you have to kill him. Also, a punctured lung is dangerous because the rupture in the lung causes the air you take in to begin filling your chest cavity, which is extremely painful. Sealing the puncture is the best way to stabilize it.

[@ZoeSimza]

I love the shade thrown at Dare. Because ODST was a well received game, its characters don't get enough criticism for their horrible writing, and Dare is by far the worst.

[@wiliamrossiter]

I like how you can see the inamber clad leaveing earth by going into the slipspace portal at 1:54

[@NaruSanavai]

It's also kinda funny: in that cutscene, it's _fully rendered._ With mods, you can zoom all the way over to it, and see all of the details.

[@sloreo8278]

Fun fact a year too late, those barriers for vehicles only apply to vehicles with a player in them. You can push your tank or ghost into the firefight areas with other vehicles or grenades as long as a player isn't in them.

[@An_Owl_named_VIPER]

The foam thing is actually real uM AcTauLly

[@twistedaddiction]

This is all so good. Glad I stumbled upon this content by luck

[@TheE_G_G]

Your timeline problems can be solved by one simple observation. Activity parkour It would not be illogical to think that the arbiter, caption Y Position, and sergeant Johnson killed 343 monkey before Chief got on the big arrow space ship. They got to earth first. And Johnson had just enough time for a talk with Virgil right before they discovered Chief lying around in the Congolese jungle.

[@Williaso]

I would believe that if they bothered to present it that way. As it is, the last we see of Johnson, Arby and Miranda they're all on the Ring when Chief arrives at Earth on the keyship. Now, lore-wise slipspace is super fucky and they somehow got to Earth faster than he did even though he left first, cause that's just how slipspace works (and there's some detour explained in a comic or something) but it's totally fucky

[@odstat1949]

I BLESS THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRICAA!

[@addison1024]

I take the attempted bending of the sniper rifle to be sort of an expression "what the hell happened to this thing to bend it that badly?"

[@indicahybrid974]

Your Friend completely timed that "Knock Knock" for you perfectly, for someone who hates walking alot xD

[@thechurchofdiscountdan7436]

I would be surprised if Pelicans weren't one of the only Human transports of its class in this franchise. If the Pelican was your only option, you wouldn't need to retrain crews to operate different machines. Colonies would also be able to fabricate standardized components to repair and replace UNSC equipment that is damaged on patrols. Tons of specialized equipment that couldn't be replaced in the field would probably break the UNSC supply chains.

[@izgoesoutdoors2426]

I love ODST and these are still great critiques

[@Capt_Contractor]

Rookie can't be Blackburn/Recker, as he knows how doors work. The lack of sandwiches in the entirety of Halo saddens me. I guess the Covvie's don't like BLTs?

[@Williaso]

The only doors Rookie opens slide open by themselves (and if we count his drop pod, that EXPLODED outwards)

[@jollygoodshow5473]

@@Williaso why do you hate this game

[@Williaso]

@@jollygoodshow5473 You can see my thoughts about the game in the Real Thoughts on Halo 3 ODST video

[@primotef8863]

The IRL US police force have armored personnel carriers, stormtrooper-ass riot gear and somehow you're surprised a police force in a military science fiction game has access to a military transport aircraft

[@Williaso]

I said it was dystopian- just like how it's pretty dystopian that it happens in real life...

[@reinhardt3090]

@@Williaso The military is restricted in how it is allowed to operate in urban areas so either we have the police gear up or we let the criminals gear up more than the cops and win the fight. Do you think real cops vs criminal fights never happen and they don't have a use for this stuff? Do you think that the military should just come in? It ends up the same but with far delayed response times and the complication of using your military against your own citizens which seems like a more slippery slope than armored police. You call it dystopian but give no viable alternative.

[@Williaso]

@@reinhardt3090 I'm not going to argue this point with you over KZbin, but I'll leave you with - No, I do not believe the cops need military weaponry or vehicles.

[@JoneBone-zv1kr]

those big ring structures scattered across earth in halo 3 are pieces of the space elevator that blew up in this game

[@davidhoffman6980]

You know I've played Halo 3 intermittently since the day of it's release, but I only found that out last week. I was playing Tsavo Highway and instead of turning right after getting out of the caves I just went exploring and the marines started talking when I got near the edge. I don't know how it got past me all this time.

[@BleakNote]

That L4D2 cut really fucked with my head for a second 😂

[@holopilot2241]

Yay! My favorite Halo game!

[@cheafmin1399]

Funky timeline can partially be explained with time travel. No that's not a joke, slipspace can do that for some reason.

[@elijahnajera5425]

That's what traveling through another dimension does to ya. Just ask the imperium peeps in Warhammer 40k.

[@dewdrop3009]

ODST is my favorite halo game by far... Love this video haha

[@mmouse1886]

I'd say the reason at the beginning for the Rookie to not read the recording of MISS Naval Intelligence's helmet is because the helmet was completely scragged. Whereas the Guardsman in Halo 1 that Chief finds had his 'helmet' intact and basically untouched.

[@Dylster501]

My only thing is when you said it's Dystopian that the police have a pelican but a pelican is Halo's Helo and we do have police Helo's IRL plus there in a militaristic future and genocidal war

[@juno4534]

actually theres a canonical reason they probably made up to say why the police have pelicans and its because earth and basifally all human colonies are under a police and surveillance state

[@caterinabisceglie8390]

I might add that before of the covenant's invasion, earth colonies were uprising, and created a terrorist organization called "the insurrectionist"... So that's probably why the police have military grade weapons. There was a civil war around. I know that this video is old.

[@KillerOrca]

Im glad Im not the only person who spent way too much time trying to figure out how Rookie figured out what the hell happened with his teammates. Good thing most UNSC tech is interlinked!

[@wildfire260]

If you can’t see just turn your night vision on

[@ERRandDEL]

Love that you used the engineer for the thumbnail.

[@Chimpson2009]

What if the entirety of ODST didn’t happen and it’s actually a training simulation which explains Rookie seeing/hearing things that he didn’t see/hear happen and why he self inserts himself into those events. It’d also explain Sargent Johnson being in orbit around earth.

[@cesarvictoriano8072]

8:27 Oh you haven’t seen the audio log story. It’s more on point then you think.

[@ethanwagner6418]

I love the finger-quoting engineer in the thumbnail 😅

[@Williaso]

It was one of my favorites to draw!

[@SpiderMan-gv2gd]

The police having a pelican is dystopian lol, the UNSC is HELLA authoritarian in the expanded universe

[@Williaso]

Yes that's the joke

[@kwifff]

this is the only time i saw this but i think you can see a very small thing coming into the slipspace with the covenant carrier to the right, probably the frigate master chief is on, nice little detail they added Edit: here is time stamp, next to the odst pod infront of rookie, to left of the space elevator, i can say it is the frigate 1:54

[@user-fn5xg7qt7u]

God tier atmosphere in this game I love ODST

[@astronomicalgamer205]

The music possibly saved my sanity while I was collecting the audio logs in the mobasaa streets

[@pasteyboi9918]

12:59 it’s probably because you cleared out all the enemy’s for him

[@The117th]

I mean if you got fingerless gloves or not, if your pod depressurises thats a mighty big hole to let in plasma during re-entry so hot that all that will be left when you hit the ground is a charred ODST Flavoured soup

[@GH0STMEMES-vu5rz]

what's funny is that he talks about ODSTs having fingerless gloves when they drop from orbit, and in Halo Reach, the next game released, they have full on gloves lol

[@coltthemac962]

Subbed, quality content sir.

[@NaomiRo83]

1:51 you can see the forward onto dawn aproache the middle right side of the cruiser to catch up with were its going, corresponding with the events from halo 2.

[@NaomiRo83]

i meant inamber clad. My bad

[@captaintre44]

I get that the ODST members were like Spec ops but the troopers in this game these mf were basically Spartans