Complete History of Halo: Combat Evolved (Retrospective)

Halo was once a totally different game. This is a retrospective of Halo: Combat Evolved, from the incredibly varied development process, to its successful release.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Retrospective of Halo: Combat Evolved
00:24 - Myth (Bungie's RTS Game)
01:20 - Bungie's New RTS Game
02:05 - Halo becomes a Third Person Shooter
03:53 - Meeting with Steve Jobs to release Halo on the Mac
06:15 - Bungie Bought by Microsoft and Halo becomes a First Person Shooter
08:53 - Halo: Combat Evolved is released
11:36 - Halo's unique Gameplay
16:18 - Halo on PC
18:00 - Halo on Mac
19:00 - Halo is still alive
Sources:
Inside Bungie - web.archive.or...
Halo on Computer Gaming World - halo.bungie.org...
The Complete, Untold History of Halo - www.vice.com/e...
Halo Announced from Bungie - uk.ign.com/art...
The History of Halo - uk.ign.com/art...
The Cortana Letters - marathon.bungie...
Halo in 1999 - halo.bungie.org...
Halo Scoop - halo.bungie.org...
Interview with Bungie’s Jason Jones - web.archive.org...
The Origin of Halo - web.archive.or...
Halo PC Hands on - web.archive.or...
Halo PC Announcement - uk.ign.com/art...
Halo: Combat Evolved Review - uk.ign.com/art...
Halo: Combat Evolved Release - www.eurogamer....
Halo Custom Edition - www.gamespot.c...
After Halo - web.archive.or...
Bungie’s O Brave New World video - • O Brave New World

[@SameToken]

Huge thanks to everyone for all your support! Check out Halo 2 Retrospective - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpzPmpaHls6Uhsk And Explore the games BEFORE Halo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2a3iGuqgtKGg9U

[@giovanimartinez1982]

You should make the same video content but for destiny series

[@Bullzi009]

K

[@gabriellapierre3512]

good thing... thank

[@Darkoriax17]

What about the old early concept trailer that aired on G4TV? Am I the only one who remembers it? With a female Future Combat Soldier?

[@jaredd9206]

We used to do 4x split screen multi-player on a crt, with a system link to another xbox connected to a TV facing the other way 🤣 those were the days

[@Beregorn88]

"Steve Jobs was disappointed that bungie went to Microsft" Maybe he should have tried, you know, paying them?

[@rokor3578]

Uh no

[@atomicrpw9171]

who do that? he likes to pay pennies for profit.

[@alterbr33d]

Apple got screwed over a lot by business deals, Microsoft copied their GUI which Apple bought from Xerox, then Microsoft bought Halo.

[@HeadCannon1776]

Apple pay their people and third party devs, lolz. That about as funny as a next gen iPhone with actual next gen specs that wasn't a refurbished Samsung from 2 years earlier sold for $999, lolz.

[@charlesballiet7074]

@@HeadCannon1776 yea all those 16 year old kids in china making your I crap sure get paid a decent wage... thats totally why they dont have suicide nets on the buildings

[@crazyscottishboi3822]

Bungie guy #1: whats more fun than 100 dudes vs 100 dudes Bungie guy #2: make it 1 guy vs 100 aliens

[@whatshouldichangemynameto7665]

True

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

Well until all the other marines die in 30 seconds on legendary, it's atleast 5 dudes vs 100 aliens.

[@luisr0987]

@@JohnSmith-fq3rg 5 dudes and a super soldier that is

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

@@luisr0987 No, the super soldier is one of the 5. And two got left behind because the warthog only has room for 3 for some reason.

[@luisr0987]

@@JohnSmith-fq3rg yee but ma boi is no ordinary dude

[@Founder6087]

"The name Halo sounds too religious" "Noble hierarch, surely you understand once the parasite attacked-"

[@xtout]

Truth: You were right to focus your attention on the Flood, but this demon, this Master Chief-

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

"Don't give us that old parasite excuse! We want a better name than just Halo! Add a subtitle or something, like... Evolution of Battle, or... Combat Evolved! Make it sound cool!" "B-But the parasite-" "DOOOO IIIIIIIITTT!!!!!!!!!!"

[@neonsolace2748]

@@xtout"as soon as i learned the demon's intent.. **Ring explodes** here was nothing i could do

[@Omega_419]

@@xtout By the time I learned of Bungie's intent, there was nothing I could do.

[@infinitespace2520]

Did you know that Halo's story is based on the Bible?

[@Colonel2142]

Without Marty O'Donnell the Halo franchise wouldn't have caught nearly the amount of momentum it did from the start. Absolute legend.

[@culibarri7]

Too true

[@BlaZe-pl4ym]

Marty was the perfect choice for it, easily.

[@sirarnoldgrylls6553]

His sound design on the game as well was incredible

[@kristiankoski3908]

Well as much as I like him, he didn't do it alone. Salvatori deserves way more credit than he gets..

[@thesuperintendent4290]

I think it could have kicked off but without out the music from Marty, it would be an empty first person shooter with no real identity except for chief and the arbiter.

[@0newithmisery]

I've been playing games for about 35 years and in 2001 i was 21 when I bought an Xbox because of Halo. Never again has a game taken me as much as Halo. I have been eagerly anticipating every sequel. Many call it a waste of time, but for me, Halo has a very special place in my heart and in my life. All the cool moments, the emotions and epic moments, this fantastic setting, the nights I drifted alone, the split screen fun with friends, the rage on Legendary .... When I buy an Xbox Scarlett with Halo Infinite next year, I'll be 40 and look back on a Halo experience for almost over 20 years. I hope so much that 343 manages it to reignite the old vibe. After the first teaser trailer, my expectations and hopes are very high. Because this one had this vibe.

[@DenverStarkey]

i'm already there bro , got the original xbox back when I was 22 , i'm 40 now and still love the franchise. though having been a pc gamer (even back then) i'm glad to see most the series is finally getting a pc release with the MCC on steam now. stil wished they used to original version for the mcc thougha dn not the pc ported version to base the anniversary version from.

[@brickco2223]

I’m only 14 and the games have been amazing to me I love halo and its awesome to see that your still playing after 20 years

[@giacomobergonzi4906]

Amazing, i really think it looks good now

[@SolarBlackShine]

I was still in highschool when Halo came out. loved it. however, do to some times in my 20s, i never got to finish Halo 4. I just finished it and realized I still have Halo 5, Halo Reach, and both Halo Wars to play before Infinite

[@nicholashutchinson5062]

My dad and I used to play halo when I was 4.....

[@The_Punisher]

"When you first saw Halo were you blinded by it's majesty? Dumbstruck?"

[@stilldreaming56]

NOOO!

[@S1L3NTDr460n]

Yes. Yes I was.

[@Whowalnut]

When I found it in my computer back then first I thought what kind of helmet is that on the icon and I thought its an racing game I liked racing games back then I started the game then I was a bit stunned by its menu weird but the menu music was so good once I started the campaign I was in love with that game till this day I love it

[@Carlino31]

"I will continue my campaign against the humans".

[@Nerhv]

@@Carlino31 "No. You will not."

[@phurian_6560]

It's amazing how halo CE's graphics still look good to me

[@SameToken]

I was thinking that while playing, they've aged incredibly well. And it's not just the higher resolution - playing the original Xbox version doesn't feel too aged at all!

[@jack28925]

Graphics may get dated, but art styles are timeless

[@SameToken]

@@jack28925 That's a good way of articulating it, I agree!

[@KingJeffKiller]

Yeah the Graphics are Amazing. If you don’t play the Broken pc port or the broken Xbox 360 port or the broken Xbox one port Thanks Gearbox

[@samin90]

@@KingJeffKiller Some modders are restoring the missing effects from the Xbox version back into Custom Edition www.reddit.com/r/HaloCERefined/comments/9lpf14/halo_combat_evolved_refined/

[@ThommyofThenn]

Legend has it Jenkins is still not firing his weapon.

[@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248]

Yeah, he’s dead.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 i bet you're fun at parties aren't you

[@glowaru]

@@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 Nah dude, he's just missing in action.

[@Radnick0024]

“Th-there’s too many Sarge!!”

[@RingingResonance]

"Don't even think about it, marine!"

[@SupernaturalMonkey]

“Halo was the first time since Goldeneye that an FPS had really worked on consoles” Timesplitters: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@SameToken]

Timesplitters 2 is definitely one of my all time favourites. Itching to make a Timesplitters retrospective eventually!

[@adrianbarreto4225]

@@SameToken omg i want to play timesplitters 2 again, that game was absolutely amazing. I'm so mad barely anyone knows about it these days.

[@smilenowsmileforever4226]

Ricochet shots were a big deal to me in that game

[@Heliosphan33]

I always felt TimeSplitters was a little clunky. That was my game before I got Halo.

[@hotdogjoe4039]

Call of Duty 2: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@DGMUSICisGOOD]

No matter who you are, you never forget the moment you walk out into the snow and seeing a battle rage, on the level the assault on the control room.

[@DaveHartmanS113]

First time I saw Halo game was in two betrayals and that pic stuck in my mind since then. The futuristic plasma pistol, the epic snowy canyon, the battling covenant vs flood, and the epic soundtrack. Glad to have met such a jewel.

[@popeofpain6904]

Every moment of playing HALO in our childhood was *Wort Wort Wort* it. :-)

[@wilsthelimit]

Doctor Fate As a newer fan who started playing just about 2 years ago, I could see through new eyes truly how awesome it is, I envy those who were able to play when it first came out

[@popeofpain6904]

@@wilsthelimit it was a awesome time. Playing Split screen with your friends.

[@wilsthelimit]

Doctor Fate I had friends over to play video games one day and we ended playing Halo 3 split screen, it was pretty awesome

[@ashwinghm]

I only started playing MCC for the first time about a month or so ago. Playing an FPS is also a first for me- but despite that, I’m undeniably happy that one of my irl friends got me into Halo as a whole. The community is, for the most part, more welcoming than others that I’ve had experience with. And while I’m not entirely accustomed to shooters, I love being able to jump right into the CE campaign (that of which I STILL haven’t finished! xD), and start fighting off some aliens. Halo been an amazing experience for me so far, and I’m sure it will continue to be.

[@riddledknight2755]

Yes suh, playing halo was a blast had many good memories playing it, I remember staying up on the weekends with my brother playing co-op, we would stay up past midnight playing halo..good times

[@builtbyburnzy]

My friends spend our lunches at school in the library playing Halo, we have a blast. Constantly trying to keep our voices down, having our monitors at an awkward angle to avoid getting detected.

[@squadie1]

Kade I remember having 16 player games full in school, miss those times.

[@SuperRedrum123]

I almost got suspended for just bringing the game case of Halo 2 to school in 2004 because Master Chief was holding dual submachine guns on the cover. God damn California

[@Darkwolfolmy]

When I was in high school in 2017 I took a video game programming class and everytime we finished our projects for the quarter the whole class including the teacher would play Halo ce

[@chrisgill4888]

@@SuperRedrum123 Never forget that kid who got suspended for biting his pop tart in the shape of a pistol

[@thebagel_lord]

We played 8 player slayer matches on the CAD lab computers in high school on Saturdays sometimes, using the free demo download

[@whiterunguard1434]

Dude how are you not huge already, this video was amazing

[@arvidkarlbergandersson6759]

I also tjought the video was amezing but the viedo was like halo 2 awosome but misleding.

[@arvidkarlbergandersson6759]

Sorry i thought you sent to my coments.

[@user-vo8qx9dg2s]

It’s just a matter of time until he gets big, he has everything nailed down just right.

[@Ghost7065]

how is really only a metaphor for when and that will be soon.

[@deeznutz9096]

Hah gaaaaay

[@Jbonesaa]

Best game of its era no contest. Proves how big a soundtrack can be. So memorable

[@JorgeGarcia-sy7fw]

Frickin killed it bro. Almost forgot I was on KZbin. Felt like a super fleshed out documentary on the history channel or something. Got yourself a subscriber. Much love.

[@Spootnik]

Future Soldier's a pretty cool guy, he shoots aliens and doesn't afraid of anything

[@marranin007]

Yea, i can't wait for that game to come out for the mac! Cmon man look at him! He shoots the aliens with no mercy!

[@neonsolace2748]

-Said a 6 yrs old kid who is playing halo for the first time (no sarcasm)

[@drinkbleach1192]

Isn't*

[@neomcdoom]

I like this comment and find it funny

[@xxxx-jh5vc]

@@cuy50 Lmao, OK boomer.

[@theexpanse3116]

Man those clips of kids system linking xbox's brought back so many memories. My friends and I used to play 4v4 Halo for hours on end!

[@xunk16]

This... Then I had a friend who started to rent disaffected stores and communal centres' basements to do "HALO; nights", we'd go in there, 50, 70, then 200 people - lots of strangers - sitting where we could, lights out and glued to our screen. But somehow, it still felt like we were together. Bring your own T.V., bring your x-box (more than one if you have them), and don't forget to convert your friends and bring them. Sometime, meeting an old frag or teammate; and being called with fond memories by your screen-name in the streets! Events and tournaments and everything. In downtime, those that couldn't play a precise match brought the energy drinks and voted for sportsmanship. It was more than a game... it was almost a cultural thing. No other game ever did that for me. Past the third one, it seemed the hype was gone. In online gaming, you don't really feel the crowd... the team spirit. You don't get up to see the reaction of that guy dropping the controller 20 meters away. I have HALO to thanks for making me pass the barrier of two joystick controllers.

[@KindOldRaven]

Also: I remember everyone bitching about how clunky the Warthog was but I remember that fondly. It felt great if you were running high difficulty with a friend and you managed to expertly guide a warthog through a wave of enemies without crashing into something and sliding across a few enemies' bodies along the way. Ahhh the memories.

[@FormaldeHyena]

I feel like it's clunkiness added to the experience for me! Using the unusual turning in multiplayer to smack someone across the map felt amazing every single time!

[@JackSilver1410]

@@FormaldeHyena It definitely added to the gameplay. Coming to a stop with that grand powerslide felt great and holding still for those crucial few seconds while a teammate jumped in with the flag and then flooring it and fishtailing away gave multiplayer games a more frantic feeling. Nothing is more pulse pounding than grabbing that flag and racing back across the map on foot, certain that the entire opposing team is rushing to hunt you down.

[@FormaldeHyena]

@@JackSilver1410 Exactly! I feel like the seamless mesh of the vehicle and groundpounder combat was a huge part of the success of Halo's multiplayer.

[@ayazonetruth]

THIS

[@HavenJaede]

The vehicle physics are one of the most memorable and enjoyable things about CE!!!!

[@opmike343]

Halo CE is still one of the best feeling shooters on controller. I remember having a hard time moving to games like COD or MOH on controller, and eventually bailed and just went to PC.

[@Larry]

I did find it odd that MS didn't release an online edition of Combat Evolved when Xbox Live was released, at least to tide people over until Halo 2 was released. I was on Xbox Live from the beginning and most of the frustration was from being uable to play Halo on it.

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

One of the few to have Xbox live at the time. But yeah maybe they were just pushing to get it done by November

[@ellcooljay2351]

It was called LAN Party; knowing /that/ you weren't at the beginning it seems.

[@Larry]

@@ellcooljay2351 LAN? That's for noobs, I was playing it through Xbox Connect, thank you very much.

[@ellcooljay2351]

@@Larry Xbox Connect came after the fact. You're Welcome.

[@bloocheez3]

They kind of did with the PC version.

[@Alacard0malley]

I love it, gather round children and let me tell you a tale you won't believe. See back in my day there was this thing called Split Screen, you see, and your friends cheated constantly, and back then you laughed about it instead of swatting their house.

[@mrholol3494]

Wow... That's how old we are now... All these fortgay kids wont understand the hype for halo 2 3 and 4, but then the disappointment from 5. They will never understand what it felt like to highjack a banshee mid air, the feeling of being on top

[@ayazonetruth]

You are amazing for saying this

[@moguldamongrel3054]

these young wiper snappers have it easy.

[@RipzCritical]

I get the feeling you guys aren't actually that old. This comment section is filled with comments like this, just screaming for validation.

[@Delo997]

ok boomer

[@rybogamez5023]

i remember the first time i played Halo at 5 years old in 2005, it has been my favorite game series since then, i was raised on the game and i can never get enough it.

[@whitedastardly2938]

I remember playing Halo 3 the first time, my God did it blow my mind

[@MrNobleSix]

Amazing to think that despite time crunches, limitations and revolutionary challenges that this game still came out as one of the best games of all time which shaped console fps.

[@a.lampman2165]

>no splitscreen co-op in MCC on PC I'm crying.

[@t.kunnard5218]

If black ops 3 PC can do it, so can MCC.

[@ethann9433]

If 343 doesn't add it, people will probably make mods for it. That's what makes PC so great. I remember back when the Halo CE PC community was still pretty big, there were modders adding whole new areas and levels to the game

[@benjaminarias4467]

@@ethann9433 the mods have been developing for 20 hears, if you look at what people have modded into halo ce now its insane.

[@archygrey9093]

MCC on xbox has split screen at least

[@b0ss19]

No cross play campaign co-op is what kills me

[@jw6588]

"Halo" doesn't sound any more religious than "Covenant" ㅋㅋ

[@mikezenox]

Literally what I was thinking

[@theimperialfistsspacemarin3050]

@@mikezenox covenant is what some religious armies or mitia were called

[@Spaced92]

It's not a commonly used word unlike Halo.

[@jarlbalgruufthegreater1758]

Yes but covenant is ridiculous

[@S--ox1ig]

Halo: CE is and will always be a masterpiece, and its sad that there are people who have never even heard of the franchise in general.

[@Squidward558]

Who hasn't heard of Halo? I think if you are at least somewhat familiar with gaming in the 2000s you know Halo.

[@okay207]

@@Squidward558 man it was my first game ever

[@bowowoy803]

I guess you were blinded by nostalgia. Halo CE level is kinda repetitive at some point. Halo 3 is arguably the best Halo game in my opinion

[@ChineseGodfather]

Lintang Mukti Prabowo I just played halo CE recently and I think it was amazing he isn’t blinded by nostalgia

[@nicholashutchinson5062]

yixzir I agree it’s amazing.....I played it in 2002 when I was 5 and played it in the new MCC on pc......it’s still good but, I can’t play it for too long like I used too, all the levels are very repetitive, it’s still a good game I just can only play 1 or 2 levels at a time!

[@stillsober19]

I will never forget hearing one of my friends telling me about Halo at school. I went to blockbuster that night and my dad let me rent it. Probably is what started my love for games

[@virtualtrips1239]

There really is something quite timeless about that art style to me. I wonder if any early builds for this still exist? I would love to play it, or even see it finished by modders

[@SameToken]

Agreed! Would absolutely love to get my hands on the original builds!

[@metrognome2225]

Dang this gives me such hardcore nostalgia it's almost heart breaking. For years now I've made it a consistent practice to keep my awareness in present 99% of the time, so I don't often go around looking for stuff to bring up memories because that's not where I'm at. But gameplay footage from this game brings me back so hardcore to my childhood playing this game a ton with my brother and by myself, I literally feel like I'm in early elementary school again. Being present for so long and then being rocketed into this memory makes it so vivid, it's unbelievable, great great great times.

[@laabitres]

Its crazy to see how much gaming has evolved from Combat Evolved to Infinite

[@machupikachu1085]

I see what you did there. ;)

[@kbrand93]

Halo: CE bring back some of my best memories. What a legendary game

[@Riansend]

Halo 2 is legendary, I mean. The Jackals are insane.

[@warreng675]

@@Riansend Especially those Sniper Jackals

[@Riansend]

@@warreng675 yup, exactly what I mean

[@thetimberwolf100]

Wish we could've played the OG version with the monsters and wider looking world and funny looking elites

[@heretiix6619]

Been playing Halo since i was 4, never turning back!! Well... Halo 5 i turned back alittle, but MCC is awesome! 👌🏻👌🏻

[@reformedsarge8565]

Same here

[@reformedsarge8565]

Ever since I could hold a controller

[@blanknamecx850]

Thank you to those who have showed us Halo 🙏

[@swimmerofage2148]

Yeah Halo 5 is shit. Bungie did it better. (Note: I said did on purpose. You saw Destiny.) Halo 4 had an excuse, Halo 5 did not

[@Khronik_]

Rezna Destiny 1 ended on a good note while destiny 2 it’s going through some sort of golden age

[@goldwasp7222]

I've come back to this halo retrospective series and watched it probably 5 times over. The editing and storytelling skills you have are remarkable and it still feels fresh every time I come back. Bravo.

[@JoshdaKnight]

This was my first game on my first console that opened the door to all of gaming for me. I didn’t know how far back the game’s history went. Thank you for this, man. All the feels.

[@thedemographicschannel611]

Wow! I discovered you yesterday and your content is amazing for such a tiny channel. Your videos are more professional and higher quality than those of the same type of channels with hundreds of times more subscribers.

[@SameToken]

So glad you enjoy! Have some more Halo content in the works

[@soleil7218]

Halo CE is like the original DooM, it completely changed the way on how FPS's should be like.

[@MondySpartan]

Doom changed PC FPS and Halo changed console FPS. And now what revolutionized console FPS is even on the PC.

[@alphacraig2001]

I would love to see an in depth video like this one covering the development hell that was Halo 2! This video was very well done and even taught me some things I didn't know about Halo and I've been playing my whole life. Would definitely like to see a sequel 👍

[@SameToken]

Thank you so much for watching, definitely going to be working on a Halo 2 video!

[@AlexanderEddy]

Myth 2 is absolutely amazing, a very unique game experience. It has so much of the interesting physics and polish that makes the first Halo great.

[@SUPERFunStick]

I did not expect this video to tug at my heart strings so strong. The nostalgia physically hurts.

[@wayfarerzen]

God, there really was nothing like Halo PC's multiplayer, even to this day. Fantastic video, thanks for making this :D

[@dansalmon2698]

it was NUTS there were sooo many servers it was the wild west. man i had a lot of fun

[@frecklesopaper2526]

Unpopular opinion: The Library and Cortana are two of my favorite halo levels

[@WaveOfDestiny]

The library is unique, you have to devellop completely new strategies on the go to survive, never seen in any other halo level or game, every section has you think your movement and target selection like never seen before. Despite the copy paste the levels of halo 1 are one of the most well crafted levels of all videogames. The pacing of the game never remains the same, it changes every level and you never get bored or too confident. Lv1 tutorial, introduction and enemy abilities learning. Lv2 open world, driving, long range, learning and countering enemy movement mechanics Lv3 stealth, combat strategy and close quarters, think and act quick (my favourite level for it's gameplay) Lv4 open world, exploration, mistery, resource manadgement Lv5 close quarters strategy, veichles combat, importance of selecting a weapon Lv6 survival horror and plot point Lv7 horde defense, rush to objective, grenade usage, target selection Lv8 harder enemies, mixed enemies, weapon selection and preparing for the future Lv9 plot and... (worst level for me) Lv10 4 factions at war, grand finale.

[@justinharris2272]

Cortana is by far one of my favourite levels in all halo. I thinks its very thematically sound and fighting through that nasty cesspool of flood was very memorable

[@jonwallace6204]

Mine too. It feels old school. Blasting hordes of monsters that just by rush you with one of the best shotguns in any FPS feels almost like DOOM to me, in the best way possible.

[@thepotatoof4219]

What's up with these JC Denton profile pictures?

[@shodan2002]

The Library worst level in halo history

[@tramachi7027]

Splitscreening with my brother was the best time I had with him when we played back then. Halo is the reason why I got interested in FPS in the first place. I always referenced the OG HALO to more modern games. I always mocked the fact that Halo:CE had visible legs and a body. Whereas the CoD that were released a decade later...Still didnt had them. I think without Bungie and Halo...FPS wouldnt have been as critically succesful on consoles. Thanks to Bungie. Now I have to thank 343. The MCC was just mindblowingly awesome seeing my favourite characters, levels, vehicles in an awesome manner (especially Halo 2). Now Im glad they bringing another Halo Collection to Steam with more games and hopefully the Halo 3 Remaster we all so desperately want :D

[@tastycookiechip]

Halo 3 doesn't need a remaster

[@Mr.Honest247]

Pfft Halo CE was the only great Halo.

[@lo-rez]

Visible legs and body didnt appear until Halo 2

[@BenShutUp]

I’ll always remember playing Halo CE with my older brother as a kid and wing so mesmerized by it and happy to mutually enjoying something with him. Thanks Bungie, you were a medium for many good memories in my childhood!

[@stlslayerac]

Made me tear up. Whats better than the game play the multiplayer and everything was how this game brought all of my friends together. It will forever have a spot in my heart.

[@pepelaugh7315]

Really amazing quality! Keep up the great work

[@parssarpeed8340]

Epic story told by an epic speaker! Thank you

[@5punkybob]

I remember buying a magazine back in the day that came with a demo CD that had one of the original trailers for Halo... Man it changed a lot!

[@Delfiinit]

What a nostalgia trip! Almost reliving the hype. Halo and its sequels were the defining games of my teens and early twenties. So many hours spent with friends, grinding the campaign on legendary or fooling around in multiplayer. Back then my dad used to own a cabin that had all the modern amenities of the early 2000s, including a bigger-than-average TV and a 5.1 sound system. With a group of friends, we barricaded ourselves in there for a day - on a nice, sunny summer day of course - and we played Halo until 4am. Then when I moved into my own place at 18, some iteration of Halo was the constant background noise of parties, get-togethers and smoking sessions. In university, whenever making new, like-minded friends, someone always suggested "we should play Halo sometime". Halo is one of the most ubiquitous (western) popcultural phenomena created by the gaming industry and I think the social aspect of the split-screen play has a lot to do with it.

[@dontkeepcalm]

I have netflix, hulu, amazon and disney plus yet I am here just engrossed in your channel. Amazing work, sir.

[@LunchTrae]

Ok is it weird that this actually makes me emotional?

[@culibarri7]

I would say it's the appropriate response

[@ashliewilliams746]

not at all. ill honestly admit watching this has me teary eyed thinking back to the days when i would literally pack an xbox with two controllers and a copy of halo in my school bag to play on the presentation projectors at lunch, or at a friends house after school or on weekends. the sheer awe and wonder i felt stepping out from the bumblebee life pod onto halo and looking up and at the world around me will never go away. it was that moment at the age of seven i knew immediately... i want to make amazing game environments and worlds like this. sadly, now when i play halo multiplayer i find myself raging after being spawnkilled or griefed by 10 year olds who get their fun team killing... but thinking back to days playing halo 1, 2, and 3 with friends with stupid funny game modes will always put that warm tingly nostalgic feeling in my heart.

[@Bluudclaat]

Yeah, I’m not even geeky and halo changed my life. Kept me and my friends out of trouble and sober, too

[@evilrusty1824]

It is what it is...

[@R3KTANGL3]

damn the nostalgia hit hard with this video. almost teared up. great pacing and info!

[@DaveHartmanS113]

I did tear. This is the best game of the saga.

[@orun0810]

My god. I remember doing lan parties in A school with this damn game. memories. I still have this halo battle song on my gym workout playlist lol

[@FalconStkr1]

My bachelor party 8 years ago was a Halo LAN party. Epic bro

[@toolman4745]

I never played Halo back in the day but my brother-in-law did and has all the nostalgia. We got the Master Chief Collection and together played through all the games on co op. Was an absolute blast. You make amazing videos and I love this type. Learning about the ins and outs of the history of a game and how it came to being really scratches a certain type of itch in my brain.

[@jacksonmhollaway]

Thank you for putting this video together man! I love getting the opportunity to study great teams and see how they've produced such massive success (like Bungie with Halo: CE), and you doing all the research and compiling it into a pleasing video is such a great time-saver for me! Looking forward to watching your other Halo retrospectives

[@CometX-ing]

Gonna have to show this to anyone that says that Halo would never have existed without Doom.

[@adrianlugo1130]

Nor call of duty would not have existed without halo

[@tomr4722]

Well really... it wouldn't have. They were already developing 3D shooters before Halo because of... Doom.

[@CometX-ing]

@@tomr4722 ​ Sure they were, but that't not what Halo was originally going to be. It was going to be an RTS, and then a third person shooter and only became first person due to input from Microsoft because of the use of a controller. The circumstances that lead to Halo's becoming first person has nothing to do with Doom.

[@crazytiger800]

Halo and Marathon are quite similar...

[@CometX-ing]

@@crazytiger800 In what regard? The levels design isn't the same, even the hallways in Halo were bigger and not nearly as claustrophobic as Marathon. The speed is completely different. Halo puts an emphasis on vehicular combat while Marathon does not. The way weapons work is also not the same. They may share some things such as exploration but they don't share a whole lot. This video also shows how Halo even became a first person shooter, and it wasn't due to Marathon.

[@eyespliced]

Woah. I had no idea Myth II lead to the creation of Halo. I remember playing all sorts of crazy mods that were released for Myth II - the ninja one was awesome, and the wwII one was even better!

[@steffandiaz2103]

Halo CE reminded me alot of the movie Aliens as a kid.

[@Ron.Swanson.]

Halo took a lot of inspiration from that. Especially Aliens (the second movie)

[@ynitsuj4965]

Definitely the first level was inspired by aliens

[@Mr.Honest247]

@@Ron.Swanson. I feel like it took WAY more from Starship Troopers with identical looking drop ships like the pelican, the interiors of the spaceships in Starship Troopers looked identical to Halo CE, the marines body armor in Halo CE looked like the Starship Troopers soldiers armor, the assault rifle in Halo CE shot similarly to the assault rifle in Starship Troopers and EVEN the freakin Blue fire balls from the Covenant tanks in Halo CE looked EXACTLY like the blue fireball blasts from the giant beetles in Starship Troopers! Need I go on??!?

[@beanbaghandle]

As soon as you mention Marty I prepared my back for the chills. Safe to say that 18 years on that soundtrack still delivers feelings that most regular music fails to deliver anymore. Although I preferred the rendition in Halo 2 with Steve Vai, the original still holds a special place in my heart. I didn't know some of the things about this games' development (to be fair I was in my early years of school when Halo was released) so this was a very interesting watch. I love the original trilogy with all the love I can manage. This video has made me want to go back and play it all over again.

[@frost_vurge164]

I played halo for the first time in 2004 when I was 3 years old and I still play it to this day. It never gets old to me, great video btw.

[@ICKY427]

id love to learn about how they wrote the lore as the game was developed. i always wondered how much of it was actually fleshed out by the time the first game was released. and what elements had no lore attached but were written in later.

[@brycevo]

Halo really had its Combat Evolved, and now it's Legendary. Thank you so much for taking through this Great Journey, Bungie.

[@brycevo]

Thank you for the great content and ❤️

[@Gabriel-vj1cf]

Took them long enough to make an Halo rts. Very underated.

[@andrewbunij4783]

Super good video quality. Didn't even feel like a 20 minute video. You just earned yourself a sub!

[@traviscraig7193]

I love listening to this channel so much it’s easier to follow what’s being said than other channels

[@32BitJunkie]

So much nostalgia, oof. Halo 1 is still my favorite halo game, halo 2 and 3 really abandoned the clean, simple marble aesthetic and floaty vehicles that I loved so much. It'd be so cool to see someone do a faithful recreation with modern capabilities.

[@chefboyrstevehernan9837]

I would try like hell to keep those marines alive on the cartographer level intro , even if they couldn’t hit a thing

[@3CA1]

Halo 1 and 2 were the best FPS experiences of my childhood and halo 2 probably has the best story in any shooter I've ever played. Good video.

[@ElegantJames]

It's my favorite game series of all time. The music, the story, the gun mechanics, the look of the world drew me in and I was instantly hooked. I still play all the time. When MCC became available I bought it right away

[@sirphartikus]

My GOD this video makes me feel so nostalgic

[@LordKrobekishnuv]

My favorite addition of 343i: being able to change seats in a vehicle with one button press, My least favorite addition of 343i: enhanced mobility, specifically Spartan charge, ground pound and Sprint

[@chaoticreaper0575]

sprint was a Bungie thing, in halo Reach, remember? but what's wrong with sprint? you're a super soldier you should be able to yeet your feet instead of taking a sunday stroll through a battlefield.

[@marranin007]

@@chaoticreaper0575 yeah, but the halo 4's sprint at multiplayer is bad, like you need to grind to get UnLImITEd SprInT

[@marranin007]

@Raider 2747 but like its very frustrating being in the middle of escaping one annoying guy with a spartan laser and suddenly you can't sprint.

[@chaoticreaper0575]

@@marranin007 Yeah Sprint needs to be a simple thing, like I hated sprint was an armor ability in Reach but I liked that they at least added it. I also Like that bungie added the advanced movement actually, maybe not so much the jetpack hover or the spartan pound but if I like the idea a character near a ledge will grab it instead of stare at it like an idiot while they plummet into the abyss. Im not saying it's perfect but it wouldn't hurt the game to have it implemented correctly.

[@LordKrobekishnuv]

@@chaoticreaper0575 well yes, they added Sprint as one of many possible upgrades but 343 made a constant ability.

[@MaliciousWeasl]

"battle-hardened Marry Poppins..." description of Gordon Freeman, science nerd from Half-Life

[@watchncarry9593]

This channel, and GVMERS, produce some of the best video game reviews/retrospectives. Keep up the great work.

[@jaspitude5296]

In my opinion, The Library was probably the best mission throughout all of Halo, especially on legendary because you could get lost so easily, enemies kept spawning from numerous locations and even sometimes completely unexpectedly plus they were hard to face. This was really the "thin out the noobherd" mission and probably stopped alot of people getting that sweet full legendary completion. It was an incredible challenge!

[@ninedivines5374]

They could still do this and everyone would probably atleast like it

[@troppie7823]

epic gamer wat

[@W1GGL3StheW0RM]

First time I've heard someone get their facts right with the first code name of monkey nuts. Thank you!! Normally people think it was blam.

[@spartankongcountry6799]

This reminds me of that one pterodactyl game I used to play on my dads mac.

[@marranin007]

Lol

[@xverse69]

THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO! man that voice is smooth and feels good to listen perfect explanation dude I love it

[@GAMMA_AF]

Great video man. The nostalgia is flooding through my mind.

[@SirBigWater]

I'm curious if the 3rd person game has a playable build somewhere. Especially the later one, the one where it ends with the soon to be Spartan with the sniper and radio on the back. That would be interesting to play

[@KnoxCarbon]

Probably gathering dust in a Microsoft archive.

[@DuelingFrog]

Respect your Warthogs people, They’re the reason halo exists WARNING DO NOT LIKE COMMENT KEEP COMMENT AT 420 LIKES

[@JiviesThePivies]

Yeah but what’s that music

[@Riansend]

Nah, a Puma is, it says it on the tires in some of the halo games

[@tai-Y0]

It’s “they’re” my dude

[@ac130angelfire]

CLAY DOG 001 I can make up animals too! Why not call it a Unicorn?

[@The_Punisher]

Looks more like a Puma

[@chrisconnor8086]

i remember when my 10 year old best friend and I hit the flood the first time and totally flipped out

[@Tyme333]

Excellent video! Huge fan of halo since I was about 4, seriously, great video!!

[@CamoMe1234]

Christ this was a blast of nostalgia, I was legitimately tearing up. Especially on the line "passed the torch" hit me right in the feels.

[@-CyberFrame]

Vas a llegar a ser uno de los grandes, lo sé.

[@Apputhegreat12]

Remember when cortana was ugly? I do, I’m a PC gamer ;(

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

Cortana was never ugly.

[@znspyder]

@@BioGoji-zm5ph yeah, halo 2 cortana was pretty to say the least

[@StopJerkingOff]

Shit this just reminded me when I started playing on pc and we were allowed to play custom maps. I would run a custom server and had a little following. As soon as I would start the server, the entire lobby would be filled up and we would end up playing 100 vs 100 matches

[@nightynine4061]

StopJerkingOff now its like 70$ for this. 70$ for that. Oh whats that??? You need 70$ to buy the 70$ for that content silly.

[@StopJerkingOff]

Nighty Nine yea gaming in general is different, every game almost feels pay to win with loot crates and dlc

[@doncheadle7726]

@@nightynine4061 I Laughed real good at your comment, that shit reminded me of Apex lol.

[@redymedy]

"never reinvent the wheel" Bungie: "That sign won't stop me because I can't read!"

[@BRANITOR]

I just want to say thank you for this video man ! HALO was a HUGE part of my child hood I absolutely love the game and GOD did you gave me nostalgic moment !

[@unscsniperjun6417]

“Restricted to two weapons” so the pistol and grenades XD and I wanna show this to my mate next time I see him And then there was halo 4/5 :(

Luke DoesParkour Yeah I try to Pretend halo 4 or 5 never happened

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

@ Hey, I loved and still love 4. Silence fool!

[@luckyjohny181]

Halo 5 has good multiplayer

[@ares903]

@@luckyjohny181 Yeah but not for a Halo game

[@luckyjohny181]

@@ares903 That's what lots of people say but I disagree..

[@gwyndolin1536]

I would like to of tried the 3rd person game.

[@Priception]

I'm annoyed that Co op campaign was removed from the PC version (that's the only version I own). Exited to play it co op when mcc releases on PC.

[@Deliveredmean42]

It's a shame that Gearbox developer butcher the port. It's not the only thing they screw up with the pc version. Heck it became the unfortunate base for the Halo Anniversary edition, with all the issues.

[@Priception]

@@Deliveredmean42 yeah it only got fixed by fans a few years ago. And not all issues were fixed due to the lack of source code and developer tools.

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@Priception Which is sad. But hey, fans manage to do a lot with the lack of it. I am surprise they manage to add new features thanks to Opensauce and others.

[@cursedseeker1273]

@@Deliveredmean42 i played the anniversary version ( on MCC) and had 0 problems

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@cursedseeker1273 Yes, that is what I thought myself. I grew up with the PC version Halo thinking it was fine. Vut once I seen the OG Xbox comparison, I was shocked that I was living in a lie lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2fRi4OogrioZtk

[@marthflores3515]

Beautiful video man. Editing was great. These are the kind of videos that make me wanna cry outta sheer joy that Halo even exists but the fact that Halo isn't what it was also plays a part in that. The fact that Infinite won't have splitscreen is heartbreaking. If Bungie decided to nic splitscreen idk where I'd be and ik that sounds dramatic but Halo 2 helped me in a dark and young time.

[@cartersutherland2123]

I can tell you put alot of time and effort into this video, I really enjoyed it. Liked :D Thanks bro

[@redline1916]

It's such a shame that the golden days of gaming are over and now everyone just keeps sticking to the same wheel without reinventing it over and over again. I've noticed most games just completely copy one another now and just keep using that stupid "battle pass this, battle pass that" technique. Yeah, you get some money, but you lose most of your unique player-base that helped you generate the most beforehand. When 343 went in, they just completely fucked it up and now we have this stupid battle pass shit on Halo: Reach for MCC. It's almost like developers just got caught some stupidity virus and stopped trying to at least please the community that they created.

[@ethann9433]

They were trying to make it too much like fortnite where different armor comes in seasons. The original Reach armor system was perfect, you earned points based on how good of a player you were and the better you played the more cool stuff you could unlock. Same thing applied to halo 3, you had to beat the whole campaign on legendary to unlock the full Hayabusa set. Master chief collection ruined the armor system of the games, they made it so anyone can choose any piece of armor they want which makes it not special anymore. There used to be a sense of rank in multiplayer because you could tell the people with more rare armor were more experienced players, but they took that away

[@Domin0Head]

Ah, “Halo killer”, ironically is the term I use for Halo 5.

[@ttv_mrjack6749]

Unironically It almost was. The star wars fans are split with the sequels, us Halo fans are united in shitting on Halo 5. RIP Jul.

[@doomguy1167]

@@ttv_mrjack6749 yet halo fans will eat up halo infinite, and completely forget about halo 5, then it will happen again

[@blobber51]

Doomguy halo fans have hope for halo infinite...

[@infinitespace2520]

@@doomguy1167 Do you live under a rock? Halo fans have been extremely hopeful for Infinite

[@derp3305]

When people say Halo is a console exclusive. Me: (Following Halo roots) 🤦‍♂️ Finally glad the MCC is coming to PC.

[@tonyolen1381]

They made Halo: CE on pc in mid 2000's

[@Lightforeverandever]

Thank you for that video and narration

[@kazmir5429]

this was such a good video, great commentary and so much information