Halo Triple Trailer Reaction: Believe, ODST, and Deliver Hope

[@Zeptil]

The old halo's did such a fantastic job of storytelling without saying a word. The last one always had such a lasting and powerful effect

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Agreed. Definitely our favorite of the trio 🥲

[@The7DirtyWords]

Reach...Defiant until the End!

[@toolizawesome]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames ODST's in that universe were the army RANGERS! "FEET FIRST INTO HELL" aka the HELLJUMPERS!

[@jboogie123]

@@toolizawesome ODST are so badass.

[@alexshank1414]

Bungie, by far, had the best trailers. Live action, props, miniatures, lore, story building, music/score, it all felt more impactful. You cared, because Bungie cared.

[@17thknight]

That ODST trailer has always stuck with me. Felt very raw and real.

[@TheRagingwerepanda]

And that version of the song helps.

[@jeremystevens6640]

Same

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Raw and real is a perfect way to describe it 👏

[@jeremystevens6640]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames absolutely

[@ragingsithmaster]

@@TheRagingwerepanda Indeed! I searched off and on for YEARS before I finally found it, too.

[@generalx13]

Unfortunately the Spartan at the end of the last trailer doesn't make it out. That's actually part of the game's story. Your character is his replacement.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😢

[@eduardoquinonez2929]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames The first Noble 6 was Thom-A293. Then you played as the second Noble 6, B312.

[@101inocente]

@@eduardoquinonez2929 B312 The 🐐

[@DarkheartedMKGames]

Also I think this is where kat loses her arm hence the prosthetic one in game

[@BigDingus7]

Damn, I only just found this out, wow. Tank u

[@UnbrokenEclipse]

"Remember Reach." "Cadia still stands." Probably the two best phrases for two fictional worlds that fell in their respective medias.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

🥲

[@HrHaakon]

The planet broke before the guard did!

[@DigitalDNA]

​@@HrHaakonthat quote just gave me goosebumps.

[@k1ng_BL0C]

@HrHaakon "He gave his life believing he just saved the planet, we all should be so lucky..."

[@brandanpalmer]

In the last trailer, the one for Halo: REACH, The soldier in blue who gets injured is a female Spartan named Kat. She was supposed to deliver that bomb but obviously didn’t. The one who did was her teammate and he died. In the game Halo:REACH you play the character who is sent to replace the lost team member. Kat has a specific dislike for you initially because of the shoes you’re trying to fill.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Understandable. And love how the story takes place right after this trailer. It was our favorite of the 3 we saw. 🥲

[@dangernoodle3343]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Since you guys like to experiment with games, the campaign for Reach was very good and super emotional

[@Spartan-sz7km]

No wonder kat always drove me off the map on sword base

[@wiegraffolles9822]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames It also might be how she lost her arm, since you can see her arm seems to be injured in this trailer.

[@pumpkinqueen9615]

@@wiegraffolles9822 your correct the banshee bomb was the reason she lost her arm

[@vergil8833]

Halo Reach is liquid nostalgia.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Love that. “Liquid Nostalgia” Gonna steal that line 😂😁🥰

[@Mishishere]

Remember Reach, damn those words hit hard. I know it’s a fictional universe but Reach was the jewel in the crown and it fell like any other planet.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

It’s fist Halo game we plan to play together 🥲

[@alfalco28]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames gonna be an emotional journey 🥲

[@albertelizondo8180]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames That's the first halo you should play if anything, story line wise, then Halo Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 4, then finally Halo 5. Halo wars 1 and 2 exist and have Intense Trailers so react to those.

[@CodeeXD]

And it fell early

[@Sebastianguitar01]

So good to see new people enjoying the old Bungie Halo trailers.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

They were very well done ☺️

[@UNSCPILOT]

The time around Halo 3 was a golden age, I'm still in awe of some of it today

[@Thorax2552]

Fun fact: The Halo Reach trailer is a canonical "prequel" to the game. As the player you are the replacement (sorry Beth) for that Spartan who did in fact die on that ship. You'll even meet the Spartan who was hit by the banshee and now has a prosthetic arm. I'd also recommend reacting to the trailer "Landfall", an 8 min canonical prequel to Halo 3. As far as playing the games, if you want the FULL Halo experience, you can do it in this order if you're that committed. 1. Halo Wars (RTS Game, you can just watch the cutscenes if you only want to stick to the first person shooter games.) 2. Halo: Reach 3. Halo: Combat Evolved 4. Halo 2 (Stopping after Mission "Metropolis") 5. Halo 3: ODST 6. Halo 2 (finish the game) 7. Halo 3 8. Halo 4 9. Halo 4's Spartan Ops mode 10. Halo 5 11. Halo Wars 2 (Cutscenes as well if you like)

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for all this info! We will probably start with Halo Reach first 🤔

[@Thorax2552]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames happy to help!

[@primary2630]

i get chronology but why stop mid game in halo 2 for odst haha i'd just say release order but i know a lot of people play reach first too

[@0IHasanI0]

That is a perfectly structured system! Maybe you should put in the Terminal Vids in?

[@elite6329]

Tess

[@InternetShis]

You were right, the last trailer was a suicide mission. Worst part is, that soldier was pretty much trained just for those jobs. Spartans are the super soldiers of Halo, but they were created to police a bunch of overtaxed farmers, after being abducted from their homes at the age of 6 before undergoing a high mortality surgery at 14 to become those soldiers. But as the war with the Covenant began, suddenly they needed more mass produceable ones, ones that they could use to "trade lives for time." All of the heavily armored guys in the last trailer are war orphans on perpetual suicide missions.

[@friendlyblackperson]

Make sense why Halsey is a war criminal.

[@goldenhedgehog9]

@@friendlyblackperson eh, Halsey wasn’t responsible for the Spartan IIIs, which were the war orphans sent on suicide missions

[@friendlyblackperson]

@@goldenhedgehog9 but she also kidnapped and experimented on children to make a genetically perfect soldier to kill rebels and just so happened to get into a religious war.

[@tf-uderpy699]

@@friendlyblackperson halsey was a scapegoat for oni.

[@marc789]

She didn’t just kidnap them. She also replaced them with clone that would die not long after.

[@evanflynn4680]

I clicked on this just to make sure you watched the right ODST trailer, which you did. Interesting fact, the song playing in the ODST trailer was used in the opening scene of the 2017 movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. The Halo fans watching it in the cinemas were yelling out "ODST" and "feet first into hell" to the confusion of the non gamers. That trailer was so popular among gamers that it is regularly listed in the top ten game trailers.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Wow did not know that. 😮 we’ve had it recommended quite a few time but hadn’t realized how iconic it was 😃

[@greekmonkey9790]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames If you watch the opening scene from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, you'll probably come to the conclusion that the director and/or writer was a Halo ODST fan. To this day, I still think that scene was shot with that music on purpose, because the people behind the cameras were Halo fans.

[@VainerCactus0]

@@greekmonkey9790 I have heard that the people behind the trailer and the people behind the movie were the same people.

[@Web720]

The ODST trailer, Bungie brought in some of the people who did Band of Brothers to help/make the trailer.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Nice little fun fact 😃🙃

[@Tar-Numendil]

Remember Reach. Those words really do hit hard. Reach is described as the crown jewel. Not counting Earth itself, Reach is the most important planet to humanity.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Probably going to be our first Halo game to play together 🥲

[@michaelguernsey1206]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames do it, it’s the first chronologically and is definitely a good introduction to the story.

[@nanuconstantin4077]

@@michaelguernsey1206 well tehnicaly halo wars its the first game cronologically

[@michaelguernsey1206]

@@nanuconstantin4077 yea I know, but if we are talking main games, reach is good.

[@nanuconstantin4077]

@@michaelguernsey1206 its the best in my opinion

[@herpaderp3195]

These were made around the time that games were trying really hard to be taken more seriously, and be seen as more than what people the stereotypically viewed them as. (Mid 2000s-early 2010s) Bungie did an incredible job, I think the Believe trailer has an extended version that takes the form of a documentary, and interview soldiers about the battle that we get a get a glimpse of in the diorama. If you guys are interested I’d recommend watching that in your down time. Also don’t worry too much about the order of the games, I’d say Reach and then the main trilogy are a good way to go.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks! Yeah Reach is what we are going to start with. Seems to be consensus pick and we heard one hell of a story. Plus we liked that trailer the best 🙂

[@federico6793]

"it´s better being lucky than good", that´s exactly why the main protagonist of the series won, apart from being a total badass.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

🙌😎🤟

[@john-ek9gv]

Thing is its not really luck with the chiefs its kinda essentially the mental like fuck it attitude he has sort of makes him more efficient, like Fred is scored higher but the chief just does the most ridiculous things like at the start of halo 2 (no spoilers)

[@federico6793]

@@john-ek9gv i know, but it is stated that while he does do all this incredible things, luck was a major part of why this things worked out, the perfect example is noble 6, while being as letal as chief, he lacked the luck to get out of reach alive, i am not saying that chief is not as good as we think it is, it´s more like, all the things that he does that are pretty much very skilled but at the same time completely suicidal but he act on them with some outstading levels of luck that end up saving him from the same fate that noble six had, In halo 1 he is pretty much saved by guilty spark and ends up leaving the ring in the last ship, in halo 2 he is literally saved from drowning by the gravemind, who gave him exactly the way for him to go back to earth, and in halo 3 he pretty much survived a drop from the skies into solid ground, while also being aided again by the gravemind to stop the ring from firing, while also having the luck of not dying in the final effort mission while also having a perfect path to the foward onto dawn, surviving that and so on and so forth, even in halo 4 he had the luck of having cortana saving him from the didact who would have literally killed him, and by the look of things, in infinite he has the extreme luck of being saved by the only pilot alive in i don´t know how much km radius He is extremelly skilled, but he also had that perfectly timed moments of luck that made the impossible possible,

[@mrmxypltk]

@@federico6793 exactly. And if you read the books, you'll know that one of the reasons Halsey picked John out from all the others was his capacity for luck. Even Cortana references it in one of her speeches in game, that she saw something extra in him, and that's why she chose him to be the one that she was paired with. Other than all the augments and upgrades, the training and equipment and armor, Chiefs true superpower is Luck.

[@maximetenn9066]

Halo: The Master Chief Collection, includes all of the Halo campaigns and multiplayer's from Halo Combat Evolved (1) to Halo 4 and even has updated graphics for Halo's 1 and 2. You can also get DLC that includes the Halo 3 ODST's campaign and Halo Reach's campaign and multiplayer. If you are looking to get into Halo this is definitely the game I would recommend.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for recommendation 😃🍾

[@lethalfumes]

Another halo ad you should check out is “Starry Night” no matter how many times I watch it I still get chills.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Sounds good to us. On our Halo list to check out 😊

[@feedstacker]

Something about the old shooters like Halo and Gears of War had a quality about them. They weren't just interested in providing a good multiplayer experience, they also were trying to tell compelling and meaningful stories. Feel like a lot of modern shooters have lost that touch to them

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We definitely appreciate a good story in our gameplay 😊

[@yourfavoriteshiba7645]

I love the ODST. They're probably the closest a regular human can get to being a Spartan.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟

[@CallBoy1212]

Halo 5 shows Bucky becoming one, but i'm a Bungie purist so... What can I say?

[@h_nt_r]

The brilliance of Bungie’s Halo games (1-3, ODST and Reach) was the fact that they put you into the shoes of futuristic super soldiers fighting against colorful, funny looking aliens but they still managed to make you feel like you’re on a serious, last ditch effort in a real war to protect humanity from extinction.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Well said ☺️👏

[@RayramAureanBlue]

If you were to play the Halo series, I personally recommend that you don't play it in chronological order. I highly recommend release order. Not only do you see how the series evolves over time, but a game like Halo: Reach has a lot of references and callbacks to previous games, as it was Bungie's last send-off for Halo. It would also be quite jarring to get used to the mechanics of Halo: Reach, then jump into Halo: Combat Evolved with its older style of gameplay. Not to mention various easter eggs and achievement names in Reach only make sense and have more impact if you've finished Halos 1-3 + ODST. For example, there is a an easter egg in Reach where a cameo of a character from Halo 3: ODST makes an appearance. If you play Reach before everything, and you get the easter egg, it's not going to have any significance to you.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Interesting points. We were set on Reach first but this at least gives us something to think about from another perspective about not picking up on callbacks to other games and what not 🤔

[@bdub1166]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames As one of halo's (self proclaimed lol) biggest fans for over 20 years I definitely agree with Rayram and also highly recommend playing them in order of release. As was previously stated, the many callbacks to previous games will go unnoticed and the story might not make as much sense, despite Reach being a prequel. Also, I don't know how much time your willing to invest in playing the Halo series, but if your committed to getting the entire story and plan on playing all the games, definitely start with Halo: CE. All that being said, Halo: Reach and ODST are not part of the main 'saga', if you will, so if you want to start with one of them its not the end of the world. But please, for the love of all that is holy, play through the original trilogy in order of release (Halo CE > Halo 2 > Halo 3).

[@HEAVYxMETALxSNOWMAN]

Second this idea.

[@xTyereNx]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I would SERIOUSLY second this. It is always my first recommendation to friends who have never played the halo games and I have yet to have one not tell me they were so glad they did release order. ( halo ce, 2,3 odst, reach) halo is not just an old franchise but it quite literally created first person shooters on consoles. Because of that bungie was practically the ONLY developer really pushing new ideas and game play for fps at the time. If you start with reach and then go back to CE not only is it jarring just how different it feels and plays it will be much more of a slog to get through as things like sprint and decent checkpoints you don't even see till reach. Even today the newest halos are criticized for their slower based combat, and it only gets slower and more limiting the further back in the franchise you get.

[@joshuar.1099]

Fun facts of the Halo ODST Trailer: During the funeral and boot camp scenes the commands are given in Hungarian. The song in the background is Welsh. The lyrics to the song are: Gafflwn Dihenydd O’r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd, Ni fydd neb yn ein drechu, Falch ydy ni I drochu, Traed o flaen I’r Annwn, mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni. English translation: “We cheat Death from his rightful victory. No one can defeat us, we are glad to plunge feet first into (Hell) Annwn< in the knowledge that we will rise.” A couple of points on the translation; There are a couple of Welsh words for “Death.” In this song the word used is Dihenydd, literally “The Ancient of Days” This is an old Welsh way of personifying death. Making death a person rather than an occurrence or a concept. Welsh also has two words for “hell” Uffern is the Christian hell, the one of fire and brimstone and eternal torment. The word used here is Annwn, the Celtic otherworld where we go when we leave the mortal world. For warriors who die bravely in battle it is similar to the halls of Odin or Valhalla in Germanic legend. Though Annwn is also a place of rest, joy and delight, for those of a less warlike nature or if you want to take a rest from war. It is a place of punishment for the wicked and in that context can be a grim and forbidding place. Either way, nobody stays there. Eventually we all once again, enter the Cauldron of rebirth. We know we shall rise again. Taken from: discover.hubpages.com/games-hobbies/Halo-3-ODST-Lyrics

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks so much for sharing that translation l. We were wondering what the words were 🤓

[@joshuar.1099]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames it's very fitting to ODST's since they're nicknamed Helljumpers and their unit Motto is: "Feet first into Hell." 😎🔥

[@sisyphean_myth7696]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames As a Welsh speaker, I can confirm the above is correct. 😁

[@doomguy2553]

As a Hungarian, I can confirm the speeches were in Hungarian.

[@HanabusaAidol]

The ODST trailer still gives me goosebumps.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

You aren’t alone. Many have said the same. For us it was Deliver Hope that touched us the most 🥲

[@KaitoGillscale]

ODST was definitely a big thing for Halo, since it was the first story where you weren't playing as Master Chief, the big green spartan soldier from the first 3 games. It managed to be a lot more personal, handling a team of very mortal and very expendable shock troopers. Reach, meanwhile, was a lot about sacrifice. Without spoiling much, Reach was a massive loss for Humanity because it was the closest the covenent had come to that point to reaching Earth. The spartans you played as and with in Reach knew they had to put the mission ahead of their lives. I'm sure every military movie and game has a degree of "self sacrifice" for the security of your people...but...Noble Team (the 6 spartans that make up the team in Halo: Reach) were all about ensuring the mission suceeded at any cost. Knowing the story and watching that trailer wells up so many emotions because you know that it's being real with you. It wasn't being teasing or trailer-bait to sell copies...Reach is about loss so that, in the end, Humanity doesn't die.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We plan on starting with Reach for Halo to play on channel 😊

[@kevinlee6003]

That ODST hits, but that Reach trailer... hits right in the soul. That music tho 😥

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Agreed 🥲

[@Heegaherger]

Having stood in front of Figure Diorama in battle field museums the video brings that unique feeling of hollowness and sadness. Having been the Marines and on deployment, the ODST trailer hits on a level that is difficult to describe.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thank you for your service 🙏

[@Heegaherger]

Thank you and you are welcome. Military burial scenes hit very hard. I have done military burial detail and one of the hardest things I have done in my life was not breaking discipline during one service when the widow broke down and started to wail when Taps was played and we gave the 21 gun salute. It's even more heartrending than it sounds.

[@livingston5854]

Bungie, I feel are unmatched in there live action trailers. Wish we saw more well done ones as promotion because every time I watch the Halo live action trailers it makes me want to play every damn time. Also we do know what happened to that character who threw the bomb, this takes place before Halo Reach. The trailer was following a team of Spartans called Noble team and you see each member there. The one that threw the bomb was Noble 6 also know as Thom. Sadly he did die on that ship, you play as his replacement on the team in the game a few months after the events of this trailer. Even the leader of noble team (Noble 1 or Commander Carter) says at the beginning of Halo: Reach "Not gonna lie to you, Lieutenant. You're stepping into some shoes the rest of the squad would rather leave unfilled."

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Damn that’s a good quote. Cool setup for sure. 😎🤟

[@thatoneirishguy167]

Bungie is the best for live action trailers.... you know what other game they do Destiny!!!! Haha

[@livingston5854]

@@thatoneirishguy167 Destiny had nothing to do with this, just talking about Bungie back when they made Halo hence why I said I wish they continued to make them.

[@thatoneirishguy167]

And I'm just talking about Bungie's ability to make amazing live action trailers no matter which one of their games it is...... also I've been repeatedly asking them to do Destiny so my bad

[@livingston5854]

@@thatoneirishguy167 sorry my bad it came across differently to me. Sometimes messages can be hard to interpret the tone. It’s my fault sorry.

[@der_peevmeister]

_”Jumping feet-first into Hell isn’t your job._ _Making sure it’s crowded when you get there is.”_

[@CroviusBlackfeather]

The first video is a diorama that was made to represent a major battle on earth against the covenant. There used to be a website where you could move a camera through the diorama and look at notes and brief videos concerning the battle.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s pretty cool 😎🤟

[@commanderwyro4204]

the second i hear that BELIEVE Trailer.. just chills and watery eyes. still gets me every time

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

🥲

[@hitman3134]

Every gears of war trailer it’s kinda similar to how the halo trailer made you feel but in a way a bit different

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Fair enough. We’re intrigued 😁 that’s a franchise on our list to check out 🤟

[@calebjennings1027]

Those trailers get me emotional every time, I love it

[@RaixsOreh]

the ODST trailer always gets a tear going for me. I teared up during that part of the video

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

For us it was Deliver Hope that made us tear up 🥲

[@AfloatHickory]

Probably 3 of the most impactful Halo trailers they made. 3 of the best video game trailers ever made and certainly 2 of the best live action trailers of all time

[@Vitalabyss]

If you were going to play Halo together... Play Halo: Reach. You guys like stories. And strong female characters... You'll enjoy Reach.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Love that you know that about us 😃🤟 And Reach seems to be consensus to start with both as a great game and as the beginning of the story 😁

[@EnderKnightz]

You should honestly start from halo 1, reach story is good but the story from 1-3 are better. But then again reach story was based right before halo 1 so ig that's not bad to start with.

[@BillyTheKidOfficialYT]

Halo makes me love humanity.. it shows that we have courage as the human race. Master chief embodies that courage, he represents us. Who we are as a people. And our ability to overcome.

[@ManyWaysFilms]

Watching this trailers always bring me tears, Halo is just a very interesting and emotional story!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Even not having played them (other than maybe one Halo game a long time ago) these trailers were effective. Especially Deliver Hope 🥲

[@therealexpletive]

that chopin tune over the odst figurines was a heavy scene. death, terror and defeat on their faces, men hiding, screaming and crying. amazingly well done commercial.

[@Inv4drz]

To this day that ODST and Deliver Hope trailers are my favorite Halo game trailers, hell, maybe even my favorite video game trailers in general

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Nothing wrong with that 😎🤟 Deliver Hope was our favorite of the three 🥲

[@kellerweskier7214]

We can all agree that Bungie knows how to make a trailer. Even on Destiny. where real men cried.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🥲🤟

[@wiegraffolles9822]

A lot of care went into all these trailers but in particular For the Halo 3: We are ODST. The funeral scene was done inside a cooling tower of an active nuclear power plant. The uniforms are from the costume designer that did Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. Legacy, a studio that did movie villians like Alien and Terminator used 3d models to recreate the weapons and armor. My favorite part is that the drill instructors are real Hungarian special forces and they used guns with blanks while the actors crawled under the razorwire. Also, the music is The Politics & The Life - Daniel Pemberton What's really interesting is the emotion these trailers can evoke from people despite them obviously being entirely fictional, based on a fictional universe.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for giving us more info on these trailers 🤗

[@jimmyhernadez6185]

Put it this way for you guys the first trailer has master chief a Spartan 2s the best of the best. If you had to go to war you’d want to be one of these guys. they were kidnapped as kids to fight rebels but were instead used to fight the covenant when they made contact with them. the second trailer has ODST (orbital drop shock trooper) the next best thing second only to Spartans, there regular ppl no augmentations just balls of steel. Now the last trailer has Spartan 3’s there war orphans who are so hell bent of getting revenge that there willing to die, there armor/ augmentations are nothing compared to the Spartan 2’s but nothing to laugh at either. The Spartan 3’s were basically used to buy humanity more time and were sent on suicidal missions, trading lives for time I highly recommend watching head hunters it’s good video putting in perspective how scared the covenant were of Spartans matter in fact I might go watch it rn 😂

[@thelos07c3]

Watching this again is better then first episode Halo TV series.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Bummer Halo TV series is a bust so far ☹️

[@Zanroff]

Why do these bring tears to my eyes?

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Because they are very effective trailers 🥲

[@darienattano1272]

This was honestly really refreshing to watch. A lot of other people just pick it apart emotionlessly and dissecting the music with a flat face. But Seeing you two watching these trailers in silence, and (Forgive me if im wrong) not knowing the real lore of the series while still giving an emotional response to them is nice. Seeing the small microreactions you guys made with your faces, the small choking down of emotion that she does during the "Believe" trailer to keep her composure. You can see that the trailer (although its only for a game) evokes a certain emotion of pain and sadness followed up by hope. Even in the begining of "Believe", you can see how her face goes from "This music is beautiful" almost immediately to "This looks dreadfully horrifying" (In the way one would view a WWII battlefield) the moment the Set of combat and wartorn soldiers appears on screen. The way the Husband seems to almost do the instinctual male facial movement of rolling your lips back into your mouth slightly with puffed cheeks and jaw, shows the impact of the realization that the male spartan is giving himself up for the greater good. Its gives off almost that "I accept this outcome even if it hurts" feeling. You guys actually reacted more without words than most others could ever with words. And it speaks volumes not only to how well-made these trailers are, but how genuine you guys are with recieving and reacting to content. Props and Cheers.

[@darkheart1006]

the ODST one is always the one I remembered it was my favourite

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We heard a lot of requests for that specific one ☺️

[@JackGamer193]

I love the Halo ODST trailer in particular because I come from Wales (one of the nations of the UK) and the song in the trailer is in the Welsh language. I'm pretty sure it is still the only video game that I'm aware of that has used my native language and I love it for that (plus it's just an incredible game with an incredible atmosphere). The pronunciation isn't perfect but it's close enough. I think I remember someone saying the language the ODST's were using at the funeral and in training was Hungarian, though I may be incorrect about that, I'm not sure. The Welsh lyrics are below: "Gafflwn Dihenydd, o'r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd. Ni fydd neb yn ein Drechu, Falch ydy ni i drochu, Traed o flaen i'r Annwn, mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni.'' Which translate into English as: "We cheat Death from his rightful victory. No one can defeat us, we are glad to plunge feet first into hell in the knowledge that we will rise."

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for sharing that translation! 😃🙏

[@JackGamer193]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I was wrong about it being the only game! Assassin's Creed Valhall also uses it in the speech of the Brittonic Welsh troops you fight in the game, haha.

[@mausmechwarriorsareusmerce5064]

Great reaction ! Halo is a game that still has a big impact for me. Sometimes I go back and play it all over again. The main focus of the games and the story is about sacrifice, the last stand of humanity - be those few who will shield the others who cannot fight. The Spartans represent these very well. The first Spartans where children that were experimented on for augmentation... most of them died in the process. Master Chief represents the best in the Spartans. If you plan to play it, considering story, I would recommend: - Halo Reach - Halo Combat Evolved - Halo 2 till the city level (pause at that point) - Halo 3 ODST (happens right after the city level in Halo 2 in the timeline) - Go back to Halo 2 till the end - Halo 3 This is all the Human - Convenant war story arc. Halo 4, Halo 5 e Infinity is a new story arc. Also there are in the same universe these other games: Halo wars, Halo wars 2 and the 2 Spartans top down shooters. Halo Reach is not a a Master Chief game, but it is the direct prequel to Combat Evolved. Have Fun ! See you in the Halo Multiplayer :)

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Haha thanks so much for all the info. Yeah consensus seems to be to start with Reach. 😁

[@JTruong3rd]

5:34 "Better to be lucky than good" That line you said right there was the whole reason how Master Chief Survived the entire Halo Covenant War from start to finish.

[@SLAPERZZ1]

That second trailer still gives me the chills watching it and the third one too, the good old days!

[@literalsarcasm1830]

ODST's are my favorite part of the Halo universe. They weren't genetically enhanced super soldiers trained from childhood, they were just extraordinary men.

[@bombomos]

These are some of the best trailers in videogame history. They impact you so much

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Deliver Hope got us the most 🥲

[@JerkyMurky]

Fun fact. IN that opening believe trailer, that is a 1:20th (?) scale diorama that is about the size of a basketball court. It was 6 different large pieces that you could walk around and look at. It was, at the time, the largest diorama ever constructed (its since been beat.) it toured around the country before the release of the game and i had the privilege of seeing it. The detail painted onto some of the marines and covenant in the diorama was simply breathtaking. I personally think Halo 3's add campaign, "believe" is the best video game marketing that has ever been dreamed up. They made a collection of documentary style shorts that were telling the tale of the war against the covenant through the voices of the veterans of the war some 50-60 years later, and everyone in those trailers is an actual military veteran. Bungie and Microsoft managed to create a world that felt real and lived in and non fiction, before the game ever even came out.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Holy crap the size of a basketball court?! 😯🤩

[@TheRagingwerepanda]

ODST and the stuff that neill blomkamp did for Halo are absolutely breath taking.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟

[@nitesabes220]

If you guys are interested in playing the games the mainline games are sold in a bundle called the Master Chief Collection, the story order goes. Halo Wars( Its not included so you could just watch the cutscenes or a summarized version of the story, It does a good job of establishing the world for first timers). Halo Reach Halo 1 Halo 2 (Some people say to stop midway and play Odst but i find it unnecesary) Halo 3: Odst Halo 3. -The company that made the games (Bungie) sells the rights to 343 so a lot of stuff changes after this, both story and artwise. Halo 4 Halo 4: Spartan Ops (Completely Optional you can just watch the cutscenes) Halo 5 Halo Wars 2 ( Again not included but the story is very interesting watch at least the cutscenes) Halo 6/Infinite TBA

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks so much for sharing timeline. Feels like Reach will be our first Halo game together 🙂

[@sivavarunansiva9939]

Yessss do more halo pls I feel like everyday i am getting a present

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

🥳 🎁 😁

[@Tycer85]

They are all amazing trailers. But for me, the Halo 3 Believe trailer is the best. The way it slowly fills you with an overwhelming sense of despair and doom, until finally a simple shot of Master Chief moving his head and one word. Believe. Just incredible.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Love hearing everyone’s favorite trailer of these and why they love it. For us, it was Deliver from Reach. 🥲

[@jjr8108]

Best trailers ever. They really make you feel something.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

🥲🤟

[@jinxtide2291]

The model in the first trailer also has a few other videos attached to it. Covering some of the weapons and war stories that are extremely good. There are also a few other trailers in the halo 3 and ODST that aernt covered here.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Sounds good. We have a lot of more trailers on our Halo list from peoples recommendations 🤩

[@badbirdkc]

You could not have picked a better 1-2-3 for Halo trailers to watch. All three of these capture what I think makes the games so good: a mix of desperation, courage, and sacrifice. There was always an elegant sadness that hovered over the games. You always know what was lost, and what you are fighting for.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Well said ☺️

[@SnowyFuzzball]

The trailer for Halo Reach will never not bring me to tears It is literally my favourite Halo game within the franchise, ever since it first came out, and the game itself is just amazing and tells you a story that really brings to light many different aspects of the Halo universe, like ODST Seriously, love that you guys saw this and was such a pleasant surprise

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

It’s gonna be our first Halo game together and we’re happy so many people recommended it because that was our favorite trailer we’ve seen so far 🥲

[@koreancowboy42]

Ahhh Reach...... when I designed my awesome looking character when playing with my friends and we played the campaign together then seeing my character last stand it was outstanding

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

☺️🥳

[@majindomttv3903]

The first trailer believe. Was a mini series it’s supposed to be a creation of the biggest battle on earth. The complete video shows them make the characters and why. And interviews soldiers from the battle and they talk about the battle and how their belief in the master chief kept them alive.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We plan to check it out. Like how they did it documentary style 🙂

[@lupulul]

You should also have a look at the entire Halo Believe Ad Campaign. Best piece of advertisment ever!

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Heard about that from a few comments. On our list to check out 😊

[@SparkPlug0777]

Bungie was the king of trailers man. Their trailers are just so powerful and gets you hyped for the game.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟🤩

[@Zzims13]

Reach is and always will be uplifting and heartwarming yet hopelessly depressing.

[@TheGililgi]

I remember when this ODST trailer came out. I was in middle School and me and my friends were huge Halo fans. Once we watched this, we didn’t care about being a Spartan anymore…we wanted to be Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟

[@FletcherChiles]

Mind Boggling brain wave! That was the OG Noble Six that got blown up in the covenant ship at the end.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

In the second one, the actors are speaking Hungarian, and many are Hungarian Special Forces, but the song is Welsh, called "The Song of Aiden". The words are: Gafflwn Dihenydd O'r Fuddugol wiriol sydd Ni fydd neb yn ein drechu Falch ydy ni i drochu Draed o'r flaen i'r Annwn Mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni. We cheat death From his rightful victory No one can overcome us We are glad to plunge Feet first into Annwn In the knowledge we will rise.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for sharing the translation ☺️

[@71423Bok]

Halo will always have a place in my heart. I'll still be old and wrinkled and play games

[@_Darth_Vader_]

"Our duty, as soldiers, is to protect humanity. Whatever the cost." -Spartan 117

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

🥲

[@yannym4605]

Chronologically, Halo Reach is the first one. Halo: Combat Evolved is the first Halo released and it’s the second chronologically. There is a movie that you can watch that I think takes place before or at the same time as Halo Reach. It was really good and I recommend it for anybody.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks! 😃

[@yannym4605]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Originally a miniseries, but it was converged into a movie. Not a bad place to start actually. Enjoy your time with Halo!

[@狐火の夜]

@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames listen to that guy halo forward unto dawn is a good movie, even moreso if you know halo better (the main character is a supporting character in one of the games i believe, been a long time since i played it) but the movies still noob friendly as it takes place at the beginning, before any of them knew about the covenant.

[@badflart.8564]

Believe. It is a great trailer where we were left in suspense because it seemed that the hero would fall.

[@squadie1]

Honestly personally I think ODST has like some of my favourite tracks out of the games

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😎🤟

[@arthurcallahan4735]

Nobody will ever have as good an advertisement campaign as the bungie halos. You can just tell humanity was on its knees and in a dire situation without even knowing the story of Halo. We had Believe in Halo 3 We had Remember in Halo Reach Now we have Become for Halo infinite.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

The trailers are definitely effective 😃

[@SLAPERZZ1]

One of the best game franchises ever created, story is impeccable

[@VegetaLF7]

Fun fact for you. That first trailer with all the figurines, each one was hand crafted and totally unique. The entire diorama was over 1,200 square feet and just filled with details. While it had sadly long since been dismantled and most of it destroyed, there are still sections in private collections around the world, most notably the section with Master Chief is currently in the main Bungie Studios offices.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s dedication to the cause 😎 Thanks for sharing that fun fact with us 😃

[@angel-ic2dy]

Somthing about BELIEVE just always hits the write notes

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

They were all effective but Deliver Hope got to us the most 🥲

[@Megacooler96_]

The nostalgia seeing these again hits hard.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Hopefully some great memories 🥲

[@theodorekalfagiannis7506]

Halo Infinite is launching later this year and will be a soft Reboot of the series, it will be the perfect time to jump into the halo universe. It will also feature a dedicated training section for newer players to learn the controls, movements, equipment and vehicles. It will also feature Split Screen Co-op so you can both play together. I would love to see you guys react to the other halo trailers though in the meantime, there's a bunch of Halo Reach and Halo 3 trailers in sets that are very worth watching. For some context, the halo 3 believe trailer had 3-4 more counter parts where it showed off a museum in the future celebrating the survival of humanity and some other interesting things like interviews with survivors from the war, there was also a full on 8 minute movie dedicated to the atmospheric re-entry of the Master chief as he fell from the orbit of earth into Africa. (Master chief is the big green guy) If you really want to play a halo game though, I would HIGHLY suggest playing the original game in Co-op, the story will feel dated and it wont be the best in terms of pacing but what lacks in story is heavily made up in atmosphere, adventure, ingenuity and mystery. This week Season 7 of the Halo Masterchief Collection releases, they will be updating the classic graphics of the original game to be more in line with how it was during its 2001 launch and it looks very nice. Never too late to become a halo fan, many people report getting nostalgia for it even though they weren't there for its initial release :)

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks for all this info! Glad new Halo game will continue to be couch coop. Heard 5 strayed from that for some reason 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

[@Kralkuscov]

ODST trailer just hits different goosebumps

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

☺️

[@word_warrior]

That scene of them dropping in their pods into battle is like the equivalent of ww1's trenches and ww2's beach landings.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😯🤩

[@thexlonewolf671]

I have some very fond memories of Halo: I distinctly remember it being my go-to shooter for the first half of my teenage years until I discovered Titanfall 2. I remember being especially fond of the "Warzone" mode in Halo 5: Guardians. I haven't been playing Halo nearly as much lately, but I'm pretty closely following the development of Halo: Infinite. Not sure what to think of how the story is going, but after the disaster that was Halo 5's story, I guess anything goes. :/

[@thexlonewolf671]

@Rad Roach I may have exaggerated a bit about how bad Halo 5's story was, but you can't deny that the marketing for the campaign was straight-up false advertising.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We plan to check out Titanfall 2 as well eventually 🤟

[@drverboten]

These trailers were the baseline expectation I had to the series, something that moved you with just a couple of minutes, even without the Master Chief. Because the story is about the human race not just one action guy

[@Pkjackal13]

God how much i loved these trailers Took me years later to finally be able to play odst and i absolutely loved it even though in the beginning i was disappointed master chief wasn't gonna be in it

[@princefarron5484]

The Halo believe trailer you first watch is one of several parts with that one being the end that I highly recommend you take a look at. It is arguably the best advertising campaign I've seen ever. It is definitive. It's also uplifting because the story of Halo is humanity as a whole fighting for survival and it's right to exist.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We have heard the Believe documentary style campaign is quite moving and well done. On our Halo list to check out for sure 😊

[@Maplecakes1221]

halo reach i think had one of the most compelling story as a prequel to the halo series with a lot of memorable characters on your team as they give their everything to keep the AI Cortana safe, and the fate of you team becomes more and more tragic

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That seems to be the one we will be playing as others have recommended it highly as well 😃

[@perthdave100]

hey guys, good to see more that are watching or understanding halo, when you have time, play all the halo games, this will help you understand why there is a constant battle with the covenant and the spartan program.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We plan to start with Halo Reach 😁

[@seanboyle7391]

Remember Reach. Halo Reach will always be one of my personal favorites.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

☺️🥲

[@AccidentProneHobbyist]

I always, always cry a little bit whenever I see the deliver hope trailer

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

It is so well done. The music. Everything about it is great. Can’t wait to play Reach 🥲

[@HomeSlice97]

These trailers really did an excellent job of showing that these games weren’t just Call of Duty in space. The franchise has a maturity and a darkness to it that made it feel very gritty and somber, even in the midst of epic sci-fi action.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

They have some of the best trailers to show off more than just Master Chief being a badass, but more so what he is fighting for 🥲

[@shadow7988]

Not to nit pick, but halo came out two years before the first Call of Duty. FPS was pretty darn varied in 2001 on PC, and on console Halo was absolutely uncontested anyway since there were virtually no other console FPS games of remotely comparable quality at the time(I mean seriously, the biggest console shooter before Halo came out was like...Goldeneye on the N64).

[@HomeSlice97]

@@shadow7988 true, I meant that more as in it wasn’t just “generic shooter” game

[@JJ-ij4vt]

I remember playing halo reach with my sister, such good times wish I could go back. Great video btw

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Thanks! Glad we could bring up some good time memories for you 😊

[@brennanlangless8912]

The first time I saw the halo reach trailer deliver hope the song made me cry

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

It was our favorite trailer of the 3. 🥲

[@Mr-Wolf117]

Every Halo Trailer is fucking, Legendary and.... iconic.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Respect it 🙂🤟

[@losburger5246]

There is a game called Halo Master Chief collection that came out a few years back. It includes most of the games that have been released and includes remasters of the first two halo titles. You can also get all the halo games free with a Xbox gamepass subscription. At face value the games don’t look anything crazy but the atmosphere they build is something special and worth diving into

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Sounds good to us. We will probably start with Reach 🤔

[@daveb947]

Halo Landfall, Believe Campaign and the ODST live action trailers are great. Some of my fav trailers.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

☺️

[@Randmblah]

If you guys feel like watching any more trailers I'd recommend watching the rest of the believe ad campaign for halo 3. It would make the first trailer make more sense, as the whole ad campaign takes place after halo 3, and they consist of interviews with the soldiers who survived the events of the game. it really builds up the first trailer you watched here because it's a diorama made for the newly opened "Museum of Humanity"

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

We’ve heard about that one! It’s on our Halo list to check out 😊

[@thehavoccompany-a3]

"Better to be Lucky than Good." Unironically the Master Chief in a nutshell lol

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

😂🤗

[@twohorsesinamancostume7606]

Well, in the Halo games the aliens have been fighting and winning a genocidal war against humanity going on decades. We had colonies through a wide swath of space, but the aliens will show up and annihilate any humans they find. By Halo 2 we've lost everything and the aliens are invading Earth. So yeah, I'd say that we play the good guys and unfortunately suicide missions like that last trailer become necessary when you're fighting for the very existence of your people.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

Well said. 🥲

[@coopermiller557]

I cannot recommend that you guys play Halo reach enough in my opinion the best Halo game although master chief isn't in it (directly) it is a awesome game I can play over and over and never get bored of the combat and story. Great video as always guys 🤘🏻

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

That’s the game we are leaning towards playing 😃

[@grineer6967]

Reach is the only one that still chokes me up a bit

[@CaptainAmercia]

Reach is great but its missions have nothing on Halo 3 sandbox missions and the attention to detail in Halo 3 felt a little bit disappointed in Halo Reach's campaign the older i got but the story and tone brings me back even if there's moments where I'm like "Shit i really which the scarab's were like Halo 3"

[@coopermiller557]

@@CaptainAmercia yeah I get where your coming from halo 3 is my favorite right after reach I spent many a hours playing h3 as a kid over and over again course I miss that when as a kid you could play the same mission the next day and not be bored of it lol

[@CaptainAmercia]

@@coopermiller557 Halo Reach is great but I’m the same could play Halo 3 over and over again with how unpredictable the large sandbox missions are along with many of the fire fights while with Reach I mostly return for the story and some of the missions

[@drakedecker4874]

Planet Reach was the largest UNSC military stronghold, and it was right on Earth’s doorstep. When Reach fell it was devastating and only a few held on to hope, that hope was the Master Chief. When you hear a marine on the battlefield radio say “ALL EYES ON THE CHEIF...” there’s a feeling there not many games have created for me.

[@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames]

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