Every Flood Infection Animation in Halo Wars 2!

Today I showcase every Flood animation in Halo Wars 2! Many of these you never see in the retail game - I added sound effects as the Mod does not include flood sound effects. Enjoy!
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[@rossmcmahon4964]

The flood infection is fascinating, not least in it’s ability to not only transform most living things, but morphing Assault Rifles into SMGs. Remarkable…

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

Standard Flood Issue lmao

[@shaun5809]

With what the Flood are capable of, that is not outside their abilities.

[@davidos8760]

Flood can litterally manipulate time and reality turning a AR into a smg is child’s play

[@jckcc]

The Warthog driver getting fused into the biomass was pretty disturbing

[@MisterJohnDoe]

And the Chopper.

[@zyroniv9143]

No, it was awesome

[@gamercop2148]

And the gunner

[@lukebeakum1316]

And the Banshee

[@shcdemolisher]

It was a concept/new enemy that was gonna be in Halo 3 but was cut. I think it would've been terrifying! Fighting transformed vechicles where the drivers had been merged with the machinery and flood biomass, seeing even powerful vehicles like tanks rendered helpless driving up the tension and horror.

[@PainfulHail134]

So basically the brute chieftain becomes a skeleton and then meat grows on him.

[@excelkaban2218]

Probably an incomplete animation

[@mishal2401]

@@excelkaban2218 I have a theory. The original model is meant to stay there and the new model grows out of it to give the appearance of the body being taken over piecewise. But they accidentally forgot the original model, which just leaves the weird shrunken skeleton meant to be hidden away from sight underneath.

[@asimplepie2279]

@@mishal2401 what I’m thinking too

[@excelkaban2218]

@@mishal2401 yeah probably you're right

[@blueshit199]

this sounds properly overthought and redundant for something added into the lore just to have as much original concepts as possible

[@mattbatcraz]

6:01 Tank: I MUST...SMOL!

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

And reskinned

[@Luis-oy3et]

Not funny😐

[@Paraco_mobile_edetion]

@@joshuajoaquin5099 with no visable damadge or anything

[@MK-ULTRA1]

same with poor brutes lmao

[@RoseSupreme]

I like how infected vehicles just jitter unstably.

[@bluekunt]

i love how the pilots of the chopper or marauder and warthog dont become infected brutes or humans, they just turn into giant hunks of flood biomass.

[@SV5195R]

Basically, instead of turning into a vehicle piloted by combat forms, they just fuse into a biomechanical abomination. Reminds me of the Beast from Homeworld: Cataclysm.

[@aplha-0146]

@@SV5195R Ngl I thought the necromorphs from dead space were bad but the flood is unmatched

[@shamrocksardonic2582]

If you look closely at the driver seat of the warhog, you can still see the human fused into the biomass.

[@shcdemolisher]

@@SV5195R Yep! Exactly like that monster from that game. I think they did take inspiration from that.

[@w1ndgeneral226]

Same with the Warthogs, the drivers just merge with the vehicles.

[@LazyartistLast]

0:28 once the flood parasites infect a suitable host, they start their traditional dance as part of the transformation ceremony.

[@gaalsienmessenger3761]

Ngl the infection forms do be vibing on the ark tho

[@JakubWielkiMistrz]

They vibin'

[@silentinitiate]

Arbiter: Not Today *dives away* 4:08

[@The-Ent1ty]

He stubbed his toe after he landed and died to the pain, lol

[@tammiestait5465]

Still better than escaping with the VIP.

[@Paraco_mobile_edetion]

Hes like: ight f*** this im going underground

[@TidalFang]

Those are actually pretty neat "Can the Blister Back be infected on the ground?" *shows clip of it being annihilated* "No"

[@seanydog]

"Can a spartan be infected?" Corruptor protocol "all the nukes?"

[@Alex06CoSonic]

2:36 the tiny skeleton LMAO

[@skelteralterbaron4341]

Ngl "I will rip apart your casket" is an intense as hell line and I love it

[@silentinitiate]

Finally someone did it

[@wyattmaniscalco3090]

It would be sick to see flood infected vehicles in Halo Infinite if they make an appearance

[@falloutgamer347]

Weeeeell...

[@brockd2363]

About that…😢

[@JORGEPT384]

😢

[@alexjackyperson101]

Maybe in season 6 or 7, but let's about it

[@chrisanderson6466]

If they can get rid of the t for teen rating they could bring them back but I doubt 343 would ever do that gotta chase that fortnite battle pass money...

[@MisterJohnDoe]

I never got to play this DLC, but damn they made the Flood terrifying. Them being able to infect vehicles with the driver/gunner being lost under biomass, the constant shaking, and there’s also the bases too.

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

I like that the Hornet and the Flamethrower Tank just become... Red

[@JamesLydon1]

That chieftain reminded me of a spooky creature that chases you in a free horror game on steam

[@waffleboi9584]

Or that thing in the graveyard in Goat Simulator

[@JamesLydon1]

Oh shit I forgot about that! Bout to launch that simulator rn

[@calevoid]

Fear of Nightmares?

[@JamesLydon1]

@@calevoid very similar yis

[@imahaloguy]

Nice use of sound effects. That stickman was funny.

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

Glad you liked it

[@crisperstorm]

Wow the vehicle animations were... a little funky

[@vietnamesenoodle3280]

When one of the bois didn’t social distance: 4:18

[@ROCKGENERATION]

So cool, it"s too bad all these cool mechanics and animations weren't implemented into the multiplayer of the game.

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

I know I really wish we got a flood faction

[@lnstallation]

​@@RealllyGoodGaming they should've made this faction unlockable by completing campaign on legendary or something

[@shcdemolisher]

@@RealllyGoodGaming Yeah! Exploring upgrades, and being the horror on the map.

[@Sebastianguitar01]

I really wish Halo Wars 2 had some of the old halo wars 1 flood forms like the infected grunts & Jackals and some of the infected or pure forms like the flood bombardier, the smasher form, the flying flood birds and the cloud of flood spores, and some of the flood buildings like the flood launcher, the flood colony, the flood cocoon or the flood hut.

[@waffleboi9584]

Bro I love all of those except for the launcher, that thing was probably one of the most op things in HW1. I do kinda miss the Thrasher forms and the grunts though.

[@Sebastianguitar01]

@@waffleboi9584 Indeed it was OP the flood launcher, but also it was a pretty cool form to make players fear the flood on RTS, especially when you see the flood cloud spores approaching your infantry units.

[@danilosardo1179]

I hope we get to see the Flood much more terrifying in Infinite, just like some of these concepts

[@lukebeakum1316]

Thats if the flood is in infinite.

[@dr._breens_beard]

@@lukebeakum1316 if its not in at release itll prolly be included as a dlc. Zeta halo is known for its significant ties to the flood so id be more shocked than anything if they're absent

[@KatoCoyoteCombatWorkshop]

Not with a T rating.

[@yellowhoodie5299]

@@blackout570 it’s also a top-down strategy game with low-detail, far-away units. That allows them to get away with a lot more than a FPS

[@cjthedreemurr]

Honestly I’ll be gutted if Halo Infinite doesn’t have even a HINT of the flood, they’re such a significant part of the series and it’d be brilliant to see them unleashed for the first time in an FPS series since 2007

[@csongor242]

I have a this weird feeling that some of these were not meant look like this. But I can't tell why I think that. Everything seems completely normal. 2:36 5:50

[@kx7500]

It does not look normal at all

[@calevoid]

@@kx7500 that's the joke

[@thomasross9694]

It's just the flood doing what the flood do.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Yeah, like what the hell are some of those vehicle animations?

[@jadedprincess100]

I can't with the tank it blinks out then blinks in🤣🤣🤣

[@aqgarts3024]

I thought that the thumbnail was just a stick... A cute stick, but you know... a stick.

[@valzicplayz3845]

The human infection is the most brutal one that has been animated like look how forceful it was.

[@Alex06CoSonic]

7:30 Hive Base: *BURPS* AH, much better.

[@basedsneedclave175]

I preferred how hw1 did it Infantry squads that got attacked by infection forms would just turn they didn’t need to be killed by infection forms

[@Sebastianguitar01]

Also Halo Wars 1 had infected grunts, Jackals, the classical elites & brutes, the marines and flamethrowers and some kind of Hunter/native creature of the shield world(smasher form), the infected engineer/native creature of the shield world (flood bombardier) & the flying flood forms.

[@YukimareThePsion]

Might have been for balance reasons, so you don't lose a high ranking or valuable infantry unit because a single random unseen infection form showed up and sneezed... Which as true to lore as it is may be frustrating to fight.

[@vampragon4386]

When I played my entire playthrough of the DLC, none of the giant flood tentacles did anything. They just sat there doing nothing, leaving me to wonder why several characters told me repeatedly to focus on destroying them. I now realize that they're supposed to attack, but they just don't for some reason.

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

I noticed that they broke after one of the updates - doubt they’ll ever be fixed

[@CHINO-tp8yn]

very well done I have searched for this type of videos since it came out Thank you so much

[@Albert_EGGsker]

3:01 THE FLESH NOODLE MAN!!!

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

This is awesome. Would it be possible for you to do a "all assassination animations" or something like that for both HW games?

[@yann9915]

I think such vids exists, defo for HW 2, maybe HW 1 too

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

I have 2 videos for HW2 assassinations: one of banished, one of UNSC!

[@lukebeakum1316]

I wonder if Prometheans will be in Halo infinite. I want to see Promethean knights fight flood.

[@basedsneedclave175]

Would actually be nice to actually see the prometheans actually engage in the very thing they were made to do.

[@halo091]

No just no

[@skylarkdemello6980]

If they had different mechanics and etc... to make them less of a bore to fight.

[@Colt3n29]

the promethean redesign is so cool

[@mcstompwaffle]

I saw someone's say that a nice reveal would be to have the Chief fighting the Prometheans, then suddenly they turn and start running in another direction, almost as though their directives have completely changed. When you run into them again, they're locked in combat against the Flood.

[@hyfryd6677]

I wish they had more funding, this game had so little content for a damn fully-fledged Halo game.

[@Nitro_Zeus0]

Not only that, it's also because they devs chooses to neglect it and also because of the lackluster of gamemodes the game has.

[@emib6599]

I really like the flood vehicles idea

[@teagan5494]

3:11 new flood type discov- *WHEEZ* new flood type discovered the ski- *WHEEZ* the skinny *WWWWHHHEEEEEZZZZ*

[@squedo94]

Not only I’ve really appreciated the video, but I also really appreciated the fact that you linked the mod in the description That’s really professional and kind. Thanks a lot for both!

[@Xozkov]

3:37 does anyone else hear that stupid fart sound effect here lmfao

[@chrisowchar8024]

2:00 that flying thing reminded me of gears of war

[@a_sos_type-46_isv]

*I have longed for this day*

[@SirGarchomp146]

Yesssss! Finally someone does it with the infection animations!!

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

Subscribe for more 😊

[@SirGarchomp146]

@@RealllyGoodGaming bit curious if you would ever make your own version of a story of either awakening the nightmare or probably the great Schism with some familiar characters like that Hunter Captain which I think his name was Frank or something else

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

@@SirGarchomp146 have you seen my other series, trials of the arbiter? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnyXlXqajK-hqbs

[@CludFall]

Thank you, surprised this was still rated T.

[@DrDreamsicle]

Love how the scorpion and hornet just get a color change to red

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

There actually is an infected scorpion model - I might have to revisit that, it didn’t change to the flood model because it was the flame scorpion that got infected

[@DeadlyFreedom]

Well done, thanks

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

Subscribe for more 😊

[@sasquatchboi4995]

oh my god that thumbnail is perfection

[@alec62va75]

Oh Noice! Was wondering if you have HW1, You could show us what the Transformations look like in Halo Wars 1

[@SrAnon-gy5mp]

I like the animations and how the units end up when they are infected

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

Kinda scary with the vehicle transformations how the drivers / pilots basically explode into those fleshy growths all over the vehicle rather than a combat form driving the vehicle

[@Mrblackfox966]

3:40 that flood combat form know how to beat box

[@CannedPsycho-]

Honestly the mid-infection Brute Chieften would be terrifying to fight. Just try to see that thing come at you in the dark, let alone be able to shoot something so skinny.

[@Sebastianthemediagod705]

Good times playing this

[@Wortwortguy]

Am Late But at 0:47 The Elite That got Infected Rose up And Was Chill He Didn't Even Attack He was Chill like "Hey Am Still elite So imma Be Friendly"

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

Lmao he just wanted to chill with his homies and they said “nah fam”

[@Wortwortguy]

@@RealllyGoodGaming Am Again Late But Your Videos Are Very Fun To Watch Keep Up The Good Work

[@thehappycockatiel9568]

3:07 That's me going to the gym after lockdown

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

😂 my sides!

[@timur5241]

The real question is how do they infect vehicles? Do they infect their operators and then grab all the mechanisms? Is it like Marvel's Venom?

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

That seems to be the case! I honestly like it a lot better than in Halo 2 when the flood operates a warthog with a stick 😂

[@timur5241]

@@RealllyGoodGaming LMAO

[@tobbeborislyba]

It looks like the infectors tend to fuse and form a giant biomass that infect and also consumes it's pilot, think about it like a mini gravemind for vehicles that just transforms their victims body into biomass when they get in the vehicle.

[@timur5241]

@@tobbeborislyba hm...

[@SUNDOWNERM7]

I believe that the vehicle infection forms infect the pilot of the vehicle, fuse the pilot inside of the vehicle and add/spread their own biomass to the vehicle. They wouldn't be able to driven unless the pilot was there due to the whole muscle memory thing the flood do to use weapons

[@SirGarchomp146]

Not gonna lie when watching some of these infection animations over and over the flood combat forms are very creepy like say for example the infected Elites the flood sensor tentacles grew right infront or next to the face

[@diegohiramguidogarcia6003]

holy hell and i tought halo wars 1 fleed were terrifying now imagine those bastard taking control of a scarab using a proto gravemind

[@nitzel9909]

5:39 i just imagine this dude screaming

[@weasley7273]

Hornet Pilot: What the bogey but this zone is clear of covie- *Looks to the right* Hornet Pilot: NO NO NO NO NOOO.

[@negativezero9179]

I still prefered the oldstyle where heads bisically no used to flood just ripes it out

[@tiffanydalessandri9240]

My favorite sounds

[@omarb3775]

I like how the hive base basically vomits the units

[@AtraksTheFallenExo]

4:54 Taco Bell be like

[@kdog6211]

Hopefully we get much more variants of the Flood in Infinite if they are in it.

[@xkillshotx3067]

The chieftain transformation is so broken 🤣🤣

[@LittleWasp]

I'm reminded of the Beast from Homeworld Cataclysm. o:

[@Scott.E.H]

Man some of these animations are bizarre. What happened to the infected scorpions that were in the campaign?

[@solaireofastora5999]

Woah so the flood infecting a grizzly gives it a new paintjob

[@Tronnbro]

Hey! just wanted to ask something real quick. What mod's were used in the video? Sick vid.

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

It’s the Halo Wars 2 Overhaul mod - link is in the description!

[@MK-ULTRA1]

also, what do you think we would get if the flood mixed with the zerg from starcraft 2?

[@astingilbert582]

Man I want to play as the flood in hw2

[@MK-ULTRA1]

kay i want this game right now

[@isilamo042]

6:02 bro rly said f**k this imm switch sides

[@captainfunk1490]

Now I want a flood leader

[@GREiy45]

The brute is terrifying

[@riclate2013]

I'm a little saddened to learn that infection forms aren't an instant kill for infantry. I do love the vehicle infection however

[@danwell7988]

that is f*ck*ng raw!

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

*Delicious !*

[@jenwallis3522]

"Blinded by your own fear!" Damn straight i am! You seen these things?

[@lemmingscanfly5]

Man the Flood Abomination reminds me of Majora's Wrath.

[@etherealfox9672]

God I want to play the flood so badly.

[@pavax2865]

5:44 Hornet: Look at my new paintjob guys!!

[@tiffanydalessandri9240]

Ayyy

[@Sanstheskeleton-wq2fh]

Alright I’ve got the mod

[@inharion3295]

Hi, I have halo wars 2 complete edition and i want change the color to my team but I only can use RED or BLUE. Is it possible change the color for example to GREEN?... Thanks for the video :)

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

In the mod blue player 1 is green - unfortunately in the retail player 1 is either red or blue :/

[@waffleboi9584]

You can only be different colors than red or blue if you’re playing multiplayer and you’re not one of the first two players in the game

[@LyingTube]

My best guess with the Brute buggy visuals is that it's rendering a model that is intended to be rendered inside of their initial model, but for some reason the latter isn't rendered at all... Curious that made it through development, I expect it would show up pretty readily in testing.

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

You think they tested this? Lol

[@LyingTube]

@@RealllyGoodGaming A dev can dream! 😄

[@josedanielpaz257]

Todo o la mayoría de cosas que aparecen aquí son un mod ?

[@RUbberRust]

How did you get your enemys to stay in one place

[@ClockwerkVA]

Guess they didn't expect Warlord to be infected.. huh

[@sonofsanguinius176]

Lmao the brute chief becomes a stickman with a hammer

[@Void_Wars]

0:48 the 3am friend on a Tuesday

[@lucianshaw6541]

I think everything in the game should have a infected counterpart. Imagine how terrifying if you had your scarab doing something and it somehow got infected. That would be and look awesome. And if a base was attacked by the flood and destroyed, it should become a flood hive.

[@chriscolon3389]

God i wish we were able to play as the flood in halo wars or in any halo game

[@acrking76]

And people say the flood cant be brutal when t for teen

[@user-gu2bg4kp7s]

when I play as the flood the infesters don't explode infesting the vesical. Instead they atack anything and if they die anything near them can be infested.

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

You gotta use the infection forms (flood popcorn) to infect vehicles in the mod

[@user-gu2bg4kp7s]

how do you get this

[@user-gu2bg4kp7s]

it only said pod infector infester form seeder form and spawner forms no flood popcorn.

[@Cache4561]

So much flood

[@user-zz4kx2he9r]

我是一位中国玩家，我想要游戏里面的那种游戏视角，是怎么调整的鸭，还是用了mod？

[@An_Average_Arsonist]

Why oh why didnt they make this a faction? I mean, besides the obvious balance issues lol.

[@Aiden-ly6ru]

It's a shame we still haven't got to play as the flood yet

[@SolutiionxD]

7:17 Halo wars 2 does have gravemind voice lines ?

[@RealllyGoodGaming]

All sound effects were added by me! The mod doesn’t have sound effects for the flood

[@SoulCharizard]

I feel so sorry for those in the vehicles.