Finishing the Fight! | HALO 3 | First Playthrough | Pt 1

First time playing all of the Halo games!
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[@arielwilson9293]

Fun thing about halo 3: co-op is actually incorporated into the story. Player 1 is the Chief, player 2 is the arbiter. Players 3 and 4, if present, are two of the Arbiter’s finest spec-ops elite warriors, named Uzse and N’Tho. There's a few minor dialog changes to reflect this if you play co-op. Congratulations. You got your wish. Fun fact, the brutes aren't as picky about not using human equipment. The bubble shield is actually a UNSC invention. You can also catch them using shotguns sometimes in halo 2.

[@NeuMaster9]

Usze 'Taham and N'tho 'Sraom are also canon in the Halo EU and not just made up for this game,for anyone wondering.

[@Epsilvonic]

@@NeuMaster9Well, they were made up specifically for this game as they were never mentioned before they were revealed as the Player 3 and 4 characters, but they do have plenty of lore outside Halo 3

[@NeuMaster9]

@@Epsilvonic Yes that's what I wanted to convey when writing my original comment.Evidently,I should've worded it better.

[@lololol924]

Only downside is I feel Arby's character suffers a bit in the moment to moment gameplay since he is no longer the focus.

[@asianmanfromasia]

That’s so cool! I never knew that

[@nicolascardenas4002]

For gameplay and story purposes, Arbiter just rises up after a while when he dies. If the grunts watch him rise up they will start running and screaming "he's a ZOMBIEEE!!!!!" lol

[@ArtyKibbles2190]

Since the grunts had a black market for human soap operas and what not, I’m now wondering if they Reagan into zombie movies and shows

[@metetural9140]

​@@ArtyKibbles2190no you got it wrong, Kennedy was the president during the zombie apocalypse not Reagan

[@ArtyKibbles2190]

@@metetural9140 it was supposed to say “really got”

[@Mrnumber]

You know there is an edit button right?@@ArtyKibbles2190

[@DoctaDoubleA]

Never knew this hahahaha

[@keirangray902]

The Storm is one of my favourite halo missions ever. The music at the end of that mission always sent chills down my spine

[@Rocco049]

The Storm is a close second to The Ark for me. Both are so fun but I like the hectic vehicle combat in The Ark a bit more than the on foot segments of The Storm

[@jacobgale4792]

The Covenant is my fav mission of all time right next to Silent Cartographer

[@Jarsia]

​@@jacobgale4792same, the covenant was the very peak of the franchise

[@LilSpookyyy]

That the one with the covy air blaster?

[@kevkicksassathalo]

Your insane the storm on legendary is so difficult it took me 61 trys when I was a kid every other part was just as bad except Cortina that took me 4 trys

[@Fonny222]

Halo 3 introduced the most amazing feature in the series called Theater mode. It recorded everything you did in game automatically and you could go back and watch from almost any angle. Blew my mind when I first used it.

[@primary2630]

So true. Theatre mode was legendary for Halo 3

[@arclite95]

That 1/17 start date is honestly legendary! Good luck on your play through.

[@Epsilvonic]

A huge part of what makes Halo 3 look so good is its master class lighting. Even 17 years later (oh my god im old) if you import a modern 4K texture model into the Halo 3 engine, the lighting will probably make the model look better than it did in its original game

[@thamostgangsta12]

Halo always used environments and lighting to make their background stand out. That's why halo ce looks so good.

[@Trevor_on_Youtube]

“They must love the smell of green.” Johnson said while standing in a GREEN forest

[@tbagowens9346]

Probably smokin green too

[@keirangray902]

3:55 Johnsons dialogue changes here depending on what difficulty you play on

[@jorgebobadilla4227]

If i remember right, its easy or normal for that dialogue???

[@calvenknox8552]

@@jorgebobadilla4227 easy

[@beebfajeejy]

@@jorgebobadilla4227 easy/normal: "green" heroic: "hero" legendary: "badass"

[@calebfletcher7528]

"And they must love the smell of badass"

[@christopherpearson2116]

Also, a lot of Cortana's dialogue in the second mission comes straight out of The Fall of Reach, novel and animated movie.

[@julianreviews8102]

I love the opening cutscene of Halo 3. The voice acting, music, dialogue, gives me chills every time 🥹 I love this game enjoy it

[@asassinscreedguy]

This game means so much to me personally as a kid in 2009 playing split screen coop campaign with my friends at sleepovers, or massive online games for the first time, even playing the custom created maps you'd find on people's file shares and making freinds online playing them all, I think it's the pinnacle of what online gaming could be and I've never had or seen an experience like it. I hope you enjoy playing this one! I sure did

[@onsnoreleave8674]

This is my favorite Halo for sure. Halo 2's writing can't be beat but the levels in this game are the most fun

[@sebamaster117rc8]

LET'S GOOOOOOO I've been waiting so much to see you playing this! Hope you enjoy it!

[@armanii4005]

Halo 3’s intro is so iconic💯 gives me goose bumps 17 years later

[@mistertwister2000]

“Move out, quiet as you can.” Meg, who has just alerted the entire world of her excitement: 👁️👁️

[@LittleGalaxyBoy]

Personal favourite of the trilogy. The brutes are actually really fun to fight in this one being overhauled to match the level of depth you see in the Elites from the first two games. The game's open ended missions are my favourite. It's also my first Halo game so alot of fun memories surrounding the campaign along with Halo 3: ODST my 2nd favovitte Halo game. Halo 3: ODST is similar to something like Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon or Spider-Man: Miles Morales. It's built upon the engine of the Halo 3 using many of the same assets but you don't require a copy of Halo 3 to play Halo 3: ODST. it also comes with new assets, weapons, and updates to the graphics so it's very much it's own game just on the shorter side.

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

Halo? Open-ended? Lol, it's a very linear game with no breathing room. I'm saying this as somebody who loves the series. I think you mean outside missions, like Tsavo Highway, The Storm, The Ark, and The Covenant.

[@LittleGalaxyBoy]

@@a-a-rondavis9438 Missions that give the player a reasonably sized sandbox like the ones you mentioned that allow for the player to get creative. Taking down the Scarab for example, not open ended like Halo Infinite for example.

[@subsume7904]

​@@a-a-rondavis9438Halo 3 was designed to complete each mission in multiple different ways, they are definitely open-ended

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

​@@LittleGalaxyBoythat doesn't make it open-ended though

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

​@@subsume7904^^^

[@LilSpookyyy]

My god that first cutscene with the night sky and the silent jungle… good times were present when I first saw this cutscene at age 8 this jungle will always have a special place in my heart

[@StraightEdgeJJ]

Meg mentioning Rooster Teeth & their show, "Red Vs Blue," is like my worlds colliding. Jen Taylor (Cortana/Halsey) is in "RWBY," another Rooster Teeth show.

[@Guaseth]

Wait a minute, I didn't know they got Jen Taylor in RWBY, which character does she play? 😮

[@rogertemple7193]

Great you are beginning the journey of Halo 3 today and I'm here watching have a wonderful time thanks Meg. 💯👋😎👋💯

[@elderlybrunch4169]

Your face when Johnson says "The Arbitor's with us!" And squealing "ARBY'S IN MY PARTY!" is LITERALLY so validating as a fellow female Halo fan 😂❤ i LOVED the Arbitor as a kid. He felt so relateable, even as young as i was and this is my favorite game from the original trilogy SIMPLY BECAUSE of our alliance with the Elites. It threw ALL of us off guard back in the day. "Tartarus, the Prophets have betrayed us" is my favorite line from the entire franchise to this day because it hinted at the alliance but no one knew until the 3rd installment was released.. 🥺

[@lonewolf745]

Some of the best missions and moments in the whole series come from 3 in my opinion

[@anathardayaldar]

HaloCE will always be my favorite. Especially now with the CursedAgain mod by InfernoPlus. Its hilarious and makes every playthrough different. I hope Meg does a reaction to something about that mod. I think she will love it. Just one vid please.

[@brendanpreece]

I love this series so much I hope you keep playing the rest of the Halo games.

[@Pachyzookeeper]

54:00 i burst out laughing lol imagine master chief walking up to you while injured “aw look at the bandaid!”

[@chubby5188]

You're gonna love Halo 3. Can't wait to see you play the rest!

[@Sup3rNo7a]

26:10 Honestly, same. Dual Wielding was a fun feature that they had in Halo 2 and 3, but I just never used it, so I never really missed it when they didn't bring it back for ODST and onward. Outside of Plasma Pistol + Human Pistol (and Dual Needlers in Halo 2), there wasn't really any combination of weapon that wasn't just worse than just using the Battle Rifle and having access to grenades.

[@beebfajeejy]

i mentioned it in the chat at some point but yeah 3's weapon sandbox isn't great. it's more or less a matter of getting a br/carbine and a plasma pistol as quickly as possible.

[@MadBoyChes]

Th bromance between Arby and Chief is the stuff of legends

[@The_Albino_Jackal]

24:10 proof that every copy of Halo 3 is personalized

[@Amateur_Ambiance]

This was and still is my favorite Halo. Love the background ,music, characters, everything except for the dialogue

[@SamGrant-jm6mz]

If you play this on co-op the Arbiter is the second player and you'll have elites as player 3&4. When Halo 3 dropped there was something called The vidmaster challenges. Less than 2% of the entire player base ever beat these because they were so hard. Halo 3 Halo ODST and I think reach might have had it but I know for sure Halo 3 and ODST did. You should just do a quick little Google. Everyone says LASO is hard and LASO is hard, but the vidmaster challenges were the ultimate challenge and there were the only way to get the recon helmet for multiplayer for years and years. If you knew a developer it was said that you could get the helmet from them. Those were the wild days of Xbox online. 2008 2009 2010 11 and 12 where are the Golden Days of Xbox online and multiplayer for Halo.

[@NeuMaster9]

Ah the wild west phase of the Internet.Makes me nostalgic. "Can I haz recon" is a meme for a reason lol

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

​@@NeuMaster9Memes were memes before they were even memes

[@Thorvald9666]

Fun fact: Truth is voiced by the same guy who does Jigsaw from the Saw series

[@BaronRaymondo619]

Oh I have been waiting! Let's get this started!!!

[@NatalieV0331]

*insert screaming hockey baby meme*

[@johngray6215]

Halo 3 yeah! Nothing but awesomeness awaits you with this game. This was my Frist halo game and my personal favourite

[@christianmarkham2891]

A lot of Cortana’s dialogue during the ‘Cortana Moments’ are quotes from classic poetry, literature, or other Halo media.

[@matthewhoholek3592]

Halo 3 was probably one of if not the most popular game on Xbox 360 this game is awesome and special I have at least 3 years of game time on here

[@JonnyOwen12]

Been so excited for this!!!

[@allenson321]

I love that I can tell the difficulty by Johnson's lines in the opening, "love the smell of green" Easy difficulty

[@calumknight9178]

I love that the marines shooting dead bodies was originally a bug but they kept it in because they thought it was funny and recoded it so it was marines being angry lol, some creative thinking there.

[@mogwiawolf4354]

he is all human he just has had augmentations done to him to make him a super human but he is still human

[@Aeronixable]

13:15 man, already people affecting your playthrough bc backseat😭 that's why I thought recording episodes was perfect, but whatever if you feel more comfortable this way I guess. Excited for your reactions!! It would be cool if Caleb joined for a coop experience with Arby

[@nuka-cola3866]

We are so back!!! Lest gooo

[@wonkatar2813]

Red Vs Blue by Rooster Teeth is a fantastic series! Highly recommend! They were the guys in the easter egg from Crows Nest.

[@RickySama240]

*Fun Fact:* The dialogue with Johnson switches depending on the difficulty. 3:53 "they must love the smell of green" can turn into "smell of badass" "hero" "testosterone" "real man" or "bogari" which is a little product placement joke from him. 😅

[@MrHotSalsa]

The Arbiter and Chief fighting over power weapons is my head canon too now.

[@darryljones3009]

The grunts breathe methane. In this game you can puncture their methane tanks and send the flying (which is probably what happened with the grenade).

[@subsume7904]

1/17 yooo that's awesome! Enjoy one of the best Halo's, nothing was quite like Halo 3 back in the "day"

[@Chiefinnn]

This one is tied with reach for me for favorite. But I still think 2 has the best dialogue. Can’t wait to see you play the rest.

[@alexanderren1097]

So normally, when people play games in coop they’re usually arguing about who gets to be player 1. This is the only game I know of where we were always fighting over who got to be player 2!

[@Balnazzardi]

Its always fun to see new fans playing Halo for first time. For me Halo 3 iss the most mixed bag, because while the campaign was way more polished than Halo CE and Halo2, at the same time it felt the least surprising and didnt live up to my incredbly high expectations

[@lukeyluke117]

I’ve beat Halo 3 probably upwards of 30 times and have never noticed the fist bump the two soldiers give when they’re landing in the jungle base 😅

[@LilSpookyyy]

15:47 anyone else remember jumping in the water and just listening to the song in the background ?

[@Gabes6024]

I was doing a heart transplant surgery but I saw this was posted. Some things are just more important

[@kristopherwillis8075]

Halo 3 in my opinion best game in the series 😊 we was eating good in 2007.

[@gideonevans9717]

Halo 3 is one of the greatest games ever made hands down.

[@rubenlopez3364]

Graphics so baller it doesn’t need a remaster

[@ericvasquez2822]

Finally!!!!!

[@cje499]

Bring it on!!!!

[@Sgt.FreeZ_8787]

I’m so excited for you to play halo reach!

[@Schnoobi]

If you really want a deep lore to dive into thats seperate from the story, but iconic for halo. Check out Red vs Blue. Bungie worked alot with them due to their popularity using Halo.

[@jasonlaboy]

Halo 3 does actually have fall damage but the height that you need to fall is very high and there's a very small range of heights it can happen at for you to even expriance it. Fall from too high and you die. The only place I know of that you can fall, take damage and survive is later in the game 3rd to last mission.

[@jorgebobadilla4227]

Lets go!!!! YES!!!

[@h20god117]

Also sounds like Doc from rvb lol i love the roosterteeth reference still

[@DarkestHourProductions]

You know now why everyone who loves Halo, loves Halo.

[@underscore_5450]

"Its like I'm killing Travis Kelce 😔"

[@tomm0016]

Marines watching chief try to open a door like 🤨

[@sugarpie117]

if you play coop in Halo 3 arbiter will be the 2nd player

[@DemarFalco]

What Cortina is saying are flashbacks to his training on reach.

[@rubenlopez3364]

People geeking about the lines should know that MCC uses more of them by default compared to the og games

[@xS1leNtRapt0rZ]

Halo 3 was huge when it launched. I haven't really seen anything as big since

[@Balnazzardi]

and there likely wont be. That kind of hype worldwide for a game is really hard to reach. The only one that comes to my mind these days is GTA, I think it goes without saying that GTA VI launch is gonna be huge thing for so many, but even something like Withcher 3 , Cyberpunk 2077 or RDR2 launch utterly pales in comparison to Halo 3 launch and pre-launch hype

[@jongerdes6585]

Out of all the halos, Halo 3 is my favorite. Halo 2 campaign is a bit better, but the whole experience of Halo 3 can't be beat. The campaign is still great, but when mixed with solid multiplayer, 4 player co-op, a huge community at the time, fileshares, custom games, the marketing material, vidocs, and theater, it was perfect.

[@Jarsia]

Johnson "Chief! Wait! The Arbiter's with us. Come on now, we got enough to worry about without you 2 trying to kill each other." Chief "Fine, just keep him on a leash, I ain't talking to this guy" By the way, regarding Johnson looking older, he's the ripe young age of 78 in Halo 3(well, also 2, 77 in CE, the 3 games take place over less than a year). That old and he still knows what the ladies like😉. Aside from needing everyone they can get, the reason Johnson can likely serve effectively at that age is because he was part of Project ORION, retroactively known as the SPARTAN 1 project. Also yes, Halo 3 is my favourite in the series, though it's got some tough competition. BTW, Michelle Rodriguez and Nathan Fillion lend their voices to this game.

[@ROYALCONJUREMUSIC]

Don't forget all the years of cryo sleep 👍🏻

[@Jarsia]

@@ROYALCONJUREMUSIC there's that too

[@autheli]

wooooo

[@paperstainedink]

A reminder to let Meg discover things for herself! Please do not post spoilers, future/past lore, or tips. We know you’re all passionate, but it lessens the fun for Meg if she can’t find out these things in her own time. Sit on your hands if you feel that urge. “But this comes from a book!” Yes, and Meg might want to read those books! Please do not ruin the fun for her. Thank you!

[@ZakhadWOW]

AFAIK they never bothered to explain waht happened aboard the ship, that led to him "jumping off" in mid atmosphere. Did the Covenant find him and kick him out? Why was the Forerunner Dreadnought streaking thru the sky like a meteor? It's design should have givven a much different silhouette, assume it was not designed to overcome such piddling details as reentry friction.

[@francesoxberry6816]

OH MY GOD HERE WE GO GET TACTICAL MARINES!!!!

[@LegendaryHalo]

The reaction to the start 😂 the ending😢

[@tomaslongoria2449]

After this we going straight to 4, only doing Chief games? Or we going to ODST and then Reach after this before going to Halo 4? Im also assuming we are skipping Halo Wars lol

[@True2ChainzLilWayne]

She’ll likely watch the Halo Wars cutscenes they’re important to the story even tho the game isn’t a fps.

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

I think capping the series off at 4 is best. 5 and 6 are absolute dog water.

[@kristopherwillis8075]

YESSIR we got the GOAT

[@RayramAureanBlue]

34:26 Were... were you just friendly fired by your own Pelican? Anyway, the plasma pistol is a great weapon, you just need to use it right. You don't need to charge it all the time, in fact, most of the time it's better to just fire it as fast as you can by rapidly pressing the trigger. This makes is comparable to a plasma rifle. Only charge it when you have a good shot lined up on an enemy with shields, or you want to disable a vehicle. When the reticle is red, a charged plasma shot will home in on a target.

[@asianmanfromasia]

I wish I could play this for the first time all over again

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Halo 3 pretty much made online gaming what it is. Yeah halo 2 and call of duty had it as well as a few other games, but im sure people have more logged hrs in halo3. Me and a friend oof mine would play this for hrs and hrs for a couple yrs.

[@Quan10Mack]

January 17th is 17/01 for the U.S.S. Enterprise

[@lando1224]

My fav halo game

[@SLAPERZZ1]

Halo 3 is the bomb❤️ best games out there. The brutes spiker pistol is so good

[@ClericOfPholtus]

For as crippled as this game was by how Halo 2 got 4-5 missions snuffed They did a really good job with what they could do

[@ApathyParabellum]

Nathan Fillion voices Reynolds IYKYK

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Chieffy day 1/17

[@manuel8123]

Man Bungie was right about placing the weapon cross a little down, In MCC during moments of gameplay story-telling, the lower angle is making you miss a lot of the scenery and events during gameplay, Luke when the pelicans went down

[@Sup3rNo7a]

Hard disagree. I always despised the lowered weapon crosshair, it always made the games that had it feel uncomfortable to me, and I would commonly catch myself physically trying to look over the bottom of the screen to see as if I was trying to look over a window sill (unconsciously, like how one might lean slightly while steering in a driving/racing game). I was so happy when I loaded up MCC on PC that I could put the crosshair center screen in all the games where it belongs.

[@manuel8123]

@Sup3rNo7a Oh I know!, I also prefer center crosshair, but the game was design for a lower one, so many of the things and events and ambient is made for it, so many events like the arrival of the forward unto dawn, the pelicans beign destroyed the arrival of the scarabs and many things that happened on the background are out of focus or you need to know where to look It makes you feel tiny and appreciate the scale, having said that thx to the higher FOV it can be mitigated somewhat

[@Phillibetrus]

8:30 He is the Arbiter (or Judge) not a prophet. The character is loosely Modeled after the Judges of the Old Testament Bible who challenged the false prophets.

[@kaiserdragon7233]

29:50 another clip for the books XD

[@BlitzMekanika]

Some say this day would never come, what are they to say now. 😌

[@MatthewJamesKalasky]

12:00 You actually CAN use cloaks in this game, though they're only one-time use.

[@notlimeslices]

ITS TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@kode.7637]

36:44 Dude lost his eyes.

[@tatelyster7374]

Yea the grunts are definitely children in cannon

[@VectormanRxQueen]

Love halo 3

[@h20god117]

She should have said "To Finish The Fight"

[@Archer-1453]

God I’m so excited

[@darwinodriscoll7750]

Meg u should watch halo forward unto dawn some time it’s really good 😎😎

[@MrIcelander]

And now - Uncharted!! 😎