Halo 3's Warthog Run is beautiful.

[@TheMartyODonnell]

That was a Camelot time at Bungie. Nicely done. By the way, I put up a Treasure Trove of Glue on my Bandcamp.

[@JohnnyJunkie]

The man is here.

[@Keatoo]

@@JohnnyJunkie the myth

[@gingus_627]

Glad to see you here Marty!

[@sharkbit123]

The man himself. Good to see you here! I hope you know how much your music has inspired millions and evolved the gaming industry.

[@LateNightHalo]

Your music informed my childhood, sir. I’m gonna check out the Bandcamp :)

[@shishi6201]

god, that part about "You be the gunner, i'm better at driving" really hits home for me.

[@natep3825]

But now for me I'm the better driver. The student has become the master.

[@actually-will1606]

Ive said it once or twice

[@reavercity568]

my brother didnt have faith in my shooting so i always drove.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

@@natep3825 only a master of cruising speed Nate

[@JoelsCollection]

I was always the driver and still am. I'm god awful on a warthog turret.

[@theaverageclownhole3369]

I totally forgot that the first time you hear chief called John, was at the end of halo 3.

[@JohnnyJunkie]

117 likes, as it should be. Edit: Not anymore.

[@silverbloodborne9495]

And the first time you see his name is in the halo CE book halo them flood Wich came a week after the game came out Edit: correction you see it in Halo fall of reach the first book in the Halo series Wich came out before the game did

[@Jacob-zk1jy]

I love the little details that you never notice this video is the first time out of all my time playing halo 3 that I realized that the flame thrower the arbiter uses is a flame thrower earlier in the level, and if you don't pick it up it disappears during your escape because the arbiter found it

[@theaverageclownhole3369]

@@Jacob-zk1jy holy shit that’s cool.

[@Jacob-zk1jy]

@@theaverageclownhole3369 ikr. it's those little things that you don't notice til later

[@CompleteAnimation]

Late Night Gaming: I track you down. I will find you. And I will wash your car to show you how much the finale of Halo 3 means to me.

[@VainerCactus0]

LNG has a very particular set of skills...

[@rm25088]

lol

[@ricodee3188]

The imagery of the Ark igniting and Chief standing in between Cortana and oblivion, and Chief reassuring Cortana that *“they’ll make it”* ,accompanied with the final musical notes, chief resting his head and Cortana saying *“it’s been and honour serving with you John”* , never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

[@MrHaloman95]

One of the most strongest moments of moments

[@Eli_RC]

I just realized that truth has a halo ring like simbol on his crown

[@Camera-Guy_ODST]

and i have no more money

[@spiceg9614]

@@Camera-Guy_ODST rip power bills

[@Camera-Guy_ODST]

@@spiceg9614 i am waiting for a portable nuclear reactor

[@marek7710]

117 likes!

[@stitchedbyiron]

Halo 4 & 5 were just nightmares master chief had during his cryo sleep.

[@SomeTimeReviews]

So is the ending in Halo Infinite... another non-memorable campaign made by 343i

[@yigakong1187]

@@SomeTimeReviewsHalo 4 was memorable, but not because it was good (at least to me)

[@paperclip6377]

Damn straight. 343i halo ain't canon.

[@MegaPikachu5]

Thatd be worse writing than the lowest points of halo 5s campaign

[@turboking9238]

Still in denial old man? The new games didn't bring you the happiness the original brought you as a child? You miss those late nights playing Halo 3, playing it so many times the disc wore out. Then you grew up, your childhood ended, and it just wasn't the same afterwards. I get it, really.

[@EposVox]

lol at you disliking your own video at the end. Great stuff as always. You're a fantastic storyteller

[@carlweeks2399]

Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that

[@nolenkleftis6863]

This video actually made me cry. I remember when I was 8 years old I played the campaign with my older brother. At the time my brother was had cancer and halo was one of the only escapes he had from his own personal fight. I remember how emotional he got when Johnson died and I remember how excited he got as he drove the warthog and I did a shitty job at killing all the flood. We had to restart a few times because I didn’t shoot a fucking carrier form and it blew us up😂. But I remember when we finally finished it he was just really happy. It was one of those really special moments that I had with this game and that I had with my brother. What is also kinda crazy is that my brother passed in 2009. Before Reach came out so Halo 3 was the last main game he experienced before he passed. In a way he finished the fight with Halo 3 as if no other halo games would come out after that. Sometimes people ask why Halo gets me so emotional, and while yes it brings me loads of nostalgia of the “good ole days”. It also brings me vivid memories of being around my older brother so I can’t thank Bungie enough for making this masterpiece of a trilogy and a game.

[@yoboy1177]

Love it buddy

[@Axel230]

As a younger sibling worse at games than the older sibling at the time... I totally get you, that feeling of struggling just to keep up and that specific pride of completing something special together that some people would brush off as just silly childhood moment. Salutes to the fallen Spartan, he pushed through enough to finish the mission. May his deeds not be forgotten.

[@SilverViper1000]

I'm really sorry for you (your story made me almost cry) but also remember his last memories were good ones. He played one of the best and community driven halo games with his brother he loved. When it has to end... May it be a good end with a smile on your face :)

[@lopsetard]

dont worry he never died he was merely missing in action

[@KaiserALT]

May he rest in peace, and be happy that he passed happy

[@vonjt4077]

Finally someone gives those "glue" ambient tracks recognition. They are one of my favorite things about Halo 2 and 3. They give every set piece and moment a greater feeling of "awe" and invests the player. Whether the player realizes it or not, it makes them more invested into the world or universe of the game, or what is happening in that world or universe.

[@humoroustumor]

That “glue” is something I hope we get in Halo Infinite. It will be a welcomed return.

[@olex2723]

where can one find these tracks?

[@vonjt4077]

@@olex2723 game files, look up Halo 2 "glue tracks" on youtube, look up "halo complete mission soundtrack" on youtube, and I also have them all on my channel

[@olex2723]

@@vonjt4077 great. thanks for your contribution (y)

[@michaelaguilera6946]

My favorite is the one showcased in the video, that one from the ark I believe it was behold the pale horse. It is so beautiful

[@Kay-lei5]

Alternate title: Why Halo 3's final level is ICONIC

[@jeremiahgrayest]

hiddenXperia?

[@myles3856]

@@jeremiahgrayest yes

[@zooniezoys]

HiddenXperia’s low effort garbage videos don’t have a place here

[@Kay-lei5]

​@@zooniezoys His videos are neither low effort or garbage. He may have a different style to LNG but both are fantastic and respected additions to the community.

[@zooniezoys]

@@Kay-lei5 yeah his “different” style is stretching a 3 minute topic to over 10 minutes😂 dude is a hypetuber plain and simple. Low effort garbage

[@OrangeSodaKing]

My fiancée, who had no interest in Halo, but decided to play through 1, 2, and 3 with me just to be nice, was crying by the end of 3. And the million times I’ve played it, I still tear up as well. It’s a brilliant ending, and the music is a huge reason why. That, and Cortana saying “it’s been an honor serving with you, John.”

[@RosheenQuynh]

🥺

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

I like a great movie, but you can sit and stretch a movie out to 4 hours and it won't have NEAR the impact of a game campaign I've played for 12-13 hours or a franchise like the first 3 Halos for 50+ hours (reminder, you get to PLAY OUT everything that happens in between cutscenes, a level of immersion that a movie will never have). On top of the novel lore, it's deeper than any movie or movie franchise. Along with top-notch writing, gameplay, soundtrack and original score, the video game has passed movies and even a TV series as the greatest entertainment medium in media. Red Dead Redmeption series, Halo series, Fallout series, GTA series (I'm mainly talking about SA and IV), Batman: Arkham series, etc. are straight up the best ways to indulge in a story, narrative, investment, and lore, and boomers and Gen-X'ers will never understand that because they won't get their head out of the "greatest generation" sand and realize how far video games have come in like 40 years, even the past 15-20. Yes, you grew up on movies, but video games have surpassed that 3-fold. I don't even know when's the last time I saw a TV series or a new movie. I commend your significant others's ability to expose themselves to an otherwise indifferent medium of storytelling, especially since women just aren't naturally involved in video games or competitiveness in entertainment mediums, like what a video game is pretty much about.

[@Alex9_x]

117 likes

[@gistvisions]

Amazing! My wife wasn't too excited to play through Halo when we began CE. By the time CE ended, I asked if she was ready for H2. She said oh hell yeah! We get through H2 to the cliffhanger. She SCREAMED AT THE TV!!! Then I asked her if she was ready to finish the fight. One of my proudest memories with my wife. The final warthog run was a fantastic adrenaline rush for her.

[@mushu3765]

You heard the man leave a like and share that’s an order Spartans!

[@poopymcsnoopy]

117 LIKES. NOICE!

[@newkingfj7242]

Bruh why do you have big Ed as your profile pic lol

[@jackpark2736]

@@newkingfj7242 I think his name is big Ed or something

[@newkingfj7242]

@@jackpark2736 ahhhhh yes thank you 😂😂😂😂😂 Imma go edit that question now 😅

[@WhoisPersona]

Well I mean what more iconic than a race against time on an exploding Halo ring that is collapsing around you.

[@Ikcatcher]

Even my non Halo friend, who had played the entire MCC with me on PC as the games were coming out, felt incredibly hyped when we reached this level. That just says a lot about how emotional it was.

[@kadenstewart7761]

I love how in ODST in “Rain” on the sax solo you can actually hear the moisture on the reed of the alto sax. And especially in the “Opening Suite” from CE you can hear the coir breath there too.

[@LinkiePup]

I play the Alto Saxophone, and yeah, it’s something usually you try to avoid because it can mute the reed. But- because of the setting, the ambient rain in the game.. it makes it work.

[@kadenstewart7761]

@@LinkiePup lol I also play sax, odst is why

[@PNS311]

Same with the second prelude

[@I0NE007]

The imagery you're to conjure during your remembrances of past events, particularly this warthog run, brings me back to the emotions I would feel when playing (beating) Halo 3 on Legendary with my brother. And the idea of saluting a "fallen comrade" or calling out to "just drive a bit faster" brings me back to the wondrously heady days when video games could be anything, the villagers in my Animal Crossing game "were real," and, oh man, the early-/pre-internet days of the "Smash Bros Melee Rumors" and the ever-venerable "Legend of Stop 'n' Swop" for the Banjo-Kazooie games.

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Halo 1: MC crawls out of a cryo chamber to save humanity. Halo 3: With humanity saved, MC crawls back into one while saying, “wake me when you need me.” Perfect; should’ve ended there.

[@Kaarl_Mills]

"Wake the fuck up SPARTAN, we have a franchise to milk" 343

[@thosr861]

@@Kaarl_Mills reminds me of that Darla girl from finding Nemo. *BANGING ON THE GLASS OF HIS CRYO POD* "WAKE UP LITTLE FISHEY!!!"

[@AcePilotX2]

Exactly, halo 4,5,6 are bullshit

[@splitjawjanitor5369]

In defense of 343, it's kind of on Bungie's ass for adding that cliffhanger of Requiem in Halo 3's Legendary ending. In a better timeline they didn't and 343 just mucked about in the pre-trilogy lore like the books, Wars, and Reach did.

[@banzeyegaming2234]

You know, now that I think about it, this is almost reminiscent of the myth of King Arthur. A legend who will come at his nation’s darkest hour.

[@ToxicBalloon360]

Love how you draw attention to things that aren't too often discussed. Those "glue" tracks which act as background ambience are a MAJOR part of Halo's identity. Their masterful composition, incredible environments of the Halo series and the story all in combination make for an incredible gaming experience that feels incredibly ethereal.

[@harryhicks1142]

The skybox will never fail to blow me away with how beautiful it is.

[@im_a_tortoise9299]

Is it bad that I thought that Arbiter said "Asshole, you must be silenced" when he killed truth?

[@badwolf2317]

Honestly I wouldn’t mind if Arbiter did say that.

[@jaronsimon5816]

If if he did say that, it would be fitting. Prophet of truth was indeed an asshole.

[@grandstrategos1144]

@@gabrielantos4144 The same place where a human’s ass is located. This is also true for the place where their....genitalia are located. San’Shyuum and human reproductive rituals are surprisingly similar.

[@garytang182]

I thought it was too. Made sense to me since he was around humans for a while

[@dianabarnett6886]

That track during the final run, the rising choir...it still makes me tear up.

[@nickcalderon2637]

For me, if I don’t perform the Final Warthog Run on the first try, I end up restarting that entire mission as I feel the music gets thrown off when I fail a turn or accidentally drive face first into the abyss because I misremembered which platforms would fall or stay up.

[@Saku_607]

The warthog run wasn’t a Videogame level, it was a milestone in my life. Honestly more impactful and important to me than getting my drivers license or turning 18 or graduating high school.

[@wolfgangkoeppen52]

I would pay any amount of money to listen to One Final Effort in person, that how much I love that song

[@Determ1nat1on]

I always get goosebumps whenever anyone mentions Halo's epic monk chant, Warthog Run, Chief & Arbiter.

[@neonsolace2748]

This is absolutely the best explanation and lookthrough of the halo 3's music and atmosphere and overall vibe i've ever heard I always thought the way you did about it but never found enough words to explain it, this video right there deserves to be seen by ever single halo fan ever It must reach millions, its the epitomic description of halo 3's aestethic

[@kadirgarib3459]

I'm glad you talked about player control when defeating Spark. I hear too many times these days that "he's too easy of a boss fight, he's a bad boss" when that's not the point. He's a floating ball with a laser eye of course he can't be all powerful. The real point is to let YOU, the PLAYER, The MASTER CHIEF, take him out with your OWN hands not watching green Spartan man kill him in a cutscene.

[@Wernissage]

This video made me love Halo 3 even more than I already did. And it’s my favorite Halo, so that’s saying something. Amazing work Taras🔥

[@Misty25939]

When I think of the Halo trilogy campaigns, I feel like I'm playing through a sci-fi symphony. It had so many quiet moments where you felt isolated and moments where you were thrown into a fiery battlefield. The music really sold those moments and puts it all together into a beautiful and violent experience. Excellent video!

[@tonito_el_tigre]

343 is about to delay infinite again after watching this to rework the end

[@ryanowen4361]

I’d be so happy for this

[@willstar1238]

Dude imagine if the ending of Infinite has a warthog run.

[@tonito_el_tigre]

@@willstar1238 with the hex walls that could really make for a fun warthog run.. we could only hope

[@killerkitten7534]

@@willstar1238 racing down a ring that is ripping itself apart, while brohammer is flying over chief with a pelican trying to take out some of the enemies, and at the end adjusts himself so that chief can launch his warthog into the pelican and they both escape together

[@willstar1238]

@@killerkitten7534 Dude that would be so fucking cool.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjense4035]

Personally, my favorite part about the ending is on the barren hillside where Hood is giving his speech and speaks with the Arbiter. "I remember how this war started, what your kind did to mine. I can't forgive you, but you have my thanks. For sticking by him to the end. Hard to believe he's dead." Arbiter replies, "We're it so easy." Which were the first, and last words he says in the game. He says it first to John when he's about to blow his brains out as in "we're it so easy to kill me". Whereas when replying to Hood it's more like "We're it so easy to believe he's dead"

[@Bajablast117]

The way you describe halo shit literally makes me cry. Just hits home why I love the series so much. You articulate exactly how I feel about this game almost perfectly.

[@genuinesaucy]

My favorite part about the warthog run is that the music is timed perfectly so that the strings hit at the same time Arbiter starts shooting at the Flood on the first platform thingie. They didn't have to do that.

[@VergilsLastName]

I would always be arbiter when I played with my cousin. The memories of me on the turret doing 360s while shooting everytime he made a jump made up my golden days.

[@kyleheilig255]

I still get chills when I hear those 5 little notes for Chief play.

[@renderproductions1032]

I will never forget playing this late at night with my calves shaking in excitement as I raced to the ship while the world fell apart.

[@spartanonyx7165]

I swear if this man mentions half life one more time without uploading that half life video then I'm going to LOSE ITTTTT. I know you're teasing!

[@frankdadev1456]

19:11 That's gotta be the weirdest compliment I've ever heard.

[@UnfundedCheese]

I've been playing Halo since Combat Evolved was released. My friends and I had LAN parties and played online together many times over the years. We are in our 30s now and we still get together to play Halo nearly every weekend. The music and gameplay hit me even harder now that I'm older. This series made most of my favorite memories of gaming with my friends. There are other games we play but we always seem to come back to Halo.

[@Charmieluc]

Man you describing playing the last level of halo with your friend just warmed my heart. I have been playing halo since I was 3 years old, when my brother was old enough I satrted playing it with him. It was a very personal thing to me, it still is. But you describing your experience with your best friend just dropped me back down a nostalgia trip of playing the same level with my brother. This has all been a roundabout way of saying this video was great, keep it up.

[@cyberswiper6317]

This game will always have a special place in my heart I remember when everyone in 2007 went crazy for this game and my I’m glad I was around to watch that and play this stunning video game at a young age. I miss those days so much...

[@Bastion0211]

This level has always stuck with me, my brother and i would replay this campaign on coop over and over. He was always chief and i was always the Arbiter, because of this ive always loved Thel. My Brother would always drive and id gun, listening to the music and seeing this sequence brings back great feelings. At the time we didnt realise we were making memories, we were just having fun. Thank you Bro, ill try and get a copy of this for the next time we are both home

[@asimplearc3245]

You forgot to mention how Johnson tells Chief to never let Cortana go as he gives Chief Cortanas chip

[@nick5zone827]

Beating the Warthog run on legendary with a full hog of my homies is an experience that I will never forget 🥰

[@TheDirvish]

Marty just shared this on his channel

[@maverickjackson1777]

“Wake me, when you need me.”

[@danmiller4601]

Thank you for this. It brings back great memories of designing it with the team.

[@LateNightHalo]

Oh man, you worked on halo 3? Words can’t even begin to articulate how much that game meant to me. You guys are responsible for some the happiest and most nostalgic memories I carry

[@danmiller4601]

I was the designer for 120_Halo, the last level. I didn’t do the Guilty Spark fight, but all other design work was mine (up to the final cinematic).

[@LateNightHalo]

@@danmiller4601 what do you think was your personal favorite aspect of the level? Its such a well-paced experience

[@danmiller4601]

@@LateNightHalo the fact that we rebuilt the trench run after we realized the first version sucked. Also, watching all of the other employees walk by my desk and play test it on the spot. Also enjoyable was adding the other vehicle Easter eggs in (ghost, mongoose, etc).

[@LateNightHalo]

@@danmiller4601 haha oh man, what was the idea for the original run? Am I crazy or is the second run loosely based off the Silent Cartographer?

[@Writers_End]

Such a beautiful and loyal video you made, thank you so much.

[@volrogue]

Well, time to rewatch. Kinda missed the start with that whole Halo 3 MP debate in the live chat

[@ebonygyro8736]

I LOVE the final battle with the flood to the control room, and the gravemind raging in the backround!

[@thosr861]

I remember doing the vidmaster challenge on the Halo level with my brother, a guy I met online, and his brother. It was HOURS in the making, with many, many deaths. It was faar past all of our bedtime, my mother came in many times to say "c'mon it's enough now" while I'd reply "no, please, we're so close".. nearing us all being too tired and almost giving up we finally got the ghosts to the final section. *The Halo Theme Starts playing*. This was the moment that I most felt the feeling of 'come on guys! We're almost there!' with the music swelling as we all boosted through as fast as we could, seemingly dodging everything right at the last second, the thought of being able to get recon filling my thoughts... After FINALLY jumping into the hangar and finishing the mission we all erupted with joy! EVERYTIME I hear that music it reminds me of these feelings, and what an absolutely amazing part of my childhood this was.

[@LateNightHalo]

That’s an incredible story

[@thosr861]

@@LateNightHalo it's an incredible game.. and an incredible company.. Moments like this are what result from people who know what they're doing, pouring their heart into something, just in the persuit of making something truly great. Nicewon on the video by the way, very well articulated.

[@Luke-mu5mq]

My biggest complaint with Halo 3's story is how less threatening Truth became. Truth went from a clever and conniving antagonist to a villainy stereotype of telling the hero his plan and he just seemed dumbed down and less interesting.

[@josefzalusky7307]

I see it as almost symbolic of the destabilization of the Covenant. In the beginning, it's firm, resolute, cold. Then, the cracks begin to form with the tension between the Brutes and the Elites, culminating in the Great Schism. Finally, the Covenant is little more than the meat headed approach of the once-dominant Brutes. I don't know, it's 8 a.m. and I haven't actually slept yet. So.

[@Luke-mu5mq]

@@josefzalusky7307 That’s a interesting way to look at things, and I somewhat agree with you on how it became symbolic of the decline of the covenant, but I just preferred H2 Truth over H3 Truth.

[@josefzalusky7307]

@@Luke-mu5mq I did too, in all honesty. He was much more interesting in H2.

[@pedrotrejo8118]

I agree all 3 Prophets seemed so cool in Halo 2 like I'd be killed just for being a human in their presence type deal 😬😓

[@AthrunWilshire]

It's kind of depressing knowing that I've never felt and probably never will feel this way about anything.

[@joviosedits5926]

Your videos like this always make me emotional. The halo games grew up with me (Halo CE came out a year after I was born), and they hold a special place in my heart. It fills me with joy that there’s others who resonate so much with the game and the music and the story. It makes me sad that my brothers won’t have the same experience. Thank you for sharing all of your stories about Halo

[@SlavaUkraini345]

I remember on mcc me and 3 of my best friends spent all day trying to beat halo 3 on legendary. It took all day but when we got to warthog run we were cheering and clapping. We were having a blast and when we finished the game we went back and did it all again because it was just SO fun. But now most of my friends have moved far away and I probably won't see them for a while but while we were together we had a blast.

[@cr0wb0t27]

Not gonna lie, this video got me emotional at the end. In my adult life i work most days out of the week, and sometimes find myself detached from that childlike wonder that the narrative of this video elicits. Hearing you recollect about your first time beating the warthog run, reminded me of the time my best friend and I beat all the halo games up to reach for Reach's launch. The hype, the standing up infront of your tv and mashing buttons ferociously. The cheesey early 2000s rock blaring in the background like Incubus, Three Days Grace, Linkin park and Breaking Benjamin, the cans of Mtn Dew and Monster scattered across the game room, empty chip bags crinkling beneath or trampling feet as we jumped, sat, and bounced around with excitement at each climactic level-and lest i forget listening to Marty O'Donnell's sound track whilst playing with my Mcfarlane Halo figures or our Mega Bloks sets. Halo is apart of me. Halo is my childhood, and a catalyst for all the joy i had from it.

[@Klogeist]

this is a love letter in a video format. Dis touched my little nerdy heart. Thank you

[@firefox309]

When I was a kid I always liked Arbiter as a character even at first sight he was my favorite and still is till this day

[@Menhtrol]

Can't thank you enough for putting into words exactly how i feel about this game

[@avis21X]

You when the warthog run music plays: "PROTOCOL DICTATES ACTION"

[@Flemmonade]

The second I hear A Walk in the Woods start playing during Sierra 117, I'm immediately set on playing the entire campaign through. It's perfectly timed in the "Banshees fast and low" section and always gets me hyped up when those drums kick in

[@neonsolace2748]

10:34 Thank you LNG..just thank you for mentioning this track for once Its what i hear when i think of of forerunners, alien,magical and beautiful

[@neonsolace2748]

For the guy who asked me the name of it and deleted his comment Just type halo 3 ark cartographer choir

[@extoriaproductions]

what’s it called pls

[@paperclip6377]

Hold on the forerunners ain't aliens.

[@morbidtotty8375]

When I played halo 3 for the first time I was in the 5th grade, I had gotten my first Xbox for Christmas along with halo 3 and call of duty 4. I remember seeing the jungles in Sierra 117 for the first time and thought it was the most realistic game I have ever seen. I played that game more times than I can count now. Now I’m almost 23 years old, I have a wife and now recently a dog, but I will never get over how this game made me feel and how I still feel about it today

[@SatinGecko43373]

I’ve never thought about half of this stuff like you have, this is eye opening even for an almost 20 year halo fan

[@andrei805]

Ugh I miss being 10 sitting on a rug floor in front of a flat screen at my cousin's and playing this oh so epic game

[@nom6919]

when the music started when your were talking about the warthog run i felt the hair on my legs stood up from the music

[@tornaghmalumenis6834]

Confession: i didn't know any Halo outside of CE and Reach before I got the MCC on PC and so I expected to yea have fun but be otherwise uneffected cuz I got no nostalgic coop memories yk... I did not expect that. The way you describe the final level, that's 100% how that made me feel.

[@MrPerson61]

In that bit of the Warthog run track where you point out the Piano, really shows the concept you were talking about of 3 games worth of musical experience. Take the Warthog run music from Halo 1, redo it with modern instruments and a few spins on it, and also take the low piano notes from Halo 2 tracks (like Unyielding) to make a track that gets all the hype elements of 3 games and rolls them into one awesome track. For me sadly for some reason, I have no recollection of my Halo 3 first time Experience. I had an Original Xbox growing up but we were always very behind on games and tech as while we weren't a poor family, we weren't exactly wealthy either, and games were not high on the priority list. So we got our OG Xbox for Christmas in 2004 and our neighbor brought over Halo and we played the shit out of it and loved it. We didn't get Halo 2 for another year or more and at that point I knew Halo 1 like the back of my hand. Once we got Halo 2 I played that so much I still know the out of map exploits and shortcuts by heart, and can still make it through on legendary today. But we didn't get an Xbox 360 until around 2009-2010, and it was my older brother who purchased it. And yet...I don't remember hardly anything about my first time playing it. Maybe it was because the 360 had achievements, and my brother was a bit of an achievement hoarder and had to "make sure we were getting every achievement possible" during our sessions that kind of ruined it for me, but other than that I don't really know why. I remember first playing Halo 1 and 2, but hardly any of 3 which makes me a bit sad I didn't have one of those cool experiences you described. Oh well, the music is great XD

[@skeletonnoise6178]

Dude you gotta stop, with the amount of chills I’m getting. I’m gonna come down with hypothermia

[@That1RandomYT]

The moment you realize Late Night Gaming disliked his own video at the end.

[@manboi6852]

Fr lol, why would he do that

[@thetrickster9885]

@@manboi6852 to generate a curiosity among viewers like us

[@cheezyfish]

Very well put my man. You made me realise reasons why I love halo I hadn't even known. Thank you for your continued creativity.

[@beefyxburrito801]

I just wanted to say thank you, you are the only one on KZbin that I have found who makes me feel the magic of halo again. This video reminded me of the times that my brother and I had playing this very level. Halo 3 in particular is very special to me, thank you for getting me excited to play again. The magic of this series will never die and its people like you who do help keep it alive.

[@UnclePhil6705]

The atmospheric ambient music for this game is pure nostalgia. Even now, over half a decade later, there's still nothing quite like those ambient tracks. They resonate with me on a deep personal level. They remind me of an easier, simpler time, when I was younger and didn't have so many responsibilities. I still hold this and reach close to my heart as two of the best videogames ever made. There will never ever be another game soundtrack, or even video game, like Halo 3. It reminds me of coming home after school at around 3PM, rushing to the Xbox to replay my favorite Halo 3 mission, The Covenant. Or during 2010-2012, where I'd come home from elementary school every day to hop onto Halo: Reach to goof off in Forge World, or try my best in Invasion, or try out Firefight, or just replay the campaign again because of its awesome setpieces. It reminds me of when I would stay up way too late with my cousins, playing against each other in 2v2 matches, and we'd sleep until late in the afternoon because it was just that easy to lose track of time when playing these games. I even joined a clan once, but I'm pretty sure the guys there just wanted to have a laugh at my expense, since I was the token "Squeaker" at the time. I only hope they're all doing well IRL, wherever life may have taken them. Halo 3 and Reach were one of the few video games that I can confidently say changed my life for the better, right next to Undertale and Castle Crashers. My only regret with these games is that I will very likely never experience anything like them again. No matter how much I want to, I can never beat Halo 3 's campaign for the first time ever again. I can never witness Noble 6's sacrifice and feel what I felt from it for the first time ever again. I'll never meet those countless strangers who took time out of their day to play a game of Halo 3 or Halo: Reach, not knowing that they helped form the memories and personality of a kid from the midwest who now plans to develop games for a living, because of those experiences. I don't and won't remember their names, but the experiences I gained from playing with them has helped make me the person I am now. Even so, I know that no matter how much time has passed, and no matter where this life takes me next, I'll always be able to return to the sweet sounds of Halo 3's Ambience, and it'll hit just as hard now as it did back then. Thanks, Marty. He and everyone else who worked on these games made at least one person's childhood a lot more fun.

[@SeniorCharry]

Halo 3 is a once in a lifetime experience. Campaign, multiplayer, custom games, file share, community, and most important of all, in my opinion, the OST. I still Play Halo 3 to this day, and I occasionally boot up the original 360 version to chill in the menus. No seriously, even the Halo 3 menus are unbelievably comforting and interesting. There's a lot of great games and franchises, but Bungie's Halo games were something special for me.

[@Marzo7866]

It's quite fitting that while I'm watching a Halo video, I take a glance at the time on my computer to see that it's 3:43 PM.

[@Quodergo]

there's something so enchanting about listening to you talk about how things feel, then going on to list what makes things feel that way.

[@YalkYalk_]

Glad you touched on Halo 3's music, it's easily one of the greatest scores of all time. Great video!

[@yoshim616]

A lot of my memories of that warthog run involve me and my friends yelling a lot. Good times.

[@EmileA239_from_Halo_Reach]

My friend KC recently started playing Halo and when we got to this mission her voice went from happiness to a level of joy only achievable by a kid in a candy store

[@nathangordon4891]

I actually played this level recently for the first time in ages, and you absolutely nailed it with this video. Everything from the quiet kind of, anxious sounding choir at the beginning on the level, to the crescendo at the end makes it such a joy to play through. And I did realise something on my recent playthrough. This level is the closest any game has gotten to making me feel like I was in a glorious, interactive action movie.

[@mushu3765]

Dude this shit fucking put me in the feels man like the right way made me nostalgic thank you I needed this someone finally understands halo like I do😘

[@spiritwolf5774]

I Love how you utilize the Halo music throughout your video it really makes your video have an awesome dynamic

[@spartanaviation]

This video is beautiful. I'm a massive fan of how you've made these cinematic shots of different Halo 3 environments with reshade effects.

[@hotsauceterry8759]

Couldn't have said any of this better myself, you so brilliantly capture everything that made Halo so special to everyone back then, and even still to this day. One of the best game series I've had the pleasure of playing, and I'm beyond happy people still talk about it so fondly. They really don't make them like they used to anymore.

[@polishcavalry880]

I just want to put this out there that your content is always super rewatch-able, I always enjoy seeing your videos multiple times

[@Zephyrfier]

Man, I gotta be honest...I love and envy how you can still be so excited about it all. It's great and I love you for it.

[@d0tty]

The music is probably my favorite halo song. I like that you have to escape off the ring with you and arbiter. Its like halo CE warthog but 5x better. I hope we see a warthog run in infinite.

[@KermitTheGodfrog]

Your Halo 3 videos hit my nostalgia bone so hard i get emotional everytim ty :')

[@victor93314]

18:25 Deebee!!! That guy earned a place in my heart ♥️

[@likethe68jets]

Been playing Halo since Combat Evolved. This trilogy is the best ever so thank you for making this video. I’m leaving a like 👍

[@bryanmartinezpastor5085]

Ohh man I love how you manage to tell this things, how you let us bond with your experiences and make remember everything I felt when I played this game when I was a kid. You made me cry. The true signatura of a great storyteller.

[@egmix2398]

I just remember the time when they played custom games, the intro when the controller drops out of the sky.

[@GamersBasement]

If you narrated a Halo book, I'd pay triple for it. Fantastic story teller!

[@NaftaliJakob]

This was just too good to hear, the excitement of my childhood wrapped up in 22 minutes. If I ever had the equipment to start recording videos, I would also make one 22 minutes long about why this is one of the only videos I have ever clicked like on, and why I completely agree with all the points you made. Also, please help my halo infinite depression :(

[@rd_ctrlr5311]

Watching LateNight videos is always like a good Scorpion section. Pure. Feel. Good.

[@papaemeritus5842]

Fuck! This brings tears of nostalgia to my eyes! You were so right! This i exactly how i feel finishing the fight! Halo CE had such an impact on me and end it all in a level that makes me feel like the first Time i played Halo feels so right. And...of course,the music does the Rest! What a masterpiece!!!

[@tonymiranda5675]

The first time i finish Halo 3, i didnt played Halo Ce, so didnt know about that subtle symbolism that it had. And a few months ago, when i finish it again, now i really felt those emotions. I didnt notice the hallway to the warthog had the same design of those forerunners structures of first game, that was a really subtle nostalgic moment before the warthog run, so i could really feel the moment afterwards.

[@myles3856]

There's a reason it's my favourite Mission in Halo ever and probably always will be

[@Exponaut_R-01]

My eyes were already open to the quality and sentiment behind these tracks but you opened my eyes wider.

[@vahlok1426]

The song aside from the main theme that always sticks with me in the series in general, but especially in 3, is Broken Gates. The first time hearing it in 2 in the courtyard after the pelican crash was awesome, but hearing it as a more subdued and atmospheric piece on Tsavo Highway was just mindblowing. Halo is freaking magical.