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 :)

[@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.

[@RogueGhoulSenpai]

Halo 3 was the first Halo game I played, as a child it was amazing, atmospheric, and beautiful. To this day it is my favorite Halo game and will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@ubermaster134]

These videos just remind me why i LOVE Halo Edit: The only thing that I think was missing from warthog runs theme is the female vocals of the OG theme song.

[@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.

[@angellos5552]

"GG guys see you all in the next one".✌🏾

[@gunnarcantrell9893]

One of my best ideas was timing the take off of the plane I was on to Greatest Journey best idea I have had in a long time.

[@Mr.Milenko]

So were the 1st and 2nd, but agree, as well!

[@gerryw173ify]

Ok whack I never realized the first time Chief was called by his real name was at the end of Halo 3.

[@marcelinochan1326]

can someone please tell me what the name of that song is that play at the outro of this video. It's amazing

[@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.

[@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

[@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...

[@NaftaliJakob]

i misread wash as trash at first lol.

[@rm25088]

lol

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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 😅

[@stitchedbyiron]

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

[@PROonTOP13]

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

[@yigakong1187]

@@PROonTOP13Halo 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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@TomYourmombadil]

I always got the feeling that Arbiter and Chief had a massive amount of trust and respect between them, but they were still so awkward together. He said “in time I named him [...] friend” but It’s just so funny trying to picture John and Thel vibing and hanging out for fun

[@kingdomkey2262]

I think in halo bad blood they hang out for a little bit and tell stories in sanghelios

[@TomYourmombadil]

@@kingdomkey2262 ooh I’ll have to read. Does arbiter ever see Chief without his helmet?

[@ThomasHendrickson]

Hey John, how’s the fam- uhhhm....never mind

[@JuiceboxCE]

@@kingdomkey2262 I still think it's criminal we never got that in a game, instead (in any capacity)

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

@@JuiceboxCE absolutely. to put one of the greatest bromances reuniting in a book instead of in the source material is unacceptable.

[@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.

[@WhoisPersona]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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🔥

[@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.

[@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"

[@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 😬😓

[@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.

[@wolfgangkoeppen52]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Determ1nat1on]

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

[@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!

[@frankdadev1456]

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

[@TheDirvish]

Marty just shared this on his channel

[@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.

[@harryhicks1142]

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

[@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.

[@roandeighton9162]

Why did you dislike the video that you made at the end??? It wasn’t cringe, rather it just emphasize how many people, including me, hold this game so special. Have more pride in your work, it means a lot to some people!!! Amazing video btw.

[@LateNightHalo]

Haha it’s just a running gag on my channel

[@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.

[@kyleheilig255]

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

[@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.

[@nick5zone827]

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

[@maverickjackson1777]

“Wake me, when you need me.”

[@holycaboose3804]

God bless our savior Marty! For his word is passed through our prophet Late Night Gaming.

[@asimplearc3245]

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

[@carbodude5414]

The thing that made me fall in love with old Halo is how unscripted it is

[@utisti4976]

Same! More games need be chase the unscripted vibe that Halo perfected years ago!

[@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.

[@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.

[@volrogue]

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

[@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...

[@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

[@Fi_Sci_]

Between Halo Reach and Halo 3 it’s difficult to decide which ones have a better soundtrack... because in my opinion both games have powerful scenes with elevating scores. But I’ve got no issue in saying that Halo 3 is the most memorable. Halo is just that kind of franchise where each game has its standout themes, even the less popular ones like Halo 4 and 5 still have their fair share of good scores.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@josiahteller7556]

I remember my friend Brandon and I decided to try to do the final run on a mongoose we found as a joke, we actually managed to do it and it was hilarious. Ahhh good times

[@coreliandude76]

Halo Infinite, with all its magnificence, fails by not including such interactive climax that Halo 3 offered nearly 15 years earlier.

[@avis21X]

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

[@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!!!

[@VainerCactus0]

Hah! I was the older brother who always drove the Warthog runs. I always asked my brother if he wanted to drive, but I guess he just wanted to watch the explosions and stuff while shooting at flying robots.

[@TheShadowFox1]

Why didn't you both just race? And they are called sentinels

[@VainerCactus0]

@@TheShadowFox1 Because he didn't want to I guess.

[@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

[@SpectreAnimations]

Marty how much reverb you want for halo 3? Marty: yes

[@AthrunWilshire]

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

[@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😘

[@quadzers5703]

This video really highlights everything I think is missing in the new game. Sure the gameplay is super fun but to me the story is lackluster, the music is good but nothing special, and the environments are stale.

[@skeletonnoise6178]

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

[@emmiasilk9059]

Admittedly, I actually didn't like the warthog run at the end of Halo 3. Many of the aspects of the presentation were great, just like the rest of the game, but honestly all that stood out to me was how ugly the terrain looked to me. In particular, the panels that blow up and fall apart all look kinda the same. It felt to me like were driving on floating video game platforms rather than a real, physical structure. It made me think of the technical constraints of the game rather than the other awesome aspects of the presentation.

[@GSG743]

Fun Fact, the halo 3 warthog run is played on a recreation of the silent cartographer mission from CE :p

[@dsdy1205]

Minus the sand, the sea, and everything else but the bare metal beneath

[@Krispy-Klips]

Woah, i didn't know that

[@theRok29]

it isn’t the entire run, I believe it’s that last portion where you’re rounding the corners right around when you’re going to jump into the Dawn

[@LORD_BING_BING]

Let's not forget the times when the carrier forms would blow up after getting run over and you would have to scramble to get to the warthog

[@brandonthomas2623]

Now I have to go back and play the trilogy for a 7000th time.

[@theunknownnope5520]

Got 1 word for you late night about the vid, win.

[@Menhtrol]

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

[@Korosareta]

13:52 the primary reason I love ambient music lol

[@saintultra2737]

The ending with Chief resting, and calling him John- appreciative of their time together is just...sheesh. I'm twenty-two years old, and this ending has the same impact on me as it had back when I was nine years old.

[@Mortablunt]

I'm not a big fan of the Halo 3 campaign and consider it easily the worst in the series except 5's, but you made a very good essay. I disagree with a fair number of points, yet you communicate well. Have a like.

[@-Lindol-]

For me, the Warthog Run at the end of Halo 3 felt too contrived. The scaffolding looking the way it did, all copy-pasted makes it look like something out of forge, and it is visually uninteresting. While mechanically it may be better than the warthog run from CE, or the boosted Ghost run from 4, to me it is less interesting than either because of the repetitive scaffolding that doesn’t even make sense except as a track.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Well, it's a scaffold for mountains, hills, valleys, etc - maybe there is a 'path' through that, when finished, too?

[@nickpngc]

The rampancy of Cortana and The Created on the reclamator saga resembles the betrayal of mendicant bias. Will Cortana have some kind of madness (As result of her rampancy and her talk with the gravemind) in halo infinite bringing back the flood?. Like you said, history repeats itself. And the music like you said, this game has the best music for me. Listening to the sounds while walking on a forerunner facility makes me think that there's a bigger history and a ancient threat behind those metal walls, it makes me remember about the forerunner past and how everything in the Halo universe is connected. Experience Halo 3 campaing that with a little of halo lore centext, is just awesome.

[@Writers_End]

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

[@elmuffinmanthecartelguy7296]

Man I pity daniels dog he had to get chased by two hyper 12years olds for about an hour

[@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.

[@inventionscreator8875]

u know the funniest part, i also played halo 3 with a daniel, my cousin in this case, and we started to sing along with the song in the last level, like: TADADADA DADA TADADADA DADA. It was realy cool

[@inventionscreator8875]

I really miss the early 2000 all the way to 2012

[@maraudershields283]

I’ve always feel that what you hear is almost as important as what you see in movies. It always irked me that the ‘glue’ pieces of music weren’t their own tracks in the soundtrack. The newer music is great in its own right, but I think the games are missing these glue pieces that really immerse you in the level.

[@johnp1366]

I love that Halo and Halo Wars was brought together recently. Can't wait to see how it ends. 343 better not mess it up ...

[@ipherioniochrislowrey625]

I was on my 2nd and final deployment to Iraq(Baghdad) when Halo 3 was released. Even though I had preordered(Legendary edition no doubt), I was the 2nd person on post to get it. In between going out on missions, and pulling duty at the aid station, I was blasting and fighting my way through wave after wave of covenant, flood and grunts on the wall of my single person hovel within the hardened walls/roof and sandbagged windows of the barracks.I had purchased an Epson S1 Powerlite projector to use as my tv. So NATURALLY, my room had become the go to for movies and downtime Halo fun and bragging right tournies, as I had the commo guys run a LAN cable from my room, to the common area of where our medical officers slept, so we could play enlisted va said officers. The trash talk was BEYON epic! And the only time we could do so w/o the ever looming threat of UCMJ actions FOR said trash talk. Anyways, myself and a few other service members took turns playing through, but it was myself and my battle, Bayless who ended up finishing the game and we had reached the final level, got the laser, avenged SGM Johnson and then proceeded to book it. There were 3 others with us, crammed in there, and as we made the final jump off the ring and into the FUD… the post incoming alarms started going off, so we had to drop everything, check in with our higher ups, set up the aid station for any casualties and all that. So because of that, we missed the ending cutscene and ended up replaying that last level again after we were done just SO we could watch it. Halo will always hold a special place in my heart and soul like no other video game can/has or will. So your story at the end of the video resonated with me and helped me revisit memories long since past… thanks man! I needed that. Great video, awesome channel, and KEEP UP THE FIRE!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@slicksilver2961]

Something I’d like to mention about Johnson’s Death is when Chief lifts him up and says “I’m getting you out of here” Johnson says: “No, you’re not.” In the intro of Halo 3 Johnson looking at chief’s “corpse” says “Radio for VTOL. Heavy lift gear. We’re not leaving him here. In which Chief says: “Yeah, you’re not.” It may be very small, now that I write it out, but I like how their first words to each other happened to be their final words to each other.

[@jackofalltraits2145]

I love how you mentioned how Halo 3 is Chief AND Arbiters story. It always irritates me when people say they didn't like Halo 3 because they didn't get to play as the Arbiter. Halo CE is Chief and Cortana's journey to defeat the flood, Halo 2 is Arbiters journey to discover the truth about his religion, Halo 3 is in Truths words: The Culmination of there Journeys. Theirs a reason why the second player in co-op is Arbiter.

[@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