HALO noobs meet the flood FOR THE FIRST TIME - compilation

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

Hey everyone, after what feels like hundreds of requests, I've finally gotten around to making a follow-up compilation of noobs in THE LIBRARY. Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIramGWco62ko80

[@quortnybillups5281]

🐐

[@Tmob]

pog thx

[@kinglolmon6453]

Damn noobs are grateful for you

[@anthonyzullo]

"...these are their stories..." Beautiful. I teared ngl. This truly was a special special time in gaming and between Halo and WoW truly happy to have been apart of it. I look at my son playing video games and his joy im always like "yeah bud, daddy helped make that happen, enjoy." Poor thing will never know wired LAN play, gamesharks or memory cards. Beautiful

[@ronhalmen67]

Thank you

[@dendydaturtle3700]

“Well those are bad guys so what is killing them? Badder guys?” He isn’t wrong...

[@nickoftime7232]

“What is it? More brutes?” “Worse.”

[@thanoss1528]

I was just thinking the same thing lol

[@blueshit199]

"you think they blow themselves up? I have no idea" also not wrong

[@unpottedsoil4723]

Baddest guys

[@emberfist8347]

There is always a bigger fish.

[@mrdanktoasty]

“THAT was intense!” _is about to play the Library._

[@Oriansenshi]

Those poor souls

[@bshugks4350]

Lol

[@admiralshadowofasunderedst3068]

I remember cursing 343 guilty spark for taking me there

[@Mohammadkwt]

& that one camping fuker with a rocket launcher waiting 🚀

[@grantcawby7225]

The depths of hell itself

[@arthurcallahan4735]

Everybody gangsta until the popcorn starts runnin.

[@paxxisticks]

Absolute gold of a comment, lmfaooo

[@arthurcallahan4735]

@@paxxisticks 🍿

[@jacobfaro9571]

I was disappointed until first combat form

[@lawsonemerson8894]

Nice pfp

[@stathis1175]

NICE!

[@supercellonova]

I got this when it first came out, and for the time, the visuals were unparalleled. When I encountered the flood for the first time, the impact of it made me feel uncertain as to whether or not I could finish the game, especially during the Library encounter. The execution was genius. I won't forget the fear I felt when I took a closer look at how badly the parasites deform their hosts. It reminded me of a film, starring Kurt Russel, called 'The Thing'. That, to me, is far more terrifying than zombies.

[@bugsytheodst6924]

“They can use guns?” *me remembering the absolute bs of flood with rocket launchers* Yey

[@gngskpow]

And then they found the Beam Rifles in Halo 2. Yeah no, that's greeeat. I *loooved* getting sniped from the other side of High Charity by PURE FUCKING RNG.

[@kellenwillett8263]

I came looking for this specific comment. Nothing like getting sniped by a rocket wielded by a zombie.

[@ImmortalTheOwl]

Me: turns the corner in The Library Flood with rocket launcher: So you have chosen death.

[@zashbot]

Bro shotgun is much worse

[@Khrn-lk4mf]

@@gngskpow halo 2 laso jackal snipers... need i say more

[@DigitalApex]

"Well, those are bad guys. So what's killing the bad guys? Badder guys?" Pretty much everyone here as a child playing this level for the first time.

[@gabo8954]

Pretty much I remember I was very confused at the beginning cause it was totally unexpected on that very first playthrough

[@TarsonTalon]

Me: "Huh, I don't get it, why is the game rated M?" Me, later: *Meets Flood Also Me: "I have no more questions...also, AHHHHHHH!"

[@erika002]

Meanwhile me: **sees the goop dripping from the ceiling** "IS IT THE FLOOD? OH BOI!!!!" [visible excitement] Also me: Knows what the Flood is as I know the lore (in-universe lore, not exactly game lore) before I actually played the games. Note: When I first played that level I also didn't know where would they be coming, but I did expect that the Flood is in that level.

[@Top5Iguano]

I wanna ride lumi :D

[@dougsmith6262]

Well I was 17 then and I can confidently say that my reaction was the same as if I had been 10, lol. Makes me think of Monty Python Holy Grail where they're all like "Run away! Run away!".

[@azevol216]

“This level’s boring nothing’s happening” oh my dear boy

[@treyjordan3168]

if only he knew what hell he was in for

[@Mohammadkwt]

Wait until the library level....

[@mrrazfromnz]

The remastered graphics ruin the atmosphere.

[@williamwankel8722]

That dude is sooo anoying bro.

[@kinglolmon6453]

@@Mohammadkwt *I sincerely hate the library it took me 4 hours to get out of there*

[@mendigodascavernas1746]

Recently I convinced a friend of mine to buy and play the Master Chief Collection, and his reaction to the Flood was priceless. We were playing at night at his house, we live at the countryside so it was REALLY dark outside. When he reached the soldier with PTSD, we, both of us - even I who already played the games - were SHITTING OUR PANTS because of the atmosphere. It was priceless.

[@SilentHotdog28]

The flood aren't like the Covenant, the covenant you know what to expect, you know that the grunts are very weak and not very smart, they just have large numbers. Jackals are weak once you negate or bypass their shield. Elites aren't too difficult to deal with most of the time, unless it's cloaked or has a sword, but even then, it's not that common, Essentially when most groups have say 1-3 elites and once they are dealt with, the rest of the group is pretty easy to take care of. Hunters are rarely encountered and you know there are only 2 of them each time. Each of these units you know how to deal with them. The Flood are completely different, they jump around a lot, they are very fast, they hit hard, they swarm in number, they use both covenant and human weapons even picking them up off the ground sometimes, they have different forms, the infection forms swarm in numbers and even though they are weak individually, they can cause a lot of damage if a number of them eat at you, plus you're usually dealing with other forms at the same time. Oh and when you think you've beaten them, they reanimate the dead.......Oh and they play dead too to catch you off guard. Then when you're with allies, they infect your allies mid fight turning an ally into an enemy. They are so scary to fight. Love how they did these levels.

[@Razzy-sr4oq]

Bungie actually told (and paid) game magazines and journalists to withhold writing about the Flood, so it wouldn't be spoiled. No one had any idea there was any threat other than the Covenant. I'll never forget crawling through the jungle level, seeing the dead, and things moving in the dark. What an amazing feeling.

[@opticalraven1935]

I played H2 before any of the others and when Rtas told Thel about "that Stench", I got immediately curious and nervous. Then, I was introduced to the Flood and I was hooked!

[@NoobNo3More]

I also remember the manual had information on covenant enemies in the game but no mention of the flood.

[@Ntwadumela89]

Me2 I literally remember when it first happened when I was 11!…it’s a key memory I was scared fr but excited at the same time

[@seekingabsolution1907]

The ambience is so intense.

[@hamburgerdog25]

Meanwhile, Bungie nowadays can't go one month without some jackass datamining the upcoming installments to the D2 gameplay and posting it everywhere

[@zaelgarviel9766]

Flood first contact: "-This is boring... -Where are they? -What is going on here? -**Incoherent monkey noises*"

[@r3qless332]

More like horse noises lol

[@christopheredwards9904]

@@lifotheparty6195 I first played that level when I was like 9 or something and without anniversary graphics, so it was scary as hell the lack of enemies to slay up until the flood. I got so scared of the infectors I almost shit myself and was too scared to do anything, so I was like *"NOPE!"* And shut the game off. It would be about a year and a half before I played the game again and another half of a year to get the nerve to shoot the bastards

[@PhoachPlaylist]

This level is boring only because of new graphics. Old graphics make it not boring.

[@bladehunter1097]

The man sounds like a car engine

[@scordova98]

That guy was both ignorant and arrogant. He seems like a douche

[@LordSummerIsle73]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate how perfectly this game introduced the flood

[@RedmoonXD]

The first 2 levels of the flood were scary af

[@TurnOnDistortion]

Yeah!. It was done so amazingly well... like the entire first half of the game does nothing at all to prepare you for this, and being alone, creepy clues, etc. It’s somehow able to make you feel like you’re a not a super soldier, you’re just the next victim to a monster

[@HollowRick]

When I first saw the flood I was like wtf.... wheres the covernent? Oh shit!

[@HollowRick]

@michael evans I was 11 years old o_O

[@mitchellcrego1451]

That Library rocket flood ptsd man, haunts me to this day.

[@plutonium120]

the elevator down from the original will always be freakin iconic. the music, that artwork on the walls painted by the flood. the spin of just when you thought you were safe and the floor is pulled out from beneath you. masterpiece writing.

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

Yep, the way the elevator subtly starts going upwards a couple of inches before descending is just *mwah*

[@assdde-t8j]

@@bahlalthewatcher4790 and then the final one just to scare you a bit more fakes out going down again lol

[@Darkfox129]

That moment when you realize that the marines shooting the covenant bodies even after they died wasn't so stupid or funny anymore....

[@gagejohnathan9641]

They probably know about them at the time.

[@Darkfox129]

@@gagejohnathan9641 you mean they knew about the flood? If so thats definitely a no i think this was the first time they ever saw them

[@gagejohnathan9641]

@@Darkfox129 there shoulda been a don't in there

[@pedrokoury1352]

Deep! True

[@sarexui634]

@@gagejohnathan9641 where?

[@jamesshoemaker7712]

I wish they could experience this in the early 2000's. The flood made you HAPPY to see covenant again.

[@elavanresu]

Couldn't agree more

[@robscheer3680]

especially on legendary difficulty

[@differentbutsimilar7893]

I mastered both this, and later 2 and 3 on legendary. I had a friend group that was hugely competitive, and we were still in the age of 'couch gaming parties' so it really was important to have chops in the games, so your friends aren't always carrying you in co-op... can't be dragging your team down in WaW online skirmishes, neither. We kept it going for a long time, and all of us got pretty skilled. When it wasn't all of us, a couple would still get together just to do drills. It mattered back then locally, when lots of people played games and being good with them meant respect and invitation to social circles. So many people bonded over rocking the shit out of a hard game. Miss it, but that's not the point... The point is... I was this middle-school kid who had beaten dozens of hard games, for whom Halo legendary was of course appealing to, I knew how to unlock and finish Q3 nightmare mode lol. But after beating the flood levels a couple of times in both CE and 2, I never played them without a friend... not because they were too hard... but because being alone in a dark room with flood levels is TENSE, no matter how well you know them, no matter how you can dominate every other enemy in the game. They move and behave completely different, it's a different dynamic than anything else in the game. You cannot master them. They're too erratic and chaotic, and the only REALLY effective weapons are in short supply, especially in CE. It reminds me of WaW's zombies actually... as in, it feels like you are not meant to finish, like you get as far as you can before dying and that's as good as it gets, like you're up against a great, old, all-oppressing evil. Just room after room of onslaught. Gauntlets down gigantic elevators that never seem to end, falling down winding port after port just to find that many more. Don't get me started on the atmosphere. The new graphics completely ruin it. But the bleakness of those spaces sat with you. Made you tense in absolute calm. And then comes these onslaughts where either your back is forever vulnerable, or you are stuck in a corner. Or you are scrambling around looking for something that might save you. Brilliant level and enemy design, honestly. They really baked 'terror' into even the most unassuming aspects of those levels. With almost nothing to work with by modern standards, those levels still get me worse than most modern horror. Modern horror doesn't make me feel as trapped in a maze, and out of control. There were times when I wished the flood would just come so I would know SOMETHING....

[@lockout6896]

No games come close to this feeling for me.being a kid in the early 2000 and being scared of these levels 😂😂😂

[@LighthawkTenchi]

Dude, you are not wrong! I was so happy to be fighting regular aliens again, I could have hugged them in game!

[@ajcoopa]

"I just want to leave this place..." Next up - The Library

[@CaptainCynica1]

Living pain

[@delakidzz8131]

"Wait here I'll be back" he said "I'll open the door" he said... I died so many times I had to lower the it to normal and start the level over

[@trikstari7687]

I've beaten 1-3 on legendary. The Library is still nightmare inducing.

[@YangTang_89]

Library on Legendary. Now that brings back nightmares...

[@bryanparham4134]

@@trikstari7687 real fun times. So far every game besides 2 😭.. Haven’t played in a min tho

[@danielpirez381]

I was like 9-10, I used to get up in the middle of the night to play secretly, hiding from my parents. I can perfectly recall the traumatizing night where i discovered the flood and had to suck it up because i couldn't tell my parents i was playing 6 hrs before school time. Top 10 videogame moments of my life Edit: keep in mind this were top tier graphics back in the day

[@mohammadqasimawais9155]

Did you beat the game?

[@andrewdinns1746]

these were.

[@KayronTheFifth]

I think I played the game before I was even in primary school. Never got terrified of the flood because the Truth in Reconsiliation already terrified me too much. Took until ~3rd-5th grade and both other Halos had come out for me to suck it up and play through the flood. *Good times*

[@richardhale721]

Fun fact: The Halo vets watching this all laughed when they heard”This level is boring.” Now for their reaction to the Library.

[@Dripularstein]

I laughed aswell. I was like "you innocent bastard wait till they come🤣"

[@MordredSimp]

Holy shit how did you know

[@PhantomKnight37]

Exactly!

[@Halo56Guy]

Gaming journalists be like

[@darthvader6808]

Yep

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

i love how the guy that rounded the corner fast just capped that marine and then felt the regret

[@hazmont]

The best part to me is how many other people (myself included) did exactly the same thing the first time

[@bradsmithy4380]

Im sooooorry.

[@Timboslice475]

That was a great shot.

[@zonnodon163]

KEK

[@wesley3300]

Lmao seriously, didn’t even hesitate

[@joedavenport934]

This game was made 20 years ago in just 16 short months on a shoestring budget. It's gameplay and storytelling still hold up today. Masterpiece.

[@GaiaLegend]

@RAUS music ''gameplay sucks'' The first time I heard that

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

Bungie started on Halo in late 1997 after they shipped Myth 1, so it was more than 16 months. It did change quite a bit during that time though, from a myth-like real time strategy game, to a third person shooter, to a first person shooter, and a lot of the early content they made didn't end up in the final game, but the general shape of it was there for a while. They did end up rushing it though, which is because Bungie was rapidly growing from a small studio to a giant division of Microsoft, they were still finishing Oni (which also ended up being rushed, and had to cut its entire multiplayer element) and their leadership team had no experience in managing a team of more than 20 people before. This is why Two Betrayals ended up being a filler mission, and the last three missions re-use previous environments. I also don't think you could say they did it on a shoestring, they had the full resources of Microsoft at their disposal throughout 2000 and 2001!

[@ronrolfsen3977]

@RAUS music Just because something changed (whatever for better or worse) does not mean that the previous iterations sucked.

[@zombieoverlord5173]

@@ronrolfsen3977 Wait entertainment mediums change and evolve and we're not all watching soundless movies. Man

[@PixelShade]

@RAUS music It would be interesting to see how you find console FPS games prior to Halo. :) Bungie basically made the whole genre possible on console, both in terms of gameplay and control. Halo is a masterpiece, they were innovators at the time, and the gameplay/control is increadibly fine tuned for dual stick controllers. Sure, I would still argue that no modern shooter come close to the fun factor of games like Doom and Quake. Modern scope/cover mechanics and slow/realistic movement has essentially ruined the whole genre.

[@CW_274]

That room with all the dead covenant that you had to jump to see, when you come back through there to escape, all the bodies are gone. Always thought that was a neat touch

[@jamal3298]

"Wait they can carry guns?" We're really gonna need a rocket flood compilation

[@thatguybrody4819]

it'll just be the same flood guy for 5 minutes.

[@theextracrispycolonel9504]

@@thatguybrody4819 Precisely why they should

[@Davidofthelost]

They would learn the rage and terror that they embody.

[@matrinezkevin11492]

Rocket launcher flood on library and Halo 2 sniper jackals on legendary. The most bullshit AI enemies in the series

[@thatguybrody4819]

@@matrinezkevin11492 Halo 3 legendary sniper jackals are also bull.

[@ATMorons]

“Oh they’re out on the surface, that’s not good.” Man just described all of Halo’s flood lore in one sentence lol.

[@VERNONTHECRAFTER]

True

[@vincewalter5206]

Literally lmao.

[@ibby-8253]

What makes the flood scary: 10%- flood itself 90%- scary music

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

10% flood itself 10% atmosphere 80% music

[@IceHeartAlpha]

if you know how to prepare a scenario it does wonders

[@CamDaCrusaderr]

10% Flood 40% Atmosphere 50% Scary Music

[@Executor009]

Atmosphere plus music.

[@Nick_Jamez]

Its more the idea of the flood. Coming to realization that they arent just zombies.. They think and work with each other. How they literally flood out of Halo until contained. Created to wipe the galaxy clean. Perfect Nightmare. The music just projects the intensity of the situation from Chiefs perspective.

[@justincase1228]

22:00 "they only take the live ones" wait till he finds out the spores can reanimate the dead ones too 😂

[@jaycarpenter8353]

He was quoting the traumatized marine earlier in the level.

[@companymen42]

That’s halo 2 and 3

[@cyber_dragon_123]

i like how they all freeze up when they see the corridor covered in blood

[@mickyflint]

Best part is the cov while brutal only leave a big blood mark at most when they kill the marinrs and now we are introduced to something that wrecked the structures around us and COATED entire rooms and tunnels with blood.

[@wesleymccurdy1200]

What about the scene when you go down the elevator full with blood? That freaked me out as a kid. Like no your not taking me down there were there is more of these!

[@wesleymccurdy1200]

@@mickyflint i mean i painted the walls like that when i used to play.

[@buddybluegaming3222]

Early 2000s Combat evolved original Xbox my first memory of the flood: holy s*** get me the f*** out of here! To give reference I was playing on legendary at the time to see what it was like and I just so happened to pick that mission like a moron

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

We are trained to recognise human blood, so the fact they pulled this off with alien blood is legendary.

[@AntiCaesarReal]

"I think a zombie that can run and fire a gun is the worst it can get" Lol

[@dalelash2nd743]

If they think that's bad... Just wait till they get to Halo 2.

[@tsupheng6268]

don't forget the Flood Marines with Rocket Launchers

[@kabob0077]

But wait, IT GETS WORSE!

[@phantom117b4]

Rocket Launcher Flood "I can make that worse"

[@kabob0077]

@@phantom117b4 The Library literally has a chapter titled "Wait, it gets worse!" And guess what, the Rocket Flood start their appearance in the game here iirc.

[@RamseyLEL]

*Millennials taking a sip of whiskey. "It's been 20 years since we first encountered The Flood"

[@iwcb8413]

Lol. Good one.

[@tonyb.ferrandino1401]

They were good men. It was an honor fighting beside them.

[@johnrayordas]

I still find it weird how we millenials are considered old now. Fuck me

[@RamseyLEL]

@@johnrayordas we're considered old by the young generation, but the older generations still call college kids and early 20s ppl Millennials haha. "Endure, Master Wayne. Take it. They'll hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman, he can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one else can make, the right choice."

[@anthonyvannella9953]

Can confirm, I am a millennial that drinks Scotch when I have Flood PTSD

[@benvaun1330]

”This level is boring.” Oh you sweet summer child.

[@halostormx7827]

“I just want to find a way out and leave this place” oh neat so does the flood

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

😱

[@colonless7512]

The Library: “Hi”

[@Sevan_UP]

So does the flood. Why they need your body

[@stevenescobar3247]

I like the guy who notices the visual storytelling. You can tell he looks around and thinks about the plot but everyone else is just playing through it.

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

That’s Tanner of the North. Check out his channel - link in the description.

[@SL4PSH0CK]

Tanner of the North really does appreciate the whole picture overall ima sub

[@noble20xx56]

Highly agree. He pays a lot of attention to his surroundings. Which will tell you a lot.

[@skeletalobserver406]

@@ProfessorAnticlimactic honestly, it was that tiny little detail that always made me mad in latter levels when you see flood vs covenant forces. Because they would sometimes shoot me and not the flood, even if i stay far away, or run in and make certain to never hit the covenant with my fire. It almost made me get into modding, because I wanted that to be something so bad. To have that moment of joining against a bigger threat, even if they would then hesitate before just opening fire on me... but imagine if you killed loads of the flood that after an encounter like that where you kick ass and don't actually shoot the covenant, they just don't agro on you unless you then shoot them. Like, they respect the aid and let you go without any fuss to fight another day.

[@Aeikon]

@@skeletalobserver406 Iirc, The Covenant were under orders and propaganda from The Prophets at the time. They viewed humans as another blight on the galaxy that needed to be purged.

[@xblackdog]

"How does this look with the new graphics?" "less creepy, I don't like it." Mad respect!

[@scolack123]

Yes!!! Me and my buddy are playing all the halos legendary from reach to 5 to get ready for 6 And i refused to play 1 and 2 in new graphics (ive reolayed the campaigns before in new) but i wanted to experience the nostalgia

[@xblackdog]

@@scolack123 Yeah, same. I don't mind playing 2 with the new graphics, but they made some artistic changes in 1 that completely ruined a lot of the atmosphere (like making the flood spores harder to see, brightening everything, making everything cleaner, etc). 1 Anniversary came off like it was made by a team that had never played Halo before.

[@boxtank5288]

@@scolack123 2 at least is more of a well recieved touch up (I play Halo 2 classic both because I have never experienced it prior but also my computer would legit catch fire I think if I TRIED) but Halo 1 with new graphics? FUCK THAT. It helps the Old Graphics got touched up to Xbox Original standards so it's actually NOT the severe downgrade that the PC version was.

[@CrashieTunez]

FR! been playing for the first time since its free all weekend over on steam....the flood FUCKED me up XD

[@hctaz]

@@xblackdog I feel like they lessened the amount of gore in the anniversary version as well. It could just be “proper” coloring that’s causing it, but you just see so much more blood in the old graphics. It’s like they really darkened the blood in the newer graphics to hide some of it in places instead of there just being this absolute trail of gore everywhere.

[@gregisk123]

"Didn't know I was getting a swamp level" lol. Watching these was so nostalgic. We all were there. The rush, the confusion, the horror. Great to see others 20 years later had the same reactions.

[@Argusthecat]

I find it really interesting how the one guy's contextualization changes from "what's killing the bad guys" to "what's killing these people".

[@foogod4237]

That's a good point. I remember the same feeling when I first played, I think. It's the transition from thinking "is this unknown thing something that might help me against my enemy?" to "oh, no, no, I'm pretty sure whatever this is is so bad that 'friend' or 'enemy' isn't even really going to matter anymore."

[@XaeroQuakeIII]

It's like saying the Covenant and the Marines put aside their differences to fight the Flood

[@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo]

Yea, that really stood out to me. Sangheli, Unggoy, Kig-Yar and the rest of the Aliens in the Covenant are all just people. Different kinds of people, but people.

[@TexasISPDude]

During a speech before the United Nations in 1987, President Ronald Reagan spoke longingly for the world unity that would happen if aliens invaded Earth. In this world, our differences are petty, we kill each other in wars for lack of purpose.

[@Detonate_Gaming]

@@ItCameFromTheSkyBeLo really messed up war crime people but sure people

[@PybrotheCatGirl]

Turns on new graphics: “Looks less creepy, I don’t like it” Well said.

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

Honestly tho. This guy understands that the level is meant to be a tonal shift as he said, so turning up the brightness ruins the point, even though he's never played it before. I like him.

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

@@cooperlittlehales6268 then check out his (Rocky Rockhead) channel! Link in the description. He’s done playthroughs of Halo 1-4 plus ODST and reach.

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

@@bahlalthewatcher4790 thanks! I'll give him a watch

[@the_king_oscuro]

The guy playing the remastered version 🤡🤡

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

@@the_king_oscuro biggest clown is assuming that the newest graphics is the best way to play

[@dextergrif1052]

“It’s less creepy. I don’t like it.” My thoughts on Anniversary summed up

[@kuyajonny1195]

If you lower the brightness in Anniversary. 👌🏻

[@neooblisk0084]

Plus they got rid of lots of the blood stains and little clues throughout the level. The tone is also very different on each. On original you feel terrified, the tone is much darker and creepy, in anniversary it feels safe and weird. Classic is better in my opinion.

[@martysdogs8]

Rocky Rockhead is a treasure. He’s done Halo 1-4, ODST, Reach, and a ton of other games as a new perspective on the classics.

[@seangunnells9101]

It’s done bad in this level and the library but it isn’t too bad in the other levels I think

[@songyani3992]

And on PC anniversary had a bug that flood would respawn infinitely at places

[@Beelzebub_BiBi_Netanyahu]

When I was a kid and I saw the flood for the first time, as soon as they started knocking down the doors I hit the power button and quit for 2 years. I was f**king scared shitless my childhood brain could not fathom this nightmarish experience.

[@tammaral-alyawy9156]

you tell me. the moment i saw the flood at their first appearances for halos 1 and 2, i never got past those levels.

[@MBKill3rCat]

Same, as a kid I was so scared that I kept replaying the earlier levels but never touched 'the swamp level' again for years.

[@Beelzebub_BiBi_Netanyahu]

@@MBKill3rCat 🤣🤣 srsly idk if they even got a chance to attack me. The cutscene into the knocking was insane lmao😨🤯

[@Gokes93]

'Is this radioactive? Am I gonna die?' No. Yes.

[@DamonHowe7]

Accurate.

[@RalseiSmokerOfBlunts]

Yes’nt

[@jacen1178]

Both

[@emiliobautista4953]

Accurate indeed.

[@Eh-cb5td]

Well yes, but actually no

[@charlieb8735]

Bungie lining that scared dude up with the door is brutal lol. They definitely expected the tension build up to get a decent amount of people to panic fire and instantly kill him making you doubt yourself and ratchet up even more anxiety. For a game that is not remembered as a horror game, they really did a masterful job

[@eggy7346]

I restarted from my last save point after killing him to get his full dialogue. Chilling shit, I love it

[@TheHippyProductions]

​@@eggy7346he becomes a running gag in every game, and ODST

[@eggy7346]

@@TheHippyProductions No way, that's hilarious

[@Hotarg]

That sequence goes from brutal to comedic in Cursed Halo, where the pistol fires backwards...

[@cosmictreason2242]

@@TheHippyProductionsevery? Where is he in 2 and odst? Are you referring to the guy that the superintendent says "crime doesn't pay" to?

[@ELECTROx212]

5:53 Best moment ever, "I don't think anything interesting is going to happen in this level"

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

Nek minnit...

[@andresherrera2902]

everyone's reaction when first playing this mission

[@TmanTheTdog]

That does kinda happen when you play this level on anniversary graphics

[@PhoachPlaylist]

This level is boring only because of new graphics. Old graphics make it not boring.

[@galacticstevetherealdeal]

The momment he fucked up

[@BartEmbregts]

"I think the covenant came down here and f-ed up." That's not inaccurate.

[@Risemonger]

Oh man, I was 8 years old when this game came out and I remember clearly the trailers and hype for this game before it was release. It was truly genius, literally no mention of the Flood whatsoever. I watched my dad play this game to begin with, and all throughout I loved it for the fast gameplay and shoot-em-up style. Then we got to this level, both 8 year old me and 29 year old dad got super freaked out on how quiet it suddenly was. When we met the Flood the both of us was scraming "NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!" It was great, what an amazing way to introduce an enemy.

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

Great story, thanks for sharing ! 😄

[@MichaelMaxwell747]

Space nopes is how I have heard the flood most accurately described.

[@Mediocre0]

I’m sure your dad cherished those days

[@Kagura259]

I played this on my own at about 10. holy hell.

[@furiousfmr310]

I was three when I first played Halo combat evolved

[@expendableround6186]

Ah yes, the enemy that single-handedly got Halo it’s “M” rating.

[@Kieselmeister]

Ironically, the human allies being killable and having red blood was what did it... The ESRB doesn't care as much about violence against aliens and zombies with purple and green blood, that only gets you a T rating.

[@kyle18934]

@@Kieselmeister ah yes, you see the guts of that sentiant being that was giving orders a minute ago splattered across the wall? Yeah that doesn't matter. It's fine But that drop of blood over there... that scares me

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

​@@KieselmeisterThat's disgusting they are people just like us

[@blueberry4209]

​@@Kieselmeister(years later) yesn't, the flood not only does include humans, but is also extremely gorey and can be torn piece by piece

[@theparagon2864]

This level is way creepier when you realize that the flood actually watch you at the start before you enter the facility

[@Aredel]

And even creepier when you realize the entire thing is a trap

[@Denver-tq3vf]

The campaign can never be topped

[@halo091]

They made you think it was marines you were following into the facility

[@acursedpaladin]

Halo CE was the game that got me into gaming (along with the first Fable) but I never realized that until recently

[@Aredel]

@@acursedpaladin Misanthropony pointed it out in his review of Halo: CE, and all things considered it makes decent sense. It’s not backed up by the books, but my headcanon says this is true.

[@suspiciousvere1774]

13:04 "Open this door." "Well, I would but it's closed." I'm dead 🤣

[@kodiak_9169]

The guy in the red shirt didn’t even hesitate, that door just opened and next thing you know that marine was dropped cold dead

[@lordmarcusrax]

"So anyway, I started blasting..."

[@JessieJussMessy]

@@lordmarcusrax true

[@pflernak]

well he shot first

[@jalencleric]

He is the one.

[@midgetydeath]

Great reflexes, though.

[@Gatherway]

Probably the best moment in the level: "Oh, thank God, an elevator, let's get the FUCK out of here." >Presses switch >Elevator starts going DOWN >The entire shaft is streaked with Covenant blood "Oh NO NO NO NO NO NO NO...!"

[@sivan3125]

🎯🎯😂😂😂💀💀

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Reminds me of Freeman’s Mind, lol

[@TheDentedHelmet]

The dude who noticed the story behind the conveniently placed Ammo on top of the Covenant Block....is truly a cultured person!

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

He certainly is! His channel is Tanner of the North.

[@frogarchist]

I have once again returned for the periodic rewatch

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

Somehow watching these guys freak out is genuine comfort food. It's the Halo equivalent of watching season 7 Simpsons episodes.

[@joshuawatts5378]

My favorite was the guy who said,”I miss the grunts.”

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

:D That's Daynen, from Gamers in the Attic. Check out their channel - he's played Halo 1-3 and is currently playing through ODST every Tuesday.

[@RalseiSmokerOfBlunts]

Yeah I would also miss hearing their innocent screams like AHAHAHOOHAA!!! THE DEMON IS HERE! RUN! And instead you have lifeless space zombies trying to murder and consume you

[@dhanos282]

I was like "I MISS YOU" when that part was finish

[@HiLlamaz]

343 likes

[@DanishCamp]

I felt that

[@Tayvin4042]

"What is this cage fo-" *Realizes it's a cage* "WHAT IS THIS CAGE FOR!??"

[@mariocar0727]

This has the same energy as “aw f**k that’s an anti-tank rifle…” “OH F**K THAT’S AN ANTI-TANK RIFLE”

[@bubbasully15]

@@mariocar0727 “you’d need an anti tank rifle, and I don’t even see a piece on your wrinkly ass” 😂

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

Rocky's reactions are awesome

[@2shadesofgray752]

​​@@mariocar0727 B*tches love cannons

[@geekymetalhead5112]

​@@mariocar0727 "BITCHES LOVE CANNONS!!!!!"

[@nakedmario6155]

I like how that guy didn’t hesitate to kill the guard

[@sonoradrift]

It was instantaneous🤣 and then he apologized too. Just too good

[@sonoradrift]

07:32 😂

[@thebckwrdshntr1019]

He didn't even realize what he had done until afterward, it was hilarious.

[@Vonmoonlight]

Man so spooked, he just shot the first thing he saw moving lmao

[@SuperDecimator]

No hints of a third faction for him

[@christopherwall2121]

So fun fact, the Flood were originally planned to be in Marathon 2, but the demands of production requiring sacrifice meant that their level had to be changed to a literal flooded level.

[@bahlalthewatcher4790]

I mean, that's half true in that there was an infection that the S'pht released in their citadel that only affected the Pfhor during the S'pht-Pfhor war, and the concept art for it definitely resembled and probably inspired the design of the Flood. But it wasn't "the Flood" in the sense of a galactic-scale eldritch horror (Marathon already had one of those - the W'rkcnacntr), it was just a bioweapon that turned Pfhor into fungal zombies. And the flooded levels were just bungie's map designers getting a bit overexcited by the water and lava physics they introduced in Marathon 2. The pfhor zombies wouldn't have been called "The Flood" (Bungie didn't really do biblical allusions before Halo 1) so there's definitely no connection there. Anyway, Marathon 2 is a great game, lots of fun and everyone should play all three games.

[@lordtritus2261]

The first time I played this mission with my brother I read "The Flood" with such a somber and ominous tone in my head for some reason and I was creeped out at how well that tone fit to me.

[@saxtonturner2240]

You *knew*

[@TheDandiMan]

The first time I saw the flood I got scared and turned off the Xbox

[@TheArberter]

@@TheDandiMan Holy crap me and my older brother did the exact same thing, took us a day or two to relax and continue the game.

[@e1357]

I played this mission for the first time after having already beaten Halo 3, and played through most of Halo 2. The moment the music kicked in, the scent 'o bullshit was filling my nose, I had a feeling that I should find a shotgun and keep it close lol

[@Tom.Ireland]

I watched my older brother play this mission and when the flood came we both burst out crying. I was 5 at the time and he was 8

[@mohammednadat6294]

The level was so perfectly designed, and you can see it from each stage of emotion the players go through… Confusion at the beginning, to slowly pent up fear through the visuals and audio, to just about to get bored cus nothing is happening, and then boom FLOOD and fear and FLOOD and fear and then just when you get used to the little poppers, the zombified soldiers appear and you’re terrified all over again and just when you get used to them, it turns out they use guns. And. It. All. Goes. Downhill. From. There.

[@ZeroTheHunter]

After that amazing level, we got The library... I call that a big joke.

[@Whoami691]

*R-O-C-K-E-T-F-L-O-O-D*

[@ijustmakeinflammatorycomme9839]

@@Whoami691 rocket flood and shotgun flood make me so angry

[@thomaspatrickparker6648]

The flood has covid

[@omeryigit7666]

Also, after dealing with the Flood for a long time, seeing the Covenants again is such a relief...

[@Quadrenaro]

Halo was a zombie horror game, with an intergalactic war set as the backdrop. I'll never forget seeing the flood for the first time.

[@GazzyD]

As a kid I just loved exploring the missions Halo, the Silent Cartographer, and Assault on the Control Room so I never really got around to playing the other missions because I would replay those three all the time. By the time I got around to playing the game in its entirety I was so legitimately scared by the flood I couldn’t play the second half of the game for a few months.

[@mighty2146]

Man that was terrifying first hand experience and i droped the game for months after which i built enough courage to continue

[@SageUndead1]

I legit had nightmares of the flood specially when the one solfier was infected in Halo 2 i think amd shot himself or was begging to be shot them shot himself.

[@zomburgerchef9587]

@@GazzyD same

[@christophercombs7561]

Wgen i played it when i was a kid all tge hairs on my neck stood up and it freaked ne out too

[@briansvedin1788]

This level flawlessly turned what we all thought was a reimagining of the FPS genre, into a frantic race-for-survival thriller. It was no longer about “We need to find a way off this ring but we’ve got time,” but instead became “We HAVE to get out of here before it overruns us or escapes!”

[@davidhenson1316]

If you guys didnt know: the blood in the elevator is visual story telling showing us that covenant either jumped down the elevator to die, or bodies were thrown down the elevator. You never see ONE elite on this level other than the one in Jenkins movie. This is also why the grunts and jackals are piss scared out of their minds, the elites died trying to honorably fight the flood. Also look up Jenkins story. It gets sadder because his infection form sorta fucked up and he was still sorta conscious

[@alfo149]

The flood that inhabited Jenkins's chest cavity was either an old flood form and/or starving. Which inhibited its ability to fully infect him.

[@Issa.nicholas]

Dawg the most depressing part of that whole Jenkins story was how he tried to end himself by wrestling control from the flood form and just before he was able to actually go through with it the flood form would wrestle control back from him stopping him from ending his excruciating pain..

[@loganrichards9172]

@@alfo149it was still waking up from being dormant for millions of years, it all gets explained in the book Halo: The Flood. Amazing story.

[@chancedutcher250]

It’s sad yes, but also Jenkins is absolutely just as much a hero in this part of halo as the cheif himself, having been able to convince the captain to detonate the ship without being able to properly communicate and saving earth from the flood as well.

[@knockdownbow8976]

Timestamp

[@Myrkin]

"I don't want to go further down" - Don't worry. Next level you are going to hate going up as well.

[@kamikazu4392]

Next level is even worse lol

[@jaybird0312]

🤣🤣🤣 so true

[@JosephMichael23]

I love how you comment made me lol for real.

[@darkspartan1278]

That's what I was thinking

[@sorrenblitz805]

More like Don't Worry the next level you're going to hate going up and you're going to hate locked doors ....and rocket launchers....

[@DrAnimePhD]

Seeing people new to Halo completely unaware of the Flood get to here and genuinely unnerved is just such a magical sight. When they think nothing is happening as they descend they start realizing something is wrong

[@pokeng]

Not only that, but bungie did a damn well job of just visual story telling alone to setup the atmosphere

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@pokeng Remember how the Flood started as a fungal zombie

[@boi_1952]

Nah bro when i get through the flood i was like "man those alien look so ugly"

[@darthvader6808]

@@pokeng yea

[@deathgod4613]

"Those are bad guys...so what's killing the bad guys? Badder guys?" 😂😂

[@FlopplesTheGnome]

"Why is everything so creepy and spooky?" -everyone on the original graphics. "Wow they set us up some nice bright lights!" -the guys on the anniversary graphics.

[@ethanwagner6418]

The flaws of Halo CEA summed up right there.

[@tyrannicalchocolate]

Which ultimately leads to 5:50, where with the original graphics everyone else is being drawn into the mystery of what is going on in these strange creepy ruins, and the anniversary graphics players are just like "Meh... boring. Nothings happening."

[@sb17899]

@@tyrannicalchocolate it seemed to me like he was just being sarcastic but who knows.

[@zxylo786]

@@tyrannicalchocolate The guy who played in new graphics was the most scared

[@Gameprojordan]

Meh I don't mind. I can see the OG graphics being good for new players on these missions for the spook factor but at this point any halo 1 fan has played this mission so many times it isn't scary anymore. I appreciate the updated graphics enough to use it all the time now on HCEA

[@ethanhoefler181]

I live how the people in new graphics were like "yeah this level's kinda boring," Then the people in old graphics are like "I'm actually scared right now,"

[@zarynt1089]

All about atmosphere

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

I think the new graphics kinda make everything too bright.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@bipstymcbipste5641 Yeah. Plus, removing the alien gore hurts it more.

[@Anthonyhopkinz-Halo]

I never played the new graphics the old Graphics set the tone baby

[@ShamSoap]

@@Anthonyhopkinz-Halo In Halo CE I cant play new graphic because it feels so off from the original

[@SnapDaddy96]

The little triple jump everyone does to see the bodies in the side room is perfect because literally everyone did it on their first playthrough

[@unstoppable6249]

Lol I still do even tho I've played it hundreds if times

[@SnapDaddy96]

@@unstoppable6249 say you haven't tried jumping into that room with the bodies you're lying simple as that lol

[@unstoppable6249]

@@SnapDaddy96, lol I've tried to crouch jump in there I won't lie

[@SnapDaddy96]

@@unstoppable6249 pretty sure it's like 3 pixels too small

[@fbejohanunknown9237]

I didn’t because I had this one skull modifier that made enemies (or maybe it was just grunts) explode after death so the room was just constantly exploding and killed me a good amount of times

[@PinheadLarry1337]

I was 12 years old when I first played this game. Just when you thought you got a hang of the Covenant you have to fight creepy swarms of flood for the rest of the game. Wish I could experience this for the first time again.

[@nokokusovai4415]

I'm impressed the guy at 27:20 picked up on the implication that the dead marines and jackals were fighting against the flood together. Not everyone figures that out their first go, I certainly didn't.

[@cm-pr2ys]

Can you imagine how horrified they had to have been to agree to work together instead of killing each other? Damn.

[@mcgunboat8339]

I didn’t pick up on that the first time, but they must’ve survived relatively a lot longer than anything else in the facility when the Flood were released

[@arcadeinvader8086]

Nah man the covenant attack you whether or not there are flood nearby. Either they died on that box at completely different times or killed each other to get on that crate and away from the flood.

[@joshuas9]

Agreed a last ditch effort to survive, even if they were at war with each other

[@nayru1855]

@@arcadeinvader8086 thats just how the AI works, although they do tend to focus on the flood before you. as for story telling its safe to say that bit implied they worked together and that Bungie really wanted to cement how serious of a threat the flood were.

[@koav_worm9885]

“I miss the grunt guys.” We all missed the covenant that day.

[@MajorOctofuss]

When i was a kid i thought the covenant would be my friend and that we would fight the flood together 😭

[@alexassassy5855]

@@MajorOctofussYou kinda do, just gotta wait a bit more tho 😁

[@Star1ightEmpresss]

After going through the hell that is The Library you have no idea how happy I was to finally see the Covenant again lmao

[@bunnymunnu39]

Yeah, after returning to the control centre, I almost cried seeing those cute grunts, after chasing by freaks in library

[@stephenbuzogany7486]

20 year veteran here…Are there any other vets here that are INSANELY jealous of these fellas that they get to play this level with no knowledge of what’s about to happen? Lol. I envy you boys. Outstanding game and one the best levels in the Halo series.

[@yasininn76]

First time I played halo was 6-7 years ago. It honeslty scared the everloving shit out of 11y old me

[@GItoKeG]

FUCK man it was like reliving nostalgia, but it's not even THAT, it's just suuuuuuuch a gooooooood game. TBH the bridge fight with Covenant and Flood is probably one of the most epic fights out of the entire franchise.

[@BK18GENE]

Played this so many years back, and yet I remember it... Thank God I had the wit to switch to the Assault/Battle Rifle... Grenades don't work on a horde!!! 🤣

[@Taoscape]

Not really. The Flood remain the most underwhelming hostile race in gaming to this day. Didn't take long to realize that I didn't need to waste ammo on them and just walk over them to kill them.

[@BK18GENE]

@@Taoscape The energy shields work as a good defense only till Normal difficulty. Try this stunt on harder difficulties, your energy shield will drain faster than a AAA battery... 🤣

[@tylerhaunted]

The way HALO CE subverted everyone's expectations with the Flood was perfect. I don't think anyone expected it.

[@viktorsilva4017]

"Open these doors" "I would sr, but they are closed..." SHIT I'M DYING

[@notyou2353]

I want to join the army just to use that line.

[@notyou2353]

Not really...

[@anyakneez]

"You know, this level's boring." "You're right, you're right, absolutely right" *looks over at him and looks back*

[@andrewjustice210]

I love that everybody figures out the mechanics of the flood and what the flood ARE (infected humans/covenant) at different times... slowly... like “that almost looks like covenant armor”, “that one looks like a fucked up human”, “THEY GET BACK UP?!?!”.... the level design and, as the one guy said, “visual story telling” of 343GS is some of the best gaming every created

[@EvilEye0]

343 didn't make this.

[@unholymalformationoffisto2131]

@@EvilEye0 He means the title of the mission, It's 343 guilty spark (gs).

[@EvilEye0]

@@unholymalformationoffisto2131 ah,having multiple things named after the character can be confusing sometimes.

[@AaronBeSpeedy]

This was the first FPS I played on console and Holy Shit these last levels on legendary might be some of the most difficult FPS content I've experienced to this day!

[@notyou2353]

I remember playing this for the first time a long time ago on PC. It was very good. Yes, this mission was *very* good.

[@jsominsky]

"I thought this was a shoot em game, now all of a sudden I'm scared." -Me as a kid and some streamer 20 years later

[@horrorsans3676]

I love how they all went from bored, to scared, to fear the infection forms, to be relax at the sight that they die easily, to be frightened again once the combat forms show up. It's like the flood cycle.

[@theogking8309]

The five stages of flood grief.

[@TANMAN47TANMAN]

I like that you believe any of this was genuine

[@horrorsans3676]

@@TANMAN47TANMAN as I liked to believe that someone actually asked for your opinion.

[@lucastursi]

and then terrified that the combat form could run and use weapons

[@lucastursi]

aaand revive once in touch with an infection form (forgot)

[@Lunageldia]

The comment at 3:36 where he's like "It looks less creepy! I don't like it!" made me smile because YES! While it is graphically improved, the remaster really killed the vibe of the level.

[@williamyoung9401]

The lighting had a big impact on the feel of the level. You're not supposed to see everything. It's supposed to be messed up and blurry because it's a destroyed facility.

[@themightymcb7310]

This is a recurring problem with remakes imo. The Demon's Souls remake did the same thing with one of the most atmospheric levels in the game, 3-1 The Tower of Latria. The new graphics are gorgeous but the whole vibe of the area is completely changed.

[@demonic_myst4503]

They never that creepy to begin with they look cartoony in the astyle they went for no amount of dark makes thatball with legs scary its as scary as the ealking mushrooms in ben ten

[@Duckbusinessman]

@@demonic_myst4503sure kid, your comment would be different if you grew up in the generation without horror games. Halo, although not the first to have horror elements in a game. Was very well executed for its time.

[@demonic_myst4503]

@@Duckbusinessman silent hill prdates it siren prefates it “a generation without horror games” stfu horror games predate halo by a long tike horror games were around before the xbox

[@chanmonkey5721]

Everyone: tried to reason with the marine That one guy: SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER

[@Sphendrana]

"oops"

[@Melvinnnnnnnn]

Must be a us cop

[@jeffreyhudson5510]

His snap was on point. Instant headshot. That guy FPS’s

[@DeToDoGtaSanAndreas]

When I played this for the first time (I was 8), I didn't want to go from that site and leave the marine, I was so scared to continue alone and I tried to talk to him hahaha

[@mattgranger1221]

@@DeToDoGtaSanAndreas I was also 8. Nightmares ensued.

[@97essence]

Being the kid who played Halo 1 all the way through and has enjoyed every ounce repeatedly, I got a lot of joy seeing their reactions for their first-hand experience. Good one and thanks alot.

[@buttercup9709]

Everyone: screeching and panicking as the flood reveal themselves Red shirt guy: "hey the music is pretty cool now"

[@kelvinbloxham4324]

Biggest queue in the Halo franchise..."Dang, this song is super cool. Uh oh, wait...."

[@Ranger215able]

He wears the red shirt! He’s used to death

[@estudiordl]

@@Ranger215able"Dam it Jim!"

[@Ranger215able]

@@estudiordl come on Bones, It’ll be fun

[@kalen1702]

I left this video to go find that guy's video because that one dude kept screeching and blubbering over and over lol

[@kingwolf9447]

Even 20 years later,this game is still making loads of people happy.

[@beatlecristian]

Halo brings me so much joy, Bungie really created something special from Combat Evolved to Reach.

[@beatlecristian]

@Wrathof GOD which is your favorite legendary campaign?

[@CanONuke]

@@beatlecristian I can answer the opposite of that. Definitely NOT Halo 2. Fuck Jackals.

[@TheSeamonkeyBrigade]

@@beatlecristian halo 3 I think. Other then the vehicle hell of Tsavo and the abyss of Cortana it’s just such a freakin blast

[@beatlecristian]

@@TheSeamonkeyBrigade tsavo highway is a freaking nightmare, and Cortana is just rewarding when you beat it.

[@fwebber13]

As the old saying goes Halo CE has 9 levels and 1 mental stability test This is one of the 9 levels

[@avisian8063]

Lmao

[@maryhannah8391]

Gee, I wonder what the mental test is.

[@elliotcutliff7779]

Pretty much.

[@monolithic7739]

"Shit. What? No. What the f@ck is this?? *Let's not go further down."* "Okay I'm going down. _Why am I going further down!?!?!?"_ That paraphrases my exact thoughts as a 12 year old kid playing this for the first time. I remember getting to the bottom of that second elevator, and wanting nothing more than to just get the hell out of there. This level and The Library are engrained in my psyche

[@_ArmIa]

It’s surreal seeing people react to this in 2021 the same way we reacted to this back in 2001. Super satisfying, but I’m lowkey amazed they managed to go this long without being spoiled on it.

[@leovanilla6833]

I got spoiled by it but I recently played for the first time a couple months ago and havign the Flood burst out of a door behind made me scream LOL.

[@metalloid3417]

I played (and completed) Halo CE for the first time yesterday, I also had no idea about this haha.

[@brancolt_]

good shit is timeless

[@metanoiajuice]

just watched today lol only played a bit of halo 3 when i was like 9 thats all.

[@BetoPerez999]

even with the spoilers, I think it kinda enhanced the scare factor. I know they were in the game, and I knew that the level would introduce them because of the crashed pelican. I just didn't know where. I was on edge for a large part of the underground portion.

[@carnavs]

"It looks less creepy, I dont like it." He legit just said what every og halo player thought.

[@isshifrostfall1490]

yes, yes a thousand times yes, it kinda annoyed me seeing some of them play only new

[@Vonmoonlight]

@@isshifrostfall1490 esp the guy @5:53 Level boring Dude playing in new graphics that so clear and clean, destroy the atmosphere, blood is so minimal

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

The blood and detail in the original graphics is what set up the suspense.

[@calvinGhicks]

As a fan who played this a 100x as a kid... it was so cool to get a refresh on the graphics! I didn't think I'd like it till I played it a few months after the remaster 1st came out

[@expendableround6186]

DOOM 3 taught us all that you need to see your enemy and your environment.

[@TuffMelon]

I still love how the flood shows itself to you throughout the level. "Oh, its now a horror game" "Oh, what the hell, now there's big zombies!" "Oh, THEY HAVE GUNS NOW?"

[@cristobalvillarroel2618]

In halo 3 when they arrive in ships: "THEY FLY NOW?!?!?!"

[@elijahjarman2837]

@@cristobalvillarroel2618 ...they fly now...

[@oceanbytez847]

@@cristobalvillarroel2618 to be fair spark said they could escape halo implying they could always fly.

[@Genesivare]

I was actually glad when I saw they have guns. That meant I could replenish my ammo. Which would be in really short supply otherwise.

[@Genesivare]

@@cristobalvillarroel2618 You mean in Halo 2, when they arrived on High Charity by infested UNSC "In Amber Clad".

[@Metal-Midgar]

"I didn't know we would be getting a horror level." Oh, you sweet child

[@Kortegard0341]

Me after encountering the flood: I want the covenant back

[@kingchris1353]

Don't worry, new halo game.

[@onyxesprit7641]

Yaaaas

[@allyxrosewood]

i so agree.

[@pedrokoury1352]

Me after encountering Halo 4's volcanic-robot-thingmajibs: I want the Covenant back . . . Don't we just love ""original"" Halo? :)

[@Mr_Gato02]

@@pedrokoury1352 I rather fight the flood than Prometheans. They just suck and are so boring

[@tyjames3339]

it made me sad that only one of them noticed the bodies of the covenant and the marines who were clearly fighting with each other on top of the barricade, one of my favorite parts of the environmental storytelling of this mission

[@m1garandMUSIC]

got a timestamp?

[@m1garandMUSIC]

nvm i got it. 27:18

[@m1garandMUSIC]

also yeah i forgot about that one. that shit was so cool when i realized that bit of visual story telling

[@kalxek1462]

Ive been playing halo since I was a kid and I've never seen that before somehow

[@vroomvroom1028]

@@kalxek1462 me too

[@rowanbrown5541]

Looking at largely unchanged Elite face: "God this is hideous what have they done to him?"

[@CaptainCFalcon]

Sad times for that poor Elite boi.

[@TehDookman]

Relatable

[@Marcus-o5s]

I remember playing this level for the first time with constant fear, and I was screaming my head off when the flood started attacking lol

[@bcaswell3214]

"They can use guns?" *THEY CAN FLY SPACESHIPS* 😨

[@themeanestkitten]

And eat dreams🥺

[@SlatheTheSpaceMarine]

They fly now.

[@andrewk1433]

@@SlatheTheSpaceMarine they fly now

[@fwebber13]

They can use rocket launchers

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

They can use vehicles too

[@mattonthemic]

“What killed the bad guys? BADDER guys??”

[@christopherdutton6265]

This my first time actually reading a comment as it was said I am glad I could share this moment with u

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

Very much badder.

[@ThatsJustMid]

Badderest

[@javierdejesusbonilla4407]

Badderester

[@chillsn]

The unintentional foreshadowing is what gets me

[@matthewishunting]

That box with both alien and marine weapons scared the shit out of me as a kid. I was like "holy fuck, the flood are so scary that they teamed up before dying a horrible death". What a badass way to use the enthronement to help tell a story

[@meerkat4292]

I honestly never put 2 and 2 together when I was a kid even though I probably beat the game 100 times growing up lmao. It wasn't until watching another game recently that the person mentioned it and I was like OH SHIT haha

[@JuhoSprite]

Ableton???!!??

[@talal3c]

timestamp?

[@TheShapeshifter]

25:17 ​@@talal3c

[@ronaldojoe3011]

Timestamp bro

[@carlthegamer9215]

Playing the flood part without the music should be a crime punishable by law.

[@cybercat3113]

Guy: “the zombies have shoties? That’s against the idea of zombies!” Rocket launcher combat form: “Ready up, b***h”

[@jonathanskulsky6631]

Wait until they realize they can use something other than the ankle express to get around ;)

[@pasidinu8465]

They should be glad they didn't get to meet the flood from forerunner saga. guns will be the least of their concern.

[@ciphymasterofmedia9104]

I swear, the moment I realized they knew how to shoot rocket launchers, pilot vehicles, and repair entire ships, I realized how f*cked we all were. And then I saw them in Halo 3 and had nightmares.

[@kyle21843]

HAHA ROCKET LAUNCHER GO *BOOM*

[@anubhavmuku96]

I legit had nightmares of the rocket launcher flood after every legendary campaign. I was maybe, like 12 or 13? I would wake up late at night, even early in the morning from rockets flying at me(in the nightmare) from random directions. The experience was traumatising, and addicting at the same time.

[@shadowslayer205]

What's really scary is that Bisenti says nobody listens to rock music anymore. That's a future I don't want to live in.

[@RealFrinata]

It could be hyper-bolic, such as what people nowadays say "People don't listen to Classic anymore" or the ever more popular (IMO) "Nobody listens to Dubstep anymore"

[@notyou2353]

True horror.

[@LemorasCards]

it's that young people don't want to listen to their dads music, and that is most sort of mainstream rock.

[@PedroKing19]

that day is already upon us my boy

[@tmolne117]

In the novels, Sgt. Johnson is a metalhead

[@sithisdawnsend2730]

Never even thought about how this level directly follows the stages of a flood outbreak. First you see Spores, then Infection Forms, then weaponless Combat Forms, then they start using weapons. Badass.

[@emmanuelmunchies]

Yup. The lore says the flood learns really quick.

[@commander__cody]

To me. The morale story in this game is if you find a group of dead marines then alright thats nothing to worry about. However if you find a group of Dead Covies then yeah start panicking

[@Mendez_Trucker]

Laughing my ass off at everyone saying how intense that level was when they're about to start The Library 😭😭😭

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

I hate the library

[@arcadeinvader8086]

I get wrist cramps just thinking about that level

[@babapambazuka2845]

Absolutely, BUT: While the Flood reveal is what sucked me into the game for full adrenalized immersion, the Library broke it for me with all the arbitrary spawns. I got SUPER-methodical about hoarding ammo, clearing routes, and never turning my back on any space I hadn't personally sterilized, so when the game would teleport flood right behind me into a tunnel I had just come through and needed for fallback cover, it was just... "BULLSHIT". After a necessary break, I felt much less invested coming back to finish a level I knew was cheesing me like a scrub. ...which is not to take much away from the experience as a whole. Subsequent levels did not do this AFAICT, and CE remains THE formative, atmospheric shooter I built my first PCs for, with classic Unreal a close 2nd place.

[@Cesar117Martinez]

@@babapambazuka2845 I've been playing Halo for the past +15 years and still to this day the Library gives me the chills as I was 10 again

[@babapambazuka2845]

@@Cesar117Martinez Indeed. I'll replay CE every few years and always arrange to play the Flood reveal alone in a dark house in the middle of the night with the best surround-audio I can put together for it.

[@dyllanfulton1396]

“At least they go down easily” Yeah, THOSE do...

[@Mcha_1]

What's the name of that flood monster with armor and is incredibly tough to kill

[@Sad_Chief]

@@Mcha_1 Flood tank?

[@Mcha_1]

@@Sad_Chief ah thanks

[@i_will_not_elaborate]

The small ones, imo, are the Sans of the Flood race. They're the weakest and die from one hit but are also the strongest because they can just possess any body. Which is why I always kill them first before the other guys, if I can.

[@caramelcandys]

Flood with rocket launchers be like: Hey

[@Happymouth1]

The Flood is still one of the most interesting twists imo. Go half the game fighting covenant only to stumble onto these fellas

[@sandwiched]

I could name another game with a mid-way twist like this, but it's far better to play it without expecting a twist. Hmm, a conundrum!

[@Airfryer208]

@Gr8sc0tt what game is it far cry?

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

@Gr8sc0tt And dependend on the theories you want to subscripe to they are an extended arm of the living universe, solely created to create great civilizations in one stage and then become the flood and devour all those civilizations in the next stage to reunite them with the universe and make it experience itself this way.