Halo Reach Mods - Playable Cinematics

Always cool to see what is going on when the camera isnt looking.

[@carlgustavjung1654]

I love how in most of these cutscenes, Jorge is the one consistently doing shit like the splits, or losing his head. Ah, the big man was sentimental...

[@officeofnavalintelligencePR]

And a ballerina

[@giltzexuh]

Carl Gustav Jung He gave his life thinking he just saved the cutscene. We should all be so lucky...

[@walterhartwellwhite366]

Carl Gustav Jung Fuck you

[@Exylophone]

So basically whenever Jorge is off screen he becomes an octopus?

[@ant8504]

Exylophone its his true form

[@MisterJohnDoe]

His secret has now been revealed.

[@RazordraacGaming]

Jorge: "So that's our new number six..." *Carter looks at Six* Carter: "......wat.....is this..."

[@TheCopyNinja733]

You just made my day.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

“Kat... you read his file?” That was out of concern.

[@incredibeast9661]

I had no idea that Spartans doubled up as marshmallow men.

[@doyouseeme27]

That's the *gel layer*

[@PCUser013]

lolol The beautiful lightning changes in cutscenes...

[@DesertHawk978]

It's relatively resource intesnive, so it makes sense to only use the fancy lighting on what's on camera.

[@BungieStudios]

When you learn animation, they teach that all angles must look natural, normal, and viewable. These developers cheat. Each scene is loaded in layers with a limited view angle. Characters animations clip or do not match so long as they look natural from a single angle. Items clip as long as they are not seen by the camera. Characters seemingly teleport to different positions. Lighting changes constantly. Visible settings serve as mere sets like a film with various cuts. To extend sequences characters rubberband back with each shot. To quicken shots, characters skip portions of the map to meet their desired location sooner than later. Everything else is filmed in layers. Much like matte paintings of the past or emerging animation that used the multiplane camera, this is done in an attempt to simulate a better DOF. Interesting techniques used. Thanks for uploading these! I am learning a lot of tricks from these.

[@Cup_70]

This is what you need to do to make good looking animation on hardware from 2006

[@DarkriserDE]

Like the other guy said, it so the crazier cutscenes don't put too much pressure on hardware. Plus, most developers probably don't want to waste time and resources on something no one, under normal circumstances, would see.

[@BungieStudios]

***** It's not a matter of hardware limitations. It's a use of forced perspective.

[@DarkriserDE]

It definitely is a matter of hardware limitation. This is 2006 hardware that is being pushed to its limit. A lot of games have FPS drops during cutscenes, so developers only render what you see, because doing otherwise will put more stress on the hardware and is absolutely pointless when you won't ever see it without mods. You call it cheating, developers call it logic. There really is no advantage to rendering all the lighting and characters when you will only see a few of them at a time. And the huge disadvantage would be frame rate drops.

[@BungieStudios]

***** What the hell are you talking about? Characters skipping back and forth between camera shots is not a matter of hardware limitations. Characters spawning at different intervals and distances is not a hardware limitation. Characters resizing is not a matter of hardware limitations. These cutscenes are set up to meet a needed perspective, a forced perspective. If the shot needs to be slower or lengthened out, they are placed behind a dull background with the camera avoiding particular details. They teleport back and forth between camera shots to lengthen the scene. If it needs to be faster, they teleport forward to the subject of interest. As seen with Halsey and Six within these videos. If they need to show depth between characters, characters and objects spawn farther than normally apart between camera cuts. As seen with Kat and Carter, and the comm equipment. If you study animation, they teach that all angles must be viewable and appear natural. Say if I were to show this animation to my professor. If we were to turn the camera slightly and realize that Kat and Carter are 20 feet apart, that is not natural. I am failing my objective. Forced perspective is an illusion that only works from an intended angle. These animators cheat by only focusing on what needs to be focused on. If the illusion sells, they go with it. In that way, they are farther from say Pixar/Toy Story and in fact closer to Hollywood filmmaking/Inception (selling the appearance of tall buildings). I appreciate these tricks because instead of doing what I was originally taught, I too, can cheat to save time and stress. When I animate, I am no longer focusing on what does not need to be seen and instead focusing on what I want to be seen. If you are talking about characters and items despawning for the sake of preventing the Xbox from frying itself, that is totally another discussion. I am not saying you are incorrect, just that you are off topic from what I originally stated. Also, yes, I know of this, and the limitations of the Xbox can be seen on the first Reach cutscene in which Six meets Noble Team. The game experiences massive performance drops and the framerate stutters heavily.

[@SH4DOWPH4NTOM17]

And the lone wolf? it would solve the mith of noble six deaths

[@feedmatrix10]

Yes, you are right

[@GKID7891]

He created a seperate video for it.

[@SH4DOWPH4NTOM17]

Yeah, now i know xD

[@GKID7891]

Andrew Mtz He grows a grunt head xD

[@SH4DOWPH4NTOM17]

yeah, with beard or something haha

[@bear1830]

I like how in the beginning Carter expressed his concern for Noble Six's lone wolf stuff

[@fot6771]

Wierd how the humans were highlighted as red on the crosshair but the covies were green.

[@engineerbot]

The real enemy were the humans all along!

[@GamerDashYT]

@@engineerbot ik lol

[@domingezdelapena]

7:33 ahahahaha, George cuts his head offf XD

[@callofawesomeness1]

LOL

[@JJAB91]

Jorge*

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Don’t lose your head, Jorge.

[@harrywu7567]

8:11 *sinks through the floor

[@tiernanmccarthy]

Stuff like this makes me wonder how much better some of the cutscenes could have been as gameplay. The interaction with Noble Team could go on just before Kat's death as gameplay, you escape the glassing and she dies next to you as you drag her body into the shelter. Interesting to think about I guess, budgets and time constraints are also a thing sadly.

[@flixytip4571]

With current consoles and PC's its probably an actual possibility for those to happen now.

[@BungieStudios]

Every time the camera shifts to show a certain aspect, everything renders again. When it focuses in a different direction, the items shift to dummy models. A nice little trick to save resources. That cutscene kills the framerate as it is. It's entertaining to see all of the animations left behind the scenes. The AO kills their textures. They're transparent!

[@datDelta]

That part with the super carrier being blown in half by Jorge was pretty dope.

[@nicolefrye28]

That first one... So many marshmallows

[@smorgington]

0:28 "aliens"

[@1whoDoesSimply]

It's cool because then you can see how the models are programmed. Note how noble six is white. This might be to adjust brightness and visibility in cutscenes. Also, he teleports around. His head is where the position of the eyes is, when the player is viewing said cutscene.

[@yadthegamer3941]

8:06 Bye hav a great time!

[@supergamer3344]

Omg he has no head! What a plot twist!

[@HonouredElite]

Could you record the Covenant Fleet entering Reach's atmosphere again, I would love to watch the whole view of them arriving through slipspace, it would make an excellent screenshot as well.

[@RZIisRaw]

I wanna see that too :)

[@Teadude0987]

"Also,welcome to reach"-flies off silently

[@theinquiryplease4404]

2:26 *This town ain't Big enough for the two of us partner*

[@nyannnncatttt]

The feeling you get when someone's behind you and have no idea what they're doing...

[@Hot18Shot]

As much as I loved the cutscenes in this game (probably best out of all Halo games), it would've been so much cooler to witness this in first person just like that rather than fancy camera work.

[@Suiax]

So you're playing as Noble 7?

[@snow6man9]

Nope he is old noble 6

[@nate1829]

Vincent Yu *thom

[@ghosttoast8610]

Noble Seven:The Pilot

[@rougeelite1446]

Hes a ghost

[@Cardboard_Cut]

Noble 7 confirmed

[@nekoprankster2184]

I love that during this, Humans are red (enemy) and Elites are green (allies).

[@-Wraith]

8:32 was actually a really cool angle for that

[@Cryosphered]

How disappointing... no second helmet. Bungie really dropped the ball here by failing to render a second helmet. Also, any reason for some of the character models suddenly turning into a jellyfied mess for no reason at all?

[@DuelWieldingGamers]

Cheaper to render. Hence the constantly changing lighting whenever the character actually comes into view,

[@Cryosphered]

DuelWieldingGamers Makes sense, just looked rather odd considering in the first cutscene, Kat's model was really jellyfied when if the cutscene was playing normally, you'd see her torso.

[@gamecheat13]

No second helmet because its a first person cinematic. If they had a head it would most likely get in the way of the view. The jellyfish thing is just happens when i played the cinematic during normal gameplay. It doesnt actually do that during the cinematic.

[@GKID7891]

Gamecheat Do you plan to do a Halo Reach 150 FOV video?

[@Approvedjoey117]

That shoulda Rick Role'd us with Ricks face. That'd be worth finding

[@GTAVictor9128]

3:12 - That creepy music fits perfectly for Jorge's movement...

[@0IAH]

This is tightttt

[@callofawesomeness1]

The the thhhhhhhhhhe

[@lisa-el6er]

Hi oih I subed

[@lisa-el6er]

to you

[@DragonSoulMusic]

8:10 I love how George just phases out of existence

[@RandomAnonymousBeing]

Can you make a Halo 4 playable cinematics? One of my friends doesn't think that Halo 4 cutscenes use in game graphics and thinks that the cutscenes are pre rendered CGI. Can you upload Halo 4 playable cinematics so I can prove him wrong? It would be greatly appreciated.

[@Kh1m3ra]

It's amazing how much the models move even when they are supposed to be staying still.

[@IndieLambda]

Some one needs to make a Half-Like mod where you play the whole game back to back without losing control over Noble 6, like in the Half Life games. Including first person assassination and death ragdolls.

[@Mayjor2]

The Assault Rifle in Halo:CE will never be replaced by any of the newer ones.

[@reet7932]

"So that's our new noble six..". *giant fucking balloon man appears*

[@Buckshot-Express]

Lol

[@greenradiozone824]

Had me dying.

[@brunoc.jimenez3549]

the part when he falls from space makes the whole thing worth it...

[@Rakim15aB3A57]

looks like the michellin man got some surgery.....

[@fkfernando]

H: Say the words please C: The Words please

[@sw4nn__]

3:14 Jorge's dab is lit

[@RZIisRaw]

You think, if possible, you could do the same thing in the Halo 2 Campaign?

[@nickhowatson4745]

you'd be surprised. halo 2 vista has terrible mod support. that's why you never see any halo 2 overhauls unlike halo CE which has the spv3 overhaul.

[@robertmorgan3669]

I like how in the second scene, all of the human characters displayed a red reticle, and the elites showed up as green.

[@Halo3Day2014]

Everyone! THIS JULY 7th 2014 WILL BE HALO 3 DAY! EVERYONE SPREAD IT AROUND GET THE WORD OUT AND REPOPULATE A LEGENDARY GAME!

[@alphadoge642]

i like how the elites are friends and spartens and unsc are enimes I CENT SPEELLL

[@Mesferto]

Hahah

[@MandoC]

Some of these cutscenes are a lot cooler than I remember, maybe it's just the new angle on it (quite literally) but Kat's conversation with Carter in the third cut-scene (exlpaining her plan) had a whole new dynamic in this that I either never noticed or didn't remember.

[@AeroLogics]

its jorge that has the funniest off camera poses

[@daemonvanmeir9697]

I like how all friendlies show up as enemies and the enemies as friendlies

[@scarecrow3295]

came to see if we could see six's face in the ending

[@brysontheghostgaming9218]

this is cool the cutscene is all set up they make the helly fish to make the fps morw fluid

[@Bombeatomics]

0:45 noble six is looking good

[@Powd3r81]

damn this is sick af, especially when you were falling

[@lovesack7844]

Wow thanks! Keep it coming

[@jmmenell]

halsey: whos the other guy.

[@Buynot]

what about cutscenes from Tip of the sphear and Nightfall?

[@Buynot]

also what about exodus?

[@tyronegreyham8387]

that just gave me an idea on how Jorge might've survived. If it was a slipspace drive he would've just tele'd

[@kenny24monkey]

i always wondered were those marshals came from in the mission winter contingency

[@kalster23]

In depth look of what silly stuff Noble Team do while the camera isn’t facing them.

[@mrlittleclone]

Imagen if you just walked away because you knew what was going to happen.

[@therookie9276]

Jorge ripped his head off to show his love for 6.

[@dox8148]

The Noble Team is still alive. :D

[@therookie9276]

The beginning: 3... 2... 1... And GO!

[@Cannablesh33p]

Long night of Solace was pretty cool because you actually took damage

[@guilhermeroyama8842]

3:14 lol Jorge was carrying the minigun using the Force XD

[@AdrenResi]

You should have the original cinematic on a corner

[@getouut]

"Return to the Battlefield" thats easier said than done after being transported to oblivion.

[@Nostentegy]

How did you get no music? Is it a mod? That's probably a really stupid question but I really need to know. I mean, obviously it's a mod, but how exactly did you get no music?

[@SpyzacFilms]

I think bungie cut scene team had a little to much fun behind the scenes huh

[@mrprotoman154]

I like purple Cortana's design the most.

[@cqb3814]

When the alien ship blew up into two it was so cool

[@kingxenocide2345]

LOLOLOLOL when he/she was standing in front of kat while in the mission where she dies and she was crouched!!!😂😂

[@sea6672]

noble 6 turns into a blob of play-doh

[@familiacasas4217]

jorge:weee im flyin!

[@JACOBTL23]

This is pretty damn awesome

[@jaydinallder9796]

i guess having a head is not required when becoming a spartan

[@jbooc9993]

0:41 Marshmellow Man will save the day!

[@CuhShark]

Tell me to eat vanek. :(

[@16BitParty]

Dude that's fucking awesome

[@7DestinedLegends]

To all the people asking or wondering how he does this, read the title.

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

Behold Noble Bubble

[@fsk9841]

cool the part of the super carrier. i hope somone one day make a mod to drive it

[@vmsh9810]

The only game where cinematics have the same graphics than the gameplay

[@Idk037]

Weird seeing them with there helmets off while playing

[@jx592]

at 6:00 the camera focus' on Kat, who becomes rendered on ultra settings, at that moment the rest of Noble despawns, all that hard work for a second of cutscene to look as good as it possibly can

[@jx592]

in lamens terms, in order to make Kat super textured, they couldnt animate anything else, which makes sense sunce the other spartans are out of camera frame anyway

[@spartan117i2008]

7:00 He's got some of the goo from super mario sunshine on him

[@alexcalo4619]

2:20 Looks like Gorge became: GORGE FROM THE JUNGLE XDXDXDXDXD or... GORGE THE CURIOUS XDXXDXDXDDXD

[@Buckshot-Express]

Hahahaha

[@abandonedchannel8535]

Pillar of Autumn isn't a halcyon, it's a marathon, much much bigger than a halcyon.

[@KrazyTacoguy1]

I always wonder what Halo CE would be like if noble six went with them and the whole ship some how pass by the cruiser

[@halo99yo]

What I don't understand is Dr. Halsey has clearly seen Spartans IIIs on Reach, before Onyx. So then why does Halsey act all surprised about the Spartans IIIs in the book Glasslands as if she's never seen them before?

[@ilikezpieify]

anyone else notice in the 2nd cutscene six's body would rotate between a headless female and a male?

[@space_artist_4real138]

0:02 The ennemy... it's yourself! #deep #dishpizzaforonly5bucksat

[@lonleylink507]

out of all six which is your favorite sparton

[@tr3n70nactive4]

this is behind the scenes

[@uPenguin]

Jorge is freakyyyyy

[@RubenGarcia-zg3yt]

LOL George lost his head and then disappears

[@smellmyclock]

*jorge throws 6 off covenant ship* *jorge turns into the ship* I died lmao

[@user-eg5dd3mk3e]

2:27 This is Probably why She was afraid of Jorge

[@GTAVictor9128]

1:14 - Jorge, are you alright?

[@brandonsourm1628]

This is Thoms (previous Noble 6) Ghost everyone!! Lol 8D

[@Tyschlorp]

Soo the goods and bads are switched in cinematics apparently xD. +1

[@Perma]

What capture card you use?