How Long Can I Survive Halo 3 ODST's Legendary Firefight?

Hello, BOYS (and the 1.7% female portion of my audience), for this video I decided to see how long I can survive playing ODST's firefight mode on Legendary difficulty. I played on Alpha Site because it's my favorite map.
The scoreboard in the thumbnail is photoshop because the real scoreboard was low quality, but that was an actual score I had at one point in the game so yeah. #NotClickbait
Halo CE Legendary Zero Shot Video mentioned: • Can I Beat Halo CE on ...
If you'd like to watch some of the full, unedited gameplay, I uploaded it on my newly-minted 2nd channel: • Halo 3 ODST Legendary ...
I feel like if you read my video descriptions from my first few videos and compare them to now, it's probably solid evidence of my declining sanity.

[@liftedspirit984]

The way they executed firefight in this game was absolutely great. A halo horde mode was perfect for this game. I just wish it was recreated in a more similar way in future games

[@hachelyd_i3232]

Loved rotating between L4D2, Halo 3 ODST, and Gears 3 Horde mode. I wish I could do it again

[@AnnihiIator]

@@hachelyd_i3232 Almost the best gaming days if only odst had matchmaking back then.

[@zerocal76]

I might be the only one but I hope they put Firefight in Infinite! 😀

[@PzShockz]

It literally was. Halo reach? Smh..

[@ANDMAN-zt1bx]

There’s firefight in infinite now

[@paulloughlin3732]

I remember playing this with friends when ODST launched. Good times, good times.

[@Gregorio416]

Back in the day my brother was friends with CMNeir and would often help him make his videos. He would occasionally let me play with him while they were filming. I have a memory burned in my brain of trying to get that firefight achievement Everyone was dead except me, and it was the last round before we got more lives (we had 0 lives). Being like, 11 at the time, the pressure to perform was enormous, and I wanted my brother to take my controller. He refused to take it, and I spent the next 30 minutes sweating my butt off trying to do everything I could to stay alive I survived, and we were able to get the achievement. I’ll always be grateful my brother not only included me in stuff like that, but also pushed me to be better. Fun times.

[@darklord1366]

Your brother must’ve been so proud of you and if I’m being honest here if I was your brother I bet you I would be too. That’s a memory that will go down in the history books for you my friend

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

​@@darklord1366 ^.^ wholesome comment and reply

[@flatpepsi]

Dude that's such a beautiful memory!

[@hori1371]

I just looked at his account, and seeing those thumbnails just punched me in the gut with nostalgia cheers for that.

[@Underthesun0624]

Vidmaster Endure was the one achievement I could never get. You did an incredible job in this run. Also Alpha Site is the best map; no contest.

[@brucekhamp6859]

THE most legendary achievement of all time if you ask me

[@DivusMagus]

Took me forever to get, but totally worth it to get recon...that I never wore because I liked EOD way more. But made me feel accomplished to say I did it.

[@eelite1111111]

It was sooooo hard

[@eelite1111111]

@@DivusMagustimes when skins meant something

[@DivusMagus]

@@eelite1111111 fr.

[@HenryMyth]

6:02 also the Tilt skull applies to you as well and makes you take less damage against most enemies in ODST because you don’t actually have shields. It makes the game easier overall.

[@HyperShadow991]

wait tilt helps YOU too in ODST!?? the fuuuuuuuuuck?

[@Mediocre_Gaming1917]

@@HyperShadow991 Yeah, if you're working on the Nagato Makes Moving Easy achievement, there are a few levels where it's a really good idea to turn on Tilt.

[@rooknado]

@@Mediocre_Gaming1917Nagato, I wonder where he got the name from! All I can think is a Naruto antagonist.

[@Mediocre_Gaming1917]

@@bldontmatter5319 ODSTs have a lot of health, if the Covenant in a given level have mostly plasma weapons, those doing close to zero damage against you as you run by to the next area with a health pack is helpful. It's worth it on some levels but not others.

[@brendenhawley2225]

Huh, I assumed stamina would count as shields, I think Emp takes them out.

[@iissacc]

11:45 there is a captain in the bottom right (just under the sign) that sticks you before you backsmack another one. ODST firefight has been my favourite iteration of firefight, being slightly weaker and smaller makes the stakes feel so much bigger

[@nicholasgrossman3194]

Yep you can hear the grenade "stick" into him it's clearly the brute greatest and not the covenant one

[@nicholasgrossman3194]

Covenant grenade makes a beep the brute one makes a notch sound

[@matthewwelles8422]

I know this is months later but I think that Brute also dropped grenades and if a grenade blows up near other grenades they blow up so it was that combination of spike grenades

[@barbaricbri]

This has easily becoming one of my favorite halo channels gg

[@yayger825]

This game is absolutely legendary. The unique enemies their weaknesses, and just the way they don't act like a total npc. They can actually dodge stuff

[@MintyLime703]

Endure was the second to last vidmaster we completed. I remember getting constantly bombarded by friend requests after completing all the vidmasters and unlocking the recon helmet. I proudly wore it in every matchmaking lobby but I quickly found out every single kid is gonna see it and beg that you drop everything and help them do it too. Every time I played BtB it meant at least 1 or 2 friend requests and maybe a message. Still never switched helmets though.

[@connorbranscombe6819]

Thats hilarious, I remember everytime me or my friends saw a recon we just assumed it was the no life guy from the South Park episode with World of Warcraft.

[@2cryptic]

absolutely fantastic vid dude, i was glued to the tv for so many hours playing firifight with my brother as a kid 😂 bring firefight back!

[@frogarchist]

I almost didn't recognize you with the new pfp

[@2cryptic]

@@frogarchist imma ghost

[@thefallen2220]

11:47 the spike grenades triggered other spike grenades on the ground so it was a chain reaction

[@RandomGuyonYouTube]

i think the other brute threw the grenade that set them off

[@741podnammoc]

I think you're absolutely right. when he meleed the brute it dropped its grenades, which were in range of the grenade which that specific brute just threw, and since grenades proc other grenades badaBOOM. neat.

[@thefallen2220]

@@741podnammoc Still not as intense as chain reactions on CE lmao

[@TacoRuns]

With skulls turned on (especially ODST) your best bet is to committing to back smacking the brutes. Majority of the time if you get close to them they'll stop shooting and charge you (It's doable with multiple charging you too). Plasma and pistol is also great too but close quarters just commit to back smacks. Also would love to see a SLASO playthrough on a mission or content! I bet you'd make a crazy video on it. Love the content!

[@TackyPaladin]

Ah a frog after my own taste. We share the same favorite ODST firefight map! I am impressed! This is the map i got the vid master achievement on back in the day. Man would it be great to go back

[@G9_Studios]

I loved ODST, I truly do miss it. Doing the Recon Armor "quest" was so gratifying.

[@SpartanD34]

What a champ. To this day Endure is the only vid master I haven’t gotten cause of my crappy internet. However hats off to you for soloing a harder version of it

[@kruksog]

I just discovered your channel and i am rapidly BINGING through your videos. Love it. Im into it. Fwiw, i used to be a part of the trick jumping community, and was very active on High Impact Halo.... I wasnt any good, but i was definitely there 😅

[@icbm7]

The production quality always makes watching your vids worth it. Thanks

[@LDRTrejo]

That was really dang good, not only are you a fantastic halo player, that match of firefight was AWESOME

[@RedAce93]

Not gonna lie, you are quickly becoming one of my favorite KZbinrs. I love seeing the notification that you posted!

[@WaifuRuns]

Great vid loving the halo content

[@frogarchist]

Oh, thanks a lot. I haven't seen your channel, but it looks like really good stuff. I'll have to check it out.

[@DeadPlayin]

frog video on a sunday made my day 🙏 keep up the work man 🤘

[@Tampainian]

Lost Platoon is my favorite. Love driving the chopper. Just got back into Halo MCC as I just found out about the flood being added to ODST firefight. Need to find more people for that achievement too.

[@christofferrasmussen3485]

I'll do it with you

[@thedoncjg6263]

Finally, a good halo content creator 🙏🏻

[@ElijahEngland]

Love the videos. A good halo KZbinr is always welcome to me

[@anthonyherrera7231]

Ahhh the Benny Hill song w/ Halo reminds me of some of the old school Halo Machinima’s I used to watch.. loved that. Great run btw!

[@maxemiloddmoland5476]

Ah memories. Got all vidmaster challenges with some friends before Reach came out to get the Recon helmet

[@mikenakahara8152]

LAST ROUND IN THE MAG 13:36 that was AMAZINGLY BADASS low-key best fps clip outta the past three years, that was amazing bro!

[@Erokia.]

Lost Platoon is the best map to play if you want to endure legendary firefight for as long as possible. Spartan laser for wraiths, chopper for taking out enemies from a far and great distance to safely evade... usually.

[@joaohenriquedossantosdasil5205]

Dude, I just stumbled upon your channel and I can't believe you have less than then10k subs, great Halo content, incredible presentation and edition on the videos, congrats!

[@frogarchist]

Thanks a lot. I just started in January, so we'll see how things continue to grow.

[@lindholmaren]

Remember having a lot of fun with endure back when odst came out, did all the score achievements for odst when the multiplayers were shutting down for 360 and it really took me back. Wish we had endure etc on MCC so I could get the rush an additional time.

[@measlyfurball37]

Holy shit, to me this is an achievement beyond epic proportions. Then again, I'm pretty casual myself. Good work, great video. I like how you edit.

[@Crudmonkey211]

Awesome work, man! My favourite ODST Firefight map was Chasm Ten. Playing all night with my mate and never switching that HUD light off :D

[@jozzieokes3422]

Great map man. My favourites are crater, lost platoon, and windward. I love all ODST firefight maps in general.

[@Canada407]

Never had friends to play Halo. If you need friends for ANYTHING Halo. Hit me up!

[@MintyHD]

Such a niche video. But I enjoyed it. Subbed. Hope to see continued success!

[@briansalce2808]

Well done man. When you're fast forwarding a late round hunter kill and the clip is still around 10 seconds it really expresses the pain you went through at that current moment. 🤣

[@HyperShadow991]

ODST's firefight is honestly more fun than reaches firefight, when they announced it was finally coming to mcc i was so frickin happy

[@Manymannys95]

I remember having to do this in order to get recon back in the day. It was even on this map. It was such a long firefight but definitely one of the best achievements/rewards in all of Halo.

[@MaximumSpice]

honestly amazing you did this solo, even with a full team of 4 this is rough as guts

[@thefallen2220]

Oh and also a flood version would be nice and i have an ideal loadout Carbine full ammo: start using since the first time you see it because famine can suck A Hammer/brute shot: Both the hammer and brute shot can one-shot all pure flood forms Why the carbine and not the BR is because eventually tilt will turn on so shielded flood becomes a problem to the BR but becomes a breeze to the carbine

[@jozzieokes3422]

Flood firefight is amazing on ODST on mcc

[@casedecker]

Nice any plan B loadouts?

[@thefallen2220]

@@casedecker Flamethrower is also good for pure forms

[@austinlandry6808]

well played! upload more solo legendary gameplay! :)

[@username3012]

Entertaining stuff man keep it up (:

[@COOCHGOBLIN69]

I was glued to this video bruh, so engaging

[@zafelrede4884]

This made me wanna play ODST again X)

[@SkimoFiend]

Did this on Alpha Site myself with 3 good high school friends, we did all the ODST/Halo vidmasters, definitely took months to get them all but we had a ton of fun doing runs, spending hours a night just to fail.... only to succeed (eventually) xD

[@drink_ayahuasca]

Good job bro keep it up

[@bigpapibrad]

The fact you and that chieftain did that at the end was amazing

[@BehavingPenguin]

Geez, Legendary Too! Great Video my dude.

[@koloblican11763]

KZbin seemed to change their algo so you get random smaller channels, and I gotta say I like it. This was a fun video.

[@austinfuller8323]

The most astounding thing about this video is how your deaths were perfectly synched up with the pauses on the chicken dance song 😂

[@anthonyacosta5660]

9:12 That brute gave a whole ass speech while you walked past lmao

[@ililiiiiii4349]

You need to submit this to Anoj's Halo 3 Top 10 Series Episode 44: Firefight Kills.

[@Echo2-2]

I can only really get past the first set so I'm impressed. Great job

[@asimplepie2279]

ODST has the best firefight in my opinion but id like to see reach too :)

[@YoDzOnHalo]

Ahh. Vid master. That achievement is ridiculous not cause of difficulty but because of lag. It got so bad we were getting 10 frames a second. Took almost 3 hours to complete it. This was back in maybe 2016

[@chrisjulien7698]

Christ bless you, bro this was so sick good job

[@ryanwalsh2674]

Bro use that silenced SMG for the drones, easy work! Respect for playing on Alpha Site, that’s my favorite Firefight map as well.

[@kyzantia8884]

I love this games especially the firefight, loved playing it with friends and my brother.

[@raulbarrios323]

You're a Legend P fr 🎉

[@davethefreshmaker]

Dude if you want to do this vidmaster then LET'S DO THIS! I when ODST premiered and now I have nobody to play it outside randoms in matchmaking :(

[@ducky5612]

GJ frog, proud of you!

[@matthewfisher7108]

I'd love to see you do some non-speedrun guides of the Halo series, like a guide on your deathless/John Wick runs

[@frogarchist]

I've thought about doing one big one for CE

[@ThogDontCare]

I remember getting the endure achievement back in 2011. Some randoms from halo 3 matchmaking were using the mythic disc from odst & asked if I could help them out with getting recon helmet. We stayed up to 5am getting endure & the next afternoon we did the achievement for coastal highway legendary with everyone in mongoose with those 1000 round rocket launchers. Never seen those 3 people again after that. From my experience the best way to deal with drones was the smg or assault rifle.

[@hydro3672]

Firefight has what other horde based shooters don’t…. satisfying metals and points that make you feel all happy inside

[@janshmat8363]

Fun fact! The silenced SMG can headshot drones killing them instantly, so if your aim isn't as good as froge, you cam just grab an smg off the rack and hold down m1.

[@defaultgraycat]

This is my favorite halo channel

[@Shaymuhs]

Yo I would play any firefight with anyone it's my favorite gamemode. Great vid.

[@charlief.]

If you ever want to do Vidmaster Endure, let me know. I’ll be totally down to play with you.

[@paristhomas9274]

I love the concept of the spike grenade

[@snaildad193]

Wow, Frog is amazing

[@frogarchist]

lol

[@Turmeez]

ah this brings me back. way back when they had these achivements to unlock the coveted recon armor in halo 3. Everyone wanted it and so did i. I also completed the 4 sets solo. However as it turned out you needed to do it with 4 players on online coop in order to get the achivment. So had to do it again. Hilariously it was harder with 4 players coop because healthpacks, resources, and lives would be lost very quickly. Although getting the achivment was definitely a fun time. a particular statagy i loved was pushing the 4 crates into the chokepoints so you would not get overwelmed too quickly and could take your time taking out larger targets as well as hit groups of enemies with grenades. But it took teamwork because you needed 2 people to push each crate and you had to get it done quickly between each round. ahhhh good times.

[@Drives31forhalo]

I couldn't get the vidmaster Endure achievement back in the day. not because we couldn't do it, but because we couldn't get a stable connection long enough to do it. It was so frustrating, we rage quit when we lost the host with 2 rounds to go. nowadays I lack the friends to beat it :)

[@MLPIceberg]

Dude, I'd it with you. It was hard for me to find "friends" to get that achievement with. Plus, I love the older Halo games and Firefight. I've been itching to play it again for some time now. But... I'm all alone so I'd get destroyed in a heartbeat.

[@BuckeyeNut123]

Well done Frog!!

[@MASSCAL01]

Damn I want to know where you got that thumbnail, sick!!

[@frogarchist]

I made it. I went into Theater and took a screenshot of the ODST in that pose, then cut him out. The background is just the level art with a Gaussian blur and red satin. The legendary symbol is a png with 50% transparency. The scoreboard I recreated based on the game's actual scoreboard because it was too low res.

[@TBT_ProSperity]

I tought you could change spawn location even in solo FF, isn't that the case in Halo ODST? Great video anyway, brought back a lot of memories

[@frogarchist]

Nah, they didn't add that until Reach.

[@zerocal76]

Its easy to tell you're a big Halo fan. Its my fav game All-time. Thanks for the video 👍 I prefer using whatever weapons I find on the ground in each round but will use your strategy next time for a high score! Btw - what's the highest # of kills you've got in Reach Firefight?

[@frogarchist]

I have no idea. I didn't play much of Reach's firefight.

[@adamreddick1349]

I remember lasting a fairly long time when I played with my cousin, our teamwork was pretty solid, a lot of it was aggro management so we were consistently getting that backstrike

[@rob86353]

In the outro you often recommend a video - it would be awesome if you could include referenced videos in the description. It can be hard to click the video on screen, when there is no video on screen to click (ie, not all player interfaces support cards/etc. - would also be nice for when youtube makes changes that break embedded/interactive content yet again.)

[@frogarchist]

Didn't know that. What are you on where it doesn't work? Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXe5XqOAidZ_kNE

[@KILLERPANDA961]

I’ll play a firefight group, my friends hate halo so I’m forced to grind by myself 🤣

[@jozzieokes3422]

I'm Xbox if you want to play man. I'll always be on this game!

[@retinafrostbite]

halo reach has the best firefight tbh... being able to customize the waves and just vibe with firends was fun AF

[@Watermelongaming8]

I remember playing this with my freinds SO MUCH. We would always crank the speed up and the gravity down with extra blast resistance so we could rocket jump all around the map al night long.

[@Cerberusx32]

I remember me and a friend would carry two other people for Vidmaster Endure, when Halo 3: ODST came out originally.

[@NeonNijahn]

You're the coolest.

[@iPlayAC]

The hardest challenges I’ve ever done on a video game, I did every vidmaster, just for the recon armor in halo 3 😢 but man did I feel good afterwards

[@jkangaroo]

On maps with vehicles, if you can pull off the wraith glitch (where you simultaneously kill the driver and get in) maybe you'd have a fun Strat to work with? I did it on normal difficulty and went to town on all the enemies

[@smuffinman]

Doing the vidmaster achievements and getting that recon armor in Halo 3 is still one of my greatest achievements in life

[@addictive_witch6242]

I still love playing firefight. I don't play very often because I've got no one to play it with, but it is still pretty enjoyable if you set a challenge for yourself.

[@codatheseus5060]

I got vidmaster on multiple levels :"D This video is nostalgia

[@blacklodgegames]

Good video

[@frogarchist]

You posted this one minute after it was uploaded. I'm onto you, buddy.

[@blacklodgegames]

@@frogarchist first

[@drakesterX]

That “Never change Jackal Snipers… Never Change” I could feel in my *soul*

[@stepanricar9901]

The best player and the best frog in halo.

[@user-kh9mv4gf7p]

Alpha site is my favorite firefight level too!

[@wornven]

Damn, that's sad man, I hope you find other people to play with. We believe in you.

[@joshuawilson7629]

11:47 there is a brute at the foot of the staircase that throws a spike grenade at the same time the brute in front of you throws a grenade to your left, so as you move right to avoid the grenade on your left you move onto the grenade the other brute threw.

[@JohnGarciaLandryGamingChannel]

I remember playing this mode for hours back in the day

[@UnfairEnforcer]

I understand Bungie probably did not want for players to just camp in their spawn or otherwise be able to "stop" the game by being there. However, I always did find it very harsh to allow enemies to enter and stay in the player spawn area. Having enemies like a Chieftain or Hunters there was not fun

[@Weesee_I]

I liked Reach firefight's approach to it more where you could choose where you respawn. I don't know how well it would've worked on this map though, considering...

[@froqwo4851]

You can jump over hunters and sometimes brutes before they melee you, basically all of your hunter deaths were where you got hit by the side swing, I just jump over it and it works most of the time.

[@adolfsizzler4669]

I remeber scouring the old xbox live forums for people that needed help with it , we would set up times when we would attemp it. All complete strangers too , i just liked the challenge it had to it i had unlocked my recon long ago at that time 🤟

[@MrDhakka]

Damn you're good. Check out the pit firefight on the workshop.

[@briancardillo6136]

Every time that last wave music hits “You know the music, time to dance”