Nostalgia for Halo’s multiplayer | Memories of Halo

Halo's multiplayer maps are some of the most beautiful and detailed in the industry. Countless time and effort goes into the various maps that we play on and today I want to share the memories I have with Halo.
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[@ChrisRayGun]

Waterworks is underrated.

[@OleandyrTheGreatDragonGod]

Hey, Chris! Big fan of your videos!

[@KurtHarrisIcehorse]

Rullisi The icy map is called Lockout.

[@colcustard6015]

Get on Cartographer Halo 2

[@anonamouse1957]

jack patton did a LAN party in college a few years back. I could trash talk a guy within arms reach and he could do the same. I miss couch multiplayer.

[@Spartan-sz7km]

@@Rullisi lockdown? It's a flood research facility i think

[@Dave_Chrome]

Hey. Yeah? ... Do you ever wonder why we're here?

[@Azrael_Equinox]

This comment is one of life's greatest mysteries

[@bryannovelo5343]

Nice rooster teeth reference!

[@cpMetis]

@@Azrael_Equinox Why is it here? I mean, is it just the product of some... cosmic coincidence, or is there a LateNightGaming, out there with a video for us and stuff? I don't know, Shadow Paradox, but it keeps my online at night.

[@EchoLocoCJ]

@@cpMetis you beat me to it.

[@Orinslayer]

No. I don't.

[@louiscostanzo5595]

When you first saw halo, were you blinded by its *MAJESTY* ?

[@randomhaloplayer918]

Yessss,indeed I was ........halo 1 to 4 stories and multiplayer maps were awesome.

[@TheSpartanboy10]

Dumbstruck, Paralyzed?

[@samuelhaines3685]

Too busy being awed by how *_I C O N I C_* it was.

[@paganmin714]

No.

[@louiscostanzo5595]

@@randomhaloplayer918 Somebody else who enjoys Halo 4? Oh my it's rare to see *GOOD* taste.

[@LateNightHalo]

Left side of the mic squad whatsup?

[@SauceStrider]

LateNightGaming-VideoGame Coms & Entertainment i didn't know your username was this long w

[@halofansunite143]

Hi

[@Spritzkrieg]

Oh thank God - I hate thinking it's my headphones!

[@colossalsquib4450]

This is a bit of a tangent latenightgaming but I feel like a good squad system would be like one in the (old) battlefront games where you could order the NPCs with simple commands to follow and hold positions. Wouldn’t be anything too intense and would really just be used for marine allies.

[@plzitzjustmahcheezits909]

S a u c e Strider he changed the name holy crap

[@halofansunite143]

On the map Zanzibar in Halo 2 there is a terminal that you use to open the gate. After you press it there is a message that says “Press any key to power cycle the system. If system does not respond, scream at top of lungs and pound on keypad.” I’ve never seen anyone talk about this and figured I would mention it here.

[@VainerCactus0]

That is pretty cool, back from when bungie took things less seriously.

[@halofansunite143]

VainerCactus 0 yeah, it is pretty cool.

[@4realm8rusirius]

I've seen It was pretty funny when I noticed that

[@halofansunite143]

4real m8 r u sirius good to know I’m not the only one. 👍

[@thegamingcazador8295]

Kinda like "Hold X to flip elepha... Wait what? How did you do that?!

[@infinitevoid2964]

This was really dumb, but in Halo 2's Colossus I would just ride the conveyor belts and shoot at the gas tanks for _hours_

[@Varlwyll]

I used to wait for the sniper ammo to spawn and do the same thing

[@troopergames8173]

EmoPoodle+ on forge world I tried to make an entire map that would make it seem like your fighting underwater. I gave up a week later after dying way to many times placing objects (at first warthogs cuz hey if a human can survive a hog can?) and testing it and dying way to many times.

[@gavin_1973]

I did that too much as well. I also would kick the ones next to the conveyer belt that led to the lift into it and just watch them fly, something about physics in games astonishes me still to this day with Just Cause 2, 3 and (when it comes out) 4.

[@alastairpearce3078]

Same here

[@MasterHall117]

Same!

[@Hugbox]

This brings me back to scouring the Bungie forums for fan theories on each map’s backstory some 10 years ago. Feels like it was yesterday. Great video.

[@nuclearjanitors]

Yeah, it does.

[@Dovahkiwi]

I miss those Bungie forums. Was such a great community, I have especially fond memories of it around the lead up to Reach's release.

[@troopergames8173]

Dovahkiwi+ Warning: your about to leave Bungie.net we are not responsible for what your about to see, it could be pictures of your mother for all we know.😂

[@mrsand4496]

my left ear is enjoying the commentary

[@Kt_Dreamz]

Same, right ear got no love

[@CubeDaWoop]

@CanBiteIt CanLikeIt Stereo headphones?

[@tekgeekster]

Oh, thank God. I thought it was my headset for a second there.

[@jebusrice1340]

@@tekgeekster LMAO SAME

[@Wolfentodd]

2 years later my right ear is enjoying the halo music

[@BrushedBeet]

The maps of the Halo games were all very memorable to me.

[@randomhaloplayer918]

Just if yhe dlc maps were more played.... there were more awesome than the originals.

[@elijahnajera5425]

I always liked the atmosphere of each map especially in halo 3. On Sandtrap I would fill the main room with tech and recovered weaponry and pretend I was the last person there, holding out for as long as I can until I can find a way out. I also did the same on forge world but as a stranded elite who made a camp in the cave that connected blood gultch with the tunnel island. I never had xbox gold at that time because I was young with a concerned mother so this sort of roleplay happened a lot but it was still fun anyways. But the atmosphere made it all work and enhanced the overall expeieriance and I appreciated all the small details as you have. I would sometimes just listen to the calming wind on all the maps as to just enjoy the calmness in the middle of the war that surrounds me.

[@mosescuh3644]

I remember playing big foot in Forge World with my friends 😢

[@35millimeters48]

I liked cold storage and how the flood was slowly creeping into the covenant facility

[@Jedi_Spartan]

*Forerunner facility

[@35millimeters48]

Oh yeah sorry

[@halo4xgamer]

OMG. I thought I was the only one that had an "obsession" with that wall in Last Resort!! Haha, I always thought it looked so mysterious and the line down the middle was an opening that would open the wall up and reveal something that was on the other side... I have no idea why my 5 year old self thought that lol

[@alastairpearce3078]

Same here

[@JasonTubeOffical]

5 years olds in 2007 need to unite to play halo 3

[@wesleymiles8756]

Wow. This video made me so happy and nostalgic I thought my head would explode. I thought I was the only one who would like to just explore and mess around on maps. I love the feeling of Halo’s maps and hope that the grand, ancient, realistic background of these masterpieces is able to be recreated by 343 Industries.

[@quantumfrost9467]

Yeah man, I have so many stories I’d love to just say. I can only imagine how other people feel too

[@CFunk99]

I never thought the guns are laying around because people left shortly before the match starts.

[@LateNightHalo]

It was always my headcanon haha

[@greenbean2222]

I always thought it was that too.

[@tstew258]

The Bungie mp team deserves to see this, because I think you perfectly describe the things we loved about these maps. The artists especially will probably shed a tear knowing people DO notice those tiny corners that took hours to imbue with a story.

[@chiefmaggot360]

What an interesting, heartwarming video. Just what i needed.

[@gub4941]

I accidentally read your name without the m

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

I remember playing exploring the map "Guardian" from Halo 3 for the first time (which was on the MCC and not on an original copy of the game tragically lol). When I took my first step into it, I was just so blown away from everything around me: the trees, the atmosphere, and most importantly the Forerunner architecture. And for a while I just looked everywhere on the map and had the extreme desire to just explore everything, and the more I found, the more I began to have these burning questions: What was the purpose of this place? What happened to the Forerunners that were here? And many more. I just love how the maps across all the games really tell little stories of their own, and how they truly are some of the best the industry has to offer. And they really get you wondering what things took place in them! :)

[@Nighterlev]

The same is said for Halo 4 maps to.

[@gub4941]

Nighterlev ehhhhhhhhhh

[@JoseLopez-ou6ww]

You can say anything about Bungie and their games but God damn do they know how to make multiplayer maps and great environments.

[@cpMetis]

I still remember when I first started using Forge World, I was blown away by how many different options there were to work with. I decided on making an Invasion map since that was my favorite gamemode. The idea was that the UNSC would be attacking a Covenant camp. The UNSC would start at the far side of the island and work their way to the Covenant defenses on the beach towards the Gultch. After taking down the Covie base there (including Shades), they can cross a bridge against the covies defending the hole that leads to Blood Gultch. Since the UNSC had taken down the shade turrets on the beach, a ship would appear overheard where the UNSC forces could spawn and then drop in ODST droppods. The UNSC had to both take a lowground position at the mouth, and a highground one one the ridges uptop. Finally, they'd push into the valley. There, the Covenant would deploy armour while the UNSC could now use airsupport. I got about 3/4 done with the map before I lost it due to my XBox account being high-jacked and suspended.

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

I thought this was gonna be lore related but i was enchanted by the story and perspectives on these maps i never noticed myself. I love it

[@KillerOrca]

This is actually really clever...I never thought to look at maps this way.

[@armorbones]

I was the exact same way growing up I didn't have internet and I would go into the and explore. See if I could find secrets and whatnot I did it in campain as well. I would just get lost in the maps it was mostly Halo but it was also gears, ut3, and the SpongeBob games on the ps2. This video hit my heart and brought back alot of memories for me.

[@neomcdoom]

I love this video, and I how unafraid you are to dive into the things you love and truly find out how they connected with you in the first place.

[@comic2525]

Dude Halo changed my view on Video game storytelling...I like your videos..been a subscriber sense Halo 5 came out..love ur vids. BTW I love the old halos more than H5

[@randomhaloplayer918]

Halo 1 to 4 original and dlc maps were memorable,while no one on halo 5 did.

[@comic2525]

random halo player u right

[@sydious_s_snake]

The only redeeming factor for 5 was the multiplayer

[@MasonOfLife]

This is by far my favourite type of asmr

[@kesims1066]

That was... beautiful...

[@troopergames8173]

Nathan Smisek+ ICONIC even

[@hollismcgrail5129]

Late Night gaming is the best example of the good and honest content creators on KZbin. We need more people like Him!

[@protosaur]

I completely agree with you on all your points halo's maps always gave me this sense of mystery and wonder the forerunner maps emphasized this the most,and as a kid when I used to play halo reach a lot,it would give me a wonderous vibe around like something might happen if I waited enough or did something specific

[@Captain_Polaris]

Q&A: Do you think older UNSC air vehicles like the Hornet and Falcon should return for Halo Infinite? If so, how could they affect the external sandbox?

[@adairwest2632]

Yes they should

[@samuelhaines3685]

The falcon would be absolutely amazing, I think. It takes the concept of the warthog, a fast, team vehicle (with machine guns), faster than covenant alternate one man vehicle, and takes it to the skies. To me, it's one of the best vehicles in both terms of usefulness and fun in multiplayer.

[@gavin_1973]

I think 343 likes the falcon, its in one of the Halo 4 maps in the background, and I love the falcon plix bring it back 343

[@JThorncross]

A camping trip to Maine ( While you're holding the brute shot )

[@lokicook9397]

Roses are red, violets are blue...

[@kylewinchell]

Your mic audio is balanced more to the left than right, thought something was wrong with my headphones.

[@MidnightBootySnatchr]

Well I didn't notice because that's how I hear *everything* after dancing in front of speakers at raves too many times ☹☹☹

[@donovannotmyname7306]

I always loved playing Blood Gulch and the subsequent maps of it, but I really liked the version in Halo 2 anniversary. Sadly I don't get to play it that often. But the whole Human type based with the additional vehicles and weapons makes for some good ambiance and aesthetic.

[@GamerJlee]

My favorite map in Halo is Guardian. There is something about the color scheme for that map, and how fun and balanced it is for Multiplayer that I love about it. It also helps that when I first got Xbox Live I played my first online match on that map durring the boot camp playlist on Halo 3. You know the one where it grabs 4 players, and gets you use to the FFA gameplay. Damn, think about this makes me want to go play some FFA Halo 3. Anyways, great video as always, and I will catch you later - GamerJlee

[@IAmCornholio117]

I have countless memories playing Halo Custom Edition during my childhood, it had so many awesome maps made by the creative community. I'll never forget the first map I've downloaded, able to drive the Wraith of Halo 1 for the first time across Blood Gulch :D Almost each map had a unique environment, theme, art style, music, weapons, vehicles, easter eggs etc. Those maps included pretty much everything from the entire Halo universe and lore, but there were also maps based around completely different worlds. For example, a map based on star wars with x-wing and lightsabers, a map based on the legend of zelda with horses and bows, minecraft, cod, mortal kombat etc, not to mention other countless custom multiplayer and single player maps made by the most creative members of the halo community. I spent so many hours exploring and experiencing those incredible worlds, alone, and with friends.

[@ne3333t]

Headlong, Terminal, Containment, Waterworks, Colossus, rest of 2's maps, all of CE's maps, etc. I can list more.

[@dragonspear570]

So LNG’s first experience with Halo was a case of Late Night Gaming, that explains the username

[@ryangoodman4335]

I always loved exploring the city maps in halo 2. Bungie did a great job making them seem larger with the ambient noises and huge structures in the distance. Seeing all the little nooks and crannies was fun, and I liked coming up with stories for them. Imaging what life was like in them, and what these places were like before the war. And honesty that extends to all the city maps in halo, seeing how human architecture and culture has changed in 500 years is really cool to me

[@Revalence123]

Honestly I wasn't expecting much from this video, but holy shit this was great. Brought back a lot of good memories of trying to piece together how the maps fit into the game and all the quirks of them. Good shit duder.

[@The-rr8ze]

Cod waw zombie maps always made my imagination going

[@LateNightHalo]

Keith Keaton dude, Verruckt and Der Riese were my jam

[@The-rr8ze]

LateNightGaming hell yeah dude

[@linda-0583]

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[@Disappearit]

Playing split screen with my friends on Halo 2 Headlong! looking for the golden warthog! Some of my favorite memories were just exploring the maps and looking for glitches. Before I had Xbox live I would just mess around in Multiplayer by myself exploring and doing glitches with my friends Doing the rocket banshee flip and or custom spawned a wraith to boost with against a wall with overshields get outside the map! Stairway to heaven on Burial Mounds super bouncing on Lockout Glitching outside of Ivory Tower Messing with the train on Terminal and getting above the map - (sometimes you would hear kid’s screams when it passed through the map. That always scared me.) So many memories. It’s almost hard to talk about because It was a special moment in time with that game with friends cause I moved a year later and wasn’t able to get xbox live for long time cause there was not internet where we were. And then I started playing other games like call of duty and gears of war and but I always and still have a special place for Halo 2 That was my childhood! I even had a copy of the game before I had an Xbox. I had the books and magazines etc anything and everything was Halo when I was 14

[@DirtySeph]

You just described, in almost full detail, my entire childhood experience playing Halo 2. It doesn't get much better than those days, does it lol

[@RafaelPrates707]

That is better tha ASMR

[@TheCman5015PLPro]

Okay, I just made to here. 10:37 That script is beautiful. Holly wow.

[@jollyjhadist9648]

Theory: Epitaph, Sandtrap, and sandbox are in the same desert. While sandbox has been engulfed by that storm, it rapidly approaches epitaph, and Sandtrap will be soon to follow. A rougher theory is high ground, last resort, and Valhalla all border the same ocean.

[@jaredhansen3349]

Epitaph and Citadel are the same building. Sandbox is a homage to sandtrap and a similar structure but not the same dessert. Valhalla is on a ring world. Last resort and High Ground are on earth but in a different country. Don't know how people got those "theories"...

[@whitehorse8832]

I used to do the same thing! Becuse u used to not have Xbox Live I would take a lot of time to explore the camping maps and discovered about of out of bounds glitches

[@the_legend_of_kira2438]

i discovered how to hold 2 of the same weapons because i used to fuck around in sandtrap and replay the halo 3 campaign constantly cause i didnt have xbox live

[@redtalon8947]

This game was my childhood. My dad and I loved to play the original halo together. We found a glitch on old blood gulch where if you drove a ghost up the mountains sideways, you could get on top of the map. My dad once did this while we had many of his old friends playing in a slayer match. He fired a rocket into the red base, and got 16 kills. It was a very fun time of my life.

[@johnmcconnell7052]

I used to find ways to get outside the maps just to explore from different angles and in Halo 3 and 2 getting outside the map would actually give you a different perspective on the map itself

[@minesimusic1447]

I first played Halo CE in 2005 at a friend’s house, then picked up the series again with Halo 2 in 2006 on November 19th 2006 (My 9th birthday), so I had a blast in the glorious days of OG Xbox Live. And continue to love the games to this day.

[@Ares_gaming_117]

The subtle details of the spying painted whales on the walls of Longshore always cracked me up. I love bungie's easter eggs and subtle details that fill halos maps. Also their capacity to make marvelous and wonderful structures in their own rite, I would also load up solo maps and just gaze at the waterfall surrounding construct, or the Ark sometimes hanging overhead in the sky in halo 3. Just absolute cinematic and landscape marvels deserving of their own admiration.

[@TooGoodBud1]

I still remember before I had live and after I would just load up many of these maps and just walk around, specifically the original maps because the atmosphere was so intriguing

[@RogueLancer]

All time favorite Halo memory: Game night with employees on Sandtrap before the map pack released. A handful of friends, and employees who loved their jobs so much, they were creating custom games before everyone had the maps. Very special night.

[@miket7869]

Sandtrap is the best map to explore in halo 3 Change My Mind

[@roberttonge8576]

I was thinking the same thing, there's so much to look at.

[@JesuSoup]

Avalanche is the best although sandtrap is a close second id say

[@randomhaloplayer918]

Just if classic halos btb had spint it could been more awesome... Arena played pefectly without sprint,but btb in classic halos in matchmaking sucked just gonna say.......you respawn traveled 5 minutes from point a to b to kill someone, then a dude kill you in 1 sec ,yes,then you respawn and gotta walk for 5 minutes again.

[@TheCommaA]

@random halo player That's interesting because I absolutely cannot stand sprint in new halo games. Not enough time to think or plan, just run and shoot. I like'd being able to approach gameplay like a puzzle to be solved. Plus I miss feeling like an unstoppable tank, not a speedy ninja. Not saying you're wrong for liking sprint. I can see why it is enjoyed by others. It's just interesting how people's perspectives could be so different. Its kinda cool actually... and I was a fan of exploring Sandtrap as well! (Edit) Though, the map, Guardian, did have a unique mystery feel about it!

[@randomhaloplayer918]

@@TheCommaA sprint could work on btb perfectly ,arena was perfect without it I sY on btb sprint could work because it has big maps and on classic halos like 2 and 3 if a dude had a sniper rifle and was camping ....for example valhala on the blue base he could kill everyone he wanted near the plain area in just 1 sec,and then you gotta walk for 7 minutes just to get killed again by the same dude that just got a killing frenzy because no one could get him with their AR or H3 br. Sprint could have fixed that ,but arena was good as it was actually I think that competitively halo 2 was the best,but if you just ganna play without risking your rank halo 4 was the best actually I thought halo 4 dominion was cool also extraction and flood were cool ideas,but some maps lacked creativity(except dlc maps that were easly the best dlc maps after halo reach ones,so bad they rarely were played on matchmaking),while classic halos didnt lack that much of creativity,they just need halo 2 A grafics to be perfect.

[@justrey6600]

I find it funny that the video is 22:22 minutes and I’m watching it 22 hours after it was uploaded

[@EchoLocoCJ]

When someone says something about fps multiplayer I immediately think of Halo 3

[@thelmantakree1873]

Imagine if there was Forge Mode in Halo 3 ODST, and a Forge Map is set in the streets of Mombasa I WOULD LOVE IT I really love exploring the streets of New Mombasa in Halo 3 ODST

[@Ivanfarted]

Your imagination is incredible, I feel the same way lol I would pretend so many situations

[@rezracer6986]

My friend Titus and I used to spend hours trying to get he Golden Warthog in Halo 2s Headlong map... as we continued going over every opportunity, I liked to explore the maps while he jumped back and forther from his controller and his computer for tips. Funny how we thought the scarab gun was a hoax, yet fell hard for the golden 'hog. But, we always managed to escape the boundaries of every map whenever we wanted a challenge, especially campaign maps

[@ImplicitSpark07]

Condemned from Halo Reach was always one of my favorite maps to explore. The best part was always watching the burning planet below the station. You could really experience the final moments on the station just as the description says, "The final moments aboard Orbital Gamma Station, a human communications space station."

[@hspangler21]

As a girl who grew up Catholic, and went to Catholic school (with all the required church days), I too appreciated epitaph for it's peaceful church-like atmosphere. I also loved Standoff (Halo 3) with it's huge satellites, Warlock (Halo 2) with it's crumbling beauty, Guardian (Halo 3) with it's almost Kashyyk-like vibes, Headlong (Halo 2) with its golden civilian warthog billboard. And of course Blood Gulch and Sidewinder for all the fun I had kicking my cousins' butts in pink armor during LAN. Didn't really play multiplayer past Halo: CE, since I didn't have Xbox lives, and the LAN parties stopped being a thing. But I am glad to hear that I am not the only one who likes to explore the maps by their lonesome, and get a feel for another part of the Halo world. Great video!

[@Gordons1888]

My favourite halo 4 experience(s) is building ships on the meteor mining map i was so fun building networks of corridors we would fight each other in

[@otterex]

my favorite story behind a halo map was Coagulation, 2 teams fighting over the worst real estate in the world, a box canyon in the middle nowhere, cept theres a evil doctor trying to destroy the world now.

[@spanadian]

Amazing video. Got goosebumps the whole way through. Please make a sequel and keep up the great work!

[@MaxVolumeMusicMixes]

This is an amazing video man! Really thoughtful and nostalgic! Great job dude love seeing Halo videos with new ideas :)

[@cloutmaster5035]

Construct from Halo 3, good map design with jump pad and the high up nature makes you feel like you’re in an action movie fighting on a high up building. And my gosh the view of the waterfall ring is GORGEOUS

[@MrMattumbo]

This was really beautiful, I'm glad I'm not the only who played Halo that way as a kid. Some of my favorite maps were from the Halo 2 physical expansion pack, maybe its just because they were some of the last I really explored and examined that way, but I was enamored with all the little unique details that were put into those.

[@allanjones5658]

hey lng, thanks for answering my question! i’ve played the five main halo games for the first time in the last months so i’m a new fan, it’s nice to have your channel and many others to make understand a little more about this universe and also the community. i think you have a good point, the squad could make halo infinite lose the mystery but, as a new halo fan, i still think it would be nice. again, thanks for answering, hugs from brazil 🇧🇷

[@DareToEntertain]

I just love Nuketown so much, its so dynamic, in online is a mess and a chaotic fun to have, in Custom games if you play SND with a few mates, it becomes this tension based pull and tug match that is so fun. its small but it means u need to be inventive on how you will go to each bomb site, so fun great map

[@giygas9305]

My first kill on ever on Halo Multiplayer was Halo 2 Zanzibar with an smg. Felt like a beast. I was like 6 years old or something lol.

[@emiliohernandez6005]

I remeber when I linked Burial Mounds in H2 with The silent cartographer map cuz of one structure ruins off the distance. It was the mistery of my childhood.

[@lancethegamer4112]

Two years later and man the people who voice over Late Night Gaming videos with their nice soft tone voice with so much details being spewed out from their mouths feel like a old bed time story told by our parents maybe, it almost feels like an ASMR video. I can almost fall asleep to any of the Halo videos, all the details and memories I can relate and now appreciate to hold on to. With my respect and most interest that this channel will grow, keep making the videos you love to create, and do share your personal life stories, I love how from your childhood memories feel like a old story told from an elderly man telling his life story. Thank you for your great content.

[@devinbrooks3930]

The map standoff from Halo 3 always brought a tear to my eye as a child, I just couldn't get over how beautiful the sunset was, it also reminded me of the end of Halo 3 when Lord hood and the group of Marines are commemerating the master chief. I always thought about how the master chief will never come back, and will just be drifting in space forever. The first time my older brother told me that you couldn't leave to explore the massive satellite dishes in the distance I almost cried, like you said it had a sense that the facility was very recently abbandonded, and I only wanted to see it when it was fully staffed and in full working condition.

[@snipezgreat]

man. I remember I had a group of like 2-3 friends I would always play halo 3 and reach with. its super trippy to think about the fact that one day we said "goodnight, see you later" without knowing that was the last time we'd ever play halo together. I miss those late nights

[@Miller09095]

Little Sandtrap memory from 2008, a buddy of mine who I still play Halo with these days, and I were on Sandtrap in Forge. He was driving around in a mongoose around the track when I had a little idea. What if I spawned in a rocket launcher and sent some fire his way? He's driving around wondering where I went when suddenly a rocket just misses turning him into paste. For the next two hours we took turns shooting rockets at each other in the mongoose. Drifting over sand dunes, practicing being unpredictable to avoid the rockets. I think this game is what turned me into a surgeon with a rocket launcher. When Eldewrito came to us for a short time we recreated that same experience but with 3 more friends. It's one of those sandbox moments that nothing has been able to recreate since. No game quite makes me laugh and yell and scream like Halo. It's my favorite game series without question.

[@Boamere]

I never got to play the multiplayer, so i played with my sister and friend on local. And the feeling you get from the ambience was like you were on an alien world and you weren’t meant to be here. Like you are trespassing on the forerunners graves

[@MilkMakerJr]

Man... I could happily listen to your voice to go to sleep, love the perspective of halo maps and how you appreciate them. Hopefully we shall see this in Halo Infinite

[@DeathDiamond720]

This is such a relaxing and nostalgic video. I might go to bed early and drift of to sleep with this in the background.

[@Cneqq]

the maps and that good old halo 1/2 music will forever have a special place in my heart. I wish I could replicate the magic/awe I felt when I first played some of the OG halo 2 maps or the time just wandering around sandtrap or standoff in forge and taking in the ambient sounds, truly a feeling I don't think any game will make me feel again

[@totallynotcass7732]

High ground and that radio gibberish in halo 3, especially with the openable gate and the cracks in the wall. it seemed that clearly some kind of fight happened recently. honestly loved it.

[@theswullnasty3353]

It’s common and almost natural for people to be jaded and critical online. It’s refreshing to see someone talk positively about something they’re passionate about. I’ve been a Halo fan since CE. Whenever a new Halo came out, I’d play through the entire campaign in 1 run with my older brother. At the time, it was just a REALLY fun video game but now I fondly remember Halo as a way that I always connected with my brother. For that I’m grateful

[@zekebeckman]

Amazing video. Loved your analysis of these maps!

[@Ares_gaming_117]

Coming back to this video and its so nostalgic! You articulated things I never could up to this point. Your point about how halo 3 looks incredibly real, more than real, in fact, well, that point in itself is very "real" as the kids say, lol, because it is so true, and so salient.

[@FallenSouls26]

I know this is an older video but I feel like I had to comment. This video brought back so many memories for me, because I used to do a lot of the things you talked about in this video. I didn't have xbox live for some time when I first played halo and would often just log into the multiplayer maps by myself and mess around. Thanks for bringing me back and keep up the great work!

[@mikemackerel]

One of my favourite memories is messing around in halo 4 forge mode. Sometimes me and my friends throw tanks at each other for hours.

[@SkyTheBear]

The memories that I have kept are with reach's forge world. I always would find the best ways to climb the mountains with out armor abilities or using the monitor. I also loved to reach huge heights practicing with the jet packs and landing on the very thin hit box of the trees

[@isaiahhuff3438]

A map I think is underrated is Snowbound. While looking around you could see how the covenant was digging through ice and snow look for forerunner structures. The covenant bases were the first time we seen of their ground structures, which is round and smooth like the inside of their ships. While exploring you can see their were defending with the turrets on the outskirts that will kill you if you left the map. While snowbound isn’t liked as much as other maps I like how it felt like a BTB map that was shrunken down but yet didn’t feel cramped.

[@bretn7]

Best memories of Halo multiplayer was the goofing around, finding the golden warthog (or trying to...), using the sword glitch on ivory tower, super jumps on blood gulch, etc. Halo 4 and 5 MISSED THIS since no one plays custom games as much on there...

[@Christian-by8gy]

Zanzibar/ last resort is where I spent a ton of my time, messing with the wheel, the water, and who could forget the superbounce. Good times and great memories

[@rapmetaldemon09]

Am I just stoned or does this video somehow make you appreciate these maps, and Halo in general just a bit more?

[@CT--ox2iu]

Thanks for the video, really enjoyable and put a smile on my face

[@cannabidivarin]

The most that the halo maps brought to me, especially in Halo CE, was the noises they gave. Bloodgulch had insects buzzing and birds chirping. Chiron TL-34 had the buzzing teleporters, and a very noticeable "cry" or shriek or however you want to fancy it from the walls. Hang 'Em High had the abyss like vibe, as if the installation was breathing, as if the ring itself was living and functioning by itself. I will never forget such noises, the audio-work by Bungie is astounding, a masterful work of art.

[@lareslp6842]

wow great video i couldnt focuse on anything but ur video for 20 min bc its beautifuly designed good theme u make a great job of when to use the music and i just generaly love it

[@RelievedMetal]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that looks at the maps and wonder what the story’s are of it. I always used to look out of the map and wonder “what’s out there?”. Halo isn’t the only game I did this. I always looked around of each video games own maps and look at the detail in and out of the maps. Game developers truly care for their games!

[@christopherdelacruz9728]

Halo is a special case where the campaign levels also are artistically marvelous, I still remember walking into the map room on the first halo ring. I was just in awe, and I fell I love with the halo series

[@evangelionaddict8212]

Ugh god, this video fucking gets me at my core. You're vocalising a significant portion of my feelings for Halo 3. It's aesthetic, feel, mood, themes, that weird emotional-nostalgia-rush I get looking at just anything from this game.

[@lunchbox997]

I explored the hell out of every halo map as a kid, I had no idea Xbox live was even a thing back then (thank god), so I just watched RvB and recreated some of the visuals from that show while playing Halo. It's kinda dumb to think about but Blood Gulch from Halo 1 will always be my favorite map, second favorite is Forge World, too many damn good memories of that game.

[@thegreatkoorosh7407]

haha you really thought for a second that forge world was just the Hangar hahhaaaa awesome! especially the way you narrated it hahaaaaaaaa

[@goldknightgaming5521]

The first Halo I ever played was Halo 3. I was at my grandparents house and they had a Xbox 360 that my cousin had but got a PlayStation for some reason. I was looking through a box of games and saw Halo 3. I figured the box looked cool so I loaded it up. I went to the campaign and played for hours. It was amazing! The only other shooters I had played were call of duty so this was something else. I played Forge and messed around with all the maps, figuring out what hey are and what secrets I could find. Now I have MCC and every single Halo game ever! Halo is my go to game if I'm bored and I can't wait until Reach come to MCC so I can play with 4K 60fps graphics!

[@wild6886]

Halo's maps always have fascinated me when it comes to the art direction alone and I remember back then as a kid, those maps have been stuck to me. I wasn't allowed to play the Campaign of Halo 2 at the time, but I was allowed to play the Multiplayer and that's where my fascination with those maps became to be. My personal favorites being Relic (which looks beautiful in it's remastered form in MCC), Backwash, Ivory Tower, Containment, and Gemini.

[@Prod.Nembutai]

Back in 2011, when times were simpler. Me, my brother, and our friends used to play slayer on The Cage in Halo Reach. nostalgia hits hard man

[@Hakuru15]

i freaking love the halo maps. they always give off some sort of mystery and curiosity. i love exploring the areas, seeing which areas are used what for, the purpose and including objects. it was so fun to explore, i hope we get to explore more in halo infinite and have that sense of curiosity once more

[@SpencerFoustLovesYou]

Not a single video of yours better captures my obsession with this series as a kid. This is it, Chief! :)