HALO: THE FALL OF REACH Reaction

[@XxTrigg3rHappyxX]

The fact that the spartans were made to fight insurrectionists and not the covenant is one of my favorite twists in the lore. I can’t wait for Halo 2 which will give you that covenant lore you’re craving. I also cant wait for Halo Reach, you’re in for a wild ride.

[@thecupcakemedjay3314]

Honestly yeah, and Halsey is one of the most interesting characters to me because of it. She's a horrible person who happened to create the very thing that saved humanity.

[@blackdog6969]

​@@thecupcakemedjay3314A horrible person with a brilliant idea. The lore about her is amazing. I love the analogy between her and Oppenheimer. Both created incredible weapons at an incredible cost, at least to their consciousness

[@fluffydeath9252]

The really mindscrew, is the secret committee of AI were able to extrapolate from what turned out to be the first image of High Charity, combined with the Drake Equation, and Fermi Paradox, that Humanity was not alone, and that unless something was done would like fail and fall. The Spartan II program is overkill for dealing with insurrectionists, aimed for stomping out civil war quickly but to be prepared for the unknown threat looming very nearby.

[@XtreemAlan]

And the Halo 4 went and said “Oh yeah the Spartan IIs were planned to become Reclaimers all along”

[@Tar-Numendil]

Combat Evolved takes place 27 years after Sam's death. Just to give you a sense of the time line.

[@SilverShadow02]

As far as why the Covenant are eliminating humanity, you're on track about them worshipping the Forerunners and viewing them as gods. There's a history there that's only hinted at in the games but the books will give detailed answers to the questions you posed.

[@Legionnaire_625]

Halsey does care about the kids, but she's the character of the mindset of "the end will justify the means"

[@Vonmoonlight]

Yeah while everyone else calls them Chief or Spartans or tools Halsey is the only one who calls them by name, for every single one of them. That's how deep the Spartan 2s and her project by her hands were engraved into her mentally

[@wiseguy01]

@@Vonmoonlight Halsey was evil, she kidnapped these kids to fight a war against rebels whom wanted independence. Spartans were not originally supposed to be fighting for human survival, they were going to be tools of oppression.

[@serp3n1]

Chief's origin story is by far the most important part of that book, but It's weird to me that the "Fall of Reach" animated adaptation just kinda stops before the final chapter. The original book ends literally minutes before Halo 1 takes place and explains why keyes was taking a random jump to nowhere in the first place. If memory serves, the book version also gives a lot of answers to the questions you have about what Cortana is and why she behaves like she does, too.

[@Black0raz0r]

Agree

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Yes, this only covers 50 to 60 percent of the book...

[@primary2630]

Probably because Halo: Reach exists, idk

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Well, not completely, but some scenes need rewriting. So far, the most workable 'fix' has the Spartans assigned to Operation Red Flag kept literally in the dark about the rest of the invasion, to 'avoid distractions'. Up until the last stage, anyway. That's 343 era lore drops, mind... not Bungie's.@@oleub23

[@subsume7904]

​@@bellidrael7457so much more happened on Reach, the game doesn't explain really anything about the Master Chief or the other Spartan II's and what they discovered under the surface of Reach, why the Covenant were truly there..

[@BrotherPraetus]

All UNSC AIs are created by flash-copying an actual human mind. So, yes, Dr. Halsey and Cortana do have the same voice, because Halsey created Cortana from her own mind. The novel has some amazing quotes, such as "I have no idea where they got the rope".

[@yesterdaysrose5446]

> "My name is pronounced 'George'!" > [ZAP] > "Don't you back talk me, [Spanishly] Jorge!" One of my favourite first chronological appearances with one of my fave characters in the series.

[@CaptainSnowman96]

My poor boy Jorge 😢

[@nemostakan8386]

Spanishly

[@ReklessTW]

“Huh, so that’s how it is.”

[@lukeofender2071]

Certain editions of Halo: Reach came with a copy of Dr. Halsey's diary that she wrote during the events of this film, which contains a lot of the technical science behind the Spartan augmentations and Mjolnir armor. It also contains deeper characterization of her, and shows how she coped with the acts she committed. An interesting read all around, and shows the moral complexities of her character. You can find a pdf pretty easily online.

[@HollowedKnight66]

I have one of those,the box is cool and the parts about the armour development in the dairy are interesting to read

[@kutless45]

My biggest issue with the Fall of Reach movie is that they don’t capture the moral complexities of Dr Halsey’s character because they don’t really explain her reasoning.

[@Guaseth]

Trivia time: To continue with the tradition of referencing the number 7: -John's 117 tag number IS the number 7 because 1x1x7=7 -John-117 contains 7 numbers and letters. -When Hasley chose John for the program, she noticed "how special" he was, but she realized something else... With the coin test she wasn't testing his precisision, she was measuring his luck, and 7 is a lucky number, just like the Chief. -"Spartan" is a 7-letters long word. -Samuel-034's tag is also 7: 0+3+4=7 Spartans never die, they're just missing in action. And speaking about the Halo Iceberg, the only thing I'll say is "be careful not to dive too much into it this early" it could spoil some of the games. I think the safest moment to approach most of the lore is after playing (at least) Halo 1,2, and Reach. That's when we (at least I) will start recommending a bunch of complementary media full of awesome stories!

[@SilverViper1000]

I would also suggest to NOT watch the Halo 2 terminals before playing Halo 3 because i recently realised they spoiler a plotpoint of Halo 3 which you are on during the first half of the game (unitl the end of "The Storm").

[@KongTheViking]

Not to mention that John 1:17 is also a bible verse

[@edilahumada4934]

Halsey was commited to always call them as what they where ‘children’ to never forget the attrocity of her own actions and remind her that she has no humanity left to loose to make even more for the grater good of humanity 😢

[@victorradial1179]

You have to understand the context, you are a children and you got kidnapped, you will be freaking out at that point. and you have a less porcentage of survival in a very clautrophobic ship outer space, there is a highly chance you die from the experiment, plus youre a nerd. So your body is conditioned to be weak.

[@Dave_Chrome]

Halo Legends would be a fun reaction, it's an anthology of separate stories written by various writers and presented in different styles, though most of them are anime. Some canon some noncanon. Got some absolute classics in there! Halo Evolutions: Headhunters is also an official short story you can find right on youtube! Only 20ish minutes long but, pretty great content nonetheless

[@Epsilvonic]

Speaking as a die hard Halo 2 fan, and given she’s honestly invested in this deep dive, if she wanted to react to Halo Legends and certain other ones like The Mona Lisa or Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian over a few weeks while she reads through her copy of Fall of Reach before she even starts Halo 2, I’d still be happy

[@Pkjackal13]

frfr

[@BxRob927]

Loved Prototype the most

[@jackalsniper4232]

It has spoilers for the end of Halo 3 though

[@lohs117]

KIV for end of H3

[@JordanH.2002]

You should read the fall of reach book. Goes into a lot more detail and is just a great book and most of the early halo books are great. Can’t comment on the newer ones as I haven’t read them yet but I’ve heard good things about some of them. (I would definitely recommend the audiobook version)

[@Epsilvonic]

If you want a good (but relatively long) deeper dive, definitely check out the audiobook version of the Fall of Reach. This movie is serviceable, but it’s an abridged retelling with major Spartan characters entirely missing from the movie, which is sad given the whole thing at the beginning about remembering their friends. Also Keyes is in the book, and it’s like THE primary source on Keyes as a person and how he handles the insanity around him, which compounds on his heroism in CE

[@user-jq1mg2mz7o]

Fall of Reach novel is so good bungie had to retcon parts of it for Halo Reach

[@SilverViper1000]

the overall story telling and characterization of so many character was decent in the books, even though the writing style was horrible. At least in my language. Should at some point try to read the english version, but i have not much time to read at all and reading in a foreign language is kinda exhausting. And to be precise, bungie actually didnt retcon the books. Bungie had the phylosophie of always games first. So if they wanted to coney a story, they did it in the games. The media expansions were only for expanding the universe, not telling mayor plotpoints. and to be honest ... i cant even remember what theyve retconned? It took me a while to understand the cortana arc, but everything right now is plausable to me. Maybe someone can help me remember what exactly is not in line with the books with reach anymore.

[@Epsilvonic]

@@SilverViper1000 Bungie held the games first philosophy because there was a large part of the Bungie creative writing team who didn’t like their universe being shared with whoever Microsoft hired to make books, despite the fact that the Fall of Reach writer actually pitched in and helped refine the CE script in the 11th hour. It’s always come off to me as really childish and unprofessional

[@michaelhenry3234]

@@SilverViper1000 The initial Halo novels aren't so much "expanded universe" as establishing the universe. The Fall of Reach was published on October 30 2001. Halo 1 was released on November 15 2001. Eric Nylund wrote the book while Halo was still in development and actually contributed to the worldbuilding. A lot of basic Halo lore was established by Nylund in the Fall of Reach. Now, the games are of course the main story and they can't be expected to follow every single detail in the books, but I do think Nylund's contributions to the franchise are a little more meaningful than what we think of when we hear "expanded universe." The main thing Bungie contradicts (the only thing?) is the events on Reach. The "Fall of Reach" as depicted in Halo Reach is very different to the "Fall of Reach" depicted in the book. This was a deliberate choice on Bungie's part, as they were making an FPS and so had to mold Reach's story around that. In the book, a Covenant fleet shows up, fleet action occurs, the Orbital Defense Platforms hold them back, the Covenant send ground forces to destroy the planetside generators, they succeed, then the Covenant glass everything. Reach falls within hours. There's like one meaningful ground engagement. That'd make for a pretty bad FPS campaign.

[@acoleyte9337]

@@SilverViper1000 I must have read Fall of Reach like 10 years ago. But from what i remember, in the English version, the writing style felt like you were reading a Military Document or Report. at least whenever they described what was happening during Missions. I thought it was cool back then, and it stood out enough to be memorable. I'm not sure if it was translation issue for your language, or it was bad and i just thought it was cool because I was a dumb 14 year old. I'll have to pick it back up and read it again soon.

[@HeyImJerry]

If you want to get into the minds of normal people and how scary the covenant are, contact harvest is a fantastic book. Follows Sgt Johnson in his earlier career at first contact

[@Heiryuu]

The movie doesn’t go into it much but Halsey cares for the Spartan IIs like they are her children, she tried as hard as she could to ensure those augmentations were as safe as they could be. Believe me when I say the Spartan II’s are the best and as stable as they could have been for the available tech. She cares but she also has a job to do. while she doesn’t regret her actions she does recognize they were horrific.

[@ToyoSolanke]

That's typical Dr Halsey. She always tries to suppress her emotion and the task and or mission is more important Edit: well, she was working for ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) during the Spartan program so there's that.

[@LilSpookyyy]

God I love how much Lore the halo universe has

[@fancybusinesspigeon3879]

Honestly Mendez was a good dude, he was trying to comfort John in the best way possible in Military terms. Because they were still children, he was afraid on behalf of everyone else, give them too much leisure and that childish disobedient phase will strike. And everything about them were enhanced besides their Sympathy. Every single emotion would be overcharged, so an angry 14 year old Spartan angrily attacking people was the biggest worry.

[@kasocool2812]

There's actually a really interesting conversation between him and Halsey in one of the kilo five books. He's criticising Halsey for what was done in the Spartan II project and how the clones were just to ease her conscience and Halsey points out that he at any point could have blown the whistle on the whole thing and even went on to train the Spartan IIIs.

[@justinspeece1609]

I sobbed. I haven't watched Fall of Reach in years, and thinking about something that Meg hasn't seen yet really hit me.

[@arthurzeer753]

the one live action I would watch before halo 4 is forward unto dawn

[@YezaOutcast]

the thing is that cortanas cerebral patterns are those of dr. halsey. she cloned herself and loaded the clones brain patterns into an artificial intelligence network, destroying the clones brain in the process. this is why her voice reminds you of cortana.

[@PositiviteaTheFirst]

Tiny misconception, at the start of the war, there were slightly over 30 Spartan IIs active. It increased slightly after they managed to to resuscitate and reaugment some of the "washouts". Currently, there are about 14 surviving Spartan IIs.

[@loganstickler7237]

Cortana did not belong to Keyes, they were simply assigned to the same ship, the Pillar of Autumn. Halo: Reach explains Cortana’s creation and what makes her unique as an AI, as well as the significance of the Pillar of Autumn and why it was running from the Covenant at the beginning of Combat Evolved

[@kasocool2812]

In the fall of reach book they also state that the autumn also had its own dedicated AI but they didn't have time to bring it online when the battle for reach started

[@Tar-Numendil]

You definitely need to read The Fall of Reach too. This animated movie only covers about half of it. That book is one of the best I have ever read (including TLOTR) and it will have you on the edge of your seat.

[@jpgduff]

It's great but putting up.with LOTR is a bit strong 😂

[@isaiahwiita4474]

And it changes many details like John's dreams and the interactions the Spartans have with each other and many of the thoughts characters have as well.

[@RadicalReese]

I love the fact that you are intrigued by the Insurrection in Halo, it really is the most untapped potential in the lore and you were really on the mark about the UNSC and the government not being as good as you'd think for how utopian it appears.

[@nicolascardenas4002]

Life on earth in the Halo universe is pretty much dystopian. It literally has a global militarized government that allows no form of independence and even keeps the civilians in the dark about what really happens out of the planet. All of this is more or less inspired by Starship Troopers (and even StarCraft I'd say) so it makes sense on how pro-military it can be sometimes. This part of the lore has the most wasted potential of the whole franchise and that's sad because even StarCraft managed to exploit that political potential in a better way.

[@brucemaximus3797]

@@nicolascardenas4002 Starship Troopers never hid noncritical information from the populace to my recollection. Also, the government is the UEG, not the UNSC. The latter only feels so prominent because the series is set during, and about, wartime. ONI is the biggest intrinsic problem, to my thinking.

[@nicolascardenas4002]

@@brucemaximus3797 by keeping in the dark I don't necessarily mean hiding information but also filling news with propaganda that shows half-truths about what happened in the war, propaganda is just another way to keep people in the dark about how everything really works. And yes, I know that the unsc is not the earth government and that the oni is also there, I don't specifically refer to any of these but to their role as main government/military institutions that have the control over the whole civilization and how they oligopolist the military power for their own.

[@primary2630]

They go against the UEG because they believed Earth thought itself and the inner-most colonies more important than the outer ones. The UNSC had no control over the government on Earth until after the Covenant attack humanity. Then, during the Human-Covenant war insurrectionists feel that the UNSC is strong-arming all of humanity into doing what it wants (which it was because they needed all of humanity's might to literally fight for survival) and that the UNSC was essentially a dictatorship based from Earth. So while not completely off the mark, Earth was far, far from dystopian. That is just outright incorrect.@@nicolascardenas4002

[@Wrath1999]

The questions you ask make me so excited for your future Halo play-throughs. Many mysteries and many answers to come!

[@wonkatar2813]

I heavily recommend the book Halo: Contact Harvest! it has little to no spoilers for future games, and gives a story which covers and explains the start of the human-covenant war and lore. if you read the books it would be cool to get your thoughts, if you had any you wanted to share. Hope you see this so I can let you know that I love your content! 10/10 best reactions and thoughts as you play through some of my favorite games!

[@badnewsbear4834]

If you want more knowledge on why the covenant attacked humanity and aren’t against reading the books, I recommend “Halo: Contact Harvest”. Remember the planet they said they saw the covenant ship near? Well, this book covers what happened on the planet from the perspective of the humans, some Ais, and the covenant. And not just the perspective of any human, but Sgt. Johnson.

[@gennarosevero1856]

Cant wait for the halo legends reaction

[@jackalsniper4232]

That would have to wait until after Halo 3

[@MRxSNEAKY]

When they are in the "tubes" they were in cryo sleep. I think it is used to sleep off traveling long distances. AIs watch after the ship and the crews wake up from cyro once they are close to the destination.

[@Jarsia]

Halsey is a genius, and her work was crucial to saving humanity, but ultimately she is still a war criminal. I wouldn't go so far to say nothing justifies the spartan program. If it weren't for what was done to those kids to make them into spartans, the human race, including them, would have been wiped out. That said, if the people involved with the program are going to argue that no cost is too high to avoid extinction, then part of that cost has to be their own when they're tried as war criminals after it's all done.

[@tonymunoz2269]

Halo 2 is going to be very lore heavy compared to combat evolved. So pay very close attention to the cutscenes. :) can’t wait to see you play.

[@acflick99]

at some point you will have to look at the Forward unto Dawn movie/miniseries. one of the better halo live action stuffs out there!

[@bevs3510]

so glad to see you react to this a lot of halo playthroughs skip this short film. Looking forward to halo 2.

[@XLTBlarg]

It didn't exist in 2004 when I played Halo 2 😊

[@Punchshine]

Me too!

[@CloneCommanderCrater1102]

​@@XLTBlargI mean, the story did, in the book of the same name which was released in 2001 before Halo CE, but this film adaptation of it didn't.

[@TheRatchz]

is the fall of reach book the 2011 version? cause that's the most updated with the lore, and text corrections, cause the 2001 version had a bunch of errors because the lore was new, such as the UNSC [humans] not encoutering elites until the last year of the war in 2552, which in the lore added after in the first years already contradicting it and retconning it to humanity already fighting them in the war's beginning in 2525.

[@xxraptorxx8180]

Before playing halo 4 watch forward unto dawn it’s a great live action halo movie

[@MatthewJamesKalasky]

4:38 Yep. Cortana was basically "flash-cloned" from Halsey's brain and converted into an AI, so they share a voice, and, therefore, a voice actor.

[@Guaseth]

Wow I didn't expect you to dive deep into the Halo iceberg so fast, I mean, I know that was going to be the Halo content you would connect more with (and the coolest conversations on the subject). You've been asking about what would be the "awful" thing that humanity has done in this universe, this is the start of it. But without getting into too many details, I'm sure you'll love Halo (not an actual game, just me censoring the actual game I'm talking about)

[@rogertemple7193]

I really enjoyed your reactions to Halo: the Fall of Reach and I don't know to much about the Halo games except for the first two I really like this here Thanks very much Meg.👍💯💯👍

[@himerosy5900]

Its been a pleasure watching you enjoy Halo, especially with this unusual order by watching this before playing Halo 2. I think this will set you up well for the rest of the mainline Halo games

[@ascissordollynamedgwen9409]

No spoilers here, but if you want more covenant lore, the reason, not much is explained in Halo:CE, Is that the game was never planed to have a sequel. Bungie didnt take it very seriously. But when Halo:CE broke records, Bungie got kicked into high gear, and made lore, narratives, and story elements, that Halo 2 will finally give you. Because Halo:CE was never really meant to have a story. But halo 2, 3 and 4 explain about 60% of what is going on through out the games. However, most of the lore is in books, and spin off series like, Fall of reach and Halo CE anniversary, Halo 2 anniversary , Halo 3 ,Halo 4 terminals... The original Halo 1 and 2 did not have terminals. The remaster versions do. And btw Halo 3 terminals, were the first, terminals ever. But they are super cryptic, you will not know what is being said. Unless you read Halo Cryptum and some other book. Most of it, is gibberish frankly. So dont feel bad if you dont understand them. Nobody, who didnt read the two books, understood the Halo 3 terminals.

[@alanmichener2298]

I don't think you should read the book and react to it on screen but I do think giving a recap and your thoughts after you read the book would be a good idea. The fall of reach is a good book and dives it to more of the lore and will give you a good understanding of the halo universe.

[@Lechuga1815]

7:20, He's not watching the coin... he's lucky.

[@BrowncoatGofAZ]

31:55 when the Covenant found harvest, their forerunner-based radars identified the humans individually across the planet. Originally the covenant thought that the icons were artifacts since they were labeled “reclamation.” When the future prophets of Truth, Mercy, and Regret presented the data to the forerunner AI in high charity, it identified the symbol as “Reclaimer”, the ones meant to inherit the role held by the Forerunners. The trio mistook this as humanity being forerunners who hadn’t ascended. If this knowledge got out, they feared that the covenant would be shattered. So they tried to wipe out humanity to cover up the truth.

[@jackalsniper4232]

Another Halo movie you could watch right now is "Halo Evolutions: Mona Lisa" I honestly can't recommend it enough along with the other Halo Evolutions stuff, though the others might contain spoilers

[@John_Raiyder]

Ok now I can officially ask: Would you rather go through the Spartan 3 Training or through the Trials to become a Witcher?

[@jackalsniper4232]

Well, considering Operation Torpedo, I'd rather be a Witcher

[@NeuMaster9]

Oof,this is a no-win situation if I've ever seen one.

[@outcaster418]

I'd rather be a Witcher, Spartans III were literal cannon fodder.

[@TheRatchz]

@@outcaster418 no spartan 3's are not canon fodder, that's a lore misconceptions spread by halo KZbinrs, also Witchers die a lot in their augmentation trials and even more in training, of hundreds of witchers augmented by the trial, only one survivors, that's the rate mentioned in the books and the games. if you want more info about spartan 3's not being cannon fodder you can search up halopedia and halostory for the relevant quotes from Halo: Ghosts of Onyx [the book]

[@brucemaximus3797]

Just the training? Spartan III. Would I rather _be_ an S-III or a Witcher, in their respective worlds? ...Still an S-III.

[@brucemaximus3797]

Definitely read The Fall of Reach and First Strike. Halsey cares. A _lot._

[@Stormcastle]

The great thing about talking to us o.g. Halo fans is that we've been in it for 20+ years now - which is also a detriment: we see you forming your Halo envelope and putting the right things in it, but there is a lot you've misinterpreted that we're dying to correct you on... though we know you'll get things straight as you go forward, so we don't want to spoil things (well, true fans don't since we believe in the Halo story fabric) What I worry about is the stray DudeBros who only ever treated the game as a shooter and will blurt out things that your wonderful, curious mind should have discovered for itself 😥

[@monstertenno4317]

During the operation though, Kelly was hit by the Fuel Rod Gun of two Hunters as she tried to protect Dr. Halsey. Once again, she was critically wounded. With burns on seventy two percent of her body, she required Dermacortic steroids to recover.

[@luisenriqueruizreyes6556]

And this animated movie is just a portón of the book and the comic adaptation of the book

[@Reclaimer_087]

Dang, I'm so glad you watched this! Love your analysis, how you see John and the effect he and his team have on each other, and your general questioning of the ethics and all that. I grew up on these games and books and haven't gone back to the older ones in many years, so I didn't have the benefit of adult wisdom when playing these for the first time and just thought wow person made into weapon cool. It's a lot of fun to see your take on it and how my own reactions have very much changed as well! I'm going directly to your Halo 2 vids from here, thank you so much for playing these and sharing them with us!!

[@MatthewJamesKalasky]

29:38 "Then, everything changed when the Covenant attacked."

[@BrowncoatGofAZ]

33:29 fun fact: in the original book, the covenant ship was Much smaller than the Commonwealth. Still did as much damage, though.

[@digitalchaos10]

I don't know if anyone's recommended it, and I've seen people recommend Headhunters and Evolutions, but there's a short series called Halo Legends. Basically it's a series of unique episodes done by anime artists. All of them, minus one (commenters know the one), are cannon to Halo and keep the desperate spirit that Halo is known for.

[@valkyriemelancon4167]

The thing that bugged me the most about Sam's death was that it didn't have to happen. He would have survived if they'd known more about the suit.

[@YezaOutcast]

the MAC is probably much more powerful then a nuke. when a mass reaches almost lightspeed, its delivered kinetik energy skyrockets.

[@badnewsbear4834]

I’m sure someone else mentioned it but in case it hasn’t been said, the movie only covers the first half of the book. The 2nd half has not been adapted into any video esc media sadly : (

[@TEX474]

Halo 2 is my favorite campaign and maybe the OST i consider the best one. It’s a game that have everything, the only thing I regret is don’t play it when it was at his prime and the fact that is (even for the long the game is by itself ) incomplete or some of the content was cut due to lack of time

[@matthewslates]

There is also a videogame called Halo: Reach, which I'm sure you will get to eventually. Unlike this movie (which is based off the novel: fall of reach) the game will actually show the fall. This movie only covers roughly half of the book.

[@B1RDSEYE]

If you’re looking for more great halo content, you can’t go wrong with the halo:evolutions animations. My favorites are the Mona Lisa animation, and The Return animation.

[@BeyondBlue22]

"What if we miss?" "We won't." Oof, that hurts a lot after having played Halo 2 🥲

[@ZeroOhNine]

Wonderful reaction. I can't wait to see your thoughts on the future games and other side pieces. 💚

[@roguefenixC55]

Bungie, the original creators of Halo, decided not to ever show Master Chiefs face so that players could imagine themselves as him.

[@litiangparra6799]

When she said that she saw the augmentations from the reach trailer, i thought, " those were spartan 3, she aint see nothing like spartan 2 treatment

[@ssssantos304]

halo reach is my favorite of the games, i would talk about the things that make it so unique and great but i dont wanna spoil anything

[@acrobaticswitches]

In ONIs defense had they allowed John to continue his life in the colonies he would have gotten glassed by the covenant like his birth parents.

[@cesarzenteno511]

Cortana is a clone of Halsey’s mind so yes, they share the voice

[@shadewinterhawk9587]

That would be cool if you read the book.

[@candel0692]

I have no idea if this has been stated or not so forgive me for potentially repeating info. The coin that Dr Halsey uses to test John with the "game" is an actual item that John-117 has on his person throughout the trilogy. There are even mentions of this coin in Halo 3 however brief it may be.

[@MrJamesey92]

There are flaws but i would 100% reccomend Halo: Forward Unto Dawn. Started as a web series and edited into a feature length movie. It's also set at a time where humanity was in a civil war. UNSC Vs The Insurrectionists I reccon you'd definitely enjoy it. Great music, good acting, live- action, and it has some horror elements into it that works so well. Not a huge budget but the showrunners worked with that they had and used that to their advantage in many ways. Look forward to you reacting to that 100%

[@Senji75]

I do believe once they became full fledged spartans they were given the files of who they were. They new they were taken but still chose to stay they could have revolted rebelled but they didnt.

[@tomaslongoria2449]

They still never answer why some spartans are enlisted and others are commissioned lol

[@kasocool2812]

It's the difference between Spartan 2s, 3s and 4s 2s were kidnapped conscripted children 3s were childen volunteers who had been orphaned by the covenant 4s are adults who were mostly selected from over military branches and offer the choice to join the Spartan branch

[@kasocool2812]

Unless you mean Fred and Kurt Kurt was made an commissioned officer in order to lead the Spartan 3 project and later gave a field commission to Fred before he sacrificed himself

[@tomaslongoria2449]

Does not explain noble 6, a spartan 3 lieutenant. I get noble 6 was a pilot, but once again why did they get to go to flight school and other spartans didnt? Was it just the exceptional spartans that got to be commissioned? Then why not John, or does he just love his enlisted rank? I mean most know him and call him by his rank.

[@kasocool2812]

@@tomaslongoria2449 so from what I've seen all S3s were NCOs apart from noble team. The halo:reach lore has always been a bit messy when trying to fit it into the rest of the expanded universe

[@kasocool2812]

@@tomaslongoria2449 some Spartans IIs did receive additional training. In first strike I think it's Anton-044. Chief says he was the best in zero gravity having spent a lot of his time in space or training for zero g missions

[@Tar-Numendil]

You really need to watch Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. It doesn't spoil anything in the games and it's one of the best pieces of Halo media (along with Halo: Legends) outside the games and books.

[@jackalsniper4232]

Wrong, it has spoilers for the end of Halo 3

[@Tar-Numendil]

@@jackalsniper4232 The only thing spoilery is the title, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. We can just say that it's about the backstory of Captain Lasky and the end of Halo 3 will still come as a surprise.

[@stephanieviger2996]

In halo 2 there will be a lot of lore brake downs of the covenant in the campaign and in the terminals I'm so excited when you play halo 2 one of the best games in the Frenchies 😂

[@davycannonhound9005]

Yeah… we dont talk about the TV show.

[@PrincessSoci]

3:06 yea this short film only adapts the first third of the book if only this wasnt made as marketing material for halo 5, otherwise we could of gotten more but its fine its interesting enough to get people to read the book themselves to find out more if they care for it

[@aarontapia7764]

Hello, will you play far cry 4 and 5 later? I already saw that you played 3, it was incredible:)

[@Lechuga1815]

4:44, I can't remember if it mentions it in the show, but Cortana is an AI that was made from the brain of a clone of Halsey I believe, so it's essentially an AI Halsey.

[@communitygamer117]

Halsey is and will always be my favorite Halo character. I can't go into it but she's the best. Also this movie isn't the most accurate representation of her. Regardless she has committed atrocities in name of humanity.

[@paulette117]

let's goo REMEMBER REACH

[@Za11oy]

So I didn't read all the comments, but I haven't really noticed many people talk about it as I was going through them. Humanity before the Covenant war had already begun a fair bit of colonization, with various planets, moons, asteroid bases and such, numbering in the high couple of hundreds thresholds, a little under a thousand. The inner colonies were the earliest ones and closest to Earth and its unified power of influence. While the outer colonies were further away and created later. The insurrectionist movement was basically born in the outer colonies, who were seeing the UEG as a draconian, oppressive entity keeping them down when they were far away from them. Seeking by many means, sadly often violent. To get their independence. And by violent, I mean taking over UNSC military vessels and using them against the inner colonies kind of violent. That's why the people in charge, though they needed to create something like the Spartan-II program, so they could have a very small group of elite shock troops they could deploy in any situation, that could overwhelm the odds and take over no matter how bad said situation was. Also, Ha! The idea of Cortana having been created from Keyes is kinda funny! But you'll know more about all that as you continue to play! I've certainly enjoyed watching someone new playing through such a classic as Halo:CE from my teens, took me and friends a bit to get through this thing on Legendary of all things. We wanted a challenge and we certainly got it! For now, on to watch your trials in Halo 2!

[@p0kkitr0kkit34]

I can't wait for you to watch Forward unto Dawn!!

[@SmileyBoi21]

Some may question Dr. Halsey's unethical and immoral methods of creating the Spartan 2s but she in my opinion was a necessary evil for without her there would be no Cortana and Master Chief. Humanity would have embraced inevitable extinction if she didn't do what needed to be done.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Yes, technically. Though that does not wholly absolve her. I also have my own suspicious, about the role of the Librarian, the Assembly (see the Reach Data Pads) and the Reclamation, for that too, though, @SmileyBoi21 . So it does give her... some, extenuating circumstances (as may Geas/Genesongs) in a way. As may the Carver Finders, too (see Halsey's Journal...)

[@EatDatBitchAwp]

It’s the same thing as the nuclear bombs being dropped onto Japan. The average person thinks it’s cruel and unnecessary but if the bombs hadn’t dropped Japan wouldn’t have surrendered and the us would’ve been forced into invading homeland Japan, which would lead to countless deaths that could’ve been prevented.

[@alandark6819]

any thing halo related I'm here

[@Punchshine]

Can’t wait for Halo 2! See you soon!

[@m0urn1ng5tar5]

You definitely gotta check out Halo Evolutions: Mona Lisa

[@tristencossin2302]

I'm wasn't in the military, so I wouldn't know how things work, and I didn't even know Halo was bigger than the games until about 10 years ago(24 now), but higher ups had to sign off on the program if not the kids would never have been taken, she wouldn't have had the Resources so really it was mostly military Halsey was just the figurehead so to speak idk just a thought

[@Randmblah]

While a reaction video while you're reading might not make sense, it would be cool if you maybe recorded short thoughts about the book after every chapter or section you read. Kind of like a book club!

[@TJVBernal]

By 29:25 I cant remember if the show version skipped the part where sam was utterly ruthless and brutal. Once they already got away, he like, did something lol. 31:52 would it be spoiler if it was answered? 40:25 forward unto dawn

[@darksamiri4304]

"I need more covenant lore" oh trust Halo 2 will bring it

[@DarkWolfGamingx30]

reason why Spartans were created was to subdue insurrection at first then covenant showed up after that the rest is history also Halsey and Cortana have the same mind but not the same personality its complicated after halo 3 though heheeh lots of books out there that tells the story more in depth i recommend to read them they are great halo lore

[@DarkWolfGamingx30]

oh btw the whole human covenant war was started for a dumb mistranslation i guess they should of used google translate 😂

[@medivhh]

This is gonna make alot more sense when you play Halo 2 for the covenant stuff.

[@mattdesautels375]

I’m sure some people in the comments have already said this, but you have to watch Halo Forward Unto Dawn, it’s free on KZbin. It’s an amazing halo movie

[@metalboy8934]

Cortana was made in Halsey's Voice and Image

[@alucard0596]

You should watch the halo legends series.

[@jackalsniper4232]

Not until after Halo 3

[@KripticKill]

I never watched this but this is pretty much from the book which I have read.

[@gabz2803]

damascus is in syria in the middle east and considered a holy place as well, more religion lol

[@andresdubon2608]

You 100% should read the book. :D I would love to see you read the book.

[@mysticauroraoc413]

wanna know how bad oni is jenkins from halo 1