Halo 3 - The Midnight Launch

My friends and I prepare for Halo 3's release and spend the whole night beating the campaign on Legendary.
Location: UCF - Orlando, FL
My Gamertag: Reid N

[@DOITWITHDAN]

Wow... Just wow... Id give anything to go back. These were the peak years in gaming.

[@coffin1947]

Bro same. This just popped up in my recommended. It’s so fucking pure. I remember getting it that day. Insane.

[@VeNoMz_]

@@coffin1947 same

[@drpork1360]

What are you doing here Dan?

[@SeanIn60Secs]

It’ll never be like this again! That’s for sure

[@wr3595]

So many years passed

[@saunterrrr]

These guys didn't just record themselves getting a game. They captured a legendary moment in time.

[@crowbrocaw]

Brings tears man

[@giocatore_83]

Halo 3 was blamed for a bad box office the week it was released. That should tell you something right there about how big of a event it was.

[@ark14700]

2007 is now a time in history we fondly look back to, we are only so lucky to have sentience during that time

[@GreatfulGert]

Please, never remove this video, man. This is a time capsule!

[@retrospartan1743]

Indeed it sure is

[@mykeygostupid]

I remember this night omg will never forget it 🔥

[@inutyounuteveryonenuts]

yes it was.But we all got to remember that sometimes we have to let shit go even if they were 7oly and a pain a part of our/your heart is ripped out.Lets hope that halo infinite will be 2007 again.

[@samirbedahoudi963]

@@inutyounuteveryonenuts true but let's be honest ain't nobody gonna wait at gamestop except for maybe a few people

[@Ali-ri4lu]

@@samirbedahoudi963 Time has changed. Halo infinite will maybe sell max 10mio. When u want that it is like Xbox360 daya then Xbox must be at very good position now with series X and it isn't. Max 70mio xsx will be sold and over 100mio ps5 again.

[@TheRelaxingEnd]

Incredible video. This belongs to a gaming museum.

[@fatchicken75]

Hopefully this and other videos like it will be put in some sort of halo documentary

[@gingerbredman4724]

The legend himself in a comment section of a halo game video? You taught me everything I know about cod zombies without ever saying a word 🫡

[@eric8031]

@@gingerbredman4724real shit

[@Slurpified]

RIP Xbox 360 era and former OGs. The ps4 and its lame fortnite battle royale community completely destroyed the gaming industry.

[@scpnoobers]

Gamers unite

[@randomfrankp]

Kids these days will never understand the hype back then 😔

[@NippleSauce]

Exactly! So many games released back then had 50+ people waiting outside the doors to grab a copy. And the online community was so much fun too, with everyone cracking jokes and shooting the shit. Cellphones caught on quickly, but I think social media is primarily what ultimately killed everyone's sociability =(.

[@Jangopenguin]

Are you aware that new video games are still being made

[@randomfrankp]

Are you aware midnight releases for physical copies haven't been a thing for years now?@@Jangopenguin

[@ginomazzenga4409]

@@Jangopenguin👎 no don’t ruin it

[@stevegonzales527]

@@Jangopenguinyea but the point is having a social gathering like this and nothing beats getting a hard copy of a game at midnight launch. And the preorder bonuses were great too

[@BroiledSourGrapes]

Bro was living peak life 2007. Was already rocking the iPhone(that literally just came out that summer), had the 360, flat screen HDTV, gaming bros, endless Mountain Dew. Man had it all. Also, this video needs to be put into the Library of Congress for historical achieving.

[@kevindie]

*_Was thinking the same thing. I think people forget how much of a status symbol having the original iPhone was._*

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

Upper middle class in NA from 95-13 was peak

[@mulge2506]

That wasn’t an iPhone, it was an iPod Touch. You can see him using his flip phone later in the video.

[@BroiledSourGrapes]

@@mulge2506Nah. It says AT&T in the left hand corner, and it has an ear piece on the top. Also the iPod Touch had the headphone jack on the bottom, iPhone had it on top.

[@mulge2506]

​@@BroiledSourGrapesI think you're right about that being an iPhone, but he was using a flip phone later in the video so maybe he was borrowing someone else's phone?

[@TheMartyODonnell]

Heh. Nice music. Actually I was just wondering where these kids are today?

[@mikethespike056]

We love you Marty ❤️

[@chazzilla8919]

Whoever made the music, they're a legend. Not gonna lie.

[@VictusPrime]

Miss you, Marty.

[@MondySpartan]

The man, the legend.

[@theelightbearer4254]

Marty!!! You made the most beautiful OSTs for video games ever!!! Halo’s atmosphere wouldn’t have been what it was had it not been for your musical talents!!

[@THEMilkSHAIKH]

All those groceries probably costed them $20.

[@turtlemasteralpha119]

Nowadays, it would probably cost like $90

[@alanwatts8239]

​@@turtlemasteralpha119 Try 130$

[@Eazyturk]

​@@turtlemasteralpha119Definitely over $100, in Canada... I remember spending over $100 on less snacks then that. The economy is fucked over here

[@Anonymous-rp6vu]

@@EazyturkYa man I genuinely feel bad for you guys, I mean don’t get me wrong things definitely aren’t great in America, but you guys are really going through it, hope we both get better leaders soon

[@YoungMrBlue]

@@turtlemasteralpha119160 for half of it where I’m at

[@carlsche2087]

You didn't look up this video. It was recommended to you. We finished the fight Spartans.

[@mikecropens5374]

You are so corny

[@OfficialNo44]

it was recommended

[@matthewjalovick]

@@mikecropens5374don’t be upset that you clearly didn’t finish the fight.

[@cosmickitteh]

Go on any dragon ball z video and read the comments... it's *CHILLING* bahahahaha @@mikecropens5374

[@markusaurelius4015]

Hoorah…. 🫡

[@kanden27]

The best part about this is that it's not like a video of old montages put together 15 years later. This is the week of release. They knew the heart was there and they knew they had to capture these memories.

[@Beregond1861]

"Captured the (MEMORIES)!" -Jeff Steitzer.

[@highskilleddude1440]

THIS is EPIC. ❤

[@giocatore_83]

I'm glad youtube recommended this to me. I hope this does not sound cheesy but finding this is like finding lost footage of a moment in history.

[@Mark-rv2ty]

​@@giocatore_83 exact same thing happened to me, actually gave me goosebumps finding basically a historical record of a cultural event. And this was uploaded literally two days after Halo 3 was released, dude was committed

[@giocatore_83]

@v2ty I still think halo 3 was one of the most hyped games ever. The original modern warfare 2 was as well.

[@ReidNicewonder]

We played on Legendary.

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

F

[@RememberPluto]

I can't believe you didn't film yourself reacting to the legendary ending.

[@coldj7974]

Are you gonna do the same with Halo Infinite

[@lazersparkz7947]

POG

[@vitsu1040]

lazersparkz noob

[@GreatScottt]

“Games were put out on a disk. No downloads. And it was all there!!! A complete game!!” Me in 2060 to my grandchildren who are about to put me in a home

[@tarheelpro87]

Now we’re taking down our house’s internet to install a 500 GB game for 87 hours, only for it to be missing 50% of the features that’ll come later in updates (they make sure to add every microtransaction however)

[@CarlosGarcía-b9u]

The golden age of gaming The perfect balance between technology and analog format

[@SOC675]

Yep not too digital just enough , just the right amount

[@Originalbasedgod]

Heard

[@noahchase7854]

I call it the vertex

[@SeaDoge13]

Facts!!! Now games are just digital releases online. No cool events with da bois!😁

[@Campo_]

This video was recorded on a digital camera...

[@YoungIroh]

damn dude. the first iphone, flip phones, halo 3, friends, junk food, their own spot. life had to have been peak

[@gabe5918]

Yeah man… I remember “friends”. Peak times.

[@jestaman3356]

I like how you included "friends" in that list lol. Not even the top of the list, just in the middle of halo 3 and junk food.

[@UltimatelyPwned]

NOT TO MENTION LOWER PRICES ON EVERYTHING

[@AugustDreamScape]

Notice they have a house with nice stuff. ​@@UltimatelyPwned

[@notxvexorr4379]

We had the golden age of gaming and technology, where it still had some soul and Character. We got shafted on the music side of things, there was some decent music in 00's but nothing like 70s-90s. We even had pretty good cars... Again (nothing like the 70s) but still pretty decent

[@xtc2]

this made me smile, the true way halo is supposed to be played

[@oscarprovencio6147]

Pulling an all nighter is hard nowadays this was truly an amazing video and im glad i got to watch it to this day my friends get together to play halo i only wish i was able to do what they did in that time 🥺

[@Hikikomori_Gaming]

Those were the good old days. Now it's all about competition. Who can broadcast the new game first before anyone else does. Also hoping to get views on your live streams. Sad.

[@noahwhitehawk3405]

Or which company can shell out the most half assed games & milk money through micro transactions

[@alexbrown4426]

Half of it is the industry, the other half is that people just can't enjoy things anymore. Every game has to cross out specific boxes to be successful even if the devs don't try to fuck us.

[@Slurpified]

Yeah. Its all about making money playing video games now. The vlogging/twitch/fortnite era completely ruined everything. As well as the ps4 and its community completely destroyed the gaming industry.

[@Slurpified]

^​@@alexbrown4426

[@awepossum1059]

For call of duty back in the day people would discover the game on their own, now within 5 minutes of the games release people are making best class set up videos, ruining the imagination and discovery

[@ItsKomataka]

The fact that we may never (literally ever) see this in gaming history again due to digital demand and triple AAA games not matching this level of quality for a product is enough to make any gamer cry. May these fond memories for everyone last forever.

[@shanescott3166]

I'm so happy I lived through this, I was 15 in 2007 and it was an epic time to be alive. Combat Evolved is still my favorite though!

[@Hunter-ff8qg]

you just have to catch those studios on there way up, there will be many more games like this and already have! Stay optimistic! But yes, your point is true, eventually now, even those great studios perish quicker.

[@paulvalery9778]

There will never be lines again for games.

[@Sam-ni6bc]

@@paulvalery9778Nah only for pink stanley cups

[@speedingbench9487]

I'm already crying brother

[@ebrahimkhan9804]

Imagine, Bungie going from this, to being a hated corporate leech.

[@SystemUnderSiege]

And yet they're still the better of the two studios between them and 343 who is currently managing Halo.. things are grim, boys.. and I haven't even started with the TV show..

[@FormulaZyn]

@@SystemUnderSiegedestiny is a shit game so that’s debatable

[@hunterdevillier8198]

No in his defense it’s not bungie it’s bungee the retarded cousin that made destiny 2

[@HexJK]

@@FormulaZyn I'd rather play 2,000 hours of either Destiny than 20 hours of any 343 Halo, and I don't like Destiny.

[@Pearloryx]

Bungie is no longer in charge of Halo, it’s 343 Industries

[@watchmeb1818]

Is nobody gonna talk about how well he edited this

[@oncovirologist]

They majored in film; talented lads!

[@watchmeb1818]

@@oncovirologist that’s sick!

[@stolasthegreatprince4166]

I miss 2000 - 2010. It was amazing.

[@capecon]

It was an awesome time

[@NotFluplaxio]

Outside of like 2 major events it was pretty good 😂

[@firemonkey1015]

2000 - 2012 for me.

[@kg30004]

Tacking on 2011 for Skyrim, but agreed

[@Slurpified]

​@@kg30004Amen

[@Notpoop906]

They captured such an amazing point in console gaming history on film. I'll never forget Halo 3 and the years of fun it gave me, my brother and my friends ever since release.

[@idrinkmilk282]

Notpoop yeah. Almost couldve cried watching this. A time long gone.

[@deltaactual3368]

@@idrinkmilk282 not gonna lie, I did tear up a bit. This video really hits hard for me.

[@n.m.4138]

@@deltaactual3368 this reminds me of when my mom used to take me out to our local grocery stores and overload on junk food. Then my friends would come over, set up x boxes and play halo 2 and 3 all throughout the weekdays. Especially on breaks. Man I miss those years. 2001-2007. I like reach and odst but chief's story should've ended at 3. Nothing else afterwards. Never forget. Halo 3.

[@negromancer.2685]

You're right about that. :)

[@jetpackerjosh4061]

If there ever comes a day when the human race is no more, and the remains of our civilization is discovered by another species. I really hope this video is how they learn about gaming.

[@himynameiscorey]

People don’t understand, this was the peak of American civilization

[@cuteface88]

It's all downhill from there.

[@chawkz]

Yup, now on the decline

[@paulhudalla9527]

Very true. I've only lived in the decline unfortunately

[@kdog6793]

Seriously, right before the 2008 recession lol

[@Slurpified]

Agreed. RIP Xbox 360 era. Modern devs, the lame ps4, and its mainstream fortnite battle royale community completely destroyed the entertainment industry and great franchises.

[@ThomasStreet93]

The hype surrounding Halo 3 was unbelievable. This video captured those memories perfectly. Gaming in general just doesn't have that same amount of passion by anybody anymore.

[@DeltaWarrior95]

+ThomasStreet Exactly

[@DeltaWarrior95]

***** that's why us consumers have to hold gaming corps accountable

[@DeltaWarrior95]

***** to make new awesome games for the future

[@slothfromthegoonies8201]

Too many failed launches. Fans just don't trust developers to get it right anymore.

[@CephaloG0D]

ThomasStreet When Overwatch 2 comes out I'll either disagree with you or completely agree.

[@ASingleChimera]

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

[@BlueStinger475]

I'm crying because I never got to experience it 😭😭

[@rlydc232]

this video is a relic

[@music6577]

ancient tome

[@ionpotato1562]

A sacred icon

[@XxRoyalxHeadshotxX]

protected at all costs

[@rickyjiggens2180]

Saved to your hard drive and flash drive it it should be

[@squidward1839]

Indeed it is

[@CRL033]

The way you know this is serious is that there’s Halo 2 music for the video itself. Nobody had the soundtrack for Halo 3 yet, so they HAD to use Halo 2’s soundtrack. Just gorgeous

[@alcohosh]

That's so real

[@seaborgfishing3746]

Last one no ? Halo 3 the ark ?

[@ataridc]

That and it says 16 years ago on the vid.

[@cunt4003]

Nice marathon logo

[@pancakesproduction1056]

I'm going to chime in on this one. I'm probably older than a lot of the folks in the comments section, but I was 25 years old back when this game came out. Now I'm 40 and I can agree that this time period was a magical time for gaming. I remember gaming with my best friend who put me on to Halo originally with Halo 2. He and I used to go to all the midnight releases together and play like every day....Id get that text from him around 930 at night "hey fool, get online" and wed play til 2 am. I'd kill for that text now...he sadly passed away from cancer 2 years ago but man this video took me back to some good times. Thanks for posting this 15 years ago. What a great video!

[@Void_Wars]

40 and no gf?

[@caboose05]

Respect for being an og my friend, and rest in peace to a brother, im sorry for your loss.

[@13Percent52PercentYikes]

​@@Void_WarsWhat? He's talking about his passion for his hobby you fucking loser

[@Boshyson]

hey condolences for your loss but congratulations for playing in such an era you are graced with an unchangeable timeline. I grew up on the launch of halo reach and I can only imagine the feelings you must have felt waking up to those messages. Hope you're well soldier :) much love

[@Chemicalol]

I graduated the summer of 2007. I never would’ve imagined I’d make it to my 30s and miss that summer so much. We truly are the last great generation.

[@FernandoTorres-xm7db]

The only time when 1 disc, 1 console and 4 controllers could bring together multiple people to 1 room and have the most night of fun you've ever had.

[@surfguy87]

Goldeneye 1997, but I guess that was cartridge not disk.

[@ChoooChooo]

Goldeneye is legendary but you can't compare it to halo

[@mulliganlounge6912]

The 2000s was the best time to be a teenager, change my mind.

[@relaxedsvn]

I can’t

[@ctsvblk]

Glad I was born in 2001

[@ctsvblk]

alex alamangos why not

[@ayomayonnaise8886]

1997 gang got the best of both worlds

[@j1428]

If only i was born in the 90s

[@atvman12]

Notice...how they could attend the midnight launch AND play the game immediately and not have to wait 4-12 hours for it to install? Just pop it in and play. Truly the days I miss

[@iluvbewbies23]

Get better internet and your download will be done in the 1hour it would take to get from the release to getting home with the disk to play the game, LOOOOL

[@toronsplace]

you clearly missed their entire point @@iluvbewbies23

[@projectsofx2213]

touch grass bud LOOOOL @@iluvbewbies23

[@blobber51]

​@@iluvbewbies23bruh you just responded to a 2 year old comment. Person is probably dead.

[@dominikschachner7208]

​@@blobber51 herecy... hes just missed in action

[@ruslanzininfanchannel]

0:28 the Rooster teeth shirt really adds to the nostalgia

[@anthonysoprano7066]

Too bad they suck ass now, just like Bungie

[@matthewdaub]

I miss rooster teeth. Even miss 2018 rooster teeth. The only thing the company of now shares with the company back then is it's name

[@radapatada]

The old rooster teeth shirt seals it

[@milkdrink3rr]

Man it hurts especially after what happened to them recently

[@johnhoss2247]

Man, that was such a small but significant detail

[@-Archeus-]

“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”

[@ajcap]

That’s what makes the good old days good.

[@darkl3ad3r]

These guys knew and made a video to capture it so they (and by extension from uploading it here, we) can enjoy it for all time.

[@noone-pg4lr]

That quote is so stupid because every one knows when life is good

[@wafflespice4817]

@@noone-pg4lrI would heavily disagree

[@noone-pg4lr]

@@wafflespice4817 how bro

[@sarcastian]

I was in 5th grade, everybody was psyched. Some kids got into a fight on the playground over a copy

[@yikes6969]

No they didn't

[@Carnageloser7]

We used to bring all the booklets to school to draw them. Wanted to design our own halo 4. It's crazy that a lot of our ideas actually ended up being in the later games like the H4 grenades or cortana being evil. Wish 343 didn't have the writing capabilities as 4th graders because man those ideas were horrible haha

[@angelbryan98]

You don't see this hype with modern gaming.

[@Stripedspot]

Feels bad man

[@alphaisdank42069]

cause the new games suck and have minimal or no advertising and all the franchises like halo, battlefield and cod kill themselves

[@volusian95]

It's really sad. Like terribly sad.

[@jasonmartinez5116]

And because of digital games

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

@DPH_Psychosis as a huge TES fan for over 20 years I still have a glimpse of hope. They must not mess it up or they are finished, nobody really cares about Starfield, and when you play it, it even feels like Bethesda didn't care. They sould really focus on TES and Fallout. If the Fallout TV show turns out good it may be a good sign.

[@EstebanDeTres3]

Petition to archive this footage in the National Film Registry

[@Juicy_Lucyy]

Games these days will never live up to nights like this

[@killingfrenzy9485]

Repub Scum I agree alot

[@KongGig]

Modern day gaming would have meant 1.Install game 2.Install patch 1-2-3 3. Play game 5h later. 4. Be dissatisfied that the game does not deliver on its marketing.

[@baalgar5530]

Doom eternal?

[@JuiceboxCE]

Doom delivered the campaign, but forgot the classic deathmatch we all loved it for back in the day

[@podomuss]

I was never a fan of deathmatch in Doom anyways 🤷‍♂️

[@Aegis_Mind]

I remember the launch at GameStop. At one point a car slowly rolled by and a passenger yelled “Call of Duty’s better!!” And then later on it happened again and some random dude chucked his large soda at the car and it splattered right near the mirror and part of it went in the guys car and he took off while we all erupted in laughter. One guy was grilling hotdogs for everyone while others were playing soccer in a nearby parking lot. Looking back it really was surreal.

[@johnstoner8515]

nobody was saying call of duty is better in 2007 lmao

[@jaxbarnettprice]

People shouldn’t even be comparing COD to Halo Lol. Literally two completely different universes! Now you can compare something like Ghost Recon or Battlefield to COD. Or people can compare Destiny to Halo.

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

CoD v Battlefield is where it was at

[@NemechekFan87]

Epic moment, i remember when i got my PS5 on october of 2021 it was that large but still talked to gamers which its cool

[@NemechekFan87]

​@iCookCrystalMeth and COD won, battlefield had multiple chances but always fumbled the bag every time ffs

[@novafan3]

This must’ve been the best night of these guy’s lives

[@tedsmalldick499]

Take me back...lol My midnight release for this game went almost something like this video except I was in highschool but it takes me back so bad. Lol

[@keen9166]

@@tedsmalldick499 lol my mom had bought the game for me I was only 9 at the time

[@Leo.de99]

How lucky to be born at the perfect time

[@PEACEOUTPAT]

Not ashamed of bawling my eyes out to this.

[@CalebRoyal]

Stuff like this always makes me shed a tear man, we were so lucky to have experienced this

[@petrsvancara8785]

@@CalebRoyal Very true, good old times where everything was better than at these days.

[@CalebRoyal]

@@petrsvancara8785 sad but true 🥲

[@dxburner222]

Man I miss playing halo 3 in middle school

[@zebare726]

dxburner222 Same.

[@geraldpty9943]

Me too mate.

[@LJwhoopie]

Shit was the best bro

[@jetpackerjosh4061]

If there ever comes a day when the human race is no more, and the remains of our civilization is discovered by another species. I really hope this video is how they learn about gaming.

[@jacobcolombo3158]

Even if this video was updated to be full HD I would still watch it in the grainy 2007 cell-phone video 144p resolution.

[@NoXone95]

Aussie here, i remember all my best mates stayed over that night and we went to the midnight launch, our parents collectively allowed us to do so even though we had school the next day (we didnt have to go) we stayed up until 3pm the next day, clocked the game on legendary 4 player coop on this little tv screen. I miss them days. I dont talk to two of them any more but that memory will forever be solidified in my mind... Just a group of young lads who were brought together by this amazing game and moment in time.

[@CloneCaptainRex7567]

i liked your comment so you would have 117 likes o7

[@atirocks]

The good ol' days where gamers actually played the single player campaign first, completed it, and then jumped into multiplayer. That's part of the reason why gaming was so great, the single player campaign drew us in.....nowadays, you'd be lucky to get that type of attention for a campaign experience in a FPS with this younger generation.

[@greywolf187]

Ahhhhh, back when games used to live up to the hype

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

I wouldn't really say that like anything's different from then to now, this was just an amazing game which lived up to the hype.

[@peanutbutterjuicy7704]

Today we get hyped for fallout 76 and get bullshit.

[@Jellybob69]

PeanutButterJuicy, you must’ve been braindead if you got hyped for Fallout 76

[@RubLox_Live]

*when waiting in line for midnight releases because digital downloads werent a thing and the games lived up to the hype

[@donnyjoe123]

@@RubLox_Live physical > digital

[@nathanbaz3598]

These were different times

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

Correction: These were different, better, and simpler times*

[@non-canon7719]

Then let’s start acting like it is those times again

[@INFINITY-im4fi]

@@non-canon7719 it all depends from 343 now

[@Therealmoseslupai]

Best times gaming growing up. 90s baby!

[@GenScinmore]

A window to my childhood 😭

[@babyyodathegoat7878]

Hello their

[@spartanjaws1039]

All I can say to people who didn't get to experience this. You really just had to be there.

[@BradUchiwa]

I played it as soon as it came out in 2007. It was iconic

[@RobertoGomez-hp8wu]

I did for halo 2 and 3

[@HeyImOther]

This puts a smile on my face.

[@idrinkmilk282]

Perfect balance

[@bobpoop6076]

I Drink Milk as all things should be

[@madmannn9576]

i am inevitable

[@dirk3193]

I have watched this video over and over for well over 10 years. I actually saved a copy of it to my local drive in case it ever got deleted a few years back. This is 2007 incarnate.

[@TornMD]

I was pretty broke at the time of the release. All my money went toward paying bills. I couldn't even afford an Xbox 360 yet. My old bud got this at the release, me and other friends were sitting out in his driveway waiting for him to come back with the game. Seeing him drive up to us while waving the game out the window is truly an unforgettable memory for me. We were all so excited and happy, just as happy as if we bought the game ourselves. ❤

[@LoudSodaCaleb]

That’s like $300 worth of snacks in today’s dollar.

[@halolove8533]

I will go to the grave with my halo 3 all nighters, energy drinks, pizza, ice cream, weed, partying up, anger, excitement, let downs, trash talking. Now I'm married and playing mindcraft and halo mcc every night minus weed, energy drinks, anger, trash talking. Nothing will beat the first time around but my wife sharing her first time around almost bring me back to the good old days of halo and that's enough to make me happy. I love you halo not for what you are but for what you were.

[@killingfrenzy9485]

halo love 😂😂😂😂😂 I know man, I would love to relive it all!

[@leebrown1779]

T0xic Let us give 343 one last chance.

[@leebrown1779]

T0xic Wait, you are a troll so you will do the opposite of my suggestion. Oh well, fudge ya, as the great Chef would say.

[@lazersparkz7947]

This puts a smile on my face

[@regulator7931]

You and legions of us brother.

[@xKami102x]

*_*Vince McMahon crying.mp4*_*

[@FollowerofBodom]

A simpler time, I teared up just from nostalgia. Fuck, I'd kill to relive 2007-2009 once.

[@regulator7931]

Way simpler, more social, people enjoying life the right way.

[@FoxyFritz]

Same 😭

[@ulisesslopez3624]

Same bro sameee

[@effortlessproductions]

same bro everyone just having a damn good time all the time. That's not really a thing anymore...

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

I really think we were the last generation to experience life without social media and smartphones took over! Glad I grew up in the early 2000’s

[@chickenmanmackenzie3525]

just before the financial crisis. life was good.

[@tyIenoI]

Now games don't even come out finished anymore !!

[@scouttrooper2871]

halo infinite is pretty good now

[@FrostDrift69]

@@scouttrooper2871facts

[@noone-pg4lr]

@@scouttrooper2871it shouldn’t take a year later for it to get good

[@missingno88]

@@scouttrooper2871 nowhere near the quality of bungie halo games lol

[@The1AndOnly6133]

@@missingno88 facts spartan, spit your shit indeed

[@twodollarhero]

I posted literally this exact comment years ago, but it bears repeating: this is one of my favorite KZbin videos ever. Perfectly captures what it was like to live in that moment of Halo 3's hype nearly a decade ago. Thank you so much for this video -- for ten blissful, well-edited minutes, I feel like a younger man in 2007 again.

[@G-Fan-st2ow]

I’m 23 and I was 7 when halo 3 came out, I remember standing in line for 2 hours after school with my dad who hated it but my dad loved me and waited patiently. When I got my copy I remember the hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second. Thank you old Bungie

[@kvdngz7652]

Your dad is a real G. Let him know that.

[@J.Wolf90]

I feel sorry for ya young ones. 20 years of corporate cut and paste. You'll never experience a true next gen experience like we had in the 80s 90s and 2000s before ps3 360

[@riv5231]

@@J.Wolf90lol you’re a sad fellow. Go play pong, pac-man, and Tetris, loser. No way you have commented this many times on one channel all basically saying the same thing lol. We younger folks feel sorry for you old ass tools that think the 80s was anything compared to the introduction of online gaming. Gtfoh

[@slothonmercury]

Gtfo here lmao you were seven. Bro was just thinking about breast milk

[@Slurpified]

​@@J.Wolf90You missed the part where alot of people are saying "peak" and "golden age." Its better than what the ps4 era was🤮I bet you you are a ps4 lover too.

[@chrisreed4661]

Very late to this lol, but seeing the bottle of Mountain Dew game fuel, the old school wide screen TVs, all the boy together in one room playing, and the long line waiting for the midnight launch made me soooo nostalgic. This belongs in a museum

[@extractkun5911]

I love how this looks like an over exagirated skit, yet this video perfectly captures gaming culture like it was back then. Truely, the golden age of gaming that was full of passions from devs to players alike and a hell of a time to be alive 🙏

[@avis21X]

"crazy pwning of noobs" God, I miss 2007...

[@ginomazzenga4409]

When I heard that I was brought back

[@urmailman]

Weve been pwned by time my friend 😂

[@iamgeorgesears]

Pure Pwnage!!

[@urmailman]

@jonathanbirch2022 oh we definitely threatened to kill each other on those lobbies 🤣. We never did shit though. Very theraputic for all involved. We were tougher people not so long ago.

[@dingusaurous6419]

It's sad to think that future generations will never have a gaming Mecca to pilgrimage to

[@Liftedtrucks909]

RIP runescape, halo 3 and cod 4 gameplay in 2007 the glory days. The old country. The motherland

[@RileyNewcomb]

This is proper documentary film grade editing from 14 years ago. Man what a video. Completely chilled the whole time

[@TheColdTomato]

It's been exactly 10 years since this legendary relic of a video was uploaded to KZbin. This is a legendary video which can never be forgotten. Happy birthday to this video and happy birthday to Halo 3! You have changed our lives forever!

[@killingfrenzy9485]

The Cold Tomato I know man... It's so sad. ☹

[@TheColdTomato]

We finished the fight.

[@TheColdTomato]

11 years today. Never forget.

[@airas1494]

@@TheColdTomato you forgot 12 :/

[@TheColdTomato]

14 years today. Never forget.

[@hellowill]

2007 was the peak of tech and gaming tbh. Not just Halo3, but CoD, Runescape, WoW, Starcraft, and the internet in general.

[@shanescott3166]

I was playing a lot of Gears of War 1 in 2007 also

[@VvvnimaL]

@@shanescott3166 gow1 still my favorite online game to this day

[@SL-ld9tn]

And then of course GTA 4 and Fallout 3 the next year

[@e_gad]

Oblivion, bioshock

[@eyeofenigma2307]

Combat Arms, Warrock, Maple story, etc... ahhhhh good old days.

[@stevodevo9416]

Back when the hype was actually met with something that met, if not exceeded, those expectations...

[@Fransais]

Right

[@Freeunner311]

13 years later and now the servers are shutting down this year. Hopefully I see y’all on mcc

[@33cltn]

For sure man hope to see you on infinite

[@Buggy00Gaming]

I miss when halo was in its Hayday

[@zebare726]

MarfeeWarfee Halo games always managed to delivery some varied and odd multiplayer moments. Something that cod seems to miss. Such as driving around the warthog with your friends, ending with your driving over those Jump items, and you and your team flying up and landing on an enemy.

[@UNSC_AlexanderSteel]

Yeah I miss those days too, though there is actual hope with Halo: Infinite on the horizon. And with all the amazing mods coming out on anniversary I’d say there’s hope for a second golden age.

[@ionpotato1562]

@@UNSC_AlexanderSteel were it so easy

[@donnyjoe123]

@@ionpotato1562 I trust in 343 this time. Halo Infinite will be the saviour of the franchise and it will bring it back to its glory days

[@GOD_lovesyousomuch]

@@MarfeeWarfee Just like how you guys had your nostalgia in the halo days let these guys have their fun boomer.

[@LinkDragon512]

It's unbelievable to see that this was already 16 years ago, back when gaming was at its peak and wasn't corrupted by corporate greed. I mourn with all you fellow gamers here, the times we had. The 2000s were something magical man.

[@wowno5763]

Lmao, you think it wasnt corrupted by corporate greed back then? Its gotten worse but corporate greed has always been part of the gaming industry.

[@blockedperfection9278]

08 here, It’s unbelievable that this video is older than I am, Even if it’s just by a year. I would do anything to be able to experience life as it’s portrayed in this video. Seemed like good times indeed.

[@27life]

@@wowno5763 At least they released FULL games back then and didn't launch half assed games that need 3 years of updates/DLC to make it seem like a finished product.

[@LookHereMars]

Been playing video games since the Sega Master System, owned all major consoles since. Truly this was the best days of gaming, save for a handful of studios today, the Industry is a shadow of what it once was in terms of passion and love.

[@SWAS127]

Thanks to yall gamepass clowns who didn’t care about the golden age of gaming but worry about Phil Spencer pockets to why Xbox going third party. This was the real competition!!!!! Sucks I’ll no longer be a halo fan since it’ll have to come to its rival platform

[@59spadesofalife52]

Gosh everyone was so chill and funny back then. Life truly felt so free and easygoing.

[@ArcticGhostXCV]

Only 12 when this launched. 21 now. Shits crazy. Can't believe how the time has flown

[@cheifosa8087]

same bro same

[@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457]

I was 9 months old.

[@DHunter_47]

ArcticGhostXCV The Kingdom of God is at Hand John 3:16-21

[@Gonkers20XX]

@@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457 You missed out on the golden age of the Internet and video games.

[@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457]

@@Gonkers20XX I know. Really sad about it. I want to experience this era so badly. Let's hope Halo Infinite sparks a new golden age.

[@SeraphimDoesSomething]

This is what guys truly mean when we say, "Take me back..."

[@gruggapug1795]

Halo 3 is now 10 years old.. let that sink in. This is hands down one of the best videos I've seen for one of the best games I've ever played. Reid, you made history with this man. Thank you.

[@KongGig]

I am surprised that xbox 360 started with games like Gears of war, only to then deliver on one of the best exclusive games that would come out to the console 2 years later.

[@rufousthefox9766]

It will be 15 this year.

[@reflex7423]

@@rufousthefox9766 and still the best halo to date

[@rufousthefox9766]

@@reflex7423 Exactly

[@Freakingbean]

It's basically 15 now, as by early 07 it was probably almost complete.

[@fatalisspawn8217]

I don't think that anyone has been this excited about a game in a long time and actually enjoyed it and not scammed the ever-loving crap out of. The fact Halo 3 actually lived up to the immeasurable hype, it's just amazing. This feeling will never be replicated for a video game ever again and I am heartbroken I missed it. This video is older than me, but I still feel the hype and excitement throughout the video. I still love halo and have beaten all of them, but I am truly sad I missed the GOLDEN era of gaming.

[@derekforeal2727]

in a way that dude at 4:10 knew this was something amazing lol i love that convo between them "Were just both looking at the moon at the same time thats pretty cool" such a powerful moment at the time

[@we-must-live]

we’re watching this video, at the same time (+~30 mins)!

[@Slurpified]

Underrated comment

[@phewiss3066]

I don't know how this doesn't have millions of views. This is honestly a masterpiece.

[@dwighthalpert8364]

That Mountain Dew.. damn I miss that Mountain Dew.

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

If only Microsoft was able to partner with PepsiCo again to promote Halo Infinite instead of Kellogg's, it would have been a nice throwback. Even if it were an unhealthy choice, lol.

[@imbubsey]

Gears of War and Halo 3. My absolute childhood since I was 7 years old. The best time to be alive.

[@Rob_G716]

16yrs later in 2024, man! I miss those times. Now I’m 42 with a family and an 8yr. Xbox literally fell off the wagon with no exclusives. 360 days were the golden age of gaming.

[@IkeCreed]

Gosh dang, how has it already been 16 years?? lol It does not seem real.

[@Slurpified]

Meh the exclusive part doesnt really matter. Gaming was peak before the garbage ps4 and its community invaded the gaming industry. You sound like a new era ps4 player already up in here mentioning eXcLuSiVeS

[@lonemaus562]

@@Slurpifieddude ps3 and Xbox 360 is were the console wars practically started what u mean no one talked about exclusives ? It was a big deal back then. Yeah I agree after the ps4 and the new fans came gaming went downhill but exclusives were there already . My favorite games at the time were still GameCube exclusives

[@Rob_G716]

@@Slurpified oh god 🙄 you’re a bobo talking about PS4 😂 I’m 42 today with a family, you’re still playing console wars like a f)&king nerd! I’m stating a fact! XB is DEAD ☠️. No one plays that garbage anymore. They did ruin a once amazing brand, It’s ok. You can still play your 360

[@MattS-og5zb]

I'm 31 and remember waiting in line for it at gamestop. Great times..

[@alexk1682]

Those were the days. What has happened? Are games just not what they used to be or are we getting older?

[@axonn101]

To an extent I think micro-transactions, rushed games, and unfinished products are left such a bitter taste in our mouths that we just don't have events like this anymore. I think the most similar kind of thing to happen recently is the release of Breath of the Wild.

[@zebare726]

axonn101 Dont forget more and more games are turning into cod ich games. Games that give you an easy feel of achiement while at the same time remove any form of dept.

[@Gleidur]

I just don't trust devs and publishers anymore. The hype for this game was real because we knew Bungie would deliver. We could trust that Halo 3 would be amazing, and it was. You can't do that today.

[@greywolf187]

Gleidur you can with rockstar, they care about there customers

[@AdonaiNate]

Now the halo community is scattered.

[@danblues894]

MaKoGaMeR 2017 but is still sacred

[@KongGig]

scattered by time and the changes that has taken place in the gaming industry.

[@SilverFan21k]

Blame 343 and Microsoft.

[@omanblaze6753]

Hate on me for being 12 and not playing the halo games when they came out but later but halo 5 is only good for war zone and halo 4 is only good for multiplayer in my opinion. I play fortnite with my friends and I’m not a 9 year old that is stupid I play others games while I wait until this December for the new halo.

[@itsad7194]

OManBlaze halo 4 is good for bis campaign only. The multi suck

[@beyondlevel7866]

I remember going to the Halo 3 midnight release with my brother. I was 14 years old and my mom took us, they had multiple tables set up with pizza and Halo 3 game fuel and they were just handing it out to everyone. There was probably 150 people there all just congregating about the greatness we were all about witness. It was such a an amazing and magical time.

[@will-eh3qt]

I miss when halo was this popular

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

The Market is too saturated now

[@unknownwill4th549]

​@@NeverSaySandwich1343s too saturated. Halo can compete, not 343 Halo

[@SCfromVANCOUVER]

It's 2020, I'm locked in my house due to COVID-19 and all I'm thinking about is the good old days on Xbox playing halo 3 with such an amazing community. Games aren't the same anymore :(

[@YoungShyne123]

no , people are not the same anymore.

[@glurp2661]

Games will never be the same

[@ordinaryman5070]

no reallly are "same" todays.... :)))

[@greatscottbatman7470]

Facts bro.

[@IPlayWithFire135]

@Krimzin Yeah you can't go around saying the n word, so Halo sucks now.

[@FishBoneCh]

Human civilization peaked in 2007. I’d give anything to go back

[@Aunny123]

When Halo 3 came out, I nearly cried with excitement when my brother came home with his copy. What an amazing time to be a gamer.

[@Dukesparrow1999]

It really was a great time for us all, I mean seriously like what the hell happened to the whole gaming scene? Oh right money

[@13Percent52PercentYikes]

​@@Dukesparrow1999I'm not spending any money on any of this garbage so I'm wondering when I'm gonna get the 360 era back

[@Dukesparrow1999]

@@13Percent52PercentYikes u got me brother, u got me, I have hope things will change for the better for gaming. Question is when tho

[@Railhog2102]

Same here, I was 7 years old at that time and I remember clear as day all the levels

[@herndonboy13]

THE ENDING WAS SSOOOOOSOSSOSOSOSOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!! was it not the funnest thing ever played?! i just cant wait to get to all the forge and theater stuff!

[@donnyjoe123]

Oh my God, this comment was made 12 years ago wow

[@kiddeath6794]

@@donnyjoe123 13 now :/

[@nickryan6787]

Holy crap super hyped in 14 years ago huh

[@CaptainBloodsail]

2022 as of now

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

This comment makes me depressed. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice comment, but it's a sad realization that when this comment was made, almost 15 years ago (at the time of typing this comment), Halo 3 released. *sigh* Man, I miss these days, so much, I cannot even describe just how much. I don't even need to be a teen again, I'm perfectly fine with my current adult age, I just want to go back to that year. :/ Nothing will ever replicate this hype ever again, and nothing will ever be as fun or awesome.

[@Jlowentmad14]

To watch the beginning. Then the end. It will never be the same. RIP halo 3.

[@regulator7931]

She's still alive on the mcc but the lobbies are silent as is the game itself. Still great to play on live but it's not the same.

[@whatisbludtalkinabout]

@@regulator7931 Actually its quiet popular. Of course its also different at the same time because aside from the people who are actually playing it there are xp farmers sometimes..

[@floridaboy3213]

This is peak 2007. I miss it so much. Life was so simple

[@corz299]

My man's got the brand new iPhone in 2007 damn

[@avillagerplayingminecraft5833]

Yeah, only 3 months after it launched!

[@BluntyTV]

Because there's much more to do besides the single player campaign.

[@iconic2310]

Lol 13 years ago. You still alive?

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

@@iconic2310 He's gone

[@gibraltar4841]

he's still alive and as it turns out I'm subscribed to him

[@outcold5325]

I attended two midnight releases Halo 3 and COD MW2. My local gamestop had a 1v1 tourney with the winner winning a copy of the game for free with a line of of competitors that weaved inbetween the isles of an adjacent Blockbusters. Sadly I came in 2nd but man was it fun. I remember the ride home after picking up halo and examing the case over and over with that new game smell.

[@Leo.de99]

Woah I’m jealous

[@Dukeybookey]

One of the best ad campaigns ever, all those mockumentary were so cool.

[@lewismcghee1003]

omfg the nostalgia i get from this game. Every time I play it I am kind of brought back to a better and more simple time in my life. but something is always missing. that thing is my friends playing it with me. we have all now grown up and moved onto our separate paths in life. Being an adult sucks but it is inevitable. Playing this game gives me a brief taster of how life felt as a teenager. Free, full of hope and and optimism. unfortunately life doesn't always end up how we intended. I truly miss this game and the years of fun I had with it. life will never be as good again

[@KongGig]

2007 such an awesome gaming year Halo 3 Uncharted 1 Super mario galaxy 1 Cod mw1 Orange box Bioshock Metroid prime 3 Crysis Mass effect God of war 2 Guitar hero 3 AND MORE..Something for everyone.

[@SatanicXray6665]

2006 is aswell. Gears of war 1. Saints row

[@mrconroy4672]

2008 for me. Far cry 2, Cod WaW, Mario kart Wii, and gta 4.

[@insanity4082]

@@mrconroy4672 Far Cry 2 is my favorite Far Cry game.

[@liamh3710]

Gaming just isn't what it was back then. We don't have moments like these anymore... No midnight launches, no going to the store and collecting YOUR copy. Sure, what we have is way more convenient to some degree, but I'd rather sacrifice convenience for moments like these.

[@nickbryant2318]

We were living on the edge of the downfall. We could connect online but we still used physical copies of games. Crazy how quickly it all turned into digital download, loot box crap

[@CoolDrifty]

As far as i can remember the release of Destiny was the last time I ever had that experience. getting the copy after school, snacking, staying up all night with friends, having a fucking blast. that was almost a decade ago now.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

The Xbox 360 Marketplace closed yesterday (Monday, July 29, 2024). The era has ended. Spartans, dismissed. ;-;7

[@UnknownUser-fg3fs]

Gaming will never be the same again. PS3 and 360 are peak gaming.

[@gonnaknowmyname]

Minus the red ring of death and the PlayStation jetfans lol

[@Mushie_G]

People really do have ethe nostalgia blinders on. I'm 33 and never want to go back to playing on console. The only reason I miss this era was the people, before they got so butthurt over games.

[@Slurpified]

Yepp. Before the garbage ps4 and its community invaded the gaming industry

[@Slurpified]

​@@Mushie_GIt literally is the definition of peak and golden age though.

[@HybridBlueDream]

@@Mushie_Git wasn’t for you then and you obviously never finished the fight