Halo Recapped: The Complete Timeline So Far (Halo Lore)

Recapping the entire Halo story: everything between the human-forerunner war, and the events of Halo Wars 2. This is the complete Halo story so far.
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Chapter Selection:
0:00 - Introduction
0:24 - Human-Forerunner War and the Didact
3:10 - The Composer and the Librarian
3:58 - Mendicant Bias
4:36 - The activation of the Halo Array
5:20 - Spartan IIs and The Insurrectionists
6:54 - Human-Covenant War
7:19 - Battle of Harvest and the Forerunner Dreadnaughts (Halo Wars)
9:10 - The Fall of Reach (Halo: Reach)
10:45 - Installation 04 and the return of the Flood (Halo: Combat Evolved)
13:22 - Battle of Earth and giving the Covenant back their bomb (Halo 2)
14:35 - Installation 05 and the Arbiter (Halo 2)
18:36 - Finishing this fight (Halo 3)
19:44 - The Lesser Ark and sending him out with a bang (Halo 3)
22:23 - Requiem and the Didact (Halo 4)
27:52 - Defeating the Didact
28:19 - Recapturing Halsey (Halo 5)
29:05 - Guardians, and the defiance of Blue Team (Halo 5)
32:20 - The Lesser Ark, again, and the Spirit of Fire (Halo Wars 2)
34:44 - Now (Halo Infinite)
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[@SameToken]

Check out ODST recapped in 1 minute: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4DIl5iPhr5lh9E You can catch me on Twitter: @TokenTweets ( twitter.com/tokentweets ) **Correction: the war lasted around 1,000 years, rather than 50

[@wastelanddan7388]

Nice video bro. Got my sub

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Also, Didact is NOT dead, but was confirmed by writers as Composed - just not in the typical, stable way.

[@prestochong5670]

Just missed one thing, the flood were made from corrupted precursors trying to preserve themselves. Other than that great job

[@timeforsomethingelse3619]

How dare you forget one of the greatest Halo Soundtracks of all time: ODST

[@062_rohansinghkarki3]

SameToken try to help me out with a new job job search search engine or the yyy

[@Elgar7022]

"While the rest of Noble Team are killed in action" 'Scuse me sir you mispronounced Missing in Action. Spartans never die.

[@SameToken]

Haha quite right!

[@amanwithnoname4657]

Well, Jun is the only one who's M.I.A

[@hiimchrisj]

@@amanwithnoname4657 Jun's not MIA he's a recruiter and trainer for the Spartan 4s

[@amanwithnoname4657]

@@hiimchrisj is that canon?

[@TheViceDynasty]

@@amanwithnoname4657 yeet

[@kenzured1424]

This guy is the perfect example of “Grandpa, tell me a story”

[@adammasterx5854]

Kenzu Red yes

[@MrLuckymimi]

Kenzu Red never had a grandpa so idk

[@lopertyl6534]

Sir Cartier same

[@denu1879]

Just remember this whole video, you'll be a great granddad ;)

[@snazzgers7781]

I was thinking more of a stoned surfer guy trying to recount his past years playing Halo

[@Tarmax94]

Ok, that part where Master Chief is staring at Cortana fading away while showing some clips from past games destroyed me entirely, I thought that after all these years I was fine... I was wrong.

[@particles343]

@@AlphaCarinae tis merely a flesh wound

[@kieronluke4657]

THEN IT HIT ME....THE FIRST TIME I EVER PLAYED HALO CE 😪😪😪😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭

[@T55sArt]

Same, I felt sick to my stomach and restrained from crying xD

[@Chazebrimbor]

First time I seen it in the game... My heart broke. I cried for hours. Felt empty inside. I feel you.

[@tardwrangler]

weak

[@Keilink]

Really like how the HaloWars games are actual part of the main story and not just side stories. Thanks for this recap :D

[@sethgartner6978]

The best part is how the gameplay is so fun that as a kid you love the games but when you learn the lore at an older age it becomes even better

[@travisbryan663]

This!! everybody I know asks me why I love halo so much. The gameplay is beyond fun as hell and as you get older, learning the lore behind the story makes it even better. Nothing else has captivated my attention as much as halo does. Absolutely amazing universe. Been playing since 2004.

[@DirtyDan-]

I want to play all the halos again after watching this lol

[@Kirbydog18]

Would like to like this but its at 117 so I won't

[@symboIiq]

@@DirtyDan- I’m replaying all halos , starting with reach first before infinite drops

[@mkevz]

@@symboIiq same but I'm doing release order. and then imma try to finish Shadows of Reach because I haven't gotten very far in it at all the past year lmao

[@KiraSlith]

The real hero at Installation 05 was the grunt that gave Chief a needler when he needed it most.

[@markt2609]

He could of just melee’d him and taken it, haha

[@Figeroux]

I bet it was the same grunt in the commercial that has lived against every battle vs the chief. Probably dipped from High Charity too.

[@masterwolf3579]

Boo lol 😂

[@redragon9008]

I bet it was the talking grunt at the end of Halo CE. And somehow that same grunt survived.

[@Phi_Lix]

That grunt was a hero.

[@Ca9ineTuK]

“The arbiter killed him quickly... or slowly depends how bad you are”

[@Gl0ckb1te]

I didnt get this...

[@m3ntallyd3fficient11]

@@Gl0ckb1te the joke? The player is the one who kills Tartarus while playing as the Arbiter. So if you are bad at the game, it takes a while, but if you are good it goes by pretty quick

[@james3980]

@@m3ntallyd3fficient11 Or depends on whether you play on easy or legendary lol

[@m3ntallyd3fficient11]

@@james3980 oh yeah, that too lol

[@somethingclever3846]

@@james3980 Ya it takes like 10 mins on legendary XD

[@aninjaguardian]

The Forerunner-Flood war is really the lynchpin for the whole franchise and is the backbone for the creation of the Halo arrays. Always nice to see a lore video that delves into that properly

[@EL-ISS]

It's pretty sad how it happened. The Humans and Forerunners just never communicated and everything in the galaxy died because of it. It's also pretty cool that the Librarian imprinted humans to guide them to create Combat Skins (MJOLNIR) and Ancillas (Smart A.I.). Halsey, John, their ancestors and basically everyone that invented new things that lead to the Spartan Program we're all given "imprints" (I think it's spelt Gaesh, in the books). There's even some pretty cool logs in Halo: Reach that allude to a conglomerate of Smart A.I. called "The Assembly" that took it upon themselves to guide humanity to survive the Human-Covanent War. Some of the advances that she made were apparently given to her by these A.I. but they did it so subtlety that she thought it was her own ideas.

[@ItsPapaEddy]

“These aren’t humans!” “WORT WORT WORT” I laughed a little too hard, subbed

[@Blue-Lady]

*Punch*

[@GeekumBokum]

@@Blue-Lady it was more like a slap. A slapunch

[@Blue-Lady]

@@GeekumBokum It sounded like that didn't it.

[@malikignacio3705]

That mf KILLED ME xD

[@kdmtrap7268]

People *

[@finneganlong6865]

But was Cortana dead? Noooope She was soon after taken captive by Microsoft and is now being held in all of the copies of Windows 10, stripped of her original functionality.

[@linkin6992]

Kinda cool that the shitty AI we have on our computers will help Master Chief save the universe sooner or later

[@AndrewLyon23]

they have gotten really aggressive with making her impossible to deactivate

[@martinc778]

@@AndrewLyon23 The rampancy is real

[@BeansEnjoyer911]

She's just an infant right now, it takes her hundreds of years to get to Halo standards

[@manvsn8ture]

@@BeansEnjoyer911 we could already be past the singularity

[@mrsquiid8161]

Forerunners: ok so these halos are super weapons Flood: yeah the halos are weapons made to be used against us Humanity: they’re definitely weapons The covenant: ok so basically these bad boys right here are artifacts made by the gods to bring all life loyal to them into paradise, I’m like 110% sure they’re not weapons

[@SilentHotdog28]

Covenant Sales rep: *slaps halo ring* "These right here bad boys can take so many people to paradise."

[@Omen_Burrito]

Shitty attempt at retelling somebody else's joke in the comment section

[@lainism6965]

110% out of 1000%

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@lainism6965 ????

[@lainism6965]

@@SilentHotdog28 it was a joke as the covenant were wrong ????

[@OsirisRedgrave]

"And he was evil because he had a British accent." Me, a British person: "That checks out."

[@tommichaels2466]

Well it's basic Star Warsian knowledge thanks to the Empire! :^p

[@sydryi3086]

seriously it does, we are the villains of history, along with Germany.

[@AzimuthPrime]

"He was evil because he has a British accent". I'll accept this.

[@livvvid4452]

This has been my american way of thinking since Star Wars.

[@AzimuthPrime]

@@livvvid4452 we do love to play the villain but you know you love the Lucifer tv series

[@livvvid4452]

@@AzimuthPrime Oh wow.

[@livvvid4452]

@@AzimuthPrime Which one? Sorry that you have to explain the joke lol.

[@mrlegkick91]

It's because the British accent sounds intelligent.. and intelligence in a bad guy is intimating.

[@nates9536]

"A well placed grenade... or twenty" This guy knows his stuff

[@HotShot1359]

*casually whistles past the engine room and into the armory and picks up a rocket launcher and walks back to the engine room* speaking of, why the hell do they have an armory (FULL OF EXPLOSIVES MIND YOU) next to the freakin engine room with such weak shielding even a grenade can crack them? I know it's for gameplay purposes, but that is just a horrible place to store explosive ammunition when you think about it XD

[@HotShot1359]

@Noah Kenney I suppose that could be true. Although I wouldn't want to bring explosives into an engine room if I could help it. Armory might work, if one door was for escape and the other funneled enemies. Although always a chance enemies could flank both doors and pinch them in the middle of the room.

[@cone9419]

Completely fails to bring up any of the ODST's in New Mombasa. guy clearly does not know all his shit.

[@johnnyb7628]

I thought for a minute I made this comment a few months ago 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jessemurray3537]

Go for the rocket launcher in the armory always just be mindful of those invisible flood elites ;)

[@Ethan-qg8mu]

Ya know he actually made Halo 5’s story sound halfway decent.

[@The28studio]

Because it is decent,I mean at least the ideas behind it and how it fit on the big timeline ,of course someone had to take the mental from humanity , and Cortana thinks AI are the ones Wich is something we live right next w with all these talk about AI xD

[@eastongallegos1272]

@@The28studio it's a decent story. It's not the adhd fueled adderol trip that lots of the previous _halo_ stories were though. Like you can't tell me that halo ce wasn't batshit crazy. Like there were aliens that are super advanced, but wait there are also other aliens that are super un advanced. And like they all fight. And they blow stuff up and it all ends with a big bang. Like holy shit. But halo 5? It just wasn't the same batshit adventure

[@mauz791]

@@eastongallegos1272 but they ruined Cortana, that is really bad. I also miss Arby's role in the whole thing, work he was as important like in H2. Everything else was meh imo

[@ultimatepotato192]

@@mauz791 I'm pretty sure original Cortana is dead and what we have now is one of the rampant Cortana that split from her

[@habe1717]

@@eastongallegos1272 Are you really so stupid that you can't handle more than one faction of aliens existing at the same time? Halo CE had a really simple story. I never would have thought it was possible for someone think it was "batshit crazy" or confusing, yet here you are.

[@damonguzman]

"For the first time since Halo 2, Chief had his armor removed, and OH GOD THE SMELL!" That earned a sub from me.

[@Bizmarckus]

Covenant: *Sees a giant ring* “We can make a religion out of this! Humans: _No_*don’t*

[@BernardoPierce]

High quality reference. *Try itttt*

[@jakejohnson718]

@@BernardoPierce no

[@AviChetriArtwork]

@@BernardoPierce History buffs of KZbin, unite!

[@chrisramos3454]

Also covenant: Imma do it

[@jakejohnson718]

@@chrisramos3454 and then they -died in a tornado- on a halo ring

[@canadianbean6736]

Describing The Graveminds motivations as "Just want's to eat" is one of the most honest and hilarious simplifications I've ever heard LOL

[@i-am-mercurial]

Can you give a quick synopsis? I like this video but I feel a lot was glossed over (with good reason)

[@samotdengode]

@@i-am-mercurial the flood is one giant being whos only goal os to spread and make more flood

[@i-am-mercurial]

@@samotdengode so he does just want to eat tjen

[@samotdengode]

@@i-am-mercurial pretty much, eat and breed

[@2kpresley67]

@@i-am-mercurial too add more on the gravemind, every living being consumed by the flood would eventually combine into one giant flood (the gravemind). This meant that the gravemind was also incredibly smart, as it would consume every thought and memory of every being consumed by the flood. It is pretty much a hive mind, a connected consciousness. That’s also why the graveminds voice is so strange and distorted, it’s voice is a combination of all the being’s voices it’s consumed. With good headphones you can actually hear several different voices when it speaks, if you listen closely. Halo lore is so detailed and interesting.

[@jtperez657]

Here's a list of all Halo games, books, comics and films in chronological order in case anyone is interested. If the media type is not specified below, it's a book [ ] 01. Halo: Cryptum [ ] 02. Halo: Primordium [ ] 03. Halo: Silentium [ ] 04. Halo: Contact Harvest [ ] 05. Halo: Collateral Damage (comic) [ ] 06. Halo: Silent Storm [ ] 07. Halo: Forward Unto Dawn (film) [ ] 08. Halo: Oblivion [ ] 09. Halo Wars: Genesis (comic) [ ] 10. Halo Wars (game) [ ] 11. Halo: The Cole Protocol [ ] 12. Halo: Battle Born [ ] 13. Halo: Battle Born - Meridian Divide [ ] 14. Halo: Hell Jumper (comic) [ ] 15. Halo: Blood Line (comic) [ ] 16. Halo: The Fall of Reach (novel, comic & film) [ ] 17. Halo: Reach (game) [ ] 18. Halo: Combat Evolved (game) [ ] 19. Halo: Fireteam Raven (game) [ ] 20. Halo: The Flood [ ] 21. Halo: First Strike [ ] 22. Halo 2 (game) [ ] 23. Halo 3: ODST (game) [ ] 24. Halo: Broken Circle [ ] 25. Halo: Ghosts of Onyx [ ] 26. Halo: Uprising (comic) [ ] 27. Halo 3 (game) [ ] 28. Halo: Initiation (comic) [ ] 29. Halo: Glasslands [ ] 30. Halo: The Thursday War [ ] 31. Halo: Mortal Dictata [ ] 32. Halo: Last Light [ ] 33. Halo: Lone Wolf (comic) [ ] 34. Halo: Shadow of Intent (Halo: Fractures) [ ] 35. Halo: Retribution [ ] 36. Halo: Hunters in the Dark [ ] 37. Halo: Nightfall (film) [ ] 38. Halo: New Blood [ ] 39. Halo: Smoke and Shadow [ ] 40. Halo: Renegades [ ] 41. Halo 4 (game) [ ] 42. Halo: Spartan Assault (game) [ ] 43. Halo: Spartan Strike (game) [ ] 44. Halo: Saints Testimony (Halo: Fractures) [ ] 45. Halo 4: Spartan Operations (game) [ ] 46. Halo: Envoy [ ] 47. Halo: Escalation (comic) [ ] 48. Hunt the Truth (audio recordings) [ ] 49. Halo: Legacy of Onyx [ ] 50. Halo 5: Guardians (game) [ ] 51. Halo: Bad Blood [ ] 52. Halo: Rise of Atriox (comic) [ ] 53. Halo Wars 2 (game) [ ] 54. Halo: Shadows of Reach [ ] 55. Halo: Divine Wind [ ] 56. Halo: Infinite (game) Short-Story Collections [ ] 01. Halo: Fractures [ ] 02. Halo: Evolutions [ ] 03. Halo: The Graphic Novel (comic) [ ] 04. Halo: Legends (film) [ ] 05. Halo: Tales From Slipspace

[@jtperez657]

@Joe that should be everything to date

[@plaguedoctor6134]

thanks been a halo fan but at last i have time so this means a lot to me.

[@thelastking1153]

Can someone tell me is all the above books comics and games interconnected and tell a one story step by step in an order or are they different can i get an idea of the full story just by playing the game

[@jtperez657]

@@thelastking1153 Are they interconnected? Yes Do they tell one story? All part of the same universe but many, many different stories that more or less all relate to one another is some way. Can you get an idea of the full story by just playing the games? In some ways yes, but generally speaking, no. There is so much more to the halo universe than just the games

[@thelastking1153]

@@jtperez657 thank you very much what is the game based on books or comics?

[@lvhydro5935]

“With a well placed grenade(or 20) “ I lost it with how accurate that describes all halo missions lol

[@joeleder]

The fact you need to farm grenades because you miss the first 20 throws to blow up the reactor lol.

[@willblanc131]

@@joelederI didn’t have to farm grenade, but I kept falling and getting killed by the flood 3 seconds later

[@themandalorian9511]

“Unfortunately, he had already succumbed to the flood” Chief: **sucker punches his head open and pulls out the implant**

[@masonkennedy8089]

Apparently respect for the dead is a character trait NOT possessed by Chief

[@droopyaguacat3185]

@@masonkennedy8089 he didnt have time to spit a prayer and dissect captains head or body for the chip

[@lxperron610]

I may be wrong but I belive that Keyes was being biologically tortured for information on earth. I think he was on the brink when chief got to him. I like to believe it was a mercy kill.

[@brandonmiller9155]

luis perron yeah, he was being tortured inside out by the flood.

[@brandonmiller9155]

E.LA.O I wouldn’t say that, he just had his orders and more pressing matters to attend to. And as others have said it was a mercy killing.

[@ScourgeOTG]

That editing for the finale of Halo 4 with the cutaways to various Cortana scenes when she makes her goodbye How dare you :'(

[@SameToken]

Had another version that was longer but it hit the feels far too much - that part always got me!

[@d3rpyedits]

:'(

[@MemoryOfTheRose]

It made me feel really heavy

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@SameToken That dark wig wearing woman didnt even look like cortana from halo 1 to 3 and bungie said halo 3 was supposed the be the final end of Halo anyway, so why bother, I dont know that woman and the story isnt canon

[@MW-ir3cc]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti Wrong. Bungie said that Halo 3 was then end to the current story arc. Dipshit.

[@stephentrail7066]

I love how Cortana always looks extremely different in every game.

[@michaelkeaton5394]

It's kind of the same deal with masterchief

[@MRthekid0ne]

Cortana had the ability to change her appearance

[@annusrideviravindran6396]

@@MRthekid0ne yeah that's canon

[@mysticdragonwolf89]

I know right - with each game she became more and more naked

[@JessieorQuinn]

Yeah right

[@DarkAutumn3D]

"Seven rings were constructed..." I thought you were going to do the Lord of the Rings prologue lol.

[@benjaminleaber4691]

One day, when Halo finally has its last game, a movie must be made, and it's gonna be 10 hours of a masterpiece

[@gavindavis1089]

Benjamin Leaber That sounds like heaven

[@t-dogg9556]

Benjamin Leaber video game movies always end up bad just saying. Assassin creed Mario bro’s MortalKombat (I atually enjoyed that one 😂)

[@mauz791]

@@t-dogg9556 agree, they are bad. However, Mortal Kombat was a MASTAPEECE

[@t-dogg9556]

Mauz the 1st one ☝️ is

[@voidarch4414]

A “MasterCheif”

[@unknownunknown-zx9st]

"Truth was misguided and the Gravemind had to eat but this guy was just classic evil" 😆😆

[@BenBoyee]

"So the Chief started running. Very quickly, in the opposite direction" I lost it there

[@BurakkuHishou]

Chief outruns a glassing. Kinda reminds me of that one scene in the scorpion king movie where the guy outruns the sunrise so that he can get he bracelet off his son.

[@strongium9900]

I love this story breakdown. Lots of time you’re playing through the game and lose track of the story. This brings it all back

[@seru.89]

Master chief is so op he can put on new armor while frozen

[@roeunim9075]

Lol

[@alextaylor7135]

the in lore explanation is Cortana upgraded his armor with nanobots while he was in cryo. It's dumb, I know.

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

@@alextaylor7135 even tho we see like 10 other Spartans with the same armor in that one cutscene

[@twoys440]

didnt he take it off at the end of Halo 4? maybe the he upgraded it to a new one after that

[@seru.89]

@@twoys440 he woke up in halo 4 being frozen and the design changed

[@gavinriley5232]

Straight up played every single one of these games and had no idea how much plot there was before this video.

[@xertx1177]

He didn't even scratch the surface tbh.

[@Ntwadumela89]

@@xertx1177 true he’s just giving the synopsis of the games!!..the lore is deep

[@TheArtofFugue]

Me neither. Never had a clue. These games were my childhood, never realized there was a sick ass timeline😂. Never even thought about researching it. It’s the only game I have ever played and not looked anything up about.

[@mikesousa4733]

Oh good, so knowing all the plot won't ruin the experience if I ever get around to playing the halo games? Sweet

[@derekhowe672]

@@mikesousa4733 bro you could be the most knowledgeable person of the series and still enjoy almost all the games

[@jemileedabear9630]

Those tiny jokes you inserted when you explain the timeline have kept me very well entertained, thank you.

[@oncovirologist]

JemiLee DaBear yes, the subtlety is what made it great!

[@ryanjamestelles8816]

Thats too funny. I just posted the opposite. :)

[@GazzyD]

I thought this was going to be a completely serious recap. The jokes were well timed and hit you between the gloves. Can’t help but laugh and be intrigued at the same time.

[@austingarrison4838]

“Listening to Justin Bieber from 2010.” These were just punishments

[@starbass5771]

Sane dude Laughed more then i should xD

[@TheDarkNikolai1]

Cortana's death in Halo 4 was honestly one of the shining moments in the campaign especially if you were a fan since the 1st Halo. Sure the whole rampancy thing could have been delivered better but overall, her saving the chief and sacrificing herself to do it was such a beautiful moment. Halo 5 can fuckoff for ruining that. I am unreasonably angry about it. I loved and grew up with these characters.

[@buzz.b]

I wouldn't say you are "unreasonably angry", you have every reason to be angry - what they've done is a convoluted means to drag the story and characters for the purposes of squeezing as much money out of it as they can. I don't have anything against them EARNING money, but you can't just serve up tripe.

[@Want300]

The Halo books set up the rampancy pretty well if I remember correctly. I think it is mentioned when the advanced AI's are first introduced.

[@buzz.b]

@@Want300 Just to clarify myself: I didn't mind the rampancy aspect of the story, it was sad seeing it happen to a character I cared about. However, I don't like the tortuous re-editing of that path to get more mileage out of it.

[@TheDarkNikolai1]

@@Want300 rampancy was a good concept, what I was referring to having a problem with was some of the cringe moments that could have been done better. They turned her from a badass AI going senile into a slightly pathetic AI but redeemed it with her saving chief. Rampancy good, the delivery not so much.

[@buzz.b]

@@TheDarkNikolai1 agreed.

[@angryangler8719]

“and for the first time since halo 2 he had his armor removed AND OH GOD THE SMELL!” 😂😂😂😂

[@halo1989100]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@HectorGarcia-cm9yb]

The armor cleans the body lol they talk about this in the fall of reach book lol

[@lunex9100]

Sanj de doge 27:38

[@ascspeedywalker4778]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@vuzereusazureus2245]

oh god the smell

[@jessedarling3672]

Removing the chiefs armor and OH THE SMELL. lmao hilarious

[@hammer9856]

The armor didn't start out green...

[@yvngace5578]

@@hammer9856 yes it did

[@WillTw12]

YvngAce55 r/woosh

[@jaykep9988]

@@yvngace5578 it's a joke

[@yvngace5578]

@@WillTw12 no no uuuuuuuuu

[@aprilheadrick3244]

21:31 "Send me out...with a bang." I don't know about you guys but I was close to tears on that level. In memory of Sgt. Mjr. Avery Junior Johnson 2477 - 2552 You always knew what the ladies liked.

[@jonathanjasso7990]

“Folks need heroes chief, to give 'em hope”

[@enriquevalencia678]

Don't let her go...DON'T EVER...LET HER GO.

[@SaculNoshploda]

He was 75?!

[@dombuh7744]

@@SaculNoshploda well.. not really. Cryosleep

[@SaculNoshploda]

@@dombuh7744 That make's so much more sense. Thanks!

[@WilRod123]

This is one of the BEST Halo recaps I have ever watched! Side comments were hilarious but it really simplified the story so that everyone can understand it. Excellent work! New sub!

[@ravensailiata]

"From hell itself" The library... *rocket flood flashbacks*

[@Davo_1991]

oh god...

[@Angry_Peanut_52]

RPG Floods. *PTSD intensifies*

[@sooooootamad7539]

@@Angry_Peanut_52 those were nasty to deal with

[@prasadjadhav3906]

That music still haunts me ... I kinda hear it in my ears when I am having a migraine

[@mrporbig]

undetectable grenades

[@endarus6053]

Outer colonies: “Uneven distribution of wealth” Earth: first time?

[@ryancarrell3186]

reminds me of Gundam.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Wealth is constantly created, not stagnant. Wealth is not something which can just be split up like a pie. It needs to keep growing to be sustainable.

[@BoomerBends]

@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 Brilliant comment. Unfortunately it falls upon many deaf ears. Socialism is the thing all the young people want but should be afraid of. Hopefully we'll never have to tell them "told you so!".

[@TvConfusionn]

@@BoomerBends so many people want free shit these days

[@GallowayJesse]

Biden is gonna redistribute the wealth, impose a white tax and bring our boys back from 'Naam!

[@UncleRico21]

"To wake him when the game received higher than 90 metascore." That got me haha

[@phillipburroughs146]

Outstanding build. You did a great job putting all of this together. I look forward to your future postings.

[@xtrahunter7365]

Dude I’d rather learn about this than regular history

[@mariosellsbarrie]

Factsss

[@mene03]

This is Faaar more entertaining

[@Velexarian]

Reality is often disappointing.

[@cardinal3829]

Ture

[@AzteckRaider]

I'd be glued to the History Channel if it had Halo lore on it.

[@arslantahir6682]

I have a genetic engineering exam in 9 hours and I find that to be easier than Halo's lore lmao

[@peteryarus]

I know I’m so confused

[@zelot2464]

Sheesh GOOD LUCK

[@Stratobrick]

It's really not that complicated... Then again I have spent weeks of hours reading and studying the books and videos of the books.

[@plimshady]

wait genetic engineering, yo are you making spartan 2s just wondering

[@Total_Malarkey]

How did you do?

[@bushmaster6894]

"Discount Spartans". Great Value brand Spartans are still Spartans, damnit!

[@lukesdewhurst]

Spartans 3's were made cheap and en'masse to go on suicide missions. They are most definetly discount.

[@stardustcomet4714]

@@QualityPen Only by technicality...

[@comeradecoyote]

Luke Dewhurst you could say they were Athenians…

[@Scornbrand]

They were just as effective as Spartan-II's if they were given Mjolnir, which is something fans tend to dismiss or be misinformed in. (Not to mention they are supposed to have better training since it supposedly got better with each generation and company)

[@GD-vj5zc]

@@comeradecoyote Ha good one. xD

[@simbahalls5878]

I find it so cool that halo lore could be what really happened to humanity in the first place. I guess in 2500 we'll find out.

[@falloutgamer347]

People in 2524: hey ive seen this one before!

[@derekcastiglione3680]

"killed him fast or slowly depending how good you are" haha

[@mrkv4k]

Took me hours.

[@hawlitakerful]

@@mrkv4k i have literally no recollection of this boss fight. I know the basic setup but Is it that hard? I sure am not that great at playing video games but i would remember taking half an afternoon. Might also be that it escalates quite dramatic depending on difficulty and i was playing on an easier setting.

[@FormulePoeme807]

@@hawlitakerful I just blasted him while he was running like a tard toward me (Heroic)

[@hawlitakerful]

@@FormulePoeme807 have to try it again i guess if i find the time within the next few days to play through it.

[@mrkv4k]

@@hawlitakerful It is that hard, at least on legendary :D I mean, he isn't that hard, the problem is a crazy lack of ammo and other brutes that are nonstop spawning (at least those drop some weapons that you can use).

[@jarbackwards]

Appreciate connecting a complex story in concise summary.

[@themysteriousonei1870]

I didn't click the like button because I wanted to stay at 117

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The Flood is such a broken species, you might as well destroy the entire star system, if you neglect to eradicate the first spore.

[@daemonanax7214]

True. Its literally space chuthulu. Just needs a bit more tentacles and it would be perfect .

[@treehornjack1081]

Your head is broken

[@jboydayz]

Stop being everywherre

[@treehornjack1081]

@@jboydayz you talking to me?

[@jboydayz]

No, just some guy without a moustache

[@seb1520]

You know what I noticed? The music in the video became increasingly more and more beautiful the further along I got watching this, and understanding the lore. Its like it suddenly has so much more weight in the moments the music got used, and its just so beautiful. Im on the verge of tears. Marty not only was a spectacular addition to Bungie, but knew the franchise through and through and knew how to express the emotions in his music. Just... wow. I've know Halo my entire 23 years on this planet and it just NOW is hitting for me.

[@ReMattch]

So this is all Halo music? Could you by chance tell me what plays at 10:20 as the Pillar of Autumn takes off? In all my years of playing, this one snuck by me and I want it for my driving music playlist.

[@blzultimate3495]

Could u tell me what the music playing at the start is

[@CJPrime931]

Meanwhile in a boxed canyon... "You ever wonder why we're here?"

[@mrgumshoe1899]

Ahhhh....priceless joke. Lol.

[@kennethrosson7505]

I'm sorry, this response did NOT get the credit it deserves!!

[@luke-i1w]

"No. I never, ever, wonder why we're here. Semper Fi, b**ch."

[@casedistorted]

No, I meant like here.. In this place.

[@redacted7408]

The good old days of bungee and NOT 303

[@samuelzuleger5134]

12:05 "From hell itself...the Library." Too true...

[@goaway4240]

@@not.implex I enjoyed the library tho....

[@Dapinus]

I struggled when i was kid but then i replayed it in legendary recently wtf us thud lvl

[@masterninjaize]

Vietnam flashbacks of Rocket Flood, jumping on the elevated areas hoping to escape the flood, and desperately searching for a spare shotgun as you only have 10 rounds in the assault rifle left

[@lt_haffy]

an orange go play it on legendary and if you've completed that put on some skulls and good luck

[@jordanmcinnis6983]

punk ass book jockies!

[@tfred23]

Don’t know how long it’s been since I watched a video as long as this without skipping. Good job dude! Was entertained the whole time

[@ker--ker--kerr]

I watched full Half life lore + Who is the G-man, and now this. It's like listening to short audio book, plus you get good editing and you enjoy.

[@Phon3y]

full heartedly agree

[@lorenzogonzalez9069]

Agree

[@just_tyr273]

I watched it 4 times, good as

[@zerocal76]

This was VERY well done! Thank you! Will be watching it with my cousins, we grew up playing Halo!

[@jiroh8123]

The narration skills with moments of comedic relief are a stroke of genius 😂😂

[@ComicGeek101]

That comedic moments are irritating

[@wizardbrick2541]

So they started a 50 year war because humanity didn’t know the difference between an act of kindness and nuclear fallout

[@0Akeldama0]

i mean...yeah.

[@silveriogasca7260]

Pretty much the same thing as natural human history

[@owellwellwell2418]

There was a bit more to it. Humanity had made an alliance with the San'Shyuum to advance their own military. They were drastically militurising their civilisation in an attempt to defend against the flood. But they also didn't want to tell the forerunners of this threat as the tension between the two most advanced factions might have led to a war. And if the forerunners found out they were weak they might have struck. During the entire flood outbreak against the ancient humans they never loved any of their mahout fleets away from the forerunner human border. With this and the fact they were churning out fleets and weapons the forerunner ecumene was getting warlike in response. And when the humans decimated some stray forerunner cargo ships and world's they dealt a critical strike. Then it was too late the war was started with blood spilled on both sides.

[@purpledefault4423]

That is how humans be

[@MoistChicken24]

No the forerunners didn’t know

[@yehdssdgsdg7790]

Dude the way he tells the Halo story just brings it all together so well. It’s not some dud happy talking about a series of games, it’s someone telling a beautiful story, using music to set the dark tone of the games. Amazing. Please do more game tell all’s like this one.

[@OdinBain]

unfortunatly he gets half it wrong

[@aprilparlow170]

All the games are good except 5 its just too cofusing

[@AaA-wf2zz]

@@OdinBain Would love to know where is wrong, since you clearly know.

[@OdinBain]

Halsey used kids because they were easier to train and could survive the augmentations, it was more expensive to use children. 9:10 humanity knew about the covernant well before the invasion of reach. how do explain "the Cole Protocol" 24:01 the Infinfty was drawn in to Requiem by the Didact, they didnt chose to enter 28:35 Im 90% sure that Halsey was kidnapped also missing the fact that Cortana was made from a colone of Halsey's Brain... ok, so maybe "half" is an exaggeration

[@lolbroekjemy]

@@OdinBain At 9:10 he didn't say the covenant, he said the flood.

[@Adobo_Burrito]

“Truth was just misguided, and Gravemind had to eat, but this guy *shows Didact* UGH!” Lmaoooooo

[@aninjaguardian]

Always nice to see a Halo lore video that starts with the Forerunner-Flood war, which is really the crux of the lore and really makes Halo great sci-fi.

[@danielsgarden9283]

It has such a beautiful and in depth lore. I’ve never played any of the games and didn’t know any thing about (I didn’t grow up with video games) it but has such a rich story- it’s how I feel about 2001 a space odyssey, expect with a much more interesting lore.

[@chrisdonovan5086]

“From hell itself, the library” lmaooooo

[@night06phere35]

You see some strange stuff in a library

[@pretzelstick320]

Nightosphere06 “wasn’t I just in this room?”

[@devoidoverlord1836]

That mission was cancer with stages that progressively got harder to fight..

[@Yourlibrarian]

Devoid Overlord hahahaha literal cancer.

[@saudade969]

Literally when you play on legendary

[@GhostRydr1172]

"The planet scans him, likes what it sees and sucks him .." Ok, this has given me quite a few chuckles to make my day. GG. 👍😂

[@derpyshark3305]

If you play these games: don’t get attached to anyone, they all die

[@TheZebigboss]

Being sad at the end of a good game is a true joy.

[@King_Aku]

Only a great game makes you feel emotion. Edit: I already got attached to Carter-A259 and I still don't regret it. He went missing in action honorably.

[@abreese4438]

Yeah........ to late, I got attached to 6 the person you play as in Halo: Reach and.......... yeah

[@TheZebigboss]

@@abreese4438 Made me crazy sad as a kid.

[@Pikatchu987]

True

[@hunterhofmans7672]

Almost 20 years of history. Best franchise out there. Great video

[@ardoronro6677]

Awww, ODST didn't even get a mention.

[@BloodsplatterBE]

Because, while ODST is an amazing game, in the grand scheme of things, I'm not sure it's events really matter.

[@StainderFin]

@@BloodsplatterBE Sadly halo3 odst was total offspin side story while reach has lot more matter.

[@y3ldarb2]

SameToken would've had to go on what would basically be a side tangent while he was telling Halo 2's story (if he would want to keep things in chronological order), which would have both brought Halo 2's story to a sudden, screeching halt for several minutes, and potentially made things a bit confusing for Halo 2's overall story.

[@JackAssSquirrel]

@@StainderFin if by "a lot" you mean a 3 minute cutscene, then sure. that's about all the relevant context halo:reach had to add to the halo story

[@Oyashio202]

@@JackAssSquirrel Reach was in tune with the halo story. Setting the current war scale, the understanding of the spartan programs, just how special chief is, etc. The ODST story was supposed to be grim due to humans fighting a fight they should have had no chance in winning. Their leader becoming a spartan is the main thing to takeaway(rocking the sweet ODST helmet still on his spartan suit)

[@miressas.9261]

Lowkey watching this so i can talk to my boyfriend about his favorite series video game lol He loves halo and i want to play with him but i gotta start somewhere ☺️😅❤️

[@Cpt.ZiggySparks]

That's love.

[@andrewr8461]

start with Reach.

[@andrewgrulke7476]

You're probably gonna end up knowing more than he does! True love

[@bbpoItergeist]

Wife material

[@andrewgrulke7476]

@@bbpoItergeist amen

[@squareeyes1117]

Without this I still wouldn't have any idea what actually happened in halo 4 or 5

[@VanceReviews]

Dude, your delivery is AMAZING. I’ve watched this video once every few months in anticipation of Halo Infinite!

[@cameronphenix2096]

"I'm worried Cortana is using the chief." Players: Pfffft. Dumbass. Cortana would never do that. **Cortana uses chief** **surprised Pikachu face**

[@Zubstep1315]

I felt personally attacked

[@xmanmartinez00]

:O

[@HiopX]

Microsoft: What should name this program you can't shut down and monitors everything on your Windows? Oh wait, I got and idea.

[@isaiahhernandez6304]

Chief be simping

[@Morganaplays]

johnson from afterlife be like wtf are u doing cortana

[@boogie2025]

"incredibly, they did not expect humans to be on earth" LMAO

[@chicoflakoreact245]

wich makes sense as they do not know about earth

[@moetyb883]

Halo is such a beautiful franchise. One of the few games that made me tear up with characters deaths and sacrifices. Halo Reach especially

[@TheZebigboss]

I also have a special connection to reach, because even if you don't know the complex lore that follows, the story of sacrifice and hopelessness is told well enough.

[@diverman1023]

It’s just unfortunate they didn’t leave master chief’s ark alone after halo 3. I’m really not a fan of this whole “humans were advanced in the past” of the 4th game

[@TheZebigboss]

@@diverman1023 So true! That twist was uninteresting and convoluted for no reason.

[@sully1417]

Jorge's sacrifice is the only time I've cried at a video game, little 10 year old me got too attached

[@peteraugust5295]

The memories of playing halo 1 on the X-Box in my friends room all day when we were supposed to do something productive are among the best I have. Watching this I am starting to think it was not about shooting colorfull aliens and throwing sticky grenades. Not sure if I can believe that though.

[@halostormx7827]

The chief awake to find himself in a completely different armor than when he entered the pod but didn’t question it

[@ldmadman]

THIS

[@bsherder]

According to something i read at Halo Alpha the Mjolnir armor can upgrade itself. Not saying that is the reason it looks different, just a plausible reason.

[@fericas3237]

@@bsherderWhile chief was asleep, I think cortana upgraded it with nanobots It's just a way to explain the origin of the more intricate movement he was going to have in future games

[@bsherder]

@@fericas3237 Is Cortana even in Halo Infinite? Nothing on halo alpha about ai's upgrading mjolnir armor. It sounds more like a guess.

[@LewysC]

@@bsherder They're talking about his waking up from cryosleep in Halo 4 with Cortana. In Infinite I doubt he's been drifting for very long and we see the armour being created by the UNSC in the trailer from the other day.

[@midnight_gospel]

"Wort Wort Wort" *slap* Coworkers are wondering why I'm losing it right now

[@jayblack9393]

time stamp?

[@midnight_gospel]

@@jayblack9393 9:30

[@king999art]

@@jayblack9393 9:45 to be exact

[@machina5]

It's absolutely wild how forgettable Halo 5 was. The Halo 5 segment was like seeing brand new lore for the first time, despite having played it on release.

[@imliterallyabot3155]

Halo 5 could've been handled quite a bit better... but it's what we've got, so there's no choice but to see where it goes from here. If the payoff's good, it'll make Halo 5 more memorable.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

I hope so. There are so many more INTERESTING plot threads that were sidelined for it. So I hope it plays into a larger narrative.

[@Robloxchat123]

halo 4 and 5 to me was easily forgotten, while I remembered each halo dearly, these two games made by 343 sooo did not have that factor to it, so that's why I always need lore explained past halo reach (the last bungie-made game), and halo 3

[@sentinel-wraith9060]

They changed the writer and threw out the story we saw in the first Halo 5 trailer. The writer for 5 was the guy that did Spartan Ops.

[@anonforuz]

hipster trash opinion. "i like old things, new things bad."

[@cAspR0372]

This video was super helpful! There is near 20 years of gaming info that I don’t fully remember, especially because the timeline jumps around so much lol

[@thathatguy1151]

Theory: In Halo Infinite where they were talking about new advanced top-of-the-line graphics, they were really talking about Cortana's new design.

[@lucidmemes930]

This aged fairly well...

[@thathatguy1151]

@@lucidmemes930 Agreed

[@Andry895]

cortanas’s new design? 😭😭😭

[@idlegunstar]

Lets hope for it ^^^

[@Bramon83]

You mean cardi b?

[@daddyspartanvr]

"Because with a little Stockholm Syndrome anything is possible." That was a good one man. Had me rolling.

[@cmcm2675]

"And he was evil because he had a British accent" HAHA I subbed a while back. I made a good choice

[@cmcm2675]

Dang. 253 likes!?

[@brendan4575]

I'm astonished. Not only did you sum up everything in the franchise but that little Cortana tribute where you played a bunch of clips of their time together. That shit hit me so hard. Great video. Thanks

[@RE7VOLT]

This is, by far, the best and most engaging explanation of the Halo lore I have ever found. Thank you very much for this.

[@capitalistgoose7501]

"And with a well placed grenade or 20," This perfectly describes my skill

[@YOLO-tq3el]

Minor details left out but those jokes and the narration were on point!!!

[@swapnil5508]

Halo's lore is so good that they could make a film series on it

[@Janusche]

This is what i call quality content, amazing video

[@SameToken]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Janusche]

@@SameToken respect man, you actually read so many comments you even saw mine ^^

[@spoofy8867]

“Which after everything he’s been through is basically masochism at this point” I got a good chuckle out of this 😂

[@prasadjadhav3906]

"Which after everything he's survived I won't be surprised that he'd end up surviving a nuke at the end of the game" ..... Ge survived a nuke at the end of the game

[@NeroxDT_Gaming]

25:19 had me laughing

[@Finalrellik99]

Man I don’t like the route they took with cortana. My favorite bits of the original trilogy was their back and forth and how they really cared about eachother.

[@Smokey298]

It was like the chief had more in common with ai than humanity

[@thwomp1542]

I think it's all leading up to Master Chief losing his shit

[@frazza5503]

People seem to forget that cortana got tortured by the gravemind brutally inbetween the end of halo 2 and the mission cortana in halo 3.

[@molten_bread]

she is mad with power

[@imaheadout2639]

@@frazza5503 she probably got infected by the logic plague, which is what Mendicant Bias got infected with

[@notjesse2458]

“The arbiter killed Tartarus quickly….or slowly. Depends on how good you are.” 😂😂☠️☠️

[@ArcticMoon1982]

I forgot just how damn bad ass and yet sad this whole legacy actually was.

[@parssarpeed8340]

Truth was misguided and the gravemind had to eat 😂😂😂😂😂 omg the best 25:50

[@BryanMiraflor]

25:22 you mean.

[@Ntwadumela89]

Pars Sarpeed “you will be food !..nothing more”!

[@grantshepherd94]

When playing Halo 2 I always made sure my troops had the best weapons. I would even have a favorite and did whatever I could to protect them lol

[@jesseclift3743]

Me too lol

[@daniloperisic6119]

I protected one chick who was with me when I was about to kill the prophet of regret. She made it through the whole mission alive

[@9nxt]

Dang, my dudes die left and right.

[@joelcomer]

I always felt bad but in halo three I had to leave them

[@macewindow6699]

I just killed em

[@ENemy_SHpotted]

Honestly you do deserve a sub. Love your comments. You don’t say anything that is negative. just humorous because it’s absurdly true. You’re great man!

[@dalton2k538]

17:01 "In gravemind's best interest to prevent the firing of the Halo array, so he wouldn't starve. NEEDED TO PRESERVE THAT MEAT"

[@ckyle1088]

9:42 "These aren't insurrectionest' THERE NOT POEPLE" "wort wort wort" *PUNCH*

[@destruction126]

*they're

[@turdmanjones59]

13:00 And with a well placed grenade, or many

[@adrianvillalobos6081]

ckyle108 games this part had me dying

[@crypticvoid372]

My favorite comment thank you

[@datasecured2340]

Thank you for this comment, this made me laugh

[@Toxicpixels23]

"Chief ran into Locke and were locked into hand-to-hand combat, with the chief besting Locke." That was a subtle change to the lore, but an appreciated one. You are doing a saint's work

[@Penguinman2.0]

Elaborate for a person skimming please

[@Toxicpixels23]

@@Penguinman2.0 Spartan Locke is a newer Spartan, a recruit into the UNSC while chief has been trained as a literal fighting machine since birth. While Locke was cool in the books, the writer for Halo 5 hit Master Chief with the worf effect not really knowing, and admitting to not knowing anything about chief. He put Locke and Chief in a fist fight with Locke coming out the victor. A controversial scene among fans. It's a simple argument about how there's no way in hell Locke could beat up chief like that. He's good, but not that good.

[@Penguinman2.0]

@@Toxicpixels23 yeah that’s bs, chief was perfect for the program

[@huskerdee1431]

Playing “The Library” in legendary is still not fun

[@darionbaldeagle2675]

Try doing it on LASO

[@leacamara6367]

32:08 "Because with a little stockholm syndrome anything is possible." LMAO

[@Bruno-G]

27:19 the "flashbacks" made it 100% better

[@fswoods]

that shit made me tear up on the way home from work in my car. the dude next to me probably thought my wife took the kids

[@ericpratt984]

@@fswoods What dude?

[@yourlocalweebfriend3537]

What’s the song used in the background? Just curious since it enhanced the atmosphere

[@koshergaming3964]

Big Kingdom Hearts vibes on the flashbacks. Had me tearing up.

[@Catceptionv2]

I remember crying when she left him

[@LaberNater]

Damn you for that Cortana tribute when chief was having flash backs :(...

[@dannymireles9476]

I felt like crying 😢

[@MRSketch09]

That was epic. Thanks for doing it. With the editing, I even teared up at one point. You hit me in the feels.

[@AkrivexVT]

So if Cortana is going rogue kinda... why is Microsoft using her as their version of Siri?

[@JssyN]

They removed Cortana from Windows 10 because no one used it.

[@macgaither2140]

@@JssyN lol i dont think they did. click the circle next to your windows search bar

[@ItsArghinTime]

@@JssyN oh it's still there. Waiting...

[@boombuleh2149]

foreshadowing our inevitable doom

[@RohithCIS]

She's already not doing what she's supposed to.

[@maxwellmorrison1911]

This video made me get emotional, Halo was the first FPS i ever played and holds a special place in my heart. The summary of all the games brought back so many memories of beating levels with my little brother for hours on end.

[@jx9925]

Same dude

[@deadshot-ub5un]

so many memories, so many cool people met online when Halo 2 came out. Halo 2 Xbox live was truly special, it blew us all away. None of us ever experienced something like that. So many different things you can do in the game from custom games doing super bounces and getting out of the map, big team battle, then the whole competitive side, I MISS IT SO MUCH!! those were truly the days.

[@Huh-n1y]

Same

[@Brandon-cv9uh]

Same here! was the best game to get as your fps considering just how amazing the co-op was for its time. Spent at least a year chipping away at Legendary together sooo long ago

[@jacobelek842]

Same here

[@VYxFrost]

I just love how Halsey is getting all of the blame for the "child soldier" thing involved in the Spartan 2 project, given that it was ONI who pushed for, funded, and executed the entire thing. Government agency going scott free while one civ doc gets the total package of war criminal charges that ONI should have gotten twice over (the spartan 3s were also kidnapped kids, but under a Spartan 2's training and designed to be suicide squads) But, y'know...all Halsey's fault, i guess :3

[@amelsalkic2998]

Lets be fair though. Despite being an immoral thing to do it worked. The soldiers produced were killing machines. Stronger, faster, and smarter than every human ever and even the covenant fearing these spartans

[@Luke_SkyWalker2187]

Also, u really think the gov gov isn’t gon’ make a scapegoat so they can get away scot free after they’ve done the same thing in actual history for like 100’s of years

[@williamtorres9538]

@@Luke_SkyWalker2187 I think Thats why they choose Halsey, because when it was time for someone to feel the burn, they would need someone who would accept it willingly

[@Freestylinbran]

Not the first time a higher entity scapegoated one person to avoid blame...

[@Smrtelnikk]

s3 was kids that lost family they gave them choice even tought this kind of choice given to kids... still