The lore behind the Flood Combat Forms

[@believein1177]

Jesus, I never realized just how horrifying the Flood's appearance was. When you zoom in on them in theater mode... jesus. Great video, as always!

[@mrsubject1]

reason that the flood were able to use vehicles in halo 2 was because of the Gravemind giving all the flood under it the memories on how to drive

[@denvergames1435]

mrsubject1 so the gravemind was basically a driving instructor

[@magz5850]

@@denvergames1435 I'm trying to imagine a flood driving test

[@yuvrajshah1158]

In halo 2, just put on an active camo, board a scorpion or wraith, beat the flood inside with melee, get in and destroy everything.

[@bedeoof5948]

Denver games more like an everything instructor

[@lionocyborg6030]

3:30 Don't forget the scenes where Captain Keyes is interrogated by the Gravemind and he uses his CNI Transponder to stay alive. The screaming you hear in the level Keyes? It's him screaming "NOOOOOOO!" when he runs out of irrelevant memories to feed the Gravemind, and he's defying letting it have the information it really wants (Earth, piloting ships and how to get to Earth). The second such scene was memorable enough to become the terminal in Anniversary you showed footage from in the video. Semi related note, the Flood is also one of my favourite Halo novels though in my case it's because it's a direct adaption of the game, which is what I like best in video game novels besides the expanded universe. (Adaption Expansion still greatly welcomed in direct novelisations) It's also why I like the book versions of the Assassins' Creed games too, and the Tomb Raider 6 book/audiobook.

[@Visuwyg]

Hunters and Drones should just chill out on a beach somewhere, while the rest of the galaxy goes crazy.

[@DeltaEchoFoxtrot]

Kaffeebohnson. Yeah, I mean if the flood can't infect and the hunters being as dangerous as they are, easy win.

[@hermitguy102]

The flood still eat drones and hunter worms even if they can’t infect them. Food is food hahaha

[@nobleregret5314]

Oh and grunt anti flood convenat armour

[@nobleregret5314]

Oh and moniters and sentinals

[@festiveshaggyrogers7392]

R/wooosh

[@ethanwagner6418]

I personally don't find it weird for the flood to drive vehicles. I mean it makes sense, given that they can already use firearms.

[@Captianmex1C0]

Ethan Wagner and since they are intelligent unlike other games that just have normal boring mindless zombies

[@ethanwagner6418]

CaptN Mexico Exactly

[@bromodragone8405]

@@Captianmex1C0 they have a Gravemind, made of humanoids who can pilot or drive, thus, technically, the Gravemind is driving. There's a mental image for ya. Gravemind, driving.

[@amandamorgan3539]

Plus the flood absorbs their knowledge therefor learning how to drive

[@CovfefeDotard]

They can fly starships

[@GhostPotato268]

Imagine a flood spartan combat form with his armor abilities and augmentations, especially a flood spartan II combat form. That would be very horrible!

[@bromodragone8405]

That is possible. The reason they're not seen is because Spartans are extremely difficult to infect. Infected Spartans do appear in combat simulations used for training new Spartans.

[@EndoClaw]

Alucard, More Awesome Than Chuck Norris! Also the Spartan will just get nuked

[@xtout]

heh huh heh huh heh huh hugh (halo reach sprint sound)

[@bromodragone8405]

@@EndoClaw Yup

[@lionocyborg6030]

We come the closest to that in SPV3 with Flood honour guards. Unlike Halo 2, elite honour guards in SPV3 are a lot harder to deal with as their shields are completely immune to bullets on top of being ultra strong, like advanced jackal shields. Now combine that with Halo 1 era Flood plus energy swords. They may not use armour abilities (aside from cloaking Flood) but it's still arguably worse than shotgun flood.

[@HaloCollective]

They're Flood. They engage in combat. There ya go. ~Tylar

[@HiddenXperia]

well then make a song about it n3rd

[@apple27out]

Any one else interested in seeing a kigyar (Jackle) combat form ?

[@reijiropaws6593]

halobomber97 or a grunt form?

[@sizzle5775]

halobomber97 They're featured in Halo Wars (along with Uggoy combat forms).

[@usurparemagnus]

halobomber97 If I'm remembering things correctly, one halo book or something out there actually mentioned that jackles, grunts and etc. are not as suitable as a combat instrument when in comparison to elites, human and etc. So when jackles and grunts are infected, often times they became carrier form or simply devoured by flood as nutrients to create more flood.

[@j.m.jproductions5958]

Did not know tgat

[@usurparemagnus]

j.m.j productions well, I do posses quite amount of halo novels and often go online to read different stuffs about halo. Although I can't tell you clearly where I get my informations from, I'm pretty sure that you could find something like what I mentioned up there on the internet. If you do find something that deny what I have in my head, feel free to notify me. I'm open to correction

[@Dmimpostor]

I think the reason the flood in halo 2 can drive cars is because of the gravemind since there was no grave mind in halo 1 they weren't smart enough to commandeer cars, essentially the gravemind being there makes them more intelligent

[@florence9606]

Just had a thought: what if we could use the flood super cells as stem cells in repairing/replacing damaged organs in other species? Even if cloning of organs is already a tried-and-true solution, wouldn't that make a cool side story? Maybe a rogue scientist or even ONI would try to use them as new medical tech and the facility gets taken over after an outbreak. It would make a good book or even a left4dead-esque spin-off game focusing on facility staff (guard, scientist, test subject, etc.) escaping and alerting the UNSC of the containment breach, helping the remaining survivors along the way. There could also be other species on the facility like elites, jackles, hunters and grunts that either help/join your team or turn on you along the way.

[@HiddenXperia]

I've always wanted a Flood outbreak in an black tape ONI facility where they were experimenting with the Flood and its DNA, and yeah, the super cell would be a great way of doing it. Because it's undifferentiated I guess it could be used like stem cells are, but with my, granted, limited knowledge on them (learned about them a bit in high school and university), I'd say it might be a bit different considering they're FLOOD undifferentiated cells, but idk, I'm pretty sure we use animal stem cells with humans don't we? If so it's possible!

[@bromodragone8405]

As long as that base isn't on Earth. Maybe a space station/laboratory. Think "Dead Space + Metroid Fusion". Maybe there's an infected Spartan, showing that even they aren't safe from infection, as well as showing how formidable the Flood is. Obviously, we'd be using the infected Spartan-II design because the infected Spartan-IV design looks stupid.

[@lionocyborg6030]

That idea wouldn’t look out of place in a crossover with the Biohazard franchise. Maybe the Umbrella corp could try it after one too many T virus outbreaks. If such a crossover appeared in a game, it would have to be based gameplay wise on Halo 3 ODST meets the first person Biohazard games like Resident Evil or Village.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

If Halo ever gets a “flood horror game”, that sounds like a good premise. The gameplay could be something like Alien Isolation or Resident Evil and you play as a guard or scientist etc.

[@calebcash4253]

All my years of playing Halo and I've never noticed the faces of the infected Elites/Brutes in Halo 3. that's nuts man!

[@thechiefrock2850]

well dude，you should also cover the combat form in the Mona Lisa film，in this film give us a lot of variation version of combat form，and IT WAS FUCKING SCARY!!!!

[@ilovebacon5974]

the chief rock #myniggahenryneverdied

[@HiddenXperia]

I've been meaning to watch it again recently actually, I also had a rough plan for a video involving it too. Might do it some time soon :)

[@darthvader4594]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! another great vid!thank!

[@Zrs-2]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! I thought they are more evolved using both cells from elites and humans

[@bromodragone8405]

I think the reason the Brute's jaw is where the Pod Infector goes is because that's the easier place to get at the spine. Rather than punch through the armor, they go right for his exposed face. Maybe even right down his throat to get the spine.

[@autumngottlieb3071]

2:24 That is why Quarantine Zone is my favorite Flood mission.

[@josuef-lash6568]

I love this channel you are what halo follower used to be that made halo follower good. You make me enjoy halo videos again, thank you!

[@HiddenXperia]

Thanks dude :D I appreciate it!

[@Towermonkey-sf4md]

The flood is one of my favorite novels as well long with first strike and the Jenkins story is pretty sad considering his life was pain at his infection and afterwards

[@Albino_Basilisk]

6:43 from the future and we now have the answer. In ODST flood firefight, there are active camo flood brutes, likely Brute Stalkers, tho they still don’t have their brute armor on

[@tannerblum6799]

Dude I played that mission in Halo 2 recently and I was surprised to see a flood form behind the wheel 😅

[@trinitymatrick]

last time I was this early the halo art style was I C O N I C.

[@HiddenXperia]

I have a new art style vid coming next week talking about how it's becoming ｉｃｏｎｉｃ again ;)

[@trinitymatrick]

excellent, superb, great, lovely, awesome, i c o n i c.

[@darthvader4594]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! congrats on 50 subs!you are really strong with the force!

[@imperialknight3286]

the whole "last time I was this early" joke has pretty much died now since its overused

[@trinitymatrick]

and that's why I used it :P

[@WAcrobat19]

What makes the halo 3 combat forms very disturbing is the the head still moves ! eww

[@onyxi.x5777]

Witted Acrobat19 *wiggle* *wiggle*

[@archaon9291]

I've never realised that until this video, cool

[@helioskrillgaming3236]

The most disturbing thing in halo is the private Jenkins story

[@Gh3ttoAstronaut]

what also is disturbing is that possibly the human who was infected might still be talking, or possibly aware but in no control of killing

[@reverbedfart]

@Straight Busta they snap their own neck.

[@zorous9403]

343 should make a game based on the flood infecting a battleship. the layout would be tight corridors where you and the other characters have to survive the flood and a ship that's breaking apart. half way through the game you become infected and begin to see the effects and then become one with the flood

[@8158bolga]

Zorous I’m not going to lie: a game set from the perspective of someone that’s infected would be pretty awesome!

[@Nephalem2002]

I want a mission version of the Last Voyage of The Infinite Succor.

[@himynamelscolin]

The Flood are honestly the scariest kinda “zombie” in sci-fi imo

[@Spotspid]

Another awesome video! I love learning more about the flood. Thanks for all the knowledge! Super excited for the next two.

[@ruthworthington1635]

Great video you should continue this!

[@AaronStrange]

Awesome video man! The Flood always scared the SHIT out of me in the Halo games.

[@coreyharvey114]

Your halo videos are my favourite on youtube! (especially flood related)

[@rhett-sterv2183]

6:51 rarest scene ever A BRUTE NOT PEEING ON GUARD

[@cilliancartyblake7897]

ICONIC VIDEO DUDE

[@ericbing8636]

Love your lore videos. Keep up the good work!

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

I C O N I C vid Xperia and Happy 50k subs it's a I C O N I C number can't wait for you to hit 100k and can't wait for more I C O N I C Flood vids! :)

[@mooreso1981]

Awesome. I was googling about all the forms the other week. Really informative

[@darkspartan1573]

I C O N I C Nice job on 50k

[@bromodragone8405]

*Sacred* Iconic

[@TheHeroBleeder]

ICONIC flood!

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

Mark Ciccolella I C O N I C F L O O D

[@darthvader4594]

Luke Skywalker the 2nd we meet again at last!

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

darth vader Hello there Vader how's it going? :)

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

darth vader Nice and no will never join the Dark Side unless you have cookies

[@darthvader4594]

Luke Skywalker the 2nd I am the cookie!

[@Lukedan98]

I never noticed that in Halo 3, the combat forms has the hosts head on the body in such detail, and still moving. It's so creepy!

[@bromodragone8405]

The part that creeps me out the most is the heads.

[@slicer940]

Hey hidden if you haven't already, there's a nice little mini movie called Halo: The Mona Lisa, it's adapted from one of the graphic novels and covers a flood infect prison ship that a squad of marines are assigned to investigate. It's quite terrifying but I think you'd enjoy it.

[@okayokay6089]

I thought you had 500k subs well still GG seems like your content would make your channel have more then 500k subs because it's so good

[@frankgamer408real2]

you have 422k subs now. Congrats your an amazing youtuber

[@Celestial_Wing]

I want to see a Flood Brute with an Invincibility module and Rocket Launcher! Do it 343, the Halo Master is ready! :D

[@imheresowhatla]

this is an old video but watching your videos made me go back and listen to the fall of reach and first strike

[@Z0ttMonte]

I never realized that the brutes mouth and elites mouth opened and closed at the effected body. That's so cool. The details they already had back then

[@Heretic_Hero]

I always thought the flood carrier was a grunt because of how it's small legs look

[@Nin10do0014]

Many of them are while others are combat forms that have been infected for a really long time

[@HectorSanchez-yc1fi]

Steve Aguayo for some reason I was playing Halo 3 and I saw a grunt being infected and it turned into a cobat form

[@217adaptiveperspective]

Hector Sanchez Grunts and Jackals can't be infected in 3

[@jackofspades9742]

Hector Sanchez liar

[@aj_wlyms3117]

About 2 and a half years later he has gained over 300k subscribers! Amazing job Xperia! Love ur vids!

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

Look it you, all happy about hitting 50k subs.. Fast forward to july of 2019 and BAM!! almost 300k! Love your work and hoping you all the best.

[@HiddenXperia]

Haha crazy how time flies, only seems like a few weeks ago I was making these vids 😂 Thanks my dude!

[@CrimsonBloodMoon190]

WOW HiddenXperia Your explanations are on point with your awesome voice and congratulations on 50K subs And I know some Day you will have more than 100K subs, Keep up the badass work!!!

[@danielkennedy5602]

It'd be wicked to play and as you go through the stages you randomly come across combat forms dragging corpses delivering them to where they need to go so the process of making a protogravemind can begin.

[@zer02wo85]

Every death from an army is one more flood host

[@Markel_A]

Hey HiddenXperia! Congrats on 50k subs! I was wondering if you could do a video on "what if the flood were the good guys" or "what would happen if the flood took over the galaxy"? I've always wondered what would happen if the flood "won" so to speak, and also wondered what a Gravemind's point of view on things is. Another interesting thought is what would happen if two Graveminds met! Would they be rivals somehow? Or would they just join together into a larger Gravemind? Anyways, thanks for all the awesome videos! Can't wait for the rest of this flood miniseries you're making. :)

[@Norther1y]

Congrats man on 50k! You deserve it!

[@DogeTheTruth]

After the videos in Flood forms you should some about the Covenant species. Elites, Brutes, Jackals/Skirmishers, Drones, Grunts, Hunters, Engineers, and Prophets. 🤗

[@pjotrmaes]

Yo man, great video. Just subscribed and got the book. Thanks for everything man 👍

[@Amexel]

Jenkins and Captain Keyes stories about them thinking while infected are so scary.

[@TheBlueSensei]

This video made me want a Flood survival game even more, the floor are so unique compared to just Zombies and I really think they'd bring in zombie fans and just people in general who aren't familiar with Halo

[@fatangrygeek5746]

I know for one thing, Halo is awesome, and the Flood is absolutely terrifying. Their disfigured, decayed, and lumpy bodies are disturbing to look at and creep me out even to this day. The noises they make are also creepy, but still for an contegeous parasite, the lore is not only terrifying but very interesting as well.

[@inhaledpack5940]

392 views, gosh im early, congrats on 50k btw!

[@HiddenXperia]

thanks man!

[@deanhall3345]

i agree i would like a forerunner spinoff series preferably called Halo: The Forerunner Chronicles

[@Derpy_Proot]

After watching the series I think hiddenxperia is a grave mind just a real advanced one

[@themadspartan]

hidden xperia it's truly a beginning of an iconic era, just as you hit 50k awakening the nightmare came before it what a coincidence if I do say so myself, think of it as one thing to boost morale for yourself and us in the hidden xperia sub line. luc it's time for you to begin and become a community website were all of us comes together and share ideas and thoughts if you do please let me / us know. thanks for every iconic video is something I look forward to. keep well and have pride you earned it my friend. #iconicpeoplelikeushalo2&3. code word for us. stay hidden / iconic :)

[@dragoninthewest1]

I would love to play a Halo game set during the Forerunner flood War. You play as a Warrior-servant in the waning years of the Forerunner ecumene. You're tasked with different missions by the Iso-Didact, one of which could include protecting the Librarian. You could encounter Forerunner flood as well as Human and San'Shyuum flood forms.

[@eblama1812]

I read the halo: flood book

[@WarhammerWings]

Look at the way the human and brute forms "scream" as their mouths stretch horribly!

[@wilsthelimit]

I wanna see more of Captain Keyes

[@The-cj9ib]

I never knew halo 3 combat forms had moving mouths now I wish I didn't know

[@thegamingsnake7198]

HOW DOES THE GRAVEMIND CONTROL THE FLOOD ? ... next video plz

[@ls200076]

The Gaming Snake UwU

[@usurparemagnus]

The Gaming Snake I think in forerunner saga or some terminal mentioned that gravemind is telepathically connected to floods within a certain range. This is suggested by that in forerunner-flood war, multiple gravemind appeared throughout the galaxy which made the war even more difficult for the forerunners. Though I wouldn't say each gravemind posses it's own army, but I will most definitely say that graveminds are connected to each other in some way.

[@HiddenXperia]

I made a video about that over a year ago now, I might cover it again in a surprise part 4 of this mini-series though considering it's been quite a while since then :P

[@youtubefan-qp5rd]

great video I remember the first time I've fought the flood when I was playing halo 3 for the first time I'm sure you felt the same way

[@Galvatron759]

I should read Halo: The Flood again. Honestly, it's my favourite novel

[@foggzillajr2700]

Great videos man keep up the good work

[@iscreamcone9502]

I watched this whole video with blue light filter on thinking 'Man, the green filter that hiddenxperia put on is amazing' Not realizing I put it on

[@BionicDeathclaw]

Over 300k now! I know you'll hit a million one day!

[@ShmeeGrim]

Damn, the Prey soundtrack suits the Flood pretty well.

[@CaSHxMoney]

congratulations hidden xperia at getting 50k👏👍

[@Seedonator]

The first time i played quarantine zone i was like HOW DO THEY DRIVE WITH THE TENTACLE WHIP!!

[@217adaptiveperspective]

5:35 that spin though...

[@brandonpeterman9964]

congratulations on hitting 50k subs

[@zachmcbird6187]

dude u just got another 3k u deserve it

[@corruptdevil2957]

Lol he was happy about 50k subs little did he know he'd have 10 times that

[@JesuSoup]

Man I never really noticed how fucking detailed the flood animations were bungie did a great job especially the elites face ugh

[@metroplex4175]

Actually many times when i went through The Covenant level in Halo 3, the brute chieftain near the end can get infected with his armour on and it just disappears

[@thedeathstar6096]

Can't wait for more!

[@elipsorange]

Nice video, as always!

[@bigmemes9604]

I love all your videos they are entertaining and they teach me stuff about halo

[@tristanledgerwood8956]

Can't go a halo flood video without showing that marine from Halo 3 😂💯

[@emilkaapola7191]

HiddenXperia, really love the idea of a Flood form lore thing! Just a question, are you gonna cover the Spartan Form (Halo 4)?? I know this one doesnt really count, and Im not the biggest fan of neither Halo 4 nor the Spartan Forms, but still interested in seeing them. Please answer even if you arent gonna do that video!!! Really love your work, keep it up!!

[@eqwanixgaming4916]

CONGRATS ON 50K SUPER FUCKING PROUD TO SAY IVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2K 💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@minatoarisatofrompersona3440]

While I do feel bad for Jenkins, all this could have been avoided if he fired his damn weapon!

[@DeltaEchoFoxtrot]

Oh man that'd be creepy. Imagine the flood taking control over a mantis in Halo 6.

[@cqb3814]

What an ICONIC video

[@MrFRNTIK]

I only have halo book on my audible account. The narrators are pretty good.

[@vividpath1089]

The flood chilling in a scorpion is the "odder/more odd"?, part.

[@nathenltz]

enjoy your vids keep it up bro

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Funny. You once planned this to be a three-parter, only to end up with so much info that it probably became a six-parter with some spin-off videos.

[@uJUSTgotSARGED117]

Honestly didn't mind the flood using vehicles in Halo 2. It freshened vehicle combat up, as you don't usually get to fight against unsc vehicles in the campaign.

[@themadspartan]

7th bungies number; )

[@toaster5753]

Invisible flood the scariest thing I have ever seen

[@shinoblitz9641]

I haven't been caught up on every bit of halo lore and info but is there a sleeper flood form, like the flood infects a host and then instead of focusing on spreading it hides itself inside the brain so no physical alterations are visible, also while doing this it uses the host's memory to communicate. Imagine a mission where a spartan or marine though dead comes back and while everything seems ok once tons of people get near the host it explodes or mutates and infects those around it, now you have a flood problem on the infinity and have to stop it while trying to keep the rest of infinity from being infected cause tbh that's a lot of people and they're kinda important for running the ship

[@dudemanbroguy3464]

Shit, even chief was almost taken by an infection form. But if I remember correctly Cortana over loads his shields and saves him. So damn, in book lore chief was pretty damn close to being floodified

[@Hmmmmmmph]

The idle flood during the video look terrifying, Just the mouths...

[@vitalhuragok5625]

One question, how are their tentacle whips made? On their left arm the tentacles/claws that are used in melee... how are they formed or what are they?

[@vitalhuragok5625]

chris pearson I know what the Flood DNA is... but I meant what part of the body is it? Some people say it's the body's intestines... but I wanna make sure

[@notalive5479]

Its probably just random flood biomass taken from other parts of the body. Most likely the organs and parts of the rib-cage.

[@Nin10do0014]

My guess is that it takes some of the host's bones and repurposes it for a claw.

[@mattbeasse3879]

i want to know if the could be a symbiotic relationship between flood infection forms and a living creature that could be really neat

[@sierra0066]

what about huragoks? can they be infected?

[@weeerazer3099]

No, cause theyre flesh isnt ummm.... Well, its something like a Machine. Its really hard to explain.

[@notalive5479]

They're mostly artificial, so the flood supercell doesn't have any cells to convert.

[@vlad_pickle2029]

Riccardo Da Riva engineers can't be infected by the flood, they have biomechanical cells. They do not have cells that the flood can infect. The flood supercell can't interact with the biomechanical cells.

[@griffingower1883]

Huragok are artificial organisms