The Storm - Closing (Halo 3 Cutscene)

[@Martin-117]

Jorge screaming from the afterlife: "Mac rounds! In atmosphere?!"

[@blarghinatelazer9394]

Hehehe

[@grantcawby7225]

“One way to get their attention”

[@khornethebloodgod4155]

@@grantcawby7225 “Hang on to your teeth people”.

[@Happy-xi9hl]

@@khornethebloodgod4155 "Don't tell me this is happening"

[@MB0704]

@@Happy-xi9hl "Grafton is dust"

[@mediahoodreviews4110]

Quick confession; this was the first Halo game I had ever played, so when I heard Arbiter ask “More Brutes” and for Chief to say “Worse”, I actually thought to myself: What could possibly be worse than reinforcements for a self-genocidal alien army?... Little did I know the horrors that would come.

[@BlackRoseRhamnous]

MediaMan18 Halo 2 for me.

[@nicko1ai423]

Welcome to the flood

[@redrickgale5154]

Same here

[@cukeskywalker8994]

Me too

[@falloutgamer347]

My first halo game was halo:CE and when i saw that floodship for the first time i just thought, well shit thats not good at all

[@yourfriendcole99]

I love how the level’s name is The Storm, and the closing sequence is showing the flood being reintroduced into the game. Like when it storms hard enough, there will be a flood.

[@stevenroberts9097]

jjplumms foreshadowing

[@JARG0195]

jjplumms *"Poetic"*

[@VileAnonimous]

Nice brain and eye

[@thepainkiller4939]

Next mission is called floodgate, which is when the flood is stopped

[@Kangaru13]

Fucking *Legendary Comment*

[@HackingAtLife]

"What is it? More Brutes?" "Worse" Gives me chills everytime

[@catlike9444]

it because we all know what worst then the brutes.

[@brotherchris5283]

Same

[@mechaxenozamasu9311]

Gtfo fortnite player/follower

[@AdeptKing]

I'm surprised the Arbiter couldn't tell what it was like the Chief could, it was pretty obvious from the outside what it was and he got a close up with it.

[@Mrnumber]

@@AdeptKing Yeah but to be fair there was a lot of dialogue that didn't make sense. Do you remember, "squad leaders are requesting a rally point,where should they go? Keys: to war" but seriously where should they go?

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

That moment the UNSC ships soar over and the music really hits makes you proud to be human lol then it all ends shortly

[@lonegamer895]

For real huh I love this scene it was awesome sauce me likey lol

[@Marin_Karin]

Gotta love "This is the Hour"

[@oliverlacota3112]

As epic as it is, it's simultaneously disappointingly short. When I saw this for the first time and saw that first salvo go off, I was all geared up for some kind of amazing showdown between the human and Covenant ships, but instead it's just a shockwave and then... over.

[@myles3856]

True

[@rhycemg]

@@oliverlacota3112 That's the point, it's a short lived 'victory' Little do they know, that Earth is about to get railed by an infection without the help of the Elite cruisers

[@chancellorpalpatineakathes6130]

If they remaster this game, i can't imagine the epicness this scene will be like

[@Gogglesofkrome]

they just released that they're going to have it re-made onto pc

[@jamiehughes5573]

You can't remaster perfection, for it shall tear reality a sunder should you try

[@Nate-ms4be]

I think that Halo 3 is made recent enough that it doesn't really need a remaster as much as 1 and 2 needed it

[@natebit8130]

Jamie Hughes Halo 2 anniversary

[@ServantOfPriss]

@@natebit8130 cringe

[@mrglugglug7758]

I still remember that moment when I was younger.... "Sir, new contact slipping in!" Then seeing the greenish brown, smoking ship enter earths atmoshpere.... That feeling of utter dread when I realized what had just arrived on earth. And when the Arbiter aked: "More brutes?" Chief voiced the very thought that was going through my mind: "Worse." God I love Bungie.

[@Iamthefriendlyguy]

Same and That was the first time I heard of the flood and when I saw what they did I had nightmares for a week and didn't play Halo 3 for a month

[@scorchclasstitan6727]

Jack Ripper ZOMBIES!!

[@TheGhostofOnyx313]

I died inside when they refused to remaster this game.

[@thpxhemi5848]

Should of been there when the first game came out you had to do a solo mission fighting through an army of flood. The Libray is what I think that mission was called

[@bansho7076]

I want to like this comment, but it has a score of exactly 117...

[@Ahriman13]

seeing what blur did for halo 2 anniversary really makes me wish for a halo 3 anniversary.

[@amaterasu4456]

Ahriman Yes! Just this cutscene alone in H2A cutscene graphics would be insane

[@conswan57]

It’ll happen eventually I hope

[@ServantOfPriss]

lol no thanks

[@derpynerdy6294]

@@ServantOfPriss boomer

[@hklegomaster]

Blur should’ve done 20 yr anniversary halo ce

[@garybrown2039]

This scene is so poetic, literally a storm is bringing a flood as the ark is ready to go. Anyone else here get the reference bungie did here?

[@nightsky5882]

Bible reference

[@josueidk21]

I never looked at it this way. That is fcking amazing, I love OG Halo

[@Dragzerg77]

I can still feel the vibration from my controller as the flood ship flies overhead.

[@o_manam]

Thats cause it didn't stop lmao that shit went on forever. Underrated comment.

[@blarghinatelazer9394]

One of the best parts about this scene will always be the Arbiter's roar at 1:41, the rage and anguish at seeing the Covenant move ever closer to the end of the Great Journey despite the success of their assault on the Covenant's forces. Like watching victory slip from your grasp at the very last possible moment.

[@zealot5709]

facts

[@jamesb1988]

Seeing that ship fly overhead with green/brown smoke trailing from it just makes your stomach churn. You know what's coming, but you can never adequately prepare for it...

[@hungryfart]

The floods shit

[@rhycemg]

@@hungryfart If you knew the story behind the Flood, you'd be horrified of how dangerous they would be in a real life situation

[@kakashihatake1029]

@@rhycemg like the arbiter said at the end of floodgate, "one spore can wipe out an entire species"

[@ashock4261]

@@kakashihatake1029 I think Rtas actually said that but yea

[@kakashihatake1029]

@@ashock4261 oh damn you're right. Elites finna kill me for being racist now

[@LentPanic7]

The fact the flood ship turns into the city rather than crashing onto it’s initial heading shows how serious the flood threat is.

[@rocketsniper8726]

This day marked the first flood invasion on earth. Everyone will be so horrified- oh wait ONI covered it up

[@jokerhalo1]

I am sure it is easy to cover up when half a continent is glassed

[@Miper45]

Was easy to cover up when there wasnt anything left to cover up lol.

[@simba8958]

Perhaps

[@joshualighttime604]

@@simba8958 ONI. Out of the shadows

[@darkphoenix3901]

So humanity doesn't know of the existence of the flood?

[@DrewDyrewood]

anyone else notice that the close up of the ship firing was ffg-201. The Forward Unto Dawn.

[@highcharity5183]

Where did the for runner ship go

[@colinmann5843]

+High Charity to the ark a sort of master controll halo ring that can remotely activate the rings at once all at the same time

[@halofan281]

+High Charity in the slip space ruptsher aka portal

[@thpxhemi5848]

Think one of the books said the other 2 frigates are Aegis Fate and Gettysburg but I'm not 100% sure about the 3rd

[@scottharbin1868]

Scratch vk yeah

[@endlessevanescence3502]

I love how Chief just stares into the camera at 0:15, like "Yes. I AM a badass!" Everything about this cutscene is perfect. But to cap it all off, there was the Flood ship exiting the Slipspace, with all the Flood spores seeping into the town like a diesease (made even more insidious when you start the next level "Floodgate" off with the whole town wrapped in Flood spores, fog, and dust). Chief didn't need to say anything more than "Worse..." - the Flood is worse than even ONI themselves. Bungie was so good at presentation.

[@confederateghst4362]

Bud i think the flood is worse than any scifi enemy.

[@wumbosaurus9121]

@@confederateghst4362 Oh just wait until you find out about the tyranids from 40,000

[@thundergaming155]

Blood for the blood god?

[@SgtRock-et7zl]

@@wumbosaurus9121 The tyrannids kill people, not devour their very consciousness, thoughts, and memories slowly and methodically.

[@itsmoggintime]

"2020 cant possibly get any worse" June:

[@LightningZetton]

1:47 this happens after covid is taking over the world

[@m4sterkiller774]

343.. Takes notes and make a good Halo campaign for goodness sake.

[@jdudey9369]

I officially announce this is thee best halo game all the new ones are really not as fun and old school than this halo game all the new halo games are just give you a gun and shoot everything this halo game is about the objectives in the campaign and the harder the difficulty the more fun it will be I wish they would go back and be old school like halo 3 seeing these type of games today old school and fun is rare.

[@jdudey9369]

I officially announce this is thee best halo game all the new ones are really not as fun and old school than this halo game all the new halo games are just give you a gun and shoot everything this halo game is about the objectives in the campaign and the harder the difficulty the more fun it will be I wish they would go back and be old school like halo 3 seeing these type of games today old school and fun is rare.

[@S113Productions]

It was supposed to end with Halo 3. Halo: Reach was amazing and technically had a story right before the Autumn left Reach. Then 343 of course had to ruin the lore with their new shitty designs. Master Chief's new armor looks ugly.

[@HackingAtLife]

Halo 6 is our only hope

[@johnsaleh4]

This is Halo's Final Stand here at halo 6...

[@AdeptKing]

I like how they introduce the flood in this game. Its right after the epic battle between humanity and the covenant, where Chief carved a bloody path through the enemy. Then the Flood show up. It hits hard when you're walking through the city with all the bodies from the fighting and it settles in how much ammo you just made for the Flood in the last mission.

[@bypy3544]

Meanwhile the flood:why are there lime 2 marines with rocket launcher 1 worker with fuel rod cannon and 2 sniper rifles workers shooting us and doing a epic last stand

[@travissmith978]

I don't know why, but I'm in love with this cutscene, as the burning wreck of a covenant aa gun falls, a fleet of human ships, with an epic score of music to pair, with a simple phrase "all ships, fire at will " unleash a storm of hatred and anger on an enemy that has been killing millions in their genocidal conquest of God hood

[@lukez9721]

This cutscene is perfect. You feel a sense of heroism as you watch the human fleet hit the dreadnaught with everything they have then sudden horror as the ship is not only undamaged but proceeds to activate the forerunner artifact and fires a pulse into the sky that disables the fleet and knocks you off your feet. Then you watch as truth and his brutes escape through the portal and just as you’re about to charge after them the dreaded flood crashes into the city. So good! Exactly what halo should be.

[@Cyberlord70s]

honestly it's a tad sad that a full payload from multiple longswords and multiple mac cannon shots did effectively nothing. you get all hyped when you see the fleet move in when you first play the game only to see the negative results from the firepower. honestly the moment i saw it do effectively nothing for the first time i was just mortified haha. of course when the flood ship came in it was that well fuck moment.

[@theia1653]

What if the superstructure of the ship started collapsing and it exploded? What then?

[@scathelock5648]

The game would've ended very quickly

[@217adaptiveperspective]

@@scathelock5648 The rest of the game would have been all Flood and little Covenant I'm sure

[@TheCitedAviator]

Time for some flood insurance

[@thundergaming155]

You probably be a Porto gravemind before the insurances will be available.

[@GabeValko]

Dang

[@andrewbird6647]

This scene is one of my favourites in the game, as a player your thinking great we won, the baddies are finished and then the game goes all epic and the Ark fires up.

[@RazorRyan100]

+Andrew Bird Actually it was a portal to the Ark.

[@thpxhemi5848]

It's epic and then you see the mac rounds did absolutely nothing to the forerunner ship

[@sebsta8894]

my favourite cutscene, the part where the halo theme kicks in and Lord Hood's ships come in firing their MAC cannons is just incredible

[@ray-0249]

I remember as a kid and saw the frigates firing I was like yes we did it, I was so naive to extent everything in the game went down to its lore. Lol

[@pauliefox2077]

Still my favorite variation of "One Final Effort"

[@railfan8444]

I don't know if you ever knew this but in the soundtrack this scene is part of the track "Finish the Fight"

[@johncms3]

Fucking chills every time "THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS"

[@blarghinatelazer9394]

Saaaaame.

[@Connor8609]

What's underated and amazing about this scene is just how powerful and strong the Keyship Truth uses is and is ultimately a Forerunner transportation ship.

[@pdaniel97675]

this for me is the best halo cutscene ever. the music, the atmosphere, seeing 100s of longswords bombing Truth's ship, only for the lesser ark to activate a portal to the Ark, and ending with the Flood arriving. Just perfection.

[@anxiousearth680]

For anyone curious, ost is 'This is The Hour'. And I must say it is quite fitting. It really feels like one last spark of bravery before the brink of extinction.

[@Hemi_.Z]

I love the long swords in this scene. We see the AA gun shoot one down only to have a whole swarm of reinforcements come. Not only that but we see the damage 2 long swords did to a carrier in halo 2 so imagine what the swarm would have done to truths fleet.

[@nightovizard]

Wish there was a remastered version for this cutscene, blur could have done something amazing here.

[@ServantOfPriss]

An obxnoxious amount of camera zoom-ins and panning with unfitting lens flare?

[@Ridgwaycer]

Halo 3 doesn't need remastered cutscenes. Aside from some of the human faces, the game still looks great.

[@TheSuedeUzi]

I love that Cortana risked sending a Flood infested Covenant Corvette to Earth from underneath the Graveminds nose, just to deliver a voicemail to Chief. The sass!

[@pukmaik5167]

you and your friend watching a plane arriving from china : 1:49

[@theyoboygamer3754]

Makes sense

[@illustriousmonster]

LOL

[@jamesvera_28]

My friend: what is it? More Asians? Me: Worse...

[@5iveshot170]

This aged terribly 😅

[@illustriousmonster]

@@5iveshot170 dumbass

[@zhengwenyu1587]

If Master Chief ever makes it into Smash, this would be his Final Smash, UNSC armada firing everything at the opponent.

[@samuelh.m4905]

2:06 So badass yet so scary

[@expertmedal386]

This scene is way cooler than it has to be.

[@SaraNightfire1]

I actually put this above the original intro to the flood as the most scariest intro to the flood. Yes, the first one was scary as hell, but seeing that ship crash for the first time with the flood spores flying from it, and KNOWING exactly what those are and what it means for Earth. Scared the living daylights out of me.

[@nobodynothing.]

When chief said worse we all knew what was coming

[@BlackRoseRhamnous]

Faze Smith Unless we only started on 3. Me, I started on 2 so I was aware of the flood.

[@haydenbarnard6078]

That’s music when the flood infested cruiser warps in and crashes is so amazing

[@Alphonse365]

John recognizing the tactic of the flood crashing infected ships to start an outbreak is why i find it epic, a nod to halo 2 in amber clad crashing into High Charity.

[@FranXeed]

“All ships Fire at Will!” Will: *chuckles* I’m in *Danger*

[@olivnuja1234]

I love how this cutscene parallels reveal trailer, because there covenant ships fly to portal to the ark, but here UNSC ships

[@MrMyNameIsHaha]

Because there will always be FLOOD after the Storm...

[@lud2567]

This is the most memorable, epic and nostalgic cutscene of all my childhood. Visuals are amazing and music is just breathtaking. Such a good game!

[@Redbeard-tu7gx]

Always thought this scene was epic, the music, the way the longswords and frigates appeared, and hood commanding all ships to fire.

[@bornestellar6334]

I love the sound of the longswords screaming by.

[@originalvenom1972]

Halo 3 was the absolute PINNACLE of gaming. I still remember playing with my cousin as a guest on his account in his room and doing so well that even other players would tell him that his guest was a good shot. MCC is good but it’ll never be like these days…I miss it…

[@ggmom77]

This might be the most epic cutscene ever

[@ashock4261]

The long note that plays as the ship is passing over chiefs head till when it crashes is so creepy.i instantly knew it was the flood when I saw that

[@M9Divine]

I love how when Chief sees the ship he slowly puts his arms down and stares at it like he cant believe it

[@loxton117]

Imagine how much cooler this scene would be again if there were a few different POVs. Like a broadsword pilot in combat with Banshees, Marines on the ground near it, even Civvies running and turning to look at the portal forming

[@casedistorted]

I played Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 so much I got the Katana within the first 7 months the game had come out. Bought the Legendary edition and loved that game so much.

[@neonsolace2748]

No complains this is the best scene in videogames history

[@TheSonicfanx1]

1:41 FUUUUUUCK

[@sivaalteredspringbonnie9956]

TheSonicfanx1 1:41

[@blulight5881]

God imagine this in Halo 2 Anniversary graphics and revamped up sounds

[@ytanonymity3585]

The good old days when I play this game back in 2008 !! Such a great nostalgia

[@amog8202]

this level was just banger after banger, damn

[@timothycoomswell3695]

So glad they never went through with that *original ending* to Halo 2, otherwise we would have never got this masterpiece of a cutscene and alternative storyline that was an epic conclusion to Bungie’s trilogy

[@adambump5297]

I like how at this point Chief doesn't even seem fazed by this stuff anymore just. "Yep this is just another day at the office same shit as always".

[@Miss_Eldritch]

As weird as it sounds, my first game was Halo 3 towards the end of it's time right before Reach was released, as I do remember getting the mythic version of 3 (Halo 3: ODST) with a Remember Reach advertisement in the case, weirdly enough my first interaction with Halo was through a girl that was a friend of mine that was about 4 years older than me, she showed me Sandtrap and all the different vehicles, I had lots of fun, but this Cutscene is the best Cutscene out of any halo game yet, with the beginning of The Package coming in at a close second. TL;DR Halo 3 is awesome and I love it

[@redthewifeyhunter4034]

You know…that reminds me…where did all those ships go after the cutscene ended? Like the entirety of that group just disappears. They didn’t crash because there’s no sign of them…they couldn’t have gone into the portal because Hood hadn’t given the all clear. And only the Dawn was cleared to go as the rest were the home fleet, protecting Earth

[@mickos_]

Holy shit. Freaking goosebumps watching this. Halo is so epic.

[@beopbepe4812]

I was born 2005 I still have the original halo 3 copy I remember how magical this game was still best game ever made this cutscene was my favorite and the sound track always fit and you can even listen to it casually the nostalgia hits me like a truck I wish I could go back to 2008-2014 gold age of games love you halo 3

[@shadowsayan3454]

man we need a Halo 3 Anniversary just imagine this Cutscene remade like the Halo 2 Cutscenes

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

It's painful watching all those longswords get sucked into oblivion. By far one on my favorite ships in Halo.

[@Captainbadger123]

This is the only time chief talks to Arbiter in Halo 3

[@jpedrobr3199]

1:49 and that's when we lost half of Africa

[@thundergaming155]

From glassing or the flood or possibly both.

[@matthewslates]

@@thundergaming155 glassing in order to contain the flood.

[@jamiehughes5573]

Halo 3 was my favourite back in the day, i remember the countless games of fatboy, ghostbusters, blender and infection

[@felicitywilson4984]

THIS. SCENE. MAKES. ME. CRY.

[@flatarthur3161]

It's weird how that structure was going to be the Ark before it was changed during development.

[@derpynerdy6294]

just came here after playing halo 3 for the first time it followed me home

[@yapyapthedestroyer2589]

All ship fire at will -lord hood

[@cwdude974]

One of the best halo cutscenes!!!!!

[@ShadowMikey04]

The calm before the storm, in this case the flood

[@supremegaming8794]

1:49 how the coronavirus got into the US

[@BMM44KalmarHufflepuff]

HAHAHA!!!!! Good one!

[@Matanumi]

Probably

[@aeronblack9249]

What is it? More brutes?

[@Mizra-dq3lj]

@@aeronblack9249 *at the border* What is it, more mexicans? Worse

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

@@Mizra-dq3lj The chinese

[@bypy3544]

Now where are my marines and workers armed to the teeth with 2 sniper rifles 6 battle rifles 1 rocket launcher and 1 fuel rod cannon in the background

[@hankhill5622]

This gave 11 year old me the most intense goosebumps when i first saw it. This is when I said halo is my favorite game of all time

[@bloodangel7731]

god I love this scene

[@Mate397]

A scene that just sends chill down the spine, the music, the cinematogrophy are so on point.

[@crazycarnolady2323]

This cutscene is so gooooood and the music!

[@glendawe2597]

This is still maybe my favourite cutscene in the entire halo series. The UNSC launching a full scale assault as the theme blasts in the background, the long swords and shortswords leading the charge as the cruisers and frigates pound the dreadnought with MAC rounds, chills.

[@aspopulvera9130]

While the scene where the infinity fired the "MAC gun" it looks like a direct energy weapon

[@HaloSprite]

Imagine when the ship was about to launch and it seemed all hope was lost the infinity came, coming right through the ship and was like "so, where we shooting at?"

[@insidethekiller8633]

A tear fell down on my face when watching this again - childhood, no stress, being the hero Master Chief saving the world 💚

[@SifGreyfang]

I always found the dialog of Arbiter saying "What is it? More brutes?" Kinda odd considering he knows what the flood are and just from the sight of the ship with the smoke emitting off it shouldve been obvious what was coming. I feel like it shouldve had him sniff the air while cheif looks on then turns to him silently "That stench....I've smelled it before..."

[@Kangaru13]

The arbiter asked “what is it more brutes” Chief replied “Worse” Cause he *Knows Also what I love about the multiple ships all attacking basically is the humans saying that we won’t go down without a fight

[@The_Grox]

I love how big scale Halo 3 is compare to the other Halo game

[@arecibo732]

fun fact, this is the first result on google for 'all ships fire at will'

[@Viciouss72]

"What is it? More brutes?" "How the hell sould I know? Those are your ships..."

[@ledaric7742]

This scene needs to be in a movie. So can we get this halo movie going please

[@RetroNovicee]

This was incredible!!

[@elianflores669]

"This Is The Way The World Ends 😳😳😳

[@loweni7460]

I like how the chief just stares at the camera for a few seconds at the beginning

[@Spiketrooper]

MAC Rounds are one thing, Mass Drivers are another. Literally shooting meteor sized rounds

[@kratos692]

The closing cutscene got me. From being super hopeful to dread in a matter of seconds.

[@AllGamingStarred]

1:50 Arbiter: "what is it, more brutes?" Chief: "no worse" (on com channel) Marines: Admiral we have enemy ships in sector 47 ODST: ITS A TRAP sorry, had to

[@xbluesaintx]

Finish The Fight Marty.

[@freedstormv2264]

Activating the ring is like thanos snapping his fingers to wipe out everyone

[@thundergaming155]

Except there is no one to go back in time to bring everyone back this time.

[@SPARK-uk9iq]

There's no game that has any better cut scene than halo In my opinion