Halo 2 Anniversary All Terminal Cutscenes by Sequence - Halo Terminals [1080p @ 60fps]

[@Ordravn]

That moment when you realize that for those entire first two levels as the Arbiter in Halo 2, you were killing the Good Guys...

[@Cybermat47]

Louis Edwards it makes thise missions more interesting to me... fighting as a brave, determined, but brainwashed warrior.

[@hydradominatus3661]

Aerociviz Nicholas If only the prophets didn't have thel branded as a heretic

[@MrAtheismrules]

That should have been pretty obvious anyway.

[@Infokrieger117]

It wasn't that dramatic for me.

[@scottgrasser9737]

well its one thing to see it in the game and understand it but to watch this and really see how bad it is makes it more impactfull

[@sharprevan9878]

Gotta give 343 credit here guys, Not only was the Thel's history as well as the covenant's accurate enough, they added more into it.

[@jayjeetkataria8387]

Actually half of the info is form the books but I am glad they made terminals for the guys who do not read the books

[@sharprevan9878]

That's what I meant by the covenant and Thel's history being accurate, not to mention some of it came from the Halo Legends Anime.

[@the03k]

I...I haven't finished reading (well, more like listening) to the books. Probably shouldn't have watched this, or nah?

[@sharprevan9878]

The books are still good, especially the Cole Protacal. Doesn't matter if you have watched this.

[@TheYear-wi1cq]

Lmao this was done by Blur Studios

[@Doomcuff.]

343 Guilty Spark: "I am certainly not a god. I'm a tool..." Me: "Your damn right you are."

[@LIGHTNING278TH]

Shots fired

[@timlindsey205]

XD

[@MadDadLad]

You have no idea how much that made me laugh! Thanks for that! XD

[@Doomcuff.]

Derek Collins I'm glad I could help.

[@lordofarbiters5533]

I read that in Sgt Johnson voice lol

[@EsplodingBomb]

Damn boi, Arbiter has a BILLION human kills to his name. It's no wonder Lord Hood says he can't forgive Arbiter, but gives his thanks at the end of Halo 3.

[@bat_mobile7545]

Thel was a prodigy Sangheili, he commands Covenant fleets at very young age, waged war and conquered on countless Human colonies and planets. Unfortunately for him, failed to secure a Halo ring because of a Demon who named Master Chief.

[@nr-dx4zz]

Ya we watched the video

[@saiyanwarrior3895]

yeah they bin use as tool of high prophets sins battle of harvest and Arcadia and fall of reach the arbiter have bin nothing but laughing stock to covenant and all this time sangheili have bin nothing but tool of jiralhanae and San'Shyuum just like oni or recon use human as tools bymanipulated them and kiddnaping children and experimenthing on them and turn them into super soldier again thier will

[@IAmNumber4000]

"I'm starting to fear that you're not very smart." Damn, son.

[@pinstripecool34]

Mind your tounge oracle!

[@amazingbro6723]

Oh I mean no offense, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about your species

[@Zlarel]

@@amazingbro6723 Imagine defending your rude remark with blatant racism

[@amazingbro6723]

@@Zlarel dude, it's just a quote from the terminals

[@Zlarel]

​@@amazingbro6723 Was responding to your quote/Guilty Spark, not you, apologies

[@superscaryguy01]

I'm glad that they confirmed "The Duel" being canon. I loved that one.

[@cqb3814]

The duel was scary

[@icedragon23472]

+Matthew Hagerty the duel was awesome

[@PKM9107]

The only thing about The Duel that was never cannon was the appearance of his wife. But it's good to see it in the terminals seeing as most things from Halo legends were either goofy or about Chief

[@PKM9107]

Yan SILVA GALAN Honestly I like the way she looks. The reason they made her Ro and Fal look the way they did is so we would feel more sympathetic. But in a way her appearance is cannon as elites don't always talks with their mandibles all spread out. Apparently they can talk in a similar fashion to humans

[@BasedSociety1]

+JITCY9107 The femal sangheili in legends is not the official canon look. Joseph Staten gave use an official canon look for female sangheili in Shadow of Intent (the cover art).

[@nizzleprizzle9783]

"The taming of the hunter...the grunt rebelion..." finally explained!

[@dr.boring7022]

@TRISTAN KAHL The entire scene is translated for the viewers, so there's no reason to use those terms when the average person has no idea what that is. In universe wise, they have no reason to be speaking English anyways.

[@NVDuster]

I want to see the Brutes nuke themselves to the Stone Age then be discovered by the Covenant right when they begin their industrial age

[@kopii1600]

@@dr.boring7022 i want to think that your wording of "average person" is burning those who doesn't understand Halo's expanded universe

[@josephfrancoya]

@@dr.boring7022 I kinda agree about the aliens speaking English thing, but at the same time I'm glad lol the story would probably be less paid attention by the masses if they had to read subtitles:/

[@anson2389]

@@dr.boring7022 i think that in universe spartans have some kind of translater to understand the covenant. I'm not sure if thats entirely true since i cant remember what book or comic its from, but i think it is

[@tipoomaster]

I feel worse and worse that we had to kill that heretic leader in Halo 2. One of the smarter cookies, among Sangheili, and he was just trying to save the galaxy.

[@Simalf13]

If he is so smart. then why did HE started blasting when Thel asked 343 Guilty Spark. There was a chance to convince Thel. Also Sesa was too afraid to team up with the Humans believing they would shoot on sight. its not like they cannot communicate with them.

[@smugsona]

@@Simalf13 you pretty much answered your own question. at the time the elites were all high on the great journey zaza. they would shoot on sight, as you did when you played the level "The Arbiter" in Halo 2. the covenant elites would also not believe them. in Sesa's mind, they were too far gone and it was too late for words.

[@maxi1ification]

@@Simalf13you didn't pay attention to the terminal logs? Refumee said it himself, that once made an Arbiter they belonged to the Prophets. And it was no small observation but a pretty significant one, because the shame of their failure and the implications of their status as an Arbiter made an Elite specially zealous and with a martyr mentality. He basically figured that once he was an Arbiter, there truly was no way to bring him into the fold, simple as. His bringing 343 Guilty Spark into the conversation was not to convince Thel, but to distract him.

[@aeronautisch]

If only the Heretic Leader ceased fire against Arbiter... I mean seriously dude, Arbiter was listening to the Oracle and you just shoot him w/ out thinking?

[@KurtHarrisIcehorse]

+Kai Bungie did it, they wanted a Covenant vs Heretic fight

[@yiledute]

+Kai have you read the Cole Protocole?? Thel is a very stubborn guy, he listens to many things but ultimately he ALWAYS acomplishes his orders, at some point he would've started shooting the Heretic and then, after killing him he would've stop a little and actually think in what and why he did. The Heretic leader knew that, he knew Thel's history, he knew he was already dead

[@KurtHarrisIcehorse]

Did you read all the Halo books?

[@aeronautisch]

Kurt Harris Nope.

[@quentinthomason2287]

Thel's faith was too strong. He wouldn't have changed his mind.

[@thelrproject257]

tbh the covenant finding humans on earth was probably like the brazilian's finding super bacteria in their water. "hmmm they shouldn't be there?"

[@fot6771]

a mild inconvinience for both sides

[@helikos1]

@Neb You know nothing neb

[@JMObyx]

@@helikos1 Well, in the 1st Halo Trilogy, there was a very good reason why the portal was on Earth, it was simply because WE are the Forerunners. Before you dismiss my words as crap, there are some lines of dialogue that point towards that being the case. In the cutscene where Spark betrays Master Chief, he has lines of dialogue indicating that he interacted with us before. Not John specifically, but presumably one of his kind, pointing towards the Forerunners and humans being the same species. And in Halo 3, before we fight him, Spark says this: "You ARE Forerunner, but this installation, is mine." And Truth earlier remarks after he kills Miranda that: "Now I know why they left you behind."

[@helikos1]

​@@JMObyxWhen you refer to "he has lines of dialogue indicating that he interacted with us before" is this in Halo CE when 343 asked if you asked him the same question the answer is still we must fire the rings? Similar to that anyway. Have you read any of the books? I would not count 343's words as the word of god, so to speak. He's rampant af and on occasion refers to all humans he speaks to as the same reclaimer and John as a forerunner. In fact that scene I mentioned, in the control room of Halo CE the conversation 343 is talking about is one between "Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting" and himself. I believe Bungie wanted human to be physical descendants of the forerunner, whereas we know from Halo 4 they aren't, that Humans were suppose to take up the mantle. Therefore "reclaim" that what was forerunner. Whether the ancient human actually originated on Earth I'm unsure but makes sense to place the portal on the planet that you're seeding the reclaimers of your legacy. Makes it a little easier to find lol I like proper conversations about halo

[@SleekSpitfire97]

@@JMObyx The terminals in Halo 3 reveal that Bungie considered the humans and Forerunners separate by that point, with the Librarian talking about a special race and building a portal on their home planet

[@joshuakim5240]

God damn...that grunt crying hits right in the feels.

[@musicealmustard]

The feels all the feels.

[@ayylmao9875]

Then again, we murder grunts all the time don't we?

[@musicealmustard]

Michael Jackson No it's genocide when I'm in the field.

[@notjacksonbuist7308]

I know I felt so bad for the unnogy after watching the one with the grunt rebellion 😓

[@delta4093]

Indeed.... ;_;

[@1conlin1]

18:25 "An effort by the Kig-Yar to sterilize the Unggoy population was met by stiff resistance" lol

[@idrisrobinson5393]

Nice

[@pieman2435]

It must have been hard to quell the grunts

[@voldy3565]

What's so funny about that

[@pieman2435]

@@voldy3565 stiff, sterilize

[@glowstone6074]

Nice

[@JayTheGam3r]

I...actually feel pretty damn bad for the grunts now...

[@enviousgaming3250]

me too. I mean I kind of felt bad for them originally (except in halo 1 because they are just so cute in that game) but I never felt too bad for them until now

[@JayTheGam3r]

Seeing a Grunt cry was the most depressing thing ever.

[@DrDanik]

Poor Grunts. ;(

[@dracodude7350]

Me too I felt quite sad for them

[@enviousgaming3250]

jamondshadow agreed

[@felynecomrade]

I found myself nodding along to everything mentioned here. SO many parts of the expanded universe were referenced, and every one of them checks out. The Arbiter is really the only character in all of Halo that's more than just a sci-fi stereotype (apart from maybe the Didact and Halsey). He's conflicted, full of equal parts rage and sorrow, vengeful against first his own failure, and then his unjust disgrace. He despises "the Demon" for besting him, but comes to regard him as the single greatest warrior he has ever shared a battlefield with. By his hand were many battles won, mighty Reach was glassed, Chieftain Tartarus slain, the head of the Covenant cut off in the form of Truth's death, and Sanghelios liberated from the Covenant's influence once and for all, the old traditions restored. Master Chief is cold, emotionally repressed due to his upbringing, and motherfucking unstoppable- which is why we love him. But the Arbiter by far has the most interesting arc.

[@gjtrue]

I agree. The Ur-Didact seems like a fusion of the way you described Arbiter & Master Chief. But filled with far more HATE....

[@yiledute]

+felynecomrade well not every one, I just finished reading Protocole Cole and in there they say many times that the Sangheili hate and understimate the Unggoys, despite of what was said in these videos, in the videos they said that the Sangheili learned to respect the power of the Unggoys after the rebelion

[@ToxicBalloon360]

You sir, put it beautifully.

[@cryptosporidium01]

Sesa is even more interesting than Thel. He declares his apostasy and rebels against the false prophets in complete abnegation and against tremendous odds. Thel is a well intentioned and honorable character, but he literally always stays on the most advantageous side for him in every situation and doesn't look as courageous in comparison. "I wondered who the hierarchs would send to silence me. An Arbiter ! I am flattered..." "I would rather die by your hands than let the prophets lead me to slaughter" speaks volume. Not to mention that he is not entirely a soldier, but an emeritus forerunner technology archaeologist, leader of an artefact retrieving team (hence the weird, whimsical looking armors), in short a sangheili Indiana Jones xD

[@Mega-Brick]

It's even cooler when you realize Halo 2's plot was mostly about him; moreso than the Master Chief. Bungie took a great risk by going that route, but it really paid off.

[@dawnlogemann5854]

Hold on, so the arbiter that we know also destroyed reach and was the biggest military threat of the covenant?

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

Dawn Logemann Correct

[@damnedtosuffer666]

And I’m pretty sure most of the time in halo CE we TECHNICALLY fought him, as his original elite uniform was the gold elites But then again he was a shipmaster, so whoever were the gold elites (commanders) they must’ve just been in control of their squads in levels 2-5, 8-9, and eventually search parties for the Flood containment unit before the outbreak.

[@Zero-ge4vb]

@@damnedtosuffer666 late response but, Thel was the supreme commander of the fleet of particular justice. The golden armored elites we faced throughout the game, were either just Zealots or the one shipmaster that captained the Truth and Reconciliation they all use the same color, zealots occasionally use crimson colored armor but mostly gold as we've seen in Halo 1 and 2 mainly. Thel would've been in one of the CAS class carriers, not a CSS class cruiser like the Truth was. So I highly doubt we even saw him once.

[@damnedtosuffer666]

@@Zero-ge4vb oof, yeah youre right. I based my theory on model appearance, my mistake

[@howlingdin9332]

It certainly helps explain why Truth wanted to keep using him after he was stripped of his rank the the Council wanted to execute him for failing to protect Installation 04.

[@ivanknight1119]

Betraying the elites for the brutes was one of the stupidest choices the covenant ever made.

[@stevenunger2253]

It was a smart decision, the elites were growing too independent, the bruters were not so smart and therefore the better choice

[@IanZeArtist]

Not a smart decision in practice, it was an objectively asinine decision. On paper, yes, replace the independent spartan II tier warriors with bigger, literally brutish beings, who think with their fists not their brain. They were sentient, but considering the brutes literally blasted away their own space faring chance back into a tribal state, they were ideal targets to be manipulated. Meanwhile the elites, all they really needed was a reinstatement of trust and faith from the prophets, as they were super conflicted. Yet truth shot himself in the foot by tossing them out

[@bruhmoment6947]

@@IanZeArtist Humanity almost did the same thing multiple times, the brutes aren't stupid

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

@@bruhmoment6947 or we are also stupid. Every race in Halo has its blunders. The Elites blindly follow the prophets for far too long (although they did have many failed chances to overthrow the prophets as explained by this video) The San' Shyuum are too greedy and selfish to actually accomplish anything, grunts... are grunts, and jackals are just there to make many and are blissfully ignorant.

[@Lunchyyy]

Something I always loved about Halo was how superior the covenant were to Humans. We were fighting a losing war and the quote sums it up best "And now with Reach lost, ONI and UNSC strategic AI report a 0% confidence that the Navy can stop Vadamee through traditional means."

[@Razgriz_01]

And the only reason Humanity held out for so long is due to courage, bravery, and sheer stubbornness. "Defiant till the end"

[@cynderfan2233]

Not exactly. The covenant is superior in space, but not much can beat humans on the ground. Problem is every time humanity start to win on the ground, the Covenant just withdraw into space and glass the planet.

[@217adaptiveperspective]

Keyes did say once that the Covenants weakness is that their Adaptive and not Innovative

[@DBZHGWgamer]

A lot of people said that. It was pretty common knowledge among the higher ups of the UNSC and all of ONI.

[@dukes1993724]

cynderfan2233 No, according to The Fall of Reach book, humans only win on the ground when they outnumbered Covenant forces 3-1. And than, if they did have superior numbers and started to hold their own or even start winning, the Covenant had usually secured their objective by this time AND THAN would retreat and glass the planet.

[@malscyllis]

I hated Truth's voice in Halo 3. It was perfect in Halo 2

[@rebornskeleton5232]

true

[@littlemarianne]

+Josh Leonard That is why I stabbed him.

[@KurtHarrisIcehorse]

+Thel Vademe Why are there so many Halo characters on KZbin!!!

[@littlemarianne]

Kurt Harris its a thing i guess

[@tryhardgaminghd3166]

+Thel Vadam - Leader of the Swords of Sanghelios Heretic!

[@bornestellar6334]

Damn, Spark really ripped into the Sangheili, eh? They were quite incompetent for never questioning San'shyuum methods.

[@comradestewart4218]

If you understand the history you know many had questioned but the rit of union had made it impossible to speak openly of such matters.

[@ray-0249]

Check out halo legends and watch the duel then you’ll see what happened to those who questioned or rebelled. Learn your lore/check yourself before you wreck yourself brother.

[@euanator301]

Terminal Cutscene: "If we could only talk to Thel" Halo 2 Cutscene: *opens fire on Thel whilst 343 tries to explain Halo's purpose*? He really isn't very smart

[@mustafam956]

Clarence The Mailman survival instinct is a son of a bitch. If you were trying to convince a fanatic with a death wish pointing a gun at you... you’d also hedge your bets a bit.

[@Ankylosaurus_mangiventris]

Mustafa M The Station was mid freefall too. If he had let Spark talk, they’d all have died before Thel actually listened. And he even states if Thel became the Arbiter, he’d be useless to them.

[@zandrmandr8300]

He says that if Thel was an Arbiter, he was a lost cause. He thought that he would be unshakable in his belief in the great journey at that point which is why he tried to kill him.

[@dotingbritu2287]

Guys... is simple... at the time the game was relised, this terminal scene and this elite friendship with Thel wasen't a thing... they just made that up years later on the canon... that's why, In my opinion, they shouldan't have made this friendship in the first place (sorry for my bad inglish...)

[@Thecasualgamer876]

@@dotingbritu2287 nah bro its cuz thel became the arbiter he was a lost cause to him thought he could not be persuaded

[@TheRoadToMachinima]

Does anybody else wish that the heretic you killed in halo 2 survived now? Because if he would've known vadamee was the arbiter he probably wouldn't have betrayed him the moment he saw him. I actually really enjoyed watching the back story of him unravel. Makes me wish he was an ally in the previous games

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

Brandon Broadway Yes, these terminals did him so much justice. And he even says he knew Thel before he was branded traitor. It would be interesting if either of them had recognized one another.

[@gsamalot]

I love how the Elites have so much honor in them during the old days of sanghelios, and the grunts or unggoy you got to feel bad for them. Taken by force into the prophet plans along with almost being killed off you got to feel sad for them. I mean how would you feel if you saw your world below you destroyed,friends,lovers, family all gone.

[@bubbajoe117]

hell just seeing a grunt cry made me die a little inside :(

[@TheHutOfWeasels]

bubbajoe117 Thats what makes Halo so great, you feel and understand your foe's.

[@enviousgaming3250]

bubbajoe117 right! me too! I actually had sympathy for the grunts ( i mean I always have had slight sympathy for them but not too much) more than I usually do

[@UnseenBubby]

Jesse Case I always that the hidden Grunt at the end of Halo 3 could be my best friend. If only I could have taken him with me and he would polish my boots and polish my helmet...

[@enviousgaming3250]

Neo-Mad Dog i know!!!! i always wanted to take him on the ship with me too! he'd be so cute just because he'd be so scared that he'd have no choice to cuddle up with chief

[@januszjunior3176]

I love how much the Arbiters were discussed. Their story is fasinating. Makes me hope they make a Halo game dedicated to Thel Vademee and his struggle to lead and unify his divided people.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

That's pretty much beenaccomplish in halo 5

[@thaneros]

He really needs his own game. RPG maybe.

[@nilspochat8665]

"REGRET" "REGRET" "REGRET" "REGRET" Any idea what it means? "Dear Humanity: We regret not letting each episode of the history of the alien bastards transition seemlessly. We regret coming to the menu during each of these. And we most definitely regret the video just blew up our raggedy-ass immersion" "HOO-RAH" "Still, thanks for the video, 343 never gets me anything. Oh, you know what the halo nerds like"

[@Bubbasmack1]

Underrated comment

[@Soccercrazyigboman]

Those poor poor grunts. i wish they had talked a bit more of what happened post Halo 3. I am satisfied witht he content here though. I've always wondered how the prophets could get elites to fight for them

[@deathwatch962]

In Halo: Kilo five, grunts have become mostly autonomous, but still find themselves relegated to menial work militarily. Most returned to thier home world however.

[@tipoomaster]

I think humanity should lend those dudes a hand and become allies with them, they only fought humans because the covenant forced them to.

[@umbrellashotgunman]

***** I don't think there's any indication they invented it; it's pretty clear that they simply commandeered any weapon they could get their hands on during their rebellion. I think Contact Harvest even implies that a bunch of them weren't even armed, and simply used their numbers to mob Elites and tear them apart with their bare hands.

[@sweetcakespumpkinlips6211]

The grunts are physically strong for their size. They been known to tear and decapitate their enemies with bare hands.

[@eikh1682]

Not to say that they raged over High charity also in a fight. Glassing their plant would of course slow them down

[@Mr-yj4qz]

I like how they showed more history of the covenant and some of the other arbiters.

[@monlow]

19:58 Spark: I'm starting to fear that you're not very smart. Sesa: Mind your tongue, Oracle! Spark: Oh, I mean no offense. I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about your species. LOL

[@icecreamisnice117]

The art style in these terminals are far superior to that of halo cea and 4. The company that animated these has really stepped up their game.

[@Julianoz224]

@TRISTAN KAHL Sequence does the terminals, Blur does all the uber realistic cutscenes

[@jujcebox1117]

The last terminal really explains why Regret went to earth without the entire covvie force.

[@cryptosporidium01]

"I feel now that there are many questions we should have been asking for a long, long time" most thoughtful, rationalist line from the entire Halo universe. I love Sesa.

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

cryptosporidium01 Sesa is my favorite elite.

[@ChristianRG2000]

Sesa 'Refumee did nothing wrong.

[@rhysnichols8608]

In fact, he did everything right

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

He's one of my favorite parts of halo.

[@bowlingnixon1640]

Except shoot at the Arbiter, while he could have instead tried to further explain himself to Thel with Guilty Spark.

[@lebronjames1472]

@@bowlingnixon1640 I would of shot thel too tbh considering his history

[@lionelthawne7723]

@@bowlingnixon1640 EXACTLY!!!

[@mqr507]

Complex plot...that's what I love about halo

[@me_Gustav]

9:45 I want a Halo spinoff game about in this setting sooooo bad! Sangheili wars between clans, finding forerunner relics, sword dueling, more melee weapons, open world etc. I could go on and on

[@me_Gustav]

22:48 just look at thiiiis

[@HiIeric117]

So the Arbiter was basically the Covenant Preston Cole.

[@zandrmandr8300]

Thel was the reason the covenant were winning at all. The humans could beat other covenant commanders, look at the first half of the battle of reach before Thel arrived, we could fight them off. It was his flexibility and ruthless fighting that lead to many of the worlds falling. The reason we even won the battle of instillation 04 was because the prophet was trying to take control from Thel which lead to conflicting orders and little to no organization amongst the covenant ranks. The finding of the halo rings was possibly the luckiest things to happen to humanity in the halo universe.

[@josh11735]

These are really good! I love the throwbacks to the CEA terminals and even Halo Legends! :D

[@rhysnichols8608]

I think you're...

[@uditsingh4926]

343i may have made a lot of mistakes in making the games but they aren't given nearly enough credit for these terminals. The narration and quality are just top tier ❤️

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

When the bad outweighs the good, people tend to focus more on the bad. At the time H2A came out, they had only made HCEA and Halo 4. Both were... Ok, but Halo 4 caused a split in the fanbase. Where 343 really started screwing up was with Halo 5.

[@MythicFTW]

heretic leader avoided reason and shot Arby first

[@valcair]

+Thomas Lasky exactly. I am so frustrated because of that. if he only would let Arbiter listen to 343's tale.

[@valcair]

+Jurek Val'Cair would've*

[@john-b2224]

+Nendoras The station was falling. There wan't enough time for Spark to explain everything to Thel. The Heretic Leader knew that Thel wouldn't allow him to just leave.

[@HaloFanRedvsBLue12]

I'm copy pasting someone else, and can't/won't verify it myself, but it made sense to me: _"have you read the Cole Protocole?? Thel is a very stubborn guy, he listens to many things but ultimately he ALWAYS acomplishes his orders, at some point he would've started shooting the Heretic and then, after killing him he would've stop a little and actually think in what and why he did. The Heretic leader knew that, he knew Thel's history, he knew he was already dead"_

[@taleseylad1249]

Arbiter was seen as a lapdog to the prophets

[@inkedseahear]

3:03 Ah yes, honorable enough to let them arm, but not honorable enough to face them without your fancy-turn-invisible-cloak-with-a-giant-glowing-energy-sword

[@dastemplar9681]

I mean they want to at least “gift” the humans a chance for a honorable death. To at least go down fighting back.

[@frightfulpath562]

one does not simply fuck with grunts.

[@flawless_Cowboy]

alexis daniel avendaño vazquez IKR

[@migueldelgadillo7562]

I tbag them a lot to be honest

[@thegalapagos57]

I feel so bad for the grunts :(

[@bossshun9]

A lot of us do after we see how they were treated.

[@kieranholmes8086]

I'm so glad these terminals exist, they explain a lot of plot details that just never really made sense in the original game

[@samdoo1433]

Man, the Mgalekgolo look awesome without armor

[@warninme]

Sam Doo Do you mean Lekgolo?

[@samdoo1433]

Well they are in the Mgalekgolo form, so no not really

[@tntalchemist]

@@warninme the lekgolo are just the worms. The mgalekgolo are the constructs they form when they come together

[@s.g.xeclipse9605]

So your telling me hunters are just a ball of worms?

[@HostileBurger]

that should be common knowledge since like, atleast halo 2

[@koichidignitythief7429]

You're telling me you didn't know that?

[@chrissonofpear3657]

They are also found inside Halo 3 Scarabs (as worms)

[@lukas.prochazka]

A lot of covenant technologies is made of Lek Golo (those worms). Scarabs and other excavators are also made of them.

[@soulreaverable]

Hunters are stores in the worms

[@MyNoble117]

"THE GREAT JOURNEY IS A LIE!!" - Fal

[@avery1541]

Everyone who feels bad for the grunts probably don’t even know that most grunts we kill are just kids as soon as they can walk they are basically given a gun and sent to die

[@lostjammydodger]

Hey man your actually missing Terminal 15 Unyielding (Fred Linda one) still thanks for the upload the terminals run horribly of the channel in my area.

[@Uny]

Unfortunately, the Halo 3 Terminals aren't loading in MCC so it seems I can't unlock that final Terminal. I'll have it up as soon as everything is fixed!

[@dantewilliams6096]

I noticed that too

[@JuJitsuXBL]

Thanks for putting this together. I never did check out the back story of the Halo games, but everything makes so much more sense now.

[@PKM9107]

At 18:46 I swear it sounds like an Engineer hitting a sentry

[@Shadoenix]

"Sentry down!"

[@figmentofyourimagination5514]

Erecting a dispenser!

[@hyper.lethal]

It is

[@cosmictrashbin7236]

*Y E A H*

[@justinnyugen7015]

Finally! I've been looking everywhere for these

[@justinnyugen7015]

After viewing I was hoping that there would be some terminal about how delta halo fell out of repair. Maybe a secret Gravemind terminal lol

[@HarryBillyBobGeorge]

Justin Nguyen That would be great, especially since Spark mentions it in CEA. Damn.

[@105Leon]

OMFG love the heretic leader storyline, thanks for sharing these! :D

[@zach7]

IF there was one thing I'd change about halo 2, it's that I would make the arbiter open fire on the heretic leader instead of the other way around, because this makes the guy seem like he'd be willing to of all people, make Thel specifically listen to him.

[@mrrazfromnz]

It's about time somebody uploaded the terminals

[@TheLimonadeboy]

Yep

[@enviousgaming3250]

right I have been searching for weeks for this

[@KouD3Graw]

Using him to inform the oracle on the covenant and the into the covenant gave him is the greatest thing ever. I loved this and felt bad killing him before the arbiter heard him out. This alone made Halo 1 & 2 more awesome. 343 is doing great when it comes to the creating the lore. They're just still trying to find the balance in multiplayer.

[@enviousgaming3250]

ya I always felt slightly bad for killing sesa but nowafter seeing the terminals I fell really bad for killing him before you hear him and guilty spark

[@denialater7775]

the heretic leader did shoot first though..... was just thinking this till i realized the arbiter actually was listening for a little till he got blasted by plasma rifles. lol

[@bowwing333]

Daniel Spurr Oh this drove me crazy. If only he wouldn't have shot. So close to a quicker truth and a really badass ally.

[@tomasthetrain6195]

bowwing333 But he did say if Thel became the Arbiter he would not listen and be hopeless in the terminals. Which is why he shot first from my understanding and he was wrong.

[@enviousgaming3250]

Daniel Spurr do have to say that that was a dishonorable move to pull, knowing they were elites ad all and especially that sesa trusted thel the whole time and emiedatly tried to kill him later

[@Maveo83]

Thank you for showing, I knew there were back/behind stories of Halo 2!

[@MrLAG95]

Good lord, that last scene, it all makes sense now. I'm loving these terminals more than the ones in CEA cause they give way more back story. Thats why I love this series so damn much. You can play it over and over again, but you might miss something just as soon as you discover something else amazing.

[@will8276]

Why the hell is this the only video i can find with the halo 2 anniversary terminal videos.

[@Arachisage]

Aw man the grunts being handed weapons. Brought tears

[@scottage_teaches_jujutsu]

I can't believe how many terminals I missed lol thanks for this

[@Richard-xl4lk]

Poor grunts I feel bad about killing them now

[@AndroidMaxine]

Almost all of these terminals were about the Arbiter, or Arbiters. This to me implies that the Arbiter will play a prominent roll in Halo 5. I hope we get to play as the Arbiter again.

[@AlexandreBatalha_Sharkuel]

Exactly, like Halo CE's Anniversary were all about the Librarian, the Didact and the Shieldworlds/Halo Array. These are well plotted teasers by 343i. And yet, people hate them for making such an awesome job with the lore.

[@michaelcastro9026]

Most of the hate is coming from the multiplayer fans.

[@Belzabub2]

Alexandre Batalha People hate that 343i wants to bring Halo MP into this century and make Halo more story a bit more dark and start bringing characters from the books into the games. All and all... people hate that 343i is doing an amazing job. All those idiots who were like "Bungie is the only ones who can do anything good with Halo!" are eating their words.

[@AlexandreBatalha_Sharkuel]

Opie Winston​ amen to that!!

[@AndroidMaxine]

Opie Winston How? Halo 4 was the worst Halo game ever made, aside from Halo Wars. And the launch of the MCC was utterly disastrous.

[@obeyrostipher1929]

While the graphics are outdated ... I honestly think Halo 2 has the best levels and the best atmosphere ... a lot more authentic sci-fi feel than the later games

[@raferalstonisgoat4457]

so Thel Vadam literally killed a billion people then became the arbiter, turned against the prophets and became a hero and helped save the galaxy? Talk about redemption.

[@LateShiftWolf]

I love how they added in parts of halo legends into the arbiters history

[@bioniclestef]

These are literally the best terminal cutscenes ever. It gives a good amount of back story on the culture of the elites which I really enjoy.

[@LightningZetton]

I wish Haka was used more. His design, voice, and weapons are so god damn cool

[@jedimasterpickle3]

This is why I'm still interested in Halo. I may be tired of the gameplay, but I will never tire of its lore. Such a fantastic and fascinating universe. If I remember Halo 3 and the one Halo 2 LP I watched, the world mentioned at the end was Earth, was it not? That's where the slipspace portal to the Arc was.

[@Dash62g]

13:02 It's weird hearing guilty spark ask question out of his own curiosity rather than just being a machine made to answer others' questions. It's little things like that that kinda hint that he's also a protector of the installations, not just an orb to ask questions to.

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

Thel or Arbiter probably gave the order to kill Noble Team, that Zealot squad probably answered to him.

[@wyattbhoffman]

No

[@TangentialShark]

Anyone who still thinks 343i cannot tell a good story even after watching all these terminals can go to hell. There is more story in this side-content terminals than in the entirety of Destiny.

[@SolidSp33d]

While I'm still watching the terminals, from what I've seen all of it is just poking more into history of the series that was already established. This doesn't seem at all indicative of 343's writing, rather than just translating a lot of the already written information in a new form or different perspective. This doesn't redeem how they handled Halo 4's story. You can only wait until Halo 5 for that.

[@blitzkrieg6699]

SolidSp33d Solid point

[@SenseiMewtwo12345]

That's right. All of this information is information that was already public when Bungie still owned Halo.

[@seroccoprime2774]

SolidSp33d I don't mind Halo 4's story. Apart from the Didact being a quick time event.

[@TangentialShark]

SolidSp33d Although almost all of the events shown in these terminals were established by Bungie, none of them had been portrayed with such detail and with a connective narrative that ties them all together and makes a clear message. The Taming of the Hunters and the Unggoy Rebellion were only known by name before these terminals, we had no idea what caused them or how they were quelled. Also, the short sections where we are introduced into Sangheili culture before the Covenant is completely new and very well delivered IMO. Making all these important events in Halo lore fit into a short 30-minute video is no easy task.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

These cutscenes brings back Halo Legends and Animatrix vibes for me.

[@Grim-c8n]

The only one I can trust with this information is Thel. Sadly hes probably dead... Wait hes alive? And hes here? And the oracle is going to explain what halo is to him? I couldnt have gotten a more perfect scenario. Welp time to go full Rambo

[@hartianx1698]

@Mr.Tweezy007 That and the station was falling so there was no time to listen even if the Arbiter was going to hear out the Oracle.

[@CMTechnica]

Feel bad for all those elites that were branded Arbiter

[@Tayd0g]

My view of Grunts will never be the same

[@MichaelBailee]

OOOH! THAT FIRST TERMINAL :D I REMEMBER READING THAT FIGHT! (calms down) It's so great to see the Cole Protocol referenced and see what Jai-006 looks like!!!

[@enviousgaming3250]

right totally agreed infact I JUST finished the cole protocol last week

[@PumkRock]

The Arbiter, before he realised the Prophets were lying to his people, is my favourite kind of Villain. An unstoppable force that will completely crush anything that stands in his way, but with a sense of honour that prevents gratuitous cruelty. Giving the marines time to arm up before fighting them was such a chad move. Man, I bet he feels terrible after destroying so many UNSC worlds. Sure, at the time they were his enemy and they were at war, but the entire conflict was based on a lie- those people didn't have to be his enemies. The Arbiter was always my favourite character, I kind of lost interest in Halo when he stopped showing up.

[@redaug4212]

Arbiter still doesn't deserve forgiveness.

[@seroccoprime2774]

Goddammit, I feel bad about killing the Heretics now.

[@thesenceofmorality]

I have no special move for spark but calling the Elites stupid is the funniest thing I have heard in months.

[@MrSqueegy]

16:56 with subtitles made me lol! But seriously, I've been waiting like a week for this to come out so THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Quality was amazing, NO complaints on my end :)

[@MrSqueegy]

I'm assuming that youtube uses some sort of Voice to text for their subtitles, they really shouldn't lol

[@therussiangovernment8510]

When I saw the grunt crying I never could fight them again

[@Myuutsuu85]

By watching this, i have learned so much today. Even though my knowledge about Halo was allready higher then what the games alone tell us, i still found quite a few remaining questions answered.

[@Saedraversealt]

20:48, anyone one else notice one of the images is from Halo Wars of Arbiter Ripa'Moramee. Anyway watching this makes me question, A. why I don't own an Xbox One and B why I don't have this.

[@avatus775544]

Thank you so much been waiting for this for days =D

[@ashhalcyon]

That's awesome how the "soon-to-be Arbiter" was in Halo: Reach as the one who was glassing the planet as his former self

[@nutyyyy]

He says that in the cutscene in Halo 2.

[@refurbishedtechpriest9076]

Wow. Loving this video dude.

[@Growlingtummy2]

3rd Battalion Marines: “The elites are waiting for us! Guess chivalry’s not dead.” Thel: *so anyway, I started cloaking*

[@naruto17mirai]

How the covenant found earth is now sooo clear, it makes perfect sense how they got there as well as why they did not bring a larger fleet

[@Jamarvious_]

So since The Arbiter destroyed reach, doesn't that make him responsible for the death of NOBLE 6

[@TheVivi13]

He's responsible for the majority of human causalities during the war lol. He was indirectly the main antagonist of Halo 1.

[@believeitornick370]

I like how they brought in the story from the old halo DVD with that awesome animated episode about the arbiter taking out the whole army

[@banj0smah0mie]

Thanks for this; there's no way in hell I'm downloading that stupid app just to watch cutscenes.

[@enviousgaming3250]

ah! thank you so much, for the last week I have been looking for a video someone posted, you are the first person I found with the terminals, thank you so much

[@yolsil775]

I love how "the Duel" was made Canon ^w^

[@valcair]

+Fire Starter all Legends series is canon, except for1337

[@cameronjr8]

+Nendoras Why not 1337?

[@valcair]

It's a Halo universe parody made in DBZ style. That's why. They even mention an 'Unicorn' system, if i remember right

[@valcair]

Also, 1337 is LEET, a very well known internet language**.

[@yolsil775]

+Nendoras I think they said Unicron... maybe it is Unicorn XD either way

[@halonerd11100]

I am so glad to have watched this.... now I know more about the history of the arbiters, the grunt rabelion and the taming of the hunter. Thank you 343i :)

[@mr.benedict7671]

I absolutely died when they referenced the Arbiter from Halo Legends.

[@attmosf3ar]

I first heard of the grunt rebellion when I played Halo 2 and its awesome how they showed it here.

[@discofraud]

spark: "I'm starting to feel that you aren't very smart!" *oof*

[@clovislfrc9881]

"I'm starting to fear that you're not very smart" *HOT DANG THAT BURNED*

[@edgartj17]

All this knowledge so quick, so fast! its glorious! I'm ashamed to say that i already beat the campaign twice and only found 2 terminals lol. But in my defense i was beating the par times for the achievements. This is what 343 should have focus on Halo 4, fill the gaps Bungie left instead of making all that new bullshit story about humans being super advance 100,000 years ago along with the forerunners and how they were at war while the flood was consuming everything, so dumb. But I'm so happy with the content of this terminals! awesome job

[@endorsedbryce]

I have to disagree, A that's been in the books long before halo 4 and that part of the story was clearly planned out before halo 1. meany of guilty spark's lines in halo are clear references to it. B The history, pre-halo firing, is honestly the best part of the halo series, It ain't dumb. I do agree that these terminals are great though and fit along with halo 2 narrative so well.

[@Alexiouz]

edgartj17 Errrm, the 100,000 years ago thing was around when Bungie still owned Halo xD

[@edgartj17]

regardless is just dumb, they shoulda left the forerunners alone as an ancient civilization full of mystery. like the original trilogy

[@endorsedbryce]

edgartj17 no, just no.

[@halorecon95]

edgartj17 You know that the humans are called "Reclaimers" right? Never wondered why the humans were reclaimers and the covenant speicies were not? It's because the humans had earned the respect of the Forerunners... aswell as being the only ones who could fight the Flood without nuking the galaxy to oblivion... What I just told you is from both the original trilogy aswell as from the books which were released before Reach came out... The Human-Forerunner war was even in the lore in Halo 3 (the terminals). Go learn ya Halos before ya'r gonna complain about mah Halos boy! ^^

[@The_Punisher]

Am I the only one who would have wanted to fight against Marines while playing as the Arbiter

[@guyinfrontofagreenbackgrou6017]

Me too

[@rhysnichols8608]

This videos made it seem that the heretic was good friends with the arbiter, but in the campaign he suddenly shoots at him. That doesn't quite make sense, I understand that the heretic thought the arbiter wouldn't listen, but why shoot at a good friend?

[@chrisc448]

Arbiter was the Heretic Leader's commander rather than a friend. During Halo 1 he sent him to secure the gas mine while the main fleet went after the Autumn. Arbiter would have listened, but as far as Lodam'ee was concerned, an Arbiter belongs to the Hierarchs and would be unlikely to turn. He tried to get the drop on him and failed.

[@rhysnichols8608]

Thanks but he said "the only one I'd trust with this information is probably dead" which implies they were good friends. I understand exactly what you are saying I think perhaps 343 didn't quite think it through.

[@Razgriz_01]

He failed to realize the oracle was there and it looked like the arbiter really was gonna listen.

[@SOMEGUY7893]

"Thanks but he said "the only one I'd trust with this information is probably dead" which implies they were good friends. I understand exactly what you are saying I think perhaps 343 didn't quite think it through." Because Arbiter was loyal to the Elites first, all he really had to do was incite him to question the prophets and that was a enough. He was probably lamenting that he couldn't just go to Arbiter as he was his superior and may have been able to simply meet with him and show him Guilty Spark in secret but knew he couldn't because of the destruction of Halo.

[@kieranschafer5180]

Felt so bad for Sesa Refumee. He was trying to convince you to believe in the truth and disobey the lies the prophets taught you, but you went ahead and killed him anyway.