What It Means To Be Human In Halo

don't much care for New Blood, now that you mention it.
ODST is easily defined as the only Halo game without Spartans as a main focus, but this also gives the game a very unique perceptive; what does it actually mean to just be a Human in a war that spans the galaxy?
And yeah, I know about Fireteam Raven, but I don't know how to get footage from an arcade cabinet.
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Despite my best efforts, some audio logs evaded me; some footage has been borrowed from - www.youtube.com/@GLPTVee/feat...
It is one of those nights - • it is one of those nights

[@ThaneBishop]

My lung has not been collapsed but I'll let you metaphorically walk me down the stairs because the elevator is broken due to ongoing alien invasion. www.patreon.com/ThaneBishop

[@RakeHipster]

Why is your voice so overly dramatic?

[@ThaneBishop]

@@RakeHipsterI did not do theatre from Kindergarten to College to *not* overly pack emotion into my presentation style.

[@quill9648]

@@ThaneBishop Understandable have a nice day.

[@LongLiveLiberty]

@@ThaneBishop🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nicholasmolberg1043]

I love how hopeless Reach and ODST are, and just how much it pushes home that Chief is an actual unholy monster that lurks in the nightmares of these otherwise unstoppable alien overlords.

[@Skullkan6]

And he can still die fairly easily, especially on higher difficulties

[@deathbringer9893]

​@@Skullkan6 that is the point heroic is the canon way to play and chief is not a god he is just a human who refuses to give up and extremely lucky

[@erincarson8998]

​@@deathbringer9893 If only the dead have seen the end of war, is he really the luck one?

[@deathbringer9893]

@@erincarson8998 his luck is also his undoing he will most likely outlive everyone else due to spartans living longer and being in there prime longer kinda sad and makes sense why john "loves" cortana

[@draochvar9646]

It also hammers home the sheer magnitude of difference between Spartan IIs and everyone else.

[@Zombysushi]

"Self sacrifice and the reckless -- utterly reckless -- hope that, via that self sacrifice, someone else won't be lost." Damn good line, man.

[@Deadshot-zr5ob]

I love it too

[@mnk9073]

Regular Halos: the Space Marine experience ODST: the Guardsman experience

[@luken4164]

Eh, I’d say it’s more the Kasrkin/Scion experience. We’ll have to wait for a Grunt game to really suffer the Guard.

[@michaeledmunds7056]

Scions are Guard, son

[@people174]

real

[@a05odst62]

>Warhammer fans on there way to insert their shitty fucking franchise into every medium humanly possible

[@luken4164]

@@a05odst62 What makes you think that? 40K and Halo share much in common, so I imagine their fans would have much crossover.

[@danimarch2639]

"...even though it looks more like a Puma." XD Sir I was drinking. Literal spit take.

[@GenStallion]

How about a Walrus?

[@germainsimada7591]

@@GenStallion Stop creating imaginary animal

[@ryanparker4996]

I think it looks more like El Chupacabra

[@GenStallion]

Chupa-thingy?

[@KodeeDentares]

What the hell is a "Puma?" Oh, memories..! 😂❤

[@CRDubU]

Master Chief made me want to fight, to save the day. The Rookie made me want to live, to survive the night. That’s the impact a game can have. That’s what it can do for someone.

[@randommoron9892]

Oh hey it's you one of my favorite youtubers

[@Naramsit]

Noble Six made me realize, we are not the hero of the story but paving the way for the one who is.

[@Eubeenhadd]

It's really telling that I die most times I play any of the Master Chief games on basically every difficulty on every level. I play fast, take risks, and have fun. ODST had me surviving most missions without any deaths even on heroic or legendary because I was so much more tentative with committing to engagements.

[@CRDubU]

@@randommoron9892 Thank ya kindly for that.

[@randommoron9892]

@@CRDubU no prob

[@CrushedFemur]

I think something else special about ODST, especially the first mission, is your loadout. You get a suppressed smg, the first suppressed weapon in the series. There have been stealth missions before in the series, but they were about ambushing and relied on snipers. This suppressed smg and dark environment screams "do not get caught, engaging the enemy is death".

[@Skullkan6]

This. I remember that feeling at 12 years old.

[@quintonsloan3666]

Mombasa streets were ment to be played laso so that way you had to avoid fights. My issue with the suppressed weaponry is everyone in the fire fight hears it so melee is still the best stealth

[@youngman850]

"Have TWO kabobs."

[@invaderHUNK]

WE ARE EATING GOOD THIS DAY

[@ThaneBishop]

I BRING A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST

[@punchieouchieguy]

I'm having toast with blueberry jelly

[@invaderHUNK]

@@punchieouchieguy how is it?

[@punchieouchieguy]

@@invaderHUNK yummy

[@naverilllang]

We are eating kebabs

[@Scriptedviolince]

When you think of the kinds of people the player and Sadie run into, Jonas was honestly probably worth at least five people the player and Sadie run into over the course of the campaign.

[@blazingswayze5518]

To quote the book. A life spent is not a life wasted.

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

Gotta' love Mendez, we need a Johnson & Mendes buddy cop prequel book written by Karen Travis no cap.

[@projectr9999]

@@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly Please, no. Do not let that woman anywhere near Halo again.

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

@@projectr9999 I haven't read any of the 343 books, what happened?

[@projectr9999]

@@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly Hypocrisy, overzealous hatred for Catherine Halsey, and racial prejudice against Sangheili in some ways.

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

@@projectr9999 I can't tell if you're serious or having a joke at my expense.🤣

[@padwock2294]

30:08 It's funny how the one mission in the game that feels like a "power fantasy" is a mission that is based around gettin' the f* out and away from the enemy ASAP. The first time you've described a feeling of consistent safety and security in a mission and it's when you're leaving! Love this game man

[@BuffCheeks80085]

I know there was no rain in ODST, but my memories will always have heavy rainfall while exploring New Mombasa as my favorite Halo protagonist. I feel that has something to do with the music while exploring. (Buck is probably my 3rd favorite Halo character, if Superintendente doesn't count 😅)

[@BuffCheeks80085]

BTW my 2nd favorite Halo game is Reach. Utmost respect for Rookie and Six. o7 (my 2 favorite Halo protagonists)

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

The trailers cast some kind of spell that infected us all with the logic plague and now we think it was raining

[@Endwankery]

I feel the same way. Great times 🙂

[@Skullkan6]

Same. Same

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

...Now that I think about it, why isn't there a mod for this on steam?

[@D.Nobile]

Thank you SO MUCH for mentioning A Walk in the Woods. I wrote a whole essay on it in highschool.

[@5232chaos]

I've seen so many people liken Halo to just a sci fi version of Call of Duty so its nice to see someone understand the humanity present inside of the franchise. The line about "losing but on our terms" struck a cord with me and reminded me what the halo franchise meant me and finally put into words why the newer instalments didn't pique my interest. This video is every word I've need to express my love for a franchise that's had such a massive impact on me.

[@elchjol2777]

What I remember hitting me in ODST was if you had all the logs,the officer survived until you found the frozen door. Then he turned on you. Your targeting reticle goes red on a human for the first time,even on the crazy marine that shot at you in CE it was green thus a no-shoot. But now you got a police officer with a potential one-shot-kill shotgun in his hands and he is hostile. You have to pull the trigger first to survive. I had a shotgun as well in my first time with this encounter and on reflex from seeing my cross hair go red at close range, I pulled the trigger without thinking. A bang,a man crumpling to the ground and a red splat on the wall. Not blue,not purple,not orange,red. For the first time in Halo you have a human as a red target, and what do you do when you have a red target? The same thing you've been doing....shoot. But this is no alien,nor even one of those insurrectionists heard of in the background....this is a uniformed police officer. In the same uniform as the officers you fought alongside in some missions. I only realized what I did after I saw the red splat on the wall a second after the shot. This hit me a bit harder as my mother was once a police dispatcher so I had a high option of officers, so pulling the trigger on the NMPD officer was a "The hell did I just do?" moment.

[@Splarkszter]

I love when a story... a world, is written so well that these things happen.

[@Inward_Outward]

Great video! I just wanted to throw one thing in for context: ODST used to be panned back in its day, the most common rhetoric used was that it was "like playing Halo without shields." Lore-wise, that's 100% correct. ODSTs do not employ any sort of shielding tech, aside from traditional heat-dispersing/ballistic armor. In-game, it's actually false. The game itself has a tutorial for the system, IIRC it goes by the name "stamina" but it's functionally an energy shield. You can see it by taking damage. It's the red vignette on your screen, and signified by your character's heavy breathing. It absorbs some damage before you start losing health, just as John Halo would. Fun fact!

[@n8dogue]

It always bothers me when people get confused about that fact. I mean they literally mention the whole stamina system in the tutorial yet it flies by the average player's head

[@nicklapallo9090]

"A minimum of one alien, per rifle, was going home in a mop bucket." Aaaand subscribed. I'm not a full half hour in and already the dining has been fine.

[@TwoAwfulGuys]

It is a CRIME this only has 2,000 views. Incredible video on my favourite Halo game.

[@Keiranful]

An older video on a small (as of now) channel. It is growing though, and at a rapid pace. There are already close to 8k views on the video and the channel has nearly 18k subs.

[@nopenope9945]

50% like ratio? That's gotta be a good sign though right?

[@theirishviking9278]

a month on and that number has been multiplied by 10

[@mitchelledwin7532]

It really, really, really goes to show just how much you improve with each video! I don't mean to say that you've had any L's -- because you straight up haven't. But your first Cyberpunk video sucked me in with just how masterful your analysis of the forlorn genre is when it's not being used to sell Gamer(tm) Chairs. Every video you've done is not only intelligent, but meaningful in a way that resonates with not only me personally, but with everyone I've shared them to and clearly the ~6000 subscribers you've accrued. I'm 29. Halo came out when I was seven, and I've been here since the beginning, begrudgingly and blissfully. This video captured everything I've ranted about to friends, family, and at one point an entire university class alike about why this franchise means the world to me, even if I think it's lost its soul to brand merchandising and vapid writing in the two most recent of the main series entries. That said, holy crap did you knock it out of the park with the truly human aspect of Halo's world. "Not lost. Only losing." love it -- profound as fuck -- succinct in its most flourished forme -- feed it to me slowly like grapes. Also, your jokes are on point I genuinely laughed out loud and woke my cat up several times.

[@ThaneBishop]

I had to sit on this comment for the day because it's hard to articulate how much this one means to me. I'm so thrilled that this video connected with you, and I'm really grateful you took the time to let me know. These kinds of comments are the absolute highlights of getting to share the way I view and understand media with the world. Thank you so much.

[@Keiranful]

​@@ThaneBishop I totally agree with this commentator. Your comments about Pokemon Silver date you as quite a few years younger than I am, but you have a perceptiveness and understanding of the themes behind videogames that is a sight to behold. I say that as someone who is no slouch in philosophy or storytelling, who works as an analyst for a living and grew up on video games, starting with Diablo 2, Tomb Raider 2, and War Craft 3. You have a knack for breaking down complex themes and undertones into something understandable, which is reflected in the growth of your channel. I look forward to seeing more from you.

[@LostShipMate]

Jonas is my spirit animal.

[@Captain_tiberius]

Its been years since I played ODST, but if i recall correctly, Sadie calls in for a elephant to evac him, which you can find tourched by plama fire in route to that terminal. Makeing it notable because I thnk it was the first time an elephant was mentioned/ modeled in a halo game that was not Halo Wars. I've been watching through your content in the last day or two, I gotta say, Love your stuff man! I'd love to hear your take on Halo reach, if you have any opinon on it!

[@EldritchMage3922]

If you get enough audio logs the officer on sub level seven has a different death

[@Czechmate88]

I think ODST hits home for so many because it’s (almost but not quite) an ordinary human doing extraordinary things in times of stress and it’s something we are all capable of

[@MaddoxDelgado]

i still dont fully understand how buck figured out where Dare was but i do know it stems from the conversation that any of the tunnels not flooded are filled with covenant at that point. I have read that since on the drop they angled towards the ONI building and she disappeared from her pod that she continued to the ONI building (which most marines including ODST would know has sublevels.) Tunnels have to lead somewhere and if the covenant are there for something then Dare (ONI) must be there to retrieve it.

[@LordlessSword]

Well I know Buck knew that they were of course. He still thought that they were boarding the supercarrier at the start. He said something like "What are you doing ? We're way off course!" Which he remembers after kikowani station. (It plays as audio)

[@MaddoxDelgado]

@@LordlessSword yeah, he only figured it out after it was a death wish to go back.

[@mileonaslionclaw2525]

“Even though it kind of looks like a puma” heh, I see what you did there~ nice

[@spookypepper6900]

This video is so good honestly. Wish we got more stuff like this from Halo. Less SPARTANs, something more grounded. I'd love to play as an Army Trooper on Reach or Earth, maybe a Marine on Mars or Luna. 31:33 The one thing that bothers me about this video was you didn't mention the alternate scenario if you found all the audio logs, where the police officer doesn't die from the Drones, he keeps following you. He will go off into a room to do something, and you follow him in and he'll confront you about seeing something you aren't supposed to see, prompting him to turn hostile and you have to kill him. Probably the only time in a Halo game when you are forced to kill another human. Corrupt cops taking advantage at the end of the world.

[@RazShape]

"That hurt doesn't go away and stays with us." I cried a little man.

[@atlev]

I've not been doing very well as of the past 4 years. Thank you for this video. Your words hit my heart.

[@ThaneBishop]

Four years is a long time to have a rough time. But the silver lining is that if you're strong enough to go that long, I reckon you're strong enough to go as long as you need, until you don't need to be so strong all the time. Things will get better.

[@atlev]

@@ThaneBishop I'm losing, but I haven't lost. Not yet.

[@adri.progression]

@@atlev I Believe in you 💫 (I like to use 💫 as my HALO emoji)

[@mrrootbeerguy1280]

I think you forgot one of the best missions, mickeys mission. He rally’s all the marines scattered in the city to push towards the Oni building. The dialogue between marines and Mickey himself while driving a tank feels very fitting to the themes you’re bringing up

[@daniellecompte5550]

This has to be one of my favorite video essays on KZbin. Hands down. The storytelling of what is an amazing story has me in tears. Thank you for this, and thank you for breaking down (or building up) a series I hold dear to my heart.

[@ThaneBishop]

That really means a lot to hear man, thank you so much.

[@tridentgreen3346]

Vergil had info on the Covenant’s search for the Portal to the Ark the Covenant eventually find in Voi. Also I really want to relisten to Kilo 5 now

[@SpoopySquid]

I really wish we get a remake/spiritual sequel to ODST that goes hard on the stealth and survival elements

[@PeachesandCream225]

In ODST you basically were a spartan. You can pick up and use a gravity hammer and you can even rip a turret off its stand and carry it around... I wish ODST had made you play like a human!

[@gartcw9955]

I had always rationalized that as the player’s odst being so pumped up with adrenaline that they can do Spartan shit

[@ThaneBishop]

I never really thought about those, to be honest. Holding the turret always seemed like a reasonable heavy weight for a soldier in this universe, and as for the Gravity Hammer, well, I figured it was in the name. It uses Gravity, in some vaguely defined way, to weigh less and hit harder.

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

Fun fact: you don't have to use those, no one is forcing you at gunpoint to pick up gravity hammers and chainguns.

[@thecosmicalien7891]

That's crazy 😧

[@oreroundpvp896]

Your melee damage is far lower, so is your health and height and grenade throw distance. You cannot dual wield etc. The turret and gravity hammer really aren't an issue regarding immersion to me

[@castropanopanopalis]

I've always posited that Virgil is how, if not at least a big part, the UNSC got the Infinity...

[@KillerSniper142]

This is too high quality for only 2k views, but ya earned a sub today

[@kevinalmgren8332]

I still remember the first time I played Halo. It was that same jump from Pokémon and Mario 64 to Halo: Combat Evolved. I was eight years old, it was December of 2001, and my mom was horrified when she saw what I was playing, but I was mesmerized. I had no idea what was happening, and for at least a year I was stuck on the Library, but the scale and feeling of that game was breathtaking in a way that I didn’t feel again until I encountered Morrowind.

[@Splarkszter]

I love when a story makes gives me that sensation of "hope and teamwork in a sea of death"

[@GnarledStaff]

Great Video! Halo always had these themes, its just that its easy to miss them when you play as chief and dont see the marines as people. But honestly, the Halo Marines (and nonmarines in some instances) really made Halo Stand out. They pit a lot of effort making those NPCs feel real, having them joke and interact with the player and other NPCs, and generally making them feel human. Their presence alone did wonders for reinforcing the theme of humanity but those voicelines and the genuine help they provided (though often short-lived) really take it to the next level. I still remember the PC demo, fighting through the beach landing on the Silent Cartographer on higher difficulties. I got my ass handed to me. But the marines fought and died together, and by learning to take cover, stay with the group, and focus fire their targets I was able to get through it. You did feel lonely in older Halo games, it just happened to a lesser extent. The juxtaposition of starting out with a squad and ending up in the bowels of some alien construct with only the voice in your head made that loneliness apparent… but they usually ended a level with reinforcements so you never felt that loneliness for too long (unless you got lost, lol). I remember spending hours trying to keep as many marines alive in Combat Evolved and feeling a profound sense of loss when I beat it because I thought all of those other characters were dead. But Halo 2 restored my faith by having Johnson survive, implying that all my efforts were not lost and some did make it off the Halo.

[@GnarledStaff]

And man, the voicelines!! “No Covenant!? You had to open your mouth!” Is one of my favorites. It occurs right after the covenant ambush when you enter their ship with the marines, but its easy to miss because of the gunfire, and explosions and possibly the RNG of that character dying before he can say it. The excitement when a group of marines see you arrive. Calls of “The cavalry has arrived!” And other displays of renewed hope really hit me hard. I remember hearing that they looked up combat footage to see what real people said while firing their weapons. And then they didnt shy away from things like “C’mon, get some!” Just because they were a little corny. They even let them crack jokes and apologize for team damage during combat! Halo’s AI felt like real people. I havn’t played a game with that type of NPC immersive experience since Reach (I did not play 4 and beyond because I heard they were lacking)

[@LatiBite]

great vid feller. last few days been annoyed that a lookback like this i liked seems to have disappeared. This one was great, thanks a ton and keep up the good work

[@ThaneBishop]

Hey, thanks for the kind words! I'm really happy you enjoyed this one

[@chthulu27]

3:26 "Even though it looks more like a puma." Ah, red vs blue, classic.

[@galactic_4042]

A very well written and great video, I've loved stumbling over your channel due to the cyberpunk vids, and have even watched videos about games or topics I didn't even know about, just to hear your thoughts on them. I truly believe you have a special way with words, and I'm sorry if this comment is too weird but I really aspire to write like the way you do, even anywhere close to it LOL. Thank you for your work, truly. I will be eagerly waiting for the next video, and I wish you all the best :D

[@fraser7530]

Maaan I love your videos. Writing, editing, gut punching life-perspective. 👑

[@realfallengang]

This was gorgeously writen. You are an exceptional writer. I made myself an essay back last year about the Halo 3: ODST and Dante's Inferno. It was about 3000 words, my lord. I wish I saw this video sooner, cause It makes me want to write again. Take care and much love!

[@oliviaisinspace]

I always look forward to your content and thoughts, and now you're covering one of my all time favorite games!! Thank you for the food 🙏

[@ThaneBishop]

That means so much! Thank you!

[@Cactusprisms-oz6yn]

Oh this is beautifully articulated and written and I appreciate it very much. Thank you for making it

[@RouththeRLPanda]

"we've never lost. We're just loosing" that really hit hard

[@nickbooze9766]

Hell yeah, what a return dude,

[@hs4619]

I just love these video essays, they really bring a sense of nostalgia

[@TheMrSnuSnu]

Another Thane Bishop banger

[@dredhounds6832]

the subtle comedy you bring with information is so fantastic, thank you for the upload!

[@RebelPhoenix117]

This was one of the best Halo video essays I've ever seen. ODST truly holds a special place in my heart, alongside Reach, for the jarringly real way it tells the story of humanities struggle, a struggle that you outlined and captured phenomenally. Beautifully done.

[@OrangePython117]

First of you I’ve seen, and this is _crazy_ good!! Thank you for this, man ❤️

[@Belligerent_Herald]

I had this exact same experience with this IP. It was my first big boy game. And I love how the lore got deeper and more ethically grey as it matured. Probably seemed like a little throw away line for the instruction manual in combat evolved, “super soldier raised from childhood”. Then someone thought about the implications and leaned into it. UNSC and ONI are not nice organizations.

[@EnragedZealot87]

Absolutely fantastic essay. It's amazing just how much detail and love is in this game. It's so much that I can watch plenty of other videos about it and have a completely different takeaway from it. Awesome job dude God Bless you

[@willhorton7624]

You’re channel is amazing!!

[@Sidewinder1996]

Virgil is also a reference to dante's divine comedy. Each circle is a reference to hell and the characters in terminals reference sins.

[@TamableMuffin82]

this is honestly a masterpiece of a video and exactly what i needed right now so thank you brother

[@exodus9941]

I watched your Republic Commando video, loved it, and I also agree, ODST is my favorite. WE KNOW THE MUSIC AND IT'S TIME TO DANCE!

[@chrisofthehoovers4055]

This is one of my favorite games of all time. I loved the feel of each level and the process of exploring the city.

[@okaqe]

great video

[@SigneV001]

I honest to Gods would love to see your breakdown/analysis of Halo Reach. It pairs with ODST to me, sacrifice and the human experience in it.

[@heyheyalaska]

ODST holds a special place in my heart. The great story, firefight, playing with friends and probably some other stuff all make this such a stand out to me, more so than all the halo games that came before. Though Reach is still my favourite (butHalo 5 is also a contender)

[@jalen7690]

Don’t forget the smooth ass jazz music.

[@quill9648]

This and Reach are the two favourite of mine. Because when the rest show Chief breaking through insurmountable odds, Locke going on a goose chase after John amid an all-out war. In these two outliers, we're the ones that rally behind Chief, we're the ones who would in any other scenario, provide cover or a distraction for John so he could break through and complete the mission. And it shows how BRITTLE we are, compared to the Spartans. I love it, because it gives us a break from the power trip that Spartans effectively are. And it shows that even a small group of soldiers, regular human beings, and even a lone survivor with a goal, can achieve something that seems impossible.

[@Burkius]

While I love all the halo lore and meme comments I have to bring attention to your writing style and vocal expression. It’s phenomenal, I’ll have to go through and watch your other videos but I’m wildly impressed on how well you’ve crafted your script to not only highlight important notes of the story but in cadence with your speech patterns and delivery. Chefs kiss man. Truly content worth consuming

[@clownymcclownerton1653]

WE ALL LIFT TOGETHER

[@toospooky051]

5 minutes in and instantly subscribed. God. This was a great video!

[@setyourhandlex]

What a stellar essay, I really enjoyed this.

[@Dynatron9000]

That shout-out to Tactics A unlocked some good memories. I need to find my copy.

[@hiddenhundred8565]

Man Jonas as a character makes me so happy that I share the same name as him, even if a little different, and that oddly enough ODST was my first halo. I believe it is what truely shaped my love and compassion for settings or games like ODST. I think you put that idea perfectly and that this feeling of grounded reality is what I crave, to know that humanity may face countless trials but we are still able to keep going and still sneak in a bit of compassion into the bleekness that we deal with. THAT is the greatness of humanity. Our ability to witness or experience all this suffering or bleakness but still being able to keep moving forward, lend a helping hand to those we are able to, or even still keep our morals and stand up to injustice even in the chaos of an invasion. THAT is what has always drawn me into a setting, it being a video game, book series, or movie. It's ability to convey that feeling is something I truly love. Anyways enough with my rambling, this video was an incredible disection of ODST's story and it really shined with how you were able to really bring all 3 stories together nicely and even hint towards the third stories to those who may have not played ODST or those who haven't played it in awhile. Again great stuff man!

[@maevethefox5912]

I haven't played a Halo game since 2, and yet this had me spellbound for apparently 45 minutes, just such well done content.

[@FoxyWoxy1876]

this is the only game to make me remember every feeling ive had when playing, while living through it

[@Rengrav]

Damn, that a great video. 10/10

[@torwart.tempel]

Love how you know "it is one of those nights", its like an internet easter egg for me that a video like that is known by a random youtube video I decided to watch

[@spiegel7608]

I love playing ODST with friends, especially on Legendary. It just feels so. . .right. I’m with what feels like my brothers and sisters, fighting to just get to the next checkpoint. We work together, moving as a team and it feels human. Supporting and being supporting. Like a human

[@jordan115v4]

This is an phenomenal video, actually top tier, but its sad to see either because you didn't know/didn't fit into the message of the video, but the story of sadie and the rookie are an analogs/retelling of dante's inferno. The historical story analog only adds to the experience and story of the game, which the idea of rookie being guided through "hell" by Virgil, just like dante and the story of sadie being a level per level retelling of the inferno, just in the halo universe, which adds a biblical undertone to the story, which is something the other halo games have, but to much more with ODST. Good good video though

[@oscerthefool]

great video! may you be blessex by the algorithm gods

[@haloinfiniteisagoodgame1163]

a lot of chiefs gameplay is about winning and victory reach is about holding out, waiting for the extraction, slow the advance of the enemy, then it ends with that very mission, survive, hold out, after which you fail odst is about surviving, your goal is to make it past this encounter, not the mission, not the day, not the tour, odst is about trying not to eat shit too quickly, maybe succeed in the mission

[@ZeMovinPixxle]

"it looks more like a puma", okay you got me, lets see where this train is going.

[@Deadshot-zr5ob]

Loved this video man, I hope you cover some other halo game in a similar way, but if you only cover this one that’s fine by me n.n ❤

[@Anthony_Cika]

Jonas is my favorite character in Halo. I still remember that conversation.

[@Cevowo]

I grew up with Reach and Odst as a kid Whenever I thought of Halo I thought of those two games I still love Halo and I don't really care about the design choices in 4-5 because I liked the gameplay of five and the story of four I can barely run infinite but I did finish the campaign and I still enjoyed it

[@SHOVELBONES]

banger video. subbed

[@soumyajyotimukherjee4752]

ODST definitely has the best music in the series

[@meili4790]

It's no fair making me cry at 7am on my way to work dude 😢 job well done. I don't know what it is about Halo but their stories can consistently do this to me

[@alexrichards658]

I know this is an old video but I wanted to say that the engineer saved in ODST led to the completion of the Infinity in the books. It isn't especially important but I always found that fact fun.

[@nathanielt.7747]

Great video, thank you :)

[@justazombie2556]

john wasnt the last one left in halo ce the rest of blue team was active fred and kelly were back on reach and linda was injured but on the pillar of autom

[@trevorjrooney]

Holy shit, a man of culture! A gen 3 purist, a man after my own heart.

[@theicarus95]

Thanks, videogame Breadsword

[@ThaneBishop]

I'm printing this comment off and sticking it on my fridge

[@nevtheskid4579]

Lmao I had to process the Fox News San Francisco joke for a bit, I didn't even realize it happened until like a full three seconds later.

[@sirzorg5728]

This was the first halo game I ever played. It was great, especially since the whole team lived at the end, against literally all odds.

[@reanukeeves2812]

Bruh, the first one minute thirty seconds is just describing my childhood growing up.

[@cesruhf2605]

I remember playing halo 3 ODST for the first time 5 years ago. Its the best experience i had

[@egmccann]

Heh. I love some of the callbacks... you mention "The Siege of Madrigal." Madrigal was a city in another favourite Bungie game, pre-Microsoft... Myth/Myth II. Hadn't heard the piece or the title of it, but just mentioning it in the title of the piece made me smile.

[@tylergehle9939]

Hey I know I'm late to the party but I'm pretty sure right at the very end I heard the NSP song "I own a car". Sneaky edit and I love it.

[@bofox9939]

I’ve never seen a video of yours, saw the first ten seconds and believe me you have a Subscriber. PBS FTW.

[@jamespuma2975]

This video has made me appreciate ODST a lot more, a game in the series I've never loved. Would love to hear your thoughts on Reach, my personal favourite (I know, original). Or honestly Halo 4 or 5 as they don't get a lot of attention.

[@indiajuliet1945]

If you find all the audio logs during the mission, Mombasa Streets, your interaction with the NMPD cop and the cutscene when you find Virgil will play out differently.

[@GeofftheIronwolf]

Kinda looks like a puma. Oh that's glorious. You got a sub just for that.