Worst Bootleg Halo RIP OFFS to ever exist

[@jogaming55555]

Spartan firefight is actually a good game and a passion project. It’s not a “ripoff.”

[@Commander_Raveth]

Heck yeah it is! Spartan Runner has a soft spot but Spartan Firefight is a core memory for ever for me!

[@sparkthedragon]

yeah, i think they are licensed or something though i doubt they have stayed on the xbox that long with microtransactions without them ever getting removed

[@daddyhascakes]

Never should have said that 🤦

[@rdproductions517]

FACT'S

[@MikeWojtas]

I love Spartan Runner! I follow the dev and seems like he does this out of passion. The game definitely deserves more praise.

[@NeedSleep1917]

There is no way you called spartan runner and spartan firefight ripoffs. They are good and honest fan games

[@theincrediblefella7984]

*in my opinion

[@HappyNoob17YT]

i think he's just angry because it has microtransactions, oh no the small team puts in app purchases in a fan game. cry me a river.

[@Grunty15]

RIGHT, I PLAY SPARTAN FIREFIGHT ALL THE TIME

[@HappyNoob17YT]

@@Grunty15 I have over 100 hours on it.

[@Hankthestank04]

​@@HappyNoob17YT I have about 50

[@mediocregameplays6612]

I had the halo runner on my phone and I really enjoyed it. The retro look of the art style is just fun.

[@zackwerth77]

Try spartan firefight. It’s the same style. It’s pretty fun

[@ianmorris7950]

Spartan firefight is even better, it’s the halo game we never had.

[@Pat12379]

​@@ianmorris7950it's basically just 2d halo

[@DanielJackson-sm8ix]

Spartan Firefight was so much fun. I found it while I was waiting for MCC on PC and I loved it. It got pretty regular updates and has fun multiplayer. I appreciate the creator’s dedication to making it an homage to the old Halo games

[@theEWDSDS]

15:13 "the game only has 4 ratings" "72 ratings"

[@Hankthestank04]

Haha

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

I has gonna say the same thing

[@mr_inconspicuous]

Nova 3 was such a masterpiece it’s a shame it got buried by the worst remaster in gaming

[@icarusgaming6269]

Halo Zero is a classic and beloved Halo flash game. He's playing with a controller or something and making it look way worse than it is. This scene deserves its own episode with games like Warthog Launch and Flash Halo CTF. Shockingly many of them have been ported to HTML5 and are still available in browser without any janky emulation. Some of them even run on your phone!

[@xcrsn]

Warthog launch literally comes with the special editions of Halo 3 iirc, I remember playing it on launch thinking it unlocked something in the main game lmao

[@Herobuilder21]

NOVA is a weird situation, the version on the app store rn is just a remaster of the first game which was absolutely a halo clone- the second one probably was too, but somehow for NOVA 3 they put out this absurd fully developed campaign shooter that was really good. I'm upset it's not available anymore.

[@flameyoshi07]

Nova 3 was crysis lite

[@oxy3s]

Nova 3 is still installed on my old ipad but I can't figure out the password but one day ill get it

[@ArchangelExile]

​@@oxy3sEver figure it out?

[@AlexB_207]

the 2 spartan games are blatant because they are fan games

[@rdproductions517]

Nova 3 is a masterpiece but nova legacy hurts me nova 3 was a big part of my childhood. Me and my friend played it and remember trying to beat the campaign. It was kind of hard because I didn't get past this one part. My friend never spoiled the end for me and when I started to play Nova legacy again it hurt me and I couldn't finish the campaign I know it's a remake of the first Nova game and that just like makes it feel like it's bad and plus I barely found people playing it

[@David-1216]

Was it the boss fight at the end? I remember it gave me trouble; kept soft locking

[@flameyoshi07]

It was posible to beat the end boss, but It's a pain in the ass

[@rdproductions517]

@@David-1216 idk it was probably before u meet the guy idk his name I wasn't idk how close I was to the end

[@HappyNoob17YT]

@@flameyoshi07 it's better than punching an old guy off a wheelchair.

[@flameyoshi07]

@@HappyNoob17YT what, the end game boss has an insta kill attack...

[@NightBeWheat]

I have Spartan Firefight on my phone and i play it when im bored. From what i remember you can get credits for free and most customisation options can be unlocked without spending a single penny. There are some limited time cosmetics, but the rest is free. Fun game, i recommend it.

[@thestutteringspartan5155]

I wouldn’t call fan games “ripoffs”. I mean if it specifically tries to market itself as it’s own thing while using Halo-adjacent assets then yes, it’s probably a knockoff. But Halo Zero and the Spartan games are most certainly just fan projects.

[@gamerpro24hour1pro4]

Spartan firefight and Spartan runner are both incredible fan games. NOT A BOOT-LEG! I would love to see you play Spartan firefight, it's a great game in terms of a faithful Halo game and in terms of gameplay.

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

I remember seeing a Halo 2600 cartridge at a pawn shop. $40. I legit thought it was a bootleg & didn't realize it was a semi-official demake.

[@hiddensynin]

Spartan firefight is really good tho 😢

[@spongebobfan78]

The funny thing about NOVA is that 1 and 2 are Halo inspired but 3 became Crysis inspired instead.

[@onionrangerduck7024]

Okay I only played NOVA3, don't know about the other games in the series but NOVA3 is definitely not a rip off. Different story, different lore, different gameplay and uniquely designed guns. Unless every sci-fi super soldier game come after Halo with similar settings is rip off, NOVA3 is definitely not a rip-off

[@flameyoshi07]

Yes

[@The_Sanctified_Mind.]

Based

[@Bee77]

nova was my childhood, if only i knew about halo back then too

[@artistify_3d429]

NOVA is more of a mix of Crysis and Halo NOVA 3 was fire..it had a literal campaign with cutscene and story and no microtransaction

[@theduckking5720]

I mean nothing is wrong with the actual fan games.

[@rileywatchin]

Spartan Firefight deserves justice, its actually really solid and fun.

[@ianmorris7950]

Spartan Firefight is one of the greatest games ever. Don’t disrespect.

[@ryatt9365]

Worst Halo ripoffs were H4 and H5.

[@sauceboye]

based

[@AerozoIa]

They’re also Halo games

[@YigitCanAydinSS]

If they were not called Halo they would be solid game.

[@Commander_Raveth]

And that wannabe show

[@ORileyGraham]

So true

[@RednekGamurz]

The Conduit series is honestly pretty solid all things considered. The story has this cool conspiracy aspect to it, there's some pretty fun and creative weapons, and for a Wii game, the online was surprisingly competent. The main thing holding it back was the controls. I wouldn't mind seeing a proper revival of it someday, but SEGA also has a ton of other series that are a higher priority to revive. The sequel also has an insane cliffhanger ending. If you've never seen the ending for The Conduit 2, do yourself a favor and look it up. It's ridiculous in the best possible way.

[@ButteryGoodnessINC]

I'm happy there's someone that remembers these two games. I was there when both came out, as at the time I didn't have an Xbox to play Halo, so it was close enough. A friend of mine I've met through The Conduit is still a friend today.

[@jcmsaucey6555]

Man, these developers really went BEAST MODE borrowing concepts from Halo

[@scar7091]

Spartan Run is actually a fun game! Especially when trying to pass time!

[@viperson9818]

Man I missed infinite warfare and wished that part of the franchise was expanded upon definitely was my favorite of the three advance movement titles.

[@yeef3493]

Halo fans are so sincere. The comments are all defending these games cause they’re fun lol

[@ibtebeg8236]

To be fair, I played so much of those nova games when I was little and I loved them.

[@Midnight.Shadows]

"What about the Halo tv show! I'm going to quit while I'm behind." No no, he has a point. That was a really bad knockoff. XD

[@David-1216]

The Spartan runner and firefight slander is an L. The passion is clearly there and are fun homages to the franchise. Should really change the title of the video cause it doesn’t apply

[@isisbarfuss558]

Spartan run & Firefight is actually VERY fun; they even have all the classic sounds. Firefight is like a full game; even has forge. I just see them as Halo games to pass the time on my phone. I don't think these games were necessarily created with malicious intent. I think they were just made by old fans, what with all the classic and nostalgic bungie stuff.

[@AutomatonRando]

I've actually played the first four games mentioned here, Spartan Fire fight, Spartan runner, NOVA the pixelated versions and the remake and Metal ranger. Although if you were to ask me which of the four was the worst it would probably be Metal ranger to be honest.

[@BigManLaskey]

It would’ve been funny if you put that Fable Halo armor crossover in the thumbnail as the rip off side.

[@HaloMillennium]

Did… did you really confuse the first two fan games for rip offs? They are obviously fan games 💀

[@crystallakedood]

I actually had a teacher who worked on the Conduit, and he was pretty open about the fact that yea... the Wii just needed a cool sci-fi shooter. As for Roblox... yea, it went from a platform to a shovelware pit. It's long gone, and all it exists for is to prey on ignorant kids, or kids desperate to play a certain type of game their parents won't let them have in another form.

[@jadenbowers4607]

Spartan runner and Spartan firefight are so addicting lol

[@TITAN_101]

Still remember when my dad gave me a USB with Halo Zero on it back in 2007, not a bad 8-bit side scroller thou I never finished it

[@eater_of_beans7114]

Halo Zero was also made by Doberman Studios, who made Spartan Runner and Spartan Firefight.

[@moonblood1261]

Nova was like my favorite I played that game when I Couldn’t play halo

[@thenuttednutter2669]

Love the super Metroid halo style ☠️

[@kamenanew9867]

I feel like n.o.v.a. will be on this list, but those games are actually really solid. Sorta halo boned crysis, especially nova 3. Really fun. Also not gonna lie, only watching this video for new games to play lol, halo ain't a bad game to rip off and I could use some similar games to play. Well, also watching this just cause I'ma sloth fan, you guys rule edit edit lol, the runner and firefight games are a lot of fun, so not bad rip offs at all just fun.

[@kamenanew9867]

Man I wish halo zero was on Xbox, that was fun.

[@ilanwaters3030]

I played nova and quite enjoyed it First online game I ever played

[@Spritzkrieg]

Not surprised some folks are offended at the "blatant ripoff" language - is a ripoff really a ripoff if it's not trying to manipulate you? Those fan games don't count

[@Skellitor301_VA]

Iiiiii'd have to disagree with the mobile games Nova and Metal Ranger being blatant Halo ripoffs. They look nothing like Halo at all and you can't really just take generic aspects like scifi, man in an armor suit, fps, aliens, etc and say "Halo ripoff". If anything, that encompasses so many IP's such as Doom, Starship Troopers, Warhammer, Mass Effect, Star citizen, you can even say the Alien series falls in this area. It has to have much more parallels than stuff that are generic, like the aliens looking a bit more closely to Halo covenant, where's the grunts? The jackals? All we got were humanoid invaders in Nova and bugs in Metal Ranger. The only parallel that might be halo was Metal Rangers' icon but that's about it. Honestly, Anthem and Destiny are closer to Halo than those two imo, and yes I know the same devs blah, blah, blah. But, if we're going off purely different IP's and separated games, Anthem and Destiny are closer to Halo than those. If you look at anything with a lens of familiarity and you are very familiar with something, you too will draw similarities and say "copy" when there's no copy there. That's like saying Cyberpunk is a copy of Star Wars.

[@stijnVDA1994]

I think honestly by adding refrences a lot of the true knock off games are actually making it more invisible since it is such a common thing for people to do

[@Pixel22-fs3tt]

Always felt that the Metroid Prime series was Nintendo's answer to Halo and not the Condit

[@slective_reaper2956]

You never pointed out borderlands Fun fact borderlands only exists because they wanted to make a game simular to halo and there are things that actually show through but throughr it's development it went from looking like halo and slowly more and more into borderlands

[@HappyNoob17YT]

Nova is actually pretty good, sorry to brake the news but there are other si fi military shooters other than halo.

[@PackHunter117]

Star Wars Jedi Survivor also ripped off the Brute Chieftain and Gravity Hammer with a character in the game that’s in charge of a “Brute Army”.

[@DENIS_Biomech]

My favorite Halo rip-offs are Aliens 1986 and Starship Troopers 1997, the fact that these movies were able to copy Halo before it even came out is quite impressive. 😂😂😂

[@ethancarbajal8496]

I don't like the way you referred to Spartan runner and Firefight, those games had love and passion put into them

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

"Game only has 4 rating" It clearly says 72 ratings above, you read how many stars it had.

[@freakinthekitchen]

I do believe that infinite warfare was a sorta tribute to the “competition” franchise… some artists at infinity ward defo were fans of Halo

[@whydidimakethis111]

Infinite Warfare honestly is a top 3 CoD campaign for me. The setting was so incredibly realized and like you said, it could have legit been its own sci-fi universe even outside of the CoD franchise. They did not need to put that much effort into thinking up a setting for a single sci-fi CoD game but they really went all in with it. There was a lot of love put into making sure the world felt grounded despite being decades in the future and it shows in the small details like the downtime aboard the Retribution. The characters were superbly well written. The only real issues I had was the lack of exploration of the enemy faction and them being just nameless cartoony villians (an issue that IW had with its other standalone CoD, Ghosts) and how barebones some of the extra missions were. If the Jackal sections were expanded into its own thing, I'd definitely be willing to play that game.

[@themadone3282]

Nova didn't look like a rip off. It just looked like it was inspired but that's it no rip off

[@juliastrasser3766]

spartan run has better customization than infinite. change my mind

[@DanielJackson-sm8ix]

Definitely!

[@Killa_Kaiser]

0:18 those models are quite possibly stolen from EA’s game Anthem those are the different suites you can wear when going out on adventures

[@goldfishgaming9339]

Title: "Worst Bootleg Halo RIP OFFS to ever exist" In the video: "It actually is kinda a true to form halo inspired game just built into Roblox which is really cool that that even exists"

[@Deuce_and_a_half]

Nah man he did not just diss Spartan Firefight. That earned a dislike

[@unknownusrname]

Hey man, don't be roasting nova like that, this game made my childhood.

[@roygomez4875]

HALO? You mean that one game that ripped off NOVA? Yelena > Cortana

[@GameOmar7261]

Nova isnt just a ripoff, its a masterpiece.

[@Onay.]

Arms Craft FPS didn't only have 4 ratings lol, it had a 4 star rating, but had over 70 ratings :)

[@ZeroTraceOperative]

iirc Spartan firefight used to be called "Halo: Out with a whimper" I played it years back under that title.

[@brawler5760]

I have some things to say. 1. The campaigns for Nova are more like Crysis than Halo, but sure. 2. Of all the things to criticize Infinite Warfare for…

[@inductivegrunt94]

These bootlegs go from blatant and terrible to interesting and actually enjoyable. But all are proof that Halo is iconic and will stand the test of time. Especially when fans create mods of it for other games, developers put easter eggs into their games like with Fable, and AAA developers rip off the games to create their own crappy games.

[@endermage0287]

The picture is actually from another game anthem

[@Tailsfan06thezombieslayer]

I love bootlegs

[@moonblood1261]

I love boots in my legs

[@TheRookieGamerYT]

Hey, Spartan Firefight back when I was in high school was a banger.

[@chiefboyardee549]

Roblox has an entire tree of different groups that have their own communities of halo groups. Each group is owned by a separate person and each group has their own game and discord for organizing personnel. The games when you join them seem like nothing but open land but that's because the game is a sort of a blend of role playing and military simulator where you can choose to join a faction: UNSC or Covenant. From there you have to attend trainings held by real players to work your way up the ranks, so it's not so much of a "join and play freely" game as it is an organized military simulator. With smaller groups, the majority of the time there will be little to no players online unless there is an event being hosted by an HR. I used to be in one of these groups and I actually modeled assets (mostly for the covenant faction of this one group) like elite player models to an entire SDV class Corvette. These games can actually be really fun messing around in once you're in a faction. For instance, there were spawnable warthogs in our game that would explode when their health was depleted, so we used to "car bomb" the enemy team while they were trying to organize a massive training by driving towards their formation, jumping out of the hog sending it into the middle of the crowd and ending it's last bit of health by blowing it up with a rocket launcher. There are rules and moderation to these games too so its especially funny the shenanigans and chaos you can cause at times

[@ZergS4uc3]

i have both spartan runner and spartan firefight, they are decent phone games

[@SOVIETTHUNDERPILOT]

Your opinion for fan games are no longer valid

[@some.randomdudeonYT]

Starship Troopers is a rip-off of Halo!!! The creators of Starship Troopers went to the past 50 years, went Back To The Future, got the idea of Halo, went back but got stopped by a grey wizard that stated "you shall not pass!" but also got saved by a German soldier that said "come with me if you want to live" This is where it gets interesting. Their Uncle Spock told them "May the Great Responsibilty be with you. Live long, but STOp! It's Hammer Time!" And that, my friends, is the story of a Halo rip-off from the past.

[@DeadEyes63]

I love how the mobile game thumbnail is literally showing off anthem. That’s the Colossus, Storm, Interceptor, and Ranger.

[@DeadEyes63]

I’m aware he says that in the video just pointing it out myself lol

[@FATECODM]

spartan firefight is a great game don’t trash on it

[@TortugaAW]

One thing that I don't like RocketSloth is the "extremes", you know "It's black and white, there's not a middle ground".

[@oscarcurtis5196]

theres a low droining sound behind this video that made it impossible for me to watch, just a heads up

[@johngellare3507]

I never realized how similar IW was to Halo. The good guy's dropships are both named after birds and look very similar, the ringworld map exists, your friendly AI 'dies' and the SDF are basically Insurrectionists

[@ParotandArmorfinish]

I like how this comment section is speaking more fondly of most of these projects than we've been able to talk about Halo itself in years

[@EstebanAlvarez-Tostado]

I don’t know what you’re going on about, the spartan runner and fire fight are clearly fan games even the developer says it’s a fan game. Also what do you mean rushed, I can tell you first hand that making any type of game is hard and it’s real hard to make pixel sprites, I can spent hours on pixil gif or drawing and it’s always a second long and looks “rushed.” Also none of the assets are reused, have you seen any pixil stuff in Halo? If it was copy and pasted it would be 3D.

[@neobunny]

I love your videos and never have any beef with your takes, but calling Spartan Runner and Assault "ripoffs" is not okay. They're very high quality fan games.

[@DuoizHere]

If you ever played NOVA 3 Yelena died from a big rock monster

[@derekfunstuffidk5722]

Ive been trying to find halo nova but i didnt knew it was gone

[@davewills6121]

It seems every Halo game up until 5 was hollow, now the franchise is on track, better gameplay, more manly, less girly and focused. Thank god the devs have woken up

[@J_daubs]

Is it weird that I think that spartan run actually looks fun lol

[@gamerpro24hour1pro4]

No it's not weird! They are both fan made games, not Rip-offs. Both games are great in terms of Halo ascetic accuracy and gameplay. I reccomend you try them! I have them always on my phone for some fun

[@bitchface235]

@@gamerpro24hour1pro4 swear to god it is so egregious and factually inaccurate for him to call an HOMAGE a ripoff. practically a crime to say "nah you arent genuine youre just a scum trying to cash grab" when these people have put in actual work

[@theincrediblefella7984]

Why wasn't Halo Infinite on this rip off list?

[@eternalflame347]

Any of those are better than everything made by 343 industries.

[@John-mm2yl]

I’m going to try Spartan Firefight. It looks like fun.

[@skyrimn00b98]

Halo 5 is the worst bootleg halo rip-off

[@cat8awaffle72]

0:18 funny thing here is that thumbnail i recognize is not even halo related as it was from the game anthem edit: he actually mentions its anthem i guess i wasnt far enough in the video to see him mention it

[@Steven_Carlson]

72 reviews at a 4.0 rating

[@AerozoIa]

Looked for this comment

[@saltedhorsemeat4843]

video starts at 2:57

[@pwnage402]

MS actually doesn’t care about use of official assets if you aren’t profiting

[@pwnage402]

And I don’t know why you make the two spartan games out to be ripoffs, they’re well done and look like passion projects. Cmon.

[@Godspeedil]

to be fair, I think that vanquisher calling card is from Black Ops III

[@CodextStudios]

The arms craft FPS game has a better counter part with master chief as a skin it is called pixel gun 3D

[@breathofthedeity2366]

19:47 no no, continue, you know it's a knock off because he takes his helmet off on screen thousands of times for no reason

[@screenshot8388]

I feel like its a little unfair to call some of these "the worst ripoffs to ever exist."

[@donavongrimm5763]

to be fair, imho, ive played NOVA way before i played halo, not defending it, but it did lead me to halo.

[@ytilaeR_]

Is this a reupload or smth? seems like it was made awhile ago

[@UnintelligibleYT]

Hey now, be nice to fangames. They're fans just like you. You're not ripping us off, are you?

[@jacksonkillilea]

The Spartan games and Halo Zero were great.