We tried to get it in five, and we failed beautifully. So here, relatively unabridged, is the complete Halo saga in 22 minutes. #ign #gaming #halo
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Halo: “Has a story” Me as a kid: Shoot the aliens
@malikphillips47943 жыл бұрын
Ya when the OG Xbox was close to coming out, they let you play Halo for a little while in Gamestops back then. They had to kick me out. CO-OP alien killers
@kingsley11753 жыл бұрын
Facts 😂
@ArchThaBoss3 жыл бұрын
Andrew Mundy I was 14 when Halo 2: Anniversary came out and that game blew my mind
@EddieFreak3 жыл бұрын
Same bro
@zionhill38933 жыл бұрын
I was 12 when Halo CE came out. I read every book. I loved the lore.
@jessehenderson29673 жыл бұрын
“The Arbiter we care about, called the Arbiter...”
@caherin62243 жыл бұрын
His name is Thel' Vadam
@alvzcizzler3 жыл бұрын
I heard Thel has a big salami rod
@rcartoons39413 жыл бұрын
Heard that and went straight to the comments😧
@WarriorTantoh3 жыл бұрын
@@alvzcizzler it’s Thel ‘Vadam
@NiightDJ3 жыл бұрын
@@rcartoons3941 bet 🥴
@hughmungus81292 жыл бұрын
Video that no one asked for but everyone needed
@daemondiablo79623 жыл бұрын
SameToken’s video is far better than this.
@freefalling2earth3 жыл бұрын
I’m still confused about whatever thing means
@mrfortnite47693 жыл бұрын
@@freefalling2earth agreed
@theflankaclanka22133 жыл бұрын
Not really.
@josh65672 жыл бұрын
Cept it has a million errors 😂
@reecey15042 жыл бұрын
I introduced my friend to Halo and as he watched the trailers he said. “So what I’m getting is you are a green space dude in a motorcycle helmet shooting religious talking monkeys.”
@pandajam79213 жыл бұрын
Stop being his friend 0_0
@MajorooGaming3 жыл бұрын
Just what I needed
@turtledeanthebean17703 жыл бұрын
Yes, but theres much much more to love
@T1GEVERETT3 жыл бұрын
And everyone clapped.
@vmast_vids3 жыл бұрын
Heresy! But yes
@aguilacahc0003 жыл бұрын
14 year old me: “I think I’ll dive into Halo’s lore” Narrator: *”and he was never heard from again”*
@jlat963 жыл бұрын
XDDDDD
@snowyvoidproductionsxx3 жыл бұрын
This is literally me
@luciussatchell97093 жыл бұрын
Why is this me bro lamfoo
@oblivione32083 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Furious_Baby2 жыл бұрын
hahhahaha
@Shodan-01012 жыл бұрын
In conclusion: a long time ago, a ridiculously advanced civilization wiped out another ridiculously advanced civilization, sh!t hit the fan, sh!t continued to hit the fan, and sh!t hasn’t stopped hitting the fan since
@duncanbrenner92433 жыл бұрын
theres a conspiracy that the insanely deep story of the marathon trilogy is connected to halo and also destiny
@Ttangko_6 ай бұрын
You wrapped that up nicely 😂😂😂
@ifoundamemeАй бұрын
facts
@kingsleyjide4486Ай бұрын
They missed Halo 3 ODST, but aside from that this was perfect lol. Buddy went beast mode for "Five" Minutes.
@Halo3clanFSOG3 жыл бұрын
Yeah except for when he was talking about the forerunners and totally took liberties with the order of events
@daxmoonshadow17873 жыл бұрын
They really just disrespected Rookie like that
@elian9223 жыл бұрын
ODST wasn't very impactful to the over arching story of Halo in the grand scheme of things. The only thing worthy to the larger story was the engineer who told humans about the portal on Earth.
@Sqdlow3 жыл бұрын
ODST has no impact to the overarching story except for Buck going from leader of that squad to a Spartan 4.
@TheImSolid3 жыл бұрын
Unpopular opinion: ODST is my favourite Halo game
@lokijoshi35943 жыл бұрын
This is the most educational video IGN has ever released. Props to the guy who covered it.
@notavailabull3 жыл бұрын
Is it Destin?
@addul19962 жыл бұрын
Check at 0:10 see who’s doing the video
@Wolfie_20452 жыл бұрын
This is like the 3rd video I’ve watched for the timeline, and I’m still confused
@AuraXp_3 жыл бұрын
Wilfred101 You ask, and I’ll answer...
@-MendicantBias3 жыл бұрын
@@-MendicantBias how did chief end up in space in the trailer of infinite? Wasn't he with Blue Team and Osiris at the end of halo 5?
@SomeoneN33 жыл бұрын
@@SomeoneN3 Infinite is two years after Halo 5, so something happens in that time that makes him lost in space. The badguys from halo wars 2 are the main villains of this game, not the Cortana storyline (maybe that will be in a different game).
@arnavs23063 жыл бұрын
@@arnavs2306 Ahhhhhh I completely forgot about the time skip oml thank you! I sound dumb as f now XD Hope they have a better story than halo 5s for us
@SomeoneN33 жыл бұрын
arnav s isn’t Infinite after 28 years as this video mentioned or Im wrong?
@yazeedalbeladi31053 жыл бұрын
8:27 Active duty soldier beats crippled elderly man in his wheelchair *GRAPHIC*
@warbossbloodskar37043 жыл бұрын
That is some cnn news right there!
@private31463 жыл бұрын
🗿
@Rowej62 жыл бұрын
“Walking moral grey area” has to be the best explanation of Dr Halsey ever! 😂😂😂
@default57902 жыл бұрын
“A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the World will speak for him.”
@akashj82043 жыл бұрын
"The Arbiter that we care about called The Arbiter" is my favorite line.
@ReaIHuman3 жыл бұрын
Captain KEYES. WITH AN ‘S’. NOT KEY.
@parodyboy953 жыл бұрын
THIS. ALLLLL OF THIS *points to the "S" with ferocity*
@stuartshaw76243 жыл бұрын
Bugged me everytime he said Key 😭
@RichAsp5493 жыл бұрын
He knows that. He calls them "keyes" once or twice. Hes just memeing
@landrysaathoff24183 жыл бұрын
Classic games journalists
@alessiodonnini22923 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU 🙏
@funnymanonyourscrean3 жыл бұрын
June didn’t escort cortana, June escorted Halsey off the planet but noble 6 escorted cortana to the pilliar of autumn
@adamfrank52813 жыл бұрын
Yuuuuuuup. June was glassed on the planet. gg
@stuartshaw76243 жыл бұрын
@@stuartshaw7624 F
@Karan-ix8kh3 жыл бұрын
@@stuartshaw7624 He's alive, but of course it's in a comic.
@lindonbrass31913 жыл бұрын
Lindon Brass oh? Then I must read this comic!
@stuartshaw76243 жыл бұрын
@@stuartshaw7624 It's called Escalation, he goes around finding new spartans. I think he made Buck and Romeo into spartans but I can't remember.
@lindonbrass31913 жыл бұрын
Can we all talk about what an awesome narrator this guy is. Absolutely loved his presentation.
@clivepilusa77342 жыл бұрын
That's Michael Swaim from Crackd. You should check out some of his work .
@abdulmominpanhwar647510 ай бұрын
This video might cover its story in roughly 22 minutes, but it will never be able to encapsulate the 22 days' worth of gameplay that is totally worth it.
@FunBoxGamingPOG3 жыл бұрын
Obviously.
@braydiculous2 жыл бұрын
>22 days
@anunnakiiscomming98102 жыл бұрын
Halo Lore is also books
@Brian_Duke2 жыл бұрын
I realized after watching this movie that I didn't actually play all of the Halos to understand them.
@KingLewin3 жыл бұрын
This video simply convinced me that Master Chief really needs a vacation.
@iviaverick52Ай бұрын
8:46 I think it's incorrect to think of the Arbiter as "Covenant Spartans." The Arbiter is a title of religious and political importance specific to the Sangheli (Elites), bestowed upon Sangheli who have been dishonoured in their society. Only one Arbiter can exist at a time (more like the Pope, but not really) and past Arbiters are sent on perilous missions of high importance to the Covenant, so that the Arbiter may gain back some honour in death and completion of the mission. Spartans are "multi-purpose tools" but for highly specialized tasks. You send the Spartans on dangerous missions because they're trained and ready for it. You don't want to send them on suicide missions (unless you have to) because each Spartan is a valuable asset, where one Spartan is worth that of a platoon. The Spartans are very expensive to grow and train. Now don't get me wrong. I do see where you drew the parallels. Master Chief is a very different case to Spartans before him. Each mission Chief is sent on is a suicide mission, because it is absolutely required of him for the continuation and success of humanity. The Arbiter is a pariah in both the military and Covenant society. A high-ranking pariah, but an outcast all the same. Spartans are seen as heroes of the UNSC. Maybe not the rest of human society at large, but definitely within the military. It might be more appropriate to see the Arbiter as a "Covenant John-117," and not just a regular Spartan due to the reputation of both characters. Then again, there might not be an appropriate comparisson. Sorry for the long comment.
@patrickabe37013 жыл бұрын
its seemed like chief and arbiter are in the same boat i don't think the higher-ups are happy with what he's been doing he goes rogue a lot even if he saves the world (cause you know humans care more about face than actual results ) he still does things his own way
@thomashouston14783 жыл бұрын
is more liek a one man suicide squad
@daletorrisi40383 жыл бұрын
Its just for who dont know the entire story quickly assimilate
@albquehu3ur1773 жыл бұрын
Talk about being a real nerd
@joebiji72512 жыл бұрын
Chief is sent on suicide missions because he’s “lucky”.
@daimonclarke2 жыл бұрын
So I'm gonna have to watch this at least 12 more times until i get it
@cantcatchzoom193 жыл бұрын
It's simple, but just a lot of it.
@lordturtle87353 жыл бұрын
Same, I’m still confused asf 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@kxm78022 жыл бұрын
Yeah but don't watch this video cuz they're straight up giving incorrect timelines and info lol
@hrothgarnogar2 жыл бұрын
@@hrothgarnogar lmao😭😭😭
@cantcatchzoom192 жыл бұрын
The Chief is such a badass
@masterchief52313 жыл бұрын
Yes you are
@matthewpretula3 жыл бұрын
Indeed you are
@god13563 жыл бұрын
I often forget how amazing this story is until I decide to replay the games.
@kentonlittle1453 жыл бұрын
That’s a long five minutes
@-wojo-10953 жыл бұрын
Dude as a problem measuring time. After all he did say that between humanity's origin in Africa and space travel in the 26th century there was 2500 years XD 2:58
@wirelessp0tat0603 жыл бұрын
I've never heard storytelling perfection like this. Tone, humour and critical accuracy.
@mariuschristensen16003 жыл бұрын
Hey IGN Get this man a raise!!!!
@DSFRYAR903 жыл бұрын
No... He said Jun was the one who escorted Cortana to safety onboard the Pillar of Autumn... The disrespect to Emile and Noble Six is unforgivable
@abramwalker8823 жыл бұрын
Plus he got several things wrong, especially with some of the info around the forerunner-flood war
@Joyeuse_3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Kiely no, Noble Six directly handed her to Captain Keyes...
@abramwalker8822 жыл бұрын
Needed this video badly. Thank you and amazing video! Gives me a new found respect for this series.
@LORD_ULTIMATUM3 жыл бұрын
alright i’ve played a few halo games but never looked deep into the lore. the first 3 minutes of this video up until the current humans in africa blew my damn mind 😂😂
@shredgardo3 жыл бұрын
Going into campaign tomorrow and this was such a lifesaver. Thank you Swaim and IGN!
@KeatonArmstrong962 жыл бұрын
17:10 Growing up on Halo and reading the books I was so happy for this reunion!
@ZEOCMF3 жыл бұрын
"Walking moral gray area, Dr. Halsey." Ain't that the truth
@dmadking38172 жыл бұрын
Absolutely enjoyed this recap as some things weren’t fully clear to me in the whole story. This video definitely help spur some much needed excitement for me while waiting to play Halo Infinite. I miss that sweet spot with the story and games Halo was in between Halo 3, Reach and Right up to Halo 4. Halo waypoint was a phenomenal way to engage with the story and games. I really hope Halo Waypoint or something similar makes a return along with Infinite.
@TheChristophucka3 жыл бұрын
“2500 years later humanity is once again a space-faring species” More like 6 million years later but ok
@emperorblack34093 жыл бұрын
This was my number one critique as well lol
@Chas47393 жыл бұрын
I think there's a gap of a 100k years between the forerunner flood war and the Halo games setting
@martinjez13 жыл бұрын
Definitely not 6 million. It's 100k
@markaamorossi3 жыл бұрын
100,000 years
@nightterrors29763 жыл бұрын
he did say the halo and real timeline histories merge tho up untill the present day
@newg45153 жыл бұрын
Bravo sir you deserve a raise or bonus for this. Absolutely outstanding!
@akchaney34963 жыл бұрын
Props to Swaim. Glad to see you back since cracked.
@TheCcway3 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Thank you for explaining the story of Halo!!!
@TimDaco Жыл бұрын
I lawled a bit too hard at 9:00 when the words "Death Loops of Destruction" were said xD
@pockylovingranger3 жыл бұрын
I understood nothing but watch it anyways😂
@Migrantischegedanken3 жыл бұрын
Same xD Just a bunch of sci-fi mambo jumbo to me but I had to watch for some reason.
@MatiZ8153 жыл бұрын
@@MatiZ815 I understood it but it really is a big mess
@samuraidom65423 жыл бұрын
Lol Same😂
@johnloidpalomar48113 жыл бұрын
Honestly just look up [“all cutscenes” Halo 1” then all cutscenes halo 2 and so on all the way to halo 5 and then you’ll understand the main story” but that’s about 10 hours worth or story telling and still much more lore and videos afterwards
@ChristianMartinez-co1vb3 жыл бұрын
@@samuraidom6542 It's not a big mess if you play the games. It's just that the overarching story is so big that coming in new to the series can be kinda overwhelming.
@TheImSolid3 жыл бұрын
Love your humor. Really enjoyed this video!
@andrewmarceau4222 жыл бұрын
well done bro, great work! And thank you for the effort :)
@RadBurmeister2 жыл бұрын
I lost you at the end of halo 3
@-wojo-10953 жыл бұрын
I understand halo 4 and up but not halo three or any others
@soullesshydra8753 жыл бұрын
Bc you grew up w those games and when you got older you kept telling yourself “nothing will be like the originals” we know.
@_comicaze_053 жыл бұрын
BraeGotGame nah I didn’t actually. I played the original Halo when I was nine but it was about ten years after it released. I thought it was cool but I never touched multiplayer and didn’t really understand what was going on much. I never finished halo 2 and I’ve never played halo 3. I watched this so I could understand the lore for the first time 7 years after I played the original. After halo 3 it just kinda got confusing for me
@-wojo-10953 жыл бұрын
Are you SYN Wojo?
@Karmiangod3 жыл бұрын
Karmiangod SYN?
@-wojo-10953 жыл бұрын
Would love to see some ancient humanity structures or ships in Infinity.
@stewartcia3 жыл бұрын
that was the most informative and to the point wrap-up I've ever watched. thank you.
@mattharrison28242 жыл бұрын
This is so cleverly written! Well done 👏
@kartiktiwari20082 жыл бұрын
For real Halo has a one of the better game stories after i finished this video.
@dennisdedan54313 жыл бұрын
It's a little hard to follow. Actually a lot hard to follow. Just tell me what to kill and I'll do it.
@NooDLES4119112 жыл бұрын
8:50 Thel Vadamee is his name. Later, Thel Vadam when he defected from the covenant
@MuchDRACO3 жыл бұрын
Very well done. Bullet points, in linear format. Much better than the other videos that gives you unnecessary info making it hard to follow.
@stellerpleb.65303 жыл бұрын
So much story that can be brought to life in the new series.have to wait for episode 2 of Halo series
@cowankhowa57092 жыл бұрын
Props to the narrator. Halo has such a rich, deep, well-thought out history that kinda coincides with our own.
@tarunavasthy2 жыл бұрын
I've missed you since the Cracked days Michael Swaim, glad to see you are still educating clueless gamers 😂
@mohamedkhamsi80903 жыл бұрын
I knew it was him fantastic!!!
@orrumbest20003 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKIN THIS! instead of doing a 48 hrs of campaign work on the xbox, I get to watch this under 25 mins!
@aidantemple40523 жыл бұрын
read the books if you dont like video games
@Ttangko_6 ай бұрын
Brilliant, thanks for all of that information, I’ve not played the game but was interested to the graphics, how things have changed over the years…and now they have a tv series coming out….
@More-Space-In-Ear2 жыл бұрын
Man so glad to watch this again just before the release of Halo Infinite.
@thelastjackson46722 жыл бұрын
"Doughnut death star" lmao
@Critical_mtb3 жыл бұрын
Love watching these video while I'm at work
@BeatsByGallo3 жыл бұрын
This was a great watch, thank you
@noreply-mp2 жыл бұрын
Bro this stuff is more complex then actual human history
@jakelund50302 жыл бұрын
Playing halo series for the first time I’m on reach and it’s amazing**!!
@Kronixs142 жыл бұрын
Isn't it? Imo reach is the best of the series especially due to the amazing multi-player. Infinite is definitely amazing and perhaps could be better multi-player wise. It's sitting a close second right now (for me) but when it's fleshed out who knows.
@_MrTrue2 жыл бұрын
nft profile
@KROWST Жыл бұрын
@@KROWST no?
@Kronixs14 Жыл бұрын
Great work! Thanks IGN 🙌🏼🔥
@huffy97963 жыл бұрын
Nice job! Looking forward to Halo Infinite and the TV show coming to Showtime. I been playing Halo since the 1st game launched and even followed the 1st game during its production years through my month video game magazine subscription.
@williamcolepaugh9513 жыл бұрын
"Choking. It's the new punching." Idk why but that made me lol
@pvtparts903 жыл бұрын
Wow, I've been playing these games since the beginning and had no idea the story was this expansive and deep. Now I want to play every game from beginning to end in chrono sequence and read all the books.
@spacemanjupiter3 жыл бұрын
When you realize you can only get halo on x box and you switched PlayStation awhile ago 😢
@chris-71933 жыл бұрын
@@chris-7193 It's not such a big deal. I'm playing the MCC and am currently at the beginning of Halo 4. Most of the story in the games so far is cryptic nonsence. Unless you start reading the wikis and books, most of the story won't make much sense. I've played four games so far (including Halo 5) and I still don't know the names of the covenant races. All I know is there are "brutes" , "elites", "prophets" and "grunts". It would be pretty ridiculous if these are the actual names of the races.
@homerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr3 жыл бұрын
@@homerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Because the games only mentioned the important things and names that you need to know. Plus the reason the games use names like Brutes,Elites,Grunts etc is to make it easier for players to classify them. Because when you see a Elite you will call them that, not Sangheili especially because Elites are the name of the members of the Covenant. You are not going to call a Lion by their scientific name like "Panthera leo" instead you will call them a much easier name like Lion. Not sure why that is a problem.
@ok-hd1fk3 жыл бұрын
I’m literally 70% through Halo Infinite and haven’t even been a Halo fan before playing this one and therefore had NO idea what the heck was going on other than a beautiful looking and sounding game and probably one of the best native Dolby Atmos games out there right now. This video was a HUGE help!
@josephfranzen56262 жыл бұрын
What an actually AMAZING video from IGN!
@DominicOrnelas2 жыл бұрын
i though jun just escorted halsey off reach but the the surviving members died trying to get cortana off planet
@justinim34403 жыл бұрын
Yep your right
@cameronash52033 жыл бұрын
Pretty much
@Gii_zus3 жыл бұрын
Nope, Halsey ended up separated from Jun and was hiding out in a UNSC base with some Spartan 2s until chief and the survivors from the first halo game extracted them off Reach.
@aryanrath96433 жыл бұрын
@@aryanrath9643 That was pre-343. They've retconned a decent amount of stuff, and said that game canon trumps previous book canon.
@ShredderandShod3 жыл бұрын
this is one of the best IGN videos in a while. like, a long time.
@SameBasicRiff3 жыл бұрын
What an epic story.. cannot wait to see more.
@azzaprime72573 жыл бұрын
Hell yell IGN !!! Great put together.
@demariohill42203 жыл бұрын
7 & 1/2 minutes in before I realized this was Swaim as narrator lol. Oh Cracked. You sure used to be a thing.
@darthsirrius3 жыл бұрын
One of the saddest downfalls on the internet nobody talks about :(
@jackalclone12 жыл бұрын
11:30 “soo halo 3.... so master chief Plummets into the earths atmosphere, yeah-“ 😂 no big deal
@Teeeenasty3 жыл бұрын
They’re even more casual about it in the game😂
@Yourmommasfavorite3 жыл бұрын
Why do you always jump?
@basedostrich3 жыл бұрын
@@basedostrich "some day you're gonna land on something as stubborn as you are"
@imprudentpilot95243 жыл бұрын
That was actually pretty great, thanks IGN!
@HolyCrusaderGrim2 жыл бұрын
This was the longest and best 5 minute video I've ever seen
@gobthegreat77972 жыл бұрын
Oh snap Michael Swaim! I have never been happier to click on a random IGN video!
@RileyDia3 жыл бұрын
Cortana's "death" was the saddest death in video game history IMO.
@moomoodeadcow2 жыл бұрын
This was awesome and hilariously well written
@blindfaith14132 жыл бұрын
I just love going back to play the masterchief collection
@sean73323 жыл бұрын
the arbiter we care about is called thel vadame(not sure if thats spelled correctly) arbiter is a title not a name
@exorias6253 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the Arbitor had his name denounced, so Aribitor might as well be his name now
@Dabombster3423 жыл бұрын
but like, except for people who are trying to flex their lore knowledge, most people just call him Arbiter. It's like complaining that someone calls John, Chief. Because most people just call him Master Chief.
@calibribody67763 жыл бұрын
@@calibribody6776 fair point then again is is a "quick" summary so i guess he left it out to save time
@exorias6253 жыл бұрын
@@Dabombster342 its Thel Vadam, until he becomes shipmaster which then gives him the name Thel Vadamee.
@jeffreyjayaponterivera39813 жыл бұрын
DEUCALIA No the Arbiter is just a high rank pretty much, higher than shipmaster. Thel is still his name
@communistrat29453 жыл бұрын
Due to technology advancements the 5 minute video feels like 22 min what a time -IGN 10/10
@GurpreetSingh-qf3df3 жыл бұрын
I was expecting book comentary, but at that point this woulda been a hell of a lot longer video XD also missed ODST and spartan assault XD
@navybr0wnie3 жыл бұрын
I am more pleased that he put it into casual words than anything. Another similar video used big words for my not so big brain to explain all this.
@kyro-jaxxsonofkosmos233 жыл бұрын
And people say that Halo doesn't have a story...
@tolucafreak3 жыл бұрын
it is a bit more complicated than a revenge story
@cesruhf26053 жыл бұрын
Who tf says that lmao
@hrothgarnogar2 жыл бұрын
@@cesruhf2605 lol
@mando70792 жыл бұрын
Who created Halo’s story, it sounds like something that happened in History.
@UndercoverPuertoRican2 жыл бұрын
Forunners chose humanity to reclaim the mantle not the precursors. Last precursor alive was the primordial which unleashed the flood during the forerunner time
@Bigmike1302 жыл бұрын
What a narration, well done lad
@mattbridges42232 жыл бұрын
“The arbiter we care about called... the arbiter” 😂😂😂
@jaxd1093 жыл бұрын
The Swaim laying down the lore!
@Fillthrill3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Love this
@creativecorner20712 жыл бұрын
8:45 The Arbiter we care about is called Thel Vadame
@bertdutchie2 жыл бұрын
As I'm playing Halo Infinite after playing 1/2/3 back in the day, I'm constantly going: what's the deal with the Cortana going evil references? So lemme get this straight, Microsoft named their windows voice command thing after a rogue A.I.?
@julianprofas2 жыл бұрын
Game: "Haha shooting aliens is fun lol" Lore: A tragic war is going on between humans and a advanced army cult, filled with many species that are manipulated into a false journey. There is also an outbreak of a dangerous virus that is mutilating the aliens and humans into disturbing creatures that are terrifying. But all of this was saved by blue lady and green halo man. Including squid face dinosaur and his civil war allies. Also there was ring planets that was going to be used by alien cult as weapons, but they failed because of green halo man. Halo 4 and 5 won’t be talked about.
@ADHD_God54892 жыл бұрын
Thanks ,great explanation...
@kedarnathgantayat71363 жыл бұрын
Super helpful thank you!
@brip1312 жыл бұрын
2:40 The naming of things can be blamed on the Human AI constructs, which had to translate the original names to things we'd understand. That is why all the names have an English flair.
@Dijyano3 жыл бұрын
11:30 BREATHE MAN BREAAATHHHEE
@frankmdzr30453 жыл бұрын
I’ve played this game since it came out and never understood what was happening 😂 Appreciate this video
@romvlan Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recap
@shaunandshawn21913 жыл бұрын
Like a few said there are a lot of inaccuracies here, but over all it's a fairly solid run down for people who need it. For example yes Harvest was the first contact it was actually just more of the Brutes finding Harvest while looking for relics vs the whole Covenant. It wasn't till the Prophets of Truth, Mercy, and Regret learned the truth that their machines were not detecting Forerunner Relics, but Humans who were marked as the Reclaimers the ones who had the rightful claim on the technology and relics. The trio decided to never share this information and use it as a way to raise their own positions, over throw their current leaders and establish themselves as the Hierarch. The whole war on humanity and the great journey religion was all just lies to keep their seats of power.
@VisionsOfLunaCy3 жыл бұрын
Why does this make so much sense. The creators really thought this out
@tahjhightower1253 жыл бұрын
Or you create a story. And then come up with more stuff to plug in and call them sequels/prequels. Build the story as you go along. Like the fast and furious franchise. Not a comparison. Just an example.
@surajradhakrishnan36173 жыл бұрын
It makes no sense 😂 it's like an essay written by a 10 year old lol
@fionnmaccumhaill10233 жыл бұрын
The retconning is strong post Bungie. 343 destroyed all the mystery and intruige revealing so about the past events with Forerunners and actually revealing them in 4.
@AnglianPro3 жыл бұрын
its a total clusterfuck lol
@jernigan0073 жыл бұрын
I posted this comment while he was explaining the prologue. Everything after that I was like wtf
@tahjhightower1253 жыл бұрын
Puns in this are priceless. This badboy deserves a raise!
@max-to-max2 жыл бұрын
Gonna have to rewatch this several times to fully understand
Halo: “Has a story” Me as a kid: Shoot the aliens
Ya when the OG Xbox was close to coming out, they let you play Halo for a little while in Gamestops back then. They had to kick me out. CO-OP alien killers
Facts 😂
Andrew Mundy I was 14 when Halo 2: Anniversary came out and that game blew my mind
Same bro
I was 12 when Halo CE came out. I read every book. I loved the lore.
“The Arbiter we care about, called the Arbiter...”
His name is Thel' Vadam
I heard Thel has a big salami rod
Heard that and went straight to the comments😧
@@alvzcizzler it’s Thel ‘Vadam
@@rcartoons3941 bet 🥴
Video that no one asked for but everyone needed
SameToken’s video is far better than this.
I’m still confused about whatever thing means
@@freefalling2earth agreed
Not really.
Cept it has a million errors 😂
I introduced my friend to Halo and as he watched the trailers he said. “So what I’m getting is you are a green space dude in a motorcycle helmet shooting religious talking monkeys.”
Stop being his friend 0_0
Just what I needed
Yes, but theres much much more to love
And everyone clapped.
Heresy! But yes
14 year old me: “I think I’ll dive into Halo’s lore” Narrator: *”and he was never heard from again”*
XDDDDD
This is literally me
Why is this me bro lamfoo
Lmao
hahhahaha
In conclusion: a long time ago, a ridiculously advanced civilization wiped out another ridiculously advanced civilization, sh!t hit the fan, sh!t continued to hit the fan, and sh!t hasn’t stopped hitting the fan since
theres a conspiracy that the insanely deep story of the marathon trilogy is connected to halo and also destiny
You wrapped that up nicely 😂😂😂
facts
They missed Halo 3 ODST, but aside from that this was perfect lol. Buddy went beast mode for "Five" Minutes.
Yeah except for when he was talking about the forerunners and totally took liberties with the order of events
They really just disrespected Rookie like that
ODST wasn't very impactful to the over arching story of Halo in the grand scheme of things. The only thing worthy to the larger story was the engineer who told humans about the portal on Earth.
ODST has no impact to the overarching story except for Buck going from leader of that squad to a Spartan 4.
Unpopular opinion: ODST is my favourite Halo game
This is the most educational video IGN has ever released. Props to the guy who covered it.
Is it Destin?
Check at 0:10 see who’s doing the video
This is like the 3rd video I’ve watched for the timeline, and I’m still confused
Wilfred101 You ask, and I’ll answer...
@@-MendicantBias how did chief end up in space in the trailer of infinite? Wasn't he with Blue Team and Osiris at the end of halo 5?
@@SomeoneN3 Infinite is two years after Halo 5, so something happens in that time that makes him lost in space. The badguys from halo wars 2 are the main villains of this game, not the Cortana storyline (maybe that will be in a different game).
@@arnavs2306 Ahhhhhh I completely forgot about the time skip oml thank you! I sound dumb as f now XD Hope they have a better story than halo 5s for us
arnav s isn’t Infinite after 28 years as this video mentioned or Im wrong?
8:27 Active duty soldier beats crippled elderly man in his wheelchair *GRAPHIC*
That is some cnn news right there!
🗿
“Walking moral grey area” has to be the best explanation of Dr Halsey ever! 😂😂😂
“A hero need not speak. When he is gone, the World will speak for him.”
"The Arbiter that we care about called The Arbiter" is my favorite line.
Captain KEYES. WITH AN ‘S’. NOT KEY.
THIS. ALLLLL OF THIS *points to the "S" with ferocity*
Bugged me everytime he said Key 😭
He knows that. He calls them "keyes" once or twice. Hes just memeing
Classic games journalists
THANK YOU 🙏
June didn’t escort cortana, June escorted Halsey off the planet but noble 6 escorted cortana to the pilliar of autumn
Yuuuuuuup. June was glassed on the planet. gg
@@stuartshaw7624 F
@@stuartshaw7624 He's alive, but of course it's in a comic.
Lindon Brass oh? Then I must read this comic!
@@stuartshaw7624 It's called Escalation, he goes around finding new spartans. I think he made Buck and Romeo into spartans but I can't remember.
Can we all talk about what an awesome narrator this guy is. Absolutely loved his presentation.
That's Michael Swaim from Crackd. You should check out some of his work .
This video might cover its story in roughly 22 minutes, but it will never be able to encapsulate the 22 days' worth of gameplay that is totally worth it.
Obviously.
>22 days
Halo Lore is also books
I realized after watching this movie that I didn't actually play all of the Halos to understand them.
This video simply convinced me that Master Chief really needs a vacation.
8:46 I think it's incorrect to think of the Arbiter as "Covenant Spartans." The Arbiter is a title of religious and political importance specific to the Sangheli (Elites), bestowed upon Sangheli who have been dishonoured in their society. Only one Arbiter can exist at a time (more like the Pope, but not really) and past Arbiters are sent on perilous missions of high importance to the Covenant, so that the Arbiter may gain back some honour in death and completion of the mission. Spartans are "multi-purpose tools" but for highly specialized tasks. You send the Spartans on dangerous missions because they're trained and ready for it. You don't want to send them on suicide missions (unless you have to) because each Spartan is a valuable asset, where one Spartan is worth that of a platoon. The Spartans are very expensive to grow and train. Now don't get me wrong. I do see where you drew the parallels. Master Chief is a very different case to Spartans before him. Each mission Chief is sent on is a suicide mission, because it is absolutely required of him for the continuation and success of humanity. The Arbiter is a pariah in both the military and Covenant society. A high-ranking pariah, but an outcast all the same. Spartans are seen as heroes of the UNSC. Maybe not the rest of human society at large, but definitely within the military. It might be more appropriate to see the Arbiter as a "Covenant John-117," and not just a regular Spartan due to the reputation of both characters. Then again, there might not be an appropriate comparisson. Sorry for the long comment.
its seemed like chief and arbiter are in the same boat i don't think the higher-ups are happy with what he's been doing he goes rogue a lot even if he saves the world (cause you know humans care more about face than actual results ) he still does things his own way
is more liek a one man suicide squad
Its just for who dont know the entire story quickly assimilate
Talk about being a real nerd
Chief is sent on suicide missions because he’s “lucky”.
So I'm gonna have to watch this at least 12 more times until i get it
It's simple, but just a lot of it.
Same, I’m still confused asf 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Yeah but don't watch this video cuz they're straight up giving incorrect timelines and info lol
@@hrothgarnogar lmao😭😭😭
The Chief is such a badass
Yes you are
Indeed you are
I often forget how amazing this story is until I decide to replay the games.
That’s a long five minutes
Dude as a problem measuring time. After all he did say that between humanity's origin in Africa and space travel in the 26th century there was 2500 years XD 2:58
I've never heard storytelling perfection like this. Tone, humour and critical accuracy.
Hey IGN Get this man a raise!!!!
No... He said Jun was the one who escorted Cortana to safety onboard the Pillar of Autumn... The disrespect to Emile and Noble Six is unforgivable
Plus he got several things wrong, especially with some of the info around the forerunner-flood war
@Michael Kiely no, Noble Six directly handed her to Captain Keyes...
Needed this video badly. Thank you and amazing video! Gives me a new found respect for this series.
alright i’ve played a few halo games but never looked deep into the lore. the first 3 minutes of this video up until the current humans in africa blew my damn mind 😂😂
Going into campaign tomorrow and this was such a lifesaver. Thank you Swaim and IGN!
17:10 Growing up on Halo and reading the books I was so happy for this reunion!
"Walking moral gray area, Dr. Halsey." Ain't that the truth
Absolutely enjoyed this recap as some things weren’t fully clear to me in the whole story. This video definitely help spur some much needed excitement for me while waiting to play Halo Infinite. I miss that sweet spot with the story and games Halo was in between Halo 3, Reach and Right up to Halo 4. Halo waypoint was a phenomenal way to engage with the story and games. I really hope Halo Waypoint or something similar makes a return along with Infinite.
“2500 years later humanity is once again a space-faring species” More like 6 million years later but ok
This was my number one critique as well lol
I think there's a gap of a 100k years between the forerunner flood war and the Halo games setting
Definitely not 6 million. It's 100k
100,000 years
he did say the halo and real timeline histories merge tho up untill the present day
Bravo sir you deserve a raise or bonus for this. Absolutely outstanding!
Props to Swaim. Glad to see you back since cracked.
Great video!!! Thank you for explaining the story of Halo!!!
I lawled a bit too hard at 9:00 when the words "Death Loops of Destruction" were said xD
I understood nothing but watch it anyways😂
Same xD Just a bunch of sci-fi mambo jumbo to me but I had to watch for some reason.
@@MatiZ815 I understood it but it really is a big mess
Lol Same😂
Honestly just look up [“all cutscenes” Halo 1” then all cutscenes halo 2 and so on all the way to halo 5 and then you’ll understand the main story” but that’s about 10 hours worth or story telling and still much more lore and videos afterwards
@@samuraidom6542 It's not a big mess if you play the games. It's just that the overarching story is so big that coming in new to the series can be kinda overwhelming.
Love your humor. Really enjoyed this video!
well done bro, great work! And thank you for the effort :)
I lost you at the end of halo 3
I understand halo 4 and up but not halo three or any others
Bc you grew up w those games and when you got older you kept telling yourself “nothing will be like the originals” we know.
BraeGotGame nah I didn’t actually. I played the original Halo when I was nine but it was about ten years after it released. I thought it was cool but I never touched multiplayer and didn’t really understand what was going on much. I never finished halo 2 and I’ve never played halo 3. I watched this so I could understand the lore for the first time 7 years after I played the original. After halo 3 it just kinda got confusing for me
Are you SYN Wojo?
Karmiangod SYN?
Would love to see some ancient humanity structures or ships in Infinity.
that was the most informative and to the point wrap-up I've ever watched. thank you.
This is so cleverly written! Well done 👏
For real Halo has a one of the better game stories after i finished this video.
It's a little hard to follow. Actually a lot hard to follow. Just tell me what to kill and I'll do it.
8:50 Thel Vadamee is his name. Later, Thel Vadam when he defected from the covenant
Very well done. Bullet points, in linear format. Much better than the other videos that gives you unnecessary info making it hard to follow.
So much story that can be brought to life in the new series.have to wait for episode 2 of Halo series
Props to the narrator. Halo has such a rich, deep, well-thought out history that kinda coincides with our own.
I've missed you since the Cracked days Michael Swaim, glad to see you are still educating clueless gamers 😂
I knew it was him fantastic!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKIN THIS! instead of doing a 48 hrs of campaign work on the xbox, I get to watch this under 25 mins!
read the books if you dont like video games
Brilliant, thanks for all of that information, I’ve not played the game but was interested to the graphics, how things have changed over the years…and now they have a tv series coming out….
Man so glad to watch this again just before the release of Halo Infinite.
"Doughnut death star" lmao
Love watching these video while I'm at work
This was a great watch, thank you
Bro this stuff is more complex then actual human history
Playing halo series for the first time I’m on reach and it’s amazing**!!
Isn't it? Imo reach is the best of the series especially due to the amazing multi-player. Infinite is definitely amazing and perhaps could be better multi-player wise. It's sitting a close second right now (for me) but when it's fleshed out who knows.
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@@KROWST no?
Great work! Thanks IGN 🙌🏼🔥
Nice job! Looking forward to Halo Infinite and the TV show coming to Showtime. I been playing Halo since the 1st game launched and even followed the 1st game during its production years through my month video game magazine subscription.
"Choking. It's the new punching." Idk why but that made me lol
Wow, I've been playing these games since the beginning and had no idea the story was this expansive and deep. Now I want to play every game from beginning to end in chrono sequence and read all the books.
When you realize you can only get halo on x box and you switched PlayStation awhile ago 😢
@@chris-7193 It's not such a big deal. I'm playing the MCC and am currently at the beginning of Halo 4. Most of the story in the games so far is cryptic nonsence. Unless you start reading the wikis and books, most of the story won't make much sense. I've played four games so far (including Halo 5) and I still don't know the names of the covenant races. All I know is there are "brutes" , "elites", "prophets" and "grunts". It would be pretty ridiculous if these are the actual names of the races.
@@homerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Because the games only mentioned the important things and names that you need to know. Plus the reason the games use names like Brutes,Elites,Grunts etc is to make it easier for players to classify them. Because when you see a Elite you will call them that, not Sangheili especially because Elites are the name of the members of the Covenant. You are not going to call a Lion by their scientific name like "Panthera leo" instead you will call them a much easier name like Lion. Not sure why that is a problem.
I’m literally 70% through Halo Infinite and haven’t even been a Halo fan before playing this one and therefore had NO idea what the heck was going on other than a beautiful looking and sounding game and probably one of the best native Dolby Atmos games out there right now. This video was a HUGE help!
What an actually AMAZING video from IGN!
i though jun just escorted halsey off reach but the the surviving members died trying to get cortana off planet
Yep your right
Pretty much
Nope, Halsey ended up separated from Jun and was hiding out in a UNSC base with some Spartan 2s until chief and the survivors from the first halo game extracted them off Reach.
@@aryanrath9643 That was pre-343. They've retconned a decent amount of stuff, and said that game canon trumps previous book canon.
this is one of the best IGN videos in a while. like, a long time.
What an epic story.. cannot wait to see more.
Hell yell IGN !!! Great put together.
7 & 1/2 minutes in before I realized this was Swaim as narrator lol. Oh Cracked. You sure used to be a thing.
One of the saddest downfalls on the internet nobody talks about :(
11:30 “soo halo 3.... so master chief Plummets into the earths atmosphere, yeah-“ 😂 no big deal
They’re even more casual about it in the game😂
Why do you always jump?
@@basedostrich "some day you're gonna land on something as stubborn as you are"
That was actually pretty great, thanks IGN!
This was the longest and best 5 minute video I've ever seen
Oh snap Michael Swaim! I have never been happier to click on a random IGN video!
Cortana's "death" was the saddest death in video game history IMO.
This was awesome and hilariously well written
I just love going back to play the masterchief collection
the arbiter we care about is called thel vadame(not sure if thats spelled correctly) arbiter is a title not a name
I'm pretty sure the Arbitor had his name denounced, so Aribitor might as well be his name now
but like, except for people who are trying to flex their lore knowledge, most people just call him Arbiter. It's like complaining that someone calls John, Chief. Because most people just call him Master Chief.
@@calibribody6776 fair point then again is is a "quick" summary so i guess he left it out to save time
@@Dabombster342 its Thel Vadam, until he becomes shipmaster which then gives him the name Thel Vadamee.
DEUCALIA No the Arbiter is just a high rank pretty much, higher than shipmaster. Thel is still his name
Due to technology advancements the 5 minute video feels like 22 min what a time -IGN 10/10
I was expecting book comentary, but at that point this woulda been a hell of a lot longer video XD also missed ODST and spartan assault XD
I am more pleased that he put it into casual words than anything. Another similar video used big words for my not so big brain to explain all this.
And people say that Halo doesn't have a story...
it is a bit more complicated than a revenge story
Who tf says that lmao
@@cesruhf2605 lol
Who created Halo’s story, it sounds like something that happened in History.
Forunners chose humanity to reclaim the mantle not the precursors. Last precursor alive was the primordial which unleashed the flood during the forerunner time
What a narration, well done lad
“The arbiter we care about called... the arbiter” 😂😂😂
The Swaim laying down the lore!
Great video! Love this
8:45 The Arbiter we care about is called Thel Vadame
As I'm playing Halo Infinite after playing 1/2/3 back in the day, I'm constantly going: what's the deal with the Cortana going evil references? So lemme get this straight, Microsoft named their windows voice command thing after a rogue A.I.?
Game: "Haha shooting aliens is fun lol" Lore: A tragic war is going on between humans and a advanced army cult, filled with many species that are manipulated into a false journey. There is also an outbreak of a dangerous virus that is mutilating the aliens and humans into disturbing creatures that are terrifying. But all of this was saved by blue lady and green halo man. Including squid face dinosaur and his civil war allies. Also there was ring planets that was going to be used by alien cult as weapons, but they failed because of green halo man. Halo 4 and 5 won’t be talked about.
Thanks ,great explanation...
Super helpful thank you!
2:40 The naming of things can be blamed on the Human AI constructs, which had to translate the original names to things we'd understand. That is why all the names have an English flair.
11:30 BREATHE MAN BREAAATHHHEE
I’ve played this game since it came out and never understood what was happening 😂 Appreciate this video
Thanks for the recap
Like a few said there are a lot of inaccuracies here, but over all it's a fairly solid run down for people who need it. For example yes Harvest was the first contact it was actually just more of the Brutes finding Harvest while looking for relics vs the whole Covenant. It wasn't till the Prophets of Truth, Mercy, and Regret learned the truth that their machines were not detecting Forerunner Relics, but Humans who were marked as the Reclaimers the ones who had the rightful claim on the technology and relics. The trio decided to never share this information and use it as a way to raise their own positions, over throw their current leaders and establish themselves as the Hierarch. The whole war on humanity and the great journey religion was all just lies to keep their seats of power.
Why does this make so much sense. The creators really thought this out
Or you create a story. And then come up with more stuff to plug in and call them sequels/prequels. Build the story as you go along. Like the fast and furious franchise. Not a comparison. Just an example.
It makes no sense 😂 it's like an essay written by a 10 year old lol
The retconning is strong post Bungie. 343 destroyed all the mystery and intruige revealing so about the past events with Forerunners and actually revealing them in 4.
its a total clusterfuck lol
I posted this comment while he was explaining the prologue. Everything after that I was like wtf
Puns in this are priceless. This badboy deserves a raise!
Gonna have to rewatch this several times to fully understand