Halo 2 Anniversary All Cutscenes - Halo 2 Movie - Remastered by Blur Studios [1080p @ 60fps]
2014 ж. 9 Қар.
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Halo 2: Anniversary Remastered Cutscenes in the Master Chief Collection by Blur Studios. These Halo 2: Anniversary Cinematic cutscenes were recorded in full HD 1080p at 60fps. Enjoy this tribute to the best video game franchise in history, Halo. I received a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection from the Halo Invitational Tournament and wanted to be the first to upload, so I grinded the campaign, enjoy!
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Cortana: “I like crazy.” Cortana: *Goes crazy two games later*
TheNukaCola *spits out drink
TheNukaCola ironic
Cortana: "Sadly for us both, I like crazy." Me: Well, at least 343 stayed true to *one* thing...
Hahaha
TheNukaCola in halo ce “security to the bridge, the chief has gone rampant!” Oh really?
Teacher: students i dismiss you not the bell Me: kill me or release me parasite but do not waste my time with talk!!
Teacher: There is much talk and I have listened. Through high school, and college, and grad school. Now I shall talk, and _you_ shall listen.
😂😭😭😭i needed a joke after bullshit day at work ur shit had me dying haha
If so, you must be silenced *pulls out CE Magnum*
@@bsgfan1 Your ignorance has already destroyed one of the sacred break times, Teacher; it shall not harm another
@@laraluluanahera2031 If you will not hear my reason then I will show you the detention slip.
This is 100 times better than the Halo TV show lol
Anything is better than that garbage.
god damn right! this is also how Keys should look !
All they had to do was watch videos like this and use it as inspiration for their own show. But no they didn't watch any of this material to not be "limited" by the original game series whatever that means.
The show keeps repeating the word regret, regret, regret..... Anybody has any idea what it means?
@@Sajasta Dear Halo fans, we regret making this show, we regret basing it on Halo, and we most definitely regret that the Halo fans just called out our raggedy-asses on KZhead! Oorah!
“These are my Elites. Their lives matter to me, yours does not.” “That makes two of us.” The dialogue in this game is next level script writing.
It's only 2 lines and gives me such chills. Keith David's voice is like butter
Also the commander gives the arbiter a subtle and respectful huff. Great attention to detail!
Absolutely. The script of Halo 2 is honestly largely unparalleled in regards to other games, its so damn good.
Yeah but 343s cutscenes are fucking quirky.... Because in 343s version, arbiter looks like a bitch but in bungies, hes staring like he really doesnt care after what happened to him..
What did the arbiter mean?
Prophet of Truth: Tells nothing but lies. Prophet of Regret: Dies after regretably going to earth too early. Prophet of Mercy: Left behind mercilessly by an ally to be killed by a merciless parasite.
I was blind, op, but this post helped me see
TripleKillionare Noble team: Carter: The captain- goes down with his ship Kat: the brains- shot in the head Jorge: Bomb expert- gets blown up Emile: CQB (close quarters)- gets killed in a fist fight Noble six: lone wolf- dies alone
Ben: Fist fight? He was impaled on a plasma sword.
Jackson Sailer you know what I mean
The prophet of regret is the only one who lives up to his name
This is how you remaster a game. Take notes Sony.
Jack Hayes Oh wow. Good to see that people didn't bring up multiplayer issues. Yes. There has been huge uproar. I hope people realize that 343i did not intentionally released the messy product. They said they found no fault in their closed test. I hope not only Sony but also the entire gaming industry learn from this mistake. Keep in mind that I did not find much issue in campaign since launch.(I played very few online matches, so I couldn't get much bad experience.)
LegendofHalo Am I supposed to assume you're free of bias? 343's inability to deliver a stable Halo was a colossal failure. I got my Xbox One because of it. It's been collecting dust for a long time now. Oh, I didn't give up immediately. In fact, I'm not even talking about the disastrous multiplayer. I gave the single player five chances. On the final chance, I got right to the end cutscene of Regret (how ironic) on Legendary, which took a couple of hours, and it fucking froze. I snapped and I've only played the multiplayer mode a few times since. The Xbox One has brought me nothing but hassle. I'm not out to shame the console and its fans, and I was a 360 gamer, but using the Xbox One is constantly a battle, especially with MCC. I don't know why I bothered and I've been fine with Steam. In fact, multiplayer on Halo PC is so much better.
Mantis Shaun And how am I supposed to know you are aware of what happens inside of 343i? They said not much problem was found when they tested in their small confined environment. Since when did I say this kind of thing is right? All I said was that they did not intentionally release a broken product, knowing full well. It is not like Alien Colonial Marine where Gearbox blatantly lied.
Jack Hayes I don't get it. Is it the Last of us or Metal Gear Solid?
Jack Hayes is this the same halo 2 from 2005
The Gravemind's voice in the line, "Those who built this place knew what they wrought. Do not mistake their intent, or all will perish as they did before," sounds like a thousand voices all speaking at once.
Fucked up part is, that you’re probably spot on with that thought. Graveminds are basically just a mass grave of flesh and knowledge, all fused together by the flood to aid in it’s goal of galactic consumption.
Considering that scary ass mofo is comprised of nothing but dead corpses, it doesn’t surpise me
That is, and essence, what a grave mind is. It’s the collective consciousness of untold thousands absorbed by the flood.
They gotta have the Gravemind and flood return to Halo and make the game like how it was in Halo 2 and 3. Because what they're doing to it now is making it not as cool as it used to be. Doing this would bring back the thrill and fun
@Hunter Quate Eh, I disagree. The grave mind should stay dead, and they can either come up with another antagonist or just let the series end. Honestly, if I had creative control, I would've spent a lot more time developing the Elites and Humans with their alliance post-covenant. A possible plot line for Halo 4 would be the remnants of the covenant bee-lining for Sangheilios in revenge for their supposed betrayal. It would be a suicidal charge on their part, where they aren't expecting to win, they just want to take down the Elite's homework with them, and the campaign would be from the perspective of either the Arbiter or the Fleetmaster as he tries to fight them off. Then, when all hope seems lost, a human fleet enters real space and gives the elites the edge they need to truly finish off the covenant. You could have Lord Hood announce that they are doing this because they owe the Elite's for all they did to save Earth and fight off the covenant. Master chief could also make an appearance, saying something like, "The Arbiter sends his regards." I just feel like Halo 4 being "lol fight the covenant again, including elites" was a waste of what should've been an awesome alliance. Like, the more I learn of the Sangheili, the more I realize that of course we would be bros. They have a massive honor culture, which we would respect and also have ourselves, and a very similar level of determination against insurmountable odds.
Man why can’t we get halo like this anymore? Literally everything about Halo 2 was awesome.
i kinda wish they let blur studio's just make a series
*sniper jackals*
@@tomweyts definitely. Like the WOW cinematics, these animations would be amazing in a movie. I don't know the logistics of making it a series though. Maybe a mini series at most.
Yes even on legendary with all the skulls on 😳
except legendary... dont talk about that
Don't lie, this is how it looked to all of us when we first played it.
It still does
Yeah
True
Indeed
Same
Dear humanity, We regret being alien bastards, We regret coming to earth, And we most certainly regret that the corps just blew up our raggedy ass fleet! HOOORAH! If you remember that quote, then I salute you
I remember it from this video in fact
we most definitely* regret
yeah i always say that when i play the whole story of halo
I remember the GEICO commercial they did with that line. Am I cool yet?
Johnson was as much a part of the game as the Chief. I wish he was till alive. "I know what the ladies like :)"
I would've taken an entire TV show with this CGI / animation..
i would've enjoyed that better then whatever Paramount has, unfortunately this was made using the Blur Engines, it's really friggin expensive so i doubt they could make a series with it
Absolutely
@@poinced7096 100 Million expensive?
@@tonyrandall3146 the blur cutscenes cost about a million dollars per minute. That means for the average film, you’d be using twice the budget of the entire Halo show - and keep in mind that the show is NINE 50 MINUTE LONG EPISODES. It would be nice, yes, but I can understand wanting to spend 100 mil instead of 450 mil.
I would've enjoyed it if It had animations like invincible 😂 as long as it has a good story I'm game
30:48 Arbiter: The human that killed the Prophet of Regret, who was it? Tartarus: Who do you think? Arbiter: The demon is here? I love this part because it shows how infamous Chief is to the covenant. Also I bet the Arbiter was kind of scared too
I don't think he was scared, I think it was more he was enticed at the possibility of redeeming his honour by bringing him in/killing him. Like Zuko hunting the Avatar kind of thing.
@TheGuzeinbuick Couldn't have said it better myself, and what a great analogy. He even held his Carbine close, eagered for a chance at revenge.
@@TheGuzeinbuickProbably a mix of fear AND excitement if we're being honest. Considering the Chief's reputation and his tone of voice I wouldn't be surprised if he was slightly scared at having to potentially face him while also hoping that he would run into him.
The Arbiter isn't scared to die at this point. His #1 concern when it comes to John would be the possibility that he'd get to the Index first, in which case he'd be unable to retrieve it (Since as good as he is, he probably knows he has very little chance of killing John).
Y'all are unfortunately mistaken. Thel had already met John in combat during the novel "Halo: First strike". They fought hand to hand, being basically equal. John only besting Thel because Johnson was able to shoot him with an AR through a jammed door. That weakened Thel and john promptly yeeted him into a escape pod that cortana promply ejected. So not only did John blow up the sacred ring he also hijacked a ship from Thel. Thel had also fought a different spartan before during "Halo: The cole protocol". In each spartan fight Thel was evenly matched, with circumstances ending the fight before either party got killed. Chief IMO became "The demon" when he blew up the ring. Remember also that the games still referred to john as the last spartan at this point. Reinforcing it as "The (last) Demon". The covenant probably heard 117 and put 2 and 2 together. Tldr: Thel ain't scared.
"Boo." 117's most intimidating line. Ever.
Lmao amen to that
Indeed
Back when the chief was The Chief
Fuck
I read this as the scene played
The arbiter’s voice is so satisfying
MrCherry 117 look up “don’t take another man’s fries”
Wort wort wort
n/a shut up, don’t compliment what you don’t have
n/a you’re so immature 😂
It's all Kieth David... Silver throat
24:49 Underrated scene but I love the double bang on the drop pod Johnson gives Chief and then Chief gives one back. It's essentially a "stay safe." "you too." It's quick but it says something about their relationship. They've been through a lot together and they're gonna go through it again. Scenes like this are proof that Chief has a character with relationships rather than just a vehicle for us the gamer.
Was about to comment this myself
yup something the story was building with lasky but for some reason ditched in infinite
Halo 2 was the best written Halo and one of the best written video games of all time.
@@iitscxm3796 when lasky returns I’m sure him and chief will have some stuff
@@JakobeOG facts
3:19 Blur did such an amazing job that they made an alien visibly but subtly express emotion, look at the way Arby winces when his actions are called a “colossal failure”. It genuinely hurts him, and he feels like he failed the covenant. The details in these animations are just incredible and I pick up more every time I watch it.
They do it again at the scene where Tartarus betrays the Arbiter. You can see the Arbiter’s eyes widen in shock and surprised when Tartarus says “They ordered me to do it.”
@@codyerickson3550also the sadness when the arbiter says “the prophets have betrayed us.” To Tartarus.
They hurt Arby's feelings 😢
Arby is actually such a relateable character with his fall from grace, shame And willingness to continue to fight
Jesus, imagine halo 3 cutscenes with this style of graphics. Safe to say, I would need several new pairs of pants
And water
Oh ya
HAHAHAHA
That’s so hot. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
We must go… The brutes have our scent.
“This is not your grave. But, you are welcome, in it.” Pure gold.
“I? I am a monument to all your sins” Great way to introduce the greatest threat in the galaxy
Yeah Gravemind is very poetic. One of my favorites is "Fate had us meet as foes, but this ring will make us brothers".
^^ The fans to 343 if Infinite has awful micro-transactions
Yeah gravemind is actually such a cool concept. "Silence fills the empty grave now that I have come... but my mind is not at rest for questions linger on"
Spartan_117 the precursors are the flood they went into hiding and turned themselves into a dust like essence that over time become corrupted. When they reverted back to their physical forms they came to be the flood. Basically the precursors are I enraged with their creations and are taking their revenge via assimilation. It’s a tragic tale but justified if I’m being honest.
The most impressive thing about H2A is that all Halo 2 needed was a fresh coat of paint and it feels like a game that could be released today in 2022... and the remaster was done in 2014. Such a timeless game
The cutscenes and visuals are terrific, and gameplay still feels like OG Halo 2 but better.
Nah the gameplay is a little dated
@@elkrumb9159the difficulty Spike stinks for later difficulties Otherwise the campaign is still very much playable to this day it's aged well
@@Matanumi no you can very easily tell this a game from the early 2000s
Because it's actually good and doesn't reek of mediocrity? Given the state of modern gaming, Halo 2 might also be forerunner tech lost to our understanding. @elkrumb9159
It’s honestly surprising how much of the story you can still understand without having the gameplay.
don’t have to read shitty books to understand the story either
@@colonel1003Most of the Halo books are better than the games...
@@masterchiefpettyofficerspa3646Utterly incorrect
@@_Cato_ Have you read the books? I can tell you that Ghosts of Oynx is better than Halo 2 and 3.
Hey man i've read the classics too- fall of reach, ghosts of onyx, contact harvest, first strike, even the kilo 5 trilogy. No need to turn this into a competition between the books and games: they're both great!
Hood: Master Chief? Mind telling me what you're doing on that ship? Chief: Sir. Baiting a sequel
Corporal Xander you'd do well on cinema sins ;)
Halo 3 was worth the wait.
Technically they ended it that way because they didn't have enough time to wrap up the story. Bungie didn't _want_ to make a sequel(didn't want to make Halo 2, either, but Microsoft made them).
+Tatsumi Akame According to Paul Russel, the "father of Halo" as well as an environmentartist on Halo: CE, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach, after he was asked whether they planned ahead of Halo: CE, responded with _"Most were against a sequel. Had a fantasy game in the works. Once the game became a hit, MS forced our hand, made us halo house."_ It can be implied from this that Joe and the other writers wrote for Halo 2 out of necessity. twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/466155708715507712
Halo 3 baybeeeeeeeeee
I absolutely love the Chief/Arbiter scenes at the start. While the Chief is getting honored for his accomplishments, the Arbiter is being punished for his failures. Its almost as if Chief and the Arbiter are two sides of the same coin.
I want Halo 6 to have more Chief and Arbiter interactions. EDIT: I get it people. Arbiter isn't in the game. You can quit pinging me. I've already beaten the game.
that was exactly it, they were both the same concept although on different sides.
True the arbiter and the master chief are equals unlike a particular spartan hunting him in halo 5
What failures? I still dont get it why the Arbiter got punished.
He failed to protect Halo. The Covenant is very extreme so it doesn't matter if he couldn't do anything about it. Is it his fault? No, we as the player understand that it was all beyond his control. But the ring still got destroyed and he didn't stop it.
"You will DIE as each Arbiter has before you. The council will have their corpse." Chills. Not one line missed or under delivered in this entire game.
Halo 2 is the best the story of Halo has ever gotten. Not even 3 reached the depth and complexity of 2, the writing is incredible, the two player viewpoints are a brilliant idea, and the tension is perfect - the stakes have never been higher, and this only a temporary reprieve. At the end of this campaign, you are ready to Finish the Fight!
That's funny, because people really hated the Arbiter at the time lol
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 yeah but they didn't know what they had at the time. In hindsight I don't think anyone thought Microsoft could bungle the series as badly as it has.
@@xmlthegreat They didn't know what they had, I totally agree. It's just funny in retrospect how the narrative around 2 has shifted. Although this is far from the first time a work that had mixed reception on release was recontextualized and viewed more positively later, it still gives me a little chuckle every time I see it happen. There's just some satisfying irony there. And I also agree that 2 was the pinnacle of the series in a number of ways, including, as you said, in the writing and the duality of the narrative. It's a shame it often takes something catastrophic for people to understand how good they had it before, when they should have been fighting for it and supporting it the whole time.
@@xmlthegreat At some convention, Steve Downes recounted a story in which he let slip to some kids of a friend who were playing Halo CE, that he had voiced Master Chief. Shortly after, a bunch more kids arrived at the house with copies of the game, I presume, seeking autographs, surprising him with how popular Halo was.
@@Crazy_Diamond_75 that's crazy, but I get why there would be backlash. I played through halo 2 for the first time very recently and I thought the Arbiter missions were awesome for giving you a different perspective, and it made a cool change-up to the gameplay as well having covenant allies fighting against the flood
if they ever make halo 3 anniversary, 343 needs to commission Blur Studios again, these guys make good shit
*cough* Halo:CEA *cough*
Well tough they did learn after halo cea so it's forgivable
Damn straight man. Blur Studios needs to be there.
Even if its just blur cutscenes I'd buy it faster than a halo ring wiping all life in the galaxy
Dude I'm in awe over these graphics
You gotta admit, if they add animated fight scenes in between each cutscene, this would make one hell of a movie
Chaotiic oh my god I’d pay to see it in theaters
Like halo wars
Right! Especially that bit at 21:15 got my hyped. Imagine a whole battle with that animation.
I say shut up and take my money!
Been saying this for years. Hopefully the live action series they are working on can do the story justice.
Penitent Tangent's statement at 37:19 is by far one of my favourite moments from any Halo - "This facility has a successful utilisation record of one-point-two trillion simulated and one actual. It is ready to fire, on demand". So much lore poured into one phrase. The fact that the Forerunners were SO scared of the Flood, that they not only built the rings, but simulated their activation one-point-two TRILLION times. And the final grave statement - "and one actual" - drives home the seriousness of what the universe is dealing with. Truly amazing writing in two sentences. Gives me chills every time.
I'm here to cleanse my mind after EP 1
Welcome friend. We are all here doing the same.
@Iam_ Heraldo I did, now I find myself back here again
I only read a summary of episode 1 online and I came here to purge my memory of it
Same
The shows sucks donkey testicles
27:31 Hand Sanitizer: Kills 99.99% of germs the 0.01 of germs
The 0.01% Germs escaping from Hand Sanitizer
Yes
Aw man I love you for this 😂
Zeldoris is it the profile picture or are you all over KZhead? Like the 0.01% of germs....
@@SageSea1 It's my profile picture, I'm in a cult which all have the same profile pic.
The juxtaposition of Master Chief being rewarded for his service and the Arbiter being punished for his, intercut between one another, is still one of the best pieces of storytelling I’ve ever seen.
Except chief isn't rewarded, the humans get medals, even the dead, but the chief is not a human any more he's a weapon.
@@DaDunge that's not necessarily true, he displays multiple human qualities such as when he tells Johnson that he thought there wouldn't be any cameras and they joke about it. He may favor warfare but chief is very human, I'd dare say the most human.
@@johnd.rednut297 I meant from the perspective of UNSC. Sure the people who actually spent some time with him knows he is but to the brass he's just a weapn which is why he despite being the main hero is not getting a medal pinned to his chest.
@@DaDunge even lord hood has somewhat of a friendship with master chief, if you're referring to ONI however then you're absolutely correct, he is nothing more than a weapon to them.
Thank you. I knew I recognized the voice. Just couldn't place the name.
Is it weird that I genuinely watch this routinely as its own movie
i do the same
Same here. This is my second time watching this.
That's because you can its so well done
When you first saw halo were you blinded by its majesty?
@@LoganKenoras.Blinded?
Blue studios should’ve been in charge of the halo tv show and told a cannon story all in beautiful CGI. I think it would’ve been on a similar level to the mandalorian since halo already has legendary stories.
they ruined halo
@@Ivantheterrible495 it cost between 12 and 15 million to get the cutscenes made for this game. For a TV show you could give em a budget of like 80-90 million (Disney standard) and get an actually good 6 episode series of 45 minute episodes (without the bullshit 10 minutes of credits and openings eating away at the runtime)
Unfortunately modern media doesn't care about quality as long as it appeals to tHe MeSsAgE
That would be literally impossible. To make a full length TV series all on this level of CGI with around 30 mins per episode would be the most expensive piece of media ever made
It would have cost about hundreds of millions to do a TV show at this quality unforginately. I hate the show. They should never have made it without the budget to do it properly.
Master Chief: *single-handedly destroys a Covenant supercarrier by himself* Me: *Trying not to burn a hot pocket in the microwave*
Proud heretic tread carefully for that is road of suffering
Proud heretic that wasn’t a super carrier, it was just a CAS class ship. Same design but far smaller than a super carrier.
Proud heretic we all have our struggles
Proud heretic what’s a hot pocket ?
@@bigpigeon2384 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Pockets?wprov=sfla1
"Tartarus... The Prophets have betrayed us." That scene with the anniversary graphics is just so beautiful. Feel kind of bad for Arbiter. Even after all the years the Brutes and Elites have butted heads for dominance, and even after the slaughter the Great Schism caused. Arbiter didn't want to kill his comrade in arms. He really wanted the Brutes to listen.
He knew they were being lied to and used by the prophets like the elites.
android16B But then again, he did kill millions, if not billions, even if he was basically being brainwashed.
Time?
The M Button 46:59
Rewatching that exact scene makes me think of potential 'what-if' scenarios like what if Tartarus actually listened to Thel instead of insisting on going ahead and activating the ring. Could be a possible successful truce between the Elites and Brutes early on kinda like Halo Escalation 1-3 except no rogue covenant group attacking the conference and preventing any sort of peace.
I like how Hood is almost like a father trying to prevent his kids from doing something stupid, having to tell all his officers not to engange the supercarrier.
"Dear Humanity, We Regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth. And we most definitely regret the core just blew up our raggedy ass fleet! OORAH!" What a fucking badass line! XD
Johnson's always been my go-to for laughs. Lol
We know one thing: The keys are good at losing ships, and finding halos.
And dying
@@arby627 bruh👁👄👁
@@arby627 💀
@@mooncake333 that’s the exact current state of the Jacob and Miranda Keyes
lol i finished ce with a friend and i saw poor captain keyes's dead body in a proto-gravemind
‘this heretic must be silenced’ “and so, you must be silenced” i never noticed that
Probably not intentional
I thought he said “asshole- you must be silenced”
This game had cinema quality cutscene direction, Halo 3 wasn't even close in terms of voice acting quality. Kinda sad really.
37:00 If you notice, this scene here pretty much has a high ranking member of the 5 factions in this game. Master Chief of the UNSC Prophet of Regret of the Covenant The Arbiter of the Elites 2401 Penitent Tangent of the Installation The Gravemind of the Flood
Master Chief doesn’t Rank that high At least not officially, even though TECHNICALLY Spartans didn’t have to take orders from anyone but ONI
@@nikobelic4251 That's true, though he is also the highest ranking enlisted person in the UNSC Navy (I think, might be another branch), as Master Chief Pretty Officer
i hate how "flashy" the show tries to be, nearly every shot is screaming "Hey guys look at us we have so much production value!!" it twists and bends itself to look cool while this is efortlessly amazing, it even goes out of it's way to emulate snapzooms, lens flares and a little bit of a shaky cam to ground it even more into the world it's depicting, trully fantastic work. Btw the audio design is absolutely insane and it's not only miles better than the Paramount+ show but better than most things on tv and movies
“What of the council?” “The tasks you must undertake as the arbiter are perilous, suicidal! You will die, as each arbiter has before you. The council will have their corpse” Extremely underrated line and my favorite
"What would you have your arbiter do?"
And yet he survies both prophets and council.
@@DaDunge many of the surviving sanghelli councilors help him remake the Swords though
@@joshuasitzema9920 the counselors survived? They didn’t seem very combat ready and got slaughtered. We see one survivor in a prison cell probably waiting execution.
@@beartheconfused6798 the expanded lore in the books touched on it. Since in order to be in politics you have to have military experience and since they were all nobles, they were skillful with the energy sword. A fair few actually did survive either by being at home or on campaign and when the great schism started, many threw in with the Arbiter because culturally the Arbiter was their leader before the prophets disgraced the title
2:14 I get chills watching that scene. Just knowing Noble 6 is still down there about to make his last stand against the Covenant.
Kinda Sadly on Noble six was MIA and Being saved by Thel Vadamee and Jun Noble 3 during Fall of Halo Reach. Except for Jun Noble three and Dr. Hadley had survive during The Fall of Reach.. Jun has resigned to ONI Council member. But still remembering about the Fallen of Noble teams.. i do not know how all Halo Games will be all connection to *Halo infinite.*
During that time his already dead.
Shadow Guardian no that’s moments after the Autumn took off from Reach.
@@shadowguardian3612 that was right when the autumn left reach, so he was alive there.
And then when the cruiser is jumping while still in the city I remembered how the ODSTs were still down there trying to escape with their lives
The writing in this game is next level.
Honestly. this is what I love about it the most. With such short and concise cutscenes we get so much information about for is happening. Kind of why I find halo 2 to be my favorite.
When a 3d rendered animation from 7 years ago looks more realistic than the show's cgi
I wish they would've done the whole show animated like this
@@mrlegkick91 it would've cost too much
@@antogno4625 but halo is one of the most popular franchises in the history of entertainment... if we haven't got the money to make an animated series with halo then what hell do we have the money for? You have to spend money to make money... if it was true to actual halo fans to flock to it and they would make the money back easily
@@mrlegkick91 That’s not how it works
@@nomansblog2025 Yeah but it should be how it works
I like how halo 2 humanizes the covenant with motivations and internal struggles. The other halo game just tell you to shoot stuff without question.
Well humanized the Arbiter and elites really. The Covenant as a whole though never really moves past being anything but a coalition of manipulative and violent religious psychopaths willing to kill anyone and everyone whom even remotely gets in their way.
Aceofspades3206 What's more human than that? It makes you sympathize with some characters. Personally I'd like to see shipmaster in halo 6.
You mean besides virtually anything else? I didn't sympathize with the Arbiter simply because the Covenant are dicks who screwed him and his people over. I sympathized with them because we got to personally learn his side of the story, what drives him as he seeks to reclaim his lost honor, and his ultimately conflicted feelings on both the changing nature of the world around him and the dawning realization that his people have all been fighting and dying for a lie.
Aceofspades3206 meh hunters and grunts are also shown as allies though wait Halo 3 threw that out the window faceplam.
@@bennettfender1546 Halo 3 only shows the covenant side. Many grunts and hunters, even jackals, had sided with the elites lore wise, but in-game we dont get to see these coalitions mainly because those who did side with the elites would hold a status similar to being refugees. Grunts need lots of care to proliferate, hunters are too important assets to be lost in battle and jackals most likely went back to their privateer/space pirate life after siding in the schism.
17:22 Notice how he stops the recording just before the heratic says that the great journey is a lie exposing the prophets
Imagine if his finger was wet or something and it didn’t pause when he tapped the screen. Would have been an awkward conversation for the three of them.
GreatfulGert “fuck”
Not "lie" so much as he was about to say what the "Great Journey" actually is. Namely, a galaxy-wide apocalypse containment measure for the Parasite.
@@furiousfinch1587 really thats what the prophets wanted? I forgot i havent played halo 2 in a very long time but i do remember they betrayed you right?
@@dcbeatsmarvel3627 Yes they end up trying to kill you indirectly using Tartarus as the assassin. Obviously it didn't work.
paramount producers looking at this like "what did we do wrong ! we totally nailed the whole halo thing imo"
These cutscenes are better than the entire Halo TV show. They did it with a fraction of the budget. Also, Thanks 343 for letting people who don’t know the story write their own for Halo TV. It’s not like there wasn’t already a storyline. -.-
"The council decided to have you hung by your entrails, and your corpse paraded through the city, but ultimately the terms of your execution are up to me." The dialogue is just perfect.
Tartarus... The Prophets have betrayed us The pain in Thel’s voice is thick
I couldn’t help but find Truth’s quote amusing. Thel was one of the Covenant’s most treasured instruments and they’re so quick to get rid of him in such a barbaric way. Couldn’t a swift beheading be enough after everything at the very least? I mean damn! 😂
And it's even more perfect with the voice actor
"When the prophets learn of this they will take your head."-arbiter "when they learn *laughs* fool they ordered me to do it."-tarturus
" For a brick, he flew pretty good! " DEAD. IT KILLLED ME!
Sergeant Johnson is one of the best characters in the game, and also a spartan.
+Peter Uhlenberg but he is dead :(
+Shaf Hoque mia.... MIA!!!!! MIA MIA MIA MIA!!! SPARTANS NEVER DIE!!!
Tell that to Sam. Oh wait.
Tyler Wong savage
*_This should have been the halo show_*
The arbiters story arc is just legendary. So many emotions layers parallels and subtleties .
Master chief: sir persimmon to leave the station? Lord Hood: for what purpose master chief? Master chief: to give the covenant back their bomb. Lord hood: permission denied Master chief: oh..... *Roll end credits*
Sir, permission to leave the station? For what purpose master chief? To leave this station because it's about to get dESTROYED.
que the curb your enthusiasm music
@@cia387 🤣
@@freezerbomb699 yippi😋 You where a reminder....
Lord Hood: Sure, help yourself. I have a few persimmons in my office...
22:34 damn imagine how different the story would be different if the heretic didn't pull out his guns
Bungie: write that down! Write that down!
@@boxenjoyerkona yep, the only thing that changed his mind was seeing the other elites getting slayed by the brutes because they ordered them to do it
@@raflystiansahlatif5293 "When the Prophet's learn of this they will take your head." "When they learn? *laughs* fool they ordered me to do it."
KONATAonPC - The heretic leader knew that is why he did that
@@mace2366 I wish bungie didn't stop making halo, they inspired me but then just like every game developers nowadays the disapoint me/ break my heart.
Truth's facial animations are so emotive and expressive, they perfectly convey the subtleties of Michael Wincott's already fantastic performance. Blur studios really outdid themselves on these anniversary cutscenes
Holy crap. This game came out in 2004 originally? Dang. I'm old now. I remember being totally blown away at the fact that the covenant was this whole society with its own culture, politics, history, and problems. As a kid, playing just the first Halo game, I just thought of them as gross aliens with blue and teal blood. Knew a kid a bit younger than me who thought the second one was way more boring cuz of these cutscenes and I just couldn't wrap my head around that. Haha
Well this is the remastered version of Halo 2, so the graphics weren't originally this good.
@@faq187tim9 I was talking purely from a story telling and world building perspective. Not that the graphics are unimpressive. I just don't really care about them.
"When u first saw halo, were you blinded by its majesty?" "Blinded?" "Paralized?" "Dumbstruck?" "No" "Me: Yes
it's low not no. but yes we all are
@@UnfunnyFigs what? he says no, where did low come from
It's no* not low. No idea where you got that from?
Yet the humans were able to evade your ships, land on the Sacred Ring, and desecrate it with their filthy footsteps!
When you first saw Halo 2 Remastered, were you blinded by it's majesty?
Masterful work here. The most pleasing improvement: Miranda Keys no longer looks like a 14 year old girl. I considered that really immersion breaking back in the original. In every scene she was in, she looked like she barely had the experience of an Ensign. Let alone a Captain.
SovietWomble nice to see you here
SovietWomble u need to do a halo 2 anniversary bullshittery with cyanide
SovietWomble Play halo 2 please i want to see you play it
SovietWomble oh Womble, didn't know you enjoy Halo too.
womble you like halo?
Such great CGI.. and then we have the Halo series now..
Why can't they just do a series with this cgi? Is it too expensive?
@@alo4912 Microsoft has more than enough money for sure
The halo series is really popular, but as a lifelong halo fan I don't think it's really "for" us. My parents who know nothing about Halo love it, though.
@@imsorryyoutube6774 its not for us yet were the only ones here playing the game. It sucks
The dialogue throughout these first three games is absolutely incredible. The thought provoking statements the ship master makes, the way humans, Covenant, flood and forerunners have different words for the same thing, the wonder in the way the prophets speak about the great journey, SERGEANT JOHNSON for crying out loud!!!! A lot of this is missing in the new games and I think we forget about how great the voice actors were in the original games. Partnered with the near perfect level design, gameplay and score, I don’t think we’ll ever come close to anything as good as this again. I wish I could go back and play each of these games for the first time. After Noble 6 I’ve been trying to scratch an itch I can’t Reach and I think it might just be time to put Halo down.
it's very good and a hell of a lot better than anything from modern halo, but some bits haven't aged the best, particularly halo 3. miranda's 'to war' line is ridiculous
46:58 "The Prophets have betrayed us" Such a brilliantly delivered line, you can feel the pain from years of deceit.
It's one of my all time favorite Halo lines from all the games. Honestly, I'd like to think that Tartarus had a ever so slight pause after hearing that, not sure of his loyalty before his Brute-dog loyalty kicked in and intentionally refused to recognize the truth.
No kidding. The remaster did wonders for that scene, too, since you can clearly see the Arbiter realizing how his whole life had been a lie. Without question one of the best moments in the franchise.
I love it too. Imagine if Tartarus actually shook free from the covenant teachings and joined arbiter and humanity in Halo 3.
Then Johnson gets fucking nailed lmfao
I love the build up to that line. Listen to how arbiter asks Guilty Spark his questions in a different manner of speaking than he's used in any of the other cutscenes. His voice is almost breaking, He doesn't want to hear the truth.
17:33 you can actually see the muscles on Mercy's neck tense and flex. The level of detail in these cutscenes is incredible.
Ikr they really went to work with this
I really hope we get cutscenes like these in Infinite instead of the ones in Halo 5.
@@theicemanleaveth It would ruin the immersion for me since these are pre-rendered and wouldn't be the actual gameplay graphics.
Blur Studios did the cutscenes in H2A, but I think 343 is just going to use the new engine for the cutscenes in Halo Infinite.
They payed Blur studios to make this... But the series x will do this level of detail in engine
THIS is how the Halo TV show should have been done. These graphics are amazing and look better than the live action stuff from the show. too bad it cost soo much. think i read its $1m per minute for these cutscenes
But damn, it’s worth every penny
The visuals are great, but even in 2007 when I was watching these cutscenes (on PC) it was awesome, simply because the story and the writing and performances are so damn good. If the Halo TV show could have writing and story like this it would have been fantastic inspite of low budget. They just fucked up in coming up with a story and everything else. They even placed it in the right era: covenant war has so many angles to explore... Just absurd how they ruined it.
@@xmlthegreat That show is a an aberration. Even a 12-year-old halo fan can come up with a better writing than the Mary Sue ass inclusive Mexican novella trash they came up with.
Come on, man. 1mil per MINUTE? Use that noggin. That means the cutscenes for all of H2 Anniversary cost 50 million dollars. You either horribly misread something, or you pulled that number right out of your ass.
This is what I have hoping from Paramount +, This would've been LEGENDARY
117: Sir, Permission to leave the station For what purpose Chief 117: To give the covenant back there bomb One of the most epic lines in history
And somehow Johnson tops him "For a brick he flew pretty good"
Of all time.
+Critter King lol
his name is mastar ceef
+viperz888 His name is John Rank: Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan Number: Sierra-117
Everyone always talks about Keith David as Arbiter, but I can’t imagine anyone else but Kevin Michael Richardson voicing Tartarus. He just has a perfect voice for such a... well, BRUTE
Tartarus’s voice actor never gets enough credit. He was excellent East tartar sauce monke.
Holy shit im just now realizing Tartarus is voiced by principal Lewis from american dad 😂 that man has an iconic voice in television
Who was the voice actor of the arbiters friend? The white Elite leader? I actually loved his voice and thought his dialog was just as great as Keith David
@@AdamWest1290 Rtas 'Vadum (The name of the elite commander then shipmaster) was voice acted by Robert Davi. He also voiced Rtas in Halo 3 as well.
14:50 lmao the brutes are absolutely hilariously evil
*CLANG* "For a brick, he flew pretty good!" Johnson truly had a way with words
I came here after watching the Paramount Halo show. I needed to heal from that ordeal.
This game is better than most movies
Isn’t *anything* better than most movies
jason godinez than you clearly aren’t a film student or study film. Either that or just a action/sci-fi sucker.
It deserves a movie
Name one?
You mean all movies?
"This armor suits you but it cannot hide that mark" "Nothing ever will" "You are the arbiter,the will of the prophets,but these are my elits,their lives matter to me,yours does not" " that makes two of us" Coolest dialog i ever heard Edit: don't worry,i ain't saying that cringy line of "omg thanks for the likes,i never had this many like before!"
Best quotes in the entire series.
So does the arbiter mean his life doesn't matter to him or that half Jaws life doesn't matter to him?
Gaming Entity He’s talking about himself, he’s on a redemption quest basically, believing all he has left now it to fight till he dies for the higherarches
@@Mugetsu2021 aaaaah that makes sense now I've been wondering about it for a few days, thanks bro.
Shipmaster had all the coolest lines
The best video game ever made and my mind, and more importantly my heart will never be changed on this. The nostalgia. The feels. I grew up on Halo 2. This is my life
expand your taste lol
Now THIS if fucking Halo
"Sir, permission to leave the station?" "For what purpose, Master Chief?" "To give the Covenant back their bomb." "...Permission granted." That look of realization on Hood's face when he realized what Master Chief was planning.
Or realization that there was a bomb on the station and that he could have been blown to bits
@@mace2366 he knew there was a bomb after the other station blew up
17:24 I love this little moment. The "Heretic" about to say "The great journey is a lie" but just before he says "lie", Truth cuts the recording. Even Truth doesn't want to believe it's a lie.
Attention to detail
Truth knew it was a lie, he just didnt want anyone else to hear it, even from a heretic
@@SrgntSprnkls77 Citations needed
@@Dennis19901 The entire Covenant-Human War was because the prophets knew about the lie. Truth, Mercy and Regret discovered their religion had been mistaking reclaimers - humanity - for their revered forerunner artifacts. Fearing the collapse of the covenant if this is revealed, they declared war on humanity to purge all evidence.
@@khanghuynh5513 "The lie" is simply that humans are reclaimers instead of someone from the covenant. It doesn't discredit anything else they believe in.
I cannot express how amazingly and perfectly done these cutscenes were.
One thing I think they could have done is combine the entire staff and art team saying the same line into the graveminds voice. The thought of thousands of people being the voice of the gravemind and just ever so slightly hearing that is so cool to me
Great idea actually
Being older now and actually listening to the dialogue. Its a billion times better written than I remember
Most games don't live up to your childhood view of them when you go back to them as an adult. The thing I love about the Halo games is that they only get better.
Treasure Planet is similiar. I went back and watched it recently and my first thought was “How the fuck did I even understand what was going on a as a child”
@@justincoltharp9701 Oh, shit. You just gave me something to do. Now I gotta rewatch that movie myself!
YUPPPPP
@@justincoltharp9701 Similar case with Megamind. All of the stuff regarding existential identity flies over the heads of kids, only to then be understood by those same kids years later.
Halo 2 is really what solidified this series as one of the best of all time
nah, Halo 1 was better
Yosef Yonin nope
@@Disarmingtoehead13 Halo 1 didn't have infuriating insta-kill jackal snipers. Halo 1 didn't have annoying bosses Halo 1's shotgun was actually useful
Yosef Yonin so where’s the energy sword, wraith, brute, sentinel beam, guass warthog, DUEL WIELD, expanded story on the covenant, battle rifle I mean I can keep going
Yosef Yonin and don’t get me wrong I love halo ce just not as much as 2
“Don’t make a girl a promise if you know you can’t keep it.” This line breaks my heart every time I hear it.
"You know me. When I make a promise..."
“…you keep it. I DO know how to pick ‘em!” Why does this sound like a warped conversation between significant others? Lol
I always thought a great song to overlay that would’ve been bring me to life my evanescence.
This is what the Halo Tv show should've been. instead we got Master cheeks. Also, "The fleet that destroyed Reach was 50 times this size" gave me chills.
Why are you normies watching that garbage in the first place? Stop mentioning the TV series. Anything made by 343i is not Halo.
@@FutaCatto2halo wars 2 is good
"For a brick he flies pretty good" still one of my favorite lines
He actually said flew, but yes. All I have to do is say this line, and my brother would pipe up with "Chief, get back on board this ship" or however Miranda's reply went.
Cheif get inside, gear up were taking this fight to the surface
RIGHT?!
"I won't"
Ngl would be cool being named halo
Who else knows most of the cutscenes by heart?
Let’s test then- There was only one ship..
One? Are you sure?
Yes. They called it the ‘Pillar of Autumn’
Why was it not destroyed with the rest of their fleet?
It fled, as we set fire to their planet. But I followed with all the ships in my command.
After watching the 3rd episode of the halo show I couldnt help but rewatch this. They should have just let blur do the tv show...
Exactly....ofc CGI quality like this is extremely expensive....but even just making short TV-show (lets say 5 or 6 episodes of this quality) would have been more worth it than what they are doing with Halo series now with 10 episodes or whatever per season
@@Balnazzardi Its expensive, but it is more than the show? Every episode of the show cost more than 10 million dollars
@@erichdegurechaff9515 well in movies the high quality CGI effects alone can cost anywhere from 30 million to 70 million...ofc I have no idea how much the 45 minutes of CGI cutscenes in Halo 2 anniversary cost but in Halo TV series keep in mind that the 10 million per budget episode includes everything else aside from CGI effects. So each episode of Halo is about hour, well I would say id they went pure CGI (with help of motion capture ofc) I would say the cost per episode would have been higher. Anyhow keep in mind that Mandalorian has budget of around 15 million per episode and it shows compared to Halo TV series, the quality is superior compared to Halo when it comes to sets and CGI
Yes, I’ve come here again to see how good a TV series could have been. Halo 2 is perfection.
"Ma'm without a destination solution..." "We are NOT losing that ship!" *The Chills Are Real*
Rufus Greenleaf That was epic and crazy because according to the books one Frigate vs a Covenant Cruisar is like a grunt trying to kill a hunter....
Shit even in video games women act before they think.
@@k1llsw1tch65 LOL
That remains to be one of my favorite scenes of all
At least it's not as stupid as "to war"
When you realize halo 2 anniversary is Arbiter telling Locke a story
I still want to know what the hell Locke is doing with a Halo 2 br
That is one long-ass ride in the Lich
The New Graphics Are How He Remembers It And The Old Graphics Are What It Was
Not often do remasters have a framing device, so kudos.
@@tanner2007 amazing
Why couldn't the Halo Live-Action TV Series look as Beautiful as these Cutscenes.
29:02 I love how the Shipmaster says the word “decision” with such disgust
To be honest, it looks good enough to be a fucking movie :D
Wish they made a movie in this style
TruckSimz ikr this is alot better than any halo game I've played.. which Is sad
TruckSimz ikr
ikr this is amazing!!
TruckSimz too bad it would be one expensive ass movie for 343 to pay to get produced by blur.
Damn, they made Gravemind fuckin' awesome.
He looks like a mix of open flesh and fungus.
+MAN BEAR PIG yes but he looks scary as fuck. The arbiter is about 8ft tall and he is tiny compared to gravemind. But gravemind is all the flood so... Ehheech.
Seriously!
He looks like an uncircumcised penis. Scary and diseased.
Anarchy Pony gravemind nightmare fule.
I came back here after watching the TV series and man this is way better!
Halo TV series is the Myra Brekinridge of Sci-Fi TV Shows, probably
Keith David as the voice of Arbiter is unparalleled❤❤
4 Years later and it's still the most impressive looking cutscenes I've seen in a game, they really outdid themselves
@Mikediehard Uh no shit
@Mikediehard you trippin?
Bruh have you seen aw cut scenes my gawd they look real
Mikediehard They did? I could of swore this was the original cutscenes...
Batman origins have incredible cutscenes for a game from 2013
24:50 That is the most wholesome thing ive seen in halo
CrunchyNoodle 13 I love how Chief does it as gently as he can while still making sure it makes a sound because if he didn’t he’d prob punch a hole through the pod door.
The Master Samurott it’s still quite strange to me that despite still being a good natured person with thoughts, feelings and emotions, he is still an extremely strong and deadly soldier that could probably rip someone in half if he wanted to.
David Johnson He’s learned from his mistakes. I mean, he accidentally killed an ODST right after becoming a Spartan. I’m sure he doesn’t wasn’t a repeat of that.
I love it
I forgot how much control and skill was necessary for spartans to move gently without killing themselves.
4:38 "And you told me you were gonna wear something nice!" "I am." Would've fit really well.
9.5 million views, I wonder if the Paramount Plus series will draw that many.
I love how chief went " boo!" And scared that grunt
@cwood99 ikr
"There are things about Halo...even the Hierarchs do not understand." That's such a powerful moment. You can see how much it hurt Arbiter to shed his faith to do what he knew was truly right. Such a beautiful story ❤
Then again, their whole religion was based on a lie in the first place. Or rather, a misinterpretation.
Jackson Winter the prophets found out the truth years ago, they got to a planet (forget the name) discovered relics there. Little did they know the relics were humans and humanity was the true bearers of the the mantle of responsibility and not the prophets. The prophets then took charge of the covenant through force and manipulation then declared war on humanity. They knew the truth but would rather kill all life in the galaxy than lose their power.
@@angelarroyo6001 Harvest.
You can just hear it in his voice as he says that piece of dialogue. He’s truly broken inside.
@@angelarroyo6001 Yeah, I know. It's in Contact Harvest.
14:35: I love the fact that at the same time In Amber Clad followed Regret's ship into Slipspace, Alpha Nine and the other ODST's were dropping into the city
19:37 Rtas telling the Arbiter “these are my elites” is so perfectly spoken.