A compilation of moments where Chief shows emotion and compassion
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Halo Infinite Master Chief Best Moments
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Halo Infinite Human Side of Master Chief
Chief: Tries to comfort the pilot Also Chief: Literal earth quake when he kneels down.
Imagine when he jumps off from 10 mts.
Beat me too it lmfao
that's just one of those moments where they really show the weight of that armor
I feel like halo infinite really did well showing the weight of cheifs armor. Most games don’t show it very well but everything from the first cutscene perfectly showed how much the armor weighed while not restricting the player.
He is wearing a suit of armor that weighs a few hundred pounds lol.
"Yes, but the at the end he was just a soldier" he shows respect because chief is the exact same. He's a "demon" to the enemie, he's a monster.
No one is a villian in their own story
Yeah the game drives that into you subtly with the grunts calling him the demon or monster
@@GameCentral-gg3ii So is he called Demon because of all that hes done against them or because the Prophets wanted to make him the face of the enemy since they were lying to everyone.
@@aegisnol6644 in the covenant’s eyes he was so good at killing and hard to takedown that they considered him to have supernatural powers like a demon
@@aegisnol6644 The game doesn’t do a goodjob at protraying it since you can die, especially in Halo 2. But it really did take 1 spartan, 1 demon to destroy a Halo, to dismantle the Covenant, to destroy the Covenant and now singlehandedly rebuild the UNSC presense on Zeta Halo
People around chief: *breaks down in anguish* Chief: IT IS MY MISSION TO MAKE YOU NOT SAD
We all need an emotional support chief
Late reply but this was funnier than it should have been
Goddamn it why'd I laugh
Lord Hood: "Master Chief, comfort that person." Chief: "Yes sir. I need a warm blanket and some chocolate."
At the end, Chief says "Good work soldier" to Esparza. Knowing full well he was just a civilian contractor, chief still showed him the respect due to a brother in arms. And when he almost hugged him, I bet you chief shed a tear or two.
I was like "Chief please hug him back!"
Would you slob master chief’s knob if he told you to
I feel like calling someone "soldier" is Chief's mark of respect... that's how he views, or viewed, himself, and saying that to someone shows he relates to them. Even when he says Escharum was "just a soldier", that's him acknowledging how determined he was to see his mission through, like John, but also how fallible and small both of them are, in the grand scheme of things.
@@Vaksharules1999 he wanted to as well!! his hands says it all when fernando hugs him
He was going to do it, he lifted his arms to the back of Esparza to do it but didn't.
"I'm sorry Chief, but when have you ever failed?" *Flashbacks to failing to assassinate Truth, trusting Guilty Spark on the Ark/replacement Ring, losing Cortana, the Didact mopping the floor with him multiple times, and getting sucker punched by Atriox and thrown into space*
To be fair, trusting Guilty Spark proved very advantageous for humanity. Had Chief refused Spark's request to help, they may have failed to stop Truth.
@@stormichow5325 I can’t recall how this is the case? How did chief helping Spark lead to stopping Truth.
@@stormichow5325 my implication was that it got Johnson killed
@@TheDelethar I don't think they would've been able to traverse the Ark without Guilty Spark
034 samuel is what I always thought of first. That was Chiefs first real loss, and it made him who he is.
"I'm so sick of losing." "You didn’t lose. You saved them." "I don’t mean the war. I’ll lose any war you like. I’m sick of losing people."
What is this from?
@@feIIas Doctor Who, Season 9, Episode 5, "The Girl Who Died"
Reminds me of when Clara came to me in my confession dial. I can lose the war, but the people I will win for.
Love the reference!
I get that reference 😏
“I failed her, I will NOT fail you” I actually teared up the first time I heard Chief say that. He sounded so determined and so compassionate. Especially when they have nothing or very little options and resources Chief just restores faith and confidence by not sulking about anything and making due with the hands dealt before him. All by only saying “it’s all we need” or anything related to that.
Thing about this is how easily without hesitation John admitted this humanity see's him as there superhero the trailer for Guardians shows this with the boy having a Spartan IV figure he painted green to look like him. So John saying this to the closest person he gets to an everyday civillian is incredible.
if you think about it, Fernando is really the closest thing chief has ever had to a normal friend. i mean sure hes had friends like cortana, the arbiter, lasky, etc. but none of them were everyday civilians. Fernando is quite literally the most normal friend chief has had in his life.
Yeah, it really drives home the Human vs Machine thing from Halo 4. Even more so imo.
Sgt. Johnson? Rewatch the banter in Halo 2.
@@rkr9861 yeah but he's a soldier where as echo isn't, that's what Tran is trying to say
@@noodlemaster4719 not even a regular soldier, a Spartan I.
Johnson was his friend, it's why Chief's loneliness after Halo 3 hits harder
The way Fernando reacts to Chief saying “we finish the fight” is just a manifestation of how everyone reacted when they heard that.
Fuck even in halo i cant escape you. THERE ARE NO BLUESTAR BOTTLECAPS HERE
@@somerandomguy8491 I know you’re lying. Now empty your pockets.
We really did have the biggest and cheesiest smile we ever had when we heard it and the MUSIC.... oh my god I wanted a LAN party after that moment
"HE SAID THE LINE, HE SAID THE LINE!"
There will come a time when humans wills will be broken and the elites most powerful take over and try to control.many will fall but I'm certain that one day someone will create a technology that can copy Master Chiefs personality and bring him to life using nanotechnology a nanobot called Sierra 117 I had that vision.in my dream I hope that savior comes. I am certain that he'll shake this world to it's core
the best quote from chief that made me tear up was "we all fail, we all make mistakes, it's what makes us human"
In that case im too human 💀
@@holymaggots70 we just the same💀
@@holymaggots70 no. Just human.
It took him twenty years of gaming to understand that, poor John ❤️
Hearing him say that gave me GTA 4 opening flash backs
I’m surprised that nobody has mentioned that the Spartan at 2:46 killed all of those elites with a screwdriver…. just wow
I think the Chief summed it up nicely. Spartans don't go quietly.
I once saw him kill 3 elites with a screwdriver… A. FU*KING. SCREWDRIVER.
@@noahv1479 I was thinking of the john wick reference as well 😂😂
*Spartans don't go quietly* also he was channeling his inner john wick
@@noahv1479 underrated
This shows John is getting older. At first he was like a machine. Now as he is older, he understands that people won’t trust him unless they know he has just enough sympathy and emotions.
He's 50+ at this point of history
@@kanielabarcai6182 Johnson was old and he looked good for a 70-80 year old man
So is he really past his prime at this stage? It sort of doesn't make sense. Johnson was kicking like a badass before he died at like around 70. Spartan enhancements + Humanity having such high medical tech that something like cancer is something easily cured + whatever the Librarian put in him? I feel like Spartans should be able to like go for past 200 years or something.
@@CommissarChaoticno he’s no where near past his prime.
@@jamelgallagher6602 I dont know if they are just making him move like i guess realistic like or if they are making him move slow to display he's old and stuff, by that i meant the cinematics
0:54 the fact that you can feel his heartbeat dwindling through the controller at this part absolutely broke me
Damn that’s a detail I missed on M&K 😢
Yeah bro that shit hit different.
YOU CAN???!!
@@WhatUpGMane yeah man, had to call it a night after that lol
@@WhatUpGMane yeah if you have vibrations on for controller, the controller vibrates to represent his heartbeat and it slowly dwindles as the conversation goes on
Hearing Master Chief say "Enough" like that just hits. You never hear Chief bark like that before. Not even when he stopped Cortana and Guilty Spark from arguing.
Yea up until this point, Chief was kind of a dick to him. I got the impression that he was annoyed or angry that a soldier was acting like that but then he realized how hard he was pushing him and then Esparza tells Chief hes not even a soldier, just a scared man trying to survive and Chief treats him completely differently right away.
@@DarkSlayer487 yeah Chief was acting like a Drill Sergeant at Basic until Fernando said he was a Civilian Contractor, then he started treating him alot better.
And the only time he gets like that in the whole series is when someone doubts themselves.
@@DarkSlayer487 nice catch!!..Chief thought he was a solider until he said he wasn’t then Chief started treating him like a civilian!!..Chief is awesome man
Not even when that shit commander tried to delete cortana 1
When cortana says “we just keep saying goodbye don’t we” you can almost feel the sorrow in Master chief. His heart breaking at those words. At the end of it he was kind of stunned, in shock just like when cortana seemingly died at the end of halo 4.
It's the Weapons "Are you alright?" after Cortana's final message that broke me.. I was like ”😭 no.. I'm not."
I almost feel like they intended it to be a message directed not just to chief but to long time Halo fans as well.
I mean,the original pieces of cortana died in halo 4,the corrupted ones that somehow remained came back to life.
@@LaloSalamancaGaming69 Yeah, Cortana died at the end of 4. What came back was a corrupted rampant fragment that had merged with a Forerunner AI that new how to manipulate John.
2:53 If you look closely at the Spartan's left hand, you can see they're still holding a screwdriver that they likely used as a weapon of last resort. Like Chief said, Spartans don't go quietly.
Yeah I saw that. There is a Body infront of them. That Spartan died but they took out one last enemy with a screwdriver if *that* isn't worthy of note I don't know what is.
@@Kakuretaka lol I thought he took out that whole room with the screwdriver
@@daelium89 He more than likely could. Spartans are batshit insane and can turn anything into a proficient weapon. One Spartan woke up on a flood infested ship and his first instinct was to grab a folding chair and rock everyone's shit.
@@daelium89 it's a spartan after all, it probably was like that
@@daelium89 I imagine that he took 3-4 out with the screwdriver after running out of ammo and getting grievously injured and then bled out.
_Escharum death_ Chief: "At the end of the day, he was a soldier doing what he thought was right" _Tremonius death_ The Weapon: "They called him 'Tremonius'" Chief: "Not anymore lol"
Well he cant feel bad or get poethic over every grunt he kills xD
Yeah but Escharum clearly had a kind of respect for chief whereas Tremonius literally opens the fight saying he will cut him into pieces
i think chief's mind about the Banished changed since he was shown Cortana destroying Atriox's home world
@@finleymorris04 Escharum had his friend captured and tortured and was rubbing it in Chief's face the entire time. This was the same torture device that killed that Spartan
One is a mercenary and the other is a fellow veteran. I doubt Chief would have half as kind words to say with the Human members of the Banished.
I love that John is no longer acting like a machine. Well at least compared to the other halo games.
Its funny because he became more human after learning to love an AI.
Him being a human under that suit is a recurring theme in 343i games. I like how they handled it in this game though rather than in Halo 4 or 5. It's more subtle and more Chief like.
@@unhandydaddy5117 Halo 4 had alot of potential. Its story wasn't all that bad at all. But oh my god came Halo 5 The Last Guardian which just ruined everything.
Hes not even supposed to act human
@@miguelcardoso9637 yeah, I'm glad they found balance to his character (acting like machine but still human on the inside)
5:22 With how fast and athletic he is I always forget how much weight chief lugs around, but here his footfalls are like thunder and the screen shakes when he kneels down.
But Spartans can still sneak up on you without you hearing them. They can move super silently. Stated in the books.
When you weigh over a metric ton, doing anything other than being as gentle and agile as possible will break whatever you're standing on.
also in 16:32 all the boxes in the pelican shake.
Chief getting hugged and acting like the uncomfortable uncle at a family reunion gives me life.
Did you know, if you play with a controller, you can feel Griffin's heart beat and how it slowly fades. Sorrowing scene that one.
I realized that when I saw the cutscene! So dramatic!
Yeah
Holy shit. Now I wish I had played with a controller
Damn, I wish I could have had that on M&K. that's really nice touch
Just like Kashima in Infinite Warfare.
I liked the part when chief enters the password to delete the weapon, it’s Sam’s name and number. Showing Chief still misses Samuel… that got me.
Plus his code Red Flag- that was the name of the operation that Chief was going to go on before reach fell. His home and his best friend. And it’s only something a fraction of halo fans know really.
@@deathtrooper9003 it was also his first time meeting Cortana I think?
@@badwolf2317 yeah, she was paired with him for the mission.
That was my first cry of the game. Seeing 'Samuel-034' pop up was like a gut punch
They will never forget Sam...all Blue team.Pretty sure leaving him in that ship was one of the most painfull things ever.it was like a brother for them
A lot of people were giving Echo 216 crap in this game, but seriously he survived for 6 months on the pelican trapped in space. How many people would that not mentally shatter. 6 months of at any moment he could be found and killed and essentially trapped with no way to escape and get home. Also 343 you gave us Echo 216 now don't do some stupid off screen death of him just to get him out of the story. We need to get him back to his family.
Also, add to that he isn't Military, so he doesn't have the same mental fortitude of the sailors/soldiers around him. So knowing that, the entire leadup to the reveal is an appropriate response.
I always just took his attitude in the beginning as a simple "the Banished are too powerful, I've been on my own for 6 months trying to survive and I want to go home". Regardless of whether or not he was a soldier I understood it that way and honestly didn't blame him. So the reveal that he wasn't even a soldier, just a civilian engineer in the wrong place at the wrong time made me appreciate him even more.
I think his family is dead, when Weapon is asking him and Chief if they have anyone back home, he says something like "no, not anymore."
Also neat detail some people overlook but during the begining cutscene when the pilot gave his pistol with the chief "You have one bullet against an entire army" Being trapped in a metal tomb in the cold dead exposure to space with the scraps of the infinity , never seeing your family again with a gun with one round A round he was saving for himself
And all he had was a pistol with one bullet… right before he gave it to the chief.
This is so refreshing to watch after hearing Chief is clapping a covenant prisoner’s cheeks in the TV show
Remember halo infinite has older wiser chief while halo tv show has young horny chief
SUBSCHREIBED
I'm so tired of hearing. I may have to look this up just to see how crazy this was
He did whaaaaaaat? Jesus I heard the show was that bad but for FFS
@@markbrennan212 that really DID HAPPEN in the show. its so bad 😂 master cheeks
Fun Fact: In the beginning of the game when Master Chief is reawakened, after he jumps out of the aircraft (I forgot what it’s called), you can see that he thrusts aggressively off of the debris but when he comes to the dead Marines he gently pushes them aside
Aircraft is called Pelican. In this case Pelican Echo 216.
@@supersasukemaniac thank you 👌
I actually enjoyed Halo 4 a lot.
And he hits the jackals aside etc
@@supersasukemaniac AKA Bro-hammer
16:37 OMG OMG OMGGGGG!!!! That was almost a hug. The chief was so close to hugging him and it made me so happy that they actually made him even consider it.
Chief was like “So i do this? Ehhh nah”
Cheif's probablly like I might break his spine if I hug him better not lol
@@Sunnyboy-ob4xz If i remember right with enough emotions kept in such as John hugging will make him want to hug back with all his might since he hasnt hugged anything with his full feelings so John stopped himself.
It is possible that with the hug that the boss had given him, he would have killed the pilot, since a Spartan has a lot of strength that with a hug he could break your bones and that kind of thing
Nope Spartans can control their Mjolnir Armor perfectly. Stated in the books. They could even hug a fly and the fly wouldn't get crushed lol.
I just love how at 16:40 when Fernando is hugging Chief, his arms raise up like he's about to give a hug. You can see him physically resisting. I absolutely love it!
eh. it would've been better/funnier if he didn't and just stood there awkwardly. chief don't give hugs.
@@billjones642 Maybe the Chief of the past wouldn't, especially in his youth, but now? With all that he's seen and been through (and will continue to see and experience until he finally bites the dust, however much that hurts me to even think about), I'd say Chief will start to act less machine-like and more human to some degree, even if, of course, he'll still maintain his signature stoic, reserved, taciturn, and utterly unflinching/unwavering disposition no matter what. Especially with Cortana musing on who's really the machine between the two of them more than once, something of which still probably replays within the Chief's head. Besides, he does stand there awkwardly after he lowered his arms to his sides (no doubt feeling uncomfortable from being hugged), which is still funny as hell.
Honestly, Infinite did a way better job of humanizing chief then the show ever could.
well the creator of the show did say that he had never seen or plqayed a halo game and wanted to make his own story. so its a totally different reality from what the main line halo stuff is. one where chief is a bitch and dies fighting a brute.
@@argus2244which bothers me so much. I’m all for taking a different take on the story, but if you’re going to do an adaptation, I feel like the characters should always stay the same, otherwise, you might as well just change the whole show to be something else. The story is about the characters, so it’s fun to see different takes on events and stories, but the characters shouldn’t be changed unless there’s a necessary reason.
or halo 5
5:26 this is the most emotional moment I've seen in a Halo game And I freaking LOVE IT.
such a wonderful way to continue the character development seen in 4. bawled my eyes out on first viewing
Honestly everything about it was amazing and how John knelt beside him and you could hear and feel the screen shake THUD from like 2tons landing on the dirt xD but also right after he gets so motivational is amazing
It's been a long time since a tear dropped from my face. It was perfectly executed.
legit teared up multiple times in this game. best halo since 3.
This shows me how chief is a TURE Solider he Shows respect and bravery on his endless journey. and that’s why this game is emotional good and beautiful 💞
After the mess that was Halo 5's campaign, after the untapped potential of Halo 4's, Halo Infinite finally gives us a great story that we can get attached to.
I wouldn't say halo 4 had untapped potiental it was more of fans expecting a lot from a sequal to the og trilogy
@@gameexpert133 Idk, I mean expecting a decent villain and a main plot that we can care about isn't a lot to ask for.
@@imixupwords5340 which is what you got.
Halo 4 had great potential with the way it was going. Halo 5 threw it all out the window with cortana and the created. Also them trying to replace chief with locke.
@@budroe95 Well in that regard with them "replacing" chief it was more of the marketing/propaganda within the lore that made the fanbase a bit bitter with Halo 5 as they also made Chief out to be this all-around bad guy while Locke was the good guy making people think that they were probably going to end up killing their childhood icon or play as him but as the villain this time around.
2:04 Love how you can read every shred of emotion in him, no matter how thick that armor and visor is, or battle hardened he is. Don't even need sad music in background. It would still deliver the same
Things the TV show should have fucking learned 22 years ago, and something that The Mandalorian understands wholly
@@Whiteythereaperrooster teeth did years ago
With the lightling and the camera movement tells you everything
The “I failed cortana. I will NOT fail you” hits deep. The fact that a character with as much power and presence as the chief is starting to show his “human” side is good. The thud you hear as he drops to one knee alongside the pilot really emphasizes his presence
Echo 216 is by far my favorite npc in the Halo series, he is just someone who wanted to help, got thrown into the craziest and deadliest experience life will ever throw at an average citizen, meet the man that has fought for humanity, and see him get his second wind and a new drive to live. 343 really put a hell of an effort into Infinite.
I love what you call an NPC even though he never appears as an NPC model in the game besides being the one who pilots the pelican
@@brasasdekentaro6732 He is and a good one, like how Echo 419 Foe Hammer was in 1. The only difference is you see this guy and get to know him.
And goddamn right they put efford in the game it was delayed for 2 years
@@michaelmuller9724One year.
He was one of the most irritating NPCs ever. Cons antsy doubting Chief, one of the most powerful and successful people in the UNSC
And people have the damn *NERVE* to call this a "devolution" of character this is a evolution of character if you ask me.
Bungie stans hating it because it's not Bungie and power trippers hating it because they can't use Chief as a blank slate self insert anymore.
Who in the world says that is in the right mind
@@YourlocalBookhelper Bungie Stans who hate that Chief isn't a self insert character anymore.
Who's saying that? All I've seen is praise from fans for showing a more human side to MC
@@Christian_Maoist. Mostly Bungie stans and such
After all the years chief endured. This is how he should be portrayed, The symbol of hope for humanity not a mindless machine. Chief will make us all cry before he goes out with a bang.
He’s going out obliterating whoever declared war on the UNSC or he’s not going out
I don't want him to die though. It would be nice for him to learn how to live
And people got mad he became that like thats character development
Spartans never die. They are just missing in action.
This is the master chief we wanted in that tv show
216: Has anyone seen a pelican? Chief: *jesus fucking christ*
He’s just like, “I’m done with that shit”
I didn't get that one, can someone explain please?
@@advait35 he escaped the infinity by stealing a pelican, i think it was a reference to that lol
The way he immediately turns around like "Nope, I'm fuckin done. That's it!" God that was so funny the first time I saw it.
We all know Chief was smiling under that helmet
I love Escharum’s last scene with Chief solely because when he talks about Escharum he’s really talking about himself, “hoping he’d done the right thing….questioning his choices”. It almost feels like he isn’t even staring at Escharum underneath that visor he’s almost looking into nothing, reflecting on his own life and the choices he’s made. Well done and undeniably beautiful.
I mean at this point chief has been through the ringer so many times, and lost many friends along the way. Even though he is bred for war, after years conflict and seeing those he has gotten close to die due to his actions, it’s gonna take a toll on him. Brilliant characterization, and how the leak that broke the dam was cortana and her passing.
One of the best scenes in the history of Halo imo. Truly beautiful, 343 killed it.
Oh yeah, I just realized that 😯 He wasn't even looking at where Escharum's body is
Everybody is treating Chief like the old grizzled soldier at the end of his road. Spartan II's can fight for over a Century and he's only 49. John will fight until battle takes him.
Infinites real story is this right here. The characters growing and supporting each other though really rough times. Chief realizing how much of a sense of hope he is to others, and ofc chief and the weapon learning to trust each other. Infinate has such great moments, and this version of chief is the best ever imbh.
0:39 incredible play of light, first, while the spartan suffers the light is red and bright indicating that there is something urgent to do, which is to free him. When he is released and the Spartan stops suffering, the light is neutral reflecting that theres no more urgency and the Master Chief is paying attention to what he has to say, the light on the Spartan's face makes it your center of attention, while the Master Chief remains in the shadow so that he does not distract you, when the spartan stops talking and dies the light turns to a cold blue indicating that Chief is assimilating the death of the spartan, this is reinforced accompanied by music and that he does not speak. And finally, the same red light that previously indicated urgency now serves to illuminate the background, it is important that the background is illuminated and not Chief because that way his anger and determination is better reflected.
what a great observation. kudos
Anyone know the track that plays when the Spartan dies? I've been looking for it for ages and can't find it!
I noticed it too, it was freaking glorious
3:34 Our pilot saying he saw 3 condors which is the max you can have in a Halo Wars 2 match, love these small things in these convos even though it's supposed to be emotional
I was hoping someone would say it
No matter how badass Masterchief is he always shows respect and remorse to enemies and fallen soldiers💯💯
Player that got killed by enemies proceed to teabag that respected being.
Except those Grunts I beat to death. Tbh they sounded like Children.
@@themythicwaffle fuck the grunts, everyone else is good
What about the marines i shot for ammo in halo 3?
@@PoatMan Honestly, I kinda pity the grunts. Their essentially child soldiers who act as cannon fodder.
5:57 The sheer fucking will power & determination in his voice, the anger, the regret, the sadness, the motivation all in one line. Chief has had enough of losing people, from Captain. Keyes, to Miranda Keyes, to Sergeant Johnson, and Cortana. More importantly.. Samuel. He's tired of losing, and he'll be damned if he does anymore. Like John said; Spartans don't go quietly and they REFUSE to fail.
A subtle detail I like is at 6:35, when Chief helps up Echo-216, he doesn't move his body an inch to help a full grown adult male to his feet.
Echo 216: "how could you have ever failed?" John-117: "where do I start?"
@Andrei Salvaleon So does Samuel-034.
@@zacharygilmore1075 and Kurt Ambrose and every other member of Blue Team not named Kelly or Fred.
@@zacharygilmore1075 Making Blue team go without dinner on their first day on Reach for starters
I should probably start with my first failure OK so there was this one time on Reach Iust have been. 8 or 9 years old. There was an obstacle course...
5:34 This is one of the best motivational quotes I have heard from Master Chief. He may be one of the deadliest spartans but in the end he is still human and humans will make mistakes and learn from them. Halo Infinite really tells it well while progressing the game through nods from older games and it builds better character development for Master Chief.
*the deadliest spartan, he has a kill count in the millions
I think the moral of Halo infinite is about redemption. Chief’s journey to redeem himself after losing Cortana and being beaten by Atriox. Fernando’s journey to face up to what he did and do what’s best despite his fear. Escharum’s goal to finally die in a respectable way, to a valued enemy. Cortana, with her final act. Once and for all, realizing her mistakes and choosing to save Chief one last time. And finally, perhaps most importantly, 343’s redemption. They tried Halo with different formulas, made mistakes, made strides, but returned to what made them all fall in love with the franchise in the first place. A story of a green man, and blue lady, who fight impossible odds to give us all hope that things can be better.
I love how quickly Chief turns away when the pilot was asking for the Pelican at 12:35
He was basically “nah bitch im not doin this shit again”
Infinite Chief is by far my favorite iteration of the Chief. Big and burly, older, wiser, more human but still the stoic and dutiful solider he needs to be for humanity. 343 has had their gaffes but they nailed Chief in Infinite.
I honestly had a breakdown after seeing the pilot breakdown. I lost my mom when I was 9 then my mad at 21. So basically it’s just been me raising myself since I’ve been 13 because my father had to work 60+ hour work weeks so I never saw him. So basically it’s been just me these past 7 years. Hearing him say “I’m worthless” hit me so fucking hard because I haven’t been the success I wanted/need to be. My investments in crypto are going down, I work for $14 an hours well as finding out my my girlfriend of 4 years cheated on me then becoming a recovering pill addict this past year, fuck man it just broke me. I haven’t cried that hard in a long time. A seriously hard cry. Then I hear a bump next to the pilot and Chief says exactly what I’ve needed to hear for years. I usually don’t play video games but Halo is close to my heart. Thank you 343i for making this one right. You don’t have my trust yet, but my respect.
Whenever you are... I hope you find the strength you need to live your life the way your mother would want to be
Stay strong my man
Keep going brother
My guy, keep going and remember that we all fall in life, but we also have the ability to get back up. And to learn how not to fall again. You gotta keep going, you’ll see that things will get better if you believe and want them to change. Stay strong and never ever believe you are worthless again, you are worth too damn much to even say in words.
I hope you are on the path of recovery I'm sorry about your mum and dad I hope next year will be better for you just remember the times you have with your mum and dad I whish you well
When a game gives you chills… you know it’s a good game
At 14:40. Chief was all silent, but we all know he was heart broken
343 may not be perfect, but their Humanization of John has consistently been top notch and heart wrenching
When echo revealed that he wasn't a soldier or a pilot you can see the area light up revealing this installations "star" from "clouds" and echo's past just for the "clouds" to cover the "star" again beautiful work
Pretty cool, but you don't have to call them "clouds" or "star". Those are actual clouds and that's an actual star. This is a ring, not a shield world. It isn't a projection.
@@calevoid thanks wasn't really sure couldn't remember how rings worked in that sense
I can verify that that's a complete coincidence. This cutscene can happen at any time of day and in any weather.
@@Nugnugnug ah I wasn't sure 8f it was a coincidence or if the game was scripted to do that but I suppose that makes sense
I think it's great how this coincidence came in for that particular scene
11:00 that roar shook my room, for a brute dieing of Cancer he fought the good fight and died well, may his peoples Valhalla accept him well
I thought he had asthma
@@rengokukyojurostatusdonut3472 lmao
Bro y'all are all wrong he be smoking too much
@@Darth_Supaku what's he smokein I want lungs that shake a room
@@rengokukyojurostatusdonut3472 remember when the Blade master Said the scents getting stronger? That's why I believe it's a form of Cancer, animals and some humans can smell Cancer
*Steve Downes is such an absolutely incredible voice actor…every time Chief speaks you’re on the edge of your seat. Had the amazing pleasure of meeting him in real life and he truly is a genuinely kind human being; and a moment I will cherish forever. Whoever said, “Never meet your heroes”…has never met Steve Downes.🙏🏼*
THIS is how you show humanity in a person who was previously a quiet protagonist. He stays quiet. Talks through actions. Learns to talk.
Moments with the spartans made me feel sad but that ending with Fernando made me cry a bit. Such a good moment, especially with how he blurted out who he was earlier on.
Given how much respect and care Chief shows for his fellow soldiers and the Spartan IVs, I can only imagine how sad it would be if we have to go through Chief losing Blue Team. Like sure the others are Spartans too, but they are more akin to cousins or step-brothers/sisters. Blue Team is the closest thing he has to blood relatives at this point.
10:19, this had me smiling so hard. How he says "but I want to". It feels like the first time he breaks out of his original pattern, genuinely wanted smth for himself. I love how the humanized Masterchief i Infinte. A risky move but they pulled it off so good. Edit: Now that I have finished the campaign myself, man had the ending me smiling too. Echo-216 ist such a great addition. ngl I was really sceptical, but he has won my heart. How he saves us in the beginning, than for a long time seems like nothing but a coward, has a breakdown and in the end is just one of your best bros. Man I wanna hug chief just like he did xD
I agree also it’s real nice to see cheif saying he wants to trust the weapon there’s just something about it
Thought he was nothing but a coward too, but then I learned, 1. He's just a CIVILIAN contractor. Just a volunteer, who wanted to help, but everything went to hell. 2. He hints at his family beind dead. That holographic recording most likely being the only thing left he has to remember them by. 3. He spent 6 months alone in that Pelican! No shower and living off of MRE's. Think of how low his morale must have been. And the emotional breakdown he has with those Condors really helps the player in understanding that.
@@thewolfdevil5193 Yes, after that he became such a loveable guy.
@@thewolfdevil5193 Cowardice is not running away from a fire when somebody is still in the building. It's running away, when you know you're capable of saving that person. Bro-hammer didn't believe in Chief or himself. I love that scene because what it shows is that it took chief to not only outperform expectations multiple times, but to also explain that he's a failure for Bro-hammer to believe in Chief. The instant he does believe, he's all in. He wasn't a coward, but an incapable man with no confidence or hope. THATS HOW YOU WRITE A CHARACTER 343 NOW FINISH THE FIGHT!
@@thewolfdevil5193He also talks about how he h ad a pistol with only one bullet in it. It's glossed over really well so no one thinks about it but a pistol with one bullet is considered symbolic since it's how many would commit suicide. So not only did he stand by this whole time but he held out hope that someone would come for 6 months with only one bullet by himself with only a recording of his dead family after the greatest ship in his force got destroyed and his entire species greatest hero got demolished. That's REALLY brave, like Johnson would even respect that I feel.
Okay. I never was big on Halo, but the line delivery on "I will not fail you." ACTUALLY gave me chills.
5:35 Best moment in all of Halo. The conviction in Chief's voice plus the gentleness he says it with both brought me to tears and invigorated me
Honestly, one of the best things revealed was the banished motivation for plundering the infinity. It wasn't senseless violence, it was as noble as vengence for a homeworld lost. If the Banished glassed earth in that time, cheif would have a Doom Slayer like conviction to destroy. Much like Atriox.
HEY ITS OZ
Vengeance is not a good motivation for the Banished. In the books, their leader Atriox, specifically states how petty vengeance is as an emotion. The reason the Banished is a multi-species alliance (including Elites and humans in their forces) is because Atriox doesn't believe in vengeance against an entire species, it offers no reward for the pragmatic mercenaries that they're supposed to be. Atriox would know that not all of humanity is at fault. He would know that it was just the UNSC specifically that was irresponsible with Cortana. That's not something that should be retconned out of the canon.
@@Luxembourgish I mean, he did almost completely destroy the UNSC specifically
@@topsnek1375 Destroying the UNSC is fine, destroying the entire human species however makes no sense for his character.
@@Luxembourgish It wasn't just for vengeance however. It was because an enemy with the power to blow up planets was not a threat he could allow to persist, and there were secrets oh Zeta Halo he wanted to claim for himself. The vengeance part was a bonus.
Seeing chief take a moment to grieve the fallen Spartans is just so moving I can’t explain it.
The shear emotion Chief conveys with nothing but body language, he's at once more relatable and expressive than most other characters in any other game I've played and without even a glimpse of his face, and he's still a man of few words even if he is beginning to say more when he feels he should, I've always liked Chief since the old games, and I'm glad to see him start to grow and open up now
16:51 master chief gently takes the gun, halo 3 snatches the weapon out of Johnson's hand
He was pissed at the thought of working with the arbiter
I just loved the character of the pilot. What a way to refresh things up. Masterchief is somehow a middle point between human and AI if you think about it. A soldier. Just works so well, perfectly balanced.
I swear to god I almost cried when I saw griffins situation. He seemed like such a good leader. Such a good character, it really stung. I think it was a perfect scene, I just wish there was more time. It was very clear chief was hurting from the loss.
through the audio logs he seemed like a great friend to talk too, someone thatll have your back
It's okay, he's hanging out with Noble 6 in his cave
Listening to the audio logs broke me
@@jonathantanner7083 Spartans don't die. They just go missing in Noble 6's cave.
You can see hope on Griffin's face, he was happy that the chief was alive and when he dies we can feel sadness and anger in the chief...
“Can’t show emotion wearing a helmet” my ass
17:42 "Then I will be called.... Cortana 2" And everyone cherished!
5:27 Chief took a knees and it registered on the Richter scale
1:55 is pretty heart breaking man. The way Chief just looks at his fellow Spartan after he passes..
You can tell he's fighting tears behind that visor
@@TheDoomMaster It’s crazy how all we see is his helmet and visor but we can definitely tell the emotions that are running through the chief
Chief was a machine so long as he had a mission, but the one thing that pulled him out, however briefly, was the death of a Spartan (and also Halsey existing)
You can tell at 9:05 the weapon started to cry a bit as you can just barley see blue tears form for a second
i loved how Chief gave Escharum respect even though he was his enemy, that truely shows that Chief has compassion and respect for everyone even his enemies!
Nah fuck that guy, brutes eat people and there was a lot of marine armour and no bodies on those sticks. He ate the people Chief is pretending to care so much about. Not deserving of respect
@@peaceweapon1933 ok boomer
@@peaceweapon1933 "pretending to care about" Are you a clown?
@@ForwardTu He respects the person who ate their corpses so much, yeah, he’s pretending. You’re a clown.
Didn't he decapitate a grunt once
I'm honestly surprised that "enjoying Master Chief's human side" is a seemingly popular opinion. Halo's fans usually gave me the impression that they would cry out of frustration if Master Chief even showed the slightest bit of emotion. Speaking of, does Master Chief respect the Hunters, the Unggoy, the Brutes, the Sanghelei, the Jackals, and the Skirmishers as soldiers, the same way he does with Escharum? This is the first FPS game I remember playing that sheds light on "respect for the enemy" in war.
It's actually a big reason why him and the Arbitrator Thel 'Vadam where able to bond so well.
They're just soldiers Just like him.
Look at it like this, in this game it seems more natural, while he has his more human moments, he isnt just spilling his heart out, you can tell that he's still rather closed off, even during his more emotional moments, not like how he acted during the soap opera like performances he gave in halo 4 and 5. so i wouldn't say people hate chiefs human side, they just didn't like how it was portrayed in halo 4 and 5 i certainly didn't.
@@r3ktl3ss20 Even in H4, he was very closed off at times. There were multiple instances where they showed his inability to act like a normal human. Like when Cortana was talking about feeling the warmth of a sun and during the aftermath of the Composer scene. Plus there's a lot of differences between the situation in both cases. In H4, he was helplessly watching his closest friend dying a slow painful death. In Infinite, he was dealing with trust issues after Cortana's betrayal.
@@r3ktl3ss20 which is a fair criticism against Halo 4 tbh. I personally like that game but it relies too much on dialogue to convey a message rather than showing it to us. Infinite shows us that Chief is hurt and is actually struggling emotionally. How killing Cortana isn't easy for him. I like that about Infinite. Show don't tell, as I always say.
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. It's what makes us human." Absolute favorite line in this game.
Too cliche in my opinion
@@moonquartzs i get that but its unique for chief so i think it works
@@septimahayj3154 gtfo with that elementary level quote. Chief has said better stuff than this.
@@moonquartzs i meant as in its unique for him to show this much humanity im not Saying he hasn't had better lines
@@moonquartzsMy brother in christ you don't have to get so damn offended over a simple opinion.
10:06 game became an instant classic for me!!..The music , the feel, the connection between Chief and the weapon!!..this is Halo!!
7:24 this line is just so good. it really solidified how great this campaign actually is.
3:33 Legitimately made me choke up, almost cry, I never seen the Master chief be so sympathetic before, I've gotten so used to him being an unstoppable killing machine that seeing him act like a father made me happy is a way.
10:14 I was in absolute TEARS with this, its so well done and quite a nice touch on a rollercoaster of prior emotions
4:37 - "I'm not YOU." Every single dead Marine, Technician, Crewman and Officer that man saw die. Every broken corpse, littered piece of armour, ravaged vehicle and beaten hulks from vessels this man witnessed. If he'd just been like John. A Spartan II. As smart, as fast, as strong and as skilled. Maybe, just maybe... things might have been different. Very simple, yet very well executed character development
when the camera shakes a little bit when he kneels down next to him crying, its just a nice little touch that makes me appreciate these cut scenes.
I can't believe she died after spending 15 dollars on that helmet. So sad.
"worth"
Who?
@@eliminator1276 The dead spartan....
Funny how chief pulled a kratos when he got hugged. He was gonna hug him back, but he became stoic and was paid him no mind
Echo 216: *hugs chief* Chief: (hug back? No, will crush.)
I like to think it’s more like he had no idea what to do or how to hug him back
These moments are why I love the campaign, ESPECIALLY how they handled Chief
As a massive Doom fan, I NEED this man to meet the slayer in ANY way possible.
16:40 he was gonna hug him back but hesitated at the end
I think he stopped cause he might crush him if he did
@@uncheckedfoundry6701 Nope, Spartans can controll their Mjolnir Armor perfectly. Stated in the books.
7:11 they delivered that scene so damn well. I haven’t played the campaign (idc about spoilers tbh) but maaaan, it does look good. 343 redeemed themselves IMHO.
Seeing chief taking the blame for the brutes losing their planet shows that the chief isnt some mindless killing machine. It would be a nice to see brutes or other species talking to chief respectfully. Like how Escharum at the end.
Infinite def has flaws but honestly, this is my top 3 Halo games. 343i has done a great job. Hope they address the issues though. 1) Halo 2 2) Halo 3 3) Halo Infinite.
@@unhandydaddy5117 Wait... the rushed product that's Halo 2 is your number 1? Are you high or something?
@@cursedhawkins1305 the amount of story Halo 2 contributed is why it’s probably number 1. We got to get introduced to the covenant in a different light and the arbiter is a really good character and awesome counterpart to the chief.
@@cursedhawkins1305 Halo 2 is my favorite, on par with Halo 3 ODST, in second place is Infinite, third place is Halo 3
16:23 that’s what she said
"Have you ever been scared?" (Thinks back to the Library.) "How have you ever failed?" (Thinks of Sam, Jacob, Miranda, Johnson & Cortana)
im gonna nerd out for a moment but thats why i like that scene so much, is that, 216 is sorta us, he sees all of the things chief did, from an outside perspective, chief is just this badass who doesnt talk much and always saves the day, what 216 (and alot of us but not everyone) missed, was the person under there, he was always human, from halo ce, even in the books, likely he was always this worried, always worried about whether or not he could save humanity, always human, just hiding it because thats what he was taught to do.
I think the part in the beginning where Chief hesitated to take the dead Marine's rifle should be, at least, an honorable mention of Chief's humanity and compassion.
I think most of us can agree that the way 343i has been humanizing Master Chief has been fantastic.
I liked the infinite story. I wish there was more of it
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It’s kind of a banger ngl
So much said with little to no words and with the helmet on
Throughout all of History, The "Enough" Is probably the most loudest the Chief has spoken
his "No. Sir." to Del Rio in Halo 4 was pretty loud.
@@supersasukemaniacalso in halo 4 on Midnight when he said cortana after he thought she died
man escharums death hit me hard. I love chiefs explanation of why he showed him remorse at the end. I really wish there was a way where we could have saved him and convinced him to help us. but ill take what we got.
Some people are just too far gone
All he wanted was a warriors death, he didnt want to die an old man I think thats what got me
Losing your home planet is very difficult to process for anyone to be honest. Imagine seeing your city or town getting erased out of existence.
That was no remorse. That was respect. You never show any remorse or sympathy to the people who make up there mind. It is against their pride.
He died fighting for what he believed in doing what he thought was right, it's all he could have hoped for, Chief and He were monsters to eachother, that understood eachother, Chief's respect for a dieing warrior regardless of sides is one of the more powerful moments I've seen in anything for a while. And Echo 216, just a civilian engineer in way over his head, thrust into what should have been a no win situation, he wasn't ready for any of this, got crushed by the pressure a few times, but he did a darn good job picking himself up each time, even with Chief there to help it's nothing to laugh at
11:45 Part of me thinks that he really contemplated this a lot after he fought along side the arbitrator
11:36 This moment always gets me “At the end he was just a soldier hoping he’d done the right thing” We’re all soldiers in this life, and when we breathe our last breaths, we’ll all go hoping we did what’s best.
"I failed her, I Will not fail you." goddamn I got goosebumps when I heard that in my playthrough
Theodore really didn't go down quietly. Had a screwdriver in a death grip. Helleva last stand.
The music swell at 17:50 gets me every time. Real big Halo Legends OST vibes.
6:00 that moment he realised the single most badass dude in the galaxy has a singular goal of NOT failing him