Halo 3 was one of the most hyped video games of all time. It was a time when Bungie was closer than ever to their goals of world domination. But how much has changed since then? Does the campaign and story still hold up after all these years? Well, we're about to find out.
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- Video Starts - “Why is Halo 3 so awesome?” - Moment Of silence - “It’s Halo 3” - Outro plays -
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Haker Boi yes, just yes
Or another reason, sgt Avery Johnson
@@doodoothedishonored9093 Sgt. Dude?
@@doodoothedishonored9093 it's sgt maj.
THE ONLY thing you forgot to cover? Is the irony of the Arbiter and his fist line said you did cover 'were it so easy' and it's the LAST thing he says in the game when everyone thinks Chief is dead, 'were it so easy'. This line blew my mind. I know I'm years late and nobody will see this, but it showed his newfound respect for Chief. His rival turned ally, the man who, like many others, made him grow to be what he was. It's beautiful when you really think about it.
I saw it dude, and yes that moment gave me chills.
He KNOWS his boy don't just die like that.
I saw it :)
Also, I noticed that at the start of Halo 3, Seargent Johnson said "We're not leaving him here." Followed by Master Chief's "Yeah, you're not." The game finishes in the opposite way, with Master Chief saying "I'm getting you out of here." To which Johnson replies "No you're not." The writing in these games is far better than any film I've ever watched, it's a shame most people will never experience it. There's no way I'll have time to watch this video. He probably mentioned it, making me look stupid.
Good points, but it wasn't Newfound respect. The Arbiter and the rest of the Elites called Spartans Demons as an insult with respect. They always recognized the battle prowess of the Spartans. It just wasn't until the Schism when the Elites had their religious zealotry shattered that they came to respect humanity as actual allies.
In terms of Miranda Keyes saying “ To War,” I love how she says that while going up stairs and cocking her gun, as though she’s going to fight on the frontline, only to come back down the stairs to brief you and stay behind
Right... That always bugged the hell outta me.
Also, that is the most unhelpful answer she could possibly give.
@@damienmaymdien6367 yeah like bitch where tf do we go🤣
Every one when yo rally point War
@@newbiegain117 *eyebrow flies into stratosphere*
God, Halo used to be so special. And somehow, despite playing this campaign so many times, I never knew about that chieftain that challenges you 1v1 while the brutes watch! Guess I’m just too trigger happy...
Hi
That cheiftan just charged me so I assumed it was just him being him.
This. I literally jumped up and said, "YOOOO" while my girlfriend gave me a concerned stare. After I showed her we were yoo'ing together.
I think we never noticed it because we had no reason to think it would happen. Why would we pass up on an opportunity to shoot some Brutes in the face in the distance...especially when there's a lot of them?
I Hate Everything huh. Never thought I'd don't you here.
"They outnumber us 3 to 1!" "Then it is a fair fight" Shipmaster is an absolute madlad
I always thought that was the most badass line when I was playing this as a fourteen year old
But a fucken god haha
3 on 1 but they should've brought 4
@@sorrenblitz805 more like 3 on 1 shoulda brought 9 😂
Bruh, he's an Elite. Their race (the actual name escapes me) live by an honor code like samurai on their home world.
I love how Johnson was captured several times and never died but was killed by a talking light bulb
Let's just ignore the fact he literally survived the explosion of the Halo? And before the explosion begins, he was fighting against a Elite in a face to face battle? Poor Johnson... We all miss him. Tiny stupid robot... 343 is a little backstabber.
Okay but that talking light bulb had a Spartan Laser 3000 coming from his eyeball
@@carinhatube3727 the legendary cutscene from CE was not Jonhson. Bungie said that themselves.
@@beastminer147 umm, it was just a retcon lol, that was definitely Johnson, it even was his voice actor, hence the joke at the start of Halo 2 about how he made it off the ring. It’s just that the Legendary ending isn’t canon anymore.
@@jalakor You realize a retcon changes the Canon correct? They had no way to explain Johnson getting off so they changed it. Doesnt make him any less badass
_Spartans never die, they’re just missing in action._ RIP Halo 3 multiplayer: Tuesday 25th September 2007 - Thursday 13th January 2022
it was the goat rest in peace
The mcc version just isn't the same at all...
@@leomusarra3837 No, it really isn’t it is? That being said, it’s still lots of fun, way more fun than Infinite, if only for the fact it actually has content.
@Industry Burger 2021 I agree 100%, I really enjoyed the game _at first_ then I got incredibly bored with it and uninstalled. If you understand what I’m saying here: Halo Infinite is like a sandwich with no filling, the bread of the game is there, but there’s nothing else to it apart from that.
Were the PC servers shut down too?
You can fight 1-on-1 that Brute without the others doing anything?!!! FUCK! 11 years and I need to replay Halo 3
Carlos Fernando de la Fuente Aguilar I WANNA KNOW HOW TO DO IT
Carlos Fernando de la Fuente Aguilar I never even knew you could!
A littler over 10 years actually
I found that out like 3 years ago
Malik Jardine It’s easy. All you do is you don’t shoot the other brutes.
Master Chief: It's finished Cortana: It's finished Bungie: Finish the fight 343: Were it so easy...
+Penny and Trans You wrote the wrong company. It's "Microsoft" not "343i". And besides.... They fucking killed Halo so it doesn't matter in the end.
Penny and Trans lol
Well, 343i is basically a Microsoft smaller compan, so he's not that wrong
Penny and Trans bungie had a planned halo 4
Eh yea unfortunately the campaign in 5 is lacking..to be nice about it. Online i find very fun though! Lets hope infinite does better
Halo 3 was the end of an era of gaming. Early to mid 2000's games really hit different.
it's the reason why i've been playing less and less games.... that and most games today are marketed towards MP, which tbh isn't really my cup of tea.
Recommendation: inscryption
117 like, nice
An Era we'll always miss. Never to be achieved again
The golden era of gaming. Halo CE, Halo 2, COD2, Gears of War 1 & 2, COD4, Sons of Liberty, Scarface: The World is Yours, Oblivion, GTA’s 3D era 2001-2004, and of course the greatest, Halo 3 💚
*”I AM TRUTH, THE VOICE OF THE COVENANT!”* *”And so, you must be silenced.”* Chills.
Halo 3 had such bad ass fucking one liners dude
@@zuthula3847 what is it more brutes? Worse
“Cmon u dumb apes” -*Race Joke Here*
I've always been sure he says, "Asshole, you must be silenced", have I always been wrong
@@CHIEF__yes
"Shipmaster, they outnumber us 3:1!" "Then it is an even fight." *explosions everywhere as bald eagles screech and it starts raining beer and gunpowder*
TurnaboutVA no joke. That line gives me shivers! I love it!
I love the line, but don't exclude it to such American things. Your not the only ones that like to see shit blow up. XD
Not everything is America pal. Smh.
The only thing that ruined this comment lol.
*Puts on sunglasses
Why is Halo 3's campaign so good? One quote: "2 scarabs, I repeat 2 scarabs!"
“Then it is an even fight. All hornets fire at will. Burn their mongrel hides.”
Idris Robinson Badass!!
I want to like but 333 likes, halo 3 thing
Best mission ever
@@idrisrobinson5393 All hornets? What? Lol
I’ve always loved that final line of Halo 3 by chief: “Wake me, when you need me.” Almost as if to tell the fans that the series may be over, but the game can always be booted back up again. There’s something new to be had in each playthrough. Something real to experience again in this sad, sad era of gaming we are in now. Thx OG bungie.
Yeah! Cortana's line is a stand-in for the fans. "I'll miss you". Chief's response, as you say, is as if to say "it's ok, the games can be replayed, whenever you want".
Halo 3 is the peak, graphics were mind blowing and still stand their ground, story made grown men cry, and forge multiplayer was full of epic game modes and maps
the story only made me cry because of how corny and badly written it was lol.
Let’s not forget how in the level Cortana, the Arbiter is insane enough to go after the Chief in high charity just to help him out and be a pal. Like, the dude literally busts in near the end of the level as if to say, “bro, I’m here for you bro.” Like, if that’s not telling about how far their relationship has come, then I don’t know what is.
G.E.W.P. activist 117 likes
Ultimate bromance
Yeah that was so bad ass. Cortana was like: "We have a friendly signature! Who would be crazy enough to come here?" You turn the corner to see your bro Arbiter roasting the flood with a fucking flamethrower.
As much as I want to believe it, I don’t think Chief really sees Arbiter as a friend. Just an ally. Most of his friends are dead. Unless there’s a book or something that acknowledges their relationship. I heard Arbiter considers Chief as a friend, but I heard that was retconned.
@@MIGU3L2K in Halo 5 Arbiter says it
"They sing endless praise to you" **Shoots marine 5 times in the back**
Lmao
lol
Best part is that they completely ignore it
😂
@@lmao_lol_xd They know you meant well.
28:50 the best part about that is that the moment the cinematic ends after she says "To war" and the gameplay starts, she's just standing there like saying "Did I said that out loud?"
Replayed the entire campaign on the master chief collection for pc and gotta say felt good still driving that warthog through the exploding ring and flooring it into the frigate.
Act Man saying it was magical was the perfect word for that last warthog run.
i completed that final mission a few days ago. gosh, i may've been the actual worst fucking driver of all time, and i died so many stupid times. but it was still so fucking epic
@@randomcatdude when i played it as a kid i died a lot but now i dont die whatsoever and wish it was a bit more challenging. Im not sure how i even died.
You forgot to mention that during the part where Johnson and arbiter are walking by each other with the weapons Johnson lifts the carbines up slightly to avoid hitting Arby, a very subtle gesture that speaks volumes of what's happening
Zexstrow , time stamp?
adamsrealm 24:43
"Maam the squad leaders are requesting a ralley point, where should they go?" "To Papa Johns"
That actually would've been better cause it gives an actual location, rather than "to war"
Not gonna lie, this part always bothered me because they are literally waiting for instructions while the covenant are closing in and that's all she has to say... That tells them nothing!
Ni
"To war" Ma'am that's great and all but they need an actual location to go
“where shall they go?” “to war” “m’aam, we need a actual location” “okie, how about walmart”
24:46 Johnson and Arby both move the weapons they are carrying out of the others way. It's the little moments like this I adore about this game. They share an equal respect for the other.
Halo 2 and Gears of War 2 are the pinnacle of well written games! Prescott Speech was amazing just like Rtas' speechs in H2. "Soliders of the COG my fellow Gears, go forth and bring back the hope for humanity!" "When we joined the Covenant we swore an oath to the Covenant" Top tier writing
Wrong game lad 😂
When you review halo infinite...wake me.
When you need me
Just set an alarm ffs
July 23, 2020 is the reveal of the new trailer. We are almost there
5 days marine... 5 whole days
@@navb0tactual 4 Days encounting!
“I remember how this war started. What your kind did to mine. I can’t forgive you but, you have my thanks for staying with him till the end. Hard to believe he’s dead.” “Were it so easy.”
I love that line most because he uses it in the opposite sense than he did at the beginning of the game. At first he said that to say that it wouldn't be easy to kill him. But at the end he said it to say that it can't be easy to kill chief.
Arbiter is my favorite character for lines like that
@@thestoryman5706 Sad Bungie didn't gave him a real reason to be in the game aside from being a dumb AI companion
@@Paperkutchy He came with Johnson so that's why he ended up with chief for most of the campaign even though it's purely circumstance it still is something
Fucking chills everytime
Coming back to watch this after the OG servers went down has brought back to me so many fond memories of my younger days, so I thank you Act Man.
I’m currently downloading the master chief collection, since I need to become a true spartan. I failed in not playing the older games except for reach when I was younger and now the servers are gone. I played infinite and got chills I didn’t expect to get. So now I’m going back to the older games regardless of their changes and fixes. And once I’m done with those campaigns, I’ll replay infinite.
If you buy an RGH, you can still play halo 3 online
“The longer you look, the shinier I get. It’s Mr.Clean.” -343 Guilty Spark
What halo 3 taught me is to never make a girl a promise if i know i can't keep it.
Halo 3 taught me that badasses can also be beautiful.
Halo 3 taught me how to make an Epic Ending, for an Epic Trilogy.
Halo 3 taught me if any game has a number above 3, its bad.
White Knight 101
Halo taught me even being a major cod fan and an PlayStation fanboy,I knew xbox had the best fps with halo
"What better way to start of a review of halo 3..." Your gotdamn right actman Almost made me tear up
Advocate, you’re*
The Halo trilogy was mainly about one thing: "Investment in its characters". It's why we're still interested in Master Chief continuing his role in Halo Infinite.
I will never forget those first 4 words from Arbiter in this game. "Were it so easy." Something about that subtle respect of saying that the two of them could not kill each other as easily as Johnson says it, and the way it just leads into the rest of the game much better on the higher difficulties. It's become something I actually quite a lot without realizing it very often
It's also the last thing Arbiter says in H3.
This game was the Avengers Endgame of 2007
ZAYDereX ew no halo reach was the endgame of halo.... halo 3 was infinity war
Bdub endgame was gross. I have a list of the reasons to why endgame is a meh movie. It was 1 step forward and 4 steps back as a super hero movie. Infinity war wasn’t that good but it was like 3. Steps forward and 1 step back. I remember halo reach and I remember the game being praised but me hating it. Same thing with endgame. After the movie I was like how the fuck was that crap better than infinity war or even Thor dark world? If you want me to list the reasons to why it’s bad I will
ZAYDereX not an opinion these are facts to why the movie is bad unless those facts you think what made the movie good
Bdub not about opinions it’s about what’s good and what’s bad as simple as that
Halo was a movie it would be like (the name everyone hates because it competes with Endgame) but it's box office hits are like Endgame
He definitely didn’t jump off the ship. He shot his way out. Mixed things up a little
Probably one of the better one liners in halo 4
Logan Marquez go easy on Black Panther, Halo 4 was probably his first halo game
@@AtlasofSol naw man just mixed them up.
Logan Marquez yeah I did mess up just like your mom messed up and birthed you
Logan Marquez No u
anyone ever realize how buff sgt jonson has to be to be able to help cheif up like dude cheif weighs over a ton easily like damn.
Well he was a Spartan 1
@@coldcowboy3853 true but i dont recall him having the strength to pick up a ww2 submarine cause thats how much cheif would weigh
Johnson is probably able to lift 200-300 Kilos due to his ORION augmentation Master Chief with his armour weigths something between 600-700 kilos, and since Chief was already pressing his left hand against the ground for lifting himself meanwhile giving the right yo Johnson it kinda makes sense how Johnson lifted him
Johnson just acted as a brace. Chief weighs 1000lbs in his armor Johnson's tough but he ain't invincible.
I’d just like to say, I still remember the first time I booted up Halo 3, and LET ME TELL YOU. Chills. I still get chills everytime I see that intro to the campaign
Ever stop to think that maybe halo is the type of saga to go down in history?? With all the sales and documentation of the 21st century maybe in 2552 people will celebrate halo, just like we still appreciate the works of Shakespeare perhaps halo will be remembered in history. We are so lucky to have experienced the beginning and glory days of the halo saga and I'm sure people will look back and envy us. I like to think *born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore space, born just in time to experience halo 3*
Rhys Nichols Whoah, that final quote there was pretty good. Did you make that one up?
Adam Wolfe tf2 Kind of, it's a famous quote but I changed it to fit the context of halo. Also thanks!
+Rhys Nichols that's actually a really interesting idea. +1000 internet points to you.
Cheers!
Well said
Johnson: “How ya doin” Arbiter: “RAGGGGH, well you know I’m actually pretty sad man, I just got disowned and shamed in front of my people but ya know. Thanks for asking bud” Is how I wish it went
LOL
The 117nth like has been achieved.
lol i can hear the elite scream in my head
AUGHWABADUGH!!!
There will never be anything like the hype for Halo 3 ever again. My cousins and I getting together at one house, getting boxes of pizza, containers of mountain dew code red, and spending all weekend, all day and night playing the game. It became such a vital memory for me as a kid. A moment that stuck with me from the campaign was when the Flood make it to Earth for the first time, you can find a marine contemplating suicide because of seeing the horrors of the Flood.
Regarding Truth having a complete change in character. The way I view this change is that he's slowly but surely gone unhinged, and with all the prophets dead except for him, he's gone insane, making it even more scary knowing he was once a smart and cunning antagonist. Making you think: "Oh my God, what is he gonna do now that he's mad?".
Yeah that's how I square it. It's like the politician was always a façade he put on, a cloak draped over a megalomaniac. With all the barriers now gone, he doesn't need to pretend any longer.
Kill every being in existence idk
did you forget that truth betrayed mercy and left him to die to the flood in halo 2? and you can also see mercy's floaty chair not moving despite him desperately mashing the controls. hes more scared that the arbiter and chief are teaming up. then he absolutely pissed his pants once he realized that the flood were teaming up.
another thing is that truth planned to glass regret's temple and the shipmaster half jaw called back phantoms when they realized chief was going after regret.
@@Sockren ok
Dude, the emotions. Thank you, Halo is one of those games that you can't really describe how much it impacts you. But I think you did and thus, thanks a lot Act Man.
Most of us from the generation that grew up with these games are not in a good place right now. This trilogy is the one thing we can all look back to, to remind ourselves that there was a time when something good brought people together. Things were different once. Never has this game and its soundtrack failed to evoke emotions in me. Sometimes ones I forgot I had. Like hope.
Totally agree. And for Halo 3 - that game made me CARE about characters. I didnt expect that and I was truly suprised when I found out I care about them. I went through hell to save Cortana not because the game told me to but because I wanted to save her. To keep a promise. To get her to safety.
I listen to the soundtrack sometimes 50% of it is not great. Like outright terrible. It's bordering on being country and western sometimes - It's not highly mixed in the games so you don't notice and the games doesn't use the crap stuff often - but it's more good moments in mediocre mood music and a few good tracks across the whole franchise - but 50% of it really is pretty bad - even kinda weird and inappropriate like it is from the wrong game or something. When it's good it's very good - but much like Final Fantasy Music - some of it is weird and kinda wrong.
When I first played Halo 3’s campaign, I could never make it Cortana. Not that I couldn’t complete the level or anything, it’s just that the Flood made me shit myself as a kid.
mank demelord same my guy
i feel it still not as bad as the library though
When I played that mission for the first time my friend and I got the shield not bubble shield and put it in a small room and put as many weapons as possible there
Man, if you think that’s being a bitch... I was 8 at the time and I could not get past the armory section on the second mission because the mass amounts of Brutes scared me shitless.
Dude same😂😂😂😂
I’ve watched these three videos so many times.. and I will never get tired of them. A time machine. Thank you so much for making these. It truly brings back so many happy moments, memories, and emotions.. I always get a little teary eyed when I finish it. These should be included in the library of congress.
Same
Just took my buddy through the halo 3 campaign on legendary! It was his first time playing a halo campaign let alone on legendary. The four of us had so much fun we spent the entire day playing the whole campaign. It was nice to feel like a kid again and experience that magical hype and nostalgia in the final warthog run.
Act Man, I'm only a recent fan, but holy fuck I went back and watched most of your videos, and you make quality content. Never stop doing that, and you will always have a fan base. Myself included.
Thanks man! Glad you enjoy the videos and hope you stick around for what I've got in the future!
You don't have to hope, I'll be here.
Same here
Where are you
Same here
Take me back to Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2, Guitar Hero lll and Gears of War 2 Times😞 Change my mind.
Grey Mick Jr sad things but we need to grow up sometime right :(
tf2. done.
You made a typo. You meant Gears 1
What about MW3 haha
@@Mastabacc gears 2
I just finished halo and I got to say, that was the best time I had in my life, wish I was able to grow up with it like most of you guys
I wish I could grow up with the halo series too. but at least we got to experience it and enjoy it
@@taleseylad1249 same, atleast it was a fun ride
I still remember playing Halo CE when I was 9 and being absolutely terrified of the Flood, and we didn't have the new graphics back in 2001.
My first Halo was Halo 2. Went back and played CE and was one of the first to get a 360 in anticipation for Halo 3. I have so many fond memories not just of the campaign, but the multiplayer. Messing around with my friends and getting the elephant to flip on sandtrap. We even found a way to get it to fly with the use of grav lifts and drop pods. I must've been like 10 or 11 when Halo 3 came out, and now I'm hype for Infinite coming out on the 8th of December.
@@sorrenblitz805 the old graphics provide a far better and more ominous introduction to the flood on 343 guilty spark
All I gotta say is, I’m so glad I went through those moments when Halo 3 first came out and play with my friends online. Truly an awesome experience that these kids from this generation will never understand
And I'm sure kids from this generation will have their own moments you will never understand
@@thehumblepotatoreborn9313yeah, like games that are released half finished
i feel no remorse for 343 guilty spark, he killed my boy Johnson, and therefore he must pay
And now 343 studios are killing Halo
@@homerit Halo has been dead since Halo 4. But Halo Infinite looks promising.
@@strangelakers1079 "Were it so easy"
This.
@@strangelakers1079 I’m cautiously optimistic. I hope we get something at least on the level of reach but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s worse than 4 and 5. The “10yr plan” doesn’t sound realistic
I will never forget how i felt playing some of the missions in this game for the first time. Masterpiece. On The Ark when the forward unto dawn ship swoops in, just goosebumps.
that little nods at the end between cheif and arby is perfect they didnt need words cause a simple little nod is prefect for them
I also like how in "The storm" you can touch frightened workers and they will get up and grab a pistol and follow you.
"Everyone and their mother was excited for its release." Damn straight. My mom took my brother and me with her to GameStop for our first midnight release 'cause she was just as hyped as we were to finish the fight. She even wanted to let us stay up late and skip school the next day so all three of us could play the game together, until my piece of nonsense father slammed down on that because "video games are a waste of time" (joke's on him, though - I'm going into a career of video game design). Man when we got to the end of the game, my mom was in tears over Johnson's death, and proceeded to send him out with a bang in the best way possible - not even in online multiplayer has my mom so thoroughly eradicated the enemy like Death on his Pale Horse stepped out from apocalyptic, dark wings and the shadowy, trumpeted wail of revelations. Act Man, thank you, my dude, for creating such an epic series of videos on Halo that parallel the epicness of the games themselves. Your arguments are always solid and not blinded by nostalgia, and your critique is just as great as your praise. It's rare that I cry at a piece of media, but this video did it for me. I'm excited to see what you'll tackle next. When you're ready, let that notification bell ring. It'll wake us when you need us.
Kallistrata, The Light of Dawn What a great comment! To go with act man's awesome video. I'm just so impressed with Act man's channel but this series is so well crafted.
Oh and your mom sounds ace 👍
Damn your mom sounds like a really cool person
Kallistrata, The Light of Dawn damn your mom to cool af
You better make some good god damn games
January 13, 2022. Thank you all for such a wonderful childhood. Last night was amazing to come together with the community one last time. I played Halo 3 for a while, and ended with Reach. Reach was the last game I ever played with my best friend before she passed away last year, which just so happened to be January 13th as well. Gives the saying "Remember Reach" a much stronger meaning to me now. Thank you all for the memories.
Damn, I’m truly sorry for your loss. Whatever Halo game we played for the last time yesterday, we made sure that they went out with a bang.
I saved every penny I could to get the Legendary edition of Halo 3. Even though I was only able to play it on the weekends I was visiting my Mom. I remember playing the Co-op campaign that Friday night until 4am when one of the other players had to get off. Then not being able to connect to my friends game because of NAT problems even though he lived two houses away. So I opened up Multiplayer and spent hours playing it until my eyes couldn't stay open and finally went to bed around 11 am
I remember I couldn’t play co op bc I didn’t have a hard drive and it didn’t let you with out it
*you'll never to be able to relive the glory days of havint all your cousins over on a summer weekend and playing games like this and taking turns to see who was the greatest.* God halo has so many great memories. I grew up with it and looking back on it i feel so nostalgic about it all. Playing late summer nights or coming home from school and playing online. I'll miss those days. much like i miss the old good halo
I miss the days when me and my friends use To play against each other on valhalla
At least Halo 3 has nothing to stop people from doing local play like old times.... I'm not saying it would be the same, but it could still be done.
I'm a very young halo player, barely into my teens but I still got to experience the joy of going to a friends and playing halo 3 on splitscreen like yall old-timers did. Makes me feel a part of something
🤝🏅 Yo kid, you one of us now. 😎
Same her bro, I'm 15 😂
@@AIIEYESONME Bru dont make me feel old lol
Dude just made me blast to the past, I was 9 when halo 3 came out
@Logan Marquez I know the struggle all too well
Shout out to every single one of you who was there until the bitter end of the OG server sunset. That was some of the best Halo I’ve ever played. No gaming experience will ever come close to this era of Xbox 360 Halo. This was more than a game - it was something you grew up with. This shared experience is ours forever...
MCC Halo 3 is identical and basically bug-free now. Custom servers are always popping off with Fat Kid, Skycastle, Left4Dead, Jenga, Duck Hunt, etc and there are new iterations every day. Not to diminish your experience, but it's simply not gone. You've just stopped participating.
I remember being able to just go to your recently played with list and fill a customs infection within a minute. such a great community. so many memories. this franchise made me online friends from day 1, i am still playing with a lot of these people today. some gone but not forgotten. love u all
Halo 3 had some big ass shoes to fill. However we needed some bigger shoes so that Halo 3 could even fit in them
This is a very underrated comment
Saeid Radder indeed
If I were to ever come face-to-face with an alien from outer space, I'd say the same Johnson did to Arbiter. "How ya doin'?"
Yeah ok
Would do the same but Will Smith would my quote to “Welcome to Earth”
When alien jesus speaks to you, you do not ask "whats up?"
Sure buddy let Me know how that goes if you still can
@@vegisamalzero3681 you are a great man
I just finished MC trilogy, wasn't prepared for so much awesome 😅 after each game I watch your video retrospective of campaign and appreciate Halo so much more then I would without you! Beautiful work, thank You
The Act Man has a way of making me hyped for a game I've never played. Good job dude you have reached peak hype levels.
I just *HAD* to pop in halo 3 and play it after this
This is the only channel on KZhead that I'm willing to sit down and watch a 40 minute video for. Love your content, and loving the long videos.
James Burgess I agree with you
Same dog
The only other one for me is Darkside Reality Lore. (destiny based. And doesn’t make boring lore videos.)
James Burgess Same man! :)
I don't even care how long each video is, sometimes I even wish they were even longer. Act Man always talks about things I'm interested in, either bringing up points I can agree with, or ones I already do agree with... Or it can be reviews such as this where he also points out things I've never noticed before or considered and sheds new light and perspective on something... Then there's the great quality editing of his videos, entertaining voice overs, funny or great callback sketches, nice sense of humour, respectable attitude towards others with counter opinions... And the music he puts in his videos are awesome. The amount of times he used music either pulled from a game or elsewhere that I haven't heard in years that simultaneously bring back great memories while also helping emphasise parts of the video... Lets say I've gone off a lot to listen to a bunch of soundtracks from games of the past thanks to Act Man's videos. Basically he is just an awesome guy with great videos and I hope he keeps doing his thing.
Years later I never get tired of Halo 3's campaign. The fun memories I had with this game especially with the CO-OP mode. I hope Halo: Infinite delivers when It's released!
Man, everything about this video makes me wish I could play this game for the first time again, as I did when I was a thirteen year old. I got this game shortly after it came out, before I had an Xbox 360. My brother's college roommate won a copy at a bar trivia night, and he already had the game so my older brother convinced him to to sell it to his kid brother for $10. Got a 360 for Christmas '07 and the rest is history. I spent countless hours playing this game. Thanks, Kelly, for posting this. It brought back all the memories and made me feel some type of way.
On your topic about how Johnson is a badass even bough routinely getting his ass beat I think that’s what makes him a bad ass because we can’t have a whole bunch of bad ass chief like characters the fact that he keeps taking his licks and getting back up and in the fight is admirable
"This is the end of the Chief's story" Were it so easy...
They have ruined our brother, and for that they must pay ($).
It would of been a good place to stop
@@thatwhichstaresback i would’ve agreed with you if i wasn’t so excited for halo infinite
@@airconditioningunit9777 fair point.
@@airconditioningunit9777 infinite should of been halo 4. All this time to make something awesome. It's a shame we had to suffer with 4 and 5
Halo infinite hype brings me back to the days of Halo 2/3 hype, but in a very different way
Halo 3's legendary soundtrack and environment design definitely added to the feeling of immersion
i love how the crosshairs change depending what guns you duelwield
Been like that since h2
@@HUNKragor you mean since HCE?
@@XbninjaXIV you can't dual wield in halo ce
Didn't the reticles combine or are my memories of 2007 a little fuzzy?
What is a crosshair?
Bungie always knew how to go full circle. I always loved that about the halo games.
Too bad the company's a husk now. Loved that Halo 3 song though, used to listen to it for giggles.
The only good thing that I can think of right now with regards to the state of Bungie, is that the current Bungie is NOT the same Halo Bungie we all know and love. It is still a massive tragedy though that Bungie is dying in the way that it is. I wish we could have sent them out with a bang.
@Eclipseslayer98 Amen.
That intro made me cry. My whole childhood lay right in front of me. God bless you act man🖤🙌
I just got into Halo and installed Halo 3 on my computer. I love the fact that u always have to switch weapons and learn how to work with them. Ammo is scarce so u have to use it wisely which really adds to the fact that ur the underdog in this story
i F*ucking love when chief throws that bubble shield in the trailer.
Fucking, not f*ucking, fucking.
@@real_airgot F*v*Ck you shut the ph*u*K up
@@real_airgot so fuck*ng toxic
@@TaxEvader22 lmao
@@real_airgot bRO hoW CuD u BE sO ToXic imA rePOrt u!!!🤬🤬🤬
What the fuck happened to Bungie man. I damn near cried when Bungie ended up firing Marty. Then he sued the shit out of them and got literally everything he wanted from the case. Marty got backstabbed by Bungie, and I can't forgive them for that man. Halo was my fucking childhood, and those songs Marty made I still sing in my head to this day. RIP Old Bungie.
#metoo
Marty deserved it.
Why did they fire him
+The Kekster I believe it was to avoid paying him fully for his work. He ended out getting much more from them in the end though.
Daniel A oh I thought it was due to his openly conservative political points and the Seattle based company wasn't having any of it. I could be wrong though.
I've watched this one so many times and every time I see it, it's like a friggin time machine. How lucky were we to have gotten to experience such an awesome moment in time. So many of us no doubt have crossed paths in a Halo server at some point and didn't even know it. Thanks for this one bro, it's like stamping a moment in and forever preserving it for all to enjoy.
Every time I see either chief getting in the pod or the monument with the 117 carved into it I just tear up, this game was so amazing ald the ending is the most emotional I have ever seen in a game
Say ICONIC 3 times in a row to summon hiddenxperia
ICONIC ICONIC ICONIC IRONIC
Me: ICONIC ICONIC ICONIC Also me: Why do I hear boss music?
@@lystrixgaming9499 oof
Wilmarie Ramirez halo 1 halo 2 halo 3
Say it while striking a pose to summon Billie Kay and Payton Royce
Fun fact: chief and Cortana only knew eachother for 42 days before chief went into cryo at the end of halo 3.
it always fascinated me on how cortana was a boring character with no personality,yet they had such a strong bond in less than 2 months
@@yeaboi587 Cortana has a personality. She’s sarcastic, sassy, clever, funny.
@@strangelakers1079 well yea,but she doesnt get much development with chief until 4. i wouldve liked to see more of a development between them. no doubt it wouldve made halo 4's romance seem less forced.
@@yeaboi587 There are different types of characters. Stoic, round, flat, etc. They don’t always need development unless your story needs them to be developed.
@@strangelakers1079 ofc and at the same time i like that there wasnt a forced romance,but if there was one it would make halo 4 a better game. its just an interesting thing i noted.
I love your videos, i have seen them sooo many times, just as much as i have played the OG Halo campaigns and i have no doubt when i say that when you experience something made with such passion and love, people can truly resonate with it. These videos make me feel what playing the games made me feel the first time, thank you so much!
First time on your channel. That intro had me falling into deep and far souvenirs. I had a tear rolling down my cheek looking at the first X-box controller and the Half Life Orange Box... So much of my childhood.... Thanks man. ❤
No, Act Man, your videos aren't finished. I think we're just getting started. ☺
"Ship master, they outnumber us three to one!" "Then it is an even fight" My mouth dropped during that scene, like whoa
I know he’s quite the sexy beast! 😏 Jaw dropping indeed 🤩
Tristan Perrella 2 Jaws are always better than 4
one of the most badass moments of the silver elite
love the scene where johnson takes the one soldiers gun to give it to chief, like "trust me, this is worth more in his hands"
Felt the need to watch a video on CE as I pined to play. Which lead me to your H2 video letting me recall gameplay of Halo 2. Of course now I'm pumped up as you inspired me to conclude with this video. You are a master narrator and you view of the complexities of the storyline are shared by me. This series is an emotional blast that makes one feel alive within the character's we zealously play. Thank you for your love of the series and for the fantastic videos you envisioned because of them!
*The entire Halo saga but anytime someone jumps Johnson says "crazy fool! Why do you always jump!"*
Scope someone needs to make this haha 😁
It should be when someone or something jumps sarge Johnson says " crazy fool, why do you always jump?"
"Were it so easy." is my favorite line of dialogue in the whole Halo franchise, and I have a lot of lines that I love. Arbiter is also my favorite character.
Arbiter is absolutely my favorite Halo character and he also recites my favorite line in the franchise. "Taratrus... The Prophets have betrayed us." The context, culimination, delivery, and weight behind this line makes it unforgettable.
Arby is also my favorite. On top of "were it so easy" being one of my favorite quotes as well, my personal favorite: Truth: I am Truth, the voice of the covenant! Thel: And so, you must be silenced! As well as the best halo meme: "The cable, I'm going to cut it."
We trade a villain for another... One of the lines that are much better in french version. But Inlove it in both...
A smile on my face and a tear in my eye, this is truly one of the best channels on YT.
16:01 plain you always find a way to make me laugh lol
Halo's music has always been A-quality. It's seriously high-budget movie quality like what Hans Zimmer would deliver.
Out of every video game to exist halo can never be topped
@@dimitrijames00001 it 100% can
@@wikz8480 not in the music department
@@dimitrijames00001 doom
@@owendepascal3577 eh I mean doom is solid but honestly halo puts you more in the atmosphere of the world around you making the gameplay not only fun by brings out the world around you while doom pumps you up into destroying everything that walks
I've never seen yet someone that is better at reviewing a game than you. All your likes and dislikes about those games have solid argument. 343 inc should really listen to fan like you or HiddenXperia and people like that for feedback instead of random people. Well that was a mouthfull and i probably sound like a ignorant fanboy, but you get the idea. I think we can all agree that bungie's halo games add more positive fan feedback than those of 343 inc, your review on halo 4 and 5 are a good exemple. Keep up with those videos man, there always worth to watch. PS: Sorry if your eyes are burning with my bad english, im french
No, your English is pretty good actually. Besides, you don’t need to apologize.
Whenever I come back and watch this I feel like I have to comment just to contribute my appreciation because these videos capture so much emotion and are true master pieces.
Kids nowadays be like "oH ThE pLaNtS mOvE sO wHaT"
"master chief? mind telling me what you're doing at mcdonald's?" "sir. finishing this big mac."
“Sir, permission to go to the rest room” “Huh?” “I’m gonna give them their bomb back” “Permission granted”.
@@chrishouterman4772 Master Chief: takes a shit “For a brick, he flew pretty good”
"back in my day we didn't have Big Macs! we had cheeseburgers, two cheeseburgers and a drink for the entire family!"
@@colbythibodeau1081 and we had to share the drink!
Imagine how much of a mess he had to make to create such a kick ass intro.
Hearing that final song. The memorial to the lost. I just started crying. I fucking love Halo so much. It was the first game I was sat in front of as a baby. Halo CE and it's the first game I could play as a small infant/toddler. And I have played every Game countless amounts of times in my life. Halo is such a big part of my life. I love Halo ❤
It's crazy how one game managed to bring so many people together and create so many memories. I myself didn't get to enjoy the franchise as many of you did as they came out. Mainly cause I didn't grow up with video games. But I do have one friend of mine who did and he talked to me about this franchise. We began playing all the games in order and he's been explaining me much of the lore behind it. It had quickly become one of my all time favorite and currently we are about to start halo 5. As we've played he's told me about how back when CE came out he had a friend who would play day and night with him at his house and what not and he sadly passed away many years ago. But something quite wholesome I could say he told me a few weeks ago while playing halo 4 was how over the past few month of us playing all the halo games. It reminded him about his time while playing with the friend he had. And man did I tear up like a sucker when I finished this video.