I made this video mostly because noone on YT recorded it in 60 fps, and additionally...Well, PC version feels pretty good.
Yet, it is still Flight version, which means it is still pre-relase; every bug and other stuff which seemed any worse (like draw distance sometimes) could be caused by this build.
Setting the music volume to max before the start, this guy knows what's up!
Whenever I play this game I always set the music volume to max
@Kaiser Dean Bad scam.
@Kaiser Dean scam or not thats a pretty shitty thing to do
This man is a man of culture.
I just came for the music ❤️
Today there are games with better graphics, with open world, bigger, but no one can make me feel same emotional intensity that this run. Unforgettable. Masterpiece. Thanks for this video.
Halo's spawned a whole generation of gamers and you cannot beat that theme! All you need to hear are those drums, and you know what's coming, a god damn Warthog Run, arguably one of the most iconic things in Halo, literally outrunning an impending death whilst everything around you is going to Hell. Combat Evolved: We lost Captain Keyes, lost several Marines, seen a parasite infect friends and enemy indiscriminately, been betrayed by Guilty Spark, and saw an apocalypse unleashed. Halo 3: We lost Miranda Keyes, the Flood landed on Earth, the Sangheili and the Humans came to the conclusion "The Prophets are fucking nuts, they disrespect all of us, let's work together instead of succumbing to the Flood chasing genocidal superweapons" Cortana was tortured, Guilty Spark is still kicking, betrayed us a second time, murdered Sergeant Johnson, a guy who's been with us from the beginning, and the only person who's by your side is Thel'Vadam, someone who would have taken your head off had he not seen the Prophet's self-destructive fanaticism gone rampant. We're closing this book the same way we started it, flying by the seat of our pants off an imploding super-structure!
@@Metroid22540. Indeed. There's no other way to put it better than that.
No game beats halo
@@Bowsy64 yes
i want to like your comment but you have 117 likes
Who ever had an idea for this ending is a true legend
And that awesome music... Marty is a musical magician...
@@CarlosRuiz20 and Micheal too
Bro
That’s kind of stupid since it’s the exact same ending as the first one.
Not exactly, since H1 lacked destruction of environment, and warthog wasn't as fast. Plus, H3 warthog run is much more open, the explosions much bigger ya know. It's similar, but much more epic
Love how Halo 3 ended with a Warthog run just like Halo 1. It brought the trilogy full circle.
Not gonna lie, as much as Warthog run in H2 would be epic, this way H3 probably played out better
Especially when this rendition of the warthog run splashes in a little of the chant at 4:03 Always has been my favourite part of this mission
Then halo 4 ruined it lol
it made a full halo ring
Halo Infinite has to include a warthog run at the end of the campaign. If not then it'll be the biggest ball that 343 has a ever dropped
I love that nod Chief and Arbiter give each other at the end. Considering the first ever enemy encounter you get in the series was an Elite literally roaring in your face on your way to the Autumn’s bridge, how fitting that the trilogy ends with Chief and the single greatest Elite alive acknowledging each other as equals and friends.
After what they been through and the Chief saving his life more than once says something and how Arbiter's people betrayed him he sees there the monsters and turning his people into monsters so he got a wakeup call.
And 343 ruined it
@@Tickerchicken 343 casually killed the Arbiter in Halo 4
@@LitoMikeyou mean halo 5?
@@kingnoob6180Hold the hell on, arbiter's alive at the end of 5 isn't he?
"We'll make it." Best possible line to end the trilogy
Not exactly a trilogy
@@SavageJarJar Halo is kinda split on trilogies though, Halo 1, 2, 3, then 4, 5, infinite. I don't count spin-offs (reach, odst) since they were stand-alone stories.
@@SzeregowyKisiel Oh, that makes more sense. Thanks for explaining it.
"Halo, it's finished." "It's finished."
@@SavageJarJar dude thinks 343 games are canon 🤡
I love how this encapsulates every halo fan’s actual run through this mission (after a few attempts). It’s not perfect, it’s certainly not an attempted speed run - the chaos, near misses, slides and flips - it totally represents what this mission is all about! A final, absolute maniac dash to finish a beautiful game.
And Halo 4 randomly had a "Ghost Run" in the 2nd mission like WHUT
that's what i love about both warthog runs, it isn't "get a good score, do some cool tricks", instead it is "get the f outta here before everything explodes"
It's the way he turned the music volume to 100% at the beginning for me! A must.
Bungie was Halo. They shouldve made halo 5 in my Eyes. Halo 4 was pretty good i loved the Game but it couldnt reach the epic Halo 3. Now with Infinite they can. I hope it will reach the epicness of Halo 3.
Lol I was like yes sirrrrr of course you gotta have music all the way up for this
btw the name of the song is one final effort
@@Blackcriterionhow the hell was halo 4 good? It retcons the forerunners which changes literally everything and the elites are now bad guy again. And chief doesn't speak like chief and cortana is insanely melodramatic
This has to be the most epic ending mission a game has ever had to be completely honest
The piano part right at the end had me in tears connected with the audience perfectly
Generic Internet Meme: "These 5 video game villains want to kill you! Pick 5 video game heroes to stop them!" Me: "I only need two."
To make sure i would choose Master chief,kratos,doomslayer,solid snake and dante
No we need to save Johnson because he guarantees at least one of us is going to make it out of here alive
@@crissanti8206 Joel
Actually they are three
Batman,Optimus Prime,Master Chief,Prince of Persia, Captain America
The timing of the music from 3:03 to 3:12 is amazing. The piano kicks in when you jump and flip, and right when it looks like you're on the edge, you adjust and zoom off right when the epic strings start playing. Straight out of a movie.
This is called dynamic soundtrack. It's when the soundtrack in a videogame is programed to react according to the actions of the player. A lot of the soundtracks in the franchise have this feature.
@@johnmarston853 yeah we can see on how the piano part extends till that jump
Yeah it’s truly amazing sound engineering. like John Marston said it’s called dynamic soundtrack and there’s a doc on KZhead somewhere where Martin O’Donnell talks about it
@@macauleyliamcurran2925 I ended up extracting the raw audio loops from the game a few days ago, and I was surprised by how non-granular they are. The first lead-in section is 1m32s long, and then the game has 8 different loops to choose from depending on what section your warthog is in, with most of the music loops being around 30 seconds apiece, the shortest one being around 15 seconds. The ending section is 1m16s.
That's strings
When I reached this part on Legendary, I turned the volume to the max and floored it. And for just a few minutes, I was back in 2007. This is where boys became men.
I was 10. It was my brother's 360. I begged and BEGGED him to let me play Halo 3. On my tenth birthday he said ok. I finished it a week later. Then my brother showed me the legendary ending. And we both cried.
Truely the most compelling ending to a game. I’m fucking 30 years old and I have tears in my eyes from reliving this
Same this mission always makes me tear up. This should have been the last halo game I wouldn't complain about it... it just really felt right.
@@travzac619remember Reach
After 13 years, I finally get to do a REAL warthog run after CE
Cortana: If we don't make it... Chief: We'll make it. Such an inspirational quote
Foehammer would be proud of Chief if she could see this.
That for sure
Never forget our favourite troop carrier, Echo-419. Remember the motto; We deliver!
Dustin Echoes would be proud too
Damn I actually teared up just thinking about that pilot that was with us for the whole first game
Playing this as a kid, being the Arbiter, and my cousin being John, was incredible, I remember playing all the campaign with him, and now, we are adults, College and work, keeps up at distance, but everytime I play Halo 3, Alone, or with friends, or listen to it soundtrack, brings back all those beautiful memories, thank you Halo, made me love my childhood without even knowing...
Shoot him a message and let him know. You don't always get the chance, take it from me.
Exactly my situation too.
Possibly one of the greatest final missions in video game history! Thanks mostly to the INCREDIBLE music!
+1
Love this level, flooring it in a warthog while a halo ring is exploding and about to fire while the flood and sentinels are fighting each other and the arbiter on the back spraying at anything, definitely my favourite halo level of all time and I don’t think it will ever be beaten, especially the little grunt at the end who shit talks you too.
When?
Normally a game would end with some dull anti-climatic fight but this game’s ending definitely gave the feeling of victory.
True nostalgia is hearing that turret rattling off as you drive with this song
I love the comment section so much 😭 People describing how it is one of the most epic endings there are and how this takes all of us back when we played it. I'm very nostalgic right now and it fills my heart with joy to read they get the same kind of feeling with the soundtrack and the final scene. Best trilogy ever made. (Whatever 343 made after Bungie left the project doesn't change my opinion on the original saga).
It's still unreal to me that Halo 3 is on PC. I would never have dreamed it possible back in the day. Absolute banger of a game, eternal classic.
I have two copies of MCC - one on PC and one on Xone, bought like 3 years ago cuz I lost hope that it will be ever relased outside of xbox. I literally bought console (my first) just to play it. And I don't regret nothing, was worth it.
@@SzeregowyKisiel Yeah, I had it on Xbone, but I got rid of it when I sold the console because there's nothing on it, and the only thing I wanted (MCC) was on PC.
I love how the music doesn’t stop even when you land in the hangar. The games like ‘Okay, you did well! Now, here’s a tank.”
Yes, passed the loading zone at 5:26 the next sequence of the soundtrack should be the end of the music. But it loops once again, I personally prefer when it's like that. 🙂
Warthog runs, when you make it through the whole level without needing to flip the Warthog once are the best kinds! You must have had the biggest smile on your face when you cleared it at 3:12
Took me a few attempts but yeah, ironically enough it was also the first time when I set music volume to 100, just like it was meant to be
@@SzeregowyKisiel hahah, thats amazing! Love hearing that. Dude the way the music kicks up at 3:12 really feels like a scene from a movie. Incredible!!These games are truly nothing short of magic. God speed, Spartan!
The end of an era :')
🚬
Quite literally now since the halo 3 and reach servers shut down
remember when you first did this run? I do I was 8 years old I was playing with my buddy co-op the ring was crumbling down and we were nervous we saw the warthog and we knew what was next I jump on gunner my buddy drives Cortana says "come on Spartan, Go go go!" we are like "YEAH!" and then the music hits us and we are sweating like crazy after 10 minutes we end the campaign and are high fiving each other
Me too bro. Core memory. Makes me cry I miss being that happy
I don't think a game has ever captured the epic sense of finality this game has. For all intents and purposes, this is the end. The final push. Finishing the Fight. The Oracle is dead, the Covenant in ruins, the Flood on the verge of destruction. Every loose end has been tied up. Beloved characters were lost, alliances were forged, and now, it's the end. And what better way to send out the franchise than to ride out on an exploding Halo ring in one last final, epic push, accompanied by a rendition of the games iconic score? And then 343 came along and pulled apart the neat box Bungie had left behind with Halo Wars 2 and Halo 4 and 5
In my opinion this is the last and final game for me, never played halo 4 onwards and don’t plan on
And Master Chief is waiting in space for Samus to find him.
Halo 4s campaign is good
@@Giblet12 I'd say it wasn't as bad as most of people says, but neither was it really good. Just average shooter. Story was probably the best aspect, balance of enemies pretty much sucked though, which was incredibly annoying in certain parts of the game (this one teleporting behind your back with shotgun on legendary just to one-shot was my worst enemy at the time). Music was also imo really good, even if it didn't sound like any previous Halo. There is much to like in H4 and sadly much to dislike at the same time, but at least it's not Halo 5 level of bad designed campaign, which wasn't any good from story side, and still was incredibly frustrating when playing solo, especially fight with 3 wardens at the same time was nightmare.
Give 343 a chance for redemption at Infinite.
This WHOLE GAME deserves a remake. I'll buy it all over again.
I like how this warthog run ost is so well timed on whats going on at the end.
Man puts music volume to max. Ah,i see you're a man of culture as well
"If we dont make it.." "We'll make it."
3:07
The calm piano with that near death and recovering right into the main beat is nut worthy
This warthog run is possibly one of, if not, THE best way to end a game ever. Truly there has not been a more cinematic ending to a game than this one.
6:14 syncs with the music so perfectly in a way that i have to believe this was the exact intended timing of the music through the whole ending cutscene. never lines up that way in the past that i've played it or in any other videos i've seen, but that is seriously incredible cinematic scoring.
To this day, this may be the greatest climax of any game, period.
I remember doing this mission with a couple of my friends and the ramp at 5:30 was so fucking badass
Me and the boys did it recently on legendary (2 per hog) and I got mine stuck and we died, our gunner on the other hog died, but my friend who was driving pulled through at the end. It was like 12 AM and we were fucking screaming.
Honestly this game was the entire reason I wanted an Xbox in the first place. Christmas Day in 2007, opened my 360 and on top was halo 3. This game and level specifically was my childhood. Thanks for the video!
Few games have left an impression on me and even fewer brings me to tears, Halo 3 did both. Thank you for this clip.
This is actually the perfect run, the music syncs up to the ending cut scene perfectly LOL
Thanks for a finally HD version, have had to sate my appetite with the videos from 9 years ago for too long.
Game still holds up even today. One of the greatest shooters ever made.
I’m glad this popped up in my recommended. Made me remember me and my older playing this epic final run as children. He was driving and I was manning the turret. We were shouting “GOOOOOOO” at the screen, like the teary eyed side characters cheering on the MC to land the finishing blow 😆 I don’t think I’ll ever feel a moment that intense from a video game again in my life.
I love how the whole cutscene really shows his luck and the fact he lived like how
One of the most memorable videogame experiences of my lifetime.
Bungie did really sent their trilogy out with a bang. Games like Halo, Bioshock, Dark Souls and Dishonored are reasons why I consider designing and developing games as making an art
aaahhh yes, music at 100 first
By far the funnest mission in the whole of the halo franchise especially when you're about 9 playing with your younger brother!!!
RIP Warthog. You got them out of there😢
Johnson Warthog, forever in our hearts
Any enemy sighted, you can always count on the arbiter to fire that gun
A lot of my memories of this mission just involve me and my friends yelling or screaming constantly. Not even that we were stressed it’s just the adrenaline of this mission made you just want to yell and scream. Good times.
WHY IS THIS SO GOOD 😭 They really didn't have to go that hard..
I remember my heart was beating so fast during this escape. My god that was Some of the best gaming.
I remember seeing this quote from a guy who I follow on Twitter: "Halo 3's ending is where you the protagonist of the 1st game and the protagonist of the 2nd game (and secret antagonist of the 1st as well) escape a Halo ring under destruction while blasting the best rendition of the game's main theme. And it's beautiful"
I know this is a year late, but I gotta say. Revisiting this game even 20 years from now is a must. It has one of the greatest soundtracks in an action shooter game of all time. Not to mention all the havoc going on with the flood, the covenant, and the ring blowing up all at the same time. Thank you for reminding me what halo once was.
Kinda hard to believe to be honest that I recorded it year and half ago yet on test build of pc port. Nonetheless, you are welcome
I was 9 years old when I played halo 3 with no knowledge of the story for halo 1 and 2. But I can tell you for certain that this was the moment in my mind that solidified for me that games could be more than just stories. They could be masterpieces.
This shit will make a grown man shed a tear. Beautiful game that was a colossal part of my childhood.
0:46 sick wheelie haha
Probably my favorite experience in all my time gaming
One of, if not the best final mission of any game I have ever played.
All these years later and it’s still just as legendary as the first time I played it. You can’t replicate this kind of experience. It’s one of a kind.
Such a masterpiece, thanks bungie for one of the greatest game trilogy out there.
This is the perfect ending to a masterpiece. I get the chills every time
I have never played Halo 3, but just watching this gave me chills. I think it was the music. It made me feel like I was there. Like I was in the driver's seat. Like I was Master Chief. I guess that's the power of Halo's music. It has this sort of petrifying majesty to it that can't ever be topped.
I've never played a single Halo game before, but even still, I _love_ the music that plays during this part of Halo 3. I happened to randomly stumble upon it on KZhead one day a few years ago, and now it's one of my favorite video game themes of all time. I can only imagine how exhilarating it must really be to listen to it whilst playing through this part, driving the warthog around and dodging all those explosions. It seems so cool!!
when i first knew halo i was 9. i only played combat evolved by then finding out rest of the series on xbox i was sad. never got xbox, never looked for halo but it was there dormant waiting. i had mega blocks too and i thought it was hopeless to wait for a pc reveal but here i am finished the series with a big relief and joy.
This whole game was outstanding. I think my favorite part was the Elites working with the humans. They fight well together. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
the warthog run is like the ending of an intense movie but you’re controlling it. in my opinion that’s what makes it so exciting and repeatable
This made me shed some tears, brings me back to all the good memories I had with my dad while playing the whole campaign on legendary, and once reaching that final jump, the satisfaction of it all, this game is just absolutely beauty and a masterpiece that will stand the test of time.
After the Artiox/Cortana Arc I'd love to see 343 make their version of the warthog run.
That would be interesting
Same
Sure it will be different and interesting. But we need that epic feel this one gave us all...it doesn't have to repeat itself
@@karthiksubramanian2279 as long as we’re trying to outrun an impending gigantic explosion accompanied by good music I’d love another warthog run
I think it’s so fitting that the trilogy ends with actually lighting a ring
This was such a great ending to a legendary franchise that I love dearly.
The imperfections of the run (game play) gives it its perfection. Hats off.
One of, if not the, most iconic moment(s) in gaming history.
*Chief and Arbiter find the Warthog, see the unfinished ring structure distinegrating* Chief: I’ll drive.
the violins and piano are absolute gold
Has to be one of the greatest endings of all time as far as video games are concerned. Just an all out epic run.
Still gives me chills down my back all these years later.
This honestly makes me sad. I love Halo. When the motherboard in my 360 went out, i was crushed. I still have it and my original Xbox, but over the last 4 years of them gling out, I haven't had the money to get them repaired. Halo was such a huge part of my childhood. Im 27 now, and still think about the Bungie ganes all the time. One day, I'll have the money to get the them repaired. And I'll relive these memories with happiness again.
The nostalgia .. the anxiety of the ground falling .. a flood hitting you .. specially on legendary 😭😭 oh man times were VERY simpler
Back to 2007 - 2008.... You were only a child around 8 to 11 years old... Probably playing with one friend or sibling (In my case with my dad)... After you have defeated guilty spark you now the ring was crumbling down and then you saw the warthdog. Hear cortana saying "Come on spartan, go, go go! " and feeling one of the greatest moments of your childhood... Feeling nervous of falling down.... But, you got it! You became happy to reach the end point... And then back to 2021, you now are an adult remembering one of you best moments of your life. That is Halo 3 Final.
Facts for some of us , I'm 26 now and this and gears of war trilogy are 🐐
This is one of the first games that made the intensity real to me and we all got to admit we cried when the unforgettable heroes had fallen throughout the campaign we'll always remember those heroes.
I know this is probably heresy to say, but watching this with the video muted and Rock Lobster's instrumental in a second tab works REALLY well, gives the whole sequence a more "fun" vibe instead of the usual "awesome" vibe
Chief, the Arbiter and the Warthog - Your PC The Ark exploding - Windows Updates The Forward unto Dawn - System Restore Point
90%! Restart sequence initiated!
I remember, when I was around 5 years old, and my dad brought home a brand new xbox360 with a halo3, and I had so much fun playing it with my dad, and this level was so fun and hard at the same time, that it has become a core memory for me. Thank you so much for uploading this masterpiece for me to remember where I've came from. Now I'm 15, and still this is the best game I've played in my whole life. Listening to the music is better than listening to any other music on earth, especially the main menu music. Heavenly notes.
Imposible que no se te salgan las lagrimas, gloriosos tiempos :´)
I like the fact that this video doesn’t have one single dislike
Same, it makes me pretty happy that I wasn't the only one who wanted Warthog Run in some better quality than 720p30
My eyes aren’t tearing up from the epicness. Yours are.
Just beat halo 3 for the first time yesterday and now I just well up with emotions every time I hear one final effort.
I will literally never get tired of playing this level. Never.
One of the most epic final levels in any video game ever imo
I don’t know what has brought me here today. Maybe it’s feel some deep emotion from my childhood. However, for some reason this has brought a tear to my eye. The music, the game play but most of all the memories. From playing the Halo CE and halo 2 campaigns with my old man when I was 5 years old (some of my first memories and the first video games I ever played). To then playing this campaign with friends all bunched around a box TV either taking it in turns doing this mission or fighting each other in multiplayer. I miss those days. No video games will ever come close to how these OG Halo games brought friends together. I’ve never felt so emotional from watching a video game clip before. Wow.
Everytime I revisit this I get the freaking chills.
Even in a mongoose this run is still so much fun :)
There are problems with a few jumps though due to lowered mongoose speed, ghost run seems a bit better balanced in that case
@@SzeregowyKisiel but no less stressful, especially for a 4 player co-op laso, still burned into my memory a decade later
The music and the environment exploding with the ark in the sky with platforms being destroyed as the halo prepares to fire resulting in its explosion with cortana telling chief to drive faster makes this truly incredible and iconic with Martyodonnels music for halo in the background
Arbiter in the back like “Imma sprayin’ and prayin’!!!”
17 years ago and I'll still never forget the first time I got to this bit
Truly with all the memories and the sound track compared to the halo we have now. It can bring you to tears honesty.
Still get chills to this day 😭
3:04 that jump...