Well it finally happened, we finally reached the 100K subscriber goal and to me, it only made perfect sense to "celebrate" with a video about a game series that's both my favorite ever and also the one that basically put me on this path 6 years ago. Starting on i still remember losing my mind when i reached 100 subscribers, back then i never imagined that what started as a "dumb" hobby would eventually become such a significant part of my life and i can't be thankful enough for all the support i've gotten from all of you during these years. Here's hoping for a bright future, the road ahead is still long and promising, so let's go for the next 100K and beyond. Showcase video showing all the reload, overheat and some idle animations for all the weapons available in the entire Halo FPS series and their evolution over the years. ----- WEAPONS ----- 00:00 Pistol 00:17 Magnum 01:02 Automag 01:13 Shotgun 02:20 SMG 02:54 Suppressed SMG 03:17 Assault Rifle 03:56 Battle Rifle (Classic) 04:21 Battle Rifle (New) 04:34 DMR 04:53 Sniper Rifle 05:49 SAW 06:00 Railgun 06:07 Sticky Detonator 06:11 Grenade Launcher 06:18 Hydra 06:25 Rocket Launcher (SPNKr) 07:14 Rocket Launcher (New) 07:20 Spartan Laser 07:53 Flamethrower 08:03 Target Locator 08:12 Target Designator 08:17 Plasma Pistol 09:54 Plasma Rifle 11:03 Brute Plasma Rifle 12:02 Needler 12:43 Plasma Repeater 12:52 Storm Rifle 13:08 Mauler 13:18 Spiker 13:31 Needle Rifle 13:35 Covenant Carbine 14:01 Beam Rifle (Classic) 14:53 Beam Rifle (New) 15:19 Focus Rifle 15:28 Concussion Rifle 15:37 Plasma Caster 15:41 Brute Shot 16:03 Plasma Launcher 16:09 Fuel Rod Cannon 16:58 Boltshot 17:04 Scattershot 17:17 Suppressor 17:24 Lightrifle 17:32 Binary Rifle 17:40 Incineration Cannon 17:52 Sentinel Beam 18:54 Energy Sword 19:38 Gravity Hammer 20:05 7 Wood 20:22 Flag 20:56 Bomb 21:37 Skull
Because you did the reload animation series, I thought if an idea (that I never did) where every reload is from Halo MCC or just simply every Halo game. I’m really glad you made this video, and congrats on the 100k subscribers! Now tell me, how did you read my mind?
To be fair you are playing as a regular soldier (albeit a highly trained one) and not a Spartan that can singlehandedly alter the fate of the war on your own.
@@apersonwhoenjoysskyrim3110 There is a flamthrower, though it's hidden in the level. Not as useful as you'd think since the flood can burn you when theyre on fire.
@@tct0248 The MA37 is Reach's AR, the MA5 and its numerous variations are for the rest of the series. The one in CE is by far the most insane given what caliber it's in and how many rounds fit inside that magazine.
It actually sounded like plasma, which in turn made it feel dangerous. 343s take makes it sound like a digital program starting, like it's a construct in a game, not threatening at all.
@@tremaursen7655 I feel like they could easily justify it by saying newer models use hardlight instead but man oh man do I still miss the 2/3 sword design and SFX
@@harrisob9196 i couldnt disagree more. they added too much flare to what should be simple and clean. all of 343 is about over emphasis that devalues the quality of the original product
I think he's playing on a higher FOV then the original release intended (70). Corners are cut in 3D animation when things should be off screen, look at the firing animation on Halo 4's shotgun for example. The shell ejects, flies about a foot away, then doubles back, goes through and then under your forearm back into the bottom of the shotgun. Only one shotgun shell exist for these first person animations but you need to fire 6-12 at some point so we get weird tricks like that!
@@Robosapien_ As someone who does these types of animations (weird hobby yes) this is very much true, and not just for any one game. This is just how 3d animation works. There's some really noticable examples in other games I like to use, like csgo's galil, where the mag is so close to the camera that you can see it the whole time on a high fov. Rust is also a great example of this, since it has freelook, and you can easily see all the inner workings of the first person animations. Squad is a good example of a game that does a really good job hiding it, even *with* freelook in the game. Every game will still have it to some degree though. There's a lot of things that happen off camera in animations to make it look better, or at least I know I'm guilty of it. As for the original point of the shotgun shell; that doesn't apply if it's a particle effect. Some games don't use an actual animation for shell ejections, and instead use particle effects for them, ran via the game engine not the animation. Personally for me, when I animate fire animations, I use two bullet models. This is because sometimes there's two bullets on the screen at a time, so what I'll do is sorta loop them around; one on screen, two on screen, then once the first one is off screen, loop it back to the starting point again, etc. Apologies for going off like that, I just think it's really interesting stuff, and I wanted to add my personal experience to it :)
How could not notice?!?? It’s the first thing I pay attention to! Shooters with unsatisfying weapons become boring to play real quick after a while. Execution is everything.
Needler is probably the most consistent thing in the series in terms of design. In gameplay, the plasma pistol is probably the most consistent thing. Even halo infinite removing its emp effect still remains consistent with it in halo ce and 2
Funny to think how most of Covenant weapons don't actually need to be "reloaded". Shotgun and Needler reload animations will always be my favorite. Also sniper rifle and AR from Halo Reach.
Come to think of it, Covenant weaponry tends to be less re-usable than human weaponry as well. AK running dry on ammo? Replace the mag, charge the gun, and keep going. Covenant weaponry, while they hold exponentially more per go, they’re only barely more useful than a pool noodle once they run dry.
That’s because Covenant weaponry recharges at dedicated recharging stations, because usually they never run into conflict that can’t be solved with a few bullets. In lore, a single plasma pistol round is deadly to organic things. And the average plasma pistol comes with over a hundred of those. The recharging stations aren’t present in gameplay because they slow the flow of the game down and it makes the Covie weapons unique.
@@lefthandrule638 While they’d be a godsend for holding defense, if you’re changing positions frequently, you’d either have a logistical nightmare, or those weapons will be running dangerously low on ammo. Soldiers tend to be constantly on the move, from one objective to the next. That’s partially why intermediate cartridges were developed in the first place. The soldier holds more while still having a good effective range, and it only just so happens to be controllable on full auto. Now imagine with the Covenant, having dual purpose pistols with 1/3 of the ammo usually carried by a modern soldier using 5.56mm (overall, not per mag, duh, me...), with said alt mode using the same ammo and more of it, and now they might have to traverse the entire planet to get to the other objective. I don’t know the Covenant’s budget for certain, if they even have a budget, but I don’t think those recharge pods are always conveniently nearby, along with the possibility that they could either be low on battery themselves, or otherwise faulty. Not entirely an issue from a hardpoint perspective, but not ideal for offensive tactics like blitzkrieg or similar. Then again I might be overthinking alien logistics and there may be solutions to the above mentioned problems that I’m not aware of.
That’s the thing; the Covenant never _had_ to adapt to that because until encountering humanity, they never faced any opposing force lethal enough to justify innovation of their weapons, as most civilisations they encountered were in, or close to, a primitive age. This is why Covenant weapons that could be reloaded (like the Carbine) only appeared a little while into the war with humans. Before that, if they ran out of ammo, it was never a problem nor risk to just stick the used gun in the recharger and grab a new one. Most of their weapons are inferior and ‘backwardsed’-developed from Forerunner ones (which _were_ able to be reloaded). On top of that, they had access to absurd amounts of resources due to the numerous planets they harvested, and absurd numbers of troops thanks to Grunts. On top of that, they only really sent ground forces if there were Forerunner artifacts (precious relics relating to their religion) on the planet. If there was not, there was no problem they couldn’t solve by sending a giant laser from orbit via one of their ships. This is the reason why they don’t immediately default to space lasers in the Halo games; the locations they take place in have Forerunner stuff in them, so they can’t risk damaging them. TL;DR Covenant weapons are kind of shitty when it comes to ammo because 1) they were lazy and 2) they were never encouraged to innovate until recently
Halo CE, Reach, and especially 5 have the most satisfying and detailed reload animations. I've always thought that Bungie kinda lost sight of that when they made halo 2, 3, and ODST ( Still loved them to bits). Glad they picked it up in Reach though. I find It's quite important in a shooter.
Same goes for their sound design and melee animations. They wen't too far in the simplicity route and forgot that fps animations have to be crunchy too.
It's does certainly bear an uncanny appearance to a 343 ship design... however what it TRULY looks like is the DOOM 3 shotgun. Same weapon designer, and that's why we lost the "iconic" shotgun appearance because 343 was letting it's employees do their own touches to make Halo "theirs".
@@flippedoutcookie I mean it is set in a different time. A time where humanity is thriving and shining instead of running and losing. It's kinda like the AR being redesigned heavily in Reach so it looks more rugged and grittier
@@REALMARCHINADER, i think the issue with the Halo 4/5 shotgun is it's changed so much if hardly resembles a gun. It also doesn't match with most of the UNSC design, even in the 4/5 era.
@@RevXI Agreed. The other weapons look sleek and futuristic but the shotgun looks very contemporary (Reach’s especially). 4 and 5 bring it more in line with the other weapons and make it look amazing (plus the flashlight in 5 is a nice touch)
Personally, I think that the overall design, both audio and visual, looks similar to a plastic imitation instead of a hard steel. If John smashed a flood form with a Halo 5 human weapon it would crack and shatter instantly. I feel 343 does not know how to add a level of weight to the weapons which was really prevalent in the previous iterations. I do however enjoy the Forerunner and Covenant weapon designs with only a few falling short of previous concepts. I think my misgivings stem from human weapons sound design, whereas Alien weapon sound design is honestly alien and therefore has no basis in the real world.
@@harshadityachada6603 I could be very wrong but borderlands 3 has a billion guns. If on average each gun takes lets say 2.5 seconds to relode then the video would be almost 30,000 days long
@@brennanbowser8650 theyre just different iterations of a couple of different classes of guns. Theres not actually a billion different guns in the game
Shame they removed Dual Wielding when Halo 3: ODST came out. I really liked Dual Wielding. I especially loved dual wielding my plasma weapons. I would also like to have playable Elites gain. I like playing as a Sangheili.
The idle animations of the Sentinel Beams in most of the games shows you inspecting a sophisticated piece of Forerunner technology. In Halo 5 we see a trained Super Soldier playing with a simple motion sensor. I don't know about the rest of you, but I personally find that adorable.
I really appreciate 343 putting in the original versions of some weapons like the SPNKER and Beam rifle cause some of the redesigns were really ugly and I think they realized.
to be fair, the new rocket launcher was just a rocket launcher, not the spnkr, but they changed it because they got huge amounts of backlash for it lmao
Objectively halo 5 has some of the best weapon animations and sound design, while I do like some of the old halos, the attention to detail in these are insane.
They try so hard to be original with the weapon sounds, making them sound modern. The game takes place in fucking 2500+ stop making US military copy pasted gun sounds from every other game. Bungie did an amazing job designing very recognizable gun sounds, they paved the way and 343 has to be the annoying kid who tries to be original by not following what its predecessors did right.
This only makes sense when you look into the background of the weapon. You never see it but it has two magazine tunes inside of it. How the gun changes tunes once one is empty I have no clue.
Minor note, i really enjoy the liberty taken with the H2A plasma rifles, those little sticky plasma gunk tendrils are such a fun detail I wish they kept
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa bungie fanboys when a new halo game is missing a tiny detail: EWW WHAT IS THAT 343 IS BAD, PURE EVIL GET THEM OUTTA HERE BRING BUNGIE BACK
@@jjhongxina8236 I preferred bungie’s design and atmosphere because it feels like an actual war. Like odst for example if you compare it to halo 5 which I still liked but the campaign was ok, odst mixed with jazz and rain felt like you had a reason to kill the covenant. I still love 343 because of their effort to listen to the community and I think they’re gonna do well with infinite.
Yeah, Halo 5 is CLINK CLONK because the devs were actually trying to make you seem like this large clunky super soldier. It's why the sound design is the way it is. The classic games were way too reserved in that department.
@@Theboss420-h7b You are entitled to your opinion on the matter, and I'm entitled to mine. If you prefer sounding like Steve when he's walking on dirt in Minecraft, so be it, but I prefer realism over the sake of some dudes sensitive ears.
the human guns from UNSC are certainly inspired by real guns , here's the inspirations i found: M6 pistols: they looks mainly like the Stery M9 , thank to the form of the grip and its absence of hammer , more inclined than the one of a Glock or a Springfield XD. the slide is more like the one of a Desert Eagle in the way it open after each shots. Fun fact, the pîstol M6D of CEA (which will reappears in Halo 5) should really be called a Magnum (and it's really like a futuristic Desert eagle in the firepower appeartance) , unlike the others pistols versions M7 SMGs: are mainly based about the FN P90, (which isnt considered like a SMG offically) thanks to their magazines and feeds systems. the concept of caseless bullets is like the HK G11. Has also some ressemblance to the B&T APC9 despite the fact that Halo 2 being released in 2004 and the APC9 in 2011 MA5 Assault rifles: the MA5 was originally made to have a totally original design , but many people ends up noticing the similarities between the MA5 and the FN F2000 bull-pup rifle. battle rifles (BR55): technically the real assault rifles of the UNSC (the MA5s being chambered in 7.62mm). They looks like Chinese QBZ rifles or french FAMAS DMRs: fun fact, the DMR was originally made as a semi-auto variant of the BR55. that was the case in the Halo 2 beta demo. so it would be like a FAMAS or a QBZ too but i think they also share some similarities to the Kel-tec RFB M90/M45 shotguns: are possibly based about the Winchester 1300 or the Benelli M3 , modern shotguns made of polymer with big stock and pistol grips. the way they loads to the top of the gun seems to be based about another real shotgun i forgot the name (it's called the RMFB it seems to me) Snipers: are clearly based about the rifles of the Accuracy International british firm, like the Arctic Warfare or the AS-50 the machines guns, the grenades and the rocket launcher (althought the Halo 5 one looks like a SMAW) are totally futuristic in the designs. hope that was interesting to read
@Yap Yap no, UA-cam push comments that have more likes to the top, comments that are funny or comments that are posted shortly after a video is released are more likely to be pushed, this is a new comment on an old video so it's unlikely it will get to the top
ODST wasn’t really horror, but suspense. The entire game is in a Covenant controlled city, and you aren’t playing as a seven foot tall titanium superhuman, so you’re constantly on edge. It’s probably the most stress I’ve felt playing a space shooter.
The binary rifle reload (correct me if I’m wrong) where all the exterior metal pieces come off a bit and when you reload they reattach One by One, Thomas sound design was 👌
Nah bro Halo 5’s sound is trash, just listen to it c are fully it’s full of meaningless shit like they threw in every sound effect on top of each other
19:0119:24 The ignition sound of the energy sword from Halo 2 Anniversary is by far my most favorite sound out of all of them. The first time I heard it, I immediately got chills. It’s basically the sound I always hear when I think about the energy sword. In fact all the sounds in Halo 2 Anniversary are the best. But the energy sword is #1.
@@mrpiratefox4497 H5 is the only halo game to mix such heavy armor SFX with guns mechanical SFX and it is so distracting. Plus it sounds like muscles being popping every second.
Heavy armor making sound makes sense period, they are physically augmented on so it's to be expected. Also it's called adding details to make the experience more immersive and if you think that's distracting u must be ass. Just saying the truth.
@@ianchoi7142 The reason Halo 5 is the only Halo game to have done that at the time was because 343 expressed that they wanted the player to feel more like a large clunky super soldier. Bungie was way too reserved with the SFX in the classic games.
I MOST ABSOLUTELY loved and enjoyed watching this Halo series weapons reload animation showcase video!!!!!!!!!! My MOST favorites: Assault Rifle, SAW, Railgun, Plasma Repeater, Storm Rifle, Energy Sword, and Gravity Hammer. And Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers!!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
Well it finally happened, we finally reached the 100K subscriber goal and to me, it only made perfect sense to "celebrate" with a video about a game series that's both my favorite ever and also the one that basically put me on this path 6 years ago.
Starting on i still remember losing my mind when i reached 100 subscribers, back then i never imagined that what started as a "dumb" hobby would eventually become such a significant part of my life and i can't be thankful enough for all the support i've gotten from all of you during these years. Here's hoping for a bright future, the road ahead is still long and promising, so let's go for the next 100K and beyond.
Showcase video showing all the reload, overheat and some idle animations for all the weapons available in the entire Halo FPS series and their evolution over the years.
----- WEAPONS -----
00:00 Pistol
00:17 Magnum
01:02 Automag
01:13 Shotgun
02:20 SMG
02:54 Suppressed SMG
03:17 Assault Rifle
03:56 Battle Rifle (Classic)
04:21 Battle Rifle (New)
04:34 DMR
04:53 Sniper Rifle
05:49 SAW
06:00 Railgun
06:07 Sticky Detonator
06:11 Grenade Launcher
06:18 Hydra
06:25 Rocket Launcher (SPNKr)
07:14 Rocket Launcher (New)
07:20 Spartan Laser
07:53 Flamethrower
08:03 Target Locator
08:12 Target Designator
08:17 Plasma Pistol
09:54 Plasma Rifle
11:03 Brute Plasma Rifle
12:02 Needler
12:43 Plasma Repeater
12:52 Storm Rifle
13:08 Mauler
13:18 Spiker
13:31 Needle Rifle
13:35 Covenant Carbine
14:01 Beam Rifle (Classic)
14:53 Beam Rifle (New)
15:19 Focus Rifle
15:28 Concussion Rifle
15:37 Plasma Caster
15:41 Brute Shot
16:03 Plasma Launcher
16:09 Fuel Rod Cannon
16:58 Boltshot
17:04 Scattershot
17:17 Suppressor
17:24 Lightrifle
17:32 Binary Rifle
17:40 Incineration Cannon
17:52 Sentinel Beam
18:54 Energy Sword
19:38 Gravity Hammer
20:05 7 Wood
20:22 Flag
20:56 Bomb
21:37 Skull
Congratulations, Hectorlo! 👍
Because you did the reload animation series, I thought if an idea (that I never did) where every reload is from Halo MCC or just simply every Halo game. I’m really glad you made this video, and congrats on the 100k subscribers!
Now tell me, how did you read my mind?
Aye, good job Hectorlo.
Congrats buddy !
Congrats!
Fun fact: The announcer in multiplayer is almost 70 years old. Remember that next time he commentates over you getting teabagged.
it will be a sad world once he leaves
"BULLTRUE!"
@@ayybdon god don’t even talk about it
so your saying that he's 69 years old?
He’s immortal now
I like how the backgrounds are mostly silent or just quiet ambience and then it cuts to ODST.
What’s ODST??
@@azn27 Halo 3: ODST is another game in the Halo seiries. I suggest you play it if you haven't.
@@redacted90 I never played odst but how is it so different?
@@ghost-carnage8964 you play as ODST on earth during the third game
@@ghost-carnage8964 The difference in the video is how loud it is.
The rest of the halo games: calm, peaceful and quiet
Halo ODST: *horror*
To be fair you are playing as a regular soldier (albeit a highly trained one) and not a Spartan that can singlehandedly alter the fate of the war on your own.
The doom 3 of halo
@@cheeseman4199 Doom 3 was pretty bomb too!
Who remembers watching their little brother pissing their pants playing halo 3 ODST cause I do lmao
@@Yoshi-Period i do
You know, I never realized... When the shotgun is reloading the little lights make it look like the gun is eating the bullets and that's adorable
Then you see halo 4 and 5’s shotgun lmao
LMAOOO I CAN'T UNSEE THAT NOW
@@Tonatheos its been 3 months since I made this comment and to this day it is still there lmao
Shotgun shells, The snack of champions
Now I can't stop watching it
Amazing that the plasma pistol idle animation outlived pretty much everything in the series
For it is without flaw
outlived noble team, that's for sure
@@spartanc173 🗿
Rocket launcher Reload? Energy Sword?
Until it was butchered by halo 5...
Bungie and 343 sure did put plenty of attention into those hands
Yep
Definetly.
Absolutely
Indeed
Of course
CE's shotgun sure as hell would have come in handy during H3's Cortana level...
Fr
Yes.
i miss tyhat shotgun but i guess it would be overpowered
Or the Flamethrower.
@@apersonwhoenjoysskyrim3110 There is a flamthrower, though it's hidden in the level. Not as useful as you'd think since the flood can burn you when theyre on fire.
Halo ce assault rifle reload is satisfying, that HK slap
I only noticed the hk slap when i watched this video
Hey how come the halo ce clip for that weapon had like 60 mag while some other had like 32 mag.
@@Mr-Ad-196 the AR went through some changes over the years.
Love the mp5 slap
@@tct0248 The MA37 is Reach's AR, the MA5 and its numerous variations are for the rest of the series. The one in CE is by far the most insane given what caliber it's in and how many rounds fit inside that magazine.
Sarge finally got the blue team's flag 20:23
“Does he still think we’re fighting?”
@@lonecalzone6901
"attention blue team, this is the red team, your reign on being the shittist team has come to an end"
"Now he's taunting us..."
@@pyrs201 I can't see your comment cause his username
I miss the cracking sound of the original energy swords :(
It actually sounded like plasma, which in turn made it feel dangerous. 343s take makes it sound like a digital program starting, like it's a construct in a game, not threatening at all.
@@tremaursen7655 would’ve been better for like a Promethean sword or something
I do to but to me, the new sounds don't sound bad
The new ones are just lightsabers...
@@tremaursen7655 I feel like they could easily justify it by saying newer models use hardlight instead but man oh man do I still miss the 2/3 sword design and SFX
3:49 attention to detail: when you reload it echoes
As much as you dislike halo 5 the weapon sound effects are amount then best
Is that bad?
@@egodumpster no
Wait, where's the sound bouncing off of? That would work like in a cave, but in an open environment there's no echo.
@@harrisob9196 i couldnt disagree more. they added too much flare to what should be simple and clean. all of 343 is about over emphasis that devalues the quality of the original product
22:39 Look into my eyes... Your soul is stained with the blood of the innocent. FEEL THEIR PAIN.
Highly underrated comment
@@masonmichalski7392 It's from Ghost Rider.
@@citizenblu no shittt
Ah yes Nicolas Cage
Reloads, something we all overlook when playing but are actually very beautifully done if you stop and get to see the animations.
Oh I never stop looking at reload animations. It’s an art that too few people appreciate.
I always stop to see the reloads, the beautiful part of the view model that got me into FPS games
Ah yes, my favorite weapons:
"Wood, Flag, Bomb and Skull"
One punch, one kill xD
What’s wood?
@@heastner I think he's talking about the golf stick (not sure if that's how you guys call it, I'm mexican xD)
@@IkariSniper it's called an iron in English speaking countries
@@caiminmills2667 Thank you! uwu
4:22 that random scream at the end of the reload,
I dont know what the hell is that, but is iconic from halo 4, like you always listen to that while in matchmaking
1:45
Am I the only one who notices whatever the hell the rooks hand is doing?
I think he's playing on a higher FOV then the original release intended (70). Corners are cut in 3D animation when things should be off screen, look at the firing animation on Halo 4's shotgun for example. The shell ejects, flies about a foot away, then doubles back, goes through and then under your forearm back into the bottom of the shotgun. Only one shotgun shell exist for these first person animations but you need to fire 6-12 at some point so we get weird tricks like that!
@@Robosapien_ wasn’t it added into the game along with the br.
@@Robosapien_ As someone who does these types of animations (weird hobby yes) this is very much true, and not just for any one game. This is just how 3d animation works. There's some really noticable examples in other games I like to use, like csgo's galil, where the mag is so close to the camera that you can see it the whole time on a high fov. Rust is also a great example of this, since it has freelook, and you can easily see all the inner workings of the first person animations. Squad is a good example of a game that does a really good job hiding it, even *with* freelook in the game. Every game will still have it to some degree though. There's a lot of things that happen off camera in animations to make it look better, or at least I know I'm guilty of it. As for the original point of the shotgun shell; that doesn't apply if it's a particle effect. Some games don't use an actual animation for shell ejections, and instead use particle effects for them, ran via the game engine not the animation. Personally for me, when I animate fire animations, I use two bullet models. This is because sometimes there's two bullets on the screen at a time, so what I'll do is sorta loop them around; one on screen, two on screen, then once the first one is off screen, loop it back to the starting point again, etc.
Apologies for going off like that, I just think it's really interesting stuff, and I wanted to add my personal experience to it :)
@@Jeods It is interesting stuff. ;)
No, you're not the only one. What's your favorite Shotgun firing sound?
I’ve been playing halo for over a decade and it taken me this long onetime realize just how satisfying and nice these reloads are
How could not notice?!?? It’s the first thing I pay attention to! Shooters with unsatisfying weapons become boring to play real quick after a while. Execution is everything.
I’m pretty sure that idle animation with the Plasma Pistol is the most consistent animation in the series
Love the stupid poke chief does. Halo 5 idle is way different from the rest
Needler is probably the most consistent thing in the series in terms of design. In gameplay, the plasma pistol is probably the most consistent thing. Even halo infinite removing its emp effect still remains consistent with it in halo ce and 2
Funny to think how most of Covenant weapons don't actually need to be "reloaded". Shotgun and Needler reload animations will always be my favorite. Also sniper rifle and AR from Halo Reach.
Come to think of it, Covenant weaponry tends to be less re-usable than human weaponry as well.
AK running dry on ammo? Replace the mag, charge the gun, and keep going.
Covenant weaponry, while they hold exponentially more per go, they’re only barely more useful than a pool noodle once they run dry.
That’s because Covenant weaponry recharges at dedicated recharging stations, because usually they never run into conflict that can’t be solved with a few bullets.
In lore, a single plasma pistol round is deadly to organic things. And the average plasma pistol comes with over a hundred of those.
The recharging stations aren’t present in gameplay because they slow the flow of the game down and it makes the Covie weapons unique.
@@lefthandrule638 While they’d be a godsend for holding defense, if you’re changing positions frequently, you’d either have a logistical nightmare, or those weapons will be running dangerously low on ammo.
Soldiers tend to be constantly on the move, from one objective to the next. That’s partially why intermediate cartridges were developed in the first place. The soldier holds more while still having a good effective range, and it only just so happens to be controllable on full auto. Now imagine with the Covenant, having dual purpose pistols with 1/3 of the ammo usually carried by a modern soldier using 5.56mm (overall, not per mag, duh, me...), with said alt mode using the same ammo and more of it, and now they might have to traverse the entire planet to get to the other objective. I don’t know the Covenant’s budget for certain, if they even have a budget, but I don’t think those recharge pods are always conveniently nearby, along with the possibility that they could either be low on battery themselves, or otherwise faulty. Not entirely an issue from a hardpoint perspective, but not ideal for offensive tactics like blitzkrieg or similar.
Then again I might be overthinking alien logistics and there may be solutions to the above mentioned problems that I’m not aware of.
That’s the thing; the Covenant never _had_ to adapt to that because until encountering humanity, they never faced any opposing force lethal enough to justify innovation of their weapons, as most civilisations they encountered were in, or close to, a primitive age. This is why Covenant weapons that could be reloaded (like the Carbine) only appeared a little while into the war with humans. Before that, if they ran out of ammo, it was never a problem nor risk to just stick the used gun in the recharger and grab a new one.
Most of their weapons are inferior and ‘backwardsed’-developed from Forerunner ones (which _were_ able to be reloaded). On top of that, they had access to absurd amounts of resources due to the numerous planets they harvested, and absurd numbers of troops thanks to Grunts.
On top of that, they only really sent ground forces if there were Forerunner artifacts (precious relics relating to their religion) on the planet. If there was not, there was no problem they couldn’t solve by sending a giant laser from orbit via one of their ships. This is the reason why they don’t immediately default to space lasers in the Halo games; the locations they take place in have Forerunner stuff in them, so they can’t risk damaging them.
TL;DR Covenant weapons are kind of shitty when it comes to ammo because 1) they were lazy and 2) they were never encouraged to innovate until recently
@@lefthandrule638 I think it's safe to wager that the carbine is probably their most versatile weapon
Halo CE, Reach, and especially 5 have the most satisfying and detailed reload animations. I've always thought that Bungie kinda lost sight of that when they made halo 2, 3, and ODST ( Still loved them to bits). Glad they picked it up in Reach though. I find It's quite important in a shooter.
Yeah they lost that when they didn’t even make empty reload animations, and just have a single anima per gun
Same goes for their sound design and melee animations. They wen't too far in the simplicity route and forgot that fps animations have to be crunchy too.
my favorite reload animations are halo reach and 4
19:21 Thanks Halo 4, my right ear loves your sound design for the Energy Sword.
What's wrong with it
Да, Halo 4 была самая революционной в плане графики и звука, ну и от части динамического освещения
@@eoincleary9829 Stereo sound makes it so the sound is louder in the right side of the speaker
@@SiberiaXc20 you don't get it do you?
@@Lumbago-box WTH are you say?
Dont remember who originally brought it up, but i cant unsee the 4&5 shotgun looking like the infinity lmao
Lmfao thanks for that
It's does certainly bear an uncanny appearance to a 343 ship design... however what it TRULY looks like is the DOOM 3 shotgun. Same weapon designer, and that's why we lost the "iconic" shotgun appearance because 343 was letting it's employees do their own touches to make Halo "theirs".
@@flippedoutcookie I mean it is set in a different time. A time where humanity is thriving and shining instead of running and losing. It's kinda like the AR being redesigned heavily in Reach so it looks more rugged and grittier
@@REALMARCHINADER, i think the issue with the Halo 4/5 shotgun is it's changed so much if hardly resembles a gun. It also doesn't match with most of the UNSC design, even in the 4/5 era.
The SMG at 3:10 sounds meaty as fuck, but thats some damn good Foley
Yea the weapon design and sound design in h5 goes rather hard. Shame infinite regressed so hard in that department, especially in terms of sound
@@-TakingSomeLs
It's because boomers bitched and moaned about it being too different
I like how the inspection animation on the covenant weapon, i like the detail like "i wanna touch this thing but i scared if it would harm me"
I hate how they changed the Energy sword sound in 343 Era.... It sounds like a lightsaber than something that's powered by gas
The sounds of the "halos" of 343 are a nightmare, not to mention those robotic and generic animations.
@@swordoforder5647 I mean come on. I don't like halo 5 much, but the animations are really nice.
I disagree. Especially with the ignition of the H2A Energy Sword.
@@lordwhoopi9132 the reload sounds are crispy as hell ngl but the Energy sword just sounds so generic. It's not a lightsaber.
@@unhandydaddy5117 Oh I agree there. I miss the old energy sword sounds so much.
13:37 am I the only one who saw the magazine as a smiley face when I was a kid?
I still see a smiley face 😂
Your Not Alone
Great now I can’t unsee it
Never happened to me, now I just saw it everytime :P
i thought of it as a clown face 🤡
18:54 thats an ASMR
Halo 1 - Reach: An actual shotgun with an unique and iconic design.
Halo 4 and 5: A fucking UNSC ship shrunk down and put into your hands.
and then you have that one monstrosity from halo infinite🤮
And let's not start talking about the horrible sound and animations.
iCoNiC
The original shotgun looks too modern for Halo's setting, I've never liked it.
@@RevXI Agreed. The other weapons look sleek and futuristic but the shotgun looks very contemporary (Reach’s especially). 4 and 5 bring it more in line with the other weapons and make it look amazing (plus the flashlight in 5 is a nice touch)
I don't know what's iconic about halo's shotgun
It looks like a lot of other shotguns
If you said the magnum is iconic i would agree
I could close my eyes and know which one is HALO3. So many hours playing that game, so many nights…. Miss it
If you miss it play it again I got an 360 I could play it right now
Honestly, H5 impresses me the most in this video. The visual fidelity of the weapons paired with amazing reload and idle animations is just awesome.
Heh, I personally hate almost all of H5 animations. They all seem too rigid
@@dedotadedwam466 not only the animations, the sounds and designs are horrible.
Personally, I think that the overall design, both audio and visual, looks similar to a plastic imitation instead of a hard steel. If John smashed a flood form with a Halo 5 human weapon it would crack and shatter instantly. I feel 343 does not know how to add a level of weight to the weapons which was really prevalent in the previous iterations. I do however enjoy the Forerunner and Covenant weapon designs with only a few falling short of previous concepts. I think my misgivings stem from human weapons sound design, whereas Alien weapon sound design is honestly alien and therefore has no basis in the real world.
Here are a bunch of so called "experts"
@@charliemalhe oof
Dude try doing every reload animation on the borderlands games
That'll be like 10 reload animations per game, there's only like 10 guns per game of you take away different variants
@@hoopstar7891 yes I mean every gun including every variant
@@sgtroach1510 hoho then the final video would be more than 15 hours lol there's like a million weapons each game
@@harshadityachada6603 I could be very wrong but borderlands 3 has a billion guns. If on average each gun takes lets say 2.5 seconds to relode then the video would be almost 30,000 days long
@@brennanbowser8650 theyre just different iterations of a couple of different classes of guns. Theres not actually a billion different guns in the game
Am I really about to watch 23 minutes of reloading animations I've already seen?
Yes. Yes I am.
I still can't get over how well reach aged. Like even by today's standards it's a good looking game
I just don't want 343 to ruin it
Weirdly enough I think Halo 3 actually aged better than Reach did
@Andre De Jesus have you played halo 5
@@Bloodrage20 i wanna play halo 5 but i dont have an xbox one or series x or pc. I only have a 360
@@ohnojuno dang maybe you can find a super cheap xbox one for like 90 or 100 on ebay
When I hear the shotgun reload sound I can't stop thinking of hl2
I cant stop thinking of valve's games now that u made this comment
I was looking for a comment of this. Nothing compares to that perfect sound
Its a reused stock sound effect, what did you expect??
It's a pretty common stock sound. Halo 1 was built on stock sound effects, no joke.
Plasma weapons: Exist
The player character: How the hell do I reload this thing?
2:04 idk whats goin on in my head. But I immediately saw a face getting fed shells.
3:17 god man... nothing ever is gonna beat that sound, so satisfying.
1:17 is one of my absolute favorite gun sounds ever.
Shame they removed Dual Wielding when Halo 3: ODST came out. I really liked Dual Wielding. I especially loved dual wielding my plasma weapons. I would also like to have playable Elites gain. I like playing as a Sangheili.
Wort wort wort
I was freaking out when I saw the BR in ODST but then I remembered that MCC put it in not too long ago
Wait the br is in ODST now
@@spartant0925 Yeah when 343 added odst firefight to mcc they put some Halo 3 weapons and vehicles in it for custom firefight.
The idle animations of the Sentinel Beams in most of the games shows you inspecting a sophisticated piece of Forerunner technology.
In Halo 5 we see a trained Super Soldier playing with a simple motion sensor. I don't know about the rest of you, but I personally find that adorable.
18:19 if anyone wanted to see it again.
I would have loved it if he moved his hand to the other side and the grip moved to that position. It looks like it could.
Fuel Rod Cannon,
Most Halo: reloads on top
Halo 5: goes to the butt hole
Gotta love how the sniper rifle reload stays pretty much the same throughout Halo 2 and beyond.
I really appreciate 343 putting in the original versions of some weapons like the SPNKER and Beam rifle cause some of the redesigns were really ugly and I think they realized.
I like both the rockets, but the beam rifle especially the new one just seems very human to me the old one looked a lot more alien
@@TheBlackAztec3 I don't know the new one looks better than the old one, old one looks like shit
to be fair, the new rocket launcher was just a rocket launcher, not the spnkr, but they changed it because they got huge amounts of backlash for it lmao
1:12 maaaaaaaaaaaaan that is satifying
Hate on Halo 5 all you want but you can’t deny the effort 343 put into the sound and visual design of the weapons👌
give it a couple more months and someone's gonna tell you that 343 didn't try or some shit like that
Objectively halo 5 has some of the best weapon animations and sound design, while I do like some of the old halos, the attention to detail in these are insane.
I still can't fathom why they thought it was a good idea to replace the iconic plasma sword sound with a goofy EDM sound effect
They try so hard to be original with the weapon sounds, making them sound modern. The game takes place in fucking 2500+ stop making US military copy pasted gun sounds from every other game. Bungie did an amazing job designing very recognizable gun sounds, they paved the way and 343 has to be the annoying kid who tries to be original by not following what its predecessors did right.
@@mercury2157 cry about it bruh
Quartermaster: alright spartan how much ammo are you taking with y-
Hectorlo: Y E S
0:13 bruh,they did a straight remake of the halo 1 pistol
Yes which is pretty cool of u ask me
Yes they did...in all its OP automatic glory
15:46 IT'S SO SATISFYING
I never noticed the inside of the chamber was actually detailed
@@EmmaSpiritcaller indeed, making it more alien and I like it
18:54: Ah yes, the *magnet.*
😂
I still miss the 60 round magazine MA5B assualt rifle.
I love how the halo shotgun has an almost comically large slide
Did you know that Halo 2 shotguns actually have a different reload when you’re empty
It finishes with the pump pull
@@odstagent1070 the reason they didnt do that with an empty thing in halo 2 was because they already did the prime
Excepted for videogames that have shotguns in it
you mean for the CE shotgun
@@daegnaxqelil2733 I had a Mandela Effect :(
I actually like the sounds halo 5 has. That metal and clanky noise is noice
i know understand why i have such a hard on for left sided charging handles
H5 shotgun reload is my fav just because you can see his hand picking up the shells
I love how the reload animations for the shotguns just look like you're feeding it
I like how you fit more rounds into the halo 1 shotgun than what looks to be feasible.
This only makes sense when you look into the background of the weapon. You never see it but it has two magazine tunes inside of it.
How the gun changes tunes once one is empty I have no clue.
Minor note, i really enjoy the liberty taken with the H2A plasma rifles, those little sticky plasma gunk tendrils are such a fun detail I wish they kept
Remember the good old days when the shotgun had a 12 shell capacity? Good ole days
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa Battlefield? After BFV it's a shitty community too.
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa lmao, you’re gonna get purged for saying that but i also agree
Ok champ. Go play battleground of whatever it's called.
@Ofel Oktaf Purbayasa bungie fanboys when a new halo game is missing a tiny detail: EWW WHAT IS THAT 343 IS BAD, PURE EVIL GET THEM OUTTA HERE BRING BUNGIE BACK
@@jjhongxina8236 I preferred bungie’s design and atmosphere because it feels like an actual war. Like odst for example if you compare it to halo 5 which I still liked but the campaign was ok, odst mixed with jazz and rain felt like you had a reason to kill the covenant. I still love 343 because of their effort to listen to the community and I think they’re gonna do well with infinite.
good video, maybe next doing idle animation of halo series
Yeah, that one is on the "maybe" list.
@@Hectorlo are you gonna do this all over again when infinite come out...?
People may not realize it but the Halo CE has some pretty realistic animation like how the slide release is model and used in the empty reload
4:06 Why does this look off to me?
Because the BR isn’t it ODST
5:29
Damn, you hear the "clank" and you just know 4 rounds of whoopass has been loaded.
Bungee animations: /soft distinct clicking/
343 Animations: /noisy less distinct but meatier sounds/
Halo 5: /CLINK CLONK/
What bothers me about Halo 5 is the armor sound when it's moving. God that clacking sound is horrendous.
Yeah, Halo 5 is CLINK CLONK because the devs were actually trying to make you seem like this large clunky super soldier. It's why the sound design is the way it is. The classic games were way too reserved in that department.
@@Theboss420-h7b You are entitled to your opinion on the matter, and I'm entitled to mine. If you prefer sounding like Steve when he's walking on dirt in Minecraft, so be it, but I prefer realism over the sake of some dudes sensitive ears.
@@Theboss420-h7b Stay toxic bro.
@@Theboss420-h7b You stop. You're the one with the toxic unoriginal responses.
7:20 man the new rocket launcher is super sexy.
The Halo 3 carbine has such an aggressive mag eject
"How can you beat someone to death with their own skull? That doesn't seem physically possible".
Watching this video makes me realize just how few times seen the empty reload animation
the human guns from UNSC are certainly inspired by real guns , here's the inspirations i found:
M6 pistols: they looks mainly like the Stery M9 , thank to the form of the grip and its absence of hammer , more inclined than the one of a Glock or a Springfield XD. the slide is more like the one of a Desert Eagle in the way it open after each shots. Fun fact, the pîstol M6D of CEA (which will reappears in Halo 5) should really be called a Magnum (and it's really like a futuristic Desert eagle in the firepower appeartance) , unlike the others pistols versions
M7 SMGs: are mainly based about the FN P90, (which isnt considered like a SMG offically) thanks to their magazines and feeds systems. the concept of caseless bullets is like the HK G11. Has also some ressemblance to the B&T APC9 despite the fact that Halo 2 being released in 2004 and the APC9 in 2011
MA5 Assault rifles: the MA5 was originally made to have a totally original design , but many people ends up noticing the similarities between the MA5 and the FN F2000 bull-pup rifle.
battle rifles (BR55): technically the real assault rifles of the UNSC (the MA5s being chambered in 7.62mm). They looks like Chinese QBZ rifles or french FAMAS
DMRs: fun fact, the DMR was originally made as a semi-auto variant of the BR55. that was the case in the Halo 2 beta demo. so it would be like a FAMAS or a QBZ too but i think they also share some similarities to the Kel-tec RFB
M90/M45 shotguns: are possibly based about the Winchester 1300 or the Benelli M3 , modern shotguns made of polymer with big stock and pistol grips. the way they loads to the top of the gun seems to be based about another real shotgun i forgot the name (it's called the RMFB it seems to me)
Snipers: are clearly based about the rifles of the Accuracy International british firm, like the Arctic Warfare or the AS-50
the machines guns, the grenades and the rocket launcher (althought the Halo 5 one looks like a SMAW) are totally futuristic in the designs.
hope that was interesting to read
@Blessed are the Wicked thank you. but i am suprised i didnt get more thumbs
@Blessed are the Wicked that's what i exacty noticed u know. Sad story
@Yap Yap no, UA-cam push comments that have more likes to the top, comments that are funny or comments that are posted shortly after a video is released are more likely to be pushed, this is a new comment on an old video so it's unlikely it will get to the top
The halo games have one of the most satisfying weapon reloads ever in shooting games. Especially the assault rifle, br, and the pistol
The reload animations for halo 1 are better then some reload animations on modern games.
Lmao halo 4 and 5 look like indies.
I think this is my favorite reload, so smooth and good SFX 2:21 | 2:57
I love the reload sound for the assault rifle in 3 and ODST, it has this very satisfying snapping sound....
Congrastulation for 100k subs Hectorlo
Hope you Will reach more in the future fast
Awwwww thank you, buddy XD
18:21 It's kind of funny and cute that the spartan in his afk animation, the spartan starts to play with the sentinel bean
12:13 since we are in the topic,
Is that TSquared over there? I got a present for him!
*proceeds to unloads dual needlers*
Never played ODST but looking at this, it was a horror game.
ODST wasn’t really horror, but suspense. The entire game is in a Covenant controlled city, and you aren’t playing as a seven foot tall titanium superhuman, so you’re constantly on edge. It’s probably the most stress I’ve felt playing a space shooter.
@@Fowste Lmao
@@Fowste Halo 3: ODST in a nutshell
ua-cam.com/video/mqDOQzfM5Kc/v-deo.html
ODST in a nutshell:
1:silenced weapons
2:It's dark
3:smooooth jazz
4: Terminal search
The binary rifle reload (correct me if I’m wrong) where all the exterior metal pieces come off a bit and when you reload they reattach One by One, Thomas sound design was 👌
I'm surprised by Halo Reach Bungie/343 didn't add an Inspect Animation Feature.
I love the Magnum reload sound from Halo CE
I love how in Halo 5 the spartans look to be curious abour the weapons on their idle animations, i loved the Sentinel beam one
Halo 5s sound is crispy i love it
Nah bro Halo 5’s sound is trash, just listen to it c are fully it’s full of meaningless shit like they threw in every sound effect on top of each other
Halo is my history, my childhood, I love how much has changed
Halo reach seems to consistently have the best looking and sounding weapons
Am I the only one who thinks that the first halo's reload animations were the smoothest
you are not wrong though. enter magnum and AR
@@AstroGC also the shotgun
19:01 19:24 The ignition sound of the energy sword from Halo 2 Anniversary is by far my most favorite sound out of all of them. The first time I heard it, I immediately got chills. It’s basically the sound I always hear when I think about the energy sword. In fact all the sounds in Halo 2 Anniversary are the best. But the energy sword is #1.
Its the shittiest and doesn't even sound like gas.
@@oddgbmo3036 ever heard of an opinion bud?
Lmao, go see a doctor.
@@swordoforder5647 exactly.
It sounds really good, not gonna lie.
And here I thought COD had a big issue of recycling reload animations
I've got 23 minutes left to live. See you on the other side Spartans
I personally think that the Halo 4 scattershot sounds so satisfying when shot and reloaded
Alternate title: Halo Weapons ASMR
That was so satisfying to watch! God I miss playing Halo. Any Halo game!
Never a fan of promethean weapons but the animations are cool as hell
I agree!
100k subs! Congratz Hector! I thought it would happen yesterday!
Reach looks majestic, as always
Agreed. My favorite game
It still gets me that the Plasma Rifle died when it did.
One of my favorite guns man.
I've always hated how the armor always makes a clunking sound in H5 even on the most minute movement
Thats how it would sound tho. There is no way a 500kg armor would be quiet with agresive movements like those in the reloads
@@mrpiratefox4497 H5 is the only halo game to mix such heavy armor SFX with guns mechanical SFX and it is so distracting. Plus it sounds like muscles being popping every second.
Heavy armor making sound makes sense period, they are physically augmented on so it's to be expected. Also it's called adding details to make the experience more immersive and if you think that's distracting u must be ass. Just saying the truth.
@@ianchoi7142 The reason Halo 5 is the only Halo game to have done that at the time was because 343 expressed that they wanted the player to feel more like a large clunky super soldier. Bungie was way too reserved with the SFX in the classic games.
@@ianchoi7142 If you don't want realistic sound design, then play the classics instead.
I MOST ABSOLUTELY loved and enjoyed watching this Halo series weapons reload animation showcase video!!!!!!!!!!
My MOST favorites: Assault Rifle, SAW, Railgun, Plasma Repeater, Storm Rifle, Energy Sword, and Gravity Hammer.
And Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers!!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
Halo 5 sounds are really satisfying.
Don’t even lie, the gravity hammer and it’s inspect animation are the best