The Halo 3 marketing campaign was unreal to witness especially as a kid. Literally every kid in middle school had a 360 and was there online every day after school. It was all anyone talked about.
@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse i know but still ps2 and ps3 sold better then xbox and xbox 360 thats why i was wondering how come every kid had xbox for halo
@@Ciffer-1998 Huh? My dude everyone had a 360 because it was the easiest and cheapest way to play online with friends. PS3 was simply not up to the standards that Xbox Live brought to everyone, and it was more expensive. 360 ruled that entire generation and for good reason.
The people who made the Halo TV series admitted that they wanted to tell their own story. So they had the Halo IP. But decided to tell a story that wasn't Halo. Forward Unto Dawn is, imo, the only true Halo series. (Basically, a TV movie that was originally released in part.) It is actually SUPER GOOD.
I didn't like the first half of Forward Unto Dawn, probably because I was active duty military and it was so comically bad at presenting military behavior, even for an academy. But the second half of it was amazing. That team knew how to sell a Halo live action battle.
The show looked great, too. The Spartan's armour, the vehicles, the Covvies. That one Marine getting exploded by a needler supercombine - heck, that entire Warthog sequence - is right up there with Landfall and Remember Reach, in my opinion. The battle scenes would have been phenomenal if they were put in a show with a plot that respected the source material, or even just put out without the rest of the show weighing them down.
@@reginadea2821 I liked it. But before it started i just read our tv paper (on toilet xD ) and they said they would fk it up and wont do it to the fans. So they say they do it in another timelime. Begun to watch with no expectation and so it was okay. I wish it was more halo to but now im okay with it. Would feel worse if they actually do it real and had fkn it up the hard way. And they said they didnt actually know the game for real (or didnt played it, dont know about the books ). It had gone the wrong way in the end. So im happy i didnt watch a real bad one, wasnt that super good to but i enjoyed it and spend some time.
Funny how you say Landfall would've been great as a TV show because in some regard it was Neill Blomkamp's test for his vision of the Halo movie that was in development at the time but was later canceled due to studio BS. But Alex Garland's script for the movie is still online on halopedia.
Man the Halo 3 live action ads were the peak of their content for me. I loved the historical documentary setup they did that was so far removed in terms of tone and pacing from the games, no master chief, or real aliens. Just old guys talking, but it was such a powerful little serious that did a really great job of encapsulating some of the most important aspects of Halo at the time in terms of this desperation humanity had.
Halo 3 was the most anticipated game of it's time. The ad campaigns, the hype, the memories playing with friends online for hours and hours. Brings me back to some core memories
IDK if you have played Halo: Reach yet, but the "Remember Reach" Trailer at 45:30 the spartan that takes the bomb onto the ship was the first casualty of the spartan Squadron that you see in the trailer. In the game you play as the replacement of that exact squad. So the trailer is a part of the story as well.
i dont think thats true. jorge, jun and emile werent original members of noble like kat and carter were which means something happened to those previous members and that thom (noble 6 in the trailer) wasnt the first death in noble team
We are ODST is one of the best live action Halo trailers ever made. They used actual Hungarian special forces, and the behind the scenes doc is incredible.
Thank you for giving me a healthy outlet to cry a bit. I grieve weird and getting emotional with your sweet reactions is one small but special way that helps.
And it is all on "halopedia". So if anyone ever wants to go deeper into the lore without trying to piece it all together from the games and books you can read everything you want to know there.
Ive played halo since like 2006 so my first playthroughs and experiences are a distant memory. Watching people experience the games for the first time is like reliving those memories, cant wait for you to play
Watching some of these that I have seen parts of or not at all after all these years is crazy. And watching those I do really takes me back and leaves me breathless for a moment. I bet I still have some of the VidMaster challenge explanation videos from ODST on my 360 hard drive. Don't ask me how to find them by memory, but I remember being able to download it and would watch it sometimes just for fun. It's amazing how like one comment on stream said that the marketing is sometimes better or exceeds some games itself. I remember in Halo 5 listening to the Hunt the Truth marketing and actually being excited, even though the game didn't turn out that way at all. It's crazy how when you really try, and put more than just money for fancy graphics into something, you can make something that transcends the game itself and is remembered years later.
There just wont be another Marketing campaign like Halo. Being older and watching the Reach cinematics again make me teary eyed because you knew it was gonna fall no matter what you did. I hope my kid gets to experience his "Halo".
That last ad was typically found in like magazines, and how it is read as if Chief was gone, but I always really loved it because I read it as being because he rarely spoke in the games and because of that his actions spoke louder than any kind of words would if he spoke.
Hall landfall was such an amazing trailer because it’s _dripping_ with Halo atmosphere. The hellish struggle and loss of life, for the sole objective of relaying Master Chief’s landing site. That’s just how significant he is to the UNSC.
Bungie halo felt more grounded. While 343 went alien sci fi. My favorite halo game is reach because it is grounded to humanity's last stand against the covenant. Planet reach. I really enjoyed the human military perspective of the games. I really clench my fists ready for fights when I watch some of the old bungie's trailers. So motivating for me... Halo 3 ODST live trailer was missing. I really liked that one.
The halo franchise hands down had the greatest trailers. The live actions and music just gave you chills !! I loved playing all the games with my brother.
Spartans never received the luxury of freedom. they were identified by halsey, and kidnapped by black ops in the middle of the night, replaced by flash clones of themselves, clones that ended up dying a few years later. She had to lie to aquire the skeletal reinforcement treatment, claiming it to be for monkeys. Even if the ends justify the means, which seems to be her only defense, her ethics, morals, and methods are beyond redemption. shes a complex character, and how you feel about her says alot about you.
Glad to see someone partaking in what made halo so great. Truth be told, I still shed a tear every time I watch some of these trailers! Lol and old bungie vidocs
The Remember Reach cinematic makes me tear up every single time I see it. It was the last gaming experience of my childhood. Makes me remember when life was simple and fun.
The Halo 3 ODST promotional trailer is something ya missed. That one feels like a way better live action adaptation then the trash TV show that was recently made.
Reach really had the best T.V. show potential. The story was already written, alll you needed to do was give compelling acting and hit everyone in the feels.
This video showed I apparently had a false memory. I always remembered the black man in the museum scene picking up the spiker and saying "I don't like it". Either way though, that scene has always stuck in my mind.
Halo probably has the most well done marketing ever conceived in gaming and most of media. They really put in the effort to make the Halo universe feel real.
Hello and Good Morning Meg how are you on Sunday morning I'm on watching you with the Halo Cinematics and this is really great take care have a wonderful Sunday and Thank You Meg.😊👋☕☕👍
Hey Meg, im new here, played Halo since day one in 2001 lol firstly welcome to the Halo crew, can't wait to watch more if the videos, secondly, i was literally typing out the fact about Landfall being movie test footage when you read it in chat 😂
When people say "I love the halo series" they mostly refer to the first three base games: Halo Combat Evovled, Halo 2, and Halo 3. These are the main story. The others will by different takes and purely up to preference if you like them or not. Just a heads up.
This is no longer true. Enough people have started on the later ones (it's been over a decade since Halo 4) that even tho opinions are very conflicted on the newer games, they are still beloved by a lot of people.
The “I can’t believe how good this is, and how bad people say the show was. You know, because they had all of THIS to work with.” Yep. In brief, that’s the heartbreak that Halo fans/fans of halfway decent television felt. Because it would be one thing if this was just an impossible-to-adapt-to-live-action kind of IP. But there was already AMPLE evidence to the contrary. So the contrast between what we already knew was possible, and what we got, was… well… nauseating.
You need to listen to hunt the truth audio logs for qhen you get ready to play halo 5 guardians....trust me super worth it, its like a news pod cast but in the halo universe
If you ever need any halo lore information or if you need any halo videos to watch, let me know I’ve been playing halo since 2004 I know a lot about halo. And I’ve played all the halo games about 7 times haha
I've spoken to people who never played Halo and they said the TV show was pretty good, but to anyone who has it's just not Halo. Ignoring the fact they reimagined all the events, lore, timeline, characters etc, even then the tone of said reimagining was completely off. The most likely cause was that the writers had a story they wanted to tell and either used a Halo coat of paint to draw in fans or straight up had the IP forced on them, though the sheer disrespect shown to Halo and the fans in what they made doesn't incline me to give them the benefit of the doubt.
They were using Halo as a coat of paint cause if I remember the creators were almost proud of themselves for how little of the series/lore they knew as they would tell everyone how they never played the actual games or read the books, and were apparently forcing everyone else working on their show to not play or read previous franchise material. Cause they wanted to do their own original story but realized disguising it as part of an established franchise would work better, if it succeeds they can say it was all thinks to their original ideas but if it fails they can just shift the blame to the franchise not being good in the first place and having a toxic fan-base afraid of change.
Meg experiencing all the disappointment we all did with every plug getting pulled on the actually well produced Halo shows and films. Oof. Apparently the TV shows second season is basically rebooting it from the ground up tho? So something to keep an eye on.
52:17 “He’s kinda hot” Me: Finally, somebody els- “Just kidding.” Me: Oh haha, yeah, me too, I’m so normal about Atriox and definitely not a freak about him.
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The Halo 3 marketing campaign was unreal to witness especially as a kid. Literally every kid in middle school had a 360 and was there online every day after school. It was all anyone talked about.
over ps2/ps3?
interesting
@@Ciffer-1998 ?? Halo is an Xbox exclusive dude.
@@StopReadingMyNameOrElse i know but still ps2 and ps3 sold better then xbox and xbox 360 thats why i was wondering how come every kid had xbox for halo
Brother, I remember news outlets reporting on the release of Halo 3 and the crowds in front of GameStops
@@Ciffer-1998 Huh? My dude everyone had a 360 because it was the easiest and cheapest way to play online with friends. PS3 was simply not up to the standards that Xbox Live brought to everyone, and it was more expensive.
360 ruled that entire generation and for good reason.
The people who made the Halo TV series admitted that they wanted to tell their own story.
So they had the Halo IP. But decided to tell a story that wasn't Halo.
Forward Unto Dawn is, imo, the only true Halo series. (Basically, a TV movie that was originally released in part.) It is actually SUPER GOOD.
And then they got surprised when nobody liked it
I didn't like the first half of Forward Unto Dawn, probably because I was active duty military and it was so comically bad at presenting military behavior, even for an academy. But the second half of it was amazing. That team knew how to sell a Halo live action battle.
The show looked great, too. The Spartan's armour, the vehicles, the Covvies. That one Marine getting exploded by a needler supercombine - heck, that entire Warthog sequence - is right up there with Landfall and Remember Reach, in my opinion. The battle scenes would have been phenomenal if they were put in a show with a plot that respected the source material, or even just put out without the rest of the show weighing them down.
@@reginadea2821 I liked it. But before it started i just read our tv paper (on toilet xD ) and they said they would fk it up and wont do it to the fans. So they say they do it in another timelime. Begun to watch with no expectation and so it was okay. I wish it was more halo to but now im okay with it. Would feel worse if they actually do it real and had fkn it up the hard way. And they said they didnt actually know the game for real (or didnt played it, dont know about the books ). It had gone the wrong way in the end. So im happy i didnt watch a real bad one, wasnt that super good to but i enjoyed it and spend some time.
the TV show needed to be this. Like, a Band of Brothers in space. I had no idea what that soapy BS was we ended up getting.
Dark and griddy BOB
Master Cheeks
Maybe the second season will redeem it since it has a new showrunner but it still means he has to pick up the pieces that the first season left behind
@@Powerhaus88 😭
@@Ivantheterrible495he should just reconsider the whole thing and make it season 1 for real this time. If it's not complete trash again
Funny how you say Landfall would've been great as a TV show because in some regard it was Neill Blomkamp's test for his vision of the Halo movie that was in development at the time but was later canceled due to studio BS. But Alex Garland's script for the movie is still online on halopedia.
Also a lot of the tech he used for landfall ended up being used for district 9.
shame it Woulda been legendary
gotta love execs ruining everything for everyone, all in the name of money
@@demonhuntercrow6159 Truly.
To think, we almost had a Blomkamp/Garland Halo…unreal
Steve Downes has voiced John-117 in every game he's been in.
“The green alien planets” yes, that would be earth
Man the Halo 3 live action ads were the peak of their content for me. I loved the historical documentary setup they did that was so far removed in terms of tone and pacing from the games, no master chief, or real aliens. Just old guys talking, but it was such a powerful little serious that did a really great job of encapsulating some of the most important aspects of Halo at the time in terms of this desperation humanity had.
Halo 3 was the most anticipated game of it's time. The ad campaigns, the hype, the memories playing with friends online for hours and hours. Brings me back to some core memories
17:17 “on the seventh day…” lol good ol bungie.
IDK if you have played Halo: Reach yet, but the "Remember Reach" Trailer at 45:30 the spartan that takes the bomb onto the ship was the first casualty of the spartan Squadron that you see in the trailer. In the game you play as the replacement of that exact squad. So the trailer is a part of the story as well.
i dont think thats true. jorge, jun and emile werent original members of noble like kat and carter were which means something happened to those previous members and that thom (noble 6 in the trailer) wasnt the first death in noble team
We are ODST is one of the best live action Halo trailers ever made. They used actual Hungarian special forces, and the behind the scenes doc is incredible.
Cheif saying no soilder should be honor for doing what is expected. Is the most badass selfless qoute ever. Instand tears.
Thank you for giving me a healthy outlet to cry a bit. I grieve weird and getting emotional with your sweet reactions is one small but special way that helps.
Master chief knows he’s humanity’s best hope but yet he acts like he’s just another soldier. Waiting for orders quietly.
It is true, the Covenant tech is very beautiful to look at. What’s not so beautiful is what they do with it lol
The halo lore is expansive. Meticulously crafted.
And it is all on "halopedia". So if anyone ever wants to go deeper into the lore without trying to piece it all together from the games and books you can read everything you want to know there.
@@Riddlewrecks I wouldn't recommend halopedia. It has the horrible 343 lore like how the forerunners aren't humans anymore.
Excited to see you play halo 1 :) and especially halo 2 with the anniversary graphics
Ive played halo since like 2006 so my first playthroughs and experiences are a distant memory. Watching people experience the games for the first time is like reliving those memories, cant wait for you to play
Watching some of these that I have seen parts of or not at all after all these years is crazy. And watching those I do really takes me back and leaves me breathless for a moment.
I bet I still have some of the VidMaster challenge explanation videos from ODST on my 360 hard drive. Don't ask me how to find them by memory, but I remember being able to download it and would watch it sometimes just for fun.
It's amazing how like one comment on stream said that the marketing is sometimes better or exceeds some games itself. I remember in Halo 5 listening to the Hunt the Truth marketing and actually being excited, even though the game didn't turn out that way at all. It's crazy how when you really try, and put more than just money for fancy graphics into something, you can make something that transcends the game itself and is remembered years later.
“Gosh I love the green alien planets”
*is looking at Africa*
😂😂😂😂
There just wont be another Marketing campaign like Halo. Being older and watching the Reach cinematics again make me teary eyed because you knew it was gonna fall no matter what you did. I hope my kid gets to experience his "Halo".
i like it when people ask questions it means youll get answers while playing the games
That last ad was typically found in like magazines, and how it is read as if Chief was gone, but I always really loved it because I read it as being because he rarely spoke in the games and because of that his actions spoke louder than any kind of words would if he spoke.
The Spnker is such an iconic weapon I love it
The Spanker 😳
I hope she eventually saw the live action trailer for ODST because that one in my opinion was one of the best
Hall landfall was such an amazing trailer because it’s _dripping_ with Halo atmosphere. The hellish struggle and loss of life, for the sole objective of relaying Master Chief’s landing site. That’s just how significant he is to the UNSC.
I love how the "Future" trailer of Halo 3 about the monument feels like a Yarnhub video, documenting extraordinary stories from the war
Why wasn't the ODST trailer in this? One of the best if not the best trailer for a Halo game. Its called "We are ODST"
Bungie halo felt more grounded. While 343 went alien sci fi. My favorite halo game is reach because it is grounded to humanity's last stand against the covenant. Planet reach. I really enjoyed the human military perspective of the games. I really clench my fists ready for fights when I watch some of the old bungie's trailers. So motivating for me... Halo 3 ODST live trailer was missing. I really liked that one.
The end of the mini doco with the diorama bit you skipped forward was special.
The halo franchise hands down had the greatest trailers. The live actions and music just gave you chills !! I loved playing all the games with my brother.
Spartans never received the luxury of freedom. they were identified by halsey, and kidnapped by black ops in the middle of the night, replaced by flash clones of themselves, clones that ended up dying a few years later. She had to lie to aquire the skeletal reinforcement treatment, claiming it to be for monkeys. Even if the ends justify the means, which seems to be her only defense, her ethics, morals, and methods are beyond redemption. shes a complex character, and how you feel about her says alot about you.
Ah man I had so much fun playing the forge mode
I'm hyped for your campaign playthroughs. And you do get alien lore in the games
Glad to see someone partaking in what made halo so great. Truth be told, I still shed a tear every time I watch some of these trailers! Lol and old bungie vidocs
The Remember Reach cinematic makes me tear up every single time I see it. It was the last gaming experience of my childhood. Makes me remember when life was simple and fun.
As an avid halo fan I'm so excited and overjoyed to see someone else experience this for the first time!! I look forward to your stream on twitch!
53:53 "Oh! Is that Earth?"
WHAT. When have ever seen Earth look like that XD
aww man cant wait for the infinite ones
The Halo 3 ODST promotional trailer is something ya missed. That one feels like a way better live action adaptation then the trash TV show that was recently made.
I think you will be very pleased with halo 2 cinematics once you play it. they did that remaster so well.
Reach really had the best T.V. show potential. The story was already written, alll you needed to do was give compelling acting and hit everyone in the feels.
This video showed I apparently had a false memory. I always remembered the black man in the museum scene picking up the spiker and saying "I don't like it". Either way though, that scene has always stuck in my mind.
wish they embodied half the sentiment these trailers in the actual show
Halo probably has the most well done marketing ever conceived in gaming and most of media. They really put in the effort to make the Halo universe feel real.
Hello and Good Morning Meg
how are you on Sunday morning
I'm on watching you with the Halo
Cinematics and this is really great
take care have a wonderful Sunday
and Thank You Meg.😊👋☕☕👍
spartans was always listed as MIA to boost morale of humanity during human covenant war.
Fun fact the halo landfall stuff ended up being the basis for the movie district 9
Are you fraternizing with the enemy soldier
Hey Meg, im new here, played Halo since day one in 2001 lol firstly welcome to the Halo crew, can't wait to watch more if the videos, secondly, i was literally typing out the fact about Landfall being movie test footage when you read it in chat 😂
If ODST were any better they would almost be Spartans
When people say "I love the halo series" they mostly refer to the first three base games: Halo Combat Evovled, Halo 2, and Halo 3.
These are the main story.
The others will by different takes and purely up to preference if you like them or not. Just a heads up.
I think lots of them just refer to the bungie halo games in general since most people enjoyed reach and odst as well.
I’ve always referred to it including those after the first 3. They are, after all, part of the Halo series.
@@trashchief6496Reach is almost as conflicted as the 343 games
This is no longer true. Enough people have started on the later ones (it's been over a decade since Halo 4) that even tho opinions are very conflicted on the newer games, they are still beloved by a lot of people.
Now i gotta play halo again. This brings back so many memories.
Its makes me a little sad only the older folks (including me) will remember how monumental Halo was in the days of Halo CE - Halo Reach.
A lot of the props in the traliers were gonna be used in the scrapped Halo movie
I keep getting chills from the old Halo trailers lol
The halo feels are real
The “I can’t believe how good this is, and how bad people say the show was. You know, because they had all of THIS to work with.”
Yep. In brief, that’s the heartbreak that Halo fans/fans of halfway decent television felt. Because it would be one thing if this was just an impossible-to-adapt-to-live-action kind of IP. But there was already AMPLE evidence to the contrary. So the contrast between what we already knew was possible, and what we got, was… well… nauseating.
That Halo Reach live trailer is amazing
If you haven’t already you should watch all the swtor cinematics they are amazing
YOU DIDNT WATCH THE BEST ONE FULLY... GG!!!!!!!!
49:02
Oh the great lie
I was so exciting with the Hunt The Truth campaign
If only i know
You need to listen to hunt the truth audio logs for qhen you get ready to play halo 5 guardians....trust me super worth it, its like a news pod cast but in the halo universe
It's a shame the Halo 5 trailers weren't representative of the actual game. It would have been a neat story.
If you ever need any halo lore information or if you need any halo videos to watch, let me know I’ve been playing halo since 2004 I know a lot about halo. And I’ve played all the halo games about 7 times haha
You saved the best for last
You should check out a fan animation by SODAZ called "Remember"
Ohh no covenant sympathizer get O.N.I
ngl I started crying during the reactions 🥺
Missing a lot of the best trailers from the list but still great to see your reaction 😊
I've spoken to people who never played Halo and they said the TV show was pretty good, but to anyone who has it's just not Halo. Ignoring the fact they reimagined all the events, lore, timeline, characters etc, even then the tone of said reimagining was completely off. The most likely cause was that the writers had a story they wanted to tell and either used a Halo coat of paint to draw in fans or straight up had the IP forced on them, though the sheer disrespect shown to Halo and the fans in what they made doesn't incline me to give them the benefit of the doubt.
They were using Halo as a coat of paint cause if I remember the creators were almost proud of themselves for how little of the series/lore they knew as they would tell everyone how they never played the actual games or read the books, and were apparently forcing everyone else working on their show to not play or read previous franchise material.
Cause they wanted to do their own original story but realized disguising it as part of an established franchise would work better, if it succeeds they can say it was all thinks to their original ideas but if it fails they can just shift the blame to the franchise not being good in the first place and having a toxic fan-base afraid of change.
Not Stephen Spielberg, Neil Blomcamp. Loved this video from you 😊
The battles in the TV series are excellent.
Meg experiencing all the disappointment we all did with every plug getting pulled on the actually well produced Halo shows and films. Oof. Apparently the TV shows second season is basically rebooting it from the ground up tho? So something to keep an eye on.
I love your reaction. I can see your passion about it
your witnessing greatness.
A classic franchise.
While the ones with the chief were undoubtedly good, my favorites were the ODST ones.
Please halo from the beginning would love to watch your journey it’s a great story you will love ❤
If you're looking into the lore hiddenxperia or installation00
Wanna lore? Watch the HALO: Legends episodes 1 and 2.
It summimarizes it well.
oh believe me the halo tv was the literal definition of garbage
52:17 “He’s kinda hot”
Me: Finally, somebody els-
“Just kidding.”
Me: Oh haha, yeah, me too, I’m so normal about Atriox and definitely not a freak about him.
dude I'm still mad at Halo 5 marketing campaign😭😭😭
the first halo series was fordward unto dawn
way better that the tv one ( it was a webseries)
Halo is amazing but the tv show decided to not do anything that remotely made halo great
Halo 5 marketing was god tier....then the game happened.
🙌
God i forgot how cringe the live action 3 trailers were
This what tha show should’ve been but they fumble for they fans for money
22:20 alistair the interviewer?
lol. wants to know alien lore? their lore is they believe humanity needs to be eradicated. lol. but yea it does get more indepth
You should definitely react to the StarCraft story, and watch the cinematics from StarCraft II.
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