Really disappointed they hinted at the Flood returning and then nothing of note happens I game. Even the Elite says "the stench grows closer" and Escharum seems to be sick like Truth was in 3. Very disappointing narrative
Did you guys notice how Atriox mentions at the beginning of the campaign his face will be the last thing we'll see and it is actually the last thing that we see! Loved it!
@@HiddenXperia If bornstellar was talking to despondent pyre and telling them they won’t be alone, it may be possible that Offensive Bias is on Zeta Halo
@@breadstick91 if bornstellar is named Grand Edict then sure. The person according to the subtitles is named Grand Edict which must be a new character to the universe
@@HiddenXperia yes he has. You forgot the short story Koda. At the end of the short stories book. Kf all of this is true then his son and Chant to Green is alive as well.
I genuinely can’t wait to see where the DLC for the campaign takes us, hopefully we see the arbiter, flood, the spirit of fire and obviously the continuation of where this ending leaves off
its confirmed there will be DLC for the campaign? also yeah rly would love some floot action, aslo would love to see charachters like captain lasky (which to my knowledge is still alive) in game and a more organized UNSC on the halo. alos would love to see the spirit of fire story being continued, without cortana now the control of the foreunner installations i fdunnow how they would do that tho, also rly want to know about that crashed guardian on the halo.
@@roccaraso1771 This is the "next 10 years of halo", the campaign sets up lots of sequel stuff, halo waypoint has a "campaigns" section for Infinite. They haven't outright said it, but it's not a secret by any means. I don't think they're setting all this up to just sit on it for a decade.
@@roccaraso1771 343 said Infinite will be the last main Halo game for the next 10 years and it will 'grow overtime', so they better be working on at least a few DLCs or what will 'grow overtime' is fan outrage lol. That being said, Microsoft also said Windows 10 would be the last Windows and here we are with W11 already out only 6 years after W10
Don't hold your breath. 343 has the history of abandoning what they built up in the previous game and leaving lots of questions unanswered. Hope they prove me wrong.
Princess this is the last game for the next 10 years is that pretty much a guarantee? Or has it already been confirmed? Because it felt like the story of the campaign was only halfway over to me. I was so surprised when I beat the game. The harbinger felt like a nobody and completely irrelevant to the story
@@horrorpleb249 I wouldn't say backup plan, Mendicant was made to combat the Flood, Offensive was made to combat Mendicant, the Flood wanted something far different than Mendicant wanted, the Flood wanted unity and to assimilate everything living, whatever was able to be turned, Mendicant wanted vengeance for the defiled Mantle of Responsibility that the Forerunners proclaimed to shelter, this made Mendicant easier to handle because Mendicants rage and superiority complex made it predictable and it only took minutes once the two actually engaged one another, Offensive won and carved out Mendicant's personality matrix after Mendicant's flagship was captured, then distributed the rest of it to the remaining installations for study and containment, all the while speaking about how Mendicant would more than likely not had afforded him the same courtesy and would probably had completely destroyed Offensive if it could had.
Based on the dates, this means Offensive Bias was re-activated AFTER the Halo Array was. That date is 77 years after the activation of the Halo Array. The Grand Edict is either Bornstellar, in either biological or Monitor form, who survived on Installation 00 after they activated the Array, or it's part of the counsel of Monitors that communicate their Installation's status post-Forerunner... In either case, to prevent the Endless from somehow being released, they reactivated Offensive Bias to make sure it never happens. If the Flood is released, they activate the Halo Array once more. If The Endless are released, they release Offensive Bias.
I think it was Bornstellar, or another Forerunner, in the flesh. The surviving Forerunners hung around the Milky Way for a few years after the Halo firing, chilling on the Ark, putting Mendicant Bias on trial, making sure the reseeding went as planned, returning to their ruined Capital to reactivate the Domain, etc, before going on their great journey away from the Milky Way. Plenty of time for them to discover this time-traveling race who blinked away from the Halo death-wave and put them on ice.
@@Person_117 Yeah, I didn't know that in that moment, was wild and excited guesswork. I would see subtitled recording with the speaker's title about an hour later, lol.
@@Person_117 PS, however, Bornstellar's official title could have changed post-firing, or that he just took on a temporary title due to whatever function he was performing in the moment (like when you temporarily take on the title of Juror when serving on a jury).
Did anyone notice who the “”HARBINGER”” was talking to at the end of her and chiefs fight she clearly says “ you have what you need tell them sorry I took so long” I believe she was talking to atriox…..who at the time was awaking the endless………ALSO during the fight with the harbinger you can hear “the weapon” say “something is helping me” I believe that was offensive bias who help and opened the portal At the end for chief to escape
@@selectthedead honestly no I don’t think so I believe once she blew up zeta halo that was it of her all that was left were echos therefore “maybe”offensive bias opened the portal for chief be cause it wasn’t the weapon that’s my theory
@@Kurz1x So Offensive bias would still be around Zeta halo... I have a question though, did they only make the Prometheans from Humans or also the Monitors? We know Guilty Spark was a human, but what about the others?
@@selectthedead I’m guessing so cause in the end he says “you shall not be alone the criterion has given the order offensive bias has been deployed” so I guess he’s been around this whole time I believe…..and good question I’d have to look into that🤔🤔🤔
@@selectthedead I think it was offensive bias that helped chief because his task is to contain the endless who have just been released and I think he saved chief because he fought the harbinger and offensive bias wants his help to either destroy or reimprison the endless
As someone who adores halo wars, just seeing atriox alone was already amazing nevermind hearing offensive bias. 👏 343 has done such an amazing job and I cannot wait for post launch content
Meh his channel is going downhill lately. Not really interested in what he got to say. But him being upset over not getting the game early was epic lol
@@V1CT1MIZED going downhill? Lol bro do you even watch his videos lately? He the best at reviewing game with good criticisms and is not bias af compared to other youtube soo idk why you dislike him just because of that
@@V1CT1MIZED His videos are bangers. His editing only gets better with time, although I will admit I think it was kind of a pussy move to complain about getting left out publicly. I don’t hold it against him though, I would’ve been sad too.
I don't understand why a lot of people are hating on the story. I absolutely loved it! This felt like a love letter for the fans of Halo. I agree with you, I am excited for the future of Halo again!
@@privatecaboose256 it really did. And I’m a hardcore halo fan, we all are I’m sure, read the books and all. I think they did a good job putting back together the train wreck they created the last two games. They also dropped a lot of tie in content from books and other extended lore. I’m impressed. Especially after 4 and 5.
I also played all the halo games and read some novels and comics. The story is actually disappointing. It's like after halo 2 then what you get is halo 4, and what happened in halo 3 is told by audio log or dust echo thing. I mean the war happened before infinite is more interesting.
I thought the Endless refered to a single individual based on how the subtitles refer to it on the game, so my first thought was that it meant the Primordial himself. Which based on Zeta Halo's history and the way they talk about the Endless wouldn't be that far off imo, it would also be a really cool way to bring the flood back, trying to bring the Primordial (or the precursors) back, only to witness what they became and unintentionally bringing the Gravemind back.
Except the Endless and the Flood are not literally the same thing. They might have somewhat of a connection, though. Pax Cortana says "We both know that there are worse things than the Flood buried in this Ring."
@@jakespacepiratee3740 they better have a connection. I am pretty sure they do but if it is like a dues ex machima species and nothing to do with it then that will be so dumb (considering they said to be more dangerous than the flood). The endless is the thing I am most worried about. That and I have to see if bad blood is retcon because of a certain convo in the game. With that ai not being dead and blowing up that station. Killing buck and jun offscrean most likely.
@@TheTimelessOne26 if you listen to some of the audio logs, Dispondant Pyre says that they thought stopping the Flood was their greatest victory but they were wrong. If they have a connection it will be through Precursor origin. Dlcs are about to be 🔥🔥
They could have payed off everything they built up, and more with Mendicant and the precursors. Instead they decided to introduce this new “threat” that we didn’t see anything of. And now we’ve got more questions than answers. AND WHERE THE HELL ARE ALL THE CHARACTERS FROM HALO 5
The Endless have to be Precursors (or at the very least connected to them). They tick all the boxes... - Forerunners wanted them kept secret - More dangerous than the Flood (the only logical conclusion from that would be the Precursors) - Locked up by the Forerunners before the firing of the Halo Array - We don’t have solid confirmation that the Halo array can kill Precursors (although their artefacts and technology can so interpret that how you want to)
Yep, that's my theory right now. They're an offshoot of the Precursors, maybe the evolved forms of some who escaped the Forerunner's genocide. Only thing that makes me think they might not be Precursor (at least outright) is that the Halos destroyed Precursor artefacts, so I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be able to kill Precursors as well given that both were based upon the concepts of neural physics and living time
Plus it's been mentioned that endless is so dangerous that offensive Bias was there to look at it. Like the most powerful AI was watching this endless. There is something that makes endless unique
@@HiddenXperia I think endless is something. If it isn't effected by Halo arrays then Endless might be the another form of precursors. OK now the big players are coming in the story
@@HiddenXperia This makes me scared, Idk how well 343 can implement a completely new species of enemy. Maybe they learned from the reclaimer saga. I honestly thought 99% that the flood would take over one of the islands on Halo before the end of the game. Great game and I loved the boss battles.. but boy did it need a change of pace at one point. I knew you had a big reaction so I kept waiting for that Halo CE style flood reveal of them endless or the flood 🥲
@@darkstarpig Let's see how that holds up: Halo 2? Legendary cutscene. Halo 3? Legendary cutscene. Halo 3 ODST? Legendary cutscene. You get the idea. They've never done it this way before, where you only get the cutscene but not dialogue. So it's understandable why people got thrown off.
@@MrHawkelement but even so, one must know that you are rewarded for completing it in legendary so there has to be something different. but true i can agree that is a possibility
Microsoft has filed for trademark for "Halo: The Endless". Thats important because I feel that's it's obviously something to do with whatever is "worse than the Flood" that Cortana alluded to. Which COULD be something associated with the Precursors.
I've thought the Precursors were linked before I played the game. Now I think it even more, some of the things the Harbinger said mirrored the grave mind and the hatred for their forerunners is the same.
Ngl, that line kinda made me raise my eyebrow. Like, what is worse than the Flood? How can anything be worse? They literally ARE the Precursors, so how can other Precursors be worse? Not trying to make a big deal out of it. Just saying I thought it was a bit weird haha
@@dfr3035 I don't believe Atriox travelled back in time. He must have survived the ring explosion since he now has burn scars all over his face and a cybernetic eye unlike in the intro cutscene. The year just indicates the conversation with The Edict and Pyre.
@@RadicallyMilkToast see but why doesn’t he have the banished war paint on his face and if he has a cybernetic eye how the heck did he get it if the banished think he died in the explosion so many questions
@@derek4666 War paint is temporary and we don't know if he installed the eye himself or if the Banished are lying to keep Atriox from being found when searching for the Endless cylix. Dying from the ring explosion sounds like the perfect cover-up.
Really hoping you’ll do a story/ending breakdown as, while I thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and the story, I found the ending left me wanting more. So I’m hoping there’s something(s) I missed and can hopefully expect in the DLCs they’ll release! Stay iconic, Xperia!
@@HiddenXperia awesome! Thanks again man! While I’m thinking of it, can you clarify as to whether The Weapon is a dumb A.I., or is she the same class of A.I. as Cortana?
To anyone reading: No, Atriox did not travel back in time. The audio in the background is actually a conversation between Grand Edict and Despondent Pyre in 97,368 BCE.
“Offensive Bias has been deployed.” This line is said after the Weapon takes over Cortana’s position. This is a crazy parallel that was deliberately done.
The possible return of the Precursors in some form, discovering the cause behind Atriox's supposed "death" and the fact the main series is diving into the heavy lore makes me excited, I am really curious about what happened to Atriox though.
The Endless apparently are time travelers, or have some ability to manipulate time, which allowed them to dodge the Halo Effect. And not the Precursors, as the Monitor says they thought the Forerunners were coming to help.
@@LordTelperion I don't buy it. I mean, time travel is a bit of a cheap gimmick if not handled properly. If the Endless are able to travel through time, they would've avoided imprisonment by the Forerunners. Because there would've been some who would've traveled back in time to warn their people about the Forerunners, or go forward in time to release them.
@@elitegamer9310 Unless the Forerunners got them all in one swift stroke? None of them would have had the opportunity in that case. Time jumps (missing three days) and time loops mentioned again and again by the Monitor and even the space-orcs suggest to me there's something cosmic afoot. I can't wait to see it.
The endless are not the precursors. The endless represent a threat to both forerunner galactic supremacy, and a threat to the defense the Halo rings are meant to provide. If the Flood ever got control of a species that could somehow dodge the firing of the Halo arrays, it's basically game over for the galaxy. Hence them being imprisoned.
@@HiddenXperia please make a video explaining this soon because honestly I’m confused and does this mean story DLC or do we have to wait 10 years to get another story?
Im pretty certain that the Endless are going to be the big new existential threat we have to worry about either on-par with the Flood or stronger than them. The Harbinger can hack Forerunner technology, maybe through the Logic-Plague? She also says "I shall talk, and you shall listen." in an audio log. Personally, I dont think the Harbinger is an Endless herself, as her Cylix had a different, humanoid image on its front, but it was also yellow like the Endless Cylix... I think the Harbinger is a Xalanyn, a species that had somehow survived the firing of the Halo Array alongside the Endless, according to audio logs by Despondent Pyre.
Isn't the endless implied to be the precursors or the flood or both since the precursors were stated to have transcended space time and death itself . They were gods in literal sense I highly doubt a forerunner plasma rifle is all it takes to kill a precursor .
I have to admit, at first when I heard “Offensive Bias” my mind went blank for a split second. Once I realized what he said I had the exact same reaction XD
Man this makes me want story DLC for this campaign so damn bad, this could be a long shot but perhaps one set during the events of the Forerunner-Flood war on Zeta Halo?
The monitor refers to the Forerunner as "Grand Edict" so I think it might be a new character. I am so hyped for the future of Halo now! With Joe Staten at the helm I think we're in for a really good time!
Sounds like an executive title, as "edict" means to proclaim orders. The surviving Forerunners on the Ark would have reorganized, built a new government for themselves. Maybe "Grand Edict" is equivalent to "First Councilor" and "The Criterion" is equivalent to the "Ecumene Council"?
Probably my favorite Halo legendary ending up to this point. I wished we could have seen bornstellar, or at least his hand, that would have been so cool. Man, when he said offensive bias I jump so high from my seat I almost touched the roof. That was so awesome, halo infinite really delivered.
Knew they weren’t gonna kill atriox off screen best monkey and on a side note while I don’t dislike new cortana (aka the weapon) I actually like her a lot I still find myself missing original cortana especially since her and john never saw each other again after the ending of halo 5
John saw her though. I think it’s rather bittersweet and appropriate that after all of the atrocities that Cortana committed she would never see Chief again. All she could do was to sacrifice herself and apologise through way of recorded message. She died not truly knowing if her apology would be heard but she knows the Master Chief and in her heart she never had any doubt that he would. Her actions weren’t undone but she was redeemed in the end and reborn.
@@profblack I disagree halo 5 cortana was not cortana just like I don’t think the harbinger has complete control of herself either I believe I remember cortana humming 343 guilty sparks theme and I believe the harbinger hums it as well during the final mission of halo infinite whatever that means anyway though cortana deserved so much better IMO since she only comes in at the end of 3s campaign and dies at the end of 4 and is evil in 5 like I said I like new cortana (neo cortana?) but at the same time miss OG cortana
@@RedMoonFlare I totally agree, I think the fact we only had the echos of cortana was so underwhelming compared to seeing her reunited with chief for a brief time etc..
Yea it was dumb they killed her off screen and they even made her a villain at all. I don’t really dig the story of infinite at all. It wasn’t much better than 5 for me but the characters were better. The gameplay was way better and the art style/graphics. Halo 5s gameplay was waaaaay more fun than halo 4s. Halo 4 is by far the worst halo game.
Wow how cool! Thanks 343 for giving us another to be Continued ending and Blue Balls. This ending would've ACTUALLY been awesome if it was the build up for Act 2 of the Story, Instead 343 will try to sell us the True ending in Pieces at a later date, This Campaign was the PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE WORD *DISAPPOINTING!*
@@AlexLopez-vm7uq I just see "Number Company bad" here, this is supposed to be a 10 year game, no shit they'll be trying to get you to buy future expansions. If you have a problem with that, then sod off and don't waste our time. Nobody want's you here, if you want to waste people's time then go to the console fanboys as they'll give you a bang for your buck.
@@ProwoodStuff THERE ARE DOZENS OF VIDEOS ALL OVER UA-cam SAYING THE SAME THING I AM! Once you complete the Battle Pass it's just MATCH AFTER MATCH WITH 0 REWARDS, and After you beat Escharum there's just some Propaganda Towers targets and VIP Targets that could be completed in under 1 hour and then there's nothing left to do sit around with my thumb up my ass. That being said label us whatever you will we ARE IN FACT FANS WHO'VE PLAYED SINCE HALO 1, WE'RE STILL ALIVE FYI! This game also LAUNCHED in a Frankenstein State. *ESPORT CRASHED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT JUST EMBARRASSING (._.)!*
@@AlexLopez-vm7uq Cool, but bitching and whining isn't going to do shit. It's the end of 2021, let people have a fucking rest. They'll be back onto it next year which is mere days away. Let them relax for the Christmas season and behave more, explain the issues in a relaxed manner and show them how to replicate the said issue. Let's look at CE, you complete the story and then what? I guess there's nothing left to do but sit around with your thumb up your ass. But there were still people playing it to *have fun*, not to grind for a rank or whatever. Halo 2 only had XP, no cosmetics and no emblems. It shows your dedication to this game, it shows how much you enjoy the game. Halo 3 had some stuff to show your dedication even more. Halo Reach and so on had this stuff, the only thing this does is show your love and compassion for this game, maybe if you stopped whining and started explaining, shit would actually get done.
I wont watch this just yet, crazy that there is already a video of this up. I watch you a lot, couldn't imagine the pressure there is to get certain content out there. You work very hard and love the lore videos. It would be nice to see this kind of video come out a week after release at the earliest.
In one of the cutscenes somebody ( I think Escharum) mentions to Chief the irony of how the Halo ring is a loop that circles itself endlessly doomed to repeat the same cycle over and over again just like life and history seem to. He then asks the question “Were the forerunners aware of this when they built the array? Or Is this a cruel joke by the forerunners?”(or something along those lines)
As much as I love Halo Infinite, I felt really disappointed there was no flood, mention of the primordial, precursors or even mendicant bias. But the legendary ending mentioning even just a name of that deep lore gives me hope again… for the next halo game!!! In 10 years of course… :)
I think atriox is holding mendicant bias. He is going to work with him to bring back the endless/ primordial. Chief will have to find offensive bias to work together to stop them just as offensive had to do in the past.
@@slandgkearth not all parts of mendicant bias wanted redemption. It was separated after being done in via the primordial and in-prisoned in the dreadnought. It was still cracked via the primordial. My take is that it was all part of the plan. The precursors choose humanity to hold the mantle. It went against the forerunners to usher them out. It wanted to return to humanity to furfural them raining to handle the mantle. What if it turning against them now is part of the test that humanity was going to face.
Ive followed your channel for 2 years. This is incredible, and extremely important for the continued life span of the halo universe and franchise. Im so happy for you bro!!! "I think were just getting started"
If offensive bias is in future DLC they need to emphasize how much more powerful he is compared to the weapon/any other human AI. Offensive bias is to cortana/The Weapon what Atriox would be to a marine.
Theory: *spoiler* did the final battle take place in the room the primordial was imprisoned. After all when you got teleported it was said 3 days had passed and that time works differently.
There's been different locations that act this way. Lucy got trapped somewhere on onyx and time moved at a different pace for her compared to the rest of the team on the outside
my problem with this is, as Hidden Xperia said, The Forerunners killed the promordial with a "time mashine", but did they not say the new species has control over time and the forerunners not? That is a direct contradiction.
The conversation was between Despondent Pyre (monitor of Zeta) and the Grand Edict. I take it The Endless = Timeless ones (Primordials/Graveminds) from the Forerunner/Flood war? They must have hunted down them down after the firing of the rings and sealed them on Zeta. "Halo doesn't kill Flood, it kills their food. Humans, Covenant, whatever! We are all equally edible. The only way to stop the Flood is to starve them to death." - Cortana from Halo CE The Didact did use a Precursor tech called Reverse Timelock on the Timeless One before the firing of the rings. It was used to speed up time on the Primordial by millions of years which eventually lead to its destruction. We know that the Halo array can damage Precursor tech, which would leave the Forerunners with nothing to decay them with. Unlike Precursors, Forerunners have less control over time manipulation. This would leave them with the option of sealing the Graveminds in Cylixes.
With Cortana gone, then that must mean that the unknown intelligence that was helping us and resisting the harbinger that was mentioned throughout the campaign is Mendicant bias. Considering how Mendicant was referenced in a similar nature in Halo 2 and 3, and his history with zeta halo, I am quite certain its Mendicant that was helping us once more.
Hey HiddenXperia, been watching you since since 2018 when the first Halo Infinite trailer came out and I saw your reaction it got me into the lore. Thank you so much for all the long work and fun you've put into this channel and into Halo as a genre.
this is the equivalent of finding an octopus that's immune to nukes and the US government charging you to contain it. you're not confident in your abilities but the government is like *" Don't worry, the president just gave the order, Jesus will be helping you."*
Okay before everyone freaks out and jumps to huge conclusions. The first thing I’d like to point out is that the normal ending is that exact same cutscene with no dialogue, Atriox doesn’t look younger it looks like he’s survived the explosion Cortana caused. With that in mind let’s look at the dialogue, there are new names we don’t quite understand and I don’t want us jumping to conclusions, the Grand Edict, and the Criterion. Potentially the Grand Edict could be a forerunner, but I don’t think he’s bornstellar personally. He doesn’t have the authority it seems to unleash Offensive bias on his own, which brings me to The Criterion, this could be the new council made from the surviving forerunners on the Lesser Ark, could also be something new but apparently they have the authority to send out offensive bias. There are two things I theorize could’ve happened here, Offensive bias fought the endless and imprisoned them at the cost of his own life (this could explain why we don’t see him during the events of the series, if he was around I figure he would’ve shown up as soon as flood were detected on the lesser Ark lol). The second theory is that he survived and has been guarding this dangerous enemy, but why would he let atriox come and unleash them? I don’t think he would personally, maybe he’s just dormant. Anyway here’s my big take away’s I’ve seen people jumping on. I don’t think they are talking about actually controlling time as in time travel. I think they mean they didn’t want this race that survived the Halo Effect to influence the new galaxy. The forerunners wanted a clean slate(for the galaxy not themselves) and a race that watched them fire the rings wouldn’t exactly be that, they could influence the entire universe. With that said, no I don’t think Atriox traveled back in time. I think he was transported by the Harbinger as the explosion happened and that’s why he’s scarred. Also I didn’t make this clear, this is definitely after the rings have fired so that means offensive bias was redeployed to deal with this threat.
@@lewise3800 I don’t think so personally. The normal ending is that same cutscene without the dialogue. The legendary cutscene is the one with the dialogue and I feel that is only to give context to this new enemy.
Infinite was probably the most excited I’ve ever been for something. Like jumping around in excitement type exciting. And I love seeing how excited you get about it too. Little happy moments are what really makes it special.
So, I'm guessing that Forerunner super AI is still active around. What role he will play we ain't sure but between Atriox being alive, the Endless are being released en masse by him & the Spirit of Fire + possibly The Sword of Sanghelios are possibly coming to Installation 07, the DLCs(whenever they fucking get around to actually do it) will be one hell of a crowded battlefield.
I was super hyped to get the legendary and got excited to hear the mention of "bias" but tbh I'm not knowledgeable to know what most of this cutscene meant. I'll definitely be waiting for the breakdown. I was confused as to whether or not the visual of Atriox was part of the time jump or if it was just the dialogue, not familiar with the character speaking, ect.
just a thought If Offensive Bias is involved in the future, what are the odds that Mendicant Bias is also gonna be involved given how intertwine they are with each other?
If you find and scan all 7 rings throughout the open world, The Weapon mentions what I can only assume to be a reference Mendicant Bias, because she talks about the message talking about regret, grief, sorrow, and that it felt like a Confession.
Honestly a huge thank you hidden Xperia the act man late night gaming sean w halo follower if it hadnt been for all of you guys making videos and getting the opinions all of us have actually out there and heard 343 probably would have just put out more halo 4 and 5 games THANK YOU THANK YOU litterly you guys dont get the thanks you all deserve for being the voice of the halo fans i love and watch all your guys channels and yes i know 343 is the ones to thank for the actual game but you guys have definitely helped them be inspired omg the story to this game was so good
What are your thoughts on the mini rings and their data throughout the halo array? And mann so much lore in the games now or coming im so excited maybe the precursors will return
I'm wondering where that cutscene from an earlier trailer is. The one where you can see the reflection of what looks like mendicant bias in chiefs visor.
I'm of the hypothesis that the voice is Faber. And the date seems to be "after" the firing of the Array. It's possible that 343i bumped the Array time further up to 97,368 as opposed to the original 97,445bce.
Right at this very moment as i searched theres no other video besides yours that has Uploaded Legendary Ending of Halo Infinite. My man you are a Master.
Can’t wait for atriox vs master chief in the next halo Hope they don’t screw this up other games like cod and battlefield have become flip flops these days It’s also sad that cortana died but now we got the new weapon
I'm excited too. All the stuff you've been talking about with the history and lore of halo is beginning to be explained in the games like in the books. Awesome stuff brother and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
When i saw the ending you were the first person who came to mind. I've been waiting for this reaction. I've watched your video on the history of Zeta halo probably 15 times over the last year. Excited for what's to come!
I actually didn't like the story as much as I thought I would. It seems like the harbinger and the 'endless' were sort of an afterthought. Chief and cortana were the forefront, again, and the story kind of seemed all over the place. And the only difference is some dialog between the legendary ending.
I think you’re just not deep into halo lore. Anyone really into halo lore knows how significant the ending is. We see a young alive atriox, and offensive bias mentioned. It’s also clear that 343 because of Halo 5, has to wrap up the whole cortana thing nicely. Now that cortana has been dealt with, and is dead and gone, the story can focus on the endless, abs atriox. The worry of halo infinite is clearly meant a segue into future halo lore, finish up with cortana, and introducing the banished/atriox into the main games. This ending is exciting not for what it tells us about the campaign, but what about it tells us about what’s waiting in store for the future
@@personperson8563 woowee. More waiting. After 6 years, nothing is answered. About the rest of blue team, spirit of fire, Lasky and the remaining unsc. Cortana is basically killed offscreen, nothing that had anyone truly hyped. No flood, the harbinger fight was kind of a joke, no mention of what she is, or a backstory. Too many questions added and like.. 3 answered.
@@personperson8563 dude it wasnt a young Atriox wtf he has the scar from the explosion of the Infinity & lit looks older. The time stamp is just for the audio in the legendary ending. If the time stamp was present wt every difficulty ending then it would prove he time traveled.
Ima keep it simple. Halo 5 fucked up the story. Everyone hated it, and no one liked the witty direction. So in order to fix their story mistake of halo 5, halo infinite had to act as a segue away from the story. If you were invested, sorry, but the rest of the halo 5 plot can/probably will be explained off screen, through tiny bits of lore, (like the audio records) and maybe a dedicated DLC, because no one cares about it. They’re abandoning the halo 5 plot Essentially, to take the story in a new direction. If you were invested in, and cared about the halo 5 plot, then this probably sucks, but for people, including me, I’m glad to move past that, and get into (in my opinion) more interesting lore. It’s clear halo infinite was the set up for this. They’re probably gonna addd multiple DLC’s to further expand the story, and give a more satisfying ending/context rather than make a new game so the waiting won’t be that long. That’s just me guessing/theorizing tho.
Great ending and all and I can't wait for offensive but still disappointed we spent so long fighting to prevent "the endless" and all we actually know is "they are really bad bro trust me they are bad guys"
Offensive bias has actually been helping you out throughout the game, especially during the fight with the Harbinger where the weapon says that there's someone helping her inside. And who do you think opened up that poster at the end?
I'VE BEEN SAT ON THIS VIDEO FOR WEEKS AND I'M STILL IN TOTAL SHOCK
Such an ICONIC ending. What a jaw dropper.
Very good, human
How did atriox even survive the part of the ring cortana destroyed
Are you going to do a campaign explained vid? that ending is poggy woggies.
Kinda disappointed because we didn't get to explore UNSC Frigate interior so I give the game 6 out of 10
My mind blew up when harbinger said "I shall talk, and you shall listen" that's the graveminds line.
Bro I really thought we were going to see the flood at that moment especially being on that gondola. Gave me mad Quarantine Zone vibes from Halo 2.
@@StefanzoBro yes the whole level felt the same as when arbitrar was looking for the library in halo 2
Through rock and metal and time bro. The game acknowledged alot of call backs too the origional trilogy. Even got to hear Keys again.
Really disappointed they hinted at the Flood returning and then nothing of note happens I game. Even the Elite says "the stench grows closer" and Escharum seems to be sick like Truth was in 3. Very disappointing narrative
@@defferwa also think of the Palace of pain on the ring its perfect for them to show back up
Did you guys notice how Atriox mentions at the beginning of the campaign his face will be the last thing we'll see and it is actually the last thing that we see! Loved it!
Good catch!
Holy shit nice lol
Bruh that's actually 1 bajillion IQ
damn the details that you remembered is AI lv precision
Jesus that amazing
The unsung hero of the war is finally getting the spotlight they deserve
MIA for 8 years, not mentioned since Silentium, and he's finally back
@@HiddenXperia If bornstellar was talking to despondent pyre and telling them they won’t be alone, it may be possible that Offensive Bias is on Zeta Halo
@@breadstick91 if bornstellar is named Grand Edict then sure. The person according to the subtitles is named Grand Edict which must be a new character to the universe
@@HiddenXperia yes he has. You forgot the short story Koda. At the end of the short stories book. Kf all of this is true then his son and Chant to Green is alive as well.
@@yesimbigwes The Grand Edict is Bornstellar, like how the Master Builder is Faber. Despondent Pyre refers to him by his title.
I genuinely can’t wait to see where the DLC for the campaign takes us, hopefully we see the arbiter, flood, the spirit of fire and obviously the continuation of where this ending leaves off
its confirmed there will be DLC for the campaign? also yeah rly would love some floot action, aslo would love to see charachters like captain lasky (which to my knowledge is still alive) in game and a more organized UNSC on the halo. alos would love to see the spirit of fire story being continued, without cortana now the control of the foreunner installations i fdunnow how they would do that tho, also rly want to know about that crashed guardian on the halo.
@@roccaraso1771 This is the "next 10 years of halo", the campaign sets up lots of sequel stuff, halo waypoint has a "campaigns" section for Infinite. They haven't outright said it, but it's not a secret by any means. I don't think they're setting all this up to just sit on it for a decade.
@@roccaraso1771 343 said Infinite will be the last main Halo game for the next 10 years and it will 'grow overtime', so they better be working on at least a few DLCs or what will 'grow overtime' is fan outrage lol. That being said, Microsoft also said Windows 10 would be the last Windows and here we are with W11 already out only 6 years after W10
Don't hold your breath. 343 has the history of abandoning what they built up in the previous game and leaving lots of questions unanswered. Hope they prove me wrong.
Princess this is the last game for the next 10 years is that pretty much a guarantee? Or has it already been confirmed? Because it felt like the story of the campaign was only halfway over to me. I was so surprised when I beat the game. The harbinger felt like a nobody and completely irrelevant to the story
We’re getting really friggin deep into Halo lore rn, easily the craziest and most *worth it* legendary ending to a Halo game we’ve had so far.
Yo
It’s not only on legendary I got it on the easiest difficulty
@@damianvillalobos2861 This is the legendary ending. You only hear dialogue in the legendary ending.
@@kristiankoski3908 no u don’t I did my first run on easy n got the cutscene
Halo 4 legendary ending is Superior.
I lost my mind after hearing him say "Offensive Bias has been deployed."
Just mind blown!
Is that mendicant bias?
@@jessejive117 nah the guy that defeated mendicant in the final conflict over the ark in the forerunner flood war.
@@jessejive117 Offensive Bias was the back up plan to deal with mendicant bias during the forerunner flood war.
Offensive Bias was a copy of Mendicant Bias intended to fight him off.
@@horrorpleb249
I wouldn't say backup plan, Mendicant was made to combat the Flood, Offensive was made to combat Mendicant, the Flood wanted something far different than Mendicant wanted, the Flood wanted unity and to assimilate everything living, whatever was able to be turned, Mendicant wanted vengeance for the defiled Mantle of Responsibility that the Forerunners proclaimed to shelter, this made Mendicant easier to handle because Mendicants rage and superiority complex made it predictable and it only took minutes once the two actually engaged one another, Offensive won and carved out Mendicant's personality matrix after Mendicant's flagship was captured, then distributed the rest of it to the remaining installations for study and containment, all the while speaking about how Mendicant would more than likely not had afforded him the same courtesy and would probably had completely destroyed Offensive if it could had.
Based on the dates, this means Offensive Bias was re-activated AFTER the Halo Array was. That date is 77 years after the activation of the Halo Array. The Grand Edict is either Bornstellar, in either biological or Monitor form, who survived on Installation 00 after they activated the Array, or it's part of the counsel of Monitors that communicate their Installation's status post-Forerunner... In either case, to prevent the Endless from somehow being released, they reactivated Offensive Bias to make sure it never happens.
If the Flood is released, they activate the Halo Array once more. If The Endless are released, they release Offensive Bias.
I think it was Bornstellar, or another Forerunner, in the flesh. The surviving Forerunners hung around the Milky Way for a few years after the Halo firing, chilling on the Ark, putting Mendicant Bias on trial, making sure the reseeding went as planned, returning to their ruined Capital to reactivate the Domain, etc, before going on their great journey away from the Milky Way. Plenty of time for them to discover this time-traveling race who blinked away from the Halo death-wave and put them on ice.
@@LordTelperion stop making sense.
@@LordTelperion the subtitles say the forerunners name is the “grand edict”
@@Person_117 Yeah, I didn't know that in that moment, was wild and excited guesswork. I would see subtitled recording with the speaker's title about an hour later, lol.
@@Person_117 PS, however, Bornstellar's official title could have changed post-firing, or that he just took on a temporary title due to whatever function he was performing in the moment (like when you temporarily take on the title of Juror when serving on a jury).
Did anyone notice who the “”HARBINGER”” was talking to at the end of her and chiefs fight she clearly says “ you have what you need tell them sorry I took so long” I believe she was talking to atriox…..who at the time was awaking the endless………ALSO during the fight with the harbinger you can hear “the weapon” say “something is helping me” I believe that was offensive bias who help and opened the portal
At the end for chief to escape
don't you think that was cortana's remnant?
@@selectthedead honestly no I don’t think so I believe once she blew up zeta halo that was it of her all that was left were echos therefore “maybe”offensive bias opened the portal for chief be cause it wasn’t the weapon that’s my theory
@@Kurz1x So Offensive bias would still be around Zeta halo...
I have a question though, did they only make the Prometheans from Humans or also the Monitors? We know Guilty Spark was a human, but what about the others?
@@selectthedead I’m guessing so cause in the end he says “you shall not be alone the criterion has given the order offensive bias has been deployed” so I guess he’s been around this whole time I believe…..and good question I’d have to look into that🤔🤔🤔
@@selectthedead
I think it was offensive bias that helped chief because his task is to contain the endless who have just been released and I think he saved chief because he fought the harbinger and offensive bias wants his help to either destroy or reimprison the endless
As someone who adores halo wars, just seeing atriox alone was already amazing nevermind hearing offensive bias. 👏 343 has done such an amazing job and I cannot wait for post launch content
Same, I was more excited seeing atriox for sure
@@davidgetchell630 was angry the entire campaign that they killed him off screen so seeing this made me very very happy
This didnt age well.
@@jakespacepiratee3740 It did not lmfao been crying we didn't get more of him
Can’t wait to see Act Man’s review on Halo Infinite’s campaign. Stay ICONIC, Xperia.
"Why is Halo Infinite SO AWESOME!?....AND BAAAAD!?!?!?"
@@jakespacepiratee3740 I'm predicting that too lol
Meh his channel is going downhill lately. Not really interested in what he got to say. But him being upset over not getting the game early was epic lol
@@V1CT1MIZED going downhill? Lol bro do you even watch his videos lately? He the best at reviewing game with good criticisms and is not bias af compared to other youtube soo idk why you dislike him just because of that
@@V1CT1MIZED His videos are bangers. His editing only gets better with time, although I will admit I think it was kind of a pussy move to complain about getting left out publicly. I don’t hold it against him though, I would’ve been sad too.
Anxiously awaiting the detailed breakdown
I'm too high for the details but i too await them
I actually thought the story was good. I just finished this last night too! Congrats! I'm actually excited for the future of Halo again!
I don't understand why a lot of people are hating on the story. I absolutely loved it! This felt like a love letter for the fans of Halo. I agree with you, I am excited for the future of Halo again!
@@privatecaboose256 it really did. And I’m a hardcore halo fan, we all are I’m sure, read the books and all. I think they did a good job putting back together the train wreck they created the last two games. They also dropped a lot of tie in content from books and other extended lore. I’m impressed. Especially after 4 and 5.
@The Gent I own the original halo Xbox. From 2001. If that answers your question. Lol.
@The Gent Every Halo, besides the app games (Spartan Strike). I've also read most of the books
I also played all the halo games and read some novels and comics. The story is actually disappointing. It's like after halo 2 then what you get is halo 4, and what happened in halo 3 is told by audio log or dust echo thing. I mean the war happened before infinite is more interesting.
I thought the Endless refered to a single individual based on how the subtitles refer to it on the game, so my first thought was that it meant the Primordial himself. Which based on Zeta Halo's history and the way they talk about the Endless wouldn't be that far off imo, it would also be a really cool way to bring the flood back, trying to bring the Primordial (or the precursors) back, only to witness what they became and unintentionally bringing the Gravemind back.
Except the Endless and the Flood are not literally the same thing. They might have somewhat of a connection, though. Pax Cortana says "We both know that there are worse things than the Flood buried in this Ring."
@@jakespacepiratee3740 they better have a connection. I am pretty sure they do but if it is like a dues ex machima species and nothing to do with it then that will be so dumb (considering they said to be more dangerous than the flood). The endless is the thing I am most worried about.
That and I have to see if bad blood is retcon because of a certain convo in the game. With that ai not being dead and blowing up that station. Killing buck and jun offscrean most likely.
I was thinking about the primordial as well
@@TheTimelessOne26 if you listen to some of the audio logs, Dispondant Pyre says that they thought stopping the Flood was their greatest victory but they were wrong. If they have a connection it will be through Precursor origin. Dlcs are about to be 🔥🔥
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Fans: “so how are you going to resolve all the stuff with Halo 5?”
Infinite: “what’s a Halo 5?”
_act stupid_
"what's a halo 5?"
_not THAT stupid_
343i: Dunno whatcha talking about buddy, this is our first Halo game.
They could have payed off everything they built up, and more with Mendicant and the precursors. Instead they decided to introduce this new “threat” that we didn’t see anything of. And now we’ve got more questions than answers. AND WHERE THE HELL ARE ALL THE CHARACTERS FROM HALO 5
@@jackhyatt7739 they’re vacationing in the Cayman Islands
@@jackhyatt7739 listen to the audio logs
The Endless have to be Precursors (or at the very least connected to them). They tick all the boxes...
- Forerunners wanted them kept secret
- More dangerous than the Flood (the only logical conclusion from that would be the Precursors)
- Locked up by the Forerunners before the firing of the Halo Array
- We don’t have solid confirmation that the Halo array can kill Precursors (although their artefacts and technology can so interpret that how you want to)
Yep, that's my theory right now. They're an offshoot of the Precursors, maybe the evolved forms of some who escaped the Forerunner's genocide. Only thing that makes me think they might not be Precursor (at least outright) is that the Halos destroyed Precursor artefacts, so I don't see any reason why they shouldn't be able to kill Precursors as well given that both were based upon the concepts of neural physics and living time
@@HiddenXperia that’s true but we don’t know if the Halo Array outright kills Precursors, only their technology
Plus it's been mentioned that endless is so dangerous that offensive Bias was there to look at it.
Like the most powerful AI was watching this endless. There is something that makes endless unique
@@HiddenXperia I think endless is something. If it isn't effected by Halo arrays then Endless might be the another form of precursors.
OK now the big players are coming in the story
@@HiddenXperia This makes me scared, Idk how well 343 can implement a completely new species of enemy. Maybe they learned from the reclaimer saga. I honestly thought 99% that the flood would take over one of the islands on Halo before the end of the game. Great game and I loved the boss battles.. but boy did it need a change of pace at one point. I knew you had a big reaction so I kept waiting for that Halo CE style flood reveal of them endless or the flood 🥲
You DON'T get the voice-over for difficulties under Legendary. You ONLY get the cutscene. Seen a lot of people not knowing about that.
yeah I finished the campaign yesterday and thought this was the same cutscene, just not voiced
Halo fans would know that there are secret scenes/dialogue for completing the game on legendary
You are probably a halo noob.
@@darkstarpig Let's see how that holds up: Halo 2? Legendary cutscene. Halo 3? Legendary cutscene. Halo 3 ODST? Legendary cutscene. You get the idea. They've never done it this way before, where you only get the cutscene but not dialogue. So it's understandable why people got thrown off.
@@MrHawkelement but even so, one must know that you are rewarded for completing it in legendary so there has to be something different. but true i can agree that is a possibility
Microsoft has filed for trademark for "Halo: The Endless". Thats important because I feel that's it's obviously something to do with whatever is "worse than the Flood" that Cortana alluded to. Which COULD be something associated with the Precursors.
Glad that we are continuing the Endless's story sooner rather than later. Hopefully we will start getting some teasers after the Holidays.
I've thought the Precursors were linked before I played the game. Now I think it even more, some of the things the Harbinger said mirrored the grave mind and the hatred for their forerunners is the same.
Precursors = flood tho, as in the precursors basically became the flood, unless they change that
@@tank_dempsey Not all of them chose to powder themselves.
Ngl, that line kinda made me raise my eyebrow. Like, what is worse than the Flood? How can anything be worse? They literally ARE the Precursors, so how can other Precursors be worse? Not trying to make a big deal out of it. Just saying I thought it was a bit weird haha
I had THE EXACT REACTION as you. I was going nuts. Then, I saw what looks to be a young Atriox and I continued to mark out😂😂😂
I think its just Atriox without his warpaint
Atriox was burned on his right side of his face. My guess is he time travel back to awaken The endless.
@@dfr3035 I don't believe Atriox travelled back in time. He must have survived the ring explosion since he now has burn scars all over his face and a cybernetic eye unlike in the intro cutscene. The year just indicates the conversation with The Edict and Pyre.
@@RadicallyMilkToast see but why doesn’t he have the banished war paint on his face and if he has a cybernetic eye how the heck did he get it if the banished think he died in the explosion so many questions
@@derek4666 War paint is temporary and we don't know if he installed the eye himself or if the Banished are lying to keep Atriox from being found when searching for the Endless cylix. Dying from the ring explosion sounds like the perfect cover-up.
Really hoping you’ll do a story/ending breakdown as, while I thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and the story, I found the ending left me wanting more. So I’m hoping there’s something(s) I missed and can hopefully expect in the DLCs they’ll release! Stay iconic, Xperia!
Got a full 30 minute long story explanation video coming tomorrow going over the entire thing and explaining it beat by beat :)
@@HiddenXperia YAY! I loveeee your lore video's and breakdowns 😄
@@HiddenXperia Omg, so hyped man!
@@HiddenXperia awesome! Thanks again man! While I’m thinking of it, can you clarify as to whether The Weapon is a dumb A.I., or is she the same class of A.I. as Cortana?
@@HiddenXperia I canny wait
"Offensive Bias has been deployed..."
*Everyone liked that*
To anyone reading:
No, Atriox did not travel back in time. The audio in the background is actually a conversation between Grand Edict and Despondent Pyre in 97,368 BCE.
“Offensive Bias has been deployed.” This line is said after the Weapon takes over Cortana’s position. This is a crazy parallel that was deliberately done.
Straight genius with that parallel
this campaign was so good, if they make DLCs I want them all nowww please
The possible return of the Precursors in some form, discovering the cause behind Atriox's supposed "death" and the fact the main series is diving into the heavy lore makes me excited, I am really curious about what happened to Atriox though.
When I first saw this ending a few minutes ago, I got the impression that Atriox travelled through time.
Eh, Atriox and the space-orcs are a distraction from the real story, IMHO.
One thing i know for sure...
Atriox got his face Burned after the intro cutscene 😁
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“If Halo cannot end them, it must imprison them”
Yep, the endless are precursors confirmed.
I think the Endless are not the Precursors but a different species. It's probably the species the Harbinger and the Skimmers belong to, the Xalanyn.
The Endless apparently are time travelers, or have some ability to manipulate time, which allowed them to dodge the Halo Effect. And not the Precursors, as the Monitor says they thought the Forerunners were coming to help.
@@LordTelperion I don't buy it. I mean, time travel is a bit of a cheap gimmick if not handled properly. If the Endless are able to travel through time, they would've avoided imprisonment by the Forerunners. Because there would've been some who would've traveled back in time to warn their people about the Forerunners, or go forward in time to release them.
@@elitegamer9310 Unless the Forerunners got them all in one swift stroke? None of them would have had the opportunity in that case. Time jumps (missing three days) and time loops mentioned again and again by the Monitor and even the space-orcs suggest to me there's something cosmic afoot. I can't wait to see it.
The endless are not the precursors.
The endless represent a threat to both forerunner galactic supremacy, and a threat to the defense the Halo rings are meant to provide.
If the Flood ever got control of a species that could somehow dodge the firing of the Halo arrays, it's basically game over for the galaxy.
Hence them being imprisoned.
Completed halo infinite last night, amazing game, can't wait for my legendary playthrough and getting this ending
Still can’t believe he’s alive
My mind is utterly blown
Yes mine is blown too my friend
@@HiddenXperia please make a video explaining this soon because honestly I’m confused and does this mean story DLC or do we have to wait 10 years to get another story?
I expected it. No way they were going to kill off a character like that. Let alone off screen.
@@legendary9689 story dlc atriox got sent back in time to the forerunner flood war just like how chief got sent forward 3 day
Im pretty certain that the Endless are going to be the big new existential threat we have to worry about either on-par with the Flood or stronger than them. The Harbinger can hack Forerunner technology, maybe through the Logic-Plague?
She also says "I shall talk, and you shall listen." in an audio log. Personally, I dont think the Harbinger is an Endless herself, as her Cylix had a different, humanoid image on its front, but it was also yellow like the Endless Cylix...
I think the Harbinger is a Xalanyn, a species that had somehow survived the firing of the Halo Array alongside the Endless, according to audio logs by Despondent Pyre.
And I think these Xalanyn are the meddlers
I also noticed that audio log quote of her saying "I shall talk, and you shall listen" and immediately thought of the Gravemind from Halo 2.
@@relativity_3606 That seems to heavily hint the Endless's association with the Precursors.
Isn't the endless implied to be the precursors or the flood or both since the precursors were stated to have transcended space time and death itself . They were gods in literal sense I highly doubt a forerunner plasma rifle is all it takes to kill a precursor .
“Offensive Bias has been deployed.”
Nothing gives chills down the spine like that, holy shit!
Could our boy Offensive Bias make a grand reveal? Stay tuned!
Meanwhile mendicant on the ark: why do i hear boss music?
Our boy is going to come in clutch
See you in 2035 for halo 7 where the endless are killed offscreen and another new faction is made
just finished the campaign yesterday. holy shit, lots of epicness coming in halos story
Sad to see nothing will become of this... sigh
Its crazy when you know that they spent the time pitching new halo games, rather than making more campaign DLC for infinite. LMAO
I have to admit, at first when I heard “Offensive Bias” my mind went blank for a split second.
Once I realized what he said I had the exact same reaction XD
Great ending and story, rlly hope to see spirt of fire and red team tie into the main story
yeah it would be awesome to see atriox having his revenge with the spirit of fire, Oh boy there's so much potential
Man this makes me want story DLC for this campaign so damn bad, this could be a long shot but perhaps one set during the events of the Forerunner-Flood war on Zeta Halo?
The monitor refers to the Forerunner as "Grand Edict" so I think it might be a new character. I am so hyped for the future of Halo now! With Joe Staten at the helm I think we're in for a really good time!
It's probably bornstellar grand edict is a title. So yeah born stellar
Sounds like an executive title, as "edict" means to proclaim orders. The surviving Forerunners on the Ark would have reorganized, built a new government for themselves. Maybe "Grand Edict" is equivalent to "First Councilor" and "The Criterion" is equivalent to the "Ecumene Council"?
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The music that goes with this gives me chills. THE best ending in the reclaimer trilogy for sure!
Probably my favorite Halo legendary ending up to this point. I wished we could have seen bornstellar, or at least his hand, that would have been so cool. Man, when he said offensive bias I jump so high from my seat I almost touched the roof. That was so awesome, halo infinite really delivered.
Knew they weren’t gonna kill atriox off screen best monkey and on a side note while I don’t dislike new cortana (aka the weapon) I actually like her a lot I still find myself missing original cortana especially since her and john never saw each other again after the ending of halo 5
John saw her though. I think it’s rather bittersweet and appropriate that after all of the atrocities that Cortana committed she would never see Chief again. All she could do was to sacrifice herself and apologise through way of recorded message. She died not truly knowing if her apology would be heard but she knows the Master Chief and in her heart she never had any doubt that he would.
Her actions weren’t undone but she was redeemed in the end and reborn.
@@profblack I disagree halo 5 cortana was not cortana just like I don’t think the harbinger has complete control of herself either I believe I remember cortana humming 343 guilty sparks theme and I believe the harbinger hums it as well during the final mission of halo infinite whatever that means anyway though cortana deserved so much better IMO since she only comes in at the end of 3s campaign and dies at the end of 4 and is evil in 5 like I said I like new cortana (neo cortana?) but at the same time miss OG cortana
@@RedMoonFlare I totally agree, I think the fact we only had the echos of cortana was so underwhelming compared to seeing her reunited with chief for a brief time etc..
Yea it was dumb they killed her off screen and they even made her a villain at all. I don’t really dig the story of infinite at all. It wasn’t much better than 5 for me but the characters were better. The gameplay was way better and the art style/graphics. Halo 5s gameplay was waaaaay more fun than halo 4s. Halo 4 is by far the worst halo game.
@@jessejive117 the story of infinite is great IMO they just botched cortana and “the created”
Atriox did indeed say he was the final face we'd see. And it was the last face we'd see in the story.
Wow how cool! Thanks 343 for giving us another to be Continued ending and Blue Balls.
This ending would've ACTUALLY been awesome if it was the build up for Act 2 of the Story, Instead 343 will try to sell us the True ending in Pieces at a later date, This Campaign was the PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE WORD *DISAPPOINTING!*
@@AlexLopez-vm7uq I just see "Number Company bad" here, this is supposed to be a 10 year game, no shit they'll be trying to get you to buy future expansions. If you have a problem with that, then sod off and don't waste our time. Nobody want's you here, if you want to waste people's time then go to the console fanboys as they'll give you a bang for your buck.
@@ProwoodStuff THERE ARE DOZENS OF VIDEOS ALL OVER UA-cam SAYING THE SAME THING I AM!
Once you complete the Battle Pass it's just MATCH AFTER MATCH WITH 0 REWARDS, and After you beat Escharum there's just some Propaganda Towers targets and VIP Targets that could be completed in under 1 hour and then there's nothing left to do sit around with my thumb up my ass. That being said label us whatever you will we ARE IN FACT FANS WHO'VE PLAYED SINCE HALO 1, WE'RE STILL ALIVE FYI!
This game also LAUNCHED in a Frankenstein State.
*ESPORT CRASHED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT JUST EMBARRASSING (._.)!*
@@AlexLopez-vm7uq Cool, but bitching and whining isn't going to do shit. It's the end of 2021, let people have a fucking rest. They'll be back onto it next year which is mere days away. Let them relax for the Christmas season and behave more, explain the issues in a relaxed manner and show them how to replicate the said issue.
Let's look at CE, you complete the story and then what? I guess there's nothing left to do but sit around with your thumb up your ass. But there were still people playing it to *have fun*, not to grind for a rank or whatever.
Halo 2 only had XP, no cosmetics and no emblems. It shows your dedication to this game, it shows how much you enjoy the game.
Halo 3 had some stuff to show your dedication even more.
Halo Reach and so on had this stuff, the only thing this does is show your love and compassion for this game, maybe if you stopped whining and started explaining, shit would actually get done.
I finished the campaign yesterday.
My favourite Halo campaigns:
1. Halo Infinite
2. Halo: CE
In order, my top 3 is,
1.halo 2
2. Infinite
3. Ce
Double that
1. halo ce
2. halo 3
3. halo 2
couldnt play innfinite yet
1. Halo 2
2. Halo infinite
3. Halo 3: ODST
@@mccsfR286 damn chief...you are still frozen it seems
I wont watch this just yet, crazy that there is already a video of this up. I watch you a lot, couldn't imagine the pressure there is to get certain content out there. You work very hard and love the lore videos. It would be nice to see this kind of video come out a week after release at the earliest.
This isn’t much different than the after credits scene on any difficulty. So you could probably watch this after beating the game.
I'm convinced the "endless" are the precursors. Who else would the forerunners fear so much?
I love how there making you feel like ur in the books now. There taking in a bunch of stuff from the books and that’s damn cool
Such a genuine reaction, this is why i love HiddenXperia. I fear that history may be about to repeat.
In one of the cutscenes somebody ( I think Escharum) mentions to Chief the irony of how the Halo ring is a loop that circles itself endlessly doomed to repeat the same cycle over and over again just like life and history seem to. He then asks the question “Were the forerunners aware of this when they built the array? Or Is this a cruel joke by the forerunners?”(or something along those lines)
@@tro2094 it's a audio log of escharum
@@tro2094 Despondent Pyre also says this in an audio log. Guess it's a theme 343 wanted to hammer home. lol
As much as I love Halo Infinite, I felt really disappointed there was no flood, mention of the primordial, precursors or even mendicant bias. But the legendary ending mentioning even just a name of that deep lore gives me hope again… for the next halo game!!! In 10 years of course… :)
This is the next halo game FOR 10 years, the are gonna continue to work on it, 343 confirmed it.
Well to be fair all the precursor or known precursor technology was destroyed when the rings were fired.
I'd imagine that we're getting 3 DLCs: one for the Flood and Mendicant, one for the Endless and one for Atriox.
@@pancakelily9921 its the last main story halo game for 10 years unless 343 broke their contract? dlcs are okay though
I think atriox is holding mendicant bias. He is going to work with him to bring back the endless/ primordial. Chief will have to find offensive bias to work together to stop them just as offensive had to do in the past.
nonsense since mendicant bias already helped humanity in halo 3 and tried to see them succed to amend its sins.
@@slandgkearth not all parts of mendicant bias wanted redemption. It was separated after being done in via the primordial and in-prisoned in the dreadnought. It was still cracked via the primordial. My take is that it was all part of the plan. The precursors choose humanity to hold the mantle. It went against the forerunners to usher them out. It wanted to return to humanity to furfural them raining to handle the mantle. What if it turning against them now is part of the test that humanity was going to face.
or simply one of his corrupted fragments that never got reset
Mendicant Bias has righted his wrongs and is largely responsible for chief’s victory on the ark.
It's not Mendicant bias, it's a type of key. I'm pretty sure you can see it in Escharum's holotable projection of the prophets.
Ive followed your channel for 2 years. This is incredible, and extremely important for the continued life span of the halo universe and franchise. Im so happy for you bro!!!
"I think were just getting started"
If offensive bias is in future DLC they need to emphasize how much more powerful he is compared to the weapon/any other human AI. Offensive bias is to cortana/The Weapon what Atriox would be to a marine.
Theory: *spoiler* did the final battle take place in the room the primordial was imprisoned. After all when you got teleported it was said 3 days had passed and that time works differently.
There's been different locations that act this way. Lucy got trapped somewhere on onyx and time moved at a different pace for her compared to the rest of the team on the outside
my problem with this is, as Hidden Xperia said, The Forerunners killed the promordial with a "time mashine", but did they not say the new species has control over time and the forerunners not? That is a direct contradiction.
Ive been waiting for this
The conversation was between Despondent Pyre (monitor of Zeta) and the Grand Edict.
I take it The Endless = Timeless ones (Primordials/Graveminds) from the Forerunner/Flood war? They must have hunted down them down after the firing of the rings and sealed them on Zeta.
"Halo doesn't kill Flood, it kills their food. Humans, Covenant, whatever! We are all equally edible. The only way to stop the Flood is to starve them to death." - Cortana from Halo CE
The Didact did use a Precursor tech called Reverse Timelock on the Timeless One before the firing of the rings. It was used to speed up time on the Primordial by millions of years which eventually lead to its destruction. We know that the Halo array can damage Precursor tech, which would leave the Forerunners with nothing to decay them with. Unlike Precursors, Forerunners have less control over time manipulation. This would leave them with the option of sealing the Graveminds in Cylixes.
I legit had a brain aneurysm when grand edict said “offensive bias has been deployed.”
The vindication for Offensive Bias finally being put here made me ascend to autonomous ultra instinct
“Offensive Bias has been deployed.”
*Offensive Bias dropping into Verdansk *
The conversation was between Despondent Pyre (monitor of Zeta) and the Grand Edict for those who are asking.
With Cortana gone, then that must mean that the unknown intelligence that was helping us and resisting the harbinger that was mentioned throughout the campaign is Mendicant bias. Considering how Mendicant was referenced in a similar nature in Halo 2 and 3, and his history with zeta halo, I am quite certain its Mendicant that was helping us once more.
I came to that conclusion when the portal opened up after we defeat the Harbinger. This is wild, I’m so excited for what’s to come
I mean the legendary ending clearly suggests that Offensive was the one helping
Its was offensive bias
It's probably offensive bias
Didn't mendicant fall victim to the logic plague, it pretty mush has to be offensive bias, per the ending
The cutscene is cool and all, but what gives me the real chills is seeing how happy it makes you. Now they just need to pick this thread up. :D
This video makes me happy.
Hey HiddenXperia, been watching you since since 2018 when the first Halo Infinite trailer came out and I saw your reaction it got me into the lore. Thank you so much for all the long work and fun you've put into this channel and into Halo as a genre.
Weaving Offensive Bias into the storyline is pure gold for all the lore fans
this is the equivalent of finding an octopus that's immune to nukes and the US government charging you to contain it. you're not confident in your abilities but the government is like *" Don't worry, the president just gave the order, Jesus will be helping you."*
Okay before everyone freaks out and jumps to huge conclusions. The first thing I’d like to point out is that the normal ending is that exact same cutscene with no dialogue, Atriox doesn’t look younger it looks like he’s survived the explosion Cortana caused. With that in mind let’s look at the dialogue, there are new names we don’t quite understand and I don’t want us jumping to conclusions, the Grand Edict, and the Criterion. Potentially the Grand Edict could be a forerunner, but I don’t think he’s bornstellar personally. He doesn’t have the authority it seems to unleash Offensive bias on his own, which brings me to The Criterion, this could be the new council made from the surviving forerunners on the Lesser Ark, could also be something new but apparently they have the authority to send out offensive bias. There are two things I theorize could’ve happened here, Offensive bias fought the endless and imprisoned them at the cost of his own life (this could explain why we don’t see him during the events of the series, if he was around I figure he would’ve shown up as soon as flood were detected on the lesser Ark lol). The second theory is that he survived and has been guarding this dangerous enemy, but why would he let atriox come and unleash them? I don’t think he would personally, maybe he’s just dormant.
Anyway here’s my big take away’s I’ve seen people jumping on. I don’t think they are talking about actually controlling time as in time travel. I think they mean they didn’t want this race that survived the Halo Effect to influence the new galaxy. The forerunners wanted a clean slate(for the galaxy not themselves) and a race that watched them fire the rings wouldn’t exactly be that, they could influence the entire universe. With that said, no I don’t think Atriox traveled back in time. I think he was transported by the Harbinger as the explosion happened and that’s why he’s scarred.
Also I didn’t make this clear, this is definitely after the rings have fired so that means offensive bias was redeployed to deal with this threat.
Does the date not imply Atriox was teleported to the past, put in offensive bias who helps chief and Cortana our later?
@@lewise3800 I don’t think so personally. The normal ending is that same cutscene without the dialogue. The legendary cutscene is the one with the dialogue and I feel that is only to give context to this new enemy.
Infinite was probably the most excited I’ve ever been for something. Like jumping around in excitement type exciting. And I love seeing how excited you get about it too. Little happy moments are what really makes it special.
I expect they continue the campaign late 2022 or 2023, this gave me goosebumps like hell, wish we finally see actual precursors.
"Offensive Bias has been deployed" chills down my spine every time. so cool
I believe it’s a new Forerunner - the captions label him as “Grand Edict.”
So, I'm guessing that Forerunner super AI is still active around. What role he will play we ain't sure but between Atriox being alive, the Endless are being released en masse by him & the Spirit of Fire + possibly The Sword of Sanghelios are possibly coming to Installation 07, the DLCs(whenever they fucking get around to actually do it) will be one hell of a crowded battlefield.
I was super hyped to get the legendary and got excited to hear the mention of "bias" but tbh I'm not knowledgeable to know what most of this cutscene meant. I'll definitely be waiting for the breakdown. I was confused as to whether or not the visual of Atriox was part of the time jump or if it was just the dialogue, not familiar with the character speaking, ect.
I can't wait to see the full break down. This is probably my favorite legendary ending.
Confirms that "The Endless" are the Precursors.
I’ve come back to watch this a lot because im in a big halo mood and I absolutely love your reaction to this cutscene.
just a thought
If Offensive Bias is involved in the future, what are the odds that Mendicant Bias is also gonna be involved given how intertwine they are with each other?
If you find and scan all 7 rings throughout the open world, The Weapon mentions what I can only assume to be a reference Mendicant Bias, because she talks about the message talking about regret, grief, sorrow, and that it felt like a Confession.
Officially the most lit Halo Legendary ending yet. 👌
No,
Second.
"hold me"
@@tausiftaha12 hold me was the funniest. this was the coolest
Honestly a huge thank you hidden Xperia the act man late night gaming sean w halo follower if it hadnt been for all of you guys making videos and getting the opinions all of us have actually out there and heard 343 probably would have just put out more halo 4 and 5 games THANK YOU THANK YOU litterly you guys dont get the thanks you all deserve for being the voice of the halo fans i love and watch all your guys channels and yes i know 343 is the ones to thank for the actual game but you guys have definitely helped them be inspired omg the story to this game was so good
What are your thoughts on the mini rings and their data throughout the halo array? And mann so much lore in the games now or coming im so excited maybe the precursors will return
That’s what I thought the Harbinger was lol
I just think it’s cool that the Weapon is to Cortana the same way Offensive is to Mendicant. The parallels
I'm wondering where that cutscene from an earlier trailer is.
The one where you can see the reflection of what looks like mendicant bias in chiefs visor.
Yeah I was thinking about that too
Bro your reaction made me smile so much love the passion you have for this lore
It so great to see someone as hyped about offensive bias as I am.
I'm of the hypothesis that the voice is Faber. And the date seems to be "after" the firing of the Array. It's possible that 343i bumped the Array time further up to 97,368 as opposed to the original 97,445bce.
Before I watch I bet we see six sleeping in his cave
Lol
Right at this very moment as i searched theres no other video besides yours that has Uploaded Legendary Ending of Halo Infinite. My man you are a Master.
Can’t wait for atriox vs master chief in the next halo
Hope they don’t screw this up other games like cod and battlefield have become flip flops these days
It’s also sad that cortana died but now we got the new weapon
Halo infinite is the next halo... for 10 years, and I am HYPE
I really need you and Installation00 to do a MASSIVE collab series for the ending of this game please 😂
I got this ending in my normal difficulty play through idk if this is actually a legendary ending or I got it through a glitch
I think its a same ending, I got the same.
I got the animation but not the voice over
on other difficulties it wont have the dialougue and the mention of offensive bias the cutscene will just play without anything else
If you beat it on legendary, you get that dialogue. Every other difficulty, you get the cutscene only.
It's the same cutscene on all difficulties but the voice over is Legendary exclusive
I'm excited too. All the stuff you've been talking about with the history and lore of halo is beginning to be explained in the games like in the books. Awesome stuff brother and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
In the end I felt like Cortana was apologizing for 343 terrible mistakes at ruining the story in halo 5. The ending was subliminal.
Lol 343i's apology letter thru Cortana whispering the whole time xD
When i saw the ending you were the first person who came to mind. I've been waiting for this reaction. I've watched your video on the history of Zeta halo probably 15 times over the last year. Excited for what's to come!
I actually didn't like the story as much as I thought I would. It seems like the harbinger and the 'endless' were sort of an afterthought. Chief and cortana were the forefront, again, and the story kind of seemed all over the place. And the only difference is some dialog between the legendary ending.
I think you’re just not deep into halo lore. Anyone really into halo lore knows how significant the ending is. We see a young alive atriox, and offensive bias mentioned. It’s also clear that 343 because of Halo 5, has to wrap up the whole cortana thing nicely. Now that cortana has been dealt with, and is dead and gone, the story can focus on the endless, abs atriox. The worry of halo infinite is clearly meant a segue into future halo lore, finish up with cortana, and introducing the banished/atriox into the main games. This ending is exciting not for what it tells us about the campaign, but what about it tells us about what’s waiting in store for the future
@@personperson8563 woowee. More waiting. After 6 years, nothing is answered. About the rest of blue team, spirit of fire, Lasky and the remaining unsc. Cortana is basically killed offscreen, nothing that had anyone truly hyped. No flood, the harbinger fight was kind of a joke, no mention of what she is, or a backstory. Too many questions added and like.. 3 answered.
@@personperson8563 dude it wasnt a young Atriox wtf he has the scar from the explosion of the Infinity & lit looks older. The time stamp is just for the audio in the legendary ending. If the time stamp was present wt every difficulty ending then it would prove he time traveled.
Ima keep it simple. Halo 5 fucked up the story. Everyone hated it, and no one liked the witty direction. So in order to fix their story mistake of halo 5, halo infinite had to act as a segue away from the story. If you were invested, sorry, but the rest of the halo 5 plot can/probably will be explained off screen, through tiny bits of lore, (like the audio records) and maybe a dedicated DLC, because no one cares about it. They’re abandoning the halo 5 plot Essentially, to take the story in a new direction. If you were invested in, and cared about the halo 5 plot, then this probably sucks, but for people, including me, I’m glad to move past that, and get into (in my opinion) more interesting lore. It’s clear halo infinite was the set up for this. They’re probably gonna addd multiple DLC’s to further expand the story, and give a more satisfying ending/context rather than make a new game so the waiting won’t be that long. That’s just me guessing/theorizing tho.
I can't wait to see what content we will be getting in the future. I'm excited! Loved halo infinite!
Great ending and all and I can't wait for offensive but still disappointed we spent so long fighting to prevent "the endless" and all we actually know is "they are really bad bro trust me they are bad guys"
Offensive bias has actually been helping you out throughout the game, especially during the fight with the Harbinger where the weapon says that there's someone helping her inside. And who do you think opened up that poster at the end?
first
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the actual first
bruh
Just saw the Legendary ending in my own playthrough... That's some crazy shit...
Relax bro lol