It's good to see the marines picking up the slack. Ever since 343 took over it feels like they've just been ignoring them in favor of everyone and everything being spartans.
Haven’t played a new halo game since 4, and I remember the marines there being massive downgrades from 3 and reach for the five to ten minutes they were actually present.
I appreciate how the Spartan's hunker down behind cover in this series. A lot of Halo media depicts Spartan's standing around and tanking things just because 'omg shield and armour'. Realistically shields wouldn't be an excuse just to stand out in the open.
@@SirGarchomp146 It really is a master class of tactics and choreography. Using cover, using air support to destroy the cover, retaking critical anti-air assets to defeat the air support, Elite pushing a desperation charge to try and retake ground so they can go and disable the anti-air. As for the fight choreography, Elite comes rushing in to kill the downed spartan, other spartan comes in and slaps his leading arm down, deflecting the barrel away from his comrade. Elite counters trying to take his head off with a backhand, Spartan ducks, brings his shotgun up and point blanks the Elite in the chest but the shield holds, the momentum of the backhand brought the Elites free hand around so he could grab the gun and rip it away, Spartan uses that momentum to throw his hand around to grab his knife and flicks it around from icepick grip into a stabbing grip and goes for the joints in the armor at the Elites waist. None of that feels unjustified or out of place, it's sensible tactics and the momentum of the fight fits perfectly, every action and reaction is to get an advantage, there's no wasted movements outside of a few expected mistakes that are made during the heat of a fight, like the second Elite taking a bit too long to stab the Spartan in the face with the energy sword, giving them a chance to counter by deflecting the weapon and putting their arm in a lock. And even that is a master class of self defense against bladed weapons, maintaining the control of the attackers arm to disarm them of their blade or attack knock them away so you have time to draw your side arm, which is what the second spartan did. Truly there are so many little details that I must have watched this short scene dozens of times, both at regular speed and slowed down to catch all of the cool little bits of animation genius you don't notice at full speed.
Also shows that elites are incredibly dangerous even to Spartans in close quarters combat. I feel like we often forget that Spartans aren't beyond the covenant, they are the equalizer.
Covenant considered fighting Spartans in close quarters as suicide. Due to Spartans being actually decent at staying out of sight and the covenants rigid combat doctrine, they never really came up with reliable tactics for avoiding it.
@@gokillyourselfgoogle this just isn’t true. The master Chief nearly dies in the Fall of Reach and First Strike Halo novels. In Fall of Reach it was almost to an Elite, and in First Strike it was to a Brute. While Spartans certainly can be proficient in CQC, the advantages that the larger species of Covenant had in weaponry and raw strength meant that anything close to hand-to-hand combat was by no means preferred. Furthermore, I’m not sure what you think was strict about the Covenant’s combat doctrine. Most of the Covenant’s military operations where under the command of the Elites from top to bottom, and strong ties to their warrior culture often influenced how they lead troops and conducted warfare, but Elites like Thel ‘Vadamee and Ripa ‘Moramee definitely had vastly different tactics as leaders in the Covenant. In essence, the culture of the Covenant was fairly rigid, but how they waged war mostly depended on whoever was in charge.
@@mudkipmudkopilis1989 halo wars 2 was one of their good ones, one of the reasons being there were only three Spartans in the story and not seventeen million ones playing dress-up
@Christoffer Good Bäckängsgymnasiet ES20C 343 only cares about spartans in their games that's the problem why do you think they didn't add playable elites or making the covenant look ugly in halo 4 and 5? It's because 343 cares about spartans more than anything on their games
The way SODAZ implements tactical importance into his videos is pretty cool. Setting the stage for realistic scenarios in a fictional universe. For instance, getting the anti-air guns online to cut off the already overwhelming covenant air dominance was smart. They need to clear the area and prevent reinforcements to establish a base of operations or securing a strategic point of interest. I especially enjoyed the way he portrayed Spartans again. That they are still vulnerable even though they are walking tanks with naval guns for arms. The ODST again are awesome for coming in to support the spartans on the flanks rather then attacking the covenant from behind the Spartans. Going behind the Spartans for cover is fine, but when you can flank is always the best option in suppressing and eliminating a larger or stronger force.
I miss seeing marines and ODST working with spartens, now it feels like Spartens are the only soldiers in the UNSC who gives the UNSC victory in every battle.
After playing through Halo 4, I decided for myself that 343's lore was an utterly trash 'barely-a-fan fic'. Halo Ended when Chief went to sleep. Halo's last video game moment was Noble 6 fighting to his last breath. I miss the days of Humans vs Covenant, humans barely getting by against overwhelming odds. I miss being the lone Spartan, trying to keep as many marines alive as I could. Seeing the videos SODAZ has been putting out, I would love if this guy was hired and put in charge of the franchise. He clearly has the heart Halo deserves. Hire the dude, retcon 4, 5 and Infinite, soft reboot the franchise by telling other stories during the Human/Covenant war.
I love the way that you made elite holding their own in combat against a spartan, its refreshing after seeing halo 5 elites being butchered like nothing by Osiris
Nice touch seeing the marines and another Spartan coming onto the flank. Spartans taking cover is a more realistic concept than standing out in the open and going gung-ho on the Covenant forces. Can't wait for HALO wip9, keep it up.
What I see consistently reading the comments is that everyone is super happy with the fact that the characters act, well, in character! You can tell this person understands how the different units should work.
That spartan almost got gutted lol. I just love how weighty the combat is and how the Spartans seem super lethal but still at risk of getting blown to bits. Overall really glad to see this youtuber grow and make hyper quality animations like this :)
Even back when he was allowed to make warhammer content, the best thing about sodazs animations is making even the lowliest foot soldier seem capable in their ability to fight. It’s so fucking refreshing to see, Hollywood films and hell even ip owners of these universes never give the time of day to what is essentially the backbone of a faction for that universe, the occupy screen space so they can just die. GW always in their animations always have foot soldiers die and never get an on screen kill, only to be saved by a hero figure, they all suffer from the Gondor soldier syndrome...
Which is fucking hilarious, considering that in the Tolkien legendarium, Gondorians were some of the most feared and capable soldiers in Middle-Earth, being on par with Rohirrim horsemen and Morannon Uruks in terms of ferocity and skill. They ended up holding the line at Minas Tirith for a long ass time, only breaking when the Witch-King broke the gates down, running from Sauron's most powerful and feared general.
@@ladygrey7425 Yep. The books mention the tall proud soldiers of Minis Tirith Tower Guard and the soldiers of Gondor. The only limiting factor at why Gondor was falling was due to lack of legitimacy due to a lack of king and the power of Sauron and Mordor who were always pressing the attack either through Harad or Mordor. That was one of my very few gripes that Jackson made the Gondorians look bad.
@@MasterGhostf it's pretty bad when you can remember one on screen kill whilst the rohirrim got dozens showing you can demonstrate on screen capable soldiers whilst making things look dire, it just takes more effort to do
yup lore wise those things should have evaporated in a couple of shots. Gameplay wise those are indestructible objects that can survive the death of the universe.
Minor elite (As denoted by their blue armour) shields can ussualy be broken with one punch on most difficulties, so surprisingly accurate to the games.
Saw a SODAZ new HALO wip and I clicked on it so fast! The animation is just brilliant, it's just so satisfying to watch! No doubt I'll be watching this and the previous wip again in the next days!
I don’t know if anyone else notices, but I like the portrayal of the grunts. They’re a very hardy species and well they’re portrayed as such. They’re not all sniveling cowards. They put up a real obstacle as the principal ground infantry
Man, I love the details of the text on the screens, shaking and distorting, and I also love how balanced everything is, the fighting isn't one sided, and everyone has their roles on both sides, the Spartans being the anchors, and taking the fire while giving it back, the ODST'S doing a special task and the marines just helping out where they can and on the covenant side, the elites leading the attack, the grunts providing support, and the hunter being the tank and heavy weapons support, long story short, great work
this guy over here making awesome animations that by themselves are more entertaining then the official tv series. its like the ''HE BUILT IT ALONE IN A CAVE'' meme lol.
With every video, the choreography, animation, audio, every damn bit of it gets better. As others stated, the attention to detail is far beyond what almost any AAA studio puts out. Spartans, ODST's, Marines, and the Covenant, every actor moving with intent, not just moving to put action on the screen. 343 hasn't put out anything half as impressive as this short clip, let alone everything else SODAZ has done.
that close quarter fight is awesome. the animation was smooth and you feel the weight of explosions, punch, and the sharp energy blade. This is better than the TV series. awesome work my man.
10/10 mastapiece. Seriously this stuff is absolutely beautiful. The covenant actually look and feel great and so does the UNSC. You've done something that a huge studio full of people and money failed at doing. Please keep going!
THIS IS HALO. STRICTLY. IT IS CANNON. IT IS ACCURATE. The music, the sound, the enemy behavior. Everything is here perfectly balanced WITHOUT exaggeration or caricature. It is the cruelty of war explained in depth with fictional characters. IT IS AN INVATION. The key work here is TEAM WORK on the COVENANT and the best the HUMAN HAS. KUDOS. You made me smile again with such work. Phenomenal.
I absolutely adore how each section of the military has roles and representation here, the Marines/Army acting as support for the more special forces, the ODSTs fulfilling their role as an infiltration unit, and the Spartans as the keystone queens on the chessboard.
This - as always was absolutely kick ass my dude, love your work, keep doing you because it's been great not only seeing your work but watching you and your skill set grow with each vid. All the best from the UK
Ok but can we appreciate not how just the animation is good but this is so much more accurate to halos lore showing Spartans taking cover instead to standing and taking shot after shot and a balance of showing ODST and Marines holding their own weight!
Love that you made the elites just as lethal in hand to hand as the spartans in here instead of making them push overs. Really shows the warrior culture they came from. Keep up the good work man.
I love that you show the spartan III's struggle more than a Spartan II would with elites. Because they aren't as strong and well equipped and trained then a spartan II.
Your beats for both the movement of the characters as well as the story as a whole is very well done. You manage to make every moment feel impactful and important even with constant action. Great work!
Bungie made us care for the marines and showed how cool the ODSTs are. Sodaz made us see the importance of the marines and also showed how absolutely fucking cool the ODSTs are. Infinite made us disappointed.
So far from just watching wip 6 7 and 8. I love the attention to detail and the absolute flow from the animations. Nothing feels overly exaggerated nor under played. This would actually be pretty interesting to made up into an actual series. Halo Follower has been developing Lone Wolves, but has presented much of the series. This here, there is a lot of potential. If you need any suggest, I guarantee you that we, the community, whoever is interested, we would love to be involved. Keep it up!
I am still I shock of how good everything about this is from the storytelling to the combat. Keep up the amazing work this beats any cutscene from 343.
That marine save feels right out of my playthroughs when my shields would be low and a marine I gave a sniper rifle to would pop a pressuring elite buying me time to recover. Damn I love Marines...
The weight behind the sword wielding elites swings and thrusts made it look much deadlier. There was so much power and speed behind the movements, it makes you realize only a Spartan with their enhancements could hope to compete in cqc with an elite.
its honestly really nice seeing content that uses all of the unsc instead of just the Spartans it really feels like any new halo content has forgotten about the unsc
I’ve watched everyone of your videos the day or really hour there released lol. You’re doing an phenomenal job, you’re truly bringing the fantasy of halo we all have in our heads to life!!!!
This is beautiful. I love seeing the little guys having such a big impact on the battle. They don't get enough recognition for the shit they put up with. Great work as always sodaz!
Part of what made early Halo cool is that Spartans were the elite, but still needed marines and other military personnel. That’s sort of how special forces work, they don’t get a magic power ranger base and ignore these basic rules of warfare (looks at 343 making them into just that).
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It's good to see the marines picking up the slack. Ever since 343 took over it feels like they've just been ignoring them in favor of everyone and everything being spartans.
yeah... seeing the ODST and Marines working in tandam with the spartans is just great.
true
Would be cool to get an insurrectionist story
@@neofulcrum5013 we had that in the live action series
Haven’t played a new halo game since 4, and I remember the marines there being massive downgrades from 3 and reach for the five to ten minutes they were actually present.
I appreciate how the Spartan's hunker down behind cover in this series. A lot of Halo media depicts Spartan's standing around and tanking things just because 'omg shield and armour'. Realistically shields wouldn't be an excuse just to stand out in the open.
I like to imagine when we see them do that it's so they draw attention away from the normal humans so they won't die.
great shield and armor is a powerful asset for a soldier, but only fools will think them invincible
i mean they spartans 3 so they are basicly like an odst but better in many ways
@@pollopemeunomeivertido9676 Spartan 3’s = Spartan 2’s
@@sgtfrost8387 It's more like Spartan 3s = Spartan 2s but more violent and wearing cheaper armor.
I like how the Elite Major takes initiative when the situation changed from 'wait them out' to 'we're getting pushed in'
Once he realized his air support was cut off he knew he needed to handle the situation before it got worse for the Covenant
@@SirGarchomp146 It really is a master class of tactics and choreography. Using cover, using air support to destroy the cover, retaking critical anti-air assets to defeat the air support, Elite pushing a desperation charge to try and retake ground so they can go and disable the anti-air.
As for the fight choreography, Elite comes rushing in to kill the downed spartan, other spartan comes in and slaps his leading arm down, deflecting the barrel away from his comrade. Elite counters trying to take his head off with a backhand, Spartan ducks, brings his shotgun up and point blanks the Elite in the chest but the shield holds, the momentum of the backhand brought the Elites free hand around so he could grab the gun and rip it away, Spartan uses that momentum to throw his hand around to grab his knife and flicks it around from icepick grip into a stabbing grip and goes for the joints in the armor at the Elites waist.
None of that feels unjustified or out of place, it's sensible tactics and the momentum of the fight fits perfectly, every action and reaction is to get an advantage, there's no wasted movements outside of a few expected mistakes that are made during the heat of a fight, like the second Elite taking a bit too long to stab the Spartan in the face with the energy sword, giving them a chance to counter by deflecting the weapon and putting their arm in a lock. And even that is a master class of self defense against bladed weapons, maintaining the control of the attackers arm to disarm them of their blade or attack knock them away so you have time to draw your side arm, which is what the second spartan did.
Truly there are so many little details that I must have watched this short scene dozens of times, both at regular speed and slowed down to catch all of the cool little bits of animation genius you don't notice at full speed.
Just like the games
They do that all the time in ce
The amount of times where one will just rush you down when you back off after losing your shields.
@@basedsneedclave175 unfortunate at how most in game are unlucky to be facing some of the best spartan pros like Master Chief lol
@@ComotoseOnAnime the only thing boggles me is the lack of skill in sword handling of the minor elite, but he's a minor so that is understandable.
Absolutely love the balance between attention given to the ODSTs, Spartans, and Marines. Looking forward to your future works!
Their army
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@@scott-gaming.8834 - They're still the Common Soldier and not the elite Shocktrooper or Spartan. So same difference.
not onlt the UNSC troops but also the covenant, they don't go down without a fight
just glad the Sangheilies aren't gettin the stormtrooper treatment
@@FLJBeliever1776 No...they're not
Loved the little instance of hand to hand with the Elites, perfectly demonstrates the Spartans being no less skilled when disarmed.
And the elites even held their own, proving they aren’t pushovers
"Hand to hand, is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon."
Also shows that elites are incredibly dangerous even to Spartans in close quarters combat. I feel like we often forget that Spartans aren't beyond the covenant, they are the equalizer.
Covenant considered fighting Spartans in close quarters as suicide. Due to Spartans being actually decent at staying out of sight and the covenants rigid combat doctrine, they never really came up with reliable tactics for avoiding it.
@@gokillyourselfgoogle this just isn’t true. The master Chief nearly dies in the Fall of Reach and First Strike Halo novels. In Fall of Reach it was almost to an Elite, and in First Strike it was to a Brute. While Spartans certainly can be proficient in CQC, the advantages that the larger species of Covenant had in weaponry and raw strength meant that anything close to hand-to-hand combat was by no means preferred.
Furthermore, I’m not sure what you think was strict about the Covenant’s combat doctrine. Most of the Covenant’s military operations where under the command of the Elites from top to bottom, and strong ties to their warrior culture often influenced how they lead troops and conducted warfare, but Elites like Thel ‘Vadamee and Ripa ‘Moramee definitely had vastly different tactics as leaders in the Covenant. In essence, the culture of the Covenant was fairly rigid, but how they waged war mostly depended on whoever was in charge.
I love how much love the ODST's get in these videos. A lot more love than what 343 gives regular marines and ODST's.
only time 343 put ODSTs in one of their games was in Operation Spearbreaker in Halo Wars 2
@@mudkipmudkopilis1989 halo wars 2 was one of their good ones, one of the reasons being there were only three Spartans in the story and not seventeen million ones playing dress-up
but also because Jerome is a fucking chad
343 emphasize on “Spartan story” way too much that they forgot the war was not only fought by the Spartans.
@Christoffer Good Bäckängsgymnasiet ES20C 343 only cares about spartans in their games that's the problem why do you think they didn't add playable elites or making the covenant look ugly in halo 4 and 5? It's because 343 cares about spartans more than anything on their games
The way SODAZ implements tactical importance into his videos is pretty cool. Setting the stage for realistic scenarios in a fictional universe. For instance, getting the anti-air guns online to cut off the already overwhelming covenant air dominance was smart. They need to clear the area and prevent reinforcements to establish a base of operations or securing a strategic point of interest. I especially enjoyed the way he portrayed Spartans again. That they are still vulnerable even though they are walking tanks with naval guns for arms. The ODST again are awesome for coming in to support the spartans on the flanks rather then attacking the covenant from behind the Spartans. Going behind the Spartans for cover is fine, but when you can flank is always the best option in suppressing and eliminating a larger or stronger force.
It's a nice mix between military tactics and flashy RvB Spartan flair.
Those werent ODSTs that flanked, those were Army troopers with Jun.
@@corey552 My bad on that. I assumed they were ODST from beforehand in the previous videos. Thank you for calling that out!
I miss seeing marines and ODST working with spartens, now it feels like Spartens are the only soldiers in the UNSC who gives the UNSC victory in every battle.
RIGHT?!?! They continously die off left and right, even when the ODST troopers are supposed to be the humans elite. (Spartans aside ofc)
After playing through Halo 4, I decided for myself that 343's lore was an utterly trash 'barely-a-fan fic'. Halo Ended when Chief went to sleep. Halo's last video game moment was Noble 6 fighting to his last breath.
I miss the days of Humans vs Covenant, humans barely getting by against overwhelming odds.
I miss being the lone Spartan, trying to keep as many marines alive as I could.
Seeing the videos SODAZ has been putting out, I would love if this guy was hired and put in charge of the franchise. He clearly has the heart Halo deserves.
Hire the dude, retcon 4, 5 and Infinite, soft reboot the franchise by telling other stories during the Human/Covenant war.
This is just unreal. The look and feel of those Hunters is amazing! Well done once again
This is some of the best Halo content we've gotten since... ever. I get a burst of adrenaline every time I see a new update.
I love the way that you made elite holding their own in combat against a spartan, its refreshing after seeing halo 5 elites being butchered like nothing by Osiris
Nice touch seeing the marines and another Spartan coming onto the flank. Spartans taking cover is a more realistic concept than standing out in the open and going gung-ho on the Covenant forces. Can't wait for HALO wip9, keep it up.
What I see consistently reading the comments is that everyone is super happy with the fact that the characters act, well, in character! You can tell this person understands how the different units should work.
That spartan almost got gutted lol. I just love how weighty the combat is and how the Spartans seem super lethal but still at risk of getting blown to bits. Overall really glad to see this youtuber grow and make hyper quality animations like this :)
Love the fact this dude is doing more for halo than infinite is. Keep up the good work and keep making the community proud.
I bet not many people outside of Halo community have heard about this video so stop jumping on the anti-343 bandwagon.
imagine defending 343 in any capacity.
as soon as I saw the Marines save the spartans, I 'bout went nuts
favorite thing about the Halo series is the Marines. Thank you, Sodaz
Even back when he was allowed to make warhammer content, the best thing about sodazs animations is making even the lowliest foot soldier seem capable in their ability to fight. It’s so fucking refreshing to see, Hollywood films and hell even ip owners of these universes never give the time of day to what is essentially the backbone of a faction for that universe, the occupy screen space so they can just die. GW always in their animations always have foot soldiers die and never get an on screen kill, only to be saved by a hero figure, they all suffer from the Gondor soldier syndrome...
Which is fucking hilarious, considering that in the Tolkien legendarium, Gondorians were some of the most feared and capable soldiers in Middle-Earth, being on par with Rohirrim horsemen and Morannon Uruks in terms of ferocity and skill. They ended up holding the line at Minas Tirith for a long ass time, only breaking when the Witch-King broke the gates down, running from Sauron's most powerful and feared general.
@@ladygrey7425 Yep. The books mention the tall proud soldiers of Minis Tirith Tower Guard and the soldiers of Gondor. The only limiting factor at why Gondor was falling was due to lack of legitimacy due to a lack of king and the power of Sauron and Mordor who were always pressing the attack either through Harad or Mordor. That was one of my very few gripes that Jackson made the Gondorians look bad.
@@MasterGhostf it's pretty bad when you can remember one on screen kill whilst the rohirrim got dozens showing you can demonstrate on screen capable soldiers whilst making things look dire, it just takes more effort to do
What nailed it for me was the marine saying "Covering fire!" Awesome, finally, the source of good Halo media we need but don't deserve!
This looks SO GOOD. Can we create an oscar reward for "random amazing online animators"?
I'm amazed at how well those barricades held up, the ones that the Spartan's were hiding behind.
yup lore wise those things should have evaporated in a couple of shots. Gameplay wise those are indestructible objects that can survive the death of the universe.
@@chaitanyasingh3258 that's overcouloursing but yeah
@@craftergaming392 That's not a word. Googled it and literally 0 results.
@@chaitanyasingh3258 I want armour made out of whatever metal those barricades were made from.
@@bowmin1 The poloticians wont allow it
Broke that Elite's shield with only her fist. Badass. 0:56
Minor elite (As denoted by their blue armour) shields can ussualy be broken with one punch on most difficulties, so surprisingly accurate to the games.
Can’t help but love each instalment man! Great animation work!
I enjoy how the Halo community can come together and appreciate the art and talent of those within it.
I must say you really know how to animate Hand-to-Hand combat in a very satisfying way.
Saw a SODAZ new HALO wip and I clicked on it so fast!
The animation is just brilliant, it's just so satisfying to watch!
No doubt I'll be watching this and the previous wip again in the next days!
Love the effects of the Elites' shields reacting to the impact of the Spartans' punches.
That final moment with the marine reinforcements was too cool
I love seeing Sodaz videos where the grunts have an active hand in the fights. They aren't spectators for the heroes, but active fighters.
You've given the ODSTs such a natural and organic role in the operation, and it is so pleasant to see. Awesome work!
Halo Reach is my favorite halo, and you my friend are making every halo fan jump with joy with these animations, even putting 343 to shame
I don’t know if anyone else notices, but I like the portrayal of the grunts. They’re a very hardy species and well they’re portrayed as such. They’re not all sniveling cowards. They put up a real obstacle as the principal ground infantry
Man, I love the details of the text on the screens, shaking and distorting, and I also love how balanced everything is, the fighting isn't one sided, and everyone has their roles on both sides, the Spartans being the anchors, and taking the fire while giving it back, the ODST'S doing a special task and the marines just helping out where they can and on the covenant side, the elites leading the attack, the grunts providing support, and the hunter being the tank and heavy weapons support, long story short, great work
i just cant stop rewatching that small hand to hand combat between elites and spartans
this guy over here making awesome animations that by themselves are more entertaining then the official tv series. its like the ''HE BUILT IT ALONE IN A CAVE'' meme lol.
With every video, the choreography, animation, audio, every damn bit of it gets better. As others stated, the attention to detail is far beyond what almost any AAA studio puts out. Spartans, ODST's, Marines, and the Covenant, every actor moving with intent, not just moving to put action on the screen. 343 hasn't put out anything half as impressive as this short clip, let alone everything else SODAZ has done.
that close quarter fight is awesome.
the animation was smooth and you feel the weight of explosions, punch, and the sharp energy blade.
This is better than the TV series.
awesome work my man.
Love the attention to both the marines and the ODSTs in these. So few people understand that the Spartans couldn’t win on their own!
10/10 mastapiece. Seriously this stuff is absolutely beautiful. The covenant actually look and feel great and so does the UNSC. You've done something that a huge studio full of people and money failed at doing. Please keep going!
스파르탄, ODST, 일반 육군 장병들의 연계가 정말 멋집니다!
THIS IS HALO. STRICTLY.
IT IS CANNON.
IT IS ACCURATE. The music, the sound, the enemy behavior. Everything is here perfectly balanced WITHOUT exaggeration or caricature. It is the cruelty of war explained in depth with fictional characters. IT IS AN INVATION.
The key work here is TEAM WORK on the COVENANT and the best the HUMAN HAS.
KUDOS. You made me smile again with such work. Phenomenal.
I absolutely adore how each section of the military has roles and representation here, the Marines/Army acting as support for the more special forces, the ODSTs fulfilling their role as an infiltration unit, and the Spartans as the keystone queens on the chessboard.
Lawls this has to be his biggest project to date
wow this is still just amazing
Amazing work, well done.
Trabalho Incrível e de qualidade
Não vejo a hora da continuação
Muito foda mesmo, tudo que eu queria ver nos jogos
Something about continuing quality? I'm curious, Paulin, is that Portuguese or Spanish you're writing in?
@@WhatIsSanity It's Portuguese, the translation is more or less: "Amazing work, can't wait for the next one!"
@@WhatIsSanity And the "qualidade" used in this phrase has the same meaning of good quality
Ih mané é Br hahahahaha, melhor é os gringo perguntando se é espanhol ou português
That phanthom exploding being nailed by autocannon fire just looked amazing. The quality is just off the charts, somepody stop this man!
Dude please dont lose your passion for this, you are what the halo community really needs right now.
That melee scene is nuts, I can't believe how talented you are at smooth animation and camera work
I love this series so much, amazing work, can’t wait for the next!
Edit: And that hand to hand combat scene was the lovely icing on the delicious cake
Hot stuff SODAZ. Great stuff. The spartan hand to hand with the elites had me on edge with who about to get stabbed.
This - as always was absolutely kick ass my dude, love your work, keep doing you because it's been great not only seeing your work but watching you and your skill set grow with each vid.
All the best from the UK
I can’t stop binge watching these!!! Feels like when I played pretend with my friends… Absolutely incredible
Ok but can we appreciate not how just the animation is good but this is so much more accurate to halos lore showing Spartans taking cover instead to standing and taking shot after shot and a balance of showing ODST and Marines holding their own weight!
This once again looks incredible!
The amount of dopamine I got when I saw the spartans fighting in CQC is immeasurable
*It's fucking GLORIOUS!*
i replayed that last 20 seconds a bunch of times holy shit, white odst healing on the ground that whole scene is crazy
for the last two parts feel like the quality level has jumped from being already great to just amazing . Keep up the good work
Love that you made the elites just as lethal in hand to hand as the spartans in here instead of making them push overs. Really shows the warrior culture they came from. Keep up the good work man.
As the humans started to win the ground war the covenant got butthurt and then glassed the planet.
I love that you show the spartan III's struggle more than a Spartan II would with elites. Because they aren't as strong and well equipped and trained then a spartan II.
This single WIP is way better than entire Halo TV show.
When a minute long video is more entertaining than a $100,000,000 series…. Amazing
0:51 great choreography and fluidity in the animation, your work is amazing
Now that's teamwork! ODST and Marines giving support to the spartans feels just so right!!
I pray for the ODST’s safety that there aren’t any Spec Ops Elites in that room.
I wish I was as Chad as Sodaz. This is God tier work.
Your beats for both the movement of the characters as well as the story as a whole is very well done. You manage to make every moment feel impactful and important even with constant action. Great work!
If this was what the Halo TV show was like, it'd make Millions.
love the work man, cant wait to see the full thing
Holy shit, instantly subscribed. I love the involvement of the ODSTs and marines. Spartans aren’t the only ones that can kick ass
the Monty Oum style impact at 0:50. perfection
Big props for the animator and the marine with the sniper
Bungie made us care for the marines and showed how cool the ODSTs are.
Sodaz made us see the importance of the marines and also showed how absolutely fucking cool the ODSTs are.
Infinite made us disappointed.
I like how he used the halo 2 bsod. "WAC An FU malfunction has occurred "
The marines saving the Spartan is a nice touch
So far from just watching wip 6 7 and 8. I love the attention to detail and the absolute flow from the animations. Nothing feels overly exaggerated nor under played. This would actually be pretty interesting to made up into an actual series. Halo Follower has been developing Lone Wolves, but has presented much of the series. This here, there is a lot of potential. If you need any suggest, I guarantee you that we, the community, whoever is interested, we would love to be involved. Keep it up!
Man every one of these parts really just completely outshines the Halo TV show
I am still I shock of how good everything about this is from the storytelling to the combat. Keep up the amazing work this beats any cutscene from 343.
It really doesn't.It's a good piece of Halo fan content tho.
It was really cool seeing the UNSC Army coming in for the rescue near the end
The snapiness of spartan combat is satisfying.
This man needs a business deal or something. His animations are top tier.
This was amazing, thank you Sodaz for sharing your art. This is so awesome to watch.
Your work is beyond amazing. I can't wait to see the final product.
It so damn badass to see a spartan just charge into that elite! Starts CQC, and draws the attention off there defense turrets!
The KING keeps delivering, absolutely loved the close combat parts at the end!
That marine save feels right out of my playthroughs when my shields would be low and a marine I gave a sniper rifle to would pop a pressuring elite buying me time to recover. Damn I love Marines...
HOLY SHIT EACH ONE JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER!!!
This is the halo content we wanted and needed
The way the rounds from the turret light up and smoke on impact 🤌
I like how the Spartans are outside covering the ODSTs since they're the ones with shields.
The quality your putting out in these is unreal
The weight behind the sword wielding elites swings and thrusts made it look much deadlier. There was so much power and speed behind the movements, it makes you realize only a Spartan with their enhancements could hope to compete in cqc with an elite.
Sergeant Forge killed an arbiter in cqc though.
@Chad a arrogant one who thought it was going to be a easy kill
its honestly really nice seeing content that uses all of the unsc instead of just the Spartans it really feels like any new halo content has forgotten about the unsc
I’ve watched everyone of your videos the day or really hour there released lol. You’re doing an phenomenal job, you’re truly bringing the fantasy of halo we all have in our heads to life!!!!
Spartans “no retreat, no surrender; that is Spartans law.” Leonidas.
Incredible job as always! This is easily my favorite depiction of combat in Halo and that Hunter was SEXY, *THANK YOU*
This is beautiful. I love seeing the little guys having such a big impact on the battle. They don't get enough recognition for the shit they put up with. Great work as always sodaz!
Dude up close and personal nice work as always Sodaz
Anything with ODSTs is great, especially using them in their role as a special ops force, while the tanky Spartans distract the enemy
Part of what made early Halo cool is that Spartans were the elite, but still needed marines and other military personnel. That’s sort of how special forces work, they don’t get a magic power ranger base and ignore these basic rules of warfare (looks at 343 making them into just that).
These little battle snippets remind me of the 2000's clone wars shorts.