It's cool seeing the IV's all stop to watch a Spartan 2 OG walk by. Like a show of respect to John for not only being a hero but for also being their predecessor and seeing the first iteration of what would become humanity's salvation. Such a cool scene.
I think more of a "the legend" is walking by. I mean yes spartan 3 and 4 are based on 2's but I think its more in the lines of "Oh S#&@, here comes an OG spartan" like he's supposed to be what every other Spartan is be the embodiment of.
@@hannibalofcarthage9716 i always thought it was more like. Everyone knows the legend about chief and that he never changed his armor and no one has ever seen his face.
@@TheSuperiorZarxes Spartan 2s without the mjolnir armour system were the strongest without armour but if you were to compare them all with armour it would be very close and be a Spartan to Spartan bases with Spartan 2s probably just about on top.
I didn’t notice this the first time but chief so so big that he can’t fit on the wheel thing that auto takes the armor off, and the techs have to manually manipulate the equipment to remove his armor.
@@cringekiller348 No because after the Librarian makes him immune to the Didacts murder laser it is also setting him to peak human evolution. Making him taller in the process
@blackwatchface this happened because the movement enhancement created more force than his body could withstand. It wasn't the weight of the suit itself
I'm actually glad when the story isn't afraid of being tragic at times, making it more realistic this way instead of making it a childish cartoon where the good guys always win and nothing bad ever happens.
@@tomasburian6550 But that's... most games. Like, nearly every game that involves being a soldier. Personally, I'm glad that Halo's always been on the lighter end of the spectrum: it's able to be serious, but it isn't going to depress you and be grim-dark all the time.
@@Mega-Brick I'd say halo is in the middle. A large part of the mythos is the unfathomable death and destruction that seems to plague the universe and humanity right in the middle desperately trying to survive.
I really like the Didact as an antagonist. He is utterly convinced that life would simply cease to exist if the Forerunners weren't there. It's why he just couldn't let go and accept the Halos as a solution to the Flood: Halo would kill the Forerunners. In his mind any other solution, even one as horrifying as using the Composer, was a better alternative than Halo. He really thought, right up to the very end, that he was fighting for the existence of all life everywhere. Imagine what he could have taught humanity if he'd have been more like the Librarian. Think of the kind of galaxy he could have helped mankind create. I pitty him, really. A soldier who just couldn't put down his sword when the war was over.
Also, I'm glad his story is being followed up, in this February's novel Epitaph - by Kelly Gay. I'm hoping whatever derailed or sidelined story ideas they had in mind for him, get at least SOME payoff (plus, maybe a possible cameo, from another cool, Forerunner, AI character too...)@@Jedilord882
I mean, going off of the lore, it makes perfect sense why he hates humans. Yeah, the forerunners were dicks, but from his point of view, the ancient humans just started a brutal war of annihilation against the forerunners for no reason they cared to elucidate, which resulted in all of his children dying during said war.
None of those are the reasons why the Ur-Didact and the forerunners feel the way they do about the mantle. Once you realize what the Primordial said to ancient humans that got so many of them to commit suicide upon hearing it and realize what it meant, the forerunners' response in eradicating the Precursors actually makes more sense.
I think he likely did at one point. I am not sure though. If not the council, the remaining forerunner leadership(the council got mostly killed at their capitol but finally obliterated at the greater ark), as I highly doubt him composing much of the humans on omega halo went unpunished
When Chief moves his arms out after looking at the armory wheel, it really shows you a sense of just how large he is. Yeah walking past the IV's is one thing, but that wheel is even larger than them, and he is large than it. I'm sure those technicians were like "Finally! I've always wanted to do this with a 2!". Chief's armor is not even the same generation as the IV"s armor, or their variants, so the technicians probably had to learn how to use this on Spartan 2s as a separate training. Chief isn't the only Spartan 2 out there, but they are extremely rare. Its like an Army technician in 2021 who is used to maintaining Bradley IFVs see a M113 pull into their garage.
Chief isn't far off of being the only 2 out there. There were only ever about 40 of them after their training finished. And most of those died over the course of the Human Covenant war. I'm pretty sure the 4 we see in Halo 5 are literally the last of their kind.
@@Hidden_Sage I think the Nobles were 2's as well meaning that Jun is not only alive, but was directly involved in the recruiting of the first Spartan IV's. Edit: No, I'm wrong. Cease liking this comment.
@@Hidden_Sage Not really, there's also Red Team from Halo Wars, that is still out there doing stuff (Jerome-092, Douglas-042 and Alice-130). Grey and Omega team are also still active. There's probably a bunch more too, altho obviously in lower numbers.
@Bao Thuy Yeah. The newer generation of Spartans was somewhat downgraded, since the body modification for Spartan 2 was very dangerous. The newer generation of Spartans basically had a easier and more safer transformation in becoming Spartans. Spartans 2's are a bit more powerful then Spartan 4s, but not as much when compared to Spartan 3s. Or at least I think so.
@Bao Thuy Spartan 2's are most powerful generation of spartan that the UNSC has ever produced but they're the longest one to make so the other spartan programs are the most easiest ones to mass produce but at the cost of downgrading the quality of the spartan 3 and 4.
That chest plate was so heavy, it didn't move when it hit the ground. Do you know how heavy something has to be to hit the ground from that height and not move? That's insane...
I don't know how much the chest plate weights but Chief with his armor weights around 1000pounds/450kg, and he himself weights around 280pounds/130kg so the whole armor alone is like 720pounds/326kg 👹
Didect: “Master Chief, you’ve changed nothing. Your species has the attention of those infinitely greater. You have become an annoyance. Prepare yourself for the arrival.”
The significant CLUNK of his chest piece... Like it doesn't rock or anything it just stays planted there so suredly makes you realize how heavy it all is.
Halo 4 really is the "forgotten" Halo game. I've always appreciated how 343 really attempted to make Halo much more of a real-life looking sci-fi, especially after Halo 3, which was a lot more cartoon-looking. For a first stab at Halo, they did a great job. Unfortunately, I think they got pulled in many different directions by the fans and business expectations after that. But the fact is the story of Halo 4 is great and it's one of my favorites. It's the only other Halo game with cutscenes almost on par with Halo 2. I still hope someday we get a Halo that brings back that realistic art design to everything. Edit: The decision they made to make the ending a monologue by the villain antagonist you just destroyed is really interesting, as it almost makes you feel sympathy by hearing his perspective and concerns. You learn his ultimate goal of securing safety for the galaxy is not too different from that of the humans, unlike the goal of the Covenant. There's an ominous hint to what he's saying, foreboding that humanity's triumph will ultimately be their downfall. Too bad they didn't run with that idea in Halo 5 and Infinite.
I couldnt really put a finger on what it was with Halo 3 that made it almost corny. Sure call me a critic, but as a Halo CE veteran- It was the cartoony aspect of Halo 3 and Chief surviving a fall from the sky. So from the get go l i wasnt convinced. Then again i consider myself a Halo Conservative. No political affiliation. Adding to what you said about the sci-fi aspect, yes I agree that they did well for the first stab at it with #4. 5 was more of a bridge to infinite but I agree was the least liked game by everyone. We can all agree the tv show is way below what we deserve. I think 343 knows what we want- Campaign with a Hollywood worthy “screenplay” and a linear-like character driven story (stop experimenting from squad style game play to open world Elder Scrolls esc worlds) If it aint broke dont fix it. Give us a Rocky vs Drago. Give us a sequel to Gladiator 🎉😂
Fun fact the Didact isn’t dead. In the final mission of Halo 4 when the grenade detonated and the Didact was knocked off the bridge he fell into a slipspace rupture beneath The Composer the portal sent him to another Halo Installation 03 where Blue Team would fight against him and through the usage of several composers his body was digitized, and it is currently now imprisoned within the domain. In another book, when an essence of the librarian was from conversing with a rebuilt 343 guilty spark, she said that the Didact it’s not a worrisome threat I want to believe that in some future halo game, while humanity is battling the endless they will somehow need the Didact’s help. So right now he is more so contained as opposed to destroyed
@@Slifer29 Seeing the text that guilty spark is rebuilt made me very pissed off. 343 Guilty Spark's role in the story is over, WHY IS HE BACK?! He was an insane selfish villian that care more for his ring than doing the right thing and he killed Johnson over it while throwing a tantrum like a child.
343’s issue is they wanted to turn chief into basically an anime protagonist lol and halo was never meant to be like a damn avengers movie which is why it’s nice to see infinite returning to the routes the diadact wasn’t a bad antagonist they just tried to turn him into again a marvel villain or such and he would’ve been better as just a figurehead like the prophets
In my opinion the didact wasn't boring. His backgroundstory with all the hate to humanity was actually comprehensible. The forerunners watched over the galaxy and it's residents and tried to make it a better place. And then there comes humanity and behaves like shit. And began to destroy planet after planet. He was an interesting character and 343 could have made more out his story.
I mean in a way that kind of gives them another shot at him since he isn't really dead but composed but they would have to do it right this time if they want to bring him back in in any way or if they should, really depends
Yeah they could have killed him off in halo five appropriately and he would replace the warden. Like actually that would be dope. And they could have replaced Locke with noble six.
It’s not bad it’s just unexplained given the context of the lore lmao he should’ve gotten this armor or a shiney more “new” looking version when he linked up with Infinity .
I'm not sure if this is a small detail they added, but at 1:19 the Spartans get in the ring to take off their armor, but when John gets to his, he has to stay standing to take off his armor because he's bigger than the other Spartans it was made for
I will never forget the sacrifices of the Spartan IIs at reach. They made it possible to even target and eliminate a covenant flagship, plus buy the chief a window of time to give the UNSC and the chief a chance to get to Halo with the Pillar of Autumn. All legends in my book.
@@DemonBoy3223 He was supposed to be this franchise’s “Thanos” and defeating him should’ve been humanity’s demonstration of worthiness to acquire and truly uphold the mantle. Wasted potential.
You know, Cortana says almost the same speech in the next game. Me thinks she has been influenced by the didact as she took the domain. But he has also been influenced by her...
@@agentgamma771-08-B just my suspicion. I think when they entered the domain their personalities rubbed off onto each other. She’s a lot like him now, not just random crazy. That speech from the didact is almost word for word what she says in the next game, and if this is the case Cortana could be redeemed as it’s not completely her fault she’s going psycho. Likely his influence. And if she’s influenced then you can be sure he’s there, you know, influencing her. Could also be the primordial/ gravemind he did get to them both too but I’d like to think cortana can be redeemed.
I think he is still alive despite what they did to him in Halo: Escalation. He's probably rather mangled, but still kicking and working from the shadows. That's my hope anyway. Kind of hope he is the "harbinger" mentioned in the Escharum speech and not Cortana.
@@handsomemonkeyking5299 Or they were BOTH corrupted by a Gravemind or Precursor logic plague (see Halo Silentium novel, for one) which seems to fit with the pattern of what the Gravemind was up to, in the past. And yes, the Didact IS still alive in some form, as pretty much confirmed by Brian Reed. He is some form of Composed being, now.
@@chrissonofpear1384 they both were. I honestly think the only way to save halos story line is to link what cortana does in halo 5 to her getting the logic plague and it slowly manefesting after her time held captive by the gravemind. If they do not do that, then Halo will continue to get worse and worse and worse, and we might as well stop playing new games and just replay H2A and HCE and Reach on repeat since those ones have by far the best stories(especially H2A cause H2A allows you to see things in cutscenes you couldnt before that are tiny but majorly impact the story, watch the video on mercy's chair for that)
Didacts speech is so ironic considering the mantle of responsibility was always supposed to be humanity's but early forerunners killed their creators and stole the mantle for themselves.
@@joshuawillis602no it was squandered. The Didact should've been the villain for all three games, preventing him from remaking the forerunner empire in his image with the Created war happening in between that plotline. Infinite should've been the final test Kill the Didact destroy the Banished stop Cortana end the Gravemind claim the Mantle.
@@sorrenblitz805 no it wasn’t. Your idea doesn’t make any sense. How would all of that fit into a story? You can’t combine a bunch a stuff and expect it to work
Can't argue with that lol. Such an obvious weak point, makes anyone sensitive to backstabbing... Maybe it was a reference to Siegfried from the Nibelungenlied, who bathed in the dragon's blood and gained invincible skin, except for that one point on his back where a leaf got stuck and prevented the blood from soaking in? The armor is called Mjöllnir, from Norse mythology too, after all. Just a thought.
I would be entirely satisfied if this was the true end to the Master Chief saga instead of just dragging it on. Leaving it done on an emotional note is how I always imagined it. Bring in new characters, new stories and let the past have its deserved rest.
@@Pinky_Piie It doesn't have to be the same. That's my point. Chief and Cortana have both earned their right to rest while at the height of their achievements.
just, coming back here to wash out the taste of the halo tv series here's hoping they bring the didact back in halo infinite , along with a few cutscenes showing us what happened, wonder if the comics are canon tho
What he really means is humans are by nature conquerers, they take credit in everything only wanting more power until there's nothing left to take and then when they have everything and are responsible for everything in the universe, there's nothing left to gain other then losing it all. Which will eventually happen by nature. A mirror image of what forerunners also do
Can you imagine the stench of that armor? Hasn't been taken off since Halo 2. Maybe Cortana was nice enough to wash it while Chief was asleep on Forward Onto Dawn
Everyone is talking about John’s armor, but can we talk about how utterly exhausted this man looks. His eyes look so sunken in and tired. He’s always going.
He's 49 years old and has spent 43 of those years in the military, and in a state of almost constant warfare since the age of 14. The original Halo CE Campaign takes place over the course of about 5 days. He was fighting constantly for 5 days from Pillar of Autumn to the Maw. Halo 2 also about the course of 5-7 days. Halo 3, about 3 and a half days. Halo Infinite, most of the campaign is about 18 hours from Esparza finding Chief till Chief enters the Auditorium to fight the Harbinger.
The clinching of his right fist just emanates how battle hardened he really was and how being a soldier is what he was made for since the beginning-to fight and send others to die an ready to be dispatched at a moment’s notice for the mission.Never thinking of his personal safety but completing his objective
I know not many people liked halo 4. But it had this epic moments that truly feels like halo. Story-wise it's the best halo game. But the didact dies in the comic books and his story was over. It's so sad that halo 5 had nothing of it.
I felt a bit more invested in Halo 2's story but I really enjoyed 4's story. It could've been executed a lot better in places, but they did only have about two years of development and 8 missions to work with.
The Ur-Diact was never really one of the bad guys; he was only driven completely mad by the Flood's Logic Plague, as a result of coming in contact with the Gravemind. In essence, he was one of the good guys who had been badly subverted by their own righteous ideals.
He was also betrayed and thrown onto a flood infested planet because he tried to expose the corruption of faber-of-will-and-might aka the master builder
Yes, I also had fun expanding on his storyline, and of others, in my novel, on ten.noitcifnaf (spell backward) also: named 'Begging After Knowledge' (by CaptChris42) May be worth a read, if people feel like it. Also has much of the Librarian, Master Builder, some Bornstellar... a lot of the Primordial... and one, particular, contending AI...@@darryldouglasmarbaniang7162
Halo 4: giant complicated spinny spinny to take off the power armor Halo The FLood novel: chief just kick off his boots and armour and take a shower in a hastily put-together temporary base on the ring.
Halo 4 was a good game. I just wish i could have played the DLC with a team. Having to go it alone because the matching system couldn’t find anyone to team up with was a real pain!
Such a flawed masterpiece of a game. Yes, the gameplay sucked, I admit, but this cutscene, full of respect for the enemy and the hero (yes, I didn't like we killed the didact in a quick time event), and the way every single spartan IV was waiting to see the chief without his armour near the end at 1:34, they are us... Our own Spartans, Waiting for the hero to say "yes, I saved your fucking lives and now need to rest" Now that I'm an adult I can really see the hidden details, and appreciate how delicious halo 4 really was, and I can see why we ended up with such a mistake as halo 5, we fuckin' deserved it after the criticism we gave to this beautiful story. Flawed, I said, it had nothing to do with the original trilogy, I know, but this cutscene is still immense.
I think the flaw of the Story was hyping the Didact up as the sole big bad. Even back in Combat Evolved there was not only the covenant but the Flood too, and in Halo 2 they expanded even further with the great Schism. They could have and should have done what they were doing now in splitting up the Covenant even further with the Banished, and I like how they attempted at least to add some friction within the UNSC as well. Halo 5's campaign was way too short and not gonna lie Cortana is a bad antagonist, and the game's marketing was a disaster. But I think Infinite will put the story back on track.
Anybody else felt like Halo 4 had a lot of potential afterwards with the idea of the Mantle as well as the Reclamation? Unfortunately Halo 5….well, we know what happened with that.
I wholeheartedly agree. It was kind of a rough start for 343, but they really just needed to iron out the kinks. Instead, all the good parts of Halo 4 went right out the window with 5.
0:06 *Last Cutscene Starts* Didact: "In this hour of victory, we can taste only defeat, I ask why. We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms...., And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy... Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to.. recede... Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the Galaxy.. refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit. We squander eons in the darkness.. while they seize our triumphs for their own. The Mantle of Responsibility for all things belongs to Forerunners alone! Think of my acts as you will. But do not doubt the reality. The reclamation... has already begun. *John face appears* And we are hopeless to stop it." *End of Speech and Video*
I never played one halo game. Never in my life. I always played play station. Always thought it was superior, In terms of game catalog and peak performance. I watched every game play of halo till this date. Even the remakes. Even read about the lore and fan theory. Watch the mini film and animation. I thought I would buy an Xbox finally just to play this game. This fabulous game. But i came to the conclusion that people behind this game showed me a truth. Ps, Xbox or pc they are all the same. A way for us to escape and embody a hero. There is no master race of console. There is only master chief.
That's just how it is for a lot of games nothing is up to Exact scale a good example a Pelican is almost the same size as a C-130 Hercules but we don't see that size in game
in the game when the librarian made him immune to the composer it made him shorter, that’s why palmer says he’s short and then is stunned in the cutscene
First off, my lore drops off after Ghosts of Onyx and I didn’t read any book after that master piece. That being said, I don’t see many people mentioning this so I’ll give it my thoughts. This speech is very revealing to me of situation. The forerunners have long been the protectors of the galaxy and ensured the survival of races. They did they best they thought possible with the flood and did exactly what good shepherds do. He talks about being accused of the crime of Forerunner ascendency. Is mankind not doing the same thing? They were fighting to survive and be seen as more valuable to the covenant. Now the very life they fed and nurtured is threatening your survival. It’s true of humans to conquer and displace life, it’s been done for all of time. From an emotional standpoint of the didact, I can hear his side and understand the emotion behind his voice. Great voice acting and really emotional stuff being able to flesh out his character that much for one that deserved much more.
I get that the Line 'I thought you would be taller' is a testament to his legendary status approaching myth in terms of his achievements but still 1:29 Look at this dude.
Master chief is like an astartes walking past legionnaires. He GREW into his mods, the others were pretty much grown and then modded. Also all Master Chief only knows training and fighting, they others grew up normally. Can you imagine the scars that are going to show, the the others probably do not have? He is probably cyborgged to the limits where the others only have "Reversible" modifications. Thereare many reasons they kept him in cryostasis as much as possible he is probably sociallized with an outlook more like a Klingon's or Mongol's than what the average human has. Yes even the later Spartans probably do not relate to him well, and the rest of humanity barely at all.
Johns 12 birthday he led his fire team to victory stealing the regimental flag from the oni spec ops base down the road from the Spartans facility . Losing the flag meant the entire regiment didnt get weekend leave for a month . So imagine just how motivated they were to keep that flag 😜 and they hadnt had the upgrades at that point as they had to wait till puberty . It was just a bunch of pre teens with years of training versus an entire regiment of spec ops .
Guys. Upon reflection I’m starting to think, Halo Infinite kinda sucked. 4 wasn’t perfect and of course 5 wasn’t… but it’s scenes like this that make the story awesome. You don’t even know where the hell the Didact went if you didn’t read the novels and a comic series. The decline of Halo makes me so so sad.
I watched this ending twice as a kid. And for some reason the way I had remembered it was that, when they took off masterchief's helmet the diadact was in his suit now. 🤣
if they do they will get sued. in US it is illegal to use an actor face if it is not perform by the actor. it took alot of paperwork to even get those star wars scene made for rogue one.
@@lagrangewei besides, the voice of Chief is grizzled enough he could pull off the Clint Eastwood look without copying Clint Eastwood. And IMO he'd look better for the role.
Fun fact MC is actually made taller by the 4runner lady, ultimate form of a human, hence why the two scenes with him being close to the👀 lady"thought ud be taller" then he definitely is in that scene
You got to love the shut up and stand master chief gets when he walks up. One of the last still alive and still fi ghb thing spartain 2s damn good cutscene
1:27 After seeing this for the first time, it made me remember the mission you first meet the crew of infinity. Palmer comes up to chief and smuggly says "I thought you'd be taller" and like in game chief's model is smaller but in this cutscene chief is almost double her size. It really annoyed me meeting her for the first time and I just couldn't like her character or any of the IVs really, most of them wearn't bad they just didnt feel like spartans, more like jacked up ODSTs.
Because thats what they are. They ARE jacked up ODST's. Halsey even mentions it during Spartan Ops that the only S-IV she's met that she considers to be worthy of the Spartan name is Spartan Thorne
@UrazzTo be fair Halsey meant it more in the direction of their mindset, just average humans in fancy armour. During spartan Ops we see fireteam Majestic being cocky, with the exception of Thorne. Spartan II's are warmachines physically and mentally and the IV's are not, which is why Halsey does not like them
set_player_scale 1.4 On a more serious note, I hope Halsey fanboys realize that 343 admitted that they've f//cked up the scale in this cutscene and Chief is still the same 2.13m as he was before ie 7 feet ie same data Bungie once copied from Astartes codex. And just like Astartes don't look all that fascinating when you have Catachans running around, Chief would be just taller then several Mark IV's, but of same height as majority of Mark III or those IV's that were chosen from ODSTs. You're also forgetting that outside of Spartan laser, Spartans use ordinary standard equipment and being so big as in this cutscene would f//ck up ergonomics and basically mean that you can't use human weapons and vehicles. Note here that this is precisely why Astartes are separate army, they have to use their own equipment and in 40k it is mentioned how it basically doubles the price of equipment production. Spartan that is two times bigger then normal marine would be thus useless to UNSC as nobody would start second production line for ALL equipment and components in "Spartan size". Not to mention the crap logistics would tell you about your mom if you try to double the number of articles they have to deal with. It CAN be done in good fashion IF Spartan II's were shown to use ONLY equipment and vehicles captured from Elites and Brutes, but we all know that's not the case. So stop salivating on erroneous cutscene scaling:P P.S.: yes, I'm just copypasting my comment all over comments from wet fanboys, who take the wrong scale as cannon instead of all other cannon existing. Because I can't be bothered to explain such basic thing twice.
@@honestdude8497 since butter knife isn't helpful, she's the female spartan standing next to the treadmill when Chief walked by, completely towering over her even though she's 6' 9"
Who here agrees that halo 4 didn't and still doesn't deserve even half the shit it got or gets. The plot is amazing, the gameplay was new and exciting and of course it was drop dead gorgeous even to this day. I don't care what anyone says, halo 4 is not only a worthy sequel too the first 3 halo's it's maybe the best of them "second favourite too me anyway". Love you halo 4.
I think many do not realize that his height is symbolic in the context of the speech and in how people see master chief. Don't take everything objectively people or you won't be able to understand many things in life. There is a balance behind everything you alone must find it
I always find the difference between the Ur Didact in the game and the Ur Didact in the Forerunner Saga to be so jarring. It's supposed to be the same character, but their behaviors are so wildly different it makes it hard for my mind to reconcile the two. In this end game speech he finally feels like the Ur Didact in the FS, and I wish he was more cool/collected like this in the game. Not saying he isn't collected in in the game, just always this cold rage that you don't really read in the books. Maybe it's just the way I read him.
Its cause he went a bit insane obsessing over the mantle, cause of the gravemind torturing him while he was held captive by the gravemind. His respectful rivalry with humanity turned to genocidal hatred for them as a result. By the end of the FS he was in fact like this, after he came back from the gravemind.
@@thearnorianruby4681 true. Faber did hate the Didacts guts, possibly cause Faber knew that the Didact knew how to fight the flood, wheras Faber did not, by that point.
Also, this speech by the Ur Didact doesn’t take place around the events of Halo 4. It’s actually when he is standing trial before the tribunal for going through with his plans to use humanity to fight the flood despite going against the tribunals decision to use the Halo rings and the Ark. That’s why this sounds more like the Ur Didact in the novel.
I'm still shocked all the spartan 4's didn't stop and salute the Chief when he walked by. Medal of Honor recipients get saluted by all ranks, and I gotta believe the Chief has been awarded whatever passes in the future for the Medal of Honor by this point.
It's cool seeing the IV's all stop to watch a Spartan 2 OG walk by. Like a show of respect to John for not only being a hero but for also being their predecessor and seeing the first iteration of what would become humanity's salvation. Such a cool scene.
I’ve always interpreted a little bit of awe as well as he walks by, towering over them.
I think more of a "the legend" is walking by. I mean yes spartan 3 and 4 are based on 2's but I think its more in the lines of "Oh S#&@, here comes an OG spartan" like he's supposed to be what every other Spartan is be the embodiment of.
@Samuel Davies where's the green?
A god walking among mortals.
@@hannibalofcarthage9716 i always thought it was more like. Everyone knows the legend about chief and that he never changed his armor and no one has ever seen his face.
this trailer really hammers home just how much bigger spartan 2s are than normal humans, lordy Chief just towering over everyone.
He also got evolved genetically by the librarian into a peak human so he doesn’t get composed
@@corey7015 he was already peak and beyond of humanity whatever the hell the librarian did only made it so he doesn’t go to the matrix
He was short for a Spartan 2 as well
@@isilencer8877 what seriously? How strong was he compared to the other Spartans then?
@@TheSuperiorZarxes Spartan 2s without the mjolnir armour system were the strongest without armour but if you were to compare them all with armour it would be very close and be a Spartan to Spartan bases with Spartan 2s probably just about on top.
Honestly Halo 4’s story is incredibly underrated. I loved it at the time it came out and it’s nice to see people warming up to it more now
I personally liked it more than the other Halo's 😬.
Halo 4 has the best campaign 343 gave us lol
Halo 4 has so many good things, but so many bad ones at the same time...
@@LU-C4 it gets the most important thing of having a campaign people wanna play till the end - good writing and believable characters.
This is how it always is. New game drops. People bitch then suddenly a few years later everyone gawks on its cock
I didn’t notice this the first time but chief so so big that he can’t fit on the wheel thing that auto takes the armor off, and the techs have to manually manipulate the equipment to remove his armor.
My favorite part
Chief is 7 feet 2 in armor
Then
This scene is a mistake
@@cringekiller348 this is a more symbolic scene
@@cringekiller348 he is 6’10 without it
@@cringekiller348 No because after the Librarian makes him immune to the Didacts murder laser it is also setting him to peak human evolution. Making him taller in the process
If you think about it, that's the first time Chief's had his armor off since the beginning of Halo 2. Probably stinks
Explains why the technicians are wearing masks.
@@meowmeowmeow594 they might be technician, but they too needs to look cool.
Just throw a pinecone in the air filter
Yeah, it would suck to be Chief. All the missions he's done basically non stop
wouldn't he just have tons of infections from having the armor on that long?
The fact that the chestplate just thuds down without bounding just shows how heavy it really is, and how strong Chief has to be to wear it
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the suit has mechanical actuators so it doesn't really take strength to wear it if anything it gives you more strength, similar to iron mans suit.
No it doesnt a marine was crushed to death when testing mjolnir suits @@Krasinski1
@blackwatchface this happened because the movement enhancement created more force than his body could withstand. It wasn't the weight of the suit itself
The most legendary ending is when Master chief finally can seat down and finish his Big Mac.
Big mac!!! 😩😩✊✊😤😤✊
Cam gib yrew doog tub
Then he realised Larry Bird ate it.
Big Mac Rounds?! In Atmosphere?! Got our attention for sure!
Everyone talking about the visuals but Didacts speech goes hard af
He speaks like a Primarch. This is how I imagine Fulgrim would sound like. Oddly the voice would also suit Sanguinius
Palmer: I thought you’d be taller.
Chief in this scene: (Becomes height itself)
exactly my thoughts, when he walks past palmer, i remember that scene in my head hahahaah!
Librarian buffed the hell out of him and made him almost forerunner in stature.
@@Jerorawr_XD that actually makes sense!
Thats part of her joke perhaps.
@@Jerorawr_XD wow, i never considered that. Probably the answer right there
I hate seeing those guys run off the pelican ready to help people, but then they see there is no one to help.
Makes you wonder how many other Marines were deployed and how much of Earth was affected by the Composer...
I'm actually glad when the story isn't afraid of being tragic at times, making it more realistic this way instead of making it a childish cartoon where the good guys always win and nothing bad ever happens.
@@EnclaveSOC-102 just Phoenix Arizona apparently like the whole city got composed
@@tomasburian6550 But that's... most games. Like, nearly every game that involves being a soldier. Personally, I'm glad that Halo's always been on the lighter end of the spectrum: it's able to be serious, but it isn't going to depress you and be grim-dark all the time.
@@Mega-Brick I'd say halo is in the middle. A large part of the mythos is the unfathomable death and destruction that seems to plague the universe and humanity right in the middle desperately trying to survive.
I really like the Didact as an antagonist. He is utterly convinced that life would simply cease to exist if the Forerunners weren't there. It's why he just couldn't let go and accept the Halos as a solution to the Flood: Halo would kill the Forerunners. In his mind any other solution, even one as horrifying as using the Composer, was a better alternative than Halo. He really thought, right up to the very end, that he was fighting for the existence of all life everywhere.
Imagine what he could have taught humanity if he'd have been more like the Librarian. Think of the kind of galaxy he could have helped mankind create. I pitty him, really. A soldier who just couldn't put down his sword when the war was over.
Perfect antagonist for the new saga. An anti-chief.
Also, I'm glad his story is being followed up, in this February's novel Epitaph - by Kelly Gay.
I'm hoping whatever derailed or sidelined story ideas they had in mind for him, get at least SOME payoff (plus, maybe a possible cameo, from another cool, Forerunner, AI character too...)@@Jedilord882
I mean, going off of the lore, it makes perfect sense why he hates humans. Yeah, the forerunners were dicks, but from his point of view, the ancient humans just started a brutal war of annihilation against the forerunners for no reason they cared to elucidate, which resulted in all of his children dying during said war.
Exactly. Hes also traumatized from losing all his children, which is covered in the books and it broke him
None of those are the reasons why the Ur-Didact and the forerunners feel the way they do about the mantle. Once you realize what the Primordial said to ancient humans that got so many of them to commit suicide upon hearing it and realize what it meant, the forerunners' response in eradicating the Precursors actually makes more sense.
Whenever I hear this speech, I imagine the Didact standing before the Ecumene Council and giving the exact same speech.
I think he likely did at one point. I am not sure though. If not the council, the remaining forerunner leadership(the council got mostly killed at their capitol but finally obliterated at the greater ark), as I highly doubt him composing much of the humans on omega halo went unpunished
When Chief moves his arms out after looking at the armory wheel, it really shows you a sense of just how large he is. Yeah walking past the IV's is one thing, but that wheel is even larger than them, and he is large than it. I'm sure those technicians were like "Finally! I've always wanted to do this with a 2!". Chief's armor is not even the same generation as the IV"s armor, or their variants, so the technicians probably had to learn how to use this on Spartan 2s as a separate training. Chief isn't the only Spartan 2 out there, but they are extremely rare. Its like an Army technician in 2021 who is used to maintaining Bradley IFVs see a M113 pull into their garage.
He is much taller in this clip than he actually is, his size is not canon here. He should only be a bit taller than Palmer.
Chief isn't far off of being the only 2 out there. There were only ever about 40 of them after their training finished. And most of those died over the course of the Human Covenant war. I'm pretty sure the 4 we see in Halo 5 are literally the last of their kind.
@@Hidden_Sage I think the Nobles were 2's as well meaning that Jun is not only alive, but was directly involved in the recruiting of the first Spartan IV's.
Edit: No, I'm wrong. Cease liking this comment.
@@Hidden_Sage Not really, there's also Red Team from Halo Wars, that is still out there doing stuff (Jerome-092, Douglas-042 and Alice-130). Grey and Omega team are also still active. There's probably a bunch more too, altho obviously in lower numbers.
@@Meyr3356 Nah, Jorge was the only 2 from Noble Team. The rest of them were 3s.
Just realized that because he is a spartan 2 he doesn't fit into the ring meant for taking off the armor, since it's meant for the newer Spartans.
@Bao Thuy seems like it, yea
@Bao Thuy Not sure, but it's clearly stated in novels and stuff that Spartan 2's are way taller than the new generation of spartans.
@Bao Thuy Yeah. The newer generation of Spartans was somewhat downgraded, since the body modification for Spartan 2 was very dangerous. The newer generation of Spartans basically had a easier and more safer transformation in becoming Spartans.
Spartans 2's are a bit more powerful then Spartan 4s, but not as much when compared to Spartan 3s. Or at least I think so.
@Bao Thuy Spartan 2's are most powerful generation of spartan that the UNSC has ever produced but they're the longest one to make so the other spartan programs are the most easiest ones to mass produce but at the cost of downgrading the quality of the spartan 3 and 4.
Well because the cut scene is wrong
Chief is just 4 inches taller than palmer
That chest plate was so heavy, it didn't move when it hit the ground.
Do you know how heavy something has to be to hit the ground from that height and not move? That's insane...
not sure about the chest plate itself, but chiefs armor is a little over 700lbs.
@@Whiskey_Pleaz By comparison, the Clean & Jerk world record at olympic weightlifting currently stands at 265kg/584lbs.
I don't know how much the chest plate weights but Chief with his armor weights around 1000pounds/450kg, and he himself weights around 280pounds/130kg so the whole armor alone is like 720pounds/326kg 👹
This is a genuinely incredible cutscene.
Didect: “Master Chief, you’ve changed nothing. Your species has the attention of those infinitely greater.
You have become an annoyance. Prepare yourself for the arrival.”
I think you mean Shepard lol
@@hannibalofcarthage9716
It was a part of the joke because the man the voiced the didect was the same who voiced Harbinger lol
@@MR.ICE. Yeah I got the joke.
Commander Shepard and Master Chief. Stick this two together, and I'll bet that the Reapers and Flood would promptly turn round and run the hell away.
@@Cailus3542
Oh yes! Shepard and Garrus. The chief and cortana. The reapers and flood would turn tails and run lol
The significant CLUNK of his chest piece... Like it doesn't rock or anything it just stays planted there so suredly makes you realize how heavy it all is.
Halo 4 really is the "forgotten" Halo game. I've always appreciated how 343 really attempted to make Halo much more of a real-life looking sci-fi, especially after Halo 3, which was a lot more cartoon-looking. For a first stab at Halo, they did a great job. Unfortunately, I think they got pulled in many different directions by the fans and business expectations after that. But the fact is the story of Halo 4 is great and it's one of my favorites. It's the only other Halo game with cutscenes almost on par with Halo 2. I still hope someday we get a Halo that brings back that realistic art design to everything.
Edit: The decision they made to make the ending a monologue by the villain antagonist you just destroyed is really interesting, as it almost makes you feel sympathy by hearing his perspective and concerns. You learn his ultimate goal of securing safety for the galaxy is not too different from that of the humans, unlike the goal of the Covenant. There's an ominous hint to what he's saying, foreboding that humanity's triumph will ultimately be their downfall. Too bad they didn't run with that idea in Halo 5 and Infinite.
I couldnt really put a finger on what it was with Halo 3 that made it almost corny. Sure call me a critic, but as a Halo CE veteran- It was the cartoony aspect of Halo 3 and Chief surviving a fall from the sky. So from the get go l i wasnt convinced. Then again i consider myself a Halo Conservative. No political affiliation.
Adding to what you said about the sci-fi aspect, yes I agree that they did well for the first stab at it with #4. 5 was more of a bridge to infinite but I agree was the least liked game by everyone.
We can all agree the tv show is way below what we deserve. I think 343 knows what we want- Campaign with a Hollywood worthy “screenplay” and a linear-like character driven story (stop experimenting from squad style game play to open world Elder Scrolls esc worlds) If it aint broke dont fix it. Give us a Rocky vs Drago. Give us a sequel to Gladiator 🎉😂
Fun fact the Didact isn’t dead. In the final mission of Halo 4 when the grenade detonated and the Didact was knocked off the bridge he fell into a slipspace rupture beneath The Composer the portal sent him to another Halo Installation 03 where Blue Team would fight against him and through the usage of several composers his body was digitized, and it is currently now imprisoned within the domain. In another book, when an essence of the librarian was from conversing with a rebuilt 343 guilty spark, she said that the Didact it’s not a worrisome threat I want to believe that in some future halo game, while humanity is battling the endless they will somehow need the Didact’s help. So right now he is more so contained as opposed to destroyed
@@Slifer29 Seeing the text that guilty spark is rebuilt made me very pissed off.
343 Guilty Spark's role in the story is over, WHY IS HE BACK?! He was an insane selfish villian that care more for his ring than doing the right thing and he killed Johnson over it while throwing a tantrum like a child.
this is such a good speech, i just wish 343 would’ve made him less...well...boring
Yea lol
@@r34p3r2 redditor found
Only boring people are bored
343’s issue is they wanted to turn chief into basically an anime protagonist lol and halo was never meant to be like a damn avengers movie which is why it’s nice to see infinite returning to the routes the diadact wasn’t a bad antagonist they just tried to turn him into again a marvel villain or such and he would’ve been better as just a figurehead like the prophets
In my opinion the didact wasn't boring. His backgroundstory with all the hate to humanity was actually comprehensible. The forerunners watched over the galaxy and it's residents and tried to make it a better place. And then there comes humanity and behaves like shit. And began to destroy planet after planet. He was an interesting character and 343 could have made more out his story.
Such a long speech for a guy that gets killed in a comic book nobody read
Still cool though.
Lol, his potential was wasted, he genuinely was or seemed like a good character
I mean in a way that kind of gives them another shot at him since he isn't really dead but composed but they would have to do it right this time if they want to bring him back in in any way or if they should, really depends
shoulda replaced warden eternal
Yeah they could have killed him off in halo five appropriately and he would replace the warden.
Like actually that would be dope.
And they could have replaced Locke with noble six.
I know a lot of people really hate this armor but I’ve always liked it
Me too, this is my favorite version of Chief’s armor
It’s not bad it’s just unexplained given the context of the lore lmao he should’ve gotten this armor or a shiney more “new” looking version when he linked up with Infinity .
@@Jedilord882 It was explained but it was just a vague explanation, I don't think it was ever touched on again
I don't know why it's practically the same armor from halo 2&3 Just that Cortana Had been modifying it while Chief was sleeping
@@Jedilord882 The same problem that Halo 3 has that does not explain the armor changes compared to Halo 2.
I'm not sure if this is a small detail they added, but at 1:19 the Spartans get in the ring to take off their armor, but when John gets to his, he has to stay standing to take off his armor because he's bigger than the other Spartans it was made for
i’ve come to believe that this speech was given before the didactic was imprisoned. it just makes sense idk
I will never forget the sacrifices of the Spartan IIs at reach. They made it possible to even target and eliminate a covenant flagship, plus buy the chief a window of time to give the UNSC and the chief a chance to get to Halo with the Pillar of Autumn. All legends in my book.
Spartan 2 AND Spartan 3
Love watching the others in shock and awe. Could only imagine we all would react the same if an actual legend was amongst us.
0:13 me at the end of a semester in university
This is gold lol
The didact is beyond even man of steel Zod as a villain. So intelligent and relatable. Best villain ever.
Ikr? So much potential with the Didact, gone to waste. He could have made an amazing antagonist for the Reclaimer Saga.
I was just thinking how much he reminds me of Zod.
@@DemonBoy3223 He was supposed to be this franchise’s “Thanos” and defeating him should’ve been humanity’s demonstration of worthiness to acquire and truly uphold the mantle. Wasted potential.
You know, Cortana says almost the same speech in the next game. Me thinks she has been influenced by the didact as she took the domain. But he has also been influenced by her...
How is didact influenced by her
Cortana has no match in comparison of didact in both power and intelligence
@@agentgamma771-08-B just my suspicion. I think when they entered the domain their personalities rubbed off onto each other. She’s a lot like him now, not just random crazy. That speech from the didact is almost word for word what she says in the next game, and if this is the case Cortana could be redeemed as it’s not completely her fault she’s going psycho. Likely his influence. And if she’s influenced then you can be sure he’s there, you know, influencing her. Could also be the primordial/ gravemind he did get to them both too but I’d like to think cortana can be redeemed.
I think he is still alive despite what they did to him in Halo: Escalation. He's probably rather mangled, but still kicking and working from the shadows. That's my hope anyway. Kind of hope he is the "harbinger" mentioned in the Escharum speech and not Cortana.
@@handsomemonkeyking5299 Or they were BOTH corrupted by a Gravemind or Precursor logic plague (see Halo Silentium novel, for one) which seems to fit with the pattern of what the Gravemind was up to, in the past.
And yes, the Didact IS still alive in some form, as pretty much confirmed by Brian Reed. He is some form of Composed being, now.
@@chrissonofpear1384 they both were. I honestly think the only way to save halos story line is to link what cortana does in halo 5 to her getting the logic plague and it slowly manefesting after her time held captive by the gravemind. If they do not do that, then Halo will continue to get worse and worse and worse, and we might as well stop playing new games and just replay H2A and HCE and Reach on repeat since those ones have by far the best stories(especially H2A cause H2A allows you to see things in cutscenes you couldnt before that are tiny but majorly impact the story, watch the video on mercy's chair for that)
Didacts speech is so ironic considering the mantle of responsibility was always supposed to be humanity's but early forerunners killed their creators and stole the mantle for themselves.
The Forerunners were an arrogant species to say the least
And from that came the flood or how they call it.
“The monument to all your sins”
And what if I told u the Creators could be wrong? Doenst God makes mistakes? Can he be partial?
I really hope that somehow this speech is referenced in Infinite. A way of saying “He warned you.”
Warned him of what?
@@anxiousearth680 My nuts
@@asura2877 fucking amazing
@@anxiousearth680 About the reclamation having already begun.
The sound of Johns chest plate hitting the ground man. They nailed that shit.
I don’t care what anyone says this is so epic! Also I miss the infinity and it’s crew (Tom etc) I wish they will show up in infinity dlc
I mean the Infinity does show up in Halo Infinite right at the start of the game lol.
Chief's furrowed brow, heavy with war, weighted with focus bordering vengeance. Now that's badass.
I need to memorize this speech so I can be the new narrator
Master chief... only a man of your integrity can save us..
What an absolutely squandered setup for the second trilogy
This, what a rubish cringy game.
You’re both very wrong
@@joshuawillis602no it was squandered. The Didact should've been the villain for all three games, preventing him from remaking the forerunner empire in his image with the Created war happening in between that plotline. Infinite should've been the final test Kill the Didact destroy the Banished stop Cortana end the Gravemind claim the Mantle.
@@sorrenblitz805 no it wasn’t. Your idea doesn’t make any sense. How would all of that fit into a story? You can’t combine a bunch a stuff and expect it to work
Thank you for ruining this trilogy for the rest of us. Damn fanboys
I have this entire thing memorized by heart. It’s so well done.
That new armor would be OK if they just filled in that big hole on the back spine area. That hole just looks dumb as hell.
yeah
Right
Can't argue with that lol. Such an obvious weak point, makes anyone sensitive to backstabbing... Maybe it was a reference to Siegfried from the Nibelungenlied, who bathed in the dragon's blood and gained invincible skin, except for that one point on his back where a leaf got stuck and prevented the blood from soaking in? The armor is called Mjöllnir, from Norse mythology too, after all. Just a thought.
Yeeees
1:50 4 years and still gives me chills to my spine
I would be entirely satisfied if this was the true end to the Master Chief saga instead of just dragging it on. Leaving it done on an emotional note is how I always imagined it. Bring in new characters, new stories and let the past have its deserved rest.
Well to be fair that’s what they tried to do in halo 5 with Locke and look where that got us.
@@michaelpepersack6903 It still revolved around Master Chief and Cortana.
Flow of money will never allow that.
As it should imo halo would never be the same halo without chief
@@Pinky_Piie It doesn't have to be the same. That's my point. Chief and Cortana have both earned their right to rest while at the height of their achievements.
Nothing but good feels for this game
1:27 that was epic
just, coming back here to wash out the taste of the halo tv series
here's hoping they bring the didact back in halo infinite , along with a few cutscenes showing us what happened, wonder if the comics are canon tho
..... About Ur-Didact... I think you should read the comics or the book.
Didact’s assessment of humanity is so accurate it’s scary 😔
Yeah especially compared to today, it's quite shocking we haven't nuked each other yet.
What he really means is humans are by nature conquerers, they take credit in everything only wanting more power until there's nothing left to take and then when they have everything and are responsible for everything in the universe, there's nothing left to gain other then losing it all. Which will eventually happen by nature. A mirror image of what forerunners also do
@@zzzzzx308 so one could say... it’s so accurate, it’s scary? 🤔
@@stanstanlison5791 yes Rigby
@@zzzzzx308 “STOP TALKING!”
jk lol 😂
Can you imagine the stench of that armor? Hasn't been taken off since Halo 2. Maybe Cortana was nice enough to wash it while Chief was asleep on Forward Onto Dawn
Man, I could replay this cutscene forever, I think this epilogue might have turned Halo 4 from a decent game into a good game. :D
Everyone is talking about John’s armor, but can we talk about how utterly exhausted this man looks. His eyes look so sunken in and tired. He’s always going.
He's 49 years old and has spent 43 of those years in the military, and in a state of almost constant warfare since the age of 14. The original Halo CE Campaign takes place over the course of about 5 days. He was fighting constantly for 5 days from Pillar of Autumn to the Maw. Halo 2 also about the course of 5-7 days. Halo 3, about 3 and a half days. Halo Infinite, most of the campaign is about 18 hours from Esparza finding Chief till Chief enters the Auditorium to fight the Harbinger.
The clinching of his right fist just emanates how battle hardened he really was and how being a soldier is what he was made for since the beginning-to fight and send others to die an ready to be dispatched at a moment’s notice for the mission.Never thinking of his personal safety but completing his objective
Imagine being the technician assigned to strip the armour off this massive dude
I call the crotch-plate.
0:53 thous are medics, they just realized that the city and everyone in it has been composed and are dead…
I know not many people liked halo 4. But it had this epic moments that truly feels like halo. Story-wise it's the best halo game. But the didact dies in the comic books and his story was over. It's so sad that halo 5 had nothing of it.
I felt a bit more invested in Halo 2's story but I really enjoyed 4's story. It could've been executed a lot better in places, but they did only have about two years of development and 8 missions to work with.
The Ur-Diact was never really one of the bad guys; he was only driven completely mad by the Flood's Logic Plague, as a result of coming in contact with the Gravemind. In essence, he was one of the good guys who had been badly subverted by their own righteous ideals.
He was also betrayed and thrown onto a flood infested planet because he tried to expose the corruption of faber-of-will-and-might aka the master builder
@@cjthenarhwalking1378 Yeah...
Yes, I also had fun expanding on his storyline, and of others, in my novel, on ten.noitcifnaf (spell backward) also: named 'Begging After Knowledge' (by CaptChris42)
May be worth a read, if people feel like it.
Also has much of the Librarian, Master Builder, some Bornstellar... a lot of the Primordial... and one, particular, contending AI...@@darryldouglasmarbaniang7162
Halo 4: giant complicated spinny spinny to take off the power armor
Halo The FLood novel: chief just kick off his boots and armour and take a shower in a hastily put-together temporary base on the ring.
Halo 4 was a good game. I just wish i could have played the DLC with a team. Having to go it alone because the matching system couldn’t find anyone to team up with was a real pain!
It would have also helped to not require Xbox live gold
@@Boom__6678 Agreed!
Such a flawed masterpiece of a game.
Yes, the gameplay sucked, I admit, but this cutscene, full of respect for the enemy and the hero (yes, I didn't like we killed the didact in a quick time event), and the way every single spartan IV was waiting to see the chief without his armour near the end at 1:34, they are us... Our own Spartans, Waiting for the hero to say "yes, I saved your fucking lives and now need to rest"
Now that I'm an adult I can really see the hidden details, and appreciate how delicious halo 4 really was, and I can see why we ended up with such a mistake as halo 5, we fuckin' deserved it after the criticism we gave to this beautiful story. Flawed, I said, it had nothing to do with the original trilogy, I know, but this cutscene is still immense.
This cutscene made the mood of the game for me, even though it's ironically at the end.
There’s always criticism. I loved halo 4. I felt that ending with cortana
I thought Halo 4 was a solid launch platform to build off of.
I believe people look back on it less fondly through the lens of Halo 5.
I think the flaw of the Story was hyping the Didact up as the sole big bad. Even back in Combat Evolved there was not only the covenant but the Flood too, and in Halo 2 they expanded even further with the great Schism.
They could have and should have done what they were doing now in splitting up the Covenant even further with the Banished, and I like how they attempted at least to add some friction within the UNSC as well.
Halo 5's campaign was way too short and not gonna lie Cortana is a bad antagonist, and the game's marketing was a disaster. But I think Infinite will put the story back on track.
Gameplay sucked ?
Anybody else felt like Halo 4 had a lot of potential afterwards with the idea of the Mantle as well as the Reclamation? Unfortunately Halo 5….well, we know what happened with that.
I wholeheartedly agree. It was kind of a rough start for 343, but they really just needed to iron out the kinks. Instead, all the good parts of Halo 4 went right out the window with 5.
“I STAND BEFORE YOU ACCUSED OF A SIN”
Me when I eat in class.
0:06
*Last Cutscene Starts*
Didact: "In this hour of victory, we can taste only defeat, I ask why. We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms...., And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy... Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to.. recede... Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the Galaxy.. refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit. We squander eons in the darkness.. while they seize our triumphs for their own. The Mantle of Responsibility for all things belongs to Forerunners alone! Think of my acts as you will. But do not doubt the reality. The reclamation... has already begun.
*John face appears*
And we are hopeless to stop it."
*End of Speech and Video*
if you think you deserve the mantle you dont
I never played one halo game. Never in my life. I always played play station. Always thought it was superior, In terms of game catalog and peak performance.
I watched every game play of halo till this date. Even the remakes. Even read about the lore and fan theory. Watch the mini film and animation. I thought I would buy an Xbox finally just to play this game. This fabulous game.
But i came to the conclusion that people behind this game showed me a truth. Ps, Xbox or pc they are all the same. A way for us to escape and embody a hero. There is no master race of console. There is only master chief.
Preach
How is he sooo fing large compared to the IV’s but in game he’s tiny
That's just how it is for a lot of games nothing is up to Exact scale a good example a Pelican is almost the same size as a C-130 Hercules but we don't see that size in game
The scale is terribly inaccurate
@@thechroniclegamer4285 but in which way? The cutscenes or gameplay sizes
@@roberth8254 cutscene is inaccurate. chief is only 4 inches taller in armor than Locke for example in lore.
in the game when the librarian made him immune to the composer it made him shorter, that’s why palmer says he’s short and then is stunned in the cutscene
Still gives me chills to this day
Still get goosebumps everything i see this 117
I like to believe that he was thinking of Cortana as he walked.
First off, my lore drops off after Ghosts of Onyx and I didn’t read any book after that master piece. That being said, I don’t see many people mentioning this so I’ll give it my thoughts. This speech is very revealing to me of situation. The forerunners have long been the protectors of the galaxy and ensured the survival of races. They did they best they thought possible with the flood and did exactly what good shepherds do. He talks about being accused of the crime of Forerunner ascendency. Is mankind not doing the same thing? They were fighting to survive and be seen as more valuable to the covenant. Now the very life they fed and nurtured is threatening your survival. It’s true of humans to conquer and displace life, it’s been done for all of time. From an emotional standpoint of the didact, I can hear his side and understand the emotion behind his voice. Great voice acting and really emotional stuff being able to flesh out his character that much for one that deserved much more.
Remember getting this ending back in the day. Took awhile to sink in.
I get that the Line 'I thought you would be taller' is a testament to his legendary status approaching myth in terms of his achievements but still 1:29 Look at this dude.
*Me pointing aggressively at the screen whilst showing a friend* Now THAT is a fucking unit of a man.
Rewatching this made me realize how much open space between pieces of armor there are.
Can we talk about how for an Xbox 360 game that came out in 2012 this is hands down the best graphics on that console
And all who looked upon him trembled at Goliath’s size and magnificence. For he was the one nightmares now feared and his name was John.
They created a pretty realistic face for Chief but couldn't animated the lab coats properly?
Master chief is like an astartes walking past legionnaires. He GREW into his mods, the others were pretty much grown and then modded. Also all Master Chief only knows training and fighting, they others grew up normally. Can you imagine the scars that are going to show, the the others probably do not have? He is probably cyborgged to the limits where the others only have "Reversible" modifications. Thereare many reasons they kept him in cryostasis as much as possible he is probably sociallized with an outlook more like a Klingon's or Mongol's than what the average human has. Yes even the later Spartans probably do not relate to him well, and the rest of humanity barely at all.
Johns 12 birthday he led his fire team to victory stealing the regimental flag from the oni spec ops base down the road from the Spartans facility . Losing the flag meant the entire regiment didnt get weekend leave for a month . So imagine just how motivated they were to keep that flag 😜 and they hadnt had the upgrades at that point as they had to wait till puberty . It was just a bunch of pre teens with years of training versus an entire regiment of spec ops .
I think the S4s are characterized properly and actually highlight just how elite S2s are.
Guys. Upon reflection I’m starting to think, Halo Infinite kinda sucked. 4 wasn’t perfect and of course 5 wasn’t… but it’s scenes like this that make the story awesome. You don’t even know where the hell the Didact went if you didn’t read the novels and a comic series. The decline of Halo makes me so so sad.
I always thought of john's luck as us the player. We influence how things go for him.
I watched this ending twice as a kid. And for some reason the way I had remembered it was that, when they took off masterchief's helmet the diadact was in his suit now. 🤣
Imagine being so big you dont fit in the rig to lift you and auto remove the suit, fucking legend
I personally feel that they should make him look like Clint Eastwood if they ever do a full face
Believe it or not, that's what the voice actor was basing his voice on. XD
if they do they will get sued. in US it is illegal to use an actor face if it is not perform by the actor. it took alot of paperwork to even get those star wars scene made for rogue one.
@@lagrangewei besides, the voice of Chief is grizzled enough he could pull off the Clint Eastwood look without copying Clint Eastwood. And IMO he'd look better for the role.
@@AnimeShinigami13 it fun and games until you are sued.
I think James Brolin or hugh Jackman would be closer to what master chief would look more l like.
Those eyes have seen so much pain and combat it's unbelievable and he saw Cortana give her life for his and then turn on him
Just realised this speech must be from when he's on trial millennium ago.
Palmer can shove her "I thought you were taller" somewhere the sun never reaches.
You’re such a pathetic baby
Fun fact MC is actually made taller by the 4runner lady, ultimate form of a human, hence why the two scenes with him being close to the👀 lady"thought ud be taller" then he definitely is in that scene
By the way, Chief had been wearing that armor for well over 5 years. He probably cleared out the entire ship with it's stench.
I bet he was relieved to finally get out of that armor. He’s still a human that needs to rest after all.
Chief in this scene: So palmer, is this tall enough or do you want me to evolvr even more?
You got to love the shut up and stand master chief gets when he walks up. One of the last still alive and still fi ghb thing spartain 2s damn good cutscene
1:27 After seeing this for the first time, it made me remember the mission you first meet the crew of infinity. Palmer comes up to chief and smuggly says "I thought you'd be taller" and like in game chief's model is smaller but in this cutscene chief is almost double her size. It really annoyed me meeting her for the first time and I just couldn't like her character or any of the IVs really, most of them wearn't bad they just didnt feel like spartans, more like jacked up ODSTs.
Because thats what they are. They ARE jacked up ODST's. Halsey even mentions it during Spartan Ops that the only S-IV she's met that she considers to be worthy of the Spartan name is Spartan Thorne
@UrazzTo be fair Halsey meant it more in the direction of their mindset, just average humans in fancy armour. During spartan Ops we see fireteam Majestic being cocky, with the exception of Thorne. Spartan II's are warmachines physically and mentally and the IV's are not, which is why Halsey does not like them
Well because the cut scene is wrong
Chief is just 4 inches taller than palmer
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On a more serious note, I hope Halsey fanboys realize that 343 admitted that they've f//cked up the scale in this cutscene and Chief is still the same 2.13m as he was before ie 7 feet ie same data Bungie once copied from Astartes codex. And just like Astartes don't look all that fascinating when you have Catachans running around, Chief would be just taller then several Mark IV's, but of same height as majority of Mark III or those IV's that were chosen from ODSTs.
You're also forgetting that outside of Spartan laser, Spartans use ordinary standard equipment and being so big as in this cutscene would f//ck up ergonomics and basically mean that you can't use human weapons and vehicles. Note here that this is precisely why Astartes are separate army, they have to use their own equipment and in 40k it is mentioned how it basically doubles the price of equipment production. Spartan that is two times bigger then normal marine would be thus useless to UNSC as nobody would start second production line for ALL equipment and components in "Spartan size". Not to mention the crap logistics would tell you about your mom if you try to double the number of articles they have to deal with.
It CAN be done in good fashion IF Spartan II's were shown to use ONLY equipment and vehicles captured from Elites and Brutes, but we all know that's not the case. So stop salivating on erroneous cutscene scaling:P
P.S.: yes, I'm just copypasting my comment all over comments from wet fanboys, who take the wrong scale as cannon instead of all other cannon existing. Because I can't be bothered to explain such basic thing twice.
The fours aren't true spartans just enhanced humans the spartan twos spent there entire lives training from the age of six to be spartans
Knowing this is the same voice actor as joshua Graham make this even better
one of the most epic cutscenes of any video game ever
The only time seeing Chief's face actually mattered.
Great ending speech
Palmer: "I thought you'd be taller."
Chief:
Palmer was moist.
Who is palmer??
@@honestdude8497 You clearly haven't played Halo 4 -__-
@@honestdude8497 since butter knife isn't helpful, she's the female spartan standing next to the treadmill when Chief walked by, completely towering over her even though she's 6' 9"
@@Shdwknght13 Go easy on him. He ain't the sharpest knife in the box.
@@Shdwknght13 Wait, she's 6'9"?! Holy sweet mother of Jesus, that is tall.
Dude... the cinematic cutscene here look soooo much better than Halo Infinite's. Wtf happened? :(
Who here agrees that halo 4 didn't and still doesn't deserve even half the shit it got or gets. The plot is amazing, the gameplay was new and exciting and of course it was drop dead gorgeous even to this day. I don't care what anyone says, halo 4 is not only a worthy sequel too the first 3 halo's it's maybe the best of them "second favourite too me anyway". Love you halo 4.
Absolutely. Halo 4 is an amazing game and a great way to start a new trilogy
I think many do not realize that his height is symbolic in the context of the speech and in how people see master chief. Don't take everything objectively people or you won't be able to understand many things in life. There is a balance behind everything you alone must find it
I always find the difference between the Ur Didact in the game and the Ur Didact in the Forerunner Saga to be so jarring. It's supposed to be the same character, but their behaviors are so wildly different it makes it hard for my mind to reconcile the two. In this end game speech he finally feels like the Ur Didact in the FS, and I wish he was more cool/collected like this in the game. Not saying he isn't collected in in the game, just always this cold rage that you don't really read in the books. Maybe it's just the way I read him.
Its cause he went a bit insane obsessing over the mantle, cause of the gravemind torturing him while he was held captive by the gravemind. His respectful rivalry with humanity turned to genocidal hatred for them as a result. By the end of the FS he was in fact like this, after he came back from the gravemind.
Well, Faber did drive him mad through torture.
@@thearnorianruby4681 true. Faber did hate the Didacts guts, possibly cause Faber knew that the Didact knew how to fight the flood, wheras Faber did not, by that point.
Also, this speech by the Ur Didact doesn’t take place around the events of Halo 4. It’s actually when he is standing trial before the tribunal for going through with his plans to use humanity to fight the flood despite going against the tribunals decision to use the Halo rings and the Ark.
That’s why this sounds more like the Ur Didact in the novel.
Remember that he become crazy
Time stop and people watching him . Just wow . what an entry
I thought "hey, I saw this on Heroic, why is it called Legendary" then I saw the ending
I'm still shocked all the spartan 4's didn't stop and salute the Chief when he walked by. Medal of Honor recipients get saluted by all ranks, and I gotta believe the Chief has been awarded whatever passes in the future for the Medal of Honor by this point.
They were all awe and shock. So saluting wasn’t really on their mind at this moment because they were seeing a legend
I really wished they used the Didact as the main enemy instead of Cortana.
Technically he still is