Me and my buddy still fire up his Xbox 360 and try our luck with the old halo servers. It's frustrating because in both halo 3 and halo reach the server only gives a handful of map choices. But it's still fun to go back and play some of the best games of all time
I love the AI in this game they're so intelligent. The other day was on the pillar of Autumn level sniping some grunts and getting shot by shade turrets, then these 2 elites shot at me and I sniped one but I lost track of the other one, I carried on taking cover and destroying enemy turrets then 30 seconds later all of a sudden this massive elite just kicked me in the back of the head and killed me in one hit hahaha so awesome and smart. It ran round the whole building and up 2 flights of stairs to get to me. Nice job bungie
Here's a new theory, what if Kat went back in time to try and stop herself from getting killed, but because of the absolute brain damage she has from failing millions of times she just ends up killing herself.
no halo 3 was perfection halo reach was the dividing point in the community. like fanboys hold up modern warfare 2 as some pinnacle when in all reality that was the CoD that introduced too many killstreaks, skins, etc. nah mate, halo 3 or gtfo. no sprint, no powerups, etc. just shooting.
halowraith1 halo 3 brought us forge tho and theater and file sharing and the community etc... it was the definitive halo designed by the people that made halo imo
I loved the DMR.. halo reach was the first game I owned on the very first Xbox360 system I earned with my brother. I am just a fan of halo in general but reach... reach was a masterpiece
I was always salty over how they had the DMR in the game but not the Battle Rifle. That made me a bit angry, and while the DMR is a good weapon for certain moments. I still spite it a bit haha.
Most of these guys don't work at Bungie or on Halo anymore. They were a crack team of artists and programmers that still had passion and were in the right place, at the right time, with the right people at the helm. They knew this was their last time as a team, THIS team, to work on a Halo game. They poured everything into it, and it shows. There will never be another game like Halo: Reach.
The first sneak peak of the mission gave me them chills, when noble 6 comes in and carter is like "Spartans never die jorge, their just missing in action" FUKING AWESOME
@@c4l685 Reach is my favorite, but Halo 3 is definitely a better game in general. I think there’s few things that cause Reach to be worse, and without those Reach would be about the same as Halo 3.
Still gives me chills watching this and reminiscing about how I was counting the days from Reach's announcement until its launch, watching every little ViDoc that came out. I still have my Legendary pre-order set (including the box it came in) because it was the first special edition pre-order that I ever made.
This 7 odd minutes long vidoc could SCHOOL the shit out of 343i. This is what the faces of maestros look like. Pure attention to detail, professionalism, and the drive for perfection. Good is never good enough. All this talk about Bungie going shit bc they're being controlled by Activison though, like any of us has enough of an idea to support that accusation, lmao. All I know is, Bungie"s split with MS shattered this perfect team; it's almost like watching Noble Team die one by one all over again. Half the team stayed with 343i and half had to completely uproot themselves and start from scratch. Didn't McDonnel stay with MS but the lead concept artist go on with Bungie? Ghe moment I saw that the lead artist wasn't gonna stay with Halo I knew the series will never be the same ever again.
Bungie's redesigns were never as drastic as 343's. No random humps were added to the Shotgun, no tubes were taken away from the Rocket Launcher, no Spartan helmets had dildos attached to them, etc. The biggest difference in Reach visually was probably the Assault Rifle, and even that still looked generally the same.
***** It's still purple and green, it's still the same general shape overall. You look at it and you instantly know it's the Banshee from Halo, regardless of the damn wings being shorter.
+ARCblooper That's a dumb wish because the criticism you're criticising is how products are refined in ways that improve newer product. Imagine falling in love with the brand Lucky Charms and then imagine a company purchasing that brand entirely and taking the marshmallows out because they thought that consumers' these days appreciate a healthier breakfast. That could be true, however the consumers who fell in love with the product don't want then to change the product so drastically that the main component that makes it desirable is simply taken away. In essence, Bungie would not take the marshmallows away. In order to appease to newer fans of their brand, they simply use less sugar in the product and to spice things up, they issue a newer box that has newer shapes for the marshmallows. Aside from that, there is truth in the feelings of fans and rating from customers' overrall about the new Halo games and story. If the fanbase is this much divided and many UA-camrs that mainly post Halo related videos are making angry videos about the game (and those videos have higher likes over dislikes) that goes to prove that 343 did something wrong and are not pleasing fans as Bungie did with Halo.
@@Gb-qz4yl Certainly, if you like standing around firing clip after clip at brain-dead NPC’s that don’t move or interact with the player or the environment in any interesting way chasing the endless treadmill of worthless loot
Looking back at this ViDoc eight years later, I can still feel that sense of wonder and excitement for this revolutionary, new Halo game. Still, eight years later, it is the most ground-breaking Halo to date.
2:49 dude wearing Destiny beanie near center 3:16 another Destiny beanie Really cool to see evidence of Destiny before we even realized it existed back in the day. It's a shame its release bombed.
They should bring this game to the XBOX ONE with an upgrade to better textures, native 1080p, at 60fps, dedicated servers, all the downloadable content (including pre-order and special edition digital content with the Eternal armor effect), fully regenerating health and default sprinting.
I remember playing ce for my first time. I was blown away. I would play for days at a time. It was my only game for the original xbox until halo 2. When it came out, me and my friends played it tirelessly. Halo 3 was the reason for my xbox 360, and even today, I play through it like it just came out. The same go's for odst. I have played and worshiped the halo games more than can be measured. From what i have seen from halo reach, I know I wont be so dissapointed. Thank you Bungie, so very much.
So the people that did this master piece did destiny? Im not saying that destiny is bad, not at all but cmon how destiny finished like that with this people?
only like four dudes went to 343i, but apparently Bungie staff ended up getting really shaken up during Destiny's development, explaining the rather bare-bones final product that is the vanilla game i'll respectfully disagree about H4/5 being good games though
I remember first seeing footage of the beta and just being blown away. The graphics update alone was staggering, not to mention everything else they were adding to the game. When i finally walked out of the store holding reach i had the biggest smile on my face and my sister was like "wow, you look happy". i got home and finished the campaign that night. This game did not disappoint.
Bungie making Destiny: Our engine is too slow, making content is hard : ( Bungie making Reach: Let's gut our own engine and rebuild it from the ground up so we can have bigger and better play spaces > : )
So when are you guys taking back your child? I'm getting fed up with your replacements, like really fed up with them! Come back BUNGIE and save YOUR game! Please! It's drowning!
What I hate is they fucked the machines they used like the scarabs they took the one from halo 3 when this is before halo CE ! Aren't they suppose to like the one from halo 2? It's the same with the tanks,aircraft,vehicles they really stuffed up with the weapons. I could understand certain weapons being added and then as the war went on were abandoned. But then you had weapons like the assault rifle this is right before CE so it's not like they would have a completely different assault rifle on reach then a different one on the ship
I remember seeing clips for Halo 3 and being blown away by the vast visual and gameplay improvements, and still having those expectations well met by the full game. I can safely say that I am once again blown away by the new graphics and gameplay mechanics, and hopefully the full game lives up to the set expectations. Thank you, Bungie :)
Halo Reach had some flaws but for me is the most complete Halo game ever, it had an awesome campaign, awesome multiplayer, awesome firefight and a great Forge mode.
i remember 3-4 years ago wathing halo 3 vidoc and thay wher all having fun playing the muliplayer... i miss you bungie i miss you halo 3 best game ever
Remember seeing this vidoc for the first time before having played the actual game. Dissapointed after playing the game, this vidoc made it seem much more better then the final game was..
When I saw this ViDoc before Reach came out, I always wondered why he looked so familiar. It all makes now. Sgt. Forge joined the Spartan program lol 2:10
This game will be on my shelf for years to come, just to clarify, this is a alpha build, pre multiplayer public beta, the graphics are at not 62.5% complete. They look better than Mass Effect 2s build. Pretty impressive
I hope this becomes the best Halo game, I love this series. I have been with it since 2003, and I still think it is one of the greatest works of art, and entertainment in the history of ENTERTAINMENT!
7:15 you see that covenant cruiser chillin in the clouds but you don't see it in the actual game. Makes you wonder if that ship was there this whole time waiting for the invasion to begin.
yup, i remember the third night after launch, on september 28, 2007. there were 1.4 million people online alone playing matchmaking on halo 3. let alone the people who were offline.
7:23 This is the definitive halo made by the people who created halo, i almost cried when i heard this 😭😭
It’s the best halo
Man. I can still go back and watch these like
I'm 14 again. Pure Art and conviction. Fuck I miss the old bungie.
"This is the definitive Halo made by the people who created Halo."
Absolutely 1000% yes.
Still playing this game in 2017
who wouldn't? I would play any Halo game from Reach to Halo CE today and still am
Yep, me too.
The MC still playing this game in 2017* Bungie halos have a replay ability that not many games I know have it
Me and my buddy still fire up his Xbox 360 and try our luck with the old halo servers. It's frustrating because in both halo 3 and halo reach the server only gives a handful of map choices. But it's still fun to go back and play some of the best games of all time
Still playing in 2019
this video was released in 2010, at 3:15, that guys beanie has a destiny logo. the hints and clues were all there...
he was wearing 4 years before its release wow haha
Sharp eyes there dude!
wow you're right
Good eye
Sucks that the story was nowhere as good as Reach. But that's what you get when you try to scrap an entire game a year or 2 before release.
I love the AI in this game they're so intelligent. The other day was on the pillar of Autumn level sniping some grunts and getting shot by shade turrets, then these 2 elites shot at me and I sniped one but I lost track of the other one, I carried on taking cover and destroying enemy turrets then 30 seconds later all of a sudden this massive elite just kicked me in the back of the head and killed me in one hit hahaha so awesome and smart. It ran round the whole building and up 2 flights of stairs to get to me.
Nice job bungie
Yeah, until you let Kat drive a Warthog, she'll literally get you killed.
@@bobbychild8529
Haha yes that bitch is shit at driving she was always on fails of the week back in the day
Here's a new theory, what if Kat went back in time to try and stop herself from getting killed, but because of the absolute brain damage she has from failing millions of times she just ends up killing herself.
@@bobbychild8529 Well, any friendly AI.
Why am I hyped for a game that's already out?
GoldyGlocks thats the bungie effect :P
Get hyped again because its coming to steam!!
@@Jordan-vr7ip 343 gonna fuck it up again lol
They guys edited this video here did a superb job, that's why.
“...more real, more gritty world.”
You should be taking notes 343i
nah. if you recall correctly, the original trilogy had nothing real nor gritty about it
MrDgf97 I meant that Halo 4 and 5 looked too clean
@@MrDgf97 Well Reach did and it was a huge plus to the story.
Remember Reach...
Daniel Bob remember Noble Team
Remember Halo
Remember Where It All Began
Reach was amazing
Darius Ashkani I think it still is. :)
Yep I still wish I was in the years 2011 to 2013 again...it was the hayday of Reach...
+Buynot When you would get invites to custom games of Mike Meyers
Reach is still amazing
Aside armor lock and bloom
The last good Halo game, thanks bungie, we'll never forget.
We will 'Remember Reach' and we will 'Never Forget'.
So Halo 5 wasn't good? ok
Dion 2nd erhm... it wasn't.
What about Halo 4?
shit aswell, but not as shit as halo 5
"I remember how this war started. What your kind did to mine."
Halo Reach is the game that contextualised that quote.
I think halo was perfected with reach
no halo 3 was perfection halo reach was the dividing point in the community. like fanboys hold up modern warfare 2 as some pinnacle when in all reality that was the CoD that introduced too many killstreaks, skins, etc. nah mate, halo 3 or gtfo. no sprint, no powerups, etc. just shooting.
†λfͣfͫꞫrͥ ‽ׅ halo 3 was incredible man I enjoyed reach a lot too but 3 was something special
@@ffr7790 nah mate, halo 1 or gtfo. no sprint, no powerups, etc. just shooting.
halowraith1 halo 3 brought us forge tho and theater and file sharing and the community etc... it was the definitive halo designed by the people that made halo imo
@@halowraith1 There are powerups in Halo 1.
"This is the definitive Halo made by the people who created Halo" Damn right it is...I miss you bungie :(
I loved the DMR.. halo reach was the first game I owned on the very first Xbox360 system I earned with my brother. I am just a fan of halo in general but reach... reach was a masterpiece
I was always salty over how they had the DMR in the game but not the Battle Rifle.
That made me a bit angry, and while the DMR is a good weapon for certain moments. I still spite it a bit haha.
@@coldshoulder14 Unpopular opinion, but I was ecstatic about the DMR because it reminded me of the original BR from the Halo 2 E3 demo.
Most of these guys don't work at Bungie or on Halo anymore. They were a crack team of artists and programmers that still had passion and were in the right place, at the right time, with the right people at the helm.
They knew this was their last time as a team, THIS team, to work on a Halo game. They poured everything into it, and it shows.
There will never be another game like Halo: Reach.
The first sneak peak of the mission gave me them chills, when noble 6 comes in and carter is like "Spartans never die jorge, their just missing in action"
FUKING AWESOME
Ok can we just pause for those beautiful strings, I mean wow Halo Reach's soundtrack perfectly conveyed the emotion. Just superb!
Best game on 360 by FAR
Illiden Graham nah, halo 3 beats it
Mudkip 454 halo 3 ranks second to reach
BOOCE nah halo 3 was better
@@c4l685 Reach is my favorite, but Halo 3 is definitely a better game in general. I think there’s few things that cause Reach to be worse, and without those Reach would be about the same as Halo 3.
Reach Remastered is a must .
(Future comment) Next month :)
Perfect as is. Timeless
Still gives me chills watching this and reminiscing about how I was counting the days from Reach's announcement until its launch, watching every little ViDoc that came out. I still have my Legendary pre-order set (including the box it came in) because it was the first special edition pre-order that I ever made.
I love how when it tells you when it comes out it says Falls instead of Fall.
This 7 odd minutes long vidoc could SCHOOL the shit out of 343i. This is what the faces of maestros look like. Pure attention to detail, professionalism, and the drive for perfection. Good is never good enough.
All this talk about Bungie going shit bc they're being controlled by Activison though, like any of us has enough of an idea to support that accusation, lmao. All I know is, Bungie"s split with MS shattered this perfect team; it's almost like watching Noble Team die one by one all over again. Half the team stayed with 343i and half had to completely uproot themselves and start from scratch. Didn't McDonnel stay with MS but the lead concept artist go on with Bungie? Ghe moment I saw that the lead artist wasn't gonna stay with Halo I knew the series will never be the same ever again.
Halo 5 is like Harry Potter deathly hallows part 1 it's building up to halo 6
Bungie's redesigns were never as drastic as 343's. No random humps were added to the Shotgun, no tubes were taken away from the Rocket Launcher, no Spartan helmets had dildos attached to them, etc. The biggest difference in Reach visually was probably the Assault Rifle, and even that still looked generally the same.
***** Again, it's basically the same.
***** It's still purple and green, it's still the same general shape overall. You look at it and you instantly know it's the Banshee from Halo, regardless of the damn wings being shorter.
+ARCblooper
That's a dumb wish because the criticism you're criticising is how products are refined in ways that improve newer product.
Imagine falling in love with the brand Lucky Charms and then imagine a company purchasing that brand entirely and taking the marshmallows out because they thought that consumers' these days appreciate a healthier breakfast.
That could be true, however the consumers who fell in love with the product don't want then to change the product so drastically that the main component that makes it desirable is simply taken away.
In essence, Bungie would not take the marshmallows away. In order to appease to newer fans of their brand, they simply use less sugar in the product and to spice things up, they issue a newer box that has newer shapes for the marshmallows.
Aside from that, there is truth in the feelings of fans and rating from customers' overrall about the new Halo games and story. If the fanbase is this much divided and many UA-camrs that mainly post Halo related videos are making angry videos about the game (and those videos have higher likes over dislikes) that goes to prove that 343 did something wrong and are not pleasing fans as Bungie did with Halo.
This is kinda small but I really liked the green light on the shotgun
Still playing and enjoying this game almost every day. Reach is peak Halo for me.
This game came out in 2010 on fucking xbox 360,
What a time for graphics and creative optimization, we’ve lost something forever with modern hardware
Halo Reach is my favorite Halo game. Destiny was like a unwanted baby that happened because of a gas station condom.
bruh. Look at destiny now. Better than Halo will ever be
Gb not at all hahaha unless you mean the new halos
@@dudedude7650 halo 4 was decent halo 5 is a very different story.
@@superior_nobody07 both trash
@@Gb-qz4yl Certainly, if you like standing around firing clip after clip at brain-dead NPC’s that don’t move or interact with the player or the environment in any interesting way chasing the endless treadmill of worthless loot
What I would GIVE to just go back to those days and experience when Reach came out!
Rest in Peace, old friend. You are still missed.
Well that was a trip down memory lane
Looking back at this ViDoc eight years later, I can still feel that sense of wonder and excitement for this revolutionary, new Halo game. Still, eight years later, it is the most ground-breaking Halo to date.
Halo only gets worse...
take a drink every time they mention polygons
2:49 dude wearing Destiny beanie near center
3:16 another Destiny beanie
Really cool to see evidence of Destiny before we even realized it existed back in the day. It's a shame its release bombed.
Cant believe at last.. after all these years it's happening, it's finally coming to PC.. ON FREAKIN STEAM!
"This is the definitive Halo made by the people who created Halo."
"Every neuron in my head is firing with just Reach Reach Reach."
PC Boys lets get it!!
LOL at 03:16 that guy wears a destiny cap!
343i need's to learn of this.
My favourite halo game :') Remember Reach...
"The aliens feeling really threatening" This is what Halo has been missing.
Damn halo reach still looks beautiful
6:58 LMAO we're doing stuff in the campaign that people absolutely won't expect from a halo game.
Shows sprint.
They should bring this game to the XBOX ONE with an upgrade to better textures, native 1080p, at 60fps, dedicated servers, all the downloadable content (including pre-order and special edition digital content with the Eternal armor effect), fully regenerating health and default sprinting.
Or release it on PC with full mod support and people could do that with no problem and much more. Oh wait, consoles.
Those2menoverthere .
I guess we can do both but I think we should put the console first.
No no no. No regenerating health. It's fine as it is. So is sprinting.
Broken Circus
Why is fully regenerating health and default sprinting a bad thing?
NO NEVER! halo reach is perfect for the 360!
3:17 dudes wearing a destiny beanie what...????
7:12 me too bud, 9 years later :)
The music was epic in so many ways. I had a huge rush that crawled up my back when I heard the first second of this.
5:07
This video is like hella old and there's still people commenting on that beanie.
YOU did...
xxcamoxxninjaxx
that's right
this comment is hella old
take some notes 343
I remember playing ce for my first time. I was blown away. I would play for days at a time. It was my only game for the original xbox until halo 2. When it came out, me and my friends played it tirelessly. Halo 3 was the reason for my xbox 360, and even today, I play through it like it just came out. The same go's for odst. I have played and worshiped the halo games more than can be measured. From what i have seen from halo reach, I know I wont be so dissapointed. Thank you Bungie, so very much.
Destiny beanie at 3:17
Nice catch! There's also a destiny reference in ODST
So many Polygons
Is anyone still getting chills watching this ViDoc 7 years later?
12 years later
So the people that did this master piece did destiny? Im not saying that destiny is bad, not at all but cmon how destiny finished like that with this people?
Flexible Danlord "Destiny is what happens when good developers get bought up by Activision"- Hokiebird428 2015
So true...
yea halo 4 and 5 are like "not lost" xD
only like four dudes went to 343i, but apparently Bungie staff ended up getting really shaken up during Destiny's development, explaining the rather bare-bones final product that is the vanilla game
i'll respectfully disagree about H4/5 being good games though
Dickard T. Halo 4 was good. Unfamiliar, but good. Halo 5 was a good game. Not a very good halo game, but still a good game
did anyone see the guy with the destiny hat
+FuckingFreak555 3:17
I remember first seeing footage of the beta and just being blown away. The graphics update alone was staggering, not to mention everything else they were adding to the game. When i finally walked out of the store holding reach i had the biggest smile on my face and my sister was like "wow, you look happy". i got home and finished the campaign that night. This game did not disappoint.
343 industries need to see this before releasing Infinite
i miss you bungie
5:45-5:50 statement cannot be any more true even nearly a decade later
Bungie making Destiny: Our engine is too slow, making content is hard : (
Bungie making Reach: Let's gut our own engine and rebuild it from the ground up so we can have bigger and better play spaces > : )
My favourite game ever
7:09
Became one of the most shocking moments in the series.
Sh1ts on infinite on ever front after 12 years lol
My favorite Halo so far.........I miss you Bungie! 343 feels to generic.......... T_T
+Antonio Espitia 343 ruined that franchise so bad
I still play it.....I'm TRYING to stay loyal to the brand, but 343 is making it hard.......
+sk8souldier So true and the only fix is REACH REMASTERED!
+silentkill9634 Next year is Halo 3 10 year aniversary soooo... Halo 3 Aniversary maybe?
Liam Gabrielides they have no plans for a H3A sadly.
That is the coolest concept art I think I’ve ever seen
then along came 343 and ruined the franchise
So when are you guys taking back your child? I'm getting fed up with your replacements, like really fed up with them! Come back BUNGIE and save YOUR game! Please! It's drowning!
bungie just please repeat this level of amazing story telling and gameplay for the future bruh
Such a great vidoc, so many beautiful promises, and finally such a shitty ass game...
Timo K. there was 1 scarab in the campaign
What I hate is they fucked the machines they used like the scarabs they took the one from halo 3 when this is before halo CE ! Aren't they suppose to like the one from halo 2? It's the same with the tanks,aircraft,vehicles they really stuffed up with the weapons. I could understand certain weapons being added and then as the war went on were abandoned. But then you had weapons like the assault rifle this is right before CE so it's not like they would have a completely different assault rifle on reach then a different one on the ship
Reach was my favourite game for multiplayer.
DoomGuy Its just new graphics. The assault rifle from halo reach is what its supposed to look like
the end of the campain when the pillar of autumn left was just before halo 1
Still give me shivers 2 years later...
If only I had a time machine.... I had a great childhood
This game was my highschool love. I miss it dearly.
I remember seeing clips for Halo 3 and being blown away by the vast visual and gameplay improvements, and still having those expectations well met by the full game.
I can safely say that I am once again blown away by the new graphics and gameplay mechanics, and hopefully the full game lives up to the set expectations.
Thank you, Bungie :)
8 years later, this is the game I'm most excited to play. MCC PC hell yeah
I just realized at 3:17 that he is wearing a destiny skullie
Those graphics and engine updates paid off. This game's visuals and gameplay hold up even now.
It’s sad how the game was out of 10 years
Now it’s going to end at 2022
It's amazing how well this game has held up, despite it being a game that was made 9 years ago
The music from reach is my ringtone i loved this game
9 years later, your amazing game is coming to the Xbox One baby !!!
omg that's Joe Tung! He's at Riot now! He still looks the same.
0:30
Can we all just stop for a second and appreciate this guy's beard?
The two things I've remembered since this video first came out:
1: Sage's beard is awesome.
2: "The crazy sausage that is Bungie".
This made me cry with happiness .
It really did
Once more onto the REACH LOOL
Halo Reach had some flaws but for me is the most complete Halo game ever, it had an awesome campaign, awesome multiplayer, awesome firefight and a great Forge mode.
Definitely. One of Bungie's best
i remember 3-4 years ago wathing halo 3 vidoc and thay wher all having fun playing the muliplayer... i miss you bungie i miss you halo 3 best game ever
Remember seeing this vidoc for the first time before having played the actual game. Dissapointed after playing the game, this vidoc made it seem much more better then the final game was..
4:49 if 343 add playable Elites to Infinite.
3:16 is that a Destiny beanie???????
When I saw this ViDoc before Reach came out, I always wondered why he looked so familiar. It all makes now. Sgt. Forge joined the Spartan program lol
2:10
I can't believe how great this game still looks! It ALMOST looks like next-gen!
This game will be on my shelf for years to come, just to clarify, this is a alpha build, pre multiplayer public beta, the graphics are at not 62.5% complete. They look better than Mass Effect 2s build. Pretty impressive
@Diegsva if u have Halo 3: ODST then u can get the Reach beta when it comes out on May 3rd.
This is the best video i have ever watched on youtube. Ever.
I hope this becomes the best Halo game, I love this series. I have been with it since 2003, and I still think it is one of the greatest works of art, and entertainment in the history of ENTERTAINMENT!
7:15 you see that covenant cruiser chillin in the clouds but you don't see it in the actual game. Makes you wonder if that ship was there this whole time waiting for the invasion to begin.
T'Will be the day the world cries, dies, laughs, shits, and Smiles all in the same sitting.
yup, i remember the third night after launch, on september 28, 2007. there were 1.4 million people online alone playing matchmaking on halo 3. let alone the people who were offline.
7 years and I still enjoy it online or offline
I just can't get over the colorful aliens and the toy weapons. Halo never clicked for me.
@saiyanwill Yes it is. It takes place a few days before Halo 1.