Ranking EVERY Halo Level Worst to Best
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2023
- hello i decided for some reason to rank all the halo levels from the main games so basically just the shooters like i didn't do halo wars or spartan assault or anything but still for some stupid reason i was like "hey why don't i do another ranking video" and then i made a tier list and made a dumb video about it and it was funny in the middle of making this video my landlord came in for inspections and i had to take a break for like 10 minutes it honestly wasn't that memorable of an interaction but that's not something that typically happens when working on a video so idk just thought i'd mention it anyway i ranked 85 levels in total in this video unless there's one i just completely forgot i guess but probably not but maybe because infinite and 5 have some dog levels tbh they all kinda start bleeding together especially infinite because of the open world and everything looking exactly the same it's like when bands find a formula that works for them and then every new song they put out sounds exactly the same as their old stuff and the songs on each album are completely interchangeable that's something i like about deftones because if you listen to their first album and then listen to their newest or even just their third (white pony) they sound like a completely different band i guess as far as popular bands goes the best example of that is probably radiohead but personally i'm not a big radiohead fan i think some of their stuff is fantastic but for the most part it's just meh like i don't get the hype around ok computer it's ok i guess but a lot of people i've seen just love that album i prefer kid a myself anyway this is a video about halo where i rank levels and idk i guess watch it if you want or don't it probably doesn't matter none of this matters we live in a simulation
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Great video as always. Here are some game stats for you :)
Games by average rank: H3-32, H1-33, HO-34, H4-39, HR-39, H2-42, H5-50, HI-60
Games by best rank: H2-1, H3-2, H1-3, HR-9, HO-10, H4-14, HI-27, H5-29
Games by worst rank: H4-74, H5-75, HI-77, H1-79, HO-80, HR-81, H2-84, H3-85
Games by consistancy (range): H5-46, HI-50, H4-60, HO-70, HR-72, H1-76, H2-83, H3-83
Seems like the modern games have less great and terrible levels in your opinion, tbh I agree. H3 is my fav overall :)
Halo 3 is kinda overrated ngl. I know I’m gonna start WWIII by saying this, but let me cook.
I tried playing it on MCC (multiplayer, prefer 1v1 splitscreen) and I could only get kills in swat or by dual wielding magnums. I had a pit match that was fun, but the weapons just feel *weird* to me. It feels like when I use them, they shoot rubber, but when they use them they insta-kill me.
@@rholvr09that literally sounds like a skill issue lmao
@@rholvr09 You're just bad at the game
I know, it’s personal preference I don’t have to bandwagon with the Halo 3 dick riders, campaign is good just not multiplayer
Halo 3 doesn't have my favorite story, but I think it's the most fun to play. I get the feeling of the rubber bullets, but that gets solved by getting good
Any other youtuber would have milked this into 5 videos of one hour each. Thank you for respecting our time.
Right man? Gotta love this guy.
i prefer long videos, same as a lot of people.
I like the long drawn out videos that follow this format. I’ll watch em as I go to bed for a few nights.
The “storming the beach” section on Long Night of Solace is one of my favorite halo moments of all time. I wish it was longer
For real, I played that section sooo many times and even just blitzing through it felt cool every time (I thought the par level time required you to be on Legendary)
The anti-air guns firing on beat to the song really sells it too.@@lpharmer3496
The beginning and ending of that level were great. The whole middle section though? Not so much!
@@TheResilient5689 Honestly 11 year old me found the spaceship part to be one of the coolest things ever. Worst part of the game on PC though with the 60 fps AI
@@lpharmer3496 Mind you that I was about 20-21 when I played Reach for the first time. I think that back then on the 360, the spacefighter section on at least Heroic and Legendary was doable as long as you took cover and let your shields recharge. I tried it again on MCC on PC a year ago on Legendary and had to hide behind the space station the whole time, only occasionally picking off those Seraphs and Banshees that came too close to me.
It's very telling that even with the one thing 343 got mostly right (e.g., bringing MCC over to PC), they still managed to mess things up by tying enemy AI to the framerate and/or tick rate. It just means that Legendary is even harder than it was originally.
I've watched hundreds of hours of halo content and nothing has come close to the conciseness and practicality of this video. Top tier stuff
Same for me, frog is great ❤
I saw this and thought i already commented!
(btw are we just gonna keep doing this?)
@@SobBaget602 I've thought of changing my pfp to the gold version, but I already use that one for different account of mine. At this point, maybe we should just have some fun and roll with it
I think my biggest pet peeve with Cortana is that it was (at least hypothetically) originally going to be the flood ship from Floodgate, so the level design was never really intended to be or resemble high charity, which sucks because I feel like if they went for that from the beginning, it would have been able to resemble 2's high charity a lot more.
I believe what happened was that the majority of the ship from the end of Floodgate was removed and turned into most of Cortana. I don’t know why they couldn’t leave it in and make High Charity into a level…
Tbh I don’t hate Cortana, but yeah sucks that it’s not more recognizably high charity, just that one long hallway with a bunch of pure flood sucks
That mission was absurd for so many reasons
It does suck pretty bad but at least it’s a little better than Keyes. Just replayed Keyes for the first time in a while and it’s truly just awful fighting in all the hallways with endless flood.
I do like how you can see the Mausoleum of the Arbiter in the backdrop but nothing else really, this makes the level design make sense though.
Agreed with a lot of your picks. Its weird, despite feeling like Reach is my favorite campaign, I agree with most of your takes on it. I think the story does a lot of work over just the pure design of levels. Another banger tho Frog.
Reach has a lot of levels that aren’t bad but I don’t ever replay them. I have played exodus an embarrassingly large number of times though lol
Yeah like the way it flows and the general sandbox with the armor abilities makes it my favourite, but some of the levels just lack punch or have a section that brings them down
eg Long Night of Solace has the great section on the beach and on the Covenant ship, but the Sabre section isn't great and is a pain on higher difficulties
Reachs level design means nothing without the lore and the emotion. If we're grading levels based solely on the design of combat encounters reach doesnt do so well. Its in combination with how those levels make us feel as humanity and noble team is cut down and pushed back and how we know reach is destined to fall that makes reach's campaign so memorable
I think Halo Reach's heroic difficulty with a few exceptions (sabre section/wraith splash damage wtf?) is the closest the series has gotten to being very challenging while still being fun.
@@manofthewest5395 reach wraith splash damage is kinda crazy on every difficulty
Assault on the Control Room is still my favorite level.
Im pretty much right here with you
Yes!! Top of the S Tier all day long
Gotta agree with you on that one this was my favourite level in CE replayed that a thousand times as a kid and adult
I agree with you mostly but damn a little hard on infinte, the opener and house of reckoning were bangers
Yeah, I love Infinite and had a blast playing the story, so I don’t agree with his feelings toward it. But hey, like he said, they’re just his opinions
I think the problem is that a lot of the levels feel the same. There isn’t much location variation which is the biggest issue. It all looks the same. If there was weather effects or desert like areas or winter areas then it would be a crap ton better. I also would have liked a return to the flood after seeing them return in Halo Wars 2 but that’s just me
i think "the road" is probably one of the better levels in the story
Tsavo Highway at D-Tier is really surprising to me, I have always loved that level personally, but I guess it’s not as universally loved as I was under the impression it was
Is fun to speedrun, but if you play properly, that leve sucks, specially the section where you are at a "base" and lots of Phantoms como to you
@@tonozavala3845 that’s crows nest, that’s the level before Tsavo Highway, that level does suck
@@stevenpendell2481 nooo I was talking about Tsavo highway, the part I was talking about is when you pass the broken bridge, when you have to fight los of rocket brutes and at the end a wraith, that part in legendary without speedrunning is a nightmare
@@tonozavala3845 oh I think I know the part you mean, I personally haven’t struggled with that part, I overall just love the level but I get that it’s not for everyone
I think something I like about your style of videos is you have ambitious ideas like "let me rank every single Halo level" and then your approach is basically to speed run through everything, spending like 10 seconds per level.
It adds this genuinely funny vibe (once you notice it) because it's almost like you're doing it because the boss told you to do it, except you're also the boss.
Finally someone with the correct opinion on kazingo boulevard. The soundtrack is my favourite, the slow triumphant buildup as you gather a little army of marines, the score getting more hectic as yiu blow through increasingly larger and more difficult groups of covenant
The absolute disrespect to reach....
I think you underrate some of the Halo 3 missions, especially Crow's Nest there is backtracking but I love the way how they change the tone and environment every time you return to a spot. Also I love The Storm so many different ways to approach that Scarab section, and the push up the AA gun is a lot of fun. Great video though
Thank you for not making this a 2 hour video as some would, this was at a perfect level and pace.
Straight to the point, no wasted time, and all of your explanations were concise and calculated. Also the description is goated😂
Nah long night of solace at D is insane to me
This video is so well put together and so SUCCINCT. Amazing work!
I said this in the comments of the halo reach campign video but ill say it again: long night of solace is broken on MCC on a technical level. The doubled framerate broke the AI of the enemy ships and they are WAY, WAY more agressive then they are meant to be, and it takes legendary, which you play on, from challneging to just strait out not fun,, even for me as someone who loves the level and is really good with the saber.
The running gag of the flame comments are always funnily written and well timed. Keep it up Frog!
Frog is probably my favorite Halo content creator because of how level headed he is and doesnt feel the need to just completely shit on the games in the franchise he doesn't like, while also not overhyping the ones he does like. Its refreshing to see content like this.
Lmao, I actually liked Cortana, I felt like the being along fighting through flood infested high charity to be pretty terrifying. House of reckoning is an A for me.
Agreed
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who puts The Storm in S tier, or at least high A. Same with the Ark, I actually prefer The Ark over Covenant
Thats my favorite mission on halo 3 next to the Ark, and the second half of the last mission
I love the storm too
other youtubers would drag this out to 4 hours, thank you for making it short and enjoyable and not long and overdrawn.
It would be cool to see that list at the end color coded for each game. Would be interesting to see how the games stack up to one another
FINALLY a tier list with a gaussian. Who knew it's take a Frog to do it right?
Also awesome Halo content my dude.
Keep froggin' it up.
I appreciate the use of a bell curve as thats how tier lists should be utilized, im sad new Alexandria wasnt an a or s as its my favourite halo level, and i like the beach on long night but agree with your take on the space section of that one lowering the score of it on legendary, not enough checkpoints on that level when there are obvious timings for them for how weak the saber feels.
Damn frog, you’re even setting new timing records on series reviews. Nice
Unfortunately Infinite traded in good mission structure and set pieces for some of the best enemy design and combat in the series. I say unfortunately because there's a parallel universe out there where we could have had both.
Loved the content. New subscriber. Thanks for the precise list and awesome pace.
Coming home from school to a new frog upload is great
You speaking highly of exodus warms my heart. Reach will always be my favorite halo and exodus is hand down my favorite mission in the franchise. Only mission I’ve no deathed on legendary
I like sword base the most. I really love the sections where you take back your territory and I like the flexibility of it, you can just run to the buttons or you can take the time to kill the enemies. Also the gauss hog is so satisfying 😩
Love your videos, but can’t lie I was half asleep and that scream at the end nearly sent me to the next life
i don't think i've seen gravemind love before. it's always been my favourite level in the series as well and it's baffled me that most people seem to rate it as good-average. thank you for affirming my beliefs
I hope you get to 100k subs. Your content is great
Great video Frog keep it up!
Might be a hot take but the engaged cutscene from Winter Contingency should have been the first time you encounter The Covenant in Reach, the soundtrack and cutscene were great, though I feel if it were the first time The Covenant appeared it would have had a shock factor and overall more of a sense of urgency
Good vid. Think it would’ve been cool to rank the intro cutscenes as a lighting round. Maybe on what gave the best story detail or what was cool to look at
Og halo content is dying down but this channel is a nice breath of fresh air.
Best tier list. Concise and to the point.
Great vid i agree with it a lot actually! few nitpicks but still good, thanks Frog!
Congrats for making a tier list video of 8 games in less than 40 minutes
Your the best Halo youtuber amazing video man.
Great video! In my opinion, I would have added story, character building, and ost into my grading. I think they have a big influence on how missions play out and the atmosphere it creates.
good video my man
Great video! Im new to this channel and I dont regret subbing! ❤
For me, Tsavo Highway is S tier, but I am a sucker for vehicle missions
You warn your viewers that not everyone can agree with your choices and then everytime you create a tier list I legitimately agree with 1000% of your decisions and I believe 100% of your viewers feels the same so just forgo that disclaimer from now on. Thanks. Love the video.
Solid tier list.
Not ranking Lone Wolf at all is criminal. I kinda get it, but that is definitely Reach’s most iconic level. Deserves an A at least, maybe even an S.
You were a little harsher on Reach than I am but other than that I agree
Greatly appreciate your videos as a fellow halo fan. I would love for you to do a “Every weapon in every halo game ranked” ✌️
Bro’s videos is making me wanna replay all the campaigns again 😂
I love that y-u try to grade levels on a distribution, it always drives me crazy when tier lists are 80% A and S
In the first reach mission, That cutscene with jorge and the native girl plus the elite entrance accompanied by the music change was awesome. I agree on the rest tho
Sounds like you just don’t like vehicle sections cause you’re judging them based on your own solo legendary runs. Most people will be on either heroic or normal and co op was really THE way to play halo back in the day.
I will live in die by this. H3’s covennat mission will always be my favorite mission from the first time I played it when I was 4 years old. Of course I had no clue what was going on much but the music and action was incredible
So thankful someone else thinks library is okay and that someone hates Cortana the level like I do
yeah i agree, good tier list man
Thank you for putting sacred icon in F I have the biggest hatred towards that mission
That Sacred Icon slander hurt my soul. But I love the video 😂
I just finished halo 2 on mcc for the first time ever playing it. Im so glad i never had to experience those original graphics lol the updated ones help a lot
Agree with you about Infinite, the levels all felt the same. If they were able to change the terrain and weather, it would have felt a tad different. If they did anything like this it would be a lot more memorable and want to play it again.
They are so fun to play though and so make it easily to top 3 replayable Halo games.
I'd love to see you do some videos on that halo: CE mod SPV3, I think you'll love the gameplay in it
Bro just flexed his lego collection on us
The library will always and forever be my favorite halo level of all time. I don’t know what it is about that level, but just from beginning to end I can play it on still to this day.
Honestly did reach kinda dirty. That game had amazing levels
A lot of Halo 1-3 fanboys shit on Reach for some reason, seems to be the case here.
@@tristanlambert658 prob because it was more modern than h1-3. It gets so much undeserved shit tho, anything bungie did with halo was fire.
I love the mongoose section in the storm
Pretty solid overall I'm glad you gave a realistic rating of all the 343 levels as while I don't personally like most of them myself they definitely don't all deserve d and F tier.
Just want to say, even though you said we wouldn't agree with everything.
I agree with every grade just to spite you frog. Also I was somehow not subbed, so I'll meet you half way and sub.
Two Betrayals is peak Halo 1 IMO. The huge three-way battles with the Covenant and Flood, 80% of the level being a shotgun rampage, the return of On A Pale Horse; it's big and epic and great.
Cortana is actually one of my favorite halo levels of all time. Dual Wield Plasma Rifles absolutely dominate flood. They're useful against every enemy type. Great for infection forms, combat forms, tank forms, and they've got the range to deal with needler forms. Short controlled bursts and there is alot of plasma rifles on that level.
This is a great list, my biggest problem is you have The Library ranked way too high
I agreed with most except for Keyes and Quarantine Zone. Keyes was so cool with the flood vs covenant encounters plus the atmosphere. Spec op elites were introduced. It did Two Betrayals better by altering truth and rec to a whole new pathway outside (low B, high C). You gave floodgate an A for the same reason I would rate Keyes higher. Quarantine Zone is a high B at least simply due to the fact that you fight 3 factions. The sentinels with the enforcer, the flood driving unsc vehicles, and the covenant... all fighting each other. It was amazing, in my opinion. When I was shot by a unsc tank for the first time playing through the mission, I was so confused, but it honestly switches up the gameplay to seem like you are fighting the unsc in a way. I like it so much and think the mission is underrated by the community.
Gravemind truly is the GOAT of all levels.
Cortana is a good level imo. You really have to use equipment to get through it on legendary.
0:02 "most impressive most impressive"
Damn that frog has some Legos.
Came for the hot takes, stayed for the frøg
Mad respect for the Star Wars Lego collection
Thought I might be crazy for thinking the silent cartographer was halo CE’s best mission. Glad I’m not the only one. I love quarantine zone, music does it for me.
puting Sacred Icon and Tsavo Highway so low is crazy
I basically agree with your CE rankings and then don't remember enough about the later games to have an opinion.
While i know you said why you didnt put Mombasa streets in the tier list because you consider it a hub instead of a mission, for me itd be an S tier just the atmosphere and soundtrack alone is an S not to mention all the optional audio logs that bring in so much lore
Not putting Exodus and Tip of the Spear into S tier should be criminal, but other that that, pretty damn good list.
Love it!
Yeah some of these rankings make me do a double rake, but then I remember you play solo legendary. I normally play coop heroic. The rocket marine mongoose section on the storm is one of the most fun and chaotic coop experiences and makes it my second favorite level in 3. Low S rank or a high A for me
I love how straight to the point you are. Great video!
The Covenant has everything that makes Halo great in one mission. Hands down the GOAT Halo mission.
I agree with absolutely everything you said. I have never played a second of Halo. 👍 congrats.
Coastal highway solo laso gave me ptsd one of the most painful gaming experiences ever.
Halo 3 ODST is extremely underrated. All the missions in it are at least good. Even Coastal highway. Yeah on legendary it’s a pain in the ass but for a normal playthrough it is enjoyable and I like going from vehicle to vehicle. Using the scorpion is extremely satisfying too. Mombasa streets is one of the best parts of the game. Even though it didn’t get a ranking I think as a whole I would give it a high A tier. I love the open aspect and the supply caches and the unique encounters after each mission. And to top it off in my opinion the Soundtrack is the best in the whole franchise
I like to just wander through new Mombasa sometimes
The Flood is so underrated. Everyone hates all the Flood levels
I think they were fine in CE, but Halo 2 made them tankier and more aggressive which doesn't help on Legendary. Halo 3 then slowed them all down to a crawl in order to fit more on screen and added those awful ranged forms that stop taking damage when curled up. Not only that, but you'll get random combat forms that have an absurd amount of health for no good reason and won't die even to several energy sword slashes.
Flood are good when accompanied by a different enemy faction, but they kinda suck if they are on their own because they streamline your approach to fighting them way too much
That's not true at all, there are plenty of Flood levels that are universally liked. Unless you're talking about Flood-exclusive levels (of which there are technically only 3 in the whole series).
I agree with everything basically. But my biggest qualm is Gravemind. And I'm surprised you didn't mention it, especially as you mentioned a lot of other Legendary gripes on other levels. I agree It's an amazing level, but the beginning on Legendary is the worst mission opening ever. I've died multiple times before I could even move. That alone makes it "A" tier for me. Or, better yet, "A" tier opener, "S" tier rest of level haha.
This is Gods work
ive noticed a lot of people don't love keys and high charity but for me i love them both also really like tsavo highway and i think the reason why you don't like warthog levels is because you play it on legendary which i don't blame you but they're good levels if you have coop and a slightly lower difficulty
I'll gladly take Halo CE's repeat level design over Halo 2's autoscrollers and Halo 3's Cortana/Gravemind slowdowns.
Yay! New frog drop!
I agree with 95% of this video but Long night of solace at D is an absolute joke. Especially compared to a lot of the stuff (especially in 4, 5, and infinite) that got Ds and Cs or higher. Also Halo is an easy S for the warthog run to end halo 3 and the trilogy.
Pretty good list, I generally agree. I refuse to agree with an A for 343 Guilty Spark though. It deserves an S. I cannot think of another level in any other game that made me completely rethink what I was playing
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