I really like how everyone in this fireteam plays a role. Troopers do the bulk of the grunt work obviously. Spartans have performed the heavy lifting in combat while being a nice big target to distract the Covies to give the ODSTs the room they need to do their black ops shit. It's fantastic.
Say what you will about Thanos. He honestly did have a point. A society can't keep ignoring real problems like that. Unfortunately our planet does this right now. Sooner or later things have to give. You can only ignore a problem for so long before its to late. Yes his methods are extreme at times. Hes a bit crazy. And a psychopath. Some of the things he talked-about realistically made sense.
I mean… this is the halo show we all wanted. Thank you for proving that the fans know what halo is… more so than the studio making halo games it would seem.
Holy crap! No action but the atmosphere and world building! The incorporation of the Reach radio transmissions! And the scene of Pelicans flying blackout through anti-air! It's glorious! I absolutely love where this is going, please keep up the fantastic effort!
Odst was the first halo I genuinely felt useless, I wasn't a 7 ft tall super soldier, I was a regular soldier trying to do my best just to stay alive, I think that's what made the game my favorite out of the whole series
Was really happy to see you put that scene with the spartans, really shows that they have a heart underneath their armor. Unlike in other types of media.
A lot of them are pretty jaded. The games tend to show the exceptions, but 90% of a Spartan deployment during the war was retreating, at some point, you tend to just forget the individual planet and cities being glassed, because you’ve seen it all before, and you’ll see it all again, and caring about each and every one will destroy you, so you “ignore it”.
This video makes me emotional as Reach did. Perhaps Spartans were designed as emotioness war machines, but I can feel their grief when they saw those slaughtered civilians and soldiers. This is something rarely displayed in the Halo series. This also reminds me of what Cpt Lasky said at the end of Halo 4 "Soldiers aren't machine, we are just people".
the spartans from halo reach (spartan IIIs) were handpicked from war-orphans and the like. people chosen specifically because of their hate towards the covenant. unless im mistaken. Edit: Halo reach, not halo 3.
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 you are not mistaken, as you said the SIIIs were nearly 100% war orphans who had their families murdered by Covenant, and their hatred towards Covenant makes them fearsome warriors during the battle. I just want to say that even experiencing such harshness, those soldiers retain their humanity, they grieve the death of other human beings (soldiers or civilians) instead of just walking away coldly. And this makes them more alive.
@@rayx3415 Its what makes them my favorite spartans honestly, both aesthetically and Lore wise. Though Jorge from Reach was a spartan II i think, and was still very human. Though the fact that he served alongside IIIs shows a level of uniqueness by itself.
Beautiful as always, really capturing how brutal the human Covenant war was that we don't get to see, like in Reach we got to see them go after civies, and in ODST we see the after effects, but never like this, you are amazing
Action, tactics, attention to detail now ODST getting proper respect and the after affects of battle, this is encapsulating everything that even Bungie didn't fully flesh out in the games, this is amazing
The atmosphere of this one is amazing. With the rain and the mellow background music everything has a great feel to it. Even though it has less action this is one of my favs of the Halo wips
Everyone out here having nergasms over the ODST representation. I'm here for the UNSC Army troopers. We only really got to see them during Reach, unlike the Marines and ODSTs.
Kinda sucks that even though we've known about the Army since the beginning we've really only seen them in one game. Even in the books they never show up.
@@mekboy7403 I THINK they show up in The Fall of Reach and are mentioned as being part of the few Reach survivors aboard the Pillar of Autumn in The Flood, but that's still an incredibly limited exposure even if I am right.
@@goodoldaley6375 I remember that Halo Glasslands actually made a joke about that, when Admiral Parangosky complained about Lord Hood not inviting any Army drummers to the Voi Ceremony (aka the Halo 3 ending), despite fighting and dying alongside the Marines.
Holy shit, this is so well directed. The atmosphere, the seriousness of the situation. Acknowledging the casualties of war, that isn't just Spartans kicking ass but the damage done by the covenant subtly suggesting how big of a threat they are. All of this with Deference to Darkness playing in the background. Someone send this Marty O Donell. He would be proud of how directed this scene.
I especially love how this part give us and the POV characters a moment to take a breather from the action and just take in the surroundings and the situation ❤️👍
I genuinely believe that when this is all done and you hopefully upload all of it in one movie, you will have single-handedly made every halo fan more happy than you know. Thank you Sodaz, you’re a true hero
I can't imagine how difficult it is an an animator to capture personality through body language through a simple walk cycle. The way the spartans simply walk at 0:31 is so subtle but says so much
This, I swear the "Halo TV Series" excuse "We removed the helmet so he can show emotions" is being destroyed with this, I am not saying he has to be an emotionless faceless character but god damn can he shut up for one minute and put the goddamn helmet on!
This is why paramount will never make something this good. They don’t realize that Halo isn’t just a sci-fi series, it’s a sci-fi military series. Thats what the people love.
For anyone who doesn't know: Beta-Red was a splinter team (6 to 11 SPARTAN-IIs) from Fred-104's Red Team during the Fall of Reach depicted in the book Halo: First Strike (2003). Highly recommend by the way. Iron Fist was a pelican dropship that attempted an extraction of Beta-Red after MAC blasts were ordered against countless enemies (according to Reach radio conversations: 32 wraiths, 260 infantry from one side. Estimates around 30,000 total Covenant in the vicinity, and later 3 cruisers in the sky). To this day the rescue attempt is still unclear if they retrieved any survivors or not.
This was absolutely stunning to watch! The scene between the Marine (Or was it UNSC Army trooper?) speaking with the pelican pilot flying through flakfire in the dark itched something I didn't even know wanted to be scratched! Thanks for all of your hard work and effort in giving us something this cool SODAZ!
It could be either. That specific type of armor is cross branch. You see both the UNSC Army and Marine Corps using it, though the models in Reach for the Marines were much more heavily armored.
@@Year_of_the_Dell Problem with that is it isn't exactly Marine exclusive. Even UNSC Army and Sabre pilots had that helmet. Could just say its a sealed, extra protection helmet. Kinda like an ODST helmet but not as good. Tbh idk but either way it looks sick af
@@dj11o9er you can tell by colors. Airforce(Sabre) are white. With a closed visor Marines brown or Green over top and solid black underneath and a closed visor also no medics Army have camo under gear and a mish mash color scheme and open face helmets. They also get medics
I can tell that this project is a labor of love for the halo universe, and I thank you for it! It's so amazing to see the story realized from different angles, and the animation is top notch. Keep up the good work!
The complete darkness lit briefly by explosions that those pelicans are flying into is really unnerving. Something about those shots in particular really reacts with my brain. Always a joy to watch your work.
There is no action, there are no shots, but this person makes such clean and beautiful animation that just by looking at it you give him your full attention.
I'd like to say this is some of the best halo content we've had in years. I genuinely wished we had people like you working behind the scenes on official titles to bring us something like this. I pray in the future someone of your caliber gets into the halo production line, to give us some gold like this with a budget.
The production quality of this is so good. I absolutely love when the ODST just stops and looks up with the addition of the rainy streets course kicking in. Just amazing. Can't wait for the full thing all together
"Rain" playing in the background when the scene focused on the ODST really hit me emotionally. The music really helped convey the solemn emotions throughout the scene.
On a second note this is great example of how to humanize the Spartans. The scene where they find the boddies and its just the spartans together, allowing them to open up to one another for a breif moment, acknoledging the toll that the loss of life has on them, and then as soon as the marines enter the picture its back to the stoic and mission centric leadership that has made them into legends in the eyes of the common Marine. There's a few other nods to the spartans relationship to one another that shows so much chemistry and world building beyond what we've been shown in a few of the other WIPs and I just simply love the narative, the cinematography, its all just, Wow. Again amazing work here.
God I love this. A quiet, more somber moment to break up the action. Here the empathy of the spartans is shown, while the marines are given a moment to show their own importance in the grand scale of the war. No long drawn out dialogue or overreactions needed. This is what people want.
It’s incredible how you’ve managed to capture exactly what I’ve always dreamt of wanting from halo. Grounded combat and none of the “everyone’s a spartan now!” Where the odsts and troopers actually get proper spotlight. I can’t wait to see this complete
I just wanna take a moment to say how much I love the sound design in these videos. It doesn't sound muddied or too busy. It really reminds me of the Bungie Halo games where each sound was purposeful and added to the cutscene. I feel like the newer games' sound design is too busy in the cutscenes. Every time a spartan is walking, it sounds like a bag of loose armor pieces jostling around.
The atmosphere and world building is amazing it's nice seeing things that actual military personal woulf do and it's nice seeing a sort of "band of brothers" and "the pacific" vibe being put into action in this animation it really brings more life into the halo universe and if this were a TV show I would watch it and it's really nice seeing the spartans feel greif when they see civilians getting slaughtered keep up the good work SODAZ your doing amazing
I love how the voices are lines from Reach and Infinite. Not to mention how just like Reach, most if not all of the UNSC branches are seen here. I love it!
I really love the detail that all the characters have a different gait, and a different walking sound depending on their armor. Such a nice little detail.
I like how they realistically couldn't take survivors because they were heading into an active warzone but he tells them the closest place they can take survivors. Nice touch there.
It hits harder when you think about how the pilot could make a judgment call and divert their aircraft away from combat in order to evacuate civilians in desperate need of medical attention. It could easily be a justified reason for him to fly away from the danger of battle while still contributing to the protection of his people. But no... The pilot told them they could not evacuate them, meaning he felt that whatever mission they were going into in that war zone, was too important to ignore. He said no to helping dozens of lives and sparing himself from danger because he believed that the cost of abandoning his combat mission was much higher.
I really loved it when the spartan didn’t take off his helmet to show he was sad. You can hear it in his voice and the way he picked himself back up to continue. Love it.
I really love the emphasis on body language. In the scene with the pelican, you can see the pilot emphasize and briefly consider the med evac, but he quickly hardens his pose as duty takes over and he must continue with his fighter mission to win the war and prevent more losses in the future. The soldier slumps his shoulder hearing the medical triage location, knowing the distance is extremely far and the wounded will most likely expire before reaching the proper medical aid.
Wouldn't Contrast make it looking "fruity"? I haven't messed around with contrast in awhile on much of anything. But last time I did, it made every color super vibrant, I don't like the idea of halo 5 or Infinite color palette.
@@CT--hb7hs in my experience editing photos and videos, increasing the contrast exaggerates shadows a bit more which I think is good for dark settings/themes such as this. The saturation however can stay as is bc it would make the video too “fun” in a way. Contrast can make colors slightly more vibrant but in this case it wouldn’t destroy the product by making it bright. It would do good in making darks dark but keep some color integrity
You even captured the somber tone of odst and reach and used the music perfectly. I hope they put you in charge the next time they try to make a halo show
There are no words that I can say that haven’t been said already, countless times but believe me when I say that when this Halo fan animation is finished it will be one of the best fan animations ever, you are doing amazing work.
It just keeps on getting better and better with each new video. Isn't anyone going to mention how well the audio conveys the tension and urgency during the pelican flight? By far my favorite part.
I really love the teamwork here. The spartans are monsters in combat but they aren't the most subtle or numerous enough to cover ground. The marines are more numerous and are better at scouting than the spartans. Also the interaction between the pilot and the marine was really nice, they both helped eachother where they could in a professional manner
I'll never understand how a mulit-million dollar show can manage to make worse content than a single youtube animator. The music, visual representation of spartans/marines/ODST, and overall tone is phenomenal. This is everything I ever wanted from these big companies free right here on youtube. Great work.
I can't get over the fact that he gives each branch their own moments, Marines on the frontlines and ODST's taking on Special Operations similarly to Spartans and performing extremely well due to their training. We never got much of the ODST's aside from one game and Expanded Media, it's nice to see them back and performing just as in the books; Professional and Fast.
This is what happens when raw talent is backed up by immense technical skills. I can't wait for the whole project to be finished and watch it in its entirety.
Incredible animation. Such realistic/human movements! When the green spartan was walking backwards then turns forwards, you can see the spartan take a short/half step to distribute the weight while turning. Little details like that are a small part of what makes these animations wonderful and a joy to watch!
Love the nod to Halo ODST with the ODST trooper looking upwards as raindrops hit his helmet. I also enjoyed how you made the Spartans human when they saw the dead civilians. From the clues, I think this story took place during the Fall of Reach in another section of the planet.
When a Fan made video with Minimal voice acting and only 2 minutes long does such a better job at telling a story then a big ticket TV show that's supposed to be based off the series and manages to blow them out of the water. In other words Good Job SODAZ, you've have done a fantastic job and should be proud of it!
This is one of the things I want in a Halo game. Just this opening of one of the missions where all you hear is the eerie silence, the rain drops and the distant gunfire in the background. Making you feel someone relieved to be out of battle atm but still know danger could be anywhere at the same time. then you find an event like this
"What can I say, it was one hell of a night" No but in all honesty this whole animation series has been just pure gold. It truly is crazy how fantastic this series is. Can't wait to see more!
I like how the pilot of the pelican stopped to think for a minute when he heard the trooper say that they have survivors, I think he want to help them but he couldn't due to his order but what i like mostly was to give them coordinates of where.they should go to
I remember Iron Fist. They were a pelican dropship tasked with transporting Spartan II teams into combat with Covenant forces on Reach. Besides the IIs, a whole Spartan III team got wiped out by a glassing beam. Amidst of it all? A team of UNSC Army Sappers came under heavy fire from several incoming Covenant armored divisions. They ran out of rockets and were in desperate need of reinforcements and fire support. I don’t know if they made it out alive, but it’s likely they didn’t.
Dude I’m glad that you do these WIP it’s a real change of pace to many other animators where they drop off the face of the earth for a few and then come back it’s a joy seeing you post
Tiny detail but I adore how the spartans sound when they move. They sound exactly how a walking 1-ton suit of armour should. I've heard less believable movement sounds in official Halo media
This guy is doing what the people in charge of the show did not. This guy is taking something that he knows will work and knows people are passionate about and animating it. He is giving us an actual halo experience.
Duuudddeee! You never cease to amaze me!! I get so lost in your work. The world building you do is so immersive. It’s insane and the attention to detail is phenomenal!
I really liked the Spartan dialogue here. Even if it was reused marine/trooper dialogue from Reach, the "There was... So many..." line really hit home with the body language.
I do not know if you were inspired by it, but the pelicans flying through anti-aircraft fire at night time heavily reminds me of a scene from the HBO mini-series "Band of Brothers." The tale of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne in their journey through WW2. The scene in questions shows all the airborne troopers dropping at night time during the night before D-Day. It was absolutely beautiful to see something similar done with the pelicans. Absolutely love the work you're doing, and I only hope you get the recognition you deserve. I know your stint with Warhammer 40k content was short lived and you did not deserve the treatment you got from GW, but I hope Halo animation is going to be a bight stared opportunity for you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for giving Halo some love.
Absolutely stunning beautiful. The transition from the team to the ODST taking in the surroundings with the sad emotional music just gives ya that unexplainable feeling. Absolutley love these and excited to see more
literally shot out of bed when this was uploaded LOL These are always so interesting and immersive! It's always so sad when it ends haha. Great work as always! Can't wait to see more! ♥
This was awesome, voice-over was great. Emotion, depth, I actually care about these characters and want to know more. Maybe with the shake up of leadership at 343i they'll hire some full time talent like yourself. We can only hope this change to 343i is the spark that reignites the hot flame that is the Halo franchise.
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Fun fact: whenever an ODST's helmet detects rain, Deference for Darkness plays. The music was all diagetic
top fucking kek , if I had one of those helmets I would always go outside when its raining
It’s also built into the helmets systems to relieve stress and anxiety in O.D.S.T units
@@EP_mc Where’d you hear that or is that some kick ass head cannon?
Clearly headcanon
That'd actually be cool. Although for the ones who survived New Mombasa, it'd probably be a reminder of that time.
I really like how everyone in this fireteam plays a role. Troopers do the bulk of the grunt work obviously. Spartans have performed the heavy lifting in combat while being a nice big target to distract the Covies to give the ODSTs the room they need to do their black ops shit. It's fantastic.
Perfection
balanced.
@@nick33ee Perfectly balanced. As all things should be
Say what you will about Thanos. He honestly did have a point. A society can't keep ignoring real problems like that. Unfortunately our planet does this right now. Sooner or later things have to give. You can only ignore a problem for so long before its to late. Yes his methods are extreme at times. Hes a bit crazy. And a psychopath. Some of the things he talked-about realistically made sense.
@@lofivibes3640 wrong comment section?
I mean… this is the halo show we all wanted. Thank you for proving that the fans know what halo is… more so than the studio making halo games it would seem.
agreed
God shut up
Big agree
100%
Yes we agree
If I was a millionaire, I would fund this creator to make an entire movie like this.
So insanely good.
Honestly I’m excited for them all to be finished in one giant video.
100% same here i would fund the SHIT outta that
Subscribing goes a long way
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we should make a petition for it then fund the guy to do it via gofundme
Holy crap! No action but the atmosphere and world building! The incorporation of the Reach radio transmissions! And the scene of Pelicans flying blackout through anti-air! It's glorious! I absolutely love where this is going, please keep up the fantastic effort!
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Everything is beautiful. Gotta love the ODST attention.
Odst was the first halo I genuinely felt useless, I wasn't a 7 ft tall super soldier, I was a regular soldier trying to do my best just to stay alive, I think that's what made the game my favorite out of the whole series
@@bjsmithranch me too me too
@@bjsmithranch I think it was my favourite Halo too.
all BDU's and spartans are from halo reach
Was really happy to see you put that scene with the spartans, really shows that they have a heart underneath their armor. Unlike in other types of media.
A lot of them are pretty jaded. The games tend to show the exceptions, but 90% of a Spartan deployment during the war was retreating, at some point, you tend to just forget the individual planet and cities being glassed, because you’ve seen it all before, and you’ll see it all again, and caring about each and every one will destroy you, so you “ignore it”.
@@eternalcanadian699 right you are Brother. I believe most veterans of Reach felt that way.
This video makes me emotional as Reach did. Perhaps Spartans were designed as emotioness war machines, but I can feel their grief when they saw those slaughtered civilians and soldiers. This is something rarely displayed in the Halo series. This also reminds me of what Cpt Lasky said at the end of Halo 4 "Soldiers aren't machine, we are just people".
the spartans from halo reach (spartan IIIs) were handpicked from war-orphans and the like. people chosen specifically because of their hate towards the covenant. unless im mistaken.
Edit: Halo reach, not halo 3.
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 you are not mistaken, as you said the SIIIs were nearly 100% war orphans who had their families murdered by Covenant, and their hatred towards Covenant makes them fearsome warriors during the battle. I just want to say that even experiencing such harshness, those soldiers retain their humanity, they grieve the death of other human beings (soldiers or civilians) instead of just walking away coldly. And this makes them more alive.
@@rayx3415
Its what makes them my favorite spartans honestly, both aesthetically and Lore wise.
Though Jorge from Reach was a spartan II i think, and was still very human. Though the fact that he served alongside IIIs shows a level of uniqueness by itself.
beautiful comment,
@@boarfaceswinejaw4516 Jorge was a SII member for sure, and you are right, he is a big man with a warm heart.
Beautiful as always, really capturing how brutal the human Covenant war was that we don't get to see, like in Reach we got to see them go after civies, and in ODST we see the after effects, but never like this, you are amazing
Action, tactics, attention to detail now ODST getting proper respect and the after affects of battle, this is encapsulating everything that even Bungie didn't fully flesh out in the games, this is amazing
If only they got the radio chatter right🥲
“Over”
If they were using walky-talkies, sure 😂
The atmosphere of this one is amazing. With the rain and the mellow background music everything has a great feel to it. Even though it has less action this is one of my favs of the Halo wips
The moment the ODST track hits with all the rain and quiet gunfire... perfection.
Everyone out here having nergasms over the ODST representation. I'm here for the UNSC Army troopers. We only really got to see them during Reach, unlike the Marines and ODSTs.
Kinda sucks that even though we've known about the Army since the beginning we've really only seen them in one game. Even in the books they never show up.
@@mekboy7403 I THINK they show up in The Fall of Reach and are mentioned as being part of the few Reach survivors aboard the Pillar of Autumn in The Flood, but that's still an incredibly limited exposure even if I am right.
@@goodoldaley6375 I remember that Halo Glasslands actually made a joke about that, when Admiral Parangosky complained about Lord Hood not inviting any Army drummers to the Voi Ceremony (aka the Halo 3 ending), despite fighting and dying alongside the Marines.
I love the ODST moment. You're hitting the halo vibes perfectly
Holy shit, this is so well directed. The atmosphere, the seriousness of the situation. Acknowledging the casualties of war, that isn't just Spartans kicking ass but the damage done by the covenant subtly suggesting how big of a threat they are. All of this with Deference to Darkness playing in the background. Someone send this Marty O Donell. He would be proud of how directed this scene.
When the Halo community needed him the most in it's dark days, he uploaded yet another banger.
I especially love how this part give us and the POV characters a moment to take a breather from the action and just take in the surroundings and the situation
❤️👍
I genuinely believe that when this is all done and you hopefully upload all of it in one movie, you will have single-handedly made every halo fan more happy than you know. Thank you Sodaz, you’re a true hero
Love all of the dialogue we get in these, and that a good deal of it is voice lines from the games, as well as original lines. Amazing work as usual.
I can't imagine how difficult it is an an animator to capture personality through body language through a simple walk cycle. The way the spartans simply walk at 0:31 is so subtle but says so much
This, I swear the "Halo TV Series" excuse "We removed the helmet so he can show emotions" is being destroyed with this, I am not saying he has to be an emotionless faceless character but god damn can he shut up for one minute and put the goddamn helmet on!
@@manuel8123 it’s what happens when something isn’t made by fans who love and respect the property.
This is why paramount will never make something this good. They don’t realize that Halo isn’t just a sci-fi series, it’s a sci-fi military series. Thats what the people love.
For anyone who doesn't know: Beta-Red was a splinter team (6 to 11 SPARTAN-IIs) from Fred-104's Red Team during the Fall of Reach depicted in the book Halo: First Strike (2003). Highly recommend by the way.
Iron Fist was a pelican dropship that attempted an extraction of Beta-Red after MAC blasts were ordered against countless enemies (according to Reach radio conversations: 32 wraiths, 260 infantry from one side. Estimates around 30,000 total Covenant in the vicinity, and later 3 cruisers in the sky).
To this day the rescue attempt is still unclear if they retrieved any survivors or not.
This potentially means First Lieutenant Jake Chapman may be the one calling Iron Fist.
Damn, I totally forgot about those Reach radio transmissions.
the way the odst stands and looks up with rain falling and deference for darkness playing it's just so cinematic and beautiful, well done SODAZ
This was absolutely stunning to watch! The scene between the Marine (Or was it UNSC Army trooper?) speaking with the pelican pilot flying through flakfire in the dark itched something I didn't even know wanted to be scratched! Thanks for all of your hard work and effort in giving us something this cool SODAZ!
It could be either. That specific type of armor is cross branch. You see both the UNSC Army and Marine Corps using it, though the models in Reach for the Marines were much more heavily armored.
It is a marine he has a full helmet by the looks of it
@@Year_of_the_Dell Problem with that is it isn't exactly Marine exclusive. Even UNSC Army and Sabre pilots had that helmet. Could just say its a sealed, extra protection helmet. Kinda like an ODST helmet but not as good. Tbh idk but either way it looks sick af
@@dj11o9er you can tell by colors. Airforce(Sabre) are white. With a closed visor
Marines brown or Green over top and solid black underneath and a closed visor also no medics
Army have camo under gear and a mish mash color scheme and open face helmets. They also get medics
@@Year_of_the_Dell Spot on, plus Gamma 1 is a marine unit stationed on reach.
Gotta love the odst representation! amazing as always!
I can tell that this project is a labor of love for the halo universe, and I thank you for it! It's so amazing to see the story realized from different angles, and the animation is top notch. Keep up the good work!
Never stop, i beg of you
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The complete darkness lit briefly by explosions that those pelicans are flying into is really unnerving. Something about those shots in particular really reacts with my brain. Always a joy to watch your work.
Yeah fuck that shit lol.
There is no action, there are no shots, but this person makes such clean and beautiful animation that just by looking at it you give him your full attention.
I'd like to say this is some of the best halo content we've had in years. I genuinely wished we had people like you working behind the scenes on official titles to bring us something like this.
I pray in the future someone of your caliber gets into the halo production line, to give us some gold like this with a budget.
The production quality of this is so good.
I absolutely love when the ODST just stops and looks up with the addition of the rainy streets course kicking in.
Just amazing.
Can't wait for the full thing all together
I love the subtle effect around 0:05 You can really feel the weight of the Spartans
"Rain" playing in the background when the scene focused on the ODST really hit me emotionally. The music really helped convey the solemn emotions throughout the scene.
On a second note this is great example of how to humanize the Spartans. The scene where they find the boddies and its just the spartans together, allowing them to open up to one another for a breif moment, acknoledging the toll that the loss of life has on them, and then as soon as the marines enter the picture its back to the stoic and mission centric leadership that has made them into legends in the eyes of the common Marine. There's a few other nods to the spartans relationship to one another that shows so much chemistry and world building beyond what we've been shown in a few of the other WIPs and I just simply love the narative, the cinematography, its all just, Wow. Again amazing work here.
God I love this. A quiet, more somber moment to break up the action. Here the empathy of the spartans is shown, while the marines are given a moment to show their own importance in the grand scale of the war. No long drawn out dialogue or overreactions needed. This is what people want.
These updates give me that Halo fix I need. Thanks so much for your work, Sodaz.
It’s incredible how you’ve managed to capture exactly what I’ve always dreamt of wanting from halo. Grounded combat and none of the “everyone’s a spartan now!” Where the odsts and troopers actually get proper spotlight. I can’t wait to see this complete
There was no fighting sequence, and yet, there was a sense of emotion and solemn beauty in this moment
I just wanna take a moment to say how much I love the sound design in these videos. It doesn't sound muddied or too busy. It really reminds me of the Bungie Halo games where each sound was purposeful and added to the cutscene. I feel like the newer games' sound design is too busy in the cutscenes. Every time a spartan is walking, it sounds like a bag of loose armor pieces jostling around.
God, these animations are just what Halo fans needed. It's literally perfect 😩
The atmosphere and world building is amazing it's nice seeing things that actual military personal woulf do and it's nice seeing a sort of "band of brothers" and "the pacific" vibe being put into action in this animation it really brings more life into the halo universe and if this were a TV show I would watch it and it's really nice seeing the spartans feel greif when they see civilians getting slaughtered keep up the good work SODAZ your doing amazing
I love how the voices are lines from Reach and Infinite. Not to mention how just like Reach, most if not all of the UNSC branches are seen here. I love it!
I really love the detail that all the characters have a different gait, and a different walking sound depending on their armor. Such a nice little detail.
I like how they realistically couldn't take survivors because they were heading into an active warzone but he tells them the closest place they can take survivors. Nice touch there.
It hits harder when you think about how the pilot could make a judgment call and divert their aircraft away from combat in order to evacuate civilians in desperate need of medical attention. It could easily be a justified reason for him to fly away from the danger of battle while still contributing to the protection of his people. But no... The pilot told them they could not evacuate them, meaning he felt that whatever mission they were going into in that war zone, was too important to ignore. He said no to helping dozens of lives and sparing himself from danger because he believed that the cost of abandoning his combat mission was much higher.
Sodaz has really brought back the memories of playing Halo reach for the first time and I never knew how much I needed that
I really loved it when the spartan didn’t take off his helmet to show he was sad. You can hear it in his voice and the way he picked himself back up to continue. Love it.
I really love the emphasis on body language. In the scene with the pelican, you can see the pilot emphasize and briefly consider the med evac, but he quickly hardens his pose as duty takes over and he must continue with his fighter mission to win the war and prevent more losses in the future.
The soldier slumps his shoulder hearing the medical triage location, knowing the distance is extremely far and the wounded will most likely expire before reaching the proper medical aid.
I love these WIPs but I think it would look a ton better with increased contrast and saturation. Nothing too extreme tho
Wouldn't Contrast make it looking "fruity"? I haven't messed around with contrast in awhile on much of anything. But last time I did, it made every color super vibrant, I don't like the idea of halo 5 or Infinite color palette.
Uh no it’s perfect
@@CT--hb7hs in my experience editing photos and videos, increasing the contrast exaggerates shadows a bit more which I think is good for dark settings/themes such as this. The saturation however can stay as is bc it would make the video too “fun” in a way. Contrast can make colors slightly more vibrant but in this case it wouldn’t destroy the product by making it bright. It would do good in making darks dark but keep some color integrity
@@CT--hb7hs Especially in Source
You even captured the somber tone of odst and reach and used the music perfectly. I hope they put you in charge the next time they try to make a halo show
There are no words that I can say that haven’t been said already, countless times but believe me when I say that when this Halo fan animation is finished it will be one of the best fan animations ever, you are doing amazing work.
It just keeps on getting better and better with each new video. Isn't anyone going to mention how well the audio conveys the tension and urgency during the pelican flight? By far my favorite part.
Halo Reach's artstyle will always be my favorite. Couple that with your animation skils and we've got one of the best Halo content ever.
Dude this is beyond good, the shots the music the lines, everything is just perfect! Hits all the spots in all the right ways!
I really love the teamwork here. The spartans are monsters in combat but they aren't the most subtle or numerous enough to cover ground. The marines are more numerous and are better at scouting than the spartans. Also the interaction between the pilot and the marine was really nice, they both helped eachother where they could in a professional manner
I'll never understand how a mulit-million dollar show can manage to make worse content than a single youtube animator. The music, visual representation of spartans/marines/ODST, and overall tone is phenomenal. This is everything I ever wanted from these big companies free right here on youtube. Great work.
I can't get over the fact that he gives each branch their own moments, Marines on the frontlines and ODST's taking on Special Operations similarly to Spartans and performing extremely well due to their training.
We never got much of the ODST's aside from one game and Expanded Media, it's nice to see them back and performing just as in the books; Professional and Fast.
This is what happens when raw talent is backed up by immense technical skills. I can't wait for the whole project to be finished and watch it in its entirety.
Incredible animation. Such realistic/human movements! When the green spartan was walking backwards then turns forwards, you can see the spartan take a short/half step to distribute the weight while turning. Little details like that are a small part of what makes these animations wonderful and a joy to watch!
Even without the sharp, brilliantly animated action this just continues to deliver in new and surprising ways, great work!
“It’s impossible to please halo fans!”
Meanwhile: every single halo fan loving this series
Love the nod to Halo ODST with the ODST trooper looking upwards as raindrops hit his helmet. I also enjoyed how you made the Spartans human when they saw the dead civilians. From the clues, I think this story took place during the Fall of Reach in another section of the planet.
When a Fan made video with Minimal voice acting and only 2 minutes long does such a better job at telling a story then a big ticket TV show that's supposed to be based off the series and manages to blow them out of the water.
In other words Good Job SODAZ, you've have done a fantastic job and should be proud of it!
This is one of the things I want in a Halo game. Just this opening of one of the missions where all you hear is the eerie silence, the rain drops and the distant gunfire in the background. Making you feel someone relieved to be out of battle atm but still know danger could be anywhere at the same time. then you find an event like this
After your 12 WIPs, please continue making these Halo animations. It feels like I'm playing Halo for the first time all over again
"What can I say, it was one hell of a night"
No but in all honesty this whole animation series has been just pure gold. It truly is crazy how fantastic this series is. Can't wait to see more!
I like how the pilot of the pelican stopped to think for a minute when he heard the trooper say that they have survivors, I think he want to help them but he couldn't due to his order but what i like mostly was to give them coordinates of where.they should go to
I remember Iron Fist. They were a pelican dropship tasked with transporting Spartan II teams into combat with Covenant forces on Reach. Besides the IIs, a whole Spartan III team got wiped out by a glassing beam. Amidst of it all? A team of UNSC Army Sappers came under heavy fire from several incoming Covenant armored divisions. They ran out of rockets and were in desperate need of reinforcements and fire support. I don’t know if they made it out alive, but it’s likely they didn’t.
Dude I’m glad that you do these WIP it’s a real change of pace to many other animators where they drop off the face of the earth for a few and then come back it’s a joy seeing you post
that halo 3 odst nod with the guy looking up in the rain was a nice touch
I hope this never ends
My man you got real talent
You make halo heart go every time I watch these
Tiny detail but I adore how the spartans sound when they move. They sound exactly how a walking 1-ton suit of armour should. I've heard less believable movement sounds in official Halo media
This guy is doing what the people in charge of the show did not. This guy is taking something that he knows will work and knows people are passionate about and animating it. He is giving us an actual halo experience.
best work yet, you really made SFM’s lighting engine dance for you
thank you for this absolute gift to the halo community
Mais um vídeo incrível te conheço a menos de 1 mês e já é um dos meus criadores de conteúdo favoritos por favor nunca pare com o Incrível trabalho
Duuudddeee! You never cease to amaze me!! I get so lost in your work. The world building you do is so immersive. It’s insane and the attention to detail is phenomenal!
Just watched all these, and gotta say, you are crushing. This is way more like Halo than anything officially released in literally 10 years.
I really liked the Spartan dialogue here. Even if it was reused marine/trooper dialogue from Reach, the "There was... So many..." line really hit home with the body language.
I do not know if you were inspired by it, but the pelicans flying through anti-aircraft fire at night time heavily reminds me of a scene from the HBO mini-series "Band of Brothers." The tale of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne in their journey through WW2. The scene in questions shows all the airborne troopers dropping at night time during the night before D-Day.
It was absolutely beautiful to see something similar done with the pelicans. Absolutely love the work you're doing, and I only hope you get the recognition you deserve. I know your stint with Warhammer 40k content was short lived and you did not deserve the treatment you got from GW, but I hope Halo animation is going to be a bight stared opportunity for you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for giving Halo some love.
Absolutely stunning beautiful.
The transition from the team to the ODST taking in the surroundings with the sad emotional music just gives ya that unexplainable feeling.
Absolutley love these and excited to see more
This is the Halo show I wanted. It's perfect. You are hands down the best animator I've ever watched.
shit drop everything new halo wip dropped
AYYY LETS GOOO
Man that ODST vibe hit hard here. Amazing work.
Beautiful, the music, the attention to detail, the vibe, everything's so cohesive
Damn, that Deference for Darkness hitted like a train
The attention to detail is amazing.
I can't wait till all the videos come together in one package. This is probably some of the best halo animations out there along with HaloVFX
literally shot out of bed when this was uploaded LOL
These are always so interesting and immersive! It's always so sad when it ends haha. Great work as always! Can't wait to see more! ♥
God I love this hard military sci-fi vibe! This is what future halo campaign need
You put 343 to shame. This is the kind of halo tv series that I've always wanted to see. Well done.
Dude, Deference of Darkness along with the radio transmission and Pelican flying in the air overshadowed by the AA is cinematic af.
*_These 2mins were more HALO than the entire first season of that crapfest we got served._*
Great work as always
When the Piano slides in ...
:)
Ah, the memories. 🙂
Great work man!
Oml the believable comms and radio are such an amazing touch. Thank you so kick for this
The animation is so smooth and story is amazing and ODST music fits is well and gives me so much nostalgia
This was awesome, voice-over was great. Emotion, depth, I actually care about these characters and want to know more. Maybe with the shake up of leadership at 343i they'll hire some full time talent like yourself. We can only hope this change to 343i is the spark that reignites the hot flame that is the Halo franchise.
Unsung: The untold stories of Reach, this would be a game changing series
The facial animations are beyond amazing idk what kind of magic you performed to make them look so natural
SFM has a full suite of facial animations to work with