I remember watching this online back in 2001, I was 16 years old. This demo alone compelled me to get an Xbox. At the time this kind of gameplay, graphics and sound design was revolutionary. It was a great time to be a gamer and witness this. Now we have Halo Infinite in the works for Microsoft's new Xbox console codenamed Scarlett, hopefully it invokes the same feelings of awe and wonder as Halo CE did. Anyone reading this comment in the year 2030 and beyond know that this game right here was a turning point on how to do first person shooters right on a console and in many ways is still the blueprint on how shooters are made today.
@@HazorInc Yeah the gameplay and oldschool feeling was great, too bad graphically it looks like a Xbox One game and not something to showcase the Series X. Hopefully it looks much better at launch and looks more like the 2018 announcement trailer. Overall I'm looking forward to it.
The music really elevates this. Imagine Staten's narration without it. Wouldn't be the same. The music was really a force magnifier for Halo, much as it was for Star Wars
i cant hear these songs without Staten's narration, 13 years later. i remember DOWNLOADING this video. an entire video, downloaded! 2001 was magical. it still is, love you Halo.
@@crouchjump5787 amazing, I first played Halo in 2002 when it first became available in the U.K. I was blown away, to think you first saw this when I was still playing PS1 😲😲😲
6:33 this cutscene is so much more cinematic in this version, wow! Also the inclusion of a flashlight switching on animation would have been really nice in the final release, since they already made it here!
Funny thing is it's Joesph enabling the free flying camera mode and moving the camera himself, then switching back to first person. All of this only worked on debug builds on debug consoles of course.
Someone notices that while, master chief shoots with the assault rifle it is seen that it was half polished because on the little screen it remains at 42
@@ghst6173 Nope. For some reason Bungie removed that animation. You can still use the flashlight in the finished product, but I guess Bungie removed the button pushing animation to save space for the xbox hardware or some other resources. That's just my theory why. Wish it was kept in.
CleanserOfNoobs It may be because they changed the flashlight system to come out of his helmet so he could use it with all weapons instead of just the assault rifle or a couple other weapons. In the final game you can see it comes out of his helmet
There was actually an animation when you turned on your flashlight on the side of the rifle. But Bungie removed that feature, probably because they had to sacrifice for hardware limitations at the time.
Part of the problem was they originally had the idea of having the assault rifle fire by requiring to squeeze the trigger each time you wanted to fire, you couldn't not just hold it down. Thank god they ditched that idea before ship.
Danke, das Video hab ich ewig gesucht!!! Ich hab das nur damals 2001 irgendwo mal gesehen und jetzt nach 11 Jahren gehofft dass es jemand hochlädt! Danke danke danke!
Simple environment mapping. A lot of games for the time used the method to simulate reflective or metallic surfaces. Still in the retail game with a fake visor shadow thrown in that sometimes looks like a reflection.
I was 6 years old when it came out the first real game ever played was unreal tournament I had no internet just a shitty pc that could barely run vice city 10 fps lol
That specific part of the track (from “Truth & Reconciliation Suite”) was only on the OST, not in-game for CE. Same goes for the Halo Theme “Rock Remix”towards the end.
If they make a 20 year anniversary of this game can they please enable banshees for the master chief in mission 2 Halo if the elite falls off I’d be so happy seeing that
superlauch25 Pretty sure it's not gunna happen. But I would like that. I'd also like to play the halo 2 demo, and see all the stuff they removed from their games. To get a glimpse of what they could have been, for better or worse.
I want any new Halo fan watching this that may have heard or been told that current Bungie isn't the same Bungie that made Halo or that all the Bungie people left to go to 343i back when they were formed or any of the nonsense I've seen over the years to look at the two people that are demoing the game, Jason Jones who introduced himself as co-founder of Bungie and LEAD on Halo and know that he is still at Bungie. People have come and gone over the years at Bungie but many of the core people from back in the day are still there. Don't believe the lies.
Halo one had a very short dev time. The version we got didn't have a very long development time at all. And they had to transfer from PC/Mac to Xbox (a brand new console at the time) at the last minute.
Because 2001 home internet speeds typically couldn't support 720p/1080p and higher. Hell the home PC's of the time couldn't even decode the codecs of that time at the res either.
I watched this video hundreds of times when it first came out in the early 2000's. I was so pumped for this game on the PC platform until Microsoft claimed it for XBOX exclusive and then gave us the worst PC port of a game ever. This video was so promising for a fantastic FPS but was completely sullied by repetitive map design, baby's first FPS regenerative health/shield gimmicks and the least engaging storyline.
At least Bungie made 2 and 3 better when they were still the primary developer of the Halo series. Halo 1 may be weak in terms of copy paste map structures but the AI, weapons, and vehicles is what made the game so good. Each enemy is unique in their own way in this game, and the weapons and vehicles are very solid too. I thought Halos 1-3 were the unmasked jewels, but everything after 3 imo just left a bad taste in my mouth. Hope 343 learns their lesson with the next game.
You call em gimmicks, I call em revolutionary game design that add a whole new tactical sense not found in games prior. Fact: there's more on your feet tactical thinking required on this on Legendary than 90% shooters out there. Indisputable.
The storyline was great and the map design repeated in only three levels and only for parts of two of them. However, more importantly, the gameplay did NOT repeat in those levels thanks to new enemy encounters snd vehicles. When people say half of Halo is a repeat, they're wrong. It's more like 1/7th if you actually think about where it repeats.
This game single handedly caused massive sales for not only the worst console ever, but a console was the progenitor to practices that warped and corrupted the gaming industry into the greedy bloated whore of what it is now. You thought the game was good? Great. But the damage it caused is undeniable.
@@crashbash8549 The xbox was a console for tech snobs with more money than taste or sense and 90's gamers that were now teenagers, and hence contrarian, that wanted to be different just because the PS2 was the superior console. I remember children going on about "how good the shadows looked in splinter cell" as if they could see them on their shit CRT tvs. The xbox was a doorstop that happened to be in the right place at the right time and survived just because there are a lot of dumb people who got tricked by a billion dollar marketing machine in microsoft. Had it died, as it should have, the current gaming landscape would be very different. The ripples it created are now a tsunami that will destroy the gaming market eventually. And it all started because a slightly above average fps fooled you all.
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I remember watching this online back in 2001, I was 16 years old. This demo alone compelled me to get an Xbox. At the time this kind of gameplay, graphics and sound design was revolutionary. It was a great time to be a gamer and witness this. Now we have Halo Infinite in the works for Microsoft's new Xbox console codenamed Scarlett, hopefully it invokes the same feelings of awe and wonder as Halo CE did. Anyone reading this comment in the year 2030 and beyond know that this game right here was a turning point on how to do first person shooters right on a console and in many ways is still the blueprint on how shooters are made today.
yee haw
Halo infinite’s campaign trailer dropped, very reminiscent of halo ce
@@HazorInc Yeah the gameplay and oldschool feeling was great, too bad graphically it looks like a Xbox One game and not something to showcase the Series X. Hopefully it looks much better at launch and looks more like the 2018 announcement trailer. Overall I'm looking forward to it.
And it was the first time console gamers got to experience huge online multiplayer games.
And today and next weekend we get to play a CE inspired map.. man how life goes fast
The music really elevates this. Imagine Staten's narration without it. Wouldn't be the same. The music was really a force magnifier for Halo, much as it was for Star Wars
i cant hear these songs without Staten's narration, 13 years later. i remember DOWNLOADING this video. an entire video, downloaded! 2001 was magical. it still is, love you Halo.
Imagine seeing this in 01?!
I did and was super excited at the time, the music is still immense.
This game sold the Xbox at launch
Minds blown
@@crouchjump5787 amazing, I first played Halo in 2002 when it first became available in the U.K. I was blown away, to think you first saw this when I was still playing PS1 😲😲😲
When you think about it, it's hard to believe this came out only 8 years after Doom.
Wow...
Can we talk about that flashlight animation at 6:10 that never made it into the game?
I hate the Elites tri shield never made it in the game :(
Because now the flashlight comes from Masterchief's helmet ;)
Interestingly, if you notice the little button chief clicks on the assault rifle to turn on the flashlight, it’s still there in the final game.
3:10 When that music kicks in. Man what great memories. Thanks for keeping this video alive.
6:33 this cutscene is so much more cinematic in this version, wow!
Also the inclusion of a flashlight switching on animation would have been really nice in the final release, since they already made it here!
Funny thing is it's Joesph enabling the free flying camera mode and moving the camera himself, then switching back to first person. All of this only worked on debug builds on debug consoles of course.
Thanks to the halo modding community this, and the halo 2 e3 demo will be playable. Finally.
Lmk when
Lmk when
Lmk when
Now, folks.
fucking legend.
Someone notices that while, master chief shoots with the assault rifle it is seen that it was half polished because on the little screen it remains at 42
the demo seems to have more weapon animations than the finished product
General OFG I especially like the melee attack
Tristen112 Yup, the melee and if you look closely, you can see chiefs hand adjust to turn on the flashlight! Wtf happened to that? Lol.
@@cleanserofnoobs4162 that was actually in the game I thought
@@ghst6173 Nope. For some reason Bungie removed that animation. You can still use the flashlight in the finished product, but I guess Bungie removed the button pushing animation to save space for the xbox hardware or some other resources. That's just my theory why. Wish it was kept in.
CleanserOfNoobs It may be because they changed the flashlight system to come out of his helmet so he could use it with all weapons instead of just the assault rifle or a couple other weapons. In the final game you can see it comes out of his helmet
Man that sweatshirt they have on looks so dope
is it just me or does the assault rifle here looks better then in the finished game?
There was actually an animation when you turned on your flashlight on the side of the rifle. But Bungie removed that feature, probably because they had to sacrifice for hardware limitations at the time.
@@cleanserofnoobs4162 Or because he has helmet lights
@@dtgs4502 Yeah... that was the replacement, no animations needed, it just turns on now
@@cleanserofnoobs4162 can you imagine not being able to shoot or melee because you have to finish the flashlight animation?
@@AnEveryManJack I mean that would suck I suppose but there's also reload that does that, which takes longer.
Halo infinite is coming out real soon ladies
@The Meme Reposter Bruh infinite
Oof! Oh how broken your heart must be...
November 2001
November 2021
¡¡Happy anniversary 20 XBOX!!
It is cute how the guy said that Halo was a “little game” not knowing how big of an impact it’ll have on us
3:43 YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAA why did he do that?
Dan Blues I would too
Nice timecode
The marines in the game do react when you do jumps and stuff like that in the warthog. But that particular voice clip is not in the final game.
@@sean8102 I thought the developer was saying that
idk, why not
This guy shoots like a storm trooper.
This is also at a time when most people had hardly ever used controllers to play any sort of a First Person Shooter, it was a new concept at the time.
Part of the problem was they originally had the idea of having the assault rifle fire by requiring to squeeze the trigger each time you wanted to fire, you couldn't not just hold it down. Thank god they ditched that idea before ship.
3:43 he did his grunt noise lol
When will the next moment like this come?
Welp, Craig has arrived.
@@adamstryker999 who is craig?
@@FroztiProductions Why dont you pay a visit to the halo subreddit
adamstryker999 Craig is Infinite.
@@FroztiProductions it's here!
This is what is known as an Epic Gamer Momement.
Danke, das Video hab ich ewig gesucht!!! Ich hab das nur damals 2001 irgendwo mal gesehen und jetzt nach 11 Jahren gehofft dass es jemand hochlädt! Danke danke danke!
fun fact: the silent cartograhper was a test mission during halo's development so they made it into a actual mission for halo ce
Interesting, Halo Combat Evolved predates Return To Castle Wolfenstien, came out same year and same month(November 2001).
Busqué tanto esto, al fin.
Halo Infinite looks great
I dunno man the graphics kinda look like they're from 2001. It'd be cool if they'd add a grappling hook or sprinting though.
My first Xbox game 😖 memories brehhh
Is it me or does chief have a real time reflecting visor?
They tried to pull that off a few times, but the little GeForce 3 based GPU in the Xbox couldn't handle it.
Simple environment mapping. A lot of games for the time used the method to simulate reflective or metallic surfaces. Still in the retail game with a fake visor shadow thrown in that sometimes looks like a reflection.
2:31 what Halo combat evil classic soundtrack name is this it sounds like heretic hero from Halo 2
It’s from “Truth and Reconciliation Suite” on the OST. It doesn’t appear in-game in the final version, just promotional material like this.
Wanna know what else is in his BIG GREEN ARMOURED HANDS?
Touch down! Hit it Marines!
Kinda interesting how there was a banshee on The Silent Cartographer but it was probably just for the demonstration.
All of you guys are like demo this, demo that, really nobody will pay respect to this legendary 90s-2000s style Halo shirts (blouse). Fucking epic.
Man I wish I existed back then
Was in 3rd grade when it came out
I was 6 years old when it came out the first real game ever played was unreal tournament I had no internet just a shitty pc that could barely run vice city 10 fps lol
I was 6 when this came out.. didn’t know wtf halo was played it in 2002
SHODAN64 I was 6 as well. Miss the good ole days from like 01 til I graduated high school staying up all night playing Halo with my pals
soundtrack seems slightly different
The beginning soundtrack wasn’t in the game right? I think the first time we’ve heard it was in halo 3
ua-cam.com/video/lj91a6W91J8/v-deo.html this?
This was definitely in CE it was on the second mission “halo” when you leave that structure in the mountains if I remember correctly...
It was in the game at the end.
@@DaDARKPass Yeah on Two Betrayals when that massive door opens.
That specific part of the track (from “Truth & Reconciliation Suite”) was only on the OST, not in-game for CE. Same goes for the Halo Theme “Rock Remix”towards the end.
If they make a 20 year anniversary of this game can they please enable banshees for the master chief in mission 2 Halo if the elite falls off I’d be so happy seeing that
superlauch25 Pretty sure it's not gunna happen. But I would like that. I'd also like to play the halo 2 demo, and see all the stuff they removed from their games. To get a glimpse of what they could have been, for better or worse.
Nice for 2000 :)
golden age of Gaming
any way i could get the theme version of the min 8:32
It's at the end of "Truth and Reconciliation Suite" on the Halo: CE OST
Halo a legend game #masterchef
For who didnt know, the ASSAULT RIFLE was TRIGGER SENSITIVE ;) bad they removed that.
This game was the reason I got an xbox, blue ray and Metal gear got me back to PlayStation...
Why tf GAYSTATION
I'm sure we're going to get something similar to this with the Halo Infinite campaign reveal on November 15, 2021.
Ha 😅
Xbox for life yo🤙🏿
I want any new Halo fan watching this that may have heard or been told that current Bungie isn't the same Bungie that made Halo or that all the Bungie people left to go to 343i back when they were formed or any of the nonsense I've seen over the years to look at the two people that are demoing the game, Jason Jones who introduced himself as co-founder of Bungie and LEAD on Halo and know that he is still at Bungie. People have come and gone over the years at Bungie but many of the core people from back in the day are still there. Don't believe the lies.
get these guys whatever money it costs to fix 343s mess that is halo infinite
SW BF2 2:00 😎 Clone Commando
"shows empty beach"
Audience: "WOWWW!!!!!"
Finally the graphics are improved in HALO INFINITE.
If gameplay like this came out today, people wouldn’t even bother!😂 this game is amazing ❤️
Why did they make the second half of this game with recycled maps of the first half?
Halo one had a very short dev time. The version we got didn't have a very long development time at all. And they had to transfer from PC/Mac to Xbox (a brand new console at the time) at the last minute.
why does this video look like its from the late 80s?
w-what! 🤣
240p
Have you not seen old video game footage before lol
Because 2001 home internet speeds typically couldn't support 720p/1080p and higher. Hell the home PC's of the time couldn't even decode the codecs of that time at the res either.
It’s like the early 2000’s was an old ass decade footage and video does look like it was from the 80’s yet I remember watching this shit too
He was so bad lmao
I watched this video hundreds of times when it first came out in the early 2000's. I was so pumped for this game on the PC platform until Microsoft claimed it for XBOX exclusive and then gave us the worst PC port of a game ever. This video was so promising for a fantastic FPS but was completely sullied by repetitive map design, baby's first FPS regenerative health/shield gimmicks and the least engaging storyline.
At least Bungie made 2 and 3 better when they were still the primary developer of the Halo series. Halo 1 may be weak in terms of copy paste map structures but the AI, weapons, and vehicles is what made the game so good. Each enemy is unique in their own way in this game, and the weapons and vehicles are very solid too. I thought Halos 1-3 were the unmasked jewels, but everything after 3 imo just left a bad taste in my mouth. Hope 343 learns their lesson with the next game.
PC was never a consideration until after Xbox bought Bungie.
You call em gimmicks, I call em revolutionary game design that add a whole new tactical sense not found in games prior.
Fact: there's more on your feet tactical thinking required on this on Legendary than 90% shooters out there. Indisputable.
The storyline was great and the map design repeated in only three levels and only for parts of two of them. However, more importantly, the gameplay did NOT repeat in those levels thanks to new enemy encounters snd vehicles. When people say half of Halo is a repeat, they're wrong. It's more like 1/7th if you actually think about where it repeats.
Shut up bro I was around back when they released the game I saw this on UA-cam nothing like it at the time...
This game single handedly caused massive sales for not only the worst console ever, but a console was the progenitor to practices that warped and corrupted the gaming industry into the greedy bloated whore of what it is now. You thought the game was good? Great. But the damage it caused is undeniable.
Don't get me wrong I love Halo but everything you're saying here is 100% correct. Call of Duty is another one to blame.
Completely clueless comment lol. Do you hate lan parties or something
It would've become like this regardless, original xbox was an amazing console too, idiotic comment
@@crashbash8549 The xbox was a console for tech snobs with more money than taste or sense and 90's gamers that were now teenagers, and hence contrarian, that wanted to be different just because the PS2 was the superior console. I remember children going on about "how good the shadows looked in splinter cell" as if they could see them on their shit CRT tvs. The xbox was a doorstop that happened to be in the right place at the right time and survived just because there are a lot of dumb people who got tricked by a billion dollar marketing machine in microsoft. Had it died, as it should have, the current gaming landscape would be very different. The ripples it created are now a tsunami that will destroy the gaming market eventually. And it all started because a slightly above average fps fooled you all.