How Halo Made Me Love Games

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  • @literallylaw
    @literallylaw  Рік тому +4

    If you enjoy this, check out my other Love Letter To Dishonored at the link below :)
    ua-cam.com/video/HioOJon14NY/v-deo.html

  • @ebukaokoli7739
    @ebukaokoli7739 Рік тому +19

    Looks at this Gen Z, Millenial old man, look at him sharing our memories, just look at him go

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +4

      Gotta keep those bright embers alive :)

  • @honkers112
    @honkers112 Рік тому +9

    Halo was always a game I saw as my dad's favorite, I used to play the campaign coop with him, and I really enjoyed it, but playing it on my own, especially multiplayer, was never something I considered, and so I choose the absolute worst time to do so, Halo Infinite. For real, just the fact that a person like me who isn't really a Halo fan can play Halo infinite and say "This doesn't feel like Halo" really speaks by itself. It's not one of my favorite games, but I respect it a lot, I wanted to start enjoying it but choose the worst time, so I'm highly considering going back and play the actual Halo, the good ones.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +3

      It's never too late to give a classic a go :)
      If you ever want a coop buddy, I'll take any excuse to replay these games lol

  • @ardent9422
    @ardent9422 Рік тому +3

    It was characters like Keyes, Johnson, the flood and others that were missing from Halo Infinite, the other thing missing was the variety of environments that you might find on a Halo ring. Halo CE took you to so many different places, the swamps, a beach, snow-covered mountain tops, and the underworkings of the ring itself. Infinite was like the level where you first land on Halo in CE stretch out to a full game. Halo CE is still the best and remains so to this day, with Halo 3 being a close second, and then Reach coming in third.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Yeah, Infinite failed on so many levels. But especially in just the utter lack of characters and variety. Open world was the death kneel.

  • @nater00
    @nater00 Рік тому +4

    Law another great video! I still remember the moment I discovered halo at a friends house. Gathered all the money I could over months to buy one myself. Then beat it coop and remember being scared when the flood showed up. My mom use to let me have friends over and we’d system link all night and play tournaments. Wonderful memories. Halo will always hold that special spot in my heart.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Love hearing the experienced everyone else had with this game in their formative years :)

  • @A90sChick
    @A90sChick Рік тому +3

    Halo…….it formed you into a gamer like no other, it was a game like NO OTHER. It brought us gamers together, it was THE game of all video games to change a generation. It’s sad now what the franchise has become thanks to corporate greed from 343 fumbling it too, my god this game…..just so many memories, and I cry almost every time from just hearing just the og main theme. I miss it man, I miss old gaming days so goddamn much ; - ; it fucking sucks growing up and watching your favorite franchises die, be it movies or games. Rip Halo and entertainment as a whole now.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Halo was something truly special. It had more power than most games will ever have in building communities and enabling people's childhoods to be better.
      No joke, as to the latter part of your comment, at 7PM GMT my next vid is dropping which is just crapping on gaming franchises and how they ruin things. So very topical of you to mention 😉

    • @A90sChick
      @A90sChick Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw Swag I’ll be watching then! Also subbed my guy, love your content so far! :D

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Nice to have you on board :)
      Hopefully I keep putting out stuff you'll like

    • @A90sChick
      @A90sChick Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw Lol I’m sure you’ll do great! 😂😁
      A good suggestion next are…..brace yourself…..microtransactions 🤮🤮
      The reason why I say that is because I just got into playing “Roblox” about a year ago because my little brother had no one to play with. Now I remember old school “mobile games” like the og angry birds and fruit ninja that didn’t have all this extra crap to buy.
      With that said, with Roblox, I’ve known about it for years but never really saw the appeal to play on it. At first, I liked it, found some games I loved….then I realized how much it aggressively wants you to use your credit card to buy robux/game passes or expensive “private servers” that are buggy messes, toxic community, and Roblox has a terrible reputation as a whole and even worse moderation system 💀
      Feels like indie games that are worth while the only thing worth in gaming now, or just going back to stuff like old games (for me it was reacently dying light, L4D, and fallout new Vegas.
      Another gem I used to love is “Minecraft”. God this game….it feels like a scrubbed version of it now. The music is not “fitting” if that makes sense, the bugs are tremendously annoying, I have to play on the “preview” version on Xbox because the original game takes a legit century to load.
      I thought by now Minecraft would get useful updates…..like fixing the abundance of bugs, but nope! Instead, the creators decide to put in meaningless content into it, making it more difficult to load, and I can’t even find enough iron in a week of playing to craft a full set of armor (I legit created multiple versions of worlds to test this….it’s god awful).
      You STILL don’t have a light source to carry around with you at night, yet you can create lanterns 🙃 and you can’t craft stuff like a backpack or something to have extra space. Oh and if you die, and you have your spawn map with you, you’re basically SOL. Also, they made it to where you HAVE to select the damn settings to “spawn with map” so you can find where tf you are….like WHY would you implement in a useless option like that, let alone me having to remember to spawn with a map in the first place, than on the original where you can spawn automatically with it….it’s fucking retarded.
      That is the updates I WANT to see, not “Our newest member is bisexual rainbow glazed sparkle furry named bananaballs, and here is a new frog mob” yeah ok, but where are the bug fixed? Them: “bug fixes”? Me: 🙂🔫
      Sorry for that rant, I just hate modern gaming so much as a whole now. It’s like creativity is dead, and it’s a bunch of monkeys running the circus now 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      I have a special issue with Roblox. It's also one I have with Fortnite. The issue isn't just that Roblox has massive amounts of MTX, it's that it's beyond doubt, based on their user base and advertising that they are a kids game.
      What that means, is they are targeting KIDS with that shit. An age group where the value of money has yet to actually engrain in their mind. An age group where they're very likely to develop bad habits, become gamblers and make impulse decisions. There is nothing on this earth more scummy than trying to monetise children.
      With Minecraft, I knew the moment Microsoft stuck their dick in that it would not have a great future. They have what feels like the opposite of Midas touch these days, where anything they touch turns to shit.
      Whenever I still play it, I only play modded versions like Feed the Beast. There's nothing really left to entice me about the version Microsoft have had a hand in making. Issue of course being that's only an option for PC.
      Also, don't get me started on Dying Light, one of my favourite games of all time. Anything with a good parkour system is instantly a classic in my book. And New Vegas, I think with vanilla and modded runs, I've put over 3k hours in that game. Might be my most played game of all time.
      Please don't worry about your rants. These comments have been really entertaining to read tbh. You're my favourite kind of viewer 😂
      I'm thinking of making a discord so people can more easily talk to me about shit like this. Since its a pain when I get a comment and YT just doesn't notify me.

  • @ninastarzec3664
    @ninastarzec3664 Рік тому +3

    You make me nostalgic for a game I've never even played 😖😩

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      That's how you know the video was a success after all.

    • @ninastarzec3664
      @ninastarzec3664 Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw ❤

    • @A90sChick
      @A90sChick Рік тому +1

      ☺️I’d like to encourage you to play the og Halo games, and stop with reach, trust me….it’s all downhill from there if you continue on at Halo 4 💀

  • @MrGrunters
    @MrGrunters Рік тому +1

    Incredibly high level content for your follower count, I really hope the algorithm blesses you. Never the less, you'll blow up soon with more content like you're putting out. Good luck keep at it

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      Thank you bro. I really do feel like videos like this one and the Dishonored one are much better than the one YT decided to blow up.
      But I'll take even one person now and then actually watching these other videos as a result :))

  • @ratboy850
    @ratboy850 9 місяців тому

    This is my favorite game in the series and remains in that spot to this day, the clunky-ish charm, the graphics, sound effects, progression of story and especially the Soundtrack, everything about this game feels so cosy to boot up and play no matter what mood I'm in and I love every bit.
    Fiance got to play it properly since some 'friends' of hers in the past just kept griefing her on the second level because they were just childish, I recently convinced her to give it a second chance with me on MCC, both rocking the game like the good old days of split screen on Normal difficulty with the old Graphic/Sound settings and she absolutely loved it. (She loves the Covenant Dance soundtrack the most, bless her.)
    Halo: CE, my- No...our beloved.
    A fantastic love letter, Law.

  • @Bobbybobberton21
    @Bobbybobberton21 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful, just beautiful. I remember the days of playing halo in my friends basement and my uncles house. Yet another high quality video. If you’ve ever played the portal series, you should do that. I think those games are true masterpieces

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Makes me smile that so many people have commented about how this experience mirrored their own growing up with Halo.
      Portal series is for sure on the list for this series, don't you worry. Valve has made like three of my favourite games. 😁

    • @Bobbybobberton21
      @Bobbybobberton21 Рік тому +1

      @@literallylawthat’s good. Valve truly has made some of the best games in my childhood.

  • @nicholasslagstad4885
    @nicholasslagstad4885 Рік тому +3

    VERY COMMON Literally Law W. Just keeps spitting faxs.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +2

      What can I say, when you're called the Law, you gotta be spitting faxs 👀

  • @antlastheant
    @antlastheant Рік тому +2

    I have predicted this video and I am so happy that it payed of

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Glad you liked it :)
      Even if they don't do that well view wise, I like talking about things I actually enjoy. Makes me less miserable 😂

    • @antlastheant
      @antlastheant Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw same man

  • @GloriousKale
    @GloriousKale Рік тому +2

    Core memories brother, love the cadence and pace of your voice excellent vids. Proud to say I was here early 😁

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Happy to have you along for the ride from start to finish bro, hopefully we just keep em coming :)

  • @Phillibetrus
    @Phillibetrus Рік тому

    28:32 Well it is implied that the species who built the ring is actually now present on the ring as one of the lines Guilty Spark says about his creators in the Library is "I am grateful to see that some of them survived to reproduce"

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      I always hated that direction. Imo the forerunners are more interesting when it's not just ancient super advanced humans.

    • @Phillibetrus
      @Phillibetrus Рік тому

      @@literallylaw It was so thematic though. The Covenant unwittingly tricked by the prophets into fighting their own gods, and you as the Master Chief facing down the same foe as you ancestors this time without wiping out all life just for a pyric victory. There is such a poetry in that.
      Why would you even need anything more interesting? I also do not understand the idea that ancient humans are not interesting. What makes that idea so boring? It is like saying ancient Egypt or Rome was not interesting or you wouldn't want to explore old ruined temples in India or South America.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      I find it utterly trite. Don't know what else to tell you friendo. Also, it's the idea that 343 pretty much ran with, when Bungie only left it as an implication.
      Maybe it's how badly everything 343 has ever made turned out that's made me see the idea as much shittier, but that's how I see it.
      Also, ancient history is super interesting, the idea that there were ancient humans with super advanced tech that ruled the entire universe, is extremely boring to me.
      What you just tried there is a straw man argument. No, I don't believe B because of A. I can have multiple opinions that vary based on the context. Ancient Rome and Egypt A+, ancient forerunner humans, blegh -.

    • @Phillibetrus
      @Phillibetrus Рік тому

      @@literallylaw I wasn't trying for any strawman I was just pointing out that ancient humans were plenty interesting as well as that reveal adds much symbolic weight to the story. I just don't see how you can find ancient Rome and Egypt interesting and not ancient Human-Forerunner. and yeah 343i lore is way over explained, would rather have left most of the details of the past up to the imaginations of each player.
      What would you have found interesting?

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      I hate the demistification of things. I love when things are left vague when the unknowable remains unknowable.
      I'd have preferred both the forerunners and the flood to remain almost eldritch, beyond the comprehension of the characters in the story or even us the players.
      The more I learn about the forerunners in general the less I care. Because nothing can be as cool as the things you have in your own head when there is an absence of concrete information.

  • @Fokkusu
    @Fokkusu Рік тому +1

    I relate so fucking hard on the coop part where you beat LASO Halo 1, some months ago I beat Remnant From the Ashes on the most difficult option and we felt the same. Besides I also deeply love Halo, I honestly cannot wait for 343 to actually pick up the slack as they say, I'm aware of how rough they had it because of management but I do believe they can deliver more coop greatness even if its not to the same level as Bungie did back then (honestly good fucking luck to anything doing coop better than bungie on halo lol) but who knows maybe they can turn infinite around. Well this went offtopic, I just want to thank you for sharing your love for Halo, as a Halo fan who read all the books most of the comics, played all the games, I am really happy to see more Halo appreciation. ♥

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +2

      Personally I'm not holding out any hope for 343 righting the ship, but that's fine by me. I've gotten enough Halo games to go back to for the rest of my life.
      That's what this series is for, appreciating the stuff that really had an impact and was truly great, so glad you enjoyed it :)

    • @Fokkusu
      @Fokkusu Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw Absolutely reasonable take, its just that I still hope, and well even if these guys cant do it, the modders for other games can, I am certainly enjoying for example the mod Sins of the Prophets and others, is not much but this plus the original halo games its great

  • @jayarem
    @jayarem Рік тому +1

    Brilliant, as always! I agree with you on everything, from the memorable gameplay, the revolutionary social aspect, to the amazing soundtrack! Halo Masterchief is a masterpiece. Loved the TV frame effect at the beginning too, really took me back to the early 2000s! I truly enjoy the Love Letter series you do, please do more! (hint: Skyrim? 👀🙏 I would accept even a hate letter to Skyrim lol. 😆)

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      How about this, I'll guarantee you I'll cover skyrim on way or another. Just not anytime soon, cause I'd have to install all the mods to make it not a chore 😂

    • @jayarem
      @jayarem Рік тому

      @@literallylaw Done! 🤝🤣

  • @joshuabryant4533
    @joshuabryant4533 Рік тому +1

    I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work bro (:

  • @purpleprinc3
    @purpleprinc3 Рік тому +1

    That was an awesome video, Halo:CE was next level. Thank you :)

  • @FecklessHours
    @FecklessHours Рік тому +1

    This was a great video. Thanks so much

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      You don't have to thank me for anything. Just knowing I made something some people out there liked is kind of enough. :)

    • @FecklessHours
      @FecklessHours Рік тому +1

      @@literallylawthat's a good mindset

  • @Mams086
    @Mams086 Рік тому +1

    I never played Halo but enjoyed your video! 😊

  • @purpleprinc3
    @purpleprinc3 Рік тому +2

    Blooming heck the original Xbox controller was a beast and a half o.O

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      A true chonky boy. Legitimately the reason I didn't game 24/7 as a kid, that thing would tire your hands out.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Рік тому +1

    This is such a good video dude. I felt just like you first time playing this. Looking back even nowadays, I am BAFFLED by how GOOD the games A.I. is! The way they build the world and how it interacts with you. It in no way feels hollow. It fills you with a motivation to engage it. I love the custom options for the local split screen multiplayer. Playing the campaign alongside with a buddy with local split screen co-op. This game just has such a good feel. I still to this day (even tho I have a PS5 and a gaming PC) I still have my old Xbox original and Xbox 360 just so I can play this game anytime I want. (Man the amount of hours I spent playing custom sniper's only mode, or rockets only mode, in multiplayer. Bringing a TV and my Xbox over to a friend's house and we hook up multiple TV's to multiple Xbox's in a LAN party. Such good times. Man I love the flood, the behavior of each enemy, whether it's the covenant, the flood, even the AI of your friendly Marines behaved so well and it's such a easy Game to replay solely based off of the AI, the world, and the feel. SUCH A GOOD VIBE)

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      I love that the video is reaching people who also had this experience and love the game the same way I do.
      I have to agree, it's just a one of a kind experience. There's few other games I can go back to as effortlessly as I do CE.

  • @jonasohara3335
    @jonasohara3335 Рік тому +1

    Halo was the game that made me stop playing video games because that's where I started to feel for video games, specifically Halo 2 and CE.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      Why did feeling for video games make you stop playing them? 😭

    • @jonasohara3335
      @jonasohara3335 Рік тому +1

      @literallylaw My comment had a translation error, it is not my native language hehe, what I was referring to is that with Halo I stopped seeing video games as a simple moment to have a nice time with my friends and family, but as another way of art, Halo opened up a whole way for me to see video games as something more, art, stories, worlds, music, feelings, etc.
      And from then on I have played video games as something more than fun.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Ahhhh that makes more sense!
      I think it's a really cool thing how many of us Halo did this for. How many people it showed that games could be more powerful than just a way to spend time :))

  • @ElementalPenguins
    @ElementalPenguins Рік тому +1

    What were the other 2 games?

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Project Gotham Racing and Rainbow Six 3. It was one of the main bundles sold in the UK I believe.

    • @ElementalPenguins
      @ElementalPenguins Рік тому +1

      Nice, thanks brother, just curious lol

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      No worries. Always happy to answer a question I actually have an answer for 😆

  • @wiper7000
    @wiper7000 Рік тому +1

    I know this is not relevant to the story, but I'm curious as to what the other two games you got send by your dad along side Halo?

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      Rainbow Six 3 and Midtown Madness 3. They provided lots of entertainment but they really didn't compare to the effect Halo had on me.

  • @brentreimer6411
    @brentreimer6411 Рік тому +1

    Have you played Dark Souls? I have a feeling it's a trilogy you would really appreciate.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому +1

      Oh yeah, I've played every From Soft game, absolutely love them. Bloodborne is my personal favourite however. :)

    • @brentreimer6411
      @brentreimer6411 Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw I'm not surprised at all. I've only played DS1, and I'm fighting Sword Saint Isshin right now.
      I'm in love with these games. Sekiro is definitely my favourite so far.

  • @VERSU117
    @VERSU117 Рік тому +2

    Eastern European? Where are you from, the accent really sounds American to me

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      Eastern Europe is as specific as I'm willing to be with info I put out on the Internet 🤣
      We're talking ex-member of the Soviet bloc.
      But yeah, I get American a lot, which makes sense. I liked Westerns a lot, main thing I'd rewatch from what my dad sent me.

    • @VERSU117
      @VERSU117 Рік тому +1

      @@literallylaw Oh okay. I'm from Poland but I guess it is not so Eastern Europe. Good video though.

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      Quite close to Poland, so you've sort of got the same idea.
      Glad to hear you liked it :)

  • @Ivyiyy
    @Ivyiyy Рік тому +1

    Three weeks later, I just got the yt notification... I'd hate to be so late but yt is dumb:(

    • @literallylaw
      @literallylaw  Рік тому

      Yeah, it's always been sort of a terrible platform. I don't even know if ringing the bell actually helps or not.
      But hey, better late than never :)

  • @Zam432F
    @Zam432F Рік тому

    Great vid