What would of been cool would be the series starting off with the Spirit of Fire approaching Harvest then a skip to 30 years later on Reach. The entire first season all about Noble Team completing their last mission with the last episode showing Noble 6 handing off Cortana to Captain Keyes.....post credit scene showing the Pillar of Autumn approaching the HALO installation 4.
Halo 3-Reach era was amazing with the trailers. I'd say Halo 3 had better trailers imo (that she also missed). Although Deliver Hope from Reach will always be a favorite. Oh the music...
Start the games when they released, it’ll build the hype. And a small lore drop, the Spartan 2’s which included John which is the guy in green armor, were kidnapped at age 6 and put through genetic augmentation and training to become super soldiers to fight colonial insurgents, it became a happy incident when the aliens attacked. There are books to fill in and I HIGHLY recommend them all they’re some of the best video game lore EVER!!!
@@DampLover The books? The first few or so books are from the Bungie era. Halo: Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike, Halo Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: The Cole Protocol, Halo: Contact Harvest, Halo:Evolutions. There are also The Halo Graphic Novel, and Halo Uprising comics.
Fun fact Meg, Keith David does the voice for Arbiter in the Halo series (the one talking at 49:45). You’re more familiar with him from a different epic sci-fi gaming franchise: he’s the voice for Captain Anderson in Mass Effect. He voices a great character in this series as well. 😊
The Halo universe in general is soo good. My only advice is to watch Halo: Fall of Reach. It's an animated show basically explaining the spartan program and Chief's origins. Halo Legends is also very very good.
@@Feeling_So_Gabe Assuming you're talking about the Fall of Reach and First Strike (I like to throw in the Flood, but I know a lot of people don't really like that one since it's just a novelization of the first game's campaign), you may as well throw in Ghosts of Onyx to wrap up the original Nylund trilogy.
I'd suggest playing in release order like you did with AC. A lot of the emotion for 4, 5, and infinite is grounded in 1, 2, and 3. Also they're not huge campaigns so theyre easy to knock out in 10-15 hours.
The coolest thing about Halo Reach is that they released a book well before the release of the game that showed how the game was going to end but they still made that incredibly interesting despite knowing the ending. If anything in enhance it.
As a massive Halo fan since it's release I love that your watching these. Also that first trailer was from when it was being developed for MAC as a RTS game before they decided to switch to a FPS.
For context with Halo Wars, it's an RTS game not a FPS like the rest of the mainline games. Halo Wars 1 takes place during humanities first contact with the covenant and is set before all of the other games, however it's sequel Halo Wars 2 takes place between Halo 5 and Halo Infinite if non parallel and feeds into the main line games. If the RTS play style isn't your thing IE commanding troops, building bases, researching upgrades, 100% recommend a cutscene watch for context, more backstory on the factions, and on the Spartans.
Starting with the classic trilogy will make Reach (as a prequel) more valueble to you in terms of story, because you will see how it all began. Starting with Reach will be more smooth entry in terms of graphics and gameplay and storytelling. And even given the fact that playing prequel before the main story is an odd decision, Reach will still provide you with captivating and independent enough story, may you wish to choose this route.
There was live action 12 minute “documentary” for Halo 3 which truly is a beautiful piece highly recommend it b/c how real & raw it feels. If you gave Halo a whirl, guarantee 3, ODST, & Reach will be your favorite b/c they’re the most human in terms of storytelling
Fun fact! The majority of the biggest, most popular musical motifs and popular pieces from halo are all from or re-iterations of music from the first halo game Combat Evolved. The music for Halo COmbat Evolved was written in less than 72 hours by a composer called Martin ODonell!
I was not expecting that voice in the first trailer lol. Master Chief didn’t hit puberty yet. It’s not a trailer but there is a Halo 2 gameplay demo and I’m so salty it was never in the game. That part of the level looked so cool and fun to play. Also a single shot BR, instead of the normal 3 round burst. Halo was an amazing game. A very tragic and sad story. That first trailer always makes me tear up. Also don’t be fooled by the trailers for Halo 5. Some of them are deceiving. 53:22 is the game everyone wanted but not what we got.
Definitely play the originals through the Master Chief collection! They all got a nice little remaster and make them better overall. I think the collection has Halo Reach as the first one since it’s a prequel to Halo 1 but I’d say definitely play them in release order for the best experience lore wise. Also if you have the time check out some of the short films they did for Halo like forward unto dawn unsure where they land timeline wise compared to the games though
36:41 Yes, there is actually two Halo shows! Although only one of them is canon, one being a prequel to Halo 5 and the other being a complete remake/fan-fiction by Paramount and is NOT canon in any way.
I never really realized how much lore Halo Wars 2's Atriox trailer gives you compared to the other games. That Halo 4 trailer with all the childhood flashbacks helps too. It's neat to see the different approaches they take, while the earlier trailers are much more vague. It almost makes me wanna guess a game's story just from the trailers and write it out, that'd be a fun project! (though I already know too much to do that for Halo sadly).
Chronological order to play the classics: -Reach -Halo CE -Halo 2 -ODST -Halo 3 -Halo 4 is optional but worth it. -Ignore Halo 5 because it shouldn't exist. Halo is meant to be played Split-screen or Co-op with a friend. Nothing gets the blood pumping like saving the world together. A campaign can be finished in 1 or 2 days, its mostly linear storytelling so nothing like your witcher 3 campaign ;') Whatever you feel like doing, i'd love to watch it all.
Here is a list in chronological order with their fictional years. Which is fine way to play them but so is release order. Halo Wars - Year 2531 (6 Years into the Human-Covenant War) Halo Reach - Year 2552 Halo - Year 2552 (Immediately After Reach) Halo 2 - Year 2552 Halo 3: ODST - Year 2552 (Takes place during Halo 2 You play a different character an ODST: Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) Halo 3 - Year 2553 Halo 4 - Year 2557 Halo 5: Guardians - Year 2558 Halo Wars 2 - Year 2559 Halo Infinite - Year 2560 Halo 1,2,3, ODST and reach represent the bungie Era of games this was when Halo was at its peak both in quality and popularity. After these Bungie separated from Microsoft to make new games so had to leave the Halo IP behind which they originally created. Halo 3 is my personal favorite and was one of the most anticipated games ever made. Halo 4, 5, Infinite are made by 343 Industries a company built entirely from the ground up to make Halo games but have struggled to find the same kind of success since Bungie stopped making them. Personally I think 4 and infinite are decent games but Halo 5 is universally hated by fans due to the very deceptive marketing and poor story and gameplay. The 2 Halo War games are made by separate studios and are Real Time Strategy games instead of First Person Shooter like the rest of the series. They are okay.
Halo music is so timeless and iconic. So much so that whether you're a long time fan, or just jumping in - Marty and Mike's music never fail to give you *chills.* Absolute geniuses of their craft.
The original Halo was one of those “first time you play it you lose track of time”games for me. My friend got it and I remember thinking oh this is pretty fun and then suddenly it was 4 hours later.
Halo 3 was my childhood. I would recommend playing Halo CE with the original graphics as the remaster is not really true to the original designs pulling assets from Halo Reach. For example the Marines wear Army troopers outfits for some reason. But the Halo 2 remake is amazing they remade everything but kept it true to the original designs and improved on many. In terms of the play other in the Halo collection Halo Reach (2010) is first as it's a prequal to all the other games. So it released after the Halo trilogy (Halo CE, 2 and 3) and is the last game made by Bungle. Then 343 took over and created Halo 4 and 5 two games with very differant art styles moving away from the more retro Starship Troopers, Alien inspired world of the original games. There's really no lore reason for the change it was a matter of "This is how the universe always looked through the eyes of 343" so naturally alot of Halo fans were upset with the design changes. Then Halo Wars 2 came out and it went back to the original designs with a mix of the new ones. And then Halo Infinite did the same a mix of old and new. Timeline Order: - Personally recommend this order for new players (Halo Wars 1 can be played whenever as it's set before the games) Halo Wars (RTS) - Amazing cutscenes though Halo Reach Halo CE Halo 2 Halo 3: ODST Halo 3 Halo 4 Halo 5: Guardians Halo Wars 2 (RTS) - Amazing Cutscenes as well Halo Infinite
I agree that Reach might be better start point for many people. But the release order might be give people a better rewarding feeling in the long run. Both are good options tho.
Here's some context for the series. I'll avoid any major spoilers. Any Halo lore experts please correct any of my mistakes, I'm going off my memory here. Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST(AKA Recon), and Reach were all amde by Bungie, who departed the series after Reach. Only Halo 2 and 3 take place on earth. Halo Reach is a prequel to the first game and is the planet you're fleeing from at the start of the first game. Halo wars is a spin off series, and ODST is a companion game taking place during the events of Halo 3. You can think of ODST as an expansion of sorts. 45:02 : This trialer was a big deal when it was shown at E3 that year as Bungie had left the series and fans thought the series was over due to how 3 ended and that the prequel, Halo Reach, was the last game Bungie made before leaving. Halo 4 being announced and picking up where 3 left was really exciting. 343 studios has been making all the games since. And Finally, You NEVER se the main Master Chief's face throughout the entire series. In fact, the first game has a moment where the Chief takes his helmet off and player found a way to glitch the game so they could move the camera to see his face. All it revealed is that under his helmet, is another helmet, meaning Bungie hid his face just in case. Even 343 hasn't show his face. The closest we got was in Halo 4 where Chief removes his armor in a cutscene, but they zoom in to his face and only show his eyes.
Start with 1. Follow with 2. Then 3. (watch the believe videos.... ) Then 3 wars. Then Reach. Follow this with 4. You can skip 5. It was trash. Then Halo wars 2 Then infinite.
Timeline order of the games: Halo Wars Halo Reach Halo combat evolved Halo 2 Halo 3 odst ( it takes place after one of missions of 2) Halo 3 Halo 4 Halo 5 gaudians Halo Wars 2 Halo infinite There are mobile games but they are not important There is a TV show but it's not canon and really bad
Release order is the best way to play. I think the originals hold up very well and the remasters for both the first two games are pretty great. Loving the idea of a playthrough from you!
Disagree. If you start with Reach you go in with absolutely no context. The impact of the events that happen in that game dont hit as hard. And the end with the pillar of autumn and the "passing of the torch" falls flat, because you wont have any idea of what this sacrifice really did for humanity. Chronological order is a fun thing to do if you've already played through the series once before, and you want to go back and play through it differently. But as a first time player, NEVER start with Reach. It was written with the expectation that you played through Halo 1-3.
Halo Wars (Not playing as anyone in particular, just the UNSC in general) Halo Reach (An Spartan called Noble 6 as we don't know his name and you fight alongside Noble Team comprised of 5 other Spartans and there were 2 others before you) Halo 1 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon) Halo 2 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon) Halo 3 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon) Halo 3 ODST (An ODST named Rookie alongside your team of ODST's led by the Man, the Myth, the Legend, Nathan Fillion aka Buck) Halo 4 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon) Halo 5 (Play as Master Chief but also Spartan Locke aka the Hunter from the trailers talking to the Arbiter) Halo Wars 2 (Same Thing as Halo Wars, the Faction UNSC aka the Humans) Halo Infinite (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon) To my knowledge, that's all in order chronologically? (Not in order by release dates, obviously) Someone correct me if any of that needs to be edited and I'll edit it.
39:10 "It's so hopeless, it feels..." The battle of Reach is more or less the Halo universe's 9/11. There was a lot of buildup to seeing it on screen leading up to when the game came out.
So one thing you need to know about Halo Reach. The Fall of Reach is basically Halo's 9/11. The war with the Covenant had already been going on for decades but when Reach fell, Humanity lost their final stronghold before Earth. The reveal trailer says "from the beginning, you know the end" because even the first cutscene of the first game mentions that we lost the battle. Technically, the oldest piece of Halo media was actually a book titled... The Fall of Reach. Imagine playing a trilogy of games about the war in Afghanistan set in a fictional universe, and then a game comes out titled: "the Twin Towers". That's basically it.
yess halo is my favorite sci-fi franchise, the amount of amazing stuff Halo has is something that makes my jaw drop just thinking about it sometimes, I love it so much and I'm happy to see Meg reacting to these amazing trailers 😁
Found this randomly suggested but you should play them all and play them in release order. It’s really an interesting universe to learn the lore of. If you play them please put it on your channel I love to see people play and enjoy the series I love. My favorites are Reach and 3. Both nail the feeling of hopelessness and hope very well. I will be sticking around to see you play them.
Halo reach and Halo 3 do make you feel hopeless but so does halo CE since you have a small army and by midpoint of the game they are all dead and it’s just you against the entire covenant and flood
@@RealMightyC I never really got that feeling in CE. But at the time I didn't understand just how bad things were for humanity. I didn't realize until later that humanity lost a lot of people on the ring and I didn't realize just how close humanity was to extinction. Reach was really where it became clear to me that humanity was on the losing side of the war. 2 and 3 made it more evident but Reach is really where you see it first hand. CE to me was a fun sci fi shooter initially it was the next games that got me invested. I feel like if I had taken the story in chronologically I would have better understood just how bad things were in CE. Heck I didn't even realize just how bad the Flood was until Halo 2. I didn't understand a lot of the things and I think that's why I never felt that feeling of hopelessness.
Release order is the way to go and luckily it's very easy to do by getting Halo: The Master Chief Collection. MCC includes Halo 1 (Combat Evolved), Halo 2, Halo 3, H3 ODST, Reach and Halo 4. Both 1 and 2 have updated graphics as well. It goes on sale very cheap now so I recommend it highly.
As a massive halo fan(you can prob tell by my profile pic lol) I'd recommend starting in release order.Also,just like Assassin's Creed,the halo books contain a lot of juicy info the games don't really tell you.I know you like to immerse yourself in the lore and story so reading these books(or looking the story summaries on yt) will really enhance your enjoyment of this world:)
Halo 1 and 2 have remaster and classic graphics in both game, Comes with MCC, and u can switch grapchics of the game during gameplay and cutscenes also. Only Halo 5 is xbox exclusive so no pc port. Other than that all r available.
Pretty sure the first trailer is from when halo was an rts game. Halo went through a few iterations of gameplay styles, mainly rts to third person shooter, to fps.
Love the Halo games and the story/lore is the awesome (love the books too!). I'd play in release order - The Master Chief collection has Halo 1, 2 , 3, 3: ODST, Reach, and 4 all in one package with updated graphics for 1 and 2. I'd love to watch a playthrough!
@@MegMage Master Chief collection is the way to go if you want to play. You'll have to get five and Infinite separately. You'll probably have to watch the cutscenes for Halo wars, I'm not sure if you'll enjoy playing RTS games. Just make sure to watch them before playing Halo Infinite.
@@MegMage Not to be contradictory to the stated suggestion, but I'd recommend playing in chronological order for ease of understanding events. So start with Reach.
@@N7AslansHobbit_RyHow will anyone understand what's happening in Reach without the original trilogy? If you don't know anything you will miss a lot of Reach. Reach hits better after Halo 3
Chronologically it’s halo reach, 1, 2, 3 ODST, 3 , 4, 5, infinite. Halo wars is its own series but the second one kinda ties into infinite or it could.
Halo is full of masterpiece Gameplay Story Characters Soundtrack all is amazing This is all my childhood , when first halo was released i was 11 years old ❤❤
If your just going for the games then Halo Wars 1, Reach, 1(combat evolved), 2, 3, ODST, 4 ,5 , Halo Wars 2, and Infinite would be the in lore chronological order. Weirdly Enough I think ODST is my favorite but all of them are amazing in their own right.
>They should make a show this looks great! Said you and every fan ever, sadly what we got makes me really depressed and I'd rather we pretend it didn't exist.
I wish you could feel what it was like growing up on this franchise. It was absolutely surreal and I made some of the best friends I ever had with these games. I remember popping in Combat Evolved on my Xbox at 7 years old to this day. I’m 29 now.
Same. Obviously its bittersweet now... Every franchise has a sell by date and Halo is one which has finally imploded. Which is fine btw. Nothing needs to last forever. Halo was a great trilogy with ODST and Reach capping it off nicely. What followed was unfortunate... but it goes to show you cant make a story more meaningful by adding baggage to it. Think of this franchise as trying to improve the game of Chess. It's perfectly balanced, accessible, stylish, complex yet simple. Painting the pieces a new colour or adding a backstory for the Knight does not make it better!
I'm so happy you're going to be able to experience it for the first time. Halo 3 in 2007 was my first experience with the game, and I was hooked immediately. And if you liked the music in the trailers, then you're going to love the games
This video popped up in my recommended videos and I absolutely loved watching you react to those trailers! I just subscribed and I’d love to watch you play through the campaigns. Definitely play in release order and the older games are worth it to play. The only games I haven’t played are the Halo Wars games, so I can’t speak to those but I’ve watched the cutscenes for them and they seem cool. My favorite game is Halo Reach :) I hope to see your play throughs soon!
Fun fact: Halo CE was originally going to be a RTS overhead game, then moved to third person, then, with 9 months until release, they changed the entire game to first person and 90% of the finished product was developed in that same time.
For major media I'd recommend this order: Watch Halo Wars cutscenes Play Halo Reach, then CE, 2, ODST, 3 Watch Forward Unto Dawn and Fall of Reach Play 4, 5 Watch Halo Wars 2 Play Infinite
The main first trilogy takes place in the years 2552 and 2553, the first Halo Wars (a Real-Time Strategy game, with the main ones being first-person-shooters) in 2531. The second trilogy stars roughly 4 years after the first one. ODST is in between 2 and 3, while Reach is a direct prequel to Combat Evolved.
34:23 Halo CE didn’t have a story and a sequel was never planned. 38:39 the reason reach’s tone is so dark is because reach was I think the first colony humanity ever established or it was around the first few I know that much. But reach was classified as a “Fortress World” meaning that no matter how bigger the fleet it would be impossible to take reach. So there for billions of people would go to it and other worlds to live because of the safety. Reach was real bad the amount of deaths was catastrophic. And the entire covenant fleet was brought upon reach. And I mean the ENTIRE fleet. The one known as Arby or Arbiter that hangs with the chief in the third game. Is Thel Vadam and he was the one that lead the attack on reach. 40:19 and this is how the Spartans were made. Kidnapped children and genetic augmentation.
A friend and I once spent a summer night until about 3am beating the original Halo on the hardest difficulty just because we heard a rumor that a secret cut scene showed his face…. It was not true.
Now that you have learned soooo much more about the halo universe, I think it would be so entertaining to see you react to this again. With knowing way more of the lore itd be so interesting for you to hear what your super early thoughts were
"This should be a show, I would watch that in a heartbeat!"
Me: Cries in utter disappointment at what Paramount+ disrespectfully threw together
😢
I would prefer a movie trilogy with an odst and reach spin-off movie
@@trashboat5388With Bungie's help no less. Sadly that's never gonna happen. 🥲
What would of been cool would be the series starting off with the Spirit of Fire approaching Harvest then a skip to 30 years later on Reach. The entire first season all about Noble Team completing their last mission with the last episode showing Noble 6 handing off Cortana to Captain Keyes.....post credit scene showing the Pillar of Autumn approaching the HALO installation 4.
@@Zeus1701E They should hire you
You did skip a couple of the better trailers though! The live action trailers for Halo: Reach are masterpieces!
Halo 3-Reach era was amazing with the trailers. I'd say Halo 3 had better trailers imo (that she also missed).
Although Deliver Hope from Reach will always be a favorite. Oh the music...
Facts
@@hellerdamon6101 I was really hoping she'd react to the one with the ODST/Marines talking about Chief.
This! 💯
Very glad this comment is here.
Start the games when they released, it’ll build the hype. And a small lore drop, the Spartan 2’s which included John which is the guy in green armor, were kidnapped at age 6 and put through genetic augmentation and training to become super soldiers to fight colonial insurgents, it became a happy incident when the aliens attacked. There are books to fill in and I HIGHLY recommend them all they’re some of the best video game lore EVER!!!
books are great, just got done reading the kilo-5 series
Who made them?
If it´s 343 I´m out.
@@DampLover The books? The first few or so books are from the Bungie era.
Halo: Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike, Halo Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: The Cole Protocol, Halo: Contact Harvest, Halo:Evolutions. There are also The Halo Graphic Novel, and Halo Uprising comics.
“Happy Accident” not “incident.” Their creation did not foresee any combat vs aliens at all.
@@DampLoverthe 343 novels are good too, don't knock them until you try them
As someone who has played Halo for over 10 years this is very exciting. I would recommend playing in release order.
I'm pushing 20 years now 😭
@@BillyCobbOfficial Hey give me time I'll get there too
@@BillyCobbOfficial But there are only 10 years of good games...
@@terminatrix92 yeah, the first 10
@BillyCobbOfficial 21 years over here, from age 4 to 25
Fun fact Meg, Keith David does the voice for Arbiter in the Halo series (the one talking at 49:45). You’re more familiar with him from a different epic sci-fi gaming franchise: he’s the voice for Captain Anderson in Mass Effect. He voices a great character in this series as well. 😊
and Spawn
And new voice actor for Zavala.
The Halo universe in general is soo good. My only advice is to watch Halo: Fall of Reach. It's an animated show basically explaining the spartan program and Chief's origins. Halo Legends is also very very good.
The first two books also, because they go so in depth.
@@Feeling_So_Gabe Assuming you're talking about the Fall of Reach and First Strike (I like to throw in the Flood, but I know a lot of people don't really like that one since it's just a novelization of the first game's campaign), you may as well throw in Ghosts of Onyx to wrap up the original Nylund trilogy.
@@CABRALFAN27 You're super right, i didn't even think about that trilogy. Great idea 👍🏾
I always liked the flood cause it was novelization of the campaign. I thought that was really cool lol@@CABRALFAN27
All of the Halo books are pretty good.
Believe is still one of the best video game trailers ever made
Is this real? I did not expect her to even think about the Halo franchise. It’s such a welcome surprise! Hope she enjoys it!
Bruh she said the covenant "seemed sweet" 😂 we know other..wise lol
I'd suggest playing in release order like you did with AC. A lot of the emotion for 4, 5, and infinite is grounded in 1, 2, and 3. Also they're not huge campaigns so theyre easy to knock out in 10-15 hours.
Emphatically agree
Let’s be honest she could probably skip halo 5 all together.
@@TinkerTailorSailorTy honestly the most fun gameplay in the franchise, the story is lacking tho 😬
@@jadepelletier667 yeah I’ll give it huge credit for it’s mission set pieces.
"Still feel bad that we're killing the aliens though. they seem nice."
...remember reach...
The coolest thing about Halo Reach is that they released a book well before the release of the game that showed how the game was going to end but they still made that incredibly interesting despite knowing the ending. If anything in enhance it.
The Halo Reach novel came out just before the Halo CE game.
As a massive Halo fan since it's release I love that your watching these. Also that first trailer was from when it was being developed for MAC as a RTS game before they decided to switch to a FPS.
wow didnt know it was supposed to be a rts first
@@killer0034first was RTS, then they changed it to Third person shooter, and finally ended up with first person shooter.
For context with Halo Wars, it's an RTS game not a FPS like the rest of the mainline games. Halo Wars 1 takes place during humanities first contact with the covenant and is set before all of the other games, however it's sequel Halo Wars 2 takes place between Halo 5 and Halo Infinite if non parallel and feeds into the main line games. If the RTS play style isn't your thing IE commanding troops, building bases, researching upgrades, 100% recommend a cutscene watch for context, more backstory on the factions, and on the Spartans.
Starting with the classic trilogy will make Reach (as a prequel) more valueble to you in terms of story, because you will see how it all began.
Starting with Reach will be more smooth entry in terms of graphics and gameplay and storytelling. And even given the fact that playing prequel before the main story is an odd decision, Reach will still provide you with captivating and independent enough story, may you wish to choose this route.
There was live action 12 minute “documentary” for Halo 3 which truly is a beautiful piece highly recommend it b/c how real & raw it feels. If you gave Halo a whirl, guarantee 3, ODST, & Reach will be your favorite b/c they’re the most human in terms of storytelling
Fun fact! The majority of the biggest, most popular musical motifs and popular pieces from halo are all from or re-iterations of music from the first halo game Combat Evolved. The music for Halo COmbat Evolved was written in less than 72 hours by a composer called Martin ODonell!
This might be the only time ive seen anyone say "The Covenant seemed nice" lol
It is for me 🤣
Watches the original trailers for the lore: I am confused.
Yeah, that's kind of a given.
I was not expecting that voice in the first trailer lol. Master Chief didn’t hit puberty yet. It’s not a trailer but there is a Halo 2 gameplay demo and I’m so salty it was never in the game. That part of the level looked so cool and fun to play. Also a single shot BR, instead of the normal 3 round burst. Halo was an amazing game. A very tragic and sad story. That first trailer always makes me tear up. Also don’t be fooled by the trailers for Halo 5. Some of them are deceiving. 53:22 is the game everyone wanted but not what we got.
Definitely play the originals through the Master Chief collection! They all got a nice little remaster and make them better overall. I think the collection has Halo Reach as the first one since it’s a prequel to Halo 1 but I’d say definitely play them in release order for the best experience lore wise. Also if you have the time check out some of the short films they did for Halo like forward unto dawn unsure where they land timeline wise compared to the games though
The Master Chef Collection it has 1 2 3 4 ODST and Reach. I think it has a PC release to.
As someone who's played Halo for nearly 20 years, these kinds of videos will always be my favorite kind of Halo video
The master chief was kidnapped as a kid and turned into a Spartan.
“That could be a tv show!” If only….
yup, too bad they never did any TV show 🙃
36:41 Yes, there is actually two Halo shows! Although only one of them is canon, one being a prequel to Halo 5 and the other being a complete remake/fan-fiction by Paramount and is NOT canon in any way.
I never really realized how much lore Halo Wars 2's Atriox trailer gives you compared to the other games. That Halo 4 trailer with all the childhood flashbacks helps too. It's neat to see the different approaches they take, while the earlier trailers are much more vague.
It almost makes me wanna guess a game's story just from the trailers and write it out, that'd be a fun project! (though I already know too much to do that for Halo sadly).
Chronological order to play the classics:
-Reach
-Halo CE
-Halo 2
-ODST
-Halo 3
-Halo 4 is optional but worth it.
-Ignore Halo 5 because it shouldn't exist.
Halo is meant to be played Split-screen or Co-op with a friend. Nothing gets the blood pumping like saving the world together.
A campaign can be finished in 1 or 2 days, its mostly linear storytelling so nothing like your witcher 3 campaign ;')
Whatever you feel like doing, i'd love to watch it all.
It's hilarious how much evolved from that first trailer. I haven't seen it since maybe 2001. Holy smokes.
Here is a list in chronological order with their fictional years. Which is fine way to play them but so is release order.
Halo Wars - Year 2531 (6 Years into the Human-Covenant War)
Halo Reach - Year 2552
Halo - Year 2552 (Immediately After Reach)
Halo 2 - Year 2552
Halo 3: ODST - Year 2552 (Takes place during Halo 2 You play a different character an ODST: Orbital Drop Shock Trooper)
Halo 3 - Year 2553
Halo 4 - Year 2557
Halo 5: Guardians - Year 2558
Halo Wars 2 - Year 2559
Halo Infinite - Year 2560
Halo 1,2,3, ODST and reach represent the bungie Era of games this was when Halo was at its peak both in quality and popularity. After these Bungie separated from Microsoft to make new games so had to leave the Halo IP behind which they originally created. Halo 3 is my personal favorite and was one of the most anticipated games ever made.
Halo 4, 5, Infinite are made by 343 Industries a company built entirely from the ground up to make Halo games but have struggled to find the same kind of success since Bungie stopped making them. Personally I think 4 and infinite are decent games but Halo 5 is universally hated by fans due to the very deceptive marketing and poor story and gameplay.
The 2 Halo War games are made by separate studios and are Real Time Strategy games instead of First Person Shooter like the rest of the series. They are okay.
Halo music is so timeless and iconic. So much so that whether you're a long time fan, or just jumping in - Marty and Mike's music never fail to give you *chills.* Absolute geniuses of their craft.
Facts 🎯
The original Halo was one of those “first time you play it you lose track of time”games for me. My friend got it and I remember thinking oh this is pretty fun and then suddenly it was 4 hours later.
"I might be missing things..."
Oh you have no idea 😂
Getting the lore through only trailer cinematics was honestly hilarious, I hope you’ve followed up on it since!
18:00 the best piece of video game marketing ever. .
Going from the Mac World trailer to the Halo 2 trailer was a jolt.
yeah that threw me off lol
Halo 3 was my childhood. I would recommend playing Halo CE with the original graphics as the remaster is not really true to the original designs pulling assets from Halo Reach. For example the Marines wear Army troopers outfits for some reason. But the Halo 2 remake is amazing they remade everything but kept it true to the original designs and improved on many.
In terms of the play other in the Halo collection Halo Reach (2010) is first as it's a prequal to all the other games. So it released after the Halo trilogy (Halo CE, 2 and 3) and is the last game made by Bungle. Then 343 took over and created Halo 4 and 5 two games with very differant art styles moving away from the more retro Starship Troopers, Alien inspired world of the original games. There's really no lore reason for the change it was a matter of "This is how the universe always looked through the eyes of 343" so naturally alot of Halo fans were upset with the design changes. Then Halo Wars 2 came out and it went back to the original designs with a mix of the new ones. And then Halo Infinite did the same a mix of old and new.
Timeline Order: - Personally recommend this order for new players (Halo Wars 1 can be played whenever as it's set before the games)
Halo Wars (RTS) - Amazing cutscenes though
Halo Reach
Halo CE
Halo 2
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3
Halo 4
Halo 5: Guardians
Halo Wars 2 (RTS) - Amazing Cutscenes as well
Halo Infinite
I kind of disagree with starting with Reach. It’s much more impactful if you play it after finishing 1-3.
I agree that Reach might be better start point for many people. But the release order might be give people a better rewarding feeling in the long run. Both are good options tho.
"Is this an alien or a human who is just really different?"
Yes.
Here's some context for the series. I'll avoid any major spoilers. Any Halo lore experts please correct any of my mistakes, I'm going off my memory here.
Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST(AKA Recon), and Reach were all amde by Bungie, who departed the series after Reach.
Only Halo 2 and 3 take place on earth.
Halo Reach is a prequel to the first game and is the planet you're fleeing from at the start of the first game.
Halo wars is a spin off series, and ODST is a companion game taking place during the events of Halo 3. You can think of ODST as an expansion of sorts.
45:02 : This trialer was a big deal when it was shown at E3 that year as Bungie had left the series and fans thought the series was over due to how 3 ended and that the prequel, Halo Reach, was the last game Bungie made before leaving. Halo 4 being announced and picking up where 3 left was really exciting. 343 studios has been making all the games since.
And Finally, You NEVER se the main Master Chief's face throughout the entire series. In fact, the first game has a moment where the Chief takes his helmet off and player found a way to glitch the game so they could move the camera to see his face. All it revealed is that under his helmet, is another helmet, meaning Bungie hid his face just in case. Even 343 hasn't show his face. The closest we got was in Halo 4 where Chief removes his armor in a cutscene, but they zoom in to his face and only show his eyes.
Out of all the trailers the last trailer is when you saw the Halo(the ring planet thingy), the games main focus 😂
Start with 1.
Follow with 2.
Then 3. (watch the believe videos.... )
Then 3 wars.
Then Reach.
Follow this with 4.
You can skip 5. It was trash.
Then Halo wars 2
Then infinite.
36:37 we don’t talk about the Halo show…
Every journey begins with a single step. This was yours. I look forward to walking this path with you.
38:40 actually yes, is chronological first, the ones in the masterchief collection have the next chronological order: reach, 1, 2, odst, 3, 4
Timeline order of the games:
Halo Wars
Halo Reach
Halo combat evolved
Halo 2
Halo 3 odst ( it takes place after one of missions of 2)
Halo 3
Halo 4
Halo 5 gaudians
Halo Wars 2
Halo infinite
There are mobile games but they are not important
There is a TV show but it's not canon and really bad
Release order is the best way to play. I think the originals hold up very well and the remasters for both the first two games are pretty great. Loving the idea of a playthrough from you!
I think it would be a very interesting experience to play these games in chronological order, it's not necessary but it's very very cool
Disagree. If you start with Reach you go in with absolutely no context. The impact of the events that happen in that game dont hit as hard. And the end with the pillar of autumn and the "passing of the torch" falls flat, because you wont have any idea of what this sacrifice really did for humanity. Chronological order is a fun thing to do if you've already played through the series once before, and you want to go back and play through it differently. But as a first time player, NEVER start with Reach. It was written with the expectation that you played through Halo 1-3.
Halo Wars (Not playing as anyone in particular, just the UNSC in general)
Halo Reach (An Spartan called Noble 6 as we don't know his name and you fight alongside Noble Team comprised of 5 other Spartans and there were 2 others before you)
Halo 1 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon)
Halo 2 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon)
Halo 3 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon)
Halo 3 ODST (An ODST named Rookie alongside your team of ODST's led by the Man, the Myth, the Legend, Nathan Fillion aka Buck)
Halo 4 (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon)
Halo 5 (Play as Master Chief but also Spartan Locke aka the Hunter from the trailers talking to the Arbiter)
Halo Wars 2 (Same Thing as Halo Wars, the Faction UNSC aka the Humans)
Halo Infinite (Master Chief AKA John AKA Spartan 117 AKA The Demon)
To my knowledge, that's all in order chronologically? (Not in order by release dates, obviously)
Someone correct me if any of that needs to be edited and I'll edit it.
That halo 3 cinematic is one for the ages. So goated
Play the campaign I would love to see
39:10 "It's so hopeless, it feels..."
The battle of Reach is more or less the Halo universe's 9/11. There was a lot of buildup to seeing it on screen leading up to when the game came out.
So one thing you need to know about Halo Reach.
The Fall of Reach is basically Halo's 9/11. The war with the Covenant had already been going on for decades but when Reach fell, Humanity lost their final stronghold before Earth.
The reveal trailer says "from the beginning, you know the end" because even the first cutscene of the first game mentions that we lost the battle. Technically, the oldest piece of Halo media was actually a book titled... The Fall of Reach.
Imagine playing a trilogy of games about the war in Afghanistan set in a fictional universe, and then a game comes out titled: "the Twin Towers". That's basically it.
Dude, I had forgot the Halo 5 marketing campaign holy😭
The Halo Soundtracks are ok to stream through UA-cam since they aren’t official.
25:20 I think you really need to see Halo Legends - The Babysitter. That video developed a connection with me, and then tore it away
That halo 2 trailer , was the most anticipated game ever.
Start with Combat Evolved. Play them in release order. Combat Evolved is absolutely still worth playing in 2023.
yess halo is my favorite sci-fi franchise, the amount of amazing stuff Halo has is something that makes my jaw drop just thinking about it sometimes, I love it so much and I'm happy to see Meg reacting to these amazing trailers 😁
36:35 "Is there a Halo show?"
No. No there is not.
Found this randomly suggested but you should play them all and play them in release order. It’s really an interesting universe to learn the lore of. If you play them please put it on your channel I love to see people play and enjoy the series I love. My favorites are Reach and 3. Both nail the feeling of hopelessness and hope very well. I will be sticking around to see you play them.
Halo reach and Halo 3 do make you feel hopeless but so does halo CE since you have a small army and by midpoint of the game they are all dead and it’s just you against the entire covenant and flood
@@RealMightyC I never really got that feeling in CE. But at the time I didn't understand just how bad things were for humanity. I didn't realize until later that humanity lost a lot of people on the ring and I didn't realize just how close humanity was to extinction. Reach was really where it became clear to me that humanity was on the losing side of the war. 2 and 3 made it more evident but Reach is really where you see it first hand. CE to me was a fun sci fi shooter initially it was the next games that got me invested. I feel like if I had taken the story in chronologically I would have better understood just how bad things were in CE. Heck I didn't even realize just how bad the Flood was until Halo 2. I didn't understand a lot of the things and I think that's why I never felt that feeling of hopelessness.
Release order is the way to go and luckily it's very easy to do by getting Halo: The Master Chief Collection. MCC includes Halo 1 (Combat Evolved), Halo 2, Halo 3, H3 ODST, Reach and Halo 4. Both 1 and 2 have updated graphics as well. It goes on sale very cheap now so I recommend it highly.
I highly recommend release order: Halo: CE (classic), Halo 2 (remastered), Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Wars 2, Halo Infinite. All games except 5, Infinite, and Halo Wars 1 & 2 are available in the Master Chief Collection.
My god seeing Halo 3 “Recon” took me back I completely forgot they were gonna call ODST that
aint no way she didnt show the Deliver hope cinematic
You can play most of the games on the “Master Chief Collection”
The aliens were never nice, but you do get to know them much better in halo 2 and 3.
As a massive halo fan(you can prob tell by my profile pic lol) I'd recommend starting in release order.Also,just like Assassin's Creed,the halo books contain a lot of juicy info the games don't really tell you.I know you like to immerse yourself in the lore and story so reading these books(or looking the story summaries on yt) will really enhance your enjoyment of this world:)
Halo 1 and 2 have remaster and classic graphics in both game, Comes with MCC, and u can switch grapchics of the game during gameplay and cutscenes also. Only Halo 5 is xbox exclusive so no pc port. Other than that all r available.
Pretty sure the first trailer is from when halo was an rts game. Halo went through a few iterations of gameplay styles, mainly rts to third person shooter, to fps.
I never thought I’d see anyone so sweet watching the OG trailers. XD
Love the Halo games and the story/lore is the awesome (love the books too!). I'd play in release order - The Master Chief collection has Halo 1, 2 , 3, 3: ODST, Reach, and 4 all in one package with updated graphics for 1 and 2. I'd love to watch a playthrough!
Omg the remaster is so exciting! I had no idea!
@@MegMage Master Chief collection is the way to go if you want to play. You'll have to get five and Infinite separately.
You'll probably have to watch the cutscenes for Halo wars, I'm not sure if you'll enjoy playing RTS games. Just make sure to watch them before playing Halo Infinite.
@@MegMage Not to be contradictory to the stated suggestion, but I'd recommend playing in chronological order for ease of understanding events. So start with Reach.
Dunno, maybe ODST before 3? since it takes place right there (chronologically speaking) might be all the same, though
@@N7AslansHobbit_RyHow will anyone understand what's happening in Reach without the original trilogy? If you don't know anything you will miss a lot of Reach. Reach hits better after Halo 3
Chronologically it’s halo reach, 1, 2, 3 ODST, 3 , 4, 5, infinite. Halo wars is its own series but the second one kinda ties into infinite or it could.
Halo is full of masterpiece
Gameplay
Story
Characters
Soundtrack all is amazing
This is all my childhood , when first halo was released i was 11 years old ❤❤
29:15 There is a TV show... But we don't talk about that.
I would play reach then combat evolved ,halo 2,halo3, halo odst,halo 4,halo5 then infinity halo wars are rts games so they are a different animal
The aliens aren't necessarily bad. Just lead astray.
If your just going for the games then Halo Wars 1, Reach, 1(combat evolved), 2, 3, ODST, 4 ,5 , Halo Wars 2, and Infinite would be the in lore chronological order. Weirdly Enough I think ODST is my favorite but all of them are amazing in their own right.
Really hope we get to see you do a playthrough of all the games in the future!
Hearing Someone say they don't know master chief hurts
>They should make a show this looks great!
Said you and every fan ever, sadly what we got makes me really depressed and I'd rather we pretend it didn't exist.
Me as someone who’s played Halo my whole life watching someone try to comprehend Halo for the first time is endearing while also infuriating 😂
the steam game "Halo the Master chief collection" has an option to play the games in chronological order. I would LOVE to see u play this soon.
Technically you haven’t watch a Halo Combat Evolved trailer you watch a pre Halo trailer
I see new potential Halo person, I click
I wish you could feel what it was like growing up on this franchise. It was absolutely surreal and I made some of the best friends I ever had with these games. I remember popping in Combat Evolved on my Xbox at 7 years old to this day. I’m 29 now.
Same. Obviously its bittersweet now... Every franchise has a sell by date and Halo is one which has finally imploded. Which is fine btw. Nothing needs to last forever. Halo was a great trilogy with ODST and Reach capping it off nicely. What followed was unfortunate... but it goes to show you cant make a story more meaningful by adding baggage to it. Think of this franchise as trying to improve the game of Chess. It's perfectly balanced, accessible, stylish, complex yet simple. Painting the pieces a new colour or adding a backstory for the Knight does not make it better!
Loved your reactions :) been playing Halo since day 1 :) I think those Halo 3 trailers are really the best of them all.
I'm so happy you're going to be able to experience it for the first time. Halo 3 in 2007 was my first experience with the game, and I was hooked immediately. And if you liked the music in the trailers, then you're going to love the games
This video popped up in my recommended videos and I absolutely loved watching you react to those trailers! I just subscribed and I’d love to watch you play through the campaigns. Definitely play in release order and the older games are worth it to play. The only games I haven’t played are the Halo Wars games, so I can’t speak to those but I’ve watched the cutscenes for them and they seem cool. My favorite game is Halo Reach :) I hope to see your play throughs soon!
Fun fact: Halo CE was originally going to be a RTS overhead game, then moved to third person, then, with 9 months until release, they changed the entire game to first person and 90% of the finished product was developed in that same time.
For major media I'd recommend this order:
Watch Halo Wars cutscenes
Play Halo Reach, then CE, 2, ODST, 3
Watch Forward Unto Dawn and Fall of Reach
Play 4, 5
Watch Halo Wars 2
Play Infinite
29:53 this one always hits me in the feels man…
The main first trilogy takes place in the years 2552 and 2553, the first Halo Wars (a Real-Time Strategy game, with the main ones being first-person-shooters) in 2531. The second trilogy stars roughly 4 years after the first one. ODST is in between 2 and 3, while Reach is a direct prequel to Combat Evolved.
The aliens got scarier because of the graphics since the original game they’ve supposed to be this undefeatable threat
I really hope you play these games
"I don't know what's going on but I feel like it's special!"
Oh, it was... *sniff* it was...
34:23 Halo CE didn’t have a story and a sequel was never planned.
38:39 the reason reach’s tone is so dark is because reach was I think the first colony humanity ever established or it was around the first few I know that much. But reach was classified as a “Fortress World” meaning that no matter how bigger the fleet it would be impossible to take reach. So there for billions of people would go to it and other worlds to live because of the safety. Reach was real bad the amount of deaths was catastrophic. And the entire covenant fleet was brought upon reach. And I mean the ENTIRE fleet. The one known as Arby or Arbiter that hangs with the chief in the third game. Is Thel Vadam and he was the one that lead the attack on reach.
40:19 and this is how the Spartans were made. Kidnapped children and genetic augmentation.
27:06 ODST. Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
I really hope you watch the "Believe Campaign" it's beautiful
39:31
"Bad video-game show"
Well...
A friend and I once spent a summer night until about 3am beating the original Halo on the hardest difficulty just because we heard a rumor that a secret cut scene showed his face…. It was not true.
Now that you have learned soooo much more about the halo universe, I think it would be so entertaining to see you react to this again. With knowing way more of the lore itd be so interesting for you to hear what your super early thoughts were