Jesus, you can't hit me with the CE loading screen straight off the bat! Never thought I'd miss a loading screen, should have been an option in MCC for the OG loading screens. Same with the menus, their so iconic.
I can still recollect a rich sunny afternoon, age 15, playing Halo: Reach at a youth group with friends. I wasn't crazy about Halo, but the majority of my friends loved the series. Reach was fresh, and it was brought it in for all of us so we could do 4 player Slayer. A small CRT and wired controllers required huddling up to the TV. We played until the sun dimmed, and those 3-4 hours spent just really resonate with me nowadays. I sucked at the game but I'd always laugh about it. I got a major craving for Halo in college. 4 had recently come out so previous titles were cheap. After being a powerhouse as Chief, ODST just blew me away. Not only was the atmosphere perfect with the neon bog and melancholic jazz, but the vulnerability of the situation and characters worked so well. When I died after immediately running into Brutes for the time, I knew it was special.
This was some of the most surprising music in the Halo series of games, and the very first time I sat down to play ODST, all those years ago, I felt filled by the soundtrack.
It makes my heart ache listening to all these soundtracks again, thinking back to when my biggest worry in the world was whether I had school the following day.
Honestly my man. Thank you for so many nights of sleep uninterrupted. I can account for at least 100 views on this video, you're a goddamn King among us.
@carternagy6433 just uploaded something like what I wanted to see on RU-vid. Using this music to sleep is bliss. So glad it's doing the same for you 🤙🏼
Awesome work, always great when you release a new video! I really like the editing work you've done with it, I haven't seen the original Halo CE menu / loading screen in ages since they no longer exist on MCC. Really makes me miss them!
@RW-li2im I'm glad people look forward to the videos! I miss the true magic of Halo 1 without the MCC so I was happy to bring back things like the loading screen and what not
you know they say time is a flat circle, you know flat, like a halo ring, in a circle. Kinda like how time and time again you come back to this game, like a circle, going in a loop, kinda like... a halo ring. A halo ring, looping, in a circle. A flat circle that loops. It circles and then it loops.
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Halo: Combat Evolved, Music and Ambience is out! Watch it here now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lV4eVhls1aQ.htmlsi=vsRuwoj77hnWgQeE
Scenes like this are an escape from reality. That quiet moment where you can admire everything around you, without the bumbling streets filled with people and work. A large empty plain with you as the only inhabitant, admiring nature, thinking about humanity's purpose, and reminiscing on simple moments you took for granted. Nothing can quite take us back to those times, but we get small glimpses of them from time to time. I really enjoy moments like these when I have them, it makes me feel isolated but connected with the world at the same time.
