@@darthmisogyny3828 imagine if Bungie would have done Halo 4 that story would have been so different see 343 studios took over and killed off all the mains so they can have their new mains but you know can't kill Master Chief but yeah I hate 343 studios
@@mrgrimreaper94 343 straight up wanted to replace Chief back then, back on E3 over 10 years ago they said Chief would have his final trilogy starting from Halo 4, then they introduced the new cast in Halo 5 and tried to bring up Agent Locke to replace Chief, they tried sooo hard with the advertisement to say how cool Locke was with his Osiris team. Everything went sour for them with all the hate and they had to kind off reset the series with Halo Infinite as we have now.
@@minhnguyen5888 They didn't understand what they were taking on. Halo IS John and Cortana. They completely messed up with 5. Many won't recognize its existence.
Pretty sure the dude was crying behind that helmet. He is glad no one can see his face. He lost almost everyone close to him and Cortana is the final nail in the coffin. Blue team and Halsey still live gladly otherwise it would be too cruel.
@@Henlak- They could have been really clever about it, since the visors on MJOLNIR armour can be polarized at will by the wearer, same as the ODST helmets, and it has a distinctive sound effect, the camera could have swung behind Chief as Weapon asked, the sound of a depolarizing visor could have played, Weapon visibly reacts, doesn't say anything, something falls in front of Chief, the polarizing visor effect plays, and the camera swings back around as more debris falls around him.
I guess the recording(or it could be multiple recordings) are keyword activated with a scripted response algorithm(a recording plays at the mention of Echo), kinda like how dialog is handled in RPG's, but waaaaaay more complex.
Or it wouldn't have been awkward, because they would both be thinking it's just another echo, because that's the logical thought process one would have in that moment
No no even though it’s an echo it still has computing capabilities and are more like copies. So it’s still Cortana not just the whole Cortana. she’s been leaving copies around since Halo: combat evolved. This info is from the books
Man was probably bawling under there. I liked how the new Cortana is forcing his humanity out. he's a person whether he was trained to think so or not.
My mans crying hard.. I can feel it.. I am a very hardened man, but Cortana dying reminds me of my deceased wife.. she always told me that I should find another one, and that she's a waste.. man I can't control myself now..
Seeing Cortana go and say good bye one last time, really hurt. I actually teared up. and I straight up cried my eyes out hearing her ask if it was okay if she called herself Cortana.
@@Ryan-mech-muffin cuz Cortana’s story has been stretched out to long. Her story should’ve ended at the end of 4 but they continued it to infinite. After what she did in 5 there isn’t any logical way they could’ve implemented her back in the story as a good guy.
@@Adolf_Hitman what happened in 5 didn't make any sense, there were things that had great potential, covenant inter faction conflict, absolutely human colonies that were left to fend for themselves not accepting UNSC orders when things finally start to improve makes perfect sense and serves as a microcosm of the further colonial empire (after all ww1 and ww2 broke the image of the unbeatable western powers (though US and USSR hegemonic power was offcourse of enormous influence in decolonisation actually being possible, in this case i'd play on covenant remnants supplying arms and supplies for supplies and in the hope of weakening the united earth government. other "free colony" factions would no doubt work together with them to create political and economic cooperation agreements and set up interdependent industrial and agricultural systems.
That and he potentially could crush him by accident. The suit can flip a 66 ton tank like skateboard and can literally kill the wearer by accident, were they a normal human wearing it. The Chief learned early on in his carrier that humans are a lot more fragile then you would think. Though, on the flip side, I don't think anyone has Hugged the Chief in over 30 years...so a little of column A and a little of column B.
@@Moontrap He accidentally beat 2 ODSTs to death & maimed 2 more in a 4 on 1 brawl. While recovering from the augmentations, at the age of 14. Even without the suit, he can accidentally kill normal people.
While you’re all right to an extent, it should be noted that all Spartans learn very quickly how gentle to hold things so as not to destroy them. The reason Chief hesitated is because he struggles with emotion and social interaction, like many of the Spartan 2s. This is why he took Cortana’s betrayal/loss the way he did. While it wasn’t a romantic relationship, he had a connection with someone beyond that of his Spartan family. That’s something he hasn’t had since he was a child. Chief is the hero, the badass Gary Stu of the Halo story, but these last few games have nailed home just how much his life as a Spartan has affected his humanity. “When this is all over, remind me which of us is the machine?”
The “She’s right John, just another echo” play by Cortana really makes this scene for me. If it was just another holo-convo you’d feel like it was happening in real time but this line hammers into the fact that Cortana really is gone and this is just a recording. Here playing as if it was real time reminds us that it’s not really. There’s something somber about that playful prank too. Someone who’s gone managing to make you feel for a moment that they are actually there.
I really, really hope I'm not the only person who was reminded of the scene from Red vs Blue Season 6 where Church talks to a recording of Delta in Caboose's head
People saying it was weird to hear her call him Master Chief I think that was half the point. Calling him “John”, that was something special, something special that was only between her and John. But she has to say goodbye here. She, herself, Cortana as known to the series, has to go, has to die. So she has to … let him go… So, that was her way of doing so. Of letting him go. She could no longer call him John if she was to let him go. She had to detach, like all the other soldiers and commanders who order Master Chief around. She had to let John go.
The fact that this is in game graphics and not cinematics is pretty impressive. I really enjoyed the hell out of this campaign. Funnest I’ve had since Halo 3.
True.. Honestly I was giving this game so much hate before it came out because I thought Halo 5 was just the beginning of the franchise's downfall.. And even though there are a few flaws in this game it is definitely a step forward! Loved the campaign
What I love about this game is that, over the course of it, The Weapon (I hope she comes up with her own name in the future) proves that, while she is another Cortana-model, made from another flash-clone of Halsey's brain like Cortana was, she isn't Cortana. She is basically Cortana's little sister, similar, yet her own character.
@@HorFell no? She is an ai made with one of halsdy's brain copies that they recovered recently. She is similar to cortana becouse she is made out of the same thing kind of like a sister (twins actually)
@@agssilv5919 they literally said an exact copy of cortana just with some memory/data removed. He said she's her if they never met. The weapon is an exact copy of Cortana.
@@jmatthewsas if you have a piece of paper and you cut a piece off of it then you ha a little piece of paper. If you do the same thing again you get anither piece of paper. The only difference is what happens afterwards Aka with cortana 1 and 2 their experiences and the info they get. Nature / nurture. And if you are wondering i think it was a novel that explained how they recovered something from halsey's lab wink wink aka the scan used to make cortana 2
@@agssilv5919 That paper analogy is terrible. They arent exact papers. They already said it in the game, Cortana is an exact model of Cortana. Just made by Halsey.
I like how chief is being shown with emotions, hes not a machine hes a human, and cortana, sgt johnson, miranda keys, and captain Lasky, and Arbiter Were the few who treated him like a friend. He lost all of them. Well we are unsure about lasky and arbiter but we know the rest are gone.
That got a hearty chuckle out of me. The similarities in how they failed to retain the heart of their franchises, and their respective unnecessary sequels casually urinating on each other and the past, it's a real sick kind of poetic. I hope things keep getting better like they have lately, and we can leave that ugly 6 year window of mass insanity behind us.
I think the writers chose to make her call him Master Chief in the end as a callback to the original trilogy, where Cortana and Master Chief always acknowledged that they had a work relationship whereas in Halo 4 and 5, humanising the relationship was super forced (especially in Halo 5). Her saying Master Chief instead of John reminds me of Halo 1, 2 and 3. Its a good callbac, and respect.
Poor guy gets tricked by a lightbulb, a parasite venus flytrap, an ancient space racist and finally his ex crazy girlfriend. I too wouldn't dare trust anyone at this point lol
This closure is so sad, her final act is to ensure that Chief continues to be with someone even if that someone is not "her" She made sure that both Chief and Weapon would be better together. It's like one of those sad love stories but this one cuts deep because of the journey they had together. They did take care of each other 😭❤️
Cortana realized she betrayed and hurt the Chief at the end of Halo 5 she know she messes up. That's why she said we were suppose to be a team and she felt like she didn't honor that in the last game.
What I loved most about the story was that despite being crazy over the power to rule the galaxy, Cortana was still able to identify the real enemies of the galaxy and knew that she made a deal with a bad guy who had evil plans which would jeopardize whole galaxy. And most importantly, no one influenced her or forced her or convinced her to do anything, she made her choice on her own... to right the wrong she did...
Honestly this whole campaign is the only time i would ever see chief be a bit humorous and is willing to lighten up the mood like seriously I've never heard chief joke a bit when he is in the middle of danger, it really shows how much chief is acting more human and being in tune with his emotions, hell during the time fernando was having a meltdown that was the first i heard chief shout showing more emotion than he usually shows
coping mechanism and things didn't feel as urgent or serious as before being constantly attacked od and rushed etc chief can crack jokes if he couldnt he fail as a leader
Oh trust me, you get a good glimpse of it in the netflix animated short "The Fall of Reach" granted its not exact to the books but close enough. John thinks of Blue Team as his family. Fred, Kelly and Linda are basically his brother and sisters.
I love how everyone else in this game is fighting for thier lives, dying to avenge thier home, protect thier people or both, all the while to the chief, this is this another day on the job, he's going on a quiet contemplative emotional journey, working through a messy breakup, and supporting his new friends along the way. I love the angle of chief as this quiet man, not knowing who he is, burying himself in his work, slowly discovering who he is and why he fights.
I would like to think so, but given how he was created and what not. I think his emotions pretty much numbed, and as the series goes on he slowly unlocking those emotions. who knows maybe by the end we might see him smile.
actually it was weird to me. He was a very downer-like person the entire campaign, now he's like the happiest dude ever. It's too much for me. i played the game so i get why he's glad to see the Chief but jesus, it's like his whole personality changed. I rather have him change only a small amount or gradually. Obviously, it's just my opinion but yea i found it really weird and forced.
@@bboyairrick how do you think someone would react after finding that the person they depend on to survive had disappeared for 3 days, suddenly reappeared infront of them? his reaction is perfectly normal for someone that has spent 6 months in the risk of being killed or dying alone and losing and recovering that chance in the blink of an eye makes someone act in very intensive ways
The storyline, the gameplay, the character developments, absolutely everything about the campaign made me want to keep playing and playing. What a game! I just hope we don’t have to wait for another couple of more years for the next halo. 343 industry brought their A game with this one!
I find it cool how Halo 3 credits the first spartan program by having Johnson help him up with one arm in the beginning. Chief was using his legs but was probably still pretty heavy
6:08 rewatching I feel like the interaction till the end from Echo 216 is all of us. Him hugging the Chief, immediately giving Chief 'a gun', full of happiness again, the way he reacts to the nostalgic "Finish the fight", curious what the Weapons name is, and ready for new adventure.
When people think Master Chief is the soul of Halo. WRONG It is/was Cortana. To me the series died at Halo 4, I didn't find it amusing like previous Halo, but the only plot driving me forward was trying to get Cortana home. It's a fictional character that I was invested into safeguarding and nurturing. That's how much Cortana means to the fans.
John and Cortana has the most beautiful character development in any game. I don’t even play halo never has and yet I’m hooked and the tears keep coming.
@@TheAttacker732 Why does this keep getting spread around as if Chief can't touch anybody without breaking them, he has the control to not crush humans and has done so on numerous occasions. This was an emotional choice not a physical one.
@@fefyfefingtion1530 oh you seeet summer child…chief was kidnapped by ONI at age 5 and replaced with a flash clone that would die of “natural causes” a few months later. It’s is how they got all the Spartan-IIs
@@fefyfefingtion1530 he was not actually kidnap but taken from orphonage actually chief when he was a kid was not nice person he was the biggest toughest kid great role model of leadership and had luck factor with coin flip guess
Love where the story is going, way better than Halo 5. I like the new Trio, sad for Cortana, but after what she did, this is probably the best scenario to finish her story and still be part of it at the same time through Weapon (or whatever she chooses to call herself)
I loved the campaign, it was unlike what I can really put into words. I completely felt at home; it had a simplicity, and so much care put into making it apart of the actual halo universe, ya know? I saw halo 1+2 forerunner designs that were just so beautiful, and then the more yellow-orange hints in others like in halo 3.
The whole time this scene of cortana and chiefs final interaction was playing, flashbacks of my childhood and my years spent with the halo franchise was playing in my head. From the badassery of halo 2 to the incredible story found in halo 3 with chief and arbiter working together… halo has been a part of my life for YEARS. It has been a part of a lot of our lives, and I’m sure the halo community was deeply saddened while watching this scene. John and cortana have been through so much together, as we have been through so much as well with the halo franchise. 343 did an incredible job at referencing through symbolism, their own relationship with the halo community. Cortana will be missed… halo will always live in my heart.
It's bringing tears to my eyes. "Look at us. We just keep saying goodbye, don't we?" I'm crying. So much emotion so much. . .good game. Great franchise 343i fixed the train wreck that happened with Halo 4 and 5 with Halo Wars 2, Halo Infinite and the books/novels they've added!
That ending and what’s to come, gave me chills! Not only did they tease the flood, but the precursors. And honestly I hope to see the the rest of the spirit of fire and the arbiter’s swords of sanghelios joining.
@@Krovos_ actually If you collect the forerunner intel it hints at them due to Cortwona saying a line “This dates the forerunners themselves” and guess who made them? Yup
@@deagle.2 I've literally shed a tear on that last scene it was like a goodbye message to Master Chief and the fans. After I got to the end I realized that this game was introducing us to a New Era of Halo. RIP Cortana💙
Yesss lol 🤣 6:08 rewatching I feel like the interaction till the end from Echo 216 is all of us. Him hugging the Chief, immediately giving Chief 'a gun', full of happiness again, the way he reacts to the nostalgic "Finish the fight", curious what the Weapons name is, and ready for new adventure.
I mean, can you blame him. he was essentially "created" to serve a purpose and him getting hugged was something that has probably never happened to him. at least not that he can probably remember.
This games campaign was amazing and has me massively hopeful for the future, especially with that legendary ending Felt like a great book one to an epic and expansive story
I'm still not ready to say goodbye to cortana. I freaking started tearing up. It's crazy how we see more emotions in chief. Like we never see his face but it's like u know what he's feeling or thinking lol.
As of these recent years it’s been hard to find a game that has brought so much emotion to me. If this game doesn’t get goty then idk what will. They did such a fantastic job
4:13 I think this is where Master Chief finally made peace with the burden he carried and instead of just letting everything go he was like ''Okay i changed my mind I GOTTA GET OUT'' You can literally hear fear in his voice lmao
I was completely convinced for my entire first playthrough that Cortana was still alive, and the "Sorry im just messing with you" shattered my heart into a million tiny pieces
One of the things the video doesn't cover is the echo's you hear through the game. Most of the ending ones are pretty much her guilt, while her delivery is jarring compared to showing her blowing up a planet, its suppose to be a return to who she was in 2 and 4 not hesitating to sacrifice herself for the mission. Just wasn't delivered the best.
I mean... Likely infected by the logic plague, rampant, etc, Cortane wasn't exactly in the best stats of mind. Seeing Chief 'dead' shocked Cortana out of it enough to realise that actions have consequences, and she made sure Chief would have another AI then let herself by deleted before she could fall back into rampancy, that's my take on it at least
5:30 there are 7 stone rings, where the 4th and 7th are broken. Now the ring we destroyed in Halo CE is installation 04, and we’re on zeta halo installation 07…
Anyone notice the heavy breathing on chief when Cortana walked right through him? Chief was getting that itch we all get when the flood gates break the stone wall that locks back the part of us we try to never show until it means something.
You can also interpret the “last goodbye” as the last time we truly saw Cortana in as her realest self. She gave John every chance to side with her, and John did the same in Halo 5. But up until she made her final decision, her final goodbye could also be a way of saying “Im so sorry about this.” She NEVER gave Locke and his team a chance to see her reasoning, even if she was rampant and unknown to that baby of a Spartan. I interpreted that after seeing Halo Infinites story, because we never truly see Cortana alive again. Her last efforts while Chief was in Space was to stop her own plan, stop The Banished and The Harbinger, and seek a form of forgiveness in her Echoes.
@@jdpragmatic8644 he tried to keep hes promise to her that he will save her , is just cortana make i mistake no take this promise . She betray him and in the end she notised that she make mistakes and she kill her self and kill Atriox too
I loved this game, and what it did, but I feel like they just skipped most of the interesting parts/potential with Cortana. She waged war, apparantly blew up planets, and waged genocide just to be like- "My bad." after a year of in universe time. And like 5 years for us. That was a big cliffhanger in the previous game, and it just...gets wrapped up like this?
I get what you are saying. But previous Halos were so messy storywise I’m glad they just wrapped them up and just gave us exposition as to what happened.
Don't forget, that after Halo 4, we all thought she had gone completely because of the rampancy. It was also told that AIs CAN come back after rampancy but they are not the same AI, which is what happened with Cortana because she became corrupted.
This reminds me of the scene in Red vs Blue from season 6 when Church talked to that message that Delta left for Church in Caboose's head where Delta was having a conversation with him by using logic to guess what he was going to say. Cortana guessed that the weapon would say it's just an echo.
This is so tragic I truly loved Cortana and the relationship she had with Master Chief now she's gone and he lost the woman he loved he lost his family and it's sad
I feel that, I grew up playing all the Halo’s so I grew up with Chief and Cortana. Halo 4’s ending and now this, I couldn’t help but cry as I watched. I want her to come back so John can be truly happy.
I love how Chief almost hugs Echo but say “naw I need to retain cool unemotional sigma male energy”. I’m paraphrasing of course and he probably said that inside his head but still it’s a cool little detail
Why the heck would there be a big, bright and colorful light on the back of his helmet showing when he receives a transmission? Why? That would be the worst thing ever in a combat situation revealing his position and revealing that he communicates with someone.
Revisiting this game after reading the novels (especially "the Fall of Reach" and "The Flood") hits sooo different, Infinite never fails to make me cry/tear up
