Campaign DLC | What could have been | Part.1 

Poor guy is just trying to catch smoke now that the halo fire is smothered out. We love your content, we are here for you man! Your work is the will of the gods, and you are their instrument!

Youre doing exactly what the Halo lore fanbase should be doing. If 343 wont do it for us, then we'll do it for ourselves. I can think of no better person than Installation 00 to do it.

A battle on the infinity before the 6 month nap cheif has would've been so much better especially to reinforce the idea that the unsc is alone in zeta with no help

One of the biggest issues i have with infinite is that the Created just went poof after Cortana died. I really do think it would have been interesting to see some remaining Created along with Prometheans fighting the Banished, especially since we got new Forerunner weapons.

You're a hero mate. Love your stuff, and have nothing but sympathy for the drought you must be experiencing as a Halo lore specialist. We're all feeling it as fans of the franchise but it hurts to see pillars of the community going through this rough patch.

Fun fact: if you only watch the cut scenes from halo infinite, you'd never know there were any marines. I did this when HI launched as I had no intention of playing the campaign, and I was so confused as there were never any marines shown, but they were all over the gameplay.

as someone who primarly played every halo in SP and only saw the MP as a nice bonus it hurts that we will never get to see any singleplayer DLC since MP is way too much of a moneymaker for MS

Honestly I wish 343 made games that used the Halo setting to do something unique instead of just marching along with main story sequels. A survival horror game focused around a group of marines trying to survive the flood,an asymmetric naval combat game,exploring the brief covenant civil war,or even just some exploits during the 35 year long war the UNSC fought for survival.

One of the few differences between Infinite and CE is that in CE, we know what happened to the captain of the ship. In Infinite, we don't know where Lasky is, or if hes even alive after the events of those audio logs, same with Palmer, Roland, and the rest of Blue Team.

Maybe you should apply to be on the storywriting team for those hooligans at 343i. You'd do better than them anyhow

So much potential. Could've continued the main campaign, told Arbiter, Locke, Blue Team, Alpha 9, or other side stories. Really hope they continue the story and don't just ignore it in the next game

When I first heard 343 say "this is the next 10 years of Halo" I knew it would mean we'd get no new story for 10 years. Such a shame

Given the actual game loop of the Infinite campaign manages to get quite stale come the end of its not particularly long runtime, I feel like if they went for uniform-themed levels like this year after year it would've gotten SO exhausting.

It is truly mystifying how noone from 343 has seen your videos, especially this one, and been like this is the guy we need and offeres you a job. Content like this has gotta be worth a 6 figure paycheck to them.. not only to get their campaign back on track but it feels like a return to what makes halo... halo. Love it. All of us as your fans should spam this to 343 until they act on it

What are your thoughts if the Harbinger's role was replaced with Cortana and the reason she went rogue in H5 is because of subtle Precursor/Flood/Logic Plague influence whilst in The Domain. It would have tied H5, Infinite, and the books together so well! Plus defeating her in The Silent Auditorium while she is fighting to break free of their influence to warn chief about what is coming... thoughts? More tragic and better "end" to Cortana and her true character

How Microsoft hasn’t approached you and asked you to save the franchise is beyond me. If you were to set their production teams in the right direction and maybe sprinkle a little of your own magic on the campaign story the franchise would be right back where it needs to be! Keep doing what your doing brother we are blessed to have you!

I never realized how much the 2 games actually mirrored each other

The Master Chief got his ass kicked, the UNSC has been defeated by the Banished, and the Spartan program has been destroyed by a Banished AI. That's where Halo's story ended. *Friggin' wow.*

Campaign DLC can still happen, just no time soon. Microsoft did the layoffs and hiring freeze, not 343, so they cant make a campaign even if they wanted to. but something will come around. Eventually.

*Im tired, boss*

This is why "hiring people that hate Halo" should never be considered

Thank you for doing your best to continue making content during yet another drought.

The content drought is real, but I absolutely adore your Lore and Theory content. Doesn't matter if they feed us new stuff one bit at a time, I will always watch and re-watch this kind of content. Also love the shameless self-plug not even 2 minutes in. Well loved and well deserved. Can't wait to see what you got next for us.

thank God someone finally addressed the plot hole regarding the Weapon’s deployment. The premise of the whole game’s story makes no sense

It kills me that we won’t be getting anything even vaguely on the same wavelength as this within the next 5 years, certainly we won’t get anything with the level of care and attention to detail that 00 puts into his Halo content. Awesome content as always 👍

I love the callout to Mendicant Bias and the Primordial in “The Monument”.

Damn, just listening makes me smile because you wrote this script perfectly that it sounds like Bungie has literally took Halo back from 343 and is fixing the franchise starting with Halo Infinite.

I cannot explain the gratitude I feel for this. Your telling of what could have been for Halo Infinite's story is truly something special and something I wish could be reality.

I think what really made the campaign kinda lackluster d led is the open world aspect of the campaign. It feels like I’m playing Skyrim and using the same open world to progress the campaign. I kinda like story levels.

Something i spitballed before that I still believe would've been done great would be the fall of the infinity be a prologue/tutorial level. You play as a random S-IV (or Palmer if 343 wants to kill her off) being given a suit tutorial on how to utilize the gen 3 series of mjolnir (this consists of moving around and the "look at the light" part of tutorials). After the player gets used to the controls they are instructed by another S-IV to hit the shooting range but the banished begin their assault on the Infinity. Battlestations are called and you are required to defend the ship (as part of "learning how to shoot"). You manage to cover a group of marines onto a pelican but get smacked by Atriox before you board the pelican. A boss fight ensues (probably a super difficult one to ensure that the S-IV dies) and the player is killed (or the player beats atriox and creates a time paradox similar to killing makarov in MW1). The death of the S-IV acts as an indication for how difficult the fight against the banished will be on the ring's surface as later mentioned in the audio files as well as in rubicon protocol. The second the player dies, the opening cutscene starts in which Master Chief is defending other marines and Atriox makes his way across the hanger you died in to confront the Master Chief. 6 months later when Chief lands on the ring, upon saving a group of marines, these marines can make a reference on how a random S-IV saved their lives while getting off the Infinity before a massive brute stopped the S-IV from boarding the pelican as a reference to the sacrifice.

I just realized something: the Grand Edict, from the Legendary ending of Infinite, is the same voice actor as Valkorion in Star Wars: The Old Republic. I *knew* he sounded familiar!

343i dont have to do anything, and yet yhey ate still getting more players each day.

As much as I like these ideas, and as well-adapted as they are to Halo Infinite's could-have-been story, I am not sure this could have ever been even had 343i been a lot more on-point with what it wanted to do. Having played similar live-service games, and having observed both Bungie's and 343i's handling of the Halo series, I'm sorry to have to say that I am certain the realistic development time for each of these DLCs would exceed a year. 2-3 seems more realistic given the sheer scope being discussed here. A Halo Infinite or near-Halo-Infinite-scale DLC every year is untenable, it took 343i several years to both develop Infinite's campaign and also polish it up to avoid it feeling and looking rushed, and...it ended up feeling rushed anyway. If they _were_ willing to take that kind of time to gradually, iteratively progress Halo Infinite's story and still give us ten campaign DLCs even if it took twice as long, though, I'd still be down for it, because these ideas work quite well.

No matter what, I'm not giving up on 343i making a campaign DLC for *Halo: Infinite.* Patience is my virtue and it always has been. I'm really excited for the future of Halo, especially if 343i also makes a *Halo 3: Anniversary.* These two projects are my highest current expectations for 343i.

If they ever start making campaign/story content again they should hire you!

Installation 00 is carrying Halo and what ever remains of its community he's the real MVP

I'm heartbroken. When it was released, I was so excited. Even if the Campaign wasn't as good as I hoped, I was so happy about what was promised as a new platform to launch their new ideas. It'll come back at some point, and the online aspect has been making progress, but I played the games for the campaign.

I think this would have gotten relatively stale quite quickly, as much as I'd absolutely love them to do this. I think the DLC's being spiritual successors, or at least having similar biomes or locations to each game could have been an interesting way of doing things. I've no idea how they'd do it. But it could make for an interesting video.

We need you and the Actman in charge of campaign

In the part The Monument Where Lasky says some heavy equipment is on its way there should be a grizzly being dropped off, that would be awesome to see something else beside the banished from halo wars, some equipment from that game would be awesome or even enemies turned traitor like colony.

Man, we need more. Like, a part two. This is the most Halo content weve gotten in months and its not even official

A level a year huh, not too bad a plan. "A year of the library." Dear God.

We need a petition to have 00 as an official halo writer! Great video!

While I love the presentation and re imagining of the original game my issue with a DLC approach like this is that it’s stretching the short but amazing plot of a near perfectly paced game and trying to stretch it across 9+ years. Sure there would be new story elements and other bits tossed in but all these new set prices and changes will only cause the map of Zeta Halo to explode in size. The original campaign already lacked any meaningful content, taking over FOBs was already old after the 2nd or 3rd base. There would simply be too much new space to fill the new areas with engaging content outside the main story. Halo infinite was at its best when it put you in a smaller area it more linear sections (minus the cut/paste underground levels). The pelican going down and the assault against the Banished during reckoning were a blast.

Blue sky hopes and dreams that will never come true: I want three dlcs. Not necessarily big ones, but enough to tie us over until the next one comes out. I want one that takes place directly after the fall of the infinity where you're playing a Spartan Locke, and you have to take on the banished in the meantime. And the ending of it would have you sacrificing yourself to teleport Lasky and Palmer to a different side of the ring. The next d l c would take place with Spartan red team joining the fight alongside Master Chief. You would play as the Master Chief and push back the banished on a different side of the ring and then Atriox would re-emerge in a forerunner ship from Halo Wars 1. It ends with Red Team giving their lives for Chief and Lasky. The last DLC would see your Spartan reinforcing the Master Chief. Finally, we would see integration between the 2 campaigns. And you would back up the Chief as he gives you orders. And eventually, your Spartan would become the next legend taking down Atriox once and for all. Possibly back on earth in the final act.

I love watching old Installation 00 videos then getting a notification that there's a new, tasty video up for me to sink my teeth into!

This is why for my future animations I will be animating at least six different animations and shows fire team Rhino- Army ranger perspective/SPECWARCOM following an army fireteam post human covenant war in late 2554 and will go all the way up to halo infinites campaign. Mainly dealing with the URF and the rise of the NCA Minab- the fall of the planet (army's perspective) Tales from 2554- Post human covenant war, dealing with different conflicts with marines, covenant fringe, etc (will lead all the way until 2556) Battle for Harmony- The defense for harmony until the civilians evacuate. Weapons Cache- follows a squad of marines throughout the CE storyline. Yankee squad- follows ODSTs pre and during the battle of sigma Octavius Marco- a small single video story about a group of soldiers fighting against all impossible odds

Jesus man, why does 343 have to just blow every chance they’ve had. Zeta could have been so damn fun & instead we get the store & a multiplayer narrative that just got abandoned. How fun.

With all the technical and visual advancements of the last few years, ironically I still find myself preferring the books. At least each one is unique. Love the channel though, great work, keep these vids coming. Take care fellow Spartans.

Installation00 takes Thanos’ “Fine, I’ll do it myself.” To heart…

Halo 4 through Infinite have actually just been a dream sequence the Masterchief has been experiencing over the years in cryo sleep after the conclusion of Halo 3.

Damn this channels underrated as hell and deserves so much more attention

343i and the Banished arc have done Zeta Halo such a disservice, but your hypotheticals combined with my past readings of all the books are giving me such good heebie-jeebies it's unreal :D

10:56 maybe it’s just the way Steve said the line but when he just says “yes” to the weapons question about being deployed, he sounded very evasive to me, like mhm yeah “i” deployed you yep was definitely me, yep mhm don’t worry about it. Don’t know why he would lie but 🤷🏻‍♂️.

The last Pelican out of the hangar of the Infinity exploded in the first cutscene. That's probably the Pelican Lasky was on. 343 Industries really wanted to murder every character they could, which is a depressing and unsustainable trend since Halo CE and the end of Halo 3. You've made a good attempt at continuing Halo Infinite's story with established lore. However, watching the first cutscene again, I'm reminded that there's no way the Master Chief would fight so poorly--his legs are free to wrap around Atriox's arm, for a start.

Idea for the fanbase to fix the campaign ourselves: 1: Once 343 adds campaign AI to forge, we can make the levels ourselves 2: Fanmade cutscenes and AI voice acting on RU-vid can fill in the story made by Installation 00 in this video Only thing we'd have difficulty with is voice acting during missions

I love this idea. I am sad to say that any single player content for Halo is probably going to go on a long hiatus for noa, but the good news is frankie isnt here to screw up the lore as much as he can anymore so if and when they do get around to hiring for campaign content it will be Halo fans like yourself who want a lore friendly amazing story which is what you have provided today. And i also think that with a few tweaks to this story it could easily tie into what has already happened in Infinite

Wish I could like this one twice, thank you again for all your content. Maybe you should work for the campaign writing department at 343.

*sigh* this video made me kinda sad but I still enjoyed it. All the What Ifs of Halo keep me up at night.

MAN this would be INCREDIBLE

Holy **** that was way more amazing than I had ever imagined. Massive props!

No matter what man I will always be down to watch your content you made me understand Halo in ways I didn’t expect you are a champion of our community wish nothing but the best for you

For us halo fans and faithful. It's painful that halo is this right now. We fans deserve so much more than what we have now. Installation 00 our lore master needs to be writer and general director. Your description of what could have been it's more than clear that they need you installation 00 to be apart of this game franchise. Your halo infinite armor made in actual metal is evidence that you need to be part of this franchise as the true Halo lore master we so deserve. Your knowledge is the voice we need to the halo lore we sadly need more than 343. Someone get this lore master his ship. We have a missing lore and games that need to be done. By your word lore master. Well done by just saying this a campaign dlc that i would gladly play.

343 needs to consult you for any future DLC/ story. I wish they would consider doing such. Your input would be invaluable and could genuinely save the franchise.

Dude, you have such an incredible storytelling voice. Thank you for making this video. You had me engaged the whole way through. Now I wish Halo Infinite played this out.

Man I just wanted rescued marines to have their own voice lines. Hell, if we just got one every once in a while that was like “chief! Sir…pvt.butts! I just want to say, I mean, wow! It’s you!” Or “sir! I’m Sgt.Nutts! We have recon of trapped marines and maybe even a few officers at X location. Would you mind mounting up and leading the charge in my hog, chief?” The basic rescues are so lame. We’ve had things like radiant quests In things like Skyrim for over a decade. And that’s the BASIC background stuff.

It is believed or Theorized that when the Banished showed up the Infinity was fresh out of a fight with the downed Guardian on the surface of Zeta Halo. This would explain as to why its shields and power levels were low enough to allow for Ships to breach her shields and defences. They were already drained.

Their plans are multiplayer and thats it. 10 years of boring gameplay loop with no story now for any season

Bro I'm not even joking have you ever thought about applying for a story/campaign writer for 343? Because you totally should, this is top tier stuff my guy keep it up !

With all the twist, turns, and abandoned parts in the lore. I would love for you to write a hypothetical actual reboot of halo story and lore from beginning to end... this would be a big project but worth doing i think... you could even involve your community in comments and discord if you do that.

they called it a live service for the next ten years.... I heard Destiny style updates coming every 3 months. What they actually said. We finally figured out battle passes to make money...

Honestly having Halo wars vehicles make a proper appearance like the Blisterback and the Wolverine would’ve been amazing to see, and of course that properly bulky Banished Scarab. The being said idk how you’d make the Blisterback function as it would in Halo wars.

It’s not really “rapidly dying” unless you look at steam charts. It has hundreds of thousands of Xbox users monthly

I like the concept. A bit of nostalgia but mixed in with new content. Excited for the other parts!

"The Halo franchise has to survive, if you won't do that...I will."

Explanation: The Banish meet them as they come out of Slip Space (or they deploy after the infinity come out of Slip space) Chief Leaves the infinity to defend itself while he deployed the Weapon during this time Atriox talks to Cortona later chief returns to the Infinity fallowed soon by Atriox.

You're a monster for making this

Hey 00 im sure you've been considering ramping up your branch out to other content in the drought we're experiencing and going to experience going forward. Just letting you know I watch you for your talent in delivering content in an engaging and interesting way. Would wholeheartedly support any branch outs! Im sure most of us here would agree too

What I want as Campaign DLC is the Banished discover a Forerunner planet building machine and use it to restore Doisac and its moons and repopulate them with flora and fauna. Then they attempt to use it to destroy Earth after testing it on a human colony similar to the Rubble. The UNSC call on Blue Team to find Master Chief and the crew of the Infinity. Theyre successful. The UNSC also call in the Sword of Sangheilios thanks to their dwindling numbers from the recent events from Shadows of Reach and Infinite. Then the Banished find and duke it out with remaining Covenant forces allied with the Prelate and Sali Nyon. Sali Nyon and the Prelate put their differences aside and combine forces and give hell to the Banished. Other Covenant remnants join them and then while the UNSC hide in the shadows and have Spartans do covert ops the Banished and Covenant like army led by the Prelate and Sali Nyon then discover a machine that unlocks a Forerunner device that activates and then large swaths of Promethean and new Forerunner machine like army units and vehicles pop up with their leader being a Forerunner version of General Grievous just without a cape and much cooler voice. He’s seen holding some kind of Forerunner axe blade weapon on his back and duel wielding what look like Forerunner SMGs or auto pistols. Together the Covenant like army combines with the Forerunners and now has 3 leaders again. One completely Forerunner, one Elite Zealot, and one Prelate. This freaks out the Banished and makes the UNSC continue to stay hidden while the Banished and Covenant-Forerunner like army duke it out. The game then has the player become a Silent Shadow Elite and do assassination missions against leaders of the new hegemony. Thrallslayer and Banished Brute Stalkers, Bloodstar Jackal Snipers, Skirmishers, and Spec Ops Grunts accompany you in your mission. After several missions playing as a Silent Shadow Elite you link up with Banished command and get into a Seraph and go into space and do dog fights in space against Covenant space Banshees and Phantoms, and Seraphs alongside Phaetons. Meanwhile Master Chief and Blue Team lead multiple missions with the weapon to learn about Banished and Neo-Covenant while destroying supply lines. Huragok show up allied to both Banished and Neo-Covenant and support troopers or even vehicles by augmenting their shields. Eventually Master Chief gets a comm from a Kig Yar leader from the sounds of it and then the screen fades to show a Skirmisher Champion flanked by Drones who squawks that he’s gonna bring their heads to the Banished as trophies. Then a massive battle ensues between Blue Team and a lot of Drones and Skirmishers. After the battle Blue Team and Chief pick up a data log from the Banished that gives them a hint at the Banished plans and gives alittle insight into the Neo-Covenant. They relay that info back to the UNSC. The rest of the game has Blue Team and Chief fighting Neo-Covenant and Banished on different worlds and locations on Zeta Halo and eventually back to the Ark and helps them link up with the Spirit of Fire. Blue Team then go to a location on the Ark that allows them to open up the Voi portal for a brief period of time and tell the Spirit of Fire crew to get ready to fly through it to Earth. Eventually theyre successful but a few Banished ships make it through and the last few missions play like Halo 3 but instead of Covenant on Africa and a few other locations its Banished. A few missions you play as an ODST dropping into an area the Banished have set a base in. And then for the last mission a cutscene shows Blue Team show up to fight with the ODSTs and then you go back to playing as Chief. After the UNSC is successful in beating the Banished that made it through the portal the legendary cutscene shows the Spirit of Fire getting an upgrade while Lasky and Cutter chat and Red Team and Blue Team chat. Then it shows a few week later with a crowd cheating for their return with Lasky telling Chief that the Arbiter wants Chief and Blue Team to go with him and hand picked fights from the Swords to go to Doisac and assassinate Banished leaders before they can rally more Banished to fight against humanity and Arbiters Elites again. And then lastly the Neo-Covenant and Banished continuing to fight on a distant Forerunner installation and then all of a sudden a Flood combat form peaks from behind a wall.

Personally I'd like to see something really different for thr Infinite DLCs, like a player choice system similar to Mass Effect. I'd want to see player decisions have an impact on the overall story for all future installments. Say you're exploring the Halo and you find a monitor who says he wants to help you - you can add him to the team and he possibly betrays you or you destroy him and get a buff to tech development. Say you're assaulting a Banished stronghold but surprise! They were using that as an opportunity for a sneak attack on your HQ. You now have thr choice to go save Laskey or stay with the assault and save Palmer. Either choice decides who is the de facto leader of the resistance from that point on. Go liberate some prisoners and have access to extra air assets that would help you in a mission 3 DLCs down. Of course, still never choose to save Ash because she just sucks. Stuff like that. As the game expands it would give so many opportunities for new gameplay and story ideas. It would recapture the interest in the campaign in a way that the franchise desperately needs. I mean, just look at how people are STILL doing playthroughs of ME all these years later. Give me Halo Effect: Mass Evolved.

I probably replayed mission 2 of halo ce more in hours than completing infinte's campaign...(so many playthroughs though 🙃)

"Just a little side project" As someone who does a comic saga in his spare time for the past five years I understand :)

In 39 minutes This man just did about 300x more for the post launch lore and story than an entire team of paid writers managed to do in 19 months, while working for a multi million dollar studio ... lol great work 343 can yall pls let ANY other dev make a halo game now

Imagine having complete halo campaigns lined up on the menu as if they were just normal missions. If that was the vision i would have loved to see it

About the Palmer x Infinity DLC, they've all but confirmed that the Infinity was left behind in space when the ring jumped so it couldn't be on the ring.

343: Here's a Campaign Inny: Here's the Campaign we should have got.

You should send this to 343 and Phil Spencer cause this is the roadmap we need for campaign DLC. Bravo man, great work

I'd love to see one of the Condors being the reason the UNSC is able to push back the Banished outside The Monument. It could wipe out the Blisterbacks that were pinning down the UNSC armour, showcase all guns blazing to make a dent in the Banished forces, before being taken down by the emerging scarab. Chief getting on board the Scarab with the grapple would probably feel like the boss fight at the end of Serious Sam 4, but a similar mechanic where parts of the exterior have to be destroyed or disabled to get inside

Seriously. Someone please get this man together with Joseph Staten, a bunch of unreal engine whizzes and make this happen.

I honestly wouldnt be surprised if the people behind stuff like SPV3 etc pick up these ideas and see them relaised

The layoffs hit 343 hard. It’s actually sad because they really were beginning to actually go somewhere with Halo. I hope they can continue work on the main story again soon.

So 343 expects me to believe that John floated in open space for 6 months...on 15 minutes of reserve oxygen? No explanation of the outcome of blue team and why would atriox release a fragment of Mendicant Bias? I will give one kudo to 343, the Virginia Wolfe quotes made by Cortana were perfect and heart breaking.

Woah. Woooooah, TO for a second. Microsoft wanted Halo Infinite's shelf life to be 10 YEARS?! That's...That's crushing man, and this is actually news to me...Damn.

I really hope they split the timeline after halo 3 if they ever do a reboot of the franchise. They have one timeline which incorporates halo 4 + beyond and the reboot takes place after halo 3 but continues differently. Because at this point halo’s cannon is too messy

"Or - hear me out - microtransactions." -Microsoft

I swear to God, as someone who’s never played a halo game but really got into the lore mid-to-late 2010s, the more I learn about the plans and potential for halo infinite the sadder I get. Edit: also if the Infinity were to ever become a level, I want Atriox to be an in-game boss fight, but make him unbeatable like the first boss fight against Jetstream Sam in mgr.

Man i cant belive they dont want to do any campaign dlc. Infinites world has so much potential

Sorry I didnt finish watching this ten months ago. I just saw the final part of this series pop up, so in the end, I am coming to the beginning

i always thought the infinity was captured and used as a Carrier then a Battleship

It's hilarious and also sad that a youtuber can put together a better story than an entire staff of people at a game studio. Wild. Keep it up my guy!