Game Theory: Halo Armor's FATAL Flaw! 

The whole interview the ballistic armor expert is like "this guy just doesn't shut up, does he?"

"Like a skirt?" "Almost like a blanket" "Sir, going blankie mode"

Am I the only one super impressed by how that guy guessed the exact canonical weight of the suit

*MatPat:* "I'm a brave boy." *Master Chief:* "[catches weapon]" *MatPat:* "Not a brave enough boy for this!"

I loved the dead look in that specialist's eyes when mat said "Ballistic Maaask"

Whoever was wearing that chief armor was having the time of their lives

If Master Chief can flip a tank and is wearing a thousand pound suit of armor, imagine how much it would hurt to be punched by that walking tank of a man

I think matts forgetting about the energy shield and how the melee passes through it allowing for a solid hit compared to a bullet stopping before he even gets hit

10:38 The look of disappointment on his face

I love how the expert just gives that "just think of the money" nod when Matpat talks sci fi.

I like how matpat literally got an armor specialist to talk about halo

"Without that armor, John is just as helpless as that screaming marine." false. The Spartan-II program kidnapped these soldiers since before they were 6 years old, and since that time they were trained to know ONLY war. And just before puberty, they were put under extreme physical and chemical enhancements and augmentations. Spartan-II soldiers had muscular enhancements caused by the blockers on a human's muscles being inhibited. They had a reaction time that was increased by 300% of a human's normal time, which allowed them to move with the armor and not try to counter the movement. Under intense stress, they can see the world in bullet time as well as real time. Simple RU-vid searches can confirm this as there are many many videos showing the un-armored Spartan-IIs capabilities. They were a force to be reckoned with even without the Mjolnir platform.

armour expert looked so done when mat starts talking about a freaking gaming universes amour lore.

That armor expert looked so uncomfortable during this video, like he wanted to punch himself in the face repeatedly for signing up for this video.

MatPat "And stop getting teabagged out there all the time." Master Chief "And I took that personally"

A while back I got to go to my dads office at Microsoft and see this exact suit. It was the coolest moment of my life.

The coolest thing to me is how how Game Theory has evolved. MatPat's analysis, the graphics, the overall video quality, and then we get live features with experts and ridiculously accurate props. All for the sake of dissecting aspects of video games in order to determine validity. MatPat, keep on keeping on.

Chief weighs like 250-300 lbs outside the suit and is physically augmented SPECIFICALLY to be able to wear the suit. He's like 7 feet tall and could probably bench like a ton or more WITHOUT THE SUIT. True badassery.

Nice video, but you extremely overlooked the very clear and very obvious real reason why Spartans die in a two punches in multiplayer (it takes more in campaign usually unless it's a really powerful enemy on a harder difficulty). It's really because they're getting punched BY OTHER SPARTANS. Spartans along with MJOLNIR augmentation pack such a punch that the MJOLNIR packs a bigger punch than it can handle in return. It can't take what it can dish out despite its incredibly strong protection.

When you realize that the guy in the master chief suit is actually the size of master chief.

2015: What's the Halo armor's flaw? 2019: Can we survive high tech drones that are out to kill us?

11:47 "Shall we bring out masterchief's armor?" Sur- Cool, so let's bring out John. *JOHN!*

Consider that Spartans are strong enough to flip a tank, so if that strength is used on melee its much stronger than just a normal odst

"Balistic maaaassk" followed by the dead look of the expert almost killed me 😂

Because he's getting hit by someone who also has the strength to support that armor. That's why all other Melee in game don't hurt you as much as other spartans.

Imagine being a grunt and 7 ft tall hunk of titanium is standing over you holding a shotgun.

rewatching this after the recent news, god I’m gonna miss you Matpat

Imagine the dude surprised Matt when he was wearing the armor and just shot him where the armor is

dude looked so annoyed lmao

I think the expert had the better idea. You are being hit by other people in 1 Ton Armor in Multiplayer. Each piece of armor is connected by flimsy material. One punch to the head with the weight of a spartan behind it is gonna give that 100 LB helmet a damn good knock, and the neck attached to it is unlikely to be prepared for that kind of whiplash.

10:35 The look on the dudes face when said that was priceless

I love the music that plays while the animations and schematics are on screen! The synth stuff.

The logic in the melee killing in Halo is the offensive capabilities of the attacker, not the defensive capabilities of the victim.

Maybe spartans die because they are being punched by ANOTHER TITANIUM FIST!

we need that "could doom guy beat master chief?" Video :)

I think he’s also forgetting that these super soldiers are probably dozens of times stronger than humans

can you imagine how awkward chief felt just standing there listening to them talk

That guy must've been thinking "Whatta nerd"

Man how far this channel has gone. Absolute nostalgia

The first segment were you were saying you couldn't aim with the rifle cuz they kept moving was so relatable, takes a lot of practice to snipe someone in multiplayer

did no one consider that the man punching said spartan is ALSO a spartan? its like getting hit by a freight train when you think about how fast the chief can actually move in the books.

This feels like that one guy in class that asks questions, just to confirm he's right

Matpat talking ballistics is amazing to see

Bruh the nostalgia this brings me as an og theoriest before my old account got hacked or rather the email this brings back memories man.

Everybody seems to be forgetting the fact that every time a spartan is punched, it's either another mechanically altered spartan or 10-foot elite that is doing it. Naturally, this makes death a lot more likely.

10:40 His face is saying “Why you touching my mask boi?”

Watching a old game theory in 2021 just gives me so much nostalgia.

This feels like something the history channel would play

Matpat : "STOP MOVING" that guy that plays as sniper : "Me too man me too"

"Let's get john, JOHN!" Chief:"whomst dareth summon the almighty one?!"

the reason melee attacks are fatal is because the suits use alien tec for a sort of force field system, and melee attacks for through that shield. Keep in mind that they are also be HIT with a 1000lbs suit

Man that Intro is soooooo awesome I Could here it a 1000 Times

Master chief in a nutshell: *Punches a nuke and lives* *Shot a few times and dies*

So, if you sever John's connection to his suit, the Iron Man becomes an Iron Maiden.

This is possibly the best video that MatPat has ever posted.

So hes basically saying that when the neural connection is broken the suit collapses, killing the user. Similar to a major car accident where the driver isnt killed by g-forces but by being crushed by the car crumbling and folding in in itself.

MattPatt was like a kid in a candy store when he was talking to the armor professional. XD

Answer; Spartan armour is powered armour that greatly enhances the wearer's strength (they can flip over main battle tanks, for fuck's sake) and they die to one punch from *another spartan* only AFTER their shielding has been taken down by either other strikes or gunfire. Maybe one from the back by breaking the neck or spinal column. Against non-spartains they only get immediately taken down by an energy sword or a gravity hammer, both of which are extremely powerful. No other melee hits will take them out immediately.

"can survive a fall from space" very interesting

I would never be able to do this kind of content, the look on the experts face whenever mat starts to rant about nerdy things is just killing me

"Bulletproof material is a myth" A few minutes later "Titanium is bulletproof"

master cheif in all other halo games: dies by hit master chief in halo 4: come at me nuke

i've been watching the old videos, this is fun

wow thank you for this video i never new that the melee did all of that

Imagine a bullet proof shower curtain literally running thru a battle field. Edit: I posted this comment a year ago and I'm just now noticing it has 1.4k likes

MatPat: **exposing flaws of the armor** Chief: Wait, that's illegal!

5:17 as someone from someone in the future: the titanium nanocomposite material is actually pure titanium but it requires power to move the titanium at all

21:04 money because I’ll always be lonely lol

You would also need to take into account the fact that these are soldiers with the strength to flip vehicles on a whim. The force behind one of those punches could easily be the same as being hit by medium sized car or truck.

Me : *gets in a tank and shoots master chief* Master chief : Heh... you gotta try harder than that Me : *backhands master chief* Master chief : AGH! *ded*

Now I wanna see Mat analyze ODST armor.

“Oh John!” Why did I love to at so much

He started out this video sounding like he was pretty together... and then as he stood next to the expert, he just talked himself into idiot status. Parts of this were cringe worthy. Also, the suit has no neural connection to the wearer's brain. If you actually watched The Fall of Reach, you'd hear Halsy talk about why the suit failed prior generations and why John was different. Thanks to all the upgrades John had as far as strengthening not only his muscles, bones, eyesight, and endurance, John has the ability to not have his joints snapped in half if the suit over extends or keeps going when it's not supposed to thanks to stronger bones, and stronger muscles. The suit is designed to take the movement of your body, and multiply it. Meaning, As you make a move, it makes that move easier. However, Human's frail bodies were able to withstand the start of that motion, not the ending of it. The Suit doesn't know when to stop trying to help you, and thus snaps your arm... or snaps your wrist... etc etc etc. That was the reason for giving Spartans all the extra upgrades in the first place. If the suit could do everything for them without the upgrades, then you could just be like Iron Man and anyone could step inside and be super. Lastly, To answer your question to the video ... which at this point after watching half of the video it seems like click bait... The reason you can Melee someone is the same reasoning as if we stuck an egg inside of Titanium cylinder. For reference sake, let's assume that there is padding on the top and bottom and between the walls and the egg. When the cylinder takes an blunt force trauma impact (being punched in the face), the inertia is going to be carried through the object. This means, that even if the armor were to stop the fact that you got punched, you would still feel the impact inside the suit because of inertia (Newton's third law). Do this enough, or cause enough trauma to the fragile object inside, and it will result in a broken egg... or in the case of Halo, A Dead Spartan. Now, think about how hard a suit can hit. Take that force and apply it going through another Spartan. Do you think that all that armor is really going to stop a Melee? No. Thus, there is no flaw. It's just Physics. The only way to completely negate physics is to keep an object from ever actually hitting you. If you can figure out how to do that, DARPA would love to talk to you, because you'd probably figure out how to end war... or make our soldiers invincible.

the guy seemed annoyed the entire time

going back to this ep after seeing Austin's new video. I felt damn nostalgic at the old GT intro...

I like how mats tracking a armor expert a bit of halo lore while the expert is tracking him the secrets of armor

10:35 - 10:40 His face when MatPat puts on the mask is priceless XD

I've never found it weird that the spartans can be killed with a punch from another spartan or a Sangheili. Seriously, these opponents are just as huge as Chief and in the terms of the Elites, even bigger. You know what a full bodied knight's worst nightmare was? A mace. A blunt object slamming into the helmet, causes blunt force trauma and brain hemorrhaging. Super suit or no super suit, having your brain slosh around after a literal walking tank just punched you into the wall isn't good.

This was cool and insightful.

I just came here 5 years later and heard “ pardon the noobness” this really was a precious time.

Someone: hits masterchief in the back The suit: *crunch*

Just watched MatPat's goodbye video and I had to watch what I think may be my favorite theory. So sad to see an era end but excited to see what The Theorists being next.

I'm guessing that it's a combination of like you said: The connection being severed, as well as the fact that the force of anohter Titanium Fist of another supersoldier, would probably hit hard enough to shatter parts of the neural link device, which since it is implanted in the head, if parts shatter, the shards could cause damage to the brain.

Master Chief Fatal Flaws _Dies from melee attack_ _Can’t eat, and drink_ *CANT PEE*

Imagine MatPat's reaction if Chief took off the helmet and Steve Downes was in it...

Those suits are absolutely incredible!

Also something why the Spartan armor dies to one melee: it is hit by another spartan, so with much, much more force than a normal human could even hope to archieve

Matpat sounded like a kid talking to that guy 😂

Ballistic curtain, eh? AY, LADDIES, MASTER CHEIF IS GETTIN' A BLOODY KILT!!! FREEDOM!!!

That intro has to be the greatest out of all intros ever made

Watching old videos of matpat is nostalgic and I can see how many things changed he has a kid he got 15.3 mil subs and it keaps growing and things improve

I don't know why the Body Armor Specialist said the curtain would take away from the look, I love to see a Battle Kilt like the Clone troopers on Chief.

Maybe because you are getting hit by OTHER spartans ?

its sad that mat pat left after 13 years

this is soooo true and makes so much sense

Chief: coffee! Matpat: the suit PREDICTS the move they’ll take next, Chief: *annihilates the coffee* darn!

1 answer: When a man with the strenght and armor of a starship punches another its like a starship going full speed into another starship.

Could it maybe be the fact that a Spartan punch is a 1000 pound suit, with super strength, all within one focussed punch? Would guess that would probably do some damage.

I love the design mastercheifs suit looks

10:37 That face tells you what that guy is thinking, "This kid is a freakin idiot. Why in the world do i have to work with him?"