It's cool seeing the IV's all stop to watch a Spartan 2 OG walk by. Like a show of respect to John for not only being a hero but for also being their predecessor and seeing the first iteration of what would become humanity's salvation. Such a cool scene.
I think more of a "the legend" is walking by. I mean yes spartan 3 and 4 are based on 2's but I think its more in the lines of "Oh S#&@, here comes an OG spartan" like he's supposed to be what every other Spartan is be the embodiment of.
@@hannibalofcarthage9716 i always thought it was more like. Everyone knows the legend about chief and that he never changed his armor and no one has ever seen his face.
I didn’t notice this the first time but chief so so big that he can’t fit on the wheel thing that auto takes the armor off, and the techs have to manually manipulate the equipment to remove his armor.
@@cringekiller348 No because after the Librarian makes him immune to the Didacts murder laser it is also setting him to peak human evolution. Making him taller in the process
@@TheSuperiorZarxes Spartan 2s without the mjolnir armour system were the strongest without armour but if you were to compare them all with armour it would be very close and be a Spartan to Spartan bases with Spartan 2s probably just about on top.
@blackwatchface this happened because the movement enhancement created more force than his body could withstand. It wasn't the weight of the suit itself
I'm actually glad when the story isn't afraid of being tragic at times, making it more realistic this way instead of making it a childish cartoon where the good guys always win and nothing bad ever happens.
@@tomasburian6550 But that's... most games. Like, nearly every game that involves being a soldier. Personally, I'm glad that Halo's always been on the lighter end of the spectrum: it's able to be serious, but it isn't going to depress you and be grim-dark all the time.
@@Mega-Brick I'd say halo is in the middle. A large part of the mythos is the unfathomable death and destruction that seems to plague the universe and humanity right in the middle desperately trying to survive.
I really like the Didact as an antagonist. He is utterly convinced that life would simply cease to exist if the Forerunners weren't there. It's why he just couldn't let go and accept the Halos as a solution to the Flood: Halo would kill the Forerunners. In his mind any other solution, even one as horrifying as using the Composer, was a better alternative than Halo. He really thought, right up to the very end, that he was fighting for the existence of all life everywhere. Imagine what he could have taught humanity if he'd have been more like the Librarian. Think of the kind of galaxy he could have helped mankind create. I pitty him, really. A soldier who just couldn't put down his sword when the war was over.
Also, I'm glad his story is being followed up, in this February's novel Epitaph - by Kelly Gay. I'm hoping whatever derailed or sidelined story ideas they had in mind for him, get at least SOME payoff (plus, maybe a possible cameo, from another cool, Forerunner, AI character too...)@@Jedilord882
I mean, going off of the lore, it makes perfect sense why he hates humans. Yeah, the forerunners were dicks, but from his point of view, the ancient humans just started a brutal war of annihilation against the forerunners for no reason they cared to elucidate, which resulted in all of his children dying during said war.
None of those are the reasons why the Ur-Didact and the forerunners feel the way they do about the mantle. Once you realize what the Primordial said to ancient humans that got so many of them to commit suicide upon hearing it and realize what it meant, the forerunners' response in eradicating the Precursors actually makes more sense.
@Bao Thuy Yeah. The newer generation of Spartans was somewhat downgraded, since the body modification for Spartan 2 was very dangerous. The newer generation of Spartans basically had a easier and more safer transformation in becoming Spartans. Spartans 2's are a bit more powerful then Spartan 4s, but not as much when compared to Spartan 3s. Or at least I think so.
@Bao Thuy Spartan 2's are most powerful generation of spartan that the UNSC has ever produced but they're the longest one to make so the other spartan programs are the most easiest ones to mass produce but at the cost of downgrading the quality of the spartan 3 and 4.
I think he likely did at one point. I am not sure though. If not the council, the remaining forerunner leadership(the council got mostly killed at their capitol but finally obliterated at the greater ark), as I highly doubt him composing much of the humans on omega halo went unpunished
That chest plate was so heavy, it didn't move when it hit the ground. Do you know how heavy something has to be to hit the ground from that height and not move? That's insane...
I don't know how much the chest plate weights but Chief with his armor weights around 1000pounds/450kg, and he himself weights around 280pounds/130kg so the whole armor alone is like 720pounds/326kg 👹
Halo 4 really is the "forgotten" Halo game. I've always appreciated how 343 really attempted to make Halo much more of a real-life looking sci-fi, especially after Halo 3, which was a lot more cartoon-looking. For a first stab at Halo, they did a great job. Unfortunately, I think they got pulled in many different directions by the fans and business expectations after that. But the fact is the story of Halo 4 is great and it's one of my favorites. It's the only other Halo game with cutscenes almost on par with Halo 2. I still hope someday we get a Halo that brings back that realistic art design to everything. Edit: The decision they made to make the ending a monologue by the villain antagonist you just destroyed is really interesting, as it almost makes you feel sympathy by hearing his perspective and concerns. You learn his ultimate goal of securing safety for the galaxy is not too different from that of the humans, unlike the goal of the Covenant. There's an ominous hint to what he's saying, foreboding that humanity's triumph will ultimately be their downfall. Too bad they didn't run with that idea in Halo 5 and Infinite.
I couldnt really put a finger on what it was with Halo 3 that made it almost corny. Sure call me a critic, but as a Halo CE veteran- It was the cartoony aspect of Halo 3 and Chief surviving a fall from the sky. So from the get go l i wasnt convinced. Then again i consider myself a Halo Conservative. No political affiliation. Adding to what you said about the sci-fi aspect, yes I agree that they did well for the first stab at it with #4. 5 was more of a bridge to infinite but I agree was the least liked game by everyone. We can all agree the tv show is way below what we deserve. I think 343 knows what we want- Campaign with a Hollywood worthy “screenplay” and a linear-like character driven story (stop experimenting from squad style game play to open world Elder Scrolls esc worlds) If it aint broke dont fix it. Give us a Rocky vs Drago. Give us a sequel to Gladiator 🎉😂
Fun fact the Didact isn’t dead. In the final mission of Halo 4 when the grenade detonated and the Didact was knocked off the bridge he fell into a slipspace rupture beneath The Composer the portal sent him to another Halo Installation 03 where Blue Team would fight against him and through the usage of several composers his body was digitized, and it is currently now imprisoned within the domain. In another book, when an essence of the librarian was from conversing with a rebuilt 343 guilty spark, she said that the Didact it’s not a worrisome threat I want to believe that in some future halo game, while humanity is battling the endless they will somehow need the Didact’s help. So right now he is more so contained as opposed to destroyed
@@Slifer29 Seeing the text that guilty spark is rebuilt made me very pissed off. 343 Guilty Spark's role in the story is over, WHY IS HE BACK?! He was an insane selfish villian that care more for his ring than doing the right thing and he killed Johnson over it while throwing a tantrum like a child.
When Chief moves his arms out after looking at the armory wheel, it really shows you a sense of just how large he is. Yeah walking past the IV's is one thing, but that wheel is even larger than them, and he is large than it. I'm sure those technicians were like "Finally! I've always wanted to do this with a 2!". Chief's armor is not even the same generation as the IV"s armor, or their variants, so the technicians probably had to learn how to use this on Spartan 2s as a separate training. Chief isn't the only Spartan 2 out there, but they are extremely rare. Its like an Army technician in 2021 who is used to maintaining Bradley IFVs see a M113 pull into their garage.
Chief isn't far off of being the only 2 out there. There were only ever about 40 of them after their training finished. And most of those died over the course of the Human Covenant war. I'm pretty sure the 4 we see in Halo 5 are literally the last of their kind.
@@Hidden_Sage I think the Nobles were 2's as well meaning that Jun is not only alive, but was directly involved in the recruiting of the first Spartan IV's. Edit: No, I'm wrong. Cease liking this comment.
@@Hidden_Sage Not really, there's also Red Team from Halo Wars, that is still out there doing stuff (Jerome-092, Douglas-042 and Alice-130). Grey and Omega team are also still active. There's probably a bunch more too, altho obviously in lower numbers.
It’s not bad it’s just unexplained given the context of the lore lmao he should’ve gotten this armor or a shiney more “new” looking version when he linked up with Infinity .
I mean in a way that kind of gives them another shot at him since he isn't really dead but composed but they would have to do it right this time if they want to bring him back in in any way or if they should, really depends
Yeah they could have killed him off in halo five appropriately and he would replace the warden. Like actually that would be dope. And they could have replaced Locke with noble six.
343’s issue is they wanted to turn chief into basically an anime protagonist lol and halo was never meant to be like a damn avengers movie which is why it’s nice to see infinite returning to the routes the diadact wasn’t a bad antagonist they just tried to turn him into again a marvel villain or such and he would’ve been better as just a figurehead like the prophets
In my opinion the didact wasn't boring. His backgroundstory with all the hate to humanity was actually comprehensible. The forerunners watched over the galaxy and it's residents and tried to make it a better place. And then there comes humanity and behaves like shit. And began to destroy planet after planet. He was an interesting character and 343 could have made more out his story.
Didect: “Master Chief, you’ve changed nothing. Your species has the attention of those infinitely greater. You have become an annoyance. Prepare yourself for the arrival.”
You know, Cortana says almost the same speech in the next game. Me thinks she has been influenced by the didact as she took the domain. But he has also been influenced by her...
@@agentgamma771-08-B just my suspicion. I think when they entered the domain their personalities rubbed off onto each other. She’s a lot like him now, not just random crazy. That speech from the didact is almost word for word what she says in the next game, and if this is the case Cortana could be redeemed as it’s not completely her fault she’s going psycho. Likely his influence. And if she’s influenced then you can be sure he’s there, you know, influencing her. Could also be the primordial/ gravemind he did get to them both too but I’d like to think cortana can be redeemed.
I think he is still alive despite what they did to him in Halo: Escalation. He's probably rather mangled, but still kicking and working from the shadows. That's my hope anyway. Kind of hope he is the "harbinger" mentioned in the Escharum speech and not Cortana.
@@handsomemonkeyking5299 Or they were BOTH corrupted by a Gravemind or Precursor logic plague (see Halo Silentium novel, for one) which seems to fit with the pattern of what the Gravemind was up to, in the past. And yes, the Didact IS still alive in some form, as pretty much confirmed by Brian Reed. He is some form of Composed being, now.
@@chrissonofpear1384 they both were. I honestly think the only way to save halos story line is to link what cortana does in halo 5 to her getting the logic plague and it slowly manefesting after her time held captive by the gravemind. If they do not do that, then Halo will continue to get worse and worse and worse, and we might as well stop playing new games and just replay H2A and HCE and Reach on repeat since those ones have by far the best stories(especially H2A cause H2A allows you to see things in cutscenes you couldnt before that are tiny but majorly impact the story, watch the video on mercy's chair for that)
Didacts speech is so ironic considering the mantle of responsibility was always supposed to be humanity's but early forerunners killed their creators and stole the mantle for themselves.
The significant CLUNK of his chest piece... Like it doesn't rock or anything it just stays planted there so suredly makes you realize how heavy it all is.
I will never forget the sacrifices of the Spartan IIs at reach. They made it possible to even target and eliminate a covenant flagship, plus buy the chief a window of time to give the UNSC and the chief a chance to get to Halo with the Pillar of Autumn. All legends in my book.
@@DemonBoy3223 He was supposed to be this franchise’s “Thanos” and defeating him should’ve been humanity’s demonstration of worthiness to acquire and truly uphold the mantle. Wasted potential.
@@joshuawillis602no it was squandered. The Didact should've been the villain for all three games, preventing him from remaking the forerunner empire in his image with the Created war happening in between that plotline. Infinite should've been the final test Kill the Didact destroy the Banished stop Cortana end the Gravemind claim the Mantle.
@@sorrenblitz805 no it wasn’t. Your idea doesn’t make any sense. How would all of that fit into a story? You can’t combine a bunch a stuff and expect it to work
Everyone is talking about John’s armor, but can we talk about how utterly exhausted this man looks. His eyes look so sunken in and tired. He’s always going.
He's 49 years old and has spent 43 of those years in the military, and in a state of almost constant warfare since the age of 14. The original Halo CE Campaign takes place over the course of about 5 days. He was fighting constantly for 5 days from Pillar of Autumn to the Maw. Halo 2 also about the course of 5-7 days. Halo 3, about 3 and a half days. Halo Infinite, most of the campaign is about 18 hours from Esparza finding Chief till Chief enters the Auditorium to fight the Harbinger.
just, coming back here to wash out the taste of the halo tv series here's hoping they bring the didact back in halo infinite , along with a few cutscenes showing us what happened, wonder if the comics are canon tho
I'm not sure if this is a small detail they added, but at 1:19 the Spartans get in the ring to take off their armor, but when John gets to his, he has to stay standing to take off his armor because he's bigger than the other Spartans it was made for
What he really means is humans are by nature conquerers, they take credit in everything only wanting more power until there's nothing left to take and then when they have everything and are responsible for everything in the universe, there's nothing left to gain other then losing it all. Which will eventually happen by nature. A mirror image of what forerunners also do
Can you imagine the stench of that armor? Hasn't been taken off since Halo 2. Maybe Cortana was nice enough to wash it while Chief was asleep on Forward Onto Dawn
Can't argue with that lol. Such an obvious weak point, makes anyone sensitive to backstabbing... Maybe it was a reference to Siegfried from the Nibelungenlied, who bathed in the dragon's blood and gained invincible skin, except for that one point on his back where a leaf got stuck and prevented the blood from soaking in? The armor is called Mjöllnir, from Norse mythology too, after all. Just a thought.
The Ur-Diact was never really one of the bad guys; he was only driven completely mad by the Flood's Logic Plague, as a result of coming in contact with the Gravemind. In essence, he was one of the good guys who had been badly subverted by their own righteous ideals.
He was also betrayed and thrown onto a flood infested planet because he tried to expose the corruption of faber-of-will-and-might aka the master builder
Yes, I also had fun expanding on his storyline, and of others, in my novel, on ten.noitcifnaf (spell backward) also: named 'Begging After Knowledge' (by CaptChris42) May be worth a read, if people feel like it. Also has much of the Librarian, Master Builder, some Bornstellar... a lot of the Primordial... and one, particular, contending AI...@@darryldouglasmarbaniang7162
I would be entirely satisfied if this was the true end to the Master Chief saga instead of just dragging it on. Leaving it done on an emotional note is how I always imagined it. Bring in new characters, new stories and let the past have its deserved rest.
@@Pinky_Piie It doesn't have to be the same. That's my point. Chief and Cortana have both earned their right to rest while at the height of their achievements.
That's just how it is for a lot of games nothing is up to Exact scale a good example a Pelican is almost the same size as a C-130 Hercules but we don't see that size in game
in the game when the librarian made him immune to the composer it made him shorter, that’s why palmer says he’s short and then is stunned in the cutscene
Halo 4 was a good game. I just wish i could have played the DLC with a team. Having to go it alone because the matching system couldn’t find anyone to team up with was a real pain!
Listening back to the Diadact's speech, it feels like he's talking to the protagonist or the player and letting them know about the selfishness of humanity. And it's true. We as a species are indeed selfish, willing to push aside morals for personal gain.
I never played one halo game. Never in my life. I always played play station. Always thought it was superior, In terms of game catalog and peak performance. I watched every game play of halo till this date. Even the remakes. Even read about the lore and fan theory. Watch the mini film and animation. I thought I would buy an Xbox finally just to play this game. This fabulous game. But i came to the conclusion that people behind this game showed me a truth. Ps, Xbox or pc they are all the same. A way for us to escape and embody a hero. There is no master race of console. There is only master chief.
The clinching of his right fist just emanates how battle hardened he really was and how being a soldier is what he was made for since the beginning-to fight and send others to die an ready to be dispatched at a moment’s notice for the mission.Never thinking of his personal safety but completing his objective
@@honestdude8497 since butter knife isn't helpful, she's the female spartan standing next to the treadmill when Chief walked by, completely towering over her even though she's 6' 9"
Halo 4: giant complicated spinny spinny to take off the power armor Halo The FLood novel: chief just kick off his boots and armour and take a shower in a hastily put-together temporary base on the ring.
I know not many people liked halo 4. But it had this epic moments that truly feels like halo. Story-wise it's the best halo game. But the didact dies in the comic books and his story was over. It's so sad that halo 5 had nothing of it.
I felt a bit more invested in Halo 2's story but I really enjoyed 4's story. It could've been executed a lot better in places, but they did only have about two years of development and 8 missions to work with.
Anybody else felt like Halo 4 had a lot of potential afterwards with the idea of the Mantle as well as the Reclamation? Unfortunately Halo 5….well, we know what happened with that.
I wholeheartedly agree. It was kind of a rough start for 343, but they really just needed to iron out the kinks. Instead, all the good parts of Halo 4 went right out the window with 5.
it's actually explained lore wise, gen-2 armor bring the spartans-IV to usual spartan-II level (without the armor) as such it doesn't give more strength to a spartan-II
Neither of them were trying to kill each other. They’re both UNSC. Also while Chief is obviously stronger and more experienced, Locke is not a pushover he’s proven that
First off, my lore drops off after Ghosts of Onyx and I didn’t read any book after that master piece. That being said, I don’t see many people mentioning this so I’ll give it my thoughts. This speech is very revealing to me of situation. The forerunners have long been the protectors of the galaxy and ensured the survival of races. They did they best they thought possible with the flood and did exactly what good shepherds do. He talks about being accused of the crime of Forerunner ascendency. Is mankind not doing the same thing? They were fighting to survive and be seen as more valuable to the covenant. Now the very life they fed and nurtured is threatening your survival. It’s true of humans to conquer and displace life, it’s been done for all of time. From an emotional standpoint of the didact, I can hear his side and understand the emotion behind his voice. Great voice acting and really emotional stuff being able to flesh out his character that much for one that deserved much more.
Who here agrees that halo 4 didn't and still doesn't deserve even half the shit it got or gets. The plot is amazing, the gameplay was new and exciting and of course it was drop dead gorgeous even to this day. I don't care what anyone says, halo 4 is not only a worthy sequel too the first 3 halo's it's maybe the best of them "second favourite too me anyway". Love you halo 4.
Guys. Upon reflection I’m starting to think, Halo Infinite kinda sucked. 4 wasn’t perfect and of course 5 wasn’t… but it’s scenes like this that make the story awesome. You don’t even know where the hell the Didact went if you didn’t read the novels and a comic series. The decline of Halo makes me so so sad.
Such a flawed masterpiece of a game. Yes, the gameplay sucked, I admit, but this cutscene, full of respect for the enemy and the hero (yes, I didn't like we killed the didact in a quick time event), and the way every single spartan IV was waiting to see the chief without his armour near the end at 1:34, they are us... Our own Spartans, Waiting for the hero to say "yes, I saved your fucking lives and now need to rest" Now that I'm an adult I can really see the hidden details, and appreciate how delicious halo 4 really was, and I can see why we ended up with such a mistake as halo 5, we fuckin' deserved it after the criticism we gave to this beautiful story. Flawed, I said, it had nothing to do with the original trilogy, I know, but this cutscene is still immense.
I think the flaw of the Story was hyping the Didact up as the sole big bad. Even back in Combat Evolved there was not only the covenant but the Flood too, and in Halo 2 they expanded even further with the great Schism. They could have and should have done what they were doing now in splitting up the Covenant even further with the Banished, and I like how they attempted at least to add some friction within the UNSC as well. Halo 5's campaign was way too short and not gonna lie Cortana is a bad antagonist, and the game's marketing was a disaster. But I think Infinite will put the story back on track.
Master chief is like an astartes walking past legionnaires. He GREW into his mods, the others were pretty much grown and then modded. Also all Master Chief only knows training and fighting, they others grew up normally. Can you imagine the scars that are going to show, the the others probably do not have? He is probably cyborgged to the limits where the others only have "Reversible" modifications. Thereare many reasons they kept him in cryostasis as much as possible he is probably sociallized with an outlook more like a Klingon's or Mongol's than what the average human has. Yes even the later Spartans probably do not relate to him well, and the rest of humanity barely at all.
Johns 12 birthday he led his fire team to victory stealing the regimental flag from the oni spec ops base down the road from the Spartans facility . Losing the flag meant the entire regiment didnt get weekend leave for a month . So imagine just how motivated they were to keep that flag 😜 and they hadnt had the upgrades at that point as they had to wait till puberty . It was just a bunch of pre teens with years of training versus an entire regiment of spec ops .
if they do they will get sued. in US it is illegal to use an actor face if it is not perform by the actor. it took alot of paperwork to even get those star wars scene made for rogue one.
@@lagrangewei besides, the voice of Chief is grizzled enough he could pull off the Clint Eastwood look without copying Clint Eastwood. And IMO he'd look better for the role.
In this hour of victory, we taste only defeat. I ask why. We are Forerunners, Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms... And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy... Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to... recede. Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the galaxy. Refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit. We squander eons in the darkness... while they seize our triumphs for their own. The Mantle of responsibility for all things belongs to Forerunners alone! Think of my acts as you will. But do not doubt the reality. The reclamation... has already begun. And we are hopeless to stop it.
0:06 *Last Cutscene Starts* Didact: "In this hour of victory, we can taste only defeat, I ask why. We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms...., And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy... Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to.. recede... Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the Galaxy.. refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit. We squander eons in the darkness.. while they seize our triumphs for their own. The Mantle of Responsibility for all things belongs to Forerunners alone! Think of my acts as you will. But do not doubt the reality. The reclamation... has already begun. *John face appears* And we are hopeless to stop it." *End of Speech and Video*
set_player_scale 1.4 On a more serious note, I hope Halsey fanboys realize that 343 admitted that they've f//cked up the scale in this cutscene and Chief is still the same 2.13m as he was before ie 7 feet ie same data Bungie once copied from Astartes codex. And just like Astartes don't look all that fascinating when you have Catachans running around, Chief would be just taller then several Mark IV's, but of same height as majority of Mark III or those IV's that were chosen from ODSTs. You're also forgetting that outside of Spartan laser, Spartans use ordinary standard equipment and being so big as in this cutscene would f//ck up ergonomics and basically mean that you can't use human weapons and vehicles. Note here that this is precisely why Astartes are separate army, they have to use their own equipment and in 40k it is mentioned how it basically doubles the price of equipment production. Spartan that is two times bigger then normal marine would be thus useless to UNSC as nobody would start second production line for ALL equipment and components in "Spartan size". Not to mention the crap logistics would tell you about your mom if you try to double the number of articles they have to deal with. It CAN be done in good fashion IF Spartan II's were shown to use ONLY equipment and vehicles captured from Elites and Brutes, but we all know that's not the case. So stop salivating on erroneous cutscene scaling:P
I watched this ending twice as a kid. And for some reason the way I had remembered it was that, when they took off masterchief's helmet the diadact was in his suit now. 🤣
