HALO WARS 2 AWAKENING THE NIGHTMARE All Cutscenes (Royal Marine Reacts) 

Something I always liked about this cutscene was how it showed the flood evolving specifically to bring down brutes. It highlights just how dangerous and adaptable they are, that being said I'm surprised they never got infected by getting that goop on their skin.

We probably most definitely will see the flood, it would make total sense, because of how hard it is to kill the flood. As said in Halo3, "It only takes one spore"

Their heads are down while he speaks down to them. They bow their heads lower and take a step back showing respect and their understanding of his command. Very impressive.

When this dlc came out I was beyond words of amazement, halo wars 2 did a great job setting up more story for the halo universe

"How could that go wrong?" Famous last words

The flood probably aren’t in the first release but the game will be getting more story added over the years so I’m sure they will be in the game at some point

It’s kind of insane that the banished somehow managed to contain the flood outbreak on THE High Charity, while simultaneously fighting off human forces.

We're definitely seeing the flood in Infinite. The first thing 343 shared about Infinite was audio recordings of a Pug, which can easily be distorted to flood sounds

U gotta watch a video explaining the generations of Spartans. Keep up the good content🙂

“ I’m calling it” funny thing is there’s a character in the trailers called ‘The Harbinger’ who we’ve seen but we don’t know who it is or even what species it is and apparently she’s a big deal

"Hunt the truth" is another amazing halo story you would love.. i'd recommend you listen to it on your own time it's a 10+ episode series if you're interested in more dark ONI secrets

The main bad guy shown so far in infinite is not attriox it’s his mentor(turned to seconded in command) esherim

From what I remember in the books the foreunners had flood contained on each halo ring for scientific study to see if they could eventually find a cure..so there's always the possibility of a flood comeback. It would definitely be nice to get an aspect of horror back into halo, I remember being terrified of the flood missions as a kid but also loving them at the same time

The Infection gamemode in Halo 4 featured Flood Spartans. The game mode is a multiplayer mode where a team of living face a team of zombies. If a living is killed by a zombie, they turn and have a flood Spartan model. This zombie model wasn’t carried by other Halo games but it was a neat concept

The flood have never been used to their max potential

I don't think the flood will be in the initial campaign. I think the flood will come in future campaign expansions.

You should check out " Mona Lisa " A horror esque Halo animation, its on youtube. BTW. Quick first fact. The flood can infect quickly by the use of flood pod infection forms, airborne particle forms and be wounded by say combat forms. The mp flood spartans in H2 is infected by the former, the mp flood spartans in H4 are infected due to spores or infected wound, since no pod infectorctendrils are shown. The flood supercell is crazy fast at assimilating. Energy shields seems to kill airborne flood particles quietly too, its not that noticable. But its one major explanation on why the Arbiter didnt get infected. The flood is that one sci fi threat that put many others to shame and make em be compared to a mild flu. Xenomorph? The thing? The blob?Starcraft zerg/ xel naga? Necromorphs? Dosen come close! Even the 40k warhammer universes Tyranids who always need to be op could struggle if the flood got a solid foothold. But they can have nr1 spot for all I care. Extra scary is it that the flood is the corrupt embodiment of the precursors, inheriting the neural physics capabilities that make its past pure precursors forms and now the corrupt flood forms " living space and time " LINK www.halopedia.org/Precursor

Been waiting for you to react to this, one of the best cut scenes showing of the flood

You should react to an old hiddenxperia video about what would happen if Spartans are infected by the flood

It crazy how they can endure and persevered this fight from night to dawn is beyond crazy

Fun fact In Halo 5 The harbinger is shown on sanghelios by hyroglifics and paintings

I just remembered this, I hope and would like Luke to look back at Halo legends and get even more cheeky lore bits. Though to note, not all of Halo legends is canon, some is for fun. I think like two or three of them are non-canon. I think the extra lore would help him understand the Halo universe even more, and get more looks into the past of Halo.

Fun Fact, based on some calculations done by some dedicated gamers, they concluded that if just 100 Infection Forms (those tiny octopus looking things) managed to arrive on modern day Earth (2017) all life on Earth minus underneath our oceans would be wiped out in just under 18 hours. It takes just 3-4 seconds to turn a human host into a Flood Form after being infected by an Infection Form. As part of the Flood life cycle, once a suitably large enough populace has been devoured by the Flood, it forms something called a Flood Hive. Inside that Hive, a Flood Gravemind forms, which is basically an omnipotent massive Flood organism with complete control over all other flood forms in its vicinity (usually the local Galaxy). Once there is no life left in the Galaxy, the Flood will leave the galaxy, and enter a new one with the intention of starting the process over again. One of the other things the Flood have going for it that makes it unstoppable is called the Logic Plague, which is not a physical form of the Flood, nor is it biological in nature. Instead, it is a philosophical virus, and effects Artificial Intelligences. Basically, the Flood can manipulate Artificial Intelligences into acting a certain way, and because of this, AI that are affected by this Plague are often thought to be suffering from Rampancy, which is the final stage of an AI's life cycle where after a period of time (around 7 years for Human AI) the AI's cognitive processors divide exponentially because of interconnected memory mapping. In the process of trying to create more memory for itself, by dividing existing memory, the AI literally thinks itself to death. The effects of rampancy include the AI longing for Godlike power, and contempt for their inferior makers. The effects of the Logic Plague are similar, and in fact its heavily implied that Cortana was affected by the Logic Plague and NOT going Rampant. THIS is the reason the Forerunners created the Halo rings. To wipe out galaxies in an effort to starve the Flood of suitable hosts. The Rings were not made to destroy the Flood, but rather their food sources.

i legit just watch this just now in my head i thought the flood was destroy when halo fire but damn the banished r strong great vid.

This is crazy, I love your content

This DLC was hella fun to play

I’ve been waiting for this one

Honestly I think the flood may be tease in infinite. I feel like there gonna flesh out a lot of things with dlc story

Love your Halo videos man

We need the flood back, and the banish have tangoed with the flood before, there no stranger to them.

Great vid can’t wait for more

I still suggest you watch the ingame cutscenes to get the full context of both Wars 1 and 2 that the cinematics skip, unless of course you're planning to play them yourself then I cant wait.

I was waiting to see you react to this

The ring that Halo infinite is set on (Zeta Halo) has a long history with the flood in Halo lore so I could see them coming back. Sadly at least as far as we have been shown we aren't fighting Atriox we are fighting Escharum, he seems like he's Atriox's right hand guy but more importantly remember Atriox is trapped on the Ark (with the spirit of Fire and her crew). The most recent book makes him being trapped a bit of a grey area but he doesn't have 100% free movement off the Ark currently.

I clicked so fast 😂 Ahhh I love this guy ❤️

I can't believe that this man hasn't reacted to fall of reach animated movie

343 already confirmed that the flood WON'T be on infinite's campaign at launch, though they did hint at it coming on DLC later.

Hey Luke, good video man. Also, would you play Halo Wars (1 and 2) after Infinite or Eternal?

Oooo , maybe you're right , a larger threat appears and you team up , maybe even getting to play one of his Grunts 😶

Plot twist: They did not go all out on the Halo T.V. show.

5:22 that howl tho!! 👍🏻👍🏻

I'd highly recommend checking out Installation00's videos on Halo lore. He goes alot more in depth and touches a few different subject's experia never goes into. Keep up the great content Luke!

Flood I reckon so. As for bosses, the Harbinger and someone else will be big bosses as well

I don’t think atriox will be the final boss of infinite mostly cuz the banished need a leader to continue being relevant as the new enemy’s. It be stooped to kill him in his first game you fight him in! We likely might fight him but not kill him and probably he leaves somebody in charge we need to kill.

The main antagonist of infinite is looking to be one of Atriox’s Lieutenants Arishem his old mentor and Atriox might be the main villain of the new trilogy or series of halo the halo franchise.

The fact that they're using The Banished as the villains in Halo Infinite really is amazing, considering they debuted in Halo Wars 2, not one of the core games. Whether they're the end villains or not isn't even that important, they're the ones responsible for the game's story, and the primary antagonist so far. This could all change over time, of course. 343 says Halo Infinite is the future of Halo for the next ten years, so I'm guessing what they're doing is that they'll build on the core game over that time. So even if The Banished are the main villains right now, in a couple years they could add to the story, and bring back the AI revolution, or The Flood, for part of the continuing story.

God I hope the Flood are in Infinite. It's been 14 years.

Man I even aaid Awakening the Nightmare would be next on the Halo Wars 2 one. Next to maybe take a look at SameToken's recap? Not too long but got all the main info and timeline down

We're definitely going to see the Flood in Halo Infinite. Zeta Halo was not only one of the primary Flood research facilities within the entire Forerunner Ecumene, but it was also where the beginning of the end of the Forerunners began. It is where not just Mendicant Bias, but also Faber the Master Builder were manipulated by the Primordial into obeying him.

Need to react to the recent Halo trailers my dude 🤣

The ring we wil be on is a centrepice to the flood. I think it wil have the flood in it.

I’d love to see the flood again.

I’m getting in the mode to replay this game.

You should most likely watch the ingame cutscenes so it makes more sense. Wish the dlc had more cutscenes like these

The flood juggernaut form is now cannon

I'm so disappointed we didn't see the flood or atriox in the game (opening cutscene isnt gameplay). They had this story ready to go and I just want to see them bloody use it.

WOOOOOHOOOOO HALO HYPE AWAKENING DEEZ NUTS

Yes!

Should’ve watch the gameplay one

To help you get ready for Halo Infinite watch "Between the Games: From Halo 5 to Infinite | Halo Infinite Primer" by Halo Canon it explains what happens after Halo 5 up to just before Halo Infinite

thanks for watching that

Halo wars 2 is such a good game

damn i both cant wait and kinda sad we're gonna have to fight the cool brutes boys in infinite

Yo you should check out The Mona Lisa if you want to see a good Halo horror story. I'll just leave it at that and let u experience it

When are you going to play the dlc?

I really hope the flood somehow makes it into halo infinite.

Yes finally

Wait, you said halo tv show right? I never knew that was a thing!! Since when?!

Mate you better play halo wars 1 and 2 next after halo 5 before halo infinite comes

with how much they have pushed the flood post halo 5 in lore and story, theres a very high chance they will be in halo infinite, i think they have been purposefully not mentioning or addressing anything about the flood in all the marketing, interviews and weekly blog updates because they want it to be a surprise when we see them in the game, every halo has a library, im betting the banished in halo infinite will find a library on zeta halo, and there you will find the index to activate halo but also they'll probably find the flood there too.

Idk if it’s true but heard someone talking bout how there’s like 12 grave minds around still

It is highly possible we will see the Flood again in Halo Infinite.They are mostly seen on the Halo Rings so it will be no surprise when they return.

Spoilers? "Im calling it, atriox is not the main villain" Well, my bet is the twist is that he is lol.

“We didn’t see it in 4.” Technically, we did, in one cutscene.

I do hope on the flood returning in infinite but I'm sceptical since it's rated for teen so they either thumbed it down or it's in like a dlc or something if they're planning to do those (there have been audio uploads from official sources which sound like flood or flood ish like) P. S cant find the original video anymore but it was the same way the banished got teased with a audio log kind of screen

Nah the main villain of infinte is the 2nd in command to atriox. Atriox is currently at the ark though fighting cutter, while cheif is with the 2nd in command on zeta halo and will most likley beat him resulting in atriox having to go to zeta halo to challenge cheif in a dlc or something.

These videos are more entertaining than infinite's multiplayer right now

I still think you should react to the other Halo Legends mini movies, but I understand if you've moved on

i miss the hairy halo 2 brutes

Ah yes the flood I recommend you watch a video of the flood series by HiddenXperia

Wow I'm quite early

react to halo mona list and hunt the truth. some interesting lore stuff i think youd like

I really hope the flood is in infinite

Honesty you should keep your expectation down for the Halo tv show. There’s a reason it’s been in production for years

Did you see the recent campaign trailers for infinite? There should be another big enemy for sure Also, infinite will have flood, just prob not at launch Will be a future campaign dlc kinda like destiny does

The flood are on the ark and we are gonna be on Zeta Halo. Also Atriox will not be in Halo Infinite because he as well is on the ark they already showcased who the main bad guy is for infinite.

Wow 80 likes im here early

The Flood aren't in Infinite and the final boss is a new species

R there coming back possibly and one thing that shows in the game infinite & tge Punish will return. Possibly they r worse than the flood damn

I’m skeptical on if we will see the flood, I’d love to see the flood, I’m just not sure how they’d get to the new halo ring or surrounding areas since they don’t have a way to leave the Ark. from what I’ve heard, the Banished on the Ark, having lost their ship and direct communication with the rest of their faction outside of the Ark’s system, are stuck on the Ark unless some ships come to find out what happened to Atriox, and with the Spirit of Fire not having a jump drive, then there’s not a direct way for the flood to escape the Ark, I also believe that it won’t be Atriox, I believe it’s supposed to be one of Atriox’s lieutenants that is the main bad guy of Halo Infinite, acting as the Banished leader in the absence of Atriox, yet don’t know for sure. Not much longer left to find out, less than a week.

Early gang

Atriox is so sick, easily has to be the best villain in the halo series, it's about time we got a good villain

I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't any Flood in Infinite. Just seems 343 has no interest in making them a thing again, like Bungie constantly did. But man those infected forms were scary in how they almost won against those bastards before the popcorn-shrimps swarmed out the zone. Really lives up the feared reputation they always had.

If you like halo, you should watch RvB

OMG! FIRST? I, Vepantteri, hereby declare this as the first official comment on this video.

Flood in infinite? Yeah, but not right away. I expect a DLC. Better not be a crappy 1 mission DLC

I feel like a Halo tv show should be directed/managed by a team that makes the Halo cutscenes, story, and not a director that might be a casual fan at best. Forward Unto Dawn was great, but I worry about the tv show.

They Put a T rating on the game so I doubt we get flood and if we do it won't be anything like halo 1-3's flood which is most of the reason those games got a M rating which absolutely sucks because Zeta halo's lore has a shitton of flood lore too.

2:58 uhm.....

i hope they dont ruin atriox in infinite. also, i think they are going to at least mention the flood. also eshurum is the bad guy in halo ifinite but is still lower than atriox i think.