Soldiers Aren't Machines | HALO 4 Finale | First Playthrough | Episode 8 

1:06:56 " don't need to see his face." Most of us agree.

Halo 4 has a lot of problems, but that ending breaks my heart every single time

Chief's wife is gooooone 😭I think this was the first time they voice acted together in the same booth at the same time to get more emotional voice acting

i still reckon this was 343's most confident game

By the way, Lord Hood is the one who got Captain Del Rio fired right before the final mission. Lord Hood has become a sad, drunken mess after Halo 3, but when he heard about how Del Rio was treating Chief he got him demoted immediately.

You know what’s funny? Despite how strong Chief and Cortana’s relationship is, they were only together for 49 days. I mean I guess for Cortana it was 5 years but most of that time was Chief being in Cryo sleep.

"Cortana, please..." Its so heartbreaking to see John reverting back to that little kid whose childhood was stolen. So little and broken deep inside. So afraid to lose and let go...

''Soldiers Aren't Machines, we're just people'' after 12 years that line still hits hard. Lasky is the best character 343 made

There's a PVE gamemode called Spartan Ops that was included in the original game. Its cutscenes are free to watch on RU-vid, they tie into Halo 5.

Bro laskeys conversatiom with Chief hits so hard

That moment broke a lot of people. Its all gamers could talk about for weeks after it came out.

Halo 4 was a great game.

The reason why Cortana says "I've got to do something you're not going to like" is that by ejecting her rampant personality spikes she was speeding up the degradation she was suffering, thats why she gets progressively worse throughout the mission.

I think for halo five, if u get a month of pc game pass, u won’t need an Xbox for it

What a beautiful ending. I love Halo 4 with all my heart

Halo 4 has a game mode called spartan Ops that has a story that takes place after the events of Halo 4 Campaign. This story connects to Halo 5 and is important for context

For clarification, Del Rio was not the interrogator and he still has never appeared again. He may originally had a larger role.

It’s my job to take care of you-John We were supposed to take care of each other-Cortana God why does that hit so hard 😢

That final scene between Chief and Lasky is one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. It really drove home Halo 4's overall story message and cemented Lasky as my favorite "NuHalo" character.

I started playing Halo thanks to you, I saw a title and thumbnail of Reach and thought “is it really that good?” The answer is, it definitely is that good, if not better than I assumed , thanks for the inspiration I’ve already completed all the halos now, I grew addicted lol but still revisit this scene 😢😢

I think the didacts speech in the ending was when he was getting tried for war crimes or something like that

Time to listen to Never Forget (Midnight version) and cry

Just remember greenie Mc armor punched a nuke and lived

1:06:40 *"Hey you stole that from Iron Man"* - Kid from New Zealand

Since the Interrogator doesn't really show up anywhere else, I get the impression that he's not necessarily any important character. Just a mouthpiece for ONI as a whole to push back against Halsey's ideas in that opening cutscene and set up the themes of the rest of the game.

Didact's speech at the end was likely long ago in the timeline, but it underscores his traits as the villain.

A lot of people dislike the 343 Halo games but they did do a few great things. They made an emotional story with Halo 4. They made Chief an even more interesting character and gave him a great character arc. There is Spartan Ops you can play which ties into 5. I suggest just watching the Halo 5 cutscenes since you don't have an xbox. Also you need to watch the Halo Wars 1 and 2 cutscenes if you plan to play Infinite since there are major story elements introduced in it that play into Infinite's story. I personally love Infinite. It has quite a lot of emotion to it. Chief has a really good character arc in Infinite.

I'm really glad to see you play through up to Halo 4, I've always liked this game despite some of the flaws, I've felt it's a pretty solid entry into the series and It felt like an epilogue to halo 3 as one last great send off to me.

I have a lot of problems with this game’s execution of story (yes even with the Cortana and chief stuff), but I’ve always respected the intention and idea behind it. Taken at face value it’s such an emotionally powerful ending it’s really well done.

I'm seconding the call for Meg to play Halo 5 on the Gamepass Cloud PC thing. You'd get the gist with the cutscenes, but... I dunno, it feels like you'd lose some of the charm and the experience (both good and bad). Who knows? Just like how Meg and Caleb found the Clone Wars movie great and touching despite what some said about it, maybe Meg will enjoy Halo 5 against all the negative feedback she's heard about it? For Meg to get the full Halo experience, I think she should play Halo 5 not just watch the cutscenes (if possible!). Additionally, Meg, if you're in a Halo mood, you COULD watch Halo NIghtfall (think it's only like 2 hours total?) which introduces one of the primary characters/antagonists of Halo 5. That and the Hunt the Truth ads are meant to set the stage for Halo 5, and while not essential, I think they provide a good bit of context (and also I think it'd be interesting to see Meg's reaction to the polarising Hunt the Truth videos!).

The Didact’s speech at the end is incredible 🥹 yeah the legendary ending does actually show Chief’s eyes & profile right at the end

Yeah, watching a recap of 5 and then playing Infinite sounds good if you can't get an Xbox. But, ALSO, you can watch the Halo Wars cutscenes which set up Infinite. ALSO ALSO there are Halo 4 Spartan Ops cutscenes you can watch if you wanted more react stuff.

“I am not leaving you here” My eyes tear up every time, never seen chief that emotional before😭

Not me watching the 'Welcome Home, John' moment only to look up and see Homelander in the elevator with the cake on my TV 😂😂

7:40 Lasky said that the superiors didn't like what Del Rio done with Master Chief in Requiem, for that reason, now, Lasky is the captain of the Infinity Ship 57:55 In that moment the composer was on fire to the Earth, every second thousands of lifes were lost, for thar reason the Chief active the bomb, even if it could mean his own death. 1:05:10 That city is New Phoenix, the city with most deaths by the composer, if you are gonna play spartan ops or at least see the cinematics, there is one character related with it. 1:05:45 That dust on the floor are the rests of the composed people.

Thanks for this playthrough, Halo 4 is one of my favourite games because I love the story

I almost always come close to breaking in tears when Cortana and the Chief have a moment to themselves before their final goodbye, but somehow manage to hold back. If you wish to know more "In Depth" about that moment with Chief and Cortana, the channel - Installation 00 - did a video about this moment and how fast Cortana was able to plan this moment (which is unfathomable to think about)

You should check out the legendary ending for halo 4

i recommend watching the spartan ops cutscenes before halo 5 or you will be super confused about some things going in to halo 5

Halo 4 is amazing for what it did with the narrative. Master Chief and Cortana were truly elevated as characters beyond what had been explored previously

I like to pretend this is the last game. Chief realizes he's missing out on being a person, retires, and goes on his next adventure: learning to be human.

My favorite Halo campaign story now complete! I'm so glad you appreciated how beautiful it was. I think over the course of the game you probably focused on the interrogator at the beginning a bit too much lol, but that's alright. He was simply an ONI agent gathering information for building the next generation of Spartans, and his question, "Do you think the Master Chief succeeded because he was, at his core, broken?" is literally the thesis statement of the whole game. We question if he really is broken, if he's a machine, but in the end, this answers it beautifully. He's still human, he still grieves, he still has failings and vulnerabilities, he doesn't always follow orders. And in that last shot they literally deconstruct him, because that's what this journey has been about: deconstructing Chief and figuring out what drives him. That's why I love this game, its themes and imagery are so well thought-out. He is still a faceless man behind the helmet, but we finally get to see his humanity. And also I like how this last mission is like a dark version of the ending of Star Wars Episode IV. With the space combat trench run, the superweapon actually fires, we lost the princess, and the hero receives a ceremonial military welcome back but it's bittersweet. God I love this game.

I think you would like the Gears of War franchise

12 year old me was absolutely devastated by this ending, Halo being my first game I ever played losing Cortana was like a shot to the gut. Honestly I think 4 would have been a great stopping point for John’s story. Nothing against Halo 5 and Infinite.

Love the ending walk seeing how massive master chief is compared to everyone else around him lol

One of my favorite missions in halo where it lets you fly in a different type of aircraft like the pelican in the later missions. Love how Lasky takes over and helps out Chief too. I didn't even know much about Lasky until I watched Forward Unto Dawn and played the Spartan Ops with my brother!!!

This was my first Halo game too, and I so loved it!!

Just a reminder he's been in that body suit since at least HALO 2 all the way till this point so i just know the stank when they peel that off him would cause other spartan 2s to pass out

i cried with you during the ending with lasky, that scene always kills me man.

I know Halo 4 catches a lot of flack but man... that final room, fighting our way through impossible odds with Cortana systematically destroying herself while the MASTERPIECE Arrival is playing is my favorite section of this entire franchise.

If you can't play Halo 5, I recommend watching the cutscenes. There are two orders I can suggest: Halo Wars > Halo 5 > Halo Wars 2 or Halo 5 > Halo Wars > Halos Wars 2 After this, I think you'll love Halo Infinite, it's one of my favorites

“You say that like soldiers and humanity are 2 different things. Soldiers aren’t machines, we’re just people.” I feel like with that line, John should’ve been given a good retirement on some far off colony, maybe see his parents one more time. He deserves not only an ending but some kind of happy one at that. But god forbid 343 let go of their most profitable character.

What a treat this episode is gonna be

Chief pushes the plunger on the bomb *Pizza Hut commercial*

No matter how many times I play it, it makes me cry more each time.

Always loved it especially the end always

This is my favorite Halo because of the story and interaction between Cortana and chief. And I don't know if they're still available.... But there were like story episodes that came out after Halo 4. And I don't know if they're still available and I hope they are because they were free and they were awesome...... If they are and you are going to actually play Halo 5 I would suggest playing those. But I love this story in interaction with those two. There was so much personal growth I feel like for chief in this one. And I love lasky. It's crazy that that is the most.... Outside of Cortana & Chief.. lasky is probably my favorite. I'm so glad he ended up in charge of the infinity.

The whole Bioshock trilogy is an amazing story experience, if you haven't played it yet.

I’m glad you enjoyed the game I love this one

I feel like Meg should watch the legendary ending, anyone else agree?

Watch the legendary ending, it's not too much i'm sure you'll appreciate it, also the Spartan Ops Cutscenes are still a prerequisite for halo 5

Don't care what anyone says, but Halo 4 is my favorite narrative game story just for Chief and Cortana's interactions alone.

right in the feels

a man who is more machine and an ai that is more human and their relationship is aweome

He doesn't appear in the games again but he still lives because plot, read comics to see but new audio book he comes back, he will probably be back in 7 or 8th game if they decide to go far, either way he is Megatron in the halo universe Bad guy wants to destroy the world, as he is from somewhere else, he goes to earth only to end up trying destroy it as he gets cube put into his chest dying but he returns as he gets blasted at but still lives and now wears cape with his face messed up

Halsey made quite a few clones of herself to harvest the brain to turn into smart AIs One of the clones was used to make Cortana, The rest were placed in Cryo. (Which are on Reach and her making of clones is one of the reasons for her imprisonment as cloning is illegal int he Halo universe) Halsey would've definitely tried to save Cortana if they managed to get to her and ONI allowed her to help since she's imprisoned as a war criminal, Her character loves to push the limits of technology, science etc regardless of the consequences. If she couldn't have saved her then she would make him another AI if it was permitted by ONI and the UEG/UNSC of course. Chief has functioned and operated amazingly without one for many years, The reason for Cortana and Chief's pairing was do to the operation "Red Flag" which involved the capture of a Covenant ship then to capture on of the main 3 prophets if not Truth himself and her was to make infiltration much easier. This was stopped by the invasion of Reach and you can read more about all the Spartans and Cortana's creation in the book Fall of Reach, I highly recommend it!

Seeing back this scene, if 343 wished to explore on his humanity Would've been even cooler had they input flashbacks of Sam throughout and until his sacrifice with overloading the ship to save humanity Then cuts back to Chief doing the same thing for Humanity Then comes this scene with Cortana then Lasky and then brings theme of the game, machine/soldier or human They were created for the sake of protecting humanity, but Chief had forgot after so long after battle after battle, that he himself is only human, no matter how battle hardened he is.

Meg you are a really good pilot!!

Marty Robbins had a big iron on his hip, Chief had the Big Bomb on his hip

Someone wanna tell her the writer's inspiration for Cortana in this? :(

Spartan ops cutscene is mini sequal

Anyone else notice the bug where the music doesn’t play during the trench run until you die once? It took me a long time to notice…because I always die

I remember the day when my brother was playing this at the first time and I was watching him, we were sooooo sad at the end.

Ah… it’s that time. ❤

You know how long its been since that armor has been taken off of him

For Fallout, Honestly I know someone's gonna say it so I might as well, Fallout New Vegas has some of the best character and story writing in the series of the modern fallout games of the past 10 years. Fallout 4 might be more modern and have some mechanical gameplay stuff that's fun, but it's not quite as rounded off. Though I will say New vegas is infamous for crashing often even today though so just be aware of like fan patches and such. It runs on the fallout 3 gamebryo engine which is the same engine as tes oblivion. So it was pretty dated even when it came out. Still one of my favorite games though.

I would really recommend watching the cutscenes for halo wars and halo wars 2, and if you can't play halo 5 just watch the cutscenes for that too then play infinite

I got caught up just in time for you to post this video! I highly suggest watching the Halo 4 Spartan Ops cut scenes.

She’s going to love halo infinite

That ending gets me every single time. I mentioned in a previous comment that the gameplay wasnt my favorite, but the story was worth it. Moving forward with halo, I recommend you try at least 1 episode of Hunt The Truth and record for a reaction. The whole series is in 1 video on youtube. If you dont like it, or it doesnt get the views ill stop recommending it. Its only like 15 min long, and my favorite non-video series.

Personally in my opinion. I think that humanity had lost faith in Spartans. The legends always existed but once the covenant war was over the civilians and leaders was under the assumption that they'd be "decommissioned" of some form. The whole propaganda of Spartans never die is pretty unbelievable. But to have a Spartan actually return from MIA, and not only that but be the legendary Master Chief, would give some hope to anyone really. I dunno, just a personal theory.

Next I'd say play or watch the Halo 4 Spartan Ops cutscenes, and the Halo Wars cutscenes are also pretty great too. I know Halo 5 isn't the best received game out there, but if you enjoyed 4 there's still a chance you'll like it. Either way, definitely need at least see the cutscenes from the game before you get into Halo Infinite, and the Halo Wars 2 cutscenes are also recommended after Halo 5 but before Infinite as well.

You can try to play halo 5 if the gamepass trick works; otherwise I would watch the “Spartan Ops” cutscenes on RU-vid and the Halo Wars 1 and 2 cutscenes before playing Halo Infinite. You’re right, Command fired Del Rio and Lasky runs infinity now.

I highly recommend watching the spartan ops scenes as it directly goes in towards 5

You either die a villain or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain

Eu amo este Halo, ele é diferente dos Halos 1 2 e 3 que são simplesmente lendários, tem uma pegada diferente, na gameplay, visual e com certeza na música que várias tem muitas homenagens ao Marty, a história é de fazer qualquer fan chorar, faz a pessoa agradecer por ter jogado e se se arrepender pelo mesmo motivo, cortana era tão preciosa😢 mas em algum momento nas suas aventuras isso iria acontecer, Halo4 e halo wars2 foram os ultimos que gostei da História depois que Halo foi comprado pela Microsoft de vez. amo seus videos de Halo Meg!!

He hadn’t been out of that armor in earnest for long long time

I think the didacts speech was done before the firing of the array to the forerunner council

One final mission for Chief and Cortana, fighting side by side. This game really did a lot for them as characters, and I don't think they could have given Cortana a more touching ending. It's a really emotional story and after everything she's gone through with a scarily realistic depiction of dementia or some sort of mental illness, at least she got to go out on her own terms saving the person she cares the most about. The Didact gets a very underwhelming final encounter but as I said before, this really was a more personal story about Chief and Cortana and their relationship, with the Didact and Promethan stuff just being a vehicle for that. The ending though was absolutely beautiful, Cortana finally getting to touch Chief, her sacrifice, and then the scene with Laskey. There really is a lot to be said about conditioning, being told your not allowed to be your own person or feel your own feelings because you have some sort of a purpose, which has what has been done to Chief. Loved your playthrough and I'm really excited for a Halo Infinite playthrough which I think is just as good with it's characters, very introspective in a similar way but with a different vibe that I think I like even more? Halo 5 has some good things about it, but if you can't play it then I would at least recommend watching the cutscenes or some sort of explanation because it is crucial to understanding a lot of what's in Infinite. Maybe also watch the cutscnes or something for Halo Wars 2 as well? Considering there is stuff in that game that sets up certain things in Infinite as well?

After you play Halo 5, i recommend you play, or very least watch, Halo Wars 2, as it sets up Halo Infinite.

Lots of people made some great comments about things to catch up with as you continue on the Halo journey. Still hope you can somehow make Halo 5 happen, either through a form of gamepass or finding a way to borrow/rent the game! But if it's just not possible, I'll definitively be happy to see your reactions to the cutscenes and overall presented story. Super duper looking forward to watching you play Halo Infinite. And when you're done with the Halo games for now, would definitively enjoy watching you take a gander at Fallout 4!

I am master chief

You should try out the Gears of War series, another classic and emotional collection of games that were on the Xbox

Halo Infinite is designed in a way so that the lot of people who never played halo 5 can still play and understand it. if you've played halo 5 you see it through one characters perpective and if you haven't you see it through the other , its pretty cool

1:08:43 youd love master chief in halo infinite he’s so good he’s kinda a good mixture of that badass super hero we see in halo 2 and 3 but then the whole human side of him like in halo 4 it’s just so good I’d argue halo infinite has the best master chief story out of all the games

1:16:00 If you wanna play metal gear, get a ps3, get the metal gear collection and play them in release order. mgs1, mgs2, mgs3, mgs4. and if you wanna continue past that and be a completionist, you can do peacewalker which has a ps3 port, and then mgs-groundzeroes+mgsv. IF you wanna be whacky you can also do Metal gear rising post mgs4. There is a remake of mgs3 coming out called mgsDelta, but it'll probably be altered by konami in some weird ways due to kojima not being involved. I will give you a warning MGS is far more complicated to play and to get into IT IS a very constant back and forth of the most utterly silly dumb whacky and... weird decisions you'll ever see paired with entirely serious and forward messages about international politics, grit and conflict, and especially statements about nuclear disarmament. It is a wild wild series.

Honestly Halo 5 hunt the truth is fantastic. It’s an audio series For halo 5 marketing. It stars Keegan-Michael Key from key and peele. And it’s not too long either

I would recommend finding out what happens before, during and after Halo 5 including the Halo Wars series. The most important of which is Halo Wars. Halo Infinite is my favorite 343 game but they really required a lot of homework to understand fully what was happening

When it comes to halo 5, dont listen to anyone and just go in blind because me personally, at the end of the day, i was interested with what 343 did. Were there things i disagreed with and disliked, of course but i liked the game (more than others at least)

If you’re looking for more halo content, might I suggest red vs blue? It’s not canon to the halo series but still a funny experience nonetheless.