The Evolution of Halo's Energy Sword | Let's take a look at every version of the Halo Energy Sword 

I’m still waiting for a Halo level that requires us to use the energy sword as our only source of light.

You forgot the assassination animation that's unique to the energy swords which were started since reach

imagine being the one guy that held the energy sword the wrong way round when activating it

Lightsaber: "Im the best sci fi sword" Energy sword: [Laughs in wort wort wort]

Energy Sword = one of the best melee weapons in gaming.

I've seen Avengers Endgame, and I can confirm that Arbiter impales Thanos with the Energy Sword from behind, then screams violently while Chief watches on semi-awkwardly.

Someone needs to mod the warthog horn to make the elite laugh. Then it will be the Wort-Hog.

Shotgun = It's over energy sword, I have the high ground Energy sword = You underestimate my power Shotgun = Don't try it

Would y’all also enjoy seeing vehicles/armors?

Honestly, my favorite visual iteration of the energy sword was the original, in _Halo: Combat Evolved._ I really liked the way it 'bled' energy, plasma just evaporating off of the blade, giving it an almost gaseous appearance. No subsequent game has ever really recaptured that appearance for me. It's a shame it wasn't player-usable in CE.

The gaps in the Halo 4 sword is for disarming enemy players, if you're in a standoff they would jab the enemys weapon into the gap, and then fling the weapon out of their hands. its a clever detail, found in real life swords.

In Halo CE I thought the sword was big key. Mind you, I was 5 and played on easy. On Truth and Reconciliation when I went up the grav lift into the ship, all the doors were locked. Then the invisible elite with the "key" came out of the locked door and hit marines and me making a blunt clunking sound as a giant key would make when bashing skulls. And in Silent Cartographer, yellow elite with the "key" locks the door when you approach. So, until I played Halo 2 I just thought it was a big glowing key. Bad graphics and the sword disappearing as soon as I killed the wielder made it impossible for me to piece together that it was a sword.

I was not expecting that Star Wars meme. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

Energy sword was shown in halo ce was not useable but was there

Easily Halo 2. Using it to get outside the maps is still one of my favorite memories. Needler!!!

Halo 2 mainly because it turns you into a punching maniac when it runs out of ammo.

"What's to understand about swish, swish stab, it's a fucking sword, it's not a fighter jet..." Tucker, This One Goes To Eleven.

It would be nice a video about the Plasma rifle (including brute) and comparing it with the storm rifle

Whenever I heard that Halo 2 sword sound, it just brought back a lock of good memories

I personally like the look of the Halo swords in 4 and 5 over 2 and 3. It looks sharp, lethal, and actually looks like a sword. I know it’s an energy weapon, but that doesn’t mean it has to be nearly transparent like the the Halo 2 and 3 one. I also love how the 4 and 5 swords are an overall triangular shape, instead of a circle with a spike.

Please do the shotgun next vid! That thang has been through some change boi. Fav sword: Halo 3

It is an honor to be in one of your videos Mr. LateNightGamer. Ty for making this video and showing the evolution of me and my fellow Energy Swords. :)

Holy shit I didn’t know you could melee the energy sword in reach to deflect it

“I don’t like the H4 or H5 sword because they’re used to get free kills.” Um, anyone good at H2 can break the game with it.

I would love it you did a history of the needler. One of the most iconic weapons in video games

2:39 Two Anakin quotes, I love you for this!

LNG: NOOOOOOO SWORD HAS NEVER DESINGNED TO GIVE YOU FREE KILLS, YOU ARE RUINING IT Halo 5 Sword: Hahaha Sword goes pshhtchuing pshhhchuing

"With halo almost 20 years old..." damn when the hell did halo start getting so old, wait im almost 20... WHERE DID THE TIME GO!!

I'm sorry this took so long to get out. This weird pain has been driving me insane and this weekend it was at its worst. Delays in uploading like this shouldn't be too common. Also give youtube time to decide to make it 1080p -____-

Yo forget to mention Halo Combat evoled energy sword

This vid is basically a history of how the energy sword has been nerfed since halo 2.

In a different take to this video series, I'd actually like to see the evolution of maps throughout the series, and showcase how it changed in each game that map was released/remade in. Blood Gulch would be a great place to start, given it's appeared (in some form) in almost every Halo game. Other maps that could be explored would be Midship, Sidewinder (Avalanche, and *maybe* Diamondback if you're allowed to show Halo Online/ElDewrito footage or screenshots), The Pit, and Zanzibar, to give a few ideas. As far as for weapons, I'd like to see either the Shotgun or Sniper Rifle for UNSC, and Plasma Rifle or Needler for Covenant in a future video. Great work!

Yes! My clip got in the video! (Also Halo 2's sword is my personal favorite.)

12:07 "This red energy sword was even given a place in Halo canon, and it shows up in future games. It was given the name Bloodblade, *and I hope to see it more in the future.* " Man, this aged like fine wine.

I really like the halo 2 anniversary sword sound effects

Halo 3's energy sword all the way, it's best to look at and I still have 16 player system link nights on the 360 where we sword joust for fun between games haha always good times with Halo 3

Gotta be Halo:Reach. I know the sword itself got nerfed, but having sword+sprint when no one else does is the best Nothing will ever beat Halo 2's sound effects though

I seriously hope the Energy Sword has the amazing lighting that it had in the Halo 5 beta, though that might be because I had no personal issue using it. As for my favorite version of the sword I only use a real man's sword; A shotgun.

Man this brings back good memories of rocket/sword jumping out of levels when I was a kid. Also the bit about ionized gas makes the sword even cooler for me; I love hearing about how technology functions in sci-fi settings. Does anybody else remember playing a custom game of infection in Halo 2? When you went and manually changed teams after you were killed by the infected.

That edit at 6:53 was suuper slick I had to go back and watch it a couple times

My personal Favorite design of the energy sword is the one from Halo Wars, the rapier type guard is absolutely amazing.

"With Halo being nearly 20 years old..." Hey! No need for that.

Halo 3, I like the brightness and the more roundness of the later ones. And I may not have have as many memories for it as I am younger than probably most people who watched this, but all of these games are amazing and I have love for all of them

Appreciate these vids! Most interesting part I like is the gameplay changes & their effects toward each weapon in the sandbox. Makes you see the bigger picture.

did anyone else get chills when he opened the sword

Fav: Halo 3 Can we get a video about the shotty or the sniper rifle

Really well done, comprehensive analysis! My favorite version is the Halo 3 sword as well purely because of all the great memories

I love the energy sword, it just feels so ancient when u use it, so graceful.

I thought you were going to show the very first version of the Energy Sword in Halo CE that you were unable to use that gold Elites used. Kind of disappointed.

That was a very cool edit between the Halo Reach and 3 block abilities. Good job Taras!

Great video! Well worth the wait

That gorgeous noise when you activate it never gets old

Q&A: Why does 343 take known armours and drastically changes them (sometimes to the point of being either undesirable or unrecognisable) eg: How Commando (my favourite armour from Reach) DIED aesthetically when transferred from Gen 1 Mjolnir to Gen 2, how the Rogue helmet became one of 343's millions of EVA ripoffs, the changes in Mark IV, Recon and ODST/Helljumper or how the EOD helmet looks more like a Stormtrooper than ever. I'm not saying that all the 343 versions of helmets need to go and there's even some versions that I prefer to the Bungie versions eg: Gungnir, and I not only do I prefer the Halo 4 Air Assault helmet to the Reach version but I can also easily imagine Kat wearing the 343 helmet. Sorry for the long question but I hope it gets answered

Halo 4's sword is pretty obscene in multiplayer. But if you're playing.. what's the Action Sack mode where it's Territories with swords? Whatever that mode is, it's a BLAST. That is, if you know what you're doing. When you give two players an equal melee weapon, suddenly everything is dependent on strategy. You see players trying to trick each other, or use clever thruster maneuvers, and even strategically placing themselves with their team to most efficiently wipe you out. It's not nearly enough to forgive all of its Halo 4 sins, but I just love that mode. I can't help but rant about it. And Flood mode? If you had a good reaction time, Flood was still fun with thrusters (I still would prefer Halo adopt something other than armor/Spartan abilities). If you were a Flood, it was such fun tearing through crowds before they could react. If you were human, it was so satisfying to kill Flood as they came barreling towards you at such high speeds. It's definitely got a curve, though, and it's not really fair. It takes a conscious moment to realize a feature is bad - if I never thought about it, I would just think the mode is fantastic. I guess that bit was off-topic, but swords are involved, right? And, oh man, CE... I always wanted to pick up and use a sword. I'd even kill Zealots and quickly peek at their fallen swords before they disappeared. Halo 2 granted me my wish to finally wield one. Side-note: Whenever I play as an Elite, I feel wrong to pick up human weaponry (unless absolutely necessary). It's like I'm mentally roleplaying that I'm truly an Elite warrior. It's probably partially because Covenant weaponry is kind of flawed compared to human weaponry, usually, and when you've been playing for so long, it's just not fun to use human weapons in campaign cos it's too easy. I was the biggest fan of the Plasma Rifle back in the day... It's not my favorite weapon at all anymore, but it still holds a special place in my heart. Props to you for always compelling me to write a fat comment. Officer, I love you p= p=

Super cool being in the video! I’m glad I could help

You have some of the best retrospective halo vids ...

After 17 years of playing Halo, I never knew of the sword lunge with the sniper rifle until just now . Nice

Copied from myself on Twitter: Awesome video! Btw, would you consider a video addressing the age rating for Halo infinite and how it could affect the gameplay and story? (I always thought it was detremental to the series). Love the content and have a great day!

The vorpal talon and prophets bane are my favorite swords, they just look so amazing!

every time I watch a late night gaming video about halo makes me want to play halo.

Please do evolution of the shotgun next 🙏

"Let's take a look at every version of the Halo Energy Sword" Yet you forget the Halo CE energy sword.

I'm so close to subscribing to you. Your commentary and voice in general is a huge plus. Really nice voice 10/10

My favorite energy sword is for Halo 2 Anniversary. The ignition sound is my most favorite out of all of them. Just hearing that sound gives me chills.

Favourite Halo CE energy sword because of its colour and disappearance

The clip at 5:10 was done by iamakillerGOAT, not WhopperWizard33.

A loooooot of work was put into this. *Nice*

11:03 I hope it'll look similar to this in-game, at some point. It looks so wispy, with a really elegant and classic design that makes the complexity in the fx work well

Unpopular opinion, but my favorite sword is the one from h2a. I just love how it looks and can't explain why

I think we can chalk the change in sound from "gas ignition" to "lightsaber" as sword builders slowly figuring out how to refine the weapon. The massive jump between 3 and 4 being the result of 4 y ears of Prophet-free investigation and experimentation.

I love how no matter what, the Energy Sword has such a great design its almost impossible to mess it up.

the H2A version is my favourite, it just looks so advanced, and the sound is a beautiful thing to behold, it sounds so smooth and refined, crisp

Are you ever going to do a comparison of the changes made between the OG Xbox, the pc, and the MCC versions of Halo CE? Just wondering!

SHOTGUN! SHOTGUN! (Put some comment screenshots in the next video)

That was a great video man and it's a great idea to do vehicles and armours as well Doing a video on the evolution of ODST armour or the evolution of the Warthog would be cool as for the next weapon evolution I'd personally like to see the evolution of the Shotgun Also I have to agree with you about Halo 3's Energy Sword because my memories when that weapon were really fun and I miss those days But anyway keep up the great work and I can't wait for the next video of this series

I only played the original first 2 Halo games back in the day, and I am currently making my way through the MCC so these videos are a great history lesson!

The reach design makes sense though. In the halo timeline reach takes place before all other games. The sword we see in reach is probably one of the first versions of the sword.

How to know Halo has gone down hill: "Aiming down the sights...with a sword."

Another great video Keep it up my guy

7:00 Yoooo that’s my friend

The blood blade is my favorite due to me having one

Love these videos. I don't care if you have to go all the way down to History of the Health Pack!

History of the shotgun! I’ve really been enjoying these videos, Late Night.

I think you should do the shotgun or rocket launcher P.S grate video :)

What if the Halo Reach Design was paired up with the Halo 3 Lighting effect, and Halo 2's Super Lunge attack button combo?

Lets not forget the awesome electric sfx the Halo 2 energy sword makes upon when hitting an opponent!

Halo 3, is my favorite version. Love your videos.

Halo 4 design ftw Halo 2 Anniversary audio ftw 👍

The energy sword was in ce as an enemy only weapon right?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Halo 2 Anniversary is almost peak modern Halo, on both aesthetic and gameplay.

A late night gaming video on my birthday, perfection

Halo reach had the best looking sword. Halo 2 had the best sounding sword

I friggin love the 343 energy sword design wise. It's so sexy

It's not really a weapon that you can use freely, but when you assassinate someone as an Elite in Halo Reach multiplayer, they pull out a tinier sort of "dagger" version of the energy sword as an analogue to the Spartan combat knife. Just thought that was interesting, and it's a bit of a shame that this concept wasn't taken further in later games.

I had never heard of the flying trick before this video. That's actually very useful. I'll have to give it a try.

me: *shows baby energy sword* "whats this?" Baby: "goo goo ga ga?"

I'd like to see and evolution of the plasma rifle or pistol Although you haven't made a vid on the evolution of the Plasma Repeater, and that's just sad

I'm loving this series!

Awesome video on my favorite weapon!

My favorite is the Halo CE Energy Sword