Quick confession; this was the first Halo game I had ever played, so when I heard Arbiter ask “More Brutes” and for Chief to say “Worse”, I actually thought to myself: What could possibly be worse than reinforcements for a self-genocidal alien army?... Little did I know the horrors that would come.
I love how the level’s name is The Storm, and the closing sequence is showing the flood being reintroduced into the game. Like when it storms hard enough, there will be a flood.
As epic as it is, it's simultaneously disappointingly short. When I saw this for the first time and saw that first salvo go off, I was all geared up for some kind of amazing showdown between the human and Covenant ships, but instead it's just a shockwave and then... over.
@@oliverlacota3112 That's the point, it's a short lived 'victory' Little do they know, that Earth is about to get railed by an infection without the help of the Elite cruisers
I'm surprised the Arbiter couldn't tell what it was like the Chief could, it was pretty obvious from the outside what it was and he got a close up with it.
@@AdeptKing Yeah but to be fair there was a lot of dialogue that didn't make sense. Do you remember, "squad leaders are requesting a rally point,where should they go? Keys: to war" but seriously where should they go?
I still remember that moment when I was younger.... "Sir, new contact slipping in!" Then seeing the greenish brown, smoking ship enter earths atmoshpere.... That feeling of utter dread when I realized what had just arrived on earth. And when the Arbiter aked: "More brutes?" Chief voiced the very thought that was going through my mind: "Worse." God I love Bungie.
Should of been there when the first game came out you had to do a solo mission fighting through an army of flood. The Libray is what I think that mission was called
One of the best parts about this scene will always be the Arbiter's roar at 1:41, the rage and anguish at seeing the Covenant move ever closer to the end of the Great Journey despite the success of their assault on the Covenant's forces. Like watching victory slip from your grasp at the very last possible moment.
Seeing that ship fly overhead with green/brown smoke trailing from it just makes your stomach churn. You know what's coming, but you can never adequately prepare for it...
I officially announce this is thee best halo game all the new ones are really not as fun and old school than this halo game all the new halo games are just give you a gun and shoot everything this halo game is about the objectives in the campaign and the harder the difficulty the more fun it will be I wish they would go back and be old school like halo 3 seeing these type of games today old school and fun is rare.
I officially announce this is thee best halo game all the new ones are really not as fun and old school than this halo game all the new halo games are just give you a gun and shoot everything this halo game is about the objectives in the campaign and the harder the difficulty the more fun it will be I wish they would go back and be old school like halo 3 seeing these type of games today old school and fun is rare.
It was supposed to end with Halo 3. Halo: Reach was amazing and technically had a story right before the Autumn left Reach. Then 343 of course had to ruin the lore with their new shitty designs. Master Chief's new armor looks ugly.
I love how Chief just stares into the camera at 0:15, like "Yes. I AM a badass!" Everything about this cutscene is perfect. But to cap it all off, there was the Flood ship exiting the Slipspace, with all the Flood spores seeping into the town like a diesease (made even more insidious when you start the next level "Floodgate" off with the whole town wrapped in Flood spores, fog, and dust). Chief didn't need to say anything more than "Worse..." - the Flood is worse than even ONI themselves. Bungie was so good at presentation.
I like how they introduce the flood in this game. Its right after the epic battle between humanity and the covenant, where Chief carved a bloody path through the enemy. Then the Flood show up. It hits hard when you're walking through the city with all the bodies from the fighting and it settles in how much ammo you just made for the Flood in the last mission.
Meanwhile the flood:why are there lime 2 marines with rocket launcher 1 worker with fuel rod cannon and 2 sniper rifles workers shooting us and doing a epic last stand
This cutscene is perfect. You feel a sense of heroism as you watch the human fleet hit the dreadnaught with everything they have then sudden horror as the ship is not only undamaged but proceeds to activate the forerunner artifact and fires a pulse into the sky that disables the fleet and knocks you off your feet. Then you watch as truth and his brutes escape through the portal and just as you’re about to charge after them the dreaded flood crashes into the city. So good! Exactly what halo should be.
I don't know why, but I'm in love with this cutscene, as the burning wreck of a covenant aa gun falls, a fleet of human ships, with an epic score of music to pair, with a simple phrase "all ships, fire at will " unleash a storm of hatred and anger on an enemy that has been killing millions in their genocidal conquest of God hood
honestly it's a tad sad that a full payload from multiple longswords and multiple mac cannon shots did effectively nothing. you get all hyped when you see the fleet move in when you first play the game only to see the negative results from the firepower. honestly the moment i saw it do effectively nothing for the first time i was just mortified haha. of course when the flood ship came in it was that well fuck moment.
This scene is one of my favourites in the game, as a player your thinking great we won, the baddies are finished and then the game goes all epic and the Ark fires up.
I love the long swords in this scene. We see the AA gun shoot one down only to have a whole swarm of reinforcements come. Not only that but we see the damage 2 long swords did to a carrier in halo 2 so imagine what the swarm would have done to truths fleet.
For anyone curious, ost is 'This is The Hour'. And I must say it is quite fitting. It really feels like one last spark of bravery before the brink of extinction.
I love that Cortana risked sending a Flood infested Covenant Corvette to Earth from underneath the Graveminds nose, just to deliver a voicemail to Chief. The sass!
What's underated and amazing about this scene is just how powerful and strong the Keyship Truth uses is and is ultimately a Forerunner transportation ship.
this for me is the best halo cutscene ever. the music, the atmosphere, seeing 100s of longswords bombing Truth's ship, only for the lesser ark to activate a portal to the Ark, and ending with the Flood arriving. Just perfection.
I actually put this above the original intro to the flood as the most scariest intro to the flood. Yes, the first one was scary as hell, but seeing that ship crash for the first time with the flood spores flying from it, and KNOWING exactly what those are and what it means for Earth. Scared the living daylights out of me.
I played Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 so much I got the Katana within the first 7 months the game had come out. Bought the Legendary edition and loved that game so much.
John recognizing the tactic of the flood crashing infected ships to start an outbreak is why i find it epic, a nod to halo 2 in amber clad crashing into High Charity.
I was born 2005 I still have the original halo 3 copy I remember how magical this game was still best game ever made this cutscene was my favorite and the sound track always fit and you can even listen to it casually the nostalgia hits me like a truck I wish I could go back to 2008-2014 gold age of games love you halo 3
As weird as it sounds, my first game was Halo 3 towards the end of it's time right before Reach was released, as I do remember getting the mythic version of 3 (Halo 3: ODST) with a Remember Reach advertisement in the case, weirdly enough my first interaction with Halo was through a girl that was a friend of mine that was about 4 years older than me, she showed me Sandtrap and all the different vehicles, I had lots of fun, but this Cutscene is the best Cutscene out of any halo game yet, with the beginning of The Package coming in at a close second. TL;DR Halo 3 is awesome and I love it
Imagine how much cooler this scene would be again if there were a few different POVs. Like a broadsword pilot in combat with Banshees, Marines on the ground near it, even Civvies running and turning to look at the portal forming
So glad they never went through with that *original ending* to Halo 2, otherwise we would have never got this masterpiece of a cutscene and alternative storyline that was an epic conclusion to Bungie’s trilogy
You know…that reminds me…where did all those ships go after the cutscene ended? Like the entirety of that group just disappears. They didn’t crash because there’s no sign of them…they couldn’t have gone into the portal because Hood hadn’t given the all clear. And only the Dawn was cleared to go as the rest were the home fleet, protecting Earth
Imagine when the ship was about to launch and it seemed all hope was lost the infinity came, coming right through the ship and was like "so, where we shooting at?"
This is up there, but for me personally, Delusion and Grandeur in Halo 2 is the best. That scene with Arbiter finding out the truth and with the iconic Rue and Woe soundtrack playing in the background literally defines Halo for me.
This is still maybe my favourite cutscene in the entire halo series. The UNSC launching a full scale assault as the theme blasts in the background, the long swords and shortswords leading the charge as the cruisers and frigates pound the dreadnought with MAC rounds, chills.