Worst To Best Halo But Just The First 10 Minutes 

I think the exact opposite of this video, "the last 10 minutes of every Halo game", would be awesome. Pretty much the same criteria but in reverse. How well does the ending wrap up the story of that specific title, lead into the next game, and overall how does it leave you feeling?

Halo 2’s opening cutscenes are absolutely amazing imo. Especially the remastered versions.

Would love to see a Last 10 Minutes video to go with this, this was really interesting

The way Noble team were shocked by the Covies on Reach never gets old to me. "There's alot of blood on the ground. What a genuine reaction by Emile

4:51 Miranda Keyes is Catherine Halsey's and Jacob Keyes's daughter, so it actually makes complete sense why Halsey has a framed photo of her.

Reach and ODST has my favorite introductions. Excellent vibes on both of these. Reach's slow foreboding start, ODST's melancholy and loneliness, they're fantastic.

The slow paced action of Halo Reach really introduces the vibe in the beginning, and the suspense and the small action gives players a feel for what there is to come. Overall awesome game.

“They’re not rebels, they’re farmers! Look at them!”

The mystery and anticipation of Reach is pretty hooking.

Master Chief and Arbiter didn't meet for the first time at the beginning of Halo 3. They met in Halo 2 when the Grave mind had ahold of both of them.

4:50 in original lore (not silver timeline), Halsey is Miranda Keyes mother so it would make sense for her to have a picture of her. But in terms of timeline accuracy, I don't know about that.

Tbh it kinda seems like this list would switch up a bit if the entire first level was included and not just the first ten minutes Halo Reach would be higher up for sure

I think the mystery of Reach is better than straight into action.

You know what I thought about the other day, “why is it chief jumped out of the pelican?”I think he jumped because he wanted to test the suits capablilty without cortana.he had had her a while. Maybe the lack of his AI made him accept the urge to jump from the really really high up place.

Miranda Keyes was Halsey's daughter which is why she has a picture of her.

The Halo: Reach opening was so cool, like I absolutely loved the opening cutscene

Video was really cool but I wouldve included thoughts on how effective each 10 min hook was. The ODST hook seems really strong for example, if you were at an event and showcased 10 minutes of ODST and watching Buck crash was the last thing I saw, Id wanna know what comes next. Same for reach etc.

Once I knew the first 10 min included cutscenes I knew reach would rank poorly, and honestly was surprised that you got to combat.

It would be awesome ranking the first time you get in a Warthog on each Halo game.

halo reach was my favorite game in the series. bungie's last hurrah in the halo series, so much emotion, meaningful action, incredible easter eggs and a minor amount of choice. the multiplayer was perfect imo. halo 3 came close in the combat control but halo reach broke the ceiling with the forge world map additions and the extremely useful and diverse armour abilities. I still enjoy halo 4, and 5 especially with the warzone gametypes and all the amazing weapons. but I can see how the first 10 mins of reach is not the most fun. I had a hard time not just jetting past all the dialogue even on my first playthrough.

I actually love the suspense of those first ten minutes of Reach

A way you could attempt ranking the ending is by the final mission/cut scenes. How well it wraps up the story, how easy/difficult it is compared to the rest of the campaign, etc

Heyy Rocket Sloth! Another great video! Perhaps you guys could do a ranking of the Halo soundtracks or the evolution/renditions of certain soundtracks i.e. the Halo theme renditions/ which soundtrack other than the Halo theme has been in all the games :) - that be interesting to investigate imo as Halo's soundtracks are a HUGE part of the games too!

Reach and ODST hands down best intros that got you hooked

These videos just seem so off the wall, and i love it. Keep’em comin boys 💪🏼

Lots of 'last 10 minutes' requests. I like it, but would expand it to 'best ending' and not limit it to 10 min. I'd rank them as follows: 1. Halo 3. It seriously hits me in the feels every time and I get a profound sense of nostalgia and bittersweet closure. Great dialogue, feelings of loss and hope, of finality... Just perfect. 2. Halo 1. I'm sorry, that epic warthog run, massive explosion, and dialogue with Cortana and Chief at the end is just *muah* amazing. It provides a good sense of closure while also looking to the future for the story to come. 3. Reach. The impact it has on the rest of the story and sense of self sacrifice really resonates with me. You know there's no hope for yourself, but your sacrifice ultimately saves countless others. 4. Halo Infinite. I like the closure of Cortana's story. Themes of self sacrifice, repentance, and redemption provide a finality to her story, while the Weapon's story is just opening up to us. 5. Halo 4. The first half and lead up to Infinite, it establishes the juxtaposition of man and machine, what truly makes us human. The sense of loss from Chief is palpable. I put it here mainly because the story leading up to it could have been told better. It wasn't as clear as it could have been, which detracted from the ending's impact. 6. ODST. I enjoyed this quite a bit, but it felt much less impactful than those ranked higher. It was great in ODST's self contained story, but lacked some of the grander implications the others have. 7. Halo 2. This one didn't feel much like an ending, rather, it felt like a story that ended right at the climax. Halo 2 is an amazing game, and has probably the best overall story of them all, but the ending left some seriously blue balls. 8. Halo 5. I seriously can't really remember what the ending was, despite playing it several times. Possibly because I can't remember what the overall story was. It made no sense!

my own lore of why the magnum is fully loaded in co-op, is that Keyes genuinely gave Chief an empty gun... but Chief actually had couple mags still on him that he kept since Reach. it's also funny how ODST's intro can be summed up as "Okay, here's the bois and here's your submachinegun. this right here is essentially a very VERY expensive oil drum we drop in... NOW GET IN LOSER, WE 'BOUT TO GO SCREW WITH A GALATIC, MULTI RACE ALIEN CULT WITH NOTHING BUT SHEER SPITE AND SOME 5O CALS."

Wars 1 and 2 both have amazing first levels and they immediately show you what you're in for, along with great cutscenes

I thought that you guys were going to be taken over by H3 nostalgia and put it at #1. But I am pretty happy that you put H2 in it's rightful place. Excellent video. 👌

Honestly, I'd put Halo 5 Guardians a lot higher, right under Halo Infinite, and drop Halo ODST down to right over Halo Reach. I love that opening battlefield run in Guardians.

before watching, my list from memory halo 2 - storytelling in the beginning cutscenes was incredible, huge step from the first game odst - drop pod drop pod drop pod halo 4 - returning to chief and the mysterious things happening in the intro were actually really good imo reach - slow build to the covenant was pretty cool halo 3 - some good quotes infinite - atriox cutscene was cool but otherwise pretty basic halo ce - can't do much with the intro to the very first game to be fair halo 5 - this game does 0 things right

Not necessarily 10 minutes worth, but you could do a review of the first missions in each game that exposes thr players to vehicles

You know, I rather liked the opening mission to Reach, in that it was unique from the start of all the other Halo games

After the first few were established, I literally predicted the top two, no joke. So happy my favorite game made it on top.

I love seeing all the comments in here about people defending Reach it makes me happy because Reach should really be higher. The way it draws you in and introduces you into the story is just amazing. It's suspenseful and I love the way that you get to be introduced to your team and being flown around on the Falcons just really helps immerse you in the level and makes you feel like you're actually on Reach. It has more of an open world feel to it. No offense to Halo 1 but it doesn't make you feel like you're just running through hallways. Oh and also reach has the most realistic looking Spartans in my opinion, they feel like they've been in battle they look dirty and gritty just another detail that makes Reach great you actually feel like you've been through battles and war. The fact that it got placed last especially behind Halo 5 is just "Heresy" haha 😜. No likes for this video 🤷🏻‍♂️

One idea: Rank every Halo music from Halo CE to Halo infinite

That opening reach cutscene with the drums slaps so hard dude

Honestly tho, i do like the slow burn start of Halo reach. I get if you're looking for action its not there but that suspense is NICE

I think for the next video, if you haven't done it yet, would be the best two-part missions in each game. What I mean are missions that clearly link together with very little or no time skip in-between. I.e. Pillar of Autumn and Halo or 343 Guilty and the Library from Halo CE or more obvious ones like Delta Halo and Regret from Halo 2. Each game except for probably ODST has, I think, a couple of these (Halo 2 honestly is probably the entire game due to it's dual story lol) and it would be neat to know what your thoughts are on them. How well they play, how they impact the story, the overall setting and atmosphere etc.

Halo 2 is just on a whole different level from all other halo games in terms of story telling

I agree with your number 1 choice. That intro is the most iconic to me and it seems to do a good job at hooking the player within a short time. Also, that was the first halo game I ever played so.... yeh.

Rocket sloth confused on why a picture of Miranda is in Halsey's office Me: "Does he not know Miranda is Halsey's daughter?"

That's kinda funny that the skin you apply is on the ar that the marine is holding, it's like his own customized ar and you just yank it XD

Kinda new to the channel lol but have you ranked the final levels across the games such as the Maw etc.?

Coop does make this a cheat because with the armory Halo 2's start becomes a LOT slower (like barely under 2.5 minutes if you optimally speedrun it which someone experiencing it for the first time is DEFINITELY not gonna do). CE I guess technically gets a pass because the higher difficulties skip the tutorial (as does H3) although even with the tutorial Sam's death is a nice payoff so there's certainly that. It is intersting when you mention it how opposite H Reach and H5 are in their opening approaches. Overall I liked how you guys analyzed these

I have to admit, this is a pretty neat concept, like "If you could only play a Halo game for ten minutes, which one packs a lot more at the beggining?" and yes, we know a lot of fans would say Reach is the best but, as you put it in here, if you had only this amount of time, the story doesn't even go anywhere and shockingly the first two games deployed so much in so little time

Halo Reach’s intro works for the game even if it is slower

Oh oh OHHHHH I completely misunderstood the concept of this video when I read the title.

You could identify the mid-game twist in each halo game and rank those. The discovery of the flood in ce, the resurrection of the didactic in h4, etc

If only counting main campaigns, there is not one bad Halo opening... kinda says something.

I never had any cutscenes when I played through Spartan Ops on MCC… what the hell

4:12 “Dinner’s ready!!!!”

I don't know, Reach should be higher up here. The slow paced beginning works well to convey the atmosphere while giving the player a necessary calm before the stress storm that would come later on (especially so if you're playing Heroic or Legendary). 4:46: Of course she does. She's her illegitimate daughter with Jacob Keyes, after all. 14:36: According to one of CE's betas, you were supposed to get ammo from a dead crew member protecting the bridge from the Grunts you'll kill later on. You might wanna talk about this alongside Halo cut and demo content that should have stayed uncut. Also, we need that Last 10-Minutes video. Halo 5: Guardians is so gonna be in the lower tier, if not Infinite.

Would be interesting to see how much a first 15 or 20 minute list differs from this list

In my opinion you really have to pick two different number 1 games here. Arguably 3. Halo 2's first 10 minutes I think were by far the strongest narratively. Story-wise they just cannot be beat. Halo: Combat Evolved's first 10 minutes I think are the best balance of narrative and gameplay though. Where the narrative is a little bit spartan but still tells you everything you need to know, and then you immediately have to play through your ship getting attacked. Which is great. Not a lot of time wasted. And then arguably if you wanted to pick a third number 1, I would say "Halo 3: ODST" is the strongest when it comes to spectacle and atmosphere. Like how incredibly memorable is that drop in the drop pod? And the atmosphere in Mombasa Streets is incredible. So I'd say really depending on what you value most (pure story, story and gameplay balance or atmosphere) either one of the top 3 could've been number 1. They all do everything well, but each of them does something different the best.

You know, I think that for the first level of reach, the level layout should have been switched around, with the tight Satellite tower, and the covenant ambush, along side this, making the covenant seem like a danger with the zealots ambush.

I'm actually not surprised at Reach's low placement. Winter Contingency, while great from a storytelling perspective, is rather tedious in terms of gameplay, at least in the first half.

Halo 3 when arby met chief you say nothing happens? Are you even a Halo fan? Dude?! That whole entire scene is quotable and completely iconic. "WERE IT SO EASY!"

sounds like a cool challenge

You guys should rank the cuts cents from every Halo game (including Halo Wars) or do a top 5 of those or something

That thumbnail is so true

ODSTs 360 intro was a part of the main menu? I don’t remember that

Miranda Keyes is Halsey’s daughter in the games/lore as well. They just never mention it in the games. That’s why she has the picture on her desk.

All of the major battles in each game

You should of did honorary mentions with Halo Wars 1. "Ten long years."

We need a ranking of the next ten minutes (minute 11-20)

chief what are you doing with that gold Deagle?: sir aiming it in the arbiter's slit jaw.:

CE will always be my favorite. Surprised to see 2 at the top, it’s such a snoozefest.

Ranking which Halo had the best ending mission/cutscene would be cool.

I just realized rocket sloth never includes halo wars 1 and 2 Spartan strike. Or Spartan assault in these videos

I always run the first mission of Reach legendary to under 10 minutes.. if you did it that way it would be more interesting. And you really don't even need any complex speed run strats to push the whole mission to 10 minutes. If you just don't stand around waiting for the Noble team xD

i have a totally fun challenge beating Halo Reach with assassinations only its just a couple of hours you need for this

Yo rocket sloth you counted the grunts, you counted the vehicles, so how about just counting the npcs in general (EG sentinels marines elites drones and stuuf)

Just noticed that the odst pistol looks a lot like the infinite sidekick

Awesome content…. You should do a FIRST KILL EXPERIENCE in every Halo game and spin of game to compare how mining-full or not that first life you take is … do it

i've been thinkin in playing Halo again, played all of them except 2, thanks 💯

How about testing community mods or rebalances? I was personally attempting to rebalance Halo 4 with Assembly, before the MCC season 8 update came out. Since they haven’t updated Assembly. All my work on the rebalancing is lost. Attempting to make Halo 4 feel like Halo 3 in some ways was a little challenging

I can't wait in a couple years when we go to 20 minutes

We need the last 10 mins now

I agreed upon until putting CE 2nd. If you play Halo 2 on co-op, you can’t really count The Heretic’s buildup as it is skipped. So, you’re just kinda left to shoot some stuff but no backstory. CE on the other hand has immediate action, immediate gameplay, and most importantly does a phenomenal job at telling the player what’s going on.

4:47 Halsey keeps a photo of Miranda Keys because Miranda being the daughter of Jacob Keys and Halsey isn't just a plot point they made up for the show, it's also part of the main canon. (that's also somewhat related to Keys having a memory segment talking with Halsey about making a clone of herself to make Cortana during a Halo Infinite cutscene)

I would definitely put reach above 5 and maybe even 3, even with the 10 minute limit maybe next try comparing the first hour/last hour?

5 and reach both surprisingly to me I think are among the best if not the best. Halo 5 intro is really cool, and halo reach the buildup and meeting the farmers I think is really interesting

The only thing I think you should have changed the rules a little so that the 10 minutes start as soon as gameplay starts. But I love the vid.

Personally I would put 4 above Infinite but the list 100% still makes sense and seems good.

How about doing a video on best last mission of Halo games?

the Halo 3 marine didnt have a cool skin on his assault rifle because it was given to you, its because he's not a real NPC. He's evolved above other NPCs and he's unlocked weapon skins by completing the campaign.

Spartan Ops was okay. It could’ve been better, but at least we got something unique 👁👃👁

I would suggest just do a ranking of all the missions of halo like the first missions or second you know

a best last 10 minutes would be a great sister video. Which game truly finished with a bang?

Idk why but this got me excited for a halo 3 anniversary

Hello Rocket Sloth

The opening of Halo 5 is FUCKING AWESOME!!! The main reason for this is once it cuts back to the action from the title card, the rest of the cutscene is done in ONE LONG SINGLE CUT!!!!! That is INSANE as ANY long single cut in any form of animation is INCREDIBLY difficult to pull off

Alternate Title: Ranking every Halo introduction

You should do a greatest endings to all the games

Damn I miss playing ce back in 2001

Where would Halo Wars 1 & 2 rank?

You guys actually didn’t shit on halo 4 for once. Thank you, it’s honestly a great game

Compare every last level, “Which Halo game has the biggest bang?”

Halo 2 and CE definitely have the strongest intros for sure!