The “Samuel” the “Red Flag. 034” was such a good little detail. Helps show the book side of chief. John was always caring of the fellow Spartans. He was a great leader. And Sam was one of his best friends, and John actually followed his lead in some of the challenges they were given as early Spartans. And Sam could’ve been better than John but sacrificed himself. So, as touched on in the video, he’s being humanized by honor his friend and brother in arms.

“We just keep saying goodbye, don’t we?” That made me remember an emotional line from Red Vs Blue…the recording of Allison saying “Don’t say goodbye….I hate goodbyes.”

Just want to say, I think The Weapon and Chief's relationship is more father-daughter than romantic. That got hammered home to me in the last scene with Cortana. Cortana's attitude was just like a mother gushing over her daughter, and Chief presents a mentoring attitude throughout the entire game.

Everything chief says is a win. Steve Downes's voice is pure gold. "You worry about the batteries. Ill buy us some time." Dont know why, but that line is my favorite. Chief just sounds tired and worn out but still pushing onward

When Chief stops the Monitor's laser, it shows how much Mjolnir armor has improved over time, because in Halo 3 it knocked him over and drained his shields, but now he can just shrug it off.

Chief deflecting the monitor’s blast was a call back to him learning his mistake in H3 Also, play the Atriox cutscene at the end on Legendary, more dialogue and somewhere back there is HiddenXperia nutting himself

I'm surprised you didn't have a bookends win for Esharem. When he first sees Cheif he tells him to "Fight hard. Die well." in his final cutcene he tells Chief to "Tell them I died well."

I've played through the campaign 3, going on 4 times. The final goodbye between Chief and Cortana gives me chills every time. I love this game so fucking much

3:05 you can actually see the camo shimmer, first noticeable at 2:59 with the fingers over his face. It's a really nice attention to detail. Love your videos, keep it up!

We just gonna forget about “Why do you do this Chief?” “It’s all I know” I almost teared up

"Man, Halo 4 was a rough one. Wonder how he's gonna get through Halo 5's video?" Next video: *Everything GREAT about Halo Infinite* "Ah, I see."

Sam was Johns first friend, along with Kelley. Sam’s sacrifice taught John the difference between wasting the lives of those under his command(through bad orders, bad decisions) and the sacrifice of those under his command. He ordered sam to cover the retreat of himself and the other Spartans.

I got a little fan theory about the name The Weapon may choose for herself: I think her name will become Joyeuse (French, meaning: joyful). The name Cortana comes from Curtana, a sword from the French saga "A Matter of France". This sword was said to have had the inscription: "I am Curtana, made of the same steel as Durendal and Joyeuse". Durendal was the sword of Roland the Paladin, and Joyeuse was the sword of Charlemagne, King of the Franks. Now The Weapon was made from the same source material (ie: steel) as Cortana: Dr. Halsey's cloned brains. Durendal has already been used as the name of an AI in the Bungie game Marathon, so that could leave the more feminine "Joyeuse" as the perfect name for this very joyful character. Of course, that would be nice but the marketing morons will probably insist on Cortana 2.0.

So good to see a franchise you love that hasn't been so good for a long time come back strong.

Not gonna lie having a 3 year old and being a single dad when esparza had the little holo of his wife and daughter in the beginning I started crying immediately. I couldn't imagine being away like that.

im suprised he didnt win the fact that Chak'lok was one of the most formal enemies weve ever had in halo

That halo 2 song in the end gave me chills. Also the (legendary) ending suggests offensive bias, not the endless.

I really love the open world. Going around collecting cores, audio logs, and artifacts is so awesome!

Say what you will about Escharum, but I love how he absolutely chews the scenery every time he's on screen. And he KNOWS he's hamming it up, but doesn't care cause he just wants a good fight with chief

Halo Infinite's campaign made me love the series again as much as I did when Halo 3 released. I love it so much

I wonder how many people completely missed the tank on the road to house of reckoning. It's clearly designed to be Infinites obligatory Halo tank level, but it's easy to walk right past it in the beginning.

I highly recommend looking more into the Halo lore, it is great. Also, the legendary ending of this game is worth looking into, especially if you are adept in the lore.

Best cortina moment for me? When Chief jumps into a hole and slides down, all while Cortina is whooping and laughing. She is literally the cutest thing in Halo now

Two things: 1, the Weapon wouldn't have been okay from the laser, the monitor wasn't exactly attacking her, rather the pedestal she was on which would have been like Guilty Spark interacting with the device containing Cortana in Halo 3 but in a destructive way. And 2, I would like to point out that in the last scene with Cortana she reverted her image, none of the armor she bore in Halo 5 or the other scenes of Infinite depicting her interactions with Atriox. Stripped down to the soft sensitive core for her last heartfelt moment with Chief. It was a message of love, not war, you don't need armor for that. A subtle, but personally very gripping detail. That is all.

I just started with the campaign today, what a timing Edit: I’ve now finished the main campaign and is now exploring the ring

This makes me want a Mandalorian esque game, like having it either be based around someone like Boba Fett, Gar Saxon, Sabine Wren or Even Din Djarin

As someone who their first game they ever played was CE when they were 3 or 4 and being in love with it then even though I didn't understand everything about the games until I was older, this was a massive return to form with halo. As a die hard fan I'm so happy halo is back and amazing yet again

I never would have guessed as an 11 year old playing CE that 20 years later Chief would legitimately help me come to terms with my own demons. 2021's been rough, and I know it's a little cringe, but this father of four in his 30's needed to see that Chief struggles too.

The "follow the light" scenes at the start of every game are not just a meme. The game sets your input preference (inverted or normal) based on your direction you push the stick to look up :) This is actually genious imo, because you never have to struggle through a settings-menu

Since we are here and I've been loving your Halo series so far, just wanted to say don't skip Halo Wars games... Maybe they could be your next project?

I don't know if it was one of the Halo games specifically, but I do remember hearing about some devs putting in a little trick where when the player is told to look at the light, it automatically detects which way the player tilts the control stick and sets it to either Standard or Inverted automatically.

Ah yes the amazing times where your release lines up with a "negative" release from another channel. I love that my brain goes from "that really is a piece of shit" to "this game is a goddamn masterpiece" 😂🤣

I'm glad that someone else actually likes Cortana 2.0. I figured people would hate her character when I think her and Esparza are fresh, optimistic additions that the series needed.

7:45 Actually halo CE always had the weapon you use in a cutscene. Halo 2 and 3 also had it but very rarely.

This is the game that has got me back into gaming after such a long break, literally years of not paying games. It was an amazing game. Although had to to watch a lot of videos to catch up on the story, including Gamingwins ones.

Fun fact: Echo is voiced by the same dude who does Octane from Apex Legends.

There's also a few Red Vs Blue easter eggs like pink being called "lightish red" and Esparza occasionally calling the Scorpion "Sheila" when he drops it. I can't wait for Grif to show up in an easter egg saying Halo 5 happened because Caboose used the time gun.

Fun fact, that little Pelican Pickup scene is most likely a Red Vs Blue reference since the Freelancers do that exact thing.

This video is about 3 hours too short but still excited to watch. I love infinite

I always liked that intro, when Echo 216 is awoken, shows him wake up and struggle to manually open the pelican cockpit door. When chief moves the door, after he is saved from drifting in space, it is as if the door is weightless.

Guns you had actually showed up in a few cutscenes, notably one in the first mission of Halo 3 when they’re overlooking the dam.

Something I did that somewhat limited my first play through is I kept that rifle Chief asks the dead marine for. Such reverence for what seems like a simple rifle, I couldn’t help but bring it to the end, despite being basically limited to only one other weapon I could swap out the whole campaign. It was worth it

15:00 I think the biggest pain I felt playing this was when I realized that Chief doesn't bring Cortana up in the argument before cutting himself off- he accidentally addressed her as Cortana.

This is one of the ones I was most hyped for!! SERIOUSLY DUDE WE HAD TO HAVE A MENTAL LINK BECAUSE I honestly loved this game I cried so many times and I seriously hope 343 sticks to this! Thank you for the video!

What’s funny is I still believe that the help in the final mission must be mendicant or offensive bias due to the history and background of this ring. Also halo 2 theme at the end is just a chefs kiss

This was a great video, that ending scene puts such a smile on my face. You should cover the metro series. I think you’d really like them.

Oh yeah Halo Infinite! Loving all your videos man! Keep this up! Much love and happy new year if you don't have another video before haha Edit: Love Cortina in this game, they did a fantastic job, and now I can't wait for the next story, hopefully, with these 3 members of the cast. Spoiler below! Atriox is not dead, first hint, we see no body. We're just told. And then there's the legendary ending which shows Atriox unlocking something. Possibly he'll be the main villain of the next story. Edit: I didn't know you'd also add the ending with Atriox. So yeah new game, him as a villain with the endless as an army? Yes please

I’ll never get bored of throwing fusion coils that is all.

I am so happy this ended up coming out great 343 definitely needed this and I needed this for one of my favorite all time franchises

Honestly, I feel they finally hit the nail on the head, I beyond loved this game

Glad to see some positive feedback. I saw nothing but negative comments online about the game, but got an Xbox for Christmas so decided to play and have been having a blast with the game.

There’s actually deleted dialogue from a grunt talking about how spartan locke’s helmet was used as arm decoration by one of the banished

Little more about the Samuel moment. RED FLAG was the name of the main thrust operation conceived after Sam was killed. He specifically was left behind to sacrifice himself to ensure the destruction of a Covenant ship. Chief's use of his name refers not only to Sam's death, but to the fact that Chief had to willfully leave him behind. Cortina's deletion protocol is locked behind a word that, to Chief, means the reluctant sacrifice of a friend.

This game pulled at the heart strings so much. This was the greatest step in the halo saga.

I like the trailer part of the beginning. When the pilot says, “We need to run,” Chief says, “No. we need to fight.”

I like what 343 are doing by fixing their mistakes but I hate the time and lore put into 4 and 5 for really nothing to matter. Also I’m watching this after Gaming Sins did this game and it’s incredible

This game is what bungie always visioned halo to be but we’re limited by the tech at the time. This made joe Staten tear up on their special 20th anniversary video where they launched infinites multilayer early. My theory is that the ring as a whole is the whole biome and more would be downloaded/ unlocked areas as dlc was dropped.

I think you underplayed how huge the character of John goes from mindless murder robot to a human here. He takes cortanas "which of us is human" thing and adds so much. Amazing video but it's so big.

I re-watch the scene where Chief let's "Cortana" slip over and over, and every single time I choke up.

I just love when running at a enemy and just hearing them scream in fear before it's cut off with the slam of the hammer

i find it cute and funny that of all things you decided to call "The Weapon" you decided for "Cortina" which means "Curtain" in Spanish XD but still can't really blame you because everytime a family member who vaguely knew the game's characters and story did call her cortina. A "Happy Accident" in my opinion ^^

I'd like to make an observation: Atriox said that his face would be the last we ever see. While that isn't true for Chief, it is for us narratively as the last shot is his face

Hey wins don't know if you know but there is an after credit scene. Atriox is alive and well and the endless are coming back

Not gonna lie though, one of the best parts of this game is the environmental storytelling. The House of Reckoning especially just SHOOK me. When I saw the Multiplayer-like training arena, I was like "oh shit, they've been preparing SPECIFICALLY to fight UNSC" just from that view---that's what makes the Banished ten times more dangerous than the Covenant. Apart from Thel 'Vadam, the Covvies were arrogant and felt they were above humanity with their superior weapons and barely strategized; the Banished do not underestimate any of their enemies and use ALL the assets available to them. Strong AND smart. The devs knew exactly what they were doing and I love it.

Cortina is definitely gonna name herself echo it’s just perfect

At 10:46, the controller vibrates to represent the weight of the moment

I'm surprised you skipped over 5.. yes the campaign was lacking and some would say "mishandled" but I think of it as crucial as any other halo game. There's still wins in that campaign (mainly Sangheilios in my opinion) but it still hard a small charm to it

My Favorite addition to Halo is Fernando Esparza, aka The Pilot. Not only because he's voice acted by the same person voicing Octane in Apex Legends that brings so much needed energy and " realness" to the game that we rarely get to see , but also because he provides the sort of point of view throughout the story that we don't really have seen much in Halo. Seeing a person starting to "believe" like the Halo 3 tag line was. Seeing them start to understand why The Chief is looked upon as a hero and see hope rise up in the hearts among those who fight alongside him while also being a character that helps the Chief actually do some introspection of his own. The first time we're introduced to him, he's a guy stranded in a space ship, among scraps and remains of the UNSC. A man absolutly hopeless and on the edge of giving up completly, indicated probably the deepest by the 1 bullet left in a pistole he hands to the Chief. Then throughout the game he's " the whiny guy" that wants to go home. It might even get a little annoying, but when he and Chief have a fight at the scrapyard, something new is revealed. He's not a soldier. He's not military. He's literally a civilian. Just a volunteer doing some tech work. a dude that got dragged into a huge conflict. All of his talking makes a lot more sense now. Marines have always been cheering for the Chief, because they either have seen or know fellow soldiers that have seen Spartans in Action. Ofcourse they're down to go into Hell with him. But for a civilian, he's like a fairy tale or a comic book hero. Stories that are hard to believe. But after seeing him in action for so long, he eventually started to believe. Hell, he was ready to take on the Banished on the entire Ring by the end of the game. Meanwhile, during that argument, John realizes what he's been doing was wrong. He dragged a person that he claims to protect ( aka the vague concept of Humanity) into a warzone. Up to that point John ignored almost every comment and request by Fernando but after this, a lot of things change. Some of that was becoming more protective and more willingly to listen to him. The entire back and forth that these two have is a nice call back to Halo 4's ending when Cpt. Lasky points out to Chief that he seems to see Soldiers and Humanity as two seperated things when they're not. This comes together really well in this game throughtout the story as a B-line plot. I loved Fernando and I like what they did with him. I want to see more of him!

You mentioned Master Chief retiring and for some reason I just saw him in denim overalls with his spartan helmet still on but a straw hat on top of it all lol. I feel like that was a meme I saw at one point.

One thing nobody noticed in 3:17 is the sfx that plays when chief's armor was punched is the same armor sfx for Halo 4.

8:13 my dude took out an entire wave of banished with a screwdriver

Win Counter 127 missing “The presentation of this entire encounter is so ominous and tense like a horror film and unlike anything in the campaign till now. This feels like a Metal Gear Solid boss fight with the build up.”

Man I want different character lead campaign dlcs now. Imagine a locke one without his spartan gear in a kinda halo 3 odst style game

I had never even played a halo game before infinite and I was fully transfixed by the story. Every scene looked beautiful, the boss fights were definitely challenging, and it was really fun to bond with the characters. This is a great review

I got to the part at 10:50 That conversation really hit me emotionally. I had to pause the game and cruled up into a ball crying for a few minutes. My emotions where not ready.

the music at 19:50 is labeled Finale, and the end part of the song is nearly identical to Halo 2's Finale song of the same name. Really amazing throwback

The way 343 made the open world and story missions side by side is amazing, on one hand you've got a world that will appeal to most people and will explore it, and on the other hand the linear story missions that everyone loves is still there. Not to mention that every area is still connected through the open world, but each area has it's own feeling when your playing through it.

7:41 I remember you can see your equipped weapons in some cut scenes of Halo 3

17:11 “O u r b a t t l e - “ *“-will be Legendary!”*

A little disappointed you didn't spend much time on Escharum, given he's surprisingly quite the highlight for this campaign (particularly his big speech- y'all know the one), but ah well. More importantly, yeah, Halo is fucking back. *God it feels so good to say that.* I will say that regarding Atriox and the Banished, I do strongly recommend trying out the Halo Wars games. They may be RTS's, but they're more of like... diet RTS's. And Halo Wars 2 in particular has a lot of useful context regarding the Banished, given it's the game that literally debuted them (and arguably is thus partially responsible for the success of Infinite).

My favorite thing about atriox is that its not really unexpected that he mops the floor with chief. He took down a team of three spartans all on par with chief himself who were fighting together. Chief really wouldnt have stood a chance.

9:41 The pedestal she was currently inside of would've been destroyed if Chief didn't block the shot there, so Cortina could've technically taken the shot, but Chief wouldn't have been able to retrieve her.

Escharium's best line-to me-"Bare your Teeth!" Makes me think he would be great as an Orc warlord in WOW. Actually, Brutes would make a lovely addition to WOW. Someone make a fanfic, quick!

I love the possible dynamic of Stalwart Knight and Plucky Goofball Squire in Chief and Esparza

I think it's fitting that the song playing during the final scene with the 3 of them flying off is a remix of "a spartan rises" from H2A (which in turn is a remaster/remix of "the last spartan")

The fact that this game and halo 4/5 are written and directed by the same people is mind blowing. They really pulled a 180 in the best way possible, and made the few good moments in 4/5 the whole game.

I have most of the halo books and when they mentions Sam I finally felt like they are noticing how popular the books are

I didn't realize you could grapple weapons to you UNTIL THE 2ND TO LAST BOSS FIGHT! even still, infinite was fun af. Great video

I absolutely love this KZfaq channel. So much work and effort in a video. I’ve played halo for all my life so this video is awesome lol

when chief punched that banished computer i got so DOOM SLAYER VIBS

To me some of Halo Infinite's story, mainly Echo-Cortana's message to Chief, seems it could be taken as 343i apologizing to the fans for what they did in Halos 4 & 5. But that's just my take on it.

Heroic felt tough but fair, just started my second play through on legendary and It’s basically just being pegged by the banished so far

Samuel-034 has double meaning, not only was he the first Spartan to be killed, he was also John's best friend and one third of the Original Blue Team with John and Kelly.

For the next game halo game would love for it to be linear game. To continue with the following story line against the banished and endless but one thing I was thinking for co-op is that it could be like 3 and 5. Bring back fire team, blue team, arbiter and introduce red team to the story. SO we can see the endless and the banished under Atrioxs rule. Player 1 will be chief as default Player 2: Arbiter or Jerome Player 3-4 can choose between the blue and purple elites or from one of the teams. I think it would be really neat. even if they wanna do 6 player just to add the extra spartan or elites.

Halo 2 showed the gun you last held during gameplay in the cutscene, but only on the original graphics

Halo infinite scenery with weapon and chief was one hell of a ride and it hurt places

7:42 they did in the non-anniversary halo 2. i even remember the arbiter would shoot at sesa (heretic leader)‘s banshee with whatever gun you were holding. same with chief getting off the scarab with whatever gun you had when you killed it

I liked 4 and 5 gotta love those nostalgia glasses everyone had/has on

About Cortina choosing her name- I really hope it's not Cortana; let it be a name of the next generation after the one that inspired 'Cortana'- Joy, Joyeuse, or maybe Echo, something like that. After all, 'Cortana' is related to the name of the legendary short sword 'Cortain' which in old French means 'short'. Meanwhile, 'Joyeuse' is the personal sword of Charlemagne of medieval legend and ostensibly made from the same materials as 'Cortain'- i.e. 'another Cortana model'.

As for the little mini-maps with the small structures you said you wanted for multiplayer - I want to see what people can do with it in Forge!