My bad! For some reason I thought the team was called “Noble 6” as in ya know. They always have 6 members and not just Noble. I’m sure you can understand the mistake lol!

"Do you have it?" "No. You won't let go." "Say the words please." "The words please."

A part you miss at 8 minutes but which I always love seeing is the difference in tone that Jorge has between talking about the girl they saved at Visegrad vs describing the Elite Zealots that they had engaged. When talking about human matters he's awkward, halting and uncertain, but when it comes to military details he's absolutely confident and knows exactly what to say.

I wish you talked about how dangerous and badass Noble 6 is. He’s the only other Spartan other than master chief to be classed as “hyper lethal”, and his file is black ink because his actual job before Noble Team was hunting rogue Spartans

The fact Bungie made you, the player the very reason Chief is able to complete his mission in the trilogy feels very nice in my opinion

Something I like about Carter's death scene is that Emil doesn't need an explanation, he just understands and wishes Carter well

About the Zealot that escaped, it was actually a zealot field marshal as seen by the antennae on it's head, and both the zealot that killed kat and that six kills at the end are also field marshal's, so it's long been theorised that this field marshal and his company have been hunting Noble Team either from Winter Contingency or Long Night of Solace

The detail of 6 being YOU the player, and Halsey saying "You passed your courage onto us" will always feel like Bungie saying thank you to the players and the fan base for the journey. With Reach leading immediately into CE, and how loved CE was. 6 being the player is a whole thematic "thank you", and they let you be a spartan. Not just that, but the spartan that literally delivers Cortana to Chief. They thank you by letting you pass the torch, and its beautiful.

"Our victory... *Your* victory was so close... I wish you could have lived to see it. But you belonged to Reach. Your body, your armour all burned and turned to glass. Everything, except your courage. That, you gave to us and with it, we can rebuild." The closing words in this game always make me misty-eyed.

Oh my god, the award line "Rogue one before it was cool" made me realize that the movie is similar to Reach, making it the Halo Reach of Star wars. I guess that's why I liked that movie. (Also because it is a decently well made movie.)

I love the part when Halsey recognizes Jorge in his armor. She built the Spartan-II program and knew all of those kids very intimately since she hand picked them herself. She’s the closest thing Jorge or any Spartan-II has to a mom.

One of the great things about Reach is the amount of body language it shows - at the Visegrad Relay, when Jorge and Emile are beefing, Carter snaps at them to stop; in the background, you can see Kat briefly pause with the repairs to look over her shoulder. When Halsey talks smack to Carter, Emile and Jun both tense up in reaction. When Six jumps off the Covenant spire and Jorge gets him onboard the Falcon, you can see Six slump in relief when he sits down. And when UNSC Grafton blasts the spire afterwards, Jorge nods in approval. edit: Also, Kat's death. Carter wordlessly staggers backwards into the elevator, rifle dangling uselessly. He's clearly in disbelief at seeing her die so abruptly. Small details, to be sure; it's not something you notice consciously, but it does wonders to make Noble Team feel like actual people.

At 6:05, Jorge’s head movement is in reaction to the girl saying “they’re still here”. Little moments like these are why this will always be my favourite Halo game, as well as it being my first.

One line I wished you included was "I know we're losing, I want to know if we've lost" Always a chilling line

16:41 Not to be _that_ guy, but there were civilians in the Halo 3 mission: "The Storm" Still though, that was the first time we had truly defenceless civilians in a halo game

14:55 Small sciencey nitpick - you get "no sound in space" not because of a lack of gravity (there is always some gravity in space anyway), but because of the lack of air for sound to travel through. As normal sound returns, you can hear a hiss for full air pressure returning, which is also when 'artificial gravity' returns which probably causes a mix up. Having the muffled sound could be accurate if those parts of the ship had very low atmospheric pressure. I really enjoyed hearing your breakdown of what is my favourite Halo game though - I didn't realise the irony in each of Noble's deaths which was cool to learn.

At 6:10 you can see Carter push Kat out of the way from the energy sword swipe. I love all the tiny details in the cutscenes that hint at their characterization, because apparently a bungie Dev confirmed that Kat and Carter had something but it ended when the OG 6 died.

"Slip-Space Rupture Detected" is one of the best lines in Halo. Anytime we hear it, we know something is about to happen. Something big. Good or Bad. It's cool that they used it in the Halo show.

Emile: "You read his file?" Kat: "Only the parts that weren't covered in black ink." Noble 6: "I'm a girl."

This is, as of this comment, the only Halo game that I've completed the story back when the Xbox One just came out... I may not have childhood memories of Halo 1 - 3 with Master Chief and The Arbiter, but I'm glad I grew up with Halo: Reach as my very first Halo game

Reach was the first game to make me cry as a kid. Never understood irony, or true dread and sorrow but reach made me understand those concepts as a kid because of how well it was made. I read the book after playing CE and even though there were major differences, I still knew that reach fell. Didn’t matter, that lone wolf mission still had me balling my 10 year old eyes out, I survived for an hour and a half just trying to save MY Spartan, that I myself created and couldn’t. Just like I couldn’t save reach. Fucking beautiful. Spartans don’t die, they’re just missing in action.

Although it's really just a theory, I particularly like how they wrote Emile to be the biggest badass of the team but in actuality being afraid to die. Particularly with the line in the beginning when he says "I feel lonely already" and in the scene where Kat gets shot where he actually sees a fellow Spartan die instead of just being 'missing in action'.

Liked the way you went into Emile’s backstory. If I’m remembering correctly, he was one of the few Spartan-III’s whose family was killed by insurrectionists, not Covenant, which can explain his treatment of the civilians in the first mission and even more of his tension with Jorge

6:22 bungie always uses 7 in their halo games cause it’s their favorite number

Ngl, my first time playing Reach i cried when Kat died. She was my favorite, and i wanted to be just like her when I grew up. Strong, swift, and brave like any of the Spartans, but she was one of the smartest, and tougher than anything, but it only took one bullet When Jorge died, i was sad yeah, he was probably the sweetest of all the Spartan II's. But the score, and the cinematography of the scene really set in stone for me that its what he wanted, and that he was sacrificing himself in an attempt to save his home. Jun's disappearance was confusing to me, i didnt understand at the time why Halsey would need a Spartan escort, and the line "I'll do what's necessary, sir." Didnt mean anything to me at the time. I learned later on that Mjolnir comes with self destruct modes that overloads the mini fusion reactor each suit has to completely vaporize the suit, the Spartan inside, and anything in a 5 meter radius, severe burns would also be a problem. Watching Carter take out the Scarab, and knowing he took off his helmet at the beginning of the mission, it just kinda.. idk. I felt like Emile then. "Crevice to the east. Let's go." It's subtle but you can hear the hurt in his voice. He just watched his whole family die in the span of a couple of days. When he gets stabbed, he says "I'm ready! How about you?" And with the last of his breath, he takes out the Zealot that killed him. I have a feeling that had he not been stabbed, he wouldnt have lived long once the Pillar of Autumn took off, and not because of the Covenant. Then watching as the Autumn lifts off, slowly at first, swinging its enormous rear around to get itself lined up for a good orbit, knowing that Six was going to die after that. It was solemn, but beautiful. I loved Reach, but its not my favorite. That lies between Halo 2 and 3. Btw i did some numbers, just very rough estimstes based on lore, the booster engines had a combined output in excess of 44.6 billion pounds of thrust force, due to Reach's higher gravity than Earth, and the fact it was able to move so far so quickly That was a fun lil bit for me

I've always thought of the Zealot that actually kills 6 was the one from the start. He almost stabs 6 at the start, but at the end he actually got to kill 6. Sorta like the Zealot had a grudge against 6.

Reach: amazing art style, amazing campaign, amazing story with iconic characters, unique and memorable multiplayer. Easily one of the best halo games

I love how both Master Chief and Noble 6 are the only true "Hyper Lethal Vectors" spartans that had no parallel. There is technically a third, from the Spartan IV's that being your halo 4 spartan from spartan ops, but they were only considered and never confirmed.

I was so connected to Six that when I found out what the final mission was from a friend who beat it ahead of me, I stopped playing the campaign and went into multiplayer cuz I wasn't ready for six to die, she meant that much to me for finally having a badass woman to play in a Halo game. It wasn't until a few months later I finally got Cortana onto the Pillar of Autumn and did Six's last stand. She was my favorite.

6:15 fun fact, by my best estimations, that sound is not an electric guitar, but rather a bass guitar run through heavy overdrive like you would with an electric guitar. Or at least, I pretty closely replicated the tone by running a bass through an electric guitar amp with the gain way up. Still way cool sound design though and I love it.

18:56 seeing as an assault rifle in reach had as much geometry as a marine in CE, I believe it

This was the first game I played on the 360 and the first game I've played dozens and dozens of times , the game that made me cry happy and conflicted with emotion, this game got me into games , and this game in my opinion is the best halo game getting u into every bit of action possible, truly a masterpiece

This is the first halo I ever played and I still love it

For anyone wondering the same Elite Field Marshal attacks Noble team at the beginning, shoots Kat and is killed by six right at end

6:05 Jorge also practically lays on the civilian with full confidence that the rest of Noble will take care of it

I'm just happy you've gotten to experience these games. I played the campaigns over and over just to see everything I could find. Half the experience in Halo campaigns is the Easter eggs they left for you and exploring the world. ODST's soundtrack is something beautiful (and a little spoiler but I hope you find it) You can find a dancing Marty O' Donnel in one of the ODST missions while you are in a banshee and it's just a good time. I'm sure you'll appreciate the story told in ODST can't wait for the video.

Reach has been my favorite Halo game ever since release. I spent a little over a year playing in local tourneys with my friends and consistently going through the story just to cry at every death without fail. I didn't start playing Halo until Halo 3 and while I do LOVE that story and ODST, Reach still hits me where it hurts. I'm glad you finally got to enjoy the story that I love with all my heart.

I love Reach, its one of the all time greats. My favourite detail is: Kat’s shields don’t flare when she is shot, this is due to the high atomic excitement (radiation) dispersing the shield. It’s covered in the books that the shield can can be affected by high radiation. Just before the glassing, as the beam is charging, Kat mentions the radiation is building and Carter loses comms with Holland for the same reason.

I'm Brazilian, and this game impacted me a lot when I was a child, I got into this story and really cried with her, it marked my childhood

I didn't originally like this game, but it's grown on me. It has my favorite helmet from the series, operator. The storeys so DAMM BLEAK yet hopeful.

You're guess about the Zealot is absolutely right, and he's the one to end Noble 6 at the end, but his rank is field marshal, not Zealot. He's the only one you'll find in the game

I wish there would be another like reach. I personally loved having my own custom spartan in-campaign and I really felt it when they died.

16:09 those are technically CAS assault carriers, and even though that’s a smaller fleet than the fleet of particular justice, it is still a big fleet non the less which is led by the ministry of resolution which has 3 CAS assault carriers, 10 CCS battle cruisers and 4 SDV corvettes, that’s the same fleet that basically destroyed new Alexandria, then 3 more fleets came to support to reinforce the invasion and they are the fleet of particular justice, the fleet of holy respite and the fleet of righteous vigilance, all these fleets together numbered around 315 ships, reach was truly lost

There actually is a bit of back story around Noble teams, including 6. Hidden Xperia did an amazing video on it if anyone wants to look it up

Can't believe this series made me emotional over a planet that doesn't exist.

Something you missed. At 13:33 you can see a lone marine kicking a dead White Sword Elite. There’s no other marines living or dead around which means that marine likely killed that Elite by himself. In my own head canon that marine survived Reach and was later selected to be a part of the spartan 4 program.

19:58 I will always now and forever think of Caboose saying back “the words please”

8:01. You are indeed right. That Zealot(actually a field Marshall) is in fact the TRUE antagonist to the game. He has basically hunted NOBLE team since Winter Contingency at the Visegrad relay. He attacked the Spartans, shot Kat, lead the zealots who wasted Emile, and died by the hands of the only other hyper lethal Spartan. You can tell him from the others by the two “Antennas” on the headpiece. The others do not have it. Also Emile doesn’t kill him. He’s the last elite you kill on your way to the gun.

I love reach and it’s finality, so it’s my favorite. CE, 2, 3, and ODST were more playful and funny, but I love how grounded and tight noble team is. Also the multiplayer is phenomenal.

A lot of people believe that the last elite you see that pulls out the energy sword is Arbiter since he pulls it out with his left hand since Arbiter is the only left handed elite we know of nice little fun fact

20:42 the reason that they put boosters for the autumn to get off planet is cause there’s a like in the Fall of Reach that explains that the autumn was never designed to be able to land or take-off on a planet

"There are so many stories where some brave hero decides to give their life to save the day, and because of their sacrifice, the good guys win, the survivors all cheer, and everybody lives happily ever after. But the hero... never gets to see that ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith." -Epsilon, RvB Feels like a fitting quote for a game like reach...

I got the master chief collection and Reach was the first Halo game I ever played from it. Even without tons of Halo knowledge by the end of it I felt that Reach really is something special.

I can’t wait for you to do ODST. As a kid, I couldn’t stand ODST even though 3 is one of my favorite games. Then during quarantine I replayed ODST with my girlfriend and totally fell in love with it. The dark and depressing mood throughout the game as well as the plot revolving around piecing the story together was so fascinating to me on my replay.

If you haven’t I recommend finding or watching a vid of all the audio logs in this game. Enrichment of experience. Also nods to the 20-something Spartan-IIs also on reach at the very end with Beta-Romeo Leader. Punching a wraith to death. Classic.

Love the compassion you have for this game, brings a smile to my face knowing there are ppl that see the art behind such a great game. Awesome video, awesome wins, enjoyed every minute, just like the game itself.

I just want to thank you for making me find a new appriciation for games

I have recently discovered your channel and I have subsequently watched every episode. You are an amazing KZfaqr with just the positivity I and maybe others need right now. Thank you! I hope you complete the Halo Series as well!! Halo 4 was my favorite Halo because I grew up with that one

From the moment I got the game, hell, from the moment I heard the game was getting a release I knew exactly how this game would end. It would end in a John Marston style go out fighting ending. Fitting that Red Dead Redemption came out the same year.

I love the chants that permeate every mission. Like right off the bat in the first mission you get these solemn chants that already make you feel despair even though Covenant presence hasnt been confirmed. Or the beggining of Tip of the Spear, if it was any other shooter the music would have a stinger when you crash and then it would continue with the bombastic sounds to complement the action that follows, but the bombastic music ending after you crash and being replaced by the lonely chants while youre being attacked by a Covie squad and the music picking up only after you clear the area and get a Hog just works so well.

was really looking forward to this one imo its the best halo in the series

I'll always have a problem with the voice mixing of reach, when they talk it doesn't sound like they are in the same room or on a battle field, it always feel like they are in a sound proof room with just a microphone and that's it

Probably my favorite part about Reach is the way they depict the might of the Covenant. As Chief you're a one man army that easily mops up their infantry so it makes you wonder how the hell humanity was losing, then you play Reach and get to see that each victory meant nothing because the Covenant always had some way to completely negate it and create an even bigger problem. And it's about halfway through the game that you go from trying to defeat the Covenant to desperately trying to save as many lives as you can.

15:35 that scene will always give me chills

20:54 when u made the entry of everything coming full circle the counter read 117 the same number as Master Chiefs spartan I.D don't know if u did that in purpose but nice touch non the less

bruh you called noble team 'noble 6' 6 is the player character's number in the game

Reach and 3 are my babies Man, I grew up with those two halo games, reach has my favorite story but 3 holds a special places in my heart

This is my favourite Halo game full stop. I played it when it came out with my friend on his Xbox 360, and I fell in love with it. I played this game nonstop, completing the solo legendary campaigns and the full skull campaign, playing slayer and swat and infection and everything in between. I played Halo 1-3 ODST, but Halo Reach made me fall in love with Halo.

18:48 emile got me laughing

5:35 is this not Jun talking, not Emile? Jun is shown to be kind of a psychopath so it makes more sense for him anyway

You know, I really liked how the snadbox changes in tip of the spear after you destroy the AA cannon and the way the long swords fly in, extremely cool. Also, I could win Exodus all day.

I absolutely loved the part when carter says “5 and 6 clear the hole!” With the guitar and Jorge walking in front of you as the hulking Spartan 2 and then closing the door behind you. Everything about that scene was just epic.

Love this game❤️

Noble team bro. Not noble 6. Noble 6 is Spartan B-312.

I'm so used to Heroic/Legendary difficulty that when he just waltzed in the middle of those enemies at 11:15 I watched his health like "HOW IS HE NOT DEAD YET?"

15:28; Jorge's Death There's so many good stories where some brave hero has to give their life to save the day, and because of their sacrifice, the good guys win, the survivors cheer, and everyone lives happily ever after. But the hero never gets to see the ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith. Ain’t that a bitch

I consider Reach and ODST to be some of the better games in there series. Simply because we aren't the larger than life Master Chief but we are just regular soldiers, and it grounds the story in a way that makes it more believable.

343 vs Bungie... I don't think 343 has the magic of Bungie games. Chief talks too much... They tell, don't show. The aesthetic is wrong. None of the classic Chief music is there. It doesn't feel luke Halo.

Reach is my favorite halo game, and was my first halo game that I played. I was absolutely devastated when *that ending* happened, despite the beginning shot. I remember replaying the last gameplay section trying to last as long as I could to see if there was a different ending.

One of my favorite overlooked details is when Jorge picks you up. He doesn’t have his helmet on, meaning that his suit isn’t connected through the helmet’s neural interface. That man is using raw strength to carry both himself AND Noble 6 despite them both being fully suited up in spartan armor.

Reach really is an emotional masterpiece, and so much of that is down to the audio and the connection between the team. The music cutting out when Kat dies to go with her being cut off mid sentence before kicking back in with the slow piano, Carter’s line about Jorge, and Emile’s goodbye to Carter are all great examples. And then, as you mentioned, the skyboxes are beautiful. The best being New Alexandria as the mission goes on, between the storm and the glassing in the background. Also, gutted there was no win for “you’re scary, you know that” after Kat gives Emile’s knife back.

My favorite campaign from any video game. The cutscenes, art and music have so much detail. The body language, the cinematography. It gets better the more you watch it

At 6:20 I honestly felt anxious that he wasn't compulsively reloading before you even made the joke lmao

11:57 dont worry that isnt the zealot that Carter "lets escape", the elite that escapes and later kills kat is un fact the elite that you kill on the mission pillar of autumm, un fact that is a captain general, the highest ranking for a elite field soldier. So noble 6 gets revenge for kats death

I stopped watching your videos a while back for no particular reason but then got this in my recommendations and I’ve got to say man you’ve greatly improved and I’m looking forward to more videos, see you on your next video.

Love your videos and I'm very glad you are enjoying the Halo saga. As my favorite Halo, there a couple of absolute Wins that I think need to be added. - Opening on 6's broken helmet: it is also a reference to the previous Noble 6 which our player character is coming to replace; the shot is deliberately ambivalent to reference both what comes before Reach's story and its final outcome, further underlining the suicidal character of Spartan III's and Noble Team's mission. - The whole scene showing Noble 6's landing after the destruction of the Super Carrier, with the remnants of the ship resting on the mountains and debris falling into atmosphere as comets, 6 taking all that sight in and getting is magnum out, it is all absolutely stunning and memorable. Kat's death, Multiple Wins here; - O'Donnell's "Ashes" starts playing exactly as Noble Two's body collapses; no more words spoken, muffled gunshots, the sound focuses on the emotional track to emphasize the traumatic moment. - Body language; Carter drops his rifle, stumbles, looks on the ground for a moment, braking his stoic and unbreakable leader façade for the only moment in the game. Also, the camera shot emphasis on the absence of hope for the fall Spartan: the door closes on her foot, no twitches, no reactions, no nothing, a simple shot to really convey that death can be sudden, cold, and unapologetic. - Again, the backward panning shot of the team approaching the landing Pelican, with Carter carrying Kat's body and O'Donnell's piano going in the back is simply astounding. There are many others that come to mind, I will add them and probably edit the comment later, anyone that wants to join in, please do so. This game is phenomenal.

Thank you for putting these videos out so quick; I'm literally on the edge of my seat and as soon as I'm losing patience boom. Another AMAZING Halo video. Thanks for working hard and putting these incredible videos out. Never played Reach, but do I want to now? Most definetly.

My favorite halo game of all time, i'm so happy you did reach after 3 (my second favorite)

Honestly I can't wait for the videos covering ODST and Eventually infinite. As a halo fan, I absolutely adore your commentary on the games. Keep up the good work my guy.

Honestly this game holds some of the best memories I have in life every death was a cause for me to pause because I was crying, even the end scene I was playing it with tears in my eyes screaming at my TV just begging for a se one to let my shield reboot but it never came…. Literally no game has ever made me feel like that again to this day I think about the Nobel team and how I wish to live my life with even a percentage of the honour and valour they lived and died with!!! This video was great and it made my day so thank you 🙏🏽

I almost cried when Carter said “ he gave his life thinking he saved the planet we should all be so lucky”

7:24 the ordinance locator is like mega powerful you have to hold it in like a Spartan laser and it blows up anything it’s locked on to

I've been awaiting this video since you started your channel and you did not disappoint!

Love your new found love for the Halo franchise. And I LOVE that you notice the little details like Emile tossing Kat the beacon

I love your channel man life’s been rough lately and your videos really help get my mind off things

Reach was the first halo game I got to play online, co-op, and on release. The story gripped my young teen heart, the game play excited me even though I was impossibly terribly BAD at it, and the social aspect I hadn't gotten to experience before kept me coming back day and night. Reach absolutely had a hand in shaping my personality. I still choked up watching Jorge's scene here, its like remembering the death of a childhood friend.

I like when talking about the opening shot from CE and seeing HALO forthe first time the Win Counter is at 117, very nice 👌🏻

I can’t wait for ODST

I watched through your Halos 1-3 videos and was very impressed. (As I have been throughout your channel's history) It being the Steam Summer Sale, I decided to buy the Master Chief Collection and play through this game before watching your review of it. I am so glad that I did! Getting to the the space-/aerial-combat missions unspoiled led to a an incredible sense of excitement. Those combat sections were so far evolved from anything that I had experienced in the trilogy! When I got to the "Slipspace Rupture Detected" scene, I had to put the game down and let it marinate for a bit. The sense of "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" was so narratively satisfying, and emotionally affective. the game was good, the video essay: phenomenal! Still haven't played through Halo 4. I'm very much looking forward to playing through the whole series before I watch your review of it. Keep up the fantastic work!

This will always be my favorite halo game. CE was the first video game I ever played and have been loyal to the franchise my whole life, but there’s something about this game that makes it my favorite story. Knowing how hopeless the cause never keeps the player from persevering and fighting as hard as they can to change the story they know is canonically cemented. Absolutely my favorite legendary play through of any halo.