Having the sequel title show up with Truth’s line “There are those who say this day would never come, what have they to say now?” Is just badass.

"What have they to say now?" They say. "Rated M for mature".

"There are those who said this day would never come, what have they to say now?" I shit myself when I first heard that 10 years ago

Today's kids will never understand this classic feeling...

Nearly 20 years on and this is STILL one of if not my favourite video game TV spot. The nostalgia, the hype, good times.

Trailer is still badass after 13 years. If only I had a time machine...

lol rated M for Mature and we were kids back then when we played it XD

I love the voice acting when the arbiter says “There are things about halo, even the hierarch’s do not understand.” Amazingly placed in this trailer!

I love the fact that as a kid this looked so damn realistic

I still quote the last line constantly

Best game ever man those were the good times

There are things about Halo that 343 Industries will never understand! 0:44

This game was the first rated M game that I played when I was 4

This commercial is why the Prophet of Truth voice actor was replaced in Halo 3. Microsoft used his voice multiple times in this commercial without his permission or payment and so he didn't want to work with them again.

Halo 2 Anniversary included in Master Chief Collection, includes full multiplayer. Halo 2 is back baby.

Reminds me of a time seemingly slipping away; a time when you would stay up late or camp out early in front of an actual brick & mortar store to wait for the store to open and distribute a physical game on its release date with others also waiting for the same reason. Such excitement. :)

I remember when this shit was on the big screen that one year. When the Prophet says, "There are those who said this day would never come, what are they to say now?" And you see the Battle Cruiser approaching Earth, that shit sent chills up my spine.

"There are those who say this day would never come. What have they to say now?"

AAH Good ol' 2004, back when the days were Happy and Colourful, the T.V was a Box, every good friend you met where at Kindergarten or Middle School, before Mtn Dew there was Pepsi Blue, Oreo's cereal, and Doritos 3D...

ohh, the days when we cud double weild

"Blow Me Away" (from "Halo 2" soundtrack) They fall in line One at a time Ready to play I can't see them anyway No time to lose We've got to move Steady your helm I am losing sight again Fire your guns It's time to run Blow me away I will stay in the mess I made After the fall We'll shake it off Show me the way Only the strongest will survive Lead me to heaven when we die I am a shadow on the wall I'll be the one to save us all There's nothing left So save your breath Lying in wait Caught inside this tidal wave Your cover's blown Nowhere to go Holding your fate Loaded I will walk alone Fire your guns It's time to run Blow me away I will stay in the mess I made After the fall We'll shake it off Show me the way Only the strongest will survive Lead me to heaven when we die I am a shadow on the wall I'll be the one to save us all You wanted it back Don’t make me mad! Reach out! Die! Only the strongest will survive Lead me to heaven when we die I am the shadow on the wall I'll be the one to save us all Save us all

Back in simple times. I remember having friends come over for system links in my house. Those were the days *sighs*

This is one of the best trailers I've ever seen in my life

"I need a weapon." Chief is such a badass...

Halo 2 will soon to be 20 years old man time flies

The fact that 90% of this amazing trailer is from only the first few levels just goes to show how awesome this game was

I grew up with Halo Trial and Custom Edition. I played the campaign over and over. I never got to play Halo 2 except at a friend's house. We could never coop. I always had to watch him play. If we did multiplayer, he was obviously better and knew how to Sword Lunge. Since then CE and Halo 3 remain my favorites. Halo 3 was my first Xbox game and damn was a it a blast. My brothers and I played nonstop SWAT.

Best Christmas gift I have gotten for my Xbox. This really takes me back……

So Many memories 😢

i remember sitting in 6th grade... the teacher had turned on the tv to put a movie on and the cable was still on. this commercial happened to be running at the time. that image of chief looking down into the camera is burned into my memory.

"There are those who say the remake will never come. What are they to say now" When Halo 2 Anniversary was announced I thought remake this trailer will be perfect.

20th anniversary soon. Playing Halo 2 on xbox live in 2004 was an insane experience that I wouldn't trade for anything.

Happy Birthay Halo 2 🎂🥳 19 Years!!

Who the hell would dislike this... Really..

I love the part where the prophet of truth says "there are those who said this day would never come, what are they to say now."

Best trailer quote of all time :)

Just finished Halo Reach and Halo CE, am excited to play this game!!

Still goosebumps after all these years!

I've already played Halo 2 but this trailer has me hyped for Halo 2.

10 years ago. Shit.

After all these years, I thought the TV ad I saw was shorter. It was so much longer.

I'm getting goosebumps over something that came out over a decade ago.

November 9, 2004. You’re going to GameStop and you saw a copy of video game called _Halo 2_ and you get the copy of the game and sell for $9.00 and you giving to the money to the cashier. And you started going home and you’re started turning on your Xbox and you put the disc of Halo 2 and you’re started playing.

The day the world ends they should quote that last line LIVE on NEWS TV

0:54 The Prophet comments on the outcome of the 2016 World Series.

when i was 8 years, i saw it in the TV but i Never Though it would be a Halo 2, it really surprises me and i go insane!! XD

I remember playing this till 5 in morning as a kid

That " I need a weapon" went hard.

It's very grim to see the state of the gaming world we have today versus the time we saw this trailer and the commercials on TV. My Dad had Super Mario and Super Metroid, I had Metal Gear Solid and Halo, the point today shouldn't be to say "kids these days don't know how good we had it back then" the thing we should be doing in our generation is to say " I want to make games that give kids the feeling we had back then". Please 343 come to your senses and fix Halo.

No enemy has ever withstood our might.

I remember being a young lad blown away by Halo back in 04

“They said this day would never come” What are they to say now?

This commercial got me hyped as an 8-year-old.

It’s crazy to think that most of us here were only kids when it came out and think about it’s actual Mature fan base. They’re in their mid 30s-40s

I remember having a plasma rifle in one hand and an SMG in the other.

what a time to be alive

Oh terrific more goosebumps

Ah the memories never stop following

This 1 minute trailer for me are better than Halo 4 & 5...

I know it's not John Hurt voicing the Prophet of Truth, but it's a very convincing John Hurt impression.

This is the first time I've ever seen this trailer, I gotta say.. Hot damn! That's a good trailer for 2004! Reminds me of the Mass Effect 1 Trailer

I praise this game, it's the best out of the whole franchise. Never but anything over Halo prriod✊✊✊✊✊✊

This trailer gives me the chills every time I watch it its so good bungie always had good trailers for their games EVEN THOUGH HALO 2 HAD THOSE ANNOYING JACKAL SNIPERS...still a good game

pretty awesome and classic

Damn, I'd buy the shit outta Halo 2 just because of the commercial.

Crazy how this trailer is the reason Michael Wincott didn’t return as the voice of the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3

Was the music from this ad ever relased on its own? It is so good.

Unimaginable level of nostalgia

This is back when xbox was so badass.

Woah you can duel wield Needlers and Keith David is a elite in this game? This game is gonna be badass

I got goosebumps

That was such a cool ad why can’t they make stuff like that now and that tag line nearly killed me.

I was 9 when this came out... ahh the memories!!

WHERE ARE THE BEES?

Halo is the best Halo is way better than Cod Xbox4life

Thanks for posting this.

This videos pretty old now. Still, this is an awesome video.

Looked for this trailer after I saw the flavor text on a Borderlands 3 weapon

I hate that same intro everybody uses.

Funny thing is that if you had the CC on, the Halo theme would be considered [distant monks chattering]

This is by far my favorite Halo 2 trailer. Because it's the only one that was honest.

It would be so cool you were watching a Nintendo Direct for Smash, then suddenly this music a starts playing at the beginning then you hear: There are those who said this day would never come...but who are they to say now?

13 years later....

There are those that said this day will never come that are they to say now

Halo 2 had that look that made you want to use Eye Drops Don't take the Mark of the Beast! (666)

Halo 1 was great but Halo 2 was the best one.

Imagine telling someone in 2004 that another Halo game entirely took place directly after 0:54

Wow I have never seen this ad before the one I saw was different

Was 11 when this came out now I'm 22

I have goose bumps watching this shit

lol love this game

When's it come out?

Does anyone know if there is an upload of the music between 0:38 and 0:54? Never heard that version of Halo motiff before

343 needs to bring back dual needles

*bring back the duals*

re-license bungie

What is the name of the music used please

The birth of Xbox live

hmmm… no bee?

I forgot which prophet it was that said those lines I think its truth but his voice actor was so good but then halo 3 he's not so sinister