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The Halo TV series cost 10 million dollars per episode, and all Bungie's PR team needed was one lovingly crafted model and about 8 minutes of old men talking about war to blow it cleanly out of the water.

“A Hero need not speak. When he is gone, the world will speak for him” Thanks Bungie for all the memories.

People: "You cant make a commercial cinematic" Bungie: "Bet"

"Don't cry because its over, Smile because its happened."

I find myself watching these old trailers and getting hyped for a game that came out eight years ago.

Still such an amazing advert, halo used to be such an event.

The entire Believe series is the best marketing campaign that has ever been done for a video game

Brute: Takes Chief’s assault rifle Chief: I’m about to end this mans whole career

This was back in the golden age for xbox 360 owners. I'd say the best games were from 2006-2011. Halo, Gears of war, and Call of duty were all in their primes

Bungie knew exactly what they were doing at 0:31. A frame of a marine crawling towards his rifle, followed by a brute about to smash him with his gravity hammer, followed by another marine cowering with a frozen stare filled with the most soulshattering terror. It plays like a movie in my head. A very gruesome one

A sad day for our boys in green. 1/13/2022, I wasn't there for the end. But I was there since the very beginning. To all you folks who stood your ground before the servers shut down. Thank you, thank you for fighting the good fight. We knew the fight had to finish one day, but I wish we never had to witness it. Rest in peace, Halo servers on the 360. May we continue our legacy in the MCC and may that never burnout.

“The message just repeats... Believe, Believe, Believe.” “Catchy. Any idea what it means?” “Dear Humanity. We Believe that Halo 3 will be one badass game. We Believe in the kickass potential of its multiplayer. And we most definitely Believe its campaign will leave a hell of an imprint on our lives!“ “OOH-RAH”

Happy birthday Halo 3. You are sadly missed. Sweet dreams, old friend.

This is what the Halo TV show failed to show. The human struggle against an unstoppable foe.

It was never about the graphics, the realism, or the badass moments. It was always about the emotional story. OG Halo is a marvel of creativity that makes you feel hopeful and proud to be a human being.

I’m 27 years old now and i still get chills every time i watch this.

This is possibly the best trailer ever made

"Why are you crying it's just a trailer" the trailer:

The greatest trailer for a video game ever. You can't beat Chopin.

Halo just isn't the same without you, Bungie

Just imagine being a marine and seeing a spartan die, you can see the loss of hope and the realization of death in their faces

Seeing master chief raise his head gives me goosebumps to this day

I've recently read the books and now know how dangerous the brutes really are, and how devastating the covenant weapons can be. A group of 3 brutes took on chief and 3 other Spartans. Grace was killed in the initial ambush, John was grappling with a brute and nearly died while Fred and Will were pinned down, unable to do anything. Seeing just how many brutes and other Covenant soldiers there are, seeing the men falling and running, the sheer hopelessness and fear on those faces, it barely looks like a battle. It looks like a massacre.

For those wondering about the music: *Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop", composed by Frederic Chopin.*

The most powerful trailer I know of, for any game. You don't need the characters to move. The expressions on their faces say everything that needs to be said. You don't get trailers like this anymore. Now, it's just flashy hype for next-gen mediocrity at full-retail price. Gaming as a whole has gone to shit.

One of the greatest ad campaigns ever conceived.

Rip halo 3 gone but never forgotten..

Bungie made Halo seem real. I feel like that's the magic here. That we all knew that this game was just a game, yet to be so invested in something that is bigger than yourself is what drives people in.

This game did something to me physiological it was the first time I experienced an addiction a compelling campaign an unprecedented online multiplayer experience....Bungie you magnificent bastards

Every once in a while I’ll come back to this commercial just to remind myself how good old Halo was with Bungie.

What always gets me is when chief turns to look at the camera, gives me chills

Oh man, the Nostalgia.

This also shows the true meaning of war. Just look at those marines. How scared and defeated they look.

Remember our promise.

Remember our promise

I'm hyped for this game, when does it come out?

One of the best Video Game ads I've ever seen.

This is objectively the greatest video game trailer of all time nothing competes with this

Referenced 15 years later by Fall Guys, of all games. Truly, an unforgettable ad campaign, nothing comes close to this

First we Believed. Then we Delivered Hope. Now, we need to Discover Hope.

I still believe that Halo can make a comeback. Never forget the franchise that Bungie made. Never forget the entertainment it brought us. Never forget Halo. Rest in peace. 2001-2010

I come back to these ads, but they weren’t just ads… it was art.

The saddest part is, we'll probably never get an era of gaming like this again. And what I mean is seeing THIS level of passion, love and care for games, as an art form if you will.

Who's watching in 2020 after the Halo Infinite campaign reveal?

Is it me or does this trailer still gives goosebumps or chills. Edit: wow thank you all for the likes

Chills every time. Maybe the greatest commercial ever

15 years later this is still one of the best trailers for any piece of entertainment to ever be released. What a work of perfected art

Raindrop Prelude (Op 28 No 15) ;)

Gives me chills to this day.

You know you made a timeless masterpiece when Falls Guys makes a tribute of it years later.

This is the passion that's gone. Not in Halo, but in a huge part of gaming. It's not a cash cow, it's an art form fueled by passion. Not greed.

one of the most original and best video game commercials ever. top 10 easily

One of the main reasons why I stayed devoted to Xbox and the Xbox One.

It will never be this good ever again

Halo 3 was a moment. Nothing else in gaming has ever come close.

When I was a kid, Halo 3 was the first ever M Rated game I played; it was also my introduction to first person shooters. Before that, I pretty much just played Star Wars Battlefront 1 & 2 and the Revenge of the Sith game (also for a little while I had the spiderman 2 game). Halo 3 was so groundbreaking to me, it was the first time a game's story and gameplay had really grabbed me and pulled me in. I still have so many fond memories of it. I will never forget playing "The Covenant" with my older brother and dropping him off onto a scarab from the hornet I was piloting and then picking him back up right before it explodes. I also remember playing infection mode with just him and his friend (on splitscreen because we didn't have xbox live at the time) and I would struggle so hard to get them because they would just drive around the map on a mongoose. It may sound ridiculous, but the experiences I had playing Halo 3 honestly changed my life. God I love this game.

so many days. so many friends. so many memories.

Here now that the “Become” marketing campaign is starting

Just to share a memory; I remember watching this trailer over & over while on my grandmas couch… when I close my eyes and listen to the music I can still see both her & my father, now both deceased watching it with me; I see the couch, the giant Tv from the 90s she refused to replace, everything. The memories of playing Halo 3 with my cousins in that same space come flooding back as well… it’s like it was just yesterday we were snot nosed kids playing on the 360… I remember playing, and owning my dad in Halo 3 Forge, later in Reach, but we would still laugh & smile through it all…now we’re adults and so many of the adults who watched us play are dead and gone…but all I can say is thank you for the memories Bungie… I doubt anyone who worked on these games will ever realize how much impact they had on us, but y’all deserve to.

Now coming to Xbox One Backwards Compatibility! :D

Halo 3 had such amazing and emotional ads. The only ads we got out of halo 4 were the double xp mountain dew ads.

and a 61 second ad is better then an entire show

Back when game devs truly cared about their games

BUNGIE! Come back! Please... ...We need you.

Greatest game ever created.

0:34 this brief shot of the marine always gets me in the feels

Money can never buy Talent.

These games will never die. You can play them with new friends and love ones. Show these games to a younger audience. A friend next door, a niece, nephew. Anyone! Let them enjoy something from our past. Explain the story of S-117 and how he helped shape who we are today as men and women. When I was a child growing up all I wanted to be is Master Chief. I love being a leader and assist others. Tell the story. Keep Halo alive my friends.

I'm sorry but 343 will never top this

Remember, Believe, Become.

Happy 15th Birthday Halo 3 and thank you for everything Bungie. H3 will continue to live on for us. Legends never die. I was there. 9/25/07 BELIEVE FINISH THE FIGHT 117 "WERE IT SO EASY" "WAKE ME, WHEN YOU NEED ME" September 25th, 2007. 15 Years of Excellence! Classic Halo for LIFE.

13 years later, this still gets me hyped for a game I never owned. Soon though, soon.

I MISS HALO 3

For all the disappointing nostalgia trips I've had, ones like this hit me hard for how much it really holds up as much as it did for me as it as a kid.

What a time to be alive. I remember the 2000’s you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing about halo. I’m so glad to have been alive to play these amazing games.

Something tells me there’s a reason that this is in my recommended

The Halo trilogy tells an amazing tale few others have matched in terms of greatness. Humanity colonizing the stars in the 26th century and encountering an alien conglomerate empire known as The Covenant. Even though the entire war was a lie for the great prophets to hang on to their power through lies that humanity was an affront to their gods and masters the Forerunners even though humanity were the heirs of their technology the Reclaimers. Humanity fought for nearly 3 decades against a foe that outnumbered them and outgunned them. But humanity endured their light never going out despite the billions of deaths and dozens of planets scorched by the fires of the prophets judgement. Humanity's ultimate victory was not achieved in one skirmish or in one day it was bled for by billions of humans. Civilians, Marines, and the ODST's and ultimately the Spartan-II's of which John-117 the Master Chief was the most famous and his light shone the brightest giving hope to a species who was losing their hope and their faith that the Covenant War could be won. But in 2552-2553 the war at long last came to an end Master Chief, The Arbiter and his Sangheili soldiers defecting causing a Schism and the new strength given to humanity gave them the will to achieve victory but at a large cost. The Human-Covenant war was the most destructive and bloody ever fought in Human history except perhaps maybe the war with the Flood and Forerunners. The lore, backstory, gameplay, and characters have made Halo my favorite game franchise of all time and I hope like humanity it will endure and shine brightly even under new leadership of 343i.

Fall guys 2022 brought me back here!

Rest in piece bungie

Why, for the love of god, why, is there only 195,898 views (as of 6/3/14) on this masterpiece of an advertisement? If I hadn't heard of Halo in my entire life for whatever disgrace of a reason, this minute of my life would make me want to play them all.

Damn when the actual toy halo characters look less like toys than the infinite models

It’s enough to make a grown man cry

Wish we could go back to these days man

This is one of the finest advertisements for any product of any kind ever made.

B E L I E V E

Good bye old halo, you will be missed but never forgotten

At this point, everyone wants that set in their man cave already.

Back when Bungie was good

Remember.. When u were down 2 - 0 on Ctf and u kept fighting because u believed u knew there was a chance.. Victory was around the corner if only u could pass that corner but u had to believe never give up never stop believing and those victory will have there day I SAY BELIEVE

15 year later this trailer appears again but in Fall Guys. ( what a memorable of this trailer ).

I vividly remember the day I bought Halo 3, I was so excited to play it that I got a speeding ticket on my way home

Damn you bungie for abandoning us.

Mannequin challenge before it was popular

This is what Malevelon Creek feels like.

I watch this maybe one or twice a year, and I have ever since it first debuted. It hits me the same every single time. God.. I miss Halo 3. I miss it so much.

Over 10 years later and this still makes me cry like a little girl. Easily the best ad ever created.

I gotta say one thing 343 has done right is the Halo 2 anniversary, it was fun to play it again but with updated action packed cutscenes. It's as close as u can get to watching a halo movie.

Here after seeing Fall Guys trailer lol

The song is from Chopin's Prelude in D flat if anyone was wondering