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Just coming back to remind myself what a good halo show could be, still just as beautiful as I remember. Breaks my heart it’s not what we’re getting

Fun Fact: The ODST instructors are actual Hungarian Special Forces that were brought in for the video.

These two and a half minutes told a stronger story than the entire first season of the Halo tv show has.

This really shows how good the writers at Bungie are/were. The whole story of Tarkov service is told without him speaking a single word. And yet you still understand everything. Why he joined, how he felt his first time in combat and even how war has hardened him.

This aired in a sports bar I was in one night and after the trailer was over, the whole bar was completely silent, gave me goosebumps. Probably the best gaming commercial ever made

When your marketing budget is so badass that people actively look up and enjoy watching your ad over a decade later.

After 13 years, this still claps right in the feels.

This is the single greatest piece of Halo cinema/content EVER created. How this didn’t become a live action movie is BEYOND CRAZY to me

This is actually a better recruitment video than the new US army one.

I love the message of this game, the whole time it tries to remind you “You are not the Master Chief. You are not a Spartan. You are just another soldier, fighting against the unstoppable enemy.” And it also tells you at the same time “You are normal, but you can be great”

More than a decade later the scene at 00:40 still stands out, the senior NCO leading the funeral detail looks at the most likely prospect of enlistment right before he orders the fire. He knows that this part of the ceremony will have a lasting effect on him and almost without thought looks at the next potential generation of Fighter. I think that senior NCO holds some kind of reverence in that moment that he potentially created another ODST for the ranks fighting for humanity’s survival.

The design for the brute 1:49 is absolutely incredible for 12 years ago production

"Respect an old man in a job where men die young."

"I've heard that Spartans always get the worst jobs. Too bad we're all out of Spartans. You have 3 minutes. Get ready to drop." - ODST Leader, moments before deploying over Arcadia City

This perfectly showcases what it means to be an ODST. You are *nothing* but a man. Compared to the Covenant, you may as well just be Cannon Fodder. Being an ODST means "dropping feet first into hell", into a battle that you have no place in. A battle that places you out of your depth against an enemy that has more strength, durability and speed than you do. An enemy that is more ferocious and brutal than any you may have ever faced before. The Halo Legends show shows it perfectly: You're the best of the best. The best soldiers Humanity has to offer, but are completely and utterly outclassed by both the Covenant, and the Spartans.

ah yes, the pain still lurks inside me... gentlemen, we will never lose the memories of the glory days of halo... R.I.P Old Bungie, you'll be missed.

It's sad to see the ODSTs forgotten in new Halo

Even in 2020, this trailer is still f***ing insane.

This adds some perspective when you consider how long the war lasted. Two generations grew up and came of age during the struggle. The kid we see in the beginning probably reached adulthood in the 2530s, judging from his appearance at the end when his flashback is done. Fought for 20 years, going from a pissed off kid seeking retribution to a grizzled veteran just operating on inertia, doing probably the only thing he knew how to

Man remember when halo live action sent chills down your spine. How did the Halo TV show screw it up that badly

This 3 minutes was always extremely satisfying and the entire hour of Halo’s first show on Paramount + doesn’t compare... to a 12 year old short clip!

Imagine going through all that training and just getting killed by a grunt with a plasma cannon

This trailer does a good job of reminding us the Human-Covenant war lasted for decades.

You know what's amazing about this trailer? The Rifle salute for the funeral integrates into the rhythm of the song, sounding on after that point precisely two more times to complete the salute. In a direct way, tying death and sacrifice into the theme of the trailer. From there on, the drum beat that carries on through the rest of the trailer echos that original, terrible beat, becoming an inevitable and advancing march of death.

Just here to remind myself what a Halo live action series *SHOULD* look like.

Honestly, I am willing to bet that this probably recruited more guys into the military when it came out then current actual military commercials do now, and not just the US.

This is 13 yrs old, and it's still one of, if not, the best commercial trailers ever made.

Every now and then I come back to this masterpiece

I really feel like a show focused on ODSTs where the Chief popped in occasionally as a background character would have been a way better angle for a TV show, and this trailer proves it. You could have the main characters have very human emotions and high stakes, and the Spartans could feel very powerful without needing to carry a lot of emotional beats of the story. Why the TV didn't take this approach is beyond me. Nobody is worried if the Chief is going to die, so the show has pretty low stakes for the combat.

Through action, a man becomes a Hero. Through death, the Hero becomes a Legend. Through time, the Legend becomes a Myth. And by learning from the myth, a man takes action.

“Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.” - Kevin Lacz, Navy Seal

14 years later this trailer still gives me chills!!! Wish we could get a Halo show like this

This really was a world wide mini film. The song is sung in Welsh. It has Bagpipes. It has Samoan log drums. The drill instructor is Hungarian. Inspiration was taken from journalists in USA Military units in Afghanistan. As well as being inspired by Russian films like Stalker. They wanted to film in Ukraine but due to time/budget settled for Hungary. And I feel there was probably even more.

10 years later, there has been nothing to rival the quality of this trailer before or since

Chills... still get chills after so many years. The show could have been so much more. This trailer was expertly crafted. Idk why at times it feels like 343 is so allergic to the source material.

I can’t believe this is what Halo used to be. It’s sickening to see what 343 has done to this beautiful franchise.

The part that gets me is the scrap of flag the odst has tucked into his armor. Burned and tattered, been through hell just like him. But he keeps it so that any odst that falls can have a flag at their funeral like he feels they deserve.

For those who missed it, even after 12 years. Just so you know how appropriate this song is for ODSTs (AKA "Helljumpers"). Lyrics of the song in Welsh: " Gafflwn Dihenydd, o'r fuddugol yn wiriol sydd. Ni fydd neb yn ein Drechu, Falch ydy ni i drochu, Traed o flaen i'r Annwn, mewn y gwybodaeth fe godwn ni." English Translation: "We cheat Death from his rightful victory. No one can defeat us. We are glad to plunge Feet first into hell in the knowledge that we will rise."

What the halo show should have been like, not what we got.

Soldiers: *Have to keep composure and could become stoic from intense training and war experiences* Paramount: "Hmmm nah, supersoldiers need feelings suppressors!"

The ending where they all put their helmets on for the next battle = pure badass

ODSTs are great characters because they get dropped right into the crap with less equipment and man power than spartans. They aren't as powerful, but they are sure brave.

I almost forgot to watch this today.

Probably the single greatest game commercial ever..........The transitions, the brutality of it, the reality of war, and the loss that comes with. The moment at the end where the leader slips on his helmet, and his squad follows suit I absolutely brilliant. It gives me chills every time.

Oh finally the 360 elite is $100 off!

Man that brute looks more real than the halo forward into dawn cgi aliens

14 years later, still better than the show.

Ik it’s small.. but I really love that you can hear one of the ODSTS sort of hyperventilate when going into the war zone.

How does a 6 year old video game trailer make me have more feels than many full blown movies and TV shows released today?

Damnit watching this makes me want an ODST series that's basically Band of Brothers.

Helldivers 2 in a nutshell: Note: Are you doing your part Helldiver?

God I miss everything about this. The hype. The midnight release. Being that young again. But thankfully the memories will always be with me.

Who else got this in their recommendations 10 years later?

Just that transition from him in his obviously first battle as a young man and then jumps several years ahead with him as a middle aged man with the new younger generation. Really sets in the scale of how long they faught for And then hearing the explosion and needler gunner going off and they instantly suit back up and fight on

1:51 Its just ironic considering how under powered the silenced magnum is 😂

This trailer really makes me want a Halo TV show. Maybe someday…

I've come to this after seeing the more recent Military recruitment ads. Gaming or not, this gets the message across better.

*Meanwhile at Rookie’s funeral* Buck: “You were a good soldier, Rookie, I was proud to serve with you. I’m glad you got to see the end of the war, which started before you were born. I just wish you’d gotten to go back home, too.” *I looked around at the others.* Buck: “Anyone want to say something?” *None of them moved forward. They all looked like I felt: stricken, frustrated, and maybe a little angry, too. Seeing neither Mickey nor Dutch was ready to move, Romeo shrugged and then nodded down at the body.* Romeo: “It only takes one mistake, kid. You went a long time before you made it.” - *New Blood, p. 105-6*

Getting the Halo tv ad before this masterpiece was a slap in the face

Small detail I like: Near the end when there silent, remembering their fallen friend and then hear the blast. No witty banter, no cutesy dialouge, just a stoic expression, pop on the helmet, and then back to work.

Me and my childhood friend James saw this trailer as teenagers and were so in awe that we both bought the game together the very next day. I went to college a year later and James decided to join the Marine Core. I remember asking him what made him decide to join the military, and he told me this commercial had a big part in his decision. When he returned home he told me he would watch this trailer over and over again when he was in Afghanistan to help boost his morale. Greatest gaming commercial ever made in my opinion.

I would have hired the team that made this ad to put together the Halo show. And paid double to retain the talent. This is so damn good.

best marketing from a game ive ever seen

No dialogue with funny quirky jokes and humour just dark, dirty and gritty contact where facial expressions say it all. God I need more of this 😅

I'm so proud that they used Hungarians for this trailer.

this is better then the new halo tv show

I was 13 years old when I played my first Halo and it was this one, I'm already 23 years old and I still don't get bored of playing it in my free time

Surprisingly this got my brother to join the Marines after he finished highschool.

Best game trailer I have ever seen

I joined the military in 2001. I remember playing the original Halo in the PX on the demo box. When I bought it the old SGTs who were in Panama, Grenada, and Desert Storm made fun of me for playing video games in the barracks instead of going out to the clubs. Looking back now in 2021, this trailer gives me chills for the parallels of the cyclic nature of military service and the terror, loss, and devotion to duty it inspires. I'm pushing 40 and have seen a lot while the new generation comes in ignorant to the horrors of war but willingness to serve and desire to learn. ODST was an interesting introspection in to the Halo world in which you aren't the main character but just a normal person who needs to survive and do the best you can...ie, real life. Summarized, this trailer is amazing and gives me all the feels.

“Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The best the military has to offer.” This commercial is what really got me to play Halo past CE. What a journey.

imagine if the new halo tv series was based on ODST and occasionally gave us some Master Chief without needing to ruin his character?

This trailer alone literally sold me Halo 3 ODST back in 2009, I wanted that game BAD because of this single video right here

crying watching this bc this two and a half minute video is infinitely better than any second of the halo show on paramount

I cant believe it took me 13 years to realize the young odst at the beginning is the older odst by the final scene

Shit nigga, they knew how to take my money back then.

This should be a movie

Remember when we all tried to look for this trailer's music and then eight or nine years later it came out for the King Arthur movie. Ah, good times.

I watched this trailer for the first time at a sushi bar with my pops we loved going to.. this commercial came on during an ad break for the broncos game that was on and everyone in the restaurant was dead silent watching this commercial.. you almost couldn’t hear a pin drop.. I was 13 when this trailer came out and is still my favorite video game commercial to this date!! Love ODST man!! Played the campaign like hundreds of times over and never get sick of it!!

Should have made an ODST or Spartan III team as the main characters of the Halo show

The show the fans really wanted in 2022.

The perfect pallet cleanser

2 minutes and 34 seconds of this is still better than the entire Paramount+ Halo show.

Fourteen years later, still get the chills. Best live action trailer ever made.

Really missed how these old Halo live actions showed how intense the covenant were

We need a second ODST game, dropping in to battles like this would be friggin awesome.

I want to live in the alternate universe where we get an ODST Band of Brothers show instead of whatever the fuck slop Paramount served up

The year is 2023. We have lost. All we have is hope. If there are any ODST out there...stay alive. Live on. Remember us. Remember what could have been.

I can’t imagine how stressful it is to be an odst, I mean, you literally go from no action to full blown war in seconds. There is not gradual change.

The choice to make the characters in this commercial Hungarian was a really daring but good choice IMO. Firstly, it's interesting. And secondly, it means that the voices of the soldiers won't distract the viewer, unless they know Hungarian.

1:56 I love this transition, such a subtle reference to a fact often downplayed or omitted on the videogames: before the events of Halo 3 (Battle on the Ark) the humanity had been in war with the Covenant for almost 29 years!! just imagine that, for contrast, IRL, World War 2, the most destructive and most deadly war in human history, lasted 6 years...

This is what halo should have been like, and now we'll never get it.

The trailer perfectly showcases just how long the Human-Covenant War really is. Tarkov joined the ODSTs at a young age, and was still a member many years later, possibly his 40's or even 50's.

Still best game trailer to this date, August 2016

One of the strongest aspects of ODST for me was the perspective you get for humanity in the covenant war. You aren’t some super soldier with invincible armor and superhuman abilities anymore. You are just a regular human being, fighting for survival against enemies that are superior to you in almost every way. You get to understand that this is a war of worlds and species, every battle is gritty and hard fought. The game does everything to make you feel like a soldier in a true conflict for survival and that’s why I loved it

Why did this commercial have a better story and production quality than a whole damn tv show?

SONG INFO Its name is "Light of Aidan". The song is an old Welsh folk song which is sung in Gaelic. The lyrics in Welsh are; Dweud a ddoi di eto n’ol Cariad bach er cilio’n ffo Nid yw’r haf I mi Ddim ond hirlwm Er pan gollais ti which translates into; Say you will not return Sweetheart, since you flew away I have no summer Only the worst of winter Since I lost you. The speech in this trailer is Hungarian.

The way their visors go black is so badass.

I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched this over the years. It gives me goosebumps every time, especially the music. They could not have found a more perfect song for this film