13:03 Can we talk about how excited Fernando was to follow Chief into battle, compared to how scared he was at the start of the game? Amazing character growth.

Personally I like this ending. because I honestly didn't want to fight Cortana. I love how she understood her mistakes and redeemed herself for it. Honestly made me tear up.

Beginning of the game “I need a weapon” End of the game “Finish the fight” This game had so many homages to Halo 2 it’s great.

I envy that pilot so much hugging Master chief

People are talking about how sad it was to say goodbye to Cortana, yet no one's mentioning how she casually glassed Sydney and blew up a planet.

Y’know, the moment they said atriox was dead, me and my friend were like, “nah, I don’t believe that, this dude probably gonna show up at the very end.”

“This isn’t an end, it’s a chance to make amends to rectify mistakes and it starts here” beautifully said and it feels like it’s 343 admitted they were wrong and apologized promising to bring it back. I loved this game and I’m excited for the future.

Atriox is a fucking madlad. He survived so many things even from an explosion.

I loves that little detail behind John's helmet, when echo talks turns green, when the weapon talks turns blue

I loved this game. I know a lot of people don’t like the humanizing of chief, but I love it. Cortanas last goodbye just hits hard, even if there are some blanks

I love the final goodbye with cortana I wish they kinda put flash backs of what they did in the past games as she said her goodbyes but i can’t complain it really shows cherish what you got and there’s no I in team

Biggest gripe- she called him Master Chief and not John in her final message

Chief - "you get to choose your name" The Weapon - "You sure?" Chief "Yes" The weapon - "Then I think I have the perfect one" The weapon - "Siri" Chief "RED FLAG!"

Who else felt like cortana's speech was also a nod to halo 5 campaign being a mistake, and how infinite is correcting it.

Bro the fact chief nearly hugged him back.. he raised his arms to allow the hug.

Cortana's goodbye. It's everything. It's a message to Chief. It's a message to us.

This was a legitimately tough fight on Heroic. To those who beat it on Legendary, I salute you.

One thing I love is the almost daughter father dynamic that the weapon and chief have. The weapon was brought into a crazy world that chief lives and had to learn how he works and how all this happens. She really grows even with her child like personality. And I feel like the ending was Cortana almost recognizing that she would be a better version of her. Saying that they had to learn from her as she walked away for the final time. Truly gone forever. Almost like the weapon is Cortana's daughter too. Her successor as she passes the torch to her. It was a really beautiful moment for both Cortana owning up to her mistakes and chief realizing that he does have to protect this child, the weapon with everything he has to make sure that she doesn't go rogue like Cortana. Beautiful emotion. And just a masterpiece, truly among the original trilogy in terms of story.

One detail I love is how Chief calls Esparza "Soldier". It lets you see how much he's grown. From a scared engineer that stole a pelican to a pilot, the reason Master chief was able to take down the banished.

im glad the pilot survived the whole story

2:42 That line was delivered so well.

Fighting through Sentinels and Banished, hearing all the whispers from Cortana and the memory echos, hit so damn hard. Hearing Keyes and the mention of Lord Hood was also pretty cool. But her goodbye, even after hearing it a second time, felt more real this time. I was fighting through the last mission and constantly having to put my controller down every time I heard previous lines of Cortana's dialogue. The nostalgia was just too much. I thoroughly enjoyed this game and can't wait for the story expansions.

I mean atriox wasnt wrong. His face was indeed the last thing we saw

14:03 the very first time I played this and heard the halo 2 theme play, I was blown away with goosebumps and was filled with excitement knowing damn well that things are gonna get a whole lot more interesting! 🔥

I love that Halo 2 sounding ending music, chills

Can’t believe no one is pointing out how Echo-216 hugs Chief in a reverse way of Johnson and the Elite in the CE Legendary ending. He puts his hand on his ass then moves it up to his back.

Going through the stages of grief right now and I'm still in denial of Cortana's death. To grow up with her for 20 years and have her say goodbye just like that... It's gonna ba hard to replay the original trilogy, knowing what becomes of her.

i can already see the tears that would be forming in John's eyes behind that helmet

Halo 4 5 and infinite... the games where chief realised he's not just a spartan, but a human too ❤

Esparza: What do I call you? Weapon: Oh I think I might have the perfect name! Esparza: *completely ignores her and doesn't follow up*

I was not expecting that last song (when they're about to take off), they haven't used that since Halo 2.

14:02 the song that plays into the Og halo 2 theme really is beautiful. Amazing campaign. Multiplayer could be better lol

14:01 literally when that Halo 2 ending music kicked in I got so fucking pumped

14:00 … fucking chills. Halo rules, now and forever.

The Weapon has some balls to adopt the name of a galactic genocidal dictator lol.

So Harbinger was talking to Atriox. He went back in time. This is why everyone thinks he died

Just beat Infinite and damn was it good. at the end Chief almost hugged 216

I just finished this story. Wow I had insane chills and a bit teary eyed from that cortana scene. I loved the weapon and chief’s chemistry as the story went. The gameplay with the missions was also amazing. And the open world aspect added so much I love it.

Nostalgia just hits hard... Great game, hope to see the future of John and the weapon.

Fun fact about the name Esparza: his name is very similar to 2 peculiar spanish words/names: Esparta and Esperanza, both meaning Sparta and Hope respectively. Idk who thought of his name but that dude deserves a raise.

Damn, i didn't even know this game was out yet and you already finished it? Damn homie 😂

That halo 2 music gave me chills

Every boss fight in this game felt great honestly. This campaign blew my expectations out of the water.

Oh how i Love Halo. This for me was what Halo 5 should've been. It answered all my questions about Cortana and showed Chiefs emotional side. 100% loved it. Bring on story dlc please. I see Halo 7 is not coming anytime soon. So please more story dlc.

I was 5 when halo came out, and it was my first game ever. So sad to see cortana go ): big part of my childhood was playing halo and seeing chief and cortana together

15:00 that music is just phenomenal. 343 redeemed themselves! Well done everyone at 343

I love when a game you waited 6 years for ends on a cliffhanger. Won’t care in 6 more years. Good job team.

13:03 that single line brought me back to 2007

Cannot wait to finally smash Atriox’s face in… It was a very emotional campaign for me. Cortana wasn’t just am AI to me, to Chief. She was our friend… without her none of what we have accomplished playing as Master Chief would be possible. Nor without the Chief of course. I started this campaign with Halo Combat Evolved on PC. I was only a kid, maybe 12 or 13. I am 29 now. She meant a lot. Seeing go was hard. But sacrafices must be made for the greater good of humanity. John understood that very well.

When I heard the theme in the start of the final battle I got chills, literal chills.

This is perfect ending, story is so good damn, just finished the game and i love the story. Final good bye to cortana and chief got new child to protect included new friend pilot. This story is so good AF damn

That last 'Get Ready' keeps giving me goosebumps every time I watch this. No matter how many times I have played the campaign, I'll never skip this. Well done 343... perfectly perfect.

At 6:01, when she goes, there is "something else here", you can hear the terror in her voice. It is amazing voice acting, and genuine terror that there is something else here that she cannot tackle. And right after, "Something's helping me...". There is apprehension, but genuine relief as well. And we find out in the legendary ending, what was helping her. This is an iconic moment.

That last soundtrack man nostalgia 😢

The primordial is rubbing his hands together waiting

i really loved this fuckin game, felt like halo again, thank you 343 you guys really redeemed yourselves, felt like a bungi halo game.

I just finished this last night on Legendary. This ending brought such a flood of nostalgia to me, thinking back to all the years of me playing Halo and following the story since the CE days. Cortana’s final speech really hit me hard 😭😭😭😭

I've been rewatching the last echo of Cortana countless of times and it still hits hard. So hard that no matter how many times I come back to re-watch it, no matter how many times I can't stop watching it. It still bring me to tears that this is the last time we'll see Cortana even though may acted as the villainy from Halo 5 and in Infinite in how she destroyed the UNSC and also the universe. But also the A.I who stood with Master Chief from the start. Like what she said "Perfectly suited. Perfectly matched. Perfectly perfect.

Cool video, thanks for uploading!

This game was clearly a way to reset the story in a better direction. Halo 4 actually had a good story, Halo 5's story was trash. 343 definitely recognized that 5 put the story in a bad spot and decided in Infinite to tie up (some) of the loose ends from 5. Leaves some questions open though--maybe these were answered by books and comics. First question is: where did the guardians go? Second question is: what happened to all of the AI? Third question is: So, what about the prometheans, are they just not going to be a faction anymore? Also, this wasn't clear to me, though maybe it was to others, why would Atriox want control of the ring? I get that it has secrets but did he want to fire it? I thought that would kill all life? I caveat this by saying I haven't been into the Halo lore for several years since adulting took over.

I somehow feel like I’ve played Halo 7. The story was great and well put together but it just felt like we’ve missed much of the story(yes its explained in-game via the logs and short videos). Halo 4 and 5 had its flaws but in my opinion the story was quite good, also they ended 5 with a cliffhanger of being the biggest enemy for the universe etc, and now starting in 6, Cortana is already dead,just felt like that book closed to quick for me. Just wish we could have played from 5 onwards. Nevertheless, well done to the team, it feels like a great game, well put together with amazing gameplay and a well put together story, just feels like 7 to me 😄

Anyone noticed the way the rings are lined up at 11:45 symbolizing all the halo rings

I loved it I’m so excited to play this game 💖💖💖

Did anyone else have the most annoying time taking out the final chieftain? was looping the room for ages chewing through all sorts of weapons before he finally died - heroic

My boy Fernando had more character development in 1 game than Locke did in 2 and several shorts.

bruh the Cortana whispers hit hard

Man when that music 🎶 hits at the end…

Her appearance went back to the Halo 2 cortana. It was nice seeing my childhood again for the last time.

14:02 Gotta love that The Last Spartan OST from Halo 2. Just perfect

Hi I liked ur video s

Does anyone else cry when Cortana delivers her goodbye because I sure as hell did

The first halo is still my favorite

After halo 3 I started to not like what halo has become but this halo was by far the most fun I've had such a great game.

When chief held back on hugging back... it made me feel stuff

I almost thought it was the Khan Maykr that entered through the portal and how maybe we were going to get a Doom Slayer cross over lol

Weapon: *Chooses Siri or Alexa as her name* Chief: *Goes to find Del Rio to GiVe, HiM, tHaT, cHiP*

14:03 I like how They used a slowed version of the halo 2 ending music :) So much nostalgia...

They did Cortana so dirty.

THE MUSIC AT 14:00 AHHHHH THE MUSIC!!!!!!

Someone has too say it, there’s 343 haters, and then there’s Halo fans. There’s a difference…

We all know chief was crying behind that mask because I know I would. Fighting together against covenants, floods, brutes, forerunners… since 2001. Them feels!

Echo-216 hugging chief made me smile for some reason

This Scene Is The Only Scene That Will Make Me Cry When I Remember It Again I'm So Sad 😞😭

The one thing I want to know is... what happened to the guardians? Did the weapon sent a signal to make them self destruct. Is the created still active?

I got one more idea of an extra level. It's actually set up as campaign forge. The master Chief captured and reprogrammed a special monitor. It is placed at a special human controlled outpost. It's mission is to set up the base for a plausable attack from the banished or so forth. There would even be a place where you choose the attacking enemy. From the banished, to the flood, the eternals, or invent your own faction. Like chief master (evil master Chief counterpart) leader of the csnu. Zombie Spartans (from the infection games). King Forkey, leader of the living forklifts. Or giant living dolls. Or gun shooting blocks (that you can change their shape in forge).

Love how chief almost hugged Each and how Echo dose a happy dance

Good news is that we are probably getting a desert biome for the next dlc!!! Can't wait

This ending gives me ideas for plausible expansion campaign. This almost resembles Halo wars 2. This first one where you play as a marine protecting a base. The other is where you play atreox who is dealing with a small flood outbreak. As I said before, infant seems to mirror Halo wars 2.

I swear that one Brute chieftain was harder than the boss fight itself

I loved this game so much. It took me 4 days to complete the campaign. Been a huge halo since the beginning

every time I hear they halo 2 ending music I cry a little bit

Dude the game came out today

It hits us all hard cause we all grew up NEEDING a cortana in our life and it just hurts to see she sacrificed herself for him we’re all master chief in our story I didn’t expect this ending at all and it made me cry 😭

I never got to buy any of the new halo games but I started playing halo at the age of nine and it's easily become one the games I will never forget. Seeing the Halo community still standing strong make me happy. I'm gonna miss cortona but I think I can see see TP1 and chief make a pretty good team.

Anyone else here cause their game crashed at the final cutscene, and when it was rebooted it put you postgame immediately?

Love how the fourth ring stature is fractured just like Installation 04 aka Alpha Halo

13:02 trigger discipline on point

I lost my mind when cortona walked through him like that. I cried. No one understands Cortona unless you’re a true halo fan. We All Miss Cortona❤️

12:48, I love how Chief was considering hugging him back for a second. Don't know why he didn't but it was wholesome!

I somehow get the feeling, that it would have been awesome if just blue team were in the pelican with esperanza picking up chief. I mean they could have said they were more than a week away. However that would be a much more stronger cliffhanger though.