The HALO Trilogy | A Complete Retrospective

The HALO Trilogy | A Complete Retrospective - 1

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The Great Journey begins…
From humble beginnings, video game developer Bungie launched into the 2000s with three of the most influential video games of all time. A trilogy of successes that rocked fans and the industry alike.
Now, take a journey from 1998 to 2007 to see the creation of their grand trilogy, from its inception, to its inevitable challenges, and eventually to how it became the most successful entertainment property of its time.
This is… HALO - A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE - PART ONE
MAIN SOURCES:
SameToken’s Halo Retrospective:
• Halo Retrospective | S...
The Complete, Untold History of Halo - VICE
www.vice.com/en/article/xwqjg...
Halopedia:
www.halopedia.org/
THE COMPLETE TIMELINE:
00:00 - 1998: Bungie in Trouble
00:04:27 - 1999: Ideas Develop / Macworld
00:08:36 - 2000: E3 2000
00:10:08 - 2000: Microsoft Joins the Party
00:12:11 - 2000: From Third to First Person
00:15:03 - 2001: Naming the Master Chief
00:16:07 - 2001: B30 / Xbox Revealed
00:19:40 - 2001: Combat Has Evolved
00:22:05 - 2001: The Fall of Reach
00:23:32 - 2001: The Launch of Halo
00:24:53 - 2001: HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
00:48:33 - 2001: Reception / Co-op / Multiplayer
00:54:38 - 2002: How do you top it?
00:56:49 - 2002: Halo 2’s initial teaser
00:57:44 - 2003: Red VS Blue
00:59:35 - 2003: E3 2003
01:03:36 - 2003: Aftermath of E3
01:05:15 - 2003: Halo: CE on PC
01:05:55 - 2004: The March Begins
01:07:08 - 2004: Multiplayer Develops
01:08:50 - 2004: Sound / Music / Voices
01:10:54 - 2004: E3 2004
01:11:53 - 2004: I Love Bees
01:17:34 - 2004: Halo 2 Marketing
01:18:11 - 2004: The Halo 2 Death Run
01:21:37 - 2004: The Launch of Halo 2
01:24:03 - 2004: HALO 2
01:52:01 - 2004: Reception / Co-op / Multiplayer
01:58:12 - 2005: Another Day at the Beach
01:59:19 - 2005: A Slow Recovery
02:00:50 - 2005: Bungie splits from Microsoft
02:03:01 - 2006: The Story of Halo 3
02:05:55 - 2006: E3 2006
02:07:53 - 2006: Halo 3 Develops
02:10:35 - 2006: The Starry Night Trailer
02:11:59 - 2007: Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta
02:14:12 - 2007: Halo 2 for Windows Vista
02:15:10 - 2007: The IRIS Campaign
02:18:12 - 2007: E3 2007
02:19:34 - 2007: Promotion Continues
02:20:02 - 2007: Landfall / Believe
02:22:09 - 2007: Finish the Fight
02:23:42 - 2007: The Launch of Halo 3
02:26:20 - 2007: HALO 3
02:55:25 - 2007: Reception / Co-op / Multiplayer
03:00:27 - 2007: The Journey Will Continue…
Twitter: / theprimetheater
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/prime_of_gamer/
Galvatron: / @galvysphone
Outro Music: Running in the 80s 1.5x speed

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@ThePrimeTheater Ай бұрын

Halo Part Two OUT NOW! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMqRfJdivcq-coE.html

@danielsgames8810 Ай бұрын

You can actually do a lot more in SPV3 if you hadn't played it i highly recommend that you do

@CaptainRavi0l1 Ай бұрын

“They put Master Chief in the soda” is the funniest line in an otherwise serious video, 11/10 that’s my Prime

@lysolcoke2HD Ай бұрын

Dey put da mamster cheef in da sooda

@Ree241 Ай бұрын

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@Mister_Domm 20 күн бұрын

Thats from Russianbadger

@KiraThompson 17 күн бұрын

@@lysolcoke2HD dey put de mebtr cheef n de srodr

@LapisLazuliVA Ай бұрын

Ironic, the day after I watch the final season of red vs blue, prime comes back with a Halo retrospective. Today’s a good day.

@NealBones Ай бұрын

I think that's more coincidence than it is irony, amigo. Cool nontheless

@IronBeagle2003 Ай бұрын

It also comes out the day Rooster Teeth was shut down

@NealBones Ай бұрын

@@IronBeagle2003 Rip

@StanchestSword Ай бұрын

"Wait really? The perfectly rectangular cave made of I'm assuming metal, isn't natural? Woah!" Instant sub, that was hilarious and caught me off guard.

@andrewmeyer3599 Ай бұрын

Joseph Staten still loves and hates the cave change without changing the voice lines

@Primeditz Ай бұрын

You know it’s a good day when Primes Theater uploads

@abedekok322 Ай бұрын

I love how Microsoft's undeniably most recognizable franchise, started life as Mac title. Fantastic recap, Prime

@GhostRydr1172 Ай бұрын

It was. Xbox lived and breathed based on the success of Halo. And now that Halo's limelight has faded, so has Xbox. Not long now before M$ scuttles the whole thing.

@zacg3288 Ай бұрын

@@GhostRydr1172😅 kz

@zacg3288 Ай бұрын

@@GhostRydr1172😅

@GhostRydr1172 Ай бұрын

@zacg3288 Phil Spencer himself said it: "the moment we fail with Halo, we failed with Xbox". Kinda prophetic if you ask me.

@IronBeagle2003 Ай бұрын

“Babe! Wake Up! New Prime’s Theater Dropped!”

@pantyosashu8137 Ай бұрын

I remember a time when he was called Prime of Grammar.

@Spillow-C Ай бұрын

@@pantyosashu8137 "I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago

@pantyosashu8137 Ай бұрын

@@Spillow-C I've never actually seen LOTR so I don't know the rebuttal to that.

@Spillow-C Ай бұрын

@@pantyosashu8137 its a meme version of: lots of time ago i was there and i feel old

@pantyosashu8137 Ай бұрын

@@Spillow-C ...wut?

@Wernissage Ай бұрын

My day just got a whole lot better

@Ree241 Ай бұрын

The great journey begins now..

@jarlwhiterun7478 Ай бұрын

Finish this fight...

@markusmitchell8585 Ай бұрын

No it began 2001

@Ree241 Ай бұрын

@@markusmitchell8585 I know Halo have very cool and great Video Games

@4th1st73 Ай бұрын

It’s The Great Journey you heretic 😂😂 jk jk

@Ree241 Ай бұрын

@@4th1st73I did realize that so yeah yikes...😐😐😑😐😑😐😑😐

@NebLleb Ай бұрын

This retrospective is honestly, one of the best I've ever seen and I'm already 8:30 minutes in. It goes into the development history from how Myth 2 did a number on Bungie in the early days of the game's development to its slow transformation from Blam! to what we know as Halo: Combat Evolved, and then continues throughout the game's hype and development and beyond. Honestly, I will ALWAYS respect Bungie. Sure, the people that made them who they are left, so now they're corpo sellouts in the midst of butchering their oldest IP into an extraction shooter, but back then, Bungie had a knack for going through troubled development cycles and still ending up just fine whilst delivering quality experiences with their Halo games. Perseverance, strength and victory through dark times is what Bungie represented back then. And because of that, I will always respect who they were, rather than throw hissy-fits about who they are now. [Side note, for those interested, Classic Marathon is now available on Steam, and I highly recommend you check it out because that game is as good as Halo 1 & 2 IMO.]

@DullBoy23 Ай бұрын

First series that I've seen of yours was the transformers retro and it was amazing. Actually got me into a huge transformers kick watching everything that they have released. Keep it up bro! I've already played through all the games recently but I know I'm in for a good watch.

@TheSILENTOne-tz3pf Ай бұрын

Still waiting on Pirates of the Carribean! (Love the videos!)

@ABurntMuffin Ай бұрын

oh man, yeah that's a great series i'd love to see them do that

@Kuzzie Ай бұрын

8 minutes and 17 seconds for what I think is your best cold open on a video, props The title drop and the classic music just hits at the perfect moment in the storytelling, A+

@Neros_light Ай бұрын

I miss system link man. Growing up, my older brother and brother in law used to have an event once a month called Men's Halo Night. We'd bring our xboxes, buy costco pizza and play for hours. I wasn't allowed until I was thirteen. That event turned me into the good Halo player I am today. We don't do it anymore because my brother in law and my sister moved to Texas.

@samuelgonzalez-tovar3936 Ай бұрын

And you only needed one copy of halo?

@TaTopePia Ай бұрын

"It's great." You know what? It is great. Subbed.

@InclementFilms Ай бұрын

The fact that your Halo journey is relatively new but you captured everything perfectly says a lot of how well you researched! So we’ll made!!

@BasedGojiNerd Ай бұрын

This just made my day. Thank you soooooo much Prime theaters!

@Samlem14 Ай бұрын

I’m forever in awe at the lack of subscriber you have. The quality of content you put out is probably the highest on KZfaq. Not only is the analysis top notch but it’s entertaining as hell. Man just great stuff please keep it up. Movies video games anything I’m here for it

@hawk329 Ай бұрын

Prepare for the trip here we go again

@allendean9807 Ай бұрын

My youngest son spent hours finding every place on Halo2 where you could go off map. He was like 7-8 years old, and I’ve never seen a kid have so much fun in multiplayer sniping dudes from off map, no one finding him. The screams of rage echoing over his headphones…. Classic.

@IAmJasonDavis Ай бұрын

Back with another banger retrospective! Cheers, mate!

@IronMatty Ай бұрын

Once again another absolutely insane documentary! Seriously I don’t know how you do this! I’m gonna be honest I’m not the biggest halo fan (although I did go to a midnight launch for 3 and played it a LOT and have fond memories of it) but despite that I still sat and watched this entire 3 hours documentary. I’ve said this in a previous video of yours - how ur not 1 million subs is just beyond me! You are without doubt my favourite content creator who does these retrospective series! Would you ever consider a mass effect retrospective or was that a game u didn’t play that much? Again amazing job my friend and I’m waiting patiently for part 2 now

@ThePrimeTheater Ай бұрын

i don't know much about mass effect right now, but that doesn't mean a retrospective on that is impossible. i only truly got into halo a couple years ago, so. wouldn't be soon but it's not out of the question as per the rest of your comment: thanks : )

@cohollow7174 Ай бұрын

@@ThePrimeTheater A Mass Effect retrospective from you would be lit! Not just because it means we get a great documentary about a killer trilogy, but also because it means one of my favorite youtubers gets to dive into some of the best games I've ever experienced.

@Mishiman69 Ай бұрын

A mass effect retrospective would make me drool

@Sondi Ай бұрын

i appreciate that this is an actual retrospective on every aspect. great work dude!

@DR.slzzzp 19 күн бұрын

hourly long breakdowns are my happiest of places

@noahturner8875 Ай бұрын

Fantastic retrospective, Prime. As a commuter, long-form entertaining videos like this are exactly what I look for to occupy my attention while I drive. I’ll keep watching and enjoying your videos as long as you keep making them. Also side note, I’d love to see more video game series retrospectives from you. Thanks for being awesome.

@darklordgrim8484 Ай бұрын

Never have I clicked on a video quicker. I love your retrospects.

@richardtrammell3281 28 күн бұрын

Never heard of this channel before. I started this video 5 minutes ago and I'm already sold. Solid writing and research so far and your voice reminds me of William Friedkin.

@soruh2767 Ай бұрын

really appreciate this labour of love you have created. halo 2 was my first videogame and i have very fond memories of that time.

@thecynicaloptimist1884 Ай бұрын

Amazing video, very well-researched and presented. There were a lot of facts here in the behind-the-scenes that I wasn't aware of until now. Great job, you earned a new sub!

@mrpresidentofkenya3517 Ай бұрын

So happy you doing Halo games series! Love your videos. So much work put in and its super fun when you put a video out!! Keep em coming man❤

@evandenison5310 Ай бұрын

THE LEGEND IS BACK!

@nightfire_CSGO 6 күн бұрын

That damn chanting from the music gives me chills every time I hear it

@H3llboundHero Ай бұрын

If this doesn’t get you to 1 million subs idk what will. I’ve never been into halo but your videos are so well done that I watched anyway. Love your content and look forward to more

@jfoldger1184 Ай бұрын

I remember the shock I had when the cutscene ended and I was playing as the arbiter, was indeed a wild twist

@ipodclassic91 Ай бұрын

I really teared up watching this because it made me remember all the way back when I found out about Halo CE from being at a friend's house and as soon as I played it for the first time I fell in love....how I wish I could go back to those simpler times

@KittMcKay Ай бұрын

My favorite retrospective youtuber doing a series on my favorite gaming franchise after already having done one on my favorite toy franchise?! I must be in heaven!!!

@Appa-yi7yv Ай бұрын

Literally made my day

@sebastianrabalais3733 Ай бұрын

This franchise changed my life in so many more ways than one.

@razorback6111 Ай бұрын

2:25:33 holy shit that’s my childhood GameStop. Orlando Florida right across the street from UCF’s campus. I was there for Skyrim’s midnight release lmao

@QFenix23 Ай бұрын

every new video of yours is my favorite, amazing work as always :)

@okeynwachie 17 күн бұрын

Bro idk how i found this channel but your boy is here to stay. Phenomenal job on the LOTR video and holy shit my guy has 3 halo vids? I feel like im gonna like it here 😂

@apostolisgiannakoukis5828 Ай бұрын

Awesome video as usual. Great job!

@taylorbertrim7625 20 күн бұрын

What an excellent video, great work. that must have been a lot of work, thank you

@AllStarJD Ай бұрын

WE IN THERE BOYS

@jarlwhiterun7478 Ай бұрын

English?

@AllStarJD Ай бұрын

@@jarlwhiterun7478 Portuguese?

@Dylanisgay911 Ай бұрын

As a Playstation owner, I'm disappointed.... But as a fan, I am excited as heck!

@RELvera Ай бұрын

amazing retrospective, funny thing is that halo was just a game i heard about and the moment i played them, I'm in love with it.

@Bronk7 Ай бұрын

I love Halo so much man, and this video gave the original trilogy so much love. Thank you! 🙇‍♂

@ravwv7198 4 күн бұрын

a great video bro! nice job! keep it up :D

@PHybrid2 Ай бұрын

I always loved the halo 3 marketing campaign. The 2006 e3 trailer gives me goosebumps

@wy8077 Ай бұрын

This was the best birthday gift yesterday! New Prime's Theater and HALO!!!!

@leonardosantana5636 Ай бұрын

Another quality video! HE DOESNT MISS

@jazoli8etfagha Ай бұрын

I love your videos keep up the great work man ❤

@joelwagner8072 Ай бұрын

When I saw Primes Theater had a new video I was instantly grinning from ear to ear. I love your videos so much.

@frankieadriang Ай бұрын

Fantastic... just fantastic. I cannot wait until the next ones are released.

@SharkJnr Ай бұрын

my day off immediately become one to remember

@jacobdavis6604 Ай бұрын

Fantastic vid as always, Prime! You've obviously got your next video or several lined up, but seeing how you handled Halo made me realize I'd love to see you do an episode on the Mass Effect games.

@Spencerguitarplayer Ай бұрын

Yoo this is awesome I am glad autoplay served up this gold! Legendary playthrough every time through. I still miss those halo 3 days. that menu… showing where in the world there were people playing with an amazing light display.

@jasmine7744 24 күн бұрын

Amazing video!

@ijme367 Ай бұрын

Listening to your videos at work makes the time go by very quickly. Thanks 😅

@keerosah9970 Ай бұрын

Another fantastic retrospective! Got me in the mood to boot up the Master Chief Collection

@AimlessSavant Ай бұрын

Halo was such a profound influence to me as a kid, that despite only ever playing it once in 2005 with a then-friend-now-cousin, the word Halo in my mind first thinks of that sonorous main menu music and the ring before any other concept.

@methamphetamemes4206 Ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO by the way, it's really informative and entertaining at the same time. Perfect! I'm at the point where I just watch halo retrospectives to remember how great it is. It's like a religion for me at this point, I worship old halo and what it gave me, I have watched almost every retrospective and analysis video XD. I can't bear to see the state it's in today, the only halo I play is in the form of lovingly crafted mods for other games and the MCC.

@JordanJMyers Ай бұрын

Man Halo 2 I used to be a sniping machine lol played it so much. Friends would bring tv's and we'd split the room up and go at it for hours. Great times

@tjrage6168 Ай бұрын

This is incredible

@nihilist92 7 күн бұрын

Outstanding work 👏

@Hepheat75 Ай бұрын

These are the games that made me a gamer.

@S3N531 Ай бұрын

Incredibly well researched video. You’ll be at 1m subscribers in no time

@damienricher5039 Ай бұрын

Deserve the million views , amazing job 🫶

@sayanroy1641 Ай бұрын

Excellent video!

@williamgilbert5982 Ай бұрын

Love the work, can't wait to see the next 2? (Odst, reach, and Halo wars & then 343 era?) Installments!

@Zorrack001 Ай бұрын

Man youre Great. Thanks

@petrhanke8644 Ай бұрын

Bought Halo MCC two years ago on Steam and I fell in love with Bungie games so much that I refused to play Halo 4. Halo 3´s final mission “broke me” and during the last few hundred meters in Warthog I was thinking “This is it. This is the end of the Series”. Soundtrack, lore, good and interesting level design, limited yet fun weaponry, humor, despair, hope… this series had everything. I do understand why so many people were hyped for Halo 2 and 3 during its glory days and playing these games in Multiplayer must have been the best gaming experience ever.

@evolvedHE Ай бұрын

Holy mother of god I can’t wait to watch this

@boyblob Ай бұрын

Really nice recap.

@finndalby9132 Ай бұрын

Dude, I love your videos so much. Not sure what you have planned after halo, but please, PLEASE consider doing the fallout series next. So much lore and backstory that could be covered. Thanks!

@hoseinbmr3449 Ай бұрын

so we are having video game retrospectives now? hell yeah👍

@chrismoore8172 3 күн бұрын

Love all the videos. Not sure how I missed the Dark Knight ones, but those are up next. Any chance of you doing a series on Gears of War? E-Day is coming soon and I haven’t been excited for a game…probably since Master Chief Collection. Would also love a Max Payne series in time for the remasters! Keep doing what you’re doing!

@laurenmasters Ай бұрын

This trilogy is iconic

@robertlauncher Ай бұрын

The main theme makes me think of the world’s most intense conductor whenever those strings kick in.

@jonesy7650 Ай бұрын

I was never a fan of the Halo games. They weren't bad or anything, but being a PC gamer most of my life i had played all the big shooters, and Halo to me was just another one. But most of my friends where console gamer, and loved it. But i admit despite not being a big fan of the series, hearing that music brings back tons of memories.

@drewmike681 7 күн бұрын

The greatest trilogy of all-time.

@natangweiitula Ай бұрын

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy wooooohooooooo. Thank You

@janedoe1787 Ай бұрын

Man this brings me back to

@adrian.diloca6686 8 күн бұрын

I've binged half your channel this month help

@Reject101Personal Ай бұрын

I love hearing one of the famed Owen brothers talk about things they like.

@williamcase426 Ай бұрын

Such a great trilogy

@gandalfthepotato9844 20 күн бұрын

I wish I could experience playing the halo games for the first time again

@artufutu8856 Ай бұрын

He's back 🫡

@HaLoFreQ2000 Ай бұрын

This series is the only reason i still have xbox today. Next to doom its probably my favorite fps series.

@obitwokenobi9808 Ай бұрын

1:17:07 Hey! You just scrolled over to my hometown!

@alphamarine4784 Ай бұрын

Great video, I do have a few requests for you if it isn’t too much trouble. 1. Please mention the last stand of the noble 14 when halo 2 was shutdown. 2. Due to Rooster Teeth shutting down, can you do a series of series going over their work as a final send off to them? If you don’t feel like doing either, that’s okay. Hope you have a great day and a better week.

@TheDrexLord Ай бұрын

The legendary and rarely seen G.O.A.T has returned

@mrpresidentofkenya3517 Ай бұрын

You are so underrated man 🥲

@JordanJMyers Ай бұрын

Great shit man. Maybe one day we can get a Call of Duty one

@jonbaca7124 19 күн бұрын

What a time to be alive

@wabajaba2557 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this video really had no idea how much an impact halo 2 made never really knew it existed until halo 3 came out. I was just getting into preschool when halo 2 came out so makes sense but damn is it cool to learn about the culture impact halo 2 had.