Ya know, I just realized that The Rookie is Halo's only, truly silent protagonist in the games aside from Fireteam Crimson. Chief, Arbiter, Locke, both Blue Team and Osiris, and hell even Noble Six talk at some point in the games, either during gameplay or cutscenes. But The Rookie never once says anything...

Me and my buddies manage to match the scene with Buck saying "What can I say it's been one hell of a night" with the sunrise on a school night

I wish I could play this game for the first time again.

"One long night" plots have a special place in my heart because of this game. Something about the sun rising along with the end of an ordeal has a very "rest now, your work is done" kind of vibe. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT WELL BUT I FUCKING LOVE IT

God. Imagine actually being the rookie in this situation. First day as a replacement, nocked out. Left to pick up the pieces.

I don't know folks, but ODST has a different space in my heart. I always liked his depressive theme better.

"Besides. Now's one of those times; it pays to be the strong silent type."

This game made my late nights a lot more precious.

The sound design did so much for these games. Marty is a musical genius.

One of my boys was sleeping right before he did a night jump in the Army bro he was sleeping just like the rookie before romeo woke him it was both surreal and sad because not only did it remind me of halo but it also reminded me of the good times i had staying up late playing halo now im staying up late patrolling

its kinda crazy how much personality the animations alone give the rookie

When Halo 3 ODST came out. I picked it up at midnight and played it till dawn.... It was most certainly one hell of a night...

This game definitely a very unique take on the Halo formula. I loved it for that. ODST has always been one of my favorites, absolutely beautiful game.

"What can I say, it was one hell of a night." is a quote I will one day tell my kids if they asked about the golden days of gaming. "Hey, dad. What was Halo like back then?" "What can I say, it was one hell of a time."

I just found out that I can put my 360 copy onto my XBone. I finished the game a minute ago and Jesus Christ, that was a long playthrough. I played on heroic with some skulls. Catch, Grunt funeral party, IWHBYD, Cowbell, and some other one that upgrades all enemies.

I don't care about 343's canon. Rookie is still alive and well, back home with Mrs. Rookie. In my head, at least.

ODST was my reintroduction to halo back in 09 and how I wish that I could play CE, halo 2, halo 3, and ODST again for the first time again and experience the absolute fun and emotion that these games have brought me over the years. I will forever be grateful to have halo in my life because it has taught me so much when I was going through tough times.

Shame about what happened to rookie. 😔

Jesus I’m gonna go do another legendary run on this right now

I never understood why I cared about a video game protagonist so much until I realised, the rookie never talking made us truly fill his shoes. This game therefore ages like wine with us.

ODST for me gotta be peak Halo for suree

i remeber my dad getting it for me on day one and i played it all night on heroic and the music the world all of it this game will always hold a good place in my heart it was a good night

RIP Rookie. He deserved better than an off-screen death

I’ll keep pretending that Rookie and the Gang never died. They just went a little… MIA.

ODST hits different...

ODST with Cowboy Bebop vibes is ❤

No matter how many times I watch that scene, I'll always smile at the tiny Frigate to the right of the Supercarrier

Man, the books really did a disservice to Rookie when they decided to kill him off. It would have been cool to have seen what other installments he could star in.

Real Gs move in silence, like Lasagna

I love how a good amount of people have stories of doing this campaign til sunrise. Same here, especially when it came out on PC and I bought it for all my friends. Played nonstop until we got it done because I was so excited to show them my childhood. It truly was one hell of a night.

This was the first Halo Campaign I played when I was 13.

That should've been the official trailer, my god.

Wake up, buttercup

Wow. This is a masterpiece.

It really was one hell of a night.

They let the rest of those bastards be spartans, even after getting the rookie killed damn you 343

Back when Halo was prime.

I would kill for a ODST remaster, let alone a sequel

Rookie would've been a hyper-lethal Spartan-IV

Why were the sfm-like cutscenes in h3 odst so charming?

My favorite Halo game. ❤

Just how I remember it

this is such a good video i come back to it a lot n it hits different every time

Beautifully done. Bravo!

:) Rookie, sweet thing

Still waiting for them to animate or show us rookie's last day

0:18 "EUGH... Ahh"

This was really nice, thanks for making it

Criminally under-subbed channel. Excellent edit my dude!

Anytime i want to play a chill, comfy FPS odst is always the first option. It was my first halo game. It was my first xbox game. And it will always be one of my favorite games of all time.

Favouriye game, Marty O'Donnel wasn't replacable

nice.

sucks that rookie died i would have loved another odst story with him or a story of him becoming a spartan

Fun fact during the entire game there's actually no rain since the engine at the time wasn't powerful enough. We've all retrospectively gaslit ourselves into thinking there was rain

It's so stupid they killed off Rookie in a damn book. I hope one day those books are retconned

This needs good support it's so beautiful

So annoyed rookie dies off screen in a book!

ODST is Best most superior Helmet

Even when Bungie churned out a cheaply made overpriced asset flip like this, it was still a top quality experience with a completely unique atmosphere and campaign. I honestly woudlnt have minded if they just did cheap asset flips like this for Halo reach too if they were this quality, i guess so long as Microsoft didnt force them to slap on a $60 price tag like they did with ODST. And thats a other thing 343 and Microsoft missed, is that we were content with Master Chiefs story just being a trilogy of games and a few books. We didnt need a bunch of convoluted big name sequels to play halo. Odst Reach and even halo wars are proof of that. There are 20+ years of the covenant war and we know as fans that theres a gold mine lf stories to be told there. Let the Chief rest, hes earned it.

I'm sad Rookie died, he deserved to be in another game.

Ngl, it is probably tied with 2nd as best game in the series.

Dude, i'm a young french youtuber and i intend to do a video about how great was Halo. Can i use a part of your vidéo ?

Mild hot take, ODST’s campaign is better than Halo: Reach’s. ODST really gave a more depressive and lost feeling. It also avoided the “prequel problem”, in which you’d just *know* how it would end. But it kept you guessing, and kept you engaged through and through. Each character was likeable, and it gave you time to actually care about them. It immersed you as a regular soldier, fighting in an abandoned city set in the future, while an alien force scours for survivors. All the while, you get clues on your squad’s whereabouts, as the city’s superintendent guides you. Reach took until act 2 to get good, and after that it was over, and then back to “meh”. Ironically, the “spartan squad” aspect should’ve been ditched entirely. Imagine if you were just a lone spartan, joining random squads of marines or ODST. Seeing how much hope you give them, and seeing how heartbreaking it is to see them get slaughtered. It would’ve left you wondering if you were truly a beacon of hope that led unlucky individuals, or some bringer of death, to your enemies and your allies. Would have made the final scene more impactful. Maybe Noble 6 (you) finally figured it out; maybe, you gave that luck and hope so the Pillar of Autumn could escape. I couldn’t care about Kat, Carter, or Jun; mildly cared about Jorge and Emile. To be honest, the game suffered the “prequel problem” as we knew how it was going to end, and Bungie didn’t really do anything to make the inevitable impactful.

The gameplay was trash story’s as cool

Guys. These stories end. But Jesus gives you eternal life. You just have to believe in your heart that Jesus was raised from the death and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord And You will be saved.

Yknow what this music says boys? It saying to me its okay hang in there youll find your destiny one day

This video got me back into HALO, after around 9 years. Thank you, thank you so much man ❤‍🩹

I hate how small youtubers don't get the same treatment of big youtubers and what I mean by this is KZfaq intentionally puts small youtubers videos at lower quality When you start their videos and big youtubers have their videos set at a higher quality automatically

“What can I say, it was one hell of a night” is what I said after completing the forge in basic a few weeks ago 🫡