Looking to upgrade your PC? Gear up with the very best AMD GPU on the market! https://www.amd.com/best-gpu-on-the-market All footage of PC gameplay captured for this documentary was done using an AMD Radeon 6900xt Halo Infinite Limited Edition GPU, and an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X processor - providing a flawless presentation as I replayed each and every game in the Halo franchise. You can learn more using the link I've provided. This is a full history of the Halo franchise. From Bungie's roots building Sci-fi themed shooters in their Chicago offices, to 343 Industries' newly released Season 2 for Halo Infinite. Celebrate 20 years of one of the most iconic first person shooter series every created by learning how the series has evolved! Halo is a first person shooter series created by Jason Jones, Marcus Lehto, and a team of Bungie developers and published by Microsoft for their new Xbox console. The series got its start as a hybrid RTS game built from the mold of their fantasy RTS series, Myth - and evolved to completely dominate the video gaming scene with its rich storytelling, beautiful scenery, balanced gunplay mechanics, and its revolutionary multiplayer. Following the groundbreaking Halo: Combat Evolved, Bungie created several more entries to the series, including Halo 2, Halo 3, a standalone expansion called Halo 3 ODST, and a prequel entry called Halo Reach. After Bungie's departure from the franchise, Microsoft created 343industries to carry on its legacy, resulting in Halo 4, Halo 5, and most recently Halo Infinite. Join me as I detail each and every game, breaking down their development history, storyline, gameplay features, visuals, and their critical reception, all backed with each game's original soundtrack. _______________________________ Follow me on Twitter! I like to post updates on my channel and various projects there: Twitter: @nick930gaming Please help me continue doing what I love! You can sign up to be a patron using the link below - and earn special perks as a result! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Nick930 Even the smallest donations help me make these videos! (I record all of my own footage and need to purchase several old games for the footage) This video was a tough one. Halo is not a series I'm quite as familiar with as past documentaries I've put together. In fact, some of these games I had played for the first time when recording. But thanks to some great archival work done by Bungie and some exhaustive interviews conducted by the likes of "VICE", I was able to piece together a complete breakdown of this series' history from start to finish. There's also a few easter eggs sprinkled in for diehard fans to discover, including some special cameo appearances from Halo Content Creator: LateNightGaming! Now sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy the ENTIRE History of Halo! Table of Contents ________________________ 00:00 Intro 03:09 Old Bungie (1990) 11:07 HaloCE Development 20:28 HaloCE (2001) 31:57 HaloCE PC (2003) 33:40 Halo 2 Development 39:14 Halo 2 (2004) 47:35 Halo 3 Development 49:56 Halo 3 (2007) 56:55 Halo Wars Development 59:39 Halo Wars (2009) 01:03:12 Halo Movie 01:05:26 Halo 3 ODST Development 01:08:01 Halo 3 ODST (2009) 01:12:15 Halo Reach Development 01:14:10 Halo Reach (2010) 01:20:22 Halo Anniversary Development 01:22:26 Halo Anniversary (2011) 01:24:18 Halo 4 Development 01:26:48 Halo 4 (2012) 01:34:29 Halo MCC Development 01:36:44 Halo Master Chief Collection (2014) 01:39:07 Halo: Spartan Assault/Strike (2013-2015) 01:41:28 Halo 5 Development 01:42:54 Halo 5: Guardians (2015) 01:48:55 Halo Wars 2 Development 01:51:20 Halo Wars 2 (2017) 01:56:10 Halo Infinite Development 01:59:46 Halo Infinite (2021) 02:06:55 Conclusion ________________________ Special thanks to: EpicTrailerMusicUK - Listen to his full orchestral Halo cover here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBsaS8gWwQI Scifidan - for his help brainstorming a Title animation. Additional help using Blender was provided by the Halo Archive Community LateNightGaming - for providing his voice to some sections of the video ;) Marcus Lehto - for providing some light background information on the early days of development for Combat Evolved #Halo #Documentary #Nick930