The first Halo, was in the beginning planned to be realeased exclusively on "MacOS" and "Windows" Platforms.
However, back then, Halo was a very different game.
Instead of the First-Person-Shooter everyone is familliar with today,
it was a Real-Time strategy type game, similar to Bundgie's previous game series called "Myth".
This early version of Halo was first shown at the 1999 Macworld Expo,
and Steve Jobs himself even talked about the game on stage.
(Steve): Jason Jones, who is the co-founder at Bungie, and the Halo project lead, Halo is the name of this game,
and we're gonna see, for the first time, Halo.
The next public reveal would be at E3 in 2000.
At this point, it was no-longer an RTS game.
Instead, Halo now featured a Third-Person perspective.
Soon after it was shown at E3, Microsoft acquired bungie studios, and Halo became an exclusive launch title, for the upcoming console, "XBOX".
It was first planned to be released in late 2000, but as they decided to transform it into a First-Person-Shooter, the game, and thus the console itself, was delayed.
After years of development, the XBOX, along with Halo combat evolved, was released on November, 15th, 2001.
There was a planned Halo game, simply called, Halo DS. Much like the name implies, the game was planned to be released on the Nintendo DS.
In 2007, IGN even played a short demo of the game, which showcased features like, dual wielding weapons, among other things.
However, due to licencing issues, the game was cancelled, and there are no plans to ever release it to the public.
When Halo 2 was initially released for PC, modders quickly found game files with the file extension, ".ass"
What they also found, was that sometimes when you try to edit these files, this error message would be displayed.
Apparently some developers at Bungie thought the file extension, ".ass",
was hilarious, and had to include an actual ass, in the game files. however this innocent prank,
actually caused the game to be delayed, as Microsoft had to apply a new rating to the game, that included "Partial Nudity".
Basically, Halo 2, was delayed because of an ***hole.
Just like Google has Google Now, and Apple has Siri, Microsoft has it's very own,
intelligent personal assistant, that comes with windows phones. The name of this new AI software is,
Cortana. Of course named after the AI character in the Halo franchise.
And, this AI is also voiced by the same actor, who voiced Cortana, in the video games.
Master Chief's appearance has long remained a mystery throughout the franchise. However, in Halo 4,
his face is actually revealed, for the first time.
Well, partially, at least.
If you play the game on Legendary,
the ending of the game will be slightly different.
The reclamation, has already begun. And we are hopeless, to stop it.
Even though Destiny was officially revealed for the first time in 2012,
Bungie secretly revealed it in 2009, through an Easter egg, within the game, Halo 3: ODST.
In the game, you can find a sign that reads, "Destiny Awaits." with a picture of the earth, and a mysterious white orb,
floating above. Keep in mind that this was 5 years, before Destiny was even realeased.
The Elite's speech in the original Halo, is mostly lines spoken by SGT. Johnson, played in reverse.
for example, The Elite's infamous "Wort, wort, wort!",
is actually Johnson saying," Go, go, go!
On the same day that the first trailer for Halo 2 premiered back in 2004, members of the Gaming Community,
Received jars of honey in the mail. on the jars where a link to the website,
ilovebees.com.
And, observant viewers of the trailer, could spot the same same link, at the end.
The address, would lead viewers, to a bee keepers website, that appeared to be hacked, in some way, with a countdown at the bottom of the page.
People soon figured out, that the website contained a list of coordinates for various locations across the U.S.
At each of these locations,
a payphone could be found, which would start ringing, when the countdown reached 0.
If you picked up the phone, a voice would ask you a bunch of questions about Halo,
and if you answer them correctly, an audio clip could be heard repeating over, and over again.
Once enough people had done this, a number on the website would reach 7, 7, 7, and the game was over.
Now, after all of this, as a reward, participants were given access to play Halo 2 multiplayer before its release.
Basically, all of this was one of the biggest, most elaborate marketing campaigns, for a video game, ever.
Bungie, is for whatever reason, obsessed with the number seven. In fact, they have something called, "Bungie day",
Which is celebrated on "July 7th", or the seventh day, in the seventh month of the year. because of this it can be found repeatedly.
In the Halo franchise, and I really mean,
repeatedly. for example, seven active Halos, seven terminals in Halo 3,
Master Chief's ID number, is 1-1-7, John-117,
consists of four letters, and three numbers, Seven! Slipspace consists of seven dimensions,
the Chinese and Japanese character for the number seven, can be found on the M6D pistol.
In Halo 2, there are seven covenant races, seven covenant vehicles, and seven drivable vehicles,
overall. The ship "Forward onto Dawn" has a star with a 7 in the middle.
Seven triangles on the Battle rifle, the announcement trailer for Halo reach was 77 seconds long,
or 1 minute and 17 seconds, a reference to Master Chief's ID number, 117.
Halo games have always had a bunch of ridiculously complicated, or just
interesting Easter eggs. For example, in Halo 3 there's actually an Easter egg on the loading screen of the game.
It wasn't discovered until last year.
Seven years after the game's release. the easter egg can only be viewed on December 25th, when you hold down both thumbsticks.
In both Halo 2, and Halo 3, there's an easter egg featuring a real-life photo of a man in shorts.
The guy in the photo is actually Bungie co-founder, Jason Jones. in both Halo 3 and Halo 3 ODST,
you can find hidden characters, in various locations that look like "Monkeys" or "Cavemen".
in Halo 2, there's a secret weapon called the "Scarab gun", to reach it,
You have to lure a banshee,
through a tunnel full of enemies. At the end of the tunnel, you had to damage it just enough, so it can fit through an even smaller tunnel.
then, board it at just the right time, before it disappears,
and then fly to the top of the structure, in the next level of the game.
How the **** do people figure this out?
Subtitles by William Gordon Gaming.