The Complete Evolution of Halo's Battle Rifle
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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2023
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Its as iconic to Halo as it is to Console Esports, Its curved scope, 36 round digital ammo counter and Bullpup frame has carried many competitive Halo teams to victory over the years and in a series as long running as Halo, it stands to reason that there’s been many, many different takes on this highly memorable weapon.
In this remastered episode of the Evolution of Halo, let’s all walk down memory lane and take a look at each incarnation of this Highly memorable weapon over the years.
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Can't unsee that Halo 3 melee animation now. Thanks, it IS my pain now too. Great job on the video.
Always felt all the halo 3 melee animations felt janky and heavy. Never liked them.
Glad I could help
@@LateNightHalo How could you do this to us
@@LateNightHalo I'll just add it to the pile.
@@LateNightHalo I'm going to execute you, in minecraft.
No one:
LNG: I'm going to make you be unable to un-see an animation bug in Halo 3
yeah bro thats still pissing me off
It’s weird, but I think Halo 5’s Halo 2 BR has the best sound to it. It’s got those mean high pitched tones the classic H2 BR had with some added explosive initial shot sounds. Gives me goosebumps firing it.
agreed
The Halo 5 H2 BR was so smooth
Yeah both of those just smack
@@greaterhalo0659 And everyone shits on it because of a reflex scope.
@@presidentraiden9203 They're talking about the H2 BR in Halo 5, not Halo 5's own BR
In my opinion this is his best video series. Entertaining, informative, and satisfying to watch!
Glad you enjoy it!
@@LateNightHalo If you're looking to branch into more topics, I think Evolution Of videos might be a good way to get people into them.
Also this isn't just me hoping for some evolution of Zelda videos, how dare you accuse me of that
@@zachthomas8597 A cod zombies vid about the actual zombies and their behavior would be sick
@@LateNightHalo hope you can cover doom weapons
D2 BxR was a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I love that gun so much
Same, I use the refurbished black armory shader to give it the iconic black gun metal look.
I've got one with Demolitionist and Incandescent, fits perfectly with my Young Ahamkara build spamming grenades and making explosions.
@@Zur_a use bloody tooth. That makes it pure black
Other than the Halo 4 BR it's the only one I like.
@@Zur_a Skeleghaul works to make it all-black, although a couple pins on the model go orange (just a nitpick, but it looks cool) and I use Night's Chill for a COD Zombies "Pack-a-Punch" look if it's a good roll.
Evolution of the magnum with the sidekick and destiny 2’s exotic forerunner sidearm would be nice
Also, an update to the energy sword with the infinite variants and the half truths/the other half from destiny 2 would be nice also
I finally got the catalyst for Forerunner the other day, which also gives you access to the Halo frag grenade. It’s beautiful
I love how in H2AMP, the elites massive fingers have a hard time gripping the tiny bolt to charge it.
H2AMP? What's the uh acrynom?
Halo 2 anniversary multiplayer
I always thought it was funny that the bolt for Halo 2 and 3's BR kind of just floats backwards on reload. If your rifle does this at any point, you may wanna get it looked at lol.
In Halo three they press the bolt slide on the right side.
Which is only really noticeable during machinesmas since it only happens when crouching.
This was a great video! Loved that you included Destiny's BXR-55. I remember being so blown away at how accurate it was to my childhood memories, but in a completely different game! If anything, I'd love to see you talk about Destiny - even if your main audience is more Halo-based, it would be cool to see you delve into the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack and present all the cool references to Halo and beyond from there.
Glad you enjoyed!
this was amazing. I was especially happy that you mentioned the per-burst recoil pattern of the infinite BR and how it will always give headshots aiming at the upper chest.
I've been hoping they would change that for so long and not many people have mentioned it. I'm so glad it was pretty much the first thing you talked about for the BR75.
My pleasure!
shit blade runner vidya fps rpg would be the best thing ever. probably will be my favorite movie for life, that would be life-changing
I'm going to stop trying so explicitely to aim for the head in Infinite now! TIL that final headshot will pretty much aim itself.
love this series
"To many players' sadness, they wouldn't be able to find this weapon safely in a cave on Reach, eating beans, like they would Noble Six. 😥"
Really cuts deep...
"safely in a cave on reach, eating beans"........not as versed in the lore or whatever its from but whats that a reference to?
@@mandogaming1313 everyone basically just imagines Noble 6 actually survived and, like the quote, is hiding in a cave on reach, eating beans, even though there's no proof. It's just a funy little thing everyone likes to believe.
@@DoingDoneDidhe's been canonically confirmed dead by Bungie AND 343 so it's just a collective head-canon. Truth is he got Glassed and all that's left is his broken helmet.
reach had the DMR which functioned almost exactly the same as the BR despite being single shot semi auto.
Not deeper than that energy sword at the end of lone wolf
All these designs in Bungie Era Halo being so memorable from the design, sound and function are a testament to their genius in making some of the most iconic things out there.
There is a sort of "BR-R-RING" sound for the Halo Infinite battle rifle, though it's not the original and it is VERY quiet. You'd have to listen very closely to hear it.
I think 343 should definitely boost the volume for that particular audio bit for the BR's firing sound
Fun fact: 343 changed the sound of the Halo 3 BR when MCC first came out. When they started fixing the game, they changed the sound back to the original.
It was actually an issue with the audio mixing in general! Halo 3’s audio mixing was borked and didn’t process things correctly. Base was gone, background was too loud, music was layered under some sounds, etc
As much as I love the lancer from Gears and the DL-44 from Star Wars, no fictional firearm will ever top the battle rifle for me. Halo 3's gotta be my favorite gameplay wise but visual wise, man that H2A campaign design is so, so good. Sidenote love that footage of old school e-sports. I don't care for e-sports personally but those old school vids remind me so much of the kind of shows you'd see on G4. Loved that kind of content as a kid. Very early 2000s with all the neon greens and reds in some room that looks like a glow in the dark mini golf course in an arcade lmao. Excellent video as always.
Hope to see more Halo evolutions down the line but at the same time am interested in this series being applied to more franchises. Be cool to see some more CoD ones like the M14 (since, including its variants, has 16 different versions in the main games), But I get that those CoD ones didn't do super hot on views so I get not doing a lot of them. Regardless, looking forward to more content king!
Dude! I’d love to collab with you ever you’re ever up for it!
@@LateNightHalo I'm down, if you need help with anything or got an idea for a project just shoot me a dm on twitter. Would love to collab!
Honestly, despite the janky net code, i still like the Halo 3 BR the best and how it functions. I'm a very casual player, so I appreciate the projectile system that relieves pressure that other Halos didn't to the same extent. I don't feel like I'm going to get sniped across the map the second I leave cover, unless a player actually had a sniper.
When it came to the Halo Infinite BR, I was hoping you'd mention alongside the Battle Rifle from the 1 minute Campaign Gameplay trailer since it does have the ammo counter font similar to the Bungie BRs.
9:39 I NEVER NOTICED THAT AND IT WILL HAUNT ME FOREVER NOW WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME???????
8:52 "charismatic"
I see someone's been on a Noah Caldwell-Gervais kick. (And that someone has great taste.)
I'm really happy actually that the BXR was mentioned in your video. I played Halo 2 with friends all the time back when it first came out usually in fun little LAN/co-op rumble matches. And the BXR in destiny just fits that feel so well. I have a crafted version with the BXR rounds and perpetual motion and it's just a blast to use.
Late night gaming demonjoe shoutout, it’s all complete
This is easily one of, if not the best written and paced video you have ever made. Fantastic work!
I can tell you this much, if you branch out more, I'll watch it. I enjoy your video format and listening to you talk. So even if it's games and stuff I don't participate in, I'll watch. Uhhh anyway, relevant comment time: Halo 3's BR is forever gonna be my favorite. Infinite's is a close second.
this guy is so amazing for just saying things how they are. no bias against halo 4 or 5, no judging this specific aspect of the game based on the game as a whole, just saying up front how it feels looks and sounds to him.
Man this type of video should be for other things than Halo too, your talent is amazing
I gotta say, I love your videos and editing! Top notch content that doesn’t receive enough attention.
And hearing that double reed kick in at the beginning of each one makes it that much better 👌🏼
Makes 45min feel like 5. Great writing and pace as always. Keep it up!
I also want to share a bit of animation pain that cant be unseen. In the cutscene at the start of halo reach's long night of solice, when we get closer shots of kat and carter talking, every time one shot ends, the frame freezes for just a second on that shot which leads to a very clunky set of shots (maybe its just on xbox one, or maybr its just me)
Fun fact: by real-world standards the Battle Rifle should be called an Assault Rifle, due to its use of an intermediate cartridge (a fictional round similar to Germany's 8mm Kurz) while the Assault Rifle should be a Battle Rifle due to it using a full-powered cartridge, the 7.62x51 NATO round.
I like that you brought up the animation continuity of the UNSC rifles because it makes sense they would all be reloaded nearly the same way it cuts down on training time for the individual soldier on that weapon system If they all function near the same way cool little detail there
As always, your video essays continue to impress me with the attention to detail, the concise and enjoyable voice overs, as well as great editing/gameplay incorporation.
Lol.
The more I think of it. The fact that MCC exist is something not many franchise will ever give their players
Btw thanks for the answer in the end of the video XD
Wow the thing you said about infinites hidden sweet spot with weapons, I couldn't agree more. I was never able to put it into words. Thank you.
This was fantastic and I really loved the personal preferences you talked about with the br ammo counter colors (I agree, dark orange/almost black with bright orange numbers looked way better). Please do a DMR one once the Bandit rifle is out in season 3. You could do an awesome Evolution of the Pistol video much in the same vain as this talking about how the look and function of the UNSC Pistol in each title has been fairly different.
These videos are so enjoyable to watch. Entertaining, informative, and very great to watch. The BR is not my favorite weapon, mostly because of how dominant it was in the sandbox. But just because I don't like it doesn't mean I don't use it for its incredible reliability and versatility. Halo 3's BR is my personal favorite and I've found it to be the best version of the weapon when using one, Halo 5's is the second thanks to how useful it is in Warzone Firefight for me. The BR may not be as dominant as it used to be, but it's not a forgotten weapon. Especially with those, like myself, who grew up with this weapon in our hands. And that sound, both Halo 2 and 3, absolutely legendary.
certified battle rifle moment
Zelda is so dope. The lore hunters come up with some pretty intriguing stuff. Definitely a rabbit hole I enjoy going down
As a Halo fan since CE and a Destiny player since D1 Vanilla, I thank you from the bottom of my loot hoards for including the BXR-55 Battler in this video. I loved the entire video, but I have to admit, I was watching the runtime to see if you were going to include it.
I have a BXR with basically 0 recoil and the Snapshot perk that I use in Crucible specifically because it plays very similarly to the older versions of the Battle Rifle, and I usually pair it with the Forerunner - Destiny’s Exotic take on the CE Magnum.
I would advise against trying to diversify with Destiny content in general (it’s very oversaturated) but dipping a toe in with a video on how Halo and even Marathon’s influences were carried into Destiny itself. I see shades of the Magnum with Hand Cannons, the other pistols with the Sidearms, the Halo Shotgun with most Destiny shotguns (and Marathon got one with the Wastelander M5 and it’s SO satisfying), BR with Pulse Rifles, the Assault Rifle with Auto Rifles, and even the eventual creation of SMG’s for Destiny that remind me of Halo in some moments.
TL;Dr - You made a 20+ year fan very happy and I’d love to see a video about Halo/Marathon influences carrying forward into Destiny.
These videos are overly entertaining, please keep up this series!! ❤
Amazing video as always, you really captured everything which is to be expected from you. The Battle Rifle's design is truly some of the best in all of gaming weapons. I remember in my xbox 360 profile bio I made a battle rifle using text, which I had done spending hours editing my profile on xbox's website.
I like how you talked about the difference in hit registration of the BR from halo 2 to halo 3, I remember at first everyone was wondering why they were missing their shots. The battle rifle also behaves different in the Xbox 360 version compared to MCC (I think primarily because of tick rate plus 30fps/input lag) and I'm glad you mentioned that. It's sad that the OG H3 BR is truly gone with the 360 games sunsetted. Personally, I've always loved the projectile based hit reg in games. I'm glad bungie paid homage to these weapons in Destiny 2, and it's even better that they are some of the best PvP weapons you can use.
I also find it funny how a video about the battle rifle unintentionally helped explain that 343i really missed the mark with weapon balancing and its effect on the overall sandbox combat loop. IMO the battle rifle isn't that great in Infinite, the slow burst speed as well as the super fast movement speed & acceleration in Infinite make fights feel worse. It's why the game is less playable at a competitive level on mouse and keyboard compared to a controller with strong rotational aim assist, coming from someone who has pretty good aim with a mouse (quake/csgo vet here). The MnK aim assist being added in the Winter Update speaks for itself in this regard. To be specific, mnk has aim assist when you're character is moving only, it's basically rotational aim assist for mouse and keyboard. Them needing to add this just shows flaws in 343's game design, whereas the original halo games are very playable on mnk with movement speed and acceleration being slower as well as burst speed being faster. These issues were the same in H5 but worse, which is why so much aim assist and magnetism was needed for the game to be playable.
cant wait for the future videos thanks for letting us know at the end and stuff
ABSOLUTE LEGEND. For context I saw the pole and that was 2 hours ago from posting this comment. I literally thought to myself it'd be really cool if LNG just posted the video right after this, and to my surprise he did. Fucking LEGENDARY.
Thank you for uploading it. I love long CZcams video essays.
Let's goooo
New LateNightGaming Weapon history video!
I am so glad you started this video by mentioning the Halo CE pistol. 👍🏻
Literally, 1 minute ago I was so sad cause you down the video. lol. Thx for your content, you are the best ever.
This is a massively improved video. Kudos
Man I love these videos. I love how there so comfy, entertaining, and educational. Keep up the amazing work Mr. L N Gaming!
It’s Crazy how from halo 2 chef is wearing the same armor to halo 4 and yet new stuff as well as weapons in the ship there’s new looking weapons
I've played Halo 3 for 10 years and never gave much thought about the AR and BR sharing animations, and now I can't unsee that safety haha. Love your breakdowns of effects on the sandbox. Good work once again man!
Fun Note: Every Halo game to my knowledge utilizes projectile weapons at the technical level, even when those projectiles are so fast they are functionally hitscan as you mentioned. Even H5 as weird it seems. There was a video years ago of someone slowing down the physics of Halo 2 Vista to such a point they could walk around a BR Burst as it traveled through the air, and walked into it causing damage. I think this is because of how weapons in the blam! engine initially worked, and that part of the engine never needing a reason to evolve. Ultimately though when we talk about hitscan vs projectile its a sandbox conversation so people reasonably call H3 projectile and H2 hitscan. Tag systems are cool.
13.43 actually, when you kill the last elite inside and you walk towards the hallway to the airhockey there is a hidden weaponlocker that opens up on your right hand... took me 9 years before I saw it the first time.. you walk by it really easy :)
So glad to see that the BXR from destiny make the video! I had a demolitionist adrenaline junkie roll from before they updated the perk pool but that thing is an absolute monster in pve and pvp.
Funny to see the points you touch on about the BRs history and to see it still being a beast in destiny lol. It just got a slight range nerf to bring it more in line with other 450 pulses but she’s still gonna be a monster! That lightweight buff along with its ease of use and wide “optimum” range the BXR ain’t going no where 😂
Awesome video! I would love for you to cover some destiny topics you find interesting but whatever you up I’m sure I’ll be watching it 🙏
Honestly still feel like the Halo 3 BR is the best, I never noticed the projectiles not doing damage back in the day but I did mainly play 16 player System Link which could be why.
Overall I'll take slower projectiles over "hitscan" in Halo anyday, after feeling the utter pain of the Reach DMR on large maps (it has more range than the Halo 2 sniper) I've had this mindset ever since.
I love your videos and the hard pursuit of detail that you use when you play videogames, I even use it to enjoy more my life. I know it sounds strange, but I love your work so much! Greetings from Mexico!
Much appreciated!❤
15:38 "expand Halo's reach" I see what you did there. Whether it was intentional or not it's a juicy pun, very nice.👌
I just love the fact that bungie just keeps making things like the bxr55 just to jab at 343 by saying "hey, this is how you do it. Wanna copy my homework since you can't seem to understand?"
Another banger video! 💛
i always loved this series
welcome back, man
we need to see a new reshade video for CEnshine
I always feel sad for halo5.
So much effort is put into designing the game, from weapon balance to art details, but 343 wasn't able to meet fans demands on many other aspects, which made all the effort kinda go to waste.
Weapon balance was definitely more of their issue. They knew how halo used to be balanced but instead chose to chase the COD style of design a weapon sandbox
I always felt the classic Battle Rifle's stiff animations in Halo 5 and Infinite were intentional, to give it a more distinctly classic feel compared to the modern version, similar to the CE Magnum
I think it was just rough animation quality lol
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So in depth, Bravo. 👏
You know its gonna be a good day when LNG uploads a new video
I love your evolution videos! I was wondering if maybe you could do the evolution of jackals? I’ve always found them unique. Please, thank you, and keep up the great work!
Man, you explained so well what never felt right to me about Infinite's BR
Would really love to hear your interests with Sonic. Considering the recent years, its been good to be passionate about the series. And your in depth and appreciation for smaller details is kinda what makes sonic so lovable. You're the perfect person to talk about it.
Great vid LNG. Small correction: in H4, you don't find the BR floating outside for the first time. In the room just before entering the pressure chamber to go outside to that section, the side wall opens up and offers you fully-loaded Battle Rifles. I believe it's a reference to the Halo 2 trailer when the Master Chief prepares to jump out of the space station and on the way he grabs a Battle Rifle out of the wall weapon-holder.
It lives on in destiny 2 and its really good to boot
The OG BR has always been one of my favorite guns in any shooter. Probably also explains why I love the pulse rifles of Destiny, as you mentioned, or guns like the Hemlok in Titanfall.
It’s a shame the more recent iterations haven’t felt quite the same. I don’t hate them, but they lack that perfect punch that I love to see from burst rifles.
Great video!
Also- Twilight Princess is an excellent choice. It’s been my favorite Zelda since it came out. Love the whole franchise, but that game is just absolutely peak. Mostly for the atmosphere like you said, but it also has my favorite dungeons by far.
Gotta say, the BR and I didn't become "friends" for a long time. To me, I thought it was the replacement of my beloved AR, taking away the fun of the spray'n'pray the smg didn't quite live up to. After many years though, I gotta say its grown on me and I'll happily carry one with an AR. The reload animation isn't a glitch, its a warning to the covenant that there is no safety on the 3 carriage train
Love these evolution videos
Brs are so fun and the evolution of it is awesome and the different designs and variations of them are awesome
Thank you for somehow always finding a way of posting a video whenever I have my halo obsession cycles
I'm all for you branching out in different topics. I find your stuff insanely relaxing to listen to
Love seeing the BXR-55 included. Love that it can live on in Destiny as well as a faithful recreation.
I never noticed the glitch with the safety, until you mentioned it, and now that I've seen it I cannot unsee it.
I do like the idea that the UNSC keeps their rifles similar on purpose. Not just because it lets them keep parts homogenized when possible, but it lets the soldiers' reflexes take over better and focus on WHEN to use the weapon rather than HOW.
I honestly did not think you would talk about the destiny battle rifle but im glad you did
Nice nod with the chapter title layouts. Subtle.
Thank you! I feel clever when er I do them haha
I like the BR kits made for Infinite so fucking much
While I did not love Halo 5, this video really put into prospective for me that I'm glad it had its own vision. The BR design in 5 looked so cool but was not very much fun to use. Great video and very interesting.
I'm so happy that you mentioned the BXR from Destiny.
It's so sad to see what happened with 343 but bungie keeping their weapon in their current game in some form is so nice
Too bad its getting a zoom nerf. I have mine stacked with 99 stability and 98 handling.
Thanks! Do the rise and fall of 343i next
The only BR we need 🙏
I know Im very late but please make Sonic videos I would absolutely love that. The Sonic youtube community needs more chill people like you, a lot of Sonictubers are just really amatuerish
YES! * coughs * * calms down * I mean yes
Hey really good video. Especially due to the fact that you included destiny in it. The battle rifle back from the grave is still a chapter in the book!
I always wondered how a Reach BR would have been like
it was planned I think in concept art, along with stuff like an LMG
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778Most of Halo Five weapons are reused reach concept art with the new unsc design. It was planned for their to be a new weapon manufacturer who used those designs…
But some reason that lore got cut?
They scrapped a really cool odst team finding the prototypes deep in a reach bunker :)
Appreciate the mention of the Destiny 2 BXR!
Was not expecting the destiny br on here but it's my favorite weapon in the game and the best thing is that the shader I use for my armor make the weapon pure black so when I first put it on I was so happy great video as always you should do a mod let's play at some point that would be cool
Fun deep dive! Man, I miss Halo 5.
Would love to see your style of video except with different games, Looking forward to you branching out!
Every video analysis you do makes me miss the old Bungie and good Halo days and further expands on 343 incompetence
These are great videos!!!
I think the halo 3 BR is great for custom games. It's my favourite fps weapon of all time due to how god it was at everything and it's relatively high damage. It's also easy to noscope at long distances with it aswell which makes it better at long range than lots of other weapons. It has a good mag size and looks great too. I've used this gun for over 3 years and I have this saying "I had a BR" when i kill someone with a BR. It's the reason I love burst weapons in evry game. They're really tatical and operator status aswell which is cool.
I've also played a great deal of halo 4 which I think is a good halo game but the BR is easier to use which I don't like because it removes lots of the skill it used to have. I do love though that due to the loadout system, I can always spawn with my favourite weapon. The halo 4 one isn't bad just not as good as the halo 3 one due to a very small skill gap.
NOTE: I'VE NEVER PLAYED HALO 2 SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT ONE AND IF IT'S BETTER THAN THE HALO 3 ONE
Oh man, I never thought I'd get a little nostalgic for H5's BR
As someone who watch ya retrospects more as a outsider to the Halo franchise and a big lover of Destiny this new version was a treat, sure 90% was more or less rewatching ya original but that last bits of moments still was a blast.
Heck even as a none Halo player I'd be disappointed if ya didn't nod to the various callbacks the Destiny pulse has.
Naturally my bias hope is ya do the magnum again soon.
I’d love to see an evolution video for the M1 grand or AK-47 from cod
9:40 Thank you, for that Taras, now it's gonna bother me every time I play Halo 3 for the rest of my life.