Halo Space Battle One-Take | Unreal Engine 5 Short

A Frigate battlegroup attempts to fight off a Covenant ambush.

Created in Unreal Engine 5
Edited in DaVinci Resolve

Another test short film to continue pushing and testing Unreal Engine 5 using Halo assets. I have always wanted to do a space battle and this was a great learning process despite some setbacks.

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License

Disclaimer: Halo © Microsoft Corporation. This video was created under Microsoft's "Game Content Usage Rules" using assets from Halo, and it is not endorsed by or affiliated with Microsoft.

[brussellstudios]

Made this and life continued on, only to come back to all these great comments from other Halo fans! I appreciate all the kind words and discussion! More to come!

[cyronader]

I never understood why neither bungie nor 343 devoted any time to showcase actual UNSC vs Covenant space battles. Makes me so sad. But I am grateful for this fan base work. I wanna see more!

[kummer]

Yes, it's finally happening, enthusiasts and artists are answering that avoided part of space battles between Covenant and UNSC forces. Yes, this needs work but the concept is perfectly executed. This first sketch is outstanding and I'm rooting for the team for taking the painstaking task of doing such space battles.

Thank you for such love letter to the franchise.

[NickLupercus]

The algorithm has brought me here.

And I'm glad it did. There was some pretty cool details here, like the point defense rounds breaking on the Covie shields and the ships scraping against each other.

Also, you did a good job showing how outmatched the UNSC was in space with how one ship was blown apart near instantly and the rest only manage to take down a corvette.

[venatorclass]

This battle in space

Perfect example of the Unsc efforts for 27 years against the Covenant invasion

Hopeless endeavor

[hiddenrain]

The books always said that Master Chief was always uneasy when in space, with having the lack of control of being on board and the overwhelming superiority of the Covenant in space....I can see why...😳
Subbed this was well made!

[Andrew-fqzx]

It was terrifying when the Covenant Battlecruiser rammed the UNSC heavy frigate to pieces, and it was more terrifying when it finished off two remaining frigates effortlessly, then headed off to commence the glassing operation down the planet below.

[gietpudemee]

This perfectly portrays the power dynamic between the UNSC and the Covenant

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You've made the CCS an absolute nightmare! At one point the battle seems to be going well, fighters distracting point defense while to the big ships do the heavy lifting, only for the CCS to end it in one clean swope, scoring two two for ones at the same time, with the only thing left behind being the quietness of space, hundreds of dead people and the distant roaring of the perpetrators impulse drives as it prepears to do the same to the entire unprotected colony with neither pity nor mercy...

[quintonlim]

Bruh the fans are doing more to Halo then 343 ever did. Amazing work!

[nickmp.]

Love it can you make more halo space battles?

[FarseerAnimation]

This is marvelously well done. It reminds me so much of the classic Halo novels and the extreme hazards of space combat that those portray.

[tylerjohn]

Absolutely love the CCS class devastating the battlefield

[rorymcclernon]

Great stuff. I always loved the hopeless struggle that was the UNSC vs Covenant fleets.

[SPIRIT-]

If anyone wants a halo space game, that also stays true to the feel of the UNSC ships generally being outmatched, check out the sins of the prophets mod for the game "sins of a solar empire".

It does an amazing job at capturing the feel of Halo space combat, as UNSC ships generally need a 3-1 advantage of "equivalent ships" to win fights, but the game is "balanced" around that with the UNSC able to support larger industrial bases and also they can dig in with orbital defense platforms.

Amazing game/mod, it's actually been awhile since I played it but I think I'm going to play some more this weekend, this video reminded me how much I missed it.

[bowenc]

At least the unsc ground troops had a more equal fight when they were planet side. The poor souls in the fleet were just expected to die when a covie fleet entered the system. The only time they had a chance of victory was if they had a 3 to 1 advantage. Even then, the losses they’d suffer would most likely make it a Pyrrhic victory. Sure, every now and then a commander could pull off an amazing victory, like Keys or Cole, but those were exceptions.

But to me, that really helps make the story so much more compelling. The humans new they were out matched, but they didn’t back down. The men and women in the fleet new their time was most likely up when engaging the covies, but they didn’t run, they gave the covies hell. The fleet herd of nothing but defeats, yet they continued to meet the covies in battle whenever they were needed to. The pure relentless defense they put up for years is just so inspiring.

[somehaloguy]

I noticed the detail when you used UNSC tactics against covenant ship shielding, very nice!!!

[ImperialHell]

Well that’s one of the BEST Halo Space Battles I’ve seen in the last year and I’ve seen a few of them

[MonarchyControl]

Any Halo content like this deserves way more attention. Really good man!

[karmallarma]

The opening especially feels very Expansey with the music and tension put together, I absolutely fucking love it

[novaguy]

That was excellent. You only really hear about naval battles in the books and even if it's brilliant, it's slow and methodical. Seeing it in real time is awesome. Good stuff!