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I am just going to recap some stuff I saw in the trailer that many people have probably already seen:
1) at 24 sec. we see two covenant ships destroying the land, it is strange though, the front of the crafts are different from regular ships, they have these prongs sticking down that aren't there on some ships later in the video and weren't there for Halo 2
2) at 27 sec. i see in the bottom left of the screen, a little white sign on a wall that to me looks kinda like a grunt when its asleep, but it may not be that
3) at 38 sec. we see factory workers being beaten by brutes, poor guys, but they are the first civilians ever in Halo
4) at 43 sec. the Chief and Arbiter are mowing down enemies side by side, thats awesome
5) at 47 sec. we see a brute being shot by a shotgun and the bright green Predator-style blood from the "Et Tu Brute?" vidoc has been replaced with red blood
6) at 48 sec. we see two Brute's about to get sniped, at first I thought they man-cannoned, but they both in fact have jetpacks, similar to the Elite Rangers from Halo 2
7) at 49 sec. we see the flying Brute drop the only equipment not in the Beta, the Halo flashbang (radar jammer) thing talked about in GamePro's July issue
8) at 51 sec. we see that regular marine's show their weapons on their back, the gunner on the Hog has his weapon stowed on his back while he blazes away fro mthe back of the Hog
9) at 58 sec. we see two Hunters being blown up by rocket fire, so whats up, is the brief alliance not in action at this point in the game or is the alliance only between the Elites and Humans, have the Hunters turned to the Brute's side?
10) at 1 min. we see the Chief freeing a captive marine by shooting the legs of the bugger that is holding him. 1up.com says that they were shown a different, but similar scripted event in the demo they saw at E3 of a Brute holding a marine over a cliff, but you had the choice to save him or not, so thats a neat realistic aspect, little side stories, so the Chief isn't the only enemy to the Covenant and marines aren't just meat-shields
11) at 1 min. 2 sec. we see a Grunt driving a Ghost, so congrats to grunts for finally passing their drivers test
12) at 1 min. 3 sec. we see Alicia Keys holding a pistol in one hand and a shotgun in the other (this is just a cool cutscene, I'm pretty sure we can't do that in game, that would be way too much power)
13) Along with the Chief and the Arbiter working together in clips of the movie, at 1 min. 7 sec. we see the Chief watching Cortana in a Covenant ship with Elite guards that aren't trying to hurt him, so thats just extra evidence for the whole human/Elite temporary alliance. Oh, and 343 Guilty Spark is hovering in the back, I hate him, always have since Library from Halo 1
14) at 1 min. 9 sec. we see why the human ships all look like big flying guns, its because they are just big flying guns
15) at 1 min. 14 sec. we get a good look at what looks like a pimped out, gold plated fuel rod cannon
16) at 1 min. 15 sec. we see a flying brute, but just below it is the upside down green triangle that appears in co-op mode, we don't see the other Chief (or Arbiter depending on which rumors are true)
17) at 1 min. 18 sec. we see big explosions and a weird hexagonal pattern on the Chief's H.U.D., 1up.com says that they were told at E3 that this is just a subtle way to notify the player "something's not right" and your shield is going down
18) at 1 min. 24 sec. and 1 min. 27 sec. we see giant weird things sticking up from the horizon, I have no idea what the hell they are, i thought maybe a third ring, but it doesn't look exactly like that, so i will just have to find out Sep. 25
19) at 1 min. 38 sec. we see a new Warthog!!! this variant is a four seater with two seats facing to the sides of the Hog in the back where the turret usually goes
20) at 1 min. 40 sec. we see a cutscene of the Chief pushing a marine out of the way (and making the marine's assault rifle lower) and shoving a pistol under the Arbiter's chin, this is just cool
21) at 1 min. 42 sec. a cool scarab are two Banshee's and a human-looking craft that i can't identify at all, it was also in the scene earlier when the longsword goes down in flames (longsword goes down at 1 min. 4 sec.)
22) at 1 min. 46 sec. we see the Chief take down a Scarab by actually fighting it, not its crew that is cool
23) at 1 min. 52 sec. the covenant leave the big hole in the ground (the Ark, according to popular specualtion) and Earth as a pelican safely flies away that is that whole alliance thing
24) at 1 min. 58 sec. the Chief leans in closer to see something, in the background we see those little round fleshy pods that mean the flood are back, also when the Chief leaned in, so did i, i realized that later and laughed, now that you realize thats what you did, you should laugh also, its funny
25) throughout the video, Marty's score is amazing, good job man!!
26) I added this so i can get 5,000 characters in my post, exactly 1/2 of allowed
[Edited on 07.16.2007 10:26 AM PDT]