- TheJadedTarget
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- Exalted Heroic Member
Self-proclaimed genius.
Roam the streets with a sign, "will love for false hope."
Two reasons. Bungie gave us a super in-depth backstory as to why Brutes prowl New Mombassa instead of the Elites.
And, Halo 3 uses Brutes. There's a full hierarchy of Brutes in Halo 3 while there's like three types of Elites actually featured in Halo 3 minus the Arbiter and Shipmaster. Instead of revamping the primary enemy force, Bungie was pretty much required to keep the Brutes in replace of the Elites.
That said, does anyone remember the Halo 2 e3 Demonstration Video? You were running through New Mombassa killing some Grunts and Jackals, then all of a sudden you get ganked by Brutes. Special Operations Elites only arrived via drop pods to help fend off the Master Chief's advance. It's a perfect tie in that we face Brutes instead of Elites.