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Subject: A Maskless Grunt Theory.
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Ok, most of us have seen that pic where the Grunt is covering his head, but you can sorta tell he's maskless. Well, some hard examination by Cool_Cow revealed that the Grunt has seperate fingers, like us Humans. But if you look at this pic of a Grunt from Halo (the first one), you can sorta tell he has a thumb, and the rest of his fingers are webbed. This can suggest that maybe there are different species of Grunts. Maybe one of them adapted, to be able to breathe other gases. Heres a Halo pic of a Grunt: http://ebgames.com/ebx/product/209483.asp. Now, look at the left most pic (under screenshots), and click on it to enlarge it. Here's a pic of a Halo 2 maskless Grunt: http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/screen/26109/Halo-2. Note that the Halo pic doesn't show a very distinct grunt hand, so if thats not proof enough for you, go search for another Grunt pic from the first Halo, and see for your self.

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  • 07.19.2004 3:11 PM PDT
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Its simply because they decided to make it graphicaly superior to the first one.
Its the same type of Grunt.

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  • 07.19.2004 3:14 PM PDT
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I don't think Bungie would do that. What's superior about seperate fingers? If Grunts have webbed fingers, then that's it. Halo was so good graphically I somehow doubt that they couldnt make seperate fingers if they wanted to (they did it for the Chief).

  • 07.19.2004 3:18 PM PDT
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Its graphically superior.
It just looks better, how they were intended to look.

  • 07.19.2004 3:20 PM PDT
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But... ok, look. The MC has seperate fingers. So do Marines. So if Bungie really wanted Grunts to have them too, it wouldn't have been a problem! But, maybe they didn't want to. Don't forget, this is Halo we're talking about! This IS Bungie. I don't think we're talking about GoldenEye and the N64 days. Fingers are seperate if they are needed to be.

  • 07.19.2004 3:21 PM PDT
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Its the same for the Elite. Halo 1 Elite no distinct fingers, Halo 2 Elite has distinct fingers. Just an increased graphical look to make them more realistic.

Halo 2 Elite
Halo 1 Elite

  • 07.19.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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I noticed while playing halo that the Grunts dont really grip their weapons, they just look stuck to their forearms. I guess Bungie decided it would just look better if they actaully gripped their weapons with fingers.

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  • 07.19.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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The games are using different graphics engines.

  • 07.19.2004 3:27 PM PDT
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Ok now in Halo one just cause it has a not as good engine doesnt mean squat elites have seperated fingers shown here...
http://www.msnusers.com/HaloMayCry/haloscreenshots.msnw?actio n=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=15
Pay extra attention to the elite on the left.

  • 07.19.2004 3:30 PM PDT
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The Master Chief emerged from his code. After seeing his dynamically lit realtime shadow, he went back for 9 more months of development.


Behold the power of the Originals, the Gods Axeone-Neurone.

It think that is just the angle. no fingers

Check out the screen shots here on Bungie they have not fingers.

  • 07.19.2004 3:37 PM PDT
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Link no work for me


Edit: Also another thing to add here look how many fingers the grunt from the first pic has and look at the new one way more in the old one.

[Edited on 7/19/2004 3:49:23 PM]

  • 07.19.2004 3:40 PM PDT