- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I am almost certain the Spartans will make an appearance in Halo 2. I think the movie trailer was trying to get a larger target audience for the game, people who probably wouldn't know about First Strike. The book is based from the Halo Bible, which means the events and characters from it will have a direct bearing on the game. I know Bungie will explain the events in First Strike, whether through a quick summary in the instruction manual, a trailer or playable levels from First Strike (we can only hope). We eventually will know happens to the Spartans, I can promise you that. They might be playable in co-op, they might be AI-controlled, or we might not even fight with them in the game, but we will know what happens. As for the Battle Rifle, they embellished alot in the books about the strength of Spartans and Covenants. In the book, Spartans survived a 2000 foot freefall, and no way that could happen in the game.