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[[File: | [[File:HCE BlindWolf Concept.jpg|thumb|300px|right|This image show's Marcus Lehto's original sketch of the "blind wolf" and its insectoid companion.<ref name="Twitter4">[[Marcus Lehto]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/game_fabricator/status/464432470616571904]</ref>]] | ||
{{Quote|no=four|q1=Look, it's the blind wolf!|[[Shi Kai Wang]]|q2=Big, beloved blind wolf.|[[Marcus Lehto]]|q3=That was back when you could ride it.|Shi Kai Wang|q4=Yeah, yeah. You could actually mount the thing and ride it. A.I.... A.I. couldn't, uh... Couldn't handle it on the A.I. side. Couldn't flock 'em, couldn't, uh... fit them into gameplay.|Marcus Lehto|Marcus Lehto, ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' art director, and Shi Kai Wang, a concept artist, discuss the attempts made to include "blind wolves" in the first ''Halo'' game.}}<ref name="H2LCE">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Limited Collector's Edition Disc (Halo 2)|Limited Collector's Edition]]''</ref> | {{Quote|no=four|q1=Look, it's the blind wolf!|[[Shi Kai Wang]]|q2=Big, beloved blind wolf.|[[Marcus Lehto]]|q3=That was back when you could ride it.|Shi Kai Wang|q4=Yeah, yeah. You could actually mount the thing and ride it. A.I.... A.I. couldn't, uh... Couldn't handle it on the A.I. side. Couldn't flock 'em, couldn't, uh... fit them into gameplay.|Marcus Lehto|Marcus Lehto, ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' art director, and Shi Kai Wang, a concept artist, discuss the attempts made to include "blind wolves" in the first ''Halo'' game.}}<ref name="H2LCE">''[[Halo 2]]'', ''[[Limited Collector's Edition Disc (Halo 2)|Limited Collector's Edition]]''</ref> | ||
The "blind wolf" was a creature designed by ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' art director [[Marcus Lehto]] to be included in that game.{{Ref/Reuse|H2LCE}}<ref name="Twitter2">[[Paul Russel]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/464351948297089024]</ref> According to that early design, a blind wolf would have a symbiotic relationship with some kind of [[Wikipedia:Insect|insectoid]] creature.{{Ref/Reuse|Twitter}} This "bug" would plant its stinger at the base of the wolf's [[Wikipedia:Cranium|cranium]] and in this way allow it to see through the eyes of the bug.<ref name="Twitter5">[[Marcus Lehto]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/game_fabricator/status/1150951715228700673]</ref> Then, when the blind wolf caught and killed its prey, the bug would be permitted to share in eating the carcass of whatever had been killed.<ref name="Twitter">[[Paul Russel]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/464531323785576449]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Twitter5}} Not only would blind wolves exist in groups in some environments of the game, but they were planned to be able to be ridden by [[John-117|the player's character]].{{Ref/Reuse|H2LCE}} Ultimately, they had to be cut from the game because of problems with [[Wikipedia:Artificial intelligence in video games|artificial intelligence]].{{Ref/Reuse|H2LCE}} In ''[[Halo 2]]'', the blind wolf was referenced by an ambient announcement on the [[multiplayer]] map ''[[Terminal (map)|Terminal]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|H2T}} | The "blind wolf" was a creature designed by ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' art director [[Marcus Lehto]] to be included in that game.{{Ref/Reuse|H2LCE}}<ref name="Twitter2">[[Paul Russel]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/464351948297089024]</ref> According to that early design, a blind wolf would have a symbiotic relationship with some kind of [[Wikipedia:Insect|insectoid]] creature.{{Ref/Reuse|Twitter}} This "bug" would plant its stinger at the base of the wolf's [[Wikipedia:Cranium|cranium]] and in this way allow it to see through the eyes of the bug.<ref name="Twitter5">[[Marcus Lehto]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/game_fabricator/status/1150951715228700673]</ref> Then, when the blind wolf caught and killed its prey, the bug would be permitted to share in eating the carcass of whatever had been killed.<ref name="Twitter">[[Paul Russel]] on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/464531323785576449]</ref>{{Ref/Reuse|Twitter5}} Not only would blind wolves exist in groups in some environments of the game, but they were planned to be able to be ridden by [[John-117|the player's character]].{{Ref/Reuse|H2LCE}} Ultimately, they had to be cut from the game because of problems with [[Wikipedia:Artificial intelligence in video games|artificial intelligence]].{{Ref/Reuse|H2LCE}} In ''[[Halo 2]]'', the blind wolf was referenced by an ambient announcement on the [[multiplayer]] map ''[[Terminal (map)|Terminal]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|H2T}} | ||
