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'''[[ViDoc|Halo 3 ViDoc]]: Et Tu Brute''', released on December 20, 2006<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=9340 Bungie.net News]</ref> was a behind the scenes look at ''[[Halo 3]]'' with a focus on the [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]]. This [[Seven|7]]:03 min (7:00 excluding the Xbox 360 logo and slogan) clip interviews various [[Bungie]] employees about the Brutes and their development, how they were created in ''[[Halo 2]]'' and how they would be expanded upon in Halo 3. Its name, "Et Tu, Brute?" is Latin for "You too, Brutus?" (more literally "And you, Brutus?"), either a pun on the name or origin of the name of the Brutes. These are also said to be the last words spoken by Julius Caesar.
 
'''ViDoc: Et Tu Brute''' is a behind the scenes look at [[Halo 3]], specifically the [[Brute]]s in Halo 3. This [[7]]:03 min ([[7]]:00 excluding the Xbox 360 Logo and slogan) clip interviews various [[Bungie]] employees about the Brutes and their development, how they were created in [[Halo 2]] and how they will be expanded upon in Halo 3. It's name, "Et Tu, Brute?" is Latin for "And you, Brutus?", a pun on the name of the Brutes. These are also said to be the last words spoken by Julius Caesar.


==Transcript==
==Transcript==
'''0:10 - '''Camera opens up on cutscene of Tartarus holding Miranda Keyes, Halo 2.


'''0:25 - [[Shi Kai Wang]]:''' [[Halo 3]] is all about the things that we wanted in Halo 1 and 2. The [[Jiralhanae|Brutes]] were ... they were added in a little too late, I think. We didn't have a chance to really flesh them out and so that's what we're doing for Halo 3!
0:00 Camera opens up on cutscene of Tartarus holding Miranda Keyes, Halo 2.


'''0:43 - [[Jaime Griesemer]]:''' Nailing the flavor for a character is often very difficult. You sort of have to feel it out as you go. The Brutes in Halo 2 were meant to be more like the barbarians in Rome. We wanted the Brutes to typify that abusive, evil, invader...
0:25 - [[Shi Kai Wang]] - [[Halo 3]] is all about the things that we wanted in Halo 1 and 2. The [[Brutes]] were ... they were added in a little too late, I think. We didn't have a chance to really flesh them out and so that's what we're doing for Halo 3!


'''1:06 - [[Chris Butcher]]:''' Right from the start the design of the Brutes was not consistent about reinforcing that they are made to be worthy adversaries for the player.
0:43 - [[Jaime Griesemer]] - Nailing the flavor for a character is often very difficult. You sort of have to feel it out as you go. The Brutes in Halo 2 were meant to be more like the barbarians in Rome. We wanted the Brutes to typify that abusive, evil, invader...


'''1:16 - Jaime Griesemer:''' Now that the [[Sangheili|Elites]] have left the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]], it gave us a problem for Halo 3.
1:06 - [[Chris Butcher]] - Right from the start the design of the Brutes was not consistent about reinforcing that they are made to be worthy adversaries for the player.


'''1:23 - Shi Kai Wang:''' For the Brutes to behave kind of similar to the Elites they have to be totally redone, 'cause ... they're not interesting to fight.
1:16 - [[Jaime Griesemer]] - Now that the [[Elites]] have left the [[Covenant]], it gave us a problem for Halo 3.


'''1:32 - [[Paul Bertone]]:''' He was just a damage sponge. There were no interesting reactions; there wasn't an interesting death.
1:23 - [[Shi Kai Wang]] - For the Brutes to behave kind of similar to the Elites they have to be totally redone, 'cause ... they're not interesting to fight.


'''1:38 - Chris Butcher: '''The only tactic the player has is to just pump them full of lead until they fall down.
1:32 - [[Paul Bertone]] - He was just a damage sponge. There were no interesting reactions; there wasn't an interesting death.


'''1:45 - Shi Kai Wang:''' It doesn't really turn to out to be really good game play.
1:38 - [[Chris Butcher]] - The only tactic the player has is to just pump them full of lead until they fall down.


'''1:47 - [[Curtis Creamer]]:''' Going back and trying to recreate a character like this is one part art and one part science, and the art part is very difficult to understand just exactly how long it's going to take.
1:45 - [[Shi Kai Wang]] - It doesn't really turn to out to be really good game play.


'''2:00 - [[Isaac Hannaford]]:''' The concept artist tries to communicate through composition what the idea is trying to get across. A lot of times the direction just gets narrowed down to, 'can you just make it look cool'. The Brutes originally looked a lot like Chewbacca: like they were just big hairy guys with a Bandoleer. I looked at a lot of animal reference, rhinoceros, and some gorilla. Their natural body plating was Brutish! This was our way of, like, kind of pulling them into the fold of the Covenant. They've got kind of ancient looking buckles and gauntlets, and leather straps holding all that stuff together. Making them a little more serious bad guy... I hope.
1:47 - [[Curtis Creamer]] - Going back and trying to recreate a character like this is one part art and one part science, and the art part is very difficult to understand just exactly how long it's going to take.


''Camera opens on a table with four [[Bungie]] staff being Interviewed. From left to right: [[Nathan Walpole]], John, [[William O'Brien|Bill O'Brien]], and Jeremy''
2:00 - [[Isaac Hannaford]] - The concept artist tries to communicate through composition what the idea is trying to get across. A lot of times the direction just gets narrowed down to, 'can you just make it look cool'. The Brutes originally looked a lot like Chewbacca: like they were just big hairy guys with a Bandoleer. I looked at a lot of animal reference, rhinoceros, and some gorilla. Their natural body plating was Brutish! This was our way of, like, kind of pulling them into the fold of the Covenant. They've got kind of ancient looking buckles and gauntlets, and leather straps holding all that stuff together. Making them a little more serious bad guy... I hope.


'''2:42 - [[Nathan Walpole]]:''' Everything the character does, whenever the character moves, we've created an animation for it.
''Camera opens on a table with four [[Bungie]] staff being Interviewed. From left to right: [[Nathan Walpole]], John, [[Bill O'Brien]], and Jeremy''


'''2:52 - [[William O'Brien|Bill O'Brien]]:''' In which way the character moves, that kind of makes him unique.
2:42 - [[Nathan Walpole]] - Everything the character does, whenever the character moves, we've created an animation for it.


'''3:00 - John:''' These days now we've got our animation reference area upstairs. We just take it upon ourselves to go film us doing each individual motion and then work that into our animation.
2:52 - [[Bill O'Brien]] - In which way the character moves, that kind of makes him unique.


'''3:14 - Nathan Walpole:''' If a Brute is punching the face off a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]], we're going to embellish that. We're going make him punch the jaw off, too. We're going to make him just punch straight through that Marine.
3:00 - John - These days now we've got our animation reference area upstairs. We just take it upon ourselves to go film us doing each individual motion and then work that into our animation.


'''3:25 - Shi Kai Wang:''' God damn, that looked like f*''Warthog horn''*ing real life. That is just like Jesus *''Warthog horn''*, that was awesome.
3:14 - [[Nathan Walpole]] - If a Brute is punching the face off a [[Marine]], we're going to embellish that. We're going make him punch the jaw off, too. We're going to make him just punch straight through that Marine.


'''3:32 - Bill O'Brien:''' When I look over and see Jeremy doing something, I'm like, 'Oh that's really cool! How can I work something like that into his move set?'
3:25 - [[Shi Kai Wang]] - God damn, that looked like f*''Warthog horn''*ing real life. That is just like Jesus *''Warthog horn''*, that was awesome.


'''3:36 - Nathan Walpole:''' It's exciting to see what Jeremy does tomorrow, and what Bill does the next day. It's always a new...
3:32 - [[Bill O'Brien]] - When I look over and see Jeremy doing something, I'm like, 'Oh that's really cool! How can I work something like that into his move set?'


'''3:44 - Jeremy:''' Not John.
3:36 - [[Nathan Walpole]] - It's exciting to see what Jeremy does tomorrow, and what Bill does the next day. It's always a new...


'''3:45 - Nathan Walpole:''' No.
3:44 - John - Me too?


'''3:46 - John:''' Not so much me.
3:44 - Jeremy - Not John.


'''3:48 - Nathan Walpole:''' Nobody likes John.
3:45 - [[Nathan Walpole]] - No.  


'''3:53 - Jaime Griesemer:''' Players who are familiar with the Brutes from Halo 2 will notice that these Brutes are fully armed, fully equipped, and are not going to be pushovers.
3:46 - John - Not so much me.


'''4:20 - Shi Kai Wang:''' For the game to be interesting, like the guys you'll be playing against have to be fun to play. Does the profile of the character create an interesting look from afar? Is it fun to shoot at him? When he runs around do you see his limbs moving up and down because there are things are jutting up from his sides?
3:48 - [[Nathan Walpole]] - Nobody likes John.


'''4:40 - Chris Butcher:''' Rather than make them look like they're dumb apes, we want to make them very brutal and pragmatic warriors, and that's really informed a lot of the visual design.
3:53 - [[Jaime Griesemer]] - Players who are familiar with the Brutes from Halo 2 will notice that these Brutes are fully armed, fully equipped, and are not going to be pushovers.


'''5:00 - Paul Bertrone:''' Visually, through the art, we defined the different classes. The standard Brute has just it's normal armor with a very standard helmet. The [[Jiralhanae Captain|Brute Captain]] has a much bigger headdress, and then the [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Brute Chieftains]] have very elaborate head dresses and very elaborate shoulder pads and armor on 'em. The interesting thing with some of the ideas that we came up with is not only do we need to figure out how the Brutes interact with the other Covenant, but also how Brutes interact with Brutes, and we developed the idea of the Brute [[Pack]].
4:20 - [[Shi Kai Wang]] - For the game to be interesting, like the guys you'll be playing against have to be fun to play. Does the profile of the character create an interesting look from afar? Is it fun to shoot at him? When he runs around do you see his limbs moving up and down because there are things are jutting up from his sides?


'''5:39 - '''[[Damian Isla|'''Damian Isla''']]''':''' What makes you feel like two characters are aware of each other? Deciding to do the same thing at the same time.
4:40 - [[Chris Butcher]] - Rather than make them look like they're dumb apes, we want to make them very brutal and pragmatic warriors, and that's really informed a lot of the visual design.


'''5:44 - Curtis Creamer:''' Maybe you're going to come around a corner and see them doing some sort of an activity that has nothing to do with fighting but is going to give you sort of more insight into what the Brute Pack mentality is like.
5:00 - [[Paul Bertone]] - Visually, through the art, we defined the different classes. The standard Brute has just it's normal armor with a very standard helmet. The [[Brute Captain]] has a much bigger headdress, and then the [[Brute Chieftain]]s have very elaborate head dresses and very elaborate shoulder pads and armor on 'em. The interesting thing with some of the ideas that we came up with is not only do we need to figure out how the Brutes interact with the other Covenant, but also how Brutes interact with Brutes, and we developed the idea of the Brute [[Pack]].


'''5:56 - Damian Isla:''' We have this really brutal behavior now which is just the Chieftain saying, 'Everybody throw a grenade!', and as a result a second later you have grenades flying in your face.
5:39 - [[Damian Isla]] - What makes you feel like two characters are aware of each other? Deciding to do the same thing at the same time.


'''6:06 - Chris Butcher:''' That's always going to give the player a little bit of an adrenaline rush, that, 'Oh my God, now this guy is right up in my face! I've to back up and hit him hard!'
5:44 - [[Curtis Creamer]] - Maybe you're going to come around a corner and see them doing some sort of an activity that has nothing to do with fighting but is going to give you sort of more insight into what the Brute Pack mentality is like.


'''6:18 - Paul Bertone:''' When the players kill him, they're like, 'Oh man, I had to kill that guy!' and then they go around a corner, and there's like four more of them standing there, and they're like, 'Sh*''Warthog horn''*t!'
5:56 - [[Damian Isla]] - We have this really brutal behavior now which is just the Chieftain saying, 'Everybody throw a grenade!', and as a result a second later you have grenades flying in your face.


'''6:30 - Jaime Griesemer:''' I think that the Brutes bring out sort of the indignant, self righteous aspect of a lot of players. So I'm hoping to hear a lot of, 'Take that!' and 'I can't believe that you have invaded my planet and I'm going to throw you off!' and we hope to really bring people really into the character and the drama of the situation by putting them up against these really brutal characters.
6:06 - [[Chris Butcher]] - That's always going to give the player a little bit of an adrenaline rush, that, 'Oh my God, now this guy is right up in my face! I've to back up and hit him hard!'
 
6:18 - [[Paul Bertone]] - When the players kill him, they're like, 'Oh man, I had to kill that guy!' and then they go around a corner, and there's like four more of them standing there, and they're like, 'Sh*''Warthog horn''*t!'
 
6:30 - [[Jaime Griesemer]] - I think that the Brutes bring out sort of the indignant, self righteous aspect of a lot of players. So I'm hoping to hear a lot of, 'Take that!' and 'I can't believe that you have invaded my planet and I'm going to throw you off!' and we hope to really bring people really into the character and the drama of the situation by putting them up against these really brutal characters.


==Details==
==Details==
[[File:H3 pre-alpha Brute with fist of Rukt.png|thumb|250px|The new armor of a [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Brute Chieftain]], wielding a [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]] model that looks like the [[Fist of Rukt]].]]
[[Image:Halo-3-Brute.jpg|thumb|250px|The new armor of a [[Brute Chieftain]], wielding a [[Gravity Hammer]] Model that looks like The [[Fist of Rukt]].]]
The clips of gameplay show that the [[Jiralhanae|Brute]] race underwent a complete redesign from ''[[Halo 2]]'' to ''[[Halo 3]]''. The ranks of the Brutes were streamlined; [[Jiralhanae Minor|Brute Minors]] and [[Jiralhanae Major|Brute Majors]] were converted into a single armored class, and [[Jiralhanae Captain|Brute Captains]] and [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Brute Chieftains]] were given completely new elaborate armor. [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Chieftains]], which appeared in ''[[Halo 2]]'' only in the character of [[Tartarus]], were shown to have a combat role in ''[[Halo 3]]'', becoming the rough equivalent of [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealot Elites]] in their appearance throughout the game.
The clips of gameplay show that the [[Brute]] race has undergone a complete redesign from [[Halo 2]] to [[Halo 3]]. The ranks of the Brutes have been streamlined; [[Brute Minor]]s and [[Brute Major]]s have been converted into a single armored class, and [[Brute Captain]]s and [[Brute Chieftain]]s have completely new elaborate armor. [[Brute Chieftain|Chieftains]], which appeared in [[Halo 2]] only in the character of [[Tartarus]], will have a combat role in [[Halo 3]], becoming the rough equivalent of [[Zealot|Zealot Elite]]s in their appearance throughout the game.
 
In addition, the video demonstrates some of the new actions Brutes will be taking. Their combat styles will be far more aggressive and brutal than [[Elite]]s, and several potential moves were shown, including a Brute ripping a [[Marine]]'s arms off, a Brute ramming a Marine into a [[Shadow]], a Brute tipping a [[Warthog]] over and a Chieftain smashing a Marines head with a [[Gravity Hammer]]. Brutes will also demonstrate pack mentality, interacting with one another in both combat and non combat actions, attacking as a team, and taking orders from commanders. oddly, there was a Chieftian with an energy sword but it was never seen in the game and neither was the elite with dual energy swords
 
How the Brutes will interact with other Covenant races is not known, but they are seen commanding groups of [[Grunts]] in battle, and will likely have a commanding style different from the Elites.


In addition, the video demonstrates some of the new actions Brutes would have been taking. Their combat styles were shown to be far more aggressive and brutal than [[Sangheili|Elites]], and several potential moves were shown, including a Brute ripping a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]]'s arms off, a Brute ramming a Marine into a truck trailer, a Brute tipping a [[M12 Force Application Vehicle|Warthog]] over and a Chieftain smashing a Marine's head with a [[Gravity hammer (fiction)|Gravity Hammer]]. Brutes also demonstrate pack mentality, interacting with one another in both combat and non combat actions, attacking as a team, and taking orders from commanders. Also, it showed an [[Sangheili|Elite]] dual-wielding two energy swords to slice off the legs of a brute who looks strikingly like [[Tartarus]], then doing a coup-de-grace on the falling brute. They were seen commanding groups of [[Unggoy|Grunts]] in battle, suggesting a commanding style different from the Elites. Also, a designer's screen revealed the [[Type-2 spike grenade|fourth grenade]] for the first time.
Also, on seeing a designer's screen, you can see the fourth grenade for the first time.
You can also see a Brute using an [[Energy Sword]] and a [[Gravity Hammer]] Model that looks like The [[Fist of Rukt]] for the first time (except [[Tartarus]]).


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In Latin ''[[Wikipedia:Et tu, Brute?|Et tu, Brute?]]'' translates to "And you Brutus?", "Even you Brutus", and "You too, Brutus?". It was used prominently as Julius Caesar's final words in William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'' as a Latinization of his believed final words, the Greek "''Kai su, teknon''", as he was murdered by the senate including one of his closest friends, [[Wikipedia:Marcus Junius Brutus|Marcus Junius Brutus]]. Additionally, ''Et tu Brute'' is commonly used as the epitome of betrayal and as a figure of speech the ultimate betrayal by one's closest friend(s).
* In Latin ''[[Wikipedia:Et Tu, Brute?|Et Tu, Brute?]]'' translates to "And you Brutus?", "Even you Brutus", and "You too, Brutus?" . These are also believed to be the last words of Julius Caesar murdered jointly by the senate including one of his closest friends, [[Wikipedia:Marcus Junius Brutus|Marcus Junius Brutus]].
*Many of the animations featured in this ViDoc never made it into the final game.  
*''Et Tu Brute'' is commonly used as the epitome of betrayal and as a figure of speech the ultimate betrayal by one's closest friend(s).
*One video clip shows a Brute Chieftain wielding an [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|Energy Sword]], something which was not shown in the final game, and to date has never been seen in the Halo series. Brutes can also be seen wielding Halo 2 versions of weapons such as Plasma Cannons and Gravity Hammers.
*"Et Tu Brute" Also translates to "And you Brute" in French.
*Based on this ViDoc, Brutes were originally to have lime green blood, yet when the game was released their blood was red much like that of a human. In ''Halo 2'', their blood was instead purple.
*You can also see a Brute using an Energy Sword and a Gravity Hammer Model that looks like The [[Fist of Rukt]] for the first time (except [[Tartarus]]).
*Excluding the Xbox 360 logo and slogan the ViDoc is seven minutes long. This is a possible reference to Bungie's favorite number, [[7]].
*At 1:57, the [[Bungie]] employee is wearing a Rooster Teeth shirt.
*Many of the animations featured in this ViDoc never made it into the final game, most likely due to budget and time restraints.


==Sources==
==Related Pages==
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*[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KEHwlbHro]]
*[[Halo 3 Announcement Trailer]]
*[[Starry Night]]
*[[Brutes]]
*[[Gravity Hammer]]
*[[Energy Sword]]
*[[Fist of Rukt]]


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