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| | At [[E3 2000]], an early '''trailer for [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''' was shown. It was called the '''Halo E3 2000 Trailer'''. It depicted events that don't appear in the final game. |
| The '''''Halo'' E3 2000 Trailer''' was an in-engine cinematic [[trailer]] for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', shown at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 2000]]. This trailer was released before the game was converted to the Xbox as a first-person shooter. However, it showcased designs which mostly resembled those in the final game, though the events depicted were not canon.
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| ==Transcript==
| | A pair of [[Elites]] are depicted on patrol, watching a pair of Banshees fly away, when they suddenly get sniped by the [[Master Chief]] who has a different and more robotic voice than the final one. He then claims that a landing zone is clear, and a [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] dropship flies in, putting down [[Marines]] (a squad comprised of [[Sergeant Stacker]], Private [[Wang]], and several unranked Marines: [[Geoff]], [[Segur]], [[McLees]], and Laine) and a [[Warthog]]. They split into two teams, headed for the same destination. As they travel across [[Halo]], they encounter native wildlife not in the final game, namely a pack of [[Blind Wolf|Blind Wolves]] and a group of [[Thorn Beasts]]. |
| ''Bungie logo''
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| ''The camera pans over a mountainous landscape. At the top of a mountain, near an apparent Forerunner complex, two [[Sangheili Minor]]s are patrolling back and forth. Two Banshees fly overhead.''
| | The group with the Warthog (McLees, Segur, and Geoff), get to the target first, spotting six Elites, four [[Ghosts]], a Wraith, and what looks like a Spectre. Segur and Geoff attract their attention, drawing the Wraith into range of McLees' Warthog cannon, but Segur is killed by [[Needler]] rounds to the head and back. Stacker's group appears, flanking the Elites and killing all of them. They go in the Forerunner structure while Geoff and McLees guard the door. The three marines proceed into an underground chamber where they are soon ambushed and massacred by more Elites, the only [[Covenant]] alien featured in the trailer. One Elite in particular is depicted wielding an energy sword in one hand and a large [[Sangheili Point Defense Gauntlet|Energy Shield]] on his other arm. It is possible that it was shrunken and transferred over to the [[Jackals]] in the final game. Wang is killed by the Elite with the sword, and Laine is killed on the ramp back to the door. Stacker is killed urging the remaining marines to fall back. McLees covers the door while Geoff takes a Ghost and flies off. Sigurd fails to kill the Major Elite running to a Ghost to pursue Geoff, and is shot by three Minor Elites. A wounded McLees detonates a [[grenade]] to take out the Minors before they can fly off in the Spectre vehicle, destroying all the vehicles there. |
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| *'''Banshee Pilot:''' ''(Sangheili)'' Beginning patrol.
| | The Major Elite and two Banshees pursue Geoff and destroy his Ghost. Geoff is wounded, out of ammo, and about to be killed, when the Master Chief appears with an Energy Sword. The Chief then impales the Elite with the [[Energy Sword]]. Geoff is evacuated while the Master Chief tells him that his fight is just beginning. |
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| *'''Sangheili Minor 1:''' ''(Sangheili)'' Good hunting.
| | [[Bungie]] also made a comedic advertisement "demonstrating" the Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS graphics card using the E3 engine to make the commercial. Link-[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/1604.html] |
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| ''The first Sangheili Minor walks over to the second.''
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| *'''Sangheili Minor 1:''' ''(Sangheili)'' They will surely find them.
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| *'''Sangheili Minor 2:''' ''(Sangheili)'' You speak truly.
| | == Noticeable Differences from the final version of [[Halo:CE]] == |
| | | *Sound effects for the [[weapons]] differ significantly, as do the visual effects used during their firing. Plasma rifles make longer tracer streaks and noises instead of the short-round plasma blasts. |
| ''The first Sangheili turns and continues pacing. While its back is turned, the second Sangheili is shot in the head with a silenced bullet and collapses backward. The first Sangheili looks around, confused, then is shot in the head and falls forward.''
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| *'''[[John-117|Master Chief]]:''' Recon reporting. Hostiles have been neutralized.
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| *'''Sergeant (COM):''' Say again? Over!
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| *'''Master Chief:''' The drop zone is clear. I repeat, the drop zone is clear.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Understood. Lieutenant, let's get this thing moving.
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| ''The Pelican dropship accelerates over a body of water toward the mountains.''
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Hang tight, this may get a little rough.
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| ''The Pelican flies low between the mountains.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' I want a quick, tight dispersal. If they catch us napping, this operation is as good as over!
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| *'''Marines:''' Sir, yes sir!
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Coming up on the insertion point.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' [[Gough]], you get that 'Hog rolling as soon as we dust off. I need your team in position A.S.A.P.
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| *'''Gough:''' I'm all over it!
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| ''The Pelican lowers straight down and hovers several feet above the ground. The Warthog is detached from back of the dropship and the marines jump out of the aircraft's bay.''
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Warthog detached. Clear drop zone and advise.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Go, go, go!
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| ''[[McLees (Marine)|McLees]], [[Segur]] and Gough climb into the Warthog.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Let's roll.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Get the hell out of here, Lieutenant.
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| *'''Lieutenant (COM):''' Good luck.
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| ''The Pelican takes off and flies over the Warthog.''
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| *'''Gough (COM):''' See you at the rendevous point.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Affirmative.
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| ''The Sergeant, [[Wang (Marine)|Wang]] and a third Marine run along a mountain path toward their objective. The Warthog drives along the coast to the same location, pausing to avoid a herd/pack of Blind Wolves. The Warthog arrives at the Forerunner facility first. Gough dismounts and approaches the facility on foot.''
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| *'''Gough (COM):''' Objective in sight: six hostiles, six vehicles.
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| ''The Sergeant's group run past a herd of Thorn Beasts, one of which roars.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Draw off what you can.
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| ''Gough waves for Segur and McLees to come toward him. They leave the Warthog and run toward him.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Segur, target infantry. McLees, target armor.
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| *'''McLees:''' You set 'em up, I'll knock 'em down!
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| ''McLees returns to the Warthog and mans its turret. Gough and Segur crest a rise and open fire on the Sangheili guarding the facility's entrance.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Initiating contact.
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| ''The Sangheili return fire and a Wraith slowly makes its way toward the marines.''
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| *'''Gough:''' That did it. Fall back!
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| ''As they turn to retreat, Segur is shot in the back repeatedly and killed. Gough continues to distract the Wraith as it crests the rise and is destroyed by McLees using the Warthog's cannon turret. The Sergeant's group arrives and wipes out the rest of the Sangheili.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Report!
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| *'''Gough:''' We lost Segur.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Gough, you and McLees keep this entrance clear. The rest of us are going down that hole to find whatever those blue bastards were after. Private Wang, you have point.
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| ''The doors open and the marines run into the facility. They make their way down a series of ramps to the facility's lower level.''
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| *'''Wang:''' Clear! No movement, no heat, no Covenant anywhere. Somethin' ain't right.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Hold up. And Wang? Put a sock in it, will ya?
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| *'''Wang:''' All's I'm saying is, there's a lot of unlocked doors for somethin' that nobody's supposed to have been in in 100,000 years.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' We got nothin' down the rabbit hole. See anything topside?
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| ''Gough stands at the facility's entrance.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Not a damn thing.
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| *'''Wang:''' All clear. Looks like nobody's ho--
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| ''A Sangheili Major sneaks up behind Wang and spears him on the end of an Energy Sword, cutting off his sentence and lifting him off his feet.''
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| ''The Sergeant and the unnamed Marine open fire, but their shots are Sangheili's arm shield. Numerous Sangheili push forward and pursue the humans.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Outnumbered! Attempting to disengage!
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| *'''Gough:''' Position is secure, we're coming in!
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| ''The unnamed Marine is killed and falls off the ramp. The Sergeant shoots and kills one of the Sangheili.''
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Negative! Hold your position!
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| *'''Gough (COM):''' No way, Sarge. Fifty meters and closing.
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| *'''Sergeant:''' Gough, get the hell out of here! That's an or--
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| ''The Sergeant is killed by heavy fire.''
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| *'''Gough:''' Come on, let's move.
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| *'''McLees:''' Go. I'll cover you.
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| ''Gough gets in a Ghost and flees the facility. The Sangheili Major follows on another Ghost, and although McLees shoots at it, he is unable to stop it. He is then shot repeatedly by three Sangheili Minors.''
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| *'''McLees:''' Hey, stooges.
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| ''He holds out a fragmentation grenade. The Sangheili Minors turn toward him and growl with alarm. The grenade explodes, killing McLees and the Sangheili, and triggering a series of explosions which destroy two Ghosts and a {{Pattern|Wuchek|Spectre}}. Two Banshees chase down Gough, destroying his Ghost and leaving him wounded. The Sangheili Major dismounts from his Ghost and advances on the injured marine. Gough raises his Assault Rifle, but it clicks as he pulls the trigger; he is out of ammunition.''
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| *'''Sangheili Major:''' (in English) Your destruction is the will of the Gods, and we are their instrument.
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| *'''Gough:''' Go to Hell!
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| ''The Sangheili levels its Plasma Rifle at Gough's head, but is distracted by the sound of gunfire. Two Sangheili Minors are shown shooting at something off camera. The Master Chief then crests a ridge wielding an Energy Sword, having apparently killed the two Sangheili Minors and taken it from one of them. The Sangheili Major shoots him several times with the Plasma Rifle but the shots are absorbed by his shields. The Spartan charges the Sangheili and stabs it in the stomach. The Sangheili clutches its stomach, fires its rifle several more times, then collapses. The Pelican flies toward Gough and the Master Chief.''
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| *'''Master Chief:''' Can you walk?
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| *'''Gough:''' [[Cortana]] told us one of you was onboard, but I didn't believe her.
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| *'''Master Chief:''' Enemy airborne battalion inbound. Let's get you on board.
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| *'''Gough:''' You're staying?
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| *'''Master Chief:''' Yes. My battle has just begun.
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| ''Cut to ''Halo'' logo''
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| ''HALO.BUNGIE.COM''
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| ==Production notes==
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| *At the time of production, what became the Master Chief was known simply as "The Sniper," and was played by [[Tom Ciappa]].{{Ref/Twitter|MartyTheElder|1836856642991980811|Marty O'Donnell|Quote=Ok, digging through archives and found out something interesting about the Halo 2000 E3 demo. Found the original script and cast list. Master Chief didn’t exist yet. He was just called “The Sniper” and he was voiced by http://tomciappa.com/#demos|D=19|M=09|Y=2024}}
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| * The Marines depicted in the trailer were named and modeled after Bungie employees: Charlie Gough, Matt Segur, [[Robert McLees]], and [[Shi Kai Wang]]. The Sergeant who resembled [[Marcus Lehto]] was not named in the trailer, but he was depicted as an early version of Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]]. The sixth Marine was unnamed in the trailer and all supplementary material.
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| *Bungie also produced a comedic advertisement "demonstrating" the [[wikipedia:GeForce 2 series|Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS graphics card]] using the E3 engine and characters.<ref>[https://youtu.be/PU5ROgblqjg '''YouTube''': ''Halo The Movies - Trailers - 4 - NVidia Promo'']</ref>
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| *[[Seven]] human characters made a physical appearance in the trailer.
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| ===Noticeable Differences from the final version of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''===
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| ====Gameplay====
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| *The whole trailer, including the segments that resemble actual gameplay, is shown from third-person perspective. The third-person view, which is only used for vehicles in the final game, was developed before the first-person view, and early development envisioned the game as a wholly third-person shooter. | |
| *Halo is depicted as having an assortment of native wildlife. | | *Halo is depicted as having an assortment of native wildlife. |
| *The Sangheili don't seem to have any [[energy shielding]], whereas they do in the final game. The Sangheili Major was equipped with the [[Sangheili point defense gauntlet]], which did not appear in the final game. | | *The [[Banshee|Banshees]] depicted have tail flaps that act as a rudder for aerial steering. |
| *Sangheili Major and Sangheili Minor never uses the Energy Sword in the final game. In addition to those changes, the final game doesn't appear to have the code for an Sangheili to lunge: the Sangheili always appear to swipe, or melee their opponents.
| | *An [[Elite Major]] uses the Energy Sword to kill one of the [[Marines]]. However, that particular rank never uses the Sword in the final version. An Elite Minor was also seen wielding the Energy Sword. In addition to those changes, the real game never appears to have the code for an Elite to lunge, the Elites always appear to swipe, or melee their opponents. |
| *The explosive power of the [[M9 fragmentation grenade|frag grenade]] in the trailer (shown when McLees sacrifices himself) is far greater than it is in the final game. | | *The [[Assault Rifle]] used by the Marines appears to have a wood finish on various parts. |
| *When McLees detonates the grenade, it actually detonates the parked vehicles. In the final game, unoccupied vehicles would flip around undamaged. | | *The Marines are depicted to be much more efficient in combat than the final version of the game would prove. Their armor and color of uniform differs slightly, and their rangefinder eyepiece is red, instead of green. |
| | | *The Elites' design is slightly different in some scenes, where it has a lower jaw instead of the four mandibles. Although some of them have do have mandibles as we see in the games. |
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| | *There is an early version of what appears to be the [[Spectre]]. It seemingly was meant to be in the game also, but didn't make the cut until ''[[Halo 2]]'' came out. This is probably where the [[Shade]] turret came from, as there is one planted on top of the Spectre. |
| *Sound effects for the [[weapons]] differ significantly, as do the visual effects used during their firing. For example, Plasma Rifles fire green-blue rounds that make long tracer streaks instead of the short, rounded blue plasma bolts that appeared in the final game. | | *Look very carefully at the [[Sniper Rifle]] the Master Chief was using in the beginning of the trailer. He was wielding the SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifle, which was used later in ''[[Halo 3]]'' |
| *Several parts of the [[MA5B assault rifle|Assault Rifle]] used by the Marines appears to have a wooden finish. | | *The Banshees' engines sound like the ''Halo 2'' [[Phantom]]s. |
| *The [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle]] possessed a different design, and was equipped with a [[suppressor]].
| | *The Master Chief uses an Energy Sword, which he isn't able to do until ''Halo 2'', he has a robotic voice, and a radio antenna on his shoulder. When he is hit by enemy fire, his shields flicker blue instead of yellow. |
| *The Plasma Rifles seem to have more of a purple color. | | *The Elites don't seem to have any shields like they do in the final version of the game since Marines can easily take them down individually with an apparent lack of effort. Surprisingly at the end of the trailer, 18 Elites get killed compared to 5 Marines. |
| *The Needler's projectiles don't glow. They act more like an explosive version of the Brute [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|Spiker]].
| | *The Elite's Energy Shield was like that of a Jackal's personal shield although larger. |
| *The Master Chief appears slightly different to his final representation: he has a robotic voice, and a radio antenna on the shoulder piece of his [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|MJOLNIR Mark V armor]]. When he is hit by enemy fire, his shields flicker blue instead of yellow. | | *The Elites also sound very different, with deep and rasping voices, and bear a noticeable resemblance to the noises made by the [[Flood]] in the final version. |
| *The armor and color of the [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform]] differs slightly, and their rangefinder eyepieces are red, instead of green. | | *The Elite's Plasma Rifles seem to have more of a purple color. |
| *The Sangheili' biology is slightly different in some scenes, with their mouths seeming to have a lower jaw instead of four mandibles. | | *The Marines' [[Warthog]] is armed with some kind of light artillery piece. It may be an early version of the [[Gauss Cannon]], which did not appear in the final cut of [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]]. It is capable of knocking out a wraith in two shots, rather than the LAAG in the shipping version. It also glows purple rather than yellow on the windshield and headlights. |
| *The Sangheili sound very different, with deep and rasping voices, and bear a noticeable resemblance to the noises made by the [[Flood]] in the final game. | | *The only Covenant in the trailer are Elites, no [[Grunts]], [[Jackals]], or [[Hunters]]. |
| *The Sangheili' armor differs from the final game. The back of their gauntlets are dark blue instead of yellow, their helmet fins are longer, and there are two larger Forerunner symbols adorning their backs. | | *The Needler's projectiles don't glow. They are more like an explosive version of the Brute [[Spiker]]. |
| *The [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshees]] depicted have tail flaps that appear to act as rudders for aerial steering. The legs of the Banshee pilots are more exposed. The Banshees' engines sound like the ''Halo 2'' [[Kez'katu-pattern Phantom|Phantoms]]. | | *The Elites hold the Plasma Rifle in a different way. |
| *The trailer prominently features a [[Cut Halo: Combat Evolved vehicles|few cut vehicles]] from early stages of ''Combat Evolved''. These include the; | | *The inside of the Pelican looks different. |
| **Covenant "Shadow" - the early name for a vehicle cut from final release and later introduced into ''[[Halo 2]]'' as the {{Pattern|Wuzum|Spectre}} - albeit with a heavy redesign. The version featured in the E3 2000 trailer would later be restored as part of the [[Digsite]] initiative and canonised as the {{Pattern|Wuchek|Spectre}}. | | *Some of the energy blasts seem to be from [[Covenant Carbine]]s, which did not appear until ''Halo 2''. |
| **Rocket Warthog - A rocket turret-equipped variant of the Warthog ultimately cut from the final release. The concept was later re-introduced in the game's [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|PC port]] as the [[M12A1 Rocket Warthog]] (albeit with a redesigned [[M39 rocket turret]]) while the specific vehicle design itself was later reused in ''Halo 2'' as the [[M12G1 Gauss Warthog]] - with the rocket turret design recontexualised as the [[M68 Gauss cannon]]. | | *Furthermore, one must notice that the red Elite speaking says: "Your destruction is the will of the Gods. And we are their instruments." Truth says this in one of the first cutscenes in ''Halo 3''. (First cutscene on "Crow's Nest", only difference is that he says "For your destruction is the will of the Gods! And I? I am their instrument." Instead of "And we are their instruments.") |
| | *The above quote ("Your destruction is the will of the Gods. And we are their instruments") is also featured in the novel The [[Fall of Reach]] as the first transmission ever made by the [[Covenant]] to the [[UNSC]] at Harvest. |
| | *The trailer plays a few tracks that are very similar to tracks in ''Halo 3'', particularly [[Greatest Journey]]. |
| | *The Fragmentation Grenades' force which the dying Marine activates to kill the Elite is a lot stronger than the final version one. |
| | *The Pelican in the trailer does not use the NATO phonetic Alphabet in its registration (ie: E419), instead it it just the number 79. |
| | *When the dying Marine activates the grenade, it actually detonates the parked vehicles, though in the final version they would just flip around with no damage done. |
| | *The Surviving Marine says to the Chief at the end of the video, "You're Staying?" he then replies that his battle has just begun. This is never said in the final game, but it is the precursor for Halo 3's "Finish the fight" motto. Which might mean that Bungie never forgot that they made the early Chief say this line and use it as a tribute. |
| | *The Marines seem to run faster than the final game. |
| | *The Wraith's damage is a lot stronger on the version in the trailer than it is in the final game. |
| | *Stacker is killed in this, but in the released game, he is seen later on, and in ''Halo 2'', and ''Halo 3''. |
| | *The Wraith seems to have some kind of energy shield that sparks up where it is shot. |
| | *The Elites energy shield was destroyed by gunfire but in the final version Jackal's shields can't be destroyed by gun fire. |
| | *Marines don't run out of ammo in the final version. |
| | *The Marines are better drivers than in the final game, avoiding animals, while in the final game, Marines have a tendency to accidentally splatter the Chief. |
| | *Also, in the final game, Marine only use ghosts during gameplay, and a Warthog in the first cutscene. |
| | *The Assault Rifles fire faster in the final version. |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Images== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| File:HE32000-elitemajor2man.png|The early version of a Sangheili Major.
| | Image:MajorElite2.jpg|The early version of a Major Elite. |
| File:HCE E32K Spectre.png|The early version of the Ghost and Spectre vehicles.
| | Image:Concept Spectre.JPG|The early version of the Ghost and Spectre vehicles. |
| File:Shieldandswordeq0.png|Sangheili Major holding an [[Type-1 Energy Sword]].
| | Image:Shieldandswordeq0.png|Major Elite holding the [[Energy Sword]]. |
| File:Blind Wolves.jpg| [[Blind Wolf|Blind wolves]] on Halo as seen in the trailer, though they were cut from the final game.
| | Image:Blind Wolves.jpg| [[Blind Wolf|Blind wolves]] on Halo as seen in the trailer which was cut from the final game |
| File:Dinosaurs.jpg|[[Thorn Beast]]s are seen in the trailer, though they were cut from the final game.
| | Image:Dinosaurs.jpg|[[Thorn Beasts]] are seen in the trailer, though they were cut from the final game. |
| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Sources==
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| *[http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=12641 Halo E3 2000 Trailer Download]
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