List of changes in Halo: The Fall of Reach rereleases: Difference between revisions

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*When CPO Mendez and Dr. Halsey enter the titanium mine where the newly-augmented Spartans are training, Mendez's Warthog lacks a turret. In the novel, the Warthog is mentioned as being [[Missile Warthog|equipped with a missile launcher]].
*When CPO Mendez and Dr. Halsey enter the titanium mine where the newly-augmented Spartans are training, Mendez's Warthog lacks a turret. In the novel, the Warthog is mentioned as being [[Missile Warthog|equipped with a missile launcher]].
*The incident aboard the UNSC ''Atlas'' with the four ODSTs in the gym is omitted.
*The incident aboard the UNSC ''Atlas'' with the four ODSTs in the gym is omitted.
*It is said that Colonel Watts defected from the UNSC in 2512; this addition is repeated in the animated series. This contradicts the background first given for the character in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' and later Watts' Halo Waypoint article, with the former establishing that Watts already led the Eridanus rebels in 2494 and the latter stating that the colonel went turncoat as early as the 2480's.
*John is shown having a nightmare while sleeping aboard the [[Laden]]; in the novel he merely dreams of [[gravball]] and a coin spinning in the air.
*John is shown having a nightmare while sleeping aboard the [[Laden]]; in the novel he merely dreams of [[gravball]] and a coin spinning in the air.
*In Issue 3, [[John-117|John]] pushes [[Samuel-034|Sam]] out of the line of fire and is wounded during the [[assault on Eridanus Secundus]]. In the novel, John is merely grazed by a lucky shot.
*In Issue 3, [[John-117|John]] pushes [[Samuel-034|Sam]] out of the line of fire and is wounded during the [[assault on Eridanus Secundus]]. In the novel, John is merely grazed by a lucky shot.
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**Halsey's civilian attire while observing John is nearly the same as depicted in the comic (though Keyes' suit is noticeably more casual than in either previous adaptation).
**Halsey's civilian attire while observing John is nearly the same as depicted in the comic (though Keyes' suit is noticeably more casual than in either previous adaptation).
**Halsey is depicted without glasses.
**Halsey is depicted without glasses.
**Kelly is abducted with her hair its natural brown rather than dyed blue.
**Kelly is abducted with her hair its natural brown rather than dyed blue. She is also depicted as having brown eyes, whereas the novels as well as prior depictions portray her with blue eyes. Fred-104 is similarly depicted with brown eyes; he is described as having blue-green eyes in the novels.
**In the novel, [[Samuel-034]] is described as having darkly tanned skin and green eyes. After the Spartans' augmentations he is noted as having grown his hair out to three centimeters. In the animated series, he has a pale complexion, blue eyes, and maintains a short buzz cut until his death.
**In [[Michael Stanforth|Admiral Stanforth]]'s initial briefing on the Covenant and the destruction of [[Harvest]], Stanforth wears the same green uniform shown in the comics (though Mendez and Halsey are wearing the Marine BDU and lab coat they wear throughout most of the rest of the series).
**In [[Michael Stanforth|Admiral Stanforth]]'s initial briefing on the Covenant and the destruction of [[Harvest]], Stanforth wears the same green uniform shown in the comics (though Mendez and Halsey are wearing the Marine BDU and lab coat they wear throughout most of the rest of the series).
**Unlike the comic adaptation, in which the 14-year-old John-117's face is always partially obscured whenever he appears without a helmet, his face is fully shown in the animated series.
**Unlike the comic adaptation, in which the 14-year-old John-117's face is always partially obscured whenever he appears without a helmet, his face is fully shown in the animated series.