Halo 2 E3 demo: Difference between revisions

* The demo had a vastly different storyline from the final game. Much of it was rewritten to change the events.

* In the final cutscene, John uses his right hand to throw the plasma grenade, but in all three games, he utilizes his left hand for the purpose of throwing grenades.

* The [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator]] is nowhere to be seen. Instead, a massive building made up of towering spires and complexes dominates [[New Mombasa]]'s skies.

* The [[Pelican]] [[Master Chief]] rides in is not destroyed, and instead lands normally and disperses its troops without issue.

* [[Sergeant Banks]] is an injured [[Marine]] who gives Master Chief his [[SMG]], introducing the [[dual wield]]ing feature. He is directing an attack against a Covenant [[Stationary Plasma Mortar|artillery cannon]], instead of a [[Scarab]].

* [[Sergeant Banks]] is introduced at the beginning, instead of the end of [[Metropolis (level)|Metropolis]].

* Sergeant Banks is Caucasian instead of African.

* [[Brute]]s are attacking [[Earth]] side-by-side with the [[Elite]]s.

* The Brutes voices are deeper, much like an ape, than in the final game.

* The Chief is trying to destroy one of many [[CCS-class]] [[Covenant]] battle cruisers, instead of a single [[Assault Carrier]].

* The Battle Rifle reloads like an Assault Rifle.

* The Master Chief fires the SMG's at the same time, and he never reloads them.

* When the Master Chief changes to the Battle Rifle from the SMG's, he doesn't drop the other SMG.

* The Battle Rifle is semi-automatic, has no ammo counter, and is reminiscent of the way a paintball gun fires.

* The Shadow's turret shoots green plasma blasts that look like charged plasma pistol shots, not purple shots. Also, it shoots more at a more regular pace, it doesn't get faster as it shoots, although this is the same in the final version when manned by Elites.

* It is [[Cortana]], not [[Lord Hood]], who outlines the mission (defeat Covenant ground forces and destroy their cruiser, instead of infiltrating their carrier to capture the Prophet of Regret).

* Only one Pelican, instead of three, heads to New Mombasa. Also, the ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' is not seen.

* [[Major Easley]] does not appear in the final game.

* The Elites you see are either some sort of Stealth Elites or a new Elite that didn't make it into the game.

* The [[Brute Shot]] shoots like a large plasma projectile which flies straight instead of the frag grenade that falls and bounces after a few feet.

* The [[Plasma Pistol]] shoots a larger bolt.

* Grunts are seen driving [[Shadow]]s.

* The [[Phantoms]] have a different appearance and are destructible.

* Brutes bleed purple, but in the final game, they bleed Blackish-blue.

* The Fragmentation Grenades made the same type of explosion like they did in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' , but are much weaker.

* When a Brute jumped on top of Master Chief's Warthog, he knocked out two Marines instead of just one.

* When Master Chief hijacked the Ghost, he stood on the ghost for a considerable amount of time before he kicked the driver out.

* The [[Brutes]] are weaker than they are in the final game and were easily killed.

* The Battle Rifle's melee attack shows three different animations at the same time instead of only one at a time--this was the first animation shown by Bungie of their proposed "melee combo" system, which was cut out of the final game due to time constraints.

* [[Pete Stacker]] may have appeared driving a Gauss Warthog like in the final game but is killed by a Brute.

* When the Chief shoots a Phantom with a [[Gauss Cannon]] a green and blue plasma spark appears.

* The Gauss Cannon has a faster rate of fire.

* The [[Prophet of Regret]] does not lead the Covenant invasion force on Earth.

* The back of the [[Phantom]] is open and the troops disperse like on a [[pelican|Pelican.]]

* If one looks closely at the Elites' Energy Swords, they can tell that they have the same appearance as the Halo 3 ones, with the pointed edges around the hilt when turned on.

* Jackal Shields are a bright fluorescent blue, instead of bluish-green in the final version.

* The Jackal Shields appear to be a figure-8 shape, instead of the circular shape seen in the final game.

* Jackals are also seen moving foward togather in a phalanx formation (as opposed to just running around normaly) shortly before being run over by Warthogs at 4:46.

* The [[Ghost]]'s fire mode is different to that of the final version. In the final version, the mode was alternating blasts from each Plasma Cannon. Here, it was more like Halo 1's fire which fired both Cannons at the same time. The rate of fire was also increased and the Plasma Bolts travel faster.

* There is a huge increase in the number of Grunt death animations where they stop in their tracks when killed and slowly fall forward. Few of the killed Grunts in the trailer perform the classic "Grunty Death Backflip" when killed with Battle Rifle fire.