AKA: Lies explains the Halo Reach trailer to you in excruciating detail

1. SPARTANS!
2. "No more of that lone wolf stuff"
3. In-engine (likely touched up a bit, but certainly not pre-rendered)
   

1. Lone Wolf is a Spartan-III, first we've ever seen in a game and quite likely the silent protagonist
2. The existence of Noble team pretty much confirms Spartan Class-II
3. Squad-based gameplay is even more confirmed "No more lone wolf stuff" is pretty much a direct message
4. Elites are back as enemies :D
5. The teaser image only shows five Spartans, but the trailer gives us six. Lone Wolf is conspicuously MIA
6. This is not the story from the book, but a separate one running concurrently
7. MC definitely not showing up- aside from being in space, he's rolling with Class-I at this point and likely isn't even aware of Noble Team
   

AKA: Lies explains the Halo Reach trailer to you in excruciating detail

1. SPARTANS!
2. "No more of that lone wolf stuff"
3. In-engine (likely touched up a bit, but certainly not pre-rendered)
   

1. Lone Wolf is a Spartan-III, first we've ever seen in a game and quite likely the silent protagonist
2. The existence of Noble team pretty much confirms Spartan Class-II
3. Squad-based gameplay is even more confirmed "No more lone wolf stuff" is pretty much a direct message
4. Elites are back as enemies :D
5. The teaser image only shows five Spartans, but the trailer gives us six. Lone Wolf is conspicuously MIA
6. This is not the story from the book, but a separate one running concurrently
7. MC definitely not showing up- aside from being in space, he's rolling with Class-I at this point and likely isn't even aware of Noble Team
   

I feel like this blog was made just for me! I should probably read the books or something because all of this looks pretty interesting and crucial to getting a deeper appreciation for the games. Thanks for writing all this up, Lies, it's all extremely helpful.

Wasn't the blonde bit that introduced it 'Number Six' in BSG?

Damn good read, i didn't know about any of this stuff until you posted it. I was one of those people who thought the trailer didn't give much info about the game, but i guess i was wrong. 
This game is gonna be amazing.

Despite my not having read the book, I'm slightly disappointed that the game won't be pure canon. Perhaps there were some complications in adaptation?

Great work man! :D
 
Also, whats for clearing up the whole Spartan 3 thing, the fact that you might play one gets me even more excited.

I like that you have too much time on your hands as it means I have interesting blogs to read, :D. I would also add that armor customisation seems likely in the campaign as all the dude's seem to have "homemade" modification's to their armor.

Why does she have a mech arm when they can replace body parts in the future?

" Wasn't the blonde bit that introduced it 'Number Six' in BSG? "

Wow.
 
Lies really knows a lot about the Halo universe.

The books never said anything about Spartans having permutations. That's what really pissed me off. You'd expect Spartans to be more disciplined than these characters. Just look at the skull-dude; he scratched his damn visor. Aren't they supposed to have a habit in taking care of their armor? This isn't power rangers, y'know.

Ghost of Onyx did mention EVA armor of sorts for Spartans. And Bungie is the true creators of the canon, I would trust them over the books. With halo 3, Bungie wove fiction into all the Armor perms.

" Ghost of Onyx did mention EVA armor of sorts for Spartans. And Bungie is the true creators of the canon, I would trust them over the books. With halo 3, Bungie wove fiction into all the Armor perms. "

I think that is always up for question. These guys definitely seem to be almost working on their own accord. Sort of like Bad Company in BF:BC. If anything, it has not been stated otherwise in the canon and Bungie is using it as a way to give more personality to the characters. Its something I can appreciate for this occasion.

" @Jimbo said:

" Wasn't the blonde bit that introduced it 'Number Six' in BSG? "

Yes. Although I don't think she did a good job in ODST. "

That's actually pretty cool, and if all of that is in-engine, it looks much better then ODST, which was nothing special.

" The books never said anything about Spartans having permutations. That's what really pissed me off. You'd expect Spartans to be more disciplined than these characters. Just look at the skull-dude; he scratched his damn visor. Aren't they supposed to have a habit in taking care of their armor? This isn't power rangers, y'know. "

Great feature.  I personally got a tiny kick out of the trailer itself, but my uncertainty as to whether it was in-engine or not and the fact that no gameplay or hints as to what the game would play like held back my enthusiasm a bit.  Still, it's exciting to see a shit ton of SPARTANS with super unique-looking armor interacting with one another in actual story elements.

Excellent bit, Lies, I was just going through the teaser trying to find stuff like that. No luck for me, by the way. 

Lies, putting that picture of Dare up just made me realize how awesome the faces are in Reach now.

damn lies, you scare me

I'm a huge Halo fan, I've played all the games and read all the books and I have to say this is a brilliant summary of the trailer. Really great work.

Lies dropping some epic Halo knowledge. It's cool that the fiction is so deep, even if the games don't utilize all of it, you get the sense that there's more than you see. The huge scope of the universe gives the games that epic feel.

Great job Lies!  
 The Spartans Of Reach:
Lone Wolf, Jorge-052,Kat-320,Carter-259, Spartan Sniper, And the Ghost Spartan (Which is probably created from the Hellspartan exclusive action figure)  

This is my kind of topic, no huge wall 'o text without any pictures in sight, a clear concise easy to read thread.

Great write up I am so excited for this game, the only thing I hope you are wrong about is the Silent main character I hate that, the Chief was quite but he still had an awesome voice this just isn't a series that needs the Half Life 2 silent stuff.

She needs the arm when they inevitably cut it off later by an Elite with an Energy Sword. Mark my words.

Good blog! You pointed out a lot of stuff I didn't notice from watching.