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Halo: Reach: The Birth Of A Spartan III

Here's the sort of dude you'll be playing in the next Halo game.

Apr. 28 2010

Posted by: Brad

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Halo: Reach

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not badass enough boooo

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That is one weak ass looking kid. And a pretty stupid trailer in general. Injections, flying into space, riding in a truck...magically a spartan! In fact, he looks skinnier and weaker after the injections than before...

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Wait, what?? I thought that it was all just the suit put on some supersoldier & not injecting things.

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@Jack_Daniels:  I hate to sound like a huge nerd but your thinking of spartan 2's In REACH you play as a spartan 3. They were selected at a much older age this was all in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
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@Catolf: all the Spartans are just coked up on steroids and crazy shit to make them so powerful, many of them died in the story cause they're bodies just couldnt take it. Thats why there are soo few of em.
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Bungie knows how to make them some ads

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@Siphillis:  I wouldn't go that far, considering that they are meant to appeal to a larger audience than just those who follow video game news websites. I think its excellent marketing, I've seen enough of the game. I just want to play it. So live action commercials are kind of refreshing in this case.
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Oh F***, I thought this was a game cutscene. 
Damn I was disapoint.

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Give us our damn Halo movie, Microsoft.

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Edited By White_Silhouette

The extended version of this trailer says he's Carter Spartan 249.

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Edited By ISmoochyI

not ganna lie...a pretty badass trailer

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@all; 

 injection ?!?! now your Captain America know your shit.

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Live action commercials are the single most melodramatic, pompous trend in video game advertising.  Just show us the fucking game.

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@Jack_Daniels said:
" Spartans wouldn't give a shit about their parents as they were abducted at a very young age and didn't get the actual medical procedures for like ten years. That was such crap. "
lolno.
 
SPARTAN-IIIs are all orphans from the Covenant war, chosen at ages from 6 to about 12. Orphans were chosen so no parents would notice missing children and the Spartans would have mor emotivation to fight the Covenant. The picture of his parents would be extrmely meaningful.
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That was dumb

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I must say these videos are pretty sweet, so I'm looking forward to more of them in their marketing campaign!

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that trailer was not as good as i had hoped for. I mean the ODST one was epic! i thought this one would be just as good if not better.  
 
Alas i was mistaken :(

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THIS IS SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTA!

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Spartans wouldn't give a shit about their parents as they were abducted at a very young age and didn't get the actual medical procedures for like ten years. That was such crap.

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I am still in shock that there is no Halo movie. Come on, if you can do this type of deal then the logical next step is a full length live action movie. No bloody anime series or bullshit like that please!

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i think alot of people dont realise that sparta III may have still been super soldiers but they where the cost effective quick to produce range. they arnt as skilled as original or even second generation spartans but they are better than normal humans. they where mass produced or at least if my memories not wrong. so an injection like this should explain
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Could've been a 5 Gum commercial too... 

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@Brenderous said:
" His eyes turn blue?  So the Spartans are the new Aryan race?  Way to be nazis, Bungie. "
HA
 
nice. I didn't even think of that.
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So blue eyes? Master race.

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neat
At least he was attractive. XP

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Nice. Take that, Silver account.
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So I take it they're still against stem cell research in the future?
 
Injections? Seriously?

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His eyes turn blue?
 
So the Spartans are the new Aryan race?
 
Way to be nazis, Bungie.

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That was pretty cool.

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@528seven: Is this better?: The birth of a "Spartan III"
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I prefered the OST commercial better, this one was just kind of meh

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I love the live action Halo stuff. I still can't believe someone fumbled the ball regarding the Halo movie.

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@Tennmuerti said:
" Man that is one scrawny ass spartan :/ "
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Do I have to watch Halo: Reach: The Birth Of A Spartan I and II before I watch this?
 
How confusing!

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Im I the only one person that doesn't think these are as good as the ODST ones?

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Pretty good video but i always imagined Spartans being a lot bigger, he looks pretty scrawny and fairly average in height to me but hey guess it's only a video

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LACKING DEPICTION OF THE HARDSHIPS OF THE SPARTAN PROGRAM

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this trailer was pretty lame. INJECTIONS! youre a spartan now !

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Was the last part in CG?

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that was somewhat disappointing

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Wow, very well produced video.  Seriously, the editing and cinematography are second to none.

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Pretty cool trailer

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Man that is one scrawny ass spartan :/

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Edited By SilverArrows

Wow ... MS is going all out for this, I mean, its just the beta, and there is a freaking primetime TV spot for it. Imagine what the marketing blitz will be like when the full game is released. 
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May 3rd!!

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Edited By General_D23

Hopefully the expanded trailer is better. It's been awhile since I've read the first few books, but I'm pretty sure the training process and becoming a Spartan is much more arduous then that...
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Looks like he shit his pants when he's walking towards the suit.

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@Ozzie said:
" love these live action trailers, but this one doesn't beat the ODST one "

Woo-Hoo! The ODST one was awesome, but I'm far more excited for Reach.
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@Pie: I have my quest done. I'm going to eat you next!
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Dude needs to work on his chest a little.