Halo: Reach: The Birth Of A Spartan III

Bungie knows how to make them some ads

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

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...

not badass enough boooo

Wait... We saw his face? Dude, WHAT?

lame, all spartans die except for one, or so they told us in the first book... still regretting to have read that

Didn't have the same effect on me as the ODST shorts. This trailer seems to rely on the viewer actually knowing what the hell happened at Reach, which I assume the average person dosen't. I've played every Halo game but don't have the foggiest idea about the background fiction, make me care Bungie! 
 
I do love the production value in these trailers though, I want a Halo mini series in the vein of Band of Brothers, produced in the same way as these trailers.

Weird....

Gah. Way too excited for Reach. Bungie doing everything to please the Halo: CE fan in me. ><  
 
Also, Martin O'Donnell is one of the industry's greatest treasures.

" @Stefan:  you should probably read the other books then if you think that. "

thats one bad ass trailer.

Why post the short version when the full 2:30 minute one is already out? 
 
This is the kind of stuff I've been DYING to see ever since I first read Fall of Reach!  To be honest, I think that this director fully captured exactly what I had thought all this would look like.  Excellent excellent excellent job! 
 
I'm so fucking psyched for Halo: Reach that I can't even describe it.  After hating Halo 3 so damn much and enjoy ODST, Reach is the Halo game I've been waiting for. 
 
@Lies said:

" @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. "

" Wait... We saw his face? Dude, WHAT? "

Pretty cool! :D

Tom Hanks!?

 So you need a Double Lobotomy to be a Spartan :)

" @General_D23: Notice he's a Spartan III (3). Master Chief was a Spartan II (2). One of the books talks about how the Spartan III's were genetically altered clones. The idea was that while Spartan II's were great they were a huge time investment, so the III series was a quickly made and expendable alternative. The III series were started shortly after the Spartan II's first combat missions, in secret. There's also rumors that the Sergeant was a Spartan I, hence him surviving the flood. Also wow I'm a huge nerd. "

bosche!!

" @Harletron said:

" @General_D23: Notice he's a Spartan III (3). Master Chief was a Spartan II (2). One of the books talks about how the Spartan III's were genetically altered clones. The idea was that while Spartan II's were great they were a huge time investment, so the III series was a quickly made and expendable alternative. The III series were started shortly after the Spartan II's first combat missions, in secret. There's also rumors that the Sergeant was a Spartan I, hence him surviving the flood. Also wow I'm a huge nerd. "

They're not clones, they're like the spartan IIs, genetically superior but they weren't as expensive to make. Those rumors are moronic, since Spartan (I)s were the historical greek spartans. Spartan IIs are the first cyborg/Halo canon spartans. "

Looks pretty neat. Didn't know it was that easy to be a spartan, gotta get me some of that spartan juice.

So the spartan enhancements turn your eyes blue? Does it also turn your hair blond and your skin white if it isn't already? Lol, as soon as the eyes changed, I got an "Aryan Superman" stormtrooper vibe.

Is it just me or does the guy in the trailer look a little bit like a younger Tom Hanks?

TOM HANKS IS A SPARTAN!?

" This is not who you play as dudes. "

" @Fripplebubby said:

" Wait... We saw his face? Dude, WHAT? "

That isn't Master Chief. "

" Man that is one scrawny ass spartan :/ "

We already know what this guys face looks like. All the mystery is gone!

That guy looks mad weak to be a super soldier.

" @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. "

" @august said:

" @Fripplebubby said:

" Wait... We saw his face? Dude, WHAT? "

That isn't Master Chief. "

Hey, I know, it's just this will be the first Halo shooter where we see the main character's face (i'm counting Rookie as the main ODST character, for the record). "

" @LKPOWER said:

" @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. "

I think you're contradicting yourself.  First you're saying that the commercial is targeted towards people who don't follow video game websites.  But then you say the live-action video is great for you because you've "seen enough of the game," presumably because you do follow video game websites.    So if the commercial was not targeted towards people who have already seen the game in action, but rather for people who haven't, why not show actual game play? "

Heh the ODST trailer was better...

Dude is all hopped up on Mako.

Isn't this a little inaccurate? I thought Spartans were made during youth, and not conscripted as adults? How come he has parents? Actually, if he's an orphan, how come he has a high-tech photo of his parents? Wouldn't they be trained to cast away such frivolous things?
 
And isn't the enhancing process more painful than just injecting some fluids? I'm pretty sure Spartans go through bio-mechanical enhancements including grafting stuff to their bones or injecting some kinda bone-enhancing serum INTO the bone?

" Isn't this a little inaccurate? I thought Spartans were made during youth, and not conscripted as adults? How come he has parents? Actually, if he's an orphan, how come he has a high-tech photo of his parents? Wouldn't they be trained to cast away such frivolous things? And isn't the enhancing process more painful than just injecting some fluids? I'm pretty sure Spartans go through bio-mechanical enhancements including grafting stuff to their bones or injecting some kinda bone-enhancing serum INTO the bone? "

glad to see GB scored some promo-deal w/ Microsoft. Too bad 4me that I'm interested in Halo as much as in My Little Pony = 0.    

cant wait for this game!

Cool

Love the high production values on Halo live action ads . 

" @White said:

Doesn't people read books? "

" @White said:

" Isn't this a little inaccurate? I thought Spartans were made during youth, and not conscripted as adults? How come he has parents? Actually, if he's an orphan, how come he has a high-tech photo of his parents? Wouldn't they be trained to cast away such frivolous things? And isn't the enhancing process more painful than just injecting some fluids? I'm pretty sure Spartans go through bio-mechanical enhancements including grafting stuff to their bones or injecting some kinda bone-enhancing serum INTO the bone? "

If you had read the other comments, you would have seen that this has been answered already. At least you got some facts, instead of absolutely none like several other people here.  You would be totally correct if this was a SPARTAN II, like John-117 (Master Chief), But this is the making of a SPARTAN III. They where orphans from the Covenant War, hence the photo of his parents. They where also much easier to make, cost less, but as a result wasn't as perfect as the SPARTAN II's. Which didn't matter that much as they where more cost efficient.  But I am glad to see more people who know how a SPARTAN II was made at least, so I give you that. To see fans of a game know nothing of the backstory is kinda weird. Aren't people curious anymore? Doesn't people read books? "

Awesome.