Composite Swords

The original press release for Halo mentioned an array of weapons from "composite swords" to "orbital bombardment". Neither made it into the shipping game. Note the complex scene with several characters and vehicles in the background. When Halo was still imagined to be a third-person perspective game, it would have been possible for scenes like this to appear during gameplay.

haloC002

Another shot of the Master Chief in front of an early tank model. Difficult to say whether this is the Scorpion or the Stealth Tank, but from the coloration I'd guess it's the Scorpion.

Hostiles Have Been Eliminated

The famous E3 2000 demo featured the revised, chunkier Master Chief model, which was controversial at the time-- and a dramatic script and fantastic visuals that made it instantly popular. It was shown to an audience of fans at a Bungie FanFest at Neutral Ground in New York, New York, scheduled to coincide with MacWorld that year.

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