I've not been following the Reach build-up very closely but I listened to all of the podcast aside from the spoiler section near the end, and the thing I'm most encouraged to hear is the vote of confidence on the replayability level of the campaign. And evidently the campaign had quite some effect on Louis for him to pronounce it his favourite in the franchise so far, even including the original! I do have a few specific questions though, for anyone who's played enough of the game to be able to respond.

Firstly, is the Brute shot in the game, or has it been dropped? I can't recall seeing it in any advance footage or anything. If I understand correctly, Brutes aren't such a presence in this game, so I guess that could be a reason for its absence. But for me it was one of the best things about Halo 3, so I'd be sorry to lose it.

Secondly, is it true that the Grunts no longer deliver funny lines in English? Obviously that would be quite a break with tradition. I never liked [i]Elites[/i] talking English as it was such a big change to their character and made them way too human-like for my tastes, but with the Grunts it was always different as they were so funny and, well, they were like that from day one. So if the Grunts don't do lines in English any more, what are they like now? More serious, less comical?

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