This Halo 3 video was all about the Brutes. About how they were in Halo 2 and how they will be in Halo 3. We first started fighting Brutes towards the end of Halo 2, the Elites had resigned from the Covenant and the Brutes filled in for them. When fighting them, they were like big bad-ass Grunts. They were big and strong like the Elites, but instead of having energy shields they just simply took a lot of hits before defeating them. Soon anybody that was experienced with Halo 2 learned how to get easy headshots on them. You didn't have a huge unique experience fighting them as you did with the other characters, but they still had their own challenges. Their big weakness was that they didn't have much character in them, and it appears that is what we will see with Halo 3. Halo 3 is on its way, and it appears that the Brutes are now the new face of the enemy. If that is the case, they need an extreme makeover which they are getting. The Brutes in Halo 2 were ment to be the more brutal side of the enemy, but they looked more like dumb apes. In Halo 3, they now are fully geared up in weapons and armor. There have already been 3 classes of Brutes stated: the Standard Brute, Brute Captain, and Brute Chieftain. The Standard Brute appears to be the same as the Brutes we fought in Halo 2, basic weapons and armor. While the Brute Captain has a bigger helmet and more armor, and the Brute Cheiftain has very elaborate armor. From an artistic standpoint, the armor for the Brutes look like a cross between ancient Roman armor and Samurai armor. Which looks pretty cool. The character animations have also been redone. Bungie displayed animations of Brutes smashing people to the ground and destroying objects with their giant hammers, which appears to be the Brute version of the Energy Sword. Speaking of we also see a Brute holding a sword, which appears to be a Brute Captain holding one. So it could be possible that only the Captains and Cheiftains can have the sword/hammer. It appears in Halo 3 that the Brutes will actually be Brutes. This video arose one big question out of me: what's going to happen to the Elites? Right now I've come up with 3 possibilities. 1. The Elites remain at a "neutral" standpoint and fight both humans and Covenant. 2. They side with the humans. 3. They quit fighting in the war and "leave" the game. There's still a lot of unknown about Halo 3 but this video did do a good job showing us some of the enemy and some gamplay footage. The Brutes actually look like a lot of fun to fight against.