I don't think it's the first true trailer for the Halo TV series as we did see something during the game awards but either way a new trailer has dropped and .. I love it!

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A few are of course not happen, but Cortana is the same voice, although I really did like her latest look in Halo Infinite as Cortana jnr aka the weapon but changes are bound to occur and it may not be final as I'd imagine this show will have a fair few curveballs.

I'm a little concerned about showing Master Chief without the helmet I've really enjoyed the Mandalorian's take on a helmeted hero and how infrequent the helmet has come off (although truth be told little worried about the latest episode of Book of Boba Feet where Mando is kicked out - meaning the helmet can come off at will?

The Chief looked good and they did go quite close, the voice is a little off but see The Witcher show for how little that matters (never played the game, love the show) but they got close enough to show that it's pretty much on point.

Dunno why but the vehicle seemed smaller than I expected, not sure it's a Warthog .. I thought it was a Razerback

We also got to see the Sangheili up close and personal and they look impressive, note thet we did see one up close and then the chief taking two on in a battle scene that includes!

A battle against two elites / Sangheili with energy swords - nailed it!

I took the crop shot here not to kill Paramounts copyright - which they made sure was hard to get a good shot without that in frame.. but because I wanted to see the shape of the energy sword while in motion i.e did it flatten out with the movement of the art, was it all wobbly and cheap CGI looking and not at all appeared to hold up in that 2-3 seconds of footage in the trailer.

I'm not a Halo über fan - my testament to this is I've never played Halo Wars ... I don't know all the beasts names off hand all I know is I love the dynamic between Cortana and Chief and I really hope and pray the Arbiter shows up on this show..