"Brutes in Halo 3 will be significantly more exciting, clever, graphically impressive, terrifying, numerous and angrier than in Halo 2, but they won't be playable, especially since you, in the role of Master Chief, will be spending a significant amount of effort and ammunition reducing their population." Thank God! as soon as I saw "Brute"and"Playable Character" I cursed at the heavens and screamed NOT AGAIN!!! I almost shut down my computer but I was curious enough to read the rest. I'd be glad to reduce their population and all of the other species in the Covenat as well expecialy Elites and defenceless Enginers ( if they make the game ). I'm also glad to hear the Brutes will look tougher because in halo 2 I cringed every time I shot one because they looked so much like gorillas who are an Endangered species unlike most the covenant but dont woory I'll fix that.