edit : figured i'd post this, as it doesn't seem well known, and an easy to miss episode - - enjoy a rare bit of history between bungie and ign
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I watched the whole thing. There is no "what could have been" in the sense the OP is trying to make. No "cut content" is even mentioned. They just talked about concept art and it's evolution in creating the game. Quite interesting actually. It's [u]concept[/u] art. Meaning that it was all conceptual at the time of its creation and was subject to not even make it in the final product. Just brainstorming.