I need clarification on an issue that I have been dealing with recently. I do not know if the Mandela effect is affecting my memory of the beginning of Halo CE on the original xbox but I can remember, that a very rarely a special version of the opening would play. It’s not that Sgt Johnson says different things on certain difficulties, it’s before we get to the Johnson speech. The difference to this cutscene is what happens after Captain Keys tells to Cortana “give our old friends an warm welcome.” There is then a cut to the marine with the blue glow sticks. After the zoom out to the pelicans the marine would be given the yellow three ring effect that Master Chief gets around his armor to recharge it in the tutorial before the elites storm the room. This effect is also the same effect that Master Chief is given when at the end of Two Betrayals when at the third shield generator. The marine is than turned into a yellow crewmen model like the ones since on the bridge of the Pillar of Autumn. This is before the scene with the marines running in front of the tanks and before the warthog going down to the barracks for the Sgt Johnson speech.
Maybe It could be a glitched sequence that made me think this is a rare special version of the cutscene. If anyone knows anything about this or if I’m possibly misremembering this please let me know.