Hmmm… i’m not too sure, I know they’re not meant to be pretty but DAAAYUUUMN!! they are so ugly! But I guess it’s good in a way because they look more menacing, more animistic. What do you guys think, should they be covered up a bit more or left the way they are?
i agree, in halo Reach they looked like -Yoink- XD.
In the first halo though they looked cute in a weird way
> i agree, in halo Reach they looked like Yoink! XD.
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> In the first halo though they looked cute in a weird way
They looked like little munchkins, I felt bad for killing them.
Every part of the art direction thus far has left me brimming with glee (except Warhouse looking like a Reach map and Wraparound looking so untextured it looks like concept art). Everything looks more like hard, heavy, futuristic, alien scifi. The Grunts, however, are a step too far. They have always been my favourite Covenant, from an aesthetic standpoint, so cute and hilarious. These new ones, not so much.
Of course, they may still act and speak the same, so they could still be pretty cute. :3 
The thing is, they are not meant to be cute. They are meant to look like ugly little space creatures. You are not meant to feel sorry about them when you destroy them! 
IM GOING TO KILL THEM NO MATTER WHAT they look LIKE
Hmm, maybe it’s a mutation due to lower quality methane. That itself being brought on by the collapse of the Covenant economic structure after the war. Grunts who take duty now may get paid more since the methane isn’t as good?
Sure there is quality methane on their homeworld, but we’re talking about these grunts who are away from there.
Just a thought.
Wow, they look like wretches. Not digging them too much anyway. I’m not into the skin textures they’ve been putting in… while it’s high-res and graphical and all, it’s still settling with me. I’ll like to see them in action though.
It’s not what’s on the outside, but what’s in the inside that counts.
And by that, I mean:
Are they going to be vicious, evil monsters that you have to kill to stay alive like in Reach and H3 (and in H2, though it’s only the Ultras and Heretics that are vicious) or are they going to be the victims of plasma grenade sticks, needler supercombines, rockets, and friendly fire (Hunters, Zealots <3) like in CE?
> > i agree, in halo Reach they looked like Yoink! XD.
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> > In the first halo though they looked cute in a weird way
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> They looked like little munchkins, I felt bad for killing them.
They were super scary when you were trying to be stealthy. I was filled with fear when I saw the red dots moving towards me on my motion sensor. 1 needle shard stopped that shield recharge. Another stopped my heart.
I’ve already said this is another post, but has anyone tried hitting the masks off of the Grunts in Reach? Case in point.
> I’ve already said this is another post, but has anyone tried hitting the masks off of the Grunts in Reach? Case in point.
I was thinking that, looking at them; having their armour/methane supply in another place might just be the only difference.
Being honest, the Grunts were always ugly -Yoinks!-. In Halo 1 and 2 they were cute because we never saw their faces, but in 3 and Reach they were hideous once you punched off the Methane masks. The only difference now is that they’re naked.
Take off the mask and put on one where you can see their eyes.
Change their back pack thing; make it smaller.
Give them some pants! 
Can’t say I really like the face/head of their design in 4.
The rest is fine to me.
That Grunty charm comes from the sounds and animations
They don’t look like grunts, simple as that.
Look at the grunt in this pic. It has the breather thing and looks great.
Also, do you think that orange flame is a new grenade? It looks like the blue flame is another screen shot.
I love the art style the game is going in. Just hope the maps aren’t all grey…snow maps please!
They look like mini-brutes. It really isn’t that appealing. At this point I’m hoping it’s just some sort of rebel variation that we’re seeing.
> They look like mini-brutes. It really isn’t that appealing. At this point I’m hoping it’s just some sort of rebel variation that we’re seeing.
Oh God, they’re hideous! Absolutely ugly… 343, please change that ghastly being.
What have they done to the Covenant?