Got my copy of Halo, and the store dude kindly let me pop it in their demo Xbox play for three hours straight (I played co-op, and had an assortment of partners. Very fun!). One thing I noticed is that when the "hushed casket" is unsealed and Master Chief hops out, the scene cuts directly to the assistant telling you to get to the bridge, and you have control. No training, and no conversation with the guy in the booth who gets killed.
As this was absent on a just-purchased retail copy of the game, I guess its safe to say it was cut. Too bad the the death of the booth-man was as canned as well, as I thought it was a smart way to introduce the reality of the ship being raided, and that the Covenant were specifically after the Master Chief.
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