These characters aren’t being voiced by celebrities like Wash off Firefly and Marlo from The Wire, and Bungie didn’t have the money to rope in the unbearably gorgeous Aisha Tyler to play Female Trooper #2. It takes a little while to remember that – despite myriad visual touch-ups and flourishes in this remastered edition – Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is the Halo that was, not the Halo it would become in later years. Voiced by one-time Bungie community guy Matt Soell, the other indubitably epic lines of this iconic character were left on the cutting room floor by musical luminary Martin O’Donnell. He might only have one line in the entire of Halo: Combat Evolved – “Behind us! They’re right behind us!” – yet our humble and understandingly petrified Crewman #1 is the perfect embodiment of the raw, enduring spirit of the game.
I think it’s important to tell you a story about Crewman #1.
