: Indeed, and it's something I've been hoping they'd do. I wonder what the
: special attributes of the other characters are. Linda's probably relates
: to aim assist or something like that, but will the Chief get any kind of
: bonus? Or Fred?

Mentioned later in the blog post:
"And again, while all eight Spartans will move and feel identical"

I'm just metering my expectations here. I think it'd be super cool to have them play differently, really adding a lot of replay value. Hell I kind of wish I could play through the whole game by myself as one of the other spartans, not chief or locke. Just because I love new perspectives in the Halo universe.