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I missed the discussions on the latest ScreenShot from Halo2 (the one with the Jackels). And I'm having trouble finding them. So, please don't flame.

My questions are:

1- Did anyone else notice that the Jackel in the foreground (closest to the camera) was holding a PLasma Rifle instead of a PLasma Pistol?

2- Do you think this is a gag from Bungie to get people to talk. Or do you think that the characters will acturally grab new weapons off the ground when their's run out? I saw this happen in Halo1, but it was rare and only with Elites.

Thanks.

  • 04.19.2004 11:48 PM PDT

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Do you think this is a gag from Bungie to get people to talk. Or do you think that the characters will acturally grab new weapons off the ground when their's run out?

I don't think it means either of those. I think it means Jackals can use Plasma rifles, now.

  • 04.20.2004 12:08 AM PDT
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surely it's a sign that they possibly run out of ammo at some point. It'll add to the realisum and isn't that what Bungie is striving for (apart from awsome gameplay)?

[Edited on 4/20/2004 12:11:28 AM]

  • 04.20.2004 12:09 AM PDT

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I think you're taking too much from the screenshot. You can't look at an alien with a gun and say "Clearly, he took that gun up from the ground."

If you can, then I'd like to suggest that the room MC left before he started this battle was actually a funhouse with image distorting mirrors and one of those swimming pools full of plastic balls. ;)

The "Bungie is striving for realism" thing kinda irks me. Of course they're not. If they were striving for realism, we wouldn't be a space marine with a nuclear reactor on our backs fighting aliens. ;)

I'm willing to believe that that Jackal just started with a plasma rifle. It makes more sense than in Halo to have the Jackals able to use more than just one weapon, as Grunts and Elites did so as well.

[Edited on 4/20/2004 12:28:02 AM]

  • 04.20.2004 12:27 AM PDT