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Subject: Huge article about Halo 2's new weapons!
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What would a FPS be without lot's of big cool guns? Halo 2 promises to have a multitude of new weapons for us the play with. Here is my analysis of the new guns on the block. Also remember all information is based off pre release updates here at b.net or game articles or specualtion and thus are subject to change.
Battle Rifle: Behold your soon to be new favorite gun come November the 9th. The Battle Rifle is everything the old MA5B wishes it were. Back in Halo 1 the only real way to use a assault rifle was to fire in bursts and Bungie realized this and created this wonderful gun. It has the same basic design as the MA5B but with a longer barrel and larger 9.5 mm ammunition. It now has a auto scope and it's bullpub design for long range accuracy. It will bring the reliabilty and range of use as the old pistol with enough punch to engage in close up combat.
Sub Machine Gun: The SMG will give those MA5B fanboys all the bullets flaling action they know and obviously love. The SMG will have smaller 23. cal caseless ammunition but will carry sixty rounds in each clip. Also the SMG has collapsible stock for dual wielding action and will be a choose weapon for all those would be rambo's of the world. Let's face it if you absolutely, positivly have to kill every last Mother@#$%er in the room take no exeption.
Covenant Carbine: The carbine is a covenant equivelent of the battle rifle. It auto ejects case shells after you fire. Whether that means it's projectile or not the guns sounds awesome and OXM said it was there new favorite gun. Also the gun looks undeniably awesome. Bungie stated that there are differences between the carbine and the battle rifle but will let us discover them when the game ships.
Slug Thrower: A gun only seen used by brutes thusfar the slug thrower is a sort of grenade launcher capable of hardcore destruction. It has a sort of bayonette at the end of it for devastating melee attacks. This gun was first seen in a render in EGMs 2002 issue also made apperances in the E3 2K3 demo and First Strike whether any covenant other than the brute can wield this are unknown to us.
Magnum Pistol: First revealed to us in the Bungie approved novel Halo: First Strike the magnum has thus not been shown to us. The gun is descriped as being larger and longer than the M6D. It also fires huge ammunition slugs the size of a Spartan's thumb! This new pistol will no doubt handicapped in a way to maintain in-game balance such as removing of the scope or reducing the rate of fire but how is uncertain as of this point. A magnum also adds a nuance to dual wielding a slower more powerful wheras all the other dual wielding weapons of fast firing spray guns. Whether this is actually in the game or not is still up in the air but the apperance in FS is a good sign that it is.
Covenant Sniper Rifle: Even less is known about this gun then the Magnum. This gun was scene by the OXM people and they descriped it as a fast firing powerful energy rifle. Also in a old pre xbox Halo screen you see a picture of a Elite holding a sniper rifle. Considering that pre xbox Halo had a SMG and the carbine and a alien grenade launcher this is a good idea of what it will be like.
Flamethrower: It was originally in Halo for the xbox but was scrapped at the last moment only to return in Halo PC's multiplayer. In the OXM article in 2003 Bungie all but confirmed they were working on it by saying it would be in only if you could burn everything to the ground so if it's there it will rock! In the evolution of Halo video Bungie descriped how the original flamethrower was sccraped cause of time and they could never make it work graphically so if they make it up to par with their standards expect to burn EVERYTHING come november.
Fuel Rod Gun: Another gun taken out of Halo xbox cause of time constraints but remained as a CPU controlled weapon. Then Halo PC came out and brought it back and was a sweet gun and if it makes Halo 2 I will be a happy man the more guns the better.
Plasma Sword: Finally we can use it and boy I cant wait. The plasma sword will be a very desired weapon in Halo 2 and has a number of nifty features to boot. It can just swipe but like the rocket launcher if you lock onto a target for a few seconds you can do a freaking awesome lunge attack and send your enemies flying.

Well I hoped you enjoyed my observations on Halo 2's new weaponry and this still doesn't cover those guns bungie is saving to suprise us with and also the new features to the guns like the needler and rocket launcher. I hope I provided some good insight and until later goodnight it's kinda late ;-).

[Edited on 7/9/2004 1:24:13 AM]

  • 07.09.2004 1:05 AM PDT

thanks for the scoop

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Thanks for the appreciation it took along to to write LOL.

  • 07.09.2004 1:11 AM PDT

i have feeling i'm gonna like this covie carbine just as much as the battle rifle.

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I think I will like the carbine better than the battle rifle but they both LOOK awesome the gun designers that are working on Halo 2 are doing a breathtaking job.

  • 07.09.2004 1:20 AM PDT
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Hey I think we are the only ones on because we are hardcore ;-)

  • 07.09.2004 1:21 AM PDT

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http://halo.xbox.com/forums/members/rocketfox/default.aspx

Old GTs; RebelRobot, Flamedude

Oh dont forget the new vehicles and stationary turrets!! And energy sword. And possibly the jackal shield.

the Gauss gun hog looks looooovely.

  • 07.09.2004 1:24 AM PDT
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Hmm wonder if this will get a sticky?

  • 07.09.2004 1:24 AM PDT

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Well both guns are useful from close to mid to long range..but this is what makes the carbine better..
Carbine

This weapon has recently been seen in the hands of Elites. A new weapon derived from the Covenants latest technological achievements in weapons or warfare. It has a zoom mode for medium-to-long-range engagements. However, because the weapon's fire rate is higher than would be expected for a weapon of its size and class, it is also very effective in close quarters. Making it an excellent all round weapon ****which can be adapted to almost any combat situation.***<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<.


[Edited on 7/9/2004 1:29:52 AM]

  • 07.09.2004 1:27 AM PDT
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Agreed that's why I believe that the Fuel Rod Gun will make it in Halo 2.

  • 07.09.2004 8:09 AM PDT
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I will be the master with the energy sword so be aware when you see me on x-box live

  • 07.09.2004 9:57 AM PDT
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i'm glad the covie weapons will get an uplift. though they were good for campaign mode, hardly anyone uses them in multiplayer. with things like the plasma sword, the covie carbine, and the improved needler; covie weapons could maybe make a better stand in multiplayer mode.

  • 07.09.2004 10:11 AM PDT
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I'm old... compared to most of the brats on here that sound like girls.

ok u did actually forget a gun one that we no nothing about and little of what it look likes or even whats its called. I think it was on the cover of OXM not sure which ever cover that has MC dualweilding coverd in what to me looks like paint because hes been in a paintball tournement... anyway yea its the left dude that holding it he could be an other spartan or and ODST w/e any way it long box shaped in the sence that its square with the handle and the nozle and i cant remember but the scope i think glowed redish orange, but that coulda been the nose part cant remember but yea it was bigish and heavy looking and i have no clue what i shoots, it coulda just been there as a filler/teaser and might not even be in the game

ANYONE ELSE SEE IT?

  • 07.09.2004 10:30 AM PDT
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i think thats just the new rocket launcher,and u didnt mention ne thing about the brutes grenade launcher thing

  • 07.09.2004 10:38 AM PDT

there is barely anything known about it.

  • 07.09.2004 10:41 AM PDT
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love the article but i simply want to know who got the jackie brown quote "Let's face it if you absolutely, positivly have to kill every last Mother@#$%er in the room take no exeption" (refering to the aka-47) or was i the only one who caught that

  • 07.09.2004 10:45 AM PDT
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hmm I knew most of that stuff, but it was still a good read. I think I am going to like the battle rifle best. It is the most all round good gun. You scope an shoot single shots. Unscope and you can lay it on them with 3 round burst.

  • 07.09.2004 10:48 AM PDT
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Posted by: Zanzibaked
i'm glad the covie weapons will get an uplift. though they were good for campaign mode, hardly anyone uses them in multiplayer. with things like the plasma sword, the covie carbine, and the improved needler; covie weapons could maybe make a better stand in multiplayer mode.


Dont forget that the Plasma Rifle and Plasma Pistol are dual wieldable weapons so infact ALL the coveanant weapons are better this time around. A gurillawarrioor I did talk about the brute gun it's called a slug thrower it's in just look. And just lazy I love that quote too ;-).

[Edited on 7/9/2004 11:02:40 AM]

  • 07.09.2004 11:01 AM PDT

"Help Help I'm being repressed! Come and see the Violence inherent in the system!"
"Bloody peasant!"
"Oh did you see that? you saw him repress me?"

Coulda sworn the Cov Carbine was the Cov Sniper Rifle? or am i wrong?
I make 15 weapons:
SMG
Battle Rifle
Frag Grenade
Shotgun
Rocket Launcher
Sniper Rifle
Flamethrower
Magnum Pistol
Plasma Pistol
Plasma Rifle
Plasma Carbine
Plasma Grenade
Energy Sword
Needler
Fuel Rod Gun

  • 07.09.2004 11:07 AM PDT
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I am only talking NEW weapons and no the Carbine is not the sniper rifle just look at the OXM renders article a week or so ago.

  • 07.09.2004 11:08 AM PDT

"Help Help I'm being repressed! Come and see the Violence inherent in the system!"
"Bloody peasant!"
"Oh did you see that? you saw him repress me?"

Posted by: BertramRiedacher
i think part of the reason for some of the new covenant guns is to balance the sides a bit for muliplayer spartan vs. elite fights, especially if each side is only allowed to use their own weapons. Other than that, it would also make the campaign potentially much harder. Imagine trying to get an elite with a sniper.
I look forward to them.


Not True, as in the E3 demo, we saw a Chief with Energy Sword n Needler, and in all the screen pics, Elites have Battle Rifles n SMGs, and some pics have Chiefs with Needlers or Plasma Pistols

  • 07.09.2004 11:09 AM PDT
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The E3 demo is not the finished product. In the alpha test in january there was only teams of spartans so we just dont know yet. With the new guns that Bungie hasn't shown they certainly could but switching between alien and human weaponry sounds good to me.

  • 07.09.2004 11:15 AM PDT
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Also this guide fails to show all the tweaks to the old guns like the rocket tracking or the sniper rifles kick or the needler's new found awesomeness.

  • 07.09.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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Also the Shotgun according to IGN is supposed to be awesmoe with the new physics sending enemies literally flying when you hit em with a buck shot up close. Also it's suppose tear up the enviroment.

  • 07.09.2004 2:32 PM PDT

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