The weapons in reach are all pretty much the same in Halo Reach. You have the DMR which can kill somebody if they are out in the open for a REALLY long time, and then you have the basic weapons (plasma rifle, pistol, assault rifle, plasma pistol) which are all practically identical in that you charge at the guy shoot and smack, and then you have the overpowered weapons. Thats the entire game! In Halo CE, the plasma rifle slows people down but its difficult to hit somebody with it if their moving side to side. So you stop them from doing that and close in. Assault rifle is basically the weapon that is excellent for keeping people back, or closing in when you have them cornered witha grenade. Shotgun is a good burst damage close ranged gun that can finish people after a grenade instantly, or instantly kill them up close, sniper rifle is burst far ranged gun, pistol is your normal far ranged gun. Every gun has its own purpose and is not overpowered, as opposed to Reach. In Halo Reach, the entire game revolves around camping and getting cheap guns. I got almost all my kills in the reach beta with the shotgun, and did amazingly well. And I did so by camping in a room every game with the shotgun!!! No strategy at all! In halo 1 that wouldnt be doable cuz you could flush a camper out with grenades because the grenade explosions were slow and big and so required people to react and move. But in halo reach, cheapassness is the name of the game. My brother camped a tiny room and meleed people and it worked amazingly well because nobody could flush him out. All he did was camp a lift the entire game and he got lots of kills. Halo reach is a lame game, that looks cool. It is possible to kick some ass, beat a team by about 2:1 if you have cheap weapons. Beyond that, all the games are usually very close. I remember when i played halo 1, a good team could completely destroy another team if their reactions and teamwork were good. Halo Reach is not a good game. End of story.