- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I agree with Hikaru. It'd be nothing short of a frigging TRAVESTY if the MA5B and M6D were to all of a sudden VANISH from the Halo universe. We still have 6 MONTHS to WAIT here, people!! the Demos being played and reviewed @ E3 and the vids we've seen from the Press Conference are merely the START of our in-game experience. Both are mere DEMOS, showing off the newest features of the sequel. If you notice in last year's E3 Campaign-mode demo, The Chief's player is simply dicking around the entire level - throwing out ghost pilots, mowing down Grunts with infinite-ammo SMGs, and blowing the hell out of that damn Dropship with the new anti-armor 'Hog. Hell, they didn't have the -blam!- HUD back then!
What i've seen from the press conference, with Staten showing off and Hoberman being his little guinea pig, they were just rampaging around a fraction of the new Sanzabar map showing off the Dual-wielding, SPNKr lock-on, destructable vehicles, plasma sword, etc.
WE HAVE SEEN NOTHING, absolutley NO-THING yet.
Key word here: YET.
The pistol, i feel, should merely be toned down, and the AR should just stay the same, or it's gonna be too close to the newer BR.
PATIENCE, my brethren, is a most worth-while VIRTUE.
EDIT: i'm not so much taking a perspective from Halo being a story-driven game, nor am i taking it from realism being a major part in it - i'm factoring in the real-world facts of the Game's DEVELOPMENT, ALONGSIDE these two other factors. The M6D and MA5B simply CANNOT be INSTANTLY replaced with the BR, even WITH out advancements in technology in the projected 2552. It'd be just way too difficult.
Take TODAY for example. We've been changing our nation's arsenal constantly for the last century, from small arms to nukes, and we still see past standard-issue weaponry being used the world over. Uzis, M16s, and let's not forget the almost REDUNDANT Kalshnikov. What was yesterday's standard issue is today's second-hand.
In essence, even IF the BR has replaced all, we can't NOT see the AR or Pistol in Halo 2 - it just simply CAN'T HAPPEN. AND, in any "magical" circumstances, such as a massive change in the story plot, we'd still see it. Bungie's too good to us to pull that crap.
EoF.
[Edited on 5/13/2004 8:12:05 PM]