- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
let me clear a few things up will i?
1. YES THAT WAS A HALO 1 ASSAULT RIFLE.
2. as the entire span of the 3 games is about 2 months (not sure about the space between halo 1 and 2 can someone check this up please?) and the battle rifle has just been issued, it would be safe to say that there are still quite alot of old assault rifles left. you cant reequip an entire army of several billion (this is an intergalactic war right?) overnight right?
3 so its safe to say that both the assault rifle and battle rifle will be in halo 3
not that its a bad thing mind you, sure the battle rifle is better than the AR in almost every way, apart from one, it didnt look nearly as cool.
the AR was big, bulky and sounded meaty but the biggest asset of the original AR was THE MUZZLE FLASH! OH MY GOD! THE MUZZLE FLASH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I BOUGHT HALO (and xbox along with it) IN THE FIRST PLACE! back in 2002 when choosing my next console in the shop and coming so close to buying a ps2 because my friends had it, but then turning to see this poster of a huge, green armoured clad warrior weilding this massive gun with an insane muzzle flash blasting hundreds of bullets into some unfortunate foe sealed my decision on what game (and what console) i was going to have next.
bungie, if you put the AR back into the game because of my suggestion in my big "WHAT DO YOU WANT IN HALO 3" thread back in 2004, i thank you for that.
[Edited on 5/10/2006]