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I know there is little proof for this statement, however i was looking through the concept art in the Halo Graphic Novel when i came across a picture of Master Chief with all of his weapons. Analyzing the weapons i come to figure that they are all from Halo and Halo 2 including one silver pistol and the ar. Im not sure, but i think they put it in there as an easter egg Because this is a drawing from a person on the bungie staff.
What are your thoughts?

[Edited on 7/23/2006]

  • 07.23.2006 10:09 AM PDT

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I've found stuff like that in the novel like grunts and eliets holding assault rifles but I doubt it relates to Halo 3 in any way.

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  • 07.23.2006 10:16 AM PDT
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It had the assault rifle in that picture too.

  • 07.23.2006 10:20 AM PDT

"Caputofish -- Are You Man Enough?"

However, if you go here http://h3da.blogspot.com/2006/07/halo-graphic-novel.html it brings up some very interesting points.

One, however, drawn by Lorraine McLees (of Bungie staff) is very interesting. So interesting, in fact, that we're not even going to post it here (that's right, you have to buy the HGN to see it).

It features Spartan-117 at the center of a two-page spread. He's sitting atop an M19 rocket crate on what appears to be a large tarmac. Strewn in front of him in a concentric circle are all of the weapons from Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Behind him are our two favorite M12 LRVs (the standard and Gauss variant), a Pelican, a squad of ODSTs, and a Longsword. It's a very clean and impressive piece, but more importantly, it has some interesting aspects that we would like to share with our loyal readers.

First strange feature is that one of the M7 Caseless SMGs shown (there were two total) has a silencer attached. It's the most obvious weapon variation to what we know has been in the Halo games before, so it perked our interest. If they're only showing everything that has actually been in the Halo series so far, why show that? Could it mean that the M7 will have multi-facted abilities in Halo 3? With the advent of a more powerful SMG returning (the Assault Rifle), Bungie may want to change some things up with the current SMG in order to legitimize retaining it. This could be a potential change.

We won't go into the entire argument of 'stealth-based' missions or sequences at this point, but silencers on weapons would offer change. Welcome change? An answer to that will have to wait.

The second thing that will catch your eye is the M7057 Defoliant Projector, better known as the Flamethrower. Yes, this timeless weapon has attempted to be in both Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, but is currently only available on PC. We know thanks to the Limited Edition DVD for Halo 2 that they really wanted it in the final game, but thanks to the technical inefficiency of the original Xbox, it didn't pass the cutting room. That brings us circa 2006 where we've seen, time-and-time-again, excellent portrayals of fire and smoke in next-gen games and we're expecting this weapon to show up. Is it something we really want in Halo 3? Well, that depends on how it performs in gameplay. We definitely want it more than the Sentinel Beam, that's for damn sure.

The third thing put a smile on our collective faces here at H3DA is absolutely bombtastic! If you look down below the Master Chief's perch, you'll see the bomb used in the Assault multiplayer gametype. Fans have been clamoring about a variety of more explosive weaponry since the end of Halo: Combat Evolved. Suggestions ranged from EMP grenades that knock out communication and technology only to the inclusion of the Lotus Anti-Tank Mine showcased in the Halo novels.

No one ever really considered the Assault bomb as a potential weapon. This is notably true because of the excessively devastating explosion that accompanies the proper arming and detonation of it. But what if that was tinkered with and adjusted? What if it could be armed and thrown in gameplay? Would it be too over-powered or could it, with some tinkering, be implemented effectively into game play? What about just in the campaign?

Whatever the case, it's inclusion in Mrs. McLees' art in the HGN and the picture by our buddy, Lee Wilson shown below make for a very intriguing possibility.


The spread brings up some really entertaining possibilties: Will all of these weapons be playable in Halo 3? They show the overwhelmingly large M6D near the dwarfed M6C, something which must have made the Halo: Combat Evolved purists grin from ear to ear. Can we expect the M6D to return? What about playable Pelicans or Longswords? They're here in fine fashion, so can we expect them to return? This time fully operable and available in multiplayer?

Time will tell and meanwhile we will hope.

  • 07.23.2006 10:22 AM PDT

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Yes, i edited my post.

  • 07.23.2006 10:24 AM PDT
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If the original weapons return, I will rejoice.

Silencer on the SMG? ..hm.. They'll have to make the SMG's range far capable than Halo 2's. Because at the range you normally use SMGs(not to mention it's spread and accuracy are even more hampered), silencers are obviously not needed with everyone else's guns firing. So much for a covert entrance...

  • 07.23.2006 10:30 AM PDT

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Posted by: wanderer ice
It'd be wierd of all those weapons were back. You'd have an overabundance of weapons and some would cancel eachother out while others are basically the same thing. It'd get too wild in multiplayer, the levels would either have to be huge to space the weapons far apart or there would have to be a different weapon every 5 feet.


Or, they were thinking of having everything customizable. Maybe on the maps it would be default, only a few of these weapons, but you could customize and change them.

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Posted by: wanderer ice
It'd be wierd of all those weapons were back. You'd have an overabundance of weapons and some would cancel eachother out while others are basically the same thing. It'd get too wild in multiplayer, the levels would either have to be huge to space the weapons far apart or there would have to be a different weapon every 5 feet. Oh, and what if that's just a weapon recap? What if all those things are what we saw previously and any new weapon will be a new addition to the game? I mean, we saw most of the things in that picture except for a few weapons, which will probably be new additions to Halo 3 but having every weapon in the game would be messed up.


I don't think that would be messed up, even in H2 you never had all the weapons in a single game. So with H3 all the weapons would be in the game, but not all on one map at the same time.

  • 07.23.2006 11:11 AM PDT
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about the silencer SMG i think the reason thats in is because in HALO : First Strike THe Mc uses silencers so thats y i htink thats in it and like some one said before i think its just showing all the weopens so far and possibley some new ones

  • 07.23.2006 11:23 AM PDT
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If they make the flamethrower, and do it well, that'll be awesome. I spent countless hours incinerating flood in the library, not to mention burning up everything in my path on the maw.

As I've said before, I really think the CMT did an amazing job with balance(though the AR was a little weak, and no dual-wielding), and I would love for bungie to try out what they've done.

  • 07.23.2006 12:13 PM PDT
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Yeah, I would love to see some or all of the weapons back for Halo 3- that way, you could appease two different crowds of people. A "classic" weapons set might have the old pistol, etc.

  • 07.23.2006 4:08 PM PDT

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  • 07.23.2006 4:10 PM PDT

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I'd like Silencers on the SMG's and "Magnums" If the AR and Pistol/BR return..this could slow the ROF, and increase the accuracy slightly..dual wielding them would double the amount of noise..

And if you want to lose firepower for Stealth in Campaign, go for it. I'd love that =)

  • 07.23.2006 4:19 PM PDT

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  • 07.23.2006 4:31 PM PDT
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I don't think scans on new information is allowed. At least for magazines.

  • 07.23.2006 4:59 PM PDT