I know I know! Blogs around the net have done this, but if your as excited as I am about the Halo Reach beta this monday, you could probably understand why I am doing this post. This is going to be one hell of an experience, as I was never a part of the Halo 3 Beta….Ok I confess I have not been apart of any Live Beta, so this will be a perfect opportunity break my Beta virginity as it were.
Anyway back to the weapons of the Halo Reach beta. I have scouted the net long and hard and have come up with a small collection of new additions and modified firearms to add to the Halo Reach arsenal. And here they are!
First we have the modded fire arms. These are the guns you are used to in the Halo series with a Halo Reach twist. Here is what we have so far
The Assault Rifle
I have heard that the Reach assault rifle is not that much different to what Halo fans are used too. If your stuck in a sticky situation, letting a blaze of gun fire out Rambo style will do some hefty damage. But I have heard that the assault rifle this time round is built more for accuracy than all guns blazing fun. But hey I’m still gonna go Rambo on peoples asses!
The Magnum
Halo without the magnum is like pizza without the cheese, this is the gun you use when the enemies shields are down, two bullets to the head and you enemies corpse is eating dirt in no time. So it is great to see this gun make a return. Weather it is scoped or not remains to be seen. but I have my fingers crossed for this one.
And now the new additions to the game, some of these fire arms have replaced some guns from Halo 3, but I am pretty sure it is for the better.
Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR)
Say bye-bye to the Battle Rifle and hello to the DMR. The best way to describe this gun is a mixture between a sniper rifle and the battle rifle. Deadly at both close and long-range, one hell of a weapon for anyone skilled enough. You have been warned
Granade Launcher
Story line wise, Brutes haven’t been invented yet in Halo reach, so they have stuck in a UNSC granade launcher instead. But this comes with a little added extra. You can either fire the grande launcher normally and you will get the classic explode on impact with enemy granade. Or hold down the trigger and the ‘nade will not explode till you let go. Now thats awesome.
Plasma Repeater
The plasma Rifle has been taken out and replaced with this awesome machine, a two-handed tank of a gun, which actually looks like a rifle this time round. A simple weapon that over heats in the classic Halo way, but this time round it doesn’t actually stop firing when it over heats. It just fires slowly, and you have to manually vent it with the reload button. Pretty cool I think.
Focus Rifle
Remember the sentinel beams? I bet most of you are there thinking, ‘what those pathetic beam guns from halo 2 and 3?’ Well you would be right there, well thankfully Bungie have chucked them out and given us a shiny Focus Rifle instead. This is a hybrid of a sentinel beam and a covenant sniper rifle from Halo 2 and 3. So this is going to be a pretty deadly weapon if used effectively.
Needle Rifle
Now this is one of the weapons in reach I am really excited about. Back in my halo 1 days I swore by the needler, But not to have a needler in Rifle form makes me very happy indeed. Don’t worry though, the original needlers will make a return in Halo Reach too.
It’s pretty much like the DMR with needler ammo, You are looking at a mid to long-range weapon with explosive ammo. Need I say more? I think not. It has also been said it can take out 3 opponents at once.
Plasma Launcher
The new covenant granade launcher is here. I mean Bungie couldn’t really make a game without a covenant counter part. It works in the same way as the UNSC ‘nade launcher but this time with plasma grenades. Again hold the trigger down to delay the explosions. I cannot wait to land a grande on a foe and just hold the trigger down. Prolonged death for the win!
And thats about it for the weapons so far. I cannot wait for the Beta on Monday.
Garv
