The Halo 2 classic BR is nearly an exact replica, only that when you swap it fro your back, you do this flip form the left, the same as the Halo 5 Br. The Halo 2 Br is pulled in from the right.
Edit: Reviewed the H2 melee animation (finally), and apologize for misinformation.
I still havent unlocked it…
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> I still havent unlocked it…
Heh, me neither. I was checking it out in forge.
I think they merely took the animations from the Halo 5 BR and applied them to the Halo 2 BR. Personally, I think that’s fine, since it looks, sounds and feels like the Halo 2 weapon in every other regard.
Their Spartan IVs the don’t know any better… but Seriously, no one is asking what’s the difference compared to H5 BR.
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> The Halo 2 classic BR is nearly an exact replica, only that when you swap it fro your back, you do this flip form the left, the same as the Halo 5 Br. The Halo 2 Br is pulled in from the right. The melee animation is off too; The one where the spartan pushes it forward diagonally is from Halo 3. The Halo 2 Br melee animation is nearly horizontal. I know it’s a small detail, but it’s noticeable to any long time Halo fan and should be corrected in respect to the Halo Community.
Why does any of that matter? You guys wanted the gun back, right? Why does how a Spartan equips it or how they melee with it matter whatsoever?
I don`t care really and just shoot people with it 
They got the sound right. That’s good enough for me…
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> Heh, me neither. I was checking it out in forge.
I’d be doing that right now if the forge playlist was working. Doesn’t make sense that we can’t play offline.
Tell you what, make the H2BR a 3-shot+melee before fixing the animation so that it isn’t so powerful as an all-round loadout option.
It’d be much more classic!
That’s an oddly specific request.
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> > The Halo 2 classic BR is nearly an exact replica, only that when you swap it fro your back, you do this flip form the left, the same as the Halo 5 Br. The Halo 2 Br is pulled in from the right. The melee animation is off too; The one where the spartan pushes it forward diagonally is from Halo 3. The Halo 2 Br melee animation is nearly horizontal. I know it’s a small detail, but it’s noticeable to any long time Halo fan and should be corrected in respect to the Halo Community.
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> Why does any of that matter? You guys wanted the gun back, right? Why does how a Spartan equips it or how they melee with it matter whatsoever?
This.
Before people wonder, it is exactly the same as the H5BR, same TTK, and don’t even speak about a stronger bullet magnetism, that is such nonsense.
I actually kind of like that there is Halo 3 stuff in there. Throwback to the series, and not just one game. I would have preferred if it wasn’t named the “Halo 2 BR” though. should have just been called the Original BR, or Classic.
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> Before people wonder, it is exactly the same as the H5BR, same TTK, and don’t even speak about a stronger bullet magnetism, that is such nonsense.
There is lots of evidence to show that though both kill in 4 bursts and with a melee after 2 bursts, red reticle range itself is all that remains equal.
The H2 strips shields in 11bullets, H5 in 10.
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Magnetism influence..
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Various other traits, including vertical spread
My friend and I feel like the switch time is faster for the h2 br
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> I think they merely took the animations from the Halo 5 BR and applied them to the Halo 2 BR. Personally, I think that’s fine, since it looks, sounds and feels like the Halo 2 weapon in every other regard.
I agree. Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s a fun gun to use!
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> The melee animation is off too; The one where the spartan pushes it forward diagonally is from Halo 3. The Halo 2 Br melee animation is nearly horizontal.
As an avid Halo 2 player, I can tell you that this is wrong. Halo 2 and 3 each had both of those same animations, and it was random which one would happen. The Assault Rifle had the same animations as the Halo 3 Battle Rifle as well. The animations on the current generation Battle Rifle and Assault Rifle and other guns are the same animations that they started using in Reach.