- Assault rifle design was a weird choice. Generally speaking, most of Reach’s designs don’t really belong outside of Reach. Especially considering it was one of the most detailed games when you’re attempting to make a minimalist cartoonish game. Along with that, I disagree with the palette swap that inverts the darks and lights from the original model. Looks worse and it deviates from the AR’s iconic traits. Really really confused why they didn’t just go for the Halo 5 MA5D when it’s basically the perfect choice for this style. As far as gameplay goes, it needs tighter first-shot accuracy or it’s going to fall into the same trap that every non-Halo 5 AR has of being held onto for 15 seconds until you find literally anything else. Halo is a weird series in that an assault rifle is the least used weapon instead of the most. I’m going to miss zooming with the AR too. Made it actually feel like a rifle. - The “Mk50 Sidekick” (weird how we’re doing designations and nicknames now instead of “Magnum” but I’m open to it) is just wrong. Why are we going away from the M6 series now, which has been a staple of the UNSC for hundreds of years? The particular style is okay, more in the vain of Halo 2’s M6C, but it’s lacking critical features that the Magnum needs to feel Halo. It needs a handguard at the very least, and I’m not a fan of the full slide. It’s just straight up a regular modern day pistol. It’s basically a Sig. For the gameplay, I’m excited but suspicious. I like the slower firing nature with bloom, but the last time this was implemented it was too easy to abuse at close range and outclass automatic weapons. 12 rounds might be overkill considering 8 was enough to make spamming viable. - The “VK80 Commando” gives me mixed opinions, mostly negative. I’m all for new weapons, but since Infinite is going in a “classic” direction it’s going to be a lot harder to add brand new weapons with new roles entirely. First off, it doesn’t even look Halo to begin with. It’s giving some hardcore Titanfall vibes with that mag design. Second…what the hell is it? Why is the UNSC using some kind of short-mag automatic rifle like it’s WWI/WWII? I like the idea of a hybrid between a precision rifle and an automatic (the Rain of Oblivion Carbine in Warzone was one of my favorites), but I hope this doesn’t eclipse basically every precision and automatic rifle in the game. I can see it becoming basically the only weapon people will want to use. I’m also hoping this isn’t going to replace the DMR considering it essentially looks and behaves like a full auto recon DMR…That would be a major disappointment. - The “CQS## Bulldog” is the wrong way to go. The shotgun doesn’t need this kind of radical update, and functionally it makes no sense. Why get rid of the tubular magazine for a bulky revolving cylinder that doesn’t even hold more rounds? Hopefully this is just a “power shotgun” and there will be a different lower tier shotgun that behaves kind of like Halo 1/2 shotgun with more ammo/fire rate and less damage. A multi-hit shotgun instead of a one-hitter. But I won’t be holding my breath. - The Pulse Carbine is great. It looks great and I like the idea. A five (six?) round burst plasma weapon that (again) bridges the gap between auto and precision. Let’s just hope it doesn’t act as the only enemy weapon for both of those roles, otherwise things will get bland. It would be weird to have a “classic” Halo without the regular Plasma Rifle. - The Ravager is going to be a favorite of mine. A brand new Brute power weapon with a massive blast of red plasma. Brute weaponry has always been lacking even in Halo 3, so I welcome any new Brute weapon. - The Mangler should have just been the Mauler. It hits that awkward zone where it’s too similar yet too different. Kind of weird seeing Brute tech use regular shotgun shells. I liked the pre-loaded caseless design with the Mauler. Made it more distinct from human tech.In another video we catch a short glimpse of a BR55 Battle Rifle, which I disagree with because it looks 2004 as hell and outdated by modern real life standards, but oh well. The BR fanboys would not be happy with anything but a carbon copy of the original.