I look at Halo 1,2,3,Reach and I see the Human Guns, and how they look. And I look at the Halo 4 Assault Rifle design. And I Love them all.
But then I look at the halo 4 BR… it looks bulky, Square, heavy almost as if I’m playing with a giant lego block. The kickback needs more frames added to it. The Reticule is WAY too thick and not as small as it was in Halo 2/3. It doesn’t look Classic at all, like the AR does! How does this match with the AR, human weapon look?
I like the weapon designs, I feel that UNSC weapons should be edgy, somewhat blocky, and gray. Covenant weapons should be shiny, colorful and rounded. Brute weapons should look industrial, like they put something together at the last minute and taped spikes, blades and other things to it.
the BR55 has always been not only fugly, but completely nonsensical in design. bungie should have just made the MA5C burst fire or semi auto with a 2x smart linked scope in halo 2.
anyway I don’t mind the look of the new BR it matches the aesthetic of the game well at least of what we seen so far.
it looks fantastic, my only flaw is that it has a square scope instead of round. And thats a BIG flaw. change that, and it would be the coolest thing evar.
> it looks fantastic, my only flaw is that it has a square scope instead of round. And thats a BIG flaw. change that, and it would be the coolest thing evar.
idk, the only thing im really concerned about the the new armor chief is starting off with i have never really payed much attention to the weapon design, lol as long as i can kill idgaf xD
Ive checked. The its actually the same reticle size as halo 2.
As for the looks. I like it. I think it would be kisses hand magnific’ if it was darker.
I think it’s ironic that people point out that the BR85HB SR looks “too alien” for a human weapon when it’s 500 years in the future in a sci-fi setting.
> I like the weapon designs, I feel that UNSC weapons should be edgy, somewhat blocky, and gray. Covenant weapons should be shiny, colorful and rounded. Brute weapons should look industrial, like they put something together at the last minute and taped spikes, blades and other things to it.
Agreed. The br’s design wont change hardly at all till release lol. The development is in testing, bug fixing and polishing. Changing the br’s look at this point would take alot of re coding and its just not going to happen
> Ive checked. The its actually the same reticle size as halo 2.
> As for the looks. I like it. I think it would be kisses hand magnific’ if it was darker.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Its gray tone reminds me an awful lot of the dmr, minus the front design.
And I dont care too much of that yellow strip either.
Again, i like it. If i could change anything. I would make the background of the ammo counter black. Like halo CEA’s assault rifle, the DMR and the halo 3 BR.
The blue looks a bit. bleh. I kind of like the scope. I just hope when i scope in it isnt square too.
I think it looks a bit meh. There seems to be a lot of unnecessary pointless geometry and curves and lines. I much prefer the classic Halo weapons which look like they could exist but the new BR85 looks like the design brief was “Make the BR look more futuristicky”.
The BR55 looks focused and believable, the BR85 looks like a kids toy gun.
> It doesn’t look Classic at all, like the AR does!
You’ve hit the nail on the head there. To me it doesn’t look iconic and it doesn’t leave a lasting impression. I find that it’s overly complicated and completely ignores the design mantra “Keep It Simple Stupid”. Whereas weapons like the AR, Pistol, Sword and Warthog are simple and refined designs this new BR85 seems clumsy and unfocused. It is covered in things that don’t seem to serve any function, in a practical sense, other than to make it look “cool”.
