I bet this has been stated countless times, but I just wanted to say why was it felt that they had to change the design of some weapons. I understand 343i wants to make their mark with the game since it’s theirs, but they shouldn’t take a completely different art direction with some iconic weapons. IE: Battle Rifle, SMG, Rocket Launcher, and Shotgun.
The battle rifle isn’t as bad, but I honestly don’t like that they took away the iconic look of a scope and replaced it with a red dot design.
The SMG, the second most noticeable design change. The sight fixed on it isn’t too bad bc of the ODST SMG, but making it a top loading weapon rather than the memorable side loading weapon.
The shotgun, about the same level of stress as the SMG. It doesn’t look too bad, but I do miss that smooth, sleek top mag loaded shotgun, like the design in Halo 2 Anniversary.
And the worst of all the changes, the Rocket Launcher. The twin tubes, the black and yellow caution strips on the loading area (not sure what you’d call it) and rear for back blast, in big, bold white letters “SPNKR” on the side, all gone. Now it looks like a generic rocket launcher you’d find today. As I describe it, a mix between a Carl Gustav and AT4. It’s not exciting, not like it was when you aquired the original launcher and twisted the twin tubes to begin unleashing all sorts of death on the battlefield. Honestly, I say don’t change what isn’t necessary, especially something as iconic as certain weapons.
I like the BR in Halo 5, the shotgun definitely needs to go back to the pre Halo 4 design. I loved the Reach shotgun. It’d be cool if we could customize the lights on the shotgun scope to match your team color(Reach had red, the others I think were blue). The SMG in Halo 5 is awesome to me. The rocket launcher is awful and should be replaced with the classic design ASAP.
the rocket launcher needs to change. You can’t touch that. Everything else can stay the same as far as I am concerned. Aesthetics don’t bother me that much as long as the physics and game play is solid.