Some people have been wondering or asking why their favorite weapons didn’t make the cut in halo 4. I decided to give them the answers to why they didn’t. Please do note that these are my opinions and aren’t the real reasons 343 didn’t include the weapons in the game.
SMG: alot of people were asking about this weapon a little while back and were unhappy that it didn’t make the cut. There really is only one reason this weapon didn’t make it (and this has been said many times before) was because of the repetitiveness and uselessness that characterized the weapon. Since we already have the AR and the SAW, having the smg would have been a pointless addition to the sandbox. Hardly anyone would use it with those other two weapons around, thus making it more useless since the other two are also essentially better versions.
Plasma launcher: even though this was an interesting weapon in reach and kind of fun to use, it didn’t make the cut in halo 4 sadly. I think this was done for a reason, because of the faster nature of halo 4, the plasma launcher would have been just to slow. The plasma launcher was a great anti vehicle weapon, but it was a horrible anti infantry weapon. Halo 4s seemingly faster pace would have made this much worse.
Needle rifle: favoritism. 343 decidedly picked to put in the carbine into halo 4 instead of the needle rifle(even though arguably it was the more effective weapon overall except in CQC). I think 343 decided to please the nostalgists. Even though the needle rifle lovers in the community aren’t that large(you aren’t much bigger carbine fanboys), 343 should have taken the time to please everyone and have imported the needle rifle model into halo 4.
Rocket turret: because it wasn’t that good and essentially the rocket launcher does the same thing now.
Brute weapons: because they were hardly used in prior games except for the brute shot. While the brute shot was interesting, it wouldn’t make canonical sense to be included with the storm covenant in halo 4.
**Focus rifle:**pretty much the same reasons as the needle rifle, 343 wanted to appeal to the nostalgists and brought back the beam rifle(Which is now even more inferior to the sniper rifle, I don’t think I will be using it).
I hope this helps a little to maybe clear things up for people who didn’t get their personal favorite weapons in halo 4. There might still be hope for halo 5 for all the weapons above to return(atleast perhaps in Multiplayer).
Ps. Smg lovers should get their beloved smg back in halo 2 anniversary in 2014(it’s gonna happen, there’s no doubt about that with the success halo CE anniversary).