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Your favourite assault rifles in video games?
- Thread starter astro
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I cant tell if people genuinely like the Halo AR or if its just nostalgia for Halo thats making them say this.
It has always been just about the worst weapon in any Halo game. AR start MP games were awful. Its boring as fuck to use in SP. And it is the first weapon you swap out whenever you see literally anything else. Even the Plasma rifle is better than that. At least that looks cool.
Absolute garbage tier weapon.
Needler, I can get behind. Nerfle, I can get behind too. But the AR? :/
It has always been just about the worst weapon in any Halo game. AR start MP games were awful. Its boring as fuck to use in SP. And it is the first weapon you swap out whenever you see literally anything else. Even the Plasma rifle is better than that. At least that looks cool.
Absolute garbage tier weapon.
Needler, I can get behind. Nerfle, I can get behind too. But the AR? :/
It's the one in warhawk. I know it looks super generic and boring. I realize this.
But that thing is amazing. The way all the boards are projectile, and the way the spray pattern tightens when you crouch... It was so like, finely balanced or something. Spending hours and hours with that thing felt like you were mastering a katana blade.
One of my most memorable moments ever was the day I could beat back a warhawk with that assault rifle.
But that thing is amazing. The way all the boards are projectile, and the way the spray pattern tightens when you crouch... It was so like, finely balanced or something. Spending hours and hours with that thing felt like you were mastering a katana blade.
One of my most memorable moments ever was the day I could beat back a warhawk with that assault rifle.
One and done. No game has ever matched Counter-Strike for me in terms of the feeling of the weapons and the AK is the best of the bunch.
I agree 1000000%. It even has shit tier sound effects that make it sound like a toy or airsoft gun. I'll never understand people's affinity for it.
You answer your own question.
Anyone who has seriously played knows the weapon sucks, but is that a reason not to like it? I don't think so.
I've always detested Halo CE pistol even though it is incredibly good. Works both ways.
I always loved that they did a really good job of making it look like a prototype of the other AR, which fit in with the lore that Reach was huge huh for UNSC's r&d.MA37 from Halo: Reach. More realistic version of the previous Halo ARs, with much cooler looks and sound. Pity the weapon is a piece of shit in the game...
Anyways since most of my choices have already been suggested, I'd like to add the FR-27 from Deus Ex (HR & MD).
I've always loved these types of sci-fi looking rifles.
My only complaint about it is that the way the games are designed, you never really get to enjoy the weapons (which especially sux if you have collected the upgrades that let it fire smart flechettes that can move hit enemies in an arc).
EDIT: DAMN YOU LabRat you ninja'd me while I was searching for images.
Note that it is not actually a prototype per se, rather it is the first production version in the UNSC AR series.
The Navy and Marines call the weapon MA5 and the UNSC Army (which is featured in Reach) calls it MA37. Presumably the MA37 is the first iteration of the weapon, ie the Marines would call it MA5 or MA5A (though in-game texture calls it "MA5C Mk 4" but those often have some weirdness in Halos, for example the pistol's texture in Halo 3 says M6C even though it is G-model).
A big disappointment in Reach for me is that it doesn't actually show any UNSC prototypes or R&D except for the Forerunner ship they're studying. All human ships and vehicles in Reach are in common use in Haloverse.
Kinda cheating, but:
The M249 LMG in Battlefield 4. Great control for an LMG, and colossal 200 round magazine. Was also in BLACK, and it was pretty great there as well.
For something which is closer to an actual AR, the MTAR-21 (my pick for a favorite real world man-portable weapon):
Amazing handling, decent mag size, decent damage, and excellent rate of fire.
Finally, for something which is actually an AR, I always did like the SCAR-H in any game it appeared in (as it did in MW2).
Small mag, but great damage and recoil control.
Also, someone said it earlier, but I also agree with the Resistance Bullseye. Such neat functionality.
The M249 LMG in Battlefield 4. Great control for an LMG, and colossal 200 round magazine. Was also in BLACK, and it was pretty great there as well.
For something which is closer to an actual AR, the MTAR-21 (my pick for a favorite real world man-portable weapon):
Amazing handling, decent mag size, decent damage, and excellent rate of fire.
Finally, for something which is actually an AR, I always did like the SCAR-H in any game it appeared in (as it did in MW2).
Small mag, but great damage and recoil control.
Also, someone said it earlier, but I also agree with the Resistance Bullseye. Such neat functionality.
yeah, its only decent on easy and bad on normal difficulties and on heroic and legendary worthless
The ol', reliable M16a3 in Battlefield 3. Thing was a beast in MP.
I also had a soft spot for the F2000 in BF3/4. Great rate of fire, and accurate if you can control it.
I also had a soft spot for the F2000 in BF3/4. Great rate of fire, and accurate if you can control it.
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This isn't true, I used it in Legendary all the time, and in MP. Great gun when used right.
Huh, now that I think about it, I dislike most automatic assault rifles in video games. I like those semi-autos though, and bursts are ok.
Kept me company for years.
The classic and the one and only.
Unloading this beast on a squad of grunts is just... goddamn the feels.
Yup. Funny story- Sometimes when reminiscing about Blops 1, my friend and will signal to each other and then we will both make our trigger finger curl for the exact amount of time it would have taken to kill somebody with it. It was so fun to use and probably OP, but we enjoyed the hell out of it.
How many games treat assault rifles realistically by making them true select fire weapons? I remember SOCOM 2 back in the day did, and Rainbow Six Vegas 2 as well IIRC.
Realistic use of assault rifles is using semi auto fire, not burst or full auto fire. But then again, infantry combat often takes place at distances of 100 yards or more, which you'd only see in a game like ARMA.
Realistic use of assault rifles is using semi auto fire, not burst or full auto fire. But then again, infantry combat often takes place at distances of 100 yards or more, which you'd only see in a game like ARMA.
Gears lancer
And the mattock from mass effect which was so OP in mass 2 it broke the game.
Insanity was rendered null
And the mattock from mass effect which was so OP in mass 2 it broke the game.
Insanity was rendered null
That's an M4, not a FAMASAlways had fun with the famas in mgs.
Heres one I'm sure hasnt been mentioned- The Copperhead, Uncharted 4. Especially in multiplayer. Love love it! Began with it thinking I'd never master its scope capabilities, but i proved myself wrong, and I'm bad with that gun in my hands.
Sorry, I tried to find a screenshot of it in mgs. Here we go. Blurry but it's the best I could find.
Big fan of the XM-8 Prototype in Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Bigger fan of the submachine gun varient Engineers got, but hey. It's an Assault Rifle thread.
Special mention to the Blade System Assualt Rifle form from Vanquish. The bread and butter.
And also the Gunblade and Gunblade SP from Lost Planet 2, due to the simple fact that it's also a giant fucking switchblade.
Was about to say this too. Great gun in every single scenario. Might be my most used gun out of all games I've ever played due to how good it was.
one of the souped-up Western rifles in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Recoil and jamming is such a huge thing that once you take out some mercs and get a scoped assault rifle (usually making your way to the Scientist's compound), the rest of the game, taking on Freedom and the Monolith just feels like night and day compared to the early maps.
Yes I know, the previous user told me so. I posted a new pic to his reply where he's using one. Had the wrong screenshot the first time.
Pretty much any Halo one. Does the Plasma Repeater count?
Also the Khvostov in Destiny due to its unique look, sound, and feel among the newer weapons.
Also the Khvostov in Destiny due to its unique look, sound, and feel among the newer weapons.
For sheer power Payday 2 CAR-4
It's just an M4 and a cheap early game weapon but over the years they've added so many attachments and replacement parts for it to the game that you can tune it to excel at anything (except suppression fire). A quick-reloading, accurate, minimal recoil bullet hose, an inconspicuous suppressed weapon for stealth missions, a long range DMR and anything in between.
It's just an M4 and a cheap early game weapon but over the years they've added so many attachments and replacement parts for it to the game that you can tune it to excel at anything (except suppression fire). A quick-reloading, accurate, minimal recoil bullet hose, an inconspicuous suppressed weapon for stealth missions, a long range DMR and anything in between.
This.M4-A1 with silencer in Counter Strike. I don't care if the M4A4 is a better choice.
Suros Regime Destiny 1/2 :)
Totally forgot about the Suros, the healing ability got me out of so many situations. This takes my top vote.
Scar-H from MW2 a close second
Kept me company for years.
The Klobb of the halo universe. What a peashooting piece of crap. Since the game forces you to use it so much, many have gotten Stockholm Syndrome and like it.