So in Halo, why do the rifles mainly come in bullpup designs? The Assasult Rifle (H:CE,3,Reach), Battle Rifle (H2,3), and the DMR(Reach).
Was there ever any concepts of rifles that weren't a bullpup design? Excluding the sniper rifle of course. I have no problem with it, but it's pretty interesting that almost all the rifles are designed like that.
I like the SMG (H2,3) concept too, it's small, caseless. And the shotgun....well it's a shotgun.
What do you think of Halo's human weapons?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Plain Ben [url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ezXfXwVkn3k/TUd8H5mfm2I/AAAAAAAAAIs/TFWpU4jtmXk/s1600/ih_marine04.jpg]Marine's Rifle[/url] [url=http://bnbgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ih_odst_01.jpg]BR with Nade Launcher[/url] [url=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ezXfXwVkn3k/TTCm7mM-DfI/AAAAAAAAACA/bwMmBST5sgI/s1600/ih_odst01+b.jpg]ODST AR[/url][/quote] The Marine's Rifle looks cool. I like the ODST weapons too, awesome seeing some custom weapons like the ODST SMG and Pistol from H3:ODST. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Cmdr DaeFaron Yeah, that too. You can also have a smaller overall weapon, but the same barrel length as a normal assault rifle. Which would be nice for close quarters/ship hallway combat.[/quote] Yeah, I guess I should've worded my OP differently. I know bullpups have all the action behind the trigger instead of in the front, so the weapon offers more maneuverability and apparently less weight while maintaining the same barrel length. Which makes sense playing as a Spartan, you would want as much mobility as possible. So I guess really my question is, were there other rifle designs that Bungie had that weren't bullpop? [Edited on 07.09.2012 5:24 PM PDT]