"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[itszutak]

It doesn't look that bad....but it doesn't look enough like the Halo sniper. Maybe it's a variant??

Nope, that's the official halo 4 sniper rifle, unmodified. That's a screengrab from multiplayer gameplay.

[Ryx]

Ugly and way too big, takes up half the screen. How are you supposed to noscope if you can't see anything?

[Kornman00]

Guess you're not suppose to

So... I caved and pre-ordered the limited edition xP I guess its good because it will save me money on DLC in the long run.

If you're talking about the Sputnik-Ops, then you've been mislead. That DLC will be free for everyone.

[Pooky]

Also, that sniper is crazy looking, reminds me of the H1 scope :P

how the fuck does that remind you in any way of the Halo 1 scope.

[Hotrod]

It doesn't look that bad....but it doesn't look enough like the Halo sniper. Maybe it's a variant??

Well the Sniper Rifle in Reach was the Series 1. Halo 1, 2 and 3 had different variants of the Series 2, and now Halo 4 has the Series 5 Sniper Rifle.

So a list :

Halo Reach : SRS99 AM
Halo 1 : SRS99C-S2AM
Halo 2 : SRS99C-S2AMB
Halo 3 : SRS99D-S2AM
Halo 4 : SRS99-S5AM

So yes, the Sniper Rifle in Halo 4 is different from the past Sniper Rifles.

[DarkHalo003]

Heh about 3 generations of difference. I suppose it makes sense to have such a different look.

The only thing that bothers me about MP-being-changed-to-fit-the-popular-model is that they made the score count increments of ten per kill instead of the classic one per kill. Not a big deal by any means, but I just don't see why they had to do it besides localization for new players.

[Bobblehob]

Guess you're not suppose to

If you're talking about the Sputnik-Ops, then you've been mislead. That DLC will be free for everyone.

I mean the DLC map packs. You get instant and in some cases early access to all of them with the limited edition.

@Pooky, the scope has multiple pieces to it as well as buttons, Its definitely not the same layout, it just reminded me because it is the only scope besides that of Halo 4 where the entire thing wasn't taken up by a screen :P

[=sw=warlord]

@Pooky, the scope has multiple pieces to it as well as buttons, Its definitely not the same layout, it just reminded me because it is the only scope besides that of Halo 4 where the entire thing wasn't taken up by a screen :P

So the Halo Sniper rifle reminds you of the Halo sniper rifle.
Makes sense!

[Hotrod]

I mean the DLC map packs. You get instant and in some cases early access to all of them with the limited edition.

I thought it was only free access to the map packs when they come out, no instant or early access.

[Bobblehob]

So the Halo Sniper rifle reminds you of the Halo sniper rifle.
Makes sense!

The scope area changed seriously in between H1 and H2 and stayed with generally the same design through Reach. H4's scope is a much more dramatic change as opposed to the others, and the setup reminded me of H1 where the entire thing isn't dominated by the screen.

@Hotrod, I seem to remember some mention of early access, but I could be wrong, the product description I just read didn't mention it so I guess not xP I know that in the end Ill probably pay less for the limited edition then I would have with the regular plus how ever many map packs they release in the future.