Huxley's Weapons from Nov 9
Now that we have a new trailer filled with great ingame footage examples, we have some new weapons added to the mix. Many people were worried about the selection that was presented and the weapons may not vary much. A few from the video today:
Lightning gun.
Almost at the very start you see an enemy shoot this at the cam, unfortunately we don't know if it is a single shot or a continous stream. Thoughts?
Second we have a grenade launcher.
Seems to be a pretty decent weapon for mid range, wouldn't want to give it a shot short range though. Take both of you out. Decent rate of fire but the damage seems to be a little low if you're going to be on the recieving end of some auto fire.
Next up from the first scene is the rocket launcher.
From what I could see of the explosion debris it doesn't look like it has much area of effect to it, slow ROF as well. I think this should quiet some people's fears about it being a jump fest rockets only Quake game.
Next scene is something that intrigues me, lets call it the blue ion rifle for want of a better descriptor.
This weapon also sees alot of use during the video and a strange halo seems to appear above the enemy's head when being hit by this. Unfortunately I think that might be a gameplay element as a standard rifle has the same effect at another time. Another possibility is that it is an armor ability given to the player. As for the weapon itself it looks to pack a bit of a punch, good rate of fire and manageable recoil.
Next we have an interesting gun, I think our first sniper rifle.
Comes with a zoom function, slow rate of fire and an interesting model design. Something that may or may not be part of the weapon itself is the infra red view. An aspect of Huxley that I was eagerly awaiting more information on. But as for the weapon itself it looks to be either an accurate slow ROF rifle or our first glimpse of one of Huxley's sniper rifles.
Next we see a rifle that has popped up over most of the video that is also not one of the previously released Discodia rifles.
Seems to be a generic rifle, nothing too special. The drum magazines on the underside lead me to believe that it will be a useful thinning weapon for waves of zerglings.
Next we have another rocket launcher also not of the previously released weapons. Uses a box clip on the side for a decent sized magazine I imagine.
Shortly after the cam is on the recieving end of some larger missiles that DO have quite a spread as the person in 3rd view feels.
Possible that some of the weapons are the same as those released earlier just with new models, we'll see.
One thing I was dissapointed not to see were any shotguns.
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