Cut Halo: Reach weapons
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During the production of Halo: Reach, several weapons were concepted and implemented - though ultimately cut for various reasons.
Civilian weapons
These weapons were concepted and modelled, though seemingly intended to simply appear as decor rather than weapons useable by any character or player. The weapons remain in the files of the Halo: Reach Alpha build, listed with the following names;[1][2]
decor_gun_shotgundecor_gun_shotgun_shortdecor_gun_rifle_scopesdecor_gun_rifle
It is likely these were intended for use by the farmers and Reach militia encountered in the third level of the game, Nightfall.
- HR CivilianGuns Concept.png
Concept art for the weapons.
The scoped rifle.
The scoped rifle's stock.
The rifle, without scope.
The shotgun.
The short-barelled shotgun.
The shotgun design was later featured in Issue #18 of Halo: Escalation.
The Unidentified shotgun being wielded by Holly Tanaka.
Forerunner staff
The object named forerunner_staff can be found in the files for the Halo: Reach DLC tag build. It is unclear as to what purpose the staff would have served, given the game's predominantly-human focus - though it may have been intended for usage on the game's DLC maps.[3]
A Spartan holding the staff.
Sources
- ^ Twitter, cheato (@Gamecheat13): "Halo Reach originally had some civilian weapons made as scenery. It doesn't appear to be something the player or any character would use sadly. Maybe [Marcus Lehto] can provide more info." (Retrieved on Jan 30, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, cheato (@Gamecheat13): "I'm assuming they aren't given they are labeled as décor. decor_gun_shotgun decor_gun_shotgun_short decor_gun_rifle_scoped decor_gun_rifle" (Retrieved on Jan 30, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, zeddikins (@zeddikins): "i forget if h4 has forerunner_staff" (Retrieved on Feb 13, 2022) [archive]
