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More about Halo, specifically <i>Halo: Combat Evolved</i>
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More about Halo, specifically \\\'Halo: Combat Evolved\\\'
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OI won\'t comment on Halo Two or Reach, but as a long time player of <i>Halo: Combat Evolved</i>, I sorta laughed when I saw CE\'s plasma pistol here. Yes, a fully charged blast from a plasma pistol will remove your shields in one hit. However, you will never hit anyone with such a shot. The projectiles from a plasma pistol are slow-moving large glowing orbs, and they don\'t home in very effectively. They also take a while to fully charge, so once you get close enough to hit someone with a full-charged shot, you are in a firefight with an all-or-nothing attempt at victory. The only way you will ever hit someone with a full-charged plasma pistol is if you get behind them, at which point an instant-kill assassination would be a much better option. It\'s rapid fire is reasonable, but it\'s outclassed by the plasma rifle unless you have a <i>very</i> twitchy trigger finger; you\'re probably looking at questionably-legal controller modifications if you\'re doing this enough to break the game. Given the amount of exagguration on the page, I suspect the same is true in later <i>Halo</i> games, but I\'m willing to be wrong.
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OI won\\\'t comment on Halo Two or Reach, but as a long time player of \\\'Halo: Combat Evolved\\\', I sorta laughed when I saw CE\\\'s plasma pistol here. Yes, a fully charged blast from a plasma pistol will remove your shields in one hit. However, you will never hit anyone with such a shot. The projectiles from a plasma pistol are slow-moving large glowing orbs, and they don\\\'t home in very effectively. They also take a while to fully charge, so once you get close enough to hit someone with a full-charged shot, you are in a firefight with an all-or-nothing attempt at victory. The only way you will ever hit someone with a full-charged plasma pistol is if you get behind them, at which point an instant-kill assassination would be a much better option. It\\\'s rapid fire is reasonable, but it\\\'s outclassed by the plasma rifle unless you have a very twitchy trigger finger; you\\\'re probably looking at questionably-legal controller modifications if you\\\'re doing this enough to break the game. Given the amount of exagguration on the page, I suspect the same is true in later Halo games, but I\\\'m willing to be wrong.
