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During the development of Halo 2, a number of weapons were cut from the game's release.

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Flamethrower[edit]

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Also found in the Halo 2 beta, the M7057 flamethrower first cut from Halo: Combat Evolved and later featured in Halo PC was similarly cut from Halo 2.[1] The weapon was rebuilt by Robert McLees for Halo 2 based on the original Combat Evolved model, and was remarked upon as the most difficult to model to rebuild, based on the most difficult model to build in the first game.[2]

The weapon was eventually realised in Halo 3.

  • The Flamethrower on Lockout.
    The Flamethrower on Lockout.
  • The pickup text for the Flamethrower has only placeholder text.
    The pickup text for the Flamethrower has only placeholder text.
  • The flamethrower, as held in first-person.
    The flamethrower, as held in first-person.
  • The flamethrower, as held in first-person.
    The flamethrower, as held in first-person.
  • The flamethrower firing in first-person.
    The flamethrower firing in first-person.
  • A Spartan holding the flamethrower, as viewed from behind.
    A Spartan holding the flamethrower, as viewed from behind.
  • A Spartan holding the flamethrower, as viewed from the side.
    A Spartan holding the flamethrower, as viewed from the side.
  • A Spartan holding the flamethrower in the Cutting Room Floor behind-the-scenes documentary included in the Halo 2 Collector's Edition.
    A Spartan holding the flamethrower in the Cutting Room Floor behind-the-scenes documentary included in the Halo 2 Collector's Edition.
  • Conceptual renders of the flamethrower design that was cut from Halo 2.
    Conceptual renders of the flamethrower design that was cut from Halo 2.

Flashbang grenade[edit]

Halo 2 design documents reference a Flashbang grenade, as intended for inclusion in the game. A later change note from October of 2002 notes that to make standard frag grenades more useful outside of damage dealing, the grenades would gain the ability to blind and stun enemies. Max Hoberman speculated that this detail may have been intended for the game's campaign, as opposed to the multiplayer.[3]

General-purpose machine gun (GPMG)[edit]

Although the M247 general purpose machine gun is featured in-game as a fixed turret, the general purpose machine gun (GPMG) was seemingly intended to also be available for use as a weapon in first-person. In the launch build of Halo 2, strings in the game files referenced the GPMG such as picking up and switching to the weapon. The weapon was not seen physically until the release of Halo 2 on PC as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, when the GPMG was added to the game's shared directory, allowing it to be spawned in and used via modding.[4]

The GPMG is complete with firing, reload and melee animations, sound effects and firing particle effects, and features an altered model including a removable magazine and a buttstock not found on the original machine gun model.

  • The GPMG on the ground.
    The GPMG on the ground.
  • The GPMG in first-person.