H2:Magnum
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| Magnum | |
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  The Magnums in Halo 2 (top) and Anniversary (bottom). | |
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Faction: |
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Firing mode: |
Semi-Automatic |
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Effective range: |
Close to medium |
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Counterparts: |
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| Gameplay stats (as of Auto-Update 3) | |
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Damage: |
SP: 8
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Projectile effects: |
Headshots |
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Projectile speed: |
400 wu/s |
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~26.66 wu | |
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40 wu | |
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Rate of fire: |
0.1s fire recovery time |
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0.25 to 1.5 degrees | |
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Magazine size: |
12 rounds |
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Reserve ammo capacity: |
48 rounds (4 magazines) |
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3 degrees out to 12 wu | |
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6 degrees out to 16 wu | |
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This article is part of a series on Pistols in the Halo games
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The Magnum is a weapon featured in Halo 2. It is one of the most common weapons throughout the game. Information on the Magnum in the multiplayer component of Halo 2: Anniversary can be found here.
Universe and lore[edit]
- Main article: M6C magnum
In the original Halo 2, the Magnum featured is the M6C magnum; a magazine-fed 12.7x40mm handgun in the M6 series utilized by the UNSC Marine Corps and UNSC Navy.
Gameplay[edit]
Counterparts[edit]
Campaign[edit]
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Multiplayer[edit]
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Production notes[edit]
- "In Halo, the pistol behaved more like a rifle than the assault rifle, and the assault rifle behaved like a submachine gun. Now we have a rifle that behaves like a rifle, an SMG that behaves like an SMG, and a pistol that behaves like a pistol. Basically I initiated a 'throw off the shackles of FPS conventions' party and just about everybody showed up."
- — Robert McLees[2]
In Halo: Combat Evolved, the Pistol was infamous for being a powerful utility weapon, something which fans and developers considered illogical for a handgun. This caused the developers at Bungie to reconsider the sandbox for Halo 2, part of which involved taking the original Combat Evolved pistol tag and re-saving it as the newly-christened battle rifle.[3] The Pistol—now renamed the Magnum—was also given a redesign, losing its ability to scope in, a significant debuff to its outgoing damage, and an increase to both its magazine size and rate-of-fire to feel more like a conventional sidearm. The weapon's visual design was accordingly changed, losing the wireless scope to reflect the gameplay adjustments, and becoming more distinct thanks to a matte black finish as opposed to the original design's reflective chrome.[4]
Gallery[edit]
Halo 2[edit]
The pistol in Halo 2.
A texture of the M6C showing the engravings on the slide. Note the Korean hangul, 일곱, meaning seven.
First-person view dual wielding two magnums; note the slide sliding backwards after a round is fired.
An ammo packet for the Magnum.
A splitscreen example of alert carry using the magnum.
A Marine pilot (right) wielding a magnum in a testing level during Halo 2's development.
An infected human wielding a magnum.
Walpole (left) wielding a magnum in Another Day at the Beach.
A player on the left dual-wielding an SMG and a magnum.
Halo 2: Anniversary campaign[edit]
Several different concepts for the Magnum in Halo 2: Anniversary.
Several different concepts for the Magnum in Halo 2: Anniversary.
Halo 2: Anniversary campaign concept art for the Magnum.
A render of Magnum in Halo 2: Anniversary.
The Magnum in Halo 2: Anniversary.
In-game model of the Magnum in Halo 2: Anniversary.
First-person view of the Magnum in Halo 2: Anniversary.
First person view of dual wielding Magnum pistols.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo 2 Editing Kit, game file
tags\objects\weapons\pistol\magnum\magnum.weapon - ^ The Art of Halo, page 102-103
- ^ Twitter, Jaime Griesemer (@32nds): "@haileyx24 @MaxHoberman After Halo 1 shipped everyone loved the Pistol but it didn’t make sense that it was more powerful than any rifle. So during H2 prepro I clicked ‘save as’ on the “pistol” tag and called it the “battle rifle” and the artists built a new model." (Retrieved on Jan 27, 2023) [archive]
- ^ The Art of Halo, page 99
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