Halo 3's Brute Spiker dissected

by Dustin Burg { Mar 1st 2007 at 5:00AM }

As part of Bungie's ongoing profiling of Halo 3 weapons and vehicles, this week Frankie posted an insider's look at the new Brute Spiker. It's officially called the Type-25 Carbine, rocks two tungsten-alloy bayonets, and can quickly rip its target to shreds. According to soldier's remarks we learn that the Spiker is relatively heavy, bulky, and acts similar to the SMG. One good thing this dual-wielding wonder has going for it is that there isn't any recoil, so its automatic shots will a little more accurate. We really hope the Spiker adds more variety to the current weapon set and gels nicely with the others. Nobody would want an overly powerful, spike shooting, death stick of melee horror now would we? Ahem ... now would we?

Tags: bungie, bungie.net, halo, halo 3, Halo3, spiker

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shazamurai @ Mar 1st 2007 7:30AM

Apparently, this is possibly the only gun with a ricochet fire. The "manual" says you can fire at angles into walls to hit targets who think they're behind cover.

Another "suprise" from bungie.

anonymous @ Mar 1st 2007 7:48AM

i'm an alpha tester ... and i wouldn't worry about this weapon being too powerful ... its nothing like the pistol in the original halo... i'd say its about as powerful as dual needlers ... but not as fast. The melee is good, but not as powerful and quick as a smaller weapon melee. see you out there.

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Grindstone @ Mar 1st 2007 12:21PM

From what I read, it seems to trump the SMG in every category save for magazine capacity -- although since it is more powerful, that is a moot issue. So whenever you get a chance, drop an SMG for a Spiker carbine.

Still, I kinda wish there was something that every weapon was better at. Currently, it would seem that the SMG will be a junk weapon since the Spiker is a better weapon all-around.