Heavy Pulse Rifle

Heavy Pulse Rifle
Weapon Information
Cost	200,000 credits
Technical Specifications
Ammunition	Infinite
Damage (DMG/PFD)	10
Rate of Fire (SPD/CHR)	High. Overheats after certain period of time.
Effective Range	Medium-Long

"An estremely powerful but somewhat inaccurate weapon with a high rate of fire and infinite ammo."

—Description in the game store.

The Heavy Pulse Rifle is a weapon exclusive to Dead Space (mobile) and is the only weapon in the game that can bought in the store. It can be purchased for 200,000 credits. 

Combat Tips

The Heavy Pulse Rifle is a good weapon when used for crowd control, but the player must be wary when using it. Although it has a high rate of fire and infinite ammo, it will overheat. During this time period the weapon cannot be fired and has to cool down. This weapon dishes out tremendously large amounts of damage, but because of the very low accuracy most shots would miss at long range so it is wiser to use it on close-up Necromorphs rather than attempting a snipe. It is one of the better weapons for Swarms or a small groups of Necromorphs. However, like the ordinary Pulse Rifle from the other games, it is not really a weapon meant for dismembering. Using this weapon until it overheats is great for conserving ammunition in your other weapons, and can deal considerable damage in short amounts of time. It is a great weapon when used on Tram battles or other tight areas, as well as the Endless and Survival modes. Its infinite ammo and high rate of fire makes it one of the best weapons when it comes to crowd control as it can mow down enemies quickly without fear of running out of ammo.

Trivia

• This is the first military-grade weapon to be used by Vandal in Dead Space (mobile).
• The Heavy Pulse Rifle looks and acts like a light machine gun rather than an ordinary assault rifle, mainly due to the way it is held, its large size and its rapid low-accuracy rate of fire.
• There is a trick to avoid overheating the weapon while maintaining to fire endlessly. The trick is to press the fire button/screen at the final warning sound before the overheat animation takes place. The overheat warning sound will beep three times before sounding the final overheat sound. Should you be able to do this, the overheat indicator will return to blue and fire continuously until it begin to overheat and repeat the steps to avoid the overheating again.
• It is only achievable through a lot of gameplay or by purchasing a credit pack from the DLC Store (buying the 500,000 credit pack ($6.99/£4.99) is recommended) via iTunes money. An alternative to this is to buy the Credit Module from the DLC store, making Necromorphs drop more and higher amounts of credits.
• The Heavy Pulse Rifle is not available on Android devices, despite the advertisements on the Android App Store depicting Vandal using the weapon.

Gallery

Concept Art

Concept art of the Heavy Pulse Rifle.

Three scrapped skins for the Heavy Pulse Rifle.

Promotional Images

The Heavy Pulse Rifle seen in an ad about the game's Survival Mode.

Promotional image of Karrie Norton using the Heavy Pulse Rifle against the Necromorphs.

Screenshots

The Heavy Pulse Rifle icon in the in-game store.

The aiming reticule of the Heavy Pulse Rifle.

The weapon overheat animation.

Firing the Heavy Pulse Rifle with the overheat meter in sight.

Closeup of the Heavy Pulse Rifle.

Another closeup of the side of the Heavy Pulse Rifle.