I've always liked this concept and I think it helps reflect the origin and purpose of different weaponry.
I think Halo nailed it, but my personal favorite was Red Faction: Guerrilla, which had all the crudely drawn reticles for the marauder weapons, and the rigid angular style for the federal weapons.
Dead Space also had such a fluid system which was so functional in addition to being a perfect and really an obvious match to the style of the tools and the theme of the game.
Share your favorites, or maybe your least favorites
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I've never really given that any thought. Hm.