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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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 Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: Best weapon in a video game... |
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Gametrailers had a segment about this topic and I thought it would be interesting to get your take on it.
Their top ten:
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* 10. Cerebral Bore (Turok 2 & 3)
* 9. Chainsaw (Doom)
* 8. Spreadgun (Contra)
* 7. Railgun (Quake 2)
* 6. Laptop Gun (Perfect Dark Zero)
* 5. Energy Sword (Halo 2)
* 4. Ice Beam (Metroid)
* 3. BFG (Doom)
* 2. Red Turtle Shell (Mario Kart)
* 1. Gravity Gun (Half-Life 2)
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While I agree they were all very cool, some others were left out.
~ The Painkiller (Painkiller)
~ Customized Dual Silverballers (Hitman: Blood Money)
~ Radioactive Dart Crossbow (HL2)
~ Razorjack (Unreal)
~ Nailgun (Q3:TA)
~ Dark Matter Gun (Q4)
~ Gas Can and Matches (Postal 2)
~ Soulcube (Doom3)
~ Flakcannon (Unreal)
~ The Redeemer (UT)
~ Gauntlet (Q3)
Any others? My add-ons are all from FPS games, but what about you RPG fans? Any cool weapons?
Let's stick to the trailers' format: No powerups or magic, but just held weapons in their default state. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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~ Radioactive Dart Crossbow (HL2)
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aahhh... Half life?
I agree that the energy sword is way bad azz. I don't play enough video games to have a lot of opinions. But I DO think that the REd shell in mariokart was just put in their for purists or whatever. |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Personal faves include the chaingun from QWTF, the Q1 super nailgun, the panzerfaust in RTCW/ET, and concussion grenades from Q3F, with the latter purely for the amount of tricks and speed you can get from goofing around with them.
jae. |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I was always a big fan of the piano wire from Hitman. |
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Delirium's Brother
Joined: 08 May 2006
Location: Out in that field with Rumi, waiting for you to join us!
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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How many alien infested labs, haunted World War Two German castles, or monster infested shooting galleries can you explore in one life-time? These are all boring and so are the game weapons. How about some weapons with zing. Like from American McGee's Alice, the most imaginitive 1st/3rd-person-shooter horror game ever:
 Playing Card Shuriken, add new meaning to the phrase "52 pickup"
 Croquet Mallet, club your enemy or fire croquet balls at them.
 Jack-in-the-Bomb/Box, either a time-delayed flamethrowing device or a wicked bomb.
 Jacks o' Death, while the ball bounces the jacks fly around killing the enemy.
 Blunderbuss, Alice's 19th Century version of a Rail Gun.
And that's just for starters.
Who couldn't like a game about an insane blood-soaked chick seeking revenge on her childhood nightmares. Her weapons are her old toys and the enemy is a horrific fairy-tale come to life. It's like Ringu meets Disney World. It's an older game, but who cares. The level design was creative; the music creepy; and the sprites and models were spectacular for the time. It's worth another look. Read About It Here. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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The Chainsaw in Doom 3!!!
mmmmm.....gore..... |
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mack the knife
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: standing right behind you...
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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The red turtle shell from MarioKart is gangbusters! More fun than a bucket full of rocket launchers. However, I'm partial to the "Redeemer" from UT because I kicked ass whenever I got my hands on one. Bul, you know it!
But the "Soul Cube" has got to be kickest-ass weapon. Killing sh*t gets it sexed up?! That RAWX.
Most of the others mentioned, while nifty, are simply variations on a theme. |
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rocklee
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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I'd vote for the railgun.
Most devestating weapon and is probably the most difficult to use. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| rocklee wrote: |
I'd vote for the railgun.
Most devestating weapon and is probably the most difficult to use. |
Agreed. Like a sniper rifle, it's only deadly in certain hands, and lacks the "spamminess" of some rocket launchers.
Oddly enough, while the railgun is a Quake creation, so is perhaps the worst spaminator; the rocket lancher in Q3 is only rivalled by the eight-shot loading UT monster. 
Being chased by the Redeemer is pretty special.  |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| mack the knife wrote: |
Most of the others mentioned, while nifty, are simply variations on a theme. |
As are all FPS games.
@ Delirium's Brother (you know the punctuation is way wrong in your nick?! )
Alice was a neat game. Neat, but not very good. It was based on the Q3 engine, so it couldn't look bad. However, the game suffrered from being too pie-in-the-sky. I also don't think gamers were ready to be a little girl in a game, no matter what wacky weapon she was wielding. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Definitely the souped up Gravity gun in HL2 which lets you rip heavy consoles off of walls, or even grab combine soldiers, and fling them at their buddies.
And the organic antlion bombs (or was that HALO?)
And that gun in FEAR, the nail gun or depleted uranium sabot gun or whatever it is- stiching a guy up and leaving him dangling against a wall. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm...now THIS caught my eye. Alright...here goes my pickity picks:
My favorites:
1. Rail Gun - Quake series
2. Wave beam - Metroid
3. BFG - Quake 2 (while you are grappling on the side of a wall..heheheh.)
4. The particle Disintegrator (sp?) in F.E.A.R.
5. Hammer brothers outfit - Super Mario Brothers 3 (only 2 in the game).
6. Anima summon then Oblivion - Final Fantasy X
7. Magnetic Tempest - X-Men legends 2: Rise of the Apocolypse
8. M4A1SP - Socom 1, 2, 3 (Can't beat it's acurracy and fire rate).
9. Saw Man's ability in Mega Man 2
10. Super Star Punch - Mike Tyson's Punch Out |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
Definitely the souped up Gravity gun in HL2 which lets you rip heavy consoles off of walls, or even grab combine soldiers, and fling them at their buddies.
And the organic antlion bombs (or was that HALO?) |
Yeah. I think it was called "bait".
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| And that gun in FEAR, the nail gun or depleted uranium sabot gun or whatever it is- stiching a guy up and leaving him dangling against a wall. |
As did the crossbow from HL. They would just hang there like dolls, no matter the surface. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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What about my +5 orc slayer?
just kidding |
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Dodgy Al
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Worms 2!
1. Super Sheep
2. Banana Bomb
3. Holy HandGrenade
4. Mad Cow
5. Ajuma (ooooh!!)
There were so many great weapons in Worms 2. A game which can destroy friendships! Super Sheep had to be top cos of the skill involved in controlling that mutha. Honourary mention goes to the ninja-rope (not a weapon, but once mastered, was your friend for life!) |
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