Best weapon ever?

[Adabiviak]

If this has been done somewhere else on this forum already, please forgive me (and show me where it is). Of all the first/third person shooters you've ever played, what was the best weapon? Sniper rifle from AVP2 because it was a recoilless, quick loading, one-shot-kill-no-matter-the-hit-zone? The pistol from Quake II because it wasn't? The Blunderbuss from Alice because it was "pretty tough for a musket"? Snarks from HL1 because that's what fanboys want to hear? Please consider/mention something about the following in your justification: animation, sound, ammunition, effect, fairness, uniqueness, alt-fire, reload features, etc. (didn't know this would be an essay forum did ya? :imu:) I just played Unreal II (the only one of the series I've played) and I really liked the originality of the weapons, and it got me thinking about all the games I have and haven't played.

For example, one of my favorites from Halo is the needler. I don't use it all the time, but I can't wait for those times when the gameplay slows down enough to safely use it. I like the whooshing sound of the melee attack, and the thought of those crystals hammering something makes it seem that much more damaging. It's somewhat challenging to use because the bullet speed is slow, but they track a little. You can see the individual crystals stuck in the target and even see them moving with the target's flesh until they explode. When you unload all of your clip into a target before the first bullets explode, you can get three grenade-caliber explosions out of your target. I like the clinking sound the shards make and the purple flash of the explosions too.

[joule]

Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator

[Datrix]

M19 SSM Rocket Launcher. :thumbs:

[MilkMan12]

hmm...good thread

Crossbow in perfect dark because not only was it cool to see the bows sticking out of peoples faces if you had a good shot (very cool AND satisfying) but if you put cheats on for unlimited ammo no reload it was just awesomeness in a barrel.

Uzi from Soldier of Fortune 2 because I owned with it in MP and it just felt and sounded and looked cool

M82 Sniper Rifle from Americas Army because I own with it and it just feels so perfectly powerly and everything. plus the model and sound were perfect.

Ok lots of 007 64 weapons
Unsilenced PPK
Shotgun was kick ass
The loud cool guns that only appear in the Frigate level
The DD4 from goldeneye is probably my all time favorite pistol in any game

[Anthraxxx]

The hammer in the original Donkey Kong on the NES or Sam Fisher's knife in SC: Chaos Theory.

[Adabiviak]

Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator

...have you used the one in Doom 3 ROE? What do you like about this?

M19 SSM Rocket Launcher. :thumbs:

What game is that from? Why is it better than other rocket launchers?

hmm...good thread

Crossbow in perfect dark because not only was it cool to see the bows sticking out of peoples faces if you had a good shot (very cool AND satisfying) but if you put cheats on for unlimited ammo no reload it was just awesomeness in a barrel.

Uzi from Soldier of Fortune 2 because I owned with it in MP and it just felt and sounded and looked cool

M82 Sniper Rifle from Americas Army because I own with it and it just feels so perfectly powerly and everything. plus the model and sound were perfect.

Ok lots of 007 64 weapons
Unsilenced PPK
Shotgun was kick ass
The loud cool guns that only appear in the Frigate level
The DD4 from goldeneye is probably my all time favorite pistol in any game

Is the Crossbow the one from HL2? What other sniper rifles have you played with, and why weren't they as good as the M82?

[Adabiviak]

The hammer in the original Donkey Kong on the NES or Sam Fisher's knife in SC: Chaos Theory.

Dig Dug's bike pump pwned! LOL

[short recoil]

Heavy machine gun from red faction, i'm sorry but it sounds so crude on secondary function when its firing at about 300rpm

[Tr0n]

The BFG from Quake 2

Because it's one badass mother ****er. :D

[Datrix]

What game is that from? Why is it better than other rocket launchers?
It's from Halo, and its better than other rocket launchers because its from Halo.
If you know what the needler is, you should have known that RL was from Halo.

[Adabiviak]

Heavy machine gun from red faction, i'm sorry but it sounds so crude on secondary function when its firing at about 300rpm
Why this gun? Better than the minigun from AVP2? Better than the chaingun from, well, any self-respecting FPS? Better than the Mesh Primitive from Tron 2? Got a pic?

[Sparta]

Always loved the nail gun from Quake. Or the dual nail guns. They were great.

[DeusExMachina]

Any game where they have a creative, futuristic pistol. I've always been partial to pistols and love using them even near the end of a game ^_^.

[Adabiviak]

Heavy machine gun from red faction, i'm sorry but it sounds so crude on secondary function when its firing at about 300rpm
Why this gun? Better than the minigun from AVP2? Better than the chaingun from, well, any self-respecting FPS? Better than the Mesh Primitive from Tron 2? Got a pic?

It's from Halo, and its better than other rocket launchers because its from Halo.
If you know what the needler is, you should have known that RL was from Halo.

Sorry - my bad. I do like the zoom function on Halo's rocket launcher, but I think the sound needs to be more aggressive.

[Adabiviak]

Always loved the nail gun from Quake. Or the dual nail guns. They were great.

Hey! They need to add a tetanus feature to the nail gun, like the corrosion upgrade for the Tron 2 weapons. :P

[Adabiviak]

Any game where they have a creative, futuristic pistol. I've always been partial to pistols and love using them even near the end of a game ^_^.

Perfect - it's hard to do a pistol well in a game. What's you favorite? The Halo's pistol is pretty good - it's one of the few that I will use in a pitched battle.

[DeusExMachina]

Oh of course, the Halo pistol was so overpowered, I could beat the game with it. And take down Banshees, hell, I took down two tanks without dying with the pistol. The pistol in Deus Ex 2 was good though...not very fun to use. Chronicles of Riddick had an amazing pistol. I loved that one. Hmm...Red Faction's pistol was good too.

[Icarusintel]

the chainsaw from Full Throttle, cause once you got it you were untouchable on the road, Ben truly is the greatest badass ever

[Pesmerga]

Mmm...best weapon?

Da Big Goron Sword

[Foxtrot]

http://thottbot.com/?i=37426

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

Farsight from perfect dark.

Cheapest gun, ever in a video game.

[Shamrock]

Mauser Kar 98 without a doubt. I love that gun so much.

[Adabiviak]

http://thottbot.com/?i=37426
Pardon - what game is that from? Without other weapon information for context, I can't tell how nice that gun is (although readers' comments make it seem pretty burly). What does it do? (Shoot something? Melee? Filter lava for debris?)

[Mr. Redundant]

all the pistols in HL:TS (the specialists for those shamefull ones not in the know).

Shrink gun in Duke Nukem 3d

god mode/dog mode and the drunk missile launcher in ROTT (Rise of the Triad of course)

the scythe from Clive Barker's undying, as well as the raise dead spell (when you cast it on the pirates, they commit suicide... totally sick and original)

double barrel shotgun from Doom3:ROE, the heart artifact as well (the animations, shader and special effects on the morph blew me away)

medical healing thingy from Pariah, just damn cool idea for DM, and the effect kicks ass.

Dual SMGs in Halo2, I just love the idea/sound effects/lethality.

most rocket launchers.. I just love things that go boom, Quake1's in particular.

speaking of Quake1, the grenade launcher :)

Pardon - what game is that from? Without other weapon information for context, I can't tell how nice that gun is (although readers' comments make it seem pretty burly). What does it do? (Shoot something? Melee? Filter lava for debris?)

thottbot is a WoW Database.

World of Warcraft.
and as the description says, it's a 2 handed mace (melee) that does quite decent damage (67.2 per second) and has some great stat boosts.

[Adabiviak]

Mauser Kar 98 without a doubt. I love that gun so much.

Farsight from perfect dark.

Cheapest gun, ever in a video game.

Do tell.

[Vorac1ous]

The QuakeIII BFG, it's just as powerful as all the other Doom\Quake BFGs, but this one is Rapid fire ... :E

[Adabiviak]

most rocket launchers.. I just love things that go boom, Quake1's in particular.

thottbot is a WoW Database.

World of Warcraft.
and as the description says, it's a 2 handed mace (melee) that does quite decent damage (67.2 per second) and has some great stat boosts.

Thanks - never played WoW, but it sounds good. What about the rocket launcher in Quake I did you like that makes it better than others?

[oldagerocker]

Pardon - what game is that from? Without other weapon information for context, I can't tell how nice that gun is (although readers' comments make it seem pretty burly). What does it do? (Shoot something? Melee? Filter lava for debris?)

it's not a gun you fool. Its a mace from world of warcraft and I want it, it looks fecking 1337 :D

As for my best weapon, simple...

the crowbar

edit : whoops, i didnt read redundants post :bonce:

[Adabiviak]

*Adabiviak had hoped that this would be more of a discussion than a list...*

[Prince of China]

The QuakeIII BFG, it's just as powerful as all the other Doom\Quake BFGs, but this one is Rapid fire ... :E
You also had to aim this time. :|

[MultiVaC]

The Gravity Gun (blue is even better). It's just fun.

[satch919]

The guided rocket launcher in HL and HL2.

The Cerebral Bore in Turok 2.

Stake Gun in Painkiller

Double Barreled shotgun in DOOM 3:ROE

Gravity gun in HL2


Thats all i can think of at the moment.

[Lt. Drebin]

"Big Boot" from Duke 3D.

Satch, I remember being grossed out by that cerebral bore in Turok 2. LOL, that thing was gruesome.

[Prince of China]

The Razorwind was also pretty gruesom, but awesome.

[Adabiviak]

Never played Turok 2 - this "Cerebral Bore" piques my interest. What's it like?

[satch919]

"Big Boot" from Duke 3D.

Satch, I remember being grossed out by that cerebral bore in Turok 2. LOL, that thing was gruesome.

Gruesome but oh so sweet!!! :)


The Razorwind was also pretty gruesom, but awesome.

Thats the other weapon that I couldn't think of. It'd take the heads off those raptoids in 1 throw.

[Viperidae]

Lightsabers from either JK2 or Kotor 1/2.

I love how stylistic, rare, powerful, and coveted they are. How they are like a status symbol. How each is unique and upgradeable.

While in the games they may not be as powerful as they should, the idea of such a powerful blade makes me drool.

And the fecking sounds they make. :D

[nicrd]

M6D Pistol from Halo 1
Double barreled shotgun from Doom 2

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

Do tell.
It's a gun that practically aims for you, makes you see threw walls and shoot through them.

[A True Canadian]

The arsenal from Perfect Dark.

It's so hard to pick my favorite from that game:

The Duel Maulers (black alien weapons that heat up to a bright red and fire a balst of energy).
The Laptop Gun (Machine gun disguised as a laptop, that also doubles as a mountable sentry gun).
Psychosis Gun (Fires a dart that inverts the enemy's perspective causing them to attack their own forces).
The Reaper (a massive chaingun that doubles as a chainsaw for close melee combat).
The Dragon (a standard machinegun that doubles as a proximity mine).
The Farsight (meantioned earlier in this thread, it uses X-Rays to look through walls, and has a feature that locks on and targets enemies...think of it as a rail gun).

The list goes on...

[Griever]

Never played Turok 2 - this "Cerebral Bore" piques my interest. What's it like?
It fired a little device that attached itself to it's target's head, drilled its way in, pumped out the insides, and then exploded.
Best gun design ever. :cheers:

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

It fired a little device that attached itself to it's target's head, drilled its way in, pumped out the insides, and then exploded.
Best gun design ever. :cheers:
I loved that thing, especially in multiplayer :E

[Burn]

Yeah the Cerebral bore has to be the best weapon. Shame the game its in was total shite.

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

The multipayer WAS fun, i don't care what anyone else says.

[Sparta]

Shit i total forgot

The Unlabored Flawlessness from Ninja Gaiden

Nothing beats killing a boss in 3 hits with a giant paddle :E

[Seppo]

The best weapon ever is the super shotgun in Quake 2.

[15357]

Mini-Thermonuclear cannon from a game i forgot.......

it killed everything within a 100m radius(including you)

[el Chi]

Mini-Thermonuclear cannon from a game i forgot.......

it killed everything within a 100m radius(including you)From UnrealTournament? The Redeemer. 'tis royal. The rocket launcher and flak cannon were also both very good.

The crossbow, shotgun, grav gun and stunstick in HL2
The teleport gun and M249 in Op4
The M1 in CoD
The chainsaw in Doom3
The AK-47, Carbine sniper rifle and snubnose revolver (especially with phosphorous rounds) in No-One Lives Forever
The rocket launcher and minigun in Giants
The minigun in the True Matrix mod for Max Payne 1

[Polaris]

Best weapons ever

Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator - Half-life 2
Tau Cannon (Gauss Gun) - Half-life
Shock Roach - HL: Opposing Force
FN P-90 and G-3/SG-1 - Counter Strike: Source
Energy Claw - Tron 2.0
Tiberium Chem Spray - CnC: Renegade
NIKITA - Metal Gear Solid

[NikolaX]

desert eagle in fl2
dual ingrams max p

[kirovman]

Redeemer from UT.
Chainsaw & plasma rifle (& Beserker fists!) from the doom games.
AWP from CS (haven't played CS for years though)
Quake Supernail gun.
Gluon gun.
plus loads of others I have forgotten :P

[jimbo118]

mg42 in cod, you find cover for sure when that thing opens up.
katana-mgs2.

the bad ass swords in pop:ww.

striker-max payne 2.

pulse rifle.
grav gun.

scorpion-mgs3

[Samon]

Gravity gun, nothing more humiliating than bieng killed by a madman throwing sinks at you.

The nano sword in Deus ex also gets a mention, not one MJ12 troop could stand up to my might.

The AR from halo. Why did they take it out for halo 2, its the most visually appealing weapon ever.

[Mr. Redundant]

oh and the shotgun from Duke Nukem 64, with explosive rounds. I loved that thing

[Absinthe]

The Redeemer from Unreal Tournament

The Cerbral Bore from Turok 2

The Manipulator from Half-Life 2

The Double-Barrelled Shotgun from Doom II

The Farsight from Perfect Dark

The Shotgun from Soldier of Fortune (not really because it's good, but because you felt like such a badass when you blew a man's head clean off with it)

The Crossbow in Half-Life 2

The Stealth Pistol in Deus Ex (loaded with mods, it made me feel like an uber sneaky bastard)

The Head-Bite (as an Alien) in Alien vs. Predator

[$kelet0r]

Gordon 'The Weapon' Freeman

[Garfield_]

Lightsaber has to be the best weapon ever made. But then you need to be a jedi to know how to handle it :>

[CptStern]

manipulator from HL2

the uber-manipulator: loved whacking enemies with the bodies of dead enemies ..replayed most of the game with the uber-manipulator (or whatever it's called)

dual colt 45's in Enemy Territory and panzershrek

spiderbomb Turok

doublehanded sword in Rune (man the fun I had with decapitations)

shotgun in Medal of Honor (fave weapon is a shotgun)

every rifle in Day of Defeat ...love whacking someone in the head with the butt of my rifle

proximity mine: RTCW (mod) hours of bad guy blown up goodness

Flying pigeon in Rune (mod) you could literally do a dive bomb run and hack off an oppenents head while flying by ..or if you cant aim, you could always ram someone with your flying bird ...insta-gib fun!


knife in RTCW. ..loved sneaking up to someone and stabbing them in the back

[$kelet0r]

Grenade launcher from AVP
that thing was a beast - in multiplayer you were next to invincible with it

[Mr. Redundant]

Thanks - never played WoW, but it sounds good. What about the rocket launcher in Quake I did you like that makes it better than others?

I don't know really... I guess since it was the first FPS I played online/on lan, and I owned at it.... I just think the RL in quake 1 was perfect, it was lethal, traveled at a good speed, and you could rocket jump :)

[CommunistPenguin]

BFG 9000 - Doom
Gravity Gun - Half-Life 2
Sheep - Worms(nothing like killing your enemies with an exploding sheep)

[CptStern]

Grenade launcher from AVP
that thing was a beast - in multiplayer you were next to invincible with it


oohh you just reminded me of the throwing thingy the predator had in that game! loved picking off peeps from the shadows

[Vorac1ous]

You also had to aim this time. :|Granted, but as long as your crossfire was on the guy then he'd go splat in no time.

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I allways liked the knife as the spy on tfc (Team fortress clasic)


I allways used to just casually walk up to people... past them.... then turn arround an gut em like a fish :p




I also liked the knife in planetside... basically did the same thing... except instead of in disguise I was invisible :P






Heh.... I love the challenge :)

[operative x]

Chainsaw: Doom3
Dragon Tooth: Deus Ex
AWP and Scout(with of course, wwaaayyy better hit detection added): CS:S
M1 Garand: CoD
Kar98: DoD
Mg42 and the Allies MG: DoD
Colt.45(not including the actually "look", but only its realistic damage): DoD
Colt.45(Not including the damage or feel, only the iron sights look of it): CoD
^These 2 combined make a perfect pistol.
Grenades(though throwing them could be improved): DoD
Gravity Gun: HL2
Bastard Sword of Excellence(only the name is cool about it :D): Diablo 2
Colt Revolver: HL2
Knife(definately not including its functionality, just the look of it): 1.5 CS
Knife(definately not the look, just functionality of it): DoD
^These 2 combined make a perfect knife.
and some red faction weapons

O and the kicking feature in games like RtCW, Duke Nukem 3d, Postal
Nikita Rocket Launcher:MGS
Socom: MGS2

[BRODIEMAN2k4]

Shit i total forgot

The Unlabored Flawlessness from Ninja Gaiden

Nothing beats killing a boss in 3 hits with a giant paddle :E
That thing was ugly though

[Danimal]

Redeemer - UT2004

[Sparta]

That thing was ugly though
True. It was just a big oar with some red letter on it but hot damn can you do some major damage when you're in red health with this baby.

I remember taking that alien-bird boss out in the three hits (the one that shoots fire). And then i took out Doku in 2 once as well. Great stuff

[Adabiviak]

AVP2 had a lot of weapons that I liked. While they weren't the most balanced weapons per species, they were very true to the movies. The animation/sound were accurate enough to really get you into the game/story. Because Fox made it, they were able to go back (as much as they could - they apparently had a hard time finding original sound files from the first Alien movie) and use authentic movie sounds. The Predator had a very impressive arsenal - every weapon (even if it was only fired once in the movie) was in the game. I particularly liked the spider grenades. Dodging them was super fun.

True, that, about the Alien headbite being a good weapon. I always played as the small, fast Alien because it was totally challenging to step up to a room full of Marines and Predators with only a melee attacks. You had to be stealthy.[I]

[Sparta]

AVP2 had a lot of weapons that I liked. While they weren't the most balanced weapons per species, they were very true to the movies. The animation/sound were accurate enough to really get you into the game/story. Because Fox made it, they were able to go back (as much as they could - they apparently had a hard time finding original sound files from the first Alien movie) and use authentic movie sounds. The Predator had a very impressive arsenal - every weapon (even if it was only fired once in the movie) was in the game. I particularly liked the spider grenades. Dodging them was super fun.

True, that, about the Alien headbite being a good weapon. I always played as the small, fast Alien because it was totally challenging to step up to a room full of Marines and Predators with only a melee attacks. You had to be stealthy.[I]
Monolith made the game, i'm pretty sure Fox just gave them the right to make it, as they own the Alien franchise