Func_Msgboard: Favourite Game Weapons Thread

News | Forum | People | FAQ | Links | Register | Log in

|  | Favourite Game Weapons Thread

Posted by DaZ [80.41.171.148] on 2009/03/04 00:12:15

Melee: Jedi Academy lightsaber
Sidearm: CS:S Desert Eagle
Shottie: HL1
Light Rapid-fire: CS:S Mac10
Heavy Rapid-fire: AvP Smartgun
Singleshot Accuracy: Quake2 Railgun
Incendiary: Kingpin Flamethrower
Rocket launcher: Quake 2
Throwable 1: Quake 2 Hand Grenade
Throwable 2: HL1 Snark
Novelty 1: HL2 Gravity Gun
Novelty 2: Blood voodoo doll
Heavy Weapon: Quake 1 Lightning Gun (complete with water discharge)
Ridiculously overpowered behemoth of a gun: Doom BFG9000
So what are your favourite game weapons? Not just limited to fps titles but all the games you have played.
Also, what concepts do you think would make for great weapons in a game?

To Start Things Off
#1 posted by DaZ [80.41.171.148] on 2009/03/04 00:15:30
The cerebral bore from Turok on the n64. You shoot a projectile into an enemy and it bores into their skull and forcibly removes their grey matter in a vivid arc of gore, complete with drilling sounds! Very satisfying :)
#2 posted by Willem [24.163.61.78] on 2009/03/04 00:39:48
Gears of War : Lancer
I know I'm biased, but it's so damned fun. :)
...
#3 posted by necros [99.227.108.217] on 2009/03/04 00:56:30
i love beam weapons <3
Okay
#4 posted by megaman [92.73.92.66] on 2009/03/04 01:30:02
daikatana discus (?) was pretty nice.
daikatana sidewinder rocketlauncher, too (the twirling rockets one).
q3 gauntlet just rocks.
doom3 mg, quake2 mg, Kingpin tommy gun.
q2 minigun
blood2 double sawed-off sg.
best weapon ever: descent 2 gauss gun.
Hmm
#5 posted by nonentity [87.194.146.225] on 2009/03/04 02:32:49
The unreal shock rifle.
Best weapon to ever appear in a FPS hands down.
Altho yeh, the cerebral bore was hilariously overpowered.
Hmm
#6 posted by nonentity [87.194.146.225] on 2009/03/04 02:34:09
Also, sticky grenades (Halo's stand out ofc, but I'm sure they didn't invent the concept in games) for 'throwable'
Oooh
#7 posted by DaZ [80.41.171.148] on 2009/03/04 04:03:29
The stake gun from painkiller ;) I realise its just a stylised railgun, but that thing never got old! :)
Halo did have some cool weapons, I also remmeber being pretty fond of the one that shot all those purple spines into things, that then detonated if you managed to get enough of them on a target, very very satisfying :)
Willem, hehe I must say that the chainsaw attack on the lancer is quite inspired, and it is accompanied by one of the best "chainsaw ripping through flesh" sounds I have ever heard :)
#8 posted by gb [89.27.241.96] on 2009/03/04 06:46:41
Tomb Raider (/Anniversary)'s double uzis.
The Reckoning: Ion ripper (boomerang thingy)
The weapons in Dino Crisis 2 were pretty good, I especially liked the heavy machine gun, really sounded like an MG 42 and was pretty effective against the dinos.
Malice's Trusty .44, uzi, and vert-barrel shotgun.
#9 posted by Nynort [24.78.143.88] on 2009/03/04 07:56:37
Doom 1 Shotgun
Quake Grenade Launcher
Q2 Rail Gun
Q3 Plasma Gun
Unreal Flak Cannon
8-ball launcher was cool also
UT Redeemer was hilarious
Dark Messiah - all the bows - archery in that game was damned fun. Rope bow was a cool grappling-hook type utility too.
Far Cry - all the weapons were really well done.
Few Good Ones
#10 posted by HeadThump [4.136.90.97] on 2009/03/04 08:36:49
The Quake Team Arena Nail Gun -- nice design, satisfying sounds
No One Lives Forever weapons were all splendid in their sound, kick design etc.
A few stand outs -- I liked using the Shepard Arms P38 9mm Pistol almost exclusively. One shot to the head per kill so I could wrack up medals and accuracy bonuses. It also made me feel like a dirty little professional hitgirl.
Braun 9mm Parabellum - had a nice feel with the kick, and it was so loud.
Hampton Carbine -- good sniper weapon -- the Lucky Strike of sniper rifles, clean and satisfying, not like that Geldmacher SVD which would reveal your locale with its loud bang, a real dirty Camel of a gun.
Sportsman EX Crossbow -- another good sniper gun. Brings the pain hardcore to the aortic artery. Baddies seemed to writhe more when struck with a bolt.
Though I hated using the AK-47 Assault Rifle because it would fuck up my accuracy percentages, the NOLF version came in a sleek
red and black design that outclasses any realism mod.
And the Super Atomic Laser Weapon, cool for the 60's low budget movie sound effects, and the phase out effect when the enemy is vaporized was good for a snort.
If you haven't played NOLF, what are your waiting for? Go!! GO! GO!
Game Guns
#11 posted by metlslime [24.130.223.174] on 2009/03/04 08:45:52
Mega Man 2 - metal blade
Metroid - ice beam
Contra - spread shot
Bionic Commando - grappling arm (does this count?)
Raiden - that twisty/bendy energy beam gun
DooM II - double-barreled shotgun
UT - redeemer, flak cannon
Q2 - grenade launcher
Weapons
#12 posted by JPL [82.234.167.238] on 2009/03/04 09:43:43
Quake: Rocket Launcher / Super Nail Gun
Doom2: Plasma gun
Doom3: Plasma gun
UT2K: Snipper riffle
COD2: Snipper riffle, whatever it comes from
HL2: Rocket Launcher
#13 posted by Trinca [194.65.24.228] on 2009/03/04 10:21:28
Quake
Rocket Launcher / Super Nail Gun + quad
Are out there any other games?
:|
Serious Sam Cannon
#14 posted by nitin [124.168.19.246] on 2009/03/04 10:53:13
was pretty fun too.
#15 posted by Willem [24.163.61.78] on 2009/03/04 11:13:19
OK so others:
Half-Life: The machine gun with the attached grenade launcher was always fun, cross bow
Gears: Lancer, Torque Bow
UT: Redeemer, Shock Rifle, Goo Gun
Whats The Thing In Fallout 3
#16 posted by RickyT23 [81.157.18.236] on 2009/03/04 11:21:13
That fires 9 mini nukes?
#17 posted by Spirit [213.39.223.26] on 2009/03/04 11:41:58
Doom Shotgun (in combination with grunts' health and animations). Half-Life's is nice too.
Quake Grenadelauncher (with its "sticky" grenades on slopes, I LOVE that)
Quake Rocketlauncher, because it's got the most powerful feeling. Q3's is nice too.
Q3 Railgun and Plasmagun. The gauntlet is nice too.
Deus Ex' Riot Prod (or whatever that electroshocker is called)
Jedi Knight's laser sword and mines.
In UT I only really liked the flak gun. The others felt silly (maybe in combinations with the enemy animations eg the sniper).
The weapons in Cave Story are great, I especially like the machine gun to fly! It's like rocketjumping but a vital part of the gameplay. I also love weapons you can charge, so I like the Spur.
This does not quite fit in with the rest, but the Boomerang in Zelda games (the old ones) is amazing. Also the sword that shoots swords. :>
Grimm's buttstomp is unique and feels damn powerful, heh. And I always liked jumping on enemies in Mario games (2D).
Repeating Alot Here
#18 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/03/04 13:01:53
UT Flak Cannon
Rail Gun
Remake Quake Shotguns
Doom2 Chainsaw / Chaingun
Undying Scythe
Q2 Awakening Jackhammer
HL2 Ant Lion Pod
OUM / Zerstorer Riot Controller
And
#19 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/03/04 13:03:10
The Painkiller
Easy Choice
#20 posted by starbuck [129.215.59.74] on 2009/03/04 13:13:51
Doom - fists of terror
Goldeneye - the mighty Klobb
Mine Favorite Weaps
#21 posted by spy [92.47.219.254] on 2009/03/04 13:42:44
doom/doom2 - plasma rifle/chainsaw
quake - shaft+rl+gl combo
quake2 - bfg10k :)
quake3 - rg/shaft
doom3 - chaingun+soulcube combo
thief/thief2 - blackjack/water arrow
undying - dbsg/scythe
Forgot
#22 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/03/04 13:45:19
Razorwind from Turok2
Sin
#23 posted by gb [89.27.233.124] on 2009/03/04 14:16:23
I liked Sin's pistol.
#24 posted by Vondur [89.175.96.234] on 2009/03/04 16:25:32
Melee: WoW Glaives of Azzinoth sword set
Sidearm: HL1 Revolver
Shottie1: Doom
Shottie2: Undreal flack gun
Light Rapid-fire: Quake SNG
Heavy Rapid-fire: TF2 Sasha
Singleshot Accuracy1: Quake2 Railgun (quaded)
Singleshot Accuracy2: Unreal Rifle
Incendiary: TF2 Backburner
Rocket launcher: Quake 1
Throwable 1: Quake 1 GL
Throwable 2: Unreal Tournament Green Slime
Throwable 3: TF2 Demoman's grenades
Novelty: HL2 Gravity Gun
Heavy Weapon: Quake 1 Lightning Gun (complete with water discharge)
Ridiculously overpowered behemoth of a gun: Unreal Redemeer
Hmm
#25 posted by nonentity [87.194.146.225] on 2009/03/04 20:00:12
Von, you can't use WoW weapons. They're not really different, just change of dmg.
Also, the MSA from Naxx was far better (op hemo kekeke nerfplixkthxbai l2p... Sorry). Also the fist set from ZG that turned you into Tony the Tiger.
Also, I'm going to repeat the whole U/UT shock rifle thing. I don't see how people are rating the flak cannon above it, yeh it was a good gun, but I've not seen a gun that utilises dual fire modes so well...
And on an Epic note, stop bigging up the guns from Gears2 Willem. Having actually played more than just the annoying 'shoot the driver or insta-death and spawn 5 minutes back' I'm more inclined to rate it (wasn't as set pieces as I thought and some very good 'standard' combat). Still haven't completed it tho, my copy has a acquired a deep scratch right on the loading point for level 5, so can only play the first 4 levels or it crashes :( Ironically if I'd warezed it I could just reburn the disc, but I actually bought it so Willem wouldn't cry... Damn joo ;p
Hmm
#26 posted by nonentity [87.194.146.225] on 2009/03/04 20:01:44
Damn, got distracted by ranting about scratched discs, my point was supposed to be that all the fun combat aside, the guns are fairly basic fare (the only standout imo is the aiming line for the grenades (and mebe likewise the bow))
Why Can't I Use Wow Weaps?
#27 posted by Vondur [91.77.234.93] on 2009/03/04 20:31:19
the topic says favourite, so they were my favourite ;) big, green, heavy, mean looking, just lub them and miss them....
Still Adding . . .
#28 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/03/04 22:14:53
L4D automatic shotgun
OH!
#29 posted by Text_Fish [193.82.198.190] on 2009/03/05 11:13:01
I'd like to add the Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II rocket launcher with its sticky, delayed detonation rockets. Gotta love watching a terrified storm trooper run around with a smoking missile stuck up his arse.
Quake Mod
#30 posted by JPL [82.234.167.238] on 2009/03/05 12:47:01
There are also some cool weapons in QKP mod: fireball launcher, flamethrower and proximity mines are my prefered :)
Oooh Yeah, Quake Mod
#31 posted by [193.82.198.190] on 2009/03/05 13:16:59
Somebody needs to make a Quake mod which includes every single one of the weapons mentioned in this thread.
It would be terribly unbalanced, but ohsofun.
Hey !
#32 posted by JPL [82.234.167.238] on 2009/03/05 15:21:02
It wouldn't be unbalanced if monsters are ported too ! As example, BGF9000 with CyberDemon / MasterMind, etc... :P
#33 posted by Nynort [24.78.143.88] on 2009/03/05 19:07:08
lol, you mean, turning this into a favourite monster thread?
a couple additions, in the not-so-fps genre (hey, other people did it first)
Heretic:
Ethereal Crossbow - a great shotgun-type weapon
Dragon Claw - cool graphics, nice upgraded attack too
Heretic II:
Storm Bow, Force Blast.
Rune:
Short Sword, Broadsword, War Sword... actually just all the swords. And the BatteAxe.
another thing I've always admired is how id managed to put the Q2 railgun and the Q1 rocketlauncher in the same game, and balance it, with Q3.
#34 posted by mwh [125.236.193.95] on 2009/03/06 05:20:06
I liked the marathon rocket launcher. Yes, I am very out of touch with games yes...
No Way
#35 posted by megaman [92.73.92.66] on 2009/03/08 03:43:55
the q3 rl is slower and has a much smaller splash-dmg radius than the quake rl.
That said, it feels a lot better than the quake one -- must be the player physics.
#36 posted by gb [89.27.242.5] on 2009/03/08 15:43:03
I don't like the sound of the Quake RL. Feels like a glorified shotgun, which it probably is.
I also don't like that it eclipses the other weapons in effective power. Why even have other weapons then, for decoration?
I'm also increasingly pissed by Quake's nailguns. Again, a big part of that is the sound.
I would work with the Q2 engine, if it didn't have relatively sluggish movement and controls. The precision of control in Quake 1, and the whole movement, is unmatched. It just feels better to play. Not to mention the monster lineup and the artwork.
The Q2 engine can be best described as solid - you can take it and turn it into Heretic II, and it works. Plus it has basic features like transparency, rotation, inventory and going back and forth between levels (aka hub system).
I spent many hours playing Heretic II yesterday, and cursing at its sluggishness. Afterwards, I blasted through the first act of Hexen II with an assassin, and it was just 200% more fun. To return to the topic, the assassin's crossbow is pretty wicked. You can practically play it like Quake, drop into a room and open fire, and the archer knights won't even know what hit them :) Eats mana though.
I stabbed Famine to death, by using Backstabbing with Tome of Power. It started saying "Critical hit!" so I just kept doing it. I felt a little stupid for knifing the episode boss in the back though, but it was pretty cool. The Assassin levels up pretty quickly, too.
Hexen II is really fun if you know where all the stupid keys are, and ignore the mediocre level design, and just turn up the difficulty, and play it like Quake. Someone should make a cool, large SP map for that game. ^^
Especially the Tome of Power idea is brilliant, as well as the whole lot of powerups and the user friendly inventory. Shame about the level design.
For Me
#37 posted by ijed [190.20.117.47] on 2009/03/08 17:38:30
Q2īs weapon set killed it.
Run it under the Awakening mod and you immediately think - what the fuck were they thinking?
Ie.
#38 posted by ijed [190.20.117.47] on 2009/03/08 17:38:45
Not thinking enough.
Good Thread Daz.
#39 posted by Shambler [82.47.200.132] on 2009/03/08 22:41:04
Like it.
Gosh what weapons do I really like??
The DKT weapon that drew a pentagram in the ground and summoned a demon that tore everyone to shreds, fucking awesome.
DKT Rocket Launcher as well, spiraling rockets were sweet.
Q2 Railgun, just had the feel spot on.
Q1 Perforator, brutal, visceral, and totally to the point.
Mechwarrior 4 heavy gauss weapons, could really feel the firepower behind them.
UT Redeemer, another awesomely entertaining idea.
In fact most UT weapons were pretty cool.
Q2 DBS, pure beef.
Q1 RL, so simple, so effective, the definitive RL.
Melee, something from Severance probably...
Hmm
#40 posted by nonentity [87.194.146.225] on 2009/03/09 05:00:23
Q2 DBS, pure beef.
mebe we should replace the crate as the logo... ;p
#41 posted by gb [89.27.242.5] on 2009/03/09 09:52:12
Even Q2's crates look better ;-)
oh noes!!!
#42 posted by stevenaaus [124.177.91.245] on 2009/03/13 07:03:04
Assault rifle my arse. The only person I agree with is f-ing ******
Doom chainsaw
Q1 NSOE chain-lg, mjolnir, mirv, zombie gibbing sword
Q1 Zerstorer/Oum chainsaw + quad
Q1 Malice machine gun
Q3 BFG
Halflife little alien land piranhas (?)
Duke3d devastator, rocket launcher, shrink-ray, freeze gun+mighty boot
Redneck Rampage tnt/chicken crossbow, motorbike mounted machine gun
Shadow Warrior pulsing heart, nuke
GZDoom flame thrower, machine gun
Hexen2 has so many: Demoness' fireballs and lightning staff (tomed and normal), Assassin's bow, Necromancer's spellbooks. The Assassin's tomed forth weapon spawns chains from the walls, picks up the enemy and smashes them on the ground. Hexenworld even has modded weapon effects.
Steven
#43 posted by gb [89.27.246.242] on 2009/03/13 08:54:13
I've been thinking about making a little mod (...) where, among other things, I switch weapon 4 between the Assassin and Necromancer.
The story says the Necro comes from Thysis/Egypt, and that scarab doesn't have anything to do with assassins, but everything with Egypt.
Apart from that, we're the only ones who like Hexen 2 here :-/
Oh, except Rudl.
LOL
#44 posted by DaZ [80.41.171.148] on 2009/03/13 16:28:05
Halflife little alien land piranhas
Aaaahhh my stomach hurts, must stop laughing!
Should Start A "FPS Worst Weapons Eva" Thread
#45 posted by RickyT23 [81.157.18.131] on 2009/03/13 16:37:37
Starting off with the weird gribbley things from Half-Life.
And the Quake2 blaster. For starters.
Seemingly all of the weapons from STALKER.....
Eh
#46 posted by megaman [92.73.100.106] on 2009/03/13 16:42:36
i loved the stalker weapons. especially at the beginning, when they were inprecise. made gameplay so interesting :)
I Tended To Find Them Infuriating
#47 posted by RickyT23 [81.157.18.131] on 2009/03/13 16:59:27
Shoot a human in the face 20 times with a shotgun, he doesn't die then kills you with a couple of shots....... :?
Not fair! There were some good community fixes for SoC though, but I've yet so see one which will fix Clear Sky.
Snarks, You Fools
#48 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/03/13 18:34:18
#49 posted by Willem [24.199.192.130] on 2009/03/13 18:58:13
And they were -awesome-. I loved using them in deathmatch on unsuspecting opponents.
#50 posted by gb [89.27.226.88] on 2009/03/13 19:11:34
Shoot a human in the face 20 times with a shotgun, he doesn't die then kills you with a couple of shots....... :?
Just like Quake. Um, well, OK, it's just 6 or 7 shots for a grunt and 15 for a hell knight. 25 if your aim is really bad.
/ducks
[ Gb
#51 posted by stevenaaus [124.186.179.47] on 2009/03/20 08:01:27
> ... I switch weapon 4 between the Assassin and Necromancer.
> The story says the Necro comes from Thysis/Egypt ...
I know what you're saying, but this sort of plot incongruity doesn't worry me too much. But can i request auto aim for the assassin's grenades as they're just impossible to use. (could ~~almost~~ have a go at doing this myself).
]
#52 posted by gb [89.27.216.38] on 2009/03/21 17:15:27
Autoaim?! They work like normal hand grenades, don't they?
#53 posted by AEnoch [174.124.41.102] on 2009/08/05 20:33:25
Love the Knife from BF Bad Company. Nothing's more satisfying than backstabbing some prick and seeing their tags pop up on your screen.
Pyro's Flame Thrower from TF2
Looks Like This Thread's Been Necro'd
#54 posted by grahf [74.127.72.91] on 2009/08/06 08:37:08
Well, I'll just say that the most satisfying to use FPS weapon I can think of right now is Zerstorer's Riot Controller.
Oh and for melee, the monomolecular Dragon Sword from Deus Ex.
#55 posted by Trinca [194.65.24.228] on 2009/08/06 11:03:09
Mohaa sniper rifle!
Q2/3 Railgun
#56 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/08/06 15:45:42
Owns your sniper rifle.
#57 posted by AEnoch [174.124.40.229] on 2009/08/06 15:59:41
Grenades from BF:1942 The bodies actually get some air
#58 posted by Trinca [194.65.24.228] on 2009/08/06 16:43:22
I hate Q2, for me was worse game ever... didnīt play more than first or second level...
Yeah
#59 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2009/08/06 17:36:37
Slow and crap.
Q2
#60 posted by AEnoch [174.124.43.233] on 2009/08/06 20:06:05
Was a hurried game that wasn't done by the self-imposed deadline. Carmack being, Carmack wanted to release a piece of crap 'on time' instead of something polished and finished. Sad thing is id had the kind of pull the Blizzard does and could have pushed back the release to 'when it's done' like Blizzard does.
Nonono
#61 posted by spy [95.56.25.61] on 2009/08/06 20:11:39
the worst game evah is...
TADA
counter strike
Hm
#62 posted by ijed [190.20.124.85] on 2009/08/07 04:46:59
I think the design theory was wrong - slow gameplay, unimaginative monsters and so on.
Basically you fight loads of humanoids. There should have been more hybridized creatures like the mdeic, gladiator and parasite.
Imagine very few human style creatures and the same speed as Q1.
\o/
#63 posted by inertia [75.179.159.179] on 2009/08/07 05:14:16
i am digidroid
i destroy humanoids
#64 posted by Trinca [194.65.24.228] on 2009/08/07 10:24:28
inertia go destroy pussys... NOOB
Q2
#65 posted by Shambler [94.172.168.122] on 2009/08/16 16:32:32
Great game, one of my favourites ever.

Post A Reply:

Name: |
Title: |
Body: |

Website copyright © 2002-2013 John Fitzgibbons. All posts are copyright their respective authors.