Am I the only one who only uses the beginner weapon?
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In Dead space there is actually an achievement for using nothing but the Plasma Cutter so on that count alone (in that game anyway) you are far from being the only one to do this. I often use just the pistol in Dead Space out of a lack of effort to bother switching to anything else...unless it's the assault rifle which just looks cool with my Space marine armour.
In most other games (with, as someone said, the possible exception of RPGs) your starting weapon is often a balanced and versitile weapon suited for most situations.
Newer players can also have trouble figuring out what gun to use at what range. While playing Halo with my sister she would often ask me why her shotgun rounds weren't hitting anything (my response usually being 'you're too far away'), as you can see, it's much simpler to have newer players use one weapon all the time rather than constantly assess the situatuion and switch between three.
In most other games (with, as someone said, the possible exception of RPGs) your starting weapon is often a balanced and versitile weapon suited for most situations.
Newer players can also have trouble figuring out what gun to use at what range. While playing Halo with my sister she would often ask me why her shotgun rounds weren't hitting anything (my response usually being 'you're too far away'), as you can see, it's much simpler to have newer players use one weapon all the time rather than constantly assess the situatuion and switch between three.
In a lot of these clone FPS that have come out recently where you play a human soldier fighting aliens or Nazis I tend to just stick with the gun I started the mission with. So basically in I did in Gears of War 2, Killzone 2, COD, Bad Company, Rainbow Six, Brothers in Arms etc. Sometimes I will play with a fun new gun for a few kills but will usually switch back simply because the basic assault rifle or carbine are usually the best and have all the ammo.
The only exception I make is for sniper rifles. Just because. Or the knife which has become some kind of instant kill super weapon in most games.
The only exception I make is for sniper rifles. Just because. Or the knife which has become some kind of instant kill super weapon in most games.
i did the same thing, although i only did that to get the achievement. even so it kicks ass when it is fully pimpedmegamanenm said:
I stick with the first weapon if it is a good weapon. The cutter in Dead space rocks, the saw sucks to use since you have to let the enemies get close, but there are uber amounts of blades all over the place, which kind of forces you to use it. The primary assault rifle in Crysis is excellent, and I used it throughout the game. As a general rule, I will replace my first weapon with better ones later in the game, but will use it out of necessity.
Like many others here, I don't use beginner weapons exclusively, but I usually use whatever weapon I find best for the situation, which may very well be the starter weapon. In the Half-Life games, that holy instrument of divine vengeance the Crowbar is a very useful secondary weapon, which can deal a lot of damage very quickly, and ofc it's just fun to clobber headcrabs to pieces. The Pistol, at least in HL2 (I haven't really played HL1 much), is also a reliable, versatile weapon with plenty of ammo available, it can achieve a very respectable firing rate and four shots (which can be done in about a second or so) to the crab will kill both a zombie and his critter dead (or re-dead as the case may be), while, for instance, using the SMG may lead to only about two dead zombies (if that) per clip (yeah, I probably suck), and since SMG ammo is rarer than pistol ammo, it's usually the pistol for me when facing zombies (if I don't have any shotgun shells left, that is).
The first Halo would be a similar, well-known scenario. The Pistol's scope makes it the perfect tool for headshotting Grunts at range, saving the ammo of more precious weapons for Elites and other powerful critters. Also, the Assault Rifle, which is admittedly arguably not the starting weapon, is still a good backup in many situations - it has a pretty good damage output against anything, and only the Shotgun beats it in close combat (in the first game, singleplayer, at least).
In Left 4 Dead, I don't use starting weapons much after I find the first stash of second-tier guns, except ofc when I'm down (which happens a lot) and I'm forced to use the pistol, and I rarely really run out of ammo. The one exception was when I was trying to get Akimbo Assassin (which eventually succeeded, after several games that I ended because I got bored) in singleplayer.
In Red Orchestra, the gun I'm using depends on what classes are still open, but I'm not averse to just using the bog-standard bolt-action rifle, those things are still amazingly useful. Although I do go for the semi-auto rifle or light machine gun whenever I get the chance. I rarely take a class with an SMG (unless it's the tank commander class), and I'm not good enough to snipe.
The first Halo would be a similar, well-known scenario. The Pistol's scope makes it the perfect tool for headshotting Grunts at range, saving the ammo of more precious weapons for Elites and other powerful critters. Also, the Assault Rifle, which is admittedly arguably not the starting weapon, is still a good backup in many situations - it has a pretty good damage output against anything, and only the Shotgun beats it in close combat (in the first game, singleplayer, at least).
In Left 4 Dead, I don't use starting weapons much after I find the first stash of second-tier guns, except ofc when I'm down (which happens a lot) and I'm forced to use the pistol, and I rarely really run out of ammo. The one exception was when I was trying to get Akimbo Assassin (which eventually succeeded, after several games that I ended because I got bored) in singleplayer.
In Red Orchestra, the gun I'm using depends on what classes are still open, but I'm not averse to just using the bog-standard bolt-action rifle, those things are still amazingly useful. Although I do go for the semi-auto rifle or light machine gun whenever I get the chance. I rarely take a class with an SMG (unless it's the tank commander class), and I'm not good enough to snipe.
That was one of my love-hate things in Halo 2. On the one hand, you have to really consider your loadout, on the other the lack of all-rounders can be frustrating when you're faced with an unexpected situation, and nabbing an appropriate gun off of a corpse isn't always an option, and even so you might not want to lose your current weapons. (Especially if they include such juicy things like the Rocket Launcher or one of the sniper rifles, which can be VERY useful.)Iron Mal said:
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I don't think it's as big a deal as you guys are making out...
And not really, but usually it's not worth it.
Though the first assult rifle you get in Killzone 2 is easily the best so that's at least one game.
I definitely don't. I do use the weapon, but I don't feel a pulling need to stick with it throughout. It's more fun to vary my arsenal.
In hardcore fps'es I find myself using the standart assault rifle, that you get ten minutes in, a lot. Sometimes even the pistol with infinite ammo.
This, although i completed half life 2.tomtom94 said:
But i stick with the starter weapons in alot of games.
The plasma cutter is amazing I don't regard it as a beginner weapon but the machine gun in Red Faction Guerrilla should be replaced with the nano rifle or the machine gun with semi seeking rounds.