Game guns that should be but never were.

[ABLb0y]

A gun that shoots other guns... which shoot tiny deep-fried beer cans.

Like this

 

[RJ 17]

I'd have a gun and call it the Wabbajack. It shoots chaos. Every time you fire it off something random will happen. Fire it off and it'll rain strawberry Fanta over the plains of Africa for a month. Shoot it again and your target turns into Godzilla. Shoot it again and the earth splits open unleashing a horde of killer bunny rabbits as seen in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail. Shoot it again and a fish in a business suit will appear and offer to sell you home owner's insurance. Shoot it again and lightning will strike Bill Cosby. Shoot it again and Andrew Ryan declares war on Comstock's Columbia for being the manifestation of everything he loathes. Shoot it again and...

The only catch is that there is no trigger for the gun, in order to fire it you have to shout in an insane voice: "WABBAJACK-WABBAJACK-WABBAJACK!!!"

 

[Daverson]

I'm not a big fan of guns but let's go with the Gunblade because FINAL FANTASY.

I don't want to alarm you, but... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_gun]

All that said, there are weapons largely seen in video games that deserve to have been made in reality. Any of a variety of break breach revolvers such as the MP411 Rex.

I don't want to alarm you, but... [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley_Revolver]

 

[Bloodstain]

Of course, there is only one answer.

Spoiler: Here it is.

 

[___________________]

A power fist wearing Space Marine launcher. Was it in a game or does it even exist in real life? No. But it should.

 

[King of Asgaard]

I'm not a big fan of guns but let's go with the Gunblade because FINAL FANTASY.

Ah yes, the sword that can be neither used as sword (you'll break your fucking wrist if you'll use this shit as a sword) nor as a gun.

As someone who has practised fencing, I can say that you're wrong in your assessment, as swords with pistol grips exist.

Spoiler: See?

Not exactly a revolver grip, is it?

Trust me on this, it's the same basic hand posture.
And on the other note, a sword that uses a gun mechanism to make its strikes more deadly is retarded, but a sword you have to rev like a motorbike's engine is not retarded? Seriously? That is the silliest thing I've heard in a while; at least the gunblade sounds plausible, but Nero's sword is ridiculous in principle.

 

[Kristian Fischer]

The shuriken and lightning gun from Painkiller. 'nuff said.

 

[HaraDaya]

Liquid Flamethrower--30-yards lethal, actual damage done, tiny fuel reserve? Like Charizard in gun (and backpack) form. Aerosol flamethrowers--used in every other game--suck except for the "fire" aspect.

The recently released Rising Storm have the US deploying flamethrowers that are the main reason I will ragequit the game. Long range (for a flame weapon), any hit stuns you if it doesn't kill you immediately, there's no blindly emptying your magazine in his direction. If he fires into a room you're in, there's no avoiding it as the stream bounces off surfaces and spreads in splashes.
If flamethrowers were this horrific in WWII, US lost a lot of good-guy points.

 

[ZorroFonzarelli]

There is one and only one gun that I can think of that belongs on this list more than any other firearm conceivable.

Armed & Dangerous' Land Shark Gun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHPvT8zVXT0

 

[Pink Gregory]

Mountain gun.

It fires snow-capped boulders.

 

[direkiller]

A power fist wearing Space Marine launcher. Was it in a game or does it even exist in real life? No. But it should.

Do assault marries jump packs count?
if not
Shokk Attack gun - It shoots Snotlings at peoples faces in a warp induced frenzy.
and yes orks get all the cool toys

 

[Casual Shinji]

The Alpha Disruptor from Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction.

Just your standard issue big awesome space bazooka.

 

[Thaluikhain]

It's a mechanical axe throwing machine.

A power fist wearing Space Marine launcher. Was it in a game or does it even exist in real life? No. But it should.

Do assault marries jump packs count?

Shokk Attack gun - It shoots Snotlings at peoples faces in a warp induced frenzy.
and yes orks get all the cool toys

In the old days, it would teleport them inside people's clothes and armour. Gah!

Oh, and there's that flying ork with power claws for feet.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I'm aware that they were made in the past - I'm just aware of any such weapon in current production. As I said, the existence of a fundamental flaw is what keeps you from seeing such weapons. While it would be fine using a lower powered cartridge, the modern market tends to view revolvers as a platform for very powerful cartridges.

 

[GabeZhul]

I'm not a big fan of guns but let's go with the Gunblade because FINAL FANTASY.

Ah yes, the sword that can be neither used as sword (you'll break your fucking wrist if you'll use this shit as a sword) nor as a gun.

As someone who has practised fencing, I can say that you're wrong in your assessment, as swords with pistol grips exist.

Spoiler: See?

Not exactly a revolver grip, is it?

Trust me on this, it's the same basic hand posture.
And on the other note, a sword that uses a gun mechanism to make its strikes more deadly is retarded, but a sword you have to rev like a motorbike's engine is not retarded? Seriously? That is the silliest thing I've heard in a while; at least the gunblade sounds plausible, but Nero's sword is ridiculous in principle.

Yeah. You hold the sword like they hold swords. What's plausible about a GUNBLADE? You want a gun, you make a gun. You want a sword, you make a sword. You want a sword that transforms into a gun, alright, Final Fantasy XIII's got you covered. But a sword with a trigger that requires you to hold it uncomfortably just to get a damage boost? How is that less stupid than a sword that you have to hold normally and rev to get a damage boost.

Because it is actually not at all uncomfortable to hold (the angle of the blade to the grip is less than fifteen degrees, there are "proper" swords with bigger angles), you only need one finger to pull the trigger compared to doing a twisting motion that not only causes gripping problems but can pretty much destroy your wrist and because the gunblade is a not a gun with a blade or a blade with a gun but a vibrosword with a gun aesthetic.

BTW, have you even SEEN how Squall holds the gunblade in combat? To quote you, "You hold the sword like they hold swords.". It's the exact same posture. There are two gunblades in that game, as Squall uses and holds his as a sword while Seifer uses and holds his a katar. There is simply no reason to diss the weapon maybe beside that it looks kinda goofy, but then again, it is a 1.2 meters long slab of solid steel that explodes into violent vibrations as it cuts into you and messes up your insides, and I have a hard time making fun of something like that just because it looks funny.

 

[GabeZhul]

The twisting motion is done before the sword is used, not when. And the biggest problem with the gunblade grip is: imagine that you hold a pretty big sword like that and you're blocking an attack with another big sword. If it won't fuck up your wrist completely, it'll hurt like hell. When blocking attack with a normal sword you hold it differently. Fencing would be possible, but it's a sword, not a rapier.

The only time I can remember there being an actual fight where Squall had to block strikes was in the opening cinematic, where he used the back and the flat of the blade to do so, parrying and deflecting the attacks instead of straight up blocking them (like in a real duel, I suppose). Ultimately the gunblade doesn't appear to be really suited for defense, but then again, it is a huge blade that is mostly about attack, and if we are at this topic, there are much, much worse examples of unwieldy weapons geared for offense in the same franchise, like Cloud's buster sword, that strangely never get any flak even though they are arguably much, much worse.

As for Nero's revving sword, the problem with that is that a good chunk of its handle is the throttle which would cause it to turn around all the time and wouldn't provide a proper grip. Then again, you could argue that Nero is a superhuman bad-ass trained with this weapon and thus it doesn't matter, but then I have to ask why you don't consider the same argument for GF enhanced, trained-from-childhood-to-be-a-mercenary weapon-specialist Squall.