Game guns that should be but never were.

[kommando367]

The Rail Driver from Red Faction because it's a 1HKO sniper that makes cover and armor useless.

 

[Madman123456]

Since i made myself a mod for fallout 3 it exists, if only on my game but it exists. A pistol that shoots dogs that explode on impact in a nuclear fireball.
The gun fires 100 rounds per minute.
Not a very good weapon in close quarters...

 

[MammothBlade]

Personally, I'm fairly pragmatic about my firearms. Aesthetics mean relatively little in comparison to their utility. A triple barrel firearm earns you nothing that a single round of a larger caliber couldn't earn in terms of maximum conceivable stopping power and worse, the actual real basis for multi barrel weapons generally doesn't apply for most personal weapons. We've long since solved the autoloading problem leaving multiple barrels only for cases where tremendous rate of fire dictates the need in order to keep the weapon cool enough to function properly. Likewise a gun sword (or gun knife) is ill equipped to perform the function of blade or firearm; weapons do their best work when they are designed with a very clear purpose.

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. Sadly this weapon (and indeed every other example of the same) suffers from a fatal flaw: the break action introduces a necessary weakness in the point of the frame under the greatest amount of stress when the weapon is fired. Increasingly powerful cartridge designs doomed this design long ago though it should be noted that it once was a fairly common reload mechanism in days of yore. Other examples would include the HK G11 - an assault rifle who's use of caseless ammunition offered staggering magazine sizes among other things and the Pancor Jackhammer - an early successful attempt to turn a shotgun into a street sweeper. While the former is doomed simply because of cost, the latter's promise was ended by the US government. As it was being considered for possible introduction in the US arsenel, there were necessary delays on any and all sales of the weapon. The testing period was so long that the manufacturer went bankrupt before it was completed.

Realism? In my badass gun games? Leave it at the door, style trumps realism any day of the month when fun is the name of the game. As long as it's projectile ballistics and not hitscan, that's all the realism I need.

Meanwhile there are a lot of "modern military shooters" with desert eagles. I can't explain just how boring that is.

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

How about a gunblade that shoots actual swords?

 

[Matt King]

A gun that shoots mini-velociraptors,or pit bulls or something, just imagine shooting five, 10 cm high velociraptors onto a guys face

 

[Peahats]

I'd totally love a gun that shoots angry wasps. The maintenance for such a gadget would definitely be hilarious.

Half-Life has got you covered. Though it just reloads over time, no need to insert a fresh wasp's nest.

Spoiler

 

[MammothBlade]

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.

See, this is one point I don't like about the way revolvers are used in games today.

I don't like using massive revolvers in videogames, because in my mind, that's not what they're about. No, they're supposed to be extremely reliable, get the job done no matter what weapons. Fewer moving parts than a semi-automatic, every shot counts but it's not overkill. There's a certain combination of simplicity and reliability to revolvers. Even if that's not necessarily true, it's a reputation, and an appealing one. None of that .44 magnum. You don't need that to kill or threaten someone.

 

[The Funslinger]

I'd totally love a gun that shoots angry wasps. The maintenance for such a gadget would definitely be hilarious.]

That happens during the killer robot episode of Malcolm in the Middle.

 

[Muspelheim]

Id like some sort of high-powered, multipurpose crossbow, with a lever operated cocking mechanism and a big bayonette at the business end. Like a clockwork-punk Chu-ko-nu.

It could have various scope attachments, adjustments for range and flatness or armour piercing strength at close range and a magazine of sorts for several bolts.

The bolts themselves could have different tactical advantages. You could have armour piercing bodkin head quarrels, you could have broad, very nasty quarrels and maybe quarrels with a glass tip filled with acid and poisons.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Flamethrowers. There's hardly any weapons in games that are true flamethrowers, they all have tiny range and little effectiveness past the first volley. Flamethrowers should have the range and coverage of a firehose (plus burning the surroundings), but games have to balance it by making flamethrowers with the range of leafblowers.

Bioshock is the only game I know of that understood the premise of flamethrowers and jellied gasoline, but even then the range was lacking.

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. Sadly this weapon (and indeed every other example of the same) suffers from a fatal flaw: the break action introduces a necessary weakness in the point of the frame under the greatest amount of stress when the weapon is fired. Increasingly powerful cartridge designs doomed this design long ago though it should be noted that it once was a fairly common reload mechanism in days of yore.

Here's a personal favorite firearm of mine. Sadly, it isn't featured in any games except Westerns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_3 -- more commonly called the Schofield.

 

[Sunrider]

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

I want a replica of that one so damn bad. I'm shit out of luck though, because I bet there's none to be had that aren't either made from plastic or home-made by someone way more skilled than myself.

 

[DragonV2.0]

the tri-barreld rocket launcher from UT and the flak cannon too from that game too.

special mention goes to the land shark gun

 

[PBMcNair]

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

This sounds like a job for Angry Marines.

Spoiler

 

[Schadrach]

That one failed kickstarted game(forgot the name) it was basically done and it was like a combination of Champions Online and Crackdown.
It looked freaking amazing.

This one? http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=126109020&searchtext=project+awakened

 

[Poetic Nova]

The Helghast AR from the first Killzone offcourse! It has a scope, 50 round mag and a shotgun attachment underneath to cover any range!

Spoiler

It looks like a FAMAS but better

Shame any Killzone after it ditched the shotgun/ scope parts.

 

[TehCookie]

A spitball gun. Aka a straw and when you hit someone with it, it blinds them. Or a gun that shoots cows! Or even worse mad cows and if you get hit your controls are reversed. I don't think my guns would be good for kill, but fun to annoy people with.

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.

You can also do it when attacking, it's one of the unlockable skills. Even in the opening cutscene to mission 2 he revs in it battle.
[sub][sub]The fangirl in me had to point that out... I played that game way too much.[/sub][/sub]

Both weapons are unrealistic and work because rule of cool. I'd take unrealistic awesomeness over realism any day.

 

[piinyouri]

That one failed kickstarted game(forgot the name) it was basically done and it was like a combination of Champions Online and Crackdown.
It looked freaking amazing.

This one? http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=126109020&searchtext=project+awakened

Actually I don't think that's it from the looks of it, unless it's underwent a serious overhaul for the worse.

OP: I apologize, I completely didn't see the "gun" in your title. >.<

 

[tsb247]

This,

Spoiler: Laptop Gun

Needs to exist...

NOW!

It's always been a favorite of mine, and it would be interesting to see even a similar weapon be constructed. I have always seen this as the ultimate secret agent gadget.

 

[Johann610]

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.

According to Wikipedia, the man-portable modern flamethrower was invented by Germans in time for The Great War, and used in the Polish Blitzkrieg in 1939. The allies came out with it afterward. Flame Tanks were used against Japanese caves in WWII, and the Western allies developed similar tracked-armor flame tanks for these campaigns. Desperate times, I guess.

 

[Johann610]

I'm gonna go with Jeff Moreau and say, we need a gun that shoots Thresher Maws.
Annnnd EDI just forgot to recycle the air.