how has nobody yet mentioned the most infamously impractical weapon of all; the buster blade
http://www.fantasyblades.net/images/products/FF%20400%20WIDE%20BLADE%20L.jpg
this weapon would weigh approximately 80 pounds. and even if the person were a freaking hulk and could weild it with ease, the weapon would still be not much more than a club, considering how very thick the blade is.
Sephiroth is apparently the only one in the world who can use the Masamune, and he's a super-soldier with genes spliced from an alien deity, so it at least makes sense within the context of the game. I don't know about real-world use, though I doubt that it's possible.
I mean, the series has an egotistical CAT man as the primary antagonist, accompanied by a transvestite schizophrenic and a war-hungry mutated ex-soldier who's muscles rival that of Chris Redfields, you have to excuse SOME things. x3
how has nobody yet mentioned the most infamously impractical weapon of all; the buster blade
http://www.fantasyblades.net/images/products/FF%20400%20WIDE%20BLADE%20L.jpg
this weapon would weigh approximately 80 pounds. and even if the person were a freaking hulk and could weild it with ease, the weapon would still be not much more than a club, considering how very thick the blade is.
As improper as crazy and unreasonable but the crowbar is a great fun weapon to use and against the various major spoiler "Zombines" (atleast i didnt quote alxy's entire lie,i almost did) but its a blast and i would try it even in real life.
I'm sorry to have to tell you this dude, but zombines... don't exist in real life. I'm really sorry.
Now, about Father Christmas...
Oh, and I nominate the stake gun / grenade launcher from "Painkiller". I guess it's great if you're up against easily explodable vampires. Unfortunately... (great, now I have to break this one to Warmoon too.)
As improper as crazy and unreasonable but the crowbar is a great fun weapon to use and against the various major spoiler "Zombines" (atleast i didnt quote alxy's entire lie,i almost did) but its a blast and i would try it even in real life.
lately I've been finding time to go back and play some of my old videogames again. Since I have been played a lot of Modern Warfare 2 lately, seeing how the guns are realistic, I've been paying more attention to how impractical and impossible that the weapons in these other games can be. I always knew before, I just started paying more attention recently.
Are these weapons cool, hell yes, but how they would logically work is beyond me.
So what weapons in videogames do you know of that can either never EVER work in real life, or are just plain ridiculous, and why is it that way.
Some weapons that I noticed in this category
Gunblade (Final Fantasy 8)
<img src=http://i36.tinypic.com/de7bc9.jpg>
I've seen a lot of impractical weapons, but this one takes the cake. First off, holding it from a handle like that would never give you good control of either the gun or the sword, and swinging it would put awkward pressure on your wrists. Furthermore, the gun portion seems unbalanced, you would get a lot of recoil from firing it.
Nero's gun: Blue Rose (Devil May Cry)
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a double barreled revolver would never work for two reasons.
1.) it would only have three shots, if a six shooter, yet he can fire it in the game with seemingly infinite shots while never reloading
2.) guns aren't made that way, I don't get how the mechanics of such a gun would work.
Chainsaw gun (Gears of War)
<img src=http://i38.tinypic.com/2rzcayv.jpg>
firstly, real chainsaws are heavy, and not only that but they would not really work well if the target in question is thrashing around, which is what most people would do. Secondly, I'm surprised that neither the gun itself no the chainsaw never gets jammed with guts every time its used. A good chainsaw would probably only be good once maybe twice after cutting through flesh. The gun jams in the game I know, but why don't the blood and guns affect that somehow.
tldr;
So yeah, any other weapons that are cool in games but come into question as to how they would work or how practical they are.
(Disclaimer: I did not write this, the original author is RazorTheAwesome from the Ultimateguitar forums)
Interestingly enough, they actually had gun blades in the 18th century. They united many weapons in those times: guns with swords, guns with axes, guns with maces, guns with shields...some of the reasons they no longer use them is...well, a lot of what you just said!
how has nobody yet mentioned the most infamously impractical weapon of all; the buster blade
http://www.fantasyblades.net/images/products/FF%20400%20WIDE%20BLADE%20L.jpg
this weapon would weigh approximately 80 pounds. and even if the person were a freaking hulk and could weild it with ease, the weapon would still be not much more than a club, considering how very thick the blade is.
The gunblade essentially expresses a dilemma born from lack of direction. There is nothing technically wrong with the grip orientation with respect to the blade - many swords use some form of offset because it allows a proper presentation of the blade from a given hand/arm position. This hand/arm position is essentially a function of the fighting style in question.
The wide blade suggests the gunblade is a cutting weapon, but the lack of a curved ege dimishes the utility of a cut. The curve is needed in a slashing weapon because a natural swininging motion would result in a chop rather than a slice. Relying on sheer weight in material would obviously work (this is how an axe functions afterall), but thee resulting blade would be heavy and poorly balanced.
By contrast, the point of the blade implies the weapon is designed to trust instead. The trouble is, without a hand guard, a thrust is a dangerous proposition if the blade meets sudden resistance on impact - you don't want to lose your grip (or your fingers).
The addition of the gun itself further confuses the weapon. Obviously there is far more material than the firearm would normally require meaning the weapon is going to be heavy. The length of the weapon indicates that proper aiming would require two hands but unfortunately the entire bottom of the weapon is presumably razor sharp making such a move potentially painful. Finally, the lack of any real sighting apparatus means aiming at a target more than a few dozen meters away would be nearly impossible.
As far as the double barreled handgun goes, I have to point out that not only are the possible, they have actually been <a href = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver> made.
The spudgun from Bully. The size of the rifle would mean you would need to reload after every shot, and it would take too long to pressurize the air for a second shot. The guy would already be on top of you. The firecrackers as well. Those would not just knock someone out. They would cause serious 3rd degree burns and land you in jail.
The guitar from Brutal Legend. Guitars do not have the ability to command the forces of nature, unless they are being played by Native Americans, because those guys can use anything to command the forces of nature.
A real life minigun (which is closer to what Chris carries) has a weapon weight in excess of 100 lbs. Considering that a legitimate minigun consumes 4.5mm disintegrating belt ammunition at a rate of 2000 RPM (clocked down from the maximum cyclic rate of 6,000 RPM), you come to realize that you need a LOT of ammunition to get the job done. As such, while a mingun can be considered man portable if disassembled, it is a crew served weapon and is generally only considered mobile if mounted upon a vehicle of some sort.
As such, while it is concievable that a certain level of badassery could account for being able to carry about a weapon and ammunition supply that push up against 175lbs for great distances, the odds of being able to effectively employ such a weapon without properly mounting it and whatnot is fairly slim. Chris is, however, not the first person to do such a thing. Predator gave us a man (Jessie Ventura) who could carry and fire a minigun himself, and Terminator 2 gave us a machine that could do the same.
a double barreled revolver would never work for two reasons.
1.) it would only have three shots, if a six shooter, yet he can fire it in the game with seemingly infinite shots while never reloading
2.) guns aren't made that way, I don't get how the mechanics of such a gun would work.
The 2nd pic on there looks like a LeMat revolver. If it is a LeMat, the lower barrel was loaded with buckshot for some reason. There's a reason why these things didn't catch on...
My first candidate is the MIRV Fat Man from Fallout 3. Devastating, but so powerful your likely to end up blowing up something important (such as yourself!). Besides, mini-nukes don't just grow on trees, and expending eight of em at a time is quite wasteful.
I forgot about the guns from Ratchet and Clank, but they certainly fall into this category as well, hilarious as they are.
edit: Also the Black Shark missile from Descent 3. Creating your own black hole is cool. Creating your own black hole and sucking yourself into it is not.
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