Ode to the pistol.

[theamazingbean]

Love pistols, my personal favorite, my CZ-85 Combat

[http://imgur.com/NHEgTmg]

Good trigger, nice adjustable sights, ambidextrous controls.

 

[BaronUberstein]

My silenced 1911 in CoD4 was basically my primary weapon, because my R700 was too loud of an option half the time.

Hardcore mode, double tap, they're dead, and nobody's the wiser.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Remember in Halo: CE when you switched to your pistol not because it was quicker to reload, but because it was better? XD

That thing was op as fuck! The silent cartographer level was like "Here are some rocket launchers to deal with the hunters" and was like "lol nope. I've got a fuckin' pistol."

... Good times XD

So true, when playing Halo most of the time my pistol was my main weapon, and I'd keep a plasma rifle as a backup. It was scoped and everything!
Then they ruined it in Halo 2 to balance the duel wielding.

 

[Sealpower]

Anyway, in any of the Uncharted games, whenever I come across one of the hard-hitting pistols (Desert-5, Wes-44, Tau Sniper, Mag-5), I tend to favor those over just about any other weapon.

Oh yes, same here!
But that also goes for the 92FS for me. I know it's the standard issue handgun in the second half of all of the games, but it feels so good. I guess it's just perfectly balanced to my gaming style or something.

 

[King of Asgaard]

Three words:
Carnifex Hand Cannon.

This pistol is pretty much the bane of everything in the Mass Effect universe.
It's even the last weapon Shepard uses in ME3, and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

 

[NightmareExpress]

Ah, the pistol.
The dependable sidekick that swoops in when the hero (main weapon) can't get the job done.
Unless, you know, it's one of those games where the pistol is depicted as a peashooter that can barely put a scratch on the weaker enemies.

In Bad Company 2, many a foe fell to my Colt M1911. Despite having a pathetic mag size, the shots got the job done. Took about two shots to kill, so it was an entirely feasible self-defense tool that could take down several assault rifle toting enemies with a single magazine (three, with one more fairly maimed).

In Team Fortress 2 it's the master mid-range heckler for the Engineer and the Scout, and puts the pain down in close range (to the point where it's a completely viable alternative, if not a slight upgrade, to the shotgun in terms of DPS) too.

In games with stealth as a focus, or a great way to go about, silenced pistols are just lovely.
Be it Hitman, Human Revolution or Metal Gear Solid. I think I used it as my main weapon for the first two listed there during my first playthroughs.

In survival horror games, it's the early game means of defense (next to that lead pipe) and the thing that you can rely on in terms of ammo better than the likes of shotguns and rifles (meant for the more powerful enemies, if at all).

I won't even get started on revolvers (aka the master race of sidearms).

 

[Fayathon]

I use a my pistol almost exclusively in Planetside 2, at least when I'm playing infiltrator. A silenced Rebel pistol is the bane of many Vanu and Terran soldiers. Hell it's my backup gun for all my other classes too, just in case I need stealth or just a few more shots, damn thing has saved my ass more than once.

 

[Zakarath]

Remember in Halo: CE when you switched to your pistol not because it was quicker to reload, but because it was better? XD

That thing was op as fuck! The silent cartographer level was like "Here are some rocket launchers to deal with the hunters" and was like "lol nope. I've got a fuckin' pistol."

... Good times XD

So true, when playing Halo most of the time my pistol was my main weapon, and I'd keep a plasma rifle as a backup. It was scoped and everything!
Then they ruined it in Halo 2 to balance the duel wielding.

Well they made it quite a bit weaker, yeah, but dual wielding also allowed you to kill everything by pairing the pistol with the plasma pistol: overcharged plasma shot clears shields to make a follow-up pistol headshot lethal.

Halo 3 is where the nerf really fell, as they made the plasma pistol harder to aim and gave the human pistol a much slower fire rate.

 

[voltair27]

Three words:
Carnifex Hand Cannon.

This pistol is pretty much the bane of everything in the Mass Effect universe.
It's even the last weapon Shepard uses in ME3, and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

 

[Euryalus]

Remember in Halo: CE when you switched to your pistol not because it was quicker to reload, but because it was better? XD

That thing was op as fuck! The silent cartographer level was like "Here are some rocket launchers to deal with the hunters" and was like "lol nope. I've got a fuckin' pistol."

... Good times XD

So true, when playing Halo most of the time my pistol was my main weapon, and I'd keep a plasma rifle as a backup. It was scoped and everything!
Then they ruined it in Halo 2 to balance the duel wielding.

The only thing that gave me solace was the thought that "WOOHOO I HAVE TWO PLASMA RIFLES"

...It never lasted past the very first bit in Cairo station where you finally realized that "Hey... This isn't a very good combo "

The needler was beast on Legendary when you dual wielded though.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

The best gun in that series was my spectre assault rifle that I fit with heat heat sinks and a stabilizer. I could fire it forever XD

Halo 3 is where the nerf really fell, as they made the plasma pistol harder to aim and gave the human pistol a much slower fire rate.

They became utterly worthless

Bungie nerfed them so hard a fucking nerf gun would be more useful. Even on legendary the "noob combo" wasn't really a tactic you could use. It got much better, for the pistol at least, in Halo 4. I don't really remember what it was like in ODST or Reach though. I never really used 'em

 

[tangoprime]

When did the Half Life Revolver become obsolete? That thing is a one hit kill against any human opponent as long as you can line up the headshot.

I love using pistols in games, especially when they are well balanced. the .45 auto pistol in New Vegas is a favorite of mine.

I recently bought a Rock Island Arsenal 1911A1 and immediately had to go do a New Vegas playthrough, making a beeline for the Honest Hearts content to get my hands on one. Seriously, I LOVED the .45 in NV, once you get it modded and are using .45 Super Handloads, there's not really much need for another weapon, especially with high stealth. I loved the night sights that came on it too.

As an aside-
Captcha (one of those drop-down menu ones): "mr - what do you when you see ads running 04 your video content?"
WHAT THE F&#K DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?
Possible choices: Other, go to my phone, I watch the ad, TALK TO A FRIEND, watch tv, go to another room

 

[Thyunda]

Remember in Halo: CE when you switched to your pistol not because it was quicker to reload, but because it was better? XD

That thing was op as fuck! The silent cartographer level was like "Here are some rocket launchers to deal with the hunters" and was like "lol nope. I've got a fuckin' pistol."

... Good times XD

So true, when playing Halo most of the time my pistol was my main weapon, and I'd keep a plasma rifle as a backup. It was scoped and everything!
Then they ruined it in Halo 2 to balance the duel wielding.

The only thing that gave me solace was the thought that "WOOHOO I HAVE TWO PLASMA RIFLES"

...It never lasted past the very first bit in Cairo station where you finally realized that "Hey... This isn't a very good combo "

The needler was beast on Legendary when you dual wielded though.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

The best gun in that series was my spectre assault rifle that I fit with heat heat sinks and a stabilizer. I could fire it forever XD

Halo 3 is where the nerf really fell, as they made the plasma pistol harder to aim and gave the human pistol a much slower fire rate.

They became utterly worthless

Bungie nerfed them so hard a fucking nerf gun would be more useful. Even on legendary the "noob combo" wasn't really a tactic you could use. It got much better, for the pistol at least, in Halo 4. I don't really remember what it was like in ODST or Reach though. I never really used 'em

ODST had a different pistol to the other games. The focus was on the submachinegun and the pistol for that game. They made that gun pretty goddamn impressive...at least from what I remember.

ODST is so hard to remember.

Why is that?

 

[Euryalus]

ODST had a different pistol to the other games. The focus was on the submachinegun and the pistol for that game. They made that gun pretty goddamn impressive...at least from what I remember.

ODST is so hard to remember.

Why is that?

Oh yeah, the silenced ones. They were beast

As for the second part, I think its because ODST was after the main trilogy, so there was less expectation. It was also a lot more subtle in its atmosphere.

Just listen to the soundtrack.

 

[Radoh]

Magnum in Left Four Dead Two.
Good lord that gun, if used properly you can get through an entire campaign barely touching anything else.

 

[WanderingFool]

Three words:
Carnifex Hand Cannon.

This pistol is pretty much the bane of everything in the Mass Effect universe.
It's even the last weapon Shepard uses in ME3, and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

Maybe in ME2, but the Phalanx got shot to hell (heh, sorry) in ME3.

Unless im using a anti-air/asshole class in COD, I always keep a pistol as secondary. Cant count the number of times I had to dolphin to avoid dying, while pulling out the Python to double-tap the guy trying to kill me.

Also while the long arms may be more powerful and such in DE:HR, the suppressed Zenith was Godly regardless. The moment you get a laser sight, silencer, and the AP round mod for it, you dont need anything else save for those pesky "situational" occasions... actually, Not Even Then!

 

[King of Asgaard]

Three words:
Carnifex Hand Cannon.

This pistol is pretty much the bane of everything in the Mass Effect universe.
It's even the last weapon Shepard uses in ME3, and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

The Phalanx would take at least half a dozen shots to take down an enemy.
The Carnifex could do it in two, sometimes less if you're good with headshots.
A larger ammo capacity and faster fire rate do not necessarily make the Phalanx a better gun, as the Carnifex easily topples it in terms of sheer bullet-for-bullet power.
Besides, the Carnifex has the best advertisements ever.

 

[Brendan Stepladder]

Of course, it's time for me ro recite the joys of everybody's favorite halo handgun... the Plasma Pistol!

Admit it, you didn't see that one coming. I just like being able to shoot a gun that can render a tank useless, and is still smaller than tissue box.

 

[fix-the-spade]

I have fond memories of the suppressed hand guns in BF2, the only quiet guns in the game, the potential for trolling was limitless.

and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

Potentially it's what kills him too, it's that awesome, even Dr Solus is helpless against it.

 

[Random berk]

Three words:
Carnifex Hand Cannon.

This pistol is pretty much the bane of everything in the Mass Effect universe.
It's even the last weapon Shepard uses in ME3, and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

Difference is that by the time the Phalanx showed up, you never even needed pistols because every class of soldier could carry every weapon type. You could have a biotic with a Raptor semi auto rifle and Incisor sniper rifle, and that was all you'd ever want. In ME2 when pistols actually mattered, the Carnifex was the most beastly handgun on the market. And that, is where the fond memories come from.

 

[voltair27]

Three words:
Carnifex Hand Cannon.

This pistol is pretty much the bane of everything in the Mass Effect universe.
It's even the last weapon Shepard uses in ME3, and is given to you by Mordin Solus.

The Carnifex? BAH. The Carnifex was absolutely Terrible compared to the Phalanx. Now THAT was a hell of a gun.

The Phalanx would take at least half a dozen shots to take down an enemy.
The Carnifex could do it in two, sometimes less if you're good with headshots.
A larger ammo capacity and faster fire rate do not necessarily make the Phalanx a better gun, as the Carnifex easily topples it in terms of sheer bullet-for-bullet power.
Besides, the Carnifex has the best advertisements ever.

Perhaps in ME3 but in ME2 the Phalanx was the better gun. Better range, better fire rate, more accurate, more damage per clip, and it actually FELT like a magnum. The Carnifex felt like a peashooter in comparison.