Overpowered weapons in games.

[soilent]

ITT we discuss weapons in games that are by thier very nature, gamebreaking in thier power.

I have no idea how to post images so bear with me.
The Maliwan Hellfire

This SMG is argueably the best weapon in borderlands, next to the Double Anarchy school of guns.

Not only does it have high direct damage and decent clip size for an SMG, but its special effect is ungodly, you see, when you're shot with a hellfire, a strange thing occurs, you burst into flames that can incinerate you where you stand, and when properly specced, a Siren character (They specialize in these sorts of weapons) can kill just about anything with 2 shots, allowing the fire to kill the enemy for them.

This gun can turn the hardest parts of a reasonably difficult game, into cakewalks of the nth degree.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

The AWP in Counter-Strike.

Fuck that overpowered gun!

 

[Julianking93]

The knife gloves in DR2.

Easy to make, fast as hell and can kill any enemy in no more than 3 hits.

 

[jamradar]

The Halo plasma pistol:

With one charged shot it can full bring down shields .It can also power down a vehicle with one charged shot.

 

[kouriichi]

I always thought revolvers were overpowered in borderlands if you were Mordecai.

Oh well. Overpowered weapons are a plight. Every game has those 1 or 2 weapons that just stickout to much, and completely dominate no matter what theyer up against.

Example: i let my uncle play Modern Warfare 2 on my 360. he only ever plays racing games on his PS3, so this is completely out of his element. I gave him danger close noobtubes, and his first match he want 12/8.

if a person who's never played a first person shooter in theyer life can do that good, theres gotta be some tangable explination.

 

[BMX670]

You may not have heard of The Chopper. Allow me to inform you.

It is factually and intentionally the most overpowered weapon in the game. The only reason it isn't completely unbeatable is that they almost always have 0.0 accuracy. if you pull the trigger once, it will keep firing until you interrupt it or run out of ammo. This lets you sprint while firing it. With high enough buffs from Roland, it takes 15 seconds to unload all 1120 rounds. Anything but Crawmerax is a bloody pulp well before then.

 

[Hollock]

damn, the blitzkreig in DR2. I'd like some of that, yes please. (it's a son of a ***** finding a lmg though)

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Still a classic overpowered weapon and that is this...

If you don't know what that is you haven't played enough DOOM.

 

[soilent]

You may not have heard of The Chopper. Allow me to inform you.

It is factually and intentionally the most overpowered weapon in the game. The only reason it isn't completely unbeatable is that they almost always have 0.0 accuracy. if you pull the trigger once, it will keep firing until you interrupt it or run out of ammo. This lets you sprint while firing it. With high enough buffs from Roland, it takes 15 seconds to unload all 1120 rounds. Anything but Crawmerax is a bloody pulp well before then.

This gun seems pretty terrible to me, sure it can be useful against bosses, but in prolonged fights with large groups of enemies, this is totally useless.

 

[Ildecia]

bioshock 2; may i point out the spear gun.

i got the grenade launcher and said fuck it; went back to lightning+ rocket spears.

Big sisters= 2 shotted

 

[Wing Dairu]

That would be the Great Fairy's sword in Zelda: Majora's Mask. But it's balanced by the fact that you have to collect the 15 hardest-to-find fairies in the game to get it.

 

[Ickorus]

Grenades.

I hate them so much.

All people do is lob all their grenades at a place they think an enemy is and get easy kills, no skill in it and if like on BF2 you have a support kit that's unlimited nades.

 

[Kukakkau]

damn, the blitzkreig in DR2. I'd like some of that, yes please. (it's a son of a ***** finding a lmg though)

Top of pillar in middle of Yucatan casino and on the canopy lip above the cinema - there's two with the second near a battery and a lot of wheelchairs. Enjoy

The M16 in any CoD game - usually takes 2/3 bullets to kill someone with it, it fires 3 round bursts with little spread and has no ineffective range really. (can also apply to the FAMAS)

Plasma caster in Aliens vs Predator - lock on, charge quickly and at anything short of snipe range you'll get a kill

 

[HK_01]

Grenades.

I hate them so much.

All people do is lob all their grenades at a place they think an enemy is and get easy kills, no skill in it and if like on BF2 you have a support kit that's unlimited nades.

Especially cause in some games *cough* callofduty *cough* you can throw them across the whole map and get really cheap kills.

 

[Omega500]

The cerebral bore from Turok
The Farsight from Perfect Dark
the pyro from tf2 and his dam flame throwers

Ive been playing the N64 alot

 

[gallaetha_matt]

Still a classic overpowered weapon and that is this...

If you don't know what that is you haven't played enough DOOM.

I was gonna say the BFG. I used to spam that thing when I had ammo for it - which was rare because I spammed it so much. Every enemy got a rocket in the face when I was playing Doom. It was just common courtesy for me.

The MacManus from Saint's Row 2 is also scary at mid to long range. It can blow up a car in three - four shots from any distance and insta-kill any pedestrian, copper or gang member you set your sights on.

Plus it has a weird property that makes me always sing 'Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o, and on that farm he shot some guys e-i-e-i-o... Oswald was a fag,' whenever I use it to snipe. That is quite a powerful magical effect, I think you'll all agree - or maybe I just like the Usual Suspects way too much...

I also thought that the crossbow, with the right ammunition, was a bit of a gamebreaker in Bioshock. Still fun to play with though.

 

[Harlemura]

I know it's not technically overpowered, I just can't counter it because I suck, but it doesn't change the fact that it pisses me off!
It being The Axtinguisher [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Axtinguisher] from Team Fortress 2.
Put this in the hands of a skilled Pyro and, especially with that new feckin' Degreaser, you're just scared to go around any corner even in your own base.

Doesn't help that I have a friend who enjoys using the "Puff and Sting" strategy on me just because it annoys me.
Rarely does it to anyone else, just me. I hate my friends sometimes...

 

[TimeLord]

Any game that has a rapid firing grenade launcher

Actually, the RYNO is always overpowered in Ratchet and Clank. But that is intentional and awesome!

 

[Josh Kurber]

I would have to say the Ripper in Dead Space. One shot and a saw blade floats in mid-air, chopping everything to shit, and it can also shoot out a saw blade to take down multiple enemies' limbs.

 

[Inco]

The Fuel Rod Cannon in Halo Reach Multiplayer.

Like hell, i knew that they never put that in offical playlists or maps cause of its power/clip/speed/splash. But after Saturday's LAN party i had with random weapons, it was just way too easy to get kills with it.