The weapons of games long past....

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bladax

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So I was sitting and looking at Far cry 2 and its laughably small weapon list. Then I got to thinking of the other weapons of just about any game running around the market today. I mean take a look at the most popular games in the market? Guaranteed at least one projectile weapon that fires metal "bullets" from an explosive propulsion method is there. But then I remember WAAAAY back in the Day we had some freaky ass weaponry in our games. So here's a fun little thought. Name some crazy ass weapons you can think of. And as a final afterthought Name a SINGLE weapon (Genetic enhancements count as they are BIOLOGICAL weaponry I.E Plasmids) the you would personally claim to your own. Any one weapon and if you could be so kind, tell us why said weapon would be your personal weapon and what scenario that your weapon would shine the greatest if you feel like adding that info.

As for myself? I would choose the Rig from Wild 9. This thing was nearly invincible, not even a nuclear bomb could destroy the thing, and moreover it could lift up ANYTHING within 60 meters, (Game manual as reference) And nothing I mean NOTHING was too heavy for this thing. It was like a simple little metal backpack and a single glove on the right hand. And from that a force beam erupts from the glove and lifts up whatever is needed. And if enough energy is consumed the beam becomes super heated and can burn metal just from being held. Now Imagine this thing in action, a 200 PSI beam grabbing a small car and flinging it into the ground at 100 mph. This thing is a wrecking ball without the size. And it never ran out of energy... NEVER.

My scenario to show this thing shining would be a simple bog standard zombie apocalypse, lets say you see a hoard of zombies coming from a distance, Simply extend your hand, pick up a car, and slam it around into the hoard until they vaguely resemble a bloody pancake.

Any-who, brothers and sisters of the escapist, I want to hear what you know about, and the weapon your personally favor. And if you could give us a little description of the thing in action. Right hope to hear from you guys.
 

Frotality

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i will never forget the infinite joy of that razor-pill thing from turok:evolution.

an overall crappy game, but it had some damn fun weapons. the one in question was the alternate fire of some gun that did...something, and it basically shot a little pill of god-knows-what into enemies, and you hear their organs being ground up, blood squirting out everywhere. first their limbs would be devoured into bloody paste, then their legs, then finally the bloody stump left painfully spasm-ing on the ground would explode into mutilated gore.

what weapon would i want? well a recent thread presented the galgun that makes women orgasm, so i guess that. or a less creepy choice, the gravity gun from half life 2.

EDIT: i totally ninja'd the guy below me. my first ninja, yay!
 

Sephychu

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Weapon I personally favour?

Metal Gear. Bigass Metal Gear Rex. Giant mechanical bipedal battle-tank, capable of shooting nuclear missiles with a rail-gun, screams like a dinosaur, would be terrifying on the battlefield, has lasers, machineguns, and anti personnel missile launchers. 1,505KM of travel before it needs refuelling, and 10,000 12.7mm slugs to pepper anyone stupid enough to get in my way with.

Scenario? Any large scale battle. Everyone dies.
 

Skorpyo

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The rifle from Duke Nukem II.

It could fire bullets, lasers, fire, AND rockets.
 

Moonmover

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Dungeon Siege has an automatic rifle that fires live chickens and never runs out of, uh, "ammo." You can kill your enemies AND have some free chickens!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl has quite the arsenal. Among other things you can use paper fans, balls of goo, motorcycles, fire-spawing flowers, baseball bats, frying pans, golf clubs, turnips, banana peels, tennis rackets, guns that shoot peanuts, apples, and a crystal that summons a giant puppy to distract your enemies
 

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aquaman839 said:
Cerebral Bore Turok on N64. That weapon was crazy it would just chase after you for days. Also golden gun.
Damn. Ninja'd twice.

That weapon was so satisfying to kill a f'ing raptor with.
 

MrMoustaffa

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Cerebral Bore from Turok, that gun was awesomesauce in a can.

EDIT: DAMN NINJAS!!!

ok... how about the Ripper from Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. It fired sawblades that would hit the target, keep spinning, and cut all of the target's limbs off. Plus you could stack them and end up with like 4 sawblades spinning around all crazy on a single guy.

And the Quadruple barrel shotgun in that upcoming Bulletstorm game looks pretty sweet too...
 

Trull

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BFG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEOZm3nqvEk&feature=related
but of course, I prefer the one from quake 3
 

luckshotpro

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i'm going to say Jack Krauser's bow from Resident Evil 4
that, or the stake gun from Painkiller
 

oplinger

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...A gun that shoots shurikens and lightning!

...sorry.
EDIT: ninja'd by -seconds-

But my personal favorite still comes from Painkiller, the minigun-rocket launcher combo is just sexy.
 

DLlama

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bleachigo10 said:
Anyone remember the landshark gun? That thing kicked all kinds of ass.
This and the gun that turned the world upside-down (can't remember what the name is right now)
 

WhiteandNeardy99

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Pretty much any weapon from Southpark on the N64, especially the wierd record player thing that made your enemies sing and dance on multiplayer. Oh and the gattling nerf gun, terrance and phillip dolls and yellow snowballs. Brilliant :p
 

Etstral

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I would have to go with the Omnigun Mk.12 from Wizardry 8. There's just something pleasing about a gun that fires anything you put into it, and it has a chance to cause random negative statuses.
 
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The Halo: Combat Evolved needler is crazy. Unlike its successors, it's projectiles sound more glass than plastic, and if a bunch of them land in a soft target, there's a pause before the supercombine explosion goes off, giving you time to watch the enemy run around in shock and terror, fully aware that those pink shards pincussioning them around about to create several huge, pink explosions.

And, the slow-moving and homing nature of the needles creates incredible stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0540cMmW2fc&t=105


But I suppose that's not all THAT old.