Useless weapons in games

[Squilookle]

The reason why useless weapons have always -and probably WILL always- feature in games is so that managing to kill someone with it ensures the complete and utter destruction of the victim's self esteem. Do it enough and you'll have the juicy sight of people running in terror from you because you've got THAT weapon out, and they couldn't stand the humiliation yet another time.

Besides, these weapons sometimes become more useful under different circumstances. One hit kills for example.

 

[Hristo Petrov]

The TMP and the Matilda in Resident evil 4 are pretty useless

 

[mrF00bar]

Game designers think that they add balance. That is only if people actually use them though!

My vote goes to the Intervetion on MW2. Why would you use that when the Barret is unlocked from the get go too and is a better weapon all round? yes, yes, I know that some pople prefer the Intervention, but you have to admit, you are in a minority.

lol? Almost every sniper that plays MW2 uses the intervention. For the PC anyway, its rare to see people use other sniper rifles.

 

[R1CK_D0M]

some weapons in halo like the pistol. The prod in worms (unless if used for humiliation). Grenades and other lobbed weapons in that game are pretty useless too (excepting the holy hand grenade).

 

[Lord_Joe23]

In Star Wars: Republic Commando, every weapon except the armor vibroblade.

 

[DarkLight523]

The most useless weapon I could think of:
This weapon would only kill your enemy if you gave it to them to shoot.

 

[JackAllan]

I don't think there has been a single weapon that doesn't have at least some use in some situation.

*Looks at a .32 from both Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines and Fallout 3*

Yep... Not a single weapon from a SINGLE game is useless.

Hey, in F3 you find a lot of dead bodies clutching .32s, they're good for suicide.

 

[Banhaze]

some weapons in halo like the pistol. The prod in worms (unless if used for humiliation). Grenades and other lobbed weapons in that game are pretty useless too (excepting the holy hand grenade).

Looks like someone hasn't played Halo: Combat Evolved...
Pistol, meet everyone. Everyo- Oh you're all already dead...

 

[Kramcake2516]

The chinesse pistol in fallout 3 just when you think the normal pistol is a waste of time later on in the game wait till you tryied this gun its like shooting them with a water pistol lol

 

[JC175]

Nothing comes anywhere near as close to being useless as the Fish Food from Jet Force Gemini.

...yeah, there's no tricks. It's fish food, you use it to feed fish. Thrilling.

 

[Batfred]

Game designers think that they add balance. That is only if people actually use them though!

My vote goes to the Intervetion on MW2. Why would you use that when the Barret is unlocked from the get go too and is a better weapon all round? yes, yes, I know that some pople prefer the Intervention, but you have to admit, you are in a minority.

lol? Almost every sniper that plays MW2 uses the intervention. For the PC anyway, its rare to see people use other sniper rifles.

I have based my (possibly wrong) assumption based on knifng snipers and then deciding whether to pick up their - normally a - Barret. Hey I could be wrong.

 

[Emilie Diabolica]

the fucking wabbajack or whatever it's called...

and hasnt this thread been done? like HEAPS of times?

 

[jultub]

well, Pokemon are weapons too, so... Magikarp

It is useful in that it becomes an awesome water snake/dragon thingy which pwns ass

 

[Sebenko]

The torch in Doom3.

I point you to this page of the doom comic for reasons as to why:

Spoiler: image spoilered for post size

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

well, Pokemon are weapons too, so... Magikarp

It is useful in that it becomes an awesome water snake/dragon thingy which pwns ass

yeah, i guess that's true... nobody fcks with gyarados

 

[Archindar]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Rusty Iron Dagger from oblivion.

it sucks...

 

[The Hairminator]

The magnum in Halo 3. It. Is. Worthless.

 

[Outright Villainy]

The Klobb... nuff said...

Ninja'd. That weapon was the most annoying gun ever. More spread than a minigun, piss poor damage, and it sounded like it was farting continuously. The generic pistol was a beast by comparison.

 

[Enou]

I would disagree about Ebony & Ivory in DMC (3, at least, haven't played the other ones). They are great tools for juggling opponents, whittling down HP if you cant get close, and keeping your style meter high. but anyways...

Half the guns in Battlefield 2142 are worthless, and all the pistols are definitely, mostly because of the people who mastered sniping with the light machine gun..