Weapons too seldomly used

[maninahat]

games need more of the following as useable weapons:

claw hammers
screwdrivers
bakelite phones
wheel braces
bricks
bricks in socks
blackjacks
fountain pens
chisels
bootknives (as in the flick out blades concealed in shoes, not a knife tucked inside your shoe)
and straight razors

A couple of them are in the Hitman Games. And the Thief games are blackjack mad. It should be "Thi4f: the blackjack age"

 

[k-ossuburb]

Actually, this is a good question as there's not one instance where a certain conventional weapon wasn't used; I've got to come up with something really obscure now.

Spoiler: So this is the best I could come up with

Why, yes, I am being lazy and just coming up with whatever is in my immediate proximity. How did you guess?

 

[Magnesium360]

The Experimental MIRV in Fallout 3 is epic.

Oh dude... first time I got it, I was like "WOOOOOAHHHHHH, I wonder what it does!?!?!". I'd seen a Fatman before, but I thought it would fire mini-nukes like rockets or something (much further range, more damage, etc)... So I got back to a long tunnel on the way out and let rip... boy was I wrong >.<

First time I fired it was by accident in the Rivet City market area. That... didn't go so well.

 

[EHKOS]

A shovel. You never get to kill things with shovels. I mean, I would expect at least 1 zombie game to let me kill things with shovels, but NO.

I belive Fallout 3 or NV let you do that.

 

[C95J]

Bows and arrows

or crossbows

Not explosive tip like COD: Black Ops regular arrows. Silent kills. Plus a knife.

+1 for Turok

I would have to say Tortoises... yeah, we need more games involving throwing tortoises at people.

 

[Hman121]

ROlled up magazines. If Jason Bourne can kick complete ass with one, why can't our video game characters?

 

[slightly evil]

bayonets are underused. as well as sabers.

CoDBO (and predesessor)lets you use tac-knives but I've never seen a bayonet. they'd be so useful in an FPS
(NB: I'm not counting the lancer's chainsaw)

 

[Newtilator]

Tonfa. Surely the coolest and most graceful martial art weapon? So cooooooooooooool.
Also, I don't see enough throwing knifes. But I do see a lot.

 

[quantum mechanic]

I agree with bow, bo staff, scythe and several others, and I add one of my own: kunai knives.

 

[DTWolfwood]

a pencil.

Thats right a god damn Pencil! you see it in movies when the hero stabs a baddy in the neck. But damn it you never see that being used as a weapon in a game.

 

[Enemy Of The State]

Dual-wield Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles.

 

[SlyderEST]

A shovel. You never get to kill things with shovels. I mean, I would expect at least 1 zombie game to let me kill things with shovels, but NO.

Actually, Dead Rising lets you use shovels. They even have a special attack.

Maybe it's me, but I haven't seen many games where the main character uses a battle axe as a primary.

Also maybe a pair of wakazashi.

Minecraft too. And Diablo 2's (haven't played 1) barbarian uses an axe.

 

[kidwithxboxlive]

A shovel. You never get to kill things with shovels. I mean, I would expect at least 1 zombie game to let me kill things with shovels, but NO.

san andreas?

 

[crudus]

"hmm, I don't think I have played another game where a whip was a weapon much less your primary weapon".

Obviously you've never played Runescape!....and neither have I...>_>

Uh, maybe a Jack Hammer? Or a flail?


By the way people wanting more Spears and Halberds, play Baldur's Gate. It has pretty much everything, including a sling. Who the hell uses a sling?

I know characters who use a sling. Anyway, I have played runescape while I don't remember a whip it is a little different when you can just click a monster and make a sandwich while your character swings. Also, it is a 32-bit game so it is hard to tell what everything is.

 

[Funkysandwich]

Insults.

Or pure rage. Either is fine.

 

[Choppaduel]

Spoiler: the gauntlet:

 

[NuclearPenguin]

A nice warhammer.
And tower shields.

 

[gaztaseven]

Teeth. Face-melting acid. Snooker/Pool ball in a sock. Heavy flashlights. Branding irons. Irons. Drumsticks. Boiling water. Fountain Pens. Spiky armour. Wasps nests. Sound. Lit cigarettes. Cowbells. Aerosol/lighter combo. Toilet brushes. Wii controllers. Tree Branches. Slinkies. Gold ingots. Keys.

 

[w-Jinksy]

Flails and crossbows, underused and badass.

gotta love a flail.