The auto-charge pistol from Blake Stone. Doesn't alert the enemies if you kill your target on the first shot and has unlimited ammo. It's a dinky little pixellated thing, but it's got a nice sci-fi design. Also has a nice "bwop" sound effect when you fire it.
The Dominator from Psycho Pass. You want a stun pistol. The Domiators got you covered. You want to make your enemies explode into a pool of blood? Domiators got you covered. You want to disintegrate a tank? Dominators got you covered.
Add in the fact the pistol auto aims for you and that it locks down if anyone but its user touches it and you have a damn overpowered pistol!
The "Pew Pew" Laser Pistol from Fallout: New Vegas.
The damn thing does 75 DAMAGE PER SHOT, which puts it just below Heavy Shotguns & Sniper Rifles in terms of firepower, and given how the former has a much shorter range while the latter needs much more expensive ammo, can't be used as a Holdout Weapon and is much heavier, makes it all in all a very nice little back-up weapon.
The Dominator from Psycho Pass. You want a stun pistol. The Domiators got you covered. You want to make your enemies explode into a pool of blood? Domiators got you covered. You want to disintegrate a tank? Dominators got you covered.
Add in the fact the pistol auto aims for you and that it locks down if anyone but its user touches it and you have a damn overpowered pistol!
Except for the part where it takes a number of seconds to acquire the target, judge them, and transform into the correct form needed for the job, all of which can only be done while the dominator is actually aimed at the criminal.
If it wasn't for the fact that anime and manga have very loose rules of time the dominators would get slapped out of the cops' hands half the time they tried to use them because they're so damn slow.
This may be primarily due to the Gunslinger achievement, but I liked the Gold Pistol from Duke Nukem Forever. As Duke's first weapon in the game, it was presented in a glowing pedestal. It shot quite slowly and didn't do anywhere near the jaw-dropping damage of the Railgun (my favorite weapon in the game), but it looked cool and was good enough to deal with the occasional pig aliens remaining in fights that took up my other ammo.
You sir, are the fourth person in the world who has played that game that I know of. The first two would be my friend John and myself, and the third person a guy we know who mentioned (that he has played) it only yesterday (that game is/was awesome ^^)
This charming little number, the modified Bryar blaster pistol. I played a lot of Dark forces back in the day, and I got a lot of mileage out of this gun across something like four games. When I later learned that it was effectively a sawed-off laser rifle, I figured that pretty much gave it every reason to exist.
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to pick a fictional gun, but the Beretta 93R [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_93R] is probably my favorite gun in any video game. I enjoy burst fire weapons, and this pistol is designed to do just that. It looks pretty cool as well.
The best part about that is that you could easily get a functional replica on the cheap. The weapon is basically a 1911 Compact and while there are incredibly expensive versions (The Kimber Ultra Carry for example), it can be found for well under 500 USD from other less reputable manufacturers. A set of custom grip panels and a a laser engraving on the slide is all it would take!
For other entirely real world guns, you've got Spike's Jerico 941 from Cowyboy Bebop:
Which is available in the US as the "Baby Eagle", imported by Magnum Research. It's a bit heavy and not particularly common at most smaller gun stores but is easy enough to find. From the very same show, you've got Faye Valentine's Glock 30 which is carried at just about every gun store. And, while some might be confused for a moment or two, Black Widow in the Avengers uses the Glock 30's baby sibling, the Glock 26. I actually own both of the Glocks and can attest personally to their quality as firearms though your mileage on how "cool" they are will vary. Personally, neither weapon elicits any emotional response - they're just well designed bricks that throw metal with fire and noise.
For my own real contribution, I'd go with another real world and at least reasonably easy to find gun:
Funny thing is, Callahan didn't use .44 magnum rounds in his model 29, he used .44 special (a much lighter round) because it gave him significantly more control in such a large frame revolver.
So really, it was almost akin to shooting .45 acp, which, while powerful, is no where near the claimed power of the movie.
Any game that lets me use a revolver, but for some reason I'm particularly fond of the one the Metro Last Light has. Yeah in a real life firefight I'd probably want something with a bigger magazine but for when I'm having fun? Six rounds ill do.
I thought he just got winged...the amount of blood on him might suggest he got hit by a few birdshot pellets, or maybe bits of asphalt from a near miss...though I'd need to get a Clint Eastwood, some birdshot and some asphalt and test this out.
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