Favorite Video Game Weapons

[TheKittenStrangler]

Whats your favorite video game weapon? Mine personally is the Gravity Gun(Half Life). The reason is pretty obvious, the fact you an pick up ANY object that isn't connected to the ground is amazing. And the fact that some objects do different things like the chain blades actually cut them in half. And 2nd favorite is Torque Bow(Gears of War)just because I like to see people blow up after a delay so you can laugh at them b4 they die. And third Harpoon gun. I forget what game the harpoon gun was in but you could actually nail people to that wall. The Ratchet and Clank series has an outrageous amount of good weapons but i honestly don't feel like going through each and every one to see which one I liked the most.

1.) Gravity Gun
2.) Torque Bow
3.) Hammer of Dawn
4.) Harpoon Gun
5.) One of the various Rachet and Clank guns

 

[lost_in_hollywood]

The Harpoon gunw as from crackdown i belive, in the DLC.

My Faves are, in no order:

1. BGF9000 (DOOM/Quake)
2. The Handheld Portal Device (Portal)
3. The Zero Point Gravity Manipulator (Gravity Gun)(Half-life 2)
4. The Master Sword!! ( for the lil bit of Ninty Fanboy in me) (Zelda Series)
5. Shower Head (Dead Rising)
6. The Electricity Plasmid (Bioshock)
7. The Cerebral Bore (Turok 2)
8. The Laser Watch (even though it did bugger all to enemies) (Goldeneye 64)
9. The Chicago Typewriter (GCN Version) (Resident Evil 4)
10. Stickey (Plasma) Grenades (Halo Series)

 

[MrKeroChan]

for sheer nostalgia... gotta go with the BFG9000

 

[devilondemand]

Dead Rising had some great weapons. The big drill you could use was also pretty entertaining.

 

[MrCIA]

Didn't we do this a while back? Oh well, my answer hasen't changed since then, so here it is:

The Flak Cannon from the UT series. How can one not like the most vicious shotgun/grenade launcher combo ever created by mans desire to inflict pain on the the universe?.

MrCIA - Certified Flak Monkey.

 

[soladrin]

Ninja Gaiden- the Vigoorian flail. It's a nunchuk....with blades!!!

oh yea! i loved that thing with its endless combo

well then favorites..

Mass Effect sniper rifles
Spike grenades (halo 3)
Biorifle (UT2k4 one)
Personal Ion Cannon (C&C Renegade)
BFG9000 (doom) duh

 

[Divinegon]

The best weapons are always the ones your enemies had.
After they are dead! (Read also as: While they are using it against you)

I will always have a fond memory of Jehuty's Vector Cannon. Not that usable and long to load but freck, the loading animation of the cannon was great to see every time with your very own charging bars to make you feel like you're really about to shoot hell out of your gun.
And you actually did.

Boy that was sweet.

 

[pr0gress]

My personal favorite is Umbra from Morrowind/Oblivion. It just doesn't get much better than a big black soul-stealing sword.

 

[Annom]

The Cerebral Bore- Turok 2
Flak Cannon- ut2k4
Lighting gun -ut2k4

 

[ilves7]

Best gun of all time that barely anyone will remember:

Rave Gun (Battlezone)

Also
The floating skull's teeth in Planescape: Torment


BFG9000 definately gets a vote, although I did highly enjoy the chain gun also in that game.

 

[woodchunkz]

Anyone who knows me knows I'm going to say.
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The Spread Gun.

 

[propertyofcobra]

1: The gravity gun, but you can call it the "Zero Point Gravity Manipulator" if you really want.
This is, frankly, the most fun weapon. Ever. In my mind at least. It's useful, but not a game-breaker. It's versatile, it's funny and it's extremely useful in both single player and multiplayer, to boot. It's gameplay meets balance meets awesomeness at perfection.


2: Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" .
This is gonna take a bit more explaining, but I love this gun. It's got a wonderful look, the holster is solid wood and can be used as a stock (How cool is that?), the reloading is more cool than simply inserting a magazine into a gun. The fact that it's usually a powerful handgun too just adds to it.
It is, to my recollection, only seen in two videogames. Metal Gear Solid 3 where EVA uses it, you sadly can't get your hands on that pretty boy she wields through most of the game.
And of course, the classic example: The Red9 in Resident Evil 4.
Anyone who ever played RE4 can, and will, attest: It is the best handgun. If you're not doing a base unupgraded handgun only run through, you WILL get this beast. It WILL save your life, and save you ammo.

3: M1 Garand.
This rifle is just...lovely. It's powerful and accurate. My weapon of choice in any given WWII game.
And of course, the noise it makes is wonderful, absolutely sublime. I shouldn't have to say much about it, really.

4: BFG9000
For most of my childhood, I was under the impression that it was called the "Big Fun Gun". But we all know what it really stands for.
This.... needs no introduction, if you fashion yourself a gamer.

 

[qaqa1]

FLY by wire rocket mode in Perfect Dark
Laptop GUn perfect dark

Actually almost every gun from perfect Dark

 

[Scypemonk]

Holy hand grenade - Worms
Haleluja! KABOOM

Chaingun/Rocketlauncher combo weapon - Painkiller
The most destructive weapon in any game, with the exeption of duke nukem 3d's Devastator weapon.

Razorjack - Unreal Tournament
Once you severed an opponents head of his neck, this will be your favorite gun in the game.

Devastator weapon - Duke nukem 3d
The bastard child of a minigun and a rocketlauncher, a minigun that shots rockets!

Wraithverge - Hexen
A magic staff that, unleashes several wraiths that hunt down and kills your enemies, and with great effect too, i might add.

Bolt Crossbow - Half life 2
Nailing people to the wall is always fun, but the sheer power of this weapon makes it truly satisfying.

World smallest nuclear device - MDK
Not paticurlarly effective, but an awesome idea. Finnaly a game that allowed you to throw nukes at your enemies, in close combat.


But the best of them all is...

The Parrot - Pirates Vikings and Knights
This bloodthirsty little pet, is sent towards the pirate captains enemies, and attacks them, peck by peck, until they die. No crackers are safe, no eyes impeckable. Fear the parrot!

 

[WafflesToo]

The one weapon that comes to mind...

The Blaster-Bomb Launcher (X-Com: Enemy Unknown)

 

[Katana314]

I love just about any wooden-type of rifle that makes a satisfying crack with its shot, and then the overstated sound of the bolt. To me, sniping is cool. The pump of a shotgun after killing someone is cool. Bolt-actions combine the fun.

 

[Sylocat]

Does the Portal device count as a weapon? I mean, you use it against the gun turrets.

 

[Saltiness]

The one weapon that comes to mind...

The Blaster-Bomb Launcher (X-Com: Enemy Unknown)

Nothing beats a way pointable exploding football that can demolish a building.

 

[The Irrelevant Gamer]

While not my absolute favorite weapon the remote bombs in Red Faction were entertaining because when you stuck them to a person that person then ran around in a panic before you detonated them.

I really loved the Spinfusor from Tribes. It took skill to use properly what with all of the jump jetting, and skiing going on, and the slow projectile speed.