Favorite weapon animations

[Lonely Swordsman]

Since you can't swing a dead baby around these parts without hitting some variation on "what's your favorite video game weapon?" threads, I thought I'd change things up a little and talk about what gives those weapons their personality: The accompaning animations. Anything from an idle revolver twirl to a 47 hit katana combo.

For me, it's the reloading motion of the RPG in the Half Life games. There's just something inherintly satisfying to me in stuffing a rocket down that big tube and pointing it slowly at poor asshole with the bad luck to be the target.

 

[hittite]

Sol Blade lets out a howl! Megiddo!

If that one doesn't count, there's always the flourish Link does if you sheath your sword right after killing something in Twilight Pricess.

 

[Drakmeire]

I always thought beam katana charge attacks in no more heroes looked really cool

 

[Krantos]

Pretty much anything from Assassin Creed 2. Best combat animations to date imo.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

All the animations in Bad Company, my favorite being the RPG-7's.

 

[vrbtny]

All animations in 007 : Nightfire. Probably the over-powered pump of the Spas-12 to load a new shell being my fav.

Also screwing the silencer onto a pistol. I always think "Me be a ninja now!"

 

[subject_87]

The magnum reload animation in Half-Life 2 is pretty sweet, as is the Spy's backstab in TF2. It's just incredibly satisfying, and has a cool animation to match.

 

[2xDouble]

Guild Wars, Assassin dagger attacks. All of them are pretty cool, but particularly Wild Strike (a forward flip followed by a low dagger sweep) and Twisting Fangs (a flying, spinning slash with both hands). That sh*t is crazy... and in an MMO, no less.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, "I just pwned you" flourish. If you time putting away your sword correctly following combat, Link does a badass-looking flourish. (Also seen at the end of the sword-skill training sessions.) I swear I can hear Final Fantasy victory fanfare behind it.

 

[Royta]

Demon's Souls. Put a Asian sword in your offhand (like the Scimitar) and press L2. Great animation.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Guild Wars, Assassin dagger attacks. All of them are pretty cool, but particularly Wild Strike (a forward flip followed by a low dagger sweep) and Twisting Fangs (a flying, spinning slash with both hands). That sh*t is crazy... and in an MMO, no less.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, "I just pwned you" flourish. If you time putting away your sword correctly following combat, Link does a badass-looking flourish. (Also seen at the end of the sword-skill training sessions.) I swear I can hear Final Fantasy victory fanfare behind it.

I like the animation for blades of steel. Slashing the enemy while jumping off the front of them, doing a flip and stabbing them as the Assassin lands into the splits. I like the rythm of Dervish scythe attacks too.

 

[Harlemura]

I like how they put pistols and revolvers away in first person view in Borderlands. That little twirl-round-the-finger thing.
It's not epic beyond comparison, but I find it cool enough to occupy myself with it when my pals go away for a sec.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Favorite dick move
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Always does 9999 damage.

Other then that, the inFamous moves, since you get to rip shit up like Emperor Palpatine.

 

[GundamSentinel]

Pretty much anything from Assassin Creed 2. Best combat animations to date imo.

I second that. The long weapon finishing moves in particular are delightfully gruesome.

 

[2xDouble]

Guild Wars, Assassin dagger attacks. All of them are pretty cool, but particularly Wild Strike (a forward flip followed by a low dagger sweep) and Twisting Fangs (a flying, spinning slash with both hands). That sh*t is crazy... and in an MMO, no less.

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, "I just pwned you" flourish. If you time putting away your sword correctly following combat, Link does a badass-looking flourish. (Also seen at the end of the sword-skill training sessions.) I swear I can hear Final Fantasy victory fanfare behind it.

I like the animation for blades of steel. Slashing the enemy while jumping off the front of them, doing a flip and stabbing them as the Assassin lands into the splits. I like the rythm of Dervish scythe attacks too.

Thanks for reminding me... Speaking of Guild Wars... (actually Guild Wars 2)

Spoiler: Whirling Defense

and

Spoiler: Zealot's Defense

Hell. F. Yeah!

 

[Arisato-kun]

I love revving up Nero's sword, The Red Queen, in Devil May Cry 4. It always makes me feel prepared for whatever's around the next corner.

The transformation for Lighting's gunblade from gun to sword mode in Final Fantasy XIII is definitely the coolest though.

 

[sylekage]

I don't know if it counts, but the end of modern warfare 2, when you pull the knife out of your chest and twirl it over your hand to get ready to throw it. Every time i see it I say to myself "I wanna do that."

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

Einherjar's overdrive attack in Riviera: The Promised Land

Spoiler: youtube

Oh, and Lorelei's overdrive attack is awesome too!

Spoiler: youtube

 

[Ordinaryundone]

The knife twirl that The Spy does in TF2 which you switch to the knife.

The FAL reload animation in MW2 is also super sexy. And speaking of CoD, the reload animation for the RPD in MW1. For some reason, I fell in love with the little "bump" you give the lid of the chamber at the end of it.

 

[doodger]

hmmm... gonna go with the Desert Eagle. In every game it has such a ludicrous recoil that you are like "HOLY COW I'M SHOOTING CAR-SIZED BULLETS"

On the magic side, I have to mention Lux's laser in League of legend.
Mega laser of death that you see at the 10th second( and all around the vid). Crazy damage, range, and the kamehameha like animation is so epic

 

[Rawb0906]

I just love it when I use the Wyvern's fire ability on with the Gunlance from MHFU. The way your character slides across the ground from the insane recoil just looks awesome.