Melee weapons. Admit it, you feel far more awesome when you kill the giant monsters/demons/aliens that inhabit most games with the generally under-powered melee weapon. It's like crack for me in TF2, for instance.
Favourite TYPE of weapon in FPS?
- Thread starter Swenglish
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I usually like the "weird" kind of weapon.
Things like the JUDAS device in Machines (although it's not strictly speaking an FPS), the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, The Zero Point Energy Manipulator, the Dynamically Synchronised Particle Collector Cannon (multi-purpose weapon mod for Unreal).
Generally more devices than actual weapons, things that let you do stuff.
Oh, and almost every weapon from TRON 2.0, especially the Disc Primit (with Primit charge, Megahurtz and Power Block of course) and the Power Glove, since the other weapons are just "digitised" versions of usual weapons.
Things like the JUDAS device in Machines (although it's not strictly speaking an FPS), the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, The Zero Point Energy Manipulator, the Dynamically Synchronised Particle Collector Cannon (multi-purpose weapon mod for Unreal).
Generally more devices than actual weapons, things that let you do stuff.
Oh, and almost every weapon from TRON 2.0, especially the Disc Primit (with Primit charge, Megahurtz and Power Block of course) and the Power Glove, since the other weapons are just "digitised" versions of usual weapons.
Yeah, I hate snipers, I never stood still with a railgun, I liked it, because once you got good with it, you could take out anybody with any weapon if only you were accurate enough make that shot count if it was three feet or fifty feet. It only had like 2X zoom compared to the sniper rifle in that game that had 12X. I used the Shotgun and Assault rifle a lot, but nothing beats the stopping power of the rail gun, that's why I like it, that and people can't take cover behind walls and camp with det packs or HMG.Axolotl said:
Sniper Rifle.
I remember in a Medal of Honor match, my entire team got blown up by the usual grenade spam in the start of the map. They only got 1 opponent down. So there I was, with a sniper rifle and only a handful of bullets, with only 2 actual ways out of my current position, with 5 people (1 sniper, 2 MG's and 1 SMG and 1 rifle) trying to find me.
Took 2 down with my sniper rifle from afar, then a headshot in close quarters in a small house. Had to shut the door as I saw someone coming from outside when I was under fire of someone in the damn house. He had a friggin' MG, I had 2 sniper bullets left. Then I ran out of bullets. Switched to my pistol, got another one down in the sewers of the map. Last one was easy though, since I stole the sewer guy his MG.
Right after that, 3 people asked me to join their clan. Good times alright.
But anyhoo.
Sniper Rifle if it's capable of hurting people enough and the game isn't ADHD-paced (I'm looking at you, UT)
Pistols if they're not utter crap. (F.E.A.R. just has imbalanced ones... unfortunately you have to spam click your mouse)
Rifle if it's a WWII game.
I remember in a Medal of Honor match, my entire team got blown up by the usual grenade spam in the start of the map. They only got 1 opponent down. So there I was, with a sniper rifle and only a handful of bullets, with only 2 actual ways out of my current position, with 5 people (1 sniper, 2 MG's and 1 SMG and 1 rifle) trying to find me.
Took 2 down with my sniper rifle from afar, then a headshot in close quarters in a small house. Had to shut the door as I saw someone coming from outside when I was under fire of someone in the damn house. He had a friggin' MG, I had 2 sniper bullets left. Then I ran out of bullets. Switched to my pistol, got another one down in the sewers of the map. Last one was easy though, since I stole the sewer guy his MG.
Right after that, 3 people asked me to join their clan. Good times alright.
But anyhoo.
Sniper Rifle if it's capable of hurting people enough and the game isn't ADHD-paced (I'm looking at you, UT)
Pistols if they're not utter crap. (F.E.A.R. just has imbalanced ones... unfortunately you have to spam click your mouse)
Rifle if it's a WWII game.
I'm with swenglish on this one, there is no greater feeling then taking a Colt .45 and seeing someone's head explode with that perfectly placed shot while he is spraying around you with a MG . Its also a lot more satisfying to sneak up behind snipers and double tap them close range.
I couldn't name one type of weapon I like above all else, really.
so here's a few broken down by game:
Half-life: Shotgun
F.E.A.R: Dual handguns
Quakes: railgun (except for Quake Wars, where I'm a shotgun/nailgun man)
Deus Ex: the Dragon's Tooth (or the energy sword in Invisible War)
TF2: the bat. BONK!
Gears of war: the Torque Bow
Dystopia: the Ion Cannon. failing that, if I play Medium, I use the Assault Rifle.
Generally, I go with whatever feels really satisfying to use.
so here's a few broken down by game:
Half-life: Shotgun
F.E.A.R: Dual handguns
Quakes: railgun (except for Quake Wars, where I'm a shotgun/nailgun man)
Deus Ex: the Dragon's Tooth (or the energy sword in Invisible War)
TF2: the bat. BONK!
Gears of war: the Torque Bow
Dystopia: the Ion Cannon. failing that, if I play Medium, I use the Assault Rifle.
Generally, I go with whatever feels really satisfying to use.
In Team Fortress Classic (that's the one running on top of HL1), medics had a medikit weapon that they could use to heal allies and spread disease to enemies (a communicable damage-over-time effect).L4Y Duke said:
Half-Life 1 use the "(player name) (weapon icon) (player name)" format for displaying kills. You'd see like "Alice [sniper rifle] Bob" or "Alice [poison icon] Bob" when a player died.
The medikit also did a few token points of damage when you hit someone with it.
... Thereby making it possible to get "Alice [medikit] Bob."
There's just something wonderful about beating a guy to death with a plastic lunchbox.
-- Alex
OK, while sniper rifles and shotguns are great, if I have absolutely no clue what I'm going to face, and I have to pick one weapon, I'll grab an assault rifle. Assault rifles are reliable and effective at a variety of ranges. You can mow down weak enemies or keep your fire focused to bring down a single tough one. And they often come with fun extras - grenade launchers, scopes, chainsaws.
Sniper rifle is second place. I'm a devious bastard who will never let my enemy get a shot off at me if I can help it. Also, there's nothing stopping you from using a sniper rifle at point-blank range if some guy ambushes you.
Sniper rifle is second place. I'm a devious bastard who will never let my enemy get a shot off at me if I can help it. Also, there's nothing stopping you from using a sniper rifle at point-blank range if some guy ambushes you.
Generally, I like pistols and sniper rifles (when playing against the AI). But if I were to get into an actual firefight against human players, I prefer to know I have an assault rifle with me.
And let me make another thing clear, I don't camp when I'm sniping (unless I'm shooting at enemy snipers or my team is pinned down and needs help). I actually run around the map until I see a visible target, zoom in real quick, then shoot. That's why I love call of CoD4...I can carry a P90 and a semi-auto sniper rifle together at the same time.
And let me make another thing clear, I don't camp when I'm sniping (unless I'm shooting at enemy snipers or my team is pinned down and needs help). I actually run around the map until I see a visible target, zoom in real quick, then shoot. That's why I love call of CoD4...I can carry a P90 and a semi-auto sniper rifle together at the same time.
Either the Redeemer or the BFG4K.
I don't like giving those suckers a chance.
Otherwise it's Sniper/Shotgun.
I don't like giving those suckers a chance.
Otherwise it's Sniper/Shotgun.