Weapons That are Less Powerful, but More Satisfying

[Neverhoodian]

I love the Lever Action Rifle in Killing Floor. Most players overlook the weapon and go straight for the Crossbow or M14, but I'll often stick with the LAR, particularly on lower difficulties. I always get one when I'm a Sharpshooter or Medic, and I'll often use it as a backup weapon when I'm Demolitions. It's surprisingly accurate and powerful if you aim properly. Moreover, it loads one bullet at a time, allowing me to interrupt a reload and fire off a few more shots if I'm cornered.

EDIT:

I love the lever-action rifle in Killing Floor. There's just something about pulling the lever during a ZED-time that just feels oh so satisfying.

Hah, I got ninja'd. The first sentence is even the same.

Great minds think alike, I suppose.

 

[ChupathingyX]

I try to only use shotguns as often as I can in Modern Warfare 2, sometimes I even get out the riot shield and start bashing people just to see the look of fear in their character as they fruitlessly try to kill me.

 

[Blemontea]

Switch Axes in Monster Hunter
Its both an Axe (a rarity in fantasy games) that turns into a freakin huge sword!
I love using the Axe because it feels so new and refreshing and if im in trouble i can switch to the sword and mash the attack button.
And it still counts seeing as though the most powerful version of the switch axe isn't the most powerful weapon in the game.

 

[JaceArveduin]

The Abilene Kid SE BB gun in New Vegas, extra bonus fun points if you have the realistic headshots mod, so you can 1 shot super mutants if you hit them in the face with it while sneaking.

 

[burningdragoon]

Revolvers. Revolvers make everything better.

 

[Judgement101]

Bastion, the Dueling Pistols, they aren't extremely powerful or accurate but they are really fun.

 

[Dragonpit]

I've always found the Needler from the Halo series rather therapeutic. Nothing says stress release like turning enemies into pin cushions before seeing them explode. ^_^

 

[Sprinal]

Dude, I'm with you on the Hunting Rifle. God, I love that gun so much the only thing it lacked in FO3 was a scope, which they gave you in New Vegas(if you can find it that is).

I only used the hunting rifle (with scope and extended clip) in New Vegas. At least once I got it. Before that I just used the varamint rifle.



But still hunting rifle. Boon and me with it=several dead deathclaws...

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Bayonetta's Pistols

Wait...there were other guns in the game? I kid, but I very rarely used anything other than her signature weapons

 

[The Code]

I'd have to say the Sniper Rifle in Fallout NV. It doesn't have the Deathclaw-headshotting awesomeness that the AM Rifle has, but if you add the Carbon Fiber Parts and the Silencer mods to it, then things become much more interesting. The same thing goes with the 10mm Pistol. Add the Silencer and Laser Sight (the expanded magazine being optional but still handy), and clearing out any enemy base becomes a breeze. A quiet, deadly breeze to be exact.

 

[Watchmacallit]

Bolt action weapons feel like a manual car. The GoL in BF:BC2...They just feel better. In any game I'll always use a Bolt Action and a hand gun if given the option. They just feel better than a fully auto weapon.

 

[sage42]

Bastion, the Dueling Pistols, they aren't extremely powerful or accurate but they are really fun.

Revolvers. Revolvers make everything better.

Agreed on both. Any game I can get a revolver I get one and stick with it. That is why Lucky is my favorite gun in Fallout NV.

OT: Axes in general are my favorite weapon to use, I don't care If I can't swing as fast as a sword, when I hit my enemy it stays dead or is at least missing a limb. Except for Oblivion, Axes just disappointed me in that game.

 

[Daymo]

Bazaar Bargin in TF2, it's signifcantly worse then the normal sniper unless you consistently get headshots, but the sound is just so beastly, you can imagine someone's head being blown clean off.

 

[WolfThomas]

The sawn off is weaker (I think, not sure) then the pimp cane in SR2, but the sawn off looks and feels better with my main character.

I didn't like the sawn-off because for some reason it worked as a 6 round pump action shotgun. But I agree I used a single basic pistol a lot becuase it was what the character used in cut-scenes.

 

[Skoldpadda]

I love pistols, especially with silencers. I love them almost as much as I love sniper rifles. But I don't love either quite as much as I love the smell of summer rain.

 

[Dumb_Joe]

Baseball bat. I'm a force-a-nature.

I always loved the kar98k and mosin nagant in CoD1, too. So much more satisfying than being a bren-whore or just cornering with a ppsh.

Me too I always loved the iron sights of the mosin nagant. So much more satisfing

 

[shadow_Fox81]

condemned (pistol). nothing gets me into a horror game more than having only a pistol with one clip and violent pcsycopaths screaming as they run about in the dark. sure i was safer with the two by four but i picked up the pistol.

 

[Whateveralot]

Prod. No boom, no bang. Just *poke*.

Spoiler: For those who don't know what I mean.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kLb0_295G0&feature=related[/youtube]

 

[CleverNickname]

not a weapon. a whole class.

Diablo 2's Druid, in a summoner build. There's a million things more powerful in the game, dozens of builds more useful for the Druid class - but an army of pets slowly whittling down an army of undead and demons is just awesome to behold [http://www.youtube.com/user/Toxicate20#g/c/B93059BD90F7E8B7].

 

[baddude1337]

I used the bolt-action rifle the entire time I played fallout 3. laser guns and nukes? Who needs em'

I do pretty much the same with the Cowboy Repeater in Vegas. I just love the animations it has.