Best FPS Weapon Ever?

TerrorFirmer

Mine has to be the Quake 2 Railgun.....the meatiest gun ever produced in a game with the most satisfying sound effect ever.

What does anyone else think? The Quake 4 thread started getting me thinking about it.....

Repli

Unreal Tournament - AMSD shock rifle

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3: double-barrelled shotgun from doom2
2: sniper rifle from UT
1: rl from Q3

Rhyme

Hmmm, i might go mainstream and say the gravity gun from HL2... but ill vote slug launcher from soldier of fortune (for now)

Retr0gamer

1. Sticky bombs, shadow warrior (for pure comedy value)
2. double barrel shotgun, Doom2
3. Sniper Rifle, Goldeneye
4. M1 Garand, MOHAA and Call of Duty (the ping noise when a cartridge is finished is great)
5. .44 Silver Talon, SOF (average game but the first few levels were great when you were performing amputations with this weapon)
6. Rocket Launcher, Quake (over powered but very versatile)
7. Sub machine gun w/ grenade launcher, HL (very versatile)
8. Grenade Launcher, Shadow Warrior (the only decent GL in a FPS)
9. Rail Gun, Quake 2 (Was crap with it but very satisfying for kills)
10. Manipulator, HL2 (psychic powers in Psi-Ops are much more fun but nothing beats the hilarity this gun causes in a lan DM game)

The broken Butterfly from Resi 4 would be there if 3rd person games could be included

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Retr0gamer wrote:

The broken Butterfly from Resi 4 would be there if 3rd person games could be included

No way! the handcannon is SO much better.

Retr0gamer

Havent had the time or inclination to unlock that weapon.

RE*AC*TOR

I quite like the regular pistol from Halo. There's a great meatiness to it.

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RE*AC*TOR wrote:

I quite like the regular pistol from Halo. There's a great meatiness to it.

Best all round weapon i thought great in multiplayer.

Retr0gamer

D wrote:

Best all round weapon i thought great in multiplayer.

The pistol was way too powerful in multiplayer. Something like 5 shots would kill you. The pistol was banned from all MP games I've played with friends.

TerrorFirmer

sniper rifle from UT

Ah a true classic, but did you play the gay modded one they included in GOTY edition? Chaos rifle or something?

It was just pathetic.

TerrorFirmer

The pistol was way too powerful in multiplayer. Something like 5 shots would kill you. The pistol was banned from all MP games I've played with friends.

They adjusted it accordingly for Halo2, and now its appallingly rubbish.

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Retr0gamer wrote:

The pistol was way too powerful in multiplayer. Something like 5 shots would kill you. The pistol was banned from all MP games I've played with friends.

5 shots?! I don't think so, aim for the head they go down faster. (God that's like half a clip)

The_Bullman

the Apache in Desert Combat .3

Praetorian

In no particular order

Gauss gun from half life.

Rocket launcher from doom 1 / 2 / 3

Drunk missile launcher from rise of the triad

Light sabre's from the Star Wars fps's

Q2 rail gun. Bang, you dead.

Original Counter Strike carbine from cs # ? with zoom and silencer.

New favourite is the grenade launcher from Pariah.

That is all I can think of right now!

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MobileInfantry wrote:

They adjusted it accordingly for Halo2, and now its appallingly rubbish.

Head shots still count with it though so if your aims good enough:
plasma pistol + human pistol = two shot kill.

plague

I'll break with tradition here - which means no pansy-ass weapon everyone else has been putting forward...and my vote if the BFG from Doom.

What can I say, I'm easily pleased!
Seeing that green ball of energy burst forth, and then hearing a load of monsters suddenly turn to pulp! Immensely satisfying!

Honourable mentions have to go to:
Double barrel shotgun (almost any game it's in)
Rail Gun(Quake 3)/Shock Rifle(UT2004) and Sniper Rifles in general.

Oh, and the rocket launcher in Medal of Honor. Everyone running around with a rocket launcher...lots of explosive fun!

Sherifu

I liked the super enhanced gravity gun you get on the last level of HL2.
Its a lot of fun throwing desks and soldiers around the place.

Loobz

The scissors from Postal.
The cows head from Postal.
The shovel from Blood.
The flak gun from Unreal.
The grav gun from HL2.
The flame wall from Rise of the Triad.
The crossbow from XII.
The steakgun from Painkiller.

Thats all I can think of for the moment.

smokingman

...and two more to remember....

Cerebral Bore - Turok 2
Scorpion guided rocket launcher - Perfect Dark

Rabies

Has to be the double barrel shotgun from Doom 2
Or the first time you pick the chain saw up in Doom 1. The grin on his face is priceless.

Mr. Presentable

Pipe bomb from Duke Nukem 3D

Double barrelled shotgun from Doom 2

Snake staff from Hexen

Rhyme

Havent seen a mention of the shrink / grow gun from Duke Nukem yet... nice

jaggeh

can of petrol from postal, you could do some seriously fun things with it

monkeyfudge

Loobz wrote:

The shovel from Blood.

It's been a long time since I played Blood. Did that also have a Voodoo doll weapon in it?

TerrorFirmer

Cerebral Bore - Turok 2

Damn, I forgot about that one.....it would be awesome if it was introduced albeit a different name or something to a modern shooter....imagine the carnage!

UT Flak Gun - also a great weapon that slipped my mind

DonkeyStyle \o/

DoubleBarrel Shotty from Doom2.
Lightning shaft from Quake.
The crossbow from HL2 (pinning people to the wall, I likes it! - pitty it was so under-used in the game)
Plasma Gun from Doom.

Probably my real faverite was the arse-gun I made for Quake... I replaced one of the weapons from the 'Ultimate' weapons mod, the one where the enemy gets blown away from you as if by a gust of wind... I replaced this weapon with a pair of 3d butt cheeks along with a home-made farting noise, bits of poo particles came out as part of the shooting animation... not to blow my own trumpet, but this was the best weapon of any FPS ever. (never released this because it was based on someone elses code/mod)

orangerooster

In no order at all:
Flak Cannon from Unreal Tourney.
Double Barrelled Shotgun from Doom 2.
Shotgun from Half-Life 2.
M1 Garand from pretty much any games its in but especially in CoD.
Chainsaw from Doom(s).
All the weapons that can set people on fire from Timsplitters 2(set the weapons in multiplayer to only these firey weapons and prepare to have fun!).

evad_lhorg

smokingman wrote:

...and two more to remember....

Cerebral Bore - Turok 2

exactly what i was thinking! so much fun settin it on one of your mates. that horrible drilling sound was great!

i_am_dogboy

Staff from Exhumed, I remember having greaf fun with that thing, though it was a bit crazy on the PC version, it didn't fire snakes....
I really liked Metroid prime plasma gun and the kick ass effect from killing things with a charged up shot.
My other favourite is the angry kitty from No One Lives Forever 2, not quite as big and flashy as a lot of weapons mentioned, but had great comical value and was great fun to use.

Ri_Nollaig

the holy hand grenade from worms

TerrorFirmer

The shotgun up close and personal in Soldier Of Fortune 2.....

Talk about messy.

All average weapons if taken in any other game, but the ghoul engine really makes them all stand out....

Boro

The crowbar in Kingpin was satisfyingly meaty as was the flamethrower.
Have to say that i loved the Desert Eagle in CS though.

Loobz

monkeyfudge wrote:

It's been a long time since I played Blood. Did that also have a Voodoo doll weapon in it?

Sure did, but u could only use it when an enemy was on-screen. If not, it inflicts damage on you instead. Genius. Blood and Rise of the Triad were the first two proper FPS i played. Not sure if Doom/Quake was before or after.

The needler from Halo (x2 especially) also made me smile.

humanji

It's gotta be the BFG from the original Doom. Nothing can compare to the childish giggles as you take out a full room demons with one shot for the first time.

Then, on a sicker note, in Postal 2, the shotgun with cat-silencer. (If you know it, you know what I mean, if you don't, then for the love of god don't ask!!!)

j0e

springfield from mohaa, it was like an awp in the WW2

Loobz

jomanji wrote:

Then, on a sicker note, in Postal 2, the shotgun with cat-silencer. (If you know it, you know what I mean, if you don't, then for the love of god don't ask!!!)

I know that one, its brilliant!!

RicardoSmith

Doublebarrel in Doom2
The minigun in Doom1
Pipebombs in Duke Nuken
Decent 1&2 had great weapons.
The Barrett Sniper Rifle in Delta Force 1&2

super_furry

Turok 2's Cerebral bore gets my vote. The snipper riffle in GoldenEye is close though - it was the first snipper I'd seen in an FPS and so damn satisfying.

SirLemonhead

monkeyfudge wrote:

It's been a long time since I played Blood. Did that also have a Voodoo doll weapon in it?

Blood never had a shovel, it was a pitchfork.

Then there was the flare gun (it burns it buuuurns! )
Double barrel shotgun (The best shotgun in any game, EVAR)
The tommy gun
Napalm cannon
Dynamite (normal tnt, remotes and proximity detonated)
The spraycan/aerosol can + lighter
Tesla cannon
Life leech (big scary skull on the stick
And the voodoo doll

bennyc

SmoakingMan you got it with the Bore form Turok 2

In fairness if you absaloutly Positivily have to kill every Mother F^&ker in the building ....including youerself !!!

THe Nuke Weapon Form Turok2 dont think it was availible in multiplayer

Loobz

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Blood never had a shovel, it was a pitchfork.

Ah yeah, getting mixed up with Postal.

As for best weapon ever (in any game) id say Armageddon with double damage in Worms: Armageddon. Now, im going back on-topic.

smokingman

....aim in the general direction.....bore selected
.......THUNK...WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.......THUNK..DRILLLLLLLLLLLLLL................BOOM!!

Yeah that bore has got to be one of the best! First time I saw (and more importantly HEARD) it I had a big ole smile on my face for ages...

Pity there hasn't been a decent Turok since

Retr0gamer

smokingman wrote:

Pity there hasn't been a decent Turok since

The Turok developement team left to form Retro Studies after Turok 2 with other big members of high profile developers such as Valve. So you could say that the Metroid Prime games are the spiritual successors to Turok. They finally got the jumping bits right

Canis Lupus

Turok 2 was too ambitious for the n64 and poorly designed maps wrecked it which is a shame cos I liked turok 1.

Anyway my faves weps:

Any gun from CS...
The shotgun from HL1 and 2
Pulse Rifle from AVP2 (I love the sound)
Thompson CoD

Horsefumbler

In no particular order:

-The impregnator(or whatever it was called) :from Turok Rage Wars
-RCP 90 : Goldeneye
-Fusion cannon :Turok 1
-Minigun : Serious Sam
-Wraithverge : Hexen
-Slayer rocket : Perfect Dark

an honourable mention to the cerebral bore from turok but sometimes it took ages for it to lock and find its target even after it had been fired leaving you a bit vulnerable. Good fun though.

TerrorFirmer

Pulse Rifle from AVP2 (I love the sound)

I totally forgot this!! They sound the same in both games, but I only have AvP gold.....

The smart gun as well, awesome sound effect and animation!

case n basket

Praetorian wrote:

Drunk missile launcher from rise of the triad

hahaha

I can't believe anyone is mentioning silenced weapons in this thread - how are they satisfying? They don't go bang!

As mentioned before;

Doom 2 double-barrelled shotgun
HL2 gravity gun
QW rocket launcher
CS - current M4A1, P90 circa beta 5
As I recall the shotgun in Sin was great too.

abccormac

Proximity mines and slaps from goldeneye.

SirLemonhead

The flamewall from ROTT was fantastic too

Worked great for those numerous long corridoor rooms

Creature

The Concussion Rifle from Dark Forces. Great using this to send a group of enemies flying in all directions.

The BFG from Doom and Quake. Need I say anything more?

The mini-gun from Aliens vs Predator - You may have had to stand still while using it but it was well worth it .
Pretty much all of the Predator's weapons from Aliens vs Predator 2 especially the disc, shoulder cannon and net. Snaring people in the net from a distance and stabbing them with the spear up close was particularly satisfying.

Rise of The Triad. Can't really remember much as it's been many years since I played it last but I do remember there were some truly crazy weapons in it. The firebomb, the flamewall, the split-missile, the drunken-missile but most notably the ability to turn into a dog and kill enemies with your paws. The Barkblast!

But my favourite is definitely the rail gun from Red Faction. A one shot- kill weapon that allows you to see the body-heat of opponents through walls. What more can you want?