favorite weapons

what are your favorite weapons types in video games/ what are your favorite features of weapons in an FPS?

no specific weapons please, I am part of a development team, and we are trying to make a game thats suits the wants/needs of gamers

what are your favorite weapons types in video games/ what are your favorite features of weapons in an FPS?

no specific weapons please, I am part of a development team, and we are trying to make a game thats suits the wants/needs of gamers cowbrains788

Customisable or upgradeable weapons.

I'm not too bothered about being able to carry 10 different weapons, but I would rather have a few that I could upgrade by adding better scopes, a silencer, a grenade launcher, underbarrel attachments, laser sights, increased magazine size, the ability to switch between single shot and automatic firing modes

Crowbar.

*maybe a bit too specific*

[QUOTE="cowbrains788"] what are your favorite weapons types in video games/ what are your favorite features of weapons in an FPS?

no specific weapons please, I am part of a development team, and we are trying to make a game thats suits the wants/needs of gamers Avenger1324

Customisable or upgradeable weapons.

I'm not too bothered about being able to carry 10 different weapons, but I would rather have a few that I could upgrade by adding better scopes, a silencer, a grenade launcher, underbarrel attachments, laser sights, increased magazine size, the ability to switch between single shot and automatic firing modes

Yes, it´s a fantastic idea. Few games have worked this feature. My opinion is the same... 

Pistol from Halo 1 owned. 

Pistol from Halo 1 owned. 

delta2124

The 2x zoom and high damage was the best thing about the pistol.  Oh yes it also was chrome.

I wanna rip off peoples limbs and beat em w/they own appendages.SaDiZTiKStyLeZ

 a dilldo like the one in GTA: SA that's my favorite weapon type..   :)

by the way I think you're full of it saying you're part of a dev team lmao..... 

[QUOTE="SaDiZTiKStyLeZ"]I wanna rip off peoples limbs and beat em w/they own appendages.NamelessPlayer

I looked that game up looks alittle dated and not worth playing.. but I love those kinds of games where you can dismember people and have blood and gore. Do you know of any other games like that that have modern or standerd graphics that are worth playing ? 

 April is one of my faves.....

rocket lancher.... COMON who dosent like that weapon?

rail gun from quake    

 and last the shock rifle from ut 

oh and the AWP from CS:S only when im using it i hate it when ppl get me with that in office

..... favorite weapon types without being specific, that's kinda rough; how about ones that kill the enemy the quickest?....... or maybe ones that shoot bullets or gernades ? Other than that, some of my memorable ones would be: the stake gun in Painkiller, that was always a blast, or about any of the weapons in Armed and Dangerous, the shark gun was just too fun to use. Good Luckno1alboogie

Oh, yeah, Armed and Dangerous. How bout that shark gun, or maybe that weird weapon that made things go upside down, and everyone would fall... that was funny.

The Unreal Bio-Rifle is my favorite "fun" weapon.  Everyone underestimates it.  Nobody survives a direct hit.

The Doom Berserk weapon is my favorite "carnage" weapon.  Pick it up.  Run around beating the hell out of everything...with your FISTS.

The Descent Mega Missle is my favorite "OMFG RUN!!!" weapon.  I love the hilarity of firing and watching my victem spin his ship around wildy trying to avoid it.

The Doom BFG is my favorite "You're all gonna die now" weapon.  One shot.  30 kills.  Muahahaha :twisted:

The Blood Flare Gun is my favorite "odd" weapon.  Fire it and it will stick to an enemy for a few seconds before causing them to burst into flames screaming and running around aimlessly.  lmao! :lol:

The Duke Nukem 3D Shrinker Ray is my favorite "lol" weapon.  Shrink your foe, then step on him with your mighty boot.  :lol:

....i could go on and on all day

The type of guns that I will NEVER EVER get over:

Blazing super fast deadly mini-guns,

and ofcorse..

HAND CANNONS...HUGE shotguns...

FLAK CANNON.

Those two weapon categories are the bestest!!! 

It's hard not to be specific about particular weapons I like from a whole range of games. In general, I prefer weapons that...

1. Don't take up too much screen real-estate.

2. You can use iron sights.

3. Get away from the usual pistol/shotgun/mg/rocket launcher lineup and do something different. Some of the weapons in Unreal and Half-Life are good example of this, from Flak canons and Shock rifles and Biorifles to barnacle guns, alien critters, and the gravity gun.

4. Weapons that can be upgraded or modified - the weapon mods in Deus Ex are an excellent example of this, with improvements to ammo capacity, laser sights, scopes, etc.

5. Melee weapons to complement the ranged weapons. Who can forget the chainsaw from Doom, the lightsaber from Jedi Knight, the retractable shiv from Republic Commando? All good examples of interesting melee weapons.

6. Stealth weapons like crossbows, silenced pistols, harpoon guns etc., for getting a relatively silent take down (obviously only viable in games that support stealth mechanics).

7. Different types of grenades, from flashbangs and gas to EMP.

8. Non-lethal weapons. Why should we always have to kill everything? The Thief games are a good example of offering methods of non-lethal takedowns.

On a side note, I prefer games where you reload weapons when you run out of ammo, and pickup different types of ammo for the different types of weapons. The whole concept of unified ammo is a bit stupid, unless a game only has energy based weapons.

Shotty McShotgun!

Whether its blasting the headcrabs off of zombies and exposing their mutilated faces in Halflife 2, or turning on slow-mo in FEAR and sending Replicas flying through the air ever so gracefully, the shotgun is my favorite.

I think it goes back to when I was a little boy watching Terminator 2.  In the end when Sarah Connor was using the shotgun to punch holes in T-1000...that was a thing of beauty

ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk *click*
*t-1000 waves his finger*
"Get down!"
THWOOMP!
BOOOOOOOOM!
eeeeeeeeeeREEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
*t-1000 falls into molten steel*

Oh, that brings up another awesome and underappreciated weapon...the grenade launcher!  I loved the one in Aliens vs Predator 2 with its drum design and different mines (EMP, Spider Proximity, Frag, etc) and the M79 from Firearms mod from Halflife is cool as well.

My favourite types of weapons are ones that I've never used before, I don't want to start of with the pistol, then get the asssault rifle, then shotgun, etc. I want to have an experience that I've never had before with another game, so I want different weapons, that would keep me interested.

Also, the ability to upgrade and customise weapons would be very cool.

Shotty McShotgun!

Whether its blasting the headcrabs off of zombies and exposing their mutilated faces in Halflife 2, or turning on slow-mo in FEAR and sending Replicas flying through the air ever so gracefully, the shotgun is my favorite.

I think it goes back to when I was a little boy watching Terminator 2.  In the end when Sarah Connor was using the shotgun to punch holes in T-1000...that was a thing of beauty

ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk *click*
*t-1000 waves his finger*
"Get down!"
THWOOMP!
BOOOOOOOOM!
eeeeeeeeeeREEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
*t-1000 falls into molten steel*

Oh, that brings up another awesome and underappreciated weapon...the grenade launcher!  I loved the one in Aliens vs Predator 2 with its drum design and different mines (EMP, Spider Proximity, Frag, etc) and the M79 from Firearms mod from Halflife is cool as well.

mrbojangles25

Shotty McShotgun!

Whether its blasting the headcrabs off of zombies and exposing their mutilated faces in Halflife 2, or turning on slow-mo in FEAR and sending Replicas flying through the air ever so gracefully, the shotgun is my favorite.

I think it goes back to when I was a little boy watching Terminator 2.  In the end when Sarah Connor was using the shotgun to punch holes in T-1000...that was a thing of beauty

ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk BOOM!
ch-chkk *click*
*t-1000 waves his finger*
"Get down!"
THWOOMP!
BOOOOOOOOM!
eeeeeeeeeeREEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
*t-1000 falls into molten steel*

Oh, that brings up another awesome and underappreciated weapon...the grenade launcher!  I loved the one in Aliens vs Predator 2 with its drum design and different mines (EMP, Spider Proximity, Frag, etc) and the M79 from Firearms mod from Halflife is cool as well.

mrbojangles25

Shotty FTW!

1 of all weapons that can kill with 1 hit - except snipers' head shot of course, something like the rail gun in F.E.A.R.

A FLAMETHROWER!!!!!!! :P

Line up of deagle from CSS, shotgun from HL2 and sniper from wherever.

scorpion sword and water sword in POPWW

I enjoy customizability, Global Operations had a perfect setup of weapons...too bad their net code sucked monkey balls. However if you go with this, you have to be able to save favorites, it's a b!tch to have to pull in a scope and laser sight every time you choose weapons.

Alternative weapons that are a bit harder to use, but offer great rewards and a humiliation factor are great. Good examples are non-lethal take down in SWAT so you can arrest enemies and knifing someone in BF2142 so you get their dog-tag.

And finally I just plain like meaty weapons that spit a lotta bullets. COVERING FIRE! 

M4A1 from CSS as well as the chrome deagle (wow that sure is shiny) from CSS

 Flak Cannon from Unreal Tournament

Thompson from CoD2

the beam rifle from halo 2 it is very quick u can fire one or two shots before it overheats in less than a second

also the battle rifle from halo 2, burst fire, very accurate, around 1.5x-2x scope one of best guns ever

ahhh...the legendary Crowbar that helps us all in our beloved Half-Lifes....

Broken Butterfly from RE4