In a game where everyone and everything is trying to kill you, a weapon is your best friend. This is a list of the coolest and most effective weapons in any game. This is only a list of weapons that I've used, and since I've never played Halo and got stuck in the sewers in Half-Life 2 when I rented it, the Energy Sword and Gravity Gun are off the list. I apologize. I'm also taking only one weapon per franchise. With a list of this nature, there is no right or wrong answer, so don't complain and say "Why is (Weapon Name) not on the list?" This is Psycho-Hazard's Top 5 Weapons

5. Laptop Gun, Perfect Dark- Do I really need to say anything? Not only is the Laptop Gun a decent machine gun in your hands, but you can put it on any surface and it will shoot anything that comes near it, making it a perfect weapon for snipers. It remains one of the better weapons without being cheap, unlike the Farsight XR-20. If you use the Farsight, you are a cheap bastard and have no business playing Perfect Dark.

4. Fiend's Bane Bow, Ninja Gaiden Series- This has to be the most effective bow I've ever used in a game. It's completely silent, has a decent fire rate, and let's not forget the special arrows you get that can pierce tanks. Yeah, this bow can use arrows that can pierce TANKS! I'm not kidding. You can use it in the air too so that you can dodge bullets and fireballs.

3. Razor Wind, Turok 2- In terms of just being a damaging weapon, this thing is unmatched in Turok 2. It doesn't use ammo because only one exists, it can instantly kill most enemies, and if you aim it right, you get an orgy of blood spraying out of the decapitated enemy. The only weapons that can stand up to the Razor Wind are the Shredder, and the Cerebral Bore. The Shredder only does instant-kill damage if you use explosive rounds and it uses up ammo, and the Cerebral Bore takes a minute to lock on and after firing it once, you have to wait a minute for it to reload. So the Razor Wind wins. The only problem, it get's stuck on walls when fired around a corner.

2. Pandora, Devil May Cry 4- This has to be the best weapons ever in terms of versatility. Normally, the Pandora is just a creepy looking briefcase, but this baby can turn into a rocket firing bowgun, a bazooka, a laser cannon, a floating turret that fires missiles, a boomerang, and opening it sucks out those demon's souls. And guess what? That's just seven of it's 666 forms it can take on! Imagine what else it can turn into! Unfortunately it's not terribly strong unless you have a minute to change it's form, so that's a negative side of this otherwise excellent weapon.

1. Katana, Every game it's in- You might be saying, "You said you were only taking one weapon per franchise! Yamato from DMC and the Dragon Sword from Ninja Gaiden are katanas!" Did I specifically mention either weapon? No, I didn't. If you're playing a game where melee weapons are plentiful, you're bound to find a katana in there, and when you do It's bound to be one of the most versatile and effective weapons in the game. The katana is not only a legendary weapon in real life, but also in gaming. This wicked blade will slice up anything that gets in your way... if you can get close enough to it.