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Has to be the flamethrower. I hate it personally. Whether you're trying to use a little hand-held thrower to fry 'things' in, erm. The Thing, or whether you're frying Nazis with a 20-gallon capacity jet propelled 50ft range thrower, or even if you're toasting monkeys in TimeSplitters 2, they never seem to give that same satisfaction that comes with putting a bullet through someone, or stabbing them, or letting rip with a minigun.
Even the crossbow is more fun, as you get the satisfying click/squelch sound of firing/impact. But with a flamer it's just WHOOOOMPH and if you were lucky to hit anything it turns to charcoal, or runs about a bit then turns to charcoal. Quite often your flaming target runs straight into you and turns you to charcoal as well.
Flamethrowers just don't have that 'game dynamic', that 'pick up and play' ease of use. You have to judge trajectories, arcs, ranges, remaining napalm levels etc., so going from minigun to flamethrower during a level completely changes your approach in most games. Instead of a continuous all-out blast-fest you have to suddenly adopt a more cerebral approach to your targetting, which goes against the grain in a great many cases.
2nd worse is the grenade. Grenade launchers are fine. But hand thrown grenades are just so fidgety trying to get the range right, the blast radius down pat and the fact that you're trying to hit a moving target that's firing back at you at the time doesn't really help, because using a grenade generally exposes you more. Medal of Honour: Frontline is a good example of where grenades can actually be used properly, but try throwing them under pressure, hitting your target, and not taking damage yourself.
In the grenade's favour, which makes it rank 2nd worse, is that you know exactly how many you've got left at all times, and when they DO actually hit your intended target they tend to create some neat results, like body parts flying in lots of general directions accompanied by appropriate screams of agony from the wounded. (This is assuming that you didn't drop the first grenade at your feet by accident and lived to see the result).
All they'd need to do to make the grenade a much handier weapon is revamp the control system. Instead of the 'press X and hope all goes well' technique that most games currently have, why not just have a crosshair appear which indicates 'when you press X, THIS is where you're grenade is gonna end up'. Much simpler. Much less cerebral. Much more prospect for carnage there.
3rd worse weapon ever is the butt. Whoever thought that you could defeat enemies by bouncing on their heads with your butt should be shot. Since the dawn of history, I don't think there has ever been a recorded scenario of 'death by butt'. So just where did that idea come from? Does Max Payne do it? Does Solid Snake do it? Does Duke Nukem do it? No. So why have it? Why not substitute it with a foam hammer that you can whack things with in an effort to appease the ELSPA ratings?
Even the crossbow is more fun, as you get the satisfying click/squelch sound of firing/impact. But with a flamer it's just WHOOOOMPH and if you were lucky to hit anything it turns to charcoal, or runs about a bit then turns to charcoal. Quite often your flaming target runs straight into you and turns you to charcoal as well.
Flamethrowers just don't have that 'game dynamic', that 'pick up and play' ease of use. You have to judge trajectories, arcs, ranges, remaining napalm levels etc., so going from minigun to flamethrower during a level completely changes your approach in most games. Instead of a continuous all-out blast-fest you have to suddenly adopt a more cerebral approach to your targetting, which goes against the grain in a great many cases.
2nd worse is the grenade. Grenade launchers are fine. But hand thrown grenades are just so fidgety trying to get the range right, the blast radius down pat and the fact that you're trying to hit a moving target that's firing back at you at the time doesn't really help, because using a grenade generally exposes you more. Medal of Honour: Frontline is a good example of where grenades can actually be used properly, but try throwing them under pressure, hitting your target, and not taking damage yourself.
In the grenade's favour, which makes it rank 2nd worse, is that you know exactly how many you've got left at all times, and when they DO actually hit your intended target they tend to create some neat results, like body parts flying in lots of general directions accompanied by appropriate screams of agony from the wounded. (This is assuming that you didn't drop the first grenade at your feet by accident and lived to see the result).
All they'd need to do to make the grenade a much handier weapon is revamp the control system. Instead of the 'press X and hope all goes well' technique that most games currently have, why not just have a crosshair appear which indicates 'when you press X, THIS is where you're grenade is gonna end up'. Much simpler. Much less cerebral. Much more prospect for carnage there.
3rd worse weapon ever is the butt. Whoever thought that you could defeat enemies by bouncing on their heads with your butt should be shot. Since the dawn of history, I don't think there has ever been a recorded scenario of 'death by butt'. So just where did that idea come from? Does Max Payne do it? Does Solid Snake do it? Does Duke Nukem do it? No. So why have it? Why not substitute it with a foam hammer that you can whack things with in an effort to appease the ELSPA ratings?
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one shot kills with rocketlaunchers is priceless
*respawns with rocketlauncher*
*sees rocket blasts everywhere*
aaarrgggghhhhh
*respawns with rocketlauncher*
*sees rocket blasts everywhere*
aaarrgggghhhhh
Dual klobbs were great in single player Goldeneye, especially if you were bored of one shot to the head with the PPK.
But, yeah, in multiplayer they were pretty worthless.
But, yeah, in multiplayer they were pretty worthless.
The most impressive FlameThrower I've ever seen is in the game Kingpin. It has the most amazing ^F T^ effects.
Although, my favourite weapon in all games is the UZI, short sweet and to the point.
Although, my favourite weapon in all games is the UZI, short sweet and to the point.
Using bricks is an artform sniping is just cowardly (and amusing - in games only).
plasticcoated wrote:
> Goldeneye's Klobb still lives on the worst weapon ever in a game.
god i remember that rubbis you would target someone and spray around them with bullets.
one shot kills with bricks is better because you need skill rarther than some cheesy git camping with a sniper rifle
> Goldeneye's Klobb still lives on the worst weapon ever in a game.
god i remember that rubbis you would target someone and spray around them with bullets.
one shot kills with bricks is better because you need skill rarther than some cheesy git camping with a sniper rifle
Goldeneye's Klobb still lives on the worst weapon ever in a game.
Funny for 5 minutes then it dawns on you that throwing bricks is really crap.
Worst weapon has gotta be every single gun in Agent Under Fire, if I wanted a game where the guns fire Jelly then I would have bought a game where the guns fire Jelly.
Stupid AUF, if it was a person i'd kickit in the nuts.
Worst weapon has gotta be every single gun in Agent Under Fire, if I wanted a game where the guns fire Jelly then I would have bought a game where the guns fire Jelly.
Stupid AUF, if it was a person i'd kickit in the nuts.
Drunk Cow wrote:
> Shadow Knight wrote:
> what about bricks :)
>
> Throwing bricks at zobies in a Chineese hotel place is funnnnn.
one shot kill deathmatchs in Timesplitters 2 with only bricks is well funny
> Shadow Knight wrote:
> what about bricks :)
>
> Throwing bricks at zobies in a Chineese hotel place is funnnnn.
one shot kill deathmatchs in Timesplitters 2 with only bricks is well funny
The big venus fly trap things?
They shoot fireballs at mario. As does Bowser. There are several others which do, too. Depends which version of Mario you're playing.
So it's not much of a suprise that he chose to equip miself with a water hose in his last outing, is it really?
They shoot fireballs at mario. As does Bowser. There are several others which do, too. Depends which version of Mario you're playing.
So it's not much of a suprise that he chose to equip miself with a water hose in his last outing, is it really?
Heh. :)
I was just trying to remember if there were creatures that spurted fire out of their mouths or if I had made it up. Sleep is probably a wise thing to do.
I was just trying to remember if there were creatures that spurted fire out of their mouths or if I had made it up. Sleep is probably a wise thing to do.
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