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Best Videogame Shotgun
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I'm clearly talking about the context of halo 2 here
i guess I mean more accurately 'a shotgun class weapon in a video game'. I don't know jack shit about real world guns and don't plan to.
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Recently RE2R.
No one does it better than RE series.
jesus christ.
looks immensely satisfying.
Yeah, it's gotta be Doom II for me. Even though I generally use the regular shotgun more to save ammo, the Super Shotgun is so satisfying to use.
Totally. Shotgun in Doom 3 is butts, butts, butts which was so disappointing.
Oh! I forgot about this gun. It, along with weapon 4 (the laser thingy weapon that shot balls of energy as the alternate) were my favorite weapons in that game.The HL2 shotgun is cool, but my favorite is the Flak Cannon from Unreal.
Sorry, you said that this is how a shotgun should act and did not specify within halo 2 specifically so I assumed you meant in general. The belief that shotguns are only useful at extremely close range is a fallacy and is the main reason why so many videogame shotguns are terrible in my opinion.
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That's fair. It's just a game balance thing after all though.
Physics would probably take a nap if bullets just stopped being effective after X meters without coming into contact with something (or dissolving in midair or whatever)
Mass Effect 3's Claymore. Holy whoa. Punchy, incredibly strong, and really satisfying combined with reload cancelling
Loved waiting for enemies to get close on crushing and then blind fire kill them
Gears shotguns are pretty hard to beat, I think you could even make Maulers explode with those things.
And with the smart choke you can use it at long range to snipe heads.
And with the smart choke you can use it at long range to snipe heads.
I bet it's one of the most hated shotguns, but I LOVE the shotgun from Doom 3 (yeah, not the double-barreled). Just love the feeling and the bulky look of it. Also adore the shotgun on Quake 4.
It's got to be Gears of War. I can't think of any multiplayer shooter where the game revolves around a shotgun as much as it does for gears. Getting those perfect 'pops' on headshots with the gnasher is one of the most satisfying feelings in a MP shooter.
Recently RE2R.
No one does it better than RE series.
Ohhh that's nice.
Dead to Rights for XBox had the best shotgun I've ever seen in a videogame to date. The sound, the range, the destruction, it's the best.
The trusty companion of all kickers of alien ass.
It's got damage, it's got range, it's got a decent speed and it brings satisfaction.
And unless I missed something, no one mentioned it before me?
It's got damage, it's got range, it's got a decent speed and it brings satisfaction.
And unless I missed something, no one mentioned it before me?
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The HL2 shotgun is cool, but my favorite is the Flak Cannon from Unreal.
The only answer. Other shotguns can't compare.
The trusty companion of all kickers of alien ass.
It's got damage, it's got range, it's got a decent speed and it brings satisfaction.
And unless I missed something, no one mentioned it before me?
Good call! DNF(!) also has a satisfying shotgun.
D3D was one of the few games where all of the weapons are cool and novel to use, including the DLC shrink ray.
Really like everything about the shot guns in max Payne 1 + 2
Pump action is good, but so is the jackhammer and striker
There good in gears and call of duty and gta5
Pump action is good, but so is the jackhammer and striker
There good in gears and call of duty and gta5
It's the Doom shotgun.
Shout-out to fallout 2's pancor jackhammer, even in turn-based top down isometric games exploding people point blank is just the bee's knees.
Shout-out to fallout 2's pancor jackhammer, even in turn-based top down isometric games exploding people point blank is just the bee's knees.
Do you mean the microwave expander? The shrink ray was base game, while the expander was introduced with the Atomic Edition. Bit of an ammo eater, but good for clearing out crowds of weaker aliens or eggs.
I do like how they saved all the wilder weapons for the later episodes though. Played tons of the shareware version as a kid, and I fantasized about how cool the rest of the game must be. Pretty cool, it turns out. Though nothing quite beats the tightness of those first 6 levels.
Yes, I meant the expander. My bad. I do remember the ammo eating of the expander, probably was a little too much of a novelty weapon in retrospect. Still fun.
The shareware levels were so great. My bro and I always played Hollywood Holocaust and Freeway in null modem Dukematches. Good times.
