typical shooters have come to all but
dominate the market these days but that
doesn’t mean that all developers have
stopped trying new and innovative things
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 unconventional video game shooters
for this countdown we’ve selected the
most unique or unusual games that play
in the way a shooter does with
precedents going to those that truly
break the mold there still has to be
some form of shooting in the game so no
walking simulators like soma or dear
Esther and of course only one game per
franchise how do you start this stupid
thing number 10
steel diver sub wars
placing players in control of a
submarine in battle steel divers sub
Wars puts the three DSS capabilities to
full use players view the game through
the first-person perspective in full 3d
and you have the options of either using
the circle pad pro or the levers and
buttons on the touchscreen to control
your sub the game’s focus is on
multiplayer battles throwing players
into four-on-four matches that require
strategic movement and intense precision
rather than fast-paced twitch skills
even the multiplayer chat takes on this
theme and uses Morris code to send
messages oh and it’s free-to-play suite
number nine odd world strangers wrath
plenty of games switch up the shooters
general monotony with crazy weapons but
for you do it with just ammo
odd world strangers Rath puts players in
control of the stranger as he sets out
to capture wanted outlaws dead or alive
the game is completely unique in the way
that you do so while it makes use of a
capture system we’re keeping the
criminal alive grants you a bigger
reward the real fun comes from The
Strangers crossbow able to be loaded up
with a ton of different small animals to
launch at unsuspecting enemies The
Strangers crossbow is certainly a unique
weapon hey who doesn’t want to throw
skunk to people number 8 Pokemon snap
hunting Pokemon is something that no kid
would ever really want to do so instead
the developers of snap decided to put a
camera in the hands of a player instead
of a gun and let them loose in the
Pokemon world as you play as todd snap
an assistant to Professor Oak you’ll
travel to a number of different
locations to chase down the Pokemon that
lived there and snag some awesome
pictures along the way you’ll have some
items like bait and pester balls to help
you get the best shots and you might
even facilitate an evolution or two
number seven plants vs. zombies garden
warfare leaving the defend your house
style gameplay behind Garden warfare
brings the series into a 3d third-person
competitive shooter despite the move to
3d the game still captures the distinct
style of plants vs. zombies with all
kinds of zany weapons and gadgets
ranging from weed killer and warp
gadgets to simple seed spitting plants
as you play and level up you’ll unlock
more progressively ridiculous classes
and weapons and even some crazy special
abilities oh and did I mention how
ridiculous some of these classes are
especially with the plants with all
kinds of craziness happening on the
battlefield this game is certainly hard
to miss number 6 ratchet & clank ratchet
this is no time for you to become
cautious we have reached our goal who
would have expected something called a
Lombax to be so cool
Ratchet and Clank selling point was the
platforming adventure goodness mixed
with third-person shooting mechanics
however what really set the game apart
from most was the exceptionally unusual
weaponry that could be found throughout
the game
ratchets armory may start small with
nothing but a wrench but the oversized
and ultra destructive weaponry was just
around the corner with your hero using
all kinds of weaponry from a giant
flamethrower to an auto targeting nine
round missile launcher he’s got some of
the most memorable weaponry out there
and as later games got released the
weaponry only got crazier number 5 Zeno
Clash first person games have almost
always defaulted to being only a shooter
but first-person melee combat is just as
intense see no clash is one game that
puts a very heavy focus on first-person
unarmed combat and it does so extremely
well setting itself apart with tons of
context-sensitive abilities and attacks
Zeno Clash does a fantastic job of
bringing unarmed brawls to life while
there are a few sections where you’ll
get access to range weaponry nothing
will top the feeling of pummeling an
enemy into submission with nothing but
your fists in first person god I should
shot number 4 Mirror’s Edge
they’ve gone our way get your ass ready
to vote parkour has been a huge part of
a lot of recent games bringing a ton of
verticality and freedom to genres that
didn’t have them before
however Mirror’s Edge didn’t just add
parkour the game was parkour focusing on
the main character faiths movement the
game is all about getting from point A
to point B in style while trying to stay
alive while the first-person combat in
the game is still a selling point this
is a shooter that really emphasizes the
run aspect of run and gun with Mirror’s
Edge never breaking that first-person
perspective immersion is the key here
number three natural selection to mixing
genres often gives life to some very
interesting games and natural selection
– is one such example with a mix of
twitchy first-person shooting and
realtime strategy management natural
selection 2’s gameplay is hard to
replicate the game puts one player on
each side into a commander position
allowing them to command their team and
juggle resources and buildings the way
realtime strategy games are played with
the buildings and upgrades being fully
destructible this puts tons of
objectives on the huge map making
natural selection – a very strategy
focused game number 2 splatoon how can
you have a traditional shooter without
any actual violence well Nintendo answer
that question with splatoon featuring
the Inklings kids that can transform
into anthropomorphic squids or is it the
other way around
combat focuses on using squid ink to
dominate the battlefield by covering up
the ink of the opposite team or using it
to splat your opponents the game focuses
heavily on the ink itself which is more
like pink with players able to morph
into squid form to swim through their
ink for faster movement while the other
teams color slows you down on foot
and with tons of paint themed weapons
from squirt guns to giant paint rollers
splatoon is definitely a unique shooter
before we unveil our target here are a
few honorable mentions
number one portal two who would have
ever thought that testing could be so
much fun
portal 2 tasks players with controlling
Chell a woman trapped in the Aperture
Science labs as she attempts to escape
with the help of a few select crazy
characters throughout the game you’ll be
utilizing the portal gun which allows
you to connect to surfaces with a portal
to jump walk or otherwise pass through
to solve puzzle after puzzle the game’s
entire gameplay revolves around the gun
and it makes for a singularly unique
experience which is compounded by the
constant audio files and comedy
happening throughout the game that will
leave anyone it’s dishes list your craft
person ship is accident what’s the most
unique shooter that you’ve ever played
for more unusual top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com well that’s good to know
you
dominate the market these days but that
doesn’t mean that all developers have
stopped trying new and innovative things
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 unconventional video game shooters
for this countdown we’ve selected the
most unique or unusual games that play
in the way a shooter does with
precedents going to those that truly
break the mold there still has to be
some form of shooting in the game so no
walking simulators like soma or dear
Esther and of course only one game per
franchise how do you start this stupid
thing number 10
steel diver sub wars
placing players in control of a
submarine in battle steel divers sub
Wars puts the three DSS capabilities to
full use players view the game through
the first-person perspective in full 3d
and you have the options of either using
the circle pad pro or the levers and
buttons on the touchscreen to control
your sub the game’s focus is on
multiplayer battles throwing players
into four-on-four matches that require
strategic movement and intense precision
rather than fast-paced twitch skills
even the multiplayer chat takes on this
theme and uses Morris code to send
messages oh and it’s free-to-play suite
number nine odd world strangers wrath
plenty of games switch up the shooters
general monotony with crazy weapons but
for you do it with just ammo
odd world strangers Rath puts players in
control of the stranger as he sets out
to capture wanted outlaws dead or alive
the game is completely unique in the way
that you do so while it makes use of a
capture system we’re keeping the
criminal alive grants you a bigger
reward the real fun comes from The
Strangers crossbow able to be loaded up
with a ton of different small animals to
launch at unsuspecting enemies The
Strangers crossbow is certainly a unique
weapon hey who doesn’t want to throw
skunk to people number 8 Pokemon snap
hunting Pokemon is something that no kid
would ever really want to do so instead
the developers of snap decided to put a
camera in the hands of a player instead
of a gun and let them loose in the
Pokemon world as you play as todd snap
an assistant to Professor Oak you’ll
travel to a number of different
locations to chase down the Pokemon that
lived there and snag some awesome
pictures along the way you’ll have some
items like bait and pester balls to help
you get the best shots and you might
even facilitate an evolution or two
number seven plants vs. zombies garden
warfare leaving the defend your house
style gameplay behind Garden warfare
brings the series into a 3d third-person
competitive shooter despite the move to
3d the game still captures the distinct
style of plants vs. zombies with all
kinds of zany weapons and gadgets
ranging from weed killer and warp
gadgets to simple seed spitting plants
as you play and level up you’ll unlock
more progressively ridiculous classes
and weapons and even some crazy special
abilities oh and did I mention how
ridiculous some of these classes are
especially with the plants with all
kinds of craziness happening on the
battlefield this game is certainly hard
to miss number 6 ratchet & clank ratchet
this is no time for you to become
cautious we have reached our goal who
would have expected something called a
Lombax to be so cool
Ratchet and Clank selling point was the
platforming adventure goodness mixed
with third-person shooting mechanics
however what really set the game apart
from most was the exceptionally unusual
weaponry that could be found throughout
the game
ratchets armory may start small with
nothing but a wrench but the oversized
and ultra destructive weaponry was just
around the corner with your hero using
all kinds of weaponry from a giant
flamethrower to an auto targeting nine
round missile launcher he’s got some of
the most memorable weaponry out there
and as later games got released the
weaponry only got crazier number 5 Zeno
Clash first person games have almost
always defaulted to being only a shooter
but first-person melee combat is just as
intense see no clash is one game that
puts a very heavy focus on first-person
unarmed combat and it does so extremely
well setting itself apart with tons of
context-sensitive abilities and attacks
Zeno Clash does a fantastic job of
bringing unarmed brawls to life while
there are a few sections where you’ll
get access to range weaponry nothing
will top the feeling of pummeling an
enemy into submission with nothing but
your fists in first person god I should
shot number 4 Mirror’s Edge
they’ve gone our way get your ass ready
to vote parkour has been a huge part of
a lot of recent games bringing a ton of
verticality and freedom to genres that
didn’t have them before
however Mirror’s Edge didn’t just add
parkour the game was parkour focusing on
the main character faiths movement the
game is all about getting from point A
to point B in style while trying to stay
alive while the first-person combat in
the game is still a selling point this
is a shooter that really emphasizes the
run aspect of run and gun with Mirror’s
Edge never breaking that first-person
perspective immersion is the key here
number three natural selection to mixing
genres often gives life to some very
interesting games and natural selection
– is one such example with a mix of
twitchy first-person shooting and
realtime strategy management natural
selection 2’s gameplay is hard to
replicate the game puts one player on
each side into a commander position
allowing them to command their team and
juggle resources and buildings the way
realtime strategy games are played with
the buildings and upgrades being fully
destructible this puts tons of
objectives on the huge map making
natural selection – a very strategy
focused game number 2 splatoon how can
you have a traditional shooter without
any actual violence well Nintendo answer
that question with splatoon featuring
the Inklings kids that can transform
into anthropomorphic squids or is it the
other way around
combat focuses on using squid ink to
dominate the battlefield by covering up
the ink of the opposite team or using it
to splat your opponents the game focuses
heavily on the ink itself which is more
like pink with players able to morph
into squid form to swim through their
ink for faster movement while the other
teams color slows you down on foot
and with tons of paint themed weapons
from squirt guns to giant paint rollers
splatoon is definitely a unique shooter
before we unveil our target here are a
few honorable mentions
number one portal two who would have
ever thought that testing could be so
much fun
portal 2 tasks players with controlling
Chell a woman trapped in the Aperture
Science labs as she attempts to escape
with the help of a few select crazy
characters throughout the game you’ll be
utilizing the portal gun which allows
you to connect to surfaces with a portal
to jump walk or otherwise pass through
to solve puzzle after puzzle the game’s
entire gameplay revolves around the gun
and it makes for a singularly unique
experience which is compounded by the
constant audio files and comedy
happening throughout the game that will
leave anyone it’s dishes list your craft
person ship is accident what’s the most
unique shooter that you’ve ever played
for more unusual top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com well that’s good to know
you
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