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Top 10 Video Game Guns


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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our top 10 favorite
video game guns just to keep this on the
level we’re limiting ourselves to one
gun per franchise and not counting
power-ups or weapons that are part of a
character’s body like Mega Man’s armed
blaster or samus’s arm 10 this clip is
also ultra violent so your discretion is
advised
number 10 RC p90 Goldeneye kicking off
our list is the game-changing power
weapon from the king of split-screen
multiplayer a beast of a gun with insane
accuracy this bad boy fires 80 rounds
per clip or 160 when you’re dual
wielding in single-player there’s
nothing better than stumbling on one of
these and then mercilessly hunting down
your one poor friend that hasn’t played
before and can only ever find the club
number nine the shrink-ray Duke Nukem 3d
Duke Nukem Forever the twisted humor
that made Duke 3d a classic is perhaps
best epitomized by the shrink ray which
did exactly what you would think it
would do shrinking your enemy’s two
pint-sized proportions it literally let
you squash your adversaries like bugs
although the direct effects of the gun
aren’t deadly it was certainly effective
number eight the farside XR 20 Perfect
Dark with a full inventory of
imaginative guns most of which feature a
dual function there was never a shortage
of choice in Perfect Dark that said
we’ve got to give it up to the farside
a sniper rifle that allows you to hit
targets through walls you know like in
that movie with Arnold and James Caan
experienced players knew that deploying
the laptop gun as a century for cover
was the king strategy making that our
close second for Perfect Dark
number seven the spin fuser tribes the
iconic weapon of the series gamers
lovingly refer to it as the disc
launcher combining the best elements of
sniper rifles and rocket launchers slow
firing and slow-moving rounds only
rewarded careful timing and precision as
the jet pack fueled carnage tribes was
known for never had anyone sitting still
for very long as such scoring a mid-air
kill with the spin fuser was one of
those gaming delicacies savored by the
very few number 6 the flak cannon Unreal
Tournament the shotgun for the far
future it’s hard to think of a weapon
that had more of a tactile piece not
only did it literally shred your enemies
to bits at close range with dependable
ferocity but it’s brilliant visual
design added to the weapons efficiency
and satisfying use being able to see the
glowing shards of flak you were firing
let you know exactly how accurate you
were and the punch can animation made it
feel really well punchy number 5 the 211
be plasma cutter dead space series
actually just a reappropriation mining
tool from the future the plasma cutter
is the bread and butter of any stranded
spacefarers dismembering kit firing a
short vertical or horizontal line which
is ever so useful for skillful limb
removal standard pistols just aren’t the
same after you’ve sliced a few
Necromorphs apart with one of these
babies perhaps the best part are the
three guiding lasers which protrude from
the muzzle which somehow instill you
with the confidence you need to walk
down the very darkest of hallways
number four mk2 Lancer assault rifle the
Gears of War series I’m pretty sure the
only thing they ever had to say while
pitching the idea for Gears of War was
chainsaw bayonets an over-the-top weapon
that epitomizes the badassery that the
series is known for it prompts nasty
gore filled retribution to enemies that
venture too close many of the guns on
this list have come to represent their
franchise as a whole but without the
Lancer
there is no Gears of War number three
the needler halo series halo is a game
chock-full of memorable guns and were
tempted to pass this over to the battle
rifle just for the sheer amount of use
it gets in multiplayer
however the needler stands out from the
pack for it’s brilliant aesthetic design
and unique core mechanic while the
guided projectiles are always cool and
helped to elevate the gun past the
standard alien SMG the sweetest peach is
holding on long enough to cause your new
pin cushion to overload guaranteeing a
colorful and satisfying explosion number
two the gravity gun half-life 2 with the
protagonist Gordon Freeman being a
physicist his weapon is science namely
the zero-point energy field manipulator
which can grab and her’ll objects this
means that you are frequently only
limited by your own imagination as
anything in your surroundings can become
a deadly projectile
the ultimate display of in-game physics
half-life 2’s gravity gun is the perfect
example of how new technology combined
with brilliant and creative design can
result in the very best gameplay number
one the shotgun Dhoom series expecting
the BFG while that beast is ultimate in
godlike you’ve decided to defy
expectations by declaring our love for
the boomstick of gaming sure this
workhorse doesn’t do anything as fancy
as release a room clearing blast of
energy but it’s all in the little things
the animation looks awesome for one
thing everyone was impressed in 93 when
we first saw that perfectly digitized
hand pump action but most importantly
after writing around the first level or
so with a pistol when you finally get
the shotgun and send a few enemies
careening across the map in a single
shot it’s the first time that you feel
truly powerful and that is the
quintessential essence of all
first-person shooters agree with our
list what’s your favorite digital
boomstick for more entertaining top 10s
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