Top 25 Most Awesome Game Weapons

Videogame weapons, whether they're completely realistic and true to their real life counterparts or bizarre future alien technology, they can really make a game. This list isn't about the best weapon, the most impressive, the most visceral or bad-ass weapon. No this is about weapons that define the game, the weapons that pop into your head at the very mention of the game. In many ways I've limited myself, while Turok 2's Cerebral Bore is a lot of fun is it iconic? Honestly to me it's just a green mass of gibbed lizard creatures when I think about Turok, so it's not in the list.

[BannedForNineYears]

Portal gun <3

[DJexs]

definitely a good one.

side note
Why do they always list the buster as clouds its angeals after I played cc I liked him a little less because of the fact that most of his past was present as a lie. Zack fair however is the man.

[mal_tez92]

I mean crobar? seriously? It doesn't function any differently to any other meleee weapon.

And no Ratchet and Clank or Resistance weapons = instant failure.

[Cheeseknight28]

I appreciate some of them, like the Portal Gun but... where is Ratchet and Clank and Perfect Dark?

[Inside_out]

....Lancer and Torque bow...chainsaw a guy into little pieces OR hit him with a Torque bow, watch him run, detonate and watch his head pop off and go straight up in the air 25ft....Gears 2 flamethrower and other boomer weapons....

Turok evolution ( last gen ) had some insane weapons...bow with grenade attached...double loaded shotgun, plasma rifle, poison arrow made the enemy puke and die...heck, all the weapons were awesome in that game...

GRAW 2...Redstorm did the multi-player side of things...it showed...every weapon handles differently...so realistic...PS3 got a bad port of this game...

MW2 has some great guns...heartbeat sensor is awesome...

Splinter cell Conviction...awesome guns especially the pistol with the 4 mark n execute upgrade....

KZ2...main gun as well as flamethrower were deadly....

Half life 2 gravity gun, pistol and crow bar...

ODST...pistol and sub-machine gun....incredible precision...

COD WAW flamethrower...burn those guy's out of the tree's never got old...

Halo...all weapons were a blast...

Red faction...all weapons....

Deadspace...crazy weapons in that game...

[ico92]

um wheres the Cerebral Bore from Turok 2 ? wheres the Laptop Sentry Gun from Perfect Dark?

[Alcon Caper]

No Awesome Guns list is complete without it. I mean, c'mon, the land shark gun?

also the holo duke from duke 3d is awesome

[jeseth]

Golden Gun : Goldeneye

Sniper Rifle & Flamethrower : KZ2

Just about any weapon !!! : Ratchet & Clank

[bruddahmanmatt]

Guy is an idiot for not including the Cerebral Bore. I don't care what his excuse is, that thing was EPIC. The Farsight from PD also should have been on the list, NOT an honorable mention. And as someone else already pointed out, the Golden Gun from Goldeneye is one everybody references whenever you're playing "one hit kill" mode in any game. Finally, no Ratchet and Clank, no deal. The Groovitron easily tops some of the crappy weapons on this list.

[Hideo_Kojima]

Had a hand held nuclear rocket launcher that took out half the map.

First time I shot that I saw how huge the explosion was and the shock wave hit me after a second and kill me too.

I was gobsmacked :P

[Danteh]

Meh...

1. Master Sword
2. Buster Sword
3. Blades of Athena
4. Ebony & Ivory
5. Red Shell (:D)

[Aaroncls7]

FU!

[disposable]

Where is Unreal Tournament's Redeemer?

[foxxy]

My favorite zodiac spear.

[RedPawn]

Mega Buster

[AmericanPsycho23]

I would have to say one of my favorite weapons would have to be the Zombies from the Resident Evil Series. Or Scorpions Spear

[XxRoosterxX]

Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator.

/end list

[ryano23277]

Not a fan of Gears, but that gun definately is one of the best.

No Fallout 3 guns? MIRV, Mini Nuke or Alien Blaster
Rail Gun - MGS4 or the Tranq pistol.
Grapple Gun - Batman
Ballers - Hitman
Does inFamous/Prototype count?
Grapple hook from Just Cause 2
Wolverine

[Slimshadyn]

The RYNO should have been on the list.

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

These are some off the top of my head...

Redeemer - Unreal Tournament

Bolt Guns - FEAR/FEAR2/KZ2/etc

Melee weapons in FPS - HL/Condemned/Prey/TF2/etc

Psychic Powers - Psi-Ops

Flamethrower - Alot of Games, KZ2 has a good one.

Taser - Syphon Filter

Type 7 - FEAR (My all time favorite I think. Looks cool. Sounds cool. Aftermath is cool, nothing but steaming skeleton bodies!)

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[The GOAT]

I am sorry but I am disappointed in this. Any Awesome Weapons List that fails to include the Cerebral Bore is a farce.

[view-sonic]

i think the lightsaber should've been higher on the list
otherwise nice list
hidden blade ftw!

i know it's been downgraded in videogames but it's still an icon

[ElementX]

Honestly, that site needs a different colored background or text. It's hard to read.

BTW red turtle shells aren't awesome.

[fOrlOnhOpe57]

will tell you its the game that keeps on giving, when it comes to a multitude of bigger and better death-dealing weaponry.

Highly addictive to open weapon chests and drool over some of the stuff in there. Level 57 - look out Crawermax!

[iamgoatman]

Modding guns in borderlands can be very fun as well.

I have a revolver that does 2x1040 damage, 4x Corrosive, 98 accuracy and has "the dove" barrel so I can just keep shooting away to my hearts content!

[MACADOODLE]

To me nothing beats the Redeemer in UT. Nothing like making a well placed shot fragging the entire enemy team.

[Cajun Chicken]

NOOOO! This is missing Kurt Hectic's awesome coil suit from the MDK series, I mean, the guy has a sniper rifle on his helmet and fires the triger by his chin, THEN he takes off the front, attaches it to his arm as a machine gun!

Can't get cooler than that!

[kraze07]

Needs more Vector Cannon. I was awestruck the first time I fired it.

[avengers1978]

Kratos' Blades of Chaos of course. But the Groovatron has to be up there.
DMC weapons(every thing)
Crossbow with electric arrow traps from Bioshock.
The Heavenly Sword.
and let's not forget light sabers

[SeanRL]

Those dual pistol things on the cover of R & C: up your arsenal. Those things were kick-ass.

[Bolts]

This list suck ass.

[Heartnet]

number 1 is a fuking crow bar? anything is better than a crowbar tbh.. its not even that awesome u are basing the awesomeness of that weapon on the game!

Douche everyone knows the best weapon ever is Haseos Dual Pistols in dot.Hack G.U

[Dnied]

Awesome list.. As soon as I clicked the link I thought to myself... "HL crowbar is #1 i bet"

I kept scrolling through and the whole time i was like WHAT NO CROWBAR? then bam :D

I don't think the list is based on how COOL the weapons are themselves, but more about the recognition / iconic meaning they have on the gaming world etc

Gears of war should not be that high though lol lightsaber should definately be higher.

Oh also, the knife from RE should be switched with the knife from counterstrike lol

[bjornbear]

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? PRETTY AVERAGE? this guy is a **** ******

....that aside fair list

missing cerebral bore, Hade's Claws and cow launcher

[Nitrogen]

The big robot from Unreal Tournament (if that counts)

[MastermindPS360]

or anywhere on the list but its not......shame

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[knightdarkbox]

chainsaw of gears owns..

chainsaw it's only a game and we use chainsaw because it's fuc*ing great of all weapons in games in this days IMO.

[Frodosmugins]

From Perfect Dark!!

Cmon you could throw it on the wall and it would stay there and help you.

Should be in top 5 but not even on the list :(

[DeFFeR]

Go read the article again...

[artsaber]

Tornado Gun - MGS4
FarEye Sniper Rifle - Resistance 1
Rocket Launcher w/remote rocket and burst - Resistance 1
Electricity Gun and Bolt Gun - KZ2

[mindedone]

Tanooki Suit? Did we start gaming in 2000?

[llMurcielagoll]

Most importantly that an ordinary crowbar is number one on the list while a Kratos's Blades of Athena or a Gears of War Lancer is way below haha.

[Gun_Senshi]

from Pain killer

[Jikla]

Ebony and Ivory + the DMC sword should have been on th list and the master sword at least on 3rd place. I always get goosebumps when I get that in a Zelda game. And what about the hookshot/Longshot? A weapon that can pierce your enemies but can also be used to reach high places.

[Death The Kid]

Ebony and Ivory should've been on their but by far the one that should have been on there was Pandora, when dante started killing all those frog demons with it almost made me jizz in my pants!

[rezzah]

Instead of making a list with limited weapons, they should make a list with the best weapon from each game series or somthing.

[Dnied]

just thought of one..

Proximity mines from goldeneye :D

[Dying_clown]

Some of those were awesome weapons other not so much.

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

Seriously? Crowbar? really?
Some weapons I thoroughly enjoy/enjoyed using:

-The bullseye from Resistance:FOM (when used properly the gun is ridiculously fun to use)

-Yellow Yoshi in Super Mario World

-Lazy Shell and Rock Candy from Super Mario RPG

-Spiked Shields from Demon's Souls (Hey, fully upgrade one and
they're a blast especially in PvP).

-The Rock-It Launcher from Fallout 3 (Slow motion lawn gnome decapitation---way too fun)

-Magitek Armor from FF6/3 (enough said)

And one of my personal favorites of all time:

The Fingers machine gun from Armored Core (I know they were in Master of Arena, not sure about the more recent ones..Not sure of the exact name of the part though).

[C L O U D]

Ah...
The iconic crowbar, helped me alot breaking boxes and wacking the hell out of the head crabs and zombies.

I feel the "Yamato" (Vergil DMC3) should've been there.
It wins over the Masamune any day, although we did get to see how impressive the Masamune is in Crisis Core.
(Sephiroth vs Genesis scene)

[Darrius Cole]

This list is garbage.

You guys are prabably too young to remember.

1. The best weapon is the Spreader from Contra/Super Contra.
2. Knightmare's Soul Calibur from Soul Calibur II. (Back when Sigfried and Knightmare were one and the same)
3. Standard lightsaber from any Star Wars game or Movie.

Oh Yeah, I prefer to call them the Blades of Chaos as that was their original name.

Honorable Mention goes to the World's Smallest Nuclear Explosion from MDK. I wasn't really a weapon as much as a key, but the concept of it is so cool.

[booni3]

nothing from rachet and clank??

[Relientk77]

Any weapon from the Ratchet and Clank series