Multi Your favourite power/skill/weapon/device in a game

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  1. SuperHans123

    SuperHans123 Multimodder

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    For me two immediately spring to mind.
    The fantastic 'Blink' short term teleport power in Dishonored 1&2
    And the brilliant motion detector in Alien Isolation.

    What's yours?
     
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    The cerebral bore from turok, loved using that weapon
     
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    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    The Land Shark Launcher from Armed and Dangerous.
    Also the Gravity Screw from Armed and Dangerous.

    I can't think of many game weapons as ludicrous and imaginative as those, distinctly average game though.


    More recently the Double Take from Titanfall, makes wonder why more games don't have a side-by-side double barrell marksman rifle.
     
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    Gravity gun, especially in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
     
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    Can't beat that kill icon: a flying toilet.


    Weapons:
    Gravity gloves from HL Alyx is very satisfying to use.
    Pistol Whip 2089 smart gun (or whatever it's called) also feels great to use.
    Vertigo (remastered) also had many great weapons near end of the game.
    The VSS in BFBC2 is my favorite gun in my favorite multiplayer game of all time.

    Powers:
    Time-slowing ability in Superhot VR is the best power for me
    Grapple shot in most games are great, from Just Cause to Halo Infinite
    The pull and throw ability in Control is also great, it's like gravity gun in a way

    Device:
    Has to be the laptop gun from Perfect Dark
     
  7. Nealieboyee

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    For me it has to be the M95 in BFBC2 and the DMR in Arma 2 Dayz. :grin:
     
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  8. Pete J

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    Cripes, many years of gaming means a lot of choices!

    I shall have a think...
     
  9. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Did always find it fun driving a jeep in BF3 with C4 attached to it.
     
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    The Blink ability in Dishonored is probably right up there.
     
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    Currently enjoying the Hard Wired seeker mine spam build in The Division 2.

    10 seeker mines doing just over 3m damage each every 6 seconds, scatters NPC's like nothing else.
     
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    Lots of great suggestions here, Control in particular had some great powers and the multi-mode weapon, brilliant game and under-rated I think.

    To cast way back, Unreal Tournament's flak cannon remains one of my favourites - even today to be able to bounce shrapnel about would be an interesting mechanic. Also the instagib plasma rifle for hilarity.

    HL1's crowbar also for me - undoubtedly because of the game's popularity but it sticks in my mind as THE melee weapon.

    Double barrel in 2016 DOOM.

    Predator Camouflage in the original Alien vs Predator was also fantastic, what a game that was.
     
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    I didn't know the SNES game even existed, it's the PC game I was thinking of! The storylines weren't great, but the mix of characters and their strengths/vulnerabilities were fantastic.
     
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    I remember a Marines mission - I think it was Aliens versus Predator, it might have been the sequel - where you slowly work your way into a nest then get absolutely mobbed and have to work your way back out again backwards at high speed while blasting away with your pulse rifle. Ace.
     
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    Shotgun with kitty cat silencer in Postal 2
     
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    Crowbar from Half Life (Although i do enjoy the wrench from Oppossing Force)
    Shotgun from Farcry (tbh, the shotgun is my go-to in most games)
    Gravity Gun + saw discs from Half Life 2
    The penetrator(?) from FEAR
    Ion Cannon from Command & Conquer
    Flak Cannon from Unreal Tournament
    Ak101 from Battlefield 2

    Not weapons per se, but honourable mentions to:
    Bullet time in Max Payne
    Grappling hook from Just Cause 2 (just because it was the first of the series i played)
     
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  18. Pete J

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    That was the second game. Scared the poo out of me!
     
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    Anything that looks or behaves like a Barrett M82A1.

    Nothing quite like a .50 rifle.
     
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    Good point actually, half the weapons in Postal 1+2 are worthy of inclusion as they're just mad. :D
     

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