10 Most Iconic Weapons in Video Game History
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Weapons. The single most important aspect of around 95% of all games. Without them, how would we slay our foes? How would we escape our captors, or rescue our princesses? We couldnt is the answer. I shudder to think how many virtual weapons have been fabricated by poor designers, how many have been breathed into existence by long-suffering animators. It has to be in the high millions by now surely. Im not even going to begin to count. Lets just leave it at lots. Most often, these weapons are simply that; theyre guns, or swords or staffs or even bare hands. Most often, theyre pretty forgettable, or at least theres nothing so special about them that would classify them as memorable. Thats fine though, as most often were not really bothered as long as what we point it at dies horribly or otherwise goes the f*ck down, then its done its job. Every so often though, a game will come along that presents us with a truly iconic weapon. We enthuse about these weapons with each other at the water cooler or online. We make videos of ourselves using them for YouTube. Theyre just so god damn badass that we just have to share our experiences. And that, my friend, is when a weapon becomes iconic. Of course, weapon doesnt immediately translate to gun. There are plenty of different weapons, from all gaming genres, that can each be considered iconic in their own way, for their own reasons. So lets lock, load and armour up; its time to find out what we consider to be the 10 most iconic weapons in gaming history. Chicka-chick. Boom.