10 Joke Video Game Weapons (That Are Secretly INCREDIBLY Powerful)
Watch out for deadly forks, eggs, and water pistols.
Video games can be as elaborately and senselessly ridiculous as they want as long as the developers have the necessary imagination, resources, and time to bring their ludicrous visions to life.
One of the biggest ways creators get to flesh their comical muscles is through joke weapons.
You know, those completely bonkers and often totally incongruous tools that are as unexpected as they are amusing. Just look at the appropriately named Cluckshot from Gears of War 3 or Cid Highwind's mop in Final Fantasy VII for proof.
Although many of these armaments are purely for laughs and lack significant strength, there are a handful that add insult to injury by being deceptively vicious if used correctly. After all, it’s one thing to be killed by a big gun or sword, but it’s quite another to be defeated by a gaudy sex toy or gassy badger, right?
A few come from inherently silly franchises, but just as many appear in titles that are otherwise fairly serious, if not scary. Regardless, the following surely take the cake for the dumbest yet deadliest weapons you could ever hope to yield.
10. The Quacker - Crackdown 2
By and large, Crackdown 2 was a huge letdown because it borrowed too much from its predecessor while making few significant changes or advancements. However, one saving grace was that it turned an almost useless easter egg from the first game – The Quacker – into an adorably fatal device.
Specifically, and as its name suggests, The Quacker is a sticky grenade disguised as a duck. Equally fitting is the fact that it’s found at the Funland amusement park (at the Chuck’s Ducks 2 stall after the area is seized from terrorist organization the Cell).
Once planted, its eyes glow red and it emits a lovable quacking sound, eagerly awaiting your overpowered officer protagonist to hit the detonation button. When you do, it explodes with enough energy to severely damage – if not instantly obliterate – everything around it (including buildings, enemies, and even armored vehicles).
Without a doubt, it’s one rubber ducky you don’t want to toy around with in the bath.