10 Goriest Video Game Weapons - Ranked
5. Dead Space’s Plasma Cutter
Games tend to start us out with a janky BB gun to practice with before we’re allowed to play with the big boys’ toys in later levels. Dead Space, however gave us its best weapon first the plasma cutter. It’s the tool that engineer hero Isaac uses in his day job, but it just so happens to be perfect for the ranged dismemberment of the ‘necromorph’ corpse collages that spend the entire game jumping out at him from every bloodstained corner.
The plasma cutter’s true genius is in the way it plays into the core combat mechanic of Dead Space. The necromorphs care nothing for the traditional shoot-‘em-in’the-head tactic bred into us by so many shooters. Instead, the bad guys' limbs most be severed to kill them.
The plasma cutter happens to be perfect for this job, and so its use sends slice-off arms, legs and tentacles cartwheeling through the game's gore-spattered deep space environments. Upgrading the plasma cutter keeps Isaac in possession of the ideal long-ranged dissection tool, filling the air with severed limbs up to the game's conclusion.
And if that isn't what we truly want out of our virtual existences, what is?