10 Starting Weapons In Games That Are Secretly Overpowered
2. Plasma Cutter - Dead Space
The Plasma Cutter from Dead Space is a mining tool that Isaac arrives with on board USG Ishimura.
The tool is presented as a last-resort survival weapon that you'll want to use only when you can't use proper guns or are trying to preserve ammo. However, it is actually the strongest and most reliable weapon at your disposal, and once you recognize its hidden potential, you'll never want to switch it for another ever again.
The main two advantages that the plasma cutter has over other weapons in the game are that it's incredibly ammo-efficient and that its rays are effective at every range.
The only reason you'd choose other weapons over it is their damage output, but even this one advantage can be completely dwarfed by the cutter as well, with just a few damage upgrades that make it slice through enemies, set them on fire, and knock them down in melee combat.
A fully upgraded plasma cutter is a versatile killing machine that kills anything, at any range, at a fraction of the ammo other weapons spend.
It's the horror sci-fi equivalent of a Swiss army knife!