10 Video Game Weapons That Went Too Far

Weapons and video games are inexorably connected. Take even the simplest game, like Pong, and it's a good bet that someone tried to figure out how to add lasers to the paddles or make the ball explode or something.

We take integrated weapons so much for granted now that handling them has become an almost engrained skill, with most gamers able to pick up any FPS game and be aiming down the sights, reloading and popping heads like grapes in short order.

Every now and then, however, a game comes along that throws a complete curveball at you; a weapon so bizarre that it seems positive the creators were either experimenting with a potion cooked up by Cobra's Dr. Mindbender or were tucked away deep in the bowels of Arkham Asylum, giggling as they created their bonkers instruments of death.

In some cases, the weapons on this list are simply over-efficient at killing, using ridiculous amounts of firepower to make sure nothing walks away. Others are simply ridiculous, but so much fun to use that you'll find yourself using them over and over just because you'll laugh like a kid with a new toy every time you pull the trigger.

Let's dig further into the arsenal of the mad, shall we?

Have you grown bored with only firing one nuke at a time from your Fat Man?

How about launching 8 smaller nukes, like some kind of massive atom-powered shotgun?

The experimental MIRV (Multiple Impact Re-entry Vehicle) is a modified Fat Man that can be found in Fallout 3, 4, and 76. Equipping it allows you to fire 8 nukes that are not very accurate but make a lot of boom; in fact it's the most powerful weapon in the game.

There are drawbacks for anyone wanting to use the MIRV. It costs a couple thousand caps worth of ammo to launch it. If you use the VATS targeting system, as opposed to free-handing the weapon, you're likely to die yourself as VATS doesn't compensate for arc or range but just aims directly at your target.

The explosion is so powerful that if you fire the MIRV at the ground, it will fling your lifeless corpse the maximum height the game allows for. Also, if you plan on looting a group you MIRV, you'll have a hell of a time finding their bodies as they are also flung high into the air away from the target zone.

But watching it in action is something.