8 Utterly PATHETIC Video Game Weapons (We Can't Stop Using)

Picking the right weapon is so, so crucial in any video game, because it can mean the difference between emerging gloriously victorious and having your candy ass stomped into a bloody paste by CPUs and other players alike.

Logic dictates that it makes sense to pick the most powerful or versatile weapon for any given encounter, while factoring in the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent, of course.

You absolutely, positively shouldn’t pick the lamest, most “useless," most blatantly ineffective weapon in the game, right? And yet, sometimes that’s what your heart tells you to do anyway, and you've gotta listen to your heart.

On paper, these eight weapons have such devastating drawbacks that they shouldn’t be used for more than a quick moment before being tossed aside forever more.

They’re low on impact, clunky and awkward to use, and leave you hugely open to be picked off by an enemy combatant.

But they’re still so fun to use regardless that it’s impossible to leave them alone. They offer up a unique enough experience compared to every other weapon in the game that their sheer charm makes them un-put-down-able, for better or worse…

Unreal Tournament boasts one of the greatest arsenals in first-person shooter history, but in the event that your more exciting weapons run dry of ammo, you’ll be left with the game’s default weapon - the not-so-trusty Impact Hammer.

The Impact Hammer is effectively a handheld piston which, in theory, can be used to instantly explode enemies into a shower of gore. 

The big drawback? You need to get within a whisker’s distance of your target for it to work, and in a game as deliriously fast-paced as this, that’s quite the ask.

And yet, successfully melting rivals with it is so gosh-darn satisfying when it does happen that it quickly becomes something of an addiction. 

Seriously, you could be using one of the game’s objectively better weapons like the Flak Cannon or Shock Rifle, but the visceral thrill of sneaking up on an unsuspecting foe and immediately pulping them into meaty chunks becomes an intoxicating high all of its own.

With its thoroughly cack range and how wide-open it leaves you during battle, every scrap of your digital self-preservation instinct should tell you not to use it. And yet, it’s just too damn fun to ignore.