8 Video Game Weapons That Are Genuinely HORRIBLE

Truly the golden age of FPS ended when the Timesplitters franchise hung up its comedically large silly hat, as while I know that there have been many decent, even exceptional shooters since, none have been as fun, as frantic and as goddam full of monkeys as this outstanding series.

Create-A-Modes, Arcade Leagues, Surprisingly deep story modes, and a roster so swollen with beef you'd swear the games were juicing those sweet 'roids, Timesplitters was the franchise that simply had it all and knew how to flaunt it, and yet there was one weapon included within it's rotating wheel of pain that caused me to wince each and every time it got lobbed into my face.

I'm speaking of course about the humble brick; friend to your ceiling and good pal of Kevin from Home Alone, this humble building block is likely the last thing you'll be expecting to wield in a game full of smart guns, lasers, and explosives. But wield it you can and it always feels so very wrong to do so.

Clocking your mate in the head with a brick will always elicit a laugh for sure but that sound effect and the scraping "reload" of pulling out a new slab of justice really is quite grim. I mean you're literally braining someone with a brick, it's like a night out in Gateshead, and no one wants that. No one.