What Is Your Favorite Kind Of Weapon in FPS Games?

[Sonikkumania]

I think machine guns are my thing. M60, MG42 or PKM all day is the way.

[DNSKILL5]

Shotguns, though I must admit that most modern FPS games make shotguns utterly useless and I have even brought up the most common mistakes in their design as far as games go here a few years ago. 
 

Duke 3D’s shotgun is a big reason they’re my favorite. It just felt exactly right. It wasn’t too OPd, but it didn’t feel underpowered either. Not only does it look cool, but it feels like you’ve got a serious weapon at your disposal. Duke’s shotgun always felt a bit like an in-between of the Doom shotguns. It was fast like the pump-action, had about as many pellets too, but felt a tad beefier as far as damage goes like the SSG. It is the Goldilocks of FPS shotguns for me personally.

 

Doom’s shotgun is awesome, but the SSG trumps it entirely. However, that does not mean the pump shotgun is useless. While the SSG sends more pellets down range, it is slower between shots compared to the pump action, and while RNG plays a factor and this is absolutely a generalization; the pump action usually takes about twice as many shots to take enemies down compared to the SSG. This is mostly noticeable on beefier demons.
 

Now, I think where the pump action loses most of its charm is in deathmatch. It is better for long range shots if you don’t have pistol/chaingun ammo, and its speed can definitely help a player who is able to out move their opponent(s), but personally I feel if the pump action was modded to fire a single “slug” projectile in DM, that has the RNG power of 25-75 damage, it would repurpose the shotgun as a long range weapon, without outclassing or removing the need for the SSG. 

Edited March 23, 2023 by DNSKILL5

[HavoX]

Rocket/grenade launchers... because seeing your enemies blown to smithereens is always a pleasing experience.

Edited March 23, 2023 by HavoX
"to", not "the". :-\

[DoomPlayer00]

Shotguns and revolvers (Or other type of powerful handgun). Gunslinger style!