Shotgun!

So many good weapons to choose from, but which one's the best?

We all have that one weapon we favor in every video game. Is it the completely devastating shotgun? The sword that can slash through anything? The wrench you just love beating the crap out of enemies with? 

A weapon doesn't have to be the strongest to be good. I base weapons on their style, their effectiveness, their notoriety, and how they handle.

Top 5 Best Weapons in Video Games

5. Ebony & Ivory

Devil May Cry Series

I'd recognize these lovely ladies just about anywhere. Dante's special guns of choice are semi-automatic pistols loaded with demonically enhanced bullets that decimate any demon that crosses their line of fine. They fire an endless stream of bullets and never have to be reloaded. Ivory, the white gun, was designed for rapid fire and quick draws while Ebony, the black gun, was designed for long-distance targeting. Together, these girls make one hell a deadly weapon! 

4. Fat Man

Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas

What's the best way to take out a huge horde of Super Mutants? Why, launching a mini nuke at them to create a grand nuclear blast! The Fat Man is a tactical nuclear catapult weapon that uses mini nukes as ammunition. It's probably the most powerful weapon in the entire game for it's deadly accuracy and sheer amount of destructive force. You could wipe out all of Megaton with this thing! And if you somehow get bored, do what I do: aim the Fat Man at the ground directly below you, pull the trigger, and enjoy the view as you soar hundreds of feet into the air!

3. Master Sword

Legend of Zelda Series

The Blade of Evil's Bane, the Master Sword, has been wielded by a true Hero for the past 20 years (and hundreds of Zelda years)! This sword has time and again defeated Ganon, rescued Zelda, and saved Hyrule. It's so sacred that evil can never touch it's blade. In some games, you have to travel to temples and defeat bosses in order to fully restore the Master Sword's power, and when you do, it's a lot stronger and a lot more badass looking! While the Master Sword isn't exactly the most powerful weapon in video games, it certainly is Nintendo's most iconic.

2. Crowbar

Half-Life Series

Gordon Freeman's melee weapon of choice has grown to be probably the most iconic weapon in not just Half-Life, but countless other videos games as well. It's been referenced in Bioshock, GTA: San Andreas, Halo 3, Deus Ex, and a lot more! The crowbar may look like a simple hunk of cast iron, but it's an awesome weapon and a very helpful tool when it comes to solving puzzles or smashing things. Who needs a gun when you got a freaking crowbar to smash enemy heads in with! 

1. Solid Snake

Metal Gear Solid Series

Yeah, that's right! Snake is the greatest weapon of all time ever! The Les Enfants Terribles project created him to be a clone of Big Boss so that he could be used by the Patriots as a "weapon" so to speak. Snake is a legendary war hero who's known as "the man who makes the impossible possible." Whatever weapon Snake is given, he will use it to take down anyone in his way. The thing is, Snake may actually be more deadly without a weapon! He can sneak up on any unsuspecting guard and, with one fluid motion, using only his bare hands, break the guard's neck. Even as Old Snake in MGS4, he's still able to take down anyone, despite his accelerated aging. In the end of MGS4, he's able to take on and defeat Liquid Snake in hand to hand combat in one final epic battle. This man is a living, breathing weapon.


Once we find that one special weapon that we love to handle, the rest of the game gets even better. If weapons like these were actually available in every day life, things would get a bit dangerous but a whole lot more fun.