Why get fancy new equipment when you have these great starter weapons in your kit? Here are just some of the great old reliables of video game weaponry. ⚔️🎮
What about most fire-type starter Pokemon? They often look awesome at full-evolved mode and can be taught some super-powerful attacks that you can sometimes even kill ghost Pokemon with.
you forgot the halo 1 pistol, it is the best weapon in the game, it one shot kills every enemy including hunters and zombies if you hit their weak spot, it is an op weapon and i thought it would be on this list for sure.
I agree. It did not matter what else I took with me for the mission/level at hand, the pistol was always 1 of the 2 weapons carried. Even when I ran out of ammo for it, I hated to ditch it - nice fast melee attack..
OG fans waited over 15 years for this remake and endured at least 2 or 3 promised yet cancelled versions to be disappointed by this segmented shit show of a game. It's amazing the bullshit that gamers have been conditioned to accept.
Forget just one game. Torchic/Blaziken is consistently one of the best pokemon you can get in the entire series, let alone just the game where it's a starter. That thing can solo sweep the E4 and champion of nearly every game with Speed Boost + Bulk Up/Swords Dance. A movepool of High Jump Kick, Earthquake and Blaze Kick/Flare Blitz makes it nigh-unstopable. Even in uber-difficult games like Reborn and Rejuvenation, it's a force that carries your entire team through hellishly difficult gym leaders and boss battles.
The wrench in bioshock. You could probably beat the entire game with just the wrench and the electro bolt plasmid (which you acquire in the start as well). Just whack everything in your way with the wrench, problem solved.
wrench jockey1&2 + wrench lurker 1&2 + frozen field 1&2 + sport boost 1&2 + natural camouflage = good times game becomes so easy its almost not fun, except being a wrench wielding ninja one shooting strung out psychos is fun
I recommend the M6D "Magnum" from Halo: Combat Evolved. That pistol could take down Hunters, Grunts, Elites, Light Aircraft, _Tanks_ . Honestly, with enough ammo, I think we could have drilled through the ring.
@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 nah the pistol alone on legendary is like shooting spitballs at blue elites, let alone gold ones charging at you with a sword. The only reason it would make the encounter easier is because it holds more ammo than the sniper so there's more opportunity to pull off a headshot after their shields are down. Also you might not recall that part of the level because the gold elites only spawn on legendary, while on the other difficulties either no elites spawn or its weak invisible elites
I find it particularly satisfying that the original Assassin's Creed encouraged you to use the hidden blade. Felt more useful to use swords in later games, personally.
Plasma cutter: powerful on its own Fully upgraded plasma cutter: “I am your end and your demise, I will be burning some of the flesh off your body as well”
Honestly that's great though. That boss battle is awful, the last thing i wanna do by the end of it is fight the dude one on one. He get the blade. Also in two and brotherhood I spent the majority of the game just using that because you could actually block with them then.
I’m shocked they didn’t mention with the hidden blade once you get your counter kill back, you can counter kill with the hidden blade and literally one shot the final bosses
The grappling hook can pretty much destroy everything. Some helicopters or tanks cant destroy certain targets which are easily destroyable with the hook in say just cause 4.
The grappling hook in Just Cause 3 was so op, it could destroy anything if u were creative enough. The only weakness was bavarium shields, but those were so rare that you didn’t need to worry about them.
@@neopolitandotexe Tbh when you had the bavarium launcher with you was it even a thing to worry about? Also you could just grapple onto the bavarium tank when the shield was down and boom dealt with. The grapple hook may be my favorite game mechanic in any game
Doc Holiday oh really? Have you tried Skyrim’s enchanting or alchemy? Both of which are fine picks for the most broken and fun game mechanics ever. They’re so broken. Getting weapons that do like 30 million damage in a game where double digits is a lot is the craziest thing I’ve done in games.
Long, long ago, I remember having a demo disc for Syphon Filter. Like most shooters of the time, you had a back-up weapon as a last resort if you ran out of ammo. It was a taser. The kind that shoots out wires. It automatically hit and if you held the button down longer than really necessary, the target would burst into flames. Where it really excelled is that the devs forgot to limit the range. So, rooftops snipers were easy prey for an infinite ammo, infinite range, 1 hit kill taser. Oh how I miss it.
I think I bought Syphon Filter on the strength of that demo disc and the tazer’s twitch animation. Hours of fun. Also you could shoot the police IIRC which caused a bit of late 90’s moral outrage :)
Ellen “what use is a rocket launcher with a severe limit of ammo” Me *checks HUD Also me “ahh yes. 4996 rockets. A massive shortage. Need to put an order in for more.” Lol
I think having your product be what enables someone to survive being stranded in a space station full of necromorphs would actually be pretty good PR lol
You do need at least one person to survive and be willing to promote without maling it seem like false advertising. And maybe a couple necromorphs to cut up on stage.
Worth mentioning; you can counter-attack with the hidden blade even as early as the first Assassin's Creed. The window for doing so is smaller, but it's an instant kill EVERY time.
Best staring weapon: the lightsaber in Jedi Academy. If I remember correctly you can choose 2 extra weapons other than your lightsaber at the start of every mission. But you will never use them.
I used the sniper rifle a lot. Vaporizing enemies is fun. Plus you cant reflect disruptor rounds so enemy snipers are difficult without sniping them back
That one mission where you lose your lightsaber just HAPPENED to be the one where I upgraded my lightning to lvl 3. If you never did this before, well, the difference between lvl 1 and 2, vs 3, is like carpet static vs a lightning god! I just went strolling through that level frying everything like an angry sith lord. Even the AT-ST!
Metal Gear Solid 3's Tranq Pistol is OP since it bypasses having to stealth a lot of sections. It's especially good in European Extreme difficulty, where if you are detected, you lose. Guards finding an unconscious guard won't go on full alert like they do if you kill someone.
The Zap-O-Matic and Death Ray from "Destroy All Humans!" Both have infinite ammo, and can reliably put out huge amounts of damage once upgrades are purchased. They're so good, you could probably go through all of DAH 1 and 2 without touching your other weapons at all.
The ebony dagger background question isn't always given in the character creation for Daggerfall, which skills you pick are your primary/major/minor influence whether it pops up. If I recall correctly, if short blades is your only weapon skill that was primary/major skill, then it wasn't offered.
The sledgehammer in Red Faction: Guerrilla! Getting enemies to file in through a door while you use it to pestle their heads in the mortars of their helmets, and then doing a 180 and wailing on the structural weak points of the building you were JUST hiding in was challenging but very rewarding. Only a few enemies in the game didn't have the sense to stay on the ground after the first whack to the face. The number of times I giggled "tools of the trade" to myself while I was doing this got on even my own nerves, let alone anyone else's...
@@DanteSuper95 -Wasn't that the burst-rifle?- Edit: The Hammerburst Mk II in the OG trilogy, I think in either Judgement or 4 it became the Markza and was an absolute machine
@@sluttyMapleSyrup yeah, in the first one was burst, then it became auto with slower fire or semi auto that could shred anyone if you got fast fingers. In 4 and 5 it became burst style again. You are getting confused there at the end. The markza is not a locust weapon, it's UIR weapon, a semi auto sniper rifle. And now i see where my answer was wrong. Since this was about starting weapons i didn't think of it. Edit: i forgot, introduced in judgement yes, but it didn't substitute the Hammerburst, they are separate weapons.
Stock loadout from TF2. Some weapons might give you free crits from behind, triple jumps, or be able to make your team *fast*, but Stock has no downsides.
The hidden blade the weapon so good the only improvement they could give it was to give you a second one! and to modify it so you didn't have to cut off you finger (Thanks Da Vinci)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution kind of does this four times. All the starting options are viable in most situations. The Stun Gun can stunlock bosses and is relatively quiet, the Tranq Rifle is the only ranged nonlethal option and starts out suppressed, the pistol and rifle are both fairly generic but take upgrades like a champ. Later on you can find rocket launchers, shotguns and snipers but you never need any of them.
Yep. On lethal playthroughs I've found myself using anything other than my Silenced, Armor Piercing, Max Damage and Magazine 9mm so rarely I could probably count it on one hand. The ammo is so plentiful as well.
@@ebonslayer3321 i love (joke btw) you dude i was waiting for this i mean the revolver explosive rounds upgrade is the most op thing in the whole game but in nonlethal the stun gun is great tou can even stun robots
@@wavywomby263 I disagree. the nemean cestus was fun but if you have any amount of combat know how you are absolutely unstoppable with the blades of chaos.
‘The zombie apocalypse has started...’ honestly, between Covid, Australian bush fires, extreme flooding, murder hornet invasion and locusts swarming, 2020 is the first time I would genuinely not be surprised to hear this on the news.
It’s actually happened on the news before. Someone hacked their script and the dude ended up reading it live and people freaked out until it was corrected
Little something for the Assassin's Creed : You can even use the hidden blade in combat to strike your foes, and although the timing is a bit trickier, you can even parry, counter strike and instantly kill them with it, which is very stylisch. Also, you can kill someone in one blow with the sword when coming from behind, but your sword needs to be already unsheathed, I believe you need to lock said target, and it isn't very sneaky.
Sometimes it feels like these guys don't actually play the games, the knowledge is sometimes quite surface level. I agree, one of the most fun things about the hidden blade is trying to parry with it. In this way, later weapons are MUCH better at fighting, but the hidden blade is more fun, I reckon
@@johnvarley4561 Yeah, I'm actually surprised they've said nothing about the fact that you can end any bossfight with a single counter attack. Barely used any other weapon in my second playthrough and only to see some variety in animations.
If the Lancer from Gears gets a pass, then the shotgun from Doom (2016) is right up there. Acquired moments into the game, racking the slide punctuates the end of the tutorial section and (with a few choice upgrades) it'll serve you well, with only a few bosses benefiting from some of your arsenal's more exotic offerings.
@@ahmadluthfi2364 to rephrase "Acquired moments into the game" he didn't mean it as a starter weapon (like the first weapon you get) but a "starter weapon" (something you get early in the game)
IIRC, it was so dominant in the first game because the devs tripled the intended damage when they were first calibrating the game balance, and never got around to resetting it before the release. They talked about it in a 'making of' interview that came out with the special-edition Halo 2, and commented that the way they'd built the first game, they basically had a rifle that acted like a submachine gun and a handgun that acted like a rifle.
@@anirvana The magnum was nerfed because it could be dual wielded, as it could 3 shot most foes and 1 shot hunters. If you could dual wield the CE magnum nothing could stand in your way.
I always meant to go back to deadspace to get the achievement for only using the plasma cutter. Only one I didnt get. Some of the other guns were way to fun.
the pistol is the best gun in any hitman game, seriously there's like no point in using any assault rifle or smg simply because they're non-suppressed and the recoil is horrendous
The winblades in Dark Souls 3. The starting weapon of the mercenary class, which you can easily find early on with any other class, are super easy to use and build, and they are super strong, one of the best weapons no doubts.
The sellsword twinblades from dark souls 3. The two handed spin attack is absurdly poweful if you use any kind of buff, and it's really damn good even without any.
If we're talking about starting weapons that can be upgraded to stay viable even in the late game: The Engine Blade in Final Fantasy 15. Because you can upgrade this thing into the Ultima Blade and you don't even have to go that far into the game in order to do it, given the parts to pull off the upgrades can be obtained early, thus you'll be running around with the strongest Sword type weapon in the game pretty darn quickly.
Alien vs Predator Marine starting out with the standard issue Pulse Rifle, good range, rate of fire, damage, ammo is available through out the game and it is iconic. also it doubled as a grenade launcher so there was that.
All great options, but for me the pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved was my favourite, poweful starter weapon for one tapping hunters, elites whose shields just dropped, or just about anything really.
What about the Bow and Arrow on the Tomb Raider reboot? It is a one shot weapon, has craftable ammo, and it is basically a multi-tool throughout all of the 3 games.
@@OcarinaOfBurr Still, it might be feel like you are using so much with so few consume, but think about it, a bow that doesn't need ammunition, that's how lara's dual pistol feel like, they still need to reload, but it is automatically infinite ammo
@@outsidextra Oh how you have fallen. First claiming that Andy is cheating during the Trade-in challenge, and then using your nookphone during Show of the Almost Weekend. Forshame.
The silver ballers are the game version of the 45 cal ATM hardballers from the 90s which were kinda junk im told. Funny a hitman of his level using budget weapons. Maybe in the next games he will use hi points lol
@@p4ladin167 oh I'm dead serious Materia is solidified Mako which is liquid Lifestream which is their worlds way of recycling souls if I remember correctly.
Also: In Enclave, the bow that the Assasin starts out with is the best weapon in the game due to being able to shoot multiple arrows AND having access to lots of different arrow types which were useful under different circumstances. You never really needed to switch to anything else.
In Yakuza 0 Goro Majima learns how to wield a baseball bat like a Chinese broadsword extremely close to the beginning of his story. I haven’t used any other weapon or fighting style since.
Rebellion from Devil May Cry came to my mind, it's the most simple and straight forward weapon in the game, but that's what makes it so good. Decent damage, great range, good speed it's a real jack of all trades. And like the Buster Sword it's iconic to Dante, also it just looks cool.
Love rebellion. I always found it interesting that Rebellion makes its first appearance in the 2nd game, and was one of the only good things to come out of it lol That was my first DMC, and I couldn't understand why everyone liked them so much at the time. I did like that character model though, especially in Devil Trigger
...really? I had better by the end of day one... took 3 days to get past the next loading screen, people were up in arms but not for that disappointing legion of dawn gear
I know this doesn't really sound right at first but the batarang from the batman Arkham series is really the most useful gadget batman has. For puzzles the other gadgets have their place but in combat and stealth most other gadgets just accomplish the same thing as the batarang but with more steps however the batarang is so simple, effective and efficient to the point it makes most other things seem less practical by comparison
this is valid, however it's not a "Weapon" per say batman's main "Weapon" is literally giving people severe head trauma with his fists with little...spikes??
"Military strategist, Ron Pearlman, once said 'War; war never changes.' " Once said? He said it about 10,000 times. Bethesda overused that line so much I had halfway hoped to never hear it again!
There's also the Sorcerer's Catalyst, starter staff of the sorcerer class from Dark Souls. With a Magic Adjust of 240, it's one of the best staffs in the game, only surpassed by two others: Logan's and Manus' Catalysts.
Theres also the claymore from dark souls 3. Easiest endgame weapon you can have early in the game. I pretty much dont play anything else other than the claymore. Maybe the used katana for pvp and the sword of the knights from the ringed city dont know what its called. Great to pressure in pvp.
Yeah, you usually have no reason to change that catalyst unless you are going for something specific. Though the only starting weapon that really require you to have appropriate player skill, I would argue is the dagger. You can mostly level yourself out of trouble, but a dagger demands you git gud, learn your reach and dodging.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, best summed up by the following review: "The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot Deathboot in the Land of the Conspicuously Placed Spike Racks"
@@cashlintner8492 It still gets praise considering one of the two things you said challenges its mvp status is so broken that the most common competitive pokemon battling rules ban it from the OVERPOWERED category.
"Beware spoilers for the following games"... so, if you haven't played them, we're not gonna spoil that the starter weapons are the best you get in the game
The "Threaded Cane" out of Bloodborne. Every few Hours i found a new weapon and thought "thats cool, now i can finally change my weapon" and after a few hits "well back to my glorius Stickwhip"
The Saw Cleaver trick weapon, one of the first weapons in Bloodborne, is synonymous with most depictions of Hunters for a reason; it's serrated, it's fast, it has a powerful transformation attack, it is the speedrunner's preferred weapon of choice, and most importantly, it is FREE---a gift, courtesy of the little messengers!
Literally every starting weapon possible in a Souls Borne game is quite viable :) I finished DS3 with my starting long sword, and am currently replaying it with my starting Twin sellswords. Even the Broken Straight sword, which you get in DS for choosing deprived, CAN be used to finished the game :) (it's not the best option though, while some earlier mentioned like the Long Sword definitely can be)
Any of the starting Bloodborne weapons are more than enough to beat the entire game. The hunter axe has ridiculous stagger, is very easy to min/max damage due to heavy scaling on strength alone, and the whole "spin to win" thing. The threaded cane lacks the axe's stagger, but is eminently spammable, has both special damage types, excellent range in whip mode, and will out-damage the axe if you're good at visceral attacks. The saw cleaver strikes the balance between the other two and is arguably the most versatile weapon in the game in terms of stats and moveset. I think speed-runners prefer it mainly because the serrated damage in the untransformed state and faster attacks/lower stamina requirements, with the transformation attacks, min/max beast-blood pellet damage the easiest.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution while the 10mm pistol isn't the immediate first weapon you get, it's probably the second, and MAN is it good once fully upgraded
I actually made a bit of a challenge to beat the entire game using nothing but the 10 mil, on Hard mode. One of the nice things is the upgrade that allows you to ignore armor is right in Jensen's apartment. Pretty much every non-boss enemy can be taken out in one or two headshots. The only actual problem I had was towards the end of the game, enemies stopped carrying ammo for it, meaning you have to be more and more sparing with it.
@@Reishadowen i actually made sure to be on stock of almost half the inventory of ammo alone, I don't know if i could do it, but i'm sure people could be set for an entire endgame if they were stocked with just 10mm and just happened to find medkits along the way
@@Reishadowen You call it a challenge, I call it a normal playthrough. I think I used the sniper rifle twice (once because it was actually useful, and the other time because the bolt action animation looked so fucking cool and I was on a pacifist playthrough so I could waste the ammo), and the Combat Rifle barely any more than that. The 9mm is good for every situation, against any enemy, and has good ammo conservation. Mankind Divided on the other hand is a different story. Combat Rifle is an amazing all-round weapon, but basically everything has a place in the arsenal.
FFX: Tidus' starter weapon actually becomes extremely useful halfway between the game. It's the first weapon out of the tutorial/prologue. It's starts out with one effects but after you unlock customization bc Rikku joins, it gains another 3 effects making it superior to most other weapons in the game and you could easily finish the game with it. Only if you're a real hunter would you find a better weapon.
Ace Harvey yeah the ultimate weapons are a bitch to unlock their full potential. You first need to find the weapon (the easy part) then you earn the two items needed to unlock their potential (each weapon uses different sigils and crests) through nigh impossible tasks (like getting first place in the chocobo race with a time of 00.00 or dodging lighting 100 times in a row)
@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 I think I did for a few. I remeber that stupid chocobo race for Titus and I think I got his and It Oren . i got wackas after a shit ton of grinding blitzball. I remember getting lulus cuz of the damn lighting bolt jumping that took forever. And I remember the butterfly game thing as well. So i think i got like 3/4s of the weapons. It was horrible. Ffx was the only one i liked
Donno about any games, where you have the saber from the get go and get much of a choice in other weapons. Perhaps Old Republic? I have no idea how that plays.
The Hunter's Axe in Bloodborne (and really, most starting weapons in FromSoft games) is so damn reliable; it strikes so many chords with me for its: -Damage -Attack speed -Range -Simplicity On top of all that, it just feels *so goddamn good.*
My first playthrough I picked the axe and quickly regretted it. It felt slow and clunky. The cane was much more to my liking. After learning the flow of the game some more, especially how to use the health regain system, I tried the axe again. It felt like easy mode. I've never had an easier time killing that damned Bloody Crow.
The Saw Cleaver scales decently with Strength and Skill and is easy to convert to Arcane later on, is always one-handed so Bloodtinge builds can still use their guns, and has a moveset that includes both vertical and horizontal strikes. The Hunter Axe is a brutal Strength weapon with great stagger and rally potential, as well as long range when two-handed and an utterly obscene damage output if you can land a charge attack to start a combo. The Threaded Cane is a fast and reliable "straight sword" in normal form and a crowd-shredding bladed whip in alternative form, with excellent Skill scaling and low stamina costs allowing flurries of blows.
Dishonorable mention: For a while, Anthem's starter rifle was apparently better than anything you picked up later due to the way stats progressed. I'd kind of hope that isn't still true.
You forgot the magnum from Halo:CE, Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Reach. That tiny pistol was basically a one shot kill to anything that had a head that wasn't a Hunter or had shields, even then it was an OP starter that you would get at the very beginning and could work as a makeshift sniper.
Also a one hit kill on a Hunter, just to his back. Also, in CE it had a scope because it was more of a sniper rifle with small ammo than a pistol. Even has the symbol for power on the bottom of the clip. At least, in Kanji, IIRC.
@@PanAndScanBuddy It had a scope in general throughout all of the Halo games, though I'm not so sure about one shotting a hunter part, maybe in Halo CE but in Reach, 2, and 3? I don't think that I could one shot them, might have to test it out.
Speaking of iconic weapons: what about the drill in Bioshock 2? Especially when you finally learn that charge attack where you leap 10 meters towards an enemy to kick them another 20 meters away.
See, I have to disagree there. I feel that when Bioshock 2 starts, it puts you in entirely the wrong mindset. It's like, "You are a Big Daddy, here is your drill, go get'em." And then you think, "Aw hell yes! Get over here, splicer! I'm gonna-...wait, did I just die in three shots from a pistol?" You still have the kleen-ex level armor of the normal guy you play as in the first game, only with the delusion that you are one of the big honking monsters you saw in the first game, which is a damn lie. :/ The only advantage the drill has over the wrench, is that the drill can consume fuel to make it deal slightly more damage...I mean, I guess...?
That’s cause of the fights like level up fighting only ghost increases your speed a lot more than leveling up after fighting something else and so on that’s why they are so powerful cause they have been collecting the bonus stats exp from the previous fights
Eh, the swords pkp combo has a massive arc and great reliable damage, also there was the durga/killgore combo in the first game that lets you turn bosses into paste in seconds.
gimme an aluminum baseball bat, much more reliable and durable, and it can swing fast enough to break bones, wrap barbed wire tightly around its head, and you have just made the spiked baseball bat 3 times better
The Magnum from Halo : Combat Evolved. You could take down the entire Covenant with that pistol, especially considering you can literally one shot the strongest enemies in the game if you are smart with your aiming.
The "One Gun" achievement in Dead Space was one of the easiest in the game and was pretty fun to do. I did it during my hard playthrough too and had no trouble.
The Last of us, that shiv was definitely magic and the most powerful it manages to one shot all enemies except bloaters while in stealth mode and you can make them almost as soon as you meet enemies
Deus Ex Human Revolution: The Buzzkill TND Stun Gun, if your going non-lethal stealth full achievement run, this is the first weapon... and the only weapon you need. Non-Lethal, Silent, No Upgrades Required, Can EMP cameras and turrents so you can sidestep them. Shoot a distant target and takedown his buddy in a one-two combo.
Not to mention the original Deus Ex. Whine to your big brother at the start, and he'll give you either a stealth-kill wrist-crossbow, a sniper rifle, or a rocket launcher.
Problem is. With the xbow in original, It takes way to long for the sleep darts to work and usually the alarm is raised. I used the battan from behind and stun gun from front. I never did a clean run in the orignal cuz once you get to the plot twist portion of the game I figure the baddies are evil so I just kill them with the sword or silent pistol
Or if you want to go lethal, the humble 10mm Pistol. Get the AP mod from Jensen's apartment, add a silencer and laser sight, and you've got a reliable, accurate beast of a gun that will one-headshot-kill any non-boss human in the game.
The wrench from Bioshock that you get at the start gets a few upgrades along the way that make it do insane damage, plus it’s fun to swing a wrench like an angry plumber
Why get fancy new equipment when you have these great starter weapons in your kit? Here are just some of the great old reliables of video game weaponry. ⚔️🎮
No talking about the armblade in Zone Of the Enders?
Mario's hat in Odyssey
Pistol from Halo: Combat Evolved
What about most fire-type starter Pokemon? They often look awesome at full-evolved mode and can be taught some super-powerful attacks that you can sometimes even kill ghost Pokemon with.
you forgot the halo 1 pistol, it is the best weapon in the game, it one shot kills every enemy including hunters and zombies if you hit their weak spot, it is an op weapon and i thought it would be on this list for sure.
Halo: Combat Evolved had the most powerful starting pistol of all time. It was so powerful it dominated even multiplayer play.
first thing I thought about when reading the title of this video
Beat me to it
Came here to say this. So good lol
One of my favourite thing was playing assault on the control room using only fists and the magnum
I don't get why people keep talking about that pistol. To me, it was practically useless.
16:46 "What is the use of a rocket launcher if your ammo is severely limited."
* 4997 shots left *
* 4996 shots left *
I love that cheat code
I'd also like to suggest the pistol in Halo: CE. That thing could hold it's own against even the elites
YES
It even one-shots Hunters
It's the first weapon I thought of tbh. Ideal for sniping on that ice canyon level as well.
Definitely. Who needs halo rings to destroy the galaxy when you can do it in half the time with the halo ce magnum
I agree. It did not matter what else I took with me for the mission/level at hand, the pistol was always 1 of the 2 weapons carried. Even when I ran out of ammo for it, I hated to ditch it - nice fast melee attack..
The idea that ff7's cover is just the buster sword with cloud on its back is absolutely beautiful.
It's really good box art
F*ck FFVII remake
OG fans waited over 15 years for this remake and endured at least 2 or 3 promised yet cancelled versions to be disappointed by this segmented shit show of a game. It's amazing the bullshit that gamers have been conditioned to accept.
@@jamesduncan5493 KH fans: "Amateur"
@@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop I wouldn't dare stoop so low as to play even one of those travesties.
Not really a weapon, but the starter Pokemon in every game always stays in my party until the end and is usually one of the best in it.
I know right? Through all my playthroughs I never take them out of my team
Same it wouldn't feel right
well that would be because they would be the highest level so you use them more
Forget just one game. Torchic/Blaziken is consistently one of the best pokemon you can get in the entire series, let alone just the game where it's a starter. That thing can solo sweep the E4 and champion of nearly every game with Speed Boost + Bulk Up/Swords Dance. A movepool of High Jump Kick, Earthquake and Blaze Kick/Flare Blitz makes it nigh-unstopable.
Even in uber-difficult games like Reborn and Rejuvenation, it's a force that carries your entire team through hellishly difficult gym leaders and boss battles.
Ikr
The wrench in bioshock. You could probably beat the entire game with just the wrench and the electro bolt plasmid (which you acquire in the start as well). Just whack everything in your way with the wrench, problem solved.
Indeed, and with the right combination of Tonics you could go toe-to-toe with even late game Big Daddies.
Hell yeah, the wrench is dope
Go watch Mitten Squads video called "Can you beat Bioshock only using the Wrench".
Dheeraj KS “Shock Jockey” was the vigor from Bioshock Infinite, not the plasmid.
wrench jockey1&2 + wrench lurker 1&2 + frozen field 1&2 + sport boost 1&2 + natural camouflage = good times
game becomes so easy its almost not fun, except being a wrench wielding ninja one shooting strung out psychos is fun
I recommend the M6D "Magnum" from Halo: Combat Evolved. That pistol could take down Hunters, Grunts, Elites, Light Aircraft, _Tanks_ .
Honestly, with enough ammo, I think we could have drilled through the ring.
Bruce Maximus aka the god pistol and for good reason.
Fun fact; the hardest mission in the game is only the hardest because it has no pistol in it.
@@jameshunter6121 that's not taking into account that you're locked in a room with up to 10 waves of gold sword elites but alright
@@jameshunter6121 A pistol less level? I don't remember.
Ryan St George but if you had the pistol would it still be as hard? Also totally forgot about that mission and I have beaten the game multiple times.
@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 nah the pistol alone on legendary is like shooting spitballs at blue elites, let alone gold ones charging at you with a sword. The only reason it would make the encounter easier is because it holds more ammo than the sniper so there's more opportunity to pull off a headshot after their shields are down. Also you might not recall that part of the level because the gold elites only spawn on legendary, while on the other difficulties either no elites spawn or its weak invisible elites
I find it particularly satisfying that the original Assassin's Creed encouraged you to use the hidden blade. Felt more useful to use swords in later games, personally.
I think AC2 struck a very nice balance between the usefulness of the hidden blade and other armaments.
Plasma cutter: powerful on its own
Fully upgraded plasma cutter: “I am your end and your demise, I will be burning some of the flesh off your body as well”
Its so strong the developers even made an achievement for only using that gun the whole time. Its totally possible and not hard by any means.
Plasma cutter I say kill every thing if you want
The wrench in bioshock 1 has literally the highest dps output if you get the right upgrades for it. (other than on big daddies of course)
Big Daddies are really quite easy with Anti-Armor ammunition on the revolver though
Same with the wrench in Prey.
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He does exactly that
2 to 3 slaps and anything is dead.
Came here to say the drill from Bioshock 2
To add to the Hidden Blade...
You can literally one shot the final boss with a hidden blade counter. Soooo
yeah i did that by complete accident, i meant to use my sword and now i'm not sure if there was a choice to begin with
@@kettlecat690 yeah the hidden blade is kinda op
Honestly that's great though. That boss battle is awful, the last thing i wanna do by the end of it is fight the dude one on one. He get the blade. Also in two and brotherhood I spent the majority of the game just using that because you could actually block with them then.
I’m shocked they didn’t mention with the hidden blade once you get your counter kill back, you can counter kill with the hidden blade and literally one shot the final bosses
Does the grappling hook in the Just Cause series count? I mean, that thing is over half the fun of wrecking stuff and smiting baddies.
The grappling hook can pretty much destroy everything. Some helicopters or tanks cant destroy certain targets which are easily destroyable with the hook in say just cause 4.
I would say so. Pretty effective and can actually be used for it's intended purpose on top of that.
The grappling hook in Just Cause 3 was so op, it could destroy anything if u were creative enough. The only weakness was bavarium shields, but those were so rare that you didn’t need to worry about them.
@@neopolitandotexe Tbh when you had the bavarium launcher with you was it even a thing to worry about? Also you could just grapple onto the bavarium tank when the shield was down and boom dealt with.
The grapple hook may be my favorite game mechanic in any game
Doc Holiday oh really? Have you tried Skyrim’s enchanting or alchemy? Both of which are fine picks for the most broken and fun game mechanics ever. They’re so broken.
Getting weapons that do like 30 million damage in a game where double digits is a lot is the craziest thing I’ve done in games.
There’s a reason why it’s called “The elder scrolls: *Dagger* fall”
Just don't accidentally roll a character who gets the blade but is in efficient with it. Then you will just whiff till you die.
Daggerfell and Hammerfall
Waiting for Bowfell
Because you touch the dagger and you fall
Even moreso, no weapon, since you can punch everything out of existence right out of the gate.
Long, long ago, I remember having a demo disc for Syphon Filter. Like most shooters of the time, you had a back-up weapon as a last resort if you ran out of ammo. It was a taser. The kind that shoots out wires. It automatically hit and if you held the button down longer than really necessary, the target would burst into flames. Where it really excelled is that the devs forgot to limit the range. So, rooftops snipers were easy prey for an infinite ammo, infinite range, 1 hit kill taser. Oh how I miss it.
Oh yeah I played that game and tazer was the best weapons. Stun lock of death
I think I bought Syphon Filter on the strength of that demo disc and the tazer’s twitch animation. Hours of fun. Also you could shoot the police IIRC which caused a bit of late 90’s moral outrage :)
I remember doing that and I had the same demo disk
thing about it i love is you hold it down and he stayed lit and bad guys would run in to him and catch fire loved that game got 1 through 3
such a great mechanic. loved those games.
I was watching this and thinking "man, Luke is talking way faster than usual." Then I realised for some reason I was playing it at 1.25x.
Slurp
Edit: What was i on?
@@lawsonkrii3665 slurpee.
Like, how long do you think you were living that way? How many videos in a row did you not even realize?
@@lawsonkrii3665 no idea
@@smilesfordays i mean it's not very noticeable
The halo combat evolved pistol. Easily kills everything with 3 shots.
One shot if you're good enough
It was almost as good at range as the sniper and almost as deadly at close range as the shotgun.
Halo 3 with the pinata headshot skull and a pistol was my heaven
Even huters bro
12 Semi-Armor-Piercing-High-Explosive rounds, 2x scope, unmatched covvie killing power ✴️👽
Ellen “what use is a rocket launcher with a severe limit of ammo”
Me *checks HUD
Also me “ahh yes. 4996 rockets. A massive shortage. Need to put an order in for more.” Lol
I mean u cld always use more
To be fair, 4996 is still a LOT less than Unlimited. Like, way less. By at least 12. Probably more.
@@MrKrystal64 TREE(3) sounds like enough ammo, may be a bit on the small side though
You can never have too much rocket
@Boundary Theory I've only got 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but I haven't run out yet
I think having your product be what enables someone to survive being stranded in a space station full of necromorphs would actually be pretty good PR lol
Thankyou man. I still made my own comment but I was thinking the exact same thing.
You do need at least one person to survive and be willing to promote without maling it seem like false advertising. And maybe a couple necromorphs to cut up on stage.
sounds like a niche market.... I hope.
Worth mentioning; you can counter-attack with the hidden blade even as early as the first Assassin's Creed. The window for doing so is smaller, but it's an instant kill EVERY time.
Best staring weapon: the lightsaber in Jedi Academy. If I remember correctly you can choose 2 extra weapons other than your lightsaber at the start of every mission. But you will never use them.
Well except for that one mission where your lightsaber gets taken away but yes, theres no real need to use anything else in the game
I used the sniper rifle a lot. Vaporizing enemies is fun. Plus you cant reflect disruptor rounds so enemy snipers are difficult without sniping them back
That one mission where you lose your lightsaber just HAPPENED to be the one where I upgraded my lightning to lvl 3. If you never did this before, well, the difference between lvl 1 and 2, vs 3, is like carpet static vs a lightning god! I just went strolling through that level frying everything like an angry sith lord. Even the AT-ST!
@@TheGuardDuck I still remember how I felt. Going from, drat no lightsaber, but wait, I have the FORCE! (Boss was still pretty tough).
Balázs Samu well, there was a point in Jedi Academy where I stopped using that lightsaber.
It was the point where I could use two of them.
Metal Gear Solid 3's Tranq Pistol is OP since it bypasses having to stealth a lot of sections. It's especially good in European Extreme difficulty, where if you are detected, you lose. Guards finding an unconscious guard won't go on full alert like they do if you kill someone.
It’s especially op mixed with the roll. Tranq then roll is the best way to go through areas quickly
M-22 hush puppy
It's in MGSV also, right?
@@Attaxalotl Yeah, and it's still very good, especially since non-lethal takedowns give you the added bonus of getting to fulton them.
Not to mention you can beat every single boss in the game with it.
@@dakotakade3547 beating The End by stamina kill and his Mosin Nagant will be yours
The Zap-O-Matic and Death Ray from "Destroy All Humans!" Both have infinite ammo, and can reliably put out huge amounts of damage once upgrades are purchased. They're so good, you could probably go through all of DAH 1 and 2 without touching your other weapons at all.
Yup I played the remake and I definitely used the zap-o-matic and ufo death ray
The ebony dagger background question isn't always given in the character creation for Daggerfall, which skills you pick are your primary/major/minor influence whether it pops up. If I recall correctly, if short blades is your only weapon skill that was primary/major skill, then it wasn't offered.
Those Deadspace clips gave me such nostalgia. Man, I love that series.
Completely agree with you, man. Crying shame EA murdered the series.
First and second were the best 💜
Hitman. Agent 47’s hands.
His throwing arm is as powerful as it is omnipresent.
What about the trusty fiber wire?
I think it's fair to just say 47 himself is the weapon in those games.
Mike's rubber duck
In Hitman, everything is weapon.
The sledgehammer in Red Faction: Guerrilla!
Getting enemies to file in through a door while you use it to pestle their heads in the mortars of their helmets, and then doing a 180 and wailing on the structural weak points of the building you were JUST hiding in was challenging but very rewarding. Only a few enemies in the game didn't have the sense to stay on the ground after the first whack to the face.
The number of times I giggled "tools of the trade" to myself while I was doing this got on even my own nerves, let alone anyone else's...
Ahhh a man of pure culture!! Absolutely love Red Faction Guerrilla!!😍😍
@ZMan1471 :D There's something about a punchline that just hammers these little moments home, y'know?
Seems like yoh put yourself on the slEDGE
this was the first one I thought of. scrolled down to see if anyone else was ahead of me. you nailed it.
Is this what DR.Bright ment when he said "chainsaw guns solve everything"?
Yes
Exactly.
I guess he does have a point
But his defenition of chainsaw guns are different from the way gears of war portrays them
@@X-SPONGED who is dr bright?
@@plinius902 someone who got cursed with immortality and is now the face of shenanigans and pranks in site 19
I would've liked to see any of Bloodborne's starter weapons here. Specially the Saw Cleaver - it carried me through end game.
Hunter's Axe for me; been through 10 playthroughs with it, still using it.
All bloodborne starter weapons lol
Weebs Apart from the pimp cane
Threaded cane gang represent. I installed some health reducing cursed gems into it just to have a reason not to use it.
Threaded cane's alternate mode is the ultimate crowd-control weapon.
Neir: Automata's 'Virtuous' set still kick's ass late game. Especially at lvl 4
I haveboth sword and spear but am missing the fourth one
9S plus spear is beautiful.
To be fair you only have virtuous contract at the start, and demon's cry is definitely the best weapon in the game
@@MrKrystal64 the fists are somewhere in the forest
The pistol in Saints Row 4. Duel welding, unlimited exploding ammo.
Yeah it's better than rifles.
Also Saints row 3
Headshots for (mostly) instant kills and stunlocking with the explosions, even capable of killing enemies behind cover. I have to agree!
The best one it was an overkill , killed so many wardens with that. To make game difficult i stopped using that weapon in hard-core difficulties.
Yes
Gears of war gnasher and lancer combo was one of the best starting load outs of all time. Especially once you mastered the reload.
My favourite was always lancer and the semi-auto (I forget the name)
@@sluttyMapleSyrup the hammerburst?
@@DanteSuper95 -Wasn't that the burst-rifle?-
Edit: The Hammerburst Mk II in the OG trilogy, I think in either Judgement or 4 it became the Markza and was an absolute machine
@@sluttyMapleSyrup yeah, in the first one was burst, then it became auto with slower fire or semi auto that could shred anyone if you got fast fingers. In 4 and 5 it became burst style again. You are getting confused there at the end. The markza is not a locust weapon, it's UIR weapon, a semi auto sniper rifle. And now i see where my answer was wrong.
Since this was about starting weapons i didn't think of it.
Edit: i forgot, introduced in judgement yes, but it didn't substitute the Hammerburst, they are separate weapons.
@@DanteSuper95 Yeah, sorry, I meant to say they split the Hammerburst and marksman rifle into separate weapons. Both are monsters
The crowbar from Half-life is just too iconic not to mention. Useful for headcrabs and opening boxes (and skulls)
Stock loadout from TF2.
Some weapons might give you free crits from behind, triple jumps, or be able to make your team *fast*, but Stock has no downsides.
The hidden blade the weapon so good the only improvement they could give it was to give you a second one!
and to modify it so you didn't have to cut off you finger (Thanks Da Vinci)
What about the starting pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved?
That pistol destroys worlds on Its spare time.....
Deus Ex: Human Revolution kind of does this four times. All the starting options are viable in most situations. The Stun Gun can stunlock bosses and is relatively quiet, the Tranq Rifle is the only ranged nonlethal option and starts out suppressed, the pistol and rifle are both fairly generic but take upgrades like a champ. Later on you can find rocket launchers, shotguns and snipers but you never need any of them.
Yep. On lethal playthroughs I've found myself using anything other than my Silenced, Armor Piercing, Max Damage and Magazine 9mm so rarely I could probably count it on one hand. The ammo is so plentiful as well.
So, it's like an RPG taking place in The Future?
@@lordbanetheplayer8844 A theoretical near-future, yes. The year in Human Revolution is 2027.
@@ebonslayer3321 I was mostly thinking RPG In Future, because you pick a lot of stuff up, without ever needing it.
@@ebonslayer3321 i love (joke btw) you dude i was waiting for this i mean the revolver explosive rounds upgrade is the most op thing in the whole game but in nonlethal the stun gun is great tou can even stun robots
Blades of Chaos from God of War series count? I mean, they ARE the starting weapon. And they are the best thing in the game.
I- you're right.
The nemean cestus is better.
@@wavywomby263 I prefer the electric weapons from gow3
@@wavywomby263 I disagree. the nemean cestus was fun but if you have any amount of combat know how you are absolutely unstoppable with the blades of chaos.
‘The zombie apocalypse has started...’ honestly, between Covid, Australian bush fires, extreme flooding, murder hornet invasion and locusts swarming, 2020 is the first time I would genuinely not be surprised to hear this on the news.
I get bonus points if the vaccine for Covid is what does it!
You forgot the confirmed aliens
Yuan Chen - and now with the global race riots. Hell of a year. Quite literally.
It's pretty biblical isn't it.
It’s actually happened on the news before. Someone hacked their script and the dude ended up reading it live and people freaked out until it was corrected
"No way out"
"Destroy the brain"
"Cut the cheese"
This comment fills me with determination
no no no. THROW THE CHEESE!
@@j-1176 is that an asdfmovie refrence i hear
I legit read this as the narrator said them
@@fireflare908 it was
Little something for the Assassin's Creed : You can even use the hidden blade in combat to strike your foes, and although the timing is a bit trickier, you can even parry, counter strike and instantly kill them with it, which is very stylisch.
Also, you can kill someone in one blow with the sword when coming from behind, but your sword needs to be already unsheathed, I believe you need to lock said target, and it isn't very sneaky.
Mastering the timing to instant counter kill with the hidden blade in open combat was one of my favorite parts of the first AC.
Mastering the Hidden Blade CQC Style was a very fulfilling experience.
Sometimes it feels like these guys don't actually play the games, the knowledge is sometimes quite surface level.
I agree, one of the most fun things about the hidden blade is trying to parry with it. In this way, later weapons are MUCH better at fighting, but the hidden blade is more fun, I reckon
@@johnvarley4561 I totally agree with you on the second paragraph. I have no opinion of the first one.
@@johnvarley4561 Yeah, I'm actually surprised they've said nothing about the fact that you can end any bossfight with a single counter attack. Barely used any other weapon in my second playthrough and only to see some variety in animations.
If the Lancer from Gears gets a pass, then the shotgun from Doom (2016) is right up there. Acquired moments into the game, racking the slide punctuates the end of the tutorial section and (with a few choice upgrades) it'll serve you well, with only a few bosses benefiting from some of your arsenal's more exotic offerings.
the lancer was arguably the worst weapon in the game?
You mean doom eternal. 2016 start off with a pistol
@@ahmadluthfi2364 to rephrase
"Acquired moments into the game" he didn't mean it as a starter weapon (like the first weapon you get)
but a "starter weapon" (something you get early in the game)
How about the Halo: CE Magnum? That thing could one shot hunters! Shame what the sequels did to it.
Halo 2's magnum wasn't that bad tho, especially if you dual wielded them.
Halo 3 ODST’s gun was pretty good as well
*Holds up Halo CE magnum* look how they massacred my boy
IIRC, it was so dominant in the first game because the devs tripled the intended damage when they were first calibrating the game balance, and never got around to resetting it before the release. They talked about it in a 'making of' interview that came out with the special-edition Halo 2, and commented that the way they'd built the first game, they basically had a rifle that acted like a submachine gun and a handgun that acted like a rifle.
@@anirvana The magnum was nerfed because it could be dual wielded, as it could 3 shot most foes and 1 shot hunters. If you could dual wield the CE magnum nothing could stand in your way.
"Easily slice through a Frodo or a Wolverine" brilliantly done Sir
I always meant to go back to deadspace to get the achievement for only using the plasma cutter. Only one I didnt get. Some of the other guns were way to fun.
The silenced tranquilizer pistol you start off with in every Metal Gear Solid since 2 is a staple. Can't die if you're so quiet they never find you.
“Hitman” gave you the silverballer.45, never really felt the need to use any other small arms, in the earlier titles at least.
the pistol is the best gun in any hitman game, seriously
there's like no point in using any assault rifle or smg simply because they're non-suppressed and the recoil is horrendous
Then again, the ideal would be never firing any gun right?
Chris East well no bc then you can’t kill your opponent without using very tedious and tiresome methods
This was my exact thought when I read the video title
sidekic1109 the damage and range is amazing and it always kills when you get a headshot excluding the actor when he has the helmet on.
See: bat and nails
Hear: duct tape being torn during crafting
Don't hear: hammering
Ummm... I have... a question...?
he tapped his hands and proceeded to push each nail by hand. don't question it.
The nails aren’t long enough to go all the way through the bat, so if you want the pointy bits sticking out, you have to get creative.
@@joeschmo3844 can't tell if joking or not so i'll say that would be ineffective and leave it at that
Spider Jeranimo no it will be effective since just make the nails go through the duct tape and have you seen how much abuse can duct tape take
It’s deadrising. You could make an electric rake and it doesnt make sense, but it makes sense in a way.
The winblades in Dark Souls 3.
The starting weapon of the mercenary class, which you can easily find early on with any other class, are super easy to use and build, and they are super strong, one of the best weapons no doubts.
The sellsword twinblades from dark souls 3. The two handed spin attack is absurdly poweful if you use any kind of buff, and it's really damn good even without any.
Or the Kukri blade in farcry 4
Pretty much any of the starting weapons in Dark Souls are game-winners.
That swamp dance ability is also nifty.
If we're talking about starting weapons that can be upgraded to stay viable even in the late game: The Engine Blade in Final Fantasy 15. Because you can upgrade this thing into the Ultima Blade and you don't even have to go that far into the game in order to do it, given the parts to pull off the upgrades can be obtained early, thus you'll be running around with the strongest Sword type weapon in the game pretty darn quickly.
Alien vs Predator Marine starting out with the standard issue Pulse Rifle, good range, rate of fire, damage, ammo is available through out the game and it is iconic. also it doubled as a grenade launcher so there was that.
Can't forget about the drill from Bioshock 2. Once you learn the drill dash, it's unstoppable.
All great options, but for me the pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved was my favourite, poweful starter weapon for one tapping hunters, elites whose shields just dropped, or just about anything really.
How could that NOT make this list?
You beat me too it. You didnt need any other weapon in the game, you just pick them up for variety sake. Lol
From my knowledge the magnum pistol in all Halo games are OP with headshots. 2 shots if you got a shield n you're ded.
FACTS
What about the Bow and Arrow on the Tomb Raider reboot? It is a one shot weapon, has craftable ammo, and it is basically a multi-tool throughout all of the 3 games.
Craft-able isn't exactly the same as automatically infinite like a cheat
Yes, and not just because bows are bae.
@@dtakeru5856 might as well be infinite, you can loot em back off of the guy you just killed with it
@@OcarinaOfBurr Still, it might be feel like you are using so much with so few consume, but think about it, a bow that doesn't need ammunition, that's how lara's dual pistol feel like, they still need to reload, but it is automatically infinite ammo
Plus, bows are just more satisfying to shoot. And if I you manage to pull off a particular difficult shot, like in the eye, the proof is right there.
"What's the point of having a rocket launcher when ammo is severely limited." *Has nearly 5000 warheads*
(I must confess I did a bit of a cheat for that footage... Ahem... - E)
@@outsidextra Clearly the actions of a confirmed and unrepentant Dishonorable Ghost.
@@outsidextra *gasp* people cheating in a game to get extra ammo?!?! I've never heard of such treachery....
Outside Xtra SHAME!
@@outsidextra Oh how you have fallen. First claiming that Andy is cheating during the Trade-in challenge, and then using your nookphone during Show of the Almost Weekend. Forshame.
The silverballer is the only weapon I played in every hitman game that exists. That's impressive. The coolest gun in video game world
The silver ballers are the game version of the 45 cal ATM hardballers from the 90s which were kinda junk im told. Funny a hitman of his level using budget weapons. Maybe in the next games he will use hi points lol
@@travisrolison9646 I know i am late, but hi points mostly work just fine. It will be better if he use Zip .22 in next game.
The silverballer is the coolest gun in any video game? Okay a fairly generic looking gun is the coolest.... if you say so.
For the Final Fantasy entry, the "canonical reason" is that weapons are now infused with materia cores which level up.
Must have missed this lore in the game where was it again?
Ah yes, they are infused with planets.
(pls forgive if i'm wrong)
@@p4ladin167 nah they're infused with SOULS
@@boa_firebrand Makes more sense then what i said.
@@p4ladin167 oh I'm dead serious Materia is solidified Mako which is liquid Lifestream which is their worlds way of recycling souls if I remember correctly.
If the list includes hidden blades of Assassin's Creed, then there should've been at least a mention of The Predator's Bow from Crysis 3
Perfectly suited to pinning enemies to walls by their memories of childhood
I Litterally only used the bow its so op
Yup
I just replayed the first levels of that game again only to use the bow. Best weapon by far.
Also: In Enclave, the bow that the Assasin starts out with is the best weapon in the game due to being able to shoot multiple arrows AND having access to lots of different arrow types which were useful under different circumstances. You never really needed to switch to anything else.
In Yakuza 0 Goro Majima learns how to wield a baseball bat like a Chinese broadsword extremely close to the beginning of his story.
I haven’t used any other weapon or fighting style since.
That sounds incredible
Rebellion from Devil May Cry came to my mind, it's the most simple and straight forward weapon in the game, but that's what makes it so good. Decent damage, great range, good speed it's a real jack of all trades. And like the Buster Sword it's iconic to Dante, also it just looks cool.
I agree with the rebellion. Blades of chaos also from God of war.
Love rebellion. I always found it interesting that Rebellion makes its first appearance in the 2nd game, and was one of the only good things to come out of it lol
That was my first DMC, and I couldn't understand why everyone liked them so much at the time. I did like that character model though, especially in Devil Trigger
Yeah when I play as Dante i find it hard to get used to the other weapons he has.
@@perryborn2777 You started with DMC2? Oh god I am so sorry.
Yup rebellion is a great weapon it's just effortless way of killing
For a while, due the a bug in scaling, the starting weapon in Anthem was literally the best in the game. People were up in arms over it
...really? I had better by the end of day one... took 3 days to get past the next loading screen, people were up in arms but not for that disappointing legion of dawn gear
@@LostSoulNexus the bug was that even though higher damage numbers showed, it actually took more shots/longer time to kill things.
I know this doesn't really sound right at first but the batarang from the batman Arkham series is really the most useful gadget batman has. For puzzles the other gadgets have their place but in combat and stealth most other gadgets just accomplish the same thing as the batarang but with more steps however the batarang is so simple, effective and efficient to the point it makes most other things seem less practical by comparison
I agree
especially once you get the upgrades to throw multiple at once while flying through the air
this is valid, however it's not a "Weapon" per say
batman's main "Weapon" is literally giving people severe head trauma with his fists with little...spikes??
"Military strategist, Ron Pearlman, once said 'War; war never changes.' "
Once said? He said it about 10,000 times. Bethesda overused that line so much I had halfway hoped to never hear it again!
Yeah, may also be my fault for playing the game like 100 times
War, war never changes.
War,war never changes
This narration... This narration never changes.
@@calemr lmao 😂😂😂
There's also the Sorcerer's Catalyst, starter staff of the sorcerer class from Dark Souls. With a Magic Adjust of 240, it's one of the best staffs in the game, only surpassed by two others: Logan's and Manus' Catalysts.
Most weapons are viable in the games tho
Theres also the claymore from dark souls 3. Easiest endgame weapon you can have early in the game. I pretty much dont play anything else other than the claymore. Maybe the used katana for pvp and the sword of the knights from the ringed city dont know what its called. Great to pressure in pvp.
Yeah, you usually have no reason to change that catalyst unless you are going for something specific.
Though the only starting weapon that really require you to have appropriate player skill, I would argue is the dagger. You can mostly level yourself out of trouble, but a dagger demands you git gud, learn your reach and dodging.
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, best summed up by the following review: "The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot Deathboot in the Land of the Conspicuously Placed Spike Racks"
I always said a solid 'das boot' with every kick. That kick was like a swiss army knife with a nuclear reactor attached.
For sure, I just role play a Bruce Lee character whenever I play that game
don't forget your "tail-upgrade" you get later on ;)
Hey, hey, people
How about the starter pokemon in just about every game. Most noticeably omega ruby and alpha sapphire
Classing the pokemon you get at the beginning of the game as 'starter weapons' makes me laugh despite it being perfectly accurate.
Mega swampert with surf was the mvp on my team, until I got deoxys and mega rayquaza.
@@cashlintner8492 It still gets praise considering one of the two things you said challenges its mvp status is so broken that the most common competitive pokemon battling rules ban it from the OVERPOWERED category.
Now this just opens the door as to which Pokemon is the best to start with. And usually these debates get pretty cutthroat.
Treecko and Cyndaquil.
@@cooltrainervaultboy-39 hate to be that guy but mudkip is the superior choice. Ruby and sapphire don't have a grass type gym
"Beware spoilers for the following games"... so, if you haven't played them, we're not gonna spoil that the starter weapons are the best you get in the game
I think they meant the potential story spoilers they talk about but it’s still funny
Because starter guns spoil the beginning of the game duh
straight up spoilers for FF7 remake of all things with a spoiler alert. very ironic.
@@TheJacklikesvideos please tell me what part of the story was spoiled by that spoiler alert.
8:53
"Spell effect failed
Imp just died"
That translate to my life choises very well.
The "Threaded Cane" out of Bloodborne. Every few Hours i found a new weapon and thought "thats cool, now i can finally change my weapon" and after a few hits "well back to my glorius Stickwhip"
Yeah I've been doing this same thing. It's the only weapon that feels fast enough for the enemies.
PIMP POWER
Any of the starter weapons are good because of how u level with them
@@taint2684 Yep. Really, any of weapons ( starter or otherwise ) can be used to great effect.
The Saw Cleaver trick weapon, one of the first weapons in Bloodborne, is synonymous with most depictions of Hunters for a reason; it's serrated, it's fast, it has a powerful transformation attack, it is the speedrunner's preferred weapon of choice, and most importantly, it is FREE---a gift, courtesy of the little messengers!
Literally every starting weapon possible in a Souls Borne game is quite viable :)
I finished DS3 with my starting long sword, and am currently replaying it with my starting Twin sellswords.
Even the Broken Straight sword, which you get in DS for choosing deprived, CAN be used to finished the game :) (it's not the best option though, while some earlier mentioned like the Long Sword definitely can be)
I pick the Whip cane
I think I recall hearing that it actually has the highest DPS in the game. I was absolutely thinking of this one
Any of the starting Bloodborne weapons are more than enough to beat the entire game.
The hunter axe has ridiculous stagger, is very easy to min/max damage due to heavy scaling on strength alone, and the whole "spin to win" thing.
The threaded cane lacks the axe's stagger, but is eminently spammable, has both special damage types, excellent range in whip mode, and will out-damage the axe if you're good at visceral attacks.
The saw cleaver strikes the balance between the other two and is arguably the most versatile weapon in the game in terms of stats and moveset. I think speed-runners prefer it mainly because the serrated damage in the untransformed state and faster attacks/lower stamina requirements, with the transformation attacks, min/max beast-blood pellet damage the easiest.
@@seand7042 A true gentlemen! May the bloodlust of the hunt never encroach upon your soul. May your top-hat stand as a testament to your humanity!
Bioshock's Shock plasmid and the Wrench. The combo is so good I used it throughout the game. (Except for on big daddies, obviously)
So where is blades of chaos and rebellion? They're way good starter weapon.
Hell they were so good that in God of War 4 they aren't even the starter weapon anymore, they had to be saved for later
Yeah
Alastor was better than rebellion in mostly every way tho, at least in DMC1
@@negr0mancer but dante preferred rebellion as his main weapon together with his ebony & ivory.
@@negr0mancer bruh i beat dmc 3 on dante must die almost strictly using rebellion, that sword is a straight banger
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
while the 10mm pistol isn't the immediate first weapon you get, it's probably the second, and MAN is it good once fully upgraded
I actually made a bit of a challenge to beat the entire game using nothing but the 10 mil, on Hard mode. One of the nice things is the upgrade that allows you to ignore armor is right in Jensen's apartment. Pretty much every non-boss enemy can be taken out in one or two headshots. The only actual problem I had was towards the end of the game, enemies stopped carrying ammo for it, meaning you have to be more and more sparing with it.
I played through that game with the pistol, stun gun, and tranq gun on hard mode several times as a kid
don't know why, I just did
@@Reishadowen i actually made sure to be on stock of almost half the inventory of ammo alone, I don't know if i could do it, but i'm sure people could be set for an entire endgame if they were stocked with just 10mm and just happened to find medkits along the way
@@Reishadowen You call it a challenge, I call it a normal playthrough. I think I used the sniper rifle twice (once because it was actually useful, and the other time because the bolt action animation looked so fucking cool and I was on a pacifist playthrough so I could waste the ammo), and the Combat Rifle barely any more than that. The 9mm is good for every situation, against any enemy, and has good ammo conservation.
Mankind Divided on the other hand is a different story. Combat Rifle is an amazing all-round weapon, but basically everything has a place in the arsenal.
The wrench in prey? I was still wacking enemies with that thing up until the very end!
And the GLOO cannon!
@ZMan1471 Prey (2017) the game with mimics
Absoloutly agree. The Wrench is my favorite weapon there too.
FFX: Tidus' starter weapon actually becomes extremely useful halfway between the game. It's the first weapon out of the tutorial/prologue. It's starts out with one effects but after you unlock customization bc Rikku joins, it gains another 3 effects making it superior to most other weapons in the game and you could easily finish the game with it. Only if you're a real hunter would you find a better weapon.
Ace Harvey yeah the ultimate weapons are a bitch to unlock their full potential. You first need to find the weapon (the easy part) then you earn the two items needed to unlock their potential (each weapon uses different sigils and crests) through nigh impossible tasks (like getting first place in the chocobo race with a time of 00.00 or dodging lighting 100 times in a row)
@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 or playing a shit ton of blitzball and hoping it shows up as a tournament prize.
Travis Rolison that too.
Travis Rolison I will never be able to unlock any of the weapons.
@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 I think I did for a few. I remeber that stupid chocobo race for Titus and I think I got his and It Oren . i got wackas after a shit ton of grinding blitzball. I remember getting lulus cuz of the damn lighting bolt jumping that took forever. And I remember the butterfly game thing as well. So i think i got like 3/4s of the weapons. It was horrible.
Ffx was the only one i liked
Does "any game where you start with a lightsaber" count? Cause those things can cut through basically anything.
Donno about any games, where you have the saber from the get go and get much of a choice in other weapons.
Perhaps Old Republic? I have no idea how that plays.
@@insaincaldo Jedi Academy.
You can pick up other guns but why would you. In Jedi Outcast you spend whole lot of 3 missions until the saber.
@@SinaelDOverom also they are the greatest star wars games every with kotor a close 3rd
Not Disney lightsabers...
The Hunter's Axe in Bloodborne (and really, most starting weapons in FromSoft games) is so damn reliable; it strikes so many chords with me for its:
-Damage
-Attack speed
-Range
-Simplicity
On top of all that, it just feels *so goddamn good.*
also has that halberd spin to win 2h charged r2. good rally boost too.
My first playthrough I picked the axe and quickly regretted it. It felt slow and clunky. The cane was much more to my liking.
After learning the flow of the game some more, especially how to use the health regain system, I tried the axe again. It felt like easy mode. I've never had an easier time killing that damned Bloody Crow.
LHB is all I use. Started with chain whip.
You misspelled Saw Cleaver.
Bloodborne, all three starter weapons were amazing even when leveled up to the max
The Saw Cleaver scales decently with Strength and Skill and is easy to convert to Arcane later on, is always one-handed so Bloodtinge builds can still use their guns, and has a moveset that includes both vertical and horizontal strikes.
The Hunter Axe is a brutal Strength weapon with great stagger and rally potential, as well as long range when two-handed and an utterly obscene damage output if you can land a charge attack to start a combo.
The Threaded Cane is a fast and reliable "straight sword" in normal form and a crowd-shredding bladed whip in alternative form, with excellent Skill scaling and low stamina costs allowing flurries of blows.
I kept the Saw Cleaver the whole game
I leaned on the threaded cane that whole game XD
Dishonorable mention: For a while, Anthem's starter rifle was apparently better than anything you picked up later due to the way stats progressed. I'd kind of hope that isn't still true.
Nothing good about anthem
Its anthem....
You forgot the magnum from Halo:CE, Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and Reach. That tiny pistol was basically a one shot kill to anything that had a head that wasn't a Hunter or had shields, even then it was an OP starter that you would get at the very beginning and could work as a makeshift sniper.
Also a one hit kill on a Hunter, just to his back. Also, in CE it had a scope because it was more of a sniper rifle with small ammo than a pistol. Even has the symbol for power on the bottom of the clip. At least, in Kanji, IIRC.
@@PanAndScanBuddy It had a scope in general throughout all of the Halo games, though I'm not so sure about one shotting a hunter part, maybe in Halo CE but in Reach, 2, and 3? I don't think that I could one shot them, might have to test it out.
@@ashenmutant1836 It was in CE where it one shots hunters and it did not have a scope in 2 and 3
Speaking of iconic weapons: what about the drill in Bioshock 2? Especially when you finally learn that charge attack where you leap 10 meters towards an enemy to kick them another 20 meters away.
See, I have to disagree there. I feel that when Bioshock 2 starts, it puts you in entirely the wrong mindset. It's like, "You are a Big Daddy, here is your drill, go get'em." And then you think, "Aw hell yes! Get over here, splicer! I'm gonna-...wait, did I just die in three shots from a pistol?"
You still have the kleen-ex level armor of the normal guy you play as in the first game, only with the delusion that you are one of the big honking monsters you saw in the first game, which is a damn lie. :/
The only advantage the drill has over the wrench, is that the drill can consume fuel to make it deal slightly more damage...I mean, I guess...?
The starter weapond in Nier:Automata stay good for the whole game if upgraded.
Yeah, but it has to compete with that length of iron pipe you found in a sewer. A competition it somehow manages to lose.
Not technically "weapons", but all the starters from Pokemon are often the strongest member of your team, and are all (mostly) amazing
That’s cause of the fights like level up fighting only ghost increases your speed a lot more than leveling up after fighting something else and so on that’s why they are so powerful cause they have been collecting the bonus stats exp from the previous fights
Halo CE, the M6 Magnum pistol. That bad boy is so powerful, it’s a wonder why Captain Keyes never kept it loaded!
9:06 “which of these elves is the Legolas kind and how do I avoid it”😂😂
Don't encourage all this hate on Legolas. Legolas is a pure soul and most be protected from the slings and arrows of swine
The starter weapons 2B gets in Nier Automata are one of the best weapon sets in the game, also Noctis’ engine blade from FFXV is worth mentioning too
No mention of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device? I barely even remember other weapons in the Portal games.
...all you used in those games was the portal device...
Unless you count aperture tag, but you know what I mean.
G - Oats welcome to the joke, are you staying long?
That's... literally the only weapon. It's a good weapon, but the only one.
@@Attaxalotl It's not even a weapon. If anything, it's a transportation device
@@Pepperham04 its called the PORTAL gun
Im sure someone can figure out how to make it shoot death lasers or flying boxes
the crowbar from half-life
You cant tell me the crowbar is better than the ghostbusters laser, the jumpy gun the magnum to end all magnums and the big ass effing rocket launcher
The Scarborough Fair: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme from Bayonetta (and Love is Blue from the sequel)
Eh, the swords pkp combo has a massive arc and great reliable damage, also there was the durga/killgore combo in the first game that lets you turn bosses into paste in seconds.
At this point any weapon associated with a character should be mentioned
"The spiked bat is pretty much perfect already"
But good sir, what about the bazooka or merc assault rifle?
Yeah.. But they require that one hiccup.. Ammo. Bat and nails are always there when you return to that first work bench. Without fail.
gimme an aluminum baseball bat, much more reliable and durable, and it can swing fast enough to break bones, wrap barbed wire tightly around its head, and you have just made the spiked baseball bat 3 times better
The Magnum from Halo : Combat Evolved. You could take down the entire Covenant with that pistol, especially considering you can literally one shot the strongest enemies in the game if you are smart with your aiming.
Easy 3 shots on Flood combat forms
Obi Wan: heres how the hidden blade is useful from the high ground.
Obi Wan: do we have a hidden light saber dagger
Cody "Well some kids have been making mini light sabers that could work."
Depends, how many layers of cloaks you are wearing?
@@insaincaldo I figure a jedi cloak would make for a decent assassin cloak
Oops there goes a finger...
Ace Harvey Good point
The starter pistol in “My friend Pedro” while weak they’re still reliable with the infinite ammunition.
Yes perfect game
So it's a bad weapon
@@diablotry5154 no, and they are so badass.
The "One Gun" achievement in Dead Space was one of the easiest in the game and was pretty fun to do. I did it during my hard playthrough too and had no trouble.
The Last of us, that shiv was definitely magic and the most powerful it manages to one shot all enemies except bloaters while in stealth mode and you can make them almost as soon as you meet enemies
Deus Ex Human Revolution: The Buzzkill TND Stun Gun, if your going non-lethal stealth full achievement run, this is the first weapon... and the only weapon you need.
Non-Lethal, Silent, No Upgrades Required, Can EMP cameras and turrents so you can sidestep them. Shoot a distant target and takedown his buddy in a one-two combo.
Not to mention the original Deus Ex. Whine to your big brother at the start, and he'll give you either a stealth-kill wrist-crossbow, a sniper rifle, or a rocket launcher.
Problem is. With the xbow in original, It takes way to long for the sleep darts to work and usually the alarm is raised. I used the battan from behind and stun gun from front.
I never did a clean run in the orignal cuz once you get to the plot twist portion of the game I figure the baddies are evil so I just kill them with the sword or silent pistol
Or if you want to go lethal, the humble 10mm Pistol. Get the AP mod from Jensen's apartment, add a silencer and laser sight, and you've got a reliable, accurate beast of a gun that will one-headshot-kill any non-boss human in the game.
Oh wow, those Daggerfall sounds really take me back.
The wrench from Bioshock that you get at the start gets a few upgrades along the way that make it do insane damage, plus it’s fun to swing a wrench like an angry plumber