7 Starter Weapons That Were the Best Weapon in the Game
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- Sometimes a game hands you the best weapon right off the bat, often with nails in it! Here are the starter weapons that were the best weapons in the game.
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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.
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
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
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.
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..
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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 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’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 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
"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
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
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
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
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
Can't forget about the drill from Bioshock 2. Once you learn the drill dash, it's unstoppable.
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 ✴️👽
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
"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 😂😂😂
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
This intro did not age well
Let’s not forget that if you can master the fraction of a second window for its counter attack, the hidden blade will kill practically anyone in one hit in both AC and AC 2.
The only reason to get Ezio a schiavona was because it looked cool.
.......It's difficult to get a counterkill with the Hidden Blade?
Sir Cupcake compared to the sword and short blade, yes. I didn’t even realize you could use it to counter kill until late into my first play through of AC. It definitely took more practice.
"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 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
"Hey, Bear, why aren't you laughing?" [Disappears.] He just aint vibing with that joke lmao
I thought Bioshock was gonna be on the list, that wrench was and still is my best friend lol
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.
"Easily slice through a Frodo or a Wolverine" brilliantly done Sir
Bioshock's Shock plasmid and the Wrench. The combo is so good I used it throughout the game. (Except for on big daddies, obviously)
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
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
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 💜
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
Fun fact: The Buster Sword was originally called the "Basterd Sword" but it had to be censored in america, it isn't required to censor the word anymore but the name became iconic so they stuck with it.
Just as well, it looks nothing like a bastard sword.
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)
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 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 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
“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.
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)
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.
fallout 4 players 5 minutes after leaving the vault: HEY LOOK AT MY POWER ARMOR AND FAT MAN
Let's be real, most people play Fallout only to be able to have this legendary combo.
Trash, game was easy mode no matter what
And the laser musquet, with the upgrades, it can still be relevant late game
Forget your high level weapons, I use mods on my PS4
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 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.
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.
Tales of Destiny has Dymlos, the main character Stahn’s Swordian. It’s fairly weak at the start, but as Stahn gets stronger, so does Dymlos. The same applies to the other three Swordians, but not the other weapons in the game. You’ll probably be using the Swordians up until the final boss!
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
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.
I was hoping to see the sellsword twinblades from dark souls iii. Both stunlock and damage in one.
did dead space get a remaster or something that looks smooth as butter.
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.
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.
Every basic pistol in Uncharted 1-3 is really good, especially the ones you find on easy mode. Despite lacking slightly in the dps department, they have perfect accuracy and usually one shot with a headshot. They also have near limitless ammo, due to practically half the enemies carrying them. Of course, that is only when playing on easy, but even on harder difficulties the pistol- no matter what they name it- is always a good weapon.
In Mass Effect Andromeda the best assault rifle is the Avenger, which is the one you start with.
It has the most balanced stats despite it not being very good in the trilogy.
What about the starting pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved?
That pistol destroys worlds on Its spare time.....
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.
Someone has probably mentioned this, but the Hidden Blade was actually really good in active combat in the first Assassin’s Creed. You couldn’t block, but if you counter an enemy, the rest recoil for a second or two after the one you countered is dead. While they are recoiling, you can kill them in one hit. Seeing as the kill is quick, you could turn one counter into possibly a triple kill. Then you just wait for the next opponent to attack, counter his move, and watch as you get all of your free kills again.
the feeling you get when you cut an enemy's limbs of (especially it's arms. everyone hates those things with the spikes on their arms.) is so good. and then you get the regenerating zombies and you want to scream. at least for the third entries in dead space you actually get a chance to upgrade past the line gun relatively early in the game and make the same thing but with a huge flashy lazer cutting sword thing which is especially useful when you get to those things with three eyes, the wide slash of the gun enables you to cut of multiple stalks at once and take them out in one hit with the correct timing. coupled with a shotgun with a melee dmg amplifier and i haven't come close to death once in over two chapters.
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.
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
Oh my goodness, hearing the noise of that door creaking open in Daggerfall..! Takes me back! I love the FMV opening for TES2, so good!
Oh yeah, ebony dagger good too! :-D
"i don't keep it loaded son, you'll have to find ammo as you go"
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
8:53
"Spell effect failed
Imp just died"
That translate to my life choises very well.
TF2 Scattergun: "Am I a joke to you?"
*Laughs in Rocket Launcher*
Almost all stock weapons are at least the most versatile.
Laughs in stock wrench
all the stock weapons are the best at doing their job. no downsides, no upsides.
Say hello to default Sniper Rifle.
Where’s the Sword and Shield from MHW?
It has stun Damage, Slice Damage, mount damage, quick attacks, and you can charge it for stronger attacks!
And the game advertises it as a beginners weapon
Because SnS is genre of weapons. You probably mean the Bone SnS. But if you ask me, I think the best starting weapon is the Iron Light Bowgun. Thing comes with basically everything you need, slicing ammo, sleep ammo, pierce ammo, machine gun mode.
Personally,I prefer the Defender GS. Literally,you can get it right after you start the game and get into Astera,and you can be carried through the entire game by just upgrading it. No need to grind,either.
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.
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!
Prey (2006)'s Alien Rifle. This is practically also a pet, with the weird eye-tentacle thing giving it some personality when you're not in sniper mode. Not to mention the infrared curbstomp that is sniper mode. And the mostly reliable normal assault rifle mode. It's little wonder that most of the enemy troops carry these, which also makes ammo plentiful. But, even when ammo is scarce, it quickly regenerates enough ammo for a single sniper shot, or several assault rifle shots when emptied, ensuring that you'll almost always be able to shoot something in the face. Plus, it just looks cool as hell.
"Arguably the most reconizable weapon in video games"
The Master Sword: Am I a joke to you?
+the ray gun
AK-47
Well to be fair, the Master Sword we know and love today, was popularized a year after FFVII.
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....
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
Jedi knight jedi acadamy: you forgot about the lightsaber. You get a lot of guns but nothing is better then a lightsaber to cutter everthing in half.
Collects all the weapons.. Had max ammo for each weapon.. Keeps using lightsaber
Thanks for the heart attack. That ringtone you used for the first one is the same ringtone the work phones do. Made me jump over the desk trying to answer a phone that wasn't ringing....
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.
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
I'm surprised the straight sword hilt from dark souls wasn't mentioned, it sucks until you hit the halfway point and can upgrade it into [redacted] which has fairly low stat requirements and scales well off of all 4 offensive stats (Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence and Faith) as well as being extra effective against enemies in 2 of the 4 endgame areas