Our own top 10 game weapons of all time

We came across a very interesting list compiled by Gamefaqs recently and they featured the top ten weapons in video game history. For the most part, they were right but we made some tweaks and came up with our own. Did your favorite sword or gun make the cut? Read on to find out.

10. Masamune (Final Fantasy VII)– Always chic in black, with that flowing, silver hair and that piercing stare, Sephiroth is probably the coolest villain in all of the Final Fantasy games, but he wouldn’t be the same if he didn’t have his Masamune. Much like its owner, the sword is mysterious, powerful and stylish. The long blade’s charm is made even more enticing due to the fact that you can acquire it in the Gold Saucer but you can never equip it. Still, it’s a hell of a collectible and it looks so good, it makes watching Sephiroth slash monsters that much more entertaining.

9. The Hurly Gloves (Super Mario RPG)– Admit it- all of us, secretly or openly, have wished that Bowser one day gets a chance to knock Mario all over the place. The gloves aren’t even close to being the most powerful weapon in the game, but just seeing the reptilian fiend in mid-battle pick Mario up, pull a switcharoo with a Mario doll and whack enemies with the red plumber is the highlight of the game.

8. Cerebral Bore (Turok 2: Seeds of Evil)– Warning: You might want to steer clear of spaghetti sauce and salsa after you get to use this baby. The cerebral bore is THE weapon to have in any FPS. No top weapon list would ever be complete without it. Here’s how it works: Find a poor sucker whose day you really want ruined. Equip the bore. If the brain in the head of your sorry victim is large enough, a red light flashes, meaning that you’ve locked on and the poor mutant/dino’s fate is sealed. Let loose the bore! It flies, pierces the skull, sucks out all the cranium’s contents and blows up. It’s just plain sick.

The rest of the kick-ass weapons await after the jump!

We came across a very interesting list compiled by Gamefaqs recently and they featured the top ten weapons in video game history. For the most part, they were right but we made some tweaks and came up with our own. Did your favorite sword or gun make the cut? Read on to find out.

10. Masamune (Final Fantasy VII)– Always chic in black, with that flowing, silver hair and that piercing stare, Sephiroth is probably the coolest villain in all of the Final Fantasy games, but he wouldn’t be the same if he didn’t have his Masamune. Much like its owner, the sword is mysterious, powerful and stylish. The long blade’s charm is made even more enticing due to the fact that you can acquire it in the Gold Saucer but you can never equip it. Still, it’s a hell of a collectible and it looks so good, it makes watching Sephiroth slash monsters that much more entertaining.

 

9. The Hurly Gloves (Super Mario RPG)– Admit it- all of us, secretly or openly, have wished that Bowser one day gets a chance to knock Mario all over the place. The gloves aren’t even close to being the most powerful weapon in the game, but just seeing the reptilian fiend in mid-battle pick Mario up, pull a switcharoo with a Mario doll and whack enemies with the red plumber is the highlight of the game.

8. Cerebral Bore (Turok 2: Seeds of Evil)– Warning: You might want to steer clear of spaghetti sauce and salsa after you get to use this baby. The cerebral bore is THE weapon to have in any FPS. No top weapon list would ever be complete without it. Here’s how it works: Find a poor sucker whose day you really want ruined. Equip the bore. If the brain in the head of your sorry victim is large enough, a red light flashes, meaning that you’ve locked on and the poor mutant/dino’s fate is sealed. Let loose the bore! It flies, pierces the skull, sucks out all the cranium’s contents and blows up. It’s just plain sick.

7. Chicago Typewriter (Resident Evil 4)– Stranger, stranger! Now THAT’S a weapon! Easily, this is the best gun in the entire RE series. Put on that trench coat and your mobster hat and start pumping insanely powerful lead to any enemy in the game. Acquiring is easy. Just finish the game, blaze through the unlockable Assignment Ada and buy it for 1 million pesetas. Trust us, it’s worth every penny. The fiendish power and the insane fire rate will tear through every man, woman and child with the plaga, including bosses.

6. The Metal Blade (Mega Man 2)- Anyone familiar with this weapon has to be shy to admit it because it would blow the cover on their respective ages. Nevertheless, this was the weapon to end all weapons in the Mega Man sequel. Most called it cheap, but the hypocrites used it themselves. The Metal Blade doesn’t follow the Mega Man tradition of bosses being weak against a particular weapon that Mega acquires when he kills other bosses. The Metal Blade busts everyone open, resulting in the developers nerfing weapons more carefully in the succeeding editions.

5.Yoshitsuna (Disgaea: Hour of Darkness)- Do we even have to go through the gory details of acquiring this sword? For starters, it takes the average player around 80 to 100 game hours to get it. That doesn’t even include the horrid number of resets that you have to make if your luck doesn’t hold up. When you finally get your hands on it, the game is pretty much over. It gives the wielder 1000 to all non-attack stats, 4000 to attack, two move and 20 jump at base level. If you buff it all the way to level 100, you can pretty much one-hit anyone. To the grizzled warrior of the Item World, this is a war medal beyond compare.

 

4. Crissaegrim (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)–  If you have the luck code activated and you’ve been following a walkthrough, it’s easy to find. Just run amok in the Reverse Castle Library and wait for it to drop. If you’re playing the game with sheer guts, it’s almost impossible to find. Once you find it, though, only Galamoth will pose a threat. One swing with it and you unleash four swipes. One hit is usually sufficient to kill regular monsters, but four? Have Alucard ask Drac who’s HIS daddy! You can literally run mashing the attack button when you have it on.

3. Jack Krauser’s Arm (Resident Evil 4)–  The cocky mercenary has a better weapon than the Chicago Typewriter: a Plagas-powered angel wing arm that kills anything in a single swipe. The Mercenaries mission becomes a real slaughter when you try how it feels to be a beast. They should have put a grim reaper cloak on Jack Krauser for the total intimidation effect.

2. Shredder (Turok 2: Dinosaur Hunter)– Maybe not anywhere near as repugnant as the Cerebral Bore, but it’s probably the most effective weapon in any FPS. Picture a shotgun that blasts a slew of whirling discs of death into a gang of hapless b***ards. Not fun if you’re on the receiving end. It can take out single enemies with ease and dispatches mobs in a hurry. Nothing stands in its way for long.

1. Alucard Shield (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)– Okay, technically it isn’t a weapon but when buffed with the power of the Shield Rod, it becomes the single, cheapest yet strongest weapon in gaming history. Ram into enemies with it and inflict highly damaging, rapid hits. If that wasn’t enough, you actually absorb massive HP from doing so. Talk about immortality.