Which weapons in video games are not useful in real life?

[Marisanocean]

one of the first characters that comes to mind when I hear the phrase "Which weapons in video games are not useful in real life?" I always remember cloud's

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Would the oversized boot from Super Mario Bros 3 count?

 

[RuckusMcGuckus]

 

[Karnik]

A stick. In jrpg games the hero always begins his adventure armed with a stick, a pot on his head and a pot lid as a shield. ?

 

[otogirisou]

whatever the bards was using

 

[Marisanocean]

A stick. In jrpg games the hero always begins his adventure armed with a stick, a pot on his head and a pot lid as a shield. ?

It depends on the type of stick, it is literally raw wood.

(random image from the internet)

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Would the oversized boot from Super Mario Bros 3 count?

for sure jajajajja

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I will add that all thick bows do not work. For a bow to shoot an arrow, it needs to be flat and not thick.

look how thin a real bow is. It needs to be flat, to be able to curve backwards, if an arch is thicker than flat, it will curve to the SIDES.

 

[kanesha]

In Gorky 17 the tranquilizer gun was absolutely essential and would change the firsy boss fight from a totally impossible nightmare to a cakewalk. The darts for that thing were most valuable loot, and enemies that are immune to it were a big scare. Doesn't seem to be that big of a deal in real life, outside of animal control I guess, and I'm actually not sure why.

 

[IsraaNox]

Grenade launchers. Extremely impractical in close-range combat.

 

[Tonberry]

Dual-wielding in general.

Throughout history there is very little evidence for it ever being used in actual combat. Sure, there are some schools that have taught certain techniques, but since it (apart from, like, the main guache) essentially means fighting without an added means of defense, you’d not see it in real battle, outside of fencing, and certain martial arts which mainly use it to train both sides of the body simultaneously.

Still stylish in games though :)

 

[DunkeyKong]

SUNLIGHTTTTTTTT

 

[Yousef]

Might be Amy Rose’s piko piko hammer since it’s based on a children toy. Amy does fine with it because she’s just build different

 

[Marisanocean]

Dual-wielding in general.

Throughout history there is very little evidence for it ever being used in actual combat. Sure, there are some schools that have taught certain techniques, but since it (apart from, like, the main guache) essentially means fighting without an added means of defense, you’d not see it in real battle, outside of fencing, and certain martial arts which mainly use it to train both sides of the body simultaneously.

Still stylish in games though :)

I think the only concrete example of dual wielding working, and well, was with myamoto musashi, the swordsman who used a long sword and a short sword, one defending the other to attack, and which was based on drumming techniques.

Officially Eloy Casagrande is the next strongest swordsman.

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SUNLIGHTTTTTTTT

This is really funny, imagine you're in the middle of a shootout, and you see a guy pointing a gun up to reload, at least it's faster to reload than a MUSKETE

 

[PhrawzT]

Anything Xu Zhu uses in Dynasty Warriors. Good luck lifting a nearly 3 foot wide stone sphere on a pole.

 

[Leon]

I think the only concrete example of dual wielding working, and well, was with myamoto musashi, the swordsman who used a long sword and a short sword, one defending the other to attack, and which was based on drumming techniques.
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Officially Eloy Casagrande is the next strongest swordsman.

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This is really funny, imagine you're in the middle of a shootout, and you see a guy pointing a gun up to reload, at least it's faster to reload than a MUSKETE

Dual wielding isn't fair since it's such a broad term, dual wielding knives is very viable for example, though probably still wasn't common historically.

Dual sabers, but only as a slashing weapon, if used similarly to a spear however, is a EXTREMELY effective weapon, nunchaku in general aren't great weapons and were mainly used for strangling.

 

[fake-kun]

Realistically speaking, there's no way something like Leaf Shield could work in reality.

 

[Marisanocean]

Might be Amy Rose’s piko piko hammer since it’s based on a children toy. Amy does fine with it because she’s just build different

piko piko hammer, it's basically Chapolin's hammer, or Thor's, but she's really small, so the hammer looks big, she's literally 88cm (or 2'11 if you use inches and feet)
you probably wouldn't be able to use them in a real battle, the handle is too short and the head is too heavy.

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Dual wielding isn't fair since it's such a broad term, dual wielding knives is very viable for example, though probably still wasn't common historically.

Dual sabers, but only as a slashing weapon, if used similarly to a spear however, is a EXTREMELY effective weapon, nunchaku in general aren't great weapons and were mainly used for strangling.

 

[Stookymalarkey]

The Gunblade from Final Fantasy 8. It's literally the worst of both worlds. It's a melee weapon, so it doesn't have the advantage a gun has with range. And the handle, which is reminiscent of a revolver's, looks awkward to hold and keep a grip on after swinging it for awhile, thus being worse than an average sword hilt. Plus the feature of hitting the trigger to cause an explosion in the middle of slicing your foe is pointless, since you're already slicing into them.

If I had to choose between it and a sturdy stick, I'd pick the stick any day of the week.

 

[Marisanocean]

Anything Xu Zhu uses in Dynasty Warriors. Good luck lifting a nearly 3 foot wide stone sphere on a pole.
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he would probably climb up trying to hold that heavy mace, like in a pole dance.

 

[Yousef]

Realistically speaking, there's no way something like Leaf Shield could work in reality.

“they could’ve used anything, and they used a fucking leaf!!”

 

[Marisanocean]

The Gunblade from Final Fantasy 8. It's literally the worst of both worlds. It's a melee weapon, so it doesn't have the advantage a gun has with range. And the handle, which is reminiscent of a revolver's, looks awkward to hold and keep a grip on after swinging it for awhile, thus being worse than an average sword hilt. Plus the feature of hitting the trigger to cause an explosion in the middle of slicing your foe is pointless, since you're already slicing into them.

If I had to choose between it and a sturdy stick, I'd pick the stick any day of the week.

using a very realistic world, if it were more like a short dagger, it would be much more efficient, basically it would be a mini bayonet, you could parry sword attacks, shoot and attack, and in your other hand use a real sword to control the distance , like pirates (or as a vampire hunter.)

 

[fake-kun]

“they could’ve used anything, and they used a fucking leaf!!”

Is this a quote from somewhere?

 

[Marisanocean]

hatever the bards was using

Keith richards disagrees with your opinion.

 

[Yousef]

Is this a quote from somewhere?

Yeah I didn’t specify where because the source is sadly not as interesting as the quote itself. Big man tyrone is a guy I respect, but I don’t respect the stuff that people pay him to say and I can’t fault him cuz he’s trying to get paid and probably doesn’t wouldn’t understand if he said harmful stuff due to cultural barrier

 

[Stookymalarkey]

using a very realistic world, if it were more like a short dagger, it would be much more efficient, basically it would be a mini bayonet, you could parry sword attacks, shoot and attack, and in your other hand use a real sword to control the distance , like pirates (or as a vampire hunter.)
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So, would it be something like a combination sword? Here's an example of what I'm talking about: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25075

That would have some merit, though it would still be a single shot weapon.

I still stand by what I said about the Gunblade design in FF8. That weapon as envisioned in that world, not a real world adaptation with a more practical design, just wouldn't work at all.

 

[Marisanocean]

So, would it be something like a combination sword? Here's an example of what I'm talking about: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/25075

That would have some merit, though it would still be a single shot weapon.

I still stand by what I said about the Gunblade design in FF8. That weapon as envisioned in that world, not a real world adaptation with a more practical design, just wouldn't work at all.

I had thought of something more similar to this.

But thinking about a long sword, I still think it would be pretty funny, you go into a battle expecting a sword fight, and out of nowhere your opponent shoots you.