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What game has the best shotguns?
Do you like lever actions, pump, or semi?
It's inefficient in most games but goddamn do I love me double-barreled shotguns
Serious Sam has best everything
Whichever game has one of these
>>342020746
I always liked 1887s so modern warfare 2
>dat reload action
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>orgasmic
DOOM
>>342020746
Any game that includes the option to shoot slugs. Theres nothing better than putting a hole in somebodies face from 100-150m with a sexy shotgun.
>>342021075
Serious sams guns aren't that great though.
The Cannon and minigun fun. Everything else has poor feedback and animations are too brief to really feel satisfying.
Like compare the reload animtion for the Double Barrel in Doom 2 to Serious Sams'. Doom's is slower and you see every part, in Sam you just dip the gun down and it reloads.
>>342020746
Gears.
>>342021075
I agree with this dude >>342022134. Sam is so fast paced that you cant really put that much oomph behind many of the weapons or their reloads or you'd get overrun by enemies too quickly, they double barrel needs to be reloaded quickly in order to kill the next fucking Kleer that's gonna be in your face in ~1 second.
The desert eagle in BFE is surpsingly satisfying though, too bad there's not much reason to use it after you get any other gun.
>>342020746
Sven-Coop has the worlds most OP shotgun ever
>Hold down left mouse
>Anything in the general direction of where you're aiming is annihilated by an entire magazine's worth of buckshot
>>342022430
Serious Sam 3 gunplay in general is actually pretty good and a huge improvement over the previous games.
>>342022649
>left mouse
Meant right mouse. fug.
I really love rainbow six: sieges shotguns. Have a lot of punch and kick to them. Especially fun to shoot a teammate with cause they fly across the screen like a ragdoll
>>342020746
Insurgency only has two shotguns, but they're excellent and behave somewhat realistically, unlike most vidya.
payday 2 before the rebal
People just fucking flew
>>342020746
rainbow 6 vegas 2
>>342022962
>Insurgency shotguns
>Excellent
Have we played the same game? You can't kill shit with them even point blank.
>>342020746
Rust has some good fucking shotguns
> tfw they patched out having 6 waterpipes on your hotbar for maximum retard
FEAR had a good shotgun. The animation wasn't the best at showing the force behind it but it didn't fall into the trap most FPS do of making the pump take too long to be able to spam a tonne of lead downrange.
The pellet impacts on the environment are also pretty important and stops it feeling like it's spraying water vapor.
>>342021372
RE5 has a triple barrel shotgun though it isn't arranged like that if I recall.
The shotguns in borderlands 1 were pretty good. Find a good atlas or hyperion with good accuracy, or a jakobs and you would mow down anything. Each pellet had its own hit detection, so getting a nice tight grouping could mean 9 crits at once.
>>342020746
You mean the coolest shotguns or the games with the best shotgun gameplay?
Some games with really satisfying shotgun gameplay
>F.E.A.R
>DMC4/SE
>Just cause 2
The Cod games also feel really satisfying when you get a shot on someone with a shotgun, but their range is really shit (although I haven't played Cod since MW3)
Max Payne 3
>>342023153
Chest shots won't do much damage if your enemy has armor on, but hitting them square in the groin or legs always gets them. You can even pull off head-shots at rifle distances with a couple shots.
>>342023838
BLOPS 2's KSG uses slugs that's pretty nice and great for hardcore. It doesn't hold a candle to this >>342022056 though
>>342023872
That doesn't seem very useful since aiming for center mass is faster and you can just sport an SMG for CQC. Also the time spent cocking the pump leaves you wide open to be filled with lead by an auto or semi-auto.
>>342023417
Fuck yes
>>342023645
Mah nigga. The sound of that shotgun blast is forever burned into my head.
>no mention of Blood yet
>>342025706
Blood shotgun wasn't that good tbqhwy. It was perfectly fine but nothing too special.
>>342025706
It's better known for it's dynamite
>>342025706
THe shotgun served its purpose but wasn't particularly satisfying. The sprite was also not helping it.
>no one posts the king
>>342024209
Well, yeah. You're better off bringing an smg. The shotguns are on the demo classes and only cost one point, so you can bring lots of explosives, and can end a fight in one shot. They're mostly for fun or budget guns, but are really satisfying to use if you get good with them.
>>342026770
Fourth post in the thread.
dont remeber what doom mod this was but it was great.
>>342023567
>>342021372
The Resident Evil Hydra!
>>342020746
>>342027713
Comrade, IS RUSSIAN OVERKILL, how do you not of remembering?
>>342027713
Russian Overkill.
>>342027713
russian overkill
>>342028034
>>342028097
i bet its some kind of shit comi tumlr propagana game.
>>342028274
No, it's "Russians are le hardcore and always drunk" meme wad.
>>342027713
>Not the shotgun where you can load 80 shells and fire them all at once.
>>342028274
no its a "i dont know how to balance, check out the pretty particle effects" the dudes other wads where better
>>342028274
It was basically a pet project of a guy trying to make as many nonsense and broken weapons as possible. Some of it's funny, like fighting game-style directional commands resulting weird attacks, or a gun that shoots tornados and Kamikaze troopers at the same time.
His less goofy works are a lot better, like Trailblazer.
>>342022973
I wish we could go back
>>342022430
BFE has probably the best gunplay in the series.
Shame a lot of the good weapons are either secrets or not included.
Here's hoping 4 will fix that
Although personally I loved SS2's weapon design the most
I loved how OP the shotguns in SS2 were.
Not really balanced but man was it satisfying
>>342020746
Here is a British documentary on video game shot guns, anon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY2lWmZN5TQ
For some reason lots of people call the double barreled shotgun the "Super Shotgun"
Speaking of shotguns
Does anyone else really dislike the design of the AA12?
I mean the shotgun itself is a beast, but it just looks too much like an assault rifle to me.
>>342032481
It's called the Super Shotgun courtesy of Doom 2, where the double barrel is called the "Super Shotgun"
And for good reason. it does a lot of fucking damage, definitely more than double.
>>342032691
the only thing I dislike about it is how cheap it looks, it's basically a plastic toy. But the shape itself is great, especially when paired with that huge-ass drum mag
>>342028348
This right here is the best shotgun ever made for 3rd person action.
Wouldn't know for first person since there's so many but i'd give a few points to some of the shotguns in killing floor 1
>>342020746
Motherfucking trench gun in Rising Storm
>>342032821
It actually does tripple the damage of the normal shotgun
I really like the combat shotgun in Fallout 3. Yes, even with the retardedly placed drum. It tickles me.
But, I guess it isn't very good. I just really like it.
>>342032691
>>342032870
I've held one and it's actually pretty damn wieldy. But yeah, due to the choice of materials and general shape, it looks like a fucking toy, and is a lot harder to take seriously than some of the various other drum-fed shotguns.
And you can't even turn the drum into a bear trap, it's bullshit.
HE'S TOO FAST!
>tfw firing both barrels
>>342032870
I wonder if you can change the shape, or at least add some details on it without losing any effectiveness.
>>342020746
The Semi-auto shotgun in Red Dead Redemption is incredibly OP and incredibly fun.
>>342020746
the double barrel from CoD WaW for gibbing and the Spaz from CoD MW2 for the satisfying long range kills.
>>342033419
jesus, i had forgotten how skin fleshpounds were in the first game
>no force a nature
Come on, that should win at least the design category.
>>342027964
Metro had such great designs and animations. The double barrel was more effective though.
Who needs 2 or 3 barrels when you can have 4?
This fucker from E.Y.E. 32 shot mag, and you can practically snipe unarmored targets with it. One of the best shotguns I've ever used in vidya.
>>342035997
What kind of weak shit is that?
>>342037983
Infact, why not add one more.
Shotguns in Bad Company 2 were pretty great. You could either make them into short-range death or sniping weapons with the right mod combos.
>>342037290
This + the bear killer .444 was my favorite loadout.
>tfw saiga with slugs in Bad company 2
No amount of distance, close or far will save you
Posting cool shotguns
>sawed-off, double-barrelled, dual box magazine-fed, break-action shotgun that can be cycled with a flick of the wrist
How can other vidya shotguns even compete with Dante's?
The USAS 12 is underrated
>>342032891
Killing Floor's shotguns are fucking nice. Not sure about 2's because I didn't fall for the early access meme. The shilling during the f2p weekend was pitifully obvious.
I miss this design amd sound so much. Why did they need to change it into a generic shotty? The animation were so sexy, especially the reload.
Next thing you know the AR will be an M4 clone, DMR will turn into the m14, and the rocket launcher will turn into an- oh wait, nevermind. It already has.
>>342023635
This is honestly one of the most balanced shotguns in video game history.
>>342020746
R6 series has my favorites
Battlefield 3 gets an honorable mention
Can't get any better.
>>342020746
Devil May Cry series usually has fantastic shotguns.
>mfw firing the shotgun at a lvl. 3 charge while in Gun Slinger in DMC3:SE
>mfw using Fireworks
>mfw Gun Stinger
>mfw Lady in DMC4:SE
>>342033419
You forgot to throw the nade before shooting pal!
>>342021372
Why just three barrels?
>>342040282
While I wouldn't say its OP, I wouldn't say its super duper balanced.
>Even though the shot has to be a headshot, it seems to have the longest 1 hit kill range of any shotgun in the game at the moment
>comes with Field Scout, increasing the amount of ammo you can carry to almost Universal Remote levels
>headshot kills with ANY weapon make it shoot as fast as Invective, gives it more range and headshot damage, and gives a handling speed boost, letting you aim it and swap to/from it really quickly
>give a mobility boost like MIDA
>has high stability, so you can spam shots pretty easily
>reload isn't super slow
>Getting 3 precision kills gives you 2 rounds back for free
>one of the sexiest guns in the game
Probably the only thing that really balances it out is that the quest you have to do to get it requires you to be pretty good at PvP, other than that I could see people complaining about this weapon more if people didn't use stuff like MIDA or Truth as their PvP exotic instead, which is good because I don't want Bungie to ever fucking ruin this beauty of a gun.
>>342023635
One of the last things I earned before dropping Destiny.
Kinda feel like going back to it now.
>>342039981
At least they listened to fan feedback and brought the old rocket launcher design back
Is there a single game where the SPAS-12 isn't great?
I actually really liked the shotguns in this
you know what gets my rocks off?
when you unload a half empty shotgun and the guy holds the remaining shell inside
its a small detail i apprecciate
>>342044586
game worth buying?
>>342045316
it was pretty decent I thought
might want to wait til its on sale though
>>342045316
I initially pirated it and ended up buying it to support the dev. Fun but short.
>>342044052
It doesn't matter until they bring back the entirety of the Reach/OT aesthetic.
>>342044461
The SPAS-12 in Half-Life is pretty underwhelming when you're playing on hard.
>>342046408
We both know that's just not gonna happen, as much as I agree it did it the best (though I think 3/ODST had the better marine/ODST designs().
Besides it would wreck the lore if they just all the sudden switched back.
>>342047203
Kinda wrecked the lore when they changed the Arbiter and his elites' anatomy. Really, it's just visual preference.
>>342048645
The arbiter stuff you can let go as just being a visual thing for the sake of saving time. you can't make that excuse if you suddenly shift the canonical designs of every weapon and object back.
>>342044461
>tfw using the SPAS-12 in Stalker
I love that weapon.
>>342032481
Ahoy is cool.
Reflex, followed by Quake, followed by Doom, followed by HL2
>>342044461
Half-Life 2's is my favorite weapon in the game.
>>342041738
fuck now i feel like playing the metro redux
>>342041489
>Charge up Lady's shotgun to max
>Kill everything in one hit
>>342020746
I don't know why I just always hated shot guns in games.
It's the multi-angle spread. Why can't they just fired in damn straight lines Like normal?
>>342051273
So you can hit multiple enemies in one shot to do reasonable medium range damage, or hit one enemy with multiple bullets at close range to do devastating damage before they have the chance to use an automatic weapon or get in melee range.
>>342041738
Are the metro redux games worth getting? Or should I stick with the originals?
utter trash without mods though
>>342050352
Too bad her Fireworks ability is practically useless and Ground Zero moves you away from the enemy with the second move.
I want a move like Wild Stomp but with the shotgun instead. Please, for DMC5, Capcom.
>>342022275
>Not Baby Face's Blaster
Good ol Double Barrel of course
Only answer
>>342052390
No. They improved some features while gutting things like lightning to shorten time needing to make it compactible with consoles
>>342052512
>shotgun surgeon
>cowboy
>lever-action shotgun
>high Luck
sick-nasty crits there
>>342053080
>Not the Combat Shotgun
Better fire rate, arguably the best alt-fire in the game and pretty nice sounding. The Super Faggotgun can't even compete.
>>342023635
I prefer Lord of Wolves. The Chaperone, to me, is just a pistol with a barrel so long it requires both hands to hold.
>>342052781
>not using stock
So how's overwatch kiddo?
>>342055278
>he doesn't know the pre-nerf Baby Face's Blaster
>>342052512
>those animations
WHAT MOD.
>>342023635
>lever-action guns
I need more.
>>342056228
Hitmans' First Person Overhaul Mod (For reloads)
Hitman's Animated Weapon Condition And Ammo Checking (Unfinished and cant be found on nexus only on gunetwork)
>>342044461
MW2, because it was outclassed by that retarded dual-wielding sawed-off combo.
>>342020746
the shotty in Medal of Honor: Frontline is amazing...shame it's only in a handful of levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq3eRXmboC4
>>342056565
The MW2 SPAS-12 is still great, though. Excellent OHK range. Say you will about the game but all the shotguns were great.
>>342056669
Too bad the shotgun in MoH:Allied Assault single player was hot garbage
It might as well be a melee weapon, but god damn if that C'THUNK when it fires isn't satisfying as fuck.
>>342053080
>>342054663
>shotguns with 5ft range and ridiculously wide arc that need to be kissing the enemy to actually do all their damage
meanwhile the even basic fucking shotgun in doom can fucking snipe enemies. I don`t understand how they make a sequel to the game with the best shotgun of all time and they go and make the shotguns just your standard video game shotgun
don't get me wrong though great game, but I was super disappointed by the shotgun in it.
>>342057456
>but I was super disappointed by the shotgun in it.
While that's a bit true for me as well, I believe having a shotgun just half as good as the one in Doom would make D44M way too easy.
I wasn't kidding when I said that the alt-fire is potentially the most powerful thing in the game, adding to that a proper medium range regular shot would make the combat shotgun a game breaker.
>>342058008
I'd rather have less power and more range. Running up close so I can shotgun enemies just doesn't feel like doom to me.
>>342023417
>>342024210
We are a dying species my brothers :_;
>>342057102
This
>>342023417
>it's literally better than the rocket launcher once you get two
>>342053080
>>342054663
Super Shotgun fully upgraded is easily the best weapon in the game, being able to blast a normal shots damage twice in half a second with that mastery perk is ridiculous and instagibs everything but Baron's and Mancubi when placed right. But even Mancubi will drop in only a 2nd set of blasts.
>>342059014
>tfw once I fully upgraded the HAR I only used it for spewing unending micro-missiles
One thing I definitely loved about the game is how much mods could change the application of a weapon.
>>342059014
That forces you to be too close. Too risky, if you ask me, you can get hit too easily by a random imp. I don't know which difficulty you are talking about, but the Super Shotgun is rather lacking.
did any of you ever play Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter? Bit iffy game,
But It had a shotgun that would charge more shells into the chamber ever time you hit reload. It was honestly cool as fuck and kicked ass. Only time I've ever seen that in a game.
>>342059476
Just loose a shell on an imp, you can swap out and back to make it a full 2 shells again instead of having to fire the other immediately if you want as well, or better yet just use the AR or another weapon of your choice. But for anything bigger than an imp I was steamrolling Ultra Violence with the SS on my first playthrough.
>tfw sneaking around the enemy and letting loose on them from behind with this
>>342060064
>Ultra Violence
I wouldn't know, then, I played on Nightmare and the SuperShotgun got me killed many times. I used it for my rotations against Hell knights, where it did work wonders.
>>342055480
I hate how the game turns everything into bullet sponges at max difficulty, it makes all the cool guns seem weak as shit
I'd rather them just spam more enemies than make single mooks into literal raid bosses
