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[Biff Hardbody]

When I think of a shotgun in videogames, I think of a big, powerful gun that makes heads explode with a loud BOOM! Even if a game sucks, if it has a shotgun in it I'll play it. A shotgun is ussually the manliest weapon to use, and helps me get past my crippling emotional pain and insecurity. So, I think of the shotgun's I've used in different games and now wonder "which one was the best?"

I'll post my suggestions later.

 

[demi]

Fugitive Hunter

 

[Wario64]

Although probably 3 of you played this game, but the handcannon in Action Quake 2 rocked all kinds of ass. Man did people fly with that sucker

 

[TheGreenGiant]

postal. You can shoot ethnics and homos.

 

[Baron Aloha]

Resident Evil IMO

 

[Hari]

Doom I & II.

 

[neptunes]

counter strike and Medal of Honour, only cause I'm good with them.

 

[Mr. Lemming]

Marathon 2 and the dual wielded shotguns

 

[GhaleonEB]

Halo. Not fancy, but simply the most fun to use. Plugging Elites from close range is deeply satifying.

 

[M3wThr33]

I like the one in Red Faction 2. It feels meaty, plus it has alternate-fire of FLAME buckshot.

 

[Big Shirtless Ron]

Resident Evil 2 - Custom shotgun.

 

[nitewulf]

devil may cry.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

I gotta go with halo.

running out of a base with a flag on blood gulch while being chased is just so satisfying if you can drop the flag and wait for the other team guy to come running out, then drop him with one shot.

 

[Matlock]

If only a game would have Reggie's shotgun from Phantasm 2. Four barrels!

 

[Defensor]

SOCOM II - Terrorist Autoshotgun

 

[Joe]

counter-strike.

i love the sounds of the cs shotgun.

 

[neptunes]

Yeah, The shells sound like empty pop cans hitting the floor :lol

 

[LAMBO]

Blood 2, nothing beats having dual, dual barrel shotguns, that you could fire 2 or 4 barrels at a time.

 

[The Faceless Master]

does the flak cannon count as a shotgun?

if not, then i'd have to say Red Faction II

 

[AeroGod]

Go play Soldier of Fortune, equip shotgun, aim at someones stomach, fire, then come back into the thread and tell us what you think.

 

[teepo]

the double barrel in doom2.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

There's been a lot of good shotguns:

The Rapid Loadinest - Blood

The Beefiest - Quake 2

The One Shotinest - Halo (doubles as Head-Crackinest)


But I have to give the prize to the most dependable shotty of them all. the one that never lets you down

*Doom 2*

 

[teepo]

halflife didn;t have a bad shotgun.

 

[Chi-Town]

Soldier of Fortune. Handy for removing heads, arms, legs, etc.

 

[LakeEarth]

Love taking down a banshee with the shotgun (PC version).

 

[hobbitx]

The shotguns in almost all Id games have kicked ass, in every game I end up using those more than anything I like them so much, especially in Quake 2.


As far as coolest use of a shotgun goes though, Black Thorne wins hands down in my book. That move where the guy shoots his shotgun without even turning all the way around is by far the most badass thing I've ever seen in a game. Man I wish that game would get a modern update.

 

[Randam_Hajile]

Best shotgun? Blackthorne. Without looking behind.

 

[Sinatar]

Soldier of Fortune 2. Boom *SPLAT*

 

[cvxfreak]

Resident Evil 3

 

[truesayian]

serious sam.


They just rule in that game.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

I found it most useful in Doom and Soldier of Fortune. Particularly in Doom.

 

[sc0la]

BlackThorne

SNES

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

The shotgun in Doom 3 is good, but I only like it with Trent Reznor's sound effects applied. The sounds in the final version are definitely lacking.

 

[Fifty]

House of the Dead 3

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Doom II...super shotgun, bitches!

 

[Ferrarisimo]

Half-Life's alternate-fire shotgun easily trumps them all.

 

[M3wThr33]

I forgot about the one in Soldier of Fortune, man, that game was fun.

 

[XS+]

The shotguns in Metal Slug. Reduced soldiers to bacon bits

 

[EekTheKat]

Heh I'm surprised no one's posted the animated GIF of Dante doing fireworks in DMC3 with a shotgun yet.

DMC's use of a shotgun is certainly very imaginative.

 

[SpoonyBard]

Doom 2 and Half-Life.

 

[carbonbased]

Serious Sam's double-barreled shotgun
Dante's shotgun in DMC

The Halo shotgun was fun and all, but the sound effects it made were rather weak. Lots of the appeal of shotguns is the loud booming sound they make.

 

[budala1]

Resident Evil 2 when you upgrade it

 

[boutrosinit]

Res Evil
Quake
Constantine (for it is holy and leaves a flaming cross imprint in its wake)

 

[Crispy]

Turok 2's shotgun kicked ass. I also like the shotguns in doom 1&2 and soldier of fortune.

 

[HooDoo]

Half-Life.

 

[JackFrost2012]

Doom 2 is the only correct answer. TWO BARRELS BITCHES.

Blackthorne gets points for style, though. MERCY KILL THE PRISONERS.

 

[boutrosinit]

Doom 2 is the only correct answer. TWO BARRELS BITCHES.

Blackthorne gets points for style, though. MERCY KILL THE PRISONERS.

Blackthorne = Big fat thumbs up. God I loved that game

 

[epmode]

can't belive no one mentioned smash tv. that sound effect is love. lots of gibs, too.

 

[Prospero]

Perfect Dark had a good shotgun--it wasn't just the satisfaction of firing, but the "snick-snick-snick" sound of reloading the shells into it, one by one.

But, yes, Doom I and II are the only acceptable answers for this question.

 

[Shompola]

The shotgun in DOOM 1 was a weak excuse of a shotgun. DOOM II shotgun however is the best shotgun in any game IMO.