Automatic Crossbows: Difference between revisions

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Compare with [[Multishot]] when one gets similar results with a regular bow.

== Anime & Manga ==

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* ''[[Daybreakers]]''. Pump-action crossbows (with flick-out bow section) are used by the humans against the vampire military.

* The vampire soldiers use three-stringed crossbows in ''[[Underworld Rise of the Lycans]]''. Sensible, since the Lycans typically show up in numbers and might be able to shrug off a single bolt.

* In ''[[~~Nine~~ (Animation)|9]]'', 5's weapon of choice is a crossbow made of a clock key and a spring. He used it to {{spoiler|crack the Seamstresses eye, which was a Crowning Moment of Awesome for a previously timid character.}}

* In ''[[9 (Animation)|9]]'', 5's weapon of choice is a crossbow made of a clock key and a spring. He used it to {{spoiler|crack the Seamstresses eye, which was a Crowning Moment of Awesome for a previously timid character.}}

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* ''[[Fable II (Video Game)|Fable II]]'' features repeating crossbows, which fire much faster than a normal crossbow, but are inferior in terms of speed to pistols, and in terms of power to rifles. And nothing beats a good clockwork or turret rifle.

* In ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', most of the 1-handed Crossbows [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Clockwork_crossbow describe themselves as automatic]. All the other crossbows are typically two-handed. It also has a [[Gatling Good]] version called the Repeating Crossbow, which is advertised as "Firing up to ONE ROUND PER SECOND! Devastating!"

** Trying to be funny, or referencing the RL slow fire rate? [[~~Mathematicians~~ Answer|Yes]].

** Trying to be funny, or referencing the RL slow fire rate? [[Mathematician's Answer|Yes]].

* In the game ''[[Half Life]]'', the player uses a five-round crossbow that fires almost as quickly as a shotgun. The crossbow in the game has a painfully long reload, though.

** ''Sven-Coop'' remedies this by making the fire rate longer between each shot