Grenade Spam: Difference between revisions

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In most shooting games; whether they be first person, third person or otherwise, grenades would be one of the weapons available for use. Now grenades are [[Captain Obvious|designed to hurt]] and kill, and prove to be very effective methods against the enemy. As one of the characters in the Australian TV series ''Fire'' put it, lobbing a grenade is the best and quickest way to split up a platoon.

 

 

However that is not this trope. '''Grenade Spam''' is when it all goes wrong, when more grenades are used than a soldier can [[Hyperspace Arsenal|conceivably carry]], to the point that there are more grenades than bullets used. This can and does result in incredible frustration in multiplayer and single player alike, as it is seen as a cheap tactic especially when the computer infinitely spawns grenades out of thin air.

 

* The ''[[Call of Duty]]'' games are notorious for this. Beginning with the first ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' game grenades would be spawned onto the map at a not even remotely fair rate. It got so bad that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td352xP-NZ8 advertising] for the game included a [[Public Service Announcement]] about grenade spam. Naturally, ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Qpui1hYBw took the mickey out of this.]

** The trope is not so bad in games outside the ''Modern Warfare'' series or in multiplayer, but it can feel like there's a helicopter with an infinite grenade launcher constantly targeting you.

 

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[[Category:Grenade Tropes]]