Standard FPS Guns: Difference between revisions

* [[Fire-Breathing Weapon|Flamethrower]]: A medium-range weapon that slowly kills foes by [[Man On Fire|lighting them on fire]]. While [[Real Life]] military flamethrowers operate more like pneumatic squirtguns that propel an arcing stream of gluey napalm over 120 feet away, they are typically portrayed as atomizers that jet out a hazardously inaccurate cloud of burning aerosol for about 30 feet (this isn't their fault though, since [[Popcultural Osmosis|they're just imitating Hollywood]]).

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Energy Gun]]: Can be [[Charged Attack|charged]] before firing to increase its effect. Very often is just a [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|cosmetic variation of one of the above]], with increased damage and decreased ammunition availability. If ''any'' weapon in the game can recharge its own ammo over time or take unlimited total amount of ammo from map ("recharger" vs. "ammo box"), this is the one.

** Target Designator: A signal flare, laser designator, homing beacon or other tool used to mark targets for air strikes, [[Kill Sat]] strikes, or other [[Death From Above|massive damage from above]]. Which is balanced by being completely useless indoors.

* Gimmicky Weapon: A peculiar weapon that operates more on the [[Rule of Funny]] than any practical usage. Like ''[[Duke Nukem]]'''s shrink-ray and freeze-ray, ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'''s translocator and link gun, ''[[Doom|Doom 3]]'''s soul cube, ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'''s portal gun, ''[[Half-Life 2]]'''s gravity gun, ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 2142'''s [[EMP|EMP grenades]] and countless [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]s. Often helps in puzzle solving, sometimes to the extent of being a [[Magic Tool]].