Is it just me or does the smg kinda suck?

[Gordon Freeman]

It always felt underpowered to me and i always used the shotgun or the ar2 over it, is just an illusion because it deals small damage, but does fire fast? or is it actually kinda weak? although it does feel decently strong before combine soldiers are introduced

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

You think what everyone thinks except me, I think it's underrated....... Ok now let's take half life 2 away, in most shooters the tmp/assault rifle is super underrated... There are people that think the mp5 in half life 1 is not so good even if is literally the most important gun in the game... The tmp is good...

[ManFr0Mars]

I think the smg1 is a garbage weapon, I do think it is weak, but my biggest problem with it is that it is so inaccurate, I see that problem with most of the weapons in the game, but especially with the SMG-1

[Gordon Freeman]

Originally posted by ManFr0Mars:

I think the smg1 is a garbage weapon, I do think it is weak, but my biggest problem with it is that it is so inaccurate, I see that problem with most of the weapons in the game, but especially with the SMG-1

Well i think that weapons in hl2 are innaccurate so that you're forced to run n gun rather than snipe, but yeah it's exagerated with the smg

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

Originally posted by Chielki Wuj:

Originally posted by ManFr0Mars:

I think the smg1 is a garbage weapon, I do think it is weak, but my biggest problem with it is that it is so inaccurate, I see that problem with most of the weapons in the game, but especially with the SMG-1

Well i think that weapons in hl2 are innaccurate so that you're forced to run n gun rather than snipe, but yeah it's exagerated with the smg

Is strange because I never found half life 2 weapons be so inaccurate... I can easily manage that, but obviously if you try to snipe with an SMG, what do you want... I take the ar2 instead, the SMG is for closer combat

[Cat]

Never had issues with that weapon especially since most of the enemies you fight are overwatch soldiers. The grenade launcher helps against stronger enemies and if you're up against powerful bad guys, there's always the AR2. If the SMG is too powerful then the AR2 would be useless.

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

Originally posted by Cat:

Never had issues with that weapon especially since most of the enemies you fight are overwatch soldiers. The grenade launcher helps against stronger enemies and if you're up against powerful bad guys, there's always the AR2. If the SMG is too powerful then the AR2 would be useless.

:summercat2023:

Exactly what I think, then the SMG can be used for zombies and headcrabs but where's the fun in that, is practically cheating

[Ghidrah1]

It has its uses especially when you need to dump a couple 3 BGs at once with a grenade or plant 3 grenades on a guardian fast before beaten feet to a protected area

[England is not a real country]

The SMG has a ♥♥♥♥ accuracy,

Like you can´t ♥♥♥♥ anything longer then 20 cm , not even with a one tap.

Thats why you only use it for close to medium distances because you can´t bust fire like you´ll do with ak-47 in CS2.

[Link Freeman]

The fire rate is fine, but the spread kinda sucks. Funny that oftentimes I fall back to HL1's tactics of sniping using the pistol or the 357. with a sucky spread might as well lower the rate into M3 Grease Gun level of slow. At least it won't make you waste ammo quickly.

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

I'm confused now... Ok I'm just gonna say that is skill issue, not because I personally believe it but at this point... There are people who say it sucks and other like me that don't find anything wrong, it's a normal weapon... So now I believe is skill issue and if you say it sucks it means that you don't know how to use it... I don't even believe what I'm saying because it's a so simple weapon but at this point...

[Ghidrah1]

Close up SG, Distance revolver and crossbow, multiples launcher, plasma balls and smg grenades

[PolloLoco]

yeah but the ar2 has less ammo than the smg so yeah smg to mid-close and ar2 to mid-far, aslong as you fire enough that it doesn't start crazy spraying

[BurningCakeDoesAche]

as someone that plays on hard, the SMG is only useful to kill aliens or to *finish* Combine soldiers. for instance, it's a good choice against antlions and sometimes I mag dump it with poison zombies, but I only use it against combine when they're distracted or being shot by other rebels at the same time. using the SMG to kill soldiers alone is a bad choice because of the spread and because you have to empty your mag while they fire at you at medium range, which drains your suit power fast

[GentleScout]

Well it's an SMG
You can't expect too much from it
As Video games teach you that SMGs are low dmg , fast and have incredibly low accuracy especially when trying to shoot from far away with it

[Ghidrah1]

They should have included single shot and 3 rnd burst for the smg