BEST weapons to use in this game?

[twiggy]

im planning on starting dead space 2 soon and i was wondering which weapons are the best to use and upgrade, thanks.

[XenoRoach]

The best weapons are plasma cutter, pulse rifle imo

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

for me, it's the Line Gun and Force Gun (with occasional use of the Detonator Gun, if I feel like setting up booby-traps with laser tripmines

[Crypto Gamer]

I like the plasma cutter and pulse rifle the most,and I usually use a fully upgraded javelin gun ,javelin maxed kill most enemies in 1 hit and black enemies in 2 hit.I also have contact beam in inventory so I can sell its ammo for good cash,and Imo it is the best weapon in the final fight even on zealot difficulty.

[Pawnstar]

Plasma Cutter: first and best weapon for most cases. Pretty strong balance of power and ammo efficiency. Rotate your laser from vertical to horizontal using Spacebar (aka secondary fire).

Line Gun: the space equivalent of Shotgun. Big version of Plasma Cutter, but not nearly as powerful on high difficulty settings. Alt fire is a delayed sticky grenade.

Pulse Rifle: your basic automatic rifle with absurd mag size. Alt fire is a contact grenade with low arc (it's space duh)

Contact Beam: Secondary fire, when fully upgraded, does aoe damage + stasis, the ultimate combo you will ever need. One shot when maxed out can take out majority of the easy stuff. Primary fire cheeses the final boss.

Saw Blade: Most ammo efficient aka your space chainsaw. Deals continuous damage over time at melee range. Alt fire is a ranged single shot chainsaw, won't recommend it.

Cant recommend the rest as I don't use them. Avoid Seeker Rifle, there aint much to snipe and you can do anything with a Plasma Cutter.

[[H34D]L3SSH3D(0f)ST4T3]

The plasma cutter isn't really as effective as it's made out to be on this board. The javelin gun is a good alternative and becomes one of the best weapons after only a few upgrades. Javelin spears are also cheap in the store so it's easy to maintain a surplus of ammo. I like the flamethrower too but it's only useful at specific points in the game.

With all of that said the pulse rifle is your best friend in hardcore mode.

[Plaak]

Ammo-wise, it's kinesis impalement combined with a decent amount of punches and stomps. There's no need for a weapon in this game, except for cutscenes and the marker.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

Originally posted by 弾幕の伝説 Mobius:

Plasma Cutter: first and best weapon for most cases. Pretty strong balance of power and ammo efficiency. Rotate your laser from vertical to horizontal using Spacebar (aka secondary fire).

Line Gun: the space equivalent of Shotgun. Big version of Plasma Cutter, but not nearly as powerful on high difficulty settings. Alt fire is a delayed sticky grenade.

Pulse Rifle: your basic automatic rifle with absurd mag size. Alt fire is a contact grenade with low arc (it's space duh)

Contact Beam: Secondary fire, when fully upgraded, does aoe damage + stasis, the ultimate combo you will ever need. One shot when maxed out can take out majority of the easy stuff. Primary fire cheeses the final boss.

Saw Blade: Most ammo efficient aka your space chainsaw. Deals continuous damage over time at melee range. Alt fire is a ranged single shot chainsaw, won't recommend it.

Cant recommend the rest as I don't use them. Avoid Seeker Rifle, there aint much to snipe and you can do anything with a Plasma Cutter.

yeah, the Contact Beam is pretty badass in this game, due to its Stasis AoE as the alternate fire

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

From Dead Space, pulse rifle is a must to have. Contact Beam can be far more helpful with the secondary attack maximized. On Dead Space 2 new arsenal like detonator, javelin are essentially needed Force gun still handy but compared to detonator is alot more inferior. Just reloaded my progress from 2011 and I still have not changed these choices even though there is one new unlockable weapon on zealot difficult...I still wouldn't change these choices I've made.

[Hydropanic (not real)]

Contact Beam for single targets
Pulse Rifle for crowd control
Plasma Cutter for everything
Detonator for noobs

[Ренегат]

Line Gun;
Pulse Rifle;
Sniper Rifle.
Plasma Cutter-it's a classic!

[관심끄셔]

i recommend you pulse rifle for primary weapon(but need many ammo)
i playing 4 round game and i upgraded all of weapons&equipments
i use pulse rifle, detonator, javelin(or seeker, contact beam), force gun. its pretty good.
for fun, i recommend you ripper, flame gun(really good with full upgrade) or rivet gun
you need one of it pulse rifle or plasma cutter for playing.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

ah yes, had forgotten about the Ripper. had seen videos of it, and does have its uses in a few areas (especially in narrow hallways and doors to use as chokepoints)

[Xautos]

Plasma Cutter in DS1 and in DS2 remains relevent but in DS2 it becomes a little less important to have when line guns, pulse rifles and the like start to shine, especially against more threatening enemies.

going through into DS3, plasma cutter becomes irrelivent after the initial few missions when you can grab some different engines and the like and have enough resources to build a javelin minigun with a shotgun for example to cover medium and short range distances with weapons that can challenge both ends as easily.

i've never used the detonator, pnumatic torch or ripper weapons before so i wouldn't know how effective they really are.

[Mister Torgue Flexington]

Originally posted by Xautos:

Plasma Cutter in DS1 and in DS2 remains relevent but in DS2 it becomes a little less important to have when line guns, pulse rifles and the like start to shine, especially against more threatening enemies.

going through into DS3, plasma cutter becomes irrelivent after the initial few missions when you can grab some different engines and the like and have enough resources to build a javelin minigun with a shotgun for example to cover medium and short range distances with weapons that can challenge both ends as easily.

i've never used the detonator, pnumatic torch or ripper weapons before so i wouldn't know how effective they really are.

with the Ripper, you can use it on enemies upclose using the rotary saw as the primary fire, while the secondary fire method pretty much shoots the blade.

if you know where the Necromorphs spawn from, the Detonator Gun is a great way to place laser-tripmines on surfaces as booby-traps

[spork865]

Plasma Cutter for a flexible all-rounder.
Javelin for things that have more HP.
Force Gun for a close-range panic weapon to push enemies away.
Pulse Rifle for children and things with low HP.