Grenade Launcher vs. Shotgun

[Jimmy Rustler]

Why did they make the shotgun suck? One of the only things I don't like about this. The grenade launcher is incredibly satisfying to use, but the shotgun feels like a dice roll.

[Explodium]

Shotgun mostly just suffers from video-game-shotgun-range-syndrome. If you're close enough it will blow off a zombie's head 100% of the time.

[One Stoned Bastard]

If you upgrade it with the barrel at the gun shop it becomes more reliable.

[Sedres]

I much prefer it to Claire's grenade launcher, especially after the upgrades it crits all the zombies

[🍃🪻🪷Sylvie🩵🍸🍵]

Originally posted by Uranai Zenny:

Why did they make the shotgun suck? One of the only things I don't like about this. The grenade launcher is incredibly satisfying to use, but the shotgun feels like a dice roll.

Shotgun is excellent for Close Quarters Combat while Grenade Launcher is excellent for long range targets.

[talgaby]

The shotgun is the best zombie dispatcher in the game and can make quite a few parts at the station trivial.
The grenade launcher is good against lickers and the G-Adults, plus G1.

They are just making different parts of the game easy or difficult.

[pozertron]

It's not just the shotgun, the Magnum isn't any better either. Back in the original it killed anything in 1-7 bullets, including bosses. Now it's just a peashooter. Leon was pretty much shafted in general in the remake. Claire's guns are all better

[Shrimp On The New Breed]

G'day mate

upgrading it will help, I mostly use shotgun on zombies

Got to go anyway, got a cricket match to get to with my real life friends, some of us can't spend all day on internet :D

[Wyrtt]

Originally posted by Uranai Zenny:

Why did they make the shotgun suck? One of the only things I don't like about this. The grenade launcher is incredibly satisfying to use, but the shotgun feels like a dice roll.

Sorry but its not that simple.
1.
Shotgun is perfect for killing or crippling zeds but sucks against bosses.
M79 is decent against some bosses but has less ammo and is garbage against zeds as you need to down them first or waste several rounds.
2. You made same mistake as most people by comparing wrong guns.
Its smg vs shotgun and magnum vs m79 in reality. Why? Because those weapons have similiar roles and dmg output unlike m79 vs shotty. Ofc Claire is the top waifu so she has her own magnum just because but still

[Shiroi Ren]

Originally posted by Wyrtt:

Its smg vs shotgun and magnum vs m79 in reality.

SMG is anti-boss weapon like Magnum.

[Hobocop]

Grenade Launcher can kill multiple zombies with a single incendiary round, so it's a bit more well-rounded than you'd think. Only downside is you can't craft incendiaries.

[Waylander]

They are different tools for different jobs not equivalent weapons for different characters.

The shotgun means Leon can mow down zombies easily meaning he is better at clearing rooms for easy movement through the station.

Claires weaponry is better against threats such as lickers and ivies (though the shotgun pretty much guarantees a bulb hit against ivies) meaning she has an easier time against those. I dunno if you've noticed but A claires weapons mostly suck against zombies. The starting pistol takes too long to reload and holds too few shots, the grenade launcher is fine but overkill and wastes valuable ammo. The SMG is only really okay against zombies but chews the ammo against them.

Also of note Leon runs into dogs which the shotgun works fine against more than lickers. Claires garage/basement level has lickers, Leon has dogs.

[Spoke]

Personally i felt like shotgun is say better and way more reliable.

[alt]

I think Claire’s weapons in general are better IMO.

I will say, the flame thrower absolutely melts G3 in NEST. I used it last night in my S/S+ runs. 100% better than the Spark gun Claire gets.

[Id]

I love the Grenade Launcher so much. I use it on Lickers all the time out of spite

[BassChamber]

Developers crippled it on purpose at the beguinning because you can improve it in the late game.

Once upgraded its a beast against zombies, it gets 100% headshot rate if well aimed.

Best way to use it without upgrades is aiming to the legs, it blows it up with a single shot; or sneak behind a zombie and aim to the back of the head, it will score a headshot most of the time.

BTW its fantastic to halve zombies with it aiming to the stomach. The zombie torso keep crawling! Awesome...