Most overrated weapons in games?

[AgentNeebs01]

Personally, I thought the Automatico M1918 was not really great in Battlefield 1.

[Arya]

Ugh, Colt M1911 and .45 ACP in general.

Don't get me wrong, the 1911 is an impressive handgun. But even when it was new, better handguns existed and by the 1970s the Wonder-9 Revolution left it far, far behind.

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

Publicado originalmente por Wolfie:

Ugh, Colt M1911 and .45 ACP in general.

Don't get me wrong, the 1911 is an impressive handgun. But even when it was new, better handguns existed and by the 1970s the Wonder-9 Revolution left it far, far behind.

I remember when I was in the market for a new pistol and everyone and their mother was telling me to get a 1911.
For that price I could get two of nearly anything else. It isn’t terrible, it just isn’t the be all end all.

[Jej]

The CAR-4 in Payday 2.

[Mossy Snake]

Publicado originalmente por Wolfie:

Ugh, Colt M1911 and .45 ACP in general.

Don't get me wrong, the 1911 is an impressive handgun. But even when it was new, better handguns existed and by the 1970s the Wonder-9 Revolution left it far, far behind.

Agreed. I always avoid the 1911's in games.

[{루루}RuRu]

AWM in PUBG.

You have like 20 shots and the fire rate is pure garbage.

I'd rather take the M24.

[Arya]

You'll all hate me for saying this, but another terribly over-rated weapon is the Luger. Sorry guys.

Lugers are great sporting handguns, compared to other pieces of the period. The precision machining, hair trigger and 55* grip make them accurate and reliable, and the 8-round mag was outstanding for the time. But they're not some kind of immortal, godlike Nazi handgun and they certainly don't match anything made after 1950.

As a military weapon, they were a flop. They were cripplingly expensive to produce and the Hair Trigger gave them an infamous tendency to go off when dropped or handled clumsily. There's a scene in Band of Brothers where a soldier accidentally shoot himself with a captured Luger - from what I've read that did happen quite often. Again, thanks to that hair trigger.

[Black91]

Empty Rooms in Sims games.
People say the best way to kill off your sims is to lock them in a room with no food in it. Problem is it takes three whole days to kill them. The fastest way is to get them into a pool with no way for them to get out. As soon as their energy level exhausts, they will begin to drown. That takes a day and a half.

[Arya]

Another over-rated legend is the beloved M1 Tommy Gun.

It really wasn't that great. The original MKI was virtually uncontrollable - the cyclic rate was twice as high as it should've been and with the bore axis so much higher than the stock it had ridiculous barrel-climb. The later civilian versions had a compensator, but that still left them with a tendency to spray.

As a military weapon it was just terrible. It had the virtue of being reliable, but that was about it. The gun weighed as much as an M1 Garand, despite only having the range and power of a .45 ACP. The drum magazines were laughably unreliable and quickly replaced with a 20-round inline, giving it a 10-round deficiency against other SMGs of the time.

But by-far the worst feature was the price. Tommyguns were painfully expensive to produce and blew a massive hole in the US defense budget. And it's for that reason more than any other that the M3 GreaseGun was created.

The M3 was effectively an Americanized StenGun. And like the Sten it was crude, ugly and basic. But it cost peanuts to make - you could make multiple M3s for the price of 1 M1 Thompson. And it didn't require any wood, freeing that resource up for trucks, boats and planes.

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

Publicado originalmente por Wolfie:

You'll all hate me for saying this, but another terribly over-rated weapon is the Luger. Sorry guys.

Lugers are great sporting handguns, compared to other pieces of the period. The precision machining, hair trigger and 55* grip make them accurate and reliable, and the 8-round mag was outstanding for the time. But they're not some kind of immortal, godlike Nazi handgun and they certainly don't match anything made after 1950.

As a military weapon, they were a flop. They were cripplingly expensive to produce and the Hair Trigger gave them an infamous tendency to go off when dropped or handled clumsily. There's a scene in Band of Brothers where a soldier accidentally shoot himself with a captured Luger - from what I've read that did happen quite often. Again, thanks to that hair trigger.

Nambu 94 anyone?

[{루루}RuRu]

Publicado originalmente por Marta C. DeHart:

Publicado originalmente por Wolfie:

You'll all hate me for saying this, but another terribly over-rated weapon is the Luger. Sorry guys.

Lugers are great sporting handguns, compared to other pieces of the period. The precision machining, hair trigger and 55* grip make them accurate and reliable, and the 8-round mag was outstanding for the time. But they're not some kind of immortal, godlike Nazi handgun and they certainly don't match anything made after 1950.

As a military weapon, they were a flop. They were cripplingly expensive to produce and the Hair Trigger gave them an infamous tendency to go off when dropped or handled clumsily. There's a scene in Band of Brothers where a soldier accidentally shoot himself with a captured Luger - from what I've read that did happen quite often. Again, thanks to that hair trigger.

Nambu 95 anyone?

Do you mean: Hand grenade with a trigger

[ChaffyExpert]

Not sure about games, but in general, Katanas.

[{루루}RuRu]

Publicado originalmente por Traror:

Not sure about games, but in general, Katanas.

Katana is an example of the ripoff getting more popular than the original.

[aG| Wardog]

The AWP in CS:GO.

In the time I played it, I learned how to use the Scout effectively, and kicked arse with it, even against decent AWPers.

Also, the ACE 23 in BF4. People cry so hard when someone uses it, and while it's definitely a powerful AR, the SCAR H was far better.

[AgentNeebs01]

AEK-971 (Battlefield 4)
I mean, it's a good weapon, no doubt. But it can be troublesome if using it on a Conquest match, simply bcoz it's range was kinda bad imo.

[{루루}RuRu]

AN-94 irl is pretty overrated

I mean

Have you took a look inside that thing