There are the spectacular “Runic Attacks”, such as the River of Knives, where Kratos sweeps the blade across the ground, creating a line of ice spikes that stab at enemy legs. There’s the way Kratos winds up heavy attack, before ploughing the blade into the shoulder of whatever poor Draugr is in his path. The reason it makes this list, however, is because the entire moveset of the Leviathan Axe is superbly designed.

It’s weightier, it’s more purposeful, and there’s considerably less flailing involved to when fighting an enemy. While I’m sure many people prefer Kratos’ traditional chaos blades, I have to be honest and say I think the Leviathan Axe is better. The bayonet adds both spectacle and versatility to the Lancer’s play, transforming a relatively standard assault rifle into a distinctive and ferocious weapon. Revving up the chainsaw and charging at the nearest Locust, carving them up into lizard sushi, is phenomenally satisfying. What elevates the Lancer above those weapons is, of course, the chainsaw bayonet. But even when compared to Gears of War’s other weapons, it lacks the raw punch of the shotgun, or the apocalyptic spectacle of the Hammer of Dawn. Sure, it has a decent combination fire-rate and damage, drilling down enemy health bars in effective fashion.

If your favourite hasn’t made the cut, let us know in the comments.Īs a firearm, Gears of War’s Lancer isn’t all that special.

Hence, we’ve decided to focus on the most satisfying weapons to use, rather than necessarily the most well-known or iconic (although plenty of those make the list too). What this says about humanity I don’t know, although to be fair, it’s not like we worry that all those platformers are going to trigger an epidemic of jumping onto people’s heads, is it?īut which are the best weapons that gaming’s virtual arms race has ever produced? The most powerful guns, the sharpest blades, the biggest bombs? There are thousands to choose from, so picking just ten is quite the challenge. Consequently, the industry has dedicated an enormous amount of time into designing virtual killing machines, both realistic and fantastical. After jumping, fighting is probably the most common way we interact with games.

Dead space designing the weapons