Top 10 Weapons of War in Next-Gen Gaming

From the PlanetXbox360.com feature list:

"As anyone who has played Fallout 3 can tell you, war never changes. If there is one question that has been kicked around between gamers on more than one occasion it's about the items and weapons we see in the video games we play. After all, what could be better than actually getting your hands on the toys we get to watch our favorite video game characters use on a daily basis? The answer of course is having them and there would be few things cooler than having access to a real Lancer, as terrifying to the general population as that would be. But, in the meantime, I'll keep it brief so I can get on to the weapons and hopefully, it just might make you wonder what exactly your favorite is too."

[Valkyrie83]

Gotta love some of those weapons, number one was a total shock but I have to agree - top notch list!

[Shotgun_Roamer]

He doesn't lie, chainsawing someone in half is always satisfying, no matter what game it's in. It just stirs something primal in the gamer in me.

[HolyOrangeCows]

Nothing like the Lancer, Fat Man/Experimental MIRV, and the Killzone 2 Electricity Gun.

[Nihilism]

my favourite guns recently: the rail in fallout 3, and the sniper in F.E.A.R 2, the meatiest sounding, satisfying sniper i've ever used in a game, oh and the PAX cannon from crysis, nothing like blowing up a jeep with a plasma weapon, watching it explode and fly 50 metres away

[Saaking]

I really wish there was some type of way to get out of the lancer chainsaw.

[cyberwaffles]

i liked the explosive-round magnum revolver and sniper rifle from resistance 2. pretty unique usage of the guns.

[UltimaEnder]

It's funny because number 10 is probably my favorite "virtual" weapon of all time; although Resistance on the PS3 had some pretty damn cool ones....

Can't wait to see what's in Mass Effect 2!

[WildArmed]

Yeah insomniac comes up with crazy guns lol

The list is nice, except I'd get rid of the Cod2 guns n put in some nice ones from CoD4.. I like dthose alot better :)

[Gamehead36]

nuff said.

[mrv321]

The title should seriously be renamed... 'Top gun on the 360!'

Because there's plenty of good weapons on the Wii and PS3 worth mentioning, such as the Augur. The Augur would kill more people in real warfare than the Lancer. The Saw Blades from R2 would do a better job than a Cricket Bat. Resistance fall of Man shotgun was pretty sweet. The Nail Gun from KZ2 is good so is the Lightning gun. Nathans Fists. etc... the list goes on.

[WildArmed]

the site is 360 only.
But since they included multi-plats, it includes the ps3 section.

[Gamehead36]

lol

[kaveti6616]

The lightning gun pwns all.

[Raf1k1]

CoD2 is a next gen game?

[Valkyrie83]

I would consider anything this decade a next-gen game; maybe not HD graphics but Halo was IMO the start of next-gen gaming....and that was some years ago!

[WildArmed]

umm.. next-gen by definition is ps4/xbox 720/wii hd etc etc now.. (it used to be ps3/360 when we were waiting)

The current gen (which used to be next-gen before the 360/ps3/wii were released) started, imo, with games like bioshock, resistance, mass effect.
Great games early into the console's life cycle

[RockmanII7]

I think of any game released for PS3/360/Wii is current gen, and CoD2 was a 360 launch title. Xbox/PS2/GC were last gen.

[LaurenKB123]

I like the one from Portal the best; its the only non-violent game on the list (at least until the end with the cake)...

[LordMarius]

I still remember when does idiots from Epic said the Lancer was the next lightsaber, lmao, stupid bots

[Budg3tG4m3r]

"I still remember when does idiots from Epic"

[tdrules]

next gen is such a stupid term, why isolate games into when they were made

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

I categorize women's pantaloons.

by smell.

[kaveti6616]

WTF

[likedamaster]

"I categorize women's pantaloons

by smell."

LOL.

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

AC2 blades, schling! schling! stabby mc stab stabberson the 2nd.
Exchange cricket bat for frying pan.
Plasma grenades are old'd as dirt.
MG42? WROONG.
M240? WROONG.
Lancer = Redneck wet dream.
Sniper rifle? WROONG
Gravity gun is pure awesome.
Tesla cannon? Try half the weapons in FO3!
Portal gun, technically not a weapon... but amazing non the less.

Now... I would have picked, the Type 7 from FEAR, the suit from Crysis, melee weapons from Condemned, your MIND from Condemned 2, Red Faction weapons (hammer mostly), CQC from MGS4 (along with a few other stuff)

Damn my list goes on people!

[PepperJack]

i bet mass effect 2 has some awesome ones

[ExposingLames]

i hate all this futuristic alien bs....laser beams and needlers, GTFO with that kiddie stuff and jumping 15 feet in the air playing stick the nerd with grenades

i wish they would get on the REAL weapons train, we got the Barret M82, but besides BF2 i have never saw a game with the HK417, while its not that gun (as its the 5.56 wuss version) its still close enough....and how about the M468? sweetest gun ever....best of both worlds (power and effective range)but yet R6V2 is the only game i have ever saw it in

there are plenty of bad ass real life guns we should be seeing in games but dont.....cuz we got bots playing lets make the new railgun or eat my gattling laser beam HAXORZ SKILZZ....ugh....

[Pirateogta]

This is the "Top 10 Weapons of Gaming", not the "Top 10 Weapons of Real Life".

[karan8624]

I thought the mis-use of that word had stopped. The wii, 360 and PS3 are CURRENT GEN. Which means THIS generations of consoles. Wii2, 720 and PS4 would be next gen

Its like me saying you have a nice haircut before you get the haircut

[psiom]

PlanetXbox passing off a 360 list as the whole generation's best. I'm shocked and awed.

It's like 2007 never ended.

[Timesplitter14]

Oh look. A generic top 10 weapons article.

AGAIN

[Pirateogta]

Gears of War's Lancer should have been in first place. There's nothing more satisfying than chainsawing your enemies in half!

[jaz350z]

shouldn't this be called "Top 10 Weapons of War in Next-Gen Gaming on the 360."

[lonix]

Best game weapon

oh and it's real too

[MajestieBeast]

Nothing beats Ratchet and Clanks Ryno V. I dont get why its listed as ps3 and wii while its obvious its only 360 pc and multiplats.

[STONEY4]

Don't they mean this gen?

[ajkla92]

there is absolutely no weapon in that list to compete with killzone 2's lightning gun.

[TooTall19]

I remember playing up to that level on elite fearing the higs like no other AI has come close to doing. Then you get that gun and they were all running from you sceaming. Didn't realize just how awesome it really was till I had to put that baby down.

[RockmanII7]

I'd replace Plasma grenades with the Spartan Laser.

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

I would yell "BIAS!", but that would be silly and ignorant of me, considering the site IS a dedicated 360 site. I guess the list works though, if the list was a purely 360 list.

[steve30x]

What are they going to call the next Consoles games? Next Next Gen? Seriously the next gen title needs to stop already. The Xbox 360 , PS3 and Wii are out with years. It should be called This gens gaming.

[nolifeking]

I would never take a gun with a chainsaw attached into war. Suicides would be more regular than people being chopped in half. Just imagine how many man bits would be clogged up in the muzzle.