10 Starting Weapons In Games That Are Secretly Overpowered

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@misterhoobomaster Ай бұрын

I don't think the plasma cutter being op is much of a secret these days lol

@chefbreccia2642 Ай бұрын

Indeed, the mining laser in Starfield is more "secretly" overpowered. Once you max out the appropriate skill it stacks fire damage over time effects like mad.

@saltyk9869 Ай бұрын

It sounds like you're talking about the Buster Sword in Remake not the OG. As iconic as it is in the original, you're going to switch it out for an upgrade. In Remake it's a fantastic balanced weapon that allows you to deal physical and magical damage. And that remains true in Rebirth.

@viix3815 Ай бұрын

So the Buster Sword is the best in FF7 RE and RE2?

@saltyk9869 Ай бұрын

@@viix3815 Yes and no. In both games, the Buster Sword is a balanced weapon. Being a good weapon for being able to deal good physical and magical damage. There are differences in both games, so I'll give you a quick explanation. In Remake, the Buster Sword is the second-best physical damage and third best magical damage weapon. It also has a decent buff to physical and magical defense and large buffs to HP and MP and a small MP Regen. It lacks many passive skills like Reprieve (Survive a deadly blow with 1 HP) or MP cost reduction. If you want Cloud as pure physical or magical damage, there are better weapon. And some other weaker weapons that have more passive buffs or even more materia slots. In Rebirth, they changed the weapon upgrade system to be less personal and simpler. Effective the weapons get predetermined upgrades to stats and materia slot, but also have skills you can equip. The Buster Sword is still a very balanced weapon in stats but also several buffs to chose from. While some weapons have buffs to counter damage or critical chance/damage, the Buster Sword mostly has Weapon Skill Damage, HP/MP +, and even Reprieve (but there's like 10 skills that be unlocked so there are a lot of options). There are still better weapons for physical/magical damage and some have skills that can change how you build, but as Cloud also has his own skill tree, he can innately have some and generally use the weapons as additional buffs. There a lot of weapons in Rebirth and each weapon has so many passive skills to equip that you can seriously alter your build.

@jekebe4858 Ай бұрын

Zap 'em and whack 'em, the ol' one-two punch. Gotta love the wrench in the first Bioshock, it could turn you into an unstoppable dervish of destruction with the right build.

@asteriondeltoro124 Ай бұрын

I will never not bring up the kick attack from Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, which is unblockable and the ideal way to set up many of the game's famous environmental kills. The Dying Night from Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the best pistols in the game, especially once you know how to exploit Ricochet. Ditto the Short Circuit hack, which you get even earlier. The mage's starting weapon in HEXEN has unlimited ammo and pinpoint accuracy even at long ranges, making it essentially a sniper weapon. Ditto the pistol in Dark Forces. The Backbiter dagger, found in the first level of Legend of Grimrock II, is one of the best dex weapons in the game, and especially useful on a one-character run, due to its ability to drain life from enemies to restore your health. The pistol in the original Unreal could kill the final boss in two hits, if fully upgraded. This one got patched, though.

@alphaenemyplus8376 Ай бұрын

Dragon Sword in Ninja Gaiden (not talking about the NES games) is really all you need through the entire game.

@Bortamert Ай бұрын

Hunters Axe is spin to win! Got the platinum with that thing.

@MemoryPallas Ай бұрын

i don't mean to pick at nits, but I do feel compelled to point out that the weapon shown in #10 is technically not the (9mm) pistol you start the game with, it is actually the stealth pistol that you acquire later.

@kevinclapson Ай бұрын

Starts out talking about FF7, goes on to talk about FF7R while showing FF7 footage.

@mikespike2099 Ай бұрын

In Tokyo RPG Factory’s third and last game Oninaki … the first Deamon you start with is the ONLY one you ever need! … high defence, high attack and fast

@Groggy_Gamer Ай бұрын

I'm Remnant 2, the starting primary for the medic archetype. Bonesaw can absolutely carry you through the whole campaign, which is wild for a class that's supposed to be a support.

@Whykickamoocow Ай бұрын

The taser or stun gun, I can't remember what it was called from Syphon Filter. 😂 that baby cooked the enemies. 😂😂

@joshfly89 Ай бұрын

"The Knife" in RE 4 , "Blades Of Chaos" God Of War "Dying Light"Cyberpunk

@zytarrr Ай бұрын

4:45 “number thix”

@Fresh_DGK Ай бұрын

ok so im not the only one

@emcameron Ай бұрын

Bioshock. The ol' 1-2. Anything else is ... well, not wrong, but definitely less efficient.

@ericb3157 Ай бұрын

oh, you mean the Wrench? IF you equip appropriate Passive Tonics, it's quite effective.

@badmonkeyking Ай бұрын

Perfect list!

@WhatTheFirstAidSpray Ай бұрын

But.... The shotgun in Doom isnt a starting weapon... You don't START with it. Your starting weapon is a pistol.

@Pixeleyes Ай бұрын

I mean it is and it isn't, you get it within seconds of starting E1M1. Most players have it within a minute of starting, hence starter weapon.

@WhatTheFirstAidSpray Ай бұрын

@@Pixeleyes and you can get a legendary weapon drop stupidly early in a borderlands game if you're really lucky, IIRC any enemy had a 1 in 10k odds so theoretically the first enemy you kill could give you a game-breaking weapon. But it's still not the weapon you start with. Resident Evil 2, you get the shotgun/bowgun inside of a minute but your starting weapon is still the pistol. It might be pedantic, but a starter weapon is still different from an early-game weapon.

@Lowko4456 Ай бұрын

You start with a shotgun in doom eternal

@WhatTheFirstAidSpray Ай бұрын

@@Lowko4456 and if they had been talking about Doom Eternal that would be a relevant point.

@deandrehoward1261 15 күн бұрын

Semantics.

@bearitas8585 Ай бұрын

I could listen to Jess all day. 😊

@TheThird1977 Ай бұрын

Not surprised to see the plasma cutter from Dead Space here.

@ius_0 Ай бұрын

Love your videos

@devinbloss2406 Ай бұрын

How about gears of War Lancer? Can basically go the entire game/ games with just that

@PikaLink91 Ай бұрын

Several games have you start with awesome gear to give you a taste of power and then take it away from you. Examples are Metroid Prime, Heart of Darkness, and Symphony of the Night.

@Underratedcomedi Ай бұрын

I hate that at times

@ericb3157 Ай бұрын

oh, i think they did at least one video about that. it's called something like "games that let you taste god-like power, for ten seconds."

@PikaLink91 Ай бұрын

@@ericb3157 I’d believe it. Sometimes they regurgitate topics or change them slightly.

@joels5150 Ай бұрын

‘Usually, you start out with weak equipment…’ Elden Ring’s Samurai starting class: “Am I a joke to you?!?” 😂 As for why Bloodborne’s Hunter Axe is so good: Spin to Win (That Hyper Armor is OP).

@blade0879 Ай бұрын

Jess is the best always

@edmund8 Ай бұрын

Starting pistol in Black Ops 1 zombies, pack-a-punched turned it into dual wield rocket launched

@clifjackson7305 Ай бұрын

Nice to see you again Jess

@WideOldDan Ай бұрын

Best thing about SR3 is that gun and trying to juggle people with it

@derekneaz-nibur407 Ай бұрын

Love the Hunter’s Axe, feels like it doesn’t get the love it deserves since the Saw Blade is the weapon of choice for no-hit and speed runners (at least the ones that I have watched)

@bocashman5788 Ай бұрын

The Onimaru in The Granstream Saga. It's hidden near the start of the game but if you know how to find it, it's got the highest attack stat of any weapon in the game.

@LittleMacscorner Ай бұрын

Lol, the bioShock wrench. The first time I ever played the game on X-box I totally went through the entire game almost exclusively using it save a few occasions I think you HAD to use ranged stuff.

@michaellane5381 Ай бұрын

Rydia's mist dragon Summon in FF4 deserves a mention in the GBA version at least, just keep giving her golden apples and a few silvers and she can eventually after getting the mist dragon Ring deal max damage, cast blinkcharacters require 5 hits on your character in a round to hurt them) on the party and only use 25 mp a shot as opposed to something like bahamut costing a few 100 and dealing only half max while doing nothing else.. Tornado or instadeath are the only better spells she gets for damage and both are low chances at doing anything.

@raymonddallaire653 Ай бұрын

Another good weapon would be Red 7 pistol on re4 original was basically a hand held slug shotgun fully upgraded it ended up being my main weapon of choice for most the game haha

@joshuaingram571 Ай бұрын

The wrench in Bioehock is good, but the drill in BS2 and skyhook in BSI are even better. ❤❤❤ The skyhook is pretty much essential since BSI removed manual saves. 😅😢

@ItsCliffGaming Ай бұрын

Also, the Cutter is Starfield, once you fully upgrade the laser weapon perks becomes one of, if not the, best weapons in the game.

@benc3462 Ай бұрын

In the game popolocrois Pietros dragon sword literally grows alongside him even getting scripted powerups. Sure a new sword may replace it for a bit but the dragon sword will get strong enough to make that sword junk.

@alecsnead6566 Ай бұрын

I've seen this video at least 20 times from just as many channels

@tylerrobertson6228 Ай бұрын

I kept the second sword you get for cloud in rebirth for way too long 😂

@Just4Fun-Zocker Ай бұрын

Given that many weapons on the list aren't really a secret for being powerful, I think you should have added the Dragon Sword from Ninja Gaiden.

@bloodwolfgaming9269 Ай бұрын

Some of these options seem...eeh? Like...yeah, you're talking about starting weapons that are secretly overpowered but some of them don't really get overpowered until you've finished upgrading them which by that point, you're near the end of the game. So...that sorta makes them fall into the usual trope of "starting with weak gear but progresses to better gear as you progress". I figured this list would be more or less weapons that are pretty OP from the start...not will become OP by the end of the game. But I digress. Still a good video. Knew the Cutter from Dead Space would be up here.

@eldiamoe8294 Ай бұрын

Gotta mention the wooden sword from Ninja Gaiden. Level it up to max and it easily can destroy bosses

@NigelWatersFWA Ай бұрын

Blades of Chaos in the original GOW and GOW 2 are more than enough for the whole game. I always max those first and worry about magic and extra weapons later. Never done me wrong yet on any difficulty setting. GOW 3 I liked the gauntlets though.

@Daddy317_ Ай бұрын

Cool video, what's your other account?

@rprealist4869 Ай бұрын

Goldeneye 007 - PP7 pistol outrank almost every other gun in terms of damage per shot and most guns in terms of effective range. Paired with it's clip size it becomes one of the best guns in the game. Poison Control - Poisonette isn't all that when you start with her, but upgraded to max she becomes one of your most versatile "shots" in the game.

@JG-wx2xs Ай бұрын

When I think back about my original time with dead space I didn't even realise there were other weapons 😅

@spankywzl Ай бұрын

8:10 Very happy to see the M6D pistol get some love. Oh, the hours spent in Blood Gulch, picking off the opposing team members from a vertically advantageous spot, as they made a run for our flag. It was a great feeling to know that, even if I didn't get the killing shot, I made sure that they were sufficiently softened up for their entrance into our hold. By the time they were able to grab the flag, they had more holes in them than Swiss cheese, and were easily taken out by my teammates. There's something to be said for continuously dropping a soldier's health bar as they make the journey across a field with little to no cover. Those pistols killed so many digital soldiers and actual hours.

@ChikoNotSteve Ай бұрын

On this subject the bow and arrow in the Tomb Raider remakes doesn’t get mentioned enough. I used it basically the whole way through the first game and had a blast with it.

@davezynder7410 Ай бұрын

Up until you get the automatic rifle. But yes I used the bow alot in the first one.

@surfingconcrete Ай бұрын

The Buster Sword part completely disregards it's lack of materia slots. Sure it may well be better in damage output towards the start, but it doesn't last.

@prestonvarner611 Ай бұрын

the plasma cutter is pretty much the only weapon I use lol.

@abirdwitharms Ай бұрын

I miss outros :(

@sinswhisper9588 Ай бұрын

the plasma cutter is literally the only weapon i ever use in dead space

@RBKeown Ай бұрын

Me, too. All 3 games.

@jethiliusavalar6449 Ай бұрын

Self-proclaimed hero's bat from Yakuza Like a Dragon

@hector_extraHEC Ай бұрын

In the Batman games you start out with “Batman Fists” and that’s pretty much what weapon I used the entire game.

@Washuluver87 Ай бұрын

Somehow I just knew the Wrench from Bioshock would be No. 1

@jordonbrown9762 Ай бұрын

Can we agree that the Drill is similar to the Wrench?

@ryanriojas-nelson8645 Ай бұрын

What about the Painkiller?

@ericb3157 Ай бұрын

one point about the shotgun: DON'T use it against enemies that ALSO have shotguns! that goes for MOST games, not just Doom! also, the Pistol in Halo 1 is one of two weapons that can kill a Hunter with ONE hit to the weak point on its back! the other is the Sniper Rifle.

@Squishmallows24 Ай бұрын

Sure you can beat these games with the starting weapon but like you said, you have to know what you’re doing lol. Dark souls 3 for example. The long sword can carry you through the whole game but that means you have to be somewhat good at the game. With the long sword you have less margin of error. Now let’s say you use one of the great swords, with that weapon you can make a lot of mistakes and still come out alive because all you need is one good hit on an enemy to kill them instead of 3 hits with the long sword

@MrQ12elve Ай бұрын

i thought i was missing something when i played 'dead space' default weapon is the only effective weapon to slice the limbs off, they are bullet sponges when using any other weapon hahaha

@Hades3k Ай бұрын

Also the katana from Ninja Gaiden

@freddyfasthands8131 Ай бұрын

Kings Field 2

@deadpiratehead 29 күн бұрын

If you attain it in the first hour, it's a starting weapon.

@ExWitDaFacts Ай бұрын

Wheres Blades of Chaos (God of War) and Lancer (Gears of War) ?

@ASirensFlame Ай бұрын

Bl2 starter pistol on z3r0

@CJ_Pharaoh Ай бұрын

9:37 - 9:40 . . . PTSD triggered

@tubensalat1453 Ай бұрын

I expected to see that wooden sword again, nice that Jess managed without it.

@gauravavaidya Ай бұрын

The gravity gun in half life 2 is pretty powerful I'm surprised it did not make the list

@CuneytTaskin-nr8gl Ай бұрын

I miss batmans utility belt

@stentheartist4138 Ай бұрын

Honourable mention, the Crow bar from half life

@mungeste Ай бұрын

Agreed

@ShadowedHandParish Ай бұрын

well poo, I always liked my Saw Spear in Bloodbourne

@AHWilliams614 Ай бұрын

i’m pretty sure they have done this before

@anthonysmurthwaite6258 Ай бұрын

All well and good but the gaming lists playlist is 3 months outdated

@scrappy5207 Ай бұрын

I'm only here for most beautiful thing about WHAT CULTURE....Jessica ❤😅😅

@AnOldGeezer420 Ай бұрын

I really don't want to sound like a hater, but...... Thank you for not mentioning the Ninja Gaiden Wooden Paddle...

@Butterball-qp4xf Ай бұрын

Try finger, but whole.

@ChonkUm Ай бұрын

Bloodborne... The cane whip. Anything else is uncivilized.

@NotIfICU1st_ Ай бұрын

0:25 why?

@Thelodis Ай бұрын

I don't think that the pistol in Halo is overpowered, it's every other wepaon that is underpowered. Why do I have to empty an entire assault rifle magazine for one enemy?