subject: Top 5 Ridiculous Video Game Weapons [print this page] 2. Silent Hill 2 - The Great Knife2. Silent Hill 2 - The Great Knife
Who didn't want to be Pyramid Head for a day? This hulking Egyptian monolith wielded this weapon like it weighed 1,000 lbs. but swung it like a feather. It took braving a dark run through a tunnel with the man himself right on your tail to find out just what this weapon packed. Just like Pyramid Head, you were forced to drag this weapon behind you and swing it laboriously over your head to simply annihilate the poor soul standing in front of you. However, once you tucked it away in your pocket, everything was just fine. For this reason, the Great Knife comes in at number two. Its uses were few and, despite its power, you were left fairly well crippled while using it. Still, it's as close as we'll ever get to being the big guy, for now at least.
1. Doom - BFG 9000
No surprises here. There comes a time when you have to relax when dealing with alien technology - really anything is possible. However, the BFG 9000 likely started the trend of ridiculous guns in the future and no video game weapon list is complete without the BFG 9000 coming in somewhere near number one. The actual name of this gun has been disputed. According to Doom's game manual, it was the "Big Freakin' Gun." According to one of the worst video game movies ever made, it was the nonsensical "Bio Force Gun." Players (and the original writer, Tom Hall) had a much less G rated name for it. Whatever the name, this weapon was absolutely ridiculous - cooking up enemies with a single shot and blowing them into video game history.
