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Hot take (heh): There has never been a decent flamethrower in video games.
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The Last Of Us has a killer flamethrower. It actually sets shit on fire and does as much damage as you'd expect as in a LOT.
Alien Isolation has the only good flamethrower because it's not a weapon, it's a deterrent against the xenomorph. It feels great because you're suddenly moving with a lot less caution.
Also the flame belch in Doom Eternal if that counts.
Also the flame belch in Doom Eternal if that counts.
Really useful in Alien Isolation since you barely get any weapons to play with. Works well in almost every situation / level.
Games like Ratchet and Clank makes using a flame fun, but kind of pointless when you have like 10 other awesome weapons to blast enemies with.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein flame thrower was amazing!
Also really loved using the flamethrower trooper in Warhawk on PS3.
Came here for this. Wolfenstein's flamethrower was next level stuff back in the early 2000's. Did a bunch of damage, looked badass and had good range.
You're not wrong, OP. They're highly situational, tend to be heavy and/or take up a special weapon slot shared by much better weapons, and have a rare ammo type that they burn (heh) through way too fast. Plus their time to kill is usually pretty low and they're not a voluminous as they should be.
Basically the good ones are the one that are more flamethrower-themed more so than actually functioning like one. Metal Slug flamethrower is a good example, since it's just a lingering projectile weapon.
Basically the good ones are the one that are more flamethrower-themed more so than actually functioning like one. Metal Slug flamethrower is a good example, since it's just a lingering projectile weapon.
Just finished RE 7 today actually. When I first got the flamethrower in the old house, I thought it was awesome! Upon further use it was clearly underpowered and very short ranged. Stopped using it shortly after the greenhouse sequence.
Yeah, I think Return to Castle Wolfenstein had the best. Also Killzone 2's was pretty effective/satisfying.
Yeah, I think Return to Castle Wolfenstein had the best. Also Killzone 2's was pretty effective/satisfying.
Glad this was on the first page. Back in my day /oldmanvoice this was the hotness.Return to Castle Wolfenstein flame thrower was amazing!
Also really loved using the flamethrower trooper in Warhawk on PS3.
Flamethrower ain't bad. It's got 95 base power and 100 accuracy so at least it doesn't miss. Also if you give it to a dragon you have decent type coverage. Depending on your team of course.
Metal Slug, Shock Troopers
The later even has. a second weapon called Buster which fires fireballs that incinerate everything in their path. It is like a flamey railgun
The later even has. a second weapon called Buster which fires fireballs that incinerate everything in their path. It is like a flamey railgun
I feel the same way. The one in TLoU2 was OK, though.
What always bothers me is the fact that I never know how the damage actually works.
Like... does continuously firing on an enemy do a continuous and linear amount of damage?
How much damage do enemies take when they catch on fire? Does the burning DoT deal as much damage as just holding down the flamethrower on the enemy?
Does the burning DoT damage and the fire damage stack or am I wasting ammo by firing on the enemy while they are already burning? Do I just do a quick spray and let the DoT do most of the work?
What always bothers me is the fact that I never know how the damage actually works.
Like... does continuously firing on an enemy do a continuous and linear amount of damage?
How much damage do enemies take when they catch on fire? Does the burning DoT deal as much damage as just holding down the flamethrower on the enemy?
Does the burning DoT damage and the fire damage stack or am I wasting ammo by firing on the enemy while they are already burning? Do I just do a quick spray and let the DoT do most of the work?
The OP has not played enough games I think. Wolfenstein RTCW is great and a lot of other games as well.
I'm happy this has already been mentioned but I'm going to mention it again.
Too bad this picture is not probotector.
Too bad this picture is not probotector.
The Flamethrower in Farcry 5 really sucks, mostly because every enemy that's set on fire very predicably decides to sprint towards you until they die
RTCW always had the most memorable flamethrower for me, that thing looked incredible back on the OG Xbox
It's also really easy to conserve ammo with it. You can ignite enemies simply by hitting them twice with it, so I'd generally just tap fire twice, using only 1 ammo with each tap. You can obviously hold the button down to drain their health more quickly, but the aforementioned method will kill enemy soldiers in the single-player campaign without issue.Return to Castle Wolfenstein flame thrower was amazing!
Return to Castle Wolfenstein flame thrower was amazing!
Also really loved using the flamethrower trooper in Warhawk on PS3.
RTCW's flamethrower was tremmensely satisfying to use!
I think itll be easier if you mention the games that have bad flamethrowers.
Because, every flamethrower I remember has been frikken awesome.
Gears of War.
TLOU.
Wolfenstein way back when.
Battlefield.
Killzone.
Alien Isolation.
FarCry.
In BF seeing this was so intimidating.....but when you had one. Now you gonna get it motherfuckers!
Man this looks much worse than I remember, like a little stream coming out, terrible.
Cod WW2 has a good one in single player, dunno about the multiplayer as I never played it
I still want a PSVR patch for this game.
Don't know if you're aware, but there's a mod to get a VR mode working on PC. Which sounds like a complete nightmare to do, but it's there...
Releases · Nibre/MotherVR
This Mod brings current generation VR support to the game Alien: Isolation - Nibre/MotherVR
github.com