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Whats the best shield design in video games?
- Thread starter Uncle at Nintendo
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I know it wasn't really in the game, but I've always loved the original NES cover art Zelda shield.
Seeing this bring back feelings of nostalgia I don't even understand. I'm surprised it's never shown up as an unlockable.
Charge Blades were always the coolest shields by virtue of turning into axes, but they reached their peak in Iceborne by having one turn into Soul Edge.Charge Blade - Monster Hunter
Alucard Shield from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Wait what?
Bad just because of a religious symbol?
What the hell?
Did you work at Nintendo's localization department in the 90s?
This is the correct Mirror Shield, op.Always liked this monstrosity from Majora's Mask.
No particular order: Hylian Shield (BotW), Hero's Shield (WindWaker/BotW), Knight's Shield (BotW), Purple Flame Shield (Demon's Souls).
Agreed. Sogood.gif.
Gotta be the Hylian Shield. No doubt about it.
I don't think there's any sword/shield combo as iconic as this:
Yep
I agree that the best shield is the Hylian Shield. It's too iconic and looks so amazing, but I have to talk about the Mirror Shield from Wind Waker. There is something just so pleasing about its design, I don't know what it is.
At least the OP included the GOAT shield. I'll go Riot Shield from Modern Warfare, hitting gamers with that shield makes me happy.
Right?
(Guild Wars 2) The Flameseeker Prophecies
The day I made this in game I was ecstatic. Great looking shield and design.
The Grey Warden shield still holds a special place in my heart.
Ok that is nice looking shield.
not to mention essential.
Also loved the Llewellyn shield. Parry King.
Nice Choice. I refer the design in DS2 myself
Wicked Eye Greatshield - DSII
Yeah about to post this. Also liked Reeve's Great shield as well.
Came here to post this. DSII has some amazing shield designs.Wicked Eye Greatshield - DSII
If I remember right this was a fan design too
My favorite is the original Mirror Shield from Ocarina of Time
That and Majora's Mask are my favorite.
Half serious
Halo shield also gets bonus points for that iconic shield recharge sound.
Monster Hunter has some fantastic ones. I've always had a soft spot for the Babel Spear weapons as a lancer, that imagines the shield as a huge tower, but there's literally dozens of great shield designs, multiple ones for each monster depending on weapon type etc.
The shield system from the X-Wing series is beautifully designed, with the ability to choose whether your shields are front-facing, rear-facing or all around, and can change on the fly - so you can go fully defensive at the front when making an attack run on a capital ship, then pump all the power to the shields at the rear when the run has finished and you are pulling away...
...while at the same time managing power levels between shields, lasers and engines which determines the rate at which they recharge - or even deplete if you *really* need engines right now and not shields
...and then Tie Fighter adds an extra layer to the design of the shield system by, well, taking them away - at least in your first few vehicles, where you're entirely dependent on the sheer speed you have to survive - which does feel like a significant step-up when you do graduate to the newer units which *do* have shields available.
It's one of the most interesting and nuanced approaches to shields in vehicular combat that I've seen, and I love it.
Yes!
Top tier
I also love Fearstruck's design in ESO. It's one of Boethia's daedric artifacts that has been in the lore since Daggerfall but not seen in an of the main games so far. A modder created an amazing design for it in Skyrim though, and it looks like ESO's devs loved it enough to create their version with a similar aesthetic:
ESO Version:
Skyrim mod version:
Dark Souls 3 Giant Door Shields.
I mean, this thing must have been made just for trolling.