47174a No.15171909
Flamethrowers, often useless at long range, but excellent against swarming melee enemies and above all the most fun weapon in video games because of the burning scenery it can provide.
I don't know of many long-ranged flamethrowers which shoot like gigantic fireball infinitely or even ones which leave lava behind for defensive measures.
Still, the flamethrower has especially been the most fun weapon in video games because the flames highly interact with the environment especially in forests. When you want to turn everything black and leave a nice spectacle of flames behind you then you use the flamethrower.
The only acceptable flamethrower is the one which leaves the flames on the ground and walls, otherwise in my book it's not a real flamethrower.
You won't see the acid, lazer, rocket projectiles offer the same spectacle as a good flaming scenery.
1a4690 No.15171933
>>15171909
>posting one of the most unsatisfying flamethrowers in vidya history
Valve have never made a satisfying gun.
766d94 No.15171935
804647 No.15171961
Why are flamethrowers always either useless or god-tier?
1a4690 No.15171973
>>15171946
It's literally coded like it's an automatic shotgun. I stand by what I said.
75d706 No.15171998
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We really need a game where you play exclusively with flame weapons.
d056fe No.15172022
>>15171998
Like Silent Bomber but with incendiary weapons only, huh… You're a fucking visionary.
dfca3a No.15175954
Flamethrowers make me giggle.
It appeals to my inner pyro to roast the flesh off bad guys as they scream from being burned alive.
FAR CRY 3 FLAMETHROWER BEST FLAMETHROWER
(i said bad guys becuase i'm too lazy to look up how to spell enimeies)
ec33f9 No.15176071
call of duty world at war had a great flamethrower you could burn japs hidden on trees or lying in grass before they even attacked you and everything would turn BLACK
fbedf9 No.15176100
>that level in Far Cry 3 where you use a flamethrower to burn down weed crops while skrillex plays
I will never forget
d46b56 No.15176109
>Left 4 Dead 2
>introduces weapons that have a limited weapon amount and when exhausted, they are discarded
>no flamethrower
>even with fireproof zombies
I'll never understand this.
39624a No.15176137
>>15171933
>Valve have never made a satisfying gun.
the tau cannon is super satisfying
b1d193 No.15176183
>>15176100
hi cancer pepe isnt welcome here you should return to 4chan and i will fucking hunt you in the street one day
fbedf9 No.15176204
>>15176183
I will duel you
b1d193 No.15176213
>>15176204
i will destroy you. i have the power of god and anime on my side
e5fe6e No.15176223
Most flamethrowers in games are shit, but there are a few good ones. Vermintide 2 has a decent one, and so does Killing Floor and Enemy Territory. Rising Storm has an excellent flamerthrower and by all accounts handles somewhat realistically. Deep Rock Galactic's flamer is kind of shit, along with most others.
82091d No.15176402
>>15176071
WaW flamethrower was garbage tho. It had a range of 3 meters. But sure as hell it was satisfying to use.
Sadly the most shit thing about the game are its sounds. Goddamned rifles sound like pop guns. Other than that it was one of the most enjoyable CoD games Ive played.
>>15176223
Rising storm had a very good one. The whole game was pretty good. I enjoyed it a lot.
7cecea No.15176423
bf5253 No.15176436
>Flamethrowers, often useless at long range
>he wants pyro to be the sniper
fuck off with your shit, you already got the flare gun.
c5d5d1 No.15176474
>>15171933
The HL1 shotgun is amazing, 8 rounds, 120 in reserve, can fire both cannons at once for 3x the damage and works at medium range, it is almost as good as the halo combat evolved shotgun, hell i have never seen a shotgun that was as good as these two, most developers go for the extremely short range shotgun meme.
cdb8cb No.15176542
>>15176402
Rising Storm's flamethrower is hands down the most satisfying flamethrower.
e96db8 No.15176573
The Fallout 3/NV incinerator/heavy incinerator are quite fun fire weapons.
>>15171946
That's the most unsatisfying automatic weapon I've ever used in a game on a pretty miserable class (I should know played almost 3k hours many of which was on the Heavy).
Big, slow, hits like a wet noodle, and Valve has been doing their darnedest all along to make him have no options for skillful use to mitigate the class's crippling issues.
>>15176474
That second "cannon" is the tube magazine.
75d706 No.15176656
>>15176436
Flamethrowers have considerable range for their role. ~40 meters depending on pressure, a little under pistol range. Games that have them make them with less range than shotguns because they'd be fucking OP otherwise.
9d4776 No.15176806
>>15176656
>tfw games priortise balance over fun-factor and A E S T H E T I C S
It's like they don't want games to be fun
488dae No.15176815
>>15176656
>Games that have them make them with less range than shotguns because they'd be fucking OP otherwise.
also games are often not too spaced out, they lose their point if they reach 40 meters when thats about as far as any point to point youd reasonably face opponents in the game anyways
aa331f No.15176846
>>15176573
>That's the most unsatisfying automatic weapon I've ever used in a game on a pretty miserable class
That's not the SMG on Sniper
2b07bc No.15176920
>flamethrowers
>not flame towers
>not flame tanks
y'all cowards don't even have defensive buildings that turn infantry squads into ash or tanks that burn your enemy's base into cinders
45df0f No.15176926
>>15176815
You engage most people with Rifles at that range in most shooting games,
45df0f No.15176939
>>15176920
Flame tanks can be so OP in steel division if used correctly.
cc5278 No.15176988
>>15176474
The Boomstick in KF2 is fucking godly, and even better now that you can upgrade it and take it to the end-game. Single or double action, sawn-off so it has a lot of spread at range but at point blank everything will get staggered by it if not immediately one-shotted.
c5d5d1 No.15177024
>>15176656
Who cares, you only bust out the flamethrower when you know you're gonna kill a hundred niggers that are within arm's reach, i'll take the vastly decreased range over running out of fuel in 5 seconds like it happens in real life.
57de75 No.15177061
>>15177024
>I don't care if tge range is unrealistic
>But muh realistic fuel usage
Realismfags are so fucking stupid.
512ad5 No.15177063
VC2 flamethrowers are super satisfying to use, as they insta-kill bunkers which are otherwise a pain in the ass.
>inb4 REEEEVC2BAD
641eb6 No.15177081
>>15176920
>Flame towers
>Flame tanks
Warzone 2100 is the game for you, anon. It has these and napalm and flamer bunkers.
d9c766 No.15177335
>>15176656
>Tfw games tend to "balance" them so they are short ranged and have the hitbox of a bullet
Might as well remove it entirely if people hate dying to a close ranged weapon made to do a lot of damage.
000164 No.15178094
>>15171961
Because in most games it's either supposed to be a situational use weapon or a power weapon with limited ammo
06f890 No.15178369
>>15176656
If anything, flamethrowers are fucked worse than shotguns, in video games. I would ask why so few games do either weapon any justice, but then I remember most people associated with game development are anti-gun commiefornians, so why would they know a fucking thing about how a particular weapon works?
4a1675 No.15178373
Men Of War Assault Squad 2 had some of the best flamethrowers in videogames. Fucking everything they touched died, their range was realistic, and the flamethrower tanks could even kill other tanks by burning their engine compartment.
Pic somewhat related
d66d09 No.15178397
Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm 2 probably have the most satisfying and powerful flamethrowers in gaming. They have around 50-60m of range and kill basically instantly, they also have some bouncing physics and you can shoot it in a trench or a bunker and it'll fill up the entire room. Insanely powerful in any trench or point clearing work, but not overpowered because despite having very high range, the engagement ranges in RS2 can be up to 100-300m and any rifle, and even a hunting shotgun using buckshot can outrange you.
4587d0 No.15178620
>>15176183
it's not even pepe, autistic newfag
dbd4f9 No.15179470
>>15178373
>have a decent defense set up
>one bullet proof faggot shows up, spinning as he runs towards you killing EVERYTHING in his range while nobody actually manages to kill him
>he finally dies
>enemy buys another
Great unit, but not as good as SAS PIATs cheesing you by being handheld indirect fire artillery, radio ops having enough range to get free kills on any vehicle that gets detracked, and snipers generally ruining everyones fun on open maps.
Its excusable on the tanks because at least you have to risk the vehicle itself so it isnt a pretty much guaranteed net gain.
d37137 No.15180122
>tfw no game that can really make you feel like you're the pyro in that video
>tfw you'll never feel that out of touch in a good way with everything on fire around you
e96db8 No.15184541
>>15176846
The Sniper's SMG is fine for a secondary.
11aa68 No.15184577
>>15176213
One negates the other.
ff516d No.15191160