Even with other games such as RE4, and Dino Crisis 2.
Personally I think PE2 still ranks has having one of the best line-up of weapons in any action game.
The only type of weapon missing in this game is a sniper rifle.
The Metal Gear Solid series is the only other series that has an excellent weapon selection.
(How can you NOT love the STINGER MISSILES?? )
Some of my favourites are:
- M4A1 + Hammer Attachment:
The most useful weapon for hte M4A1 if you're considering something for "defence". The Hammer will stun for damage, and knock down enemies, which then allows you to move out of the way and manouvre into a better position.
If you play bounty mode. You'll know why this weapon and attachment is extremely useful. The hammer attachment works on just about ANY enemy on the Dryfield stage, so it's a good thing that on Bounty Mode there is a Golem which drops this weapon early on in the game.
-M4A1 + Javelin Attachment:
RANGE!!! This weapon has range, and decent power. You can basically pick off any enemy from a distance with this. Plus this weapon has 60 charges.
It's rather expensive, so unless I'm playing on bounty mode (where you can get this for free) might as well just use the pike instead.
-M4A1:
The attachments are useless without the M4A1 (duh =P). It's a decent weapon.
Not as fast the M93R, but has more power. Plus, with the attachments it you ca use with it, it's the best multi-purpose weapon for regular enemy encounters where you're fighting enemies for EXP/BP.
- Mongoose:
A powerful Magnum. A regular bullet hit damages for about 50 -75 pts of damage. But if you get a critical, damage goes up to 150- 250!!
It's an excellent weapon, which unfortunately unless you're playing on Bounty Mode.. or unless you've unlocked it on replay mode .. you will have to intentionally get the "bad" ending in order to use it for your game.
I guess that's the only downside to this weapon.
- Grenade Pistol:
It's simple and effective. Easy as that.
Grenade Pistol is pretty much a required weapon, especially for some of the bigger bosses in the game.
- SP12:
A decent shotgun which you can get for Free.
AS12 is the best shotgun, but it's also rather expensive. SP12 is good if you just want a shotgun which does the job right.
M93R: Your starting weapon, and also one fo the most versatile weapons in the game. You can fire 3-shot bursts for more damage with lower chance of critical, or a 1 short burst with lower damage but higher chance of critical. It's a lightweight weapon which makes it easier to aim and load during battle.
M4A1+Pike: This is actually a very good attachment.
It looks cool, does decent damage, but problem is it runs out of fuel too quickly if you use it too often, so it forces you to be more conservative on it's use. Compared to the hammer and javelin attachments which have better ammo management.
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spywatcher459
16 years ago
Excellent choices Brandestoc! Very excellent indeed...I love the M4A1 too and the attachments that come with it. If anything, they need to bring this weapon and it's optional extras back in the third one. I only use the Pike attachment when I'm partnered up with Kyle though as it's more fun when your buddy has the same weapon as you.
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Brandestoc
16 years ago
Very excellent indeed...I love the M4A1 too and the attachments that come with it. If anything, they need to bring this weapon and it's optional extras back in the third one.
I agree. I really have to thank Bounty Mode for introducing me to the M4A1. =)
I didn't use it on my first playthrough, but then when I first played Bounty Mode, I was getting all these M4A1 attachments so I just thought.. "hmm.. maybe I should try the M4A1" and I've been pretty happy with it.
The hammer attachment is sooo useful for the dryfield it's too bad you can't get it earlier on if you play the standard game.
Yeah I use the pike attachment when I'm with Kyle as well. It's pretty cool having two chars using the same weapon and BURNing everything in your path. =)
I really do like using the pike, but it's a pain cos it runs out of fuel much faster than the hammer and javelin, so recharging is a pain unless you limit it's usage.
If there's going to be a third PE game I hope they combine abit from the two previous games. I liked some of the RPG elements of the first game, plus the weapon and armour customisations. I also liked how the PE bar in the first game worked (it recharges itself), not to mention PE1 generally had better Parasite Energy moves to use.
The PE abilities in part 2 are fine, but they're abit generic compared to PE1 which also has abilies such as Haste, Regen, revive and Liberate. PE2 imo had better weapons. That's for sure!, and I liked how PE2 was more action oriented.
So yeah, if there's a PE3 hope it combines the best aspects of both games.
imo the action and weapons from Part 2 and the more in depth stuff such as customisation and better PE attacks from Pt1.
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