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Games with the BEST Shotguns!

by lazyaza

What does a good shotgun need?
1. Power; if it doesn't kill almost everything in a single shot at point blank its not good enough.
2. Sound; the world needs to come to an end every time I fire the thing. My eardrums need to burst and my neighbors need to complain.
3. Fast reload that can be interrupted at any time with another shot.   Their is an art form to shot gun reloading.   If not an fps simple make firing rapidly as easy and regular as possible.
 
9 times out of 10 I will dislike a shooter because either the shotgun sucks or their isn't one.  A shooter without a good shotgun is like a fighting game without an iconic universal character.  So here are some games that have amazing shotguns.

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Bulletstorm

1. Bulletstorm

Regular shot blows guys in half, charge shot turns them in to FLAMING SKELETONS. Also 4 barrels.

Half-Life 2

2. Half-Life 2

Head grab go bye bye.

Unreal II: The Awakening

3. Unreal II: The Awakening

FUCKING BLAM, one of the loudest shotguns ever.

F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon

4. F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon

BOOM gibs fly everywhere at point blank.

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

5. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

OMG Blitz Cannon. Lightning and explosions in your face!

Jak II

6. Jak II

The shotgun could take out ANY enemy with ease using a positively absurd blast radius to compensate for lack of precision.

Doom II: Hell on Earth

7. Doom II: Hell on Earth

Two barrels, nuff said. I look forward to the spiritual successor of the iconic weapon in Rage.

Resident Evil

8. Resident Evil

I had trouble deciding which resident evil had the best shotgun, I recall both 2's and 3s being good and 5 essentially had the exact same ones as 4. So what the heck, the series always has amazing shotty's. ZOMBEE BRAINS EVERYWHERE

Left 4 Dead 2

9. Left 4 Dead 2

Eh not a huge difference between l4d and l4d2' shotguns as far as I can tell so the most recent one is the best I guess.

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

10. Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

The two barreled shotgun returned and my god was it sweet, shame the D3 games don't hold up so well now and the regular shotgun was total balls.

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