why the FUCK do fantasy games do this

>>716050364 (OP)
>the literal coolest thing ever

>>716050502
it looks ugly as fuck every time and it ruins so many weapon and armor designs

>>716050502
this fucking sucks, actually

Men: what if the weapons looked like weapons?

Women: What if you could talk to your weapon and have a deep, emotional connection as a part of a larger character driven story?

See? Women are retarded.

>>716050364 (OP)

barf

Fuck OP
Post cool vidya blades

>>716050364 (OP)
Tell me I'm not the only one that saw the cat mouth in the left one instead of a guy puking the blade.

>>716050364 (OP)
I thought the left one was a cute bear creature getting its head squashed

>>716050364 (OP)
It's actually very cool and metal.

>>716051281
They really don't make em like this anymore.

kino

>>716050364 (OP)
spear on the right is cool, doe

>>716050364 (OP)
name three

OP sucks cocks, as always

>>716051184
this is cool though

Why would you use a greataxe when you could use an assault rifle?

The sight of an elf screaming in pain gives me great comfort.

>>716051882
more often than not they're not invented yet

>>716051112
based

>>716052010
>live in 2025
>assault rifles exist
>play game
>some faggot elf says "hail and well met" and doesn't know about assault rifles
Sounds like a third world issue.

>>716051882
Why not both?

It took me ages to find a space marine specfically with an axe and bolter, even then its a storm bolter which isn't really an assault rifel

>>716050364 (OP)

>>716051882
I am so fast and strong that using a gun makes me weaker, because bullets are slower and have less power than my swings.

>>716051112
this

>>716050364 (OP)
Don't try to tell me this isn't rad.

bows not being strength weapons

>>716050364 (OP)
completely agree, pic rel is the coolest sword bethesda ever designed due in large part to the simplicity

>>716052630
>took me ages to find a space marine specfically with an axe and bolter
your mistake was looking at space wolf sissies instead of world eaters

>>716053470
All i got was khorne berserkers with dual axes

>>716051926
So to be clear this axe was made after he did all his epic deeds of elf slaying and it never actually slew any elves itself?

>>716053429
This is why i loved longbows in dragon's dogma

Its not pretending to be a sneaky archer weapon, the snap of the string gives a meaty thump and would for sure hurt your ears opposed to being completely silent like games think bows are.

Its a beefy railgun and it knows it

>>716051112
>>716053193
>when the fantasy game has fantasy in it

>>716053449
Holy based
That narrow double-edged blade, that sharp pointy tip, that symmetrical crossguard, that ring-shaped pommel, that sexy simple color scheme.
Impaling Forsworn never felt so good.

>>716051551
I want to fuck that sword.

>>716053596
So basically Ysgramor went to tamriel, butchered a bunch of elves and then the elves burned down the city he built.

Then the axe was forged (from his own tears at seeing the elves burn his shit down) and he retuened to Tamriel to finish the job

>>716051112
Muh realistic weapons fags are cut from the same cloth as pop science Redditors.

>>716053449
i get it's made from dragon bones but couldn't they smith the blade to be symmetrical?

>>716053240
Based
Superhumanity makes for the best of settings

>>716050364 (OP)
>i split ur head open

>>716053449
They also did a good job on the umbra sword in the original oblivion. In fact, most of the weapons in the original oblivion were significantly better than how the pajeets made them in the remake. Plus, the remake kinda butchered my boy chillrend. Chillrend used to be a very simplistic blade, with an ornate, yet practical handle. They fucked the blade up in the remake for no good reason

>>716054154
So really he just portrayed them as a sóyjak
Truly ourguy

I always liked the dark elf blades in Sacred.
Fuck, now I want to do another playthrough of that stupid game

>>716054349
Holy based BLoD poster

>>716054571
No wonder dark elves just end up getting raped using mall ninja shit like that

>>716051281

For me, it's pic related

>>716054354
>powerful daedric artifact
>just a regular old katana

Hell even the skyrim version looks pretty damn nice

swords with big shovel tips are cool and not popular enough

>>716055083
Actually looks ebony and doesn't go too far with the engravings

>>716051112
Lindy beige, plz

>>716050364 (OP)
I have an autism pet peeve against double sided axes and axeheads being so large in general. Dark Souls is guilty of this when the basic ass swords and spears aren't that exaggerated but the hand axe is still bigger than your head.

>>716051112
If you're going for realism you got the sword right but that's about it.

>>716055104
I hate every sword incapable of stabbing.

i know it's a movie but the headless horseman's sword from sleepy hollow (1999) is about as fancy as i like to get for a sword. it's practical but also looks cool. to tie it into video games, there is a skyrim mod for it (search 'hessian sword' on nexusmods) that i always include when i replay the game

>>716050364 (OP)
>weapon is a numerical upgrade in every way to my current equipment
>but visually looks way worse

>>716055493
in single player games i never game for stats. rule of cool and make up the difference by gitting gud. i beat elden ring wearing the confessor starter gear because i couldnt find a better look

>>716051386
I see the bear winking.

>>716055493
This but with rarity

I will keep my inferior rares over more powerful commons every day of the week

Imagine using swords

>>716050364 (OP)
Because people like it. Remember how Asmongold dragged modern WoW through the mud for its shitty weapon design and said that Maladath is the coolest thing ever because it has a dragon's head, and that weapon is better than everything in modern WoW combined.

>>716055284
Fantasy sperging is more of a Skallagrim and Shad thing. Lindy just makes videos on whatever he wants.

>>716056048
No, I don't remember that. Why do you?

>>716051281
Behold

>>716055945
>hit anything harder than flesh
>break your fingers
good job

>>716050364 (OP)

>>716050850
This is like one of the only good examples of this and you have to admit it really hides their faces.

>>716050364 (OP)

>>716051741
I didn't like it but I thought that was the point

>>716054094
I implore you to reconsider.

>>716051112
monster slaying weapons would be bigger/thicker since they would need extra power to cut thick hide/scales, that's my headcanon at least

>>716056150
Not happy that his new video on what people would use magic for is just a rewrite of a segment from his video years ago on magic

>>716050364 (OP)
>>716056575

>>716050850
I wish they talked more.
Imagine the funnies.
>>716055349
Axe needs a handle much longer a a wider but thinner head. Basically a dane axe.

>>716051452
How did they do all this artwork? Was it cast like that? How did they make the moulds?

I think bows should be strength weapons, not dexterity ones. It's not easy to pull back a heavy a bow. The people who used the heaviest bows literally had to train from childhood and had deformed skeletons as a result. That's strength

>>716054724
>you know what this overly articulate blade that's extremely easy to cut yourself with really needs? Lethal poison.
yeah they were not the brightest

>>716053989

>>716056320
I could see it work, but the glove would need a way to prevent the fingers from curving back, big metal gauntlet could work if it had "blocks" at the top of each finger segment

>>716053803
>>716054283
You can keep your boat paddle foam larp sword from Skyrim you faggots, shut the fuck up.

>>716056150
We need more lindies in this world.
>>716057139
He probably doesn't even remember he had an old video on it.

>>716054571
>+testosterone
What

>>716055385
You can stab things with a shovel.

>>716057250
presumably by hammering it out, here's a video of a talented blacksmith making a decorative shield:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndf-tN8pIhc

>>716056150
Reminder this guy was an Oxford classmate of Scholagladiatoria and the dude who owns Rebellion games. He also has something to do with dancing, I cba to actually look it up tho. Interesting dude for sure

all unique weapons from golden sun 1 + 2 are extremely based

>>716057381
People will say this and then post the crustiest wacky flailing combat sim, and they really believe it. They think that's better than devil may cry.

>>716057612
He was a lindy hop instructor (hence the name).
I'm not sure what he does for a living nowadays. His channel isn't big enough to live off of and he wasn't particularly successful as a dance teacher.

>>716056390
Nothing more badass than killing dudes with some fucked up statue that you're swinging around

>>716057143

>>716055493
fucking vanity slots need to be normalized for shit like this.

>>716050364 (OP)
The holes make a hoot sound when you swing

>>716051452
Based, plebs filtered.
>>716057250
Anon, arms and armor in the old days was reserved for the ruling classes that could actually afford them. Most were commissioned from skilled blacksmiths that worked on one piece at a time diligently.

>>716057753
Who are you quoting? Its a video of a guy getting a stick up his ass, I figured a faggot like you would enjoy that.
>>716057861
I doubt he's ever done anything for a "living" he screams old money weirdo to me.

>>716054154
Beyond based

>>716058069
people bitch about microtransactions now but they have no idea how expensive it was to get a cool irl skin back then. Imagine getting killed by the dude that spent more than you could earn in a lifetime on a fish armor (it's a joke, I know that they didn't actually use stuff like pic related in battle)

>>716057606
Maybe that's what they used but this is steel. Anon's pic was either brass or bronze. Much softer material and they have to be thicker to function as a shield (if it was indeed used as such and not just decoration).
>>716058069
I'm sure they were expensive but I'm interesting in the techniques they used to make them. We have some videos of it being done nowadays with steel but rarely do I see this stuff with copper alloys.
>>716058191
I'm not sure he's that loaded. He seems to live a quite frugal if comfy life.
>weirdo
Now that's just mean. He's the best kind of autismo.

Just attach a gun to your sword, losers.

>>716057381
How autistic do you have to be to think that this is fun?

>>716058519
it seems like the ancient greek shields were made of wood and leather and then covered with bronze so the metal didn't have to be too thick (it would have weighted a ton otherwise)
This guy makes a big shield probably close in composition, in this case only the rim is metal but you could easily cover a smaller shield in its entirety:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h1iUt-0o3o

>>716058191
You play ugly gay games about sodomizing men because you think I'd like it?

>>716058023
based cow hooter

>>716051112
Even smaller

>>716059173
>Makes a worse gun and a worse sword
lole

>>716059942
Nothing wrong with cow hooters.

>>716059736
Skipped around a bit and this seems good. He uses some modern stuff but it seems it could be done with an assistant without modern tools.
Will save for later, thanks for the video.

>>716050364 (OP)
Both of them are fantasy weapons, and both looks good depending on the context

>>716058519
>We have some videos of it being done nowadays with steel but rarely do I see this stuff with copper alloys.
It's mostly about clockwork and the tools to make such things instead of arms, but check Clickspring

>>716060131
np, yeah he doesn't stick to authentic methods but the overall workflow is probably not too far off from how they did it back then

>>716050364 (OP)
Its the worst in mmos.
>gw2
>hundreds of sword designs
>the only actually good looking one is picrel
>random chance with cash shit during limited time
>of the four other half-decent designs one is the noob sword
>everything else is piles of glowing shite from a 12 year old's sketches in the margins of a schoolbook
Why are they like this?

>>716058023

>>716050364 (OP)
Grotesque weapons are cool

>>716061053
I remember looking at the legendary weapons and I couldn't find a single good design lmao

>>716050364 (OP)
*rapes op*

>>716051882
>love medieval weapons
>love magic
>love old firearms like bolt or lever action rifles or revolvers
>hate modern firearms

every time I see a bideo bame tank, I feel the compulsive need to anal lice it
extremely basic things are missing and/or replaced with weird anchronistic options
>no hatches
>no gunsights
>no engine decks
>no secondary armament
>giant exposed cockpit style cabins

>>716051184
this is NOT cool, it's weird and lame

>>716054283
Youtubers have turned spearfags into the new katanafags

>>716061589
Didn't tank crews have the highest mortality rate?

>>716061589

>>716055493
nyoo but layered armor and weapons would ruin the shitty pvp minigame!

>>716061812
>can't move over trenches
I was livid when I saw this. 1's tanks are so shit.

>>716056150
Love his foamboard dungeon terrain videos, looking forward to the dungeon furniture followup

>>716061372
>legendary mace
>its a fucking discoball attached to four vuvuzelas
>legendary pistol
>its willy wonka's flower teacup with a pistol grip
whoever is designing this shit should be fired.

>>716062172
I know jack shit about tanks so i want to ask, why can't that one drive over trenches? The threads don't seem like they would fall down the trench on account of being decently long, if we assume you aren't driving along the trench that is, so i assume it is something else.

>>716062654
>I know jack shit about tanks so i want to ask, why can't that one drive over trenches
Because the game said so. I remember trying it on what first map to introduce trenches and getting very mad.

>thousands of years and hundreds of thousands of artisans creating endless sword designs across dozens of cultures
>make budk slop instead

>>716062654
the hull protrudes way ahead of the tracks, this is something that no tank design after 1915 has
this tank probably can't even negotiate a curb

>>716050364 (OP)
Filtered

>>716050364 (OP)
What's the matter? Can't handle the edge?

>>716063608
At that point I'm like, ok, fine, you can have it

>>716063608
same shape as his penis btw

>>716063608
>stanless steel,jpg

I think the worst offence for weapons in games is when a weapon that has god-tier stats looks goofy as shit. Goofy looking weapons are fine as either joke weapons or early-mid game weapons, but I really don’t think the best weapons in the game should look like that.

>>716050364 (OP)
buncha slack-jawed faggots making threads I see

>>716057381
>Mmmm, I love to take men from behind

>>716051741
>goatsee shield
>good
Luh mao

>>716055493
>upgrade in a linear game
>makes your character look worse

>Game has a low fantasy aesthetic
>Endgame gear is so garish and ugly it looks completely fake and out of place compared to NPCs walking around in leather armor with regular broadswords.

>>716060032
looks cool as FUCK

>>716064574
what's wrong, you don't like bandits in full daedric armor?

Fuck your gay broadsword, one in a thousand soldier shit

I want THUNDER SPLITTER, GORGRUN'S NECK SPLICING GIGA AXE

>>716063989
That is actually cool though

>>716064574
>low fantasy is so gay and retarded anything cool looks out of place of a world where everyone is in rags and loincloths covered in mud, blood, slop, sludge, vomit and dung
maybe low fantasy is the actual problem?

>>716051112
Based. Tranimetards in shambles

>mfw the dingdongle is two inches too short on the cogshaft in my fantasy video game
NOOOO MY IMMERSION!!!

>>716064906
> Not understanding Low Fantasy isn't the problem.
lol, Low Fantasy is like Mad Max but takes place in Fantasy, think of it like your Dark Sun setting for majority of the population, sure they have high magic for the elite that use it to oppress the people while they live like kings but life sucks for majority of non-landed nobles. Low Fantasy usually means magic isn't super powerful or is dangerous to mess with type of thing and mostly powers things like alchemy, divination, necromancy and combat related magic.

>>716056981
only good opinion in this thread

>>716057354
>Bows have a STR requirement to use/equip
>DEX determines the damage done by them
There, fixed.

>>716062654
intentional game design

>>716065545
> Strength Requirement to equip/draw yes/More Str for further ranges accuracy bonus otherwise penalty.
> Dex determines baseline accuracy and critical damage and how many arrows you can shoot at once. (You can shoot up to 3 arrows with some practice at once.)
There you go.

what about sci-fi swords

>>716062363
wow ur fkn rude

>>716065545
that's literally how it was (or maybe even still is?) in d&d

>>716066231
That's a lighter

>>716067152
anything large enough could be used as a weapon

>>716050364 (OP)
>spears
>cool

>>716051112
Based
Tranime ruined weapon and armour designs.
Thank god they haven't touched firearms yet.

>>716067729
>he doesn't know

>>716053803
>honda_civic.jpg

>>716067729
>Tranime ruined weapon and armour designs.
But the worst weapon and armor designs come from western properties, such as Dragon Age and World of Warcraft

>>716067087
AD&D 2e was the last time you found weapons being restricted by user's size and strength requirement, for example Halflings not being able to wield great axes or great swords because of being too heavy and large for halflings etc.

>>716068080
That's gay and retarded. Why did they change it?

>>716067729
>Tranime haven't touched firearms yet.
It's actually a huge problem that many firearms are getting mangled and defaced with bug eyed tranime waifus, especially historic firearms that aren't being produced anymore are some of the most vandalized, it's grim.

>>716056652
Sword girls are cute.

>>716055349
This is it. Lowish fantasy, realistic gear, people having to organise and form strategic plans to combat fearsome but rare fantastical beasts.

>>716057523
Elves need to compensate, somehow.

>>716051112
Battle Brothers my beloved

>>716068057
>such as dragon age
da is very tame compared to WoW to the point where youre a complete retard for bringing them up as equivalents

>he only has one face on his weapon
lmao

>>716068223
"Muh inclusivity" just like why D&D 4e made the balances to mean everyone played the same of the same archetype with fluff difference, or why they started to gradually remove alignment in D&D etc. Same reason for the recent "wheelchair-accessible-dungeons." meme.

>>716068223
sexist to restrict scrawny women from wielding fuckhuge weapons. As for fantasy races restrictions removed? Shitlib's autism
>Wow, a pixie can't use a weapon bigger than it's entire body because of its RACE? umm you know who else thought your race meant you can't do x, y and z? KKK and the nazis, congratulations D&D if you don't remove these restrictions right now you are LITERALLY confederate hitler.

>>716056048
>Remember how Asmongold

Over sized weapons are trash cause they are never animated properly. They have no weight, and have the impact of a foam nerf bat. It's visual nonsense that gives everything a cartoony feeling.
>over sized war hammer is basically a giant anvil mounted on a quarterstaff
>gets twirled like a cheerleader's baton and hitting enemies barely makes them flinch
so fucking gay

>>716060032
>cuts your dick off and shoots it in the air, missing and hitting your balls instead
Heh, nothing personel, kiddo

>>716068661
>hitting enemies barely makes them flinch
I wonder if any game actually does realistic melee impact. Because like, in a game, you hit a tree monster with a sword and it phases through him, and bunch of numbers come out. But even if you're buff as fuck, hitting a tree with a sword would only produce a *thunk*. Not even talking about rock monsters and such. Hell, even when hitting flesh, unless you're bisecting someone, the weapon shouldn't just pass through.

Yeah, I know low-anime settings that respect the human limits don't really sell.

>>716069463
> It shouldn't just pass through.
> Hasn't seen cutting videos against pig and other corpses.
Yeah, you are dumb, a well made sword will cut through flesh can cloth if its sharpened and you strike properly.

>>716070136
> and cloth.*

>>716070136
Uh-huh, and armor, and bones. Don't move the goalpost, I was talking about how melee weapons are mostly intangible in video games.

>>716050364 (OP)
the "hideous" greatsword looks cool as heck

>>716070447
Against armor its going to be a bit harder to hit through if its chainmail with a swing, you need to stab through that shit with a sword, same with platemail even worse you have to find an opening and slide your sword through it.

>>716070716
bro wants the diddy sword

>>716062862
Vidya artists are lazy and retarded. Big surprize.

>>716050364 (OP)
Swiss sabres make me nut

>>716055385
It literally has 2 stabby-stabby things

>>716068661
Monster Hunter seriea has slow and awkward weapon animations. Some people seem to like it, but myself, I don't. The game also has to be piss easy, because getting used to the shitty animations takes hours and hours.

>>716070843
He can have the diddy-ass sword, I'll take the eldritch cthulhu-cultist sword for sure.

>>716065545
Bows should use stamina. A lot of stamina.

Anyway op I can never use a falchion and that sucks

I want a giant slicer that cuts through unarmored targets like butter

>>716071486
Bows should take stamina only when being drawn for sure and for however long duration you keep it aimed for.

>>716071581
What I'm saying is that you shouldn't be able to spam a big heavy bow just like you can't do endless powerattacks with a big heavy sword

It makes the player have to choose draw weights and whether to do full draw shots or weak shots due to need to push dps

Tactics, in order words

>>716071768
Chivalry 2 does this well, it just makes your load t times longer for the prepping part for a full length attack. You can also dodge or parry them with relative ease if you see your opponent shooting at you.

>>716050364 (OP)

>>716051926
Based

I wonder what build I'll try this time

>>716068454
Billhook-sama my beloved....

>>716059173
>>716069073
Based as fuck. Realismniggers coping and seething

The most effective weapon for a fantasy character with super strength is a mace or hammer. But they always give them the fuckhuge colossal sword instead.

>>716076909
>The most effective weapon for a fantasy character with super strength
Is a long spear with a long wide blade or a halberd.

>>716076909
Fuckhuge swords are cooler than maces or hammers.

>>716051112
Double axes did exist in combat contexts. Not super common, but they absolutely were there, Dunning Kruger fag.

>>716076909
He already kills regular dudes easily and a big sword can kill shit like giants and dragons better than a mace can.

>>716077125
The amount of force being used on the swing / stab would blunt the blade and bend / break the shaft. Needs to be a blunt weapon that's durable.

>>716076909

>>716068454
For me? It's polemace

>>716050364 (OP)
You and I both know you're just describing Elden Ring OP. That game is overdesigned to the point of parody.

I don't usually like overly designed weapons but these are kino

>>716051281

>>716076909
If you can swing this why would you train for something else? The weapon makes sense as a cavalry sword/anti-cavalry use sword.

>>716050364 (OP)
Platforming sections in games that aren't platformers. Your janky control system is dogshit, stop forcing me to do this.

I just like it
And you can still go down to the feed and seed store and buy one

>>716059173
I did tho

>>716079785
Ultima tier platform describes Dark Souls platforming for sure.

>>716079816
Then when are you going to the feed and seed store to buy one?
And shame they don't have em with the pointy bit.

>>716066231
For me, it's Terminus Est

>>716051926
>Uohhhh
>I'M WUUUTHRRADDDDINNNGG

>>716066231
Only decent looking sword in Destiny 2.
Well ok, some katanas also looked nice, but most swords in that game suck.

>>716051741
What a fucking downgrade

>>716077635
>crossbow loaded with rocks
Was that a real thing or is it just the frog being retarded?

>>716057250

bronze is easy to cast in moulds made of compressed sand, but there would be touch ups after that as well

>>716053803
>fantasy armor/weapon design is so dogshit it would've been better if they copied historical designs
If you're going to make fantasy shit make it look COOL. I don't even care about nitpicks like swords being too thick or whatever.

>>716054283
This

>>716050364 (OP)
Fuck you I like em

>>716057354
>>716065545
>shortbow
low STR requirement, low STR damage scaling, reload speed scales highly with DEX
>longbow
medium STR requirement, medium STR damage scaling, reload speed scales decently with DEX
>greatbow
high STR requirement, high STR damage scaling, reload speed scales poorly with DEX
>crossbow
medium STR requirement, no STR scaling, reload speed scales decently with DEX

>>716082320
I believe those are cannon balls for the frog just above him with the hand cannon. They appear to have swapped ammo.

>>716056390
>the sword is not decorated those are actual angels that were melted into the rough shape of a sword
>it is not meant to physically kill people but to seal supernatural creatures, specifically angels and god
>the base of the sword was created by the first fallen angel
>previously wielded by a guy known as angel killer
>the shape seen in that image was achieved after angel killer sealed 666 angels in the sword
I love edgy shit like this

>>716084202
Based retards.

>>716082320
Stonebows were real but my understanding is that they were mainly either a cool toy rich guys or for hunting small game like birds and rabbits.

>>716074947
Anything but sword is homosexual

>>716082320
They were and still are real
You can purchase a ball bearing firing crossbow right now if you feel like it

>>716058019
Only if you have the option to turn them off. Hiding your gear provides an advantage in PvP.

>>716077263
Polehammer is the sexiest and most powerful weapon.

>>716057527
Soul Calibur is ultra kino when it comes to its weapon designs. Pick whichever one tickles your innards the most, and you're off to the races.

>>716053803
can we just have fantasy without the jap shit

>>716084728
What were the advantage over just using bolts? Easier to find ammo since you could just load it with stones?

>>716066231
I love Edda and her giant ass sword that shoots explosions.

>>716082245
You absolutely can't go wrong with the Mirror Shield. Helps that the best fight in the game centers around it.

>>716050364 (OP)
Those look cool as fuck though

>>716051039
>What if you could talk to your weapon and have a deep, emotional connection as a part of a larger character driven story?
Shut your whore mouth, Zanpakutoh are kino

>>716084986
If westerners bothered to make good games or write good books or make good movies, we wouldn't be in this mess. Japan is the only place left to turn to for good fantasy.

>>716084986
Based
>>716085350
>Muh crapanese yellow fever makes me worship bottom of the barrel slop!!!!!

>>716051039
>story?
>nah, story is for women
You couldn't have possibly said something gayer if you tried.

>>716053803
Strangely enough, the overwhelming majority of the weaponry used in the Hobbit and LotR films are functional weapons while still looking cool.

>>716051039
But men love treating weapons as if they were people?

>>716050850
that looks fine?

>>716051039
>male making up imaginary woman to get mad at

>>716066231
I prefer slabs of concrete

>>716085112
No idea it's a playful thing I guess? It's the fusion of a slingshot and a crossbow if you think about it
Whatever you can do with a slingshot that thing can probably do better

Post examples of weapons that are both stylish and practical

>>716085987

>>716085350
Expedition 33 is the best fantasy game of the past 20 years.

>>716085987
>ornate handle
>cool triangular blade
>stabs really good

>>716085987

>>716051926
I just realized it's literally an elf with his ears stretched for the blades and their pointy skull used as a spear point.

>>716086423
Dude what? It's a fish.

>>716051039
lol womemes DO do this, truthgrenade.
>>716086135
lol schmidtitars are so peak
>>716086153
French are Latin, not western, like italy, spain, romania, moldova, latin america, portugal, latin africa, macau, east timor, etc

I'm a sucker for swords that are just flat hunks of rectangle in fantasy. In reality, I'm not really a fan of any sword but the sabre due to one that gets handed down in my family for generations since the civil war.

>>716076909
The coolest heavy weapon designs are ones where it's just a piece from a larger legendary monster. Case in point, >>716077549 Havel's Dragon Tooth.

My endgame swords HAVE to have meaningful engravings.

>>716085987
Europeans already perfected sword design with the saber.

>>716086965
>t.Monster Hunter player

Refute this

>>716087586
Sephiroth pls

>>716087586
Just because his name is Badguy doesn't mean he's a bad guy.

>>716085284
Yes, very much so. And weapons like them a great.

>>716087586
Dante and Vergil

>Popes used to gift you awesome ass sword and a hat for defending Christianity.
Catholicism is the most aesthetic religion there is.

>>716050364 (OP)
we're just going through an artistic cycle in video games.

It's happened over and over again in art throughout humanity.

Humans make thing. Get better at it. Make prettier thing. Get richer and more advanced, make more and more complicated thing. Eventually things get so ornate and over the top, some Nordic fuck comes along and says... what if we made it really simple again?

Everyone claps and cycle restarts.

>>716087987
Except the cycle has never restarted and people want simpler things and see grandiose and ornate as something wasteful and bourgeois. Case in point, fashion.

>>716088184

I like this thing

>>716086559
>French are Latin, not western, like italy, spain, romania, moldova, latin america, portugal, latin africa, macau, east timor, etc
If Latin isn't western then what is western? Anglo/Franco/Dutch?

>>716089267
same as white: Jews and germanic protestants.

>>716051039
>Zoomie hasnt played tales of destiny

>>716077284
He didn't say they didn't exist, he just said they were hideous.

>>716051112
I'm pretty sure the spear on the right gets hits on e621

>>716090306
...cause of all the ninjas, right?

>>716084335
>The literal nice guy uses it for the rest of the game so he doesn't actually have to hurt anyone with a real sword.

>>716090410

>>716055349
I like realitstic designs that become more ornate as you tier up, just adding engraving/patterns to the blade is a huge boost.
Fable actually had some of the best weapon designs.

The Sword of Aeons lives in my head rent free.

>>716056150
>his flail video where he purposefully holds it so that the ball isn't hanging from gravity just so he can complain about how awkward and unwieldly it is

>>716059173
Use a jet engine, pussy.

>>716051112
I literally own a double bit axe, anon.
They're good for when you need two different blade angles.

>>716091106
It's also nice for only fucking up half your axe when getting stump roots.

>>716051926

>>716091106
>Anon thinks he's a dwarf from lord of the rings
lole

>>716091106
Why the fuck would you want one side to be sharper than the other side that's retarded stop larping

>>716056390
The idea Luka could swing this monstrosity around as fast a regular short sword to pull off moves like Chaos Star is hilarious.

>>716091265
One edge for splitting, one edge for chopping.

>>716091265
>Why the fuck would you want one side to be sharper than the other
Because some people don't deserve to die clean.

>>716051039
>What if you could talk to your weapon and have a deep, emotional connection
I see zero issues with that.

>>716092045
>>716092048
Chopping axe for wounding the person, splitting axe for cutting the body up when you're finished.

>>716051112
4pbp, god I hate souls trannies so much

>>716090836
>Sword is just some dude T-posing for dominance.

>>716092249
There is a reason why it's called a "cruciform" sword, anon.

>>716054571
Play gladiator, he is better.
(why was the sequel so bad?)

>>716082320
>Was that a real thing
yeah
> or is it just the frog being retarded?
yeah, he swapped the crossbow ammo for the handgonne ammo pouch

>>716051112
trvke

>>716085987

>>716093771

>>716093873

>>716093954

>>716094034

>>716094104
Last one. There is much more stuff out there, but I dont have anymore that isnt samey, since I'm far more interested armor and clothing than weapons.

>>716094465

>>716050364 (OP)
>GRRRR FANTASY Swords with unique types and shapes never seen before is le bad because of muh realism despite a world of magic, goblins, pixie, elves and dozens of newly invented donut steel special snowflake races like d'e'eez'nutsov and xzzrqzx! tiny rural shithole medieval villages with the diversity of New York City and Hong Kong have only acheived with modern technology transport and globalism, INTERESTING LOOKING SWORDS are where I DRAW THE LINE!!!
>And the architecture yuck, now here are some historical real world examples of architecture and swords!!!
*Insert world's least notable boring generic swords and buildings that could be clipart they're that unnotable*
>MUUUUUUUUCH better, amirite???!!!
Every. Single. Time.

>>716067902
I think you misunderstood that image.

>>716094916
making the fantastical and imaginary boring and gay is called low fantasy btw

>>716051882
Bullets are smaller than axe.

For me the crazier it is the better

>>716074414
Far right looks like that one image of an internet argument where it's two guys firing autism beams at each other.

>>716095443
low fantasy is based, unlike high fantasy which these days is literally all completely gay & retarded

>>716053803

>>716097118
>absurd weapon designs
almost, fantastic, would you say?

>>716062363
>legendary mace
>its a fucking discoball attached to four vuvuzelas
>legendary pistol
>its willy wonka's flower teacup with a pistol grip
Are you being serious? I've never played gw2 but I'm laughing so hard I'm about to pee myself from these descriptions lol

>>716097551
>It's fantasy so everything has to look ridiculously over the top

>>716097679
>a whole other world in a different universe with mythical creatures, monsters and fantastic races can only look like dark ages europe, and all clothing, armor, and weapons has to be the dullest most boring ancient europe slop ever as well! nothing else, ever.

>>716057381
>>716059695
Peoples front of judea vs judean peoples front

>>716051039
bruh. men give their rifles girls name.

>>716056652
no

>tfw modern guns are lame and gay
Why hasn't anyone made a lion's mouth that shoots AK-47 bullets or some shit.

>>716099094
>Capitalistfags and Commiefags kicked out all the ancient muh heritage tribes and showoffy monarchies that would pump all their wealth into making everything needlessly pretty and gaudy
>Commiefags make everything functional, wanting to add decoration is reactionary, anti-revolutionary and bourgeoisie
>Capitalistfags want to pay as little to make shit as possible so if the coolest/most beautiful decoration aesthethics ever made 1 shareholder lose a penny that shit is getting canceled

>>716099368
grim

>Aesthetics is when you slap gold and mouths onto shit

>>716060191
>>716061409
>>716087987
>>716094916
It's clear that OP's gripe is specifically about weapons with ugly human faces on them and not just fantasy designs in general.

>>716099628
You just don't get it

I like when your weapons literally have faces and talk to you, with whole personalities and all. I makes you grow even more attached to them.
If I make a game then there's definitively going to be a demon in the shape of a sword that just wants to kill and that's why he is in the shape of a sword being used by you.

>>716097847
yeah

>>716099841
that sounds either annoying if it happens all the time, or pointless and forgettable if it doesn't happen all the time

>>716092142
source

>>716053449
nah its the steel sword from the same game

>>716078684
holy based

>>716097847
>there are monsters and magic, therefore everything is possible and nothing has to make sense
Fine, let's say dragons and magic are established parts of your setting and make sense within it. How does that excuse ridiculous and unwieldy weapon designs? What's your in-world explanation for how people can wield them or why they would opt to do so when more grounded designs would presumably be more practical, regardless of setting?
Obviously-impractical fantasy weapon designs are also just universally uglier than historical examples. Why would you want them in your games?

sword

>>716057143
I loled

>>716093448
Yea, but swords don't normally have their blade split into two legs too.
I like the sword of Aeons anon, don't worry.

>>716062363
bro wasnt kidding
looking thru thru weapon designs most of them look like jokes or novelties

>>716068661
Play better games.

>>716101507
I've found the only DD player that doesn't play as a little girl.

>>716050364 (OP)
reminded me that Swords Comic was a thing
https://swordscomic.com/comic/CMXXXII/

>>716078684
So fucking based

The apocrea combuster is also sick looking

>>716100063
It's not forgettable if it has a good enough and memorable personality.
Also it's not as used as a trope as it should be.

>>716051926
But what if Elf uses the axe?

>>716101857
>tranime
slop.

>game lets you throw cars
parry that

>>716101598
I cosplayed as Garland from FF1, while my pawn was the tallest female I could make, as Priscilla

>>716100634
ArtofJiJi

>>716101905
Ok dwarf tranny, what if elf use axe?

>>716071486
I have a game you should play.

>>716051112
Love me fat anime swords, but otherwise I'll take a one sided axe and simple spear any day of the week.

>>716051112
This. I hate the trend of making all RPG weapons impractical nonsense. Heaven forbid fantasy not be retarded.

>>716101507
I just got done playing a bit of Elden Ring and this is similar, but dogshit in comparison. Your guy isn't even flinching on those hits.

>>716051882
more like assfart gayfle

I love retarded fantasy swords

>>716068313
If you mean anthropomorphization like Upotte and GFL1 then that is based and the least of your concerns.
If you mean customization of real steel then those are usually replaceable components like grips. Also, bubbas do more irrecoverable damage to relics than animefags.

>>716103347
adventure quest is the shit

>>716056652
hmm... okay

ENTER

>>716103798
why did you post a drawing of OP's dildo???

>>716101507
>that miserably choppy hitstun
>enemy design is basically a joke
>enemies dealing no damage because of the ludicrously retarded way they handled defense in that game which is potentially playthrough-ruining
this looks so shit after doing a huge strength build in ds1/ds2/ds3, specially after remembering literally every 2h weapon has the same moveset and gimped because it can only select 3 skills

next time i play DD ill probably try strider/assassin

>>716051112
You're a good'n anon.

>>716103961
>hitstun
meant to write hitstop

>>716092221
what the actual fuck are you on about
Souls is literally THE game if you wanna go through the whole game with generic straight swords, generic greatswords, generic halberds, generic spears, generic axes, rapiers, daggers...
you use some of the weirder/crazier looking shit purely by choice

>>716101680
>combuster
its called a brandish nigga

god damn i wish the troikas didnt suck

Dynasty Warriors 4 and 5 had great weapon designs that felt relatively grounded and unique to each character's personality, even the "ultimate" weapons.

>>716104281
>level 1: brown sword
:|
>level 11: yellow sword
:O

>>716103798
ENTER
>>716104165
I think that anon has just never played video games

>>716050364 (OP)
how do you even beat people with this thing?

>>716056981
big weapons are for characters who are also big and thicc.

It absorbs power and Yuri Lowenthal. A nice simple design that still looks cool.
https://youtu.be/mFfrnpM3TdU?si=SriA5mM5FUDG-vNF

>>716051926
Seen any elves? AHAHHAA

>>716051926
Doing the work of the Divine anon keep it up.

>>716103169
Thinking Elden Ring has good combat or weapon animations makes your opinion objectively invalid.

>>716103961
>that miserably choppy hitstun
Another fromdrone with shit taste.
>slop
You're a third worlder and your opinions don't matter.

>>716050364 (OP)
One of my favorite games on the PS2 yet the best weapons in the game (that you will need for the Bonus Chapter) do this. The best Hammer for Max is a neon blue square hammer with a big face on it, and the best sword for Monica is a literal surfboard. The game has quite a few great weapons designs and they all go by the wayside for these ugly weapons. It sucks.

Reminds me of one of my favorite games. Best sword is a giant popsicle looking thing (pic related)

>>716106238
You flip the blade.

I LOVE GIANT MAGICAL SWORDS

>>716111129
They should be bigger than their wielders.

>>716053803
you can have fantasy but just make it not be lame as fuck

>>716050364 (OP)
Which way, sci-fi swordman?

>>716115850
Vibrating. It's like beam saber, but less gay.

>>716115905
let me understand you: the long vibrating shaft is "less gay"

>>716115850
Sci-fi sword made using some super cool method that's made out of a special material.

>>716115850
laser rapier

>>716116067
N-no! It's like Raiden or Sam's sword you know!?

>>716050364 (OP)
sovl

>>716050364 (OP)
>Implying Wuuthrad is an ugly design

I want elves to leave

>>716117032
That's an ugly design.

>>716117117
It's only ugly because it bears the visage of an elf.

Yes I am basic. I wanted a real forged one of these so bad in 8th grade

>>716051039
>What if your weapon could watch tv with you?

>>716117208
The elf is the only good part of the design

>>716076909
Grond! Grond! Grond! Grond!

>>716050364 (OP)
guy on the right looks like the remarkable rocket from the 1975 cartoon of the same name

>>716101507
.webm not related?

>>716116152

>>716115905
kek

>>716062862
6, 9 and 12. the rest is dogshit.

>>716101598
>doesn't play as a little girl
what about a BIG GIRL___________

>>716051281
you first

>>716056981
thicker weapons are worse at cutting

>>716051281
This is cool if you're 12

>>716117032
I just realized the elf is depicted as basedjack. Average nord beta behaviour.