@stoy@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 6 months agoWhat do you think is the coolest designed sci-fi gun?message-square103fedilinkarrow-up1110file-text
arrow-up1110message-squareWhat do you think is the coolest designed sci-fi gun?@stoy@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 6 months agomessage-square103fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@stoy@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilink1•6 months agoThe BFG exists in several versions: The original from Doom 1993 is just a rectantular box with a weird handle, the sides of the box is covered with techno pixelart, but nothing striking. The Doom 64 version is very similar to the 1993 version. The BFG in Doom 3 has a profile of a weird space potato: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/BFG9000/Doom_3?file=BFG9000-BP.jpg The ingame model is more like a rectantular box, but with an updated case: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/BFG9000/Doom_3?file=Bfg3 In Doom 2016 is has a better styling, with an actual grip, it now actually looks like a gun! In Doom Eternal it looks great, if a bit generic, but not bad. The BFG does exist in Quake II and Quake 3 Arena, but the design is just terrible. So while I like your enthusiasm, I don’t share your oppinion on the design of the BFG series.
I’m noticing a distinct lack of BFG
The BFG exists in several versions:
The original from Doom 1993 is just a rectantular box with a weird handle, the sides of the box is covered with techno pixelart, but nothing striking.
The Doom 64 version is very similar to the 1993 version.
The BFG in Doom 3 has a profile of a weird space potato: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/BFG9000/Doom_3?file=BFG9000-BP.jpg
The ingame model is more like a rectantular box, but with an updated case: https://doom.fandom.com/wiki/BFG9000/Doom_3?file=Bfg3
In Doom 2016 is has a better styling, with an actual grip, it now actually looks like a gun!
In Doom Eternal it looks great, if a bit generic, but not bad.
The BFG does exist in Quake II and Quake 3 Arena, but the design is just terrible.
So while I like your enthusiasm, I don’t share your oppinion on the design of the BFG series.