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Pic related is mine, the dragonslayer from berserk. I like it because it's simple. It's just a big fucking sword, no fancy bells and whistles like enchantments or spells.

Second runner-up is sting from lord of the rings, I like that it glows blue when orcs are around and it can be used in the dark as a light source.

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

Bleach had (has? I hear it's back on again now) some really great ones. Basically every weapon has multiple forms where it gets cooler and cooler, often culminating in a battlefield filling sentient monster.

Abarai Renji has Zabimaru, a hooked whip sword that transforms into a flying bone dragon.

Kuchiki Byakuya has Senbonzakura, which looks just like a normal katana but its special form scatters into thousands of tiny blades which are only visible as cherry blossom petals blowing in the wind from the light glinting off them.

Ichigo, since he's the protagonist, has an extra special sword that gets smaller instead of bigger in its special form, which concentrates his power and makes him extremely fast and strong. It's normally like Cloud's sword but shrinks down to become like Sephiroth's but all black.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Unicorn-type strategic entity nuclear lifeform

It's a bioengineered organism that shoots nuclear beams at cosmic horrors

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[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I kinda liked the Galaxy Eater from the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. The implication was that it had the capacity to erase whole galaxies from time, but it never got used it because it developed a conscious. It judged anyone who tried, manipulating them psychologically and temporally.

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[–] soiejo@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Crescent Rose from RWBY is the most unecessary, extra, impractical weapon i've seen and I can't help but love it for that.

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[–] CrackBurger@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

The daddy sword

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago
[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I like the sword Blackrazor from White Plume Mountain, which has some similarities to Elric's Stormbinger

https://www.ultanya.com/2015/08/throwback-thursday-blackrazor.html

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Cool dnd weapon

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Dragon is so derpy looking I love it.

[–] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

the gauntlets in the original Heretic had cool visuals and sound effects, I also liked how the main character from the Seirei no Moribito anime always had her trusty large spear, I recall that show had some nice nature backdrops too btw

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

the gauntlets in the original Heretic had cool visuals and sound effects

Damn that game was hard, hexen was tough too

[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That man-portable Gatling gun with an integrated shoulder-fired rocket launcher from the Flash game Combat Instinct 3.

It just has this over-the-top early 2000s sci-fi games feel to it, pay no mind to how unwieldy and cumbersome a weapon like this would actually be, let alone without a futuristic full-body exo suit.

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