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Magical guns: What're my options?

yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
edited December 2008 in Games and Technology
Being the crazy guy that I am, I find myself tempted by the idea of magic guns.

Now, they do not need to be truly magical. Status effects and elemental damage are what I'm after here. If it shoots regular bullets magically, it's also out.

What I've played that fits the bill:
Monster Hunter 2 Freedom
Bioshock
Mass Effect

I'd like to avoid JRPGs if possible. Looking for real-time, direct control, ideally. Further, if the game has some kind of crafting/modifying system so I can make my own willy-nilly(like the enchanting in Elder Scrolls, though that doesn't apply here since it lacks guns), that's a big bonus.

So, any ideas?

EDIT: I should've mentioned this...I have a DS, PSP, 360, Wii, and access to the PS2 and oXbox. No PS3, no gaming computer.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Shadowrun?

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Resistance has some pretty freaking "out there" guns. Technically they're still guns though.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Impersonator wrote: »
    Shadowrun?

    Which? One of the old ones, or the 360 flop?

    ...Does the 360 flop even have bots?

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    yalborap wrote: »
    Impersonator wrote: »
    Shadowrun?

    Which? One of the old ones, or the 360 flop?

    ...Does the 360 flop even have bots?

    The 360 one. I have no idea about the bots but I guess someone must still be playing it... right? :P

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus

    Hellgate: London

    Seriously. Not the greatest games, but yeah.

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  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Devil Summoner: RK vs SA has magic bullets that go in your regular gun.

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  • YoshuaYoshua Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Arcanum? I guess the guns aren't technically magical, but it's a steampunk world so you have magic and technology together (sort of).

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Didn't Clive Barker's Undying have at least 1 magical gun?

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Renzo wrote: »
    Didn't Clive Barker's Undying have at least 1 magical gun?

    Yeah, and lots of cool spells too.

    Darn, just being reminded of that makes me want to re-install again.

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  • SmashismSmashism Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yoshua wrote: »
    Arcanum? I guess the guns aren't technically magical, but it's a steampunk world so you have magic and technology together (sort of).

    Oh shit, I was just about to say Arcanum.

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  • chasehatesbearschasehatesbears Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Painkiller had some crazy guns, though I can't remember if any were "magical".

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  • VerrVerr Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Serious Sam II has a magical pistol gun.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Parasite Eve 1. Guns do status effects and you directly control Aya.

    You can also have a pistol with a 30 round magazine. that's gotta be a little magical.

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  • Black IceBlack Ice Charlotte, NCRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    subedii wrote: »
    Resistance has some pretty freaking "out there" guns. Technically they're still guns though.

    What do you have in mind? The only one that comes to mine is the Auger and maybe the Bullseye (shooting a homing target your bullets follow is sadistic, once you get to thinking about it).


    I have to say Metroid Prime 1. Shoot something with your fire beam, it's set ablaze. Shoot a Metroid with an ice beam and it's frozen in a block of ice, then you can break it into a hundred pieces with a missile. I guess an arm cannon technically isn't a gun, though...

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    FFXII, I think.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    negima volume 18?

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  • MightyMighty Omeganaut '15 '16 '17 NebraskaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    chasehatesbears wrote: »
    Painkiller had some crazy guns, though I can't remember if any were "magical".

    shurikens and lightning + tits and on fire.

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The Darkness? Although I don't quite think that fits the bill here

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  • EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Arcanum is a game that should not be missed regardless, that game was full of awesome in the same way Baldurs Gate was.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Fable 2 I guess? I haven't played it but I'm sure you can enchant guns in it

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_and_Dangerous_(video_game)
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    Landshark gun.

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  • BroodBrood Registered User new member
    edited December 2008
    Final Fantasy Tactics had those guns that shot spells instead.

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  • Arch Guru XXArch Guru XX Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Prey had some pretty unusual guns - not magical, but weird alien organics; some of them were at least partially alive as I recall. You can download the demo for free.

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  • TzenTzen Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
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    Possibly the lamest shit Square has ever designed. Decent game, though.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Wheel of Time game.

    http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time_(video_game)

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  • ElementalorElementalor Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I hear the second Gungrave game isn't bad?

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Arch Guru XX wrote: »
    Prey had some pretty unusual guns - not magical, but weird alien organics; some of them were at least partially alive as I recall. You can download the demo for free.

    Most of the weapons are pretty normal with their looks being the only unusual thing.

    Ratchet and Clank?

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  • RingmasterRingmaster Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ...

    Devil May Cry?

    Oh and i guess.. FF7 has editable guns.. kinda..

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ... The wheel of time game had magic guns? Sounds really Cannon...
    Also gunblades were around before playstatons so shut up they are awesome

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  • zilozilo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Heretic/Hexen? Old but good, and available on Steam.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Couscous wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_and_Dangerous_(video_game)
    Landsharkand.jpg
    Landshark gun.

    Nearly a full page before this was posted.

    Also:

    Strangers Wrath.

    And

    Mass Effect has no magical guns. All shoot conventional projectiles. Real the lore people!

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    MGS4 has special ammunition that makes the target experience an intense emotion. So you can make a guard break down crying, or go blind with rage and attack a nearby guard, or whatever.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    MGS4 has special ammunition that makes the target experience an intense emotion. So you can make a guard break down crying, or go blind with rage and attack a nearby guard, or whatever.

    Yeah but it also had guns powered by sunlight so you know, anything goes.

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  • TVs_FrankTVs_Frank Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    You said you didn't want JRPGs, but I'm going to say Anachronox anyway because it's great.

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  • GibbGibb Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The Darkness? I mean, you got regular guns, but you also have demon arms.

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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_and_Dangerous_(video_game)
    Landsharkand.jpg
    Landshark gun.

    Nearly a full page before this was posted.

    Also:

    Strangers Wrath.

    And

    Mass Effect has no magical guns. All shoot conventional projectiles. Real the lore people!

    The point isn't the source, it's the final effect; Mass Effect let me set people on fire, irradiate them, freeze them, and so on with my rounds. Whether it's done by magic or sci-fi tech does not matter much to me.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ...well it should. ):

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    MGS4 has special ammunition that makes the target experience an intense emotion. So you can make a guard break down crying, or go blind with rage and attack a nearby guard, or whatever.

    Yeah but it also had guns powered by sunlight so you know, anything goes.

    Yeah but effects-wise it's not very "magical." It's basically just a really good tranq gun.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Gibb wrote: »
    The Darkness? I mean, you got regular guns, but you also have demon arms.

    And demon guns.

    Yeah, Stranger's Wrath is a good choice. Good game, fun and funny guns.

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    RubberAC wrote: »
    ... The wheel of time game had magic guns? Sounds really Cannon...
    Also gunblades were around before playstatons so shut up they are awesome

    Well I mean they were ter'angreal and it was sort of just a shooter. They were magical, maybe not guns in the strictest sense of the word, but they still shot magic projectiles.

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