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Considered one of the most frequent and controversial implements of destruction in video games and real life, guns are devices that fire projectiles with explosive force.
Whether it's worn for protection or style, helmets appear in various game genres.
The bread and butter of any self respecting archer, the bow is a stereotypical ranged weapon of olden times and fantasy settings.
A pistol is a very basic hand-held side arm, usually used in case of low ammo or tricky situations. They have appeared in many types of games.
A length of exceptionally sharp metal with a handle, used for centuries as the go-to killing device for the human race. It's dead simple: you stick the pointy end in the thing you want to die. Or you could always slash them with the equally sharp sides. That works too.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
A weapon that launches rockets.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
Many games have ammo. In some, you can design your own. Ammo is put in a weapon and fired as a projectile.
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