/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6041017
>shotguns are useless
Quake doesn't give you the generosity that Doom has where excess pellets keep going if less than all of them were needed to kill a monster, with that in mind, the regular Shotgun is also not your shotgun tier weapon, so to say.
The Shotgun is your pistol tier weapon, and it actually has a lot going for it in that regard, it fires fast, it has a spread, but a tight one, so it's actually rather decent at medium to long ranges, you can find yourself outranging a monster and you can just plink away at him with your Shotgun, and works faster on him than you'd think, given the tight spread. Ammo is also plentiful, too.
The Super Shotgun has the really wide spread that Doom accustoms you to, which has its uses, for one it can be used to fight two enemies who are side by side, it can be used for more easily fighting the leaping Fiend demons up close, and it can actually be used to fight Shamblers with some ease, if you have a good corner/pillar and know how to bait his melee strikes, it doesn't have quite the same power as in Doom, with the lack of overpenetration, but it does still pack a punch at close ranges, and is pretty fast.

>nailgun are useless
The base Nailgun isn't a lot to cheer about, but it's something, the Super Nailgun does double damage and sounds like thunder, this is one of the best weapons for fighting Shamblers with, particularly with Quad Damage, high DPS and no resistance.

>now the grenade launcher is useless
The Grenade Launcher is pretty pitiful given it's impotent range, but it's more just a tool for you to dispatch of zombies with. You get the Rocket Launcher later, which is basically like Doom's, range, high rate of fire, and power, except you can rocket jump and aim freely.
Mind Shamblers take half damage from explosives, so save this ammo for other beasts.

Also make sure to exploit any Quad Damage as much as you can, if you run out of enemies, hurry to find more so you can kill them before the powerup runs out

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>>4683275
that shambler is really flabby