Here's another scifi gun trope that bothers me. kzitem.infoT-GJ7aPNYFA?feature=share
@jordancambridge4106
Жыл бұрын
If you think they look bad then that is a you issue and not the gun itself because what makes you think your opinion fact when the vast majority of people never question the looks at all proving your opinion wrong. So maybe you just have shitty sci fi ideas instead of understanding reality. Why do you hate reality?
@thevisitor8906
Жыл бұрын
Some guns are made to be recognizable and iconic, such as the needler from Halo While others are made to be aesthetically pleasing and satisfying to use… such as the needler from Halo
@boomtube7732
Жыл бұрын
God I love the Needler... Halo has some of my favorite sci-fi weapons: The Beam Rifle, Fuel Rod Cannon, Spartan Laser, they're all so distinctive and fun to use!
@RemmiCat
Жыл бұрын
Hehe its an armor piece now
@chestermicgun
Жыл бұрын
My favorite sci fi gun
@CoolVictor2002
Жыл бұрын
I think his favorite weapon is the needler 🤪
@Pyroholiday
Жыл бұрын
Covenant carbine
@Fuerto203
Жыл бұрын
I can think of 3 reasons 1: If Sci-Fi went for more practical designs, then they would end up looking too much like modern day guns and different franchises would get similar designs for their weapons. 2: It can be part of the storytelling in designing weapons with a specific purpose in the setting. A cool weapon designed to be underslung your arm and fired with one hand for space ship boarding is cooler and better story telling than just giving your space pirates a conventional smg for example. 3: Rule of cool
@bruvance
Жыл бұрын
Half of them aren't even remotely cool
@deltathetraveler5541
Жыл бұрын
@@bruvance That's your opinion and I personally love the BFG.
@MrJHM007
Жыл бұрын
There is also, at least in cases where aliens are very different from humans, that the gun is not designed for human hands. How would the gun look like, if the owner has 3 arms, with 3 fingers on each, or just a mess of tentacles?
@ORLY911
Жыл бұрын
also we don't know how compact energy based weapons would actually look like until we actually make them, as is, the best we got are lasers the size of a room. Developments in ballistic tech can also drastically change and impact how a gun looks. So until then, make the guns have unique silhouettes and visual features to enrich visual and gameplay experience.
@MrJHM007
Жыл бұрын
@@ORLY911 there will be some similarities in the same way a flintlock has a compareable form to a modern pistol. Things like a way to hold it, aim it and fire it will be likely have the same, functional design.
@plumdowner1941
Жыл бұрын
Mass Effect, collapsing into tiny boxes aside, actually has some decent sci-fi weapon designs. One barrel for conventional ammunition (as conventional a tiny piece of metal accelerated by space magic anyway) and a second for certain weapon based abilities characters can have like a high impact round that knocks a person over. But the actual shape is quite conventional, though the designs for various races in the galaxy do have their own cultural flair to keep things from being bland.
@bru9383
Жыл бұрын
Damn straight
@AbdefFable1
Жыл бұрын
The weapons being able to collapse for easy storage is actually a point in their favor. And I wouldn't say it's space magic since most the weapons are either 21st century ones (the grenade/rocket launcher, snipers and literally a nuke attached to a rocket launcher) or just rail guns operating similar to present day guns
@AbdefFable1
Жыл бұрын
Also the heat sink in ME1 was better than having to find ammunition all the time in later games👌🏽
@StarFreighterPilotGothJesus
7 ай бұрын
The fmg9 collapses into a little box, there's actually a few guns that collapse into themselves
@thinkingboi9508
Жыл бұрын
My guess is that most of these guns were designed by artists, not actual weapon designers. If i remember correctly most of Killzone's vehicles and weapons were made by actual vehicle and weapon designers, and both the Helghast and ISA's assault rifles are one of the coolest looking ones i've ever seen.
@xkavarsmith9322
Жыл бұрын
Dang, that explains so much about the feel of realism in Killzone. I just have one quirk, and that is the choice of sidearms. The ISA should have the semiautomatic because it's cheap, more futuristic and easy to mass produce, and the Helghast needs the revolver because it prioritizes their philosophy of firepower, accuracy, resource conservation and fetishization of past glory. Six shots, six kills.
@user-3550
2 ай бұрын
What if they put some research in modern firearms design to kinda predict our future gun designs
@foxglow6798
Жыл бұрын
The UNSC’s firearms are pretty realistic considering the threat they’re up against
@shadoeboi212
Жыл бұрын
Halo 1 hand gun doesn't have sights
@starhammer5247
Жыл бұрын
@@shadoeboi212No, it does. The ODST pistol is the same gun, the magnum, it just had the smart link scope removed. The magnum used by Spartans have smart links which do the aiming for them as it links with their helmets.
@shadoeboi212
Жыл бұрын
@@starhammer5247 in halo 1 the magnum handed to by captain keys on the bridge is specifically his duty pistol meaning he could not have used the smartlink effectively making it have no sights. also if you look at it it cant have any front iron as underneath the smart link module it is flat in the original model and the remake model. the ODST variant having irons is a definitional retcon
@starhammer5247
Жыл бұрын
@@shadoeboi212 Or the developers didn't think people would be that anal about the details. Or the iron sights are hidden underneath the shroud. Or you're looking too deeply concerning a game design thing that the developers can't be fucked to make multiple variants of. Do you really think they'd make, model and code a second magnum model just to add a small and unimportant detail? Besides, this shit was in the book that came out before the game. That and Halo 2 also had the magnum without the smart scope, it had a full set of iron sights.
@Whiskey-cr9dq
Жыл бұрын
@@shadoeboi212 every UNSC service member has a neural link installed when they begin their service that’s probably what gives them a cross hair or smth idk
@Zafer258
Жыл бұрын
Id say they were designed to look cool, but not to function. And now, what looks cool, needs to be functional too.
@mikabelanger4239
Жыл бұрын
Man basically summoned up Ork thinking from Warhammer 40k
@TheSpeep
Жыл бұрын
Fantasy swords suffer from this too. Specifically spikes, spikes everywhere, all the spikes. Pointless spikes, spikes thatd get stuck while cutting, spikes on the guard, spikes on the handle, SPIKES!
@ekamandalaputra5517
Жыл бұрын
@@TheSpeep it would be suck if i use it
@spookzer16
Жыл бұрын
@@TheSpeep And sometimes spikes that would literally jab into you if you used the weapon!
@solomonexpress2445
Жыл бұрын
These look lame though
@Waldemarvonanhalt
Жыл бұрын
Only sci-fi guns I've seen keeping things simple are the blasters in Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1988 OVA. No weird oversized pistols or rifles. Pretty sleek and well-proportioned.
@titan1umtitan
Жыл бұрын
If you’d count it, I think titanfall keeps things realistic, but has that futuristic technology to it
@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072
9 ай бұрын
But what about my boi M14A Class Pulse Rifle?? Can't overlook Aliens ;-;
@puddel9079
Жыл бұрын
Mike Pondsmith actually had to give a very pointed explanation about how CDPR should make the guns for Cyberpunk 2077. Apparently they hadn't considered that practical mechanical efficiency endowed that dangerous quality to the weapons.
@MadM0nte
Жыл бұрын
MP is per usual very based.
@octoberwildsmoke9065
Жыл бұрын
Dangerous? What's dangerous?
@chucklefuck
Жыл бұрын
@@octoberwildsmoke9065 Weapons that look like they actually work can be more intimidating than flashy impractical ones
@Ghost_Text
Жыл бұрын
@@chucklefuck a more noisy cricket facade.
@carso1500
Жыл бұрын
@@chucklefuck why?
@Aerowind
Жыл бұрын
A non trivial amount are also going to be existing gun designs with shit bolted on to them. Because of this, it's always going to be bigger than the starting weapon. Like I have an airsoft gun and if you unscrew all of the sci-fi parts on it there's just an M4 hiding underneath it.
@infernaldaedra
Жыл бұрын
That's how star wars did it they just took WW2 guns and sawed them up and glued pieces of sci-fi to them
@KoeSeer
Жыл бұрын
that's basically majority of star wars gun. bunch of ww2 prop guns with weird attachments.
@jxblades716
Жыл бұрын
@@KoeSeer solos Mauser or officer pistol i forget is the most notible
@skiddle-e-dewyour-mums-a-j8752
Жыл бұрын
@@infernaldaedra I remember realizing that after I installed the outer rim mod for blade and sorcery and took a closer look at the guns
@InvictusByz
Жыл бұрын
I encountered this concept in a block-based warship building/fighting game called From the Depths. The more I learned about effective design, the more my designs naturally drew closer and closer to modern warships.
@tubeyou222100
Жыл бұрын
I feel that Hollywood is ignorant of firearms and they have no idea how to design something that they hold in contempt.
@InvictusByz
Жыл бұрын
@@tubeyou222100 That's probably gonna be part of it, but not everyone in hollywood is gun-averse. If that were the entire story start to finish, then we wouldn't have any movies or tv depicting guns well, or any particularly great sci-fi weapons. Star Wars has some pretty good weapons IMO, and Stargate had a pretty overt love affair with the P90.
@red_phoenix0570
Жыл бұрын
this is something I've thought about a lot since I'm kinda working on a game of my own right now. for futuristic guns, I think the design principle I will use is to base the guns off of modern ones but do a bunch of changes to one. for instance, I've currently got 2 in the works. one that uses a similar to the p90 body, with a side-inserted p90 magazine for a more bulpup design, and probably with recoil being transmitted downward in the same fashion as a vector. I also have been brainstorming a ar-style rifle with two integrated mag wells. one bulpup mag well for rifle rounds (using a heavily curves magazine that sort of curves to the bottom of the rear grip) and the second forward one for another caliber, or more likely 12 gauge buckshot, magazine fed. another I haven't given a ton of thought to yet would be a heavy caliber semi auto sniper rifle, with internal tube magazine similar to a shotgun tube mag or old lever action rifle. (yes these designs are weird but they will be wielded by a combat robot)
@shoelessbandit1581
Жыл бұрын
Honestly Hollywood needs to go back to bolting random parts onto existing guns like in starwars or aliens.
@alecratterree9576
Жыл бұрын
Except everyone bitched about it when they did that for Andor
@shoelessbandit1581
Жыл бұрын
@@alecratterree9576 you mean the under folder aks that were barely modified? They had much better examples in rogue one and the mandalorian
@alecratterree9576
Жыл бұрын
@@shoelessbandit1581 you say that as if the E-11 wasn’t literally just a sterling or the DLT wasn’t literally just a Mg 34 it’s honestly not the worst one
@shoelessbandit1581
Жыл бұрын
@@alecratterree9576 yeah it's a sterling with random crap bolted on almost like it's peak sci-fi weapons or some shit. The pulse rifle from alien is just a Thompson and it's amazing
@TheWITE-FOX
Жыл бұрын
Lol those are the two movies I immediately thought of
@lampshade6579
Жыл бұрын
I'm a semi-freelance artist. And a lot of indie devs higher me to assist with art design. I usually design things more connected to gameplay, and weapons are a big part of that. Like how swords in media are usually very impractical and just sorta look cool. We also do that for guns. But the problem is guns are a mechanism, not a stagnant shape like swords or spears. So when we design a gun just to look menacing, it's usually way easier to notice the flaws on how it could never work in real life. Usually we have to design 20 - 100 weapons depending on the scale. And making the process take longer to make weapons look more practical just lengthens the process by quite a lot for something most people won't care about.
@pacifistminigun3987
Жыл бұрын
Very good point
@W1ldSm1le
Жыл бұрын
Guns with very few exceptions are a static layout though. Unless the shape of a human body changes radically having all the controls usable with the right hand and a comfortable spot for the left hand is pretty standard. The only real change is ammunition/mechanism forward or behind the right hand while shouldered.
@newbienoobframebyframe4108
Жыл бұрын
Most people are morons. Stop making things for "most people" thats where your fuckin it up... Least common denominator bullshit is horrible for entertainment especially.
@Nuhbuddys
Жыл бұрын
Hey.. So.. I've wanted to design weapons for video games since video games were a thing. Can you tell me a little more, please? Are you designing them in a program like Blender or drawing with pencil and paper? Where do you go to get ... I guess people request certain styles, sci fi, medieval, steampunk, straight up modern military ... or do you just create a bunch of different weapons and let people choose? I really would LOVE to draw guns all day... I've made quite a few I'm proud of.. The Egyptian flamethrower. The Bazookling Hook. A napalm-filled toilet paper roll launcher.. The list goes on. I figure... if NO job I have is going to pay a decent wage, might as well do something I want to do.
@lampshade6579
Жыл бұрын
@@Nuhbuddys 1.) I do sketch mock ups with a drawing tablet on my computer, then begin making the art/model/sprite really whatever the game needs. You can really deign them in whatever medium you want, but I think most fined it easiest to at least sketch it out first. 2.) I'm assuming you mean where do I go to find jobs? Well I started by looking for online job applications, and also advertised with social media and on other platforms. Then just did whatever job I got, but lately my networking has been paying off. So I usually have specific studios/people contact me requesting to do work with them. 3.) Those all sound like very fun ideas, and passion is the first and most important step in mastering anything. Keep going at it, and keep pushing yourself with new concepts and ideas you find challenging. 4.) Yeah that's a good view point to tackle it from, I do it cuz I made a challenge for myself to get really good at drawing in a month. But then I just kept going, and now I'm a very fast and skilled worker. But do whatever you want to do, and find what your strengths and weaknesses are. And you'll do great. Good Luck with your passion.
@Townes888
Жыл бұрын
Bruh assault rifle from fallout 4 looks like an airship more than a gun
@Postaldude2003
4 ай бұрын
It looks like a ww1 machine gun was raped by the guns from Wolfenstein
@drunkonsuccess779
Жыл бұрын
I always figured it was because we were incapable of knowing why they were made weirdly, there had to be some futuristic purpose that we couldn't comprehend because we are behind those in the sci-fi situations.
@jemerage8885
5 ай бұрын
This makes more sense to me.
@Weed_Dante
Жыл бұрын
Titanfall is the best example for good sci-fi guns imo. Because the guns look and work like something that would exist in the future
@stonewilson3337
Жыл бұрын
Titanfall is the best example of a game. Period.
@Weed_Dante
Жыл бұрын
@@stonewilson3337 definitely
@davidcenturion961
Жыл бұрын
P2020= Glock with ammo count
@__sanchez2094
Жыл бұрын
@@stonewilson3337 the only correct opinion
@Madara8989
Жыл бұрын
Mass Effect 1 was a stellar example of realistic sci-fi weapons. They looked like evolutions of modern weapons, but utilized the in-universe sci-fi tech to give it advantages over the real variant. The main change in design being how "bullets" worked. Instead of using small cases filled with explosives to propel projectiles; they miniaturized and harnessed the tech from the mass effect relays to instead fire small metal shavings at relativistic speeds. Instead of loading a gun with a magazine that holds XX amount of bullets, the gun would be loaded with a small chunk of inert metal that would have pieces of it shaved off and launched out the barrel.
@danielbickford3458
Жыл бұрын
I would have assumed that it's a combination of rule of cool and the very high likelihood that a lot of these gun designers haven't held anything more violent than a Nerf gun.
@rokkfel4999
Жыл бұрын
Not just that but also creativity people will call out some guns for looking to real or looking to much like a gun in real life
@filiformis
Жыл бұрын
And sometimes the gun props that show up in science fiction are literally painted Nerf guns.
@RockyPixel
Жыл бұрын
@@filiformis the Longshot is particularly popular for that.
@WallNutBreaker524
Жыл бұрын
I think it's just rule of cool, considering were talking about a bunch of game devs working for big companies, and they're based in America, with the countrys SECOND AMENDMENT. Nerf gun my ass.
@naamadossantossilva4736
Жыл бұрын
@@WallNutBreaker524 Most artists are from leftist areas,like California.They don't tend to learn much about guns.
@FRISHR
Жыл бұрын
Because they’re gonna sell it as toys for children so it can’t be too realistic.
@lplayerjohnny9778
Жыл бұрын
Tbh, I personally think that scifi guns look good if they make sense based on their functionality. For example, The pulse rifle from alien. Sure it has a lot of exterior bulk but in the end its basically just a fixed underbarrel weapon mounted on a normal assault rifle with a carryhandle. The magazine is placed well, all those work well, if you just sit at it and look at it from a technical standpoint and can clearly follow why everything is where it is then its a good design. If it is just supposed to look weird then its not well designed.
@fluffywolfo3663
Жыл бұрын
my favorite sci-fi gun(s) would be the M41A1 Pulse Rifle from Aliens... and everything from Titanfall 2. Sure, there's some missteps, like the M41A1's impossible magazine capacity, but almost all of these guns make _sense_ in a way few do. For example, the pulse rifle works because it's sort of a caricature of gun trends of the time - the way rifles had shifted into something more SMG-adjacent, the grenade launcher, the laughably small caseless ammo...
@ezragoldberg3132
Жыл бұрын
That sound of the Pulse Rifle... Amazing!
@GunNr-
Жыл бұрын
And the concept of the pulse rifle is not completely outside reality. Case less ammo do exist. Where the sci-fi comes in is making it work without exploding
@zacheryeckard3051
Жыл бұрын
@@GunNr- Or fizzling.
@fluffywolfo3663
Жыл бұрын
@@GunNr- I've seen artwork and prop versions of M41a1 ammo, it actually doesn't look that different from G11 ammo lol
@_GenericAmerican
Жыл бұрын
The C.A.R., Flatline, and L-STAR are my 3 favorite looking weapons on Titanfall 2.
@khango6138
Жыл бұрын
I think the problem is that we humans have pretty much perfected the design of small arms to fit a humanoid soldier's ergonomics. These weird scifi guns are bad ergonomically because they're still meant to be used by a humanoid soldier/space marine/starship trooper. But, I haven't seen too many fire arms made to fit alien warriors that aren't humanoids (Mass Effect has some nice ones for the non-humanoid aliens). From scifi novels, my favourite arms and equipments so far belong to the uplifted Portiids from Adria Tchaikovsky's "Children of Time".
@deadchivalry1698
Жыл бұрын
I was about to suggest Mass Effect as a good example. There are some very ergonomic weapons and there are some not so good ones. But the not good ones tend to be designed for aliens and so make sense within the context of the story.
@SorakuFett
Жыл бұрын
@@deadchivalry1698 Yeah, you can tell the alien ones with grips that are big and awkward in a five-fingered hand but would work well in the multitude of three-fingered races' hands.
@thatguyinthecorner4648
Жыл бұрын
Mass Effect is a funny example because in spite of that it does also have giant scary turtle men who will occasionally menace you with a human pistol clearly too small for them. Not enough to be cartoonish but it does look kind of silly in a "this guy could definitely find a better tool for him" sort of way
@christiangibson2733
Жыл бұрын
It's funny because it makes the cricket from men in black a top tier weapon
@Tango_Hendrix
Жыл бұрын
The Atlas .45 could work pretty good, I'd think.
@beastamer1990s
Жыл бұрын
It's to imply technology that is beyond our understanding. It's not "impractical" it's "necessary to it's unknowable function"
@nef36
Жыл бұрын
The best way to make a sci fi gun is to decide on a feature/firing mechanic that wouldn't work/be impractical IRL (plasma, railguns/coilguns, etc), or decide on some kind of limitation, and try and figure out how people would build such a gun under such conditions. While also making it look memorable and aesthetically pleasing. F*ck.
@KevinC2793
Жыл бұрын
just use the Star Wars cheat and glue greebles on real guns 🤷♂️
@ashleyhamman
Жыл бұрын
I feel like the Tribes universe made decent use of it, with the "Spinfusor" weapon type.
@KevinC2793
Жыл бұрын
@@ashleyhamman spinfusors are unique but suffer from the issue that there is literally no reason to use them over traditional weaponry.
@ashleyhamman
Жыл бұрын
@@KevinC2793 I see advantages them, but they would hardly be a go-to outside of one specific role. I do think a weapon that fires an unguided explosive charge on a nearly flat trajectory and is relatively easy to carry would be quite desirable in rural warfare though. Mortars require teams, rocket launchers and recoilless rifles are bulky and heavy, and ATGMs require keeping aimed at a target. It's unclear to me if spinfusors have any anti-armor capability, but it seems like an obvious weapon to attack unarmored vehicles and lightly armored APCs and IFVs with.
@chronictimewasterdisease
Жыл бұрын
we did, invent rail guns tho, it's just that they are the size of trebuchets, like real life real guns are almost as tall as a house, but on the other hand when they fire what you end up with is pretty much a re-usable nuke, there's also the fact that the power consumption of that beast is comparable to a particle accelerator
@shijin8947
Жыл бұрын
I will say, the titanfall universe has some of my favorite firearms mostly because they just look like future versions of what we have now, i tend to really enjoy the more pratical firearm designs in sci-fi that the creaters put just a flourish of quirkiness into
@AlienSliker
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, titanfalls gun design beats real life sometimes
@fluffywolfo3663
Жыл бұрын
Concur'd. They gotta have at least some quirkiness (like how Titanfall has an entire family of guns that's basically the Vector + the Remington ACR) so they feel distinct, otherwise it's like... "can't I just buy this at the store?"
@letssuperfuntime
Жыл бұрын
My people.
@nepi7847
Жыл бұрын
I'd say that Respawn entretainment nailed it with titanfall's (and later apex's) firearm design, they're plausible but look futuristic, and you can see repeating patterns on guns that are manufactured by the same in-universe companies
@jemerage8885
5 ай бұрын
Why does it need to be plausible if it's science... FICTION?
@elishafollet5347
5 ай бұрын
@@jemerage8885its just cool to see something in fiction that actually could be plausible some times y'know, at least in my personal opinion that is.
@keithmelon428
Жыл бұрын
some of the guns from Advanced Warfare were pretty cool and looked at least practical. My favorite were the two rifles that had built-in 3d printers that would print out ready to fire rounds.
@JustABaptistApoligist
Жыл бұрын
I think the AUG and FAMAS are great examples of this
@Lancersilva
Жыл бұрын
Although the problem with them is that they’re bullpups which have a myriad of issues (mostly ergonomics, but even then people who hate bullpups like the Aug). But they are a step in the right direction for being advanced looking and practical. I think they would be more popular when caseless ammunition is at a point where it’s readily available.
@JustABaptistApoligist
Жыл бұрын
@@Lancersilva I think so too, as well as mechanical optimisation for their firing mechanism
@byron2FZ
Жыл бұрын
F2000 as well. Given Bungie basically accidentally copied its silhouette for Halo.
@Lancersilva
Жыл бұрын
@@byron2FZ I still find that fact hilarious
@starhammer5247
Жыл бұрын
@@byron2FZCompletely unintentional and accidental plagiarism. That shit's just funny.
@Demonskunk
Жыл бұрын
In order to make a gun look ‘scifi’ you need to break it from reality, and breaking it from reality ends up either making it look stupid or like a toy unless you do it *Juuuust right* And that’s a hard act to pull off.
@MrDoggoCraft
Жыл бұрын
And then you have star wars Just strap bits of plastic to ww2 guns
@chadmann2724
Жыл бұрын
Fusionfall did a great job with Numbah Five’s ive cream pistols. Like a really great job.
@axe-tq2wn
4 күн бұрын
BFG
@vchris8913
6 күн бұрын
So they dont look average
@ninjakoule9878
Жыл бұрын
there is a book series in my language, where the main characters straight up print alien weapons to look like AKs
@justindunlap1235
Жыл бұрын
I could honestly see that, we've became a spacefaring race but we still want the gun were used to
@Cracker_Smacker
Жыл бұрын
Well if we can make weapon shoot plasma i'm sure they'll make it shape like AK
@stoneklint3191
Жыл бұрын
which book
@ls0l4ce
Жыл бұрын
I really like the guns from Warframe since they are basically a modern equivalent of primitive weaponry. Not to mention the fact that some are made from the material of a Warframe steel like flesh
@JustABaptistApoligist
Жыл бұрын
A fellow warframe player, tell me what is your favourite gun in game?
@ls0l4ce
Жыл бұрын
@@JustABaptistApoligist Hard choice... I'm between my Ninkondi Prime and my Zaw Nikana.
@JustABaptistApoligist
Жыл бұрын
@@ls0l4ce nice, my personal favorite is either the fulmin or quellor
@ls0l4ce
Жыл бұрын
@@JustABaptistApoligist Understandably so, both good weapons with the right build. I have mine with rivens so they're always my trusty backup tools.
@harrogeorge7878
Жыл бұрын
I love the cedo, it’s my favourite warframe weapon and is a bulky shotgun made for the chunky boi Lavos. It’s effectively a “Saw” the classic machine gun but with a thicker barrel. I specify that machine gun because of the dinner place magazine in the same place as the saw launcher.
@SpartanJoe193
24 күн бұрын
California
@TheFunniBaconMan
Ай бұрын
As a gun enthusiast/geek, I love when a Sci-fi setting has believable weaponry. One of the reasons I like "Aliens".
@Paul-A01
Жыл бұрын
Sci fi gun designs peaked with the Nerf Longshot
@thelasthunter7906
Жыл бұрын
I still personally love the look of the Atlas .45, as its just super aesthetically pleasing to me in a way I cannot describe
@opticloki4750
Жыл бұрын
Plus built in fore grip as the mag
@micahsmith2066
Жыл бұрын
It kinda tickles that Kriss Vector part of the brain
@CelicaSNC
Жыл бұрын
@@opticloki4750 the mag well actually. Like seriously. The mag well itself is a built in foregrip and counter weight
@opticloki4750
Жыл бұрын
@@CelicaSNC it was implied
@Drbeattles
Жыл бұрын
tbh its not that stupid. with exos the front heaviness could be mitigated and by having the mag in front of the grip you could use double stack mags without making the grip awkward to hold. as double stack 45s are very wide and is part of the reason for mass adoption of 9mm
@solidaridadjusticia1438
3 ай бұрын
And multiple theories like Star Trek and Star Wars. There's one phase arrival. The one was to eat the 1 that I guess kind of it's in Picard or whatever it feels like it could be a future soon future. Some form of railgun sniper Real guns Don't always fit in a Sci-Fi franchise. But in a series like star wars etc Depending on how their presented it could work very well Like the AK in andor I have been at least mentally Designing a bullp blaster rifle that would be used by my own faction in the Star wars universe It takes multiple design Parts from Different weapons in real life like the AUG etc It just depends on the setting of the weapon. Not that it doesn't fit. It's just that it doesn't fit in sci fi It Just doesn't fit in your sci fi setting
@Sloaky634
3 ай бұрын
Honestly, my favorite Sci-fi weapon designs are real guns with sci-fi shit slapped onto them. Like most guns in The Expanse.
@venerablebrothergoriate5844
Жыл бұрын
That’s why I really like guns like the USMC’s armory in Aliens. You’re not left wondering which part is which. Everything on those guns is pretty self-evident as to what it’s there for
@AntonioZL
Жыл бұрын
My favorite sci-fi weapon is the Standard Issue Pulse Rifle from Half-Life. It has the perfect blend of alien technology and recognizable bits.
@callsignapollo_
Жыл бұрын
My favorite part about the AR2 pulse rifle is that it was apparently designed as a combine flaregun for the cut borealis chapter that wouldve been in the arctic at night. They kept the original animations and just made not a single-shot. If you fire one shot and reload, thats the original animation sequence
@mjr2451
3 ай бұрын
Hey, if you made longform content, I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who would watch the hell out of it.
@dangr1007
4 ай бұрын
Halo does the best sci fi gun designs ngl
@JonnesTT
Жыл бұрын
I'd wager it's because they're purely playing with imagery. Like... when a child paints a house. Noone asked them to make their guns realistic until recently. So they didn't even though about it.
@TheAngryAsianAnimations
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. For example if you design a good looking gun that can make bullets from a triple A battery (fictional of course) that design couldn't be translated into real life because its ergonomics would center around it not having any excess weight. Same with thigns like guns that don't need a barrel to be accurate. Or a gun that relies on smart fire. It can still look/be cool if the design actually makes sense for the science of the fiction. But then it can't translate to the real world because that science no longer exists. Scifi guns usually look bad because they are designed explicitly to look outlandish and by people who don't understand guns. It's also why guns in less outlandish scifi like Halo will look better because they are designed to be more in line with real guns and less out there.
@panmopsel
4 ай бұрын
Reminds me of xcom2, sci fi guns look good and believable
@Nemesisthecreator
4 ай бұрын
Mods destroy him
@michael9449
Жыл бұрын
Gotta remember most sci-fi guns go for identifiable and practical making it look like it could work in that world but not irl
@g4fly4ever8
Жыл бұрын
I think it would be to emulate how if you showed a modern rifle to a 1700s Musketeers it would look very weird
@elishafollet5347
5 ай бұрын
Y'know what would be cool? A gun hybrid between a laser gun a regular gun and a rail gun! It would be as if a lasgun and an autogun had a baby and that baby grew up and had its own baby with a rail gun, then you can shoot lasers, switch settings and shoot regular bullets, but then switch setting again to shoot what ever chunk of metal you can shove into it 😀
@aether6381
5 ай бұрын
I’ve always thought of it as power scaling. Now that we actually live when we can see a bit of what this future will be like, if a sci-fi gun was what it should be which would be like a gun with an A.I. targeting system and a barrel that can micro-adjust to make up for your shit aim, that’s not very acceptable in a show where your characters need to live after the first bullet is fired from a gun like this.
@tellg0t090
Жыл бұрын
there's also the fact it's probably not a one to one switch there might be different design requirements when building a plasma or laser weapon (or whatever other random projectile) so it doesn't fully make sense to base it 100 percent of existing guns
@kashmerlangston545
Жыл бұрын
What was wrong with the Atlas .45? Just a front-loaded pistol.
@muscalay7516
5 ай бұрын
That’s why star wars guns are timeless. Because they were built on the real deal.
@knitejax659
5 ай бұрын
The last two pictures looked good change my mind
@robertharris6092
Жыл бұрын
The "magazine" youd see in a plasma rifle would likely be a battery. So it can be placed pretty much anywhere on the gun.
@Joshua_N-A
Жыл бұрын
Isn't plasma supposed to be a superheated neutral gas?
@TheR3d3mpti0n
Жыл бұрын
@Joshua N. Ajang then it'll be a canister placed anywhere in the gun
@anothernerd6464
Жыл бұрын
Aha, I present you with the storm bolter. Compact semi automatic rocket launcher, designed to be wielded by the children of demigods (and sometimes nuns)
@kellmalleus5825
Жыл бұрын
Thank the Emperor somebody said it before I had to. Well done, Imperial citizen.
@blumoon131
5 ай бұрын
I always figured it was one part recognition and one part not wanting to be sued by real gun manufacturers for making something that infringes too close to a real world design.
@QupQup724
5 ай бұрын
Atlas 45 was gold
@nekobyoneko444
Жыл бұрын
Personally I feel the most solid designs are those that either went out of fashion due to material strengths vs cartridge power (i.e.. top break revolvers) and those that are modified for new uses like the halo shotgun. The designs need functional purpose not just "cool shape". I especially love designs that feasible could work just no one wants to make them because non superhuman or augmented people would get their ass kicked by the gun. The KS-23 is a good example, mostly lower power riot and utility rounds because 4 gauge hurts.
@dimasakbar7668
Жыл бұрын
Warhammer 40K: make em CHONK and slap some skull onto it.
@Homie_Creeper_19
Жыл бұрын
If we have enough time and money, we could easily replicate bolt rifles/bolters. They’re basically obese assault rifles mixed with grenade launchers
@platinumchromee3191
Жыл бұрын
Bolter essentially shoots jet-propelled redbull can sized rocket
@StarFreighterPilotGothJesus
7 ай бұрын
Then there's star wars using almost exclusively WWII era German weapons with custom furniture for most of their on screen blasters 🤣
@FuzDoesStuff
7 ай бұрын
I made a funny sci-fi revolver that works like the Dardick model revolver
@NicholasUmstead
Жыл бұрын
Fallouts laser weaponry looks somewhat user friendly, most futuristic guns look so strange to me but something about that laser rifle speaks to me lol
@BlackSabbath628
Жыл бұрын
Which Fallout laser weapons? I'd agree with you if you were talking about the Wattz 1000, but not for the AEP7 or AER9 series which are the standard in the Bethesda games. And of course there's the infamous Institute laser weapons.
@Excalibur01
Жыл бұрын
It's because the people who develop these guns as props or even in games are NOT gun people
@ileeee69
Жыл бұрын
Or it's just for entertainment purpose, they are made to look fun and interesting for a simple bread-eatter not to be functional, same with any other "fantasy-something" designs, also there are more and less realistic ideas in fiction
@potatoheadpokemario1931
7 ай бұрын
In Fallout 1 and 2 the energy weapons have the same graphic as the regular weapons
@timthorson52
8 ай бұрын
A good design has to justify each piece on the weapon, its shape, each piece of metal, or other material needs to serve a function. Usually they just tack on ectra stuff to guns. Ideally they should be subtracting. In a sci fi energy weapon, they dont need to follow modern magazine shape limitations, the feed system shouldnt exist, if they want to reshape the gun so it doesn't point the same way modern firas do where you grip it at about 90 degrees from where the bullet goes, it needs to make sense and be equal if not more efficient than modern techniques. Future improvements will probably shrink down the sighting system rather than expand it.
@Cosmic.Orphan
9 ай бұрын
Whats the piston shown
@qui-gontimtherandomraptor1072
9 ай бұрын
BRUH WHERE IS MY BOI M14A PULSE RIFLE
@anandvijay4103
10 ай бұрын
don't create a gun in human way create a alien way
@amanraogupte5807
11 ай бұрын
Why do aliens look ugly and scary, because people love to see them ugly and scary
@ProtocolAbyss
11 ай бұрын
The only Sci-Guns, that I know of, that also don’t look ridiculous are the ones from Halo.
@Nooner301
Жыл бұрын
i think its less of the designers trying to make something affective but make something iconic, and recognizable to fans. So they can be like “Woah that looks like ____ from ___”
@purplephoenix9958
Жыл бұрын
Wrong. Halo guns look pretty awesome, Gears of War, too 🤣
@noyoucantsaythat
Жыл бұрын
It's because most designertards working on sci fi have never held a gun in real life.
@bubbagrump
Жыл бұрын
I think fallout does sci fi well, except the big box guns
@georgemakrov6174
Жыл бұрын
Actually if there can be an "accurate" sci-fi weapon design it would be a weapon which doesn't have to account for recoil and/or cartriges since it would fire plasna or lasers so basically no need for a barrel but instead a battery somewhere or, even more sci-fi, a tiny engine on the gun.
@ickunmatze
Жыл бұрын
have you seen guns in Warframe? there's plenty good looking ones.
@LDPofclan935
Жыл бұрын
Was that last pistol from CoD Advanced Warfare?
@ichibancrab
Жыл бұрын
i think the Atlas .45 is a bad example of a bad design, becaues its really not bad its sortof just like a mini pcc
@anotherrandomcommenter4473
Жыл бұрын
I’m sure it’s also because film makers know very little about gun anatomy and ergonomics. I’m sure that future guns won’t really change as far as appearance (unless California somehow takes over the world and pistol grips are universally banned). If they want convincing sci fi guns, find something already existing with some unique innovation and expand upon it. Take the AK-107 for example - on the outside it looks like a regular AK-74, but on the inside, it has a recoil counterbalancing system giving it _almost no recoil_ despite being a bullet hose.
@natogotbandzz4310
Жыл бұрын
Well the atlas 45 would work with modern technology i mean there a firearms that work like it but i don’t really remember the name of that gun its kinda one of those extremely obscure guns that only like a handful of them exist
@moshpitmachine
Жыл бұрын
Hell to determine the usability of scifi guns just check out calico arms and their crack baby kel tec. Seriously I'm pretty sure that every design came from a team of guys who railed a line of coke. "listen llisten listen..... Did you hear that? Any way we need to bullpup everything. Just everything's a bullpup. That pump action? Add another Magazine and a switch to jump between tubes. You I want a folding 556 with a bipod for a hand guard. You, make me the ugliest pistol caliber carbine in existence, yes uglier than high point, then make it function flawlessly. "
@gordito11ful
Жыл бұрын
And then we have dr who, where more than half of the guns used are G36, even on the year 200000
@gw840
Жыл бұрын
They look cool
@bogdangrogg4612
Жыл бұрын
The FN F2000 is the proof of his theory.
@blablabla798
Жыл бұрын
that's why the Mastodon from Oceanic is so good. It's so realistic, that a Kalashnikov ripped off their design!
@erikchilders
Жыл бұрын
I think it's fun to base sci fi guns on real world prototypes
@mechredd
Жыл бұрын
The Umarex Brodax BB revolver and TR50 paint/pepper ball revolver both have a very cool yet realistic sci-fi look to them. Paint them to look more like metal and less like plastic, and you'll have a great looking yet cheap movie prop.
@lloydhoxworth9164
Жыл бұрын
The default pistol and shotgun in Halo reach look fine even tho it's scifi
@kriegsmandeathrider3583
Жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece
@harya7517
Жыл бұрын
Me: "It's only shoot bullet, no need to..." Sci-fi designer: "Cool, lets put a toaster on top of it!"
@saulgarcia9770
Жыл бұрын
What about titanfall/ Apex guns ?
@donchon7580
Жыл бұрын
How many sci fi guns are just painted and moded nerf guns?
@kailenmitchell8571
Жыл бұрын
The REAL question is why so so many sci fi guns look AWESOME?
@shaderdaemon5971
Жыл бұрын
He needs to reveiw halo-
@fishii8237
Жыл бұрын
I like how guns like the P90 and vector are still used in scifi movies
@romemedina4712
Жыл бұрын
Legit immersion into the style of the story. If they're something out of our imagination the design should be as well. Theoretically working weapon designs that leave you staring at the weapon in minor shock are the best.
@steamtraveler
Жыл бұрын
Star wars straight up using WW1 and WW2 weapons as blasters
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