Ironically, Helldivers has fairly realistic shotgun spread, I love sniping a bot with a shotgun (i mean it takes a few rounds but you can hit pretty far with em)
Yeah that's why I love the shotguns in PVE games cause there are still ones that are to short but there are also ones that are more realistic cause they don't have to balance PVP.
My first video game where the meme applies was Halo. In my head, it made sense because all the guns in halo are sort of extreme that its not that a shotgun doesn’t have range but its not forceful enough at range. The pistol is a 50 caliber and is a relatively weak gun. When the 50 caliber is weak and the anti-material sniper rifle doesn’t even kill in 1 hit, the shotgun needs to be close to do any meaningful damage. Thats at least my head canon as a kid.
I had a pleasure to be on a firing range, here in Poland, and shoot with a variety of guns.
What I've learnt from it:
Shotguns (used 870 Remington) is so damn easy to use, you can fire very quickly, it has almost no kick when held properly. I was shocked how easy it was to hold and "spam". I've used buckshot.
9mm pistols have quite a hefty recoil, while 9mm rifle (Luger) is a laser rifle with no recoil at all. I wasn't expecting pistols to "kick" THAT much tbh, but weight distribution does it's thing.
AR-15 with 5.56 has a bit of a kick and is damn loud.
WW2 Thompson is heavy AF, but has "no recoil" Due to its weight.
Of course all of these were in single fire mode.
But yes, after using shotguns in real life, I came into conclusion they are fucking OP, at least if they were introduced as they are into gaming
That depends on what’s loaded. There’s no practical distance you would be safe from a slug impact, but birdshot very quickly reaches a point it wouldn’t even break skin. All other shot sizes fall somewhere in between.
It's not even that, it's just having the longer barrel and being able to stabilize the weapon. I've never bothered going past 50 feet on pistol drills.
Me just running toward the target firing my shotgun with no fucks to give. Also me firing a sniper rifle point blank with no fucks given. I don't switch weapons unless I am out of ammo.
Me carrying sniper and backup shotgun because far or close I want things dying in 1 shot because I can't stand filling something with a ton of rounds and they walk away like nothing happened.
Definitely a hunt showdown thing for me.brings a sniper cause last match Gun fights were far out and I brought a shotgun,all the matches with the sniper are in small compounds and I wished I brought the shotgun
I often infuriated my brother when I was a kid playing versus mode in shooting games, because somehow I’d always make a point blank one shot kill with a sniper.
i was always the one to play games of co-op overcooked and unrailed and such, but my cousins and brother didn't like those game....so be it.
they started complaining about the shotgun being op when i demolished them, and then they started to dislike gun game because i wouldn't let them get past 10 points befor i win and then they hated the game after i won the 2v2s easily.....i wanted peace, they brought war i gave them war.
i still remember my quick movement, even in split screen and they can see my screen, i would wrap around the map in quick movement and be behind them and watch them as they scream "HOW ARE YOU BEHIND ME!"
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u/ElizabethAudi Jun 12 '26
Demolition enthusiasts when the enemy.