History BFG / VideoGames

[[caption-width-right:300:Really makes you wonder what's the laser sight for, eh?]]

** From ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'', we have the Ion Cannon from Handsome Jackpot DLC. Similar to ''1'' 's Eridian Cannon in function, a fully charged Ion Cannon can decimate regular enemies even if they are armored and/or shielded, make short work of the [[DemonicSpiders Anointed enemies]], and can take big chunks out of a boss's lifebar with [[UpToEleven 1 to 5 million points in damage]] with the right builds. Unfortunately it was nerfed in a hotfix by having its ammo use go from 2 per shot to 7 per shot.

** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' takes this [[UpToEleven a step further]] with the BFG-10000, [[WaveMotionGun a colossal planetary defense cannon that sends gigantic shockwaves in all directions whenever it fires]]. It's basically the original BFG-9000 attached to a giant chassis, with its already insane base firepower upscaled several thousand times to the point that it can punch a hole though a ''planet''. Poor Mars gets the treatment during Doomguy's pursuit of the final Hell Priest. Conveniently, the BFG-9000 is then ripped out and once again added to his arsenal.

* ''Videogame/{{DRL}}'', unsurprisingly, features the good ol' [=BFG9000=] as well - but it doesn't end there, [[UpToEleven upping the ante]] with VideoGame/QuakeII's [=BFG10K=], a nuclear (self-recharging) [=BFG9000=], the [=VBFG9000=] and finally tops it up with the ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin biggest f***ing gun]]''.

** The Harbinger/Supernova from ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked''. Apparently Dreadzone, the evil game show the eponymous hero gets kidnapped by, felt that the '''RYNO''' guns were ''too sissy'', and design a gun that calls ''[[SlowLaser laser beams]]'' down from space like it's the damn wrath of god, and can be upgraded [[UpToEleven 99 times.]]

** With enough skill points, you can unlock the gun size modifier cheat in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]''. Which makes the already humongous guns ''[[UpToEleven even bigger]].''

** The classes in ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' are all iterations on the classes featured in its [[VideoGameRemake predecessor]]. As such, the aforementioned "Heavy" class returns as the "Grenadier," only this time rather than carrying light machine guns and rocket launchers, they are equipped with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin grenade launchers]] and what are essentially [[GatlingGood gatling guns]], making this effectively a case of UpToEleven. More than that, the "Shen's Last Gift" DLC introduced [="SPARKs"=] which are essentially an evolution of Enemy Within's MEC Troopers, both of which carry ''very'' large automatic weapons.

** Mods for this game take this trope to an art form. Look at ''VideoGame/FrackinUniverse'' for instance; it features such delights like the Polaris (fires homing/bouncing projectiles and can be upgraded into the more powerful Singularity), the Micro-Rocket Launcher (rapidly fires several homing rockets and can be upgraded into the Micro-Rocket Cannon), the Hailstrike (basically a laser mini-gun) and the Atom Smasher (a massive laser cannon that, when fully upgraded, practically melts through both enemy and scenery alike). Some of these weapons actually slap a speed debuff on the player due to how huge they are.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rage}}'' by Id Software has not so much a single shot BFG, but a round that can be used by the last weapon in the game, the Authority Pulse Cannon, which in and of itself is a plasma mini-gun. You have to charge the shot, but when you let it fly, anything that is not a big mutant becomes paste. The description claims that it is an unstable form of plasma.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' started out by giving Dante a revolver grenade launcher to play with, along with an energy shooting...thing, which covered his entire forearm. This was only a taste of the silliness that would come along later.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' really got into the swing of things, throwing Dante a colossal Lahti [=L-39=] anti-tank rifle called Spiral. There's also Lady's BFG, Kalina Ann: a rocket launcher with a rather large bayonet attached. It's about as big as she is, and yet she can not only lift it, but somehow whip it out in time to ''stick the bayonet in a wall'' after being dropped off a tower. It returns in ''Videogame/DevilMayCry5'', as a hidden weapon in one of the levels. If Dante finds it by the climax of the game (where Nico gives him a replica of the weapon), he gains the "Double Kalina Ann", which is him dual-wielding two rocket launchers that come with the ability to [[ComboRifle join together]] to fire off a massive laser.

** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'' really got into the swing of things, throwing Dante a colossal Lahti [=L-39=] anti-tank rifle called Spiral. There's also Lady's BFG, Kalina Ann: a rocket launcher with a rather large bayonet attached. It's about as big as she is, and yet she can not only lift it, but somehow whip it out in time to ''stick the bayonet in a wall'' after being dropped off a tower. It returns in ''Videogame/DevilMayCry5'', as a hidden weapon in one of the levels. If Dante finds it by the climax of the game (where Nico gives him a replica of the weapon), he gains the "Double Kalina Ann", which is him dual-wielding two rocket launchers that come with the ability to [[ComboRifle join together]] to fire off a massive laser.
** In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', Dante sports the Pandora, a suitcase which can transform, among other things, into a bazooka, a stationary laser turret and a flying craft equipped with roughly twenty rocket launchers, all of which fire at once. Nero, meanwhile, has a carbine-sized HandCannon which can be powered up to fire timed-delayed high explosive bullets.

** [[ICallItVera Sasha]], the Heavy Weapons Guy's [[GatlingGood minigun]], weighs 150 kg and fires up to 2,400 $200 rounds per minute. It has a "sister", Natascha, and several other variants, the most monstrous of which is appropriately called The Brass Beast.

** The Engineer's philosophy is "Use a gun. And if that don't work, [[MoreDakka use more gun.]]" He's a sissy by this page's standards though, because he sets up his combination rocket-launcher/double minigun as a turret.

** The only templar who cannot carry a BFG is [[CombatMedic the paladin]], who is restricted to a [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe sword and shield]]. TheCaptain and TheBerserker both get to choose whether or not to carry a BFG (the former can elect a sword and shield, the latter can select a [[AnAxetoGrind two-handed battle axe]]). Every other templar carries one.

** In ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' the BFG returns, and is [[OneHitPolykill now so powerful it might as well be called the 'Big Fuck-off Gun', since it will ensure that every demon in the general direction to ''fuck off from existence.'']] [[spoiler:Also, it is used to finish off the final boss]]. It also has most of the regular guns be pretty big boys too. For example, the Heavy Assault Rifle fires .50 BMG rounds, which are usually used in light machine guns, and the [[MagneticWeapons Gauss Cannon]] is the size of another person, and comes in SniperRifle and PlasmaCannon flavours.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Enclave}}'', this DarkFantasy action adventure has a pair of {{Secret Character}}s that would be more at home in a sci-fi setting, 9320 Battle Droid and Feticia. Both these characters carry a gigantic gun that fires high-explosive rockets that will easily kill most enemies.

* ''Videogame/DeepRockGalactic'' often implies the armaments the dwarves are packing are more than a little oversized for non-dwarves. The Gunner takes it especially far, with a HandCannon for a sidearm and whose options for main armaments are a massive [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] and an anti-materiel autocannon you'd probably see on an armored vehicle.

** Mods for this game take this trope to an art form. Look at ''VideoGame/FrackinUniverse'' for instance; it features such delights like the Polaris (fires homing/bouncing projectiles and can be upgraded into the more powerful Singularity), the Micro-Rocket Launcher (rapidly fires several homing rockets and can be upgraded into the Micro-Rocket Cannon), the Hailstrike (basically a laser mini-gun) and the Atom Smasher (a massive laser cannon that, when when fully upgraded, practically melts through both enemy and scenery alike). Some of these weapons actually slap a speed debuff on the player due to how huge they are.

** Mods for this game take this trope to an art form. Look at ''VideoGame/FrackinUniverse'' for instance; it features such delights like the Polaris (fires homing/bouncing projetiles and can be upgraded into the more powerful Singularity), the Micro-Rocket Launcher (rapidly fires several homing rockets and can be upgraded into the Micro-Rocket Cannon), the Hailstrike (basically a laser mini-gun) and the Atom Smasher (a massive laser cannon that, when when fully upgraded, practically melts through both enemy and scenery alike). Some of these weapons actually slap a speed debuff on the player due to how huge they are.

* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' offers players a handful of [=BFG=]s to play around with, such as the Ex Machina (a rocket launcher that fires homing missiles), the Tesla's Wrath (a Tesla's Coil as a sniper rifle) and the Lazercaster (fires a laser beam at the enemy).

** Mods for this game take this trope to an art form. Look at ''VideoGame/FrackinUniverse'' for instance; it features such delights as the Polaris (fires homing/bouncing projetiles and can be upgraded into the more powerful Singularity), the Micro-Rocket Launcher (rapidly fires several homing rockets and can be upgraded into the Micro-Rocket Cannon), the Hailstrike (basically a laser mini-gun) and the Atom Smasher (a massive laser cannon that, when when fully upgraded, practically melts through both enemy and scenery alike). Some of these weapons actually slap a speed debuff on the player due to how huge they are.

* During the fight against Gulp in ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'', he has a big double energy canon on his back.

* Chris Stone in ''VideoGame/FreedomFighters'' can wield a [[http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg07-e.htm Kalashnikov PK-74 machinegun]] like a normal assault rifle.