History CoolSword / VideoGames

** Dracula's Void Sword from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2''. [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally]].

* ''VideoGame/CogenSwordOfRewind'': is a {{black|SwordsAreBetter}} [[TalkingWeapon talking]] {{BFS}} that's MadeOfIndestructium and can [[TimeRewindMechanic rewind time]].

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Lloyd gets not one, but TWO of these. One of them was his birth father's sword, which is essentially a [[ImpossiblyCoolWeapon flaming butcher knife.]] The other was his adopted father's sword, which was made of ice and could slice through rock.
** They even got their own names, as the flaming butcher knife is the Flamberge and the rock-slicing ice sword is the Vorpal Sword, both of which are very badass names.
** And then Lloyd can [[BifurcatedWeapon combine the two]] into a [[{{BFS}} bigass purple sword as big as himself]] which he then [[LimitBreak slams the ground with, killing anything that isn't a boss.]]
** Yuan from the same game gets an honorable mention for having a swallow blade (a double-ended sword) that's [[{{BFS}} as long as he is tall]].

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Keyblades in general, which are [[CoolKey part key]], part sword. A mystical superpowered weapon granting superstrength and reflexes on absurd levels as well as being able to open and close routes between parallel universes.
** Plus [[ClingyMacguffin it can (almost) never be stolen]], you can store it in HammerSpace if you don't need it, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer you can use it to solve nearly any puzzle you come across]]... Plus you can, you know, use it to open locks and stuff or to cut apart skyscrapers. It also seems to be a bit of a swiss army weapon; The Keyblade can apparently change form. The OptionalBoss of Kingdom Hearts II has been seen turning his keyblade into a [[EpicFlail flail]], a bow, a [[CoolBike hoverbike-glider]], and a ''[[WaveMotionGun cannon]]''.

* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' has both the eponymous sword and its EvilCounterpart, the Soul Edge.
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Soul Reaver, in both of its incarnations.
* Sinclair from ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting 3'' wields a scimitar.
** As does Siba from ''VideoGame/FightersMegamix''

** [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Excellence Lightning's]] Dimension Slasher
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is chock full of them, mostly of a BFS variety. One character uses MindOverMatter to wield her sword, but is not described doing that with other objects, so it is assumedly just with her blade.
* Just check out any epic weapon in an MMORPG. RuleOfCool seems to be how everyone wants to fight. There are even things like axes with spikes and skulls randomly strewn on it. Or for a sword example, [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Thunderfury]], a sword longer than yourself that has random lightning jolts on it plus some... unique... cutting edges.
** If we're going to mention axes and cool weapons... ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Arcanite Reaper HOOOO!]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':

** For [[{{BFS}} sheer size]], we have [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=40343/armageddon armageddon]].

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' offers many options for the [[http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Weapon_Customization#Broadsword broadsword]], [[http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Weapon_Customization#Katanas katana]], and [[http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Weapon_Customization#Dual_Blades dual blades]] melee powersets.
* Nobody else thinks the Dragon Sword and the Dark Dragon Blade from ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' are cool?
* [[{{Samurai}} Kamui's]] Tamayorihime in ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'', a sword that can cut through ether (Elemental substance) without damaging the physical body.
* The Silver Sword of Gith, from ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''. The average Silver Sword is capable of lopping heads and arms off with ease, shearing right through most materials, in addition to astral projections and is litterally made out of a constantly shifting blade of liquid silver. And that is the average silver sword carried by a Githyanki Knight. The Silver Sword of Gith is the blade of the FOUNDER of the Githyanki, known for being so bloodthirsty that she actually had to be stopped by her most loyal retainer when she started picking fights with everyone. This is also bypassing the fact that it's a shattered weapon, held together by the very power of your character's mind, with a list of beneficial properties that outpreforms everything other individual magic item in the game.
* Dak'kon's ''Karach'' blade from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'': made of pure elemental chaos and shaped by [[EmpathicWeapon the wielder's will]], a character who's studied it claims that, with the right mindset behind it, it could cut holes in reality...or kill an immortal.
* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' had the memorable Liliacor, an intelligent sword that was AxCrazy whose best advice on getting rich is to kill someone rich and loot the body. Repeatedly. It also protected you from confusion spells....
** Then there's Carsomyr, the paladins-only Holy Avenger sword you recover from the lair of a notorious dragon and which comes with a list of bonuses and anti-magic abilities as long as your arm.
* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'', Soma can obtain the Sword in the Stone... ''while it's still in the stone!'', but there is the Claimh Solais. It's huger, shinier, faster, holier... One of the rare examples where the InfinityPlusOneSword sucks compared to some other weapon.
** Also, from the same game (and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''), the [[GameBreaker Crissagrim/Valmanway]]. A sword made of wind, anyone?
* In ''VideoGame/{{Legaia}}: Duel Saga'', there are some very cool swords. Some are on fire (sorta), none of them are sentient, but at least half of the main character's many blades are just kickass and very original in design. Wish I could find some pics of them online for proof...
* In the campaign for ''Hordes of the Underdark'', an expansion pack for the original ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'', you might stumble upon a talking longsword named Enseric. Be ready for a fight though if you plan on freeing him...
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' gives the Scottish cyclops Demoman an unlockable sword, the [[PunnyName Eyelander]]. It decapitates foes, and changes your health and speed based on how many people you kill, because it's haunted.
** Some other swords have since been added to the game, mostly for the demoman, though the Eyelander remains the most iconic.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** Boethiah, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of Plots, is typically depicted as wielding a cool sword in her female statues. (Boethiah's [[GenderBender male form]] statues instead wield a massive battle axe.) Boethiah is also associated with the [[LegendaryWeapon artifact sword]] Goldbrand, a [[FlamingSword fire enchanted]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] that is usually one of the best one-handed swords in the games where it appears. In ''Morrowind'', it can be further upgraded ([[GuideDangIt if you know how]]) into Eltonbrand, very much an InfinityPlusOneSword.
** Umbra is another artifact sword which [[YourSoulIsMine traps the souls of its victims]], and is usually one of the most powerful bladed weapons in the games in which it appears. It is also an EmpathicWeapon which slowly takes over its wielder, until they become a BloodKnight calling themselves "Umbra". Either the wielder keeps slaying worthy foes and taking more souls for the sword, or the wielder is slain and the sword finds a new, stronger wielder. (Thankfully, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation nothing bad happens]] to the PlayerCharacter if he/she wields Umbra.)
** Dawnbreaker is an artifact sword associated with Meridia, a FallenAngel Daedric Prince with an [[KnightTemplar extreme hatred]] for anything undead. It has a [[PowerGlows glowing "core"]] and makes any undead it slays ''explode'' in a fiery HolyHandGrenade fashion which damages any other nearby undead.
** Basic, unenchanted [[FantasyMetals ebony and Daedric]] qualify. Ebony is theorized to be the petrified blood of the [[GodIsDead "dead" creator god, Lorkhan]], and is one of the best crafting materials available. Ebony weapons are often quite simple-but-elegant in design, and are black with yellow/gold trim. Daedric weapons are ebony infused with the souls of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]], and are usually the highest tier crafting material available. Daedric weapons are are grey-black with red trim and add on a more-than-healthy amount of SpikesOfVillainy.
** [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation Bound blades]] are glowing ethereal weapons made of pure magic that can be conjured at will and typically have stats comparable to Daedric swords.
** The NationalWeapon of the Cyrodiilic Empires has long been the Imperial Sword, the primary weapon of the [[BadassArmy Imperial Legion]]. Though very simple, it has been used to forge no fewer than three Empires in Tamriellic history. It is based on the Roman Gladius, though in practice and appearance, comes closer to the Roman Spatha instead.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', a character highly skilled in [[ItemCrafting Smithing and Enchanting]] can easily create their own with whatever effects he or she desires. A Dragonbone Sword honed to "Legendary" quality with multiple damaging enchantments will easily be the most damaging sword in the game.
** In the spin-off ActionAdventure game ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard Redguard]]'', the hero Cyrus comes into possession of the Soul Sword, a [[EmpathicWeapon sentient longsword]] housing the soul of the Crown Prince of Hammerfell, Prince A'tor. It is able to move on its own accord [[spoiler:(which proves very useful in the game's climax)]] and A'tor is able to telepathically speak with the wielder of the blade.
* From the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series we have ''Starfang'', made from [[ThunderboltIron starmetal]], ''Vigilance'', which is made with the bones of an ''elder High Dragon'' and is arguably the most powerful sword in the series, ''the Celebrant'', which is a two-handed sword used as a badge of office for "Toughest Warrior in the Free Marches" and has absorbed the awesomeness of its past wielders... yeah, Dragon Age likes this Trope. A ''lot.''
** ''Asala'' is another great example, being the greatsword belonging to Sten, forged for his hand alone and as a Qunari, is considered to be an extension of his very soul. Finding it for him causes him to actually ''smile'' and afterwards earns you his UndyingLoyalty.
** There is also Yusaris, the Dragonslayer, the sword so cool it's on the game's title screen. (The sword in the background of the title screen is the aforementioned Asala.)
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' and ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' both have the Dragon's Tooth Sword, a prototype nanite blade.
** ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', however, does not, because it would be redundant and anachronistic by the game's timeline. Why is it redundant? Adam Jensen already has hyper-sharp killing blades [[BladeBelowTheShoulder mounted in his forearms.]]
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'': The Sword of Evil's Bane before the Master Sword, Herald, Gigas, Exacalibur, Masamune, and a thousand other names: the Sword of Mana. The latter games desribe it being instrument to slaying primortal evil and choas to create the world. It is wieled by the hero for the world's peril. More often than not the hero ends up with a [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller rusted or broken sword]] in the final battle instead; [[LastStand it'll do.]]
* Ragnell from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Dawn]]''. It's one of the few weapons in the games that's indestructible, does insane damage, has a ranged attack, and is huge for the setting. It's only really comparable to its twin, Alondite. That both swords are wielded by embodiments of awesome doesn't hurt. [[PersonOfMassDestruction It does if you happen to be enemies of said embodiments of awesome.]]
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' features three such swords split between Corrin, the protagonist, and their two elder brothers Xander and Ryoma. A few chapters into the game, Corrin gains the divine blade Yato, which chooses its bearer and is said will bring peace; it has no less then three different powered-up forms depending on which route you're playing [[spoiler: but the absolute best version has to be in the third route ''Revelation'' where it becomes the Omega Yato and a ''chainsaw sword'']], though its Conquest and Birthright counterparts, Shadow Yato and Blazing Yato are no slouches either. Xander meanwhile wields the dark sword Siegfried, while Ryoma wields the katana Raijinto, which can shoot shadow and lightning bolts respectively. [[spoiler: In the Heirs of Fate DLC chapters, all of the blades have passed to the children of their original bearers, with Siegbert wielding Siegfried, Shiro with Raijinto, and both male and female Kana having the Shadow and Blazing Yatos respectively before both become Omega Yatos in the final chapter.]]
* ''VideoGame/SummonNight: Swordcraft Story'' and its sequel both contain large swords of power. In the first game,[[spoiler: you craft said sword from the other four swords that your father, Shintetsu, actually put his soul into and died making. You can choose to sacrifice your Guardian Beast for a more powerful sword and an easier fight, or let your companion live and have a slightly more difficult time. Either way, your new sword is big, blue, and kicks ass. You don't get to keep it after the end however.]] Then the second game gives you another, which is activated with your Mono Shift. It can shoot large energy bolts, but it's damaged while doing so. Slightly subverted in the fact that said sword is essentially the weapon you have crafted currently, with the same strengths and weaknesses. It's still badass, and it still can lay down the hurt quickly.
* Temjin, the titular hero in ''VideoGame/VirtualOn'' series, although his sword also works as a gun.
* ''VideoGame/FableIII'''s main selling point is the fact, as you level up, you can form a basic longsword into one of these, it evolves depending on various factors and decisions you make, such as alignment, how much you use magic, how much gold you make, etc.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' have a bunch of these. What makes them really cool is their "Unleash" abilities. The Kikuichimonji summons a ''demon swordsman'' that slices your enemies in half. The Masamune summons ''dragons made out of water'' to smite your foes. The Verdant Sword turns into a ''lightsaber''. Phaeton's Blade impales the enemy with ''spears of light''. The coolest ones by far are the ones only TheHero (Isaac, Felix, and Matthew) can wield. The Gaia Blade can summon an ''even bigger cool sword'' while the Sol Blade can summon a ''miniature sun''.
** Not to forget the three of them have Psynergy involving summoning giant swords to impale their enemies.
* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'''s got at least two worth mentioning:
** The Godsword. An InfinityPlusOneSword composed of ''four'' separate swords.
** Silverlight, while not particularly useful at first unless you need to get up close and personal with demons, gets upgraded to a ''very'' good melee weapon at the end of a quest about... getting up close and personal with a demon.
** The blurite sword is another sword associated with a quest, specifically bringing material to an NPC so they can forge a replacement sword for somebody else. Statisically it's nothing special, but its unique appearance and being exclusive to a single quest led many players into wanting one for themselves. Originally, it wasn't possible to do so without tricking the game into making an extra, since you were expected to hand the finished sword over to the quest giver. Later on the quest was changed so that completing it unlocked the ability to forge your own blurite sword, making this exploit obsolete and keeping it from being too irreplacable to actually use.
* How cool are the Eternity swords in ''VisualNovel/AseliaTheEternalTheSpiritOfEternitySword''? They're outright ''gods''. [[spoiler:In fact, the universe was apparently once one huge sword that shattered into them, and they're trying to reform.]]
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Youmu's [[NamedWeapons Hakurouken]] [[DualWielding and]] Roukanken. They are [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] (both of them), they can turn into BFS, [[ForgedByTheGods they were forged by]] {{Youkai}} who are anti-thesis of gods, [[AbsurdlySharpBlade they can cut anything]] (explicitly stated to be able to cleave ''confusion'').
** Next to the Hakurouken-Roukanken pair is [[AxCrazy Flandre's]] [[Myth/NorseMythology Laevatain]], which is a FlamingSword ''[[RuleOfCool Wand]]''.
* [[VideoGame/MegaManX Z-]][[VideoGame/MegaManZero Saber]] is what makes Zero [[RuleOfCool so cool]] - sometimes even surpassing X.
* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'':
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'': The Blades of Chaos/Athena/Exile are a pair of short swords that Kratos [[WhipSword can throw and swing using the chains on his wrists]]. They also light on fire when in use.
** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'' brought us the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Blade of Olympus]], forged by Zeus himself to end the Great War between the Gods and Titans.
* Almost all of the swords in ''VideoGame/OtogiMythOfDemons'' are special in some way, wether it was used to seal a powerful demon, is a demonic blade that can kill anything it touches, or has a blade made of solid moonlight. All of the swords have some unique story behind them, in fact, the most normal sword in this game is a large katana designed for splitting helmets.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, Meta Knight's blade Galaxia is a very cool sword indeed. [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Even Kirby himself wielded it once in the games]].
* The Sword of Light, the Sword of Darkness and the Chaos Breaker from ''VideoGame/ShiningForce''. Each was an insanely powerful LaserBlade that [[CoolSword could be used for different effects]]. Although, the Sword of Darkness was cursed and produced a UselessUsefulSpell.
* The Chaos Breaker returns in ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'', but it's a bit less cool this time around, being unable to use the [[CoolSword spell ability]] from the original game. It's even been renamed to "Force Sword" which is a hell of a lot less cool than Chaos Breaker.
* The Sora Katana in ''VideoGame/RedSteel2''.

* ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'' has Pale Justice, a sword given to the church of Tyr by a devout worshipper. Looks like a plain longsword, costs like a plain longsword... and has a lengthy cool description describing how come a +4/+7 vs Evil weapon happens to look like that.
* A lot of swords in the ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' series count as this, specifically the ones with elemental powers. The most specific one is the Sakura.
* ''VideoGame/ArxFatalis'' has you make one yourself - a longsword (or much less cool saber), cast of mythril in dwarven automated forgery, surface fused with black undestructible meteor powder, and enchanted with a dragon egg for penetrating power. According to the enchanted weapon in-game manual, the thing is the strongest ''theoretically possible'' blade.
* Kleever from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''. It's a FlyingWeapon with no one wielding it, [[{{BFS}} absolutely huge]], most definitely an EvilWeapon and looks like something made in hell.
* The whole world of Enroth from ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' was destroyed when the Ultimate Fire Sword (Armageddon's Blade) came into contact with the Ultimate Ice Sword (the Sword of Frost).
* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' gives [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] a sword called Caliburn. There's also Sir Gawain's Dual Wielding Swords, Sir Lancelot's sword, and Sir Percival's sword in the same game. [[spoiler:To say nothing of Excalibur Sonic's sword as well...]]
* Ludger from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' has a modern-looking version of the falcata as his main weapon. And just in case that wasn't cool enough already, he uses [[DualWielding two of them]] in ReverseGrip.
* Honedge from ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' is a Steel/Ghost sword pokemon with an ancient spirit residing inside. Those who try to wield it get their life force drained, however. When it evolves into Doublade, it becomes... [[DualWielding two swords]]. Doublade then evolves into Aegislash, a {{BFS}} which a shield that can change from a GlassCannon into a StoneWall and vice- versa.
* Dracula's Void Sword from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2''. [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally]].
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', [[TheDragon Jetstream Sam]] carries his trusty [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120815204239/metalgear/images/e/ec/Tumblr_m8sl44Pa5m1r6hu3go1_1280.jpg Murasama]], an authentic Muramasa katana augmented with [[VibroWeapon High-Frequency blade]] technology. It vastly outshines [[TheHero Raiden's]] own mass-produced HF Blade, and it's the only sword sharp enough to damage [[spoiler: [[NighInvulnerable Armstrong's]] nano-armor.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{beatmania}} IIDX 21 SPADA''[='=]s primary theme is swords. It should also be noted that "spada" is [[GratuitousItalian Italian]] for "sword".
* The Moonlight Greatsword is a recurring item in Creator/FromSoftware games. In both ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'', the sword's blows deal magical damage instead of physical damage and a strong two-handed attack will launch a SwordBeam of pure moonlight. In the first ''Dark Souls'' it can only be obtained by cutting off the tail of Seath the Scaleless, an insane albino dragon who practically invented sorcery. In the second game, the sword is crafted from the Old Paledrake's Soul dropped by the Duke's Dear Freja in NewGamePlus [[spoiler:which is heavily implied to be Seath's soul]].
* Another Creator/FromSoftware game, ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has several, but this game is all about {{Mix And Match Weapon}}s:
** its own version of the Moonlight Greatsword called the Holy Moonlight Sword. In one form it's a OneHandedZweihander, in the other it takes on its Moonlight form, deals Arcane Damage, and can shoot [[SwordBeam Sword Beams]]. [[spoiler:Its power is so great that looking upon it restores the warped and twisted Ludwig to some degree of sanity.]]
** Ludwig's Holy Blade, an attempted non-magical copy of the Moonlight Blade: a regular longsword with a massive stone sheath that can combine into a {{BFS}}.
** the Chikage, a Katana/Saber hybrid that can be coated in its wielder's blood for a massive power boost.
** Reiterpallasch, a Rapier with a built in Pistol.
** the Rakuyo, a sword and dagger that combine at the hilt to form a dual-lightsaber like weapon,
** the Threaded Cane, a SwordCane that splits into a serrated whip.
** the Blades Of Mercy, a sword that splits into two short swords.
** Simon's Bow Blade, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sword that turns into a bow]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Gruntz}}'' has them as combat-specific tools. They look like pirate sabers and are the strongest melee weapons in the game, requiring only two hits to kill a grunt.
* In addition to several swords from mythology, ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' has two noteworthy examples:
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne'' has the sword of Taira no Masakado. It carries especially heavy significance, being a powerful Neutral-path-exclusive weapon for Aleph to use in the former and the key to the mystical Bando Shrine and thereby Masakado's power in the latter.
** There's also the best weapon in the first two ''Shin Megami Tensei'' games: Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, containing the spirit of the Japanese god of fire who was powerful enough to accidentally burn his mother Izanami to death.
* [[BountyHunter Sol Badguy]] of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has quite possibly the coolest sword ever. It's a sword that [[OddlyShapedSword resembles a giant Zippo lighter]], and it has a mechanism which loads incendiary bullets, and a small motor built into the handgrip. It also enhances the power Sol's inherent [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]] and [[LightEmUp light magic]]. Oh, and it can do [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtrxI4TBBBc this]]. What's this beauty of a sword called? "Junkyard Dog".
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'', ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' and ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' have [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonquest/images/8/81/DQ_Erdricks_Sword.png Erdrick's Sword]], also known as the Sword of Light or Sword of Kings: an ancient one-handed broadsword with a curved hilt resembling a Phoenix bird. It is forged from Orichalcum, shoots lightning bolts and can only be wielded by the lineage of the legendary hero. It has cut down lords of chaos, dragons, demon lords and gods of destruction.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'', ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' and ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' have the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonquest/images/1/12/DQIVDS_-_Zenithian_sword.png Zenithian Sword]], a huge claymore with a dragon-shaped green hilt.
** Subverted in ''DQVI''. The party finds that the way is blocked by a horrible monster, with its lair blocked off by soldiers. They go to the king, who's promised to give an ancestral sword called the Sunderbolt Blade to the monster's slayer. However, the monster is beaten before you can do so (and the sword goes to its killer), and by the time you meet up again the sword is nothing special.
* From ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'': The [[WreckedWeapon Malice Blade]] + [[spoiler: lives of the other goddesses]] = [[EvilWeapon Gehaburn]].
** Also, its {{Good Counterpart}} in the remake's [[GoldenEnding Holy End]], the Share Blade, [[spoiler: which switches the life-taking bit with [[AllYourPowersCombined a Sharecite containing the faith of the other goddesses in Nepgear]] instead. That sword is practically ''weaponized faith.'']]
* Corvo's Folding Blade in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''. Also an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon.
* ''VideoGame/MapleStory'': Several of the higher level swords qualify. Special mention goes to Blue Screamer, Doombringer, and Heaven's Gate.
* The Zarach from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' mod ''VideoGame/{{GMOTA}}''. This magic sword has shiny looks and many cool mechanics. It can be powered up with arcane power to greatly increase its attack power. It can change its shape and perform many different attacks with the power of subweapons. Lastly, it's able to unleash a devastating [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] attack by consuming spirit gems!
* ''Videogame/{{Nioh2}}'' boasts the Sohayamaru, a SwordOfPlotAdvancement based on the real life Seven-Branched Sword. The Sohayamaru is a blade made out of pure amrita and is the only weapon that can slay the BigBad.
* ''VideoGame/{{Slain}}'' has the sword Bathoryn carries throughout the game, a powerful, magical blade that can encase itself in flames or ice as needed. [[spoiler:In fact, the sword is the ''actual'' main character - the old warrior that carries it isn't Bathoryn, Bathoryn ''is'' the sword, a LivingWeapon forged by [[BigBad Lord Vroll]].]] The sword turns up again in ''VideoGame/{{Valfaris}}'', which is to be expected, [[spoiler:since Therion is another son of Lord Vroll and thus Bathoryn's brother]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has plenty of cool swords to choose from, but the best example would probably be the InfinityPlusOneSword, the Zenith. After all, what other sword allows you to obliterate your foes with a StormOfBlades from a distance via the mouse cursor?

* The whole world/plane of Erathia from Heroes of Might and Magic was destroyed when the Ultimate Fire Sword came into contact with the Ultimate Ice Sword.

* ''VideoGame/{{Slain}}'' has the sword Bathoryn carries throughout the game, a powerful, magical blade that can encase itself in flames or ice as needed. [[spoiler:In fact, the sword is the ''actual'' main character - the old warrior that carries it isn't Bathoryn, Bathoryn ''is'' the sword, a LivingWeapon forged by [[BigBad Lord Vroll]].]] The sword turns up again in ''VideoGame/{{Valfaris}}'', which is to be expected, [[spoiler:since Therion is another son of Lord Vroll and thus Bathoryn's brother]].

* VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'s sword Caliburn, Sir Gawain's Dual Wielding Swords, Sir Lancelot's sword, and Sir Percival's sword in Sonic and the Black Knight.

** Plus [[ClingyMacguffin it can (almost) never be stolen]], you can store it in HammerSpace if you don't need it, [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer you can use it to solve nearly any puzzle you come across]]... Plus you can, you know, use it to open locks and stuff or to cut apart skyscrapers. It also seems to be a bit of a swiss army weapon; The Keyblade can apparently change form. The BonusBoss of Kingdom Hearts II has been seen turning his keyblade into a [[EpicFlail flail]], a bow, a [[CoolBike hoverbike-glider]], and a ''[[WaveMotionGun cannon]]''.

** Boethiah, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of Plots, is typically depicted as wielding a cool sword in her female statues. (Boethiah's [[GenderBender male form]] statues instead wield a [[AnAxeToGrind massive battle axe]].) Boethiah is also associated with the [[LegendaryWeapon artifact sword]] Goldbrand, a [[FlamingSword fire enchanted]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] that is usually one of the best one-handed swords in the games where it appears. In ''Morrowind'', it can be further upgraded ([[GuideDangIt if you know how]]) into Eltonbrand, very much an InfinityPlusOneSword.

** Subverted in ''DQVI''. The party finds that the way is blocked by a horrible monster, with its lair blocked off by soldiers. They go to the king, who's promised to give an ancestral sword called the [[AwesomeMcCoolName sunderbolt blade]] to the monster's slayer. However, the monster is beaten before you can do so (and the sword goes to its killer), and by the time you meet up again the sword is nothing special.

** its own version of the Moonlight Greatsword called the Holy Moonlight Sword. In one form it's a OneHandedZweihander, in the other it takes on its Moonlight form, deals Arcane Damage, and can shoot [[SwordBeam Sword Beams]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Slain}}'' has the sword Bathoryn carries throughout the game, a powerful, magical blade that can encase itself in flames or ice as needed. [[spoiler:In fact, the sword is the ''actual'' main character - the old warrior that carries it isn't Bathoryn, Bathoryn ''is'' the sword, a LivingWeapon forged by [[BigBad Lord Vroll]].]] The sword turns up again in ''VideoGame/{{Valfaris}}'', which is to be expected, [[spoiler:since Therion is another son of Lord Vroll and thus Bathoryn's brother]]..

* ''Videogame/{{Nioh2}}'' boasts the Sohayamaru, a SwordOfPlotAdvancement based on the real life Seven-Branched Sword. The Sohayamaru is a blade made out of pure amrita and is the only weapon that can slay the BigBad.

* The Sword of Light, the Sword of Darkness and the Chaos Breaker from ''VideoGame/ShiningForce''. Each was an insanely powerful LaserBlade that [[MagicSword could be used for different effects]]. Although, the Sword of Darkness was cursed and produced a UselessUsefulSpell.
* The Chaos Breaker returns in ''VideoGame/ShiningForceII'', but it's a bit less cool this time around, being unable to use the [[MagicSword spell ability]] from the original game. It's even been renamed to "Force Sword" which is a hell of a lot less cool than Chaos Breaker.

* The Zarach from ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' mod ''VideoGame/{{GMOTA}}''. This magic sword has shiny looks and many cool mechanics. It can be powered up with arcane power to greatly increase its attack power. It can change its shape and perform many different attacks with the power of subweapons. Lastly, it's able to unleash a devastating [[OneHitKill one-hit kill]] attack by consuming spirit gems!

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''

* Ragnell from ''VideoGame/FireEmblem 9'' and ''10''. It's one of the few weapons in the games that's indestructible, does insane damage, has a ranged attack, and is huge for the setting. It's only really comparable to its twin, Alondite. That both swords are wielded by embodiments of awesome doesn't hurt. [[PersonOfMassDestruction It does if you happen to be enemies of said embodiments of awesome.]]

* How cool are the Eternity swords in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia''? They're outright ''gods''. [[spoiler:In fact, the universe was apparently once one huge sword that shattered into them, and they're trying to reform.]]

* The Monado in ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''. To put it simply, it's a cool [[LaserBlade Laser Bladed]] {{BFS}} of CombatClairvoyance and [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Plot Advancement]]. How in hell do you top THAT?! [[spoiler:[[SealedEvilInACan By having a God in it]], ''that's how!'']]

* The Moonlight Greatsword is a recurring item in Creator/FromSoftware games. In both ''Videogame/DarkSouls'' and ''Videogame/DarkSoulsII'', the sword's blows deal magical damage instead of physical damage and a strong two-handed attack will launch a SwordBeam of pure moonlight. In the first ''Dark Souls'' it can only be obtained by cutting off the tail of Seath the Scaleless, an insane albino dragon who practically invented sorcery. In the second game, the sword is crafted from the Old Paledrake's Soul dropped by the Duke's Dear Freja in NewGamePlus [[spoiler:which is heavily implied to be Seath's soul]].
* Another Creator/FromSoftware game, ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' has several, but this game is all about [[MixAndMatchWeapon Mix And Match Weapons]]:

* In addition to several swords from mythology, ''[[VideoGame/{{ShinMegamiTensei}} Shin Megami Tensei]]'' has two noteworthy examples:
** ''[[VideoGame/{{ShinMegamiTenseiII}} Shin Megami Tensei II]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/{{ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne}} Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]'' has the sword of Taira no Masakado. It carries especially heavy significance, being a powerful Neutral-path-exclusive weapon for Aleph to use in the former and the key to the mystical Bando Shrine and thereby Masakado's power in the latter.
** There's also the best weapon in the first two ''[[VideoGame/{{ShinMegamiTensei}} Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games: Hi-no-Kagutsuchi, containing the spirit of the Japanese god of fire who was powerful enough to accidentally burn his mother Izanami to death.

* Corvo's Folding Blade in ''[[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dishonored]]''. Also an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon.

* How cool are the Eternity swords in ''VideoGame/EienNoAselia''? They're outright ''gods''. [[spoiler:In fact, the universe was apparently once one huge sword that shattered into them, and they're trying to reform.]]

** In a slightly more comical example, Gon from the first ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' can upgrade his regular Sword into a ''literal'' Cool Sword and from there into the ''Very Neat Sword''. This, I think we can all agree, makes Gon the best character ever.

* The Sword of Gith, from ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''. The average Silver Sword is capable of lopping heads and arms off with ease, shearing right through most materials, in addition to astral projections and is litterally made out of a constantly shifting blade of liquid silver. And that is the average silver sword carried by a Githyanki Knight. The Sword of Gith is the blade of the FOUNDER of the Githyanki, known for being so bloodthirsty that she actually had to be stopped by her most loyal retainer when she started picking fights with everyone. This is also bypassing the fact that it's a shattered weapon, held together by the very power of your character's mind, with a list of beneficial properties that outpreforms everything other individual magic item in the game.

* Subverted in ''[[VideoGame Dragon Quest VI]]''. The party finds that the way is blocked by a horrible monster, with its lair blocked off by soldiers. They go to the king, who's promised to give an ancestral sword called the [[AwesomeMcCoolName sunderbolt blade]] to the monster's slayer. However, the monster is beaten before you can do so (and the sword goes to its killer), and by the time you meet up again the sword is nothing special.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has a bunch, ranging from Auron's "[[{{BFS}} kat]][[YouKeepUsingThatWord anas]]", to Tidus' [[ElementalPowers Brother]][[MakingASplash hood]], to [[DarkActionGirl Paine's]] [[BadPowersGoodPeople Spiky Sword]].

** ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' has the Crucible, a sword with a LaserBlade made of argent energy. It has a hilt made of bones (including a skull) and runes running along the blade. It's heavily implied to have been used by Doomguy himself. Did we also mention that it has the ability to manipulate Argent Energy as well?
** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' gives the Crucible to you as a melee weapon that you have to charge up before use. It can kill any non-boss demon in the game with one strike. The design of the weapon is markedly different from the Crucible in 2016, and is implied to be the Slayer's original Crucible from his demon killing spree in Hell.

* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' has the Crucible, a sword with a LaserBlade made of argent energy. It has a hilt made of bones (including a skull) and runes running along the blade. It's heavily implied to have been used by Doomguy himself. Did we also mention that it has the ability to manipulate Argent Energy as well?
* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' gives the Crucible to you as a melee weapon that you have to charge up before use. It can kill any non-boss demon in the game with one strike. The design of the weapon is markedly different from the Crucible in 2016, and is implied to be the Slayer's original Crucible from his demon killing spree in Hell.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Youmu's [[NamedWeapon Hakurouken]] [[DualWielding and]] Roukanken. They are [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] (both of them), they can turn into BFS, [[ForgedByTheGods they were forged by]] {{Youkai}} who are anti-thesis of gods, [[AbsurdlySharpBlade they can cut anything]] (explicitly stated to be able to cleave ''confusion'').

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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Youmu's [[NamedWeapon Hakurouken]] [[DualWielding and]] Roukanken. They are [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] (both of them), they can turn into BFS, [[ForgedByTheGods they were forged by]] {{Youkai}} who are anti-thesis of gods, [[AbsurdlySharpBlade they can cut anything]] (explicitly stated to be able to cleave ''confusion'').