History GameBreaker / ThirdPersonShooter

* ''DarkSector'' has the Enferon Shells upgrade when applied to shotguns. Normally, this is a powerful mod which makes rounds fired by a weapon produce a small cloud of gas that deals additional damage to mutant "Technocyte" enemies: instantaneous damage is roughly doubled, and there's a small amount of damage over time. Sounds fair so far? The problem comes when this is placed on a shotgun, where ''each pellet'' produces an individual Enferon cloud which assigns the same damage over time as a normal bullet. Suddenly even winging a Technocyte (or even hitting a surface ''near'' one) gives it about ten seconds to live.

*** The smoke grenade was later patched and does not have knockback. At first, the nerf just reduced the range at which it would throw one int the air. Then it would just stun only people who were right on top of it. Now it just blows smoke. The shotgun, however, is still the most abused weapon in the game. Many players adopted the "Two-piece" strategy in which you melee the opposing player, then blind fire a shell into their legs directly after. The combo results in almost guaranteed instant kills if all rounds from the shell hit. which at point blank where this tactic is supposed to be done, isn't very hard.

** In the 2nd one, the .44 Sheperd is a 2 hit kill, but you can [[GunsAkimbo carry one in each hand]], with the same ammo capacity ad the other one. That's still 127 times OneHitKill if you fire both at once. There really wasn't any reason to use anything but the .44 in either game.

** In the first game, many players were content to use the very first weapon - the Plasma Cutter - exclusively, to the point where people would go StopHavingFunGuy on people who used other weapons, calling them morons who were playing the game wrong since the Cutter outshined every other weapon by far.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'', at least the first one, the [[RevolversAreJustBetter .44 Sheperd]] is a gamebreaker. Six-shot magazine, and 250 bullets in all. There is a [[OneHitKill reason]] why this is so overpowering, and you can collect ammo from the most common gun, pistols. And the .44 Sheperd is available very cheaply and quite early in the game. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it looks cool.]]

*** Saber throw is a mite excessive in the overwhelming department, too. Especially considering that it was only used twice in the movies with a total kill count of ''one''.

* The original ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' had a rather overpowering shotgun that most people used exclusively, regardless of their range or the weapon their opponent was holding (which was usually a shotgun as well, so it worked out). Naturally, the community decreed that the shotgun was the only weapon that took any skill, and decried ''every other weapon in the game'' as a GameBreaker or "noob weapon". TheyChangedItNowItSucks took off in full stride when the shotgun was nerfed in the sequel (to the point where a large number of players abandoned the game for being too "noob-friendly" and returned to the original as they couldn't handle this "dying" thing that was happening to them whenever they tried shotgun rushing through Lancer fire or firing back at it from medium-long range). Those who stuck around for the sequel learned to abuse the Hammerburst to its fullest potential until the Lancer was buffed to be able to compete with it.

** The smoke grenade at launch was horribly overpowering. Everybody started with one. They could be used to tag walls to make proximity mines. ANY hit by the smoke grenade, at all, would launch players high into the air and stun them on the ground for several seconds, after which they would have to get up slowly, and would be completely vulnerable during this entire process. Oh, and it also generates a big cloud of obscuring smoke.

** The shotgun was so effective it got ''two'' weapons to counter it; the Sawed-Off and Retro Lancer. The former is better at close range, and requires less skill to aim, but it's even worse at any real range. The latter has one of only two instant Executions in the game, meaning players using it don't have to hang around and expose themselves.

* ''VideoGame/{{BIONICLE}} Heroes'' is completely and utterly effective from level 1. Masks count as "lives", and if you get enough LEGO pieces, you go into "Hero mode" where you get infinite health, and only goes away at scripted areas in the game. All weapons have unlimited ammo, there are at least two respawning masks (read: lives) around wherever there are enemies (including bosses), all enemies do maximum damage of 1/2 a heart out of five [[{{Pun}} IF]] ([[DontExplainTheJoke big if]]) they hit (also includes bosses), hearts refill whenever an enemy dies or whenever you switch masks (which you can do instantaneously), and you can get Hero mode without leaving the first room of the first level. Convinced?

* A good case could be made for the Support in VideoGame/MondayNightCombat. He has a OneHitKill ability (airstrikes + Shotgun on Assault and weaker), a mobile turret that is ridiculously powerful, and of course there is bunny hopping to take advantage of laggy hit detection and using a weapon that requires ''literally no aiming'' (heal/hurt gun).
** The Sniper could also be considered extremely overpowering in the right hands. His explosive bullets are great for crowd control and can take out entire mobs of robots in only a few headshots, his flak grenades took out turrets quickly and can hurt enemies behind cover, his ice mines make getting headshots on enemy pros incredible easy as long as you could bait them into the mines, he is able to grapple jackbots just like the assassin, and Gunners and tanks were easy to instantly kill due to their giant heads. His Grapple was highly powerful, killing many pros in one hit and knocking others who survived off the stage. While his grapple power was eventually Nerfed, his knockback was not and could still easily kill enemies up close. One would think that the melee grappler assassin would be able to easily kill a sniper, but with gold armor only a grapple from behind could instantly kill him which wouldn't happen in most cases. This allowed the sniper the chance to grapple back and instantly kill them. The only thing that could truly challenge a good sniper was a good Assault.

* ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Red Faction]]'' has the rail gun, a high-power sniper rifle which can shoot through walls. Even without ammo the gun's scope still works, allowing the user to see enemies in different rooms.
* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' has the Leader Class, who gets some of the best weapons in the game and an ability that both increases their damage and armor called Warcry. Basically a juggernaut that can kill you in two shots. The basic strategy is to blow Warcry and bunny hop while spamming either the Fusion Cannon or the Magma Frag Launcher. They were eventually nerfed slightly, but they're still pretty effective.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'', at least the first one, the [[RevolversAreJustBetter .44 Sheperd]] is a gamebreaker. Six-shot magazine, and 250 bullets in all. There is a [[OneHitKill reason]] why this is so overpowered, and you can collect ammo from the most common gun, pistols. And the .44 Sheperd is available very cheaply and quite early in the game. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it looks cool.]]

*** Saber throw is a mite excessive in the overpoweredness department, too. Especially considering that it was only used twice in the movies with a total kill count of ''one''.

* The original ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' had a rather overpowered shotgun that most people used exclusively, regardless of their range or the weapon their opponent was holding (which was usually a shotgun as well, so it worked out). Naturally, the community decreed that the shotgun was the only weapon that took any skill, and decried ''every other weapon in the game'' as a GameBreaker or "noob weapon". TheyChangedItNowItSucks took off in full stride when the shotgun was nerfed in the sequel (to the point where a large number of players abandoned the game for being too "noob-friendly" and returned to the original as they couldn't handle this "dying" thing that was happening to them whenever they tried shotgun rushing through Lancer fire or firing back at it from medium-long range). Those who stuck around for the sequel learned to abuse the Hammerburst to its fullest potential until the Lancer was buffed to be able to compete with it.

** The smoke grenade at launch was horribly overpowered. Everybody started with one. They could be used to tag walls to make proximity mines. ANY hit by the smoke grenade, at all, would launch players high into the air and stun them on the ground for several seconds, after which they would have to get up slowly, and would be completely vulnerable during this entire process. Oh, and it also generates a big cloud of obscuring smoke.

** The shotgun was so broken it got ''two'' weapons to counter it; the Sawed-Off and Retro Lancer. The former is better at close range, and requires less skill to aim, but it's even worse at any real range. The latter has one of only two instant Executions in the game, meaning players using it don't have to hang around and expose themselves.

* ''VideoGame/{{BIONICLE}} Heroes'' is completely and utterly broken from level 1. Masks count as "lives", and if you get enough LEGO pieces, you go into "Hero mode" where you get infinite health, and only goes away at scripted areas in the game. All weapons have unlimited ammo, there are at least two respawning masks (read: lives) around wherever there are enemies (including bosses), all enemies do maximum damage of 1/2 a heart out of five [[{{Pun}} IF]] ([[DontExplainTheJoke big if]]) they hit (also includes bosses), hearts refill whenever an enemy dies or whenever you switch masks (which you can do instantaneously), and you can get Hero mode without leaving the first room of the first level. Convinced?

* A good case could be made for the Support in VideoGame/MondayNightCombat. He has a OneHitKill ability (airstrikes + Shotgun on Assault and weaker), a mobile turret that is ridiculously powerful, and of course there is bunny hopping to take advantage of laggy hit detection and using a weapon that requires ''literally no aiming'' (heal / hurt gun).
** The Sniper could also be considered extremely overpowered in the right hands. His explosive bullets are great for crowd control and can take out entire mobs of robots in only a few headshots, his flak grenades took out turrets quickly and can hurt enemies behind cover, his ice mines make getting headshots on enemy pros incredible easy as long as you could bait them into the mines, he is able to grapple jackbots just like the assassin, and Gunners and tanks were easy to instantly kill due to their giant heads. His Grapple was insanely overpowered, killing many pros in one hit and knocking others who survived off the stage. While his grapple power was eventually Nerfed, his knockback was not and could still easily kill enemies up close. One would think that the melee grappler assassin would be able to easily kill a sniper, but with gold armor only a grapple from behind could instantly kill him which wouldn't happen in most cases. This allowed the sniper the chance to grapple back and instantly kill them. The only thing that could truly challenge a good sniper was a good Assault.

* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' has the Leader Class, who gets some of the best weapons in the game and an ability that both increases their damage and armor called Warcry. Basically a juggernaut that can kill you in two shots. The basic strategy is to blow Warcry and bunny hop while spamming either the Fusion Cannon or the Magma Frag Launcher. They were eventually nerfed slightly, but they're still pretty broken.

* ''Franchise/{{BIONICLE}} Heroes'' is completely and utterly broken from level 1. Masks count as "lives", and if you get enough LEGO pieces, you go into "Hero mode" where you get infinite health, and only goes away at scripted areas in the game. All weapons have unlimited ammo, there are at least two respawning masks (read: lives) around wherever there are enemies (including bosses), all enemies do maximum damage of 1/2 a heart out of five [[{{Pun}} IF]] ([[DontExplainTheJoke big if]]) they hit (also includes bosses), hearts refill whenever an enemy dies or whenever you switch masks (which you can do instantaneously), and you can get Hero mode without leaving the first room of the first level. Convinced?

* A good case could be made for the Support in MondayNightCombat. He has a OneHitKill ability (airstrikes + Shotgun on Assault and weaker), a mobile turret that is ridiculously powerful, and of course there is bunny-hopping to take advantage of laggy hit detection and using a weapon that requires ''literally no aiming'' (heal/hurt gun).

* The [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove relatively obscure]] ''Super Buster Bros'' has the gun powerup. It fires at such a ridiculous rate that it basically results in everything on the field being wiped out in 5 seconds. It only has two downsides: the fact that the game only allows one powerup at a time, making the powerups suddenly [[PowerupLetdown more of a threat than the enemies]], and the fact that it can't destroy terrain (a pointless weakness, as most maps don't require it and those that do will often drop other powerups).

*** The smoke grenade was later patched and does not have knockback. The shotgun, however, is still the most abused weapon in the game. Many players adopted the "Two-piece" strategy in which you melee the opposing player, then blind fire a shell into their legs directly after. The combo results in almost guaranteed instant kills if all rounds from the shell hit. which at point blank where this tactic is supposed to be done, isn't very hard.

* In the old ''CatacombFantasyTrilogy'', the X-Terminator is meant as an area attack hitting enemies on all sides, but because it just uses a cloud of normal projectiles going in all directions, it can be used to make any boss or other fight trivial by going next to the opponent and launching it a few times, letting dozens of projectiles hit the single opponent.
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* The [[NeedsMoreLove relatively obscure]] ''Super Buster Bros'' has the gun powerup. It fires at such a ridiculous rate that it basically results in everything on the field being wiped out in 5 seconds. It only has two downsides: the fact that the game only allows one powerup at a time, making the powerups suddenly [[PowerupLetdown more of a threat than the enemies]], and the fact that it can't destroy terrain (a pointless weakness, as most maps don't require it and those that do will often drop other powerups).

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{{Game Breaker}}s in third-person shooters.

* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', the right combination of powers and weapon will turn your warrior in Free-For-All into an opposition crushing juggernaut.

* In the old ''TheCatacombFantasyTrilogy'', the X-Terminator is meant as an area attack hitting enemies on all sides, but because it just uses a cloud of normal projectiles going in all directions, it can be used to make any boss or other fight trivial by going next to the opponent and launching it a few times, letting dozens of projectiles hit the single opponent.

** Most of the award weapons. Award guided rocket launcher allows you to stand behind a cliff out of any enemy's line of fire and pound them with a barrage of high-explosive missiles. Award rifle fires three-shot bursts, two hits (or one headshot) will take down anything. Award shotgun has about twice the effective kill range of a normal shotgun. Award pistol does as much damage as a normal sniper rifle, while you carry 96 shots and can make 16 shots before reloading. Award sniper rifle lets you kill an enemy by hitting them in the ''toe'' ([[AwesomeButImpractical assuming the game decides to count your shot as a hit]]).

* I-Fields in [[MobileSuitGundamClimaxUC Gundam Climax UC]] follow the anime and completely nullifies all beam weapon damage. Funnels also follow you around and peck at your hp. By pecking I mean blowing huge chunks out of you.

** In ''VideoGame/BloodRayne2'', The FinalBoss's lair contains [[BloodBath a fountain filled with blood]] which can replenish both Rayne's health and blood meters when the player stands in it. Standing in the pool and using Rayne's [[TimeStandsStill time stopping ability]] makes this the easiest fight in the game.

* In ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', the right combination of powers and weapon will turn your warrior in Free-For-All into an opposition crushing juggernaut.

* In ''SaintsRow'', at least the first one, the [[RevolversAreJustBetter .44 Sheperd]] is a gamebreaker. Six-shot magazine, and 250 bullets in all. There is a [[OneHitKill reason]] why this is so overpowered, and you can collect ammo from the most common gun, pistols. And the .44 Sheperd is available very cheaply and quite early in the game. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And it looks cool.]]

* The original ''GearsOfWar'' had a rather overpowered shotgun that most people used exclusively, regardless of their range or the weapon their opponent was holding (which was usually a shotgun as well, so it worked out). Naturally, the community decreed that the shotgun was the only weapon that took any skill, and decried ''every other weapon in the game'' as a GameBreaker or "noob weapon". TheyChangedItNowItSucks took off in full stride when the shotgun was nerfed in the sequel (to the point where a large number of players abandoned the game for being too "noob-friendly" and returned to the original as they couldn't handle this "dying" thing that was happening to them whenever they tried shotgun rushing through Lancer fire or firing back at it from medium-long range). Those who stuck around for the sequel learned to abuse the Hammerburst to its fullest potential until the Lancer was buffed to be able to compete with it.

* ''{{S4 League}}''[='=]s Counter Sword is arguably a Game Breaker; with [[ButtonMashing several clicks of the mouse]], you can unleash a combo of melee hits that knock your opponent back, and it also has an oversized fist that you can use as a shield. It's no wonder that detractors dub it the [[FanNickname CS Spam]].

* {{BIONICLE}} Heroes is completely and utterly broken from level 1. Masks count as "lives", and if you get enough LEGO pieces, you go into "Hero mode" where you get infinite health, and only goes away at scripted areas in the game. All weapons have unlimited ammo, there are at least two respawning masks (read: lives) around wherever there are enemies (including bosses), all enemies do maximum damage of 1/2 a heart out of five [[IncrediblyLamePun IF]] ([[DontExplainTheJoke big if]]) they hit (also includes bosses), hearts refill whenever an enemy dies or whenever you switch masks (which you can do instantaneously), and you can get Hero mode without leaving the first room of the first level. Convinced?

* The [[NeedsMoreLove relatively obscure]] Super Buster Bros has the gun powerup. It fires at such a ridiculous rate that it basically results in everything on the field being wiped out in 5 seconds. It only has two downsides: the fact that the game only allows one powerup at a time, making the powerups suddenly [[PowerupLetdown more of a threat than the enemies]], and the fact that it can't destroy terrain (a pointless weakness, as most maps don't require it and those that do will often drop other powerups).

* The Force Gun of Dead Space 2 is extremely ammo-efficient, especially once given damage upgrades. Even on Zealot, a player using nothing but the Force Gun and possibly one long-ranged weapon will find themselves with a constant resource surplus and able to effortlessly clear all opposition in the game.

* {{Red Faction}} has the rail gun, a high-power sniper rifle which can shoot through walls. Even without ammo the gun's scope still works, allowing the user to see enemies in different rooms.
* ''TransformersWarForCybertron'' has the Leader Class, who gets some of the best weapons in the game and an ability that both increases their damage and armor called Warcry. Basically a juggernaut that can kill you in two shots. The basic strategy is to blow Warcry and bunny hop while spamming either the Fusion Cannon or the Magma Frag Launcher. They were eventually nerfed slightly, but they're still pretty broken.
* AllPointsBulletin has the [[AKA47 N-TEC 5]], an AK-lookalike that dominates the entire game at all ranges. You've heard of spray-and pray? With the N-TEC, you don't ''need'' to pray, because you ''know'' they're going down unless they have an N-TEC as well.

* In KidIcarusUprising, the right combination of powers and weapon will turn your warrior in Free-For-All into an opposition crushing juggernaut.

* [[TransformersWarForCybertron'' has the Leader Class, who gets some of the best weapons in the game and an ability that both increases their damage and armor called Warcry. Basically a juggernaut that can kill you in two shots. The basic strategy is to blow Warcry and bunny hop while spamming either the Fusion Cannon or the Magma Frag Launcher. They were eventually nerfed slightly, but they're still pretty broken.