15 Things Only First Person Shooter Fans Will Understand

Gun Archetypes

Nearly every shooter follows a common weapon pyramid. No matter which first person shooter you play, there will often be a submachine gun, assault rifle, sniper rifle, rocket launcher and shotgun archetype somewhere. Seeing a shooter build on those archetypes is the real treat, whether it’s Half-Life implementing a scoped crossbow, Half-Life 2 introducing the Gravity Gun or any of the wackier weapons found in Borderlands 2.