Would you use any of the beta weapons if they were never removed?

[JC2022]

This is for all GTA's which have weapons that were removed or unused. If they were never removed of left unused, would you use any of them?

[Guest]

Yeah, they might have been fun to use, like the nailgun and the grenade launcher for VC or the skateboard for SA that doubled as a vehicle in addition to being a weapon. The silenced pistol would have fit IV also well with Niko being a gun for hire and all.

Edited May 31 by ejoty

[CryptReaperDorian]

I was a bit disappointed that the revolver didn't make it into the finalized GTA IV after seeing it in the art book.

[Evil empire]

Would you have the kindness to make a complete list of those beta weapons?

[JC2022]

4 minutes ago, Evil empire said:

Would you have the kindness to make a complete list of those beta weapons?

https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Beta_Weapons

[universetwisters]

I would’ve used the nailgun in vice city just so I could make a cheap joke about the only things getting nailed in my house are pixels on a screen and chuckle to myself 

[wise_man]

I'd definitely have Niko using silenced pistol in GTA IV.

[GhettoJesus]

Well the skateboard in SA counts as a weapon so that. Would have been fun to have a weapon that you can also use as a mean of transportation. The nail gun from VC also sounds a lot of fun.

[D T]

I don't know man. Look at all the weapons we have in GTA Online and no one gives a sh*t about them. At the end of the day they would've just been half baked model swaps.

I think it's far more fun to imagine what could've been.

[Evil empire]

GTA 3: The satchel charge would surely have been fun to use, I would plant many in various places then detonate them with many enemies nearby and watch their limbs flying.

GTA Vice City: The grenade launcher would have been cool, especially if I could behead my enemies using it.

GTA San Andreas: The python could have been enjoyable especially if it could behead my enemies and sounded like the revolvers in the westerns.

[Carbonox]

The VCS (and apparently III/VC, to my surprise) landmines would've been a fun niche to play around with.

[Lioshenka]

Having played Bully, I don't think that the skateboard would have worked too well in SA. It would have been fun at the start, but given the sheer size of the map I would very quickly lose interest to it. It's too slow to even navigate Ganton, let alone LS or SA.

[universetwisters]

14 hours ago, Lioshenka said:

Having played Bully, I don't think that the skateboard would have worked too well in SA. It would have been fun at the start, but given the sheer size of the map I would very quickly lose interest to it. It's too slow to even navigate Ganton, let alone LS or SA.

Same with the bicycles in SA tbh, why steal a bike when you could just as easily steal a car that’s faster, has radio, etc

[B Dawg]

2 hours ago, universetwisters said:

Same with the bicycles in SA tbh, why steal a bike when you could just as easily steal a car that’s faster, has radio, etc

Bicycles are indestructible!

[universetwisters]

1 minute ago, B Dawg said:

Bicycles are indestructible!

 

I'd rather have my car blow up after a single scratch than ride something with no radio

[KingAJ032304]

On 5/31/2022 at 3:58 AM, CryptReaperDorian said:

I was a bit disappointed that the revolver didn't make it into the finalized GTA IV after seeing it in the art book.

But the revolver doesn't fit Niko's character and breaks immersion /s

On 6/5/2022 at 5:00 AM, D T said:

I don't know man. Look at all the weapons we have in GTA Online and no one gives a sh*t about them. At the end of the day they would've just been half baked model swaps.

I think it's far more fun to imagine what could've been.

Ehh 4 weapons a slot is ideal for the most part

[Lioshenka]

On 6/6/2022 at 5:22 PM, universetwisters said:

Same with the bicycles in SA tbh, why steal a bike when you could just as easily steal a car that’s faster, has radio, etc

 

I don't know, I love the pushbikes. They are relatively fast, and go at the speed that's comfortable to me - in fact, I really miss a speed limiter feature in the GTA games. I don't want to be racing at 150 mph through the countryside, which is why I love Walton and Sadler. The bikes also work really well in the ghettos I think, but lose their usefulness on the motorways or in the city centres. Whereas the skateboard will be pretty much entirely useless, unless there was some sort of mission sets to go with it e.g. in the skatepark.

[JC2022]

I imagine that you can go to the skatepark with your skateboard and skate around and do tricks like in Tony Hawk.

[Cutter De Blanc]

What an odd question,  if the weapons weren't removed of course I would use them. At very least just to test them out. I use whatever resources I'm provided. 

[universetwisters]

On 6/9/2022 at 6:04 AM, Lioshenka said:

 

I don't know, I love the pushbikes. They are relatively fast, and go at the speed that's comfortable to me - in fact, I really miss a speed limiter feature in the GTA games. I don't want to be racing at 150 mph through the countryside, which is why I love Walton and Sadler. The bikes also work really well in the ghettos I think, but lose their usefulness on the motorways or in the city centres. Whereas the skateboard will be pretty much entirely useless, unless there was some sort of mission sets to go with it e.g. in the skatepark.

I guess it all boils down to function v roleplaying. Rockstar probably thought not many people would pretend CJ was a pro skater and the skateboard had no other functions so they cut it and saved it for bully, idk