The Ten Most Useless Weapons In Gaming

Written by: Adam "ManKorn" Korenman, CC2K Video Games Editor

9) Dart Rifle, Turok 2

Just imagine that you are a dimension-hopping Native American warrior, trying to save the omniverse from a parasitic dictator known as the Primogen. No, you’re not in the throws of a horrible trip, you’re playing Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. You are going to be up against dinosaur-alien hybrids, massive monstrosities, and Lovecraftian horrors. You ought to be packing the most powerful weapons known to man or beast. 

Instead, you got a tranquilizer gun. 

Now, I’m not one to doubt the efficacy of a few cc’s of tranquilizer on a T-Rex, but considering this game also let you pack a chain gun known as the Firestorm, I feel like this particular entry was somewhat underpowered. In other words, it was about as useful as Michael Cera at a weight-lifting competition. 

The guides say you would use the Tranquilizer for stealth portions of the game, but I don’t know anyone who has played Turok and decided that not killing everything in sight was an option.

Like most N64 games, Turok 2 was a mess of muddy textures, poor controls and half hazard animation. Still, as the first title to use the memory-enhancing booster pack, it was also a must-buy for owners of the console.