>300 years in future
>every concept art involves a gun-shaped device, whether it be a laser, blaster, phaser, etc
>upper, lower, barrel shape when a bullet isn't even involved
Please, concept artists of the world. Stop this. Personal weapons may not even be handheld. Its like all modern weapons being shaped like spears and gladiuses. Try and have some semblance of creativity.
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>Its like all modern weapons being shaped like spears and gladiuses. Try and have some semblance of creativit
>spear
Long stick with pointy bit
>gun
Long stick that shoots pointy bits
Checkmate futurists. Memes aside, handheld weapons will be relevant as long as human infantry stays relevant. If the sci fi soldiers are human/humanoid ayy then a handheld weapon still makes sense.
I feel like most "futuristic" portrayals of weapons have equipment getting bigger/heavier/shittier rather than lighter/better.
People are wearing cumbersome armor etc with high tech but cumbersome weaponry that looks like it'd be objectively worse in action than your basic bitch ar/ak + assault vest full of mags etc. Or they're using blades and bows which is complete bullshit, as both are shit beyond fictional marvel comics and movies.
But I can get behind it, because fantasy war can be so much more fun to watch that IRL war/tactics.
I think the Halo universe has some pretty good designs, like marines armour and tech loadouts are quite practical, and if the guns are bigger it's only because the calibres are larger
I only really played the first one to any big degree. But yeah, halo didn't do anything too dumb on the earth side.
bruh the goal of creative content isn't to give a roadmap to the future, it's to inspire. It's all about myth, archetype and stuff. And, the human mind for thousands of years has latched onto the sword as the natural weapon of the hero.
Rifles are the best personal weapons available, but they'll be forgotten. Polearms were the best before but they get no love today. That'll happen to rifles, too, but swords are going to continue being the best thing going for a loong time
the weapons that predator used where advanced and innovative and most are now real or becoming real
>bruh the goal of creative content isn't to give a roadmap to the future, it's to inspire.
>t. soft scifi writer
one of the big draws of hard sf is writing it like detective/mystery fiction. the author lays out the politics, environment, technology etc and the reader is supposed to predict how the plot is going to unfold.
in /tg/ terms, simulationist instead of narrativist.
the whole channel is worth a watch as its all real science
I'd honestly say that is one of the best channels on youtube. He also has all of his stuff on soundcloud in audio only. I listen to it all the time on my 5 mile bike ride to work.
That speech impediment tho
> Leo toastoy said, the two most powofo weapons aw patience and time...
It's not that bad. You get used to it.
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I think this thing in guardians of galaxy was pretty cool
If you want to show that the character is armed then the weapons carried must be recognisable as such by the audience. Thingamajigs of unknown purpose or function won't help people get a feeling for what someone's all about, unless you're specifically aiming for a character who's into diddling such inscrutable gizmos.
reminder that the loadout of predators is literally hunting gear and in a war scenario they would field weapon systems so fantastically overpowered that it would make their shoulder-mounted auto-aiming plasma turrets look like last ditch combat knives.
Bioborgs
>Internal weapon-hives
>Bio-missile launchers growing on upper shoulders like barnacles
>Venom darts sprayed like bullets from prehensile tails
>Mutualistic flora on back providing camouflage as well as photosynthesis
It depends on the setting in question.
Warframe, for instance, had a point in the backstory where all their fancy tech weapons were hijacked by the enemy they were fighting and they went back to good ol' gun and sword since those can't be hijacked, the Tenno had some crazy stuff for guns anyway, the Soma rifle had a 100 round magazine(with 200 on the Prime variant), the Corinth shotgun had a grenade launcher on it, the Baza submachine gun has no recoil to speak of and is laser accurate, the Boltor fires heavy ass bolts at the enemy, you get the point.
Sounds like a lot of disgusting cruelty possibly to get there.
and?
>That speech impediment tho
> Leo toastoy said, the two most powofo weapons aw patience and time..
lol
ya he sounds like fudd
he knows it to, thats why he has subtitles on his videos
>It's not that bad. You get used to it.
you do, after a bit you dont notice
your more interested in the fact that he just explained how we can colonize the whole galaxy (and more) and keep it till the the heat death of the universe and the end of time itself
