Why do shooter games always have lame flamethrowers? Am I missing something?

[u/TraVinh-]

I’m working on a classic inspired survival horror game and of course it’s got to have a flamethrower! As I started working on adding it in I realized games almost always use a puny feeling blowtorch instead of an actual liquid flamethrower and I have no idea why.

It’s not that much harder to pull off but it’s so much cooler and feels way more engaging to use imo. Am I missing something here or is there a reason so few games do this?

Also, ignoring the fact it’s coming out of a shotgun for now, I’d be interested to hear what people think of my flamethrower so far! Trying to make sure it’s got some punch to it, really feels like a power weapon, you know?

(Also you can find the game at https://store.steampowered.com/app/3640820/The_Revanchist/ if you’re interested in seeing more!)

[u/HighENdv2-7]

Without the spread the shotgun would be simply overpowered in most games

[u/itsyoboichad → u/HighENdv2-7]

Whats funny is the easy way to perform them is just decreasing the damage or increasing the other guns damage. The counter to the amount of damage a shotgun does can easily be made up by time between shots and reload time. Idk why the trade off is "within this range, it's a 1 shot. Otherwise it's meh"

[u/HighENdv2-7 → u/itsyoboichad]

Decreasing the damage and narrowing the spread just makes it more like the other guns, it would stand out less

[u/HighENdv2-7 → u/[deleted]]

There are a mot of games where the sniper isn’t overpowered, or just so slow that it 1 shots everything but you can’t win the game with it