Big Guns

Y'know. I watch a lot of action-oriented anime and play a lot of video games and i've noticed something.

Bigger = Better

Apparently, i'm supposed to think that a lazer the size of a bus is a better weapon to lug around than an M16.

Now I know it's meant to be over da top, but come on!

Do we really need planet-sized robots swinging around planet-sized swords?

Or Cloud's buster sword which he can swing with one hand while fighting on a motorcycle?

But Gundam is the biggest culprit here.

GENESIS:

This is the biggest fucking cannon i've ever seen. It's the size of an asteroid! Seriously, how often are you going to fire this thing?

METEOR:

Don't let the dorky design fool you. This thing might as well be a mini-battleship. Missiles, a huge array of cannons, mile long beam arms, the works. My question is about those beam arms. How the hell are you supposed to control those things?! I mean, a mile long arc is good and all, but you'd be chopping up EVERYTHING with something that big.

Destroy Gundam:


This gundam is armed with more beams than all the 80s disco balls combined. It is HUGE. I mean, it makes even battleships look small. Too bad it's slow as fuck and gets screwed the second someone gets in melee range.

Alrighty. That's enough . . . for now.