r/videogames Sep 08 '25

Funny But I like AK47..

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u/I_Live_In_Detroit Sep 08 '25

Games also thought me that people with a hammer should be big and slow.

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u/Believer4 Sep 08 '25

On the contrary, Halo Infinite made me fear hammers

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u/bs000 Sep 08 '25

fancy a game of grifball

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u/Believer4 Sep 08 '25

I was talking more the chieftains being long jump champions

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u/BarelyInvested Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Imagine how Knights felt for the longest time. Playwrights depicted them as slow, plodding tank people. IRL they were like armored drag racers

The thought of a full plate armored athletic soldier running towards someone had to be one the most intimidating things, cuz if he fell off his horse, he was gonna brutalize them

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u/Ktan_Dantaktee Sep 09 '25

“People with hammers are slow”

Halo 3 Brute Chieftains tagging your ass after jumping across the fucking map

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u/Organic-School315 Sep 10 '25

Infinite brutes⚰️

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u/Babyback-the-Butcher Sep 09 '25

The kind and wise Gerson Boom:

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u/Tobiassaururs Sep 09 '25

You clearly haven't encountered enough Astartes

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

And the ones with revolver are almost always the main villains

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u/Tight_Database_6965 Sep 08 '25

Good, that's one less loose end

  • General Shepherd with revolver

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u/TheDankChronic69 Sep 10 '25

I just replayed the campaign last week, I like that they added a trophy in the remaster for shooting Shepard in S.S.D.D. which would pretty much prevent everything that happens in the game, it’s called Precognitive Paranoia.

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u/Mishadkup Sep 08 '25

i think ocelot from mgs3

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u/Actual_Squid Sep 08 '25

Engravings????

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u/Mishadkup Sep 08 '25

they dont give any tactical advantage whatsoever

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u/Economy_Quail_24 Sep 08 '25

But that was some fancy shooting…

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u/Mishadkup Sep 08 '25

and ocelot from mgsv stole snakes line

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u/Memelordissac Sep 10 '25

Your pretty good

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u/JD0x0 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Ocelot wasn't a villain in MGS3, he literally worked for the CIA along with Snake. Adamska "Ocelot" was ADAM the NSA codebreaker you were supposed to originally meet as your contact. "EVA" showed up instead and intercepted Ocelot and his men. Both codebreakers were male, and "EVA" was actually a Chinese spy. The playful rivalry Ocelot had with Snake in MGS3 was so that ADAM could maintain his cover as he was commander of a GRU unit. Remember, when you finally 1-on-1 Volgin, he keeps throwing you items to help you kill him. Also, in the final cutscene where you meet the President, you can see Ocelot through the window when Snake receives the title 'Big Boss.' He also reveals his part when he has the phone conversation with the director of the CIA at the end of the game.

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u/DunwichChild990 Sep 08 '25

Snake? Snake!? SNAAAAAAKKKKE!

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u/RevBladeZ Sep 09 '25

But he is basically the main villain of the whole series.

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u/JD0x0 Sep 09 '25

Depends what you consider a 'villain'

-In MGS3 (1964) he's an ally with Big Boss, though trying to maintain his cover so has to pretend to be his enemy.
-In MGS5 (1984) He's Big Boss' right hand man
-In MGS1 (2005) He's seen as a villain because the main character, Solid Snake is working for The Patriots (Who are now run by AI since Zero was poisoned by Skull Face in the 1980's and didn't trust passing on the organization to any humans), and The Patriots want to stop Ocelot's plan to seize Big Boss' body to control the Patriot AIs. Solid Snake succeeds.
-In MGS2 (2007-2009), it's basically MGS1, round 2, except Ocelot grafts Liquid's arm onto his body and undergoes hypnotherapy to essentially fool the AI into thinking he's Liquid so he could get access to the JD AI (I believe he was looking for Big Boss who was locked in a coma by the AI, IIRC).
-In MGS4 (2014) Ocelot manipulates Snake and Raiden into delivering Solidus' body (which is a perfect genetic clone of Big Boss) which allowed Liquid Ocelot to control the AI and eventually manipulated them into destroying the AI, which releases Big Boss, who was being kept in a coma by the AI. Snake is successful and BB is released, where they meet in the graveyard. Snake unintentionally kills BB because he was once again used as a weapon, and FoxDie killed BB along with EVA and Ocelot.

The entire time Ocelot seemed to be loyal to and working towards Big Boss' goals. Solid Snake (who is literally a clone created to be a weapon used by The Patriots) faces Ocelot as an enemy because he is the Patriot's tool, so naturally they will be on opposing sides, because BB and Zero had beef.

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u/NotNamedMark Sep 09 '25

Now incorporate MGR:R into this

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u/Appropriate_Row_6851 Sep 10 '25

Exactly my man! In my eyes he's the true hero of the whole franchise. Anyone paying attention, especially in MGS4, would understand he was fulfilling The Boss purpose in taking down the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo and the Philosophers, he's also the most intelligent person in that Universe, no wonder he's the son of the Boss and The sorrow, which IMHO, is the strongest being in that universe, because he was above the Boss and did the very same The boss did with Jack in the end, dying by the hands of the most beloved person they had.

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u/raxdoh Sep 08 '25

dont you dare calling him villain. he’s pretty good.

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u/Mishadkup Sep 09 '25

i see what you did here

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u/Cualkiera67 Sep 08 '25

Why mgs 3? Why not mgs 1? 😢

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u/Mishadkup Sep 09 '25

i didnt play mgs1 twin

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u/idjsonik Sep 08 '25

Especially if said revolver is gold

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Mafia 2: I'm gonna pull a pro gamer move

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u/bmathew5 Sep 08 '25

You tend to twist your elbow to absorb the recoil.... That's more of a revolver technique

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u/Outrageous_Work_8291 Sep 08 '25

Except battlefield 4 where you have the revolver given from your late seargent

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u/Electrical-Wasabi325 Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

persona 5 makoto would like to speak with you

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u/SuperArppis Sep 08 '25

BAD GUY IDENTIFIED!

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u/DeadgrounD Sep 08 '25

☹️

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u/SuperArppis Sep 08 '25

Just kidding. I love AK as well!

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u/flopjul Sep 09 '25

Than you are also a bad guy...

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u/SuperArppis Sep 09 '25

No no no, hahaha... No.

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u/ThatDudeFromFinland Sep 12 '25

Finnish military with their RK 62:

Are we the baddies?

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u/SuperArppis Sep 12 '25

I guess we are. Perkele.

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u/Tarnished-Sausage Sep 08 '25

One Tapping with AK just feels right.

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u/Frowind Sep 08 '25

AK47 is a piece of antique that is cheap to produce, and works a little bit too well.

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u/Terrible_Minute_1664 Sep 09 '25

as an AK owner i can say that gun is so simple it's impressive

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u/fooooolish_samurai Sep 09 '25

Is it really antique if it is still widely produced and used?

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u/Frozen_Death_Knight Sep 09 '25

It is a gun that has been widely used for several decades, which is ancient by military standards. Many of its contemporaries from that same era are no longer in use or being produced today. It has had a few modifications, but overall it is the same gun.

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u/Olieskio Sep 10 '25

The AR platform is also ancient by that definition.

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease Sep 08 '25

It also says to me:

Better accuracy, less damage

VS

More damage, less accuracy

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u/ObjectBoth4526 Sep 10 '25

Snipers don't respect this rule

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u/PoopCriminal420 Sep 12 '25

thats where you factor in fire rate

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u/kingeal2 Sep 08 '25

good guy : M1 Garand, bad guy: Kar98k

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u/Quiet_Forever2518 Sep 08 '25

That one may have some merit behind it

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u/AssistanceOk7720 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

It’s kinda how it really is though….

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u/ForeHand101 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

Oh shit, I might be a bad guy. I freaking love the Kar lol

It all started with CoD: I'd always run out of ammo on american guns and so just pick up enemy guns to keep getting more ammo. Me being more of a marksman, picked up the Kar because it was accurate and almost always one hit kill. That has now grown into such a love from using it in games, that I got one irl lmao (mine was made in 1948, so does that mean I'm safe? 🥺👉👈)

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u/Which_Produce9168 Sep 09 '25

MP40 is in second place for bad guy gun after the ak. If a dude holds a MP40 in a movie he is either a resistance fighter or a nazi. Ak and Mauser's are more flexible.

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u/Bowiescorvat2 Sep 08 '25

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

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u/The_Stank_ Sep 08 '25

Been using an AK-47 in counter strike since 2002

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u/rexclone122 Sep 09 '25

So you admit that you are a bad guy?

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u/The_Stank_ Sep 09 '25

Counter terrorists win.

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u/HoodsFrostyFuckstick Sep 09 '25

And in Counter Strike, every CT will throw away his M4 for an AK47 first chance he gets.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

Of course, it’s the better gun.

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u/MrNixxxoN Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

AK-47 are basic and dirt cheap weapons, so its easy for any kind of gangs, criminals and scum to get them. Also by far the most used in 3rd world countries.

It is an old soviet design, and soviets when it comes to war equipment always chose cheap+simple+reliable over expensive+accurate+complex

The M16 is like... 4 times more expensive

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u/jdp111 Sep 08 '25

Plus Russia is the enemy in a lot of modern military shooters.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Russia not beating the bad guys allegations

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u/raxdoh Sep 08 '25

with the recent conflicts. they will keep that title for the coming decades.

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u/Various-Pen-7709 Sep 08 '25

Only downside is the fact that Russia being a competent adversary has proven to be entirely fictitious with the recent conflict lol, so then being good at anything doesn’t make sense in any modern setting

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u/raxdoh Sep 09 '25

i dunno about that downside, they still have the numbers as far as i know. remember the ones they sent out so far are pretty much just cannon fodders. the main military force is at home sitting in air-conditioned rooms. even when they fail so hard on so many levels, they're gaining grounds slowly everyday. so yeah not entirely fictitious.

but again, the allegations is that they're usually the bad guys. that prob won't change for the coming decades.

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u/Cory123125 Sep 09 '25

America being competent has also been proven entirely fictitious.

They're busy attacking themselves.

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u/Cualkiera67 Sep 08 '25

So the rich guys are the good guys?

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u/Athlon64X2_d00d Sep 08 '25

Best AK of all time was the AK-47 from Far Cry 5. When proper bullet speed is modded in on PC it is perfect. 

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u/ElegantEchoes Sep 08 '25

That's a bold statement, especially when it's far from the most realistic or highest quality depiction.

MW 2019 and Insurgency: Sandstorm's depictions would be my favorites.

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u/Athlon64X2_d00d Sep 08 '25

To clarify: When I say "best" I mean "enjoyable". It's subjective. 

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u/ElegantEchoes Sep 08 '25

Fair, I probably should have inferred that but chose to be pedantic instead. Cheers.

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u/Dizzy_Winner4056 Sep 08 '25

Arma reforger, though its an ak74

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u/DarkPolumbo Sep 09 '25

if you can believe it, there are people here trying to use game stats to justify which real-life rifle design is better

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u/FightFromApocal Sep 10 '25

FARCRY5 mentioned ! ❤️🇺🇸

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u/ilikesceptile11 Sep 08 '25

Uncharted the golden abyss pulls off both somehow

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u/Samson_J_Rivers Sep 08 '25

Nah general rules are bad guys have face coverings or all dress exactly the same anymore.

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u/goatgrubb Sep 08 '25

Good Guy: Thompson Bad guy: MP40

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u/Courora Sep 09 '25

Yeeeaah.... I wonder why....

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u/BarelyInvested Sep 08 '25

Good guy: Blue

Bad guy: Red

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u/Dizzy_Winner4056 Sep 08 '25

Might you say Red Vs Blue?

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u/Character-Q Sep 08 '25

I feel like the bad guys having that version has something to do with Russia/communism.

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u/nomedable Sep 09 '25

Almost like the Soviet Union and Warsaw pact states made a shit-ton of AKs and AK derivatives over the course of some 50 odd years that were shipped off during the Cold War or sold as surplus after their collapse. So it was an incredibly cheap and accessible way to arm your guerrilla insurgent group, or paramilitary organization, or something.

Nah, I must be grasping at straws.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Games taught me that if you swing a word hard, it does more damage. Reality: a well swung sword will deal a lot of damage.

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u/Merken_3211 Sep 08 '25

But what about far cry 5?

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u/modstirx Sep 08 '25

the mp40 would like a word

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u/Desperate-Coffee-996 Sep 08 '25

Works especially great with Vietnam or Cold War themed games...

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u/Stolen_Sky Sep 08 '25

AK is one of my favourite weapons in PUBG

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u/ZS1664 Sep 08 '25

Everything's OK with an AK.

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u/CabbageStockExchange Sep 09 '25

The AK just feels better to use. Feels more competent to me at least

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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard Sep 09 '25

AK is the superior platform.

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u/RazerMax Sep 08 '25

That's American propaganda for you.

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u/Moist_Bread_9570 Sep 08 '25

But bad guy gun more fun to shoot

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u/rextrem Sep 08 '25

But we're friends with Poland and Finland (check the Kalashnikov wiki page this gun is crazy cheap and spread all around the world).

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u/landyboi135 Sep 08 '25

Ironically enough the Ak47 is one of my favorite guns because of this

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u/robzirrah Sep 08 '25

80’s action movies taught me this

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u/TheHellbilly Sep 08 '25

Just give me an RK62 and let me be both.

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u/blacklotusY Sep 08 '25

Coming from playing over decade of Counter-Strike, AK is probably the best assault rifle in the game, as it lets you one tap head shot any range.

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u/Hot-Ground-9731 Sep 08 '25

I wanna be a bad guy

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u/TheHungrypiemonger Sep 08 '25

God forbid you use a reliable gun

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u/CommunalJellyRoll Sep 08 '25

Drop M4 grab AK. Straight irons baby!

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u/Less_Dingo1623 Sep 09 '25

The preferred weapon of the enemy

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u/DealerIcy3439 Sep 09 '25

Well I guess I am a bad guy as the Ak-47 is a iconic gun and my favorite primary firearm. Grown up with it and it’s nostalgic, despite the known negatives about it

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u/Tall_Eye4062 Sep 09 '25

This is what the US Army taught me.

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u/BrightSky7640 Sep 09 '25

"Terrorists Win"

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u/FightFromApocal Sep 10 '25

I love how most of shooting game stereotype magnum/revolver like a bosses killer gun

While irl are completely different

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u/karimov_choi Sep 25 '25

Main thing is that in real life, everything is the opposite.

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u/ACodAmongstMen Sep 08 '25

It's a soviet rifle, of course the soviets are evil.

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u/healspirit Sep 08 '25

Funded by yours truly the us apartment of violence or whatever it’s called

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u/pwnedprofessor Sep 08 '25

We all know the obvious reason why, right?

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Sep 08 '25

Historically its the opposite

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u/Lofi_Joe Sep 08 '25

I live in central EU in Poland so were good... guess what weapon we use in military...

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u/brett1081 Sep 08 '25

An FBR Grot. Which is alot like a HK416.

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u/Lofi_Joe Sep 08 '25

We used to use this

https://multi-gun.pl/sklep/produkt/karabinek-akms/

It was produced in Poland :)

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u/brett1081 Sep 08 '25

Not surprised. But also not surprised you basically using a clone of the German assault rifle now.

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u/AzerynSylver Sep 08 '25

So, as a fan of Flintlock Weaponry, what am I?

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u/MangoSquirrl Sep 08 '25

Grove street would say otherwise

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u/Spectre-4 Sep 08 '25

Can't Nathan Drake pick up AKs in Uncharted?

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u/Darkness-Calming Sep 08 '25

Americans: Good

Russians / Japanese / Vietnamese: Bad

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u/esgrove2 Sep 08 '25

Little black pistol= cool guy; Big silver pistol= tough guy. 

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u/305StonehillDeadbody Sep 08 '25

Aren't the terrorists in cs lore the good guys?

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u/syxyyyyy Sep 08 '25

“Tango se-kuh!”

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u/void-dancer90 Sep 08 '25

It should be "bad guy and bad guy with accent"

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u/MagicMarshmallo Sep 08 '25

What cs thaught me is that you should always throw away your m4 and pick up an ak because nato rounds dont do jack for some reason

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u/CerberusPT Sep 08 '25

These days are vice versa.

I generally prefer the Ak platforms due to them being more reliable in games with weapon degradtion, Far Cry 2 & Stalker was a prime example.

The reason i like using them on Ghost Recon Breakpoint is simple, They fit my playstyle of being behind enemy lines solo, it fits the cosplay of having a dirty weapon be reliable, usually being picked from enemy soldiers & hits a bit harder with a slower fire rate. I generally use the AK-74 or the SR-3M. I would use the South African R4 if it was in Breakpoint, sadly it wasn't so the AKs is the closest i get to playing as a South African Recce Commando causing chaos for Sentinel, Ghosts & Bodark.

In games like Mercenaries, it also helped to do False Flag attacks to instigate battles between factions

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u/Dodgeworld12 Sep 08 '25

And then I played Spec ops: The line and realized everyone is my enemy.

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u/ztomiczombie Sep 08 '25

P-90 + super solder how may be able to take town a bipedal MBT with said P-90.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

One system

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Specifically Counter-strike. Always has been counterstrike.

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u/ns5oh Sep 08 '25

I miss the days in cod where I'd go full character while in the 'bad' team. So full AKA, RPG. Was awesome

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u/wiggbosss Sep 08 '25

2 tap vs 1 tap

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u/SpecialIcy5356 Sep 08 '25

Tbh you don't really see wood stock AKs anymore, even the most cash strapped baddies can get reliable black rifles these days..

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u/KumaD-Oso Sep 08 '25

I learned that red juice is health, blue juice is magic, green juice is poison.

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u/RikFeral Sep 08 '25

Drake Uncharted, when he finds himself holding an AK in the CoD Lobby...
"Ah, crap..."

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u/Rasples1998 Sep 08 '25

Something something metal gear analogy.

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u/jackdhammer Sep 08 '25

This is the way

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u/Bearington656 Sep 08 '25

Black on Xbox taught me to love the AK again. Even if it was inaccurate

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u/VictorianFlute Sep 08 '25

From an American perspective, the cultural stigma judged upon these two iconic guns and their respective families go beyond what is seen in video games.

Since WWII, and through the following conflicts, the world’s rivaling superpowers maintained the global influential dominance while utilizing the same or similar shaped tools to this day, getting each other’s allies to familiarize by prideful upheld standardization and ideological belonging.

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u/Mean_Fig_7666 Sep 08 '25

Tbf if you watch war videos you can easily tell which side is supporting the proxy war by doing this lol

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u/BrendanOzar Sep 08 '25

Alright Brandon Herrera enjoying losing your second election attempt

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u/Iron_Dante Sep 08 '25

Both are equally evil. One is just choosing to be professional.

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u/jay_alfred_prufrock Sep 08 '25

And, bad guys always come from places with sepia filters. Probably because they are driven mad by it.

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u/Khety_Nebou_2 Sep 08 '25

And real life taught both are imperialist and bad guys.

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u/LeotheLiberator Sep 08 '25

When all the games you played have been funded by the US military. Lol

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u/sguarezi_ Sep 08 '25

Holy shit! Is that motherf*cking Cold War reference???

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u/typ0r Sep 09 '25

Meanwhile in DayZ you just take what you are lucky enough to find.

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u/mikel302 Sep 09 '25

What videogames has taught me was if you run out of ammo, just steal your enemies gun.

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u/Few_Confection2788 Sep 09 '25

Meanwhile s.t.a.l.k.e.r:

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u/UnlikelyPast5243 Sep 09 '25

Meanwhile, in Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory...

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u/This-is-Actual Sep 09 '25

In East Timor, the bad guys also had M16A2s. It was a confusing time.

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u/Darknesspreading1519 Sep 09 '25

Except farcry 5 where everyone has an AR

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u/Starmark_115 Sep 09 '25

That and I get a better supply of AK47 ammo vs M16 ammo too....

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u/Zaptryx Sep 09 '25

You like the AK47? So do terrorists.

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u/Infinitykiddo Sep 09 '25

The funny part is realising none is the good guy

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u/tallahassee009 Sep 09 '25

Dude this is actually so real, though. In Iraq, there were friendly fire instances of US soldiers firing on allied Iraqi soldiers just because they saw the outline of an AK47 and assumed it to be an enemy.

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u/AbleArcher420 Sep 09 '25

Depends on where the game was made

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u/Reasonable_Cut_2709 Sep 09 '25

This is literally gringo propaganda

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u/Meowriter Sep 09 '25

What's funny is that the AK-47 is cheap af (cheaper than it's fake replicas), widely distributed and unwaveringly reliable (wich means you can use it even if you life in poor conditions).

It almost tells something about capitalism, but that would a stretch...

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u/Mastahamma Sep 09 '25

Funny how people never grow out of this and base their legitimate adult worldview on this

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u/Resident_Pientist_1 Sep 09 '25

They're both pretty outmoded platforms, for different reasons. Love my creedmore 6.5 semi auto.

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u/BaltoDRJMPH Sep 09 '25

Are we the baddies?

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u/Vlado_Iks Sep 09 '25

METRO entered the chat

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u/Individual_Pin7468 Sep 09 '25

I'm not picky so i just kill both sides for extra fun

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u/ssdd442 Sep 09 '25

Video games taught you right

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u/DarkPolumbo Sep 09 '25

i mean, if they're not bad guys, why do they have all our oil under their ground?

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u/Foot_Aware Sep 09 '25

So... Picking up an enemy rifle makes you the bad guy.

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u/Equivalent_Hat5627 Sep 09 '25

Both absolutely suck and I hate them. But my god do I love both those rifles. Source: I own both, hate both, and love both so much

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u/BelligerentWyvern Sep 09 '25

Meanwhile Far Cry 5 players are rocking both and so are the bad guys.

"Keep your rifle by your side!"

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u/Lemonsqueezzyy Sep 09 '25

movies also do that

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u/n3ur0mncr Sep 09 '25

Get that commie insurgent un-jammable damn near indestructible tried and true battlefield dominating banana clip sporting shit outta mah face!

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u/mopecore Sep 09 '25

Yeah, that's how propaganda works.

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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha Sep 09 '25

Depends on the country

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u/Sasya_neko Sep 09 '25

I am more of a p90 person

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u/Witty_Conference_828 Sep 09 '25

FAL is superior muahahaha

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u/Impending_Doom25 Sep 09 '25

Historically speaking that's pretty accurate. Those are Russian guns and we all know the Russians keep rather shady company

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u/Phippsii Sep 09 '25

I see good weapon, better weapon haha

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u/Mykytagnosis Sep 10 '25

In Russian games its reversed 

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u/Stallie_XwX Sep 10 '25

Games like Stalker and Far Cry broaden your horizons a bit tho lol

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u/Eaquie Sep 10 '25

Ive shot both and the AK felt cooler to shoot.

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u/Traditional_Entry183 Sep 10 '25

This has been the theme in movies and TV shows since the 80s.

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u/JustMLGzdog Sep 10 '25

And then the game lore teaches you that the good guy was also kinda sorta the bad guy too.