/vr/ - Retro Games

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>since none of the zombies ever get their head blown off by the standard pistol
Sure about that? I definitely remember popping some tops with the Beretta pistol.
Or maybe it only does that in REmake.

I think the Magnum revolver also had the ability to throw enemies on their asses, hence why when you're running your ass off at the end, it's good for just knocking hunters and shit out of the way without bothering with killing them, because you're just running for it.

>One factor is Bullet Penetration through meat and the ability to destroy internal structures like the spine, being able to penetrate through to reach them is one thing but the 357 would retain enough force to cause dramatic damage where it matters instead of just nicking it.
Honestly, with both 9mm Luger and .357 Magnum, if you hit the spine, that's going to have some kind of paralyzing effect, if not total, quite possibly everything below, and if not permanent, then for well long enough that you could either just execute them or leave them and not worry.
Zombie fiction seriously underrates, often even ignoring, the ability for gunshot wounds to seriously cripple, regardless of killing.

It doesn't matter if you don't feel pain, or if you don't even bleed out, if someone shoots your hip with a 7.62mm rifle, you're NEVER walking with that leg again.

>hydrostatic shock
Hydrostatic shock is an utter meme. Penetration depth, cavitation, and shot placement, is entirely what matters.

>shoot a zombie in the head with a 9mm and it might jostle the brains but not destroy them or the primitive part of the brain that the T-Virus is still using to control the body.
True, probably, they aren't exactly using the speech center or pineal gland or anything, they're mindless eating machines.