/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6107794
>playing games for the story
Read a book you nigger.

>>4830265
take for example another /vr game Resident Evil 1...

So whats the difference between a 9mm Beretta and a .357 magnum Revolver and why the hell is it doing so much more damage when the difference in firepower is in some cases less than 2x?
So that I can kill a Hunter with maybe 2 or 3 shots from the Magnum but it takes a full 15 round magazine to kill it with the standard pistol (I tested this by catching a hunter separated by a set of stairs in the upper hallway above the clock room, it had to circle around that to reach me and by the time it did I killed it, took 15 shots with the standard pistol).

Well a .357 has maybe 3 things going for it that the 9mm doesnt in that game and one of them is sorta glossed over. The character may explicitly be doing headshots with the magnum while not caring to do so with the 9mm, since none of the zombies ever get their head blown off by the standard pistol.

Also there are practical real life issues that come into play between the two calibers that might make Just Enough difference to place these two weapons so far apart. 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. Another factor is the muzzle energy and the hydrostatic shock effect, 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. But the .357 has enough energy it will cavitate the head, just like the shotgun, and in doing so it will destroy every part of the brain blowing its head off even though several 9mm shots to the head weren't enough to cause that.
With the Hunters it could be much like it is with Bears and other wildlife, where the skull is just too thick to penetrate with the 9mm.