Video games are full of ingenious tools that let you move, battle, and discover in new ways, whether you’re solving puzzles or overcoming challenges. The most impactful tools aren’t just helpful – they change how the game works, offering creative solutions. Some help you get around, while others let you scan your surroundings, sneak past enemies, or create items quickly. Here’s a look at some exceptional gadgets that give players the power to manipulate their environment and turn difficult situations into opportunities.
Gravity Gun
The Gravity Gun in ‘Half-Life 2’ lets you grab and throw objects from a distance, using the game’s physics. Players can use everyday items like saw blades and barrels as weapons. It’s also used to solve puzzles by moving objects to create bridges and platforms. At the end of the game, the Gravity Gun gets even more powerful, allowing you to lift much heavier things, including enemies.
Portal Gun
The Portal Gun in the game ‘Portal’ lets you instantly travel between two linked locations. Players create orange and blue portals on walls, floors, or ceilings to change how things move and solve puzzles. Falling from a height becomes a horizontal launch because your speed stays the same. To finish each puzzle, you’ll guide items like companion cubes, energy balls, and lasers through these portals.
Sheikah Slate
In ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’, the Sheikah Slate is a versatile device with several key functions. It lets you create bombs, control metal objects, temporarily stop time, and even make ice pillars. It also functions as your map and allows you to quickly travel around the world. The game encourages players to combine these abilities in clever ways – for example, freezing a rock and then hitting it to build up power. The shrines and puzzles throughout the game are specifically built around using these rune combinations in creative ways.
Pip Boy
The Pip-Boy is a computer worn on your wrist in ‘Fallout’ that helps you manage everything – your items, maps, quests, the radio, and your character’s stats. It also lets you use VATS to carefully aim at specific parts of enemies. You can see how much radiation you’ve been exposed to and any health effects you’re experiencing, and the Pip-Boy plays audio logs and notes that reveal the game’s story and offer helpful hints.
Hidden Blade
The Hidden Blade, a signature weapon in the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ series, is a blade concealed in the wrist used for quiet, stealthy attacks and quick defenses. The way an assassin eliminates a target changes based on how they approach and the enemy’s current situation. In more recent games, players can customize the Hidden Blade with upgrades like poison or even turn it into a ranged weapon. The game’s emphasis on blending into crowds and skillful movement is designed to create the perfect opportunities for using the blade.
Poltergust
In ‘Luigi’s Mansion,’ the Poltergust is a special vacuum cleaner used to catch ghosts. It works by first dazzling them with a bright light, then sucking them up. Beyond ghosts, it also collects coins and objects to reveal hidden areas. Different versions of the Poltergust can also blow air, shoot out plungers, or spray water. When fighting bosses, players need to carefully time their flashlight use and the direction they pull with the vacuum.
GLOO Cannon
In the game ‘Prey’, the GLOO Cannon fires a quick-hardening foam that’s incredibly versatile. You can use it to create makeshift platforms for climbing, block dangerous gas leaks, put out fires, and even trap enemies. These foam blobs can act like temporary stairs to reach higher areas, and you can break them down later to open up new routes or collect resources.
Omni Tool
In the game ‘Mass Effect,’ the Omni Tool is a wrist-mounted holographic device that lets you do things like hack systems, unlock data, and use tech-based powers. It works by sending out programs that can disable enemy weapons, strengthen your shields, or restore health to your teammates. Players who specialize in engineering or infiltration use it to control automated defenses like turrets and drones. The Omni Tool is also frequently used during conversations and when interacting with the game world.
Focus
In both ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ and ‘Horizon Forbidden West’, the Focus is a tool you wear that helps you scan your surroundings. It reveals tracks, vulnerable spots on machines, and their individual parts. It remembers information and uses augmented reality to show you what happened in the past. During fights, you use it to mark pieces you can detach from machines and any explosive canisters they might have. The Focus also lets you unlock sealed doors and connect to old computer systems.
Disguise Kit
In the game ‘Team Fortress 2’, the Spy’s Disguise Kit allows players to look like enemy characters, helping them sneak past enemy lines. It works best with the Cloak, which makes the Spy temporarily invisible, and the Sapper, used to disable enemy buildings. Skilled players can use disguises to get close to enemies, especially by blending in with groups or near enemy Engineer buildings, and then strike from behind. Mastering the kit requires copying how enemies move and what weapons they use.
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