Possible solution to the video game problem.

[PersonOfInterest]

Originally Posted by MT2008

My point is, you may disagree on what the specific types of real-world weapons are. But IMFDB standards have always been to have the name of the real-life weapon in the heading. There is some variation (i.e. on the "Deep Rising" page, we have Calico M955A (as the "M1-L1 triple-pulse rifle")), but the name of the real-world weapon must always be present in some way.

It's present in the description. Along with the relevant photographs. (Multiple photographs in the case of the Frankenstein MP5 from Vice City Stories)

[funkychinaman]

I can't believe people have spent so much effort on Goldeneye 007. This game came out in *1997*! Even if the designers had put in that much effort into the guns, would we be able to tell? Seriously, if it wasn't implied that the "PP7" was supposed to be a PPK, how would anyone be able to tell? It wasn't until I discovered IMFDB that I learned that the "DD44" was supposed to be a Tokarev. I thought the entire time it was supposed to be a Makarov. And the truth is, it doesn't look like either pistol. Even in Perfect Dark, which came out three years later, the "PP7" still looked like an eight year old's drawing of what a pistol would look like. (see attached)

I remember reading an article a few weeks ago about Halo Reach, which comes out next month, where they said the assault rifle in Halo Reach has more sprites than Master Chief's entire body in Halo 1, which came out in 2001. Now think about a game that came out four years before that.



Okay the image didn't show. Here's the link: http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Image:PP7.jpg