10 Most Iconic Swords In Gaming History
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Jess rocking the Lion's mane!
Thank you for including the Soul Reaver. Both the weapon itself and the series that introduced it deserve love and respect.
Rebellion and Yamato from DMC
Dragon sword from Ninja Gaiden and any sword from Devil May Cry
Gotta say Rebellion, but Alastor or Sparda will always be my fav.
The lists Jess writes and present herself are WCGs best list videos, by a mile.
I hope they are gettin paid.
You can't get frostmourn. You can get shadowmourn, but that's a two-handed ax. Also, did someone say Thunderfury, blessed blade of the Windseeker?
Wait, did you just say THUNDERFURY, BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER?!?!
No he clearly said THUNDERFURY BLESSED BLADE OF THE WINDSEEKER
Been asking Jules to do this in Tues your own adventure since day one. So glad someone at WhatCulture has finally done it!
Did someone say Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker?!
Thank you for including the soul reaver. I know most people don't even remember this franchise, but the sword is so important to legacy of kain and both protagonists are so deeply tied to it that it's THE sword I thought of when I saw this prompt.
I expected it to make this list, but seeing Soul Edge all the way up at at #2 put a big smile on my face. Also, even though they didn't make the list, I wanted to give an honorable mention to Honedge and its evolutions from Pokemon. THEY'RE LITERALLY LIVING GHOST SWORDS, HOW FUCKING COOL IS THAT!?
I was gonna say something about using Soul Edge instead of the literal title sword of the series, but then I remembered what the very first game was called.
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I can already think of one (Eternal champions). It was overshadowed by mortal kombat back in the 90s and never came into mainstream, and look how mortal kombat is, they have to rely on their guest appearances.
I know some will disagree but outriders was good it got over shadowed and everyone was confused on if it was a live service or not (it wasn’t) but yea good game better than most games like it
Also dark siders
Sonic the Fighters. Power Stones
@@travishunstable5283Outriders once it was stable enough to run was and is awesome to play but that first couple of months were brutal, it never recovered.
Honestly I like the extra commentary on this list. Feels more personable :-)
Speaking of Excalibur: Strange woman lying in ponds distributing swords, is no bases for a government.
Or it’s the best
I get that reference
Help I'm being repressed!
6:02 strange women lying in a ponds distributing swords is no basics for a system of government
One that used to sit on your shelf, which may not have the time to be iconic yet, but will probably be over time: Mantis Blades, from Cyberpunk.
Fun list. I’d have included Corvo’s steampunk sword from Dishonored but that’s just a personal thing. Thanks!
For me, it's a toss-up between Squall's Gundblade and Cloud's Buster Sword....
I agree with 90% of this list but we're definitely missing Dante's Rebellion from DMC.
Nice to see my two favourites hit the the top 2. Especially since you could clash Soul Edge vs the Master Sword in Sould Calibur II.
When I saw the master sword as a kid playing both ocarina of time and twilight princess I felt this rush flow over me like I was staring at something legendary.
Definitely should've have Rebellion from DMC on here, but great list nonetheless.
when I saw the title some swords came to my mind. all of them are on the list: except the Chainsaw Sword from the Warhammer 40k Franchise. The Space Marines slicing the Emperors enemies in half with it is always satisfactory
I'm glad Soul Edge was included, such an iconic sword. Been waiting for a new Soul Calibur game for ages.
"I feel like I've said Monado a lot"
You've basically just described XC1 in the best terms.
Did somebody say [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]?!
Jess Is Beautiful.
Arondight is the name of Lancelot's sword, so it kind of fits with excalibur
I like you showing a bit more personality like this in your videos, Jess, rather than just reading off a list. I enjoyed it. 😊
Soul Edge, Soul Calibur, Buster Sword, Dragon Sword & Z Saber, Gunblade are on my list.
Shout out to Yamamoto & Sparda though.
Masamune totally wasn't on my brain.
Surprised we didn’t get literally any of the swords from the DMC series
Yamato deserves a mention. Vergil's iconic sword that can cut through dimensions and pretty much everything in half.
Zero's Z-Saber from Megaman X and Megaman Zero, and Mea Culpa from Blasphemous.
HALO'a energy sword. Nothing more satisfying than being the first one to get a hold of it and eviscerating the other team.
I’m not pvp man but I do get that satisfaction when I get lucky with an energy sword
"We are talking swords here"
The entire WhatCulture staff got turned into talking swords? Holy crap!
I know it wasn't a huge hit but how no Heavenly Sword? It's called the Heavenly Sword, for crying out loud! Lol
That is a great choice!
I could call out the Demon Sword from, well, Demon Sword, but I feel like I'm the only one who knows that (relatively ancient) game.
Yamato
Very glad that soul edge made it
Its ok Jess, I wrote a literal love letter to a video game gun for a writing assignment years ago 😂
Rebellion or Yamato from the Devil May Cry series.
Uchigatana could have made the list over Moonlight great sword as the name never changes across the franchise and it remains an exceptionally strong and iconic weapon.
Yamato/Rebellion/Red Queen from DMC and Sword of Aeons from Fable don't get a mention?!
Rainbow Sword in Chrono Trigger was always a favorite of mine
In a long bygone era, Stormbringer from NetHack (and probably some other public domain games) was iconic.
You had me at Soul Reaver. Raziel must return.
Number 10 announced, and I'm already raising my fist into the air and yelling; YESS!!
What about Chaoseater from Darksiders? Surely deserved a mention? Or the sparda sword from DMC? Both awesome swords!!
Great video ❤ would liked to have seen Raiden's high frequency blade 😂
of Course the Master sword is #1 just hearing the name bring the Iconic song to my ear. Royal we you have earned that title
Auron's Masamue looks like a broadsword as well and gets wider at the end of the blade with two tips instead of one.
Many forgotten realms CRPG games have Drizzt's swords Twinkle and Icingdeath :)
Can we do a best melee combat in a non fighting game list??
Masamune was a swordsmith who is supposed to have created many swords, so it's always funny when the name is given to a single unique weapon.
Why are you saying it is given to a single unique weapon? This video points out how it has been in 17 Final Fantasy games along with others.
Jess, as an old school gamer, i fell like you missed a very important one, from a very important game... The Sword of the Armagedoon, from the excelent and - now forgotten - Heroes of Might and Magic series... This sword is so powerful that is said it can destroy the world, which it did in Heroes 4, when it clashed with the Sword of Ice.
oh my god what an oversight nooooo
My favorite is the Soul Calibur Sword from SoulCalibur series!
I agree with this full heartedly and I am so so so glad the soul reaver was out on this list in a deserving spot the sword and it's game series deserve some love. I am disappointed about Dante's rebellion not being on this list or any of the 5 major swords from that series being on here. I am also sad because of the rules being what they are for this list we could not also include another pair of iconic swords but they are a duo and not a single sword so it makes sense but "Blades of Chaos" are just as worthy of this list for how iconic they are
Top 10 hand to hand badass characters surrounded by characters who use anything but
Monster Hunter series, dragonbone greatsword. It's in every single game and is the weapon being carried in the trailers. Especially in Monster Hunter World. Looks like a dragon's jawbone, fangs included, with a sharpened lower edge
Can I propose the 10 most iconic staffs in video game history?
That's some voluminous hair
I was hoping for Rebellion, Yamato or even Sparda🥲 Devil May Cry fans jump in
Falchion from Fire Emblem rate as an honorable mention?
The list was god tier the minute the soul reaver was mentioned 💯💯💯
The top 2 are a Chef's kiss 🤌🏾 👌🏾
Can't believe the Yamato wasn't on this list
I would have at least mentioned the soul calibre when talking about the soul edge
I soon as I saw the title I thought, "ok, where is she going to put Soul Edge?" You can't talk about iconic swords and leave it out.
Not having watched yet, I’m thinking Cloud’s Buster Sword, Sephiroth’s Masamune, and the MoonLight Greatsword from the Souls games are on here🤷♀️
Yep, I was right. I should have remembered to include Frostmourne. To correct the drop rate, it was never actually available as a drop in World of Warcraft. Instead, you could obtain Shadowmourne, which was an axe, and when the Legion expansion was released, Death Knights could choose to take some shards of the blade and wield them as a pair of daggers.
I'm surprised Strider Hiryu's Cypher wasn't mentioned on the list.
All I really have to offer that hasn't been mentioned is the Sword of the Creator, which originated in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Maybe Exor, the huge living sword from Super Mario RPG?
Out of curiosity where would ff viii gunblade fall in categorising as Leon/squall uses it as a sword more than he did as a gun?
I wish the emperor of mankind's sword could qualify for this!
FF 9 has one more Excalibur called Excalibur II, hard to get if you pass the 12 hour mark it'll disappear, under the time limit is your safe.
By the logic of including Halo's energy sword because of the s-word in the name, the lightsaber has an s-word in it that is a type of sword.
You should have just had honorable mentions for the swords that didn't make the cut
Moonlight Great sword doesn't have it's equivalent in Sekiro, which was a let down, cus it would've been a great reward for getting all the endings . Just imagine a moonlight katana, just saying.
I never played any Zelda but I am glad Buster sword is on this list
Corrupted Ashbringer
Only gonna do 5
1. Master Sword (Zelda)
2. Coiled Sword (Dark Souls)
3. Umbra (Elder Scrolls)
4. Masamune (Final Fantasy 7)
5. Sword of Aeons (Fable)
(Edit: Souls Caliber/ Soul Edge should have been in the top 3 I forgot lol)
Soul reaver can't alter timeliness, Raziel is the reason things changed. The Wraith blade trapped in the flamberge is raziel's future self driven mad by centuries of hunger and isolation. Vorador made the blade but even he doesn't know what it's for.
My favorite swords are the top two on the list ❤❤❤ ⚔
As iconic as frostmourne is, I wad kinda hoping the WoW inclusion was Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.
Yamato or Rebelion from dmc didnt make it ?
I literally just commented on that. I feel you🥲
My first guess was Soul Edge, got very close!
where is my boy aegislash ?
I think "flam-BERG' would be an acceptable pronunciation.
The Elden Ring sword, thank you! I could not figure out what they were saying😂
I rather enjoyed Flame Burger myself.
No Yamato? Rebellion?
honestly the crucible blade from Doom 2016 and Eternal would also count, followed by Squall's Gunblade from FFVIII. I would say Z Saber from Megaman X series but thats just a regular light saber so maybe the Z-Saber from Megaman Zero series for its more unique design.
Also i prefer the Fusion sword over the Buster Sword.
I would say the Monado isn’t the most iconic sword in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, because that is a 3 way tie between the Monado, the Aegis (Pyra & Mythra) and the Sword of Origin.
High Frequency blade from Metal Gear series please
why is Yamato not included? bruh
Didnt even talk about Zack and Angeal’s history with the buster sword, wtf guys?
I cant believe the Ebony Blade didnt make the list!
I would have had Yamoto, Rebellion or the Sparda sword from Devil May Cry on here
Shame we never ever got the sword of omens in a videogame.
I'm with Jess on the flamberge!
I MISS THE "LEGACY OF KAIN" SERIES SO MUCH.
where's the cat? we want to see the cat 😂
All of the games in this collection can be played on a midrange android phone. All platform exclusivity is bad. But at least this creates a legal precedent whereby sony will find it a lot harder to fight mergers and acquisitions in future.
Nice list but the writers need to do a tad bit more research for these videos. Frostmourne has never been a obtainable weapon in WoW so it has no drop rate