Live by the Sword …
There has been a long history of heroes with signature weapons: King Arthur wielded Excalibur, the Monkey King fought with Ruyi Jingu Bang, Thor clobbered trolls with Mjolnir, and Honjo Shigenaga defeated armies with the Honjo Masamune.
Video game characters are no different. These new heroes have their own signature weapons: Link wields the Master Sword, Kratos thrashes monsters with his double-chained blades, Master Chief brandishes his plasma sword against the Covenant, and Batman uses a variety of bat-shaped weapons to defend Gotham City.
No matter what the weapon—swords, axes, daggers, hammers, clubs, chain-blades, staffs, boomerang, nunchucks—you will want to give your own hero a signature weapon. The weapon and how he fights with it become an extension of the character’s personality. Your character’s weapon is going to dictate how he fights. Rygar’s throwable shield creates a different combat experience than Big...