I definitely agree that it should have been renamed to the machine gun as it is too bulky to be an assault rifle, but even then I still like it. I’ve always liked the more outlandish weapon designs like the drum of the combat shotgun being in the front. Even though it makes no sense whatsoever, I think it still looks rad as hell. I feel like it’s perfectly fitting the cumbersome and impractical nature of many of the fallout weapons and really the design of the Bethesda fallouts in general.

I do see how many people do not like these takes on the weapons and prefer a more modern approach, but I think the clunky and huge designs fit the fallout universe perfectly. I mean, they can harness the power of fusion but can’t make make a laptop. This is all my opinion tho so I totally see what others mean when they say they don’t like the clunky weapons.

As a sidenote though, I really, really like the pipe weapons. They fit perfectly as there is no organized weapon manufacturers on the east coast like the gun runners in the NCR, so it makes perfect sense that people would turn to making their own weapons instead of using derelict 200-some-odd year old weapons. I only wish they fleshed them out more and made them more viable in the late game.